What a weird title, eh... ;-)
Hey there everybody!
(I mean the three people who actually read this blog...haha)
Yup. Hey i'm happy today! Just a bit tired but I gotta tell you that story here and then you'll see why!So then lets start
I'm a real city Kid, right? you all know that (I think) ;-) I've been living in a nice little apartment in Munich (pretty big city in the south of Germany, 1 000 000 people live there) with my parents for all my life. Until I came here. Then it all kinda changed A LOT. Now I'm living on a farm somewhere in Canada ;-) (pretty much in the middle actually) and there's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much space and it's really beautiful! I love it. Since the family I'm staying with is extremely awesome, I'm having a truely good time here and can honestly say it feels like home. Yup yup good times good times
One thing you don't have a lot around when growing up in a city (besides space) is animals. well, there's the zoo so you stand there behind a fence and look at elephants and zebras and all these guys... But up close? not really. Sure you can have a cat or a dog (just so happens that we don't have one...but we have fish! Oh I love fish, they are awesome. kinda stupid and not very exciting, but beautiful and fun to watch!!!) Fact is, you don't get close to any animal that is bigger than a dog or something...
Well, I'm living on a farm now! And we have about 50 cows there. 50 PREGNANT cows .well, not anymore, now we got a couple pregnant cows less and a lot of calfs. Little tiny extremely cute looking really really small amzing little mini-cows! Holy I'm in love with these guys... i saw one being born last week too and that's just sooo amazing, can't even describe what it feels like. And they are SO SMALL! incredible. But it's a real cow! haha. Juli is amazed by that. really amazed!
Well, something's even better: My big brother Jeff bought 10 little calfs from another farm 3 or 4 days ago... and these little ones don't have a Mama now so they need to be fed! THEY NEED TO BE FED! Guess who loves to do that? yup, I do!
Hey, ten little cuties who are soooooooo hungry and need 2 liters(!!!) of milk 2 times a day... I get up in the morning an hour earlier before school so I have time to feed them... and today's saturday and I still got up at 7.30...so much about being tired but it's soooo worth it! Did I mention they are really cute? like really really really incredibly cute? O yeah I think I said that before. aaaaw.... I always always wanted to so that. feed little animals with biiig milk bottles... I feel pretty important ;-) just kidding. But they are soooo cool. and cute...oh sorry... well I'm just really excited. pretty soon you'll find a picture on here too...a real "Juli on the Farm" picture:Juli feeding calfs. aaaw
Yup that's it for today,I better get some sleep now before it is feeding time again!
take care, love ya all
JULI
hm, did I mention that these guys are really cute? Amazing how that all works... God did a really good job.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Saturday, February 05, 2005
It's great to have friends
That could be a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong blog today ;-) holy cow (isn't that just an awesome expression??? so "farmer-like" , eh? haha. Just kidding. Sounds more like something from buddism, don't they believe that cows are holy? ;-)that's cool. good times good times)
It's not like I have something to talk about. I just feel like expressing some thoughts that been in my mind for a couple of days now...Whatever. What I wanna do is basically make a big talk about NOTHING :-) lol that's me. Hey I'm in a good mood today. Maybe I should get started on my speech here now ;-) and :-) stop ;-) making :-) all these :-) smileys ;-) Juli feels crazy today. Kinda happy-sad mixed up. lil homesick. maybe not. crazy.
It's friday today. we had exams this week, I'm happy it's over. Never wrote exams before, we don't do that in Germany. So it was kinda...new. and not exciting, no. whatever. The funny (well..not really ;-) no more smileys) thing is: everybody here is sick...so sitting in the library with 100 other kids is a rather funny experience when 98 of them are sick . Coughing, sneezing, making disgusting-cold-noises all over the place- we had a good laugh cause it got pretty loud when everybody couldn't hold back anymore. yup. So I spend the afternoons at home, trying to get better and yesterday I didn't go to school at all because I felt like crap (what a wonderful english word. C-R-A-P. Universal use: crappy day, oh crap, take that crap with you, feel like crap...very cool. Oh come on, I'm just a german girl making fun of funny english words. fun fun. haha. please don't take me too serious. Thanx.) I hate being sick and I hate staying at home all day. Because you have too much time to THINK. THINK about stuff you usually don't THINK about. not cool. Maybe it's just me, but too much THINKING drives me crazy. So I was actually happy to go back to school today.
