Decisions, Decisions

I recieved an acceptance letter from Brock tonight, including a scholarship. I have rather mixed feelings about this. It's exciting and all, but I've truly got my heart set on going to Redeemer, seeing as I'm made of money and all. I feel honoured to have gotten in, but ... I don't know. My emotions all are hay-wire right now.

Help

To my faithful readers: could you please pray for me during this next week? It looks to be a long and stressful one.

To be a Hairstylist, or not to be ...

My mom bought a haircutting kit at Costco this afternoon, with the hope that I would be able to cut the boys' hair from now on. Taking them to a barber shop is nothing short of disasterous, but then again ... so might it being done at home.



The kit contained a DVD, hence the DVD player on the counter. I was being taught whilest I cut.

Didi, guinea pig number one.

after. For clarification: that is a smile, not a grimace.

guinea pig number two

and after

Wearing a hat simply accentuates the crooked bangs. Note the chocolate smears on his face ... he was treated to "i -HEam" for sitting fairly quietly.

Haircut kit - $40
High chair (posing as barber stool) $10

Kids' expressions - priceless

My Favourite Quotes

I am aiming to eliminate my Facebook account in the near future, because I hold it in utter contempt. (Although, I do like knowing when people's birthdays are.)

So, as a tribute, in order preserve part of the legacy, here is my list of quotes.

"Oh can you?" (Amber - you are now officially credited)

"We're flowers" (Nadine - the teachers still think you're odd)

"Is that a free boy?" (Amber again - we have a tendency to get a few quotes from you)

"Be she Canadian Reformed?" (Janelle, as Marilla)

"Marilla thinks the fun would be too much for me." (Matthew Cuthbert)

"You have all the opportunities." (anonymous source)

"Opportunity knocks." "Did you open the door?" (N+M)

"Mostly definitely."

"J'ai un fouton sur ma tete." (Nadine's french journal)

"I have a thinking idea." (another Nadinerism - I am definately the originator of that word)

"From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdane for the feelings of others made me realize that you are the last man on earth I could ever be prevailed upon to marry." (Lizzie Bennet, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

"First, I must tell you that I've been the most unmittigated and comprehensive ass." (Mr. Bingley, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

"And then I freaked out..." (Catherine ... couldn't leave you out of it)

"This isn't very sustainable." (Kathryn Boeringa on the subject of renting limos)

"I round up." (Andrew Hutchinson)

"Feel free to write the worst junk in the world." (WC - the initials may or may not be referring to the water closet)

"Can you wake me up in time for cookies?" (Norah, during the Talent Evening at church)

To Gus:

You've been my leaning post to support me in troubled times.
You are a shoulder to cry on when life is closing in on me,
My listening ear when I have to rant about stupid things.

You've been a constant companion.
You are a close confidante in all sorts of matters,
My copine.


Thank you for contraining yourself with the teasing, for crying for me and with me. Thank you for helping me find my inner insanity and those other amiable qualities which have been adopted by me due to close contact with certain people from a certain area (yes, Catherine, that means you too). Thank you for being a friend.

I pray that God will continue to keep us together, especially when we go our seperate ways after graduation. As it says in the song by M.W. Smith,
Friends are friends forever, if the LORD's the LORD of them.


P.S. For all those who don't know, Gus = my dear Nadine Jacqueline.

Today

Words of wisdom for today:

Tin friends are better - they last longer.

Renewal

With my determination not to think about truly stressful things this weekend (which I forgot about last night) I have shed the old coat and started afresh, hopefully with some new inspirations for some brilliant piece of writing.

However, you have to feel free to write the worst junk in the world. - Words of wisdom from the WC. (I shall leave the defination of the initials up to the individual.)

Nous "sommes" fini

No, my french is not that horrible. Hence the quotation marks.

The fundraising/stress/nagging people is finally finished for the Dominican Rebpublic trip. Well, at least for the weekend. I have promised myself that I was not going to worry about it all weekend, and this is my final outpouring of the remainders of that stress. Tuesday will be a different story: I will be back to my high strung self, trying to finalize the plans and wonder how in the world we are going to get 12 people at the Buffalo airport by 4 am.

Once again, Matthew 6:34. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Superfluous Events

Valentine's Day - pink, and hearts ... what could be worse?

Thanks for your treasured, lacy, and heart-shaped doily (it really does look like one), Nadine! Way to avoid the traditional giving of hearts to the (cough) "gentlemen".

Dependance

We cannot do everything on our own. This too, I find very hard to remember sometimes. But it is so comforting when people just take the time to sit and talk with you, understanding that you need someone to draw you out of yourself and dwell on other things instead of what's crowding up your mind. Thank you.

Matthew 6:34

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.


Why is it so hard to remember this? I keep "freaking out" (pardon the phrase) over our pending trip to the Dominican Republic, and it's not for a whole month yet. And why can you never count on people to have things in on time? Why do I volunteer to organize such things?

I ask myself this as I start planning for a big shin-dig in the summer.


Why?

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I like to brag about the photographic talents of my dear mother. Allow me to demonstrate:

our lovely home. Yes, I am aware that there is a window boarded up: it's being repaired, so that the attic can be transformed into my parent's new spacious bedroom.

trees - what else is there to say?

snow caps. so amazing!

Norah Lynn - we're "favourite sisters".

Marten wasn't very impressed to be shoved outside this morning, even less when my mom left to take Didi to the doctor's and he was left behind, even though his coat and hat and mittens matched with the rear lights on the van.

Didi (Thomas) - aspiring boxer. Extremely strong with a temper to boot - but makes up for it by giving lots of hugs.

snail mail's the greatest

Ma copine

Thanks for the memories, Latin buddy/additional adjectives! Seeing as this is my one and only picture from our final winter banquet - thanks for playing photographer, Nadine!

Life's Memories

I like collecting things from and of people, of places I've been, things I've done. Thanks goes to Ben for his artistic contribution - yes, I actually kept it. Included also is THE list - 71 down! And being egocentric, a picture of myself which I still have to hand into the yearbook committee, whoops. Ahhh, the good ole days when I was blonde...

Monday

Hugs make Monday a better day.

Halves

Six months to my birthday ... No, I am not a birthday fanatic, I actually despise my birthday, but I like counting down to it. The importance of the six months means that Nadine and I have less than six months to plan a big, huge, insert additional adjectives which I don't feel like thinking of right now, large scale birthday party in order to celebrate our 18th birthdays. We are only a week apart, which is pretty cool. And we take a long time to organize things - hence our need to start planning now.