i'm listening to over the rhine's new 2 cd album, "ohio".
some of it has too much of a country twang-weird! but maybe they're going with the theme of ohio or something.
they do have a cool song titled ohio, though.
here are some lyrics (hitting home over here):
what in the world would make all this worthwhile?
and if i knew then (i was older then)
would i see regret to the last mile?
hello ohio
the back roads
i know ohio
like the back of my hand
alone ohio
where the river bends
and it's strange to see your story end
i started listening to over the rhine in 1989, when i first moved to cincinnati.
and thus, the obsession began.
i loved their song "jacksie".
i had no idea it was about cs lewis.
even if i would have been told, i still didn't know who cs lewis was.
and little did i know i would be learning about cs lewis from my HUSBAND's father 10 years later.
when i started listening to them it was the time in my life that i have felt the most alone.
my life had been completely uprooted and it was the Lord's doing.
it was that time in my life that i began my search for the Lord.
(7 years later i would make a commitment to follow Him).
it was the same time in my life i felt the desire to move to california
(nevermind that i had never been there).
how amazing that God would have put that in me
because of his plans that are just now starting to be revealed!
i know i'm getting a little emo here, but just thinking about His plans
to prosper us
and not to harm us
that He has determined our paths,
even though we make our own footprints.
and just how He reaches us in pain
and the most difficult times in my life
have been the times that i have grown and
learned how to know Him and draw near to him and love him.
and
just
be
still.
the worst times of my life have been the most beautiful times with Jesus.
those scars are precious.
-tracey
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
hmm...
interesting banter on the blogs.
especially the neverending crossbow comments.
i made a few of my own
and chuckled at myself.
(a paul runyan sort of chuckle, if you know what i mean).
i can not get off of the new outkast video/song.
we recorded the video and i keep watching it--so quality!
i'm usually not like this, but it's so fresh and strange and catchy, i can't get enough.
i feel like matt!
speaking of that guy, he was the hot topic in speech therapy today!
cutie kid: do you have a boyfriend?
me: no, but i do have a husband.
kid: MISTER edwards???
i began laughing hysterically since i've never heard anyone call matt "mr. edwards". so strange.
dad, do you remember when matt and i were just friends and i tried to call you dr. edwards? you laughed and told me to call you bruce. i'm glad i call you dad now!
speaking of titles, our weirdo chiropractor said the stupidest thing today and i pulled off the most perfect slam of my life (it probably doesn't seem like it in writing, but trust me, it was perfect!):
he was blabbering something about going by "dr. joe" and saying something like, "yeah, i like getting mail addressed to 'dr.' joe dzendzel. (pause) that's a little pretentious (laughs)." (side note: he is completely pretentious in all aspects!!!)
matt and i smile politely and inside have the usual million comments that we won't let out until we get in the car.
then he starts up again, "yeah, but it does tick me off when my aunt writes me letters and addresses them to "mr." joe dzendzel."
he looks at me to get my nod of agreement.
and i say, "now THAT'S pretentious!"
he laughed and i didn't feel horrible for letting the truth come flinging out of my mouth.
matt shook his head in utter disbelief (and admiration, i like to think-heehee!)
but come on, she's your AUNT, guy! NO ONE should have to call you dr. unless you ARE their doctor!!!
the end of that rant!
a fun thing is that my school has a brand new library and the librarian is getting rid of a ton of books--for free!
i picked out three big boxes. some stuff is really good, too! another narnia set, a bunch of madeline l'engle books, the pippi longstocking series (my childhood favorites), mrs. piggle wiggle, some roald dahl, tolkien, and some random things. but i was expecting it to just be like encyclopedias from the 70's, so such a great surprise and all for FREE!!! so i've been reading some fun books and laughing and remembering fun things. did anyone ever read "mr. popper's penguins"? such a great book! justy, you might recognize some of the stuff. i know i can't use a lot of this stuff right now, but i always am getting excited to read these things with my own kids someday. that's how i justify any book purchase i make for school--because i know i'm going to be keeping them for my own kids (and secretly, me--i get such a kick out of some of these things).
time for more top ten lists, people.
top ten things i'm listening to right now...
