betty knows best

And over to Andy's House...

2007-11-05T23:06:00.000-08:00

To Andy's House
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So this was the longest I'd ever ran, and am ridiculously proud of myself...I didn't stop, and ran up that hill (all of 162nd is a hill...small plateau mid way) and all in 55 minutes...I'm feeling great about this....it was also strangely a type of worship experience...those creepy endorphins haha but really, when you see your body doing something that you didn't think possible, it's a time to thank God...and also pray that the hill ends quickly...and that you dont' give up... :)

Quick run

2007-11-04T21:11:00.001-08:00

2.25 Quick Run
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2007-11-02T19:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so I found this rad website...no thanks to me really...hello google...but it's rad because you can map out where you run and figure how many km so it's quite motivating : ) I'll post when I do new routes...but this one shall forever be known as the 5k Classic ; )...not quite 5 but i'm over it...

5k Classic
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2007-10-28T21:48:00.000-07:00

well...here's a spring reminder...there is snow in Calgary right now...so I'm looking back to the spring!

Old picture...

2007-09-12T21:39:00.000-07:00

Oldie but a goodie...

Ok so we're engaged! It's funny because although I'm so extremely excited...my brain was sooo on to the next thing...i just want to get married! Weird hey? At first I was all over the dating part, then the I love you part then the engagement part...and now...
I'm reminded of this because of a friends reaction...imagine with me, an older lady, mom age to me, and sweet. Slightly rounded as to remind you that she can cook, and that she may make you cookies! Tiny, and kind looking. Ok...so she noticed my ring...and grabbed my hand...and jumped up and down screaming! I laughed so hard...but really that's how I should feel! I'm engaged to the man I love and quite frankly, I am happy!
So...I've decided to jump up and down screaming for the next little bit...would you join me? ; )

busyness

2007-08-21T00:48:00.000-07:00

Oi...busy busy busy...I think everyone is busy but i always wonder how everyone seems to get mundane everyday things done when I can't seem to even pay my bills on time (btw I did pay them on time this week..but barely). I feel like every day tasks can just stress the hell out of me...and even facebook can be a headache...i know, what could be wrong with the amazing facebook? jj...but really, seeing my inbox fillup with 'hey we should do this, that or the other' or the classic, 'betty..you said you'd do this that or the other! why isn't it done!' which in all honesty i usually respond with 'ah! I forgot! i've been so busy!' Ridiculous isn't it...
1. I've moved
2. Starting School
3. Ending Job
4. Starting new job
5. I'M DISORGANIZED!!!
(the previous points are reasons for my busyness...)

No title in particular...

2007-07-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

Has anyone heard of Kathleen Edwards? I heard one of her songs back in the day and loved it...but alas forgot her name and then months back saw her open for Jonny Mayer and then relived the lovin, and now heard her again on the radio...actually good...like rivaling my early love for sarah harmer (although sarah and I's relationship has grown much deeper I see potential for Kathleen and I to be good friends)...; )
but really some of you should check it out...

Cd

2007-07-13T18:03:00.000-07:00

It's done! Finally hey? :)
Ok so if you would like one, I would more than love to send one (10) out to you! If my mom's the only one...fine...jerks...;) haha just kidding...
here however is what you need to do
Step one: Email bunrau@hotmail.com requesting a copy and an address will be sent back to you to send your 10 dollars plus postage (just send a stamp! or not...I could maybe handle having a stamp for you...)
Step two: wait a week and savor the delicious goodness of circleand8th on YOUR doorstep...

: ) do it..
betti

The Debilitating problem of Friendliness...

2007-07-13T17:53:00.000-07:00

Ok so here's the thing...I haven't blogged in a long long stupid long time...and it's because...I'm just too friendly (that and there are just too many wonderful people out there...) So every time I move, start school, new job, new hairdresser, new anything...i meet people...and i love to meet new people...but people have schedules and lives and great events that I want to go to...but can't go to all...so some of the time I don't do anything...debilitating....
I don't know if anyone out there can understand this...most people have normal lives, one job, one community, haven't moved recently etc...and don't meet all those new people...but can someone gimme a shout out if this doesn't sound completely crazy to them?

WE HAVE MYSPACE

2007-06-14T11:04:00.000-07:00

About freaking time I know...but please check it out...and save your pennies cuz we're selling this sucker asap!
www.myspace.com/circleand8th

hollah!

2007-05-24T20:33:00.000-07:00

Meet Andrew...Andrew White...cute hey? ;)

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2007-05-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

God Bless Penticton...8 hours driving away...it's snowing here in Calgary but on May long Penticton was...alas...it was perfect...meet Karen Walton...

Road Trip

2007-05-24T20:28:00.000-07:00

Gorgeous gorgeous weather...can't go wrong with plus 28 can you?

just about there...

2007-04-08T23:34:00.000-07:00

ok..in salt lake..soooo close...just want to be home!
I get in late tommorrow...
thanks for those that prayed, i'll have a good update...

Mexico!

2007-03-29T09:29:00.000-07:00

Here we go! ok...for those that don't know, I'm leaving tommorow the 30th for Mexico...Sunwest drives down every year, with the Senior High Youth Group and builds houses...there are 110 of us going, did I mention driving? :) I'll be back on the 10th..so I'll be calling back, emailing on the 11th...I'm sleeping! : ) haha
Feel free to drop me an email...and if you call...Kathleens checking my messages so feel free to drone on and on...she'll looooove it! haha
If you Pray:
1. Focus on the Goal (building relationships and loving kids)
2. Health ( A friend Emily is my tent mate, please pray for her too!)
3. Spirit in Power (I would love to speak into these kids lives)
4. Rapore (—Synonyms: fellowship, camaraderie, understanding- with my van especially)

Thank you all...much love
Bettina

No I haven't figured out how to blog more than one picture...thanks heidi....

