Friday, April 28, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
bingo
yesterday in the car Piper was singing and what came out of her mouth was a staggering rendition of her very own remix: BINGO meets Old MacDonald, the underground DJ Bug Mix...
There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o (yes she started out with the familiar as to draw you in)
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o
and now it's time for a remix or the "hook"
(which reminds me of this guy that once wrote me this email defining what the term "hook" meant in the business world and how it is something that ropes you in and holds your interest and make you want to come back for more. And then he gave me what is probably one of the most get-you-right-in-the-gut compliments, "shannon, you are like my hook" although reading that right now to myself conjures up some other kind of definition of "hook" but that really wasn't the case and that compliment has stayed with me and makes me fuzzy inside when I think about it. what a sweet guy.)
(anyway, back to the remix)
There was a farmer had a pig and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o
and we went through all the animals in Old Macdonalds farm, each being named Bingo and each needing it to be spelled out in a very "outside" kind of voice.
maybe someday she'llget to work with Jimmy Jam and we can call her "Miss D-" if you're nasty.
There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o (yes she started out with the familiar as to draw you in)
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o
and now it's time for a remix or the "hook"
(which reminds me of this guy that once wrote me this email defining what the term "hook" meant in the business world and how it is something that ropes you in and holds your interest and make you want to come back for more. And then he gave me what is probably one of the most get-you-right-in-the-gut compliments, "shannon, you are like my hook" although reading that right now to myself conjures up some other kind of definition of "hook" but that really wasn't the case and that compliment has stayed with me and makes me fuzzy inside when I think about it. what a sweet guy.)
(anyway, back to the remix)
There was a farmer had a pig and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o
and we went through all the animals in Old Macdonalds farm, each being named Bingo and each needing it to be spelled out in a very "outside" kind of voice.
maybe someday she'llget to work with Jimmy Jam and we can call her "Miss D-" if you're nasty.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
what would you do?
so we were out and about this morning and Piper saw a rather overweight woman and she said to me in her somewhat shout/really loud voice:
"Mom, that woman has a really big tummy. Really really big tummy. Mom, do you see her? She has the really biggest tummy in the world. Mom! MOM! MOM! DO YOU SEE HER WITH THE REALLY BIG TUMMY?"
I'm sure the woman had to have heard her big 3 year old voice and I just kind of sunk inside mysef not knowing what to say or how to react or for the love of God just leave and flee...you know, fight or flight? fly fly fly!
Have you ever had to address something like this and if so, how did you go about the explanation to your child?
usually she just asks me if the lady has a baby in her tummy as a lot of our friends are pregnant at the moment and Piper has taken to walking around the house with a stuffed animal up her shirt calling it "the baby in my tummy."
and just because...here is one of my favorite pictures of my favorite bug:
"Mom, that woman has a really big tummy. Really really big tummy. Mom, do you see her? She has the really biggest tummy in the world. Mom! MOM! MOM! DO YOU SEE HER WITH THE REALLY BIG TUMMY?"
I'm sure the woman had to have heard her big 3 year old voice and I just kind of sunk inside mysef not knowing what to say or how to react or for the love of God just leave and flee...you know, fight or flight? fly fly fly!
Have you ever had to address something like this and if so, how did you go about the explanation to your child?
usually she just asks me if the lady has a baby in her tummy as a lot of our friends are pregnant at the moment and Piper has taken to walking around the house with a stuffed animal up her shirt calling it "the baby in my tummy."
and just because...here is one of my favorite pictures of my favorite bug:
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Thursday, April 13, 2006
mix it up
I made a new playlist for my workout and i really like it although some of the songs are cheesy they really "PUMP...me up!" really, there is asslee simpson (l.o.v.e. is a really good song, the missy elliot mix, really) and a little britney...i'm so embarassed although I hope i make up for it with the beastie boys and lauryn hill selections?
Move Along -The All-American Rejects
L.O.V.E. (Missy Underground Mix) -Ashlee Simpson & Missy L.O.V.E.
