Minnesota Nice

CUBS WIN...CUBS WIN...CUBS WIN....

I am all alone and celebrating just the same....

Posted by Shelly at 8:51 PM | Permalink | Comments

monday's will always be mondays and i just have to accept that....

today i lazily walked into work at about 10:30..i was going to take the day off..but had a strange feelilng i should be at work....well my feeling was well founded when i got to work and discovered there was a staff meeting taking place without me....um...what? i walked in and was all ticked cause i was like, "um...was anyone going to tell me about the meeting..."...they were like, "well, it's not really and officical meeting...." i guess by "not official", they mean..it's the kinda meeting we don't tell our young jr. staff member about...and then don't even call her to let her know she's missing a meeting. I'm a little bitter....i pretty much worked all day without talking to anyone...so that rules.....

today my day consisted of making 1 million phone calls..yep..i said 1 million..and by that i mean...o..about 10....
I had to call our equipment company yet again and discuss frequencies on wireless headsets, as well as the xlr cables they forgot to give us...fun stuff
I had to call customer support for the software i hate and am sending back....and i talked to the most femenine man i've ever heard...his name was Dean.
I had to call customer service for musicians friend, and talked to a burnout named scott...this was overall the best convo cause ironically he was the most helpful and easy to talk to....so thanks scott at musicians friend for making my life easier today....

so there's this couple that are regulars at the cafe.....they come in on their motorcycle and ususally park in up on the sidewalk if there are no spots....the guy is typical biker...right now he is wearing a skull and crossbones shirt..he has long grey hair in a ponytail, black jeans, and a long beard...typical zz top looking guy....his wife has the longest hair i've ever seen and it's in really long tiny braids, adorned with a white scunchi....she's doesn't look typical biker, she usually has her hosptial scrubs on..i'm assuming she's a nurse.....they come in all the time and sit outside with their drinks so they can smoke cigs...Kool's for him....Marb's for her....they are super nice..and the weirdest thing about it is they order Atkins drinks....no lids of course...they are too tough for that......hee heee..my chatte family...

i got lots of little surprises today..that rules...this morning there was a knock on my door..from my 5 year old boyfriend Zavier..him and his mom, Donna stopped by to say hi....Zavier had a little present for me....then...i checked my mail today and had a card from jacki...with pics in it..yeah..i've got mail..yeah...i loved it..thanks jacki....how cute.....then...zav's older sis keona came by and brought me some sunflowers in a little sunflower basket...it was precious.....

here comes my friend jenn..we're about to sip on some coffee together...."check ya later"

Posted by Shelly at 7:17 PM | Permalink | Comments

BITTERSWEET.....

that how i describe today...i'm sitting here in my cafe..and just finished watching the cubs on the net....clinch the division title.....who would have thought the brewers would step up and beat the astros to allow us to shine so victoriously.....
Here's the Sweet: all the cardinal fans that gave me such a hard time this year..in your face....o, and i know you won't let me revel too long, i can already here it now....from soebeck, brian or brad..."whatever..you aren't going to win the world series..."..well you know what i say to you boys...where are your cardinals now...huh..yeah that's right..........
my world series prediction: cubs vs. twins....go central division....
Here's the Bitter: I am sitting in a cafe in California...far from the roars of Wrigleyville......i've received many calls from great friends knowing this moment has got to be hard for me...thanks guys...i talked to shawn and lindsay who were on the rooftops watching the game..i got to here the roar of the crowd first hand when kenny lofton caught a ball with his back to home plate and face to the ivy...i can only picture it.....i talked to my other loyal cubs friends..to luke..to scott..to tara...to jamie (who doesnt profess to be a fan...but is my representative in the city right now....have one for me j)...not to mention all the voicemails i've received from people...sorry i havent picked up the phone..but i can't bare to celebrate again over the phone..knowing i can't be there....
BITTERSWEET....

My bro and I already have plans for next year to hit all the games out here when the cubs come to cali..who knows..maybe we'll take a road trip next spring to AZ to see them train....
I don't know what chicago will be like next year...without the 2 biggest cub fans there....but scott and I will represent out here...you'll see us on tv at the giants games...we'll be the ones in full blue cubs gear...head to toe..that's gotta make tv right......

i wish i could catch a flight to chicago tonite to catch the game tomorrow.....to be there when they retire Ron Santo's jersey....to have a ballpark dog...to sip an Oldstlye.."beer here"...throw peanut shells on the ground...look around wrigley and see the best fans baseball has today.....i've been to a lot of cubs game in my almost 25 yrs of life..and never have i seen that place empty...almost every seat is filled...filled with fans that believe...believe that one day their loyalty will be rewarded on such a day as this......

so i sip my coffee looking at the palm tree out the window...longing to be in the green hard seats of wrigley...yes..even the broken one i sat in when i was home in August....

"Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I ever get back.
For it's root, root, root for the CUBBIES,
if they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes you're out
at the old ball game."

Is there anything better than baseball..i submit that there is not.....

Posted by Shelly at 5:07 PM | Permalink | Comments

Memos to the people in the cafe:

1. to the lady wearing high heel flip flops: why God...why...

2. to the 20 students talking at the top of their lungs: this is a cafe..you know...where people come to chill....so SHUT-UP...thanks

3. to the valley girl being trained behind the counter: get a clue

4. to the guy sitting behind me: stop talking to the computer screen and please don't bump my chair again...

5. to the person controlling the music: please take norah jones off repeat..i love the girl and her music..but if i have to hear "come away with me" one more time...i'm going to make sure you go away...

6. to the art on the wall: i love you..don't ever change

7. to my breve latte: you are the best tasting thing ever....i need one more of you

8. to my laptop: where would i be without you

9. to the $3 in my pocket: why dont i have more of you....just wondering...

10. to my soul: keep coming here..it's good for you....

Posted by Shelly at 3:50 PM | Permalink | Comments

i'm still fighting off some crazy sickness..it almost feels as though my mono from last year is back.....that crazy mono last year set me back a Cubs game i had tickets for....you know i'm sick...when i miss my cubbies.......i'm determined to be better though..i have to be..i'm spending all weekend staying in..watching movies...just chillin..i gotta get better.....our church launch is next weekend.....holy crap..

speaking of next weekend...my brother moves in with me....can i tell you how exciting that is...i love my brother....my twin.....we talked on the phone last night for over an hour...good stuff man...we've already got plans for next summer to hit every major league baseball team in Cali...we'll be the only 2 people in Ca with cubs gear on.......

ok..small side note...i'm in chatte right now..and camera crews are coming in...WHAT..maybe i'll be on TV..what is going on.....ok..they just grabbed a random customer and took him outside....oooo.i'm in the background..what is going on....I want to be on TV...now they are going out to the road...whatever dude....

Posted by Shelly at 12:40 PM | Permalink | Comments

i'm sick...the first time since living here..it's not the same..i don't have anyone here to feel sorry for me.....cause i like to complain when i'm sick.....in case you didn't notice.....i actually went to bed at like 9 last night...and did not get out of bed until.....1ish..it felt good to just sleep all day....i had to get out and do something though...so i'm at chatte.....watching the cubs game over the net....doing some work..but mostly chatting with friends....

i rediscoverd text-messaging today over my cell...i say rediscover cause back in the day when i got my phone (my brick)....it was free so i used to do it up all the time....i would tm brian while he was in class..cause he hated school.....it was awesome...cause i could be laughing as loud as i wanted and he had to be quiet cause he was in class...good times.....anywho....when it started costing money i got it shut off....that was like 2 yrs ago......but..when i moved to cali and got my new number..it's back......aww yeah....now, of course it costs like 10 cents...but a dime is nothing when it comes to chatting with friends more...so welcome back...text message..i missed you....get ready tony, jamie, luke, brian, scott..and whoever else i tm'ed today...it's on...you are all worth my dime

my cubbies are leading 7-0 right now....that rules.....and did i mention they are in first place.....that's convenient for a die-hard cubs fan to be living on the west coast.....i would do anything to be in wrigleyville right now watching the game at barleycorn's.....

can i get a shout out for splenda right quick....mmmm....the sugar that has no sugar or carbs..how can it be...it's mysteriously good..and good for you....

