Excerpts from a Dog's Daily Diary:
8:00 am - Dog food! My favourite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favourite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favourite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favourite thing!
12:00 PM - Lunch! My favourite thing!
1:00 PM - Played in the yard! My favourite thing!
3:00 PM - Wagged my tail! My favourite thing!
5:00 PM - Milk bones! My favourite thing!
7:00 PM - Got to play ball! My favourite thing!
8:00 PM - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favourite thing!
11:00 PM - Sleeping on the bed! My favourite thing!
Excerpts from a Cat's Daily Diary:
Day 683 of my captivity:
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets.
Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.
The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the floor.
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. The audacity!
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.
I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released -- and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded!
The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe...for now...
27.4.07
Cat/Dog Diaries
I know I just posted one of these but this one was a total spinout!
| The Part of You That No One Sees |
 Underneath it all, you aren't so sure about your passions.So many ideas spark your interest, it is hard for you to get behind a select few.However, you see indecision as a sign of weakness. So you pursue your goals full force - no matter how foolish they turn out to be. |
Its crazy how some of these can be spot on!
My sleeping pattern
| What Your Sleeping Position Says |
You have a passion for everything - including sleeping. Outgoing and brash, you tend to still shock those who know you well. You tend to be selfish. You are the most likely type to hog the covers. You gravitate toward comfort and don't like extreme situations. |
Except, Russell has been stealing the covers this week!!
If the picture didnt load, I sleep on my stomach with my head turned to either the left or right.
May I just say...
I am sick of hearing about these two guys in the paper. I open it up this morning to have a read, and once again we see more articles on them from the jolly Victorians. Im sick of it! And Im an avid Freo supporter too! Im just tired of the constant harrasment these guys are getting dealt. Yes, they may deserve some of it, but its starting to get beyond a joke.
Quote for the day
"He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more, He who loses faith, loses all."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
26.4.07
Q: Are evolutionist’s theories changing?
Received this in my inbox today and thought it very interesting.
Not entirely sure who wrote it, but you can find more info on this sort of stuff here.
"A: According to the widely accepted theory of the big bang, the universe is supposed to still be expanding.
But astronomers studying supernovas have found evidence that the expansion of the universe is actually accelerating—the opposite of what was predicted! Evolutionary scientists admit that this could have enormous ramifications on theories of cosmic evolution. They were hoping they’d developed a theory of everything—but once again, they’re frustrated.
Have you ever noticed that evolutionists are so sure that they have the answers to how everything began and that the Bible has to be wrong—yet every time a new discovery is made, it’s the evolutionists who have to change their theories! The only true thing about their evolutionary theories is that whatever they believe to be truth today, seems to change tomorrow!
But God’s Word NEVER changes. It’s NOT subject to modification every couple of years when a new discovery is made about the universe. If you really want to have the absolute, unchanging account of everything, go to the book of Genesis."
Quote for the day
Thought this was fitting considering my last post.
"No one is ever too old to know better"
- Margaret Preston
28th of April
I turn 23 on Sat.
I dont think Im getting old, and when you look at the grand scheme of things, Im still quite young.
However, I am bypassing my birthday this year. Every year I look forward to my birthday and get excited and make plans for my day. I enjoy spending the day with Russell and generally organise to go out for dinner with friends. Nothing too extreme, and nothing out of the ordinary.
The last few years though have been a real disappointment. I have organised to go out to dinner and no-one has turned up - bar a couple of people. Im sick of getting disappointed and feeling like an absolute loser because, a) people forget my birthday and b) something better came up.
I guess Im now at that age where your not supposed to really celebrate birthdays. I think its really important to celebrate peoples birthdays, I just wish people would show the same respect.
Therefore, I am bypassing my b'day this year so that I dont get my hopes up and then spend my day trying not to cry as I go to bed. Im a sad sack I know. Russells getting annoyed, but thats life I guess. We all get older, what makes my day any different.
24.4.07
Evolution Sunday
I received this in my inbox from AiG from their regular newsletter and thought it important to post. It never ceases to amaze me some of the thoughtless acts the church still does today.