2007-03-24T10:49:00.000-07:00

so...practice started out normal enough, but something snapped in the guys! PS the demo is coming...want one?

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A Little Pre-ST.Paddy's Joy!

2007-03-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

From Dr.Suess

2007-03-19T15:49:00.000-07:00

So I was visiting Nat-an's blog...and noticed a little something that I felt worth passing along

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind..."

Failure

2007-03-17T12:29:00.000-07:00

So what really constitues failure. I was fired on Wednesday to clairify...now where was the failure because I assure you I'm feeling it...was it in the fact that all I wanted to do was watch tv? Was it in the fact that I could have not showered ever again and felt that was fine? Is it in the dread I feel in looking for another job? Was it in the moment today that I wanted to hate my supervisor instead of pray for her? Because I truly have the capacity to drive out to her house and egg it...actually. The worst part about this entire scenario...getting fired...is that I feel like a failure...when she said to me 'oh you are just trying soooo hard' I wanted to smack her...yeah..in the face. I've never failed at something I wanted to do...not even once. I've failed things but realized I didn't really want to do them, and thus quit. I've sucked at things, but not truly wanted to be good at them...other than in the competition way that I want to be good at everything...just to beat everyone else! ; ) But I've never lost...in a job that is. I've always been everything they have been looking for and now I am reveling in the sweet misery of failure...please watch Elizabethtown now if you've never failed at anything...
I would love to leave this post at that, but you should know that it was a personal issue...not my preformance that caused this separation of me from retail...although my supervisor doesn't admit that, head office does. And Head office is willing to give me a reference that states I quit...which blows my mind. And in that is the silver lining...but I don't feel any better about it.
So I ask...because we don't talk about it very often, who has been fired? Or gone through a failure they would like to share with the team? I'd like to hear.

Janelle

2007-03-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

I...Love....you. Notice the hot hot links I have here? That's because of Janelle...she actually had to log into my account to start that off for me...LOVE....you. Send me a picture...and I'll sleep with it for a week...and when I say that I mean I'll post it...with hearts around it...

Since I live in Calgary...

2007-03-14T17:09:00.000-07:00

So the picture didn't really turn out...but can you see my expression? I had to have the flash on to capture my disgust...Did I mention it was +19 on Sunday....

I need some helllllp

2007-03-08T22:42:00.000-08:00

Ok...so i really really want to have a side bar of my friends...links to their blogs..but I'm completely inept right now dang it. Please...nathan? Heidi? everyone else seems to get it...ps...every body check out Matt Dyck's blog tymewithdyck.blogspot.com because Joel...is the most attractive baby on earth let me tell you! But seriously...

Deep Dark Confessions...

2007-03-07T21:19:00.000-08:00

Now let me explain! I haven't been blogging..yeah..I know, but I've got a reason, i hate just writting...not to be confused with I 'just hate writting'...no one really reads it, lets be honest. I'd rather look at something funny, or stunning and then go on to read the witty commentary...Sadly, I need a reason to read. I've confessed..can we still be friends? That and I'm annoyed by this whole google account thing...anyone else?

Can You Hear Me?

2007-01-30T21:04:00.000-08:00

Actually...book by Brad Jersak....Read it. Phenome....

The Shaw Conspiracy

2007-01-15T22:11:00.000-08:00

Ok...so when we had our internet updated...they cut off the free cable I was revelling in...dang it...
Part of me is quite pleased with my newfound freedom...I was growing an uneasy addiction to chilling CSI episodes and reality TV...so..I went to Chapters and bought books.
Have you ever walked around Chapters with no real agenda...I'm starting to hope for more times like those. I felt amazing, beautiful and adventurous...strange but do you know what I mean? I kept looking at different titles, wondering what they would be filled with, kept praying that I could be inspired by something, someones thoughts, and have them bring to life something long dead in me...well maybe not dead but floundering...thrashing like a dead fish about to go in the pot...What ever do I want to do with my life? With my day for that matter...But I'm happy. Does that make everything else ok? Like the fact that I'm not necessarily saving the world...or changing it...I want to believe. I want to believe that I'm changing the world.
But I'm not gonna lie!!! When I sing...full out...man. Man alive. I could scream sometimes when I hear people sing...I want them to sing full out. People don't sing full out often enough you think? I want to feel something when I sing...If I dont', It's not singing...Something needs to connect, physically connect. In church, sometimes...when I'm close to Godtimes...I could scream...because I want to sing. But I can't. I can only sing...but I really want to SING...but no one wants anyone to sing...
So...I bought books...

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Is...

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Worth...

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Thousand...

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Words!!!

2007-01-10T23:26:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years!!!

2007-01-04T21:11:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!! I had a good one, I went to the Quiring house. We enjoyed some awesome food, great music (Jordan brought over Nickelcreek...or was that Nickelback?) and good humor...I love that house...especially when Betty Quiring says, "Hi Betty!" and I get to reply, "Hi Betty!"...yeah...sorry but it never gets old! Ok...let me introduce you to the crew here...starting top left: Dovovan (married to Tracy) who happens to have a great sense of somewhat dry humor, Jodi (grew up with Tracy and Lisa) also very funny and annoyingly good at Trivial Pursuit, Jordan who can't differenciate between Nickelback adn Nickelcreek, haha, Ryan (Tracy and Lisa's brother who's getting married to Rachel) continuing around the circle is Rachel who'll be the newest Quiring, Me!, Tracy (also a hard core Trivial Pursuit player) Jenna...who sadly was on my team for the whole Trivial Pursuit issue...and Dayna, the encourager of the loser team...dang it!!! It was a fun game though! I think we got one pie...yeah...the winners had eight...second place had five....not so much us! : ) Ok...so what did you all do? Don't be ashamed...if you hung out with yo mama you need to comment that loud and proud! Either way, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Matt and Lise On New Years!!!

