Ah, to be a youth again:

- Scrapbooking, and making invitations remind me of my sister and I when we were little. We loved having parties.
- Planning a vacation reminds me of playing "Travel Agent," with Kandy. She always had to be the travel agent, and I liked it that way. (I wasn't organized enough to do that job).
- I miss riding bikes with Kandy and Sophi, (our best friend).
- I wanted Kandy to go to high school with me. At least we had one year together, huh?
- I believe that Kandy has been blessed with all of the good qualities of our dad, and I have been blessed with all of the good qualities of our mom. This is why we get along so good. Not to say that our parents don't :-)

Oh Yes!
Please, please look at this. It's the funniest thing I've seen since the "Stealth Disco."

You are Psalms.


Which book of the Bible are you?
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Cool! How did they know I sing in my worship team at church?

Which Dr. Seuss character are you?
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I agree with this one too. So, I'm an Elephant, and a Cat. Humph. Well, how do you like that? At least I wasn't a Mouse and and an Elephant. Eek!

Which Dr. Seuss character are you?
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I totally agree... except for the part where I'm an Elephant.

So... got a whole four and a half hours of sleep last night. I woke up to the sound of some person calling my name at 6am. The alarm had been going off for about 20 min. straight. I did not hear it... at all. I sat up, and tried really hard to walk into the bathroom with my eyes closed. That didn't work out too well, obviously. I pried my eyes open, only to find that my eyes were crossed. I couldn't speak correctly. I felt like I was drunk, even though I had never been drunk before. This, my friends, is what happens when you only get four and a half hours of sleep.

Buying and wearing clothes, yes. Cleaning them, no.
The current decor of our bedroom is Clothes. It's not because we have kids, or that we're so busy and tired that our brains are on auto pilot half of the time. No, there's really no excuse, I've just been in a laundry slump for the past 20 years. Dirty, clean, folded, not folded, in the basket, on the floor, wrinkled, ironed. The most consistant thing about this decor is that these clothes are never, ever put away. (unless my saint of a husband puts them away). A miracle happened on Monday. I changed the decor of our bedroom. I not only washed, dried, and folded, but, now get ready for this, I IRONED AND HUNG THESE CLOTHES UP! Now, anyone and everyone who has ever known me, knows that I hate, hate, hate laundry. I've always been like this. If you've seen the Newlyweds on MTV with Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, then you'll know how much I hate laundry. As much as Jessica does. The difference between me and her is that I actually know how to do laundry. (there's many more differences between us than that).

So sleepy
For the first time in two years, I took a nap. All of us have been getting up at 5:50 am every morning. Bob is in training for another postion at work, and he has to be there at 7:30am. We only have one car, so he has to drop me and the boys off at his mom's house at 6:30am. This is why I fell asleep on the couch when the daycare kids took a nap. I slept for two hours! Don't worry, I was in the same room with them. Bob also used to be able to take Joshua to school in the morning. Now my dad has been taking Josh and picking him up from school. Then my dad also takes me and my boys home after the daycare kids leave. Bob and I get home almost at the same time. I get home at 4:45pm and Bob gets home at 5:15pm. I feel bad for Joshua, he's not aloud to take a nap at school. He stopped taking a nap as soon as he found out that little baby Caleb was in mommy's tummy. He was 2 and a half when naptime bliss was over for him. I was very upset about this, to say the least. Caleb still takes a nap and he's 3 and a half years old. *thank you Jesus*

Kandy, here's my answers to your questions:
Q. If the kids were taken care of and you had free reign to do as you wish, what would you be doing right now?

A. Pedicure, while eating "Mint Chocolate Brussel's", sipping on a "Caramel Frapp," and flipping through "Style" magazine.

Q. Cheesiest thing you have ever seen. Not counting something that is actually made of cheese or something that your husband has done. Total cheese.

A. There's this site that Bob showed me. These people go up to total stangers behind their backs, and do a "Stealth Disco." It was pretty funny, but very cheesy.

Q. Nicest thing someone has done for you.

A. On our wedding day, I was getting ready in the "Bridal room." Bob had someone send me a card that he wrote for me and one single rose, right before the ceremony started. I was crying, he was so sweet!

Q. So, what were you and Sophi laughing so hard about that day when you both, umm, you know, had an 'accident'? Do you remember? Come on now, I know you do.

A. Well, let's see now. We were "Double riding" on my "Banana Seat" bike. We lost control of the bike, and almost fell on our butts. Then we just started laughing and being silly, and the next thing we know, we're stumbling into her bathroom, and we peed our pants. Oops! (we were only like 7 and 9 years old).

