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Sunday, 07 September 2008

The paper of doom

Tonight marks the second of what will surely be MANY hours spent… not writing my paper of doom. My mammoth pickle of pages. Pages formed and inspired by a logjam of journal articles that read like a Novocain for your mind!

Basically, it’s the thing that’s going to make my brain, and the words that are born there, even odder than ever.

“I’m taking a bunch of easy, kinda enjoyable classes, and then… Educational Programming,” is what I tell people when they ask me stuff. Then a common response by anyone who knows family science is… “ohhhhhh…. ooohhhhh… with Burke?? ohhh…” and they shake their heads and walk off, leaving me for dead. It’s so encouraging.

I have to get to (because I make everyone else rephrase things in a positive manner) write and create roughly 30 pages. 30 hard pages. And I’ve heard many a scary thing about this class. Pray for me… cause I don’t have much time for EASY classes, much less hard ones.

I do have time for card playing nights galore.. and I do have time for girl movie nights, eating out, going to a movie w/ my cousins and aunt.. going and getting ice cream… going to meetings… doing lots and lots of Cru stuff…

… and rainy football games! UNO vs. UNK. We won of course! 42-21.

Me, val dawg, and theresa.

Stand in the rain! Stand your ground..

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Crazy

I’m freaking out at how God works! HE IS AMAZING!!! In my life, in my brother’s life, in letting me run into random people that I DON’T EVEN HARDLY KNOW and talking with them about this, that, life, church, Cru, God, classes.. whatever it may be!

I must not be as shy I as I used to be.. but before you go getting any ideas, let me make it clear that I’m still shy, just not as much.

I am crazily busy and it’s only the 3rd day of school. It’s also the 3rd day of being 22! But it is so exciting to be back! I miss home, but it’s all good.

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Good times at camp...

Hmm... I'm worn out from staining the decks on the barn today. Part of it is, I probably inhaled a little too much of the oil we're staining them with.. ha ha. Sarah, Kalyn, Anna and I worked on that, we're almost done.

I love working at Camp Machasay! I was thinking about that... sometimes I have annoying days or am really tired or whatever.. but I know God brought me back here this summer, and I am SO GLAD. I know from experience that I would have to work very hard to not be miserable anywhere else.

Our first camp is next week! Elevate. Junior high. I'm SUPER PUMPED. Looking down the registration list... I see so many familiar names. Girls who i have had in my cabin since they first came to nine2eleven several years ago. We get some AWESOME kids out here. I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!! And Mr. Craig (AMAZING cook from Texas that we've known for several years! HE HAS HIS OWN PRODUCT LINE OF BBQ RUBS AND SAUCES! Z-BROS BBQ! HE IS THE GREATEST!) is coming to cook for it! Does life get any better?

Oh and we finally got the plants put in and some landscaping done, under Miss Sonja's direction. So now I can do my favorite morning chore- watering the plants! Here's how it goes... I get the beloved golf cart... I put the large black trash can that has a "Frances' Watering Bucket" sign on it and load it on the golf cart. I fill 'er up with water... and drive from flower bed to flower bed. I use an ice cream bucket to scoop out water and give all the plants a good drink. Our Colorado climate is harsh on the plants. There are two beds out by our main entrance, one behind the fellowship hall and two in front, and one in front of the bunkhouses. Most of them are out of reach of the hoses, and it's just way easier to do the ingenious golf cart system I came up with last year. :)

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Mornings

Turn on the lights in the fellowship hall. Kill a few flies. Clean out the coffee pot. Fill it up and turn it on. Put away the dishes I did last night. Turn on some music. Turn on the heater cause it’s cold today.

Here in a bit I’ll put on a “Cookin with the Z-Bros” apron (donated by Mr. Craig! He’s the BEST BBQ cook in Texas, or in the world for that matter) and help Autumn rustle up BISCUITS AND GRAVY for Shane’s group. They always stay the night on the way back from their missions trip to Wyoming every year. Last year, they got 2 flat tires, and so were really late getting in… I remember Autumn and I drinking coffee trying to stay awake till they got here. I read about 20 old Bowhunter magazines that night while she did work on the computer.

Anyway- this is my favorite kind of morning at camp

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Frances = Instant Mud Puddle

… just add water.

Yesterday we had some of that COLORADO WIND… going strong, yes sir. And since our little wrangler bunkhouse is right next to the arena, and it’s been dry, dirt gets to blow everywhere it wants….. and since our whole entire camp is next to the arena, dirt blows there too. Seriously, trying to get anything done outside was like getting in a time machine and traveling back to the dust bowl. So I became an instant mud puddle.

But praise God, seriously, we got some rain last night.. sure, it was a little loud as it pounded down on the tin roof right above my bunk bed in the wrangler shack, BUT it will hold all that dust down for a while.

The old wind is still blowing insanely today… but this morning we saddled up and got er done (sorry, I can’t help the camp-speak… that’s just how we talk out here, you’ll have to get used to it!) and put up all the panels for the new corral. Wowsers. Intense. I will have pictures later. It was so windy I couldn’t walk straight. And those panels…. well, heavy. And greasy. We all look great now.

The wind did my hair today, too. It was braided, but now, it’s.. something else. What else has the wind done… it’s blown this drizzly fog in, I can barely see 3 REA poles down the road.

But we’re having a grand time. A 13 year old kiddo (more camptalk) named Natasha is out with us for 10 days to work. And it’s fun having her. Don’t know how much she knows about the Lord.. But she’s a spunky sweetheart. Her birthday is tomorrow! We are supposed to surprise her by acting like we are too busy to do anything, but actually we’re making her favorite food (mac and cheese) and going to see prince caspian and getting ice cream.