stellar...

friday night:
- sleep in *mmmm sleep* and all "errands" done by one oclock
- get read 70's style for a halloween party....while going out the door deciding i feel more 80's and changed
- go to halloween party, pumpkin in hand and game face is no where to be found
- i only knew like 4 people at the party and didnt' feel like "mingling" that didn't last long and it turned into a sweet night. mostly because of those four people though!
- carve a pumkin...least creative of the night...it was so rad to see like 20 pumpkins all light up *not everyone carved one*
- laughed at the host who was a peanut butter jar go up the stairs and rip his pants
- talked to mandy who is actually friends with these people *small world!*










Saturday:
- slept in *YES!*
- hung out pretty much all day with amy!!!!
-took pics. went on an adventure. found an oasis. talked. and laughed
- had a KP preformance *a 15 min thing for a rad ministries 40th anniversary celebration*
- got told a "message from the Lord"- he was annointing my lips to speak the gospel.
- got a rad encouragement via a job offer from the guy who works with seven oaks alliance and northviews productions *huge church productions that are awesome*
-got home in time to go for a bit to the annual wine and cheese 06'!! so fun, i heart my friends. good chats, good laughs, and good drummin'







Sunday:
- prepared breakfast and sunday school for 15 prehigh/high kids
- the power went out at church and we all gathered closer and had impromtu worship. *awesome*
-was given playdoe in the service and made two snowmen and a pinguin having a snowball fight...one didnt' make it
- another Kp preformance, it's always a gong show hangin out with the KP crew it's sweet

Monday:
- class
-amy came to spend the day with me! and tys and maia joined us for lunch and hangout after!! it was so fun!! laughed a LOT. ate reese's pieces chocolate balls. read marytrs mirror out loud.
-sat and chatted and read with amy and some collegium crew
-class: got a lot of homework done. got to leave early

Tuesday:
-eight am. class. OT theology.
-classics in religious lit: talked about martyrdom and such, some good discussion.
- came home. ate. hahahaha...
-napped!! for two hours or more...sick i know. i tell myself that i wont and that i'll get soo much done but sleep always wins...i need lots and lots of it...
-now i shall go and read and research for the copious amounts of crap i have to do *meaning group projects and such*

i'm sorry this was sort of just a borin list. this weekend was full of things to post about but alas..time is tickin' away tick tick tick tickin' away

how do they know!?!

"How was your weekend? I went golfing"
" that's dumb."

(i'd like to thank Gracie for introducing me to white ninja)

The Prestige!

Ok class...so this summer I discovered that Christian Bale was going to be in a new movie...so I did some fine internet research and found out it was called The Prestige. I've been waiting a long time for this one and tonight a bunch of us went and saw it *granted most of the people reading this would have been there hahaha* I can honestly say that I really really liked this movie. A whole lot. I totally recommend it. The acting was awesome, Christian Bale is a truly gifted actor. The rest of the cast did a fabulous job as well, Michael Cane is classic, Hugh Jackman from wolvarine to this, another versitle actor. Scarlett Johanson was pretty good and I thought the chick that played the Sarah did a great job. Not to mention gullum guy and David Bowie!! Crazy plot line...yeah just sweet all around definatly didn't let me done. True story, I was a little worried because I've been waiting a while for this one.

i forgot what i was going to post.

so it's been over a week so i thought i'd post. but i'm currently sleepy. and want to take a nap. so you get a picture of the freaky parade in california adventure park. i heart pete's dragon.

Today I did the inevitable *thanks dictionary.com*

I took a sick day. I HATE taking sick days, well i like it but i feel like such a wimp ya know?!

But last night I COULD not sleep for the second night in a row, and this moring my soar throat was no longer just a soar throat but a raging beast that had clawed it's way into my sinus passages and caused great amounts of pressure. My body aches and I was WAY to tired to crawl out of bed at 7:20 for my 8 oclock class..i'm sooo glad i didnt'. I kept waking up though achey and such thinking "what about work!?" So at 10 I called it. no worky for me today, i coudlnt' imagine standing for 8 hours behind the cash register consistancly talking to people. so i called in. I hate that feeling, i know they understand but still they are going to be swamped. *Sigh* C'est la vie!