"Q: Why are hundreds of churches in America celebrating "Evolution Sunday"?
A: A university professor from Wisconsin used his school’s website to encourage churches and Christian leaders to support evolution.
On February 12, last year, he organized what he called "Evolution Sunday." Over 400 churches in 49 states signed up to participate in celebrating Darwin’s birthday! In 2007, over 580 churches in all 50 states participated.
Various resources were recommended for the pastors to use as they prepared special messages that day. Some of the resources came from an organization led by a known atheist!
Think about it: Darwin popularized a philosophy that is being used in attempts to destroy the foundation of the church, and now hundreds of churches dedicated a Sunday service in praise of this man and his bankrupt philosophy! No wonder the Christian fabric of America is collapsing … so many churches are giving up God’s Word for Darwin’s word.
Actually, it seems to be another example of Romans chapter one, where the Apostle Paul tells us about people who worship the creature instead of the Creator. Sadly, nothing is new under the sun. "
This makes me sick
This report was in the paper this morning, but you can find a shortened article of it here.
Im sorry, but these girls should be put away for life. What they did was sick and heartless.
Russell and I were talking about this on the weekend and how the culture of 'emo' is starting to no longer just be a music genre. For some 'kids' ( I hate using that word ) it is more than being sad all the time writing poetry.
I will get Russell to post on this later this week - he seems to be able to communicate his/our thoughts on this better than me - so I better leave it to him.
Will keep you 'posted' - hehehe get it?
Its is with sadness...
That we announce the resignation of our Senior Pastor.
Our pastor informed our church on the 15th of April, that he has resigned and that he doesnt know what journey God has planned for him.
All Russ and I can do is wish him the very best, and keep him in our prayers.
I personally am glad that he has resigned.
I mean that in the best way.
I mean it in the way that I am glad that he was able to have the confidence in God to do what God wanted him to do, and I am glad that he and his wife are going to be going down a new track, a new journey and adventure.
I am not glad that they have left our church, our church was blessed to have them, and I hope they (the church) will see how much of a role Rob and Loris played in our lives.
Rob was a caring Pastor, a listener and a friend. I appreciated all that Rob put up with me, my tears, my frustrations, and my joys. The way he has been a mentor to Russell and been our 'marriage counsellor' :)
Loris was a friend who I could relate to. She is so similar to me in many aspects, and I appreciated having another woman in the church who completely understood me. Loris is one of the strongest women I know and the way she has handled herself in many situations has been an example to me and I can only thank her and thank God for the blessing she has been (even if I dont show it to her enough).
I pray that God will take them on a new, exciting, adventurous journey, and that they will continue to put their trust and confidence in God.
God bless guys!
Puppy Pre-school
Last night Russell and I took Jet to his first session of Puppy Pre-school, where he will hopefully learn some obedience and where he is able to socialize with other pups.
He was the smallest of his class and the most timid. All the other dogs would have been 3x his size! There was a Belgium Shepherd, a Kelpie, and another mixed breed of who-knows-what.
Jet did very well sitting, but is having a little trouble learning 'down'. He just hunches over and you cant tell if his lying down his so jolly fluffy! They also get the puppies used to going into a consultation room and being poked and prodded - which is a good thing for the owner and the vet.
Halfway through the night, Jet decided that he wanted to sleep, so he slept in-between my legs while the other pups played. He also just enjoyed watching the other pups play, but never joined in. When the other pups left though he howled and cried - obviously missing them (even though he didnt want to play).
The key thing we have to remember is to be consistent. He is doing pretty well, and he is still bringing us much joy! We love him sooo much!!
19.4.07
The promised update
So many times this week I have gone to write this post, and due to other circumstances have never been able to finish writing it!
A quick update:
We are hoping to move down to Rockingham within the next few weeks. We have been feeling a call to go down and live there for a few months, we dont know if this includes ministry, another church, or simply living a different lifestyle. We have applied for a rental down there today and are hoping to hear back either this arvo or tomorrow morning. Please pray that God will bring along the right house for us and that things will run smoothly. I feel like a bound up stressball at the moment....you've all seen the reports on the news about how hard it is getting a rental at the moment, and I can just feel myself getting more and more stressed.