2007-01-04T21:04:00.000-08:00

Well...since Matty couldn't be out here (he was out visiting his fam. in Manitoba) he called, So here's my picture of Matt Lisa and Baby in 2007!!

Yeay or Nay???

2006-11-27T21:36:00.000-08:00

So XMAS party!!! My job...oh btw i work at RnR (clothing store, shoes, the north face, colombia, merrell, Joseph siebel, born, brands etc) in Chinook mall...I am a job junkie! But this one's a keeper...I actually love my job...what a nice feeling, a really really nice feeling. I'll be making a post about my promotion soon...it'll be a big one and its getting late for me so I'll get to that. BACK to the XMAS party!!! So we went...that sexy gal on the left is my rooms (roomate) who came as my date and we had to take some picture for Judes (Judy, Kathleens mom). I found this is the best one, but I can tell I'm forcing my eyes open...do they look forced to you? I actually remember them hurting after this picture!!! hahaha. Wine makes me sleepy so I was definely over compensating! It was a big catered meal in a banquet hall in a hotel/casino and the food was lucious...so into prime rib its unreal...ate two pieces of cake...it was clearly a gooood night!

Christmas!!!

2006-11-27T21:11:00.000-08:00

Ok so I am definetly ready for christmas...and our house is ready too. Kathleen did it...clearly... its beautiful! Its funny how a couple lights will make you comfortable like nothing else.

I seriously need your assistance...

2006-11-16T22:19:00.000-08:00

Ok...so this is a huge step...other than spending a shwack of money, i bought ORANGE! now some of my more neurotic friends know that I truly hate the colour orange however...(it was a total mistake in buying it...i didn't know that they had green) but other than trying to be low maintenence I'm trying to get over this orange angst...pps i hate orange....soooo I need some professional help, and since i can't afford such, i appeal to you! Please comment on why the colour orange is better than any other colour...even if you like green better...just lie to me...

Hobbies and the like....

2006-11-10T22:19:00.000-08:00

hey so that last post was supposed to lead into the fact that i pierced my face....hobbies etc...hey...i pierced my face

Some people take up scrabble...

2006-11-05T23:26:00.000-08:00

however i really should deal with my fledgling vocabulary one of these days...they say scrabble is good for that...

How IS recording going...?

2006-11-03T21:59:00.000-08:00

in answer to all those questions...perfectly....absolutely perfectly. Like kittens playfully licking my face, and as easy as adding milk to those boxed up pancakes...dang. This is a freaking snap. I think I'd like to do this every day...the computer NEVER breaks down (and we never have to write songs about where bad computers go when they die...btw its to never never land....and would be called mega-byte me if it were ever written) and I NEVER have to sing the same line over and over and over and over and over and OVER again only to find that now...i still don't like it...haha no. Its like the best experience ever...: ) But seriously, as crappy as it can be, and as much as we devise ways to destroy Matt's computer, or whatever piece of machinery is malfunctioning, This is a phenominal thing. its long going, but I'm excited...that and the fact that i just show up and sing...and the guys do everything else...I'm so very excited to have it finished, aren't you? ; )

What to do, what to do...

2006-11-03T21:25:00.000-08:00

ok...so what does one do when one didn't quite time the laundry right...and you need to leave the house for a social gathering....not just errands...real live social interaction...and in calgary where people look good...all the dang time...and the only thing you have, that you could possibly wear...(and you've tested a skirt...on the porch and know you'll die...keel over and die) is sweatpants...and a tank top...with a jacket....did i mention i couldnt' find my deodorant? Yeah...that provokes a certain type of 'joy in suffering' don't you think? Haha but on that note, joy in suffering i mean, i have a question. What do you say to a person, who is honest, and tells you they don't like God right now. When you ask why, not to convince them of their 'wrong thinking' but just out of plain ole curiosity, they tell you because. Because. Because they don't know if they want to live for Him, 'Why should i sing for Him?' The concern stems out of this persons realization of their own selfishness...they know they are selfish...and don't see why they have to change that...or chance a life of servitude..."He's selfish, why does He want us to think of Him all the time?" I do not know. I like this person...a lot. I don't quite know what to say to them...don't i feel the same way at times? However, i do know that I love God, in a weird desperate way that i would not want to gamble...Like a kid, i truly want Dad to like me...really like me (love me too, but i want Him to LIKE who i am, and how i am...) and the best part about that is that i know he does...I go so far as to think He might just hide the deodorant on me...its funny...i'd do it to Him if i could...

I can't believe my good fortune...

2006-11-03T17:18:00.000-08:00

so i went to the wedding...gorgeous gorgeous wedding in kelowna, after chilling in aldergrove, hung out at the mark center (TREK center) saw people i never get to see, danced like a mo fo at the reception...i am the keeper of the disco....and took in breathtaking scenery...but of course....i only took one picture of the bride...here....she's brushing her teeth...am i absolutely incompetent? well...that's up for comment...however, how often do you get lucky enough to stay over at the brides house (with what felt like a million people) and have the honor of brushing your teeth with the lovely woman the night before her big day...what a moment it was...

KAAATTTTIEEEE!

