Toodles...

I admit to having been painfully absent from the "internets" for some time. Things have been been pretty crazy and here I am trying to put a fitting close to my portion of this
wee little blog. So, I hope to see "all" of you readers at my last youth group tonight from 6-8 at the church. It seems that there has been a mutiny of sorts, but I'm OK with that. At any rate,
back to my attempts to make a suitable closing remark... I will try to say it in pictures:

The Finish Line

For those of you grousing over your schoolwork, you've nearly made it! If you haven't already started your end of finals celebrations let me encourage you to hang on a little longer!

So you may have forgotten that this little blog even exists since it hasn't been updated in a while. Many apologies for my negligence. In order to be short, don't forget that we are meeting tonight for youth group. Regular time - 6-8 - with special guest Kickasola. If all goes as planned there will be some large-scale capture the flag action. I'm pretty sure that Matt will show up in his ninja outfit so that he can find the flag undetected. Hopefully there will not be any nunchucks involved. I've never seen a nunchuck video that doesn't end in agony and embarrassment. I mean seriously, who had the great idea to use nunchucks. I figure in a battle between nunchuck weilding warriors you would get about 3 minutes of intense action followed by a field full of people rolling on the ground in self-inflicted pain. Maybe they were thinking, "maybe we will win the battle, maybe not, but at least we'll end up on America's funniest home videos."

Anyways ( I digress) ...don't forget that we are going to Refuge of Nations next week. I hope you can come. See you tonight.

rising rivers and farm animals...

Ok, so a couple of random stories:
1.
I pulled into Denny's Saturday morning to have breakfast with a friend. On the way in I noticed these three dogs in a jeep parked in the lot. Well you all know that I like animals so I thought, "hey what a pretty German shepherd." The I saw the second dog and thought, "what a cute little mutt." Then, while walking away I thought, "that third one had nice little horns..." WHAT! That's right, upon a double-take I realized that the third "dog" was a goat. Someone was either using their jeep for transporting farm animals (questionable behavior) or had taken to keeping a goat for a pet (you decide). OK, so you like goats, but there is something just a tad bit weird about seeing a goat sitting in the front seat of the jeep with its head out the window! Wouldn't that be fun at the park, throw some frisbee, play some fetch, have a little fresh milk...

2.
I was walking out of Barnes & Noble yesterday and heard myself uttering the phrase, "Lord willing and the river don't rise..." I know that my grandma has uttered such words but seriously! I barely know what that means...

So, I offer this little task. What really ridiculous and/or barely meaningful phrases do you use on a regular basis? Or, if you are not prone to such utterings ("utterings" is not intended to be connected to story 1. - he, he, he), what phrases are you tired of or perhaps trying to re-institute into the mainstream vocabulary?