So yesterday was the big one...I turned the big 3-0! Honestly, everyone tends to freak out about the fact that turn 30, but I am okay with it. Honestly it feels no different than 29. The only difference is that I get to check a new age box on forms...
Going back to the whole "scared of 30" concept for a moment. When I was younger (15ish), I used to think that by the time was 30 I would be married, have a few kids and be very happy with my life. As I reflect on that as I am now 30, I see a very different picture. I am 30, not married (not even in a relationship), and no kids (unless you count my dog). But regardless of not being where I my teenage brain said I should be, I am very happy! I have an awesome church, I am surrounded by awesome friends, I love my job, I have a house, overall...I can't (and shouldn't) complain!
Enough of that...as yesterday was my birthday, it was a day to celebrate, and here is how I did:
(if you don't know me well, the series of events may appear to be totally unrelated, but if you do know me then the series of events you are about to read will seem in true Randa fashion)
We (and by we I mean me and 3 of my friends) started the day with lunch at Cheddar's. Which one of had been there is forever and quickly decided that we have no idea why we don't go there often. The food is good, they give you large portions, and it is fairly cheap. So after eating lunch we journeyed down the street to the nail salon that came highly recommended by Jill.
We arrive at the nail salon and all get a pedicure. We faced the task of selecting a nail color...holy cow, you would have thought we were picking the person we were going to marry the way we agonized over the color choice. (side note: when stating we in that last portion, I actually mean I, but it makes mr feel better to involve all the others as well) I chose a nice teal-ish color, Robin chose a blue-ish color, and both Rachel and Jill chose a shade of orange. We all got a lovely design, and Robin and I got manicures. My freshly manicured nails were painted a lively shade of clear, and yes I received many a comment later about why did I not get a color. I am just not a color on my nails sort of gal.
After pampering at the nail salon (and being sang happy birthday to by the Asian ladies) we went shopping. I will spare you all the detail of that...just know there was fun had.
I then proceeded home to change clothes and head out to the Rangers game! A group of us went, there were about 10, and I was honored to spend my birthday with these folks. The whole time we were really prayin that the 60% chance of rain that had been advertised all day would not become 100% while we were there, and it did not! We had a nice breeze, great seats, dollar hot dogs, and a Ranger win! Now that is a good night at the ballpark if I do say so myself! After the game, we were waiting on the shuttle to take us back to our car, but decided we would get there faster by walking (which turned out to be a true assessment). We did walk about 1-1.5 miles, but it was worth it.
Overall, I had an amazing 30th birthday, and would not trade a second of it.
But yesterday was just the beginning of the celebrations, I still have about 4 more days of celebrating coming up!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
There is only one....
Word to describe last night's episode of "Glee". AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't know this about me already, I am in love with Glee...more specifically Matthew Morrison, but that is neither here nor there. A few friends and myself have been gathering together every Tuesday night of this new season, sharing some tasty morsels, and watching Glee. We love it...we all want to get track suits for the season finale and say "that's how Sue sees it"...if you watch the show you can understand. If you don't you probably now find me a bit more strange. But please don't let your opinion of me influence your opinion of the show...Glee is AMAZING!!!!
Last night's episode had to be one of my favorites. I really enjoyed the Madonna episode (minus a small portion of the story line) and I will always enjoy the episode from last season when Puck sang "Sweet Caroline". Let me tell you why last night's episode was so AMAZING. Not only did they sing and dance to "Ice Ice Baby" (yes folks, stop collaborate and listen...), but they also sang and danced to "U Can't Touch This" (my, my, my...music hits me so hard makes me say 'oh my Lord'). And then to top it all off, Molly Shannon and Olivia Newton-John were on the episode as well. If you don't realize what a muscial masterpiece this is folks, then please contact me...I will help you to understand.
That is all I have for today...I just had to mention to the world how AMAZING last night's episode of Glee was!
Last night's episode had to be one of my favorites. I really enjoyed the Madonna episode (minus a small portion of the story line) and I will always enjoy the episode from last season when Puck sang "Sweet Caroline". Let me tell you why last night's episode was so AMAZING. Not only did they sing and dance to "Ice Ice Baby" (yes folks, stop collaborate and listen...), but they also sang and danced to "U Can't Touch This" (my, my, my...music hits me so hard makes me say 'oh my Lord'). And then to top it all off, Molly Shannon and Olivia Newton-John were on the episode as well. If you don't realize what a muscial masterpiece this is folks, then please contact me...I will help you to understand.
That is all I have for today...I just had to mention to the world how AMAZING last night's episode of Glee was!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
what a weekend...