2006-10-17T21:32:00.000-07:00

ok. so i'm going to this wedding next weekend, and for that matter this weekend as well, and i get to see katie!!! in kelowna!!! ok...everything about that sounds good to me...katie went to burkina when i went to peru...and i love her. we swear, fight, dance to nickelcreek on stone floors and randomly work out together...and sometimes...just sometimes....i can be truly honest with her and feel ok about that...and ok about what i said, or thought...even though it was probably horrible. I hope you all have some one like that....

argh

2006-10-04T19:29:00.000-07:00

hey everybody.....oh gosh. its been a while! ok so a little updating is definetly in order...so now, i work at blockbuster....and yeah, well i went there because they are paying me well enough to go back to school next year... man...i'm sick too...head cold, sucks. i work at starbucks too, of course i couldn't quit...i think i'm addicted...and i don't even drink coffee anymore, well not often, and i just love my store...we are the funnest...best looking of course, just all around enjoyable people.

Have you ever tried to quit something and couldn't?

usually you hear about people quitting because they are sissy's or too weak or not disciplined enough...well i CANT quit starbucks...although sometimes I just want to die i'm so tired...and now sick. I cut back my hours though...which is a first step i should think....funny hey.
ok so because of blockbuster i watch more movies than any person should...i'm gonna get over that really fast though...i'm sick of movies right now and i've never been able to say that before. OH and i get sick days..so today, i got to call my boss and say "hey i'm sick..." she then said, "no worries, we'll make that a sick day ok?" done. how rad is that...instead of ' well get your shift covered or you are coming in ....' have i ever ranted about the time I had to go into work sick...like full out sick sick. drugged outta my head sick...i'm still bitter. I think i contaminated like 40 drinks that night...actually. yeah...sorry...i actually work at second cup so don't go there....go to starbucks instead

Leo?

2006-09-09T18:53:00.000-07:00

Leo...do you have a very very beautiful wife? Because i met a leo in penticton...that may now live in calgary? how do i give you my email address without that being a huge creepy public thing...ah heck...no one reads this but my friends! bunrau@hotmail.com

2006-08-31T00:16:00.000-07:00

thinking about april

2006-08-31T00:12:00.000-07:00

so today, i thought about april...i might even have to call her and tell her i thought about her so much...funny. But i had a great time thinking about her...i found another picture of us april, the one and the end of my time at bethany, i had you up on my back (wearing that white toque and you wore that blue sweater) and it went up by my bed...i love this picture...just chillin in the middle of crunch time at school...i love how all my crap is everywhere and how that laptop is a billion years old...

What a Day

2006-08-17T00:17:00.000-07:00

so i opened this morning...as per usual up at three four ish, then off to work, eigth hours...and then a phone call...from another starbucks asking if i'd like to work for them...and the closer...that they woudl pay me time and a half...hotness...so i worked today from 5 AM till 11 PM...actually...it was rad. For some nuerotic reason, i really enjoyed myself...except for the fact that i was looking up admission requirements for U of C, for next year, and noticed a need for math 12...haha which i did not do...nor did i do math 11...but hey, i'm pretty so that's ok. (this is funny...not pompous...) and i would have to upgrade...in HIGHSCHOOL did i mention? haha best ever, but kathleen mentioned that i might be able to just get a waiver because i'm a mature student...then i could breathe again...we'll see hey? we'll see.

In response to the photo KATHY chose to use for msn

2006-08-17T00:13:00.000-07:00

lets just say, its not my finest moment, funny but not fine. : ) hence...

this picture looks like something dana barrand would frame in her living room

2006-08-15T00:13:00.000-07:00

great truck hey? In sandpoint idaho...i actually stood in teh middle to the road to get this picture...and if it weren't for all the damn traffic...yes...it is going to hell that traffic..hence it is damned...and as some of you know, i'm an anal picture taker...it annoys me that the back end isn't in this shot...but c'est la vie...

Have you ever had a scream contest?

2006-08-14T12:11:00.000-07:00

i hope this works!

NICKEEEEEEEELCREEK!

2006-08-12T13:59:00.000-07:00

I don't think i could actually describe how good this concert was...i actually had my mouth open through 90%of the concert...gape mouthed i was. Chris, one of the trio was unbelievably sick good....that and i now want to have his babies...in fact on teh way home we were doing a hearty round of 'i would rather' and matt asked, ' betty, would you rather have a 3 minute solo on a stage ( in which i would be come hugely famous) or have chris' baby in which to enrich the human race with brilliance?' and i'm going with the procreation thing...can't help it. If you saw the concert you would too...guys included...but we weren't allowed to take any pictures of the band...which i thought i would anyways...but i didn't even think about it till they were done...oh and they did toxic by brittany spears...yeah...and at first i was all...come on...then i was like...i wish i had this version...i would pay for this version...so amazing and they were so entertaining...man alive. (picture insert:bets, matty and jonno at hot hot nickelcreek outdoor concert....)

The WAILIN Jennys

2006-08-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

Frick....so gooooood....heavenly harmonies let me tell you...they have a new cd out right now called firecracker which i will have to get on buying...which everyone should get on buying....

Camp Update

2006-08-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

So i basically fell in love with camp all over again...and spent a lot of time in the kitchen...there were five of the most lovely people working in there...the word on the street (or dirt road as it is at camp) was that there were always boys hanging around the kitchen....well that's because the five people working in there are gorgeous ladies! I'll add myself to that...there were six....So camp went amazingly...and there was a game of late night water spoons in which there was some sketchy rule about not being allowed to leave if you didn't...well we don't really need to discuss it....do we? : ) But kid /speaking wise, this was a treat for me. It wasn't stressful like the previous time i spoke, but this time, i was acutally chill...even before speaking. God is good. was and is. I really missed speaking into kids lives...telling them of God's love, speaking about creation and just how they are a part of it...they are a part of that 'it' that we all think about late at night, or in worship, or even when we've had too much to drink....not that i mentioned drinking but i talked about ' it' a lot. Just that life a PART of God not APART from God....but yeah. THANKs so much to those that prayed and even to those that didn't...because i like you either way...to clarify! ; ) I had so much fun too....did i mention? Very vacation like...and they uped the pay...so if you have ever given to camp or will ever give to camp, thank you because i was sick broke!

