justmeghs

.to whom it may concern.

2010-10-24T17:21:00.000-06:00

Why are you so far from me?
In my arms is where you ought to be
How long will you make me wait?
I don't know how much more I can take
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I want to
How I do
Slowly counting down the days
Till I finally know your name
Ooo the way your hand feels round my waist
The way you laugh
The way your kisses taste
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I want to
How I do, How I do
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I missed you
I haven't met you
Oh but I want to
Oh how I want to
Dear whoever you might be
I'm still waiting patiently.

~The Civil Wars

'50s housewife

2010-03-21T16:28:00.004-06:00

amy and i did a little photoshoot today, inspired by the laundromat.

(just a caveat: i would never make a good '50s housewife)

who doesn't read paradise lost while vacuuming?

what a joy it is to iron my husband's work shirts!

there is little more fulfilling than folding freshly dried sheets and towels!

.meet caris.

2010-03-21T15:59:00.004-06:00

mother and daughter (snapped against jen's will, shh!)

great crying face!

big sister kylie holding caris

tummy time!

she has incredible hair!

kylie and summer

another great crying face

.ingrid.

2010-02-07T21:16:00.005-07:00

i'm on another ingrid michaelson kick. i love her music, and i love how relate-able her lyrics are. here's a version of her song "sort of" (please ignore the mistakes and flubbed ending, i didn't feel like recording it again, haha). hopefully soon i'll have another one up, after i finish figuring out the chords.

2010-01-19T13:23:00.002-07:00

my, how easily a sparkle can be dimmed

hidden by a looming shadow

soon may the clouds part

and the glimmer reignite

more gloriously

winter song

2009-12-11T15:03:00.002-07:00

i attempted to play sara bareilles and ingrid michaelson's winter song...although i'm not capable of dueting with myself, haha.

autumn walk

2009-10-03T19:12:00.016-06:00

fall has officially arrived. i've pulled out the mittens and scarves, and even some boots! today amy and i went out for london fogs and a crisp walk. and since we're both so photogenic, here are some pics ;)

.play.

2009-08-19T21:59:00.009-06:00

i was playing around on guitar so i thought i would showcase my (lack of) skill yet again. mostly cuz i like these songs. even though they are clearly not ready for public debut.
check out colbie caillat, ingrid michaelson, and james blunt for the original brilliant quality works.
p.s. t johnson this one's for you. even though you were not my first love, hahaha.

.for my favourite dirty pirate hooker.

2009-08-05T08:12:00.000-06:00

wish you could have been there sarah!

.videos.

2009-07-20T17:28:00.007-06:00

recently amy and i went for a bike ride and picnic in prince's island park, and we discovered this amazing dancing roller blade man. i had to stop to dig out my camera and video him because if i'm having a bad day i can look at this video and it will make me smile.

i just bought myself a mac, and so i decided to take a video of myself playing guitar. it does a great job of showcasing my weaknesses as a musician. especially because i used a pic, and i normally don't, so all my mistakes are amplified. that being said...enjoy! haha

the last video is from my birthday. i decided that to celebrate a quarter of a century, i should smash a plate. there were some who doubted my ability to break the plate on the first time *coughbrentoncoughmeeracough* but i had no problem.

.i love the beauty of the impossible.

2009-06-28T21:49:00.003-06:00

photo taken on big hill, northwest territories
june '09

.monsters and grace.

2009-03-15T14:37:00.006-06:00

a raging sea dinosaur
roars up out of my imagination and
soon my arms and legs are curled up in unrelenting tentacles
which begin to
s q u e e z e
s q u e e z e
squeeze
oh so tightly!

how do i get loose?
my breath quickens in short gasps
now being dragged under the sea

somehow, i feel calm in the murky green abyss
my hair floating around me
and then
i see my unmoving body
as if from a distance
clenched in the grip of ever-tightening tentacles

suddenly
the sea dinosaur releases me
with a loud groan.
i am back in my body, thrashing for the surface
my lungs desperate for air
head above water
my feet soon touch bottom
as i near the shore
collapsing on wet sand
chest heaving damp wind

i glance back to see a sword flashing
loud crashes coming from a flailing sea dinosaur
appendages blindly sweeping
searching for danger
but missing the source
a clever otter dances around the dinosaur
wielding effortless yet fatal strokes
as the power of the sea dinosaur
d i m i n i s h e s
d i m i n i s h e s
diminishes
until the pieces of its lifeless body
sink
s i n k
s i n k
to the bottom.

i am saved.

.winter walk.

2009-02-13T16:06:00.009-07:00

.select photos from europe.

2008-08-10T15:09:00.018-06:00

.so...i'm posting a very small selection of photos from my recent trip to europe. if you want to see more, go here or here.