Also guys, Thank you SO much for all your prayers, my life as crazy as it has been for the last while, is good. My Gran is still in hostpital but daily getting better!! Praise God. And my mom said I could borrow her Visa to make my payments for school. So where as life is not easy street right now and i literally feel like i've been hit by a car *i told janny this and she freaked out "you've been hit by a car!!" haha no no jan, figure of speach* , it is good, and our God is good.

Love you all muchly.

Megs

...part two...

i share all these things friends not for pity. i share it because this is my life right now. i share them to inspite them and through them praise my God whom loves me and is holy and worthy of my praise. this morning i couldnt' find my keys, and i was late for class. i smiled and laughed with people in the bookstore then i went to make a payment for school. aparantly i owe more than i had led myself to believe and there is no possible way i can pay for it. there is no room on my mastercard for that. so after nearly letting the floodgates open i calmed myself and left the finance office thinking there is a possiblilty the school is going to kick me out. *breath* it will be fine, my mom will help with what she can. keeping in mind my dad has been off of work for two months. the floodgates opened up in pharmasave where i went to see my mom at work. i love her, Thank you LOrd for my mom. my throat is now extremely soar and my head is aching once more. *sigh* a girl can only take so much before the floodgates explode!

...praising under pressure...

...well today was my thanksgiving day celebration. I love thanksgiving. this one on the other hand was incredibly hard. My grandma had surgury last tuesday to remove cancer in her colon. we thought she was ok, then thursday she had a heartattack, then again we thought she was going to be ok. friday a lung collapsed or somehting. then it was going to be ok. THEN Today after church i found out she was not well at all. she had mass amounts of fluid on her lungs, and her heart was not able to get oxeygen to her body. When my mom called she said we should probably come to see her. So, mandy and I prepared everything for dinner and just left it and went to see grandma.. everyone mostly was there...anyways, her doctor told us essentially that the medicine was keeping her alive but that it woudln't work forever, three hours to six days he said. so we came home had dinner, then planned on going back. while at home we got hte call that she was actually doing better and that all her stats were up and such. i took mom in anyways and we stayed for a while, then essentially got kicked out. only one visitor over night. my auntie was gonna stay. *SIGH* it's been a looong hard day. i'm tired. my eyes are stinging. and i have a migraine. alas God is still worthy of praise and I truly am thankful on this day.

the hardest part

when will the two words crack this damed wall .
when will those four words restore peace.
here i sit.
here i wait.
the hardest part.
i've prepared.
or so i think.
will it be two or four.
you couldn't tell me.
neither could she.
there is one who could.
yet for now.
silence.
time will tell.
until then.
here i sit.
here i wait.
the hardest part.

the m&m show...

My skull or yours?! *our car keys, thanks anne!*

Texting those who were not "picked"



We got lost! Where was our gate...what the ...could this be?!?!


Yep...we were in the right place! A place of season ticket holders and those who served us...


Hot diggity dog! what's a game without an overpriced snackeroni!?! and an over zealous....

WHALE?!...and guys with beer, and fathers with sons...

..What?! OH THE GAME...how was that...AWESOME! A real "nail" bitter hahaha...who would win who!?!? US OF COURSE!!! It was intense. And what better way to celebrate than...


Skytrain Charades! *it's me scoring the winning goal!*

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank MAIA for making this magnificant night possible. As manty of you know I've never been to a "real" hockey game..I know...i know..but now I AM truly Canadian. It was truly a spectacular experience...anyone else want to take me to a sports game?!

And yes...the Gong did ring several times!!

the M&M show at GM place

the golden ticket.



ok after several failed attempts to upload more pictures i'm spent...i'll try again tomorrow HA. but know this ...


..i got the golden ticket adn man oh man was it grrreeeaaat *tony the tiger style*

i ACTUALLY get to sleep in tomorrow!! WHA!?!