So many things to talk about...where do I begin.
Let's start with Thursday (yes I know this is not technically part of the weekend, but roll with me on this one)...Thursday started out with snow, yes that is right, snow. When I woke up Thursday morning there was about 1-2 inches of snow in my yard. I got ready for work, and when I arrived it was STILL snowing, and continued snowing until sometime Friday morning. We were released from school early, which NEVER happens. When all was said and done, we had a total of about 10 inches of snow.
Friday, school was cancelled! Oh was a glorious event! Snow day = do as little as possible. I cleaned the house and watched movies...it was beautiful! But I had to be at church by 6:00 because I had volunteered to help with wake-up weekend (a.k.a. disciple now) with the youth. To be totally honest, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I was going to be doing exactly...it was just all very uncertain (in my mind at least). My friend Robin and I were hosting 10th grade girls at her house...
We got to the church, ate, and then went to a large group service...it was good. We then went to the host home and met as a co-ed group. I was still very uncertian of what my role was, so I just hung back and observed the happenings.
Saturday...wake-up weekend continues. We started with an AMAZING breakfast at the host home and then proceeded to the church to have a group service. We had lunch and then were assigned our mission project. We were assigned the task of making Valentine's day cards and taking them to the residents in a local nursing home. We all sat at tables and were given construction paper, scissors, glue, and pipe cleaners...kind of brought back memories of grade school. We were about to leave and someone called the home and discoverd they had 130 residents, we had 35 Valentine's card. This is when operation "make 90 more Valentine's cards in 25 minutes" began. We had a nice little assembly line, some were cutting hearts, some were gluing said hearts, some were folding construction paper, some were writing...it was a beautifully orchestrated even that accomplished the goal. We went to the nursing home and handed them out...let me just say this was an experience.
Saturday night we had another large group service...I think I got more from this service than some of the youth. It was amazing!
The praise and worship music was great, the speaker said just what I needed to hear...I felt like everything about was just for me! Afterwards we went back and had small group time, and the girls really began to open up. It was all so great.
Sunday, we went to church and then that evening some friends came over and we watched "Amazing Race", ate pizza (which if you have never had Papa Murphy's pizza, you need to try it), had browines, and just enjoyed life together.
I apologize for the lengh of this post, but I had to share...
Let's start with Thursday (yes I know this is not technically part of the weekend, but roll with me on this one)...Thursday started out with snow, yes that is right, snow. When I woke up Thursday morning there was about 1-2 inches of snow in my yard. I got ready for work, and when I arrived it was STILL snowing, and continued snowing until sometime Friday morning. We were released from school early, which NEVER happens. When all was said and done, we had a total of about 10 inches of snow.
Friday, school was cancelled! Oh was a glorious event! Snow day = do as little as possible. I cleaned the house and watched movies...it was beautiful! But I had to be at church by 6:00 because I had volunteered to help with wake-up weekend (a.k.a. disciple now) with the youth. To be totally honest, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I was going to be doing exactly...it was just all very uncertain (in my mind at least). My friend Robin and I were hosting 10th grade girls at her house...
We got to the church, ate, and then went to a large group service...it was good. We then went to the host home and met as a co-ed group. I was still very uncertian of what my role was, so I just hung back and observed the happenings.
Saturday...wake-up weekend continues. We started with an AMAZING breakfast at the host home and then proceeded to the church to have a group service. We had lunch and then were assigned our mission project. We were assigned the task of making Valentine's day cards and taking them to the residents in a local nursing home. We all sat at tables and were given construction paper, scissors, glue, and pipe cleaners...kind of brought back memories of grade school. We were about to leave and someone called the home and discoverd they had 130 residents, we had 35 Valentine's card. This is when operation "make 90 more Valentine's cards in 25 minutes" began. We had a nice little assembly line, some were cutting hearts, some were gluing said hearts, some were folding construction paper, some were writing...it was a beautifully orchestrated even that accomplished the goal. We went to the nursing home and handed them out...let me just say this was an experience.
Saturday night we had another large group service...I think I got more from this service than some of the youth. It was amazing!
The praise and worship music was great, the speaker said just what I needed to hear...I felt like everything about was just for me! Afterwards we went back and had small group time, and the girls really began to open up. It was all so great.
Sunday, we went to church and then that evening some friends came over and we watched "Amazing Race", ate pizza (which if you have never had Papa Murphy's pizza, you need to try it), had browines, and just enjoyed life together.
I apologize for the lengh of this post, but I had to share...
Monday, February 8, 2010
holy excitement batman...