Q. Top 5 favorite songs of all time. Or right now.

A.
1. Jesus Etc. By Wilco
2. Reservations By Wilco
3. Come away with me By Norah Jones
4. The Scientist By Coldplay
5. Landslide By Dixie Chicks

OK, here it goes Kandy.

1. What is your best memory of your childhood?

2. What are you and Kip going to do for your Anniversary this coming March 11? (Since it's so dang close to Bryan and Kristin's Wedding and all).

3. Kandy, do you have A pen? Just how many pens does one really need, anyhow?

4. How many cats have you owned at one time? (hee-hee)

5. When one of your friends would come over to our house, and you guys would lock me out of your room, what the heck where you talking about? Seriously? You have to tell me, cause ya can't just do that to the younger sister, and then never ever tell her, ya know?! You're not friends with them anymore. It's ok. Really. I won't tell.

So, there we have it. I hope you enjoyed my questions. See, I don't know everything about you Kandy-Kane-that-lived-down-the-lane.

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I asked Dawn to ask me some questions. Here are my answers:

Q. What is the most difficult thing about your sister living so far away?

A. Kandy and I were so used to being there for each other, for anything and everything. And all of a sudden she's not here anymore. Sure we talk on the phone and we're best friends still. But I really miss seeing her laugh, cry, and play with my boys. The thing that I miss most about her, though is her hugs, and long talks 'till late at night.

Q. Are you ever going to visit her in Ohio?

A. Yes, I will go and visit her. First she has to give me a chance. She comes to So. CA like twice a year for weddings that we're all in. I kinda wanna wait 'till my boys are a little older.

Q. What is it like to live in a household where you're the only female?

A. I feel good most of the time about being the only female in my house. I get sad sometimes, but God knows what he's doing. I will be joyful in the Lord for giving me a family and sons to carry on the Chapa name. My husband and his father are the only boys in their families. So, we're grateful for more than one Chapa boy in the family.

Q. My husband and I are coming over unexpectedly for dinner tonight. What do you serve us?

A. My three younger brothers are always dropping by. I love it, and I love to have company. I'm always ready for people to come over. Even if they don't call first. God wants us to be ready at all times. My husband is the cook most of the time, he would make Chinese food or BBQ steaks, make baked potatos, and CA veggies. I like to bake more than cook, so I would probably bake cookies and serve it with vanilla ice cream. Mmm- mmm!

Q. Why don't you link my blog? (grin)

A. I'm so sorry for not linking you on my blog. We'll have to take care of that ASAP! Thank you for linking all of us on your blog. Thanks for the cool questions, Dawn!

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Emotionally, and spiritually drained...

My mom and I just got back from a Women's retreat for her church this weekend. It was... how do I put this, different, and quite interesting. I don't want to step on anyone's toes or anything. But... well, what the heck. I'll do it just this one time. You'll forgive me, right? OK, I am a Christian, and I do think that God is a God of order, not a God of Chaos. I really, really missed my sisters in Christ from my own church this weekend. I didn't ever feel like this until God made it so clear to me, how much I am connected to other women of my church. It was like the first time going away to camp. Without your mom, dad, siblings, and friends. It's just you, and God. And He allows you to feel lonely, anxious, and wanting so much more than this camp has to offer you. You know that there should be a balance of Scripture reading, Praying, stories, and testimony's, in the sermons. But for some reason this Woman-Pastor-Speaker hasn't gotten the memo. She got some other voices that apparently talk to her, and I quote, "Holy Spirit? Is that you?" I guess if that voice doesn't answer her, it's Satan, or his demons that were "Speaking" to her. Um... Yah. What are you, and who sent you? At this point, you're wondering why she hasn't mentioned any scriptures, unless it's those token ones. But then she doesn't even finish reading it! She just says, "and you know, whatever..." Ahhhh!!! So-incredibly-not-right! Wow! She clearly came here to show that she did not study the Holy Scriptures, or to even just talk about how wonderful and great our God is. No, she had an agenda. It was to lead souls to Christ. To cast "Demons" out. To tell us all of the gory little details of everything that has happened to her. To have alter calls and "Prophecy" over lives that she knows nothing about. Why do we need to go up to the alter, make specticles out of ourselves, and be turned into crying, blubbering, emotional basket cases? So, this is why I am spiritually drained. Emotionally, that's a different story. I won't get into that right now. It just all too much to handle at this point. Pray for my sanity, that's all I have to say.
ps: by the way, if you were wondering, no I did not go up to the alter call, speak in tongues, or raise/clap my hands.