Crossing My Fingers (and toes!)

...So I can win me one of these!

 

Check out this blog if you want to enter too. (But actually, please don't, 'cause I wanna win!)

Front Porch Sittin'

I always like to dream of the future home I will own someday. 

My idea of what I want changes slightly from time to time, but there's one thing that always stays the same:

I want a front porch big enough for my couch.

Now, I'm not meaning something fancy and expensive like this (although it does look quite nice and relaxing. And I'm a fan of the color scheme, but that's besides the point) :

No, I'm talkin' deep south, lemonade sippin', shot-gun shootin', lazy summer day porch sittin'.

Put a ukulele in my hands and a hound dog at my feet and I would be a happy girl for the rest of my days.

Oh yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about.

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes...

I just suddenly had a huge craving to go four-wheeling. 

Through the mud. 

In Mexico. 

In the middle of the jungle.

I want to go back.

SO bad.

If I Were A Rich Man...

...Woman... maybe I could spend money without feeling totally guilty about it. And maybe I wouldn't get upset about being fined $15.00 for "holes in the living room couch" that I'm pretty sure didn't really exist. I also have this lovely list of things that I would really love to save up for... a really nice uke, a bike, a camera, maybe some clothes... (notice I didn't even include a car. Not even an option right now). BUT, alas, my perfect full-time summer nanny job fell through before it even started. So when I went shopping today for wedding presents (seriously--everyone and their dog is getting married this summer), I was spending the paycheck I won't be getting. Ouch.

Maybe I'll go sit on a street corner and play my ukulele.

Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Dora the Explorer

This semester in Institute, I have been taking a "Writings of John the Beloved" class and we are currently studying the book of Revelation. Today when we were going through chapter 9, Brother Irwin* (name may or may not have been changed) got a little sidetracked and we began discussing emergency preparedness and what we would do if there was an earthquake. He then told us about a meeting he and the rest of the faculty had to go to where they learned that if there was a sniper in the building we were supposed to lock the door and hide behind the piano. It was decided that I was not allowed to be in charge if there was ever an emergency, because my idea was to have everyone stand in the halls and say "Sniper, no sniping! Sniper, no sniping! Sniper, no sniping!!" in hopes that it would make him change his mind.

I still think it was a good idea.

I Relate Life Events to Harry Potter

If I could have just one single spell from the wizarding world at my disposal, it would be the summoning charm. That way when I'm in bed at night and realize I've forgotten something, I can just say "Accio [insert object here]" and it'll come zooming to me without me having to climb out of my warm comfy bed. That'd be the life.