hello everyone!
i know it is wednesday night, but there is a feeling of freedom over here, knowing that i don't have to work on friday--YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!

for anyone who wants to know,
the bob barker countdown is for when mary, casey, ryan, michelle, matt, and i are going to
"the price is right"
and one of us is going to
COME ON DOWN!

right now we (mostly michelle) are trying to think of snappy little slogans we can put on our matching screen printed t-shirts.
here is what we have so far:
1. pick me, bob: i've been waiting 20 years to come on down!
2. pick me, bob (we sort of want to keep this theme, so he'll pick us, of course): my dog is neutered! (also, if you don't get this one, you totally need to watch the last 15 seconds of the price is right).
3. i'm a wannabe bob barker beauty
so we need 6 slogans total.
any suggestions are welcome!
something clever and catchy-
please people, we need to get picked!!!

some personal notes, now...
mare- this is true, i can't remember seeing my teachers run! if i did, though, it is highly probable that i laughed out loud.
michael-you had me singing that song all day, you jerk!! :)
dad-christmas list....
justin-ditto

best quote of the day from my munchkins:
"mrs. edwards, if you had a spider monkey, would you make him do speech with us?"
-2nd grade boy, apparently obsessed with spider monkeys

weirdest sentence coming out of my mouth today:
"eddie, can you please not swing the phone around like that?"
-believe me, it's way to long of a story, but just try to picture him swinging the phone around by the cord in a tiny 6x6 ft. room. let's just say ADHD and leave it at that.

off to bible study-
bob barker countdown: 19 days
tracey

wow on the "chowchilla" essay by mary sanford
can i suggest a lengthy title of:
"i'm going down to chow town,
chow's a friend to me
lives beneath the ocean and that's where i will be
beneath the waves the waves
and that's where i will be
i'm going to see the chow beneath the sea"

too long? maybe, but the essay itself was totally inspiring!
my surfer principal runs a writers workshop for all the teachers and staff at my school and they write and discuss things like this. i'm feeling the need to go now...

where are the christmas lists, family????? (dad and justin edwards, and the entire good family!!!)
if you want gifts, you'd better submit your requests while we still have some $$!

as for me, i wouldn't mind a burned copy of the corrs cd...

lyrics of my day are:
in my weakness i find
that your strength knows no bounds
and in my loneliness i find
that the everlasting arms
surround me
and even with this fragile heart
i find a place to rest here safe where you are
and i am falling into grace again
and i am running where your mercy never ends
lord i'm learning
that your love can cover me
you are teaching me
what a child is meant to be

dad, i hope your leg feels better soon!
and hope you guys win tonight!!!
justin-best hemmorhoid quote i have ever heard!
bob barker countdown: 20 days!!!!
tracey


























i'm going to see the chow beneath the sea"

hello gang
tracey here
getting ready to go to hodad's for some yummy chow and milkshakes.
waiting for matt to get back from haircut store. no really, that's where he gets his hair cut: the haircut store.
yeah, we're classy over here in san diego!
i, in the meantime, am trying to find a place that is in between the haircut store and the $50 place.

we're going to a family reunion in oxford (OH) this weekend, me and mathrew (my new husband, according to the delta airlines ticket). we're going to check out the miami hockey game and probably eat like horses.
but we'll miss kevdogg-we'll catch you at christmas, though.

i had my first IEP meeting today after school
it went pretty well! they're just so darn time consuming!
one down, 60 more to go!

here's a thought: has anyone ever been standing next to someone in a prayer circle and when you go to hold hands with them, they hold your hand in an intimate way (interlock fingers with yours). i think this is a hilarious (yet so rare) phenomenon, so let me know if you have encountered the same thing...

welp, time to go be a big fat pig at hodads
yum.

hello all.
i have now joined the ranks of other bloggers.
i know, i said i wouldn't, but gosh darn it, they're so entertaining!
i must have one of my own!
so here we go...
as most of you already know, matt and i have moved to california
and it is
AMAZING
to see how God had it all worked out.
such a testimony of his grace and provision.
before matt and i ever met,
God put the dream in our hearts to be in california.
we waited and were obedient to His timing
and now we're here, watching our dream unfold,
waiting answers to questions that were written in our hearts
by the Author of Life.

for anyone who has dreams and is waiting for them to be realized,
this song by over the rhine was a comfort to me when the waiting was torture

i'm so tired in the mornings
i try to go back
i try to remember
the light appearing
without warning
tying up my hands
like i'm good for nothing

if nothing else i can dream
i can dream
i'll never tell never tell
all i've seen
right in front of me
like the ghost of every thing that i could be

words in my head
like misfits after midnight
begging for a light
words left unsaid
they may never see the light of day
and that may be okay

if nothing else i can dream

this is the beginning of random thoughts, lyrics that apply to my life, and the lifelong search for jesus.
don't worry, the entries won't always be this serious.
bob barker countdown: 22 days
tracey