Sunday, March 25, 2007

Moving...Again?

I realize it's been quite some time since I last posted anything. Let me just tell you it's been a crazy two weeks. Before I go into detail about what's happening here, allow me to reccomend a movie called "The Ulitmate Gift". It was released in theatres two weeks ago and is produced by Fox Faith. I found it to be very enjoyable and thought provoking. It wasn't cheesy like a lot of Christian films are. They did an excellent job in casting the characters...I laughed, almost cried, and came away personally challenged to be thankful for the simple things in life I often take for granted. I'd encourage you to check it out.

And now for the big news...two weeks ago my roommate, Angie, got engaged! Yup, engaged. Crazy, huh? So, I guess you know what that means? I'm moving once again. She and Randy have set the wedding date for August 25, 2007...yup only 5 months away.

So, in the last two weeks a lot has transpired. Christin and I have decided to be roommates since her current rommate, Michelle, is also getting married this summer. We went apartment shopping yesterday and made a lot of progress but we haven't made any final decisions yet since there were a couple places we couldn't see the layout we liked. I'm really excited to live with Christin...she's full of energy and is tons of fun to be around. We also have a lot of the same friends, similar values and an established friendship with each other.

I'm hoping to move the first of August...that is if Angie's house doesn't sell before then. She's putting it on the market in April. So, if it sells right away, I'm going to be looking for a place to live soon after that. I'm hoping and praying the timing of it all works out perfectly.

It's been a great year living with Angie. We're coming away with a newfound friendship as well as having learned a whole lot from each other. We even have the same sense of humor which has provided us with plenty of long, hard, belly laughs leaving us with sore stomachs the next day. I'm sure we'll miss each other and our well established daily routines.

I guess I'm on a year to two year rotation bases for moving. I'm begining to wonder if I'll ever settle down. It's kind of crazy. This time around I'm taking the time to go through all my stuff and pitch or set it aside for a yard sale. I'm being brutal with my sorting... I have to. I've been blessed with having a lot of space so I haven't had to purge much. But, now I'll be moving into a much smaller place and Christin has furniture we'll be using. There will likely be very little storage space where we end up living. Angie and I are planning to have a yard sale...so I'm motivated to do what I should have done a long time ago...purge, purge, purge. A difficult task for the saver in me.

Well, I think that about sums it up for now.

Jamie at 6:11 PM

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Elissa's Baby Shower

Last weekend Elissa's Taylor Friend's hosted a baby shower for her. It was a relaxed afternoon of chatting, playing a fun game, eating very yummy food, opening gifts, and painting onesies for Baby Bennett. He's going to have some very unique clothes when he's born. See for yourself below! It was tons of fun to be creative in this way.

Cute, eh? Can you guess which one I made? The turtle ofcourse! Below is picture of the entire group minus me...I was taking the picture. I haven't quite figured out how to use my timer. And below this pic is the guest of honor...Elissa and Baby Bennett. I'm going to be an Aunt in about one month! I can't wait! What fun!

Jamie at 7:46 PM

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Monday, March 05, 2007

Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

This last weekend I took a road trip to Bloomington to see my second family, Claire's family. Even though Claire and John are still in the D.R. I thought it would be fun to hang out with whoever happened to be at the Pontius home this last weekend. We attended a murder mystery dinner theatre on Saturday night. Each of us were assigned characters. Gail was Lindsey Dagger (Instead of Wagner) - the Bionic Chick. Brad was Lee Minor (Instead of Major) - the $6 Bionac Man (instead of the $6 million Man). And I was Linda Stopthat (instead of Ronstadt)- a famous singer in the 1970's who's hit songs were "You're No Good," "Don't Cry Now" and "When Will I Be Loved." Lindsey was always asking if people wanted her autograph so everyone would always say oh Stopthat...hence her last name. As you can see...all of the characters were played off of famous characters.

Gail wore a dress her Mom made in 1976. She looked smashing in it! She was really the only one dressed wholesomely...everyone else dressed like...well like people in entertianment did in the 70s.

Once I was all ready to go I helped Gail do her make up. She had bought this great neon green and yellow eye shadow to go with her dress...unfortunately it didn't work out too well. We went for the glamorous look instead of the freak look since they didn't work out.

As you can probaly tell, we teased teh daylights out of my hair. But by the end of the night it was falling even though I sprayed tons of hairspray on it.

Here we all are...ready to go party! I got my skirt and shirts at Goodwill...they were quite the find! Below is a picture of some of the other suspects. Jackie- the owner of the Manhatten Club - was the victim. Of course everyone at the party had motive for killing her...we just had to figure out "who done it".

Everyone had a script to follow and the point was to stay in character the entire evening. Of course, that was rather difficult considering it was a group of people who regularly hang out together. There were only parts written for 8 people and there were 13 of us total. So, I ended up being one of the extra people...which meant I didn't have a script and I wasn't the murderer. Brad and Gail were also extra characters. We had fun guessing who the murderer was.

Here's a pic of Brad I just couldn't help but post. I think the pink boa is very becoming on him, don't you think so?

The murderer turned out to be Jimmy Hoffa...who actually was Gloria (I can't remember her last name). You see Jimmy/Gloria had a sex change and Jackie had found out. You say, what's the big deal? Well, the big deal is that Gloria was a women's lib activist and if Jackie revealed her/his secret, well her/his career would have ended. So, she/he killed Jackie. Crazy twist, huh? Below you'll see we had plenty of time for celebrity pictures!