Jet is doing well, he is growing and just last night I noticed how much he has grown in the week we have had him. He is an absolute blessing to us and we feel like a little family. Weve only had a family hug once, and I felt too nerdy to do again. He is our little man and has helped ease the 'want' to have our own kids anytime soon. We love him to bits, even when he sleeps straight through one night and howls all night the next.
I have been really busy at work (hence the lack of posts - as I only have a chance to post while at work) and am finding the days getting busier and busier that its hard for me to leave my desk to go pee. I am enjoying it though and am feeling that my skills and knowledge in my dept. are growing which is always a good thing.
I have also lost 2 kilos so far this year simply by not drinking any soft drinks. I did have a sip of Russells lemonade last week, but it tasted a little different. I would also have to say that I have cut my meal sizes in half. I dont eat or snack as much as I did last year simply because of business. I am craving sugar a bit more regularly because of the whole 'no-softies' thing but I am slowly weaning off it. I havent intentionally tried to lose weight as I dont think I need to lose any, its just happened. I havent been to the gym in about 4 or so weeks and its frustrating as I still have to pay even though I dont go!! I cant break the contract either - its good for a whole year!! I am aiming to start going again, its just been hard to break through the busy-ness of life to make time for it. I dont think my self esteem issue has got any better, I am still comparing myself to other girls and finding faults within my own body. I used to be so confident in who I was and what I wore and how I looked. It didnt matter if what I wore was the fashion, I wore it with confidence which always made me feel good. I still dont always wear the fashion as I dont have the money to keep up with it, and I dont think I need to constantly 'buy' things just to make me feel better. I still feel like the ugly chick from school who is just waiting to 'grow up'.
Today I wore to work high heels, stockings, and a skirt which always makes me feel like a proper business woman. Nothing like a self-esteem boost that lasts 2hrs.
Anyway....enough of my woes.
I fractured/broke another finger on Sunday at netball :(
This is my 3rd finger within the space of roughly 2/3 mths. Its really sore and has turned blue, and Sanda my mate, has said if I dont go to the doctors it will fall off. I am trying to prove her wrong!
My nape piercing is still around and just passed its 1st anniversary. The skin is slowly getting thinner and I think the time is close when it will need to come out, but Im holding off for as long as I can. The nose piercings are still going and I am still contemplating getting my vertical labret.
Russell is starting lacrosse again and just bought a new stick from the USA. I love watching this game. Its rough and tough and manly and I cant wait to watch Russell play. Hes pretty good, Ive seen him with a stick before and I think he'll do some damage :)
We are really hoping that we can get our own place soon. Its starting to wear very thin living with my sister and Granny. Granny is ok, but Kate, I dunno. She just turned 18 and is 'Little Miss Socialite'. Ive skipped the part of having babies and primary aged kids and straight to a teenager! I know how my parents felt when I was her age, but I swear I wasnt out as much or as late as her :) (probably was, but my memory seems to be fading)
I have loved living back at home with Kate, I just dont like the relationship of being a guardian to the little sis.
Mum and Dad are ok. They are still in NSW and I dont think they will continue around Aus. They will probably stay where they are and come home when their time is up. I have this fear that a church over there is going to snap them up and they will never come home. OR that they will come home, quit church, and move to India to live out the rest of their days serving in the local communities and churches. That wouldnt be a bad thing, but Id miss them too much. Im sure they will come back and everything will be fine. I just hope they will be able to de-stress and reorganise their lives so that they arent giving 200% to the church and zilch to their home life.
I havent spoken to my youngest bro in ages, but I think he is having a ball!
Russ and I have loved living so close to my bro and sis in law. We consider them our closest friends at the moment. Kaylee (sis in law) and her family just lost her Grandad so prayers for their hurt and grief would be good.
Well thats a pretty long summary as to whats been happening lately, and I promise to post some things a little more regularly.