.this picture was taken in the vatican city. yes, i have some pictures of the sistine chapel...but i decided to post a picture of this sweet staircase instead.

.these are some of the ruins littering the landscape of rome.

.the coliseum.

.trevi fountain.

.more ruins. and flowers.

.drinking box wine.

.pompeii.

.the david.

.pisa.

.cinque terre.

.roz and beth watching the sunset in cinque terre.

.sun set with bird.

.nap time in nice.

.venezia.

.sad story...the gondoliers don't actually sing.

.innsbruck...a rainbow after a long day of hiking.

.mozart balls.

.on top of the fortress in salzburg.

.i really liked this door.

.neuwschwanstein.

.view of paris from montmartre's sacre coeur.

.the fireworks on my birthday. best. fireworks. ever.

.the eiffel tower at night in black and white.

.the hiding place. the corrie ten boom museum in haarlem.

.roz and beth in a giant wooden clog in amsterdam.

.joa and benjamin in voorhout.

.smiling benjamin.

.roz and me at st. paul's cathedral in london.

.possibly the highlight of my trip: seeing king lear at the globe theatre.

.grad photos.

2008-05-13T19:57:00.005-06:00

Last night BethL commented that I hadn't updated this blog since January.
Also, I promised to post grad photos.
So, enjoy!

.everything.

2008-01-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

sitting alone my mind tends to wander
to the things i think will satisfy me
and every time i think i get somewhere
i seem to end back at the start
and i'm stuck 'til i find the one who wants my heart

will someone say that

i will give you everything you need in time
i will love you more you see
right now

is it true that there's good somewhere inside of me
if i try my best it's still not enough
but trying only ever goes so far
and in the end i feel the same
and the good i want only ends in shame

will someone say that

i will give you everything you need in time
i will love you more you see
right now

all i want is your love
that you've given up for me
and now i have found all i need

~jackson waters

.scott phillips.

2007-12-10T21:55:00.000-07:00

.still believing.

here he is in the spotlight taking the stage
stepping into the pressure to make no mistakes
sensing their expectations right from the start
he purifies his motivation and speaks from his heart…he says

i’m still doubting, still searching, still falling, still hurting
but until this breaking heart stops beating
you will find me still believing

flesh and bone, blood and skin
what would give you the notion that I’m better than this
‘cause temptation and heartache don’t care who you are
and to be honest, I’m tired of acting the part

but I’m learning, I’m growing, I’m gradually knowing
I’m made in his image, though not always showing
despite that, his grace and his love, they are flowing inside
but till the day I die, I will be

.so you would know.

last night I painted a sunrise with colors warm and deep
unveiled it in the morning to ease you from your sleep
oh, the mountains I have sculpted before you came to be
are the arrows of creation to point you back to me

so you would know that I am God
I have placed with love the stars above and everything below
so you would know

and for your eyes, the painted skies…the colors in a crowd
the drops of rain on window panes, the thunder in the clouds
oh, the taste of dew and honey too…the crystal flakes of snow
the beauty found the world around is yours so you would know

so come to me, receive your life you cracked and drying bones
and rise up with your voices loud…reclaim them from the stones

.awaken retreat.

2007-11-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

here are some pictures from the awaken retreat.

the first ones are of these trees that lit up as the sun was setting...so gorgeous!

i had to try to capture the light.

then the cross and bench at sunset.

then random shots of people playing games.

then the lake in the morning as the sun was rising.

enjoy!

.shadowfeet.

2007-11-10T09:44:00.000-07:00

walking, stumbling, on these shadowfeet
toward home, a land that i've never seen
i am changing: less and less asleep
made of different stuff than when i began
and i have sensed it all along
fast approaching is the day

when the world has fallen out from under me
i'll be found in you, still standing
when the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees
when time and space are through
i'll be found in you

there's distraction buzzing in my head
saying in the shadows it's easier to stay
but i've heard rumours of true reality
whispers of a well-lit way

you make all things new

when the world has fallen out from under me
i'll be found in you, still standing
every fear and accusation under my feet
when time and space are through
i'll be found in you

~brooke fraser

i am in love with you

2007-11-01T19:31:00.000-06:00

you found me in the darkness
and you brought me light
you took my lifeless heart
and you gave me life
you cleansed me from my sin
and filled me up
with your spirit and with your love

now i'm laughing at the things
that once held me bound
i'm dancing in the freedom that i've found
'cause your love is better than life, Lord
i long for you more
than i ever did before

i can't get enough of you
'cause i am in love with you
o how i long for you
'cause i am in love with you

so here i am in worship with open eyes
now i want to live a blameless life
'cause i am finally living at last
you give me hope to leave my past
i will not keep silent
i will sing of the wonder of my God
his great love
and every day my heart is enlarged for you
so i will abandon myself to you

i can't get enough of you
'cause i am in love with you
o how i long for you
'cause i am in love with you

it burns like a blazing fire
it rises like a mighty flame
my greatest desire
to be sealed in love
by your name