Posted by Shelly at 5:37 PM | Permalink | Comments

today i have the worst headache in california history......my right eyeball feels like it's going to explode.....i can't even see out of it.....which that will be great for staring at the computer screen all day.....i had to sleep in a little extra today....i couldnt even get up it hurt so bad.....perfect timing with the headache....since i have a million and one things to do to get ready for our service this weekend...yeah.....i chalk it up to the bad air quality here in Bakey...supposedly...Bakersfied has the 3rd worst air quality in CA....behind LA and Fresno...the air is so bad here, that you can't see the mountains during the day...and it's funny cause every day in the paper there is a little air quality reading..just like the temp..it will say...today temp: 102 air quality: 192......192 what? i have no idea.....192 represents some sort of measuremnt of the quality of the air i breathe, but i have no idea what that means......i guess 100 is really bad....so 192..what is that death is upon us....and after the number it always says...."unhealthy"...so my question is what are we supposed to do with that....stay in all day...where masks..i don't really know..i guess the news warns us, just so that they can say, "hey don't say i didn't warn you..." i don't get it.....

so, i know i've told you about the crazy cats that live in my 'hood...they are all tall and weird looking and i think they are clones....cause they look exactly alike...and they stare at me....i think they have a little human dna in them too..just a hunch.....well, every day i freak out that one of them is going to be in my car...waiting for me...to kill me of course, says my imagination.....
i always leave my windows down..cause i live in a desert with no ac...so in the morning....i do a quick sweep of my car to see if the clone cats have entered..nothing so far.....
but....yesterday i was leaving work i and looked in my rearview mirror...and in all the dust on my back window..i saw paw prints......awwwwww......they lurk on my car at night.....i'm so scared..i swear these cats look at me like they know something about me...like they know about the cat that died while me and tanya were house-sitting..it wasnt our fault weird clone cats....

i must get back to work and fight through my eyeball popping headache...

o..i had a weird dream last night as usual.....it was a mix of reality and cartoon...weird stuff man....

Posted by Shelly at 11:11 AM | Permalink | Comments

wow...what a weekend....we had our first practice service in the movie theatre sunday morning.....we had to be there at 5:30 am...dude..if you know me at all..you know i don't do mornings....it was still dark at that hour...which means you shouldnt be up doing crap..you should be in bed.....but, i guess i have to get used to it...that will be my every Sunday morning.....looks like saturday nights aren't going to be a party for me.....in bed by 9ish....and my sunday afternoons are going to be spent sleeping all day.....i'm still recovery.....

the practice was good though...to get everything in there and see what we need....which is a lot before oct 5th....but it was cool to have a band in there and practice..fun times...

I've got a long week ahead of me...we have a "preview service" on sunday..kinda like a dress rehearsal.....so i better get back to work....i get to go buy stuff today..i love spending money on cool arts stuff....aw yeah..

i love blog land..it keeps me connected to all my favorite people.......

Posted by Shelly at 11:49 AM | Permalink | Comments

MAMA'S BACK!!!

i'm back in cell phone land...i love verizon..i really have to say they are the best wireless phone company..i got onlilne and paid my bill and my phone was back on in less than 5 minutes..now that's service...sorry verizon for not paying my bill..it' s all my fault.....

dude.i feel so alive now....but the next task is to actually get a new phone...mine's a brick...and it gets all hot on my ear after like 5 minutes..and it occasionally dies...ok..it dies all the time....one day..maybe one day i'll upgrade...but not till it's free...i think i have to wait till dec....

o my gosh..another funny call from an upset caller about our mailings...
this lady called and left a message on every staff's voicemail....
she went on and on about keeping the seventh day sabbath....and we shouldnt be meeting on sunday....she went on and on explaining the "Sabbath Truth" to us....telling us where their meet, and wants us to "check out videos on the 7th day sabbath church"....she also was "appalled that we are meeting in a theatre"...where "bad words are played"...and it's "not godly"...and if we are "so secure in our church.we should keep the sabbath holy"......she went on and on giving us OT scripture...of course she wouldn't talk of the Gospel and of Jesus...and love and grace....she said "we have the best of intentions...but someone with good intentions will still go to hell"....her mama told her that she says.......and she wants us to "counsel with them at 7th day sabbath"..of course she ends the convo with "God bless"........o, and not to mention she left this voicemail at midnight last night.....intersting...

so the tally stands at 7 good calls...3 bad....

more to come later, i'm sure....

Posted by Shelly at 11:17 AM | Permalink | Comments

another day in no cell phone land...this sucks....

i can't get my daily updates about the cubs from my brother...we usally talk every day...i guess the twins will have to find another way to unite.....

so....my money is all tied up at the bank right now...so that means no cash flowing for this girl till tomorrow.....top priority..cell phone.....dear God please....

