Ambre's Pontifications

a place to share, encourage, and just write what comes to mind... with an occasional rant thrown in for good measure!

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Friday, September 30

someone was going to die thus we bought sharp cheddar

Forever Young
by Alphaville

Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's played by the madmen

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the diamondsd dimonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

Thursday, September 22

couch daisy club, vp speaking...

i did not faint when i had my blood drawn and for the first time they didn't have me in one of the children's rooms laying down on the bed. i'm all grown up now!
we're still waiting for the blood results, but what was accomplished today is that i am now on an allergy medicine, i've been informed by three docs that i will have to make a conscious effort for the rest of my life to stand up slowly to avoid dizziness and possible black-outs, and i need stress management classes. yeah, for me!
tomorrow is for cleaning, babysitting, and driving to des moines. yeah for nate and sarah's wedding!!! fun, fun, fun!

i submit that you would not!

i love our household. we're so funny it's unbelievable. you should all aspire to be in a household as funny as ours. i'll pray for you as you aspire to such...

Wednesday, September 21

peanut m&m's are a great source of protein

i don't have a brain tumor. that's good. :P tomorrow i'm going in for blood panel though to check nutrient levels, for anemia, and thyroid functions.
i got an awesome hair cut last night. i am so in love with it. i had to switch stylists and was worried, but no more! "maggie" is my new best friend. :)

Tuesday, September 20

red corvette

please pray:
i've been having some health issues of late that are getting progressively worse. as a result, i am going in for some tests tomorrow. i'm feeling close to consistent peace at this point, ptl. i do covet your prayers though. thanks family...

Monday, September 19

get your own box

i am a HUGE fan of the purse that Rachel Myers made me. it seems to go with every fall outfit that i own. i adore things that are one of a kind (like me!). ;)
tonight i get to pick up a five year old from cheerleading camp. this seems just a touch young to me.
well, off i go to finish getting ready for work. time to scrounge around for a clean work shirt!
have a good day, all. :)

really, really...

Sunday, September 18

hot chocolate? no such luck...

in reading amanda's blog the other day it came to my attention that she is now mysteriously listed on planet rock (along with some random guy named mike). i find this to be quite fascinating that they got without desiring it while i have long had such aspirations with no success. what is this one of those first shall be last, last shall be first, seating arrangements at the table of the King deals?
just curious...

Saturday, September 17

99.9% parched

my roommate just stated that she could kill someone. maybe i should move to another couch. :)

my chiro mentioned that if my body still aches in two weeks that we may need to consider blood tests. apparently i'm too young to feel as crappy as i do on such a consistent basis. bummer for me!

i forgot my phone at home this morning when i left for six hours. i felt completely vulnerable and as if all the calamities that had not yet befallen me in life were about to rain down upon my head purely because i was unable to call anyone for help. yes, i know. massive paranoia. :)

for christmas last year my dear friend lisa bought me a LOT of QUALITY toilet paper. i'm a toilet paper snob who can't yet justify spending the money necessary to get the softest stuff. anyway, my supply ran out on tuesday so now i think of/miss lisa multiple times a day. sigh...

if you haven't seen mr. and mrs. smith yet, you really should. i loved it every time more than the last. ;) i've seen it five... or six times... (kidding. it's a movie reference.)

Friday, September 16

out of the good tp

seasonal allergies suck. i would like to remind everyone that i never suffered in this way until i moved to iowa. just a little fyi there. :)

ryan was telling me about his wedding tonight and how they came just short of doubling the record for alcohol consumption at the hotel where their reception was held at. now there's something we should all aspire to be remembered for...

my roommates and i decided that we want to make a weekend road trip to chicago together. to find a date that would work for all of us we had to compare weekends all the way through the first weekend in january! we finally chose halloween weekend since the only thing preventing it from working for all of us was one persons superstition and paranoia. watch. now that i said that i'm sure something WILL end up happening just to spite me. :)

kjirstin is the greatest fat baby in my life right now. i seriously want to eat her up or kiss her until i can kiss no more... and i can kiss for a LONG time! it will be a sad day in my life when she thins out due to age. sigh. the circle of life strikes again...

Thursday, September 15

eight days and counting...

part of a conversation had in our living room during house night (2 of us on our computers and one on the play station while the other does homework= a great house night!)

"How DO you get a man?"

"First you hang out with them a lot and then they propose. It's pretty fun. I've gotten married before on the Sims. To Martin Skoula, my hockey player man."



side note: i live with some way beautiful women. it's great to be surrounded by unpretentious beauty. :)

Wednesday, September 14

brussels rock

My goddamn rock solid ghetto shiznit name is Ass Machine Teapot, Yo.
What's yours?
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i don't recomend this link to those with sensitive stomachs or can find yourself to be quite sensitive to anything in general.


i love law and order just not criminal intent. that guy weirds me out.

Tuesday, September 13

go to bed, me.

quotes for today take #3 ;)

Goblet of fire trailer (i'm so there opening night!)
"Dark and difficult times lie ahead, harry. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."

chef boy-are-ye-dead!

my favorite quotes today:
"A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure."
-anonymous
(i so want to be a diamond)


From my favorite children's book i read this week (the lion the witch and the wardrobe):

"Then he isn't safe?" asked Lucy.
"Safe?" said Mrs. Beaver; "Don't you hear what Mr. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."

side note: they made this book into what appears to be a sweet movie to be released on Dec. 9. go see it... and that's not a request!!!:)

Sunday, September 11

banana's don't have thumbs

i'm really enjoying living with my roommates. it's like an instant new circle of friends. you have them, their boyfriends, and their closest friends all coming to your house which means if need be you could never leave the commons and you'd still have frequent human contact. sweet!
freya just got her nails trimmed and is about to get a bath. she has a patch on her back leg where a knee would be that is now hair free and kinda pink and scabby. i hope it's just from rubbing it on the pavement every time she lays down at the back door. poor baby...
erik gets back to iowa today. he says they've been pulling long hours shoveling out two week old raw sewage. yummy...
i need to get back to my list of things to do today as the day is just about half way over already. :)

Friday, September 2

giving away amanda's bed

people in iowa city are WAAYY too obsessed with their college football. if i meet another female named "Hayden" after the coach i just might cry...