~darrell evans

because trees can fly

2007-10-20T22:27:00.000-06:00

i've seen the dark side of the moon
walked on frozen glass with bare feet
i sat and watched my heart grow old, old.
as angels cry with loud loud tears

and i scream your name
and i scream your name
and i scream your name
do you? do you? do you?

i sit here waiting
believe you'll come by some day soon
and you'll take my feet in your hands
breathe life in me again

you've been on the dark side of my heart
walked straight in with velvet feet
you sat and watched my heart grow old, old.
and i cried out with loud loud tears

and i scream your name
and i scream your name
and i scream your name
do you? do you? do you?

you sit here waiting
for me to stop by some day soon
and you'll take my feet in your hands
breathe life in me again.

~lampshade

.serenade.

2007-09-22T21:06:00.001-06:00

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.proof of nynke's visit.

2007-09-21T17:33:00.000-06:00

hanging out with hannah in the devonian gardens, sitting by a gnarly tree

nynke and me at the top of the calgary tower
standing on the glass floor!
nynke overlooking the city
some trees in banff
zo mooi!
vera, nynke and me in banff...clearly i haven't edited this photo yet. i had to rest my camera on my bag cuz there was nowhere else to put it (yeah, i should invest in a tripod) the tree had tumours!nice restaurant overlooking the mountains...zo mooi! vera had buffalo and i had bison...heel lekker! nynke stuck with a vegetarian meal, haha

this is the three of us at dinner

the three sisters!

haha, the sign the guys made for us at focus...love the drawing of alex

my girls

2007-08-16T13:36:00.000-06:00

as typical owen sounders, roz bethl and i love to hang out at the beach

bethl rockin' the sunglass-case-microphoneroz has the comfiest couch in the world. bethl and i both always want it. this time i beat her there. but i was nice enough to share.
then we figured, why not? let's all pile on the little comfy one person couch

more wedding pics

2007-07-23T14:34:00.000-06:00

these are from the photographers...mel sent me some, so here are some more quality pics for your enjoyment :)
ps, mel, i forgot to ask for the jumping pics...teehee

dancing the night away

2007-06-04T13:50:00.001-06:00

lester and mel's first dance was so sweet...she was mouthing the words to him the whole time. they danced to the chris rice song "when did you fall in love with me". ok, actually, i don't know if that's what it's called, but that's what it says.

danny and glenda busting a move, and calvin and jamie in the background
i made calvin dance with me, haha.
.danny blank.
danny and i are pretending to fall in love gazing into each other's eyes while dancing together
i like this shot of calvin and jamie

roz and danny near the end of the night

our feet at the end of the night were so black and so sore...but we closed the place down. it was only the 7 of us for at least the last half hour, probably closer to the last hour. good times...

the reception

2007-06-04T13:37:00.000-06:00

danny and mel
me, danny, roz
my hair
roz and i smelling our flowers
danny wearing a bib

roz and nikki

l-r: leighton, thomas, calvin, craig, nikki

lester and mel cutting the beautiful cake

me, mel, roz

the wedding

2007-06-04T13:20:00.000-06:00

thanks to jamie for taking most of these pictures...she's calvin's girlfriend, so i gave her my camera to capture some moments from the big day

the day before the wedding we decorated the reception hall. mel thought of everything --she even had a kids table with games and toys and stuff. we decided that we had to try on the funky faceware from the kids table for an extremely formal picture of the bridal party with the bride. from left to right it's nikki, mel, me, and roz
l-r: calvin, lester, mel, glenda, bill (mel's family)
l-r: mel, lester (horizontal), dale, leighton, nikki, janet (lester's family)
the girls rocking the shades. and yes, i'm aware that mine make me look like a bug.

mel and calvin

the whole wedding party

mel and lester

roz looking sassy

self portrait: roz and me

the bridesmaids chilling

regina

2007-06-04T13:05:00.000-06:00

we stopped at the border between alberta and saskatchewan to document my first entrance into the province
mel is testing her long-lasting lipstick on roz
while mel was at the spa roz and i ran around buying their wedding present and getting decorations and groceries for the bachelorette party

just after this picture was taken an older man tried to jump in it with his arm around me. awkward.

then in the safeway an old lady told me she loved me. awkward again.

also, that silver wrapping paper you see me holding...yeah, we bought it to wrap our present for them. unfortunately it's not actually silver. no, no. it's clear cellophane. good times trying to wrap that gift seen below...