4 quarters, 36 dimes, and 8 nickels......that is what i found in a random sweep of my house for gas money yesterday.....i walzed into the gas station and paid for $5 worth of gas all in coins..but hey..at least it wasn't pennies.....aww, do we young people have any shame...nope.....that's as bad as in college scraping up change to go buy pepsi freezes at the Qik & Easy......those were the days....

i look like total crap today.....i havent showered..i'm wearing a rag on my head..and i pretty much have on what i would wear to bed.....it's a lazy day.....i actually woke up at the butt-crack at 7 am to meet my roomate and friend jen at starbucks....we just got together and prayed up our day...it was good...but you know this girl went right back to bed at 8.....so then i got up for work again..and felt like doing nothing to look appealing today......but it feels good..i'm comfy...and that's what you need in a time of stress......i mean, it's no purple sweats like someone i know wears...but it will do....

this old man in our launch team brought me a present today from his house.....he said he wanted to give me something that reminded me of chicago...he brought me a cubs hat and a bears hat...he said he used to collect hats..so they are wicked old.....it was so cute...i love that man....i find myselft talking sports with most of the old men around here.....the cubs hat is one of those old mesh hats my dad would wear, on the very top of his head, always with a slight dent in it, a straight-across bill, the mesh allowing you to see the few hairs he had on his head......
and the bears hat is corduroy...it's sweet....thanks frank for making my day...

our office has been bombarded with phone calls since yesterday....we sent out our first church mailing...and they aren't your typical mailing...cause we aren't your typical church.....people in this town are highly political and traditional...and there hasn't been an innovative church like this here....cool for us...and we totally feel this is where God has us...but we are receiving our first wave of opposition......
i made a little tally sheet to put on the wall of the office with 2 columns...good calls and bad calls
every time the phone rings we take turns taking the abuse...so far all the calls i've answered are good...people just checking us out....
but...we had an interesting call from a Baptist Preacher yesterday..he went on a rant and was appalled at our marketing....he obviosly had a issue about a lot of stuff...let me just highlight some of the comments and questions he so boldly stated:
1. "how did you get my name, take me off your list?"
2. "do you read the king james bible..that is the only true word of God?"
3. "don't get me started about the mormons...they are all going to hell..."
4. "tell me something...do you believe in the pre-millenial rapture?"
5. "your pastor is a kook!"
that was all from one guy...he kept our secretary on the phone for a good 10 minutes questioning our theology...it was great...thank God i didnt answer that one....

aww the joys of church planting....

Posted by Shelly at 1:54 PM | Permalink | Comments

as if my day yesterday could get any worse.....o it did....

i spent a few hours at the cafe calming myself down...enjoying my drink in which i bounced a check to buy, and having a great convo with jamie online....with a few choice words here and there to help get rid of my anger....thanks j, for the venting time......
well, then i had to pack up all my crap and head off to a 2 hour seminar for church...the seminar itself was real good, but i didnt feel like going at all..in fact i was purposely late, and that ain't me..i'm not a latey.....so, i go to the seminar...blah blah blah.......and here's the capper to my fine day...i got out to my car and my effing door handle breaks off in my hand........um yeah...
All i could do is crack up laughing.....i was like, "great, that's great, not only is my car the only rusty car in CA that has a piece of metal hanging from the door that drags on the road, now it doesn't have a frickin door handle..." but hey, i look on the bright side..at least there is still a little shard of plastic i can grab onto to open my door if i stick my fingers in there just right.....

so yeah....today is much better so far.....my friend donna gave me her phone last night so i could have my nightly 12:00 phone call with my favorite boy, and somebody bought the church a keyboard today...so bottom line: God is good, God is faithful, God is in control. At least i'm not like Job in the OT...i still have my family, my friends, my flocks (ok, so maybe i dont have any of those...but at least they weren't taken away)

I love each and every person who reads this blogs...you are my family, my true friends, my brothers and sisters in Christ....

Posted by Shelly at 11:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

9/16-so far the worst day i've had since living in California...

allow me to vent....

