Roofing, fruit flies, and old CDs

Well, I'm sunburned and have a big fat blister on my hand, but I did something along the lines of roofing today, and it was SO awesome. I was really scared at first, cuz I'm like, deathly afraid of heights (and dogs...yes :) and the wood on our shed roof SUCKS. So the guys up there were warning me all the time to watch where I was stepping. Bah! Getting up the ladder was ok, but when I had to get down, I was SO pickin scared. My sister Jewell (who's 8) was laughing at me from down below, so I made her hold the ladder. :) She thought it was great.

I used this weird shovel-like thing to pull up the tar paper that was on our nasty shed roof. Wow, it was HOT up there, but it was fun. My brother was up there, so he helped me with the big peices that I couldn't move. :) Then my mom was taking pictures, and Caleb (my brother) and I were posing and laughing cuz it was very weird.

I stayed over at Kelsey and Amber's house on Saturday night. WOW. Amber and I are also way too good at staying up WAY too late. :) We watched a whole bunch of Alias (I LOVE that show now...it's addicting) and talked until like, 3:00 in the morning. Then Kelsey went to her room to sleep cuz she didn't have to get up early. So Am and I went to her room...and proceeded to talk more until 4:45. BAH! It was awesome. We were so tired...at one point I was like, "The other day I walked home really late at night and I saw two shooting stars. I thought, 'WHY do I have to be alone right now?'" There was a pause. Then Am was like, "Yeah..........I like shooting stars. They're fun." Ho man...we laughed. She was so out of it.

Then we went to Darren's house to plan a camp retreat that's coming up in like, 2 weeks. I didn't really think that we got a whole lot done, but it was probably good for me. Darren really likes to make me do stuff that I'm not particularily good at and that I REALLY do not want to do. So yeah. It was interesting. I'm so glad that Amber is helping out, too, cuz she's a big encouragement to me. We might actually get to work together on some stuff. That would help me a little I think. Whatever. I'm still looking forward to the retreat and being at camp again for a little while.

I've been listening to some CDs that I haven't listened to probably since school was out in April. Some random songs bring back some really weird and good memories. Like, "Missing You" by Amy Lee and Big Dismal (I think) makes me think of the very beginning of the year...I listened to it all the time then. "Stranded" by Plumb makes me think of fun times with Bev's truck last summer :). And "Broken" by Amy Lee and Seether reminds me of Davis and work at the bottle depot. Good times....good songs. Ho man.

Ok, I'm SO tired and I have a buttload of stuff to do in the next few days, so I'm gonna go SLEEP!!! woo hoo! Dorky Farkle signing off...

*Caitlin

"I can't find myself!" :) (Those were for you, Am! :)

I thought I liked tests...

Hi. I just failed my Learners test AGAIN. I'm so not impressed AT ALL. But...I came to my dad's office and cried to my dad about how mad I was. And I guess I'll go back on Monday and again and again until I get the stinking thing. :) I discovered again today how much I HATE failing anything at all.

But last night Jenice and I had good times at her house and moving her stuff into her dorm. Man that fourplex was NASTY. But we made mac and cheese at like 12:30 and laughed until our poor tummies and faces hurt. AND.....KAEHLER CALLED from New Zealand, so she was like, so excited. It was cute. :) I just heard her laughing and that made me giggle. I don't know where on earth we find so many little details to talk about, but we cover them ALL I'm sure. :) I love that girl.

I hung with my lovely EX-roommate friend Kendra yesterday, and that was also great. We swapped clothes. :) I got rid of this red sweater and when Kendra saw it she was like, "OH!!!! YES! My FAVOURITE shirt!!! I was really wanting to wear it the other day." Oh dear. But we laughed alot, as usual and had a good talk. Wow I missed her over the summer. Yay for her living right around the corner all year! :)

Anyhoo...I'm gonna go. Hopefully I won't have to write about my failure again on Monday. Ha! :)

words...?

Oh dear. I have no words. None. How weird is that? I think this song will explain...

