tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37294092011-10-03T07:32:18.430-05:00call me crazyi'm not making this up.I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-45666954588008748652009-03-17T12:33:00.002-05:002009-03-17T13:02:01.498-05:00it's really happening.i've wondered quite a few times in the past couple of months how many people get to experience this.love, awakened.in the fullness of time.with the person who is, quite simply, the missing puzzle piece. the one that fits perfectly. you don't have to pound the piece in. you don't have to wonder why it seems to fit, but the colors and lines don't match up. it just works, and I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-11583508498029755942009-02-24T15:05:00.002-06:002009-02-24T15:22:53.375-06:00my dear readers...unfortunately, there is simply not enough time in the day for me to catch you up on all of the exciting details of what is already and i believe will continue to be the best story of my life. it isn't for lack of love. it's for lack of time.hopefully i can give you some fun little tidbits here and there. BUT, i AM writing it all down. just not here. maybe you'll be able to read I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-16409473059834105432009-01-27T11:04:00.003-06:002009-01-27T11:47:58.859-06:00it begins.so this is turning out to be quite the story.allow me to explain.the weekend before the elections, i felt the Lord impress on my heart very strongly that i was supposed to go to the Prayer Furnace for sunday morning service. i hadn't been there on a sunday morning in YEARS, so this seemed like a bit of an odd thing to do, but I was excited about it nonetheless. i was sure that somethingI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-37599833243465429442009-01-13T22:37:00.002-06:002009-01-14T00:11:50.498-06:00the sweetness.life is mostly joyful right now.i always get a little suspicious when things are fantastic, because i know You promise that in this age we will have trouble. and though i'm not really too fond of surprise trials, i find that in the trouble, there is a sweetness of Your presence that is of a different caliber than when life is peachy.BUT, i have to say... life is pretty sweet.yes, I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-63836647922206096012008-12-13T22:08:00.001-06:002008-12-16T23:05:45.955-06:00stephie is stuffy.i am fighting a cold. i am quite stuffy. no no, cold, you will NOT win. my immune system will conquer you before you fully develop. take that.i am only six days away from holiday freedom. i will journey back to the great states of iowa, nebraska, and missouri, though not necessarily great in that order. i know i was just away for thanksgiving, but i am really looking forward to I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-40937219739192701132008-11-02T00:34:00.000-05:002008-11-02T00:35:46.695-05:00i will not be silent.I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-41027703544930793712008-10-19T10:05:00.002-05:002008-10-19T11:52:51.580-05:00the problem with men (probably not what you think).so i slept for about twelve hours last night. it was glorious. i think i had many dreams, and i remember some faces that appeared, but no plot lines. i really haven't had much luck remembering many dreams the past four months or so, and i'm not sure why... is it that i am not as expectant for You to speak to me through them? or just that i I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-26875966940032716052008-10-07T01:35:00.002-05:002008-10-07T09:00:33.599-05:00speechless.... sort of.well, it's quite certain that i will never forget this night, though now it feels like it's been days since it all happened, and not merely hours.i don't think there is any way i could ever deny the existence of God or the devil after today. there's stuff in the Bible that i definitely believe, but until tonight had never seen with my eyes.tonight was unreal, yet more real I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-15210946092297222792008-09-21T16:47:00.002-05:002008-09-21T18:19:46.720-05:00en route to so-cal.i left redding at about 6:00am this morning, via extremely small plane where earplugs were distributed on board because of how loud everything was . it was sort of bittersweet leaving. i suppose it has been that way with every place i've visited since i started this trip. i know the good times have to become memories at SOME point, and it's probably good to leave before you areI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-29889417123405442932008-09-18T22:46:00.004-05:002008-09-19T00:45:45.441-05:00wrestling.today has been one of those days that i can't really decide yet whether or not i'm glad that it happened.on one hand, it was a great day. first, the weather. redding summers are characteristically 100+ degrees. today, though... it was upper 70's. that is acceptable for a warm-bodied yankee such as myself. sunny, no humidity, nice breeze. perfect weather.second, i sat in on the classes I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-23096706797280062402008-09-18T00:38:00.002-05:002008-09-18T01:14:28.226-05:00adventures in redding.so i am in redding, california. i know absolutely no one here. i am staying in my very own dorm room on the simpson university campus. tonight, as i was preparing to walk over to the campus coffee cafe, i heard a woman ask anyone if they needed to go to walmart. she wasn't talking to me, but i decided to take her up on the offer.so sandra and i went to the redding walmart I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-12143886162172097922008-09-17T10:47:00.000-05:002008-09-19T02:03:35.651-05:00are you tracking with me? i amtrak-ing.so, if you have never taken amtrak for a long ride, i suggest you do this sometime before you die. i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the train, i've decided.i was expecting it to be like a plane. crowded, cramped, and altogether unpleasant for a long ride. but traveling coach via the amtrak Coast Starlight was like staying at the Ritz Carlton. first of all, the I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1383871451867305432008-09-16T10:16:00.000-05:002008-09-18T01:39:01.405-05:00olympia.i have no clever titles for this post. it's only to say that i have spent a day and a half in olympia with Kim Stamp and family. it's been five years since i've seen them, which is hard to believe. kim's kids have grown up so much. her oldest son, garrison, used to be this adorably nerdy, thick-spectacled 10 year old. now he's a 15 year old heartthrob. the older garrison is