ok....so i came into work not expecting the day to end up the way it did.....of course i have the general stress of launching a new church in less than 3 weeks.but it's all coming down to the wire, and i'm freaking out..i almost exploded at work today....this weekend we start our 'pratice services', next weekend, 'preview service' and then we launch oct 5th-ready or not, here we come....ok so before this weekend i need to get a keyboard...i have a keyboard player but no keyboard...and the church isnt that full of cash right now to go out and buy one...so i spend my days online or on the phone trying to get someone in town to loan us one for a while......so that's real fun..."hi, i'm shelly, you dont know me, but will you let me borrow your $700 piece of equip for a good month or 2 until we have the money to get one...thanks."
we ordered all our sound equip...and let's just hope it's here by friday..one guy there reassured me it would..and the other guy tells me..."oo, i dont know if your 100 ft snake will be in by then." so we will have all this equipment..but not connection from the board to the snake....that's just great...
then i have 4 days to learn this new software we are going to be using on sunday morning to show clips and all that fancy shnancy media stuff.....and i tried to figure out some of it yesterday...yeah good times, i ineed to know it well enough to train someone else to do it...which we don't even have that person yet....so that's another issue..
o..and did i mention we don't have staging yet, or lights...

then there's the kids program we are doing...that's a whole other beast..we have a volunteer helping do our kids production...but the large group kids service falls under me in the job description...so that's extra stress...i have to find some sound effects cd's this week of a flushing toliet...don't ask

ok..so the job is stressful enough...and the office was crazy today..everyone is working at a high stress level..which makes it real interesting to work with 4 people..plus someone who is fixing all of our computers...today they all felt like giving me "input" as to how to do my job...that's always nice....

o...and my cell phone got shut off today...i knew it was coming...i have this huge monsterous bill to pay...and i'm actually surprised it wasnt shut off sooner....i just thought if i ignored the bill it would go away...yes...it's all may fault i know..but i'm just venting......no blame is placed...just venting....

ok...so in the midst of my nervous breakdown..i decide...that's it..i gotta get out of the office......so i leave...take my laptop and head to my fav cafe...chatte.....but..i decide on the way to stop at my house to get my checkbook to maybe go take care of my cell bill.....i get home to find a note on my door that says my rent check bounced and i have 24 hrs to get a cashier's check to them....great...just great......so i open my mail..to find more notes from the bank..returned checks and an array of fees....just grand...great....

so to continue a long story.i bust my little bootie to the bank to straigten out the whole mess...boy was that fun...i don't think i was such a nice person....basically i always have enough money in my account (after all i acutally make money now) and it even shows up on my account that i have it...but for some gay reason...i dont actually get to use that money.....it's like freakin monopoly money for like 3 days.....for some reason they hold my money and never told me....and it seems they've been holding my money....at this point i'm about to either cry or punch someone in the face......i talked with the bank people for a good 30 minutes or so...i demanded they write me a cashiers check for my rent...and they got rid of some fees.....yeah, now who's in charge....so apparently i cant' get MY money, MY MY MY money until friday...great...that works out just great.......so i get to chatte...order my drink..and of course my card was declined...good thing i'm a regular here...he let me write a check...let's hope it clears by friday......aww yes....money is great isnt it....

so for those keeping track, i have no keyboard, no tech guy, no cell phone, no money to call my own, and no contact with my friends besides the internet....but hey, who's complainng right....

all i gotta say is Satan, get up out my face.....you can't stop me from planting this church and bringing 100s of people into worship of a loving God.....so there....in your face....

it may be a while till i get my phone back...so email is where it's at right now..and i'll try to remember to blog regularly again....and of course there is always those weird little square things that come in my metal box with littel stamps in the corner.....

well, i better work on this software...yippee

o, one more pity party tidbit...the people i want to be with the most are 2000 miles away....so i can't even get a decent hug around here....but, i'll see you in December...save up the hugs...your 9/16 hugs..for the worse day i've had since living here.....

Posted by Shelly at 5:03 PM | Permalink | Comments

I think i may have scarred a 3-yr old for life.....

So, like i said sunday... i'm lving at our pastor's house for three days while he and his wife are in chicago...they have 3 kids...10, 6, and 3. So i have to get them up..get them breakfast, and get them off to school....Ok, so today the 3 yr old, anthony goes to preschool...well i get him off to school and go about my day at work...see-the office is in the same house i'm staying. anywho...i sorta forgot about anthony. i was supposed to go get him at 1...well, at 1:15 i realized such a fact...so i race of to pick him up..thankfully the preschool is only around the block....so i get there and he comes running to me....but not in the way like, "hey lady my parents leave for 3 days and you forget about me..." but in a way that says, "dude, i was getting hot..i'm ready to go home.." So i feel all bad, so i tell anthony that he can have any snack he wants when he gets home, icecream, anything....he goes straigh to the cupboard and says, "I want this." so i cook the kid GRITS....of all the things a 3yr old can pick..he picks grits..and not even the flavored kind....what's up with that....that would be like someone telling me i can have a pick of any car i want..and i pick an el camino.....