I am too tired of running
Would you still take me though I keep falling?
To hear you say "I have been waiting"
And to know your love it is never-ending

I long to see you again
Holy Spirit please come back in

I could never walk alone
All the time I never gave to you
You're all I have
You're all I know
And I am calling on you now

I give you my life won't you take me
For I was nothing before you found me
I will use my voice to sing out
With all the I am with all that I have

I long to see you again
Holy Spirit please come back in

I could never walk alone
All the time I never gave to you
You're all I have
You're all I know
And I am calling on you now

How many times will I deny you?
Still your love won't let me go
How many times will I deny you?
Still your love won't let me go

I long to see you again

I could never walk alone
All the time I never gave to you
You're all I have
You're all I know
And I am calling on you now
I'm calling on you now
Calling on you now

The Modern March -RunKidRun (This Is Who We Are)

*C

Let It Be

I rediscovered my favourite CD from like, grade 10, and this song is SO awesome. Yay Superchick!!! :) The words look cheesy now that I write them down, but someone will get why they're so...key for me I guess, and hopefully they'll be important for someone else, too. *C

LET IT BE!!! :)

Some people bring you gifts some bring you bricks to weigh you down
So they can swim a little higher while you drown
Some people mean so well their way was the best way that they found
But any other way you choose is a brick that weighs you down
So tell me

What do I do with this back pack full of bricks
Of sticks and stones that stuck to me like ticks?

Let it go, let it be, brick by brick we can be free
Of all the words we say til we are our own enemies
Let it go, let it be, brick by brick we can believe
In the person God intended us to be
Let it be

Some people give themselves a break I know most people do
When we compare we fall short somewhere, it's always true
If all we see is where we fall we brick the prison walls
Instead of trying to fly we've taught ourselves to crawl
So tell me

What do I do with this back pack full of bricks
Of sticks and stones that stuck to me like ticks?

Let it go, let it be, brick by brick we can be free
Of all the words we say til we are our own enemies
Let it go, let it be, brick by brick we can believe
In the person God intended us to be
Let it be

We could believe in ourselves more
We could try for unique instead of trying to conform
We could defy what they tell us
And don't buy the lies they sell us
If we're brave we can believe in what we are*

Dance Dance...we're falling apart....

What a sweet song.

And Oh wow....weddings are fun, and dances are AWESOME!!! :)

Yesterday was so much fun. (Most of it) I was kinda cranky and extremely tired, so that kind of made things a little difficult during the day. But by the time the reception was ending and the dance was beginning, I was luckily feeling a heck of a whole lot better! Man, I forgot how much I love to dance and I wonder why I don't do it more. :) We had SO much fun....pretty much the whole time it was random "youth group" people on the floor....even most of the guys danced for quite a long time. Jason Gordey makes me laugh SO hard...wow he was funny. I danced with my brother, Kelsey, Trav, and the last dance was with Shawn Gordey. Which is really funny, cuz a few years ago that situation would have looked something like this;

Caitlin: giggle giggle giggle giggle giggle
Shawn: "Thanks for the dance.".....walk away awkwardly
Caitlin: Stand in the middle of the dance floor, desperately trying to figure out HOW on earth I could have been SOOOOOO LUCKY!!! Suddenly say, "Oh my WORD!!!" and then slap my hands over my mouth and suck air in at a crazy pace. Giggle hysterically and run like a madwoman to find Ashley Braun. Find Ashley, grab her by the face, "whisper" to her my amazing fortune, and savor her completely shocked eyes-bugged-out-mouth WIDE open look, and jump up and down and squeal with her. Discuss every detail of the whole event for the next year.

Ho man....I had to try SO hard not to laugh when we danced. I saw Ashley, and she actually kind of did the shocked look and then threw her head back and laughed. :) We are so stupid.

Jenice, Ashley Braun, Robyn, and I did karaoke to "I'm a Believer" and made SUCH fools of ourselves. But it was so much fun. Jenice was hardcore, Robyn sang HARMONY :), Ashley said, "This is a STUPID song!" right into the mic after she screwed up, and I felt like a munchkin...it was so high. :) Good times good times. And even Amber danced, like, alot. I was super shocked...that just is not Amber in my mind. :) But I'm so glad she did...she's got the moves.

Ok. I am so ridiculously tired. I am going to go sleep or watch Lord of the Rings or something. :)
2 weeks today until school starts!!!! YAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!

*Caitlin

Here comes the bride....smaid.... :)

Oh boy. Ashley is getting married in like, a day. WAAAAAA!!!! So weird. It really honestly seems like yesterday and forever ago that we scoured bridal magazines for our ultimate dresses and for Ashley, honeymoons, and for me, flowers. :) Oh dear. Tomorrow is the rehersal/dinner, so I'm hoping that everyone will be in good spirits and that Ashley won't be all stressed out. I'm mostly excited about getting my hair done and the dance. :) Just being honest. Pictures will probably be fun, I'm sure Josh will have some witty things to say so we're all laughing and I'm HOPING that I won't get nervous at the ceremony. :) I'll either be totally stonefaced, or I'll bawl. Maybe I can find a happy medium.