And you know what? It was a nice day at school! All the girls got a heart attack when they saw I cut off my hair (I told you ;-) but they all said they like it. Gotta admit- made me feel pretty good ;-) I'm getting used to this short hair of mine . And I don't even regret cutting it off (yet) !!! Oh yeah. Even some guys noticed that my hair is about 10000000 feet shorter. That's special, eh? Guys NEVER notice stuff like that ;-) Haha I'm just kidding. StiIl like you guys. couldn't really care less about how other people think about me. But it was still a nice day. you know what I mean ;-) yeah well.
Maybe it's time to talk about some deeper, more meaningful stuff. The last couple of days I've been realizing it's about halftime here. Halftime of my stay in Canada. Just 5 months left and I'll be back in good ol' germany. weird. It's weird how you miss certain things. some food stuff (like real German bread). the mountains. my home-city. and of course people. Friends, Family...
even more confusing is how much I'll miss everything once I'm gone away from Canada. It'll be worse I think. Because I know I'll be back in Germany pretty soon, I can prepare and stuff. If I get homesick, I know I'll be back. But when I'm back in Germany...I'll get homesick for Canada. I just know it. And that makes me feel sad already. Isn't that just so "JULI" and stupid? worry too much...
I've been writing a bit more emails with my best friend Mira lately. She's in San Francisco as an exchange student right now. we've been great friends since grade 5. I always feel like without her, I'm not the Juli I usually am. She wrote in one of her last emails:" I actually don't know how I made it through all that here without my best friend. "
You know how sometimes one little sentence can make you cry and laugh and get that warm feeling inside at the same time??? I wish I could give her a hug right now. *hug* (just in case she read it). ;-) Mira's christmas present for me arrived today ;-) yup it's a lil late but i don't think mine got there yet ;-) Yeah.
She sent me 5 CDs (pretty cool songs!!! Oh Yeah!!) and a keyring (a little wooden surfboard ;-) and a big letter. It's definitely one of the best letters I ever got. Lots of stuff she writes about sounds like I could have written it ;-) we just think about the same stuff. Cause we're both kind of in the same situation...Yeah well, so that letter really made me feel good. Cause I know she still thinks about me. Cooooooool.
There's lots in my mind I can't figure out- about all that Germany-Canada-two worlds-which one do I wanna live in- miss friends-how will I ever get back to "normal" in Germany- aaah I'm so confused-thing. But right now I feel that strong connection I have with some of my friends. And that's gonna get me through all that (I think you call that "life") I'm sure.
Thank you God for Angels on earth
good night
JULI
thank you Mira
It's not like I have something to talk about. I just feel like expressing some thoughts that been in my mind for a couple of days now...Whatever. What I wanna do is basically make a big talk about NOTHING :-) lol that's me. Hey I'm in a good mood today. Maybe I should get started on my speech here now ;-) and :-) stop ;-) making :-) all these :-) smileys ;-) Juli feels crazy today. Kinda happy-sad mixed up. lil homesick. maybe not. crazy.
It's friday today. we had exams this week, I'm happy it's over. Never wrote exams before, we don't do that in Germany. So it was kinda...new. and not exciting, no. whatever. The funny (well..not really ;-) no more smileys) thing is: everybody here is sick...so sitting in the library with 100 other kids is a rather funny experience when 98 of them are sick . Coughing, sneezing, making disgusting-cold-noises all over the place- we had a good laugh cause it got pretty loud when everybody couldn't hold back anymore. yup. So I spend the afternoons at home, trying to get better and yesterday I didn't go to school at all because I felt like crap (what a wonderful english word. C-R-A-P. Universal use: crappy day, oh crap, take that crap with you, feel like crap...very cool. Oh come on, I'm just a german girl making fun of funny english words. fun fun. haha. please don't take me too serious. Thanx.) I hate being sick and I hate staying at home all day. Because you have too much time to THINK. THINK about stuff you usually don't THINK about. not cool. Maybe it's just me, but too much THINKING drives me crazy. So I was actually happy to go back to school today.
