And the winner is....

...Obi-Wan Kenobi! By a landslide - 50%! Thank you one and all for voting in my poll. Sadly, blueberry coffee received no votes, but I can tell you from experience that it is actually very good.

To honor the winner of the poll, I have a little video for you to watch! It's great and hilarious.... enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E

Here's to duct tape!

The idea started with a Lifehacker post a loooong time ago. It just never materialized until last night.... I had to go to Target to pick up some stuff, and, like any time I go there without Mom, I got lost. :P Ending up in the duct tape aisle (don't ask how), I spotted the awesome pinkness, remembered that post, and *lightbulb*!! I just had to make a duct tape wallet! :D Here are the photos I took to chronicle my conquest. 8-)

The starting materials

8 pieces of duct tape... the 'fabric' of my wallet

Cutting it to just the right size (good thing I didn't cut myself!)

Assembling all the different parts....

It's finished! Like the flowers? I think they add a nice touch. I need to add something else though... those were all I could find at the moment for decorations. 

 

Two pockets to the right and a clear pocket for - a Starbucks card! Although I have my drivers license in it now. 

And the mess to clean up when I was done. Now... if I can do it, anyone can do it - so give it a go! Twas a blast to make. :D

ooooh little brothers :D

Funny story.

So I went in to the kitchen to get something to eat yesterday evening. Pasta looked good - so I pulled that out of the fridge and started dishing myself up. 

Judah comes over and tells me: "You'd better not put peanut butter in that!"

My response: "Why would I do that?"

Judah goes: "Because. You're one of THOSE people." 

Gave me a good laugh. Little brothers are so great. :D But it makes me wonder. Am I really one of THOSE people? :O Kind of a scary thought.

Then Noah comes along and reads my post. "Well, you are one of THOSE people." Great. :P 

Newest family photo!

This was taken.... a few weeks ago? I think? We took family pictures when Ezra's swim team took their team photo. 

You like? I do. :) And I'm sitting down.... so you can't tell that Noah (back left) is taller than me. YAY! :P

Blocked.

So I leave for work, with a big decision on my hands: which route do I take to get home? Understand, it's rather interesting getting around in these parts as half the roads are under water and the other half are under construction. Icky. Anyway, I make my decision on which way to go. I take off, all is well, I'm singing along with Audio Adrenaline (YES! Dad did finally put the CD player in my car!!)........ and I hit a "Road Closed" sign like 5 minutes from home. Why? Everything was going so great and the last thing I wanted to see was a "Road Closed" sign! Sigh. I turn around, go back all the way around, get home 15 minutes later than I wanted to.... snapple.

Life is kind of like that though, isn't it? We do things, we go along, everything is hunky dory, then suddenly *WHAM* God shuts the door on something. Why? Everything was going great! For one, it could be for our safety. Like a "Road Closed" sign on a road, it's there for our safety. We can't see that over the next hill, the road is covered by rushing water. The construction guys do know that though, and they aren't trying to be mean by putting the sign there, they are trying to protect those of us who aren't in the know. It's the same way with God. If we are pursuing something that isn't right or isn't safe, God knows that it's dangerous, and up goes the "Road Closed" sign. Granted, sometimes He does let us make mistakes, but when He does stop something, the goal is to be content and accept it, knowing that it's for our own good.

That's what I was thinking about as I drove the extra 15 minutes home. How does this relate to my life? Is there a good lesson I can learn from that blasted "Road Closed" sign? Yep, definitely. Things that we see as bad could actually be for our good... shouldn't we look at everything that goes wrong like that? Accepting and being content of those signs God puts in our path... but it's hard, eh?