How is it going?

2006-07-21T13:10:00.000-07:00

good..thanks for praying and picking a cabin! There are still cabins to be picked...2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 (they added two cabins since last year!) so feel free to pick one pleaseTonight is the share about what God did in you this week sharing time, and we are finished saturday at noon...pictures to follow soon. Its been a great week...speaking was much easier around this time...its funny but i feel different up here...i love camp...pines man alive. Its making me think about what i want to be doing with my time...i think perhaps another part time job, but in a halfway house or something, i dont' know but i'm going to start looking, because i feel most alive when I'm telling people they are important, or loved or that they have potential...yeah...so thats the update...possible new job, but of course...starbucks too...just more part time...i want to invest more in others...maybe i just need to go all out at the bucks...and start investing more there...we'll see...anyway..camps gooood. I'll be going home to penticton for a couple days then booking it back out for work (opening!) on wednesday morning!

Why is betti's face like this? scroll down....

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Waaaaiiit for it....

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So YEAH

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So the reason i have this freaked out face right now is because i'm not prepared for what might come my way...i'm going to be a camp speaker for none other than....dun dun DAHHHH Junior high kids! but really, I'm pumped...i actually love junior highers so i'm pumped...however i haven't asked anyone to pray for me yet...so if you would like to be a part (a large part) of what God is doing in some young person's life...please pray for me. I need you... i say that in all seriousness. There are 10 Cabins...Pick one. When you have picked one...Post that you have cabin number 1 or so on...If you pick a cabin...please pray for them daily if possible. I promise to give you an update on each cabin at the end of the week...you can watch your prayers in action...if i have time, which is fairly possible, i will blog mid week to give you an update, and relay more requests. Also...if you could pray for me, specifically that the SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD BE ON ME STRONGLY AND THAT I WOULD SPEAK HIS WORDS AND THAT THE ENEMY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK. I just want each kid to have a chance to hear the truth about the world, themselves adn this God I've come to fall in love with...I really need your help for that. Thank you so much...please just take a minute right now...or a sharpie to your hand (or face if you are hardcore) to remember to pray for me...face...do it....then take a picture and send it to me...hahha thanks so much

Ice Cream and WINNER OF COOKIE CONTEST

2006-07-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

So...one of these things is not like the other...haha i love this picture. We all had a barbeque...because Inge (between Kathy and I) came to visit from Germany. Dennis (4th from right) came up from Lethbridge too. Then we went for Icecream...very busy place that night so we had to chill quite a while and of course once i got a little bored...out whipped the camera... AAAAAAANnnnnnndddd AMY FORREST although she is a big cheater...either because i forgot i told her or she is prophetic was correct in saying that i think I will be going back to school for none other than....LAW. Who knows for sure...but i think its healthy to have a game plan...Jesus can go ahead and change it but that's the plan...I'd do Political Sciences undergrad then hopefully after third year get into law...dang what happens when a lawyer and a doctor live together? : )

Fun with Ingie

2006-07-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

This is on the grass knoll (sp?) outside of kathy and tina's (kathleen and i's) apartment....Inge and I had a little photo Op until the Misquito's attacked...in full fury they did!

Return of the Leper....i burnt!

2006-07-12T00:45:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures from my Hawaii adventure. Sorry they aren't neccesarily in any special order, but enjoy....one quick story i have to tell...i swam with sea turtles...at first i jsut saw a little head pop up in the distance and before i knew it...and after i had swam full tilt towards it....i was swimming above adn around a turtle...the waves were huge that day and the water really cloudy and at one point i counted 3 possibly 4 turtles all within a 'stones throw' of me and each other...now being as there is a fine for touching a sea turtle in hawaii (5000 dollars to be specific) i will keep you all in suspense as to whether or not i touched one...if you are adventurous and a little bit mental for sea life...i did...if you are wondering why there is such a steep fine for touching turtles and about how it could possibly damage the turtles fragile exhistence...i certainly did not...

July 4th at night waiting for those hot hot fireworks...let me tell you those yankies know how to do up a party!

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Sandy Beach

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My romeo

2006-07-12T00:23:00.000-07:00

Imagine with me, walking up and down the beach, bombarded from every direction by buskers, asking for your every penny, or some psyco storm trooper, 'if you don't proclaim you love jesus loudly..you must not love him' types and drums and angry painters (although there were many good painters) so in all the clatter and hum of wikiki beach there was a man of sheer and utter loveliness...playing a violin...for free...not to mention he was playing quite well...kind of sad and lonely sounding, but the lonely that makes me think his wife passed on and he misses her but has lovley memories of her and that's why he plays by the beach for free...because she would love that...that's the kind of sad music he played. Happy memory sad music.

How we bought our groceries...

2006-07-12T00:19:00.000-07:00

ok...so there is this store called Hilo Hattie, which is filled with all kinds of kitchy stuff from Hawaii and lots and lots of hawiian print shirts....secondly...there is a free shuttle that will pick unsuspecting tourists up and return them to the beach giving a psuedo tour of honolulo if the said unsuspecting tourists promise to go into Hilo Hattie...which brings us to the brilliant Idea of hitching the hilo hattie shuttle...and running to the costco across the street, brilliant....truly brilliant...

Happy Birthday JON! 25 right?