those aren't christmas trees...they're upsidedown wedding cakes. don't worry, on the other side they're upright. our wrapping job was so pathetic...we used a whole roll, and you could still see some of the cardboard box on the sides. hahaha.

we kidnapped mel and blindfolded her and put a tiara on her head. we took her all around town like this, even in public places. it was good times driving since roz and i had never been to regina before and we had to get places without saying street names so mel wouldn't figure out where we were, plus we had to zig zag a bit to confuse her. we did a really good job at getting around though, i must say.

we went to moxie's for drinks and appetizers and rebekah was able to join us also. i really didn't drink all the drinks, they just put their glasses by me so i'd look like i was an alcoholic or something in the picture.

then we went back to lester's place which roz and i had hurriedly decorated before picking mel up from the spa. we did our nails and watched a movie and ate tons of food and all that good stuff

5 girls on a little couch

2007-05-21T19:19:00.001-06:00

ribbon creek

2007-05-21T19:11:00.000-06:00

on saturday we went on a hike in kananaskis for focus

it was so beautiful...at some points we were completely surrounded by mountains

we climbed for a couple hours, even through snow, but the waterfall we saw at the end was definitely worth it

the way back only took about an hour, which was really nice (a bit hard on the knees coming down) and once we got to the bottom it started to rain

unfortunately for a few of us who got down first, curtis had the keys to the van and somehow he was 40 minutes behind us on the mountain

we were a wee bit damp and chilly by the time he arrived to let us in the van, but such is life, and it was still a lovely day minus the being really cold and wet part

thora's grad celebration

2007-05-21T19:09:00.000-06:00

we went to moxie's to celebrate thora graduating from auc/nuc

yay thora!

pray that she is able to find a job soon...

indian night

2007-05-04T15:51:00.000-06:00

on monday nights wycliffe has "cultural nights" where you go and eat food and sing worship songs of a specific culture. this monday was indian night, and stawan and shavenish were both leading worship. merissa joined them as well, since she's this random music guru and happened to listen to indian worship music even though she didn't know what the words meant and so she knew pretty much all the songs they were singing.

well, indian girls love getting dressed up, so none of us were going to miss the opportunity either.

shay and stawan of course got into traditional clothes too.

if you want to hear some of the songs we sang, i'm putting some videos here. i love this beautiful music. it's such a wonderful thing to be led into the presence of God through music from a different culture and in a different language.

mini golf

2007-04-25T15:26:00.000-06:00

Today I handed in my last assignment for my Heaven, Hell, Angels, and Demons course. Feels good to be done. But actually it wasn't weighing on me very heavily, because I don't have that wonderful "stress relieved" feeling.

Last night I took a break from my paper on demonization and mental illness and went mini golfing with some people from Focus.
I gave Steve my camera to take pictures because I was playing the game and he wasn't.

I would like to mention that although I was playing the game that does not mean I was playing it well.

Josh had a little trouble with his club...
"Why did you forget to get one?"

"because I'm stupid"

our golf balls made a triangle by the triangle on the green

so impressive

it's true...eventually you can blow the golf ball in the hole

Oh yeah! in other oh-so-exciting news, I got an A on my assignment on Ecclesiastes.

AND the blurb.com people are going to print me another book (that's right this time) for free. sweet!

AND (seriously, today is a really good day)

We got a house!!!

The Valley Song

2007-04-18T10:33:00.000-06:00

You have led me to the sadness
I have carried this pain
On a back bruised, nearly broken
I'm crying out to You

I will sing of Your mercy
That leads me through valleys of sorrow
To rivers of joy

When death like a gypsy
Comes to steal what I love
I will still look to the heavens
I will still seek your face
But I fear you aren't listening
Because there are no words
Just the stillness and the hunger
For a faith that assures

I will sing of Your mercy
That leads me through valleys of sorrow
To rivers of joy

Alleluia, alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia

While we wait for rescue
With our eyes tightly shut
Face to the ground using our hands
To cover the fatal cut
Though the pain is an ocean
Tossing us around, around, around
You have calmed greater waters
Higher mountains have come down

ecclesiastes 3

2007-03-22T00:26:00.000-06:00

open mic night at the house

2007-03-02T10:22:00.000-07:00

snow?