So my life has been crazy, really like CRAZY. and i've had some ups. and. downs. HA like yesterday when I found out I really was a "lifer" at CBC...i have another full year not half a year after this one. BUT HEY "move along move along" Currently I'm SO tired, it's funny! haha. After 5ish hours of sleep I sauntered into my 8 am class then to Religious lit *LOVE IT* had a WEE nap. then had lunch with people who define the meaning of "gong show" *you know i love ya*. then went straight to an 8 hour shift at not quite barns and noble but chapters. by the end of my shift i was so tired i was hyper. THEN this could be the best part of my day I talked to a friend who is soo near and dear to my heart. honest. i would trade the whole day for a good convo with this one. and now here i be...tired as can be ....

K last weekend i fell in love with cape all over again, by hanging out with Alley, J-Rae and Joshy. *sigh* here is their model shot of the weekend. *i'll post random pics of our time together ...randomly haha*

coming soon...

an update of my life and my lovelies *yes i hung out with ally!*

it's like a pencil with erasers on both ends

thank you Emery. at this very moment friends. i'm tired. I feel lame in saying this because every college student is busy...ok well not every student. I just would really like to sit and watch a movie without any guilt of "i have so much to do" or ooh I dont' have time I gotta go to work now. I don't say that to get pity. honestly. it's just where I'm at, at this particular moment in my day.

I miss my friends. I hear from them what they did. who they saw. or their plans for the weekend. Oh yeah?! sweet. i have to work. later? no, sorry. I know i sound pesimistic. i'm sorry. just tired. dang it i should be napping not typing! but really complaining is easier to do than try to fix what your complaining about! *i had a good discussion about this in my contemporary church class, its' actually a pet peeve of mine, especially when it comes to peoples complaints on the church! but alas that is another blog*

well kids i'm gonna go shower and go to work.

OH OH ray of funshine for me though...i DO get to hang out with some very lovely people this weekend, i booked saturday off so i could spend lots of time with...ALLY, JOSH and JANICE!

Excitement has no meaning to me. FEAR has replaced it.

I have tunnel vision...


OOh it seems merely days ago *oh wait it was*, in which I was excited about reading. Looking forward to wading through my text books and going back to classes. I knew it wouldnt' last. I've only had three of my 5 classes and already I'm freaked out of my gord! I have SO much reading its not even possible, sure i'm lacking in papers but MAN ALIVE, every class so far has reading journals due not to mention like 6 books for one class! I literally have anxiety pain over it! HA! I ususally dont' stress over school stuff, really, but I don't know.

back to school...back to school..

..to prove to Dad I'm not a foul, I've got my lunch packed, my boots tied tight, i hope i don't get in a FIGHT OOOOOHHHHH....

that's right folks class is in session.

So far, I've had one class and honest I'm rather excited about it, it's a small class of 13 and it's on the Contemporary Church. Today I bought 10 books, and no lie I have to buy 6 more still! I'm gonna die, my retnas are gonna implode. That's what I get for taking two english classes and other classes in which the proffs seem to enjoy books emensly. Yet I still seem to be really excited about school...odd yes. Although I do have one dread...and that is walking up for my 8 oclock class. HONESTLY who puts OT theology at 8 in the freakin' morning! bah ha...ha...oooh.

OHOH last night, Kev was here with Dakota and about 2 minutes after they left I hear a knocking and it's Kev. "uhhh I have a slight problem...I looked the keys in my van and Dokota's inside!" ...hahahaha sure enough, I walk to the car and there is Baby D *she's 2 now* sitting almost falling asleep in her chair all buckled up ready to go. The good thing is he didnt' shut the door completely so the light remained on. Normally if you asked Dakota she would unbuckle herself, but alas she was incredibly tired and upon that request she merely started crying and asking "why daddy!" This was the only time I could stop laughing, poor little thing...anyways my bro managed to bend a coat hanger in this nifty formation that slide into the crack of the door and popped that bad boy open!

bon voyage!

a tribute...

to my "new best friend" !!






