2006-07-12T00:18:00.000-07:00

Meet Jenna...Finely tuned fellow moped adventurer...did i mention we accidently went on the interstate?

2006-07-12T00:16:00.000-07:00

Don't put your sandaled feet onto the highway when going over 70 km on the moped...lesson learned...

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The Folks Visited

2006-07-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

It was sweet...we chilled, they purchased lovely things like a fan! and patio chairs, we went to movies (xmen 3 which i thoroughly enjoyed), went up the calgary tower and was legitimately scared standing on that glass floor...yeah...here's the action shot of fear when i finally stood 100% on the glass....AHHHH. oye. we ate at Catch, which is a great little seafood place on stephans and man that was good....and affordable since i certainly had no part in paying! Its funny...but when they left i nearly had a nervous breakdown...i didn't understand why it was so hard for me either...there i was freaking out because my 'mummy' was going back home? was i a freak? Why was my parents leaving all of a sudden such an event for me? Well I'm going to venture that it must have had something to do with the fact that i am finally growing up...leaving for bethany and the internship the last 6 years wasn't a big deal because I was leaving...not them. This time, THEY left ME and now i'm left to deal with reality...i am no longer my parents responsibility...although they bail me out often enough...its time to cut that cord...I sobbed uncontrollably...it was ridiculous.

The most anticipated movie of my life...

2006-07-11T23:52:00.000-07:00

seriously...this movie looks freaking hilarious...actually unbelievable...woo....and i forget the name, would reccognize it if i heard it...but maybe nathan could look up the trailer and post it on his blog...nathan...the part where he is praying at the dinner table...oye killer. but yes...this is my mom's face in there..isn't she cute? So i jokingly say to Kathleen...hey hammy get in there...and kathy who has great respect for herself says' heck no' then off my mom goes! I love that woman.

OH HOW I WANT TO SEE YOU!!!

2006-06-24T15:16:00.000-07:00

Why I'm so Happy at this very Minute...

2006-06-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

Intro to the Wild Aventures of Tina and Kathy

2006-06-24T15:03:00.000-07:00

The Wild Adventures of Tina and Kathy

2006-06-24T14:58:00.000-07:00

So just the update of a lifetime...this was Kathleen and I coming back from Caitlin's BEAUTIFUL wedding in Saskachewan...shoot...caitlin you are the most beautiful person...not even inside...i don't think i even like you but you are so dang good looking i'm drawn...but anyways...the wedding was beautiful...and kathleen and I (whom i shall continue to refer to as Kathy) decided to start driving home at 7 at night...so dang...that was fun...However tired we were it was a hot hot hot ride...and on the way i decided to possibly pursue a certain path in schooling...in which no one has correctly guessed yet....hmm....who will win that cookie? can't guess twice and erica doesn't count...you already know...

Reasons for my altogether completely unannoucned death...read this cuz you could be mentioned...or you'll fall outa the betty loop! OH THE HORROR!

2006-06-16T14:56:00.000-07:00

well...not posting is kinda like a death i guess...sorry yall...it all started when i couldn't figure out my stupid wireless connection in the new house....refer back to posting number one (yes all the way back in what..feb?) when i ranted on teh crap shoot of technology...yes yes...but then i realized that my computer was out to get me...one day...internet the next...none. so i've gone to competely crazy lengths just to get it back...ie i looked up on my 'view wireless networks' thing, and it said apt 209...and i live in a great big apt building now...and quite frankly 209 is only a short elevator ride a way...so i started...down teh elevator...down the hall...hands shaking...lies forming...but then i just gave in, asked if i could use there internet, asked if we could pay or better yet, if i could just get my roomate to bake them cookies, and well...we're still waiting on that...but hey i felt like a warrior...going out to stake my claim upon the world of free internet! VIVA LA RESISTANCE! or...just pay for internet...which is a less morally bankrupt path...: 0 but i think we are going to get internet in JULY but by sept for sure because kathleen (HAMM) is going back to school and UOFC and she thinks she is going to be a doctor...and i've sort of decided to go back to school myself...if you can guess for what, i'll send you a cookie...one...from Kathleens baking stash...seriously.... and amber..you are no longer in Antigua...dude i need an address...I'm still working at starbucks, still single, however that is always up for debate (what i mean is that i am truly madly in love with a 47 year old diagnositic physician...named Dr. Gregory House...tell me someone out there watches house....its bad when a friend lends you season one and half way through you actually develop a nervous giggly laugh because you realize...each cd is double sided...i actually chuckled...weird...i'm grasping that.), I like calgary but will never be a flames fan....just dont' think i can bring myself to it , sorry, I am decorating my room, i have a bed, a shelf, and pictures from IKEA...erica scammell loves IKEA...so buy her things from there....she just can't get enough of the originality...i don't know about you but i think they are so mass produced everyone has them...but erica loves IKEA, says they are original or did i already mention that? Hey Drew, call...i live in teh north now dude, Emailer's...sorry I'm getting to you, NATHAN!!!! I MISS MY DAILY DOSE OF NATHAN! and of course brad...i'd like a cup of joe too...: ) Heidi, you are attractive, erica ray...you make me laugh in a really embarassing way (i can hear you saying "what does THAT mean?" right now...glorious) Ok...so rememeber to guess what i think i'm going abck to school for...guess guess guess....cookie cookie cookie...band is good, writting material is surprisingly good...strange feeling thinking that your stuff is better than some stuff on the radio...i told matt that...then asked if i was a bad person for thinking so...haha he said no as long as i don't tell anyone! : ) oops.
ok, ok, now does everyone feel a little bit more caught up? Any questions?

