A.M. bike ride...

soo.. a few weeks ago Rachel and I went and bought new bikes.. i really, really, really like my new bike.. this morning i woke up at 7:00 am and couldn't go back to sleep.. most of the time, its too hot to ride a bike in Vegas in August, but not at 7:00 am! It was a good ride, even went through some sprinklers.. the ipod did well this morning also.. this is what came up on the shuffle:

first: heartbeats -jose gonzales (goooooood morning, i thought i was kind of tired of this song.. turns out, i'm not)
second: the trapeze swinger -iron and wine (almost cried)
third: the long list of girls -the blow
fourth: Everywhere -Fleetwood Mac (blast from the past)
fifth: Hallelujah -Rufus Wainright

and with Rufus I pulled back into the driveway.. it was a good morning...

poems, shmomes and garden gnomes...

Two works in progress and one incredibly awesome garden gnome... just, ya know, because...



i am miss take


miss take has no mystery, style or grace

having not one of her own she momentarily borrows my face.



it's not that i want the things that she takes

or that i want to be her, or to fix what she breaks



but i'll admit, at low points, she is more than my face

sometimes i become that regrettable miss take..



the more i forget who i really am


the more miss take takes over and gains power to stand



i want so badly for her to stay away from you


but beware that if you kiss me, you could kiss miss take too



the other night... i dont know exactly what was at stake,


but i felt i should say i'm sorry, it was my miss take..


Indecision
i think you should wed your indecision
she is the only one who gets your full and undivided attention

i feel it's unfair because i've been hurt and i am playing lame
i can only be picked last so many times before i'll give up the game

why don't you just wed pretty little indecision
heaven knows i cant hold your full attention...

Dear Avril

hey, so, eh....... 'member that one time when you got married?? why you singin 'bout bein' someone's girlfriend?

oh and did you really say, "she's like, so whatever??"

...

guilelessly,

em

crazy?

A while back i was hanging out at Mindy's house. Mindy and i were talking and we didn't realize that Ashton had managed to open the front door and make his way down the drive way. As an obedient little brother, Noah had followed Ashton and they were both playing around the car by the time a panicked Mindy found them in the front yard. She grabbed Aston's hand an immediately took him in the house and put him in "time out". When time out was over, Mindy (being the freakin awesome mom that she is) tried to talk to Ashton.. the conversation played out something like this...

Mindy- "Ashton, i want you to understand that i don't want you to go outside with out me or daddy there with you because it's dangerous"

Ashton- "why?"

Mindy- "Because outside there are cars and they drive fast and maybe they wont see you and they will hurt you."

Ashton- "why?"

Mindy- "When you go outside without us, Noah follows you and he could also get hurt. i love you and i don't want you to get hurt so absolutely no going outside with out me or daddy, okay?

Ashton: "why?"

Mindy- (getting slightly exasperated..) "Because if you go outside with out us, you will go in time out.."

Ashton- (let's it go for a minute and walks a little ways away and says quietly) "why?.."

The conversation is closed..

i think that at times there are a lot of things that may not make perfect sense in my brain, i like to ask 'why' a lot. i don't think that's bad, but i don't think that my personal knowledge and understanding is the end all be all either. i believe in God, maybe there are times that i have asked why and He has tried to explain, but i have missed it.. i am, thus, willing to have faith on some things...

This is how i understand the context of what King Benjamen said, "Believe in God, believe that he is...believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend."

i know enough to know that i can trust.. ashton should just trust Mindy. going outside by himself is a bad idea.. he will understand eventually...

i don't know if this makes any sense to anyone but me... i think it might sound like i am crazy...

hahhahahaheehhehhehooohoohoo

Liz, where do you find this stuff....

ahhhh, i am still laughing....

Someday....

special thanks to Britannie who put this song on the birthday mix..

all i have to say is.... someday....

young folks...

this song/video never gets old... i still love it! if my ipod were stuck on one song for a week, i would be okay with it being this song...