2007-01-29T20:35:00.000-07:00

i know this picture is from last year, but i like it and i miss the people in it. also, it reminds me of what snow looks like, because this whole global warming thing is niet goed! but apparently calgary weather is always up and down and random like this, what with chinooks and all, so oh well. as long as i get to go toboganning and hopefully snowboarding before winter is over, i'm happy. and truthfully, i'd like spring to come really soon...i miss the sun!

old friends

2007-01-16T15:40:00.000-07:00

over christmas break i got to catch up with a bunch of old friends, so here are some pictures. other pictures, as always, are available for your viewing pleasure at www.dropshots.com/thommy

this is bethl, roz, and me (r-l)

this is kristina and me...i met her a year ago in amsterdam. she was with the ywam group that stayed with us for a month or two.

amelia and i went to rochester together, and this is her with her friend sara diaz. who is now sara gigi, but she'll always be sara diaz to us.

i met up with a whole bunch of people at the old toad. this is a pic of pete and jon.

this is cristy and me. she came back from japan for christmas this year, so it was cool to see her again.

this is me with peter

this is jon and holley...they got engaged on new years eve!

this is holley and me

this is nate cronk and cristy...probably soon to be engaged

this is me with mya...the top half of her face looks like jay and the bottom half looks like marie. she's a cutie, and it was nice to hold a baby again

merissa and dan's birthday party

2006-11-27T17:56:00.000-07:00

this was darcy's face after i smashed cake into it.

beautiful, no?

this was just a bunch of us singing in the stairwell.
it got better after this video, but here's a little taste.

pumpkins!

2006-10-31T21:41:00.000-07:00

faith spins the journey wins

2006-10-17T11:35:00.000-06:00

well i swear that i'm not running out
i'm just doing the best i know how
and i tried real hard
but it's just not workin' out
i've been driving all around
i've been jumping at every sound
so sometimes you just got to know
when it's time to go

and it's shaking
come on
when your world is breaking
and faith is spinning you around
and your body it breaks
yeah, your soul it shakes
but that perfect peace is coming down

sad's illusion it's all for good
i just wanna say
i did all i could
and i know i'll be saying thank you
soon enough

and it's shaking
come on
when your world is breaking
and faith is spinning you around
and your body it breaks
yeah, your soul it shakes
but that perfect peace is coming down

i am not my own again
i am not my own again

~benjamin winter

thanksgiving monday

2006-10-10T19:02:00.000-06:00

thanksgiving sunday

2006-10-10T15:35:00.000-06:00

prince charming!

2006-09-27T22:07:00.000-06:00

please come rescue me

sarah, thanks for sending me this pic. so funny.

flames/oilers game

2006-09-27T21:50:00.000-06:00

last thursday ashley and i went to the flames/oilers game with curtis and a bunch of his friends. ashley, although from london, has been a flames fan for years, and it has been a life goal of hers to see them play live. needless to say, her permagrin was there all night, and probably all day too. it was interesting because there were some oilers fans among the group of guys we were with (and some canucks fans who just picked a side) but that was a fun dynamic i think. people are crazy about their teams tho, man! the flames lost in overtime, but i didn't mind. it was really fun to go to a game...much better than watching it on tv. and i actually saw the goals, not in the replays, because i didn't have a book with me! ok, here are the pics.

chinook shopping centre

2006-09-19T08:47:00.000-06:00

yesterday after class ashley and i took a trip, not to the mall, but to the shopping centre. we entertained ourselves by visiting the cowboy store (yes, i did put a hat on backwards, and yes, the girl did announce that to the whole store) and going on the merry-go-round (ashley had never been on a merry-go-round in a mall before!) and since i had my oh so handy camera with me, you get some pics and videos. enjoy!

cycling with julie

2006-09-05T08:43:00.000-06:00

before i show you the videos let me tell you a little story about these bikes. we borrowed them from karyn and nicole. they are mountain bikes. i am no longer used to riding mountain bikes. you have to lean so far forward! it's weird. karyn's front wheel likes to turn separately from the handlebars. and, oh yeah, i'm used to pedal brakes, not handle brakes. so it made for an interesting ride. and julie couldn't remember how many years it had been since she rode a bicycle. we're off to a good start, eh? so we took off and we saw these "bike path ahead" signs. took us a long time before we made it to the bike path. but we got to the bike path at confederation park, and it was really beautiful. we had to dodge people a little bit (we didn't have bells and saying "hallo" doesn't really work) but other than that it was misadventure free. oh yeah, we kept having this jogger pass us. very embarrassing. anywho, here are some videos i attempted while riding nicole's mountain bike.

artis met lester en mel

2006-09-05T08:24:00.000-06:00

dancing

2006-08-27T23:52:00.000-06:00

when nicole was a little girl she used to dance like this in the car and her family thought she was handicapped. she still dances like this. so we all join in the fun...here's a video from the other day. more videos on my dropshots account.

peace

2006-08-24T09:29:00.000-06:00

after hiking to troll falls we went to upper lake where it was so peaceful. i'm showing you a video because you just hear the water lapping and you can see the mountains and stuff. heel leuk! my favourite part is when you see the mountains covered in trees so it looks like they have a fleece blanket on or something. it's clearer in a picture than in the video, but whatever. oh, and yes, the guy at the end is jan and he is dutch and when i said hello to him he really thought i was dutch! boo yah!