Milkshake- Kelis
All the Things She Said -T.A.T.U. (for real, is this a lesbian love song? just wondering?)
The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin') -Beastie Boys
Sabotage -Beastie Boys
Check On It -Beyoncé & Slim Thug
La La -Ashlee Simpson (what jason would give for me to be his french maid or any other nationality of maid)
Mr. Brightside -The Killers
All These Things That I've Done- The Killers (yeah, piper knows all the words to this song, really)
Rollout (My Business)- Ludacris (is this odd that I have this on my ipod?)
I'm a Slave 4 U -Britney Spears (hahahaha)
Everything Is Everything -Lauryn Hill
Ex-Factor- Lauryn Hill
and because it is almost Easter, here is a picture of my girls from Easter last year. They look so happy, don't they?
Move Along -The All-American Rejects
L.O.V.E. (Missy Underground Mix) -Ashlee Simpson & Missy L.O.V.E.
Milkshake- Kelis
All the Things She Said -T.A.T.U. (for real, is this a lesbian love song? just wondering?)
The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin') -Beastie Boys
Sabotage -Beastie Boys
Check On It -Beyoncé & Slim Thug
La La -Ashlee Simpson (what jason would give for me to be his french maid or any other nationality of maid)
Mr. Brightside -The Killers
All These Things That I've Done- The Killers (yeah, piper knows all the words to this song, really)
Rollout (My Business)- Ludacris (is this odd that I have this on my ipod?)
I'm a Slave 4 U -Britney Spears (hahahaha)
Everything Is Everything -Lauryn Hill
Ex-Factor- Lauryn Hill
and because it is almost Easter, here is a picture of my girls from Easter last year. They look so happy, don't they?
Monday, April 10, 2006
observations
Sunday:
we decided to sit with my brother at church on sunday and just happened to be sitting behind a couple that both attended the same private school that I attended in junior high. They were not a couple then, but now they are engaged and nauseating. I swear they could not have been more annoyingly hilarious. It took all I had in me not to laugh during the prayers when she would nuzzle her head up into his neck with their arms wrapped around each other. Not only that but something that really ticks me off is when people (this couple included) can be chit chatting and totally oblivious to their surroundings...example: this couple is whispering and giggling back and forth with this other girl sitting next to them like they are at youth group or something and we are in the middle of the praise and worship and in their next breaths almost as if on cue they close their eyes and raise their arms and hands and assume the positing that is the badge of a "christian". I wanted to vomit all over them. Not only do I believe that this is most definitely not authentic worship, but they were distracting me from my worship and interfering with me preparing myself for the sermon and what God has for me to hear through the music and worship experience. So so so annoying. Not only that, but it is situations like these that lead me to the cynical belief that the whole worship experience is a manipulation of my emotions anyway because who can go from whispering "oh, did you see what she was wearing?" to on their knees crying and in awe of my God? I hate that I have become so cynical about these things, however; my relationship with my Father is authentic and real and rough and difficult and easy and loving and forgiving and all these other things that these "christians" rarely address because it is too sticky.
I did however, learn a few things...
1.) Our bodies here on earth are our tents as in they are temporary and will run down and fail us while our "mansion" waiting for us is not a literal physical "mansion" like a house but rather our glorified bodies we receive when we die...they are permanent. I never thought of it in that manner, I guess I always remembered my mom saying "well, I hope my mansion isn't next to so-n-so's mansion in heaven" and I thought it was an actual house like what we have on earth.
b.) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
1 John 4:18
just think about that for a minute...no fear in love. In other words, trying to scare the "hell out of" someone to get them to chose God is not the way to go because there is no fear in love and God is love so there is no fear in God. I also think this has an application when it comes to judging someone for a variety of issues: sexual orientation, race, their position on the social ladder, rich, poor, fat, skinny, whatever...there is no fear in love and we are called to love and show God's love...there is no fear in love.
Later on we went to my parents house for lunch and swimming. I'm glad that my girls know their grandparents, both sets, because I never had that, my grandfather didn't even know my name, it was always "sharon" or "girly" which we laugh about now, but it still kinda hurts. He was a very sad man and his life ended and it was very very sad and lonely because of how he had lived his life. He was buried in a suit that was left at a nursing home after another man died. His funeral was attended by only a handful and was sobering and made me think that I want to know my children and their children and so on. Anyway, we had fun with grammy and granpaw.
Monday:
Today was wonderful. Piper has started a gymnastics class that she does "all by myself." This little girl amazes me on a daily basis. She is becoming more comfortable in her own skin and becoming this lovely delightful child. I covertly watched her in the class and she was awesome. I couldn't believe all the things she could do and I was so so proud of her. That mama pride is somethin let me tell you, my heart was swelling up so much I was almost certain that is was going to burst. I love love love my girls.
goodnight. xoxo
we decided to sit with my brother at church on sunday and just happened to be sitting behind a couple that both attended the same private school that I attended in junior high. They were not a couple then, but now they are engaged and nauseating. I swear they could not have been more annoyingly hilarious. It took all I had in me not to laugh during the prayers when she would nuzzle her head up into his neck with their arms wrapped around each other. Not only that but something that really ticks me off is when people (this couple included) can be chit chatting and totally oblivious to their surroundings...example: this couple is whispering and giggling back and forth with this other girl sitting next to them like they are at youth group or something and we are in the middle of the praise and worship and in their next breaths almost as if on cue they close their eyes and raise their arms and hands and assume the positing that is the badge of a "christian". I wanted to vomit all over them. Not only do I believe that this is most definitely not authentic worship, but they were distracting me from my worship and interfering with me preparing myself for the sermon and what God has for me to hear through the music and worship experience. So so so annoying. Not only that, but it is situations like these that lead me to the cynical belief that the whole worship experience is a manipulation of my emotions anyway because who can go from whispering "oh, did you see what she was wearing?" to on their knees crying and in awe of my God? I hate that I have become so cynical about these things, however; my relationship with my Father is authentic and real and rough and difficult and easy and loving and forgiving and all these other things that these "christians" rarely address because it is too sticky.
I did however, learn a few things...
1.) Our bodies here on earth are our tents as in they are temporary and will run down and fail us while our "mansion" waiting for us is not a literal physical "mansion" like a house but rather our glorified bodies we receive when we die...they are permanent. I never thought of it in that manner, I guess I always remembered my mom saying "well, I hope my mansion isn't next to so-n-so's mansion in heaven" and I thought it was an actual house like what we have on earth.
b.) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
1 John 4:18
just think about that for a minute...no fear in love. In other words, trying to scare the "hell out of" someone to get them to chose God is not the way to go because there is no fear in love and God is love so there is no fear in God. I also think this has an application when it comes to judging someone for a variety of issues: sexual orientation, race, their position on the social ladder, rich, poor, fat, skinny, whatever...there is no fear in love and we are called to love and show God's love...there is no fear in love.
Later on we went to my parents house for lunch and swimming. I'm glad that my girls know their grandparents, both sets, because I never had that, my grandfather didn't even know my name, it was always "sharon" or "girly" which we laugh about now, but it still kinda hurts. He was a very sad man and his life ended and it was very very sad and lonely because of how he had lived his life. He was buried in a suit that was left at a nursing home after another man died. His funeral was attended by only a handful and was sobering and made me think that I want to know my children and their children and so on. Anyway, we had fun with grammy and granpaw.
