now, that i have figured out how to paste fun tidbits into my blog, that seems to be all i am doing! does it mean that i have nothing meaningful to say? huh. i dunno.

here's what country i am ... (but, i didn't even know that the united nations was a country!!!).

You're the United Nations!

Most people think you're ineffective, but you are trying to
completely save the world from itself, so there's always going to be a long way to go. You're always the one trying to get friends to talk to each
other, enemies to talk to each other, anyone who can to just talk instead of beating each other about the head and torso. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, and you get very schizophrenic as a result. But your heart is in the right place, and sometimes also in New York.
Take the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid

by taking a quiz - i have found out which novel best represents me. i kinda don't think that this one does, however it sounds good and is better than some danielle steele/harlequin romance.

which book are you?

You're To Kill a Mockingbird!

by Harper Lee

Perceived as a revolutionary and groundbreaking person, you have
changed the minds of many people. While questioning the authority around you, you've
also taken a significant amount of flack. But you've had the admirable guts to
persevere. There's a weird guy in the neighborhood using dubious means to protect you,
but you're pretty sure it's worth it in the end. In the end, it remains unclear to you
whether finches and mockingbirds get along in real life.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

new years resolution:

In the year 2005 I resolve to: Start smuggling contraband in baby diapers. Get your resolution here

you know, i have to say "i'm sorry" to the people that i so gently made fun of regarding blogs, considering the fact that i, myself happen to blog now. i highly doubt that anyone would even remember by chiding them and yet i am compelled to apologize. so there.

i really enjoyed myself tonight at church. each time i leave there, i like it more and more. i have been going there for almost 4 years and the church itself is only 5 years old, but my experiences with the people of solomons porch have been wonderful - i can't imagine being anywhere else. it truly seems to define "community" for me and i do think that to commune with others as a way of life is what JC had in mind. i had thought that when i first came to Christ, i was almost labeled by my sins and expected others to judge me by them - however big or small they may have been. and in a sense - because of society - that is true. but i am finding out that to live a life by uplifting and encouraging others regardless of the sin makes sense to me. i am not saying that i would encourage people who are in the act of a sin to continue with it (because that in itself is contrary to the teaching of Jesus), but i am saying that to love them throughout is what is hoped of us. i have been loved by the people of my church as i struggle with big sins, small sins, teeny sins, tall sins. this is a true community of God & i am so very grateful that i am among these believers.

all righty - time to turn this over to my not-as-spiritual side: my husband and i are on our 7th day of the south beach diet. ugh!!!! we have been wanting to eat healthier and give up the sweets and fries, so we figured that to completely cut ourselves off from refined sugars and heavy carbs would be the best route. crap. it's really hard. I WANT SUGAR NOW! so anyway, kelly (hubby) has lost 5 pounds (which will help his back out too) in a week. me: none. nada. zilch. zero. why? i eat less than he does and have had about 423 less diet sodas than he has, so where's my weight loss? do i hear violins playing for me? i'm ready for my five pounds to be gone (God, are you listening?)!

ok - another night where i am up too late and need to sleep ... so sweet dreams to blogland.

to get you in the sleepy mood, here's a lullaby from east africa, abyssinia - that i read to my son this evening:
Sleep, sleep, my little one! The night is all wind and rain;
The meal has been wet by the raindrops
and bent is the sugar cane;
O Giver who gives to the people, in safety my little son keep!
My little son with the headdress, sleep, sleep, sleep!

welp, friends - it's official:

I'm the 53,957,565 richest person on earth! Discover how rich you are! >>

i had no idea that i was this wealthy! (thanks kp for the link).

another site to check out is from a good friend of mine who is fighting the war in irag. he has created a blog and updates it often - check it out: http://rocksniper.blogspot.com

i am amazed at what these guys are doing for our freedom and yet i'm not even sure how i feel about the war. i do know that i am grateful for the life we have in this country though.