a stand up I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-3064728256218698442008-09-14T16:59:00.000-05:002008-09-17T17:36:15.711-05:00space needle and thread.i'm not sure that i could communicate clearly in one post how amazing the past five days have been. it isn't so much that any particular event has happened to make this trip so stellar... it is hard to put my finger on it exactly.i think mostly, it's the people. my first morning in seattle, i met Celia. she is one of Dona's good friends from carbondale. because the chicas I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-67404260339916162412008-09-10T19:03:00.003-05:002008-09-10T19:21:47.145-05:00sleepless in seattle.i'm not really exaggerating when i say this. i actually AM in seattle, and i am also without sleep. i am pretty much going on about 40 hours of little to no sleep. i didn't mean for this to happen, it just did. my flight left chicago at 5am this morning, which meant i was instructed to be at the airport by 3am, which meant leaving mundelein around 2am. which meant sleep just I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-74389842552931168722008-09-04T20:49:00.003-05:002008-09-10T19:03:07.299-05:00pockets full of change.life is full of transition right now. relationships are evolving, i've moved, i've accepted a new role at gwayo, Torch is moving forward. there is so much going on.i have many questions right now.who am i becoming? where am i going? what am i to do on the way to where i'm going? does comcast REALLY appreciate my patience as i wait on hold for twenty minutes for them to helpI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-68170537354647758292008-08-29T22:42:00.003-05:002008-09-04T20:47:31.564-05:00so... this is it.it's my last night here. all but a couple small things are moved. steve yi came over to help me clean tonight. you have no idea how thankful i was and still am for that totally random offer. i probably would have been up all night if it were not for him. i had planned on doing it all myself and being done at 10:00pm, but the thing is... whenever i make an estimate of how long I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-16955960561318103472008-08-22T22:28:00.002-05:002008-08-22T22:41:23.229-05:00...still moving.but still not to wordpress.if the Bible allowed for swearing, i would have to swear that the amount of things i own seems to increase exponentially with every car load i take to the new place. it's a good thing our apartment is so huge.it makes me wonder, though, how i ever managed to get such large quantities of stuff into a space half the size of the new digs.i'm still feeling I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-51517159648802599092008-08-13T18:42:00.002-05:002008-08-13T19:11:54.166-05:00i'm moving...psych!well... not really, i guess. i AM moving. for real... but usually when a person writes a post with that title, it means they are moving to wordpress. i am NOT moving to wordpress. so, ANYWAY...it sort of looks like a rain forest from my bedroom window right now.it was pouring a short while ago, but now the sun is out, and all the leaves are glistening. it looks misty beyond theI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-17382156104622240372008-07-09T19:59:00.003-05:002008-07-15T22:11:55.590-05:00i'm always gonna show up.a few months ago i stayed overnight at brandon and erica's place. erica was deeply engrossed in the third season of Grey's Anatomy, and so against my better judgment, i joined in.there was part of one episode that has stuck with me since seeing it in April.Meredith and Derek have an argument, because Meredith unknowingly endangers Derek's opportunity to become Chief of I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-35018313865997590362008-07-07T19:04:00.001-05:002008-07-08T19:38:31.727-05:00day eight.it's funny when you can remember exactly what you were doing this day a year ago. it was 07/07/07. a year ago today i was at titan stadium for The Call Nashville with 75,000 other people. we repented for our nation, we cried out for our land, we worshiped together. i remember he called me that day to tell me that he was a samuel. i remember being so surprised when they brought out threeI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-64385419054816988552008-07-01T18:44:00.002-05:002008-07-01T18:50:26.911-05:00p.s., i love goo.on sunday afternoon, after an amazing breakfast at egg harbor and a relaxing stroll through mount prospect's farmer's market, sarah, matt, andy, and i all chilled in my living room and spent two hours reading our individual books. we didn't talk, we didn't entertain each other, we just each did our thang. sarah remarked afterward how sweet it was that we could just all BE. in theI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-38688194365015924352008-07-01T16:05:00.003-05:002008-07-01T18:32:10.242-05:00day two.sarah goo, baby goo, and matt left yesterday morning. i'm not sure that words can describe how much i love them. sarah and i have known each other for almost a decade now, and i would say we have only grown closer with age and distance. what a sister she is! so full of love, beauty, and grace... and ian, the little one who has yet to see with his eyes the diamond of a mother (and father) I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-20080502123337320152008-06-23T13:32:00.004-05:002008-06-23T15:25:16.575-05:00just because i'm losing doesn't mean that i'm lost.a quick appraisal of different media i've been listening to/watching/reading...if you haven't listened to the new coldplay album, you probably should. if you haven't purchased it yet, you should probably do that, too. if you don't have enough money to buy it, you should probably abstain from buying other things of lesser importance* (i.e., food) I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-44330466685333565122008-06-17T18:48:00.003-05:002008-06-17T20:50:25.394-05:00where did i go wrong? i lost a friend.i've had a kind of hard and weird few days. simply put, i really miss stephen.it just sort of hit me a couple days ago. i'm not sure what triggered it. i mean, i have a picture of him and his wife on my bookshelf. i proudly display the "3rd Grade Indian Leg Wrestling Champion" trophy he had made for me in my living room (which, by the way, was hands down the I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-66100693513082777902008-06-14T20:57:00.003-05:002008-06-14T22:03:38.826-05:00taste the rainbow.andy and i saw the most amazing rainbow tonight as we were leaving the OG. just before we went in to eat, you could see the