And you know what? It was a nice day at school! All the girls got a heart attack when they saw I cut off my hair (I told you ;-) but they all said they like it. Gotta admit- made me feel pretty good ;-) I'm getting used to this short hair of mine . And I don't even regret cutting it off (yet) !!! Oh yeah. Even some guys noticed that my hair is about 10000000 feet shorter. That's special, eh? Guys NEVER notice stuff like that ;-) Haha I'm just kidding. StiIl like you guys. couldn't really care less about how other people think about me. But it was still a nice day. you know what I mean ;-) yeah well.
Maybe it's time to talk about some deeper, more meaningful stuff. The last couple of days I've been realizing it's about halftime here. Halftime of my stay in Canada. Just 5 months left and I'll be back in good ol' germany. weird. It's weird how you miss certain things. some food stuff (like real German bread). the mountains. my home-city. and of course people. Friends, Family...
even more confusing is how much I'll miss everything once I'm gone away from Canada. It'll be worse I think. Because I know I'll be back in Germany pretty soon, I can prepare and stuff. If I get homesick, I know I'll be back. But when I'm back in Germany...I'll get homesick for Canada. I just know it. And that makes me feel sad already. Isn't that just so "JULI" and stupid? worry too much...
I've been writing a bit more emails with my best friend Mira lately. She's in San Francisco as an exchange student right now. we've been great friends since grade 5. I always feel like without her, I'm not the Juli I usually am. She wrote in one of her last emails:" I actually don't know how I made it through all that here without my best friend. "
You know how sometimes one little sentence can make you cry and laugh and get that warm feeling inside at the same time??? I wish I could give her a hug right now. *hug* (just in case she read it). ;-) Mira's christmas present for me arrived today ;-) yup it's a lil late but i don't think mine got there yet ;-) Yeah.
She sent me 5 CDs (pretty cool songs!!! Oh Yeah!!) and a keyring (a little wooden surfboard ;-) and a big letter. It's definitely one of the best letters I ever got. Lots of stuff she writes about sounds like I could have written it ;-) we just think about the same stuff. Cause we're both kind of in the same situation...Yeah well, so that letter really made me feel good. Cause I know she still thinks about me. Cooooooool.
There's lots in my mind I can't figure out- about all that Germany-Canada-two worlds-which one do I wanna live in- miss friends-how will I ever get back to "normal" in Germany- aaah I'm so confused-thing. But right now I feel that strong connection I have with some of my friends. And that's gonna get me through all that (I think you call that "life") I'm sure.
Thank you God for Angels on earth
good night
JULI
thank you Mira
Friday, February 04, 2005
I lost at least 10 pounds today ;-) just kidding
I got a haircut.
that may not sound special to you if you don't know me. but: Juli never gets her hair cut. because that involves a lot: thinking bout what I actually want to change with my hair - figure out where to get the haircut- figure out if I have enough money to get one ;-) - make an appointment- still try to figure out what I want - forget the appointment and have to make a new one - finally going there, still not knowing what I want - telling the person who wants to cut my hair that I don't know what I want (the "make it look good" thing...) - spending an hour (or half an hour ;-) sitting in that chair, with that crazy thing around me so the hair don't get in my cloth (I actually think they do that because of another reason: you cant move your arms and hands. so when the guy cutting does something you don't want you can't just stop him by grabbing the scissors... ;-) smart) - finally getting the haircut - realizing that it looks way shorter than I thought it would- paying - leaving - getting right into a "is that still me? " crisis and maybe realizing that I can't change it any way.
yup that's the way it always is. I didn't cut my hair for almost 2 years. they were really really long now. almost touched my pants ;-) so it was a big thing for me today. because now they're hardly hanging over my shoulders. Oh Lord give me strength ;-) haha. well actually it doesn't look to bad. but I'll still get my "I want my hair back- that's not me" crisis, I'm sure. and a bunch of other people will get heart attacks at school tomorrow..."why did you do that????"
