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I can't believe I'm all excited about paying $3.00 for a gallon of gas. But then, when you've been paying as much as we have been, I guess any break is nice.

Hockey started back up on Friday. It was fun to see a NHL game in our little arena. Even better was seeing all the people I hadn't seen since we dropped out of the playoff race WAY too early. The concourse was crowded with people catching up on their summers and the latest trade gossip. The players who weren't playing were somewhere in the crowd, signing autographs, waiting their turn to play the next night. Such is the preseason. Amongst those walking around was the cute friend of the cute boy that works at my wireless company. Every time he saw me, he said "hey!" I couldn't figure out why he was being so friendly all of the sudden, unless he knew that I'd reconnected with his friend? Not that I was complaining. It just amused the people I was talking to that I would say hey and stare blankly, with jaw on the floor, and say, "WHO IS HE?!" Went to work on Monday. Talking with KMC, who is an absolute sweetheart, telling her about said cute b...

I am SO very excited about the NHL exhibition tonight in my AHL town! Too bad I sit WAY up at the top and therefore won't have a chance to get very close to any of the players. Rumour has it that there will be some very BIG names there tonight... I'm currently bidding on a digital camera on eBay. When I started, it was less expensive than the one I'd been checking out in Target yesterday. See, the display went on my Canon. I can view pictures I've taken before 9/11, but everything since has shown up as a black square. It's sad really. I took it to our only camera repair shop and they said they could send it out for $150 and maybe Canon could do something about it. But, because there's a chink out of the battery casing - meaning I deliberately dropped it and want them to fix it! - they can't guarantee that anything will be able to be done. Therefore, I'm shopping for a new one. Circuit City & Target yesterday, eBay today - we'll see what happens o...

I have to say that I got a bit upset in Sunday School when a 40-something father of 8 said that Sarah was in the RIGHT place by being in the tent while Abraham was out in the field. And that's where young women should be - taking care of the house instead of out having careers. He even used the verse in Ephesians where Paul says "I would that the young women marry, bear children, guide the household." He didn't bother to mention that he doesn't know any young women who have willingly given up having a husband/family for a "career". And it made me so mad because I know that I and several other of my single friends would love to get married. Some of them even want to have families. But we aren't married because no guys have asked us. So in the meantime, we are working and trying to figure out what we're doing with our lives. That doesn't mean we have chosen careers over marriage! Okay, I'm done. Yesterday, I thought I could fit in physical ...

Last hockey season, I discovered a really cute boy at a game. Kept walking past him on the concourse, ran into him at a Jr. game, etc. Finally, last game of the season/playoffs (can't remember), we were introduced by a mutual acquaintance who was introducing everyone to everyone else. (that was interesting) Hadn't thought about this guy in months. Thought I might have seen him walking through the mall the other day, but pretty much shrugged that off ... until I walked into my wireless provider's mall store and saw him behind the counter!!! After not getting a good answer for my txt question, we segued into hockey & Canada. nice. :) My other story of the week is that I got the last 2 "artist's circle" tickets for Chris Rice! YAY! :) P.S. My mom just informed me that she's never heard the word "segue". ACK! Where has she been? This is like my favorite word. I seriously use it ALL the time. Apparently, I've never used it on her!

Today, I drove 1 hour, met with my new Avon lady for 45 minutes, and drove 1 hour back. I am a brand-new Avon rep.! I'll get back to that. On my drive to and from, I saw the following things: - a sign advertising golf balls 10 cents. Coming up to it, you didn't know how much they cost because the price was blocked by a snowmobile. Then you had to turn really quick if you needed those golf balls! - Christmas lights on several houses. Apparently it's just easier to leave them up? - saddlebags on a sport bike. Yes, it looked really silly! - 2 trucks carrying hay bales (you know why I listed that one!) - gas for $3.17! I paid $3.19 in town last night. If only I'd waited... - a white-speckled black chicken pecking the ground by the side of the road - red gingerbread on a white house - a road named Elmer Smith - a Ford dealership in seemingly the middle of nowhere (no offence to the neighbors!) - a round barn (neat!) - a garage that boasted "deer damage specialis...

Nice time with A, B & C this weekend - I think we even got some fall travel plans finalized! :) Ok, I guess they just got started, but at least we have a date. I think. Mom was commenting on how nice it was to see the 4 of us together. It happens very rarely, so if we can all get away together, that will be FAB! Worked 6 hours, had 1 off, then worked 4. That last 4 was spent chatting, reading a magazine, and watching the guy at The Gap fold the same jeans for 4 hours. It kept us amused. (Did I mention that he's cute?!) Right at the end of the night, we had to move all the merchandise away from the middle wall because it is coming down tomorrow. Hooray! That means we'll have our own side of the store and be ready for Christmas. ACK! That's crazy! I can't believe I'm working hockey merchandise in September. That said, training camp opens this week. Yay. Every year I say I'm not going to get involved and then, well, it just sort of happens! And th...

Ok, I admit it. I'm a sucker for pop culture. I cried when Brad & Jennifer split up. I read the occasional UsWeekly or InTouch when I'm working at the mall. Recently there was a picture of Seal and Heidi Klum in an article was about what to wear for your wedding when you are pregnant. It praised them for breaking the taboo of a shotgun wedding. That bothered me, but I finished reading the magazine anyway. That night in my devotions, I read this verse: "That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God." Luke 16:15. I was like WOW! People read celebrity magazines and look up to these people and in many cases, what they are reported as doing is so wrong in God's sight. Later I read this verse from Proverbs 8:35. "For whoso findeth me (wisdom), findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord." I was struck by how much better it is to have favour of the Lord than to be highly esteemed among men!

I was sitting in Starbucks this morning discussing domestic travel with Aaron. We agreed that there's a lot of the country we don't know much about and won't likely get to any time soon. The weather map in the NY Times is what got us started. Random, I know, but that's how a lot of my conversations have been recently! I was saying I'd like to go to the Dakotas just to see them. He laughed at me. He laughed even harder when I told him I like to drive to other states just to say I'd been there, even if I didn't actually see or do anything in them. That's just how I am!