I talked to this kid the other day, and he got me thinking of all you Capers. I miss it sometimes I really do.

ps. I loved this picture of Hitchmoe so much I had to post it!

Honestly!? MAN ALIVE!!!

...this was my reaction tonight as I recieved the news that my nephew was in the emergency room recieving a cast on his broken arm!!! ...yep that's right kids, another family member to be added on the list! It's sooo weird...I was actually really troubled by the fact that it seems that one by one my family members are being taken to the hospital but i'm doing ok now. Going to the movies really helped...

I saw "Accepted" and honestly, it made me laugh soo much, it was just a really good comedy that I didn't feel "bad" watching. So funny... hahah yeah.

Also I'm gonng start writing a book... "Jesus Loves You but Everyone Else Thinks Your An Idiot" ...I'll tell you my thoughts of today and where this tittle came from ...but that will be for another time.

two and half yes's

serious, that subject line was a lot of work!

This post is going to be one of those, I have so much on my mind, heart, and I'm full of this past weeks adventures but there is so much that non will coherently come out. So here is a wee taste of it all...

It has been a very fun week, full of great times and wonderful people. Bonfires, Settlers, Carcason, teaching Drama to youngins, my Nieces and Nephews...

...one of my favorite moments was having Dakota sleep on me after a long day of play and being able to rub her back as she struggled to sleep while coughing. Children are so precious. Some other awesome moments were watching Ella, Rye and Isaac play with my youth and then my friends.

It's also been and "interesting" week...as you have probably read, last week my Dad broke his foot. In the following days my sister had to go to emerg. because of a flue that absolutly wrecked her glands, and my sis in law got severe hives and had to be taken to emerg. twice! Both are fine now but it was just a little crasy. Then a couple of days ago my mom told me that my Grandma had cancer again, it's in her liver, possibly somewhere else *i can't rember where* she seems to be doing ok with it, she is soo strong but it's actuall my grandpa who i'm worried about. He's been drinking again and just does not sound good.

at points this week i've had to just go "what!?!" and either laugh or be still.

It continued with some confusing things but I know they too will be sorted out. . .

I've been trying to work on my conversational skills, because some people are amazing at it, and I, well I feel that I could use some work. The beauty of it is I dont mind silence...but it has the possibility of making people awkward.

i'll end with something that makes me smile.

ER the real thing almost as entertaining as the show?!?!

So today I arose earlier than I tend to one a friday *or anyday really* in the summer and scuffled off to prayer for the youth. When I came home I read then had a nap *ahem*. Ok this is already taking to long...Today my dad feel of a ladder, we spent like 4 hours in the ER and discovered that he had broken his foot. You may think wow, four hours in the hospital boring but OH NO! It was a "quiet" day so there really wasn't much for the nurses to do so it was quite entertaining watching them dote over my dad and discover what a "jones cast" is...aparantly it doesnt' get used anymore but dad was special. Also, it came to my attention that all the doctors I saw today were male, foreign and cute bah ha *bet you didn't expect that one from me eh!...it's just an observation* Then I came home, "babysat" my well drugged father until me momsies got home then jet off to work an hour late. Yep that's my dad. If you could pray for my Dad that would be awesome, he's now in a great deal of pain and also he won't be able to head back to work anytime soon which will be very very hard on him. Pray that God would use this time to teach my Dad to lean on him and that this time of frustration would turn into a time in which my Dad would finally come to know God loves him.

Bravo! BRAVO!!

There is a Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver called Bard on the Beach. I FINALLY got to go to one of their productions. On saturday some of us went and saw A Midsummer's Night Dream. OH MAN ALIVE it was soo amazing! Honest I haven't laughed that hard at a play in a long time if ever! They did a brillant job, not mucking with the origanal text but adding modern aspects and their own flare where apropriate! *The backdrop is the landscape of Van. the mountains and ocean*It was a lot of fun. Before hand Janny, Maia, Mel and I met up with Rye and Thanney and just hung out at Granville Island. I really like Vancouver I should spend more time there. Also i should really take advantage of the theatre scene in Van.