18.4.07
Quote for the day
"Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training"
- Anna Freud
**Theres hope for me yet!!
check this out - and sorry for my lack thereof
16.4.07
Profile of Jet
The profile of our little boy:
Name: Jet (as you all know)
Nicknames: Little man, Buddy, Sunny/Sunshine, fella, Little Jet, Darlin'
Favourite pastime: Chewing things, especially mummys pants. Also sleeping during the day after howling all night.
Best friends: Felicity the jack russell and Miller the German Shepherd (even though he thought he would try take Miller on!)
Favourite Food: The kibbles from the vet
Loves: Playing with Felicity, chewing things, sleeping in odd positions, trying to jump from big heights.
Breed: Still not entirely sure, vet has said Retriever crossed with a Cairn terrier, but we will have to wait and see! His our little surprise package.
There isnt much more to Jet...his pretty fun to have around and he has been such a blessing to both of is. We will try post about other things, but for the time being, we are just so in love with our little fella!
Jet and his daddy
Jet and his Aunty Aimee
Jet and his grandaddy12.4.07
Quote for the day
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot more courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
-E.F. Schumacher
5.4.07
a bit emoish...but still very poetic
i'm sure that this post is going to make you all sing in one extremely loud voice "cheer up emo!" but i'm gonna post it anyway. it's a poem by the lead singer of a band called showbread, who yes are a christian band. i reckon i gives some incredibly powerful imagery to thought bought up in ecclesiastes when Solomon states that "everything is meaningless". anyway i hope you enjoy it, it was powerful for me so i hope it is for you......
Tonight is the last night that I will walk alone. tonight is the last night i will call this place my home. i have fought many windmills, and chased after wind. i've clasped my hands around nothing again and again. we're all just bleeding to death from self inflicted wounds. we're all obtainting careers to provide our dooms. blindfolded and naive. lay our treasures in our fireplaces. place our children on the train tracks and pull the wool over their faces. i have made some twin with selfish ambition and thread. and sewed up my cuts before i'd be dead. i tied knots with faith in the world and myself. living for pleasure and toiling for wealth. i played outside for years with a butterfly net. chasing the wind every day before the sun set. then i cried into my pillow and clinched my fists, and looked for new things to sew up my wrists. ignoring the voice that whispered "goodnight sweetheart.." i refuse to admit the stitches are coming apart.
the years all went by and i am alone, everything has turned to dust that i called my own. i can't find something worth anything as far as i can see, the jars for the wind i've been chasing are empty. nothing in this world has lasted or put hope in my heart, the stitches have unraveled and are coming apart.
just beneath my wrists i watched this scarlet puddle grow. i can't find anything more that i can use to sew. at the end of my rope is a dangling noose, i have tied while living for nothing, and found nothing of any use. i am tired of fighting windmills and i'm tired of chasing the wind, i will not open my hands to find nothing ever again.
then his voice whispered to me before i closed my eyes, "i have already given you my life, so why is it that you chose to die?" then i saw him there standing over me, i covered my wrists, afraid that he would see. i couldn't look in his eyes and i felt so ashamed. i tried to hide all the blood colored stains. and my voice was shaking as i started to cry, i could feel that soon i was going to die. "i have nothing to fill all the holes in my heart ... the stitches have unraveled and are coming apart. i have chased after wind for a very long time, still i have nothing worth saying is mine. everything i did was for nothing and now i'm bleeding to death. and when I'll be dead i will still not have rest." as the blood ran down like the tears in my eyes, the only thing i have heard that has freedom from lies, spilled over his lips on to me. pale and broken. of all of the words i have heard to be spoken. all of the sorrow and all the regret. the years, the toil, the butterfly nets, this wasted life and all of this ... this never ending emptiness ... washed away below my arms in the blood that poured down, the thread and the stitches fell to the ground. his words blanketed me as my pain reached it's end, "I've loved you forever, and my love never ends."
my early b'day present
Happy Easter
Sorry for the lack of posts this week!
How easter eggs are made
