Melissa tagged me. I don't know if there are eight people left in my blog circle of friends that haven't been tagged yet! If you have been tagged and not yet responded, I may tag you again:)
Tagging means you have to post 8 random facts/habits about yourself, and then "tag" 8 other people.
1. Fact- I do not have pierced ears. Explanation if you wish to read: I wasn't aloud to get them pierced till I was 13. When I was 13 I was deathly afraid of getting it done (needles). As I got older I began to realize it was one less meaningless token of beauty to worry about, so I have opted not to pierce them. I have been tempted at times, and I once had my upper cartilage pierced twice. No I am not in a gang... I just thought it was cool. One has closed up, the other may still be there.
2. Habit- Generally speaking, I eat the same Bagel with fat free cream cheese every morning. I rotate between flavors, but I am addicted to Natural Ovens.
3. Fact- When I was in second grade I got lost after a local play. I walked from Naperville to Glen Ellen. I finally decided to ask for help when it got dark.
4. Fact- I wear a size 8-9 shoe, but I am only 5'3''.
5. Habit- I tend to leave longer than necessary voice mails.
6. Fact- Numerous strangers have told me I look like Jennifer Aniston (I'll take it!)
7. Habit- Thai food, once a week is a must.
8. Fact- I've never had a cavity. Accept for ONE time I went to a new dentist and he tried to scam me and said I had 5 that needed to be filled right away. That was the end of that dentist.
I Tag (and re-tag), I need more blogger friends!!
Eric O.
Greta
Chrissy
Steve Luce (your name is on the blog! You have to post too)
Audrey
Ali O , Annie J and Annie H- to make a blog because I know you read them all the time anyway.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
just because
I have nothing too exciting to post about today. It has been a calm week for us, which has been nice. Probably because we are finally being forced to be calm. Jon has strep. Yuck, poor guy. I have had some sort of little bug for quite some time now..but just as I am starting to get over it, Jon has strep. So without my partner for fun and games, I must also rest. We have been going like mad this summer. Now some of you may say, what else is new? You always go like mad. But let me tell you, I actually feel like I have my life back!
I have always survived best living a full life with lots of activity and people. However, sometimes I get lazy and allow myself to forget this. For a long time I was in a "tweener" stage. Caught in between odd jobs, classes, no car, living "far" from people. The spring brought on a welcomed change of having a more set schedule and the ability to make plans. Another welcome change ,which I have mentioned in past blogs, we both began doing things we truly loved and actually don't mind putting in extra hours. These changes= busy times, no weekends free, and being tired. A good tired though. A kind of- mmm hmm, I have been doing a lot lately. Wow, I have seen a lot of people lately, Hmm been invested in a lot lately.... better make sure I am not spreading myself too thin as I have in the past. During these times it is easy to forget to spend quality time with God, with your spouse, or for me- not allowing myself to mentally relax. I must admit one con of having such a full summer is that we have barely made it to church. I don't like that! But the great thing is, I have seen God in so many other ways, and I know this summer has been revitalizing and inspiring for us each in different ways. Today as I had a quiet day I was reminded of the importance of prayer and solitude with God. Without that, none of this other stuff matters and it just uses up the wrong kind of energy!
I also will take the time to add here how much I love blogging and bloggingish things for the sheer fact it helps people keep up with each other! My dear friend from out west left me a message last night saying she has been following my life online (hi!). Now in some ways, this is sad- it allows us to not personally communicate. In better ways, we aren't great at calling each other frequently anyhow- so at least we can keep up on each others lives. I love that.
Anyway, so here is a post not posting about something we did this past weekend. Instead it is about just being and taking some time to breathe.
I have always survived best living a full life with lots of activity and people. However, sometimes I get lazy and allow myself to forget this. For a long time I was in a "tweener" stage. Caught in between odd jobs, classes, no car, living "far" from people. The spring brought on a welcomed change of having a more set schedule and the ability to make plans. Another welcome change ,which I have mentioned in past blogs, we both began doing things we truly loved and actually don't mind putting in extra hours. These changes= busy times, no weekends free, and being tired. A good tired though. A kind of- mmm hmm, I have been doing a lot lately. Wow, I have seen a lot of people lately, Hmm been invested in a lot lately.... better make sure I am not spreading myself too thin as I have in the past. During these times it is easy to forget to spend quality time with God, with your spouse, or for me- not allowing myself to mentally relax. I must admit one con of having such a full summer is that we have barely made it to church. I don't like that! But the great thing is, I have seen God in so many other ways, and I know this summer has been revitalizing and inspiring for us each in different ways. Today as I had a quiet day I was reminded of the importance of prayer and solitude with God. Without that, none of this other stuff matters and it just uses up the wrong kind of energy!
I also will take the time to add here how much I love blogging and bloggingish things for the sheer fact it helps people keep up with each other! My dear friend from out west left me a message last night saying she has been following my life online (hi!). Now in some ways, this is sad- it allows us to not personally communicate. In better ways, we aren't great at calling each other frequently anyhow- so at least we can keep up on each others lives. I love that.