haha good times. ITS JUST A HAIRCUT. THEY WILL GROW AGAIN
that was just to make myself feel better. I feel so free. can turn my head where I want it to without dragging 10 punds behind me ;-) haha
Ok, that wasn't the most thoughtful post ever, I do realize that. maybe tomorrow. cause I got a bit of stuff to write about. so stay tuned haha
good night everybody. I feel weird
love JULI
did I mention that I cut my hair today??? sorry
I'll put a "before'n after " picture on the internet tomorrow..what do you think?? ;-)
that may not sound special to you if you don't know me. but: Juli never gets her hair cut. because that involves a lot: thinking bout what I actually want to change with my hair - figure out where to get the haircut- figure out if I have enough money to get one ;-) - make an appointment- still try to figure out what I want - forget the appointment and have to make a new one - finally going there, still not knowing what I want - telling the person who wants to cut my hair that I don't know what I want (the "make it look good" thing...) - spending an hour (or half an hour ;-) sitting in that chair, with that crazy thing around me so the hair don't get in my cloth (I actually think they do that because of another reason: you cant move your arms and hands. so when the guy cutting does something you don't want you can't just stop him by grabbing the scissors... ;-) smart) - finally getting the haircut - realizing that it looks way shorter than I thought it would- paying - leaving - getting right into a "is that still me? " crisis and maybe realizing that I can't change it any way.
yup that's the way it always is. I didn't cut my hair for almost 2 years. they were really really long now. almost touched my pants ;-) so it was a big thing for me today. because now they're hardly hanging over my shoulders. Oh Lord give me strength ;-) haha. well actually it doesn't look to bad. but I'll still get my "I want my hair back- that's not me" crisis, I'm sure. and a bunch of other people will get heart attacks at school tomorrow..."why did you do that????"
haha good times. ITS JUST A HAIRCUT. THEY WILL GROW AGAIN
that was just to make myself feel better. I feel so free. can turn my head where I want it to without dragging 10 punds behind me ;-) haha
Ok, that wasn't the most thoughtful post ever, I do realize that. maybe tomorrow. cause I got a bit of stuff to write about. so stay tuned haha
good night everybody. I feel weird
love JULI
did I mention that I cut my hair today??? sorry
I'll put a "before'n after " picture on the internet tomorrow..what do you think?? ;-)
Saturday, January 29, 2005
finally: a picture of me...
But it's upside down. whatever...
That's meeeeeee!!! holy it was cold on that day... -35...
long weekend-Exams coming up-new pants-own skates ;-) exciting Day
Hey there!
how's it goin out there??? I'm really feeling great today... no school ;-)
well, exams start on Monday here so I'm actually doing some schoolstuff on my long weekend too, but not toooooooo much.
Tomorrow we'll go to Steinbach to visit my big brother Danny and his family and I'll see my big brother Jeff again, too! Well, he's at Bible College in Steinbach and I haven't seen him for a loooooong time...he told me I should bring my snowboard and we're gonna have some fun ;-) I can hardly wait. Snowboarding in the middle of the Prairies is kinda crazy, eh? But what do you do when you're addicted to something? ;-)
Last week I wrote a blog about ...whatever, can't remember, and at the end I said- "are all girls supposed to like shopping??? cause I sure don't!" Well, I went shopping today again. It was the best shopping day for me since about 2 years (well, mayebe only 1...sure feels like more!).
Last week I was looking for pants...I don't like Jeans. I think they're too tight (girls Jeans are just crazy...takes me an hour to get in there...and I'm not fat or anything...it just takes forever....) , Jeans are not comfy at all (because they're too tight ;-) and when they get wet from rain or snow they take forever to dry. And they feel disgusting if they get wet. And...oh I could make the list waaaaay longer ;-) If you like Jeans-Ok, wear them, but I won't.
So I looked for other pants than Jeans...that IS a problem in the Mall in Brandon! I was looking for, I don't know what you call them, like brown or dark green pants with pockets on the side and not tight... track pants? is that what you call them? Yeah well. End of the story: I couldn't find any. So I ended up buying Jeans. Because I REALLY needed new pants. I had one pair of pants before. JUST ONE. and they are falling apart because I wear them so much! ;-) yeah, that's what I do. I'm crazy.
I bought Jeans. They are actually pretty cool...But it's just not really my style so I don't feel toooooo great wearing them. But I have two pair of pants now!
Well, I went shopping again today. I bought my own skates! That's why I went to Brandon. Just to buy skates (and I did! Oh yeah. I love skating. I'm just not good because I never did it a lot. But, hey, I'm in Canada now, so I guess I have to ;-) haha) Bought my skates and then ended up in the mall again, like last week. I didn't need anything, bought my pants last week...maybe I could use a sweater. what happened? -
I bought two pair of pants and a sweater. HELLO???? TWO pair of nice nice non-jeans and a black sweater saying " I love Hockey Players" ;-) Isn't that just great? I'm so happy. I changed from one pair of pants into the other about 5 times since I came home. I'm excited. Buying pants makes me excited? I guess so.