...and yes we found another hat store!!!

FoR tHe NeXt TwO wEeKs ThIs Is My ShAdOw!

I heart randomness!

This past week I was at Rough Acres Bible Camp wwwaaaaay up northern B.C. It was an awesome week, in which the presence of God was strong and I spent a great deal of time alone with the Lord on the dock. I LOVE camp. We did a boys camp and it was interesting for me to be support staff and NOT be a counsellor but it was still flippin' radicule. We meet a bunch or rad people, reunited with those from the past and it was truly a blessing. I dressed up tons for skits and games...it was awesome. I was the master villian, the russian spy, and super girly russian spy.

I was gonna put some pics of camp and some random stuff since i've been home but alas it's being silly so more of that later....

I've haven't been home very much since i got back from camp, mostly because my house is empty and so after i had breakfast with some friends this morning i was all like i'll just go home and chill...it's been a couple hours and well i'm pretty much bored to the point of i can't even write so i'm gonna take a nap! hahaha excellent!

Dutchville, WA. USA

YAY random days in Lynden, USA. My friend Liz, JUST moved to Lynden from Seattle *she goes to TWU during the year* and a couple of days ago Maiers, Janny and I went to spend the day with her. It was a fun filled day that included, wandering the crazy dutch town that Lynden is, becoming seniors and joining the red hat crew, wooden shoes, dutch blitz *i bought it there hazzah!!*, a wee park, fake laughing turned to real work out the ab laughter, rad meals, fudge, and amazing friends.



I've had some awesome hang out times with my friends in the last week or so and it just reminds me of how truly blessed I am that they are in my life for longer than a blink of an eye. Hahaha, last night i was called "one of the guys". it made me laugh.

confusion leads to camping!

I went camping this weekend with some friends, hahah after three trys we found a campsite at Chilliwak lake *yes this means nothing to you i'm aware* i'd never been there and was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of it. Here are some random pictures for ya.




I had time to finish the Velvet Elvis this weekend as well...pick it up.

back with a new appeciation for Queen...

So i got home last night around 9ish...man alive long drive!! I had an amazing time *i was building homes in mexico for those too lazy to scroll down ;) *

I'm really tird and have to wake quasi early so i'm gonnna do some highlights in point form:

• seeing God answer prayers, like bladder control on the way down
• watching God work through the youth while down there
• having tons of memories flood back into mind as soon as i crossed the border
• falling in love with mexico once again
• recieving the largest smile from the woman we were building the house for EVERYTIME i walked by her. *which was a lot*
• Donas Tutti!!
• coconut fruit bars
• swimming with sharks *litterally!! talk about crap my pants batman!!*
• Surfing for the first time!!! *seperate day than the sharks*
• watching the baywatch boys run on laguna beach *i dont think i've ever laughed that hard! ok that's a lie but soo funny!!*
• getting hyper and steamrollin' the youth girls hahaha!
• cultivating deeper relationships cross generationally and with my youth
• inventing "nurf ball" the sweetest backseat game ever!
• spanish church based on philipians 1 and 4. "we all have our prisons but they can't cage us in when we have a purpose and a mission for our life" *paraphrase of the message*
• having a dance party while doing dishes
• spending time with the Lord while watching a giant mexican flag fly over the city
• having an old western photograph taken at knotts berry farm *it was decent don't you worry*
• being an "adult" now and not having to obey curfew PLUS leading a group down into the city...seriously when did this happen!
• getting to see ANNE! A friend that lives in Ontario but who was in aneheim! *she drove all night just to see us off in the morning from our hotel!*
• hearing God being praised in another language
• watching the exchange of a key and a heartfelt thankyou...the dedication of the homes

Alrighty thats what is coming out at this point...i'm sure there will be some more random stuff later or an expansion of some of this but for now i must say adious! austa leuga!!

Gone...

to mexico for two weeks to build houses.

went and saw...

and it gets two ...