Anyway, so here is a post not posting about something we did this past weekend. Instead it is about just being and taking some time to breathe.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Doggy Date
Peter Peterson
meets
Wrigley Jennings
meets
Wrigley Jennings
Peter got to meet his friend Wrigley this weekend. Peter loves this little guy! They wear each other out and of course we like getting to see K.J. and Mike. It was a great distraction from a weekend of working on papers. Which I am still working on- almost done!
Getting these two to pose for a picture was pretty much impossible. Just like toddlers. And yes- Wrigley is chewing Peter's head. All puppies love to chew on him cause he just lies there like a fool!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Colorado and California
Well I won't try to write all about the past 10 days. We have seen a voluptuous amount of family and friends.
Looking back- We got to enjoy a great weekend in Colorado with the Keyser Crew and Company. Celebrating Jeff and Amy and hanging out with parents "to be" Lisa and Joel. Quick trip, but got to see all our Colorado peeps- lots of fun!
Home for 3 days, then out to Santa Barbara. Ben (Jon's long time childhood friend and next door neighbor) got married. I going to go out on a limb and say it was the most beautiful wedding I have been to location wise. Anywhere in Santa Barbara would be up for that nomination. However, this wedding was on the Shelton's Property, up in the hills of Montecito. Imagine national park site turned hippy compound- You have to see it to really understand. This is the place Ben and his entire family have called home for many many years . Here are just a FEW of my pics trying to capture the weekend. I am not even going to begin writing about it, I don't have time. I will just say it was renewing, inspiring, fun, and busy! I highly encourage checking out the professional photos.
Looking back- We got to enjoy a great weekend in Colorado with the Keyser Crew and Company. Celebrating Jeff and Amy and hanging out with parents "to be" Lisa and Joel. Quick trip, but got to see all our Colorado peeps- lots of fun!
Home for 3 days, then out to Santa Barbara. Ben (Jon's long time childhood friend and next door neighbor) got married. I going to go out on a limb and say it was the most beautiful wedding I have been to location wise. Anywhere in Santa Barbara would be up for that nomination. However, this wedding was on the Shelton's Property, up in the hills of Montecito. Imagine national park site turned hippy compound- You have to see it to really understand. This is the place Ben and his entire family have called home for many many years . Here are just a FEW of my pics trying to capture the weekend. I am not even going to begin writing about it, I don't have time. I will just say it was renewing, inspiring, fun, and busy! I highly encourage checking out the professional photos.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
This is what we do to celebrate America- Parades and Fire
Well we have had an interesting day. Started off with the Des Plaines Parade where we represented Children's Hope. I am not going to lie, Jon sort of got suckered in on this one! It was a fun morning though. Really great to meet so many adopted kids and families, and again so confirming of the work I am doing. I do love it! 
Peter was a star and quite a good sport! I think he may be the new mascot. We were very proud of his parade performance. He was very tolerant of many small children, lots of noise, and hung out for about 4 hours in Chicago humidity. OK, he's not a real child....but we don't have one, so we can be proud of our dog.......I know..we're goofs! BUT everyone LOVED him!
Then Jon felt sick........ then I felt sick...... (hmm... Oh well!) Here's to hoping that was a fluke as we are going out of town tomorrow......(P.S. posts will be slow for a bit!)
Then at about 9:30 p.m. we took a walk and were delighted to find we actually didn't miss out on fireworks. Turns out our local park has an "underground" display of its own. I must admit, at times I said we're leaving right now before we catch fire and die. But then again, I was intrigued, and it was actually quite a good display. Much more fun to watch than any city fireworks show. Probably because it was devious and we were amazed by the mass quantity of people that had gathered to show off what they had bought out of state. Apparently, we discovered a local tradition on accident! I kid you not, the bleachers were full! We sat for about 45 minutes amazed at how people get away with such illegal things in mass quantity- no one stopped it. I insisted we leave after we had seen a bit o
f a show in order to spare our arms, legs, and liability 
Peter was a star and quite a good sport! I think he may be the new mascot. We were very proud of his parade performance. He was very tolerant of many small children, lots of noise, and hung out for about 4 hours in Chicago humidity. OK, he's not a real child....but we don't have one, so we can be proud of our dog.......I know..we're goofs! BUT everyone LOVED him!
Then Jon felt sick........ then I felt sick...... (hmm... Oh well!) Here's to hoping that was a fluke as we are going out of town tomorrow......(P.S. posts will be slow for a bit!)
Then at about 9:30 p.m. we took a walk and were delighted to find we actually didn't miss out on fireworks. Turns out our local park has an "underground" display of its own. I must admit, at times I said we're leaving right now before we catch fire and die. But then again, I was intrigued, and it was actually quite a good display. Much more fun to watch than any city fireworks show. Probably because it was devious and we were amazed by the mass quantity of people that had gathered to show off what they had bought out of state. Apparently, we discovered a local tradition on accident! I kid you not, the bleachers were full! We sat for about 45 minutes amazed at how people get away with such illegal things in mass quantity- no one stopped it. I insisted we leave after we had seen a bit o
f a show in order to spare our arms, legs, and liability 
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Babies!
This past weekend we got to meet two wonderful little new additions to the world! I have to say God reveals himself very clearly through the process of creating human life. To think about a child being "knit" together for 9 months, and then appearing, it is mind boggling- and awesome!
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