Just thought that's cxrazy and I should publish that on the Internet for the whole world to read.
just kidding. I'm happy. Steinbach tomorrow. HAPPY WEEKEND
love ya all
JULI
how's it goin out there??? I'm really feeling great today... no school ;-)
well, exams start on Monday here so I'm actually doing some schoolstuff on my long weekend too, but not toooooooo much.
Tomorrow we'll go to Steinbach to visit my big brother Danny and his family and I'll see my big brother Jeff again, too! Well, he's at Bible College in Steinbach and I haven't seen him for a loooooong time...he told me I should bring my snowboard and we're gonna have some fun ;-) I can hardly wait. Snowboarding in the middle of the Prairies is kinda crazy, eh? But what do you do when you're addicted to something? ;-)
Last week I wrote a blog about ...whatever, can't remember, and at the end I said- "are all girls supposed to like shopping??? cause I sure don't!" Well, I went shopping today again. It was the best shopping day for me since about 2 years (well, mayebe only 1...sure feels like more!).
Last week I was looking for pants...I don't like Jeans. I think they're too tight (girls Jeans are just crazy...takes me an hour to get in there...and I'm not fat or anything...it just takes forever....) , Jeans are not comfy at all (because they're too tight ;-) and when they get wet from rain or snow they take forever to dry. And they feel disgusting if they get wet. And...oh I could make the list waaaaay longer ;-) If you like Jeans-Ok, wear them, but I won't.
So I looked for other pants than Jeans...that IS a problem in the Mall in Brandon! I was looking for, I don't know what you call them, like brown or dark green pants with pockets on the side and not tight... track pants? is that what you call them? Yeah well. End of the story: I couldn't find any. So I ended up buying Jeans. Because I REALLY needed new pants. I had one pair of pants before. JUST ONE. and they are falling apart because I wear them so much! ;-) yeah, that's what I do. I'm crazy.
I bought Jeans. They are actually pretty cool...But it's just not really my style so I don't feel toooooo great wearing them. But I have two pair of pants now!
Well, I went shopping again today. I bought my own skates! That's why I went to Brandon. Just to buy skates (and I did! Oh yeah. I love skating. I'm just not good because I never did it a lot. But, hey, I'm in Canada now, so I guess I have to ;-) haha) Bought my skates and then ended up in the mall again, like last week. I didn't need anything, bought my pants last week...maybe I could use a sweater. what happened? -
I bought two pair of pants and a sweater. HELLO???? TWO pair of nice nice non-jeans and a black sweater saying " I love Hockey Players" ;-) Isn't that just great? I'm so happy. I changed from one pair of pants into the other about 5 times since I came home. I'm excited. Buying pants makes me excited? I guess so.
Just thought that's cxrazy and I should publish that on the Internet for the whole world to read.
just kidding. I'm happy. Steinbach tomorrow. HAPPY WEEKEND
love ya all
JULI
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
My Bible and me... ;-)
Hey there!!!
Oh lots of stuff to talk about today...Not really ;-) I had a good day at school and I'm incredibly tired because we had another 2 hour Basketball practice. Oh yeah.
Well, I mentioned it before, right? I got a Bible for Christmas. A nice, big, new ,(green haha), study Bible. And, well I started reading where you usually start reading a book- on the very first page of course... hm, well, the next day I saw a quote somewhere so I went straight to that book where the quote was from and started reading there, I read quite a few pages...
afterwards I figured, actually I should really start at the beginning...
But then I felt soooooo bad and homesick on the next day and I thought "well then, let's look for some "hope" stuff"...There's a nice couple of pages in the back where you can look that up. So I did that. And it helped a lot ;-)
well, again I thought shouldn't I actually start on the first page???
But then we talked about that one book on Sunday in Sunday school -ecclesiastes- and that just really really made sense to me and I liked it. So when I came home , I opened my bible and started reading ecclesiastes (or however you spell that...) instead of starting again-
from the beginning ;-) haha. Well, that's how I read it now I guess...You guys think that's a bad idea??? ;-) I don't think so.
