Travel update

Disney World with the fam? amazing. my leg muscles are bulging now from a good solid week's workout. it rained almost every day, but that's not something that our family allows to ruin anything, we had a BLAST.
Boise with B? fantastic! I didn't know Idaho rocked! it does by the way. hiking makes my body hurt, but i'll adjust. (no Bryana i'm not promising to move to boise.... yet...)

gettin old...

well today is day 2 of being 25! TWENTY FIVE crazy. ya know when you're a kid and you're like, "i can't wait to grow up"? i was never really like that and never really saw myself as an adult, (i know i know, most of you don't see me as an adult either haha) but I AM!
And no, no major ailments yet :)

I'M GOING TO IRELAND!

I'd love to go into great detail, but I have found people's attention spans are short, so here it is. I'm not going on Royal Servant's Costa Rica team this summer, I'm going on the Ireland team instead.
I'm excited, I'll be sad to not get to travel with the rockin awesome Costa team, but I know the switch is something God will bless and I stinkin LOVE the UK. ALSO, Ireland will be country number 26 for me. :)
Lucky Charms all summer long.
love to talk about it more if you wanna hear :)

BLAH!

I hate being sick.

Costa Costa Costa RICA!

Anyone availible to help me pack? I leave for the summer pretty quick (which also means i turn 25 pretty soon. yikes). i have to pack for Disney vaca with the fam. (may 14-23), Boise wedding party with Bryana (23-27), Seattle wedding with Chantelle (27-31), Training camp (June1-July1) and last but certainly not least Costa Rica (July1-25). But i have to pack for all of that.... before i leave for florida. oi. my organizational skills are going to get a workout... think i could get a spread sheet made up for this?? no.. i'm serious. haha. sad... but serious!

I'm proud of you Miss Cali...

Carrie, you go girl. that's all i can say.

Here's the shake down, in America, religious freedom is becoming replaced by political correctness. It's no longer ok to stand up for what you believe, what you live by as a follower of Christ, Truth. I refuse to accept this cultural norm in my life and know that soon and very soon, to be a believer in Jesus Christ as the only way only the truth and the only life will not only be taboo, it will be all out rejected.

Carrie took the biggest, most public hit of our generation for our generation of believers. I'm proud of her for sticking to it and not buckling under the pressure of culture.

the following is a clip of a foxnews story today:

"Hollywood isn’t just liberal, it is fearfully liberal. It is easier in Hollywood to say you’re a drug addict or to pretty much anything than to admit to being a committed Christian," media expert and longtime Hollywood publicist, Michael Levine of Levine Communications, told FOXnews.com.
Prejean, a student at San Diego Christian College, is studying to become a special education teacher and spends her spare time volunteering for the Best Buddies non profit organization, a program that helps people with disabilities. Prejean is also a volunteer for the Special Olympics.
But according to Equality California, a statewide advocacy group dedicated to winning equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Prejean’s views on gay marriage don't fit with those of her generation.
"It is unfortunate that Miss California, who we note did not win, is so out of touch with the overwhelming majority of people her age that she wants to deny loving, committed couples the rights and dignity that come only with marriage," said Geoff Kors, Executive Director of Equality California.
Prejean has garnered a lot of support nonetheless.
"The majority of California’s voters -- more than 7 million people -- voted to protect traditional marriage, and we congratulate Miss California for her conviction to speak her beliefs," Ron Prentice, chairman of ProtectMarriage.com Coalition, said.
Moakler’s colleague Keith Lewis released a statement to FOXnews.com Monday morning condemning Prejean and saying that "religious beliefs have no politics in the Miss California family." But later in the day he softened his rhetoric.

For the rest of the story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517277,00.html

Columbine, Friend of Mine.

Jonathan and Stephen Cohen were students at Columbine High School in Littleton CO on April 20, 1999. 10 years ago two of their classmates sprayed the building with bullets killing 13 people, physically wounding 23 more, and rocked the lives of countless. Jonathan and Stephen were only two of the many who had emotional scars, but had something to lean on durring the healing process, Jesus Christ. They wrote and preformed a song along with their pastor about that day. One line from their song was this

"Can you still hear raging guns ending dreams of precious ones?In God’s son, hope will come, his red stain will take our pain."

These guys found their hope and peace in Jesus Christ. As I think about the attacks that happened 10 years ago, I remember vividly sitting at my own high school desk glued to the tv's that almost every teacher had on in their rooms. My heart and prayers are still with the people of that school. Keep leaning on Jesus Christ guys, its the only way you'll find peace.