and here's a picture of me just because. haha.

kananaskis

2006-08-22T21:24:00.000-06:00

the rockies
troll falls

stawan and nicole
nicole and me

stawan is the brown bear hiding behind the tree with the bag of food out of his reach on a branch too skinny to hold him.
nicole caught a toad. the guys were too scared to touch him.

my new roomie

2006-08-12T22:00:00.000-06:00

my bearded bro

2006-07-31T13:29:00.000-06:00

rachacha

2006-07-25T22:08:00.000-06:00

orchard drive
pete and nate
me and holley
me and rala
me and peter

my toastie machine

2006-07-14T06:16:00.000-06:00

the ink got a little smeared...but i can fix that. isn't it beautiful?

cycling. baptism. and bridge jumping.

2006-07-03T13:45:00.000-06:00

i have videos of the baptisms here

fishing pics

2006-06-26T17:19:00.000-06:00

ben's first fishpoor little schaatje oscar the ugly eelthe fish ben threw at me *frown*

braveheart fuzzies

2006-06-26T17:18:00.000-06:00

north of amsterdam

2006-06-23T04:12:00.000-06:00

NEMO!!!

2006-06-15T09:58:00.000-06:00

Today Susana and I went to the NEMO together. We had lots of fun. So did all the kids...

we also had way cool shadow pictures. but they didn't turn out as well. you can go to www.dropshots.com/thommy if you wanna see them anyways.

cloud shapes

2006-06-15T09:55:00.000-06:00

i looked up and saw the netherlands. and the uk. in my imagination. maybe you'll see it too!

synchronized swimmers!

2006-06-15T09:52:00.000-06:00

line dancing

2006-06-04T08:02:00.000-06:00

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welcome back nicole!

2006-06-04T07:50:00.000-06:00

meet benjamin

the church

2006-05-25T13:29:00.000-06:00

dam tower

2006-05-25T13:03:00.000-06:00

me and sarah

matthieu and tina
sarah and josh

snow white (tina) and 7 dwarfs (ben, rose, josh, freek, matthieu, ewout, jaco)

today matthieu said to me "i love you meghan" and i replied "i love you too matthieu" and then he gasped and said "oh! where's hanna?" haha. can't get the girlfriend jealous, even if she did tell his roomie already that she loves him ;) haha

highest tower in the netherlands
over 400 steps

pool

2006-05-25T12:49:00.000-06:00

staff day in utrecht...

it's more fun this way...

twister!

2006-05-23T15:04:00.000-06:00

naked inside

2006-05-22T14:45:00.000-06:00

6 people in a compact car...

the brothers :)

joa (and ewout)

2006-05-22T14:42:00.000-06:00

nijmegen

2006-05-14T11:21:00.000-06:00

here are some pics and videos from this weekend...see my blog and the home group blog to read why we were there.

cute little girl whose mom was taking a pic of us all
after church
marco (it was a long day of walking)
eric and me

anne and me

liberation day. oh, and i saw the queen. no pic of her tho

2006-05-08T15:31:00.000-06:00

keukenhof

2006-05-04T13:23:00.000-06:00

jacoline in the wheelbarrow...had to walk on the forbidden grass to get there! oh no!

funniest moment: two old ladies were walking by

one said to the other,

"I thought that was a gardener taking a nap in the wheelbarrow.

Turns out it's just a girl looking stupid for a picture!"

people got a laugh out of me pretending to be a statue...on the grass, of course

and of course, the flowers...for you mom

travels with my bro

2006-05-04T13:07:00.000-06:00

geneva

paris (the look on my bro's face stayed identical for at least 5 photos)

athens

tan

2006-05-02T16:25:00.000-06:00

before

after

monnickendam and volendam

2006-04-02T14:17:00.000-06:00

marco, tina, me

lekkere haring...i wouldn't go quite so far as to call it lekker, but it wasn't bad. i'd have it again. tina, on the other hand, will not be letting it anywhere close to her tongue again, haha. i think it has to do with the texture...slippery and slimy is niet zo lekker...

my parents

2006-04-02T14:11:00.000-06:00

my parents visited for a few days last week...this is them on the ferry over to noord amsterdam

trying out a video...