Another weird thing about "me and my Bible"... I'm reading a really really really good book right now (besides the Bible ;-) and it's actually 3 books in a row, I'm almost done with the second one... So I always have to decide when I go to bed (cause that's when I usually find the time to read ;-) : read a couple of pages in the Bible-or read that other awesome book...Tough decision ! haha. well, it's kinda strange: so I'm sitting there, on my bed, ready to read, loking at these two books in front of me and I can't decide ;-) So I always feel more like finding out what happens next in the trilogy books... but I grab the Bible because I remember how good I felt the other day when I read it. happens again: can't decide-choose Bible- feel good. cool how that works. I never thought such an old book could give me so much good advice and stuff !!!
yeah, that's my little Bible story for today. guess what I'll do now? right, I'll go upstairs, sit on my bed, look at the books and try to decide!haha
love ya, good night
JULI
Oh lots of stuff to talk about today...Not really ;-) I had a good day at school and I'm incredibly tired because we had another 2 hour Basketball practice. Oh yeah.
Well, I mentioned it before, right? I got a Bible for Christmas. A nice, big, new ,(green haha), study Bible. And, well I started reading where you usually start reading a book- on the very first page of course... hm, well, the next day I saw a quote somewhere so I went straight to that book where the quote was from and started reading there, I read quite a few pages...
afterwards I figured, actually I should really start at the beginning...
But then I felt soooooo bad and homesick on the next day and I thought "well then, let's look for some "hope" stuff"...There's a nice couple of pages in the back where you can look that up. So I did that. And it helped a lot ;-)
well, again I thought shouldn't I actually start on the first page???
But then we talked about that one book on Sunday in Sunday school -ecclesiastes- and that just really really made sense to me and I liked it. So when I came home , I opened my bible and started reading ecclesiastes (or however you spell that...) instead of starting again-
from the beginning ;-) haha. Well, that's how I read it now I guess...You guys think that's a bad idea??? ;-) I don't think so.
Another weird thing about "me and my Bible"... I'm reading a really really really good book right now (besides the Bible ;-) and it's actually 3 books in a row, I'm almost done with the second one... So I always have to decide when I go to bed (cause that's when I usually find the time to read ;-) : read a couple of pages in the Bible-or read that other awesome book...Tough decision ! haha. well, it's kinda strange: so I'm sitting there, on my bed, ready to read, loking at these two books in front of me and I can't decide ;-) So I always feel more like finding out what happens next in the trilogy books... but I grab the Bible because I remember how good I felt the other day when I read it. happens again: can't decide-choose Bible- feel good. cool how that works. I never thought such an old book could give me so much good advice and stuff !!!
yeah, that's my little Bible story for today. guess what I'll do now? right, I'll go upstairs, sit on my bed, look at the books and try to decide!haha
love ya, good night
JULI
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Sundays rock!
I've been to church again today,
it was great!!! I haven't been there for a while for a couple of reasons:
our crazy ;-) basketball coach thinks it's a good idea to have practice sunday at 11 o'clock (nonono!!!),
last weekend we were in Morden to celebrate Christmas ( yeah, that's strange eh? well, the first time when it was supposed to be, we had a blizzard and so nobody wanted to travel...so we had christmas last sunday! cool) ...
Yeah so I wasn't at church for a couple of weeks- and I found i really really really started missing it! But now I'm OK again ;-)
The last days (weeks???) I'm just not feeling as happy as I used to feel ... Usually I'm pretty much always happy (or I really try hard to be happy ;-) but it just doesn't work so well right now...and it makes me kinda go crazy cause I don't even know why I'm not happy!!! aaaaah, frustrating ! I can only guess reasons... maybe I'm homesick(-maybe not), maybe I'm missing some vitamins (-maybe not)...I don't know.
Well, Basketball practice is taking a lot of my time now (and I love it, I mean, I just started but it's fun and I really like it!) and so I don't have much time after school to get outside( and sometimes if you have time, you just DON'T WANT TO-when it's -40 for example ;-) ...maybe that's making me kinda sick. I just LOVE being outside...
Yeah well, it's all good now!!! right now I'm feeling happier than I did for a looong time ;-) It was kind of a sunday like the ones we used to have (when I wasn't at basketball or something...).
