my cankle...

sunday i went hiking.

i fell.

it was funny.

later i realized i had a very bad and dirty scrape.

the next day, i had a cankle.

it's better now, it just hurts like a mother.

and no more cankle :)

the simple way

the simple way, a ministry in philly's inner city, labeled by some as "new-monasticism", has lost everything they own to a fire in their neighborhood. many families as well lost everything. fortunately, no one was hurt - yet people are serioulsy needing to consider relocating...



shane claiborne and the people of the simple way are living a very radical lifestyle - they have interpreted jesus in a tangible way and living it out in a neighborhood they love. this is so sad, it makes me angry... go to their website to read all about it.

not another page...

so now thanks to my sister i also have a facebook page. and it just so happens that half of the high school i went to is in it as well as old friends... yeah, guess who hasn't gotten much work done today? oh that's right, that would be me...

i couldn't resist

this is morelia - my cousin's solmary's baby - by the way, it's solmary's birthday today!


and these are zairamar and norbeltito - my cousin's nolbel's kids... another btw - zairamar looks a lot like i did when i was her age... sure sign of that kid growing up to be a beautiful woman ;-)

oh, to be 12 again...

my friend beth just sent me this!



i think this was about 6 yrs ago...

so young, so innocent...

so....

i'm the only one in the office right now... granted it's a small staff... 4 people. all accounted for.

president - on her way to durango
finance director - taking the afternoon off because he's working sunday
accounts manager - on lunch
program administrator - updating her blog.

really, who gets motivated to do anything when they are the only one in the office?!?!?

thankfully, sheralee, maria, bac, and i have a "bacardi coco" party tonight - i can't wait!!!

happy denver birthday to me...

last friday marked the beginning of my third year in denver.

at the risk of being redundant - my life hasn't turned out the way i planned it... not that i had a plan, but you know...

add to that in the past month my life has taken an unexpected turn... don't know what it means or looks like, but i'm enjoying the ride...

so, happy birthday to me... i'm loving denver more and more... we'll see how that goes...

writing sketches

i've been writing sketches like a maniac! well, not like a maniac, i have 3 under my belt in two weeks... but i haven't written anything of this nature in YEARS and the feedback i got last saturday was really, REALLY good - so i'm excited! it's a little reassurance - i can do this, i've done this before, i'm good at this, i enjoy this...

so now to cross my fingers and hope they make it onstage... and even better, i would be performing them!

yeah...

tripping over the bathroom rug doesn't help the leg either.

i don't know what i did...

but about 2 weeks ago my left leg was hurting really, really bad... last week my friend bethann, who's a physical therapist, told me that i had pulled my hamstring... no running, resting it, walk on it, etc.

yesterday i was kinda excited because i wanted to run this morning, which according to the PT was possible. well, i was wearing heels at work and i tripped, stepped with my ankle and hurt my left knee. so now when i walk, the knee is hurting and the hamstring is hurting again because it has to work harder... no running for me this morning...

i'm wearing a knee brace, which sucks. and i sit at work all day. whenever i get up, it hurts like a hell. and last night sleeping wasn't fun either. everytime i turned i hurt both the knee and the hamstring. so frustrating!!

i'm gonna see if i can swim tomorrow - my body feels all lazy.

that's the update for now.

for the love of everything that's pure and holy!

45 minutes left on friday afternoon!!!!

WANNA GO HOME NOW!!!!

never had the word "bitch" been so endearing...

disclaimer: i'm not planning on moving anywhere, this is just how the story goes...

at the thought of a slight possibility of me moving to vegas (not true), nick said, "that bitch better not be moving to vegas!"

at the thought of me taking a job in sioux falls (not true), maria said, "that bitch better not be moving to sioux falls!"

i <3 my friends :)

never ha the word bitch expressed so much love!

i'm not as young as i used to be...

the earliest i went to bed while in vegas was 12:30am... there used to be a time in my life when that was normal. today, after being back for two days, i still feel like i got hit by a truck - no pun intended towards my sister, who about a month ago got hit by a truck, literally... now i pull long nights and all nighters for a long weekend and it takes forever to recup... what does it all mean?!? i guess i'm not in kansas anymore toto...

two AWESOME things!

1 - i'm leaving to vegas tomorrow to meet my parents! maria is coming for the weekend! fun times
2 - i got accepted into an improv troupe!!! the first few months will be writing and understudying, and hopefully in the near future getting some stage time as well!!!

now back to packing!

god ran away

god ran away
when we imprisoned her
and put her in a box
named church.
god would have none
of our labels and
our limitations
and she said,
“i will escape and plant myself
in a simpler, poorer soil
where those who see, will see,
and those who hear, will hear.
i will become a god – believable,
because i am free,
and go where I will.
my goodness will be found
in my freedom and
that freedom i offer to all –
regardless of color, sex or status,
regardless of power or money.
ah, i am god
because i am free
and all those who would be free
will find me,
roaming, wandering, singing.
come, walk with me –
come, dance with me!
i created you to sing – to dance –
to love...

if you cannot sing,
nor dance, nor love,
because they put you
also in a box,
know that your god broke free
and ran away.
so, send your spirit
then, to dance with her.
dance, sing with the god
whom they cannot tame nor chain.
dance within, thought they chain
your very guts
to the great stone walls...
dance, beloved,
Ah, dance!

-edwina gateley

two things...

so, um, yeah, this is awesome.

also - i've been meditating on jesus' last words before he died on the cross, "father, in your hands i put my spirit." sure, they were his "last" words, yet i'm experimenting with making these eight words my simple daily prayer. notice the word simple. not easy. it's been both challenging and freeing. so today, once again i say, "father/mother, in your hands i put my spirit."

the "ebenezer" of the day...

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
-Paul to the Corinthians

car accidents have been prohibited, banned, and regarded as non-existent!!!

seriously, if anyone else that i love gets into a car accident, i swear, i might lose it. they have all been fine in the greater scheme of everything - the huge magnitude of the crashes and the relatively minor injuries do not correlate... but still, can't deal with two huge accidents in less than a month!!! car crashes, you have been banned!!!

happy easter!!!!

maria and i went to the red rocks easter service this morning... we were the only ones there... all bundled up, temperature in the teens... snowing... four other people were there... then they left. it's 5:30am - we'd been there for about a half hour... it's probably cancelled... the two of us sitting there - by ourselves... it must be cancelled... let's just go... so we start walking out... there are signs at the information booth - "service has been cancelled due to inclement weather"... crap! funny!!! so now we're getting ready to go to a crc church... it's 6:30 am... don't believe me? here are the pictures to prove it...


we also dyed easter eggs last night...

he is risen - he is risen indeed...

down memory lane...

fun times :-)

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