2006-03-29T14:16:00.000-07:00

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this was staff day in November...nynke is videotaping and i'm attempting to pull rala backwards on speed skates. please note that this was my first time on speed skates and i did not adjust very well to having and extra decimeter sticking out of the front of my foot. other than that...enjoy!

blue like jazz

2006-03-19T03:24:00.000-07:00

other than the chapter on confession, this paragraph is my favourite from this book (due to my love for P&P):

Here's a tip I've never used: I understand you can learn a great deal about girldom by reading Pride and Prejudice, and I own a copy, but I have never read it. I tried. It was given to me by a girl with a little note inside that read: What is in this book is the heart of a woman. I am sure the heart of a woman is pure and lovely, but the first chapter of said heart is hopelessly boring. Nobody dies at all. I keep the book on my shelf because girls come into my room, sit on my couch, and eye the books on the adjacent shelf. You have a copy of Pride and Prejudice, they exclaim in a gentle sigh and smile. Yes, I say. Yes, I do.

march 12

2006-03-13T02:37:00.000-07:00

sunset in westerpark

2006-03-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

playground

2006-02-20T16:15:00.000-07:00

climbing the wet, slippery beehive... the wind catches my umbrella, throwing me off-balance...

and the story has a happy ending. i'm alive!

i got tagged. maybe you will too.

2006-02-19T16:25:00.000-07:00

Four Jobs I’ve Had:
filer in doctors office
waitress at schnitzelhouse (mm, lekker!)
mailroom on campus at uni (best job! great bosses. good for the muscles. got to meet everyone in the different departments. candy from the buildings and grounds ladies. drove the security vehicle when mabel was sick. manoevred around mirror doors, religion and humanity's we-want-to-keep-you-out-or-make-entering-as-hard-for-you-as-possible-when-you're-carrying-large-and-very-heavy-boxes doors, and tight squeezes in wanna be elevators.)
secretaryish-give-her-all-the-work-we-don't-have-time-to-do-or-don't-want-to-do-bank-and-court-run-and-all-other-errand-runner-girl at my dad's office

Four Movies/shows I've been addicted to:
gilmore girls
pride and prejudice
return to me
oliver

Four Places I’ve Lived:
hartland
owen sound
north chili
amsterdam

Four Countries I would like to visit:
france
germany
kenya
greece (as of tonight)

Four popular false assumptions about me:
i'm dating my guy friends (oh the rumours at college! ha!)
i'm athletic (should i mention the time i was looking at the racquetball and simultaneously got hit in the back of the head? or when i was waterskiing and i flew out of my skiis and ran on the water before a very painful faceplant...or when i simply tried to walk out a door and proceeded to get a goosegg on my head and break a vase of flowers...oh dear, i'll stop now)
i'm in the italian mafia (ok, only ricardo thinks this. but it's weird.)
i'm always happy (ok, this is mostly true. but not always)

Four people I look like (according to certain people):
my sister
someone told me once i look like some actor in a cheesy christian movie, like mcgee and me or something, and i was not very thrilled. it wasn't even the pretty girl (there were 2 girls in the movie). if you're gonna tell someone she looks like an actor, at least make it a pretty one.
my cousin heather
myself (sorry, feeling uncreative. no one thinks i look like anyone. i'm just me)

Four Things To Do Before I Die:
learn how to cartwheel! i've always wanted to, and always failed. i'll just have to keep trying.
make it into dutch publicity ;) (that's for you elke. then meghawoman will become justmeghs once again)
fly in uncle glenn's coot
go to every province and territory in canada!!

ok, i don't know who actually reads this blog...but i'll tag melissa and cecilia amd rala and nynke
girls are more likely to read this, right?

puddle jumping

2006-02-17T18:43:00.000-07:00

random

2006-02-13T08:49:00.000-07:00

matthieu (aka chewy or choo choo) and paulus got into the lost and found...

haha, and a random pic of myself. don't be scared now and run away.

hoe down

2006-02-12T05:14:00.000-07:00

IKEA!

2006-02-07T08:38:00.000-07:00

I've chosen not to post pictures from our little dance party, but I'll post some from our adventure at IKEA.

westerpark

2006-01-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

some pics from my walk the other day.

our tree. so sad.

i would just like to announce that i am wearing pigtails. i don't know what that means, but i don't think it's good.

amsterdam

2006-01-25T08:54:00.000-07:00

i realized yesterday that i hadn't posted any pics of amsterdam. so here are a few. i was also inspired yesterday to take some videos while cycling. probably the video would include a not so lovely crash if i did that, so i'll wait 'til the next time i'm riding on the back of a bike to take the video.

frost

2006-01-16T00:36:00.000-07:00

Reluctance
by: Robert Frost

Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.

The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.

And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch-hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question 'Whither?'

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?

Into My Own
by: Robert Frost

One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.

I should not be withheld but that some day
Into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless of ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.

I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.

They would not find me changed from him they knew--
Only more sure of all I thought was true.

Desert Places
by: Robert Frost

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

The woods around it have it--it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.