For those of you that know me or for those of you that don't know me and read my blog, you have probably realized that I am addicted to reality television. I may have mentioned that a few times on here... :)
Now, I just started watching "Big Brother" last summer, and let me tell you I love it! I really fell in love with Jeff and Jordan. So It brought me great delight to find out at the reunion show they were dating (insert awwws). But yesterday I found out something that brought even more joy to my life...Jeff and Jordan are going to be on "Amazing Race"!!!!!!!!! It brought such joy and excitement to my life to know this. I love "Amazing Race" and I love Jeff and Jordan...how perfect!!!!!! Now if they will just win!
Now, I just started watching "Big Brother" last summer, and let me tell you I love it! I really fell in love with Jeff and Jordan. So It brought me great delight to find out at the reunion show they were dating (insert awwws). But yesterday I found out something that brought even more joy to my life...Jeff and Jordan are going to be on "Amazing Race"!!!!!!!!! It brought such joy and excitement to my life to know this. I love "Amazing Race" and I love Jeff and Jordan...how perfect!!!!!! Now if they will just win!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
overjoyed...
If you remember in the past, I have put up posts regarding my friends the Parker's and them trying to adopt Ronel from Haiti...
As of last night, Ronel is headed home!!!! I could not be more excited for them. I can not even begin to imagine how they are feeling. Since the earthquake in Haiti, things have been-to say the least-challenging for them. But God is good, and He knows what he is doing even if we have no idea.
I love that God continually teaches us to wait and to trust in His perfect timing, whether it is in our lives or in the lives of those around us.
We are such a "right now" society...I want this, I want that, and I want it RIGHT NOW! And always, right after we get what we want, it either goes on sale, or something better comes along. I have found that being patient (which yes, I know is hard, trust me) is sometimes all it takes.
As of last night, Ronel is headed home!!!! I could not be more excited for them. I can not even begin to imagine how they are feeling. Since the earthquake in Haiti, things have been-to say the least-challenging for them. But God is good, and He knows what he is doing even if we have no idea.
I love that God continually teaches us to wait and to trust in His perfect timing, whether it is in our lives or in the lives of those around us.
We are such a "right now" society...I want this, I want that, and I want it RIGHT NOW! And always, right after we get what we want, it either goes on sale, or something better comes along. I have found that being patient (which yes, I know is hard, trust me) is sometimes all it takes.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
just words...
Right now...I am LOVING this song! Every time it comes on the radio I have to turn it up really loud and sing! I was listening to it this morning on my way to work, and the words just struck a cord. There is just so much going on in my life and the lives of everyone around me. Sometimes it is just good to be reminded that because of Jesus, we can say "it is well"! I pray that if you are reading my blog today and you are going through something that these words will speak to you.
There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"
Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes
Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
"I will rise" by Chris Tomlin
There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"
Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes
Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise
"I will rise" by Chris Tomlin
Monday, January 25, 2010
nuntastic...
Friday night at my church they had an event called "Lipschtick" (excuse my spelling). It was a lip-syncing event put on by the young marrieds and singles. My friends and I got together and pulled together a little number to be included in the show.
When we first discussed the possibilities, we thought maybe a tacky bridesmaid dress costume with a "wedding" montage. Or perhaps a little "girls just wanna have fun" or something else 80s. Then Loni and Karla thought of "Sister Act"...PERFECT!!!! The only problem was costumes...none of us just have a nun outfit hanging in our closet. So we searched for nun costumes and there were "nun" (sorry couldn't resist) to be found. We finally came across a website and decided we could make our own and use black graduation gowns to complete the outfit.
We choreographed a routine to "I will follow Him", "My God", and "Single Ladies"...we had to throw in the single ladies, it just worked...
Needless to say we "killed the show"! I have included a picture for your viewing pleasure. Also, if you are on facebook and would like to see said show, just go to my profile and you will find a video.
When we first discussed the possibilities, we thought maybe a tacky bridesmaid dress costume with a "wedding" montage. Or perhaps a little "girls just wanna have fun" or something else 80s. Then Loni and Karla thought of "Sister Act"...PERFECT!!!! The only problem was costumes...none of us just have a nun outfit hanging in our closet. So we searched for nun costumes and there were "nun" (sorry couldn't resist) to be found. We finally came across a website and decided we could make our own and use black graduation gowns to complete the outfit.
We choreographed a routine to "I will follow Him", "My God", and "Single Ladies"...we had to throw in the single ladies, it just worked...
Needless to say we "killed the show"! I have included a picture for your viewing pleasure. Also, if you are on facebook and would like to see said show, just go to my profile and you will find a video.
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