Pray

For those who know them, Melissa's mom passed away yesterday morning. Please pray for Brad, Melissa and her family in this difficult time.

Life Altering Decisions

Steph and I are going to go to Calgary with Martin and Emily this winter! This is a huge undertaking for us. But we're looking forward to it, with mixed feelings. On the one hand, its really exciting, and sounds fun, and we get to see Michael, and the Rockies, and an airport. On the other hand, it costs money. Money. It's a gas. Really, Steph and I shouldn't really be able to afford a trip. But combining the fact that Michael gets us a sweet accommodation deal, and Martin gets us a really sweet 'low-cost' ticket deal. How could we say no?

Can You Believe It?

Snow Day #2 of the week is currently in progress! I can hardly believe it! Today actually feels like a snow day though, it's snowing pretty good and the roads are covered. And you know it's bad when Redeemer closes as well, because it takes some pretty bad weather to do that!

On a side note, I just received an e-mail with some very horrible news from one of my good Redeemer friends, Melissa. Her mom has been battling cancer for a long time but has gotten considerably worse in the last couple of days. The doctor has given her 6-8 weeks to live. Please pray for their family and for a miracle! We have an awesome God and he can do awesome things if we ask!

Snow Days are Fabulous!

Well I thought that it was about time that I wrote on here again....if for no other reason than to give you all something to read about other than ABBA!

So it's the second snow day of the season and as I look out my window we have less than a centimetre of snow, it's completely clear and even a little sunny. So how does this qualify as a snow day, you ask? Who cares! It meant that I got to sleep in, because for once I actually got the phone call before I got out of bed, which is amazing for our school....normally the phone rings as I'm walking out the door! And so far this morning I've done lots of much needed house work! Next on the list is school work, but who wants to ruin a good day off with that!

Anyways, I hope this blog finds everyone who is reading it, well! And I guess I'm off to finish the next thing on my list! Happy Snow Day to all!

For lack of anything else to write about...

Continuing our Abba saga...

N0-one danced in the aisles... except a few older ladies who felt jipped by the fact that the whole musical had gone by without anyone getting up and dancing, or singing for that matter. So on the last couple songs they would try standing up. I kinda compared it to the time in a church service when the one person stands up for a song, even though you're not supposed to stand up, and it's kindof uncomfortable for a minute, until someone else stands up to ease the tension, and then the whole church stands up... Well, this wasn't a church service -- it was a musical -- and no-one else really wanted to stand up for a stranger. So it was kindof like a whack-a-mole going on.

Le Flu

Steph and I have been feeling awful this week. Steph's been battling flu-like symptoms, and I've slowly received a cold. The cold hit me full force yesterday, and the flu got to Steph yesterday.
It isn't much fun.
So does anyone have any instant cures? Besides jumping off a cliff?

Musicals and Their Influence on an Impressionable Youth

As you've heard, Steph and I went to see Abba's "Momma Mia!" musical on Hamilton's Broadway. Before we went to this musical, Steph insisted on buying their Gold (Greatest Hits) album so that she could learn the lyrics. I think we were both scared that we would be the only ones in the theatre who didn't know the words to any song other than 'Momma Mia'. We had been told that everyone gets up and dances in the aisles and sings along to every song... That's a scary thought for good Christian Reformed kids like us. So we bought the cd, downloaded it onto our computer playlist and have been listening and getting to know them.
Remember... this is Abba... I'm listening to ABBA (that first B should be reversed...)

Anyways, Steph and I got to talking about what band would make a great musical from our generation. I mean, there's Abba's "Momma Mia," and Queen's "Killer Queen" or something like that. So what would make a great musical from our generation?

We think Aqua would fit the bill. Maybe a Candyman version of "The Nutcracker Suite". And the main character could call out to Barbiegirl, "Come with me honey, I'm your sweet sugar, candyman"