i'm throwing myself a party...

... a pity party that is. i don't do this very often but for the next 5 minutes i want to feel sorry for myself. it might be my only consolance for this day.
today is my birthday. birthdays are great right? this one was going to be the best of all. thom had planned a whole day of surprises, only one of which i knew about... snowboarding... and we had just gotten the most amazing snow fall! my family was in on it... his family was helping him out. i had gotten off of work. i was so excited. then he got the stomach flu. plans cancelled. i'm not mad at him... he can't help it, but it definitely left for a lonely birthday.
you see, all my family had made other plans because they thought i'd be with thom all day. so now i sit here, spending the day by myself. even church and dinner... the weekly rituals are cancelled! man, this will be one long lonely day. but i am going to see leah tonight... that will make me happy. and maybe when thom feels better, he'll call and then i'll be a lot better.
okay, shed a tear with me.
party's over.
time to hike up my skirt princess!

my college mentor and husband are very wise people. i heard something that he (dave) said and it went like this...
"so often we want to know what God's will is, not so we can obediently follow, but so we can decide whether or not we agree with it."
ouch... that hurts but is so true.

things that go back too far...

today my sisters and i were looking through old photographs. we were having a great time reminiscing about the good ol' days, our favorites dresses, running around naked, etc. but not only did we find some wonderful pictures that bring back great memories, we also found some pictures that can only evoke the words "sick me out!". the laughter that followed these pictures was enough to bring tears to our eyes, and my little sister into early labor. here are two examples of things we found which could be put into the category of "things that go back too far..."

my bangs... could they start at my neck next time mommy please? sick!

my dad's fashion sense and length of shorts... notice that they are white shorts as well. i think this might be where my hate of man thighs started.