32 Roses

That is what was waiting for me in my cube when I got to work this morning. One for each year of my life. Evidently my sweet boyfriend and my co-worker plotted together and met up yesterday for the rose and card hand-off. I tell you what, his nickname for me is Princess and he sure treats me like one. I could get used to this... {|:oD <-- me with my birthday tiara

Aren't they pretty? This is a closeup.

One more thing

My webmail is so freaking slow right now. Annoying. Maybe it's a sign I should go to bed... ;)

Pre-birthday post (just for Mrs. Bost)

I've decided that David is probably my most favorite person in the Bible. The main reason is that he is SO incredibly honest with God (check out all the Psalms) and we get to see his struggles and his desires and his screw-ups and then see what an pivotal person he was in God's plan. And, really, there are times where I like to tell God that things really suck and that I don't understand and I really don't like what's happening. Thanks to David's honesty, I feel like I can do that. He doesn't speak Christian-ese and he doesn't sugar-coat things. Maybe it's a little of my personality, too, but I really appreciate that because it makes me see that I can be honest as well, all the while trusting that God's plan is perfect - even if it doesn't make sense or I really don't like where it seems to be going.

You Do

This is a song by my talented friends, Until June. The more I think about the lyrics, the more I love this song. Don't you wish we could all see things the way God does? And, I think what is hardest for me, don't you wish you could know how everything is going to turn out? I guess that's where faith comes in. Oh me of little faith (to steal from Nickel Creek)...

Mouths are moving
People talking slowly
In my ears
Another year goes

You stood up gently
Turned around
To face me staring back
"I'll see you sometime soon"
If only I could see the way you do

The midnight air it blows
Between my fingertips
So cold
As I walk back inside

It's hard for me to understand
How you could die for me
When I fall short sometimes
If only I could see the way you do

If only I could see the way
And if only I could see the way you do

Tammy

Tam - I am hearing that the surgery went well. You are in my prayers, friend! I will continue to pray while we wait for the pathology reports to come back. Praise God that he brought you through the surgery today! Lots of love to you.

Special Dedication

For friends that need it most right now.

So Small - Carrie Underwood

What you got if you ain't got love?
The kind that you just wanna give away
It's okay to open up
Go ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy day
You wanna shut the world out
And just be left alone
Don't run out on your faith

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searching for forever,
Is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small

It's so easy to get lost inside
A problem that seems so big, at the time
It's like a river that's so wide
It swallows you whole
While you're sittin' round thinking about what you can't change
And worryin' about all the wrong things
Time's flying by, moving so fast
You better make it count, 'cause you can't get it back

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
Oh, when you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
Oh, when you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Oh it sure makes everything else
Seem so small

I'm blue (times two)

Quite literally! I decided to take this quiz that has been popular among my friends and here is what it said about me. Think it's true?

People with blue Interests like job responsibilities and occupations that involve creative, humanistic, thoughtful, and quiet types of activities. Blue Interests include abstracting, theorizing, designing, writing, reflecting, and originating, which often lead to work in editing, teaching, composing, inventing, mediating, clergy, and writing.

People with blue styles prefer to perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is supportive and helpful to others with a minimum of confrontation. They prefer to work where they have time to think things through before acting. People with blue style tend to be insightful, reflective, selectively sociable, creative, thoughtful, emotional, imaginative, and sensitive. Usually they thrive in a cutting edge, informally paced, future-oriented environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is welcomed and produces results.

Update on the mouse

Willie is still out there. But I know Quincy will prevail! Here is the evidence:

I'm surprised you didn't know that hunting opportunities abound in a box full of poppy paper (aka bubble wrap)!

Where I stand so far...

I took a presidential candidate quiz on my friend's blog. (Shout out to Kim!) This is how I currently measure up. All I can say is...uh...Tom Who?

72% John McCain
65% Tom Tancredo
64% Mitt Romney
63% Mike Huckabee
62% Rudy Giuliani
60% Fred Thompson
55% Hillary Clinton
54% John Edwards
53% Barack Obama
50% Bill Richardson
49% Joe Biden
48% Chris Dodd
41% Ron Paul
40% Mike Gravel
34% Dennis Kucinich

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz