here's what i'm thinking about

i have really been chewing on what it means for the Lord to be my "portion".  in a practical every day sort of way, what do you think this looks like?

i have been trying to string together a few sentences, but am really way more interested in trying to figure out what it actually means instead of hearing myself talk/type.  so--what do you think?

here are a couple of versions of Psalm 119:57

"The LORD is my portion;
   I promise to keep your words."

"Because you have satisfied me, God, I promise 
      to do everything you say." 

"You, LORD, are my choice, and I will obey you."

cigars

i have spent the better part of the last few days deodorizing our carpets and febreezing our furniture.  all to make sure that our house didn't have the stench of puppy.  beulah has done great with potty training (for the most part), but still, having a dog in the house can bring with it a certain..mustiness.  

well, it was all for not.  a very kindly gentlemen, named bob is here right now to install our new hot water heater.  and i think he has gone through about 3 cigars in the two hours that he has been here, and it officially smells like the emerald downs in our house.  

on a different note, bob is sporting a mustache, with tendrils coming down on either side of his mouth.  perfectly curled tendrils.  not sure.  would bob the cigar smoking plumber take the time to curl his tendrils in the morning?  

until hurricane bob passes, i am hiding out in the TV room watching seventh heaven, as it is the only thing on at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.  of course it is the 'teenage pregnancy' episode.  "reverend camden, i am so glad to be off the streets".  yeah, that just happened.  

song for sunday

Brandi Carlile- The Story

saturday morning gladness

some things i am excited about--in chronological order

• doing a little cleaning up around the house this morning
• maybe catching a nap today
• enjoying my cup of coffee while catching an episode of little house on the prairie
  
• beulah's second puppy class tonight. i am not totally sure if you can 'win' a puppy class, but we're going to try our darndest.
  
• connollys coming home in 2 dayyyys.
• the fact that beulah has started chasing/eating/killing horseflies as i type this.
  
• new girls coming (could not be more excited about this)
• the month of august (birthdays, radiohead, etc.)
  
• my parents coming in september
• fall in seattle
• a puyallup family thanksgiving (imagine how awesome our dinner will be)
• looking for plane tickets home to south carolina after being away for 9 months.
• sitting in an overly-christmas-decorated-room with my whole family, including jake.
• but most of all, right now i am looking forward to life returning to the crazytown we all know and love. i am looking forward to needing to escape to one of our upstairs hideaways. this house is tooo empty.

i am all kinds of thankful for life right now.

just decided

that i'm going to catch 'step brothers' today.  i am counting on it to be totally inappropriate.  

**update:  really lame movie**

a few things sold me on going to see this today, but i'll tell you what tipped me right over the edge.  the part in the trailer where john c. reilly sings, "this is how we do it" jumps on the bunk bed and then it collapses.  gets me every time.  

i know everyone has seen the commercials, but this trailer has a lot of funny stuff i hadn't seen yet, so here it is.  it's the 'mature' one, so it's got bad language, if this offends you, don't watch it.

zoned out and wonky-eyed

so tired, trying to watch project runway on youtube, keep blinking to stay awake. must walk upstairs.

beulah update: that little beast weighs 13 lbs. and she is awesome.

spent the day with anna, here's a snippet of our day:

anna: "what kind of weird music is this?"

lauren: "uhh, do you really not know who this is? i have let you down during the time you lived with us. this is elton john."

anna: "oh right, you mean elton john newton."

lauren: "i'm sorry?"

anna: "elton john newton" (belligerence)

lauren: "wait, are you thinking about olivia newton john?"

sentimental and a bit creeped out

sentimental because i just watched this video about a friend's first son being born. it was so sweet and amazing.

also, i'm creeped out because of google map's new feature.




this is my parent's house. the house i grew up in. not sure when they did this, but it must've been a little while back because my car is in the carport.

uhh what else? nothing is really going on. i'm finally getting to go see 'the dark knight' tomorrow. anna will also be spending the day with me. hopefully, she won't show up at 'sis AM' for 'brafast'.

also, i am incredibly distracted--jennifer hudson just came on regis and kelly, she is in the lowest cut dress, and i am actually cringing hoping that everything stays right where it should. regis is unabashedly staring. it's like watching a car crash, you can't quite look away.

and on that note, here's jennifer singing on the sex and the city soundtrack--

Jennifer Hudson--All Dressed Up In Love

okay one last thing. a couple of years ago at camp, we had a tv character party where we all dressed up like someone from tv. i would like to take a moment to grieve the loss of my chosen tv character. estelle getty (sophia). i turned out looking nothing like her, but hey, i got nothing but love for you 'stell.