School is in 17 days, and I'm SO ready for it to be here. I'm actually excited for my classes this year, and I'm pretty sure that the roommate situation will be alot better than it was at times last year. :) I look at my class shedule and think, "Oh yeah, no sweat." cuz I really don't have alot of classes. But I forget that I have to do Practical Work (camp days and marking for my dad), like 9 hours of piano a week, AND have a job. Woo hoo! I am going to be running hardcore all semester. Maybe I'll actually have to do homework on reading break this time around. :)

Oh yes, and my possible trip to Africa in May is not going to happen. I have to take my grade 8 piano exam in June, so missing a month of practice right before the exam is a BAD idea. BUT if I finish this grade, I'm DONE!!! Hurray! :) So I'll do that and hope for another chance somewhere down the line.

ANYWAY, I have stuff to pack, people to call, and hair to dye. I will write all about my killer dance skills with my 12-year-old groomsman maybe next week. :) Ha! :) Later days...

*Caitlin

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Wow.....it's August15th already. That blows my mind.

My friend Christy was up from Ontario for a week and left EARLY this morning. It was really good (and really weird) to see her again. It's been like, 6 years since we've seen each other. So yeah. We had some fun. I think the best thing was going out to Bear Lake to visit Ashley Braun. Robyn came, and we say in a huge tire and LAUGHED our heads off for like, and hour and a 1/2. Wow, it was awesome. We went for a walk to try to watch the sunset and ended up doing the most HICKISH thing I've ever done. We threw rocks at a sign. ? And wow was it fun. :) Ashley wasn't very good at it, so of course we all laughed at her. :)

THEN this dog came bounding through the field and Ashley RAN away yelling, "A dog! There's a dog!" I was like, "Don't run! Throw rocks!" So we tried throwing rocks at it to make it go away...but it sure did not work. Eventually the dog got to us and jumped all over all of us. It was SO scary! I am deathly afraid of dogs, and this one was like, biting us and jumping into our faces and running over us. It was nuts! Christy was laughing her head off, which made me laugh despite my paralyzing fear :). Ashley and I were SCREAMING and laughing and trying to make the stupid dog go away. And I was laughing SO hard already from seeing Ashley do her Luke Skywalker Run... :) And ROBYN.....WOW Robyn was hysterical! She grabbed the phsyco dog's collar and started pounding it with her fist and yelling, "Stop! Stop it you...you....you stinking dog!" Ho man, it was random and so funny!

But in the end we found out that I am much more afraid of dogs than I thought I was. Bah ha! :)

Kaleb left for Moldova today, which is really exciting...and sort of not for me. :) I just hope it's a really really good experience. It's weird to sort of be the veteran of the travelling/missions trip thing. But I'm sure his attitude will be much different from mine (during the my trip), so he'll have an awesome time. :)

Anyway, my little sis, Jenevieve, is here with me, and she needs to have a nap, so off I go. She typed the title by the way. :) School is in like, 3 weeks....and Ashley's wedding is in 3 days. Woo hoo. Oh yeah, it was also her bachelorette party on the weekend, and it was fantastic. We had a lot of fun racing around GP in fancy dresses and random mismatched shoes. :) ANYWAY....peace. I gotta go.

*Caitlin

29 days til school??? waaaaaa!!!!!

Wow. Summer #4 is DONE!

As usual, my feelings about camp being done are totally mixed. This summer went WAY faster than any other summer before. At times it felt like it would never end. But actually by the end of it all I was like, Heck. I could do this all year. Which really, I probably couldn't. I'd be SO done by the end, but I just love it. Anyway, it's done. And now I think I will go back next summer. I wasn't really planning on it before, but now I don't think I'm done yet. : )

So now comes the craziness that is Christy (who I haven't seen in at least 6 years) coming for a week, Ashley's wedding and all the stuff that comes with that, getting ready for school, and then I'll be AT SCHOOL in 29 days!!! Ay-carumba. That is insanity. This has been a really long and weird summer, and my feelings about it being done are also totally mixed. I'm excited for school, but I'm also really scared about this year. Whatever! God knows.

I got an e-mail from our host missionary in Sierra Leone (David Tanner). He mentioned putting a team together to go back to SL in May. Am I CRAZY for actually considering it??? I struggled alot while we were there, and now I'm thinking of going back in less than a year. That's nuts. I knew that I would like to go back someday but already in May? Wow. Oh well, we'll see what happens. I'll have to be praying about that like crazy cuz missions applications go out like right away when school starts. AGH!!! Scary.

ANYWAY....I'm gonna go say hi to my friendly neighborhood Bottle Depot friends. : ) Later days!

*Caitlin