•car problems: the axle on our car BROKE APART one night while mom and I were running errands! At the absolute most basic definition, an axle is a bar your two front wheels or two back wheels sit on underneath the car. Fortunately, we were close to home when it happened, and while mom was on the phone with a tow company, the police came and pushed ( Read more... )

Halloween: my church did a trunk-r-treat. My mom *was* going to volunteer our car, but then mid-month she had a change of mind, and backtracked (the church my family originally started at taught that halloween was the devil's holiday and discouraged ANY participation. So that night, our church would hold a bible-themed pizza and games night.) ( Read more... )

•my niece went on bed rest back in late August, expecting New Baby to come within that first week of September. But I guess she was pretty comfortable in her mom's belly, she didn't come until my dad's birthday (mid-month ( Read more... )

•@lynn: the Barbie movie is SO GOOD. There weren't a lot of people in the theater when we saw it, but instead of being disappointed that I didn't get to participate in a Big Movie Crowd™, but it felt more... intimate, like we were all close friends. Like most people, my favorite song is "Ken". I don't think I'll buy the full album though, just the ( Read more... )

•i have about 8 emails from different places offering me free bday things. Yesterday I cashed in a coupon for a free breakfast at Denny's. But there's also a whole dozen glaze donuts from Krispy Kreme's, dessert from Panera's, and two movie theaters are offering me free popcorn. Which leads me into ( Read more... )

•my mother is obsessed with the idea of me teaching children's church at our church. I don't want to, because she shut me down from volunteering at church before, and I don't want to get trapped again. She claims that this time is different, but I don't see how. She claims that I'm ignoring God, because our pastor asked for volunteers, but SHE'S ( Read more... )

I've been so Hype™ for the Barbie movie that I almost completely forgot about Spiderverse 2! Fortunately, they've been replaying the first one on TV, so it reminded me. Every time I see that movie, I try to catch something new. This time, I realized that Aaron knew about their secret graffiti spot because "he did a job near there" means when he did ( Read more... )

•last night on the news, they said that Scientists have done a study, and apparently French fries are linked to depression. The story went on to say they don't know which causes which ( Read more... )

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•song I've been jamming to for the past week: "give it all you've got" by Chuck Mangione ( Read more... )