And lonely as it is that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less--
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars--on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.

recent happenings

2006-01-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

elke and me at the airport

neal and me, joa's parents ;)

katja and ben freek, you're looking a little blue...
mark in my sweater
jay reading the magicians nephew

sixpence none the richer

2006-01-07T15:43:00.000-07:00

Dizzy

I'm like Thomas's doubting fingers
running the scars Your wrists and side
touching flesh will make my mind believe

I want to be like David throwing his clothes to the wind
to dance a jig, in my skin
to be re-made by your cleansing again

I gave you myself
it's all that I have
broken and frail
I'm clay in your hands
and spinning I can see all
is it only Israel
for you my love

I want to be like David throwing his clothes to the wind
to dance a jig, in my skin
to be re-made by your cleansing again

Breathe Your Name
It's every day
I'm in this place
I feel this way
I feel the same
It's every day
I'm in this place I feel this way
I feel the same

Is it all inside my head
Is it all inside my head
I view my lips
And take my pick
I view my faith
And make a choice
'Cause it's nobody else's but mine

But you are in my heart
I can feel you're deep
And I lose my mind
From behind the wheel
And I lose control
I can only breathe your name
I can only breathe your name

So many days within this ways
I need the truth
I need some grace
I need the path
To find my place
I need some truth
I need some grace
The part of you
That's part of me
We'll never die
We'll never leave
And it's nobody else's but mine

You are in my heart
I can feel your beat
And you move my mind
From behind the wheel
And I lose control
I can only breathe your name
I can only breathe your name

You'll view their lips
And take your pick
You'll view my faith
And make a choice
'Cause it's nobody else's but yours

You're in my heart
I can feel you're deep
And you move my mind
From behind the wheel
And I lose control
I can only breathe your name

'Cause you're in my heart
I can feel you're deep
And you move my mind
From behind the wheel
And I lose control
I can only breathe your name
I can only breathe your name
I can only breathe your name
I can only breathe your name

Within a Room Somewhere
I breathe the mist
floating about the stars
I can caress with velvet hands
I breathe the mist
floating within, without this pen
this pen between my fingers

Messiah
I know you are there
within, without me holding me
Messiah
I know you are there
catching, carrying
this beautiful mess

escape the pain
within a room somewhere
escape the pain
so deep inside the soul
I have no key
no map to find

Love
"You must be the seed. Descend into the earth.
Searching for the union of death, and then rebirth."

But I need love. It is patience, it is kindness.
I need love. It is rain after the dryness.
I need love. Sister Wisdom, help me see
It's the one thing that I need.The only thing that I need.

"The Harvester is near. His blade is on your skin.
To plant a new beginning." Well then let the cut begin.

But I need love. It is patience, it is kindness.
I need love. It is rain after the dryness.
I need love. Sister Wisdom, help me see
It's the one thing that I need.
The only thing that I need."

The Harvester is near. His blade is on your skin.
To plant a new beginning." Well then let the cut begin.
Let the cut begin.

80s dance party

2005-12-31T12:56:00.000-07:00

Kerst!

2005-12-26T03:44:00.000-07:00

Christmas cookies

2005-12-26T03:33:00.000-07:00

do you see the red dot?

2005-12-19T15:39:00.000-07:00

Handel's Messiah

2005-12-14T16:20:00.000-07:00

Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: yet once, a little while, and I will shake the heav'ns, and the earth, the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. The Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, ev'n the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in.
Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
But who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appeareth?
For He is like a refiner's fire.
And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name: Emmanuel, "God with us."
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain. O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid, say unto the cities of Judah: "Behold your God!" Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people. But the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the gentile shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon His sholder; and His name shall be called: Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them: "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host, praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, goodwill towards men."
Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion! Shout, o daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold thy King cometh unto thee! He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.
He shall feed His flock like a shepher, and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom and gently lead those that are with young. come unto Him, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
Surely, He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities.
The chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
And wit His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned ev'ry one to his own way.And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying:
He trusted in God, that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.
Thy rebuke hath broken His hear, He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity oon Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him.
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.
He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of they people He was stricken.
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell, nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.
Lift up your heads, o ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in!
Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your head, o ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in!]Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
Unto which of the angels said He at any time: "Thou are My Son, this day have I begotten Thee?"
Let all the angels of God worship Him!
Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive and received gifts for men; yea even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
The Lord gave the word; great was the company of the preachers.
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends, of the world.
Why do the nations so furiously rage together? Why do the people imagine a vain thing? the kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His anointed.
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn, the Lord shall ahve them in derision.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigheth. Hallelujah! The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords!
And He shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah!
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immorality.
Then shall be broughto pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
If God be for us, who can be against us? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is He that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again, Who is at the right hand of God, Who makes intercession for us.
Worthy is the Lamb, that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him taht sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.

madame tussauds

2005-12-06T18:47:00.000-07:00

2005-12-06T18:45:00.000-07:00