I'm Not Dead

2006-06-16T14:52:00.000-07:00

...surprisingly...well As some of you know, i am now living with a friend of mine, Kathleen Hamm...if you knew her you'd be her friend too...trust me on this one....and ALLL because silly marni has to go ahead and get married! Actually that's rather exciting news isn't it. So congradulations and I'm not dead!

Where's Joe?

2006-04-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

guys...does anyone know where joe is at? Because, i miss joe. So, if you know where joe is , or joe knows where you are and cares to have where he is known...just tell me. I mean...who doesn't need a little joe? : )

who says you can't meet a great guy on the internet?

2006-04-28T23:48:00.000-07:00

NICOLE IS GETTING MARRIED!!! This is a very exciting thing for me to post...even though, you may not know her, feel happy because, she's great! However...not any better pictures because my mom...that little accent was making us laugh and nicole and i kept snorting (translation...i snort...nicole laughs) which doesn't make for a nice shot...: ) CONGRADULATIONS NICOLE AND TREVER!!!

I actually Ache....

2006-04-28T23:33:00.000-07:00

I miss them more than I miss anything else about BC...actually. I can do without the beautiful weather, I can do without the hassless life (i'm refering to the pure evil of the process it takes to transfer one life from province to province...that and i hate moving but seem to do a lot of it), I can do without the Canuks, i can suffer through the blasted red mile talk EVERYDAMNDAY but, i cannot do without them...Sometimes i think growing up is the sickest joke ever. I miss laughing with my mom about dumb things like the highschoolers or how one of her co-workers doesn't really like her but talks to her, like a little boy, because he wants to see 'if georgie can come out and play!'....I miss hearing George talk about his mom...how he loves his mom, and I miss my Mitchi (george's sister) and how she always has a great story to tell or sad one about how she misses her son...I miss the food, and the little parties they go to, and how even though I refuse to go to most of them (the wine festivals i will never miss however), I am so happy they ask...like I am the luckiest ever. I truly don't know how to explain how profoundly sad I am without them...and yet am so fullfilled here. Have you ever thought about your parents dying? I think its a terrible practice but for some reason, I'm a regular...maybe once every couple months...i will full out break down and loose it...I think I will actually die, my body will just decide to decompose right there...and the funny part of all of this is when i tell my mom! she just smiles (or goes awww over the phone) 'ahhh sweet petal' yeah she talks like that, and then she'll say YOU JUST NEED A BOYFRIEND!!! killer mom...killer...: ) I like her...

Finally!

2006-04-19T22:00:00.000-07:00

ok...so its been a while! sorry about that but i have some RAD news...two things actually.

1. FIRST SHOW: hey guys...first show will be in the north of calgary at Dalhousie community church (big menno one off of crowchild i think) at 7 THIS SUNDAY...I repeat THIS SUNDAY and we are pump-ed. pump-ED. So come on down, call me if you need specifics but call matt, lisa, jon or a calgarian if you need directions....For real guys...if you are remotely near by...COME ON DOWN!!! i'd love to see y'all...

2. I"M MOVING!!!: hotness...get ready for it...to the NORTH! of calgary that is...yeah yeah everyone from the south thinks i'll never see them again or something dramatic but hey, i'm still down south for church/homegroup/chillin anyways...but yeah, good news for the northerners hey? drew/muffi/lindeners....good good. its a hot little apartment building, i'll be moving in with Kathleen Hamm and the apartment has a few ammenities i truly wanted to let you all in on...one: and my personal favorite, 24 hour laundry service! ok so i have to pay with my quarters and all but dang...i can do it at midnight and truly i am feeling very drawn by that particular fact. two: Private fitness room, sauna, tennis courts and POOL for tennants...i don't even know how this place is even remotely affordable...its actually just 50 bucks more approx than what i'm paying right now...yeah...its a fluke that we got in...funny story, ask me some time, and three: L.......R.......T!!!!!! yeah...the LRT station is right across the street...i'm losing it with anticipation...yes please. for non calgarians...lrt is the c-train...fast , cheap cheap transit.

Disclaimer

2006-04-08T00:49:00.000-07:00

After reading this next post out loud to myself...i would like to post a disclaimer...this was written late at night..and I work at starbucks...

Forgot!

2006-04-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

oh..btw...im 91 percent postmodern/emergent...which was a little bit surprising...but I'm thinking Im more of a product of my environment than I thought...is anyone else confused with major 'moral' issues? maybe confused is not quite the right word, but i'm definetly questioning the strong right/wrong of homosexuality...not personally to clarify, but just for those that i work with, those that I love. There are really two area's of thought...one, that it's a choice...something that you prefer, something developed, and then the generally accepted one by the public, and the gay community, that its a part of you...that its something that you are born/and created with. Now experience has been telling me...true to form, that it is both...or at least it looks like both. Some, strongly confident in who they are, believe that the more honest they are with themselves and with others: they are gay...and always have been...or they as women or men, prefer their own sex...and strongly believe (and frankly i feel quite respectful of that) they don't think there is anything wrong with that...and then there is the other group of people...the confused...I feel like some people are pressured to pick. Now or never...if you are effeminate as a man, you GOTTA pick...are you gay? are you straight? I found myself asking someone the other day, we had been talking about how starbucks always has to have a token gay man or woman (which is somewhat true, they put high value in diversity and representing the communities we are in...which i love) and i just asked a friend...are you? gay that is? yeah...i feel like i didn't even give him a chance to have a gray...to have an opt out with me, i just pigeon holed him...Is homosexuality an issue we are botching in the bible? What i mean is, after however many years we are now letting woman lead in churches (years after the 'world' had undone injustices done to woman wtih things like pay equity etc) and now i wonder if we are not doing the same with the gays of our communities? Now now those that have hair sticking up on the back of their necks (either because they think i've gone to liberal or either because they think i haven't gone far enough) bear with me...forgive me...and be patient with me...I'm learning. Somewhat agonizing for me, what I'm seeing isn't always coresponding as easily as I"ve been told it would....but thankfully Jesus is here in it. Ok...lots o ranting...feel free to comment, or email me if you don't want to publically agree or disagree, i'd really like to hear it.