I totally enjoyed "Click" I couldn't stop laughing in the beginning and it even made me cry!! I cried watching an Adam Sandler movie. I had a huge crush on Adam *yes we're on a first name basis* when i was in grade nine...ok ok i'm not going to lie i still totally dig him!!

go see it its sweet...

**it's an adam sandler movie therefore not all scenes are apropriate for your little sister but it is suprisingly clean**

the climb

you must begin somewhere. why not here. you've been here before? thats ok, you'll probably be back. don't be afraid. exactly. little steps. or leaps. you choose. sometimes it'll feel like you're going to fall. you might. it's ok though. honest. you have to begin somewhere.


I've been reading The Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell *founder of Mars Hill Church* I'm sure many of you have heard about it if not read it. So far I'm totally enjoying it. I read it with my bible out and reference all the scriptures he uses. It's filled with intreguing thoughts and ideas, many i've thought before but they are put clearly and some are a new perspectives which are eagerly recieved.

One thing thats been rad is just seeing God in the little things <> Bell calls them "Holy moments" and when i read this section i was like that is exactly what i'd experienced while holding my 2 year old neice while she slept or listening to the summer leaves being parted by the warm breeze. it's moments like these that make me smile with praise on my lips.

a strike, a pain, and a fear.

three things on my mind currently...

1. "a strike" to share the joy of being able to strike something off my "to do before i'm forty" list: PAINTBALL. Yep I did it FINALLY, it was a lot of fun! We took some youth on saturday and it was good times, a tad crazy the dude basically passed us guns, made us wait around for a long time, gave us bullets then sent us out! I was like how do you shot!? Pull the trigger...but no rules or anything! I got a nice welt right on the gluteous maximus, it hurt to sit for a day or so hahaha, plus a few other welts and bruises, good times though.

2. tonight i tried skateboarding with some of my youth girls... that is were " a pain" comes in. I fell. on both attempts. the first one i was just trying to turn and BAM, bailed. haha. the second i was showing them how to do an aweley *SP?!?!* i mean i could do one when i was 6! ... yeah not so much anymore. that time i totally fell on my side and that my friends was painful!

3. "a fear"...well tonight was interesting because i was walking home and met up with one of the youth gals, who was trying to get home via bus but it wasn't coming so i took her naturally...LONG story but it ends with me hoping htat her and another gal will get to there destination saftley and wiht the know of their parents. i left them at one of there houses, but i dont know if they will stay there...yeah, it's just scarey, the youth are so different than i was. i love them and fear for them and what they do and the choices that they make...i coudlnt' imagine being a parent HONESTLY!

well that's all for now, i have to go to bed it's late and i have to be up early to go to preschool...youngin's too young to decieve just yet.

They don't lie!

It really is the Happiest Place on Earth!













This was from my trip last month. *SIGH* did you know Lisa O. works there?!! Aparantly that totally slipped my mind but i totally randomly bumped into her! She's livin' my dream, as part of the Disney team. BAH HA . Oh yeah that's my niece, Sierra...honestly so cute and funny...a little odd at times, her parents blame me! tee hee

NEW HAIR!

On a random wime today i went and got this done. red with darkbrowinshblack underneath...

the world isn't all chocolate and marshmellows because of one day...

but it is good because of One God.

You see kids it's not as if my brokeness has become whole, or that "it's all good in the hood" and my relationship with God is perfect or everything lost is now restored. BUT. it's good because of the one who created it.

The last two weeks of youth have been awesome. Last week during small group I just really connected with the kids ...get this playing big booty! haha it's a great game...and the night ended with relationships stronger. then this week one of or grade 12 girls gave the "talk" she's actually the pastor's daughter, and it was amazing the kids listened, if you knew my kids you'd understand why this is amazing!

SO shot my first wedding ever. I took the photos at my cousins wedding on saturday. i really hoped she likes them, they are on there honeymoon so they haven't seen them yet. i was pleased how they turned out i mean gosh it was my first wedding. and maybe my last haha

hmmm what else.

oh since i wasn't really in themood to share some pics of disneyland i can do that now....

ok so it's not working and i'm too impatient for it to work so i'll try again later

night kiddos