Sunday school and church in the morning...with all these wonderful and really nice people there (although my two awesome big brothers weren't there :-( We talked about friendship in sundayschool, that was cool, the service was nice, too, my favourite part is always the singing... Afterwards we had lunch with my big sister's family and the last hour and a half or something, I was outside, playing with her two crazy cute kids in the snow. Oh we had fun there, maybe I'll manage to put a picture on the blog, too... Yeah, it feels like a real holiday again... I think I should watch that I don't get so stressed out again because of WHATEVER.... ;-)
Yeah that's my blog for today...Just wanted to share my happiness ;-) Amazing how a sunday like that can build you up again ;-)
love
JULI
it was great!!! I haven't been there for a while for a couple of reasons:
our crazy ;-) basketball coach thinks it's a good idea to have practice sunday at 11 o'clock (nonono!!!),
last weekend we were in Morden to celebrate Christmas ( yeah, that's strange eh? well, the first time when it was supposed to be, we had a blizzard and so nobody wanted to travel...so we had christmas last sunday! cool) ...
Yeah so I wasn't at church for a couple of weeks- and I found i really really really started missing it! But now I'm OK again ;-)
The last days (weeks???) I'm just not feeling as happy as I used to feel ... Usually I'm pretty much always happy (or I really try hard to be happy ;-) but it just doesn't work so well right now...and it makes me kinda go crazy cause I don't even know why I'm not happy!!! aaaaah, frustrating ! I can only guess reasons... maybe I'm homesick(-maybe not), maybe I'm missing some vitamins (-maybe not)...I don't know.
Well, Basketball practice is taking a lot of my time now (and I love it, I mean, I just started but it's fun and I really like it!) and so I don't have much time after school to get outside( and sometimes if you have time, you just DON'T WANT TO-when it's -40 for example ;-) ...maybe that's making me kinda sick. I just LOVE being outside...
Yeah well, it's all good now!!! right now I'm feeling happier than I did for a looong time ;-) It was kind of a sunday like the ones we used to have (when I wasn't at basketball or something...).
Sunday school and church in the morning...with all these wonderful and really nice people there (although my two awesome big brothers weren't there :-( We talked about friendship in sundayschool, that was cool, the service was nice, too, my favourite part is always the singing... Afterwards we had lunch with my big sister's family and the last hour and a half or something, I was outside, playing with her two crazy cute kids in the snow. Oh we had fun there, maybe I'll manage to put a picture on the blog, too... Yeah, it feels like a real holiday again... I think I should watch that I don't get so stressed out again because of WHATEVER.... ;-)
Yeah that's my blog for today...Just wanted to share my happiness ;-) Amazing how a sunday like that can build you up again ;-)
love
JULI
Forgotten
Hm,I think this poem has been on a lot of blogs already...and I have no clue who wrote it. But I think it's really really awesome, and just to keep it and maybe share it with some of you, it's on my blog now too...
forgotten
in the dark,
i sometimes forget the light will come,
the stars will shine.
in the rain,
i sometimes forget the sun will come out,
the land will be green and fresh.
in the rush,
i sometimes forget how to slow down,
how to be still.
in the noise,
i sometimes forget the quiet will come,
the peace will return.
in the loneliness,
i sometimes forget you are always here,
you are holding me.
in the cold,
i sometimes forget who warms my heart,
who holds my soul.
in the fear,
i sometimes forget to trust in you,
to lean on you.
forgive me, god,
for not remembering
that laughter will follow the tears,
joy will follow the sorrow,
healing will follow the hurt,
day will follow the night,
because i sometimes forget.
amen.
forgotten
in the dark,
i sometimes forget the light will come,
the stars will shine.
in the rain,
i sometimes forget the sun will come out,
the land will be green and fresh.
in the rush,
i sometimes forget how to slow down,
how to be still.
in the noise,
i sometimes forget the quiet will come,
the peace will return.
in the loneliness,
i sometimes forget you are always here,
you are holding me.
in the cold,
i sometimes forget who warms my heart,
who holds my soul.
in the fear,
i sometimes forget to trust in you,
to lean on you.
forgive me, god,
for not remembering
that laughter will follow the tears,
joy will follow the sorrow,
healing will follow the hurt,
day will follow the night,
because i sometimes forget.
amen.
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