2006-04-02T00:03:00.000-08:00

i found this quiz on Gil Dueck's blog...good ole Gil...and thought it was quite interesting when i score uber high postmodern...didn't think I would...

2006-04-02T00:02:00.000-08:00

so I found this rad little quiz on Gil Dueck's site...good ole Gil...and am very curious as to how people score on this

2006-03-26T23:43:00.000-08:00

ok...so these pictures are supposed to be attached to the post following...they are in exact backwards order...i love technology! Have fun figuring!

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sorry guys...these are the pictures...in backwards order how they should have been!

saint bridget's well

2006-03-26T13:01:00.000-08:00

ok...so its been a while...now time to update you all on the band...st bridgets well...it doesn't feel right to call it my band so its THE band...: ) so some popularly asked questions...
1. what's the name mean? (matt likes to answer this one, so feel free to ask him...over and over and over...please...) well...just that, there was this lady in Ireland...granted we don't spell her name the way the traditional irish do (briget...briGET) and she was revered for her compassion. they sainted her after her death...and built a well in her honor...for those without one. anyways...being as bridget (briget) is a part of irish folk lore...there are also a million different versions of who she was, what she did and why she was sainted...some funny some odd...but that's the one we are sticking to...btw we chose that name because a friend of mine (thank you sarah bungay) thought it sounded cool...and yes. it does.
2. so where do you guys play?....well being as we used to do only covers (worship songs and whatnot) we are in a season of writing...some hotness might I add...and are excited about the future possibilites. We are however, having our first show in April at Dalhousie church in the north of Calgary...so we would love to see all of you there. There will also be the Bethany Players out, so come on down, because they are always a good show. We'll be doing some of our own songs...and some covers to fill out the time...and we are pump-ED. so now some pictures of teh band...: )
Meet Matt...married to the lovely Lisa, her picture is with me and the monkey...check old entries...feb. i think. matt plays guitar, sings, writes...one man show really...did i mention sings well?...

so here's me...bettina...in the back of a cab in peru...actually in the trunk because there really never was enough room...i loved it! I wasn't really ready for the picture but my skin looks flawless so i need to save this for future generations to appreciate...(right now i have a zit on the end of my nose...actually...)

found one of matt and lisa...in peru, first time I went was with the third year bethany class...good times...aren't they an attractive couple! Feel free to pray for them as they are gone for the next two weeks into Mexico with matt's youth group building houses, bonding with youth and the volunteers...

ok...so this doesn't really fit into pictures of the band...however i have a horribly funny and terrible story to tell...you really do need to hear it...so this is THE bathroom...outhouse really, that i was traumatized in for life....let me explain. So...the entire time we were in Peru, first time I'd been there, I was so proud of myself that none of the bugs really bothered me...until...this ...ugh...event happened. So...i went with a certain girl to the bathroom in this really wonderful village we were visiting...because it was dark and we needed someone to hold a flashlight over the stall so we could see where to situation ourselves...and she went to the bathroom first....and I FAITHFULLY held the flashlight over the stall...then when it was my turn....i entered the stall and all of a sudden...of course once i was in no position to run...the light leaves the stall...and first i was fine...ok...erica...help me out here...then i was not fine..surprisingly once the light was on...this is because of a little fact that erica and I were not aware of ....cockroaches do not like light....so when it was dark...they all...and i swear i mean ALL came out to visit...but once the light came on...they froze still. Erica...did not believe me...so thought it was funny to amuse herself and the passing villagers with my screams...(i really was being a little bit of a sissy in honesty) and would turn the light on and off....then when i was done...i showed her...and she apologized...and laughed a bit...we both did then...; ) but it gets worse...so then, we head back to the church meeting our team was holding...and its just about time for me to give my testimony....and mid testimony, "and I just found that my life was not going goi..go AGHGHHGHG (i started screaming...in church...at the top of my lungs because a flying beetle (which of course i confused for what i assumed was a flying cockroach) swooped and then kept swooping at my head...yeah...probably 100 peruvians laughing uncontrolably at the retarded foreigner...screaming because of a beetle...oh my word.) now for a picture of jon! (back to the band)

So here's jono...guitarist...sings..
writes....all around gooder....and as matt and i have discussed...all we need to sell cd's is jon's face on the cover...yes...

sell those cd's baby...

Why I'm Proud...

2006-03-18T15:48:00.000-08:00

ok...so, after reading some rage...aka jak's comments about not winning...I'm quite proud! Through this awesome contest (pretty much was the best contest known to mankind might I mention) I made you angry, adn thus proved that my blog has had an impact...haha sorry jak...rules are important and all..but you really should have known! : )

I think a good product would be "Baby Duck Hat". It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top of your head. Then you go swimming underwater until you

2006-03-14T22:28:00.000-08:00

oh dang...so i go on heidi fishers web site and snoop around, she has quite a bit to check out if you have some time...and find...duh DAH!!! a little jack handy...dang...i'm chuckin...so it takes a bit...just keep reading and soon you'll be laughing out loud...personal favorite? feel free to leave one in my comments box...jack never gets old...http://farstrider.net/DeepThoughts/Handey.htm

"Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk."....oh jack! seriously...maybe its not funny untill you read four or five...so go check it out