1. uh, outkast's "hey ya"
2. ken stringfellow
3. denison witmer
4. jack johnson (i wasn't into him at first, but i'm addicted now, mare!)
5. apples in stereo
6. rooney
7. saves the day's new one (it sounds like wheatus at first)
8. cush (as usual)
9. wayne everett
10. brand new
mare, that's so funny about the cardigans, right before you started posting about that i was in the custodian's supply room and he had the radio going. we started chatting about good 80s music and he brought up the cardigans--apparently a big fan. so if you get a chance could you burn me a copy of your faves or just bring at thanksgiving so we can rip it?
matt is totally knocked out right now.
he fell asleep right after dinner and was all disoriented.
he was all, "why am i so tired?"
i told him i put a sleeping pill in his carne asada quesadilla and he actually believed me!
what a grog!!!
michelle--yay! you're back, too! everyone seems to be back from their summer blogging vacations.
i can't believe hannah is going to be here in a couple of weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she is going to be so beautiful!!!!!!!!
i wish we could be there right when she is born but thankfully it won't be too long after that we get to see her.
also, that is the best story about skyline--i was laughing so hard! besides, i have never had a deluxe burrito there, but skyline chili tastes good on everything (sickly i put it on zucchini the other day--and it was good of course!), so i'm sure it would be allllsome. we'll plan our next visit there around a tuesday, if matt has anything to say about it!
welp,
i'm off to read "pippi goes on board"--so hilarious.
-tracey
interesting banter on the blogs.
especially the neverending crossbow comments.
i made a few of my own
and chuckled at myself.
(a paul runyan sort of chuckle, if you know what i mean).
i can not get off of the new outkast video/song.
we recorded the video and i keep watching it--so quality!
i'm usually not like this, but it's so fresh and strange and catchy, i can't get enough.
i feel like matt!
speaking of that guy, he was the hot topic in speech therapy today!
cutie kid: do you have a boyfriend?
me: no, but i do have a husband.
kid: MISTER edwards???
i began laughing hysterically since i've never heard anyone call matt "mr. edwards". so strange.
dad, do you remember when matt and i were just friends and i tried to call you dr. edwards? you laughed and told me to call you bruce. i'm glad i call you dad now!
speaking of titles, our weirdo chiropractor said the stupidest thing today and i pulled off the most perfect slam of my life (it probably doesn't seem like it in writing, but trust me, it was perfect!):
he was blabbering something about going by "dr. joe" and saying something like, "yeah, i like getting mail addressed to 'dr.' joe dzendzel. (pause) that's a little pretentious (laughs)." (side note: he is completely pretentious in all aspects!!!)
matt and i smile politely and inside have the usual million comments that we won't let out until we get in the car.
then he starts up again, "yeah, but it does tick me off when my aunt writes me letters and addresses them to "mr." joe dzendzel."
he looks at me to get my nod of agreement.
and i say, "now THAT'S pretentious!"
he laughed and i didn't feel horrible for letting the truth come flinging out of my mouth.
matt shook his head in utter disbelief (and admiration, i like to think-heehee!)
but come on, she's your AUNT, guy! NO ONE should have to call you dr. unless you ARE their doctor!!!
the end of that rant!
a fun thing is that my school has a brand new library and the librarian is getting rid of a ton of books--for free!
i picked out three big boxes. some stuff is really good, too! another narnia set, a bunch of madeline l'engle books, the pippi longstocking series (my childhood favorites), mrs. piggle wiggle, some roald dahl, tolkien, and some random things. but i was expecting it to just be like encyclopedias from the 70's, so such a great surprise and all for FREE!!! so i've been reading some fun books and laughing and remembering fun things. did anyone ever read "mr. popper's penguins"? such a great book! justy, you might recognize some of the stuff. i know i can't use a lot of this stuff right now, but i always am getting excited to read these things with my own kids someday. that's how i justify any book purchase i make for school--because i know i'm going to be keeping them for my own kids (and secretly, me--i get such a kick out of some of these things).
time for more top ten lists, people.
top ten things i'm listening to right now...