It's starting to get fall-like here in cali...and by that i mean it's only 90 during the day...and drops down to a blustery 70 at night....i can live with that

random complaint: i hate it when you are talking to someone on the phone and they are doing something else..like watching a movie...and yes there is a story...my brother calls me and we are of course chatting it up about baseball and the fact that our cubbies are still sharing first place with the astros...man can houston please lose some time.....so anyway..we are chatting it up, when i soon realize i'm saying everything and on his end of the phone i hear some loud 'movie-ish' music. so i say, "Scott, what are you watching..." he's all..." Ice Age" (he was in the presence of some kids..so don't think he would watch that on his own..) so I say,, "Alright, i'll talk to you later..." he goes..."what, you gotta go..." i was all, "um yeah...you havent talked in a good 2 minutes and you are all into the movie..." he proceeds to laugh, in realization of course that he is retarded.....the end..

i think i need glasses.....i can't read lately unless i hold my paper or whatever as far away as my arms can reach...like right now for instance i have may arms stretched to reach the keyboard..to try to find that perfect distance that allows my eyes to actually focus on the screen.....glasses wouldnt be bad...but i dont think i could bust contacts...esp since i cant even put eye drops in my eye...i say the eye wasnt meant to be touched..b.ut that's just me...i better go before i'm blind....

Posted by Shelly at 8:33 PM | Permalink | Comments

ok kristi, i'm finally blogging...i know..it's been too long....

it's been a crazy little september....you've missed a lot...i had a small nervous breakdown over the fact that we are lanching a church in less than a month now.....i think my stomach is full of ulcers...and yes..i did get up at 4:30 am to go hiking on labor day....sure, i didnt talk to anyone till after 10...but it was good..we saw the hugest sequioa trees ever..in all of life...and picked some blackberries along the road...that sound so "little house on the prairie"...i should follow that by saying we all went back to the cabin...lit some candles, read our mormon bible, and went to bed..

this church planting isnt so bad though..it's actually awesome...we had our first band rehearsal friday night..and it ruled.....God is good....there was a drummer-someone i know from napes who moved out here..supposed to be my sound guy..so now he's doing both..dont really know how that's going to work....then we have a bass player...he's probs the coolest 50yr old guy i know..where's flip flops, is all tan.and is the best bass player ever..he acutally plays gigs all over town..he played with a band of a bunch of 'old guys' that called themselves "dudes with day jobs" DWDJ for short.....we have a 14 yr old electric guitar player...who asked if it was ok to leave his skeleton sticker on his guitar..saying this while he wore a cowbow hat and a belt buckle the size of a large dinner plate...this being the same kid that the day before had on a concert t-shirt a hoodie..and some baggies with his boxers hanging out..so basically the epitome of postmodernity..no identity man.....we have a vocalist who is probs about 50..a woman...a grandma mind you..who acutally got all up in the crazy big songs we were doing...who know's, by launch she may be wearing leather pants..and we'll have matching eyebrow rings.....speaking of eyebrow rings..in comes mark...a doctor's son...about my age...bleach blonde hair...dark rimmed glasses, pierced eyebrow, a Stone Temple Pilots shirt (nice), and a sweet guitar to go with his nice vocals....he's in a couple bands right now, and has never been in a christian band..he's pumped........o, and our keyboard player is the most opposite of anyone that i know that plays keys...he's the regional manager for the Midas shops in town, big guy, mechanic mind you, playing the piano like elton john......so, there's my band...i didnt believe it when we played our first song...it rocked......no one but God could put together such a band.....

so for three days i'm the mother of three..i'm staying at our pastor's house watching his kids while they are back in IL....i did the whole cook them dinner, put them to bed thing...but the killer is that i have get them up by 7 to get them off to school..that's going to suck..i hope i get up....watch them all miss their buss, cuase their live-in nanny can't get up before 9...i promised them pancakes for breakfast. i put them to bed tonite and headed towards the hot tub in the back yard..to gaze at the moon of course...you can't see many stars out here this time of year though cause the smog is so bad.so that sucks....not a cloud in the sky, but you can't see the stars because of the dust that just sits there...hmmm...go figure

mental notes:
-shelly, don't say pop in Cali...it is soda...they will make fun of you often...
-shelly, no one here but you has a rusty car, get your jeep wrangler soon
-shelly, don't stay in the hot tub for more than 3 hrs..you get way too pruney...

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