Primetime in No time....

i like to think of myself as a well rounded person. So if you were to ask me "hey LB what happened on tv last night?" i could probably tell you. not because i've spend hours watching all of the shows, but because i catch prime time in no time on yahoo and it gives me just enough to SOUND inteligent about tv. (unless we're talking about dancing with the stars because i could go on all day about how i think chuck and juliann should win but probably won't). i understand that sounding inteligent about tv may sound like an oxymoron, BUT people live and die by the thing so i figure i can keep up with our modern culture for conversation's sake.
in other news, it's been a full few weeks and it was great to get to celebrate my baby sister's 23rd birthday (and she's married.. what?!) yea not so baby anymore. but alas we had a good time re-living our childhood at the field museum in chicago. we finally had a day when all six of us could be together which was great, and my friend Rhi now understands me better after spending the day with us.

Easter was good. the power of the day somehow makes me lost. you know that moment when it REALLY hits you? i sang Keith and Kristen Getty's song "the power of the cross" the concept of Christ becoming sin for us really drops me where i stand. and of course the family tradition of cracking easter eggs on eachother's head is always a plus. i tagged mom, dad, bry and even bear without getting even one on my noggin. i win (although if erin were here i know there would have been a much different outcome)

i've now started gearing up for what i like to call "LB gets to live out of a bag for 3 months" the downside is i have to pack for a disney vacation, a trip to idaho, a wedding in seattle, life outside on a hayfield and a final month in costa rica with only one chance to have stuff changed out. between now and may 9th i'm having regular brain storming sessions with myself to figure out how this is all going to work.

I'd now like to take this moment to publically thank my chief of staff Bryana, for her continued support of my administration and for signing up to follow my blog. you're dedication is heart warming.

Festivities...

I'm not normally one to be consider myself overly festive... BUT today is the Saturday before St. Patricks day and while I'm not, apparently, I'm Chi-rish. So I donned my green shirt and headed downtown. It was a beautiful day outside and the parade was fun. Good times... good times, best friends. :)

i'm trying something different...

since it is 65 degrees outside and i said i'd start running when it warmed up... i'm going for a run. i also got up at 5:15 and worked till 1 and also ate a healthy breakfast. who am i?! ha

now

Have you ever had an opportunity present itself that seems to be made for you? All of your passions and gifts seem to line up and you know God is working, but you have to step out to get it? And the whole stepping out thing, while exciting, is also mildly terrifying? I find myself there now.

it is very stupid...

ok. so what consitutes as news? i was reading this morning about a woman with 6,005 piercings... is that really news? i mean, creepy yes, but news? and then there's this "Idol feud heats up" title where in the story both of the women are pretty cordial and not really "feuding" at all. our media will make something out of nothing. and maybe i'm the sucker that spent even a few moments looking at it.
now news, i'll tell you what was news today, i watched a pannel of analysts from both political parties discuss the current political/economical situation. THAT was news. i argued right along with my laptop while i was folding laundry.

Cause its a great day to be alive...

A friend reminded me today about how much I love Disney cartoons. I have a serious desire to pull out some old vhs tapes and waste about 3 days in sheer bliss of childhood memories, alas I will not.

An Important Observation

If you sleep in really late on a given day, you very possibly will not be able to get to sleep that night at a decdent time. When this happens multiple days in a row, you basically give yourself jet lag, without of course the joys of acctually traveling ANYWHERE.
Note to self: better structured bed time and wake up time.

fun facts

i got this from facebook but decided to put it out on here, its pretty great.
25 Random facts:
1) My Favorite TV shows include Alias and Veronica Mars (I’m watching both seasons from start to finish)
2) Netflix might be one of the best things of my life
3) Electronic Guestures is HASTERICAL!!
4) I would like a Pontiac Vibe or Nissan Versa
5) I am addicted to Albanese candy in both the gummy and chocolate forms (www.albaneseconfecgtionery.com)
6) I have recently been frequenting some really great clubs in Chicago to see my favorite band the URBANITES (www.myspace.com/urbanites)
7) I can’t seem to get ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyonce out of my head for the life of me and I’d like to learn the choreography from the music video
8) I have a SICK large TV in my room (total God story)
9) I would say “yes absolutely” today if Tim Tebow asked me to marry him
10) Traveling is my heroine, 25 countries and counting
11) I would like to road trip the US of A in a restored VW van with my Best Friend
12) I didn’t start enjoying reading until AFTER I graduated college and didn’t have to anymore
13) I LOVE politics, less the people and more the process
14) My Gmail inbox has ninja’s in the background
15) I like to think I can dance… this may or may not be true
16) I’ve seen a lot of movies, please don’t ask for my favorite, there are too many
17) I occasionally have cravings for grilled cheese sandwiches
18) Birthday cake ice cream is my favorite by far (even in the winter ice cream is an important part of my life)
19) I’ll be moving to Minneapolis as soon as I have my support raised
20) I wish I would have paid attention in Spanish class cause I now would like to know it
21) I recently got a new Geek Squad jacket, yes, I’m THAT cool
22) My high school musical sweatshirt is one of my prized possessions
23) I have close friends in at least 9 states and 3 countries
24) There is sometimes ice on the inside of my walls at night
25) I am on foxnews, yahoo, gmail, my blog and facebook every day.