blue ridge :)

i love blue ridge. well, i have a love-slight dislike relationship with blue ridge, because i love the river, but we run out of things to do kind of quickly...this weekend, i'm up here with my mom's side of the family, and for the last two hours my cousins and i have just been laying around on four bunk beds hanging out, and i am quite enjoying myself :) we don't normally have chill time like this, because we're so used to thanksgiving and Christmas, where we don't just have lots of downtime. i think that this is going to be a good weekend, even if it does have its boring moments. i love my family :)

currently listening to: my cousins talking :)

some stuff i'm looking forward to...

as lame as this may be, these are the shows that i can't wait to watch:

one tree hill: september 1
america's next top model: september 3
dancing with the stars: september 22
THE OFFICE!: september 25
samantha who?: october 6
the bachelor: not sure, but i'm excited :)
american idol: january 2009
LOST: "early 2009" whatever that means

so...i'm not obsessed with television, but i do like it :) in addition to those shows, i'm always excited about regis & kelly, days of our lives (it's so ridiculous, and i love to laugh at it), wheel of fortune and jeopardy! i love them. i've also been trying to decide if i want to give kath & kim (10/9) a chance or if it's going to be too ridiculous. um, i guess this was just a tv show update. i love television...obviously.

currently watching: the closing ceremony...leona lewis and jimmy page are jamming right now :)

i just want to say...

that i love The Office. if you've never watched it, you should probably give it a try...just a couple of episodes at least :) it always makes me smile.

currently watching: you guessed it...The Office.

tomorrow, tomorrow...

you know the rest of the song...and now, it's probably going to be stuck in your head for the rest of the day, but seriously, i cannot wait until tomorrow!!!

bekah is coming home :) :) :) i am ridiculously excited about seeing her. it's so weird to go from seeing someone almost everyday (or at least talking to them...multiple times a day) to being almost completely without any contact. i know i'm not the only one excited about seeing her...tracy and i squealed a little today we got so excited (we were also a little excited about are concert tomorrow, but that's beside the point) :). later, michael told us that we needed to act more like adults, but...whatever :)

the annual american idol concert is tomorrow!!! tomorrow. 7:00. me. tracy. the davids. i can't wait. i mean, there will also be thousands of other people (woohoo! bf08!!), but whatever. i love it.

i guess this post is just an expansion of one section of my last post, but these two things (along with Premier Firewood, Inc. and knowing more about matches than I ever wanted to know) are on my mind 24/7 right now :) :) :)

one more thing: oak leaf was awesome today. don't get me wrong, it's always amazing to me, but will and the band opened the service in pitch-black darkness singing one of will's songs ("be still") from his new cd ("more of you"). then michael spoke about the contrast between light and darkness, and how as Christians, we are called to shine brightly into the darkest places instead of just shining with eachother...light doesn't need light, darkness does. instead of blaming the darkness for being dark, we (the light) should shine brigher.

life update.

i've been neglecting my blog too much, so i feel like i have a lot of stuff to talk about...it will probably only end up being one or two things, but it feels like a lot.

for starters, my brother is moving to college tomorrow. this is very very weird for me. i have never lived in this house without him (even though several years ago i probably wished for that). it's not going to be the same at all. don't get me wrong - i'm so proud of evan for going to college and for 'getting out' so that he can learn some responsibility and self-discipline, but selfishly, i'm going to be a little sad.

here's some big news: i have a job! officially. i am so excited to be jumping on board Premier Firewood, Inc. as the Public Relations Director. i've been searching for a job all summer, and even though i knew that God had something for me, it was starting to get discouraging. i was very grateful during the month of july that i didn't have a major commitment because i would have gone crazy. i'm not really sure what happened to july. i feel like it disappeared. that's beside the point. the point is that i am now employed, working with great people (some of my best friends) and doing something that i love. i have a great adventure ahead of me :)

what else...? the olympics are taking over my life. i love the summer olympics...i love the winter olympics too, but the summer ones are on right now, so they are on my mind. swimming and gymnastics are my favorites, but i'll pretty much watch anything that's on. i am constantly amazed by the athletes that are here...i'm not going to lie - i have teared up several times. i just get kind of emotional...not that that's really a shock to anyone :)

bekah is coming home in one week!! ONE WEEK!! i am so excited :) next monday is going to be awesome -
1. get to see bek
2. get to see david cook :) going to the american idol concert with tracy is one of my favorite traditions :) so is our last-minute, all-day Christmas shopping trip to Barrett Parkway...last year, we went to the mall four times in the same day.

i guess that's all for now...i will legally have health insurance soon!! yesssss.

currently watching: the olympics...men's gymnastics and swimming (i love michael phelps). it's a good night...even if i do lose some sleep :)

d2: the mighty ducks

i just wanted to take a moment and say that mighty ducks 1-3 are three of the best movies ever. right on up there with angels in the outfield, the sandlot, rookie of the year and many others that came out during my childhood/adolescence.

currently watching: regis & kelly...i love when anderson cooper guest co-hosts :)