1. uh, outkast's "hey ya"
2. ken stringfellow
3. denison witmer
4. jack johnson (i wasn't into him at first, but i'm addicted now, mare!)
5. apples in stereo
6. rooney
7. saves the day's new one (it sounds like wheatus at first)
8. cush (as usual)
9. wayne everett
10. brand new
mare, that's so funny about the cardigans, right before you started posting about that i was in the custodian's supply room and he had the radio going. we started chatting about good 80s music and he brought up the cardigans--apparently a big fan. so if you get a chance could you burn me a copy of your faves or just bring at thanksgiving so we can rip it?
matt is totally knocked out right now.
he fell asleep right after dinner and was all disoriented.
he was all, "why am i so tired?"
i told him i put a sleeping pill in his carne asada quesadilla and he actually believed me!
what a grog!!!
michelle--yay! you're back, too! everyone seems to be back from their summer blogging vacations.
i can't believe hannah is going to be here in a couple of weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she is going to be so beautiful!!!!!!!!
i wish we could be there right when she is born but thankfully it won't be too long after that we get to see her.
also, that is the best story about skyline--i was laughing so hard! besides, i have never had a deluxe burrito there, but skyline chili tastes good on everything (sickly i put it on zucchini the other day--and it was good of course!), so i'm sure it would be allllsome. we'll plan our next visit there around a tuesday, if matt has anything to say about it!
welp,
i'm off to read "pippi goes on board"--so hilarious.
-tracey
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
the end of a very long day of work.
i probably should have taken the whole day to work on paperwork and stupid stuff, but i NEEDED to see kids. first of all, i have to because they have legally binding documents mandating speech/language services; but most of all, because i finally feel normal when i'm doing that part of my job--the part that i love, the part that energizes me.
so the consequence for that was working on dumb stuff until 6:00 tonight. i know, to normal people, not a long day, but i could have left at 3:30 if i had no work to do.
enough of that blabber!!!
i have my first funny kid's quote of the school year.
drumroll please...
the kids were putting little shapes on paper to show the concepts "same" and "different".
one little (kindergarten) boy was putting little circles within big circles, little squares within big squares, etc.
when asked how those patterns were the same or different, he replied: "these all have babies in their tummies and the other ones have no babies in their tummies!"
yay!
welp, i'm going to make matt some broccoli to help counteract the 4 doughnuts consumed today :)
-tracey
it's getting hard to
breathe in this life
-denison witmer
i probably should have taken the whole day to work on paperwork and stupid stuff, but i NEEDED to see kids. first of all, i have to because they have legally binding documents mandating speech/language services; but most of all, because i finally feel normal when i'm doing that part of my job--the part that i love, the part that energizes me.
so the consequence for that was working on dumb stuff until 6:00 tonight. i know, to normal people, not a long day, but i could have left at 3:30 if i had no work to do.
enough of that blabber!!!
i have my first funny kid's quote of the school year.
drumroll please...
the kids were putting little shapes on paper to show the concepts "same" and "different".
one little (kindergarten) boy was putting little circles within big circles, little squares within big squares, etc.
when asked how those patterns were the same or different, he replied: "these all have babies in their tummies and the other ones have no babies in their tummies!"
yay!
welp, i'm going to make matt some broccoli to help counteract the 4 doughnuts consumed today :)
-tracey
it's getting hard to
breathe in this life
-denison witmer
Sunday, September 07, 2003
also, if anyone was interested in hearing about christmas ideas early this year, number one on my list is the christopher guest dvd collection (has guffman, a mighty wind, best in show--around $46-48 online) and it comes out 9/23/03. walmart has an additional $10 mail-in rebate. just a fun fact!
-tracey
-tracey