Monday:
Today was wonderful. Piper has started a gymnastics class that she does "all by myself." This little girl amazes me on a daily basis. She is becoming more comfortable in her own skin and becoming this lovely delightful child. I covertly watched her in the class and she was awesome. I couldn't believe all the things she could do and I was so so proud of her. That mama pride is somethin let me tell you, my heart was swelling up so much I was almost certain that is was going to burst. I love love love my girls.
goodnight. xoxo
Thursday, April 06, 2006
52 things
I am having trouble figuring out what to write about because I know how much you just love hearing about the daily minutia that happens around here. I read it and I am bored and I'm the one who wrote it, so...not so good. So I stole this from Kim:
1. FIRST NAME? shannon
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? no
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? hmmm, i got teary today wathcing piper sing in labschool
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? i guess
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? boar's head chicken breast
6. KIDS? 2 beautiful girls
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? sure
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? yes, but i don't write in it religiously
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? of course not (*snicker*)
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? no no no
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? berry berry kix at the moment
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? sometimes yes, sometimes no
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? yes
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? cookies and cream
16. SHOE SIZE? 7.5
17. RED OR PINK? redish pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? i'm messy
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? jennifer krug
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? no, but link back if you share on your blog
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? balck yoga pants and white sneaks
22. LAST THING YOU ATE? pretzels
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? whining
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? some sort of blue-green
25. FAVORITE SMELL? sunscreen on my babies
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? jason
27. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? boobs (just kdding),probably if they are smiling or not or if they look stressed
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? don't really know her but am impressed by her
29. FAVORITE DRINK? cherry coke or white wine sangria
30. FAVORITE SPORT? volleyball or tennis
31. HAIR COLOR? brown with highlight (not enjoying my hair color at the moment)
32. EYE COLOR? green
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Pizza
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? either but more happy than scary
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? mean girls
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? green
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? SUMMER
39. HUGS OR KISSES? all of the above
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? brownies or chocolate lava cake
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? nobody
42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? everybody
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, The Artist's Way, Summer, something else that I can't remember the title
44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? crumbs
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? nada
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? my babies laughing or singing
47. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? the stones
48. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? costa rica
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? i dunno
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? march 8, florida
51. WHAT CONDITION ARE YOUR HANDS AND FEET IN? pretty bad
52. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? too numerous to name
1. FIRST NAME? shannon
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? no
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? hmmm, i got teary today wathcing piper sing in labschool
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? i guess
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? boar's head chicken breast
6. KIDS? 2 beautiful girls
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? sure
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? yes, but i don't write in it religiously
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? of course not (*snicker*)
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? no no no
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? berry berry kix at the moment
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? sometimes yes, sometimes no
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? yes
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? cookies and cream
16. SHOE SIZE? 7.5
17. RED OR PINK? redish pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? i'm messy
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? jennifer krug
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? no, but link back if you share on your blog
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? balck yoga pants and white sneaks
22. LAST THING YOU ATE? pretzels
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? whining
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? some sort of blue-green
25. FAVORITE SMELL? sunscreen on my babies
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? jason
27. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? boobs (just kdding),probably if they are smiling or not or if they look stressed
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? don't really know her but am impressed by her
29. FAVORITE DRINK? cherry coke or white wine sangria
30. FAVORITE SPORT? volleyball or tennis
31. HAIR COLOR? brown with highlight (not enjoying my hair color at the moment)
32. EYE COLOR? green
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Pizza
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? either but more happy than scary
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? mean girls
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? green
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? SUMMER
39. HUGS OR KISSES? all of the above
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? brownies or chocolate lava cake
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? nobody
42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? everybody
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, The Artist's Way, Summer, something else that I can't remember the title
44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? crumbs
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? nada
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? my babies laughing or singing
47. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? the stones
48. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? costa rica
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? i dunno
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? march 8, florida
51. WHAT CONDITION ARE YOUR HANDS AND FEET IN? pretty bad
52. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? too numerous to name
Saturday, April 01, 2006
gallery walk
I almost forgot. Tonight Jason and I are going to a gallery walk in our downtown Cocoa Village. Around 14 galleries will be opening their doors for us to stroll through and salivate over. They serve wine and snacks and there are give aways at each gallery. I'm really looking forward to it and I think maybe we might come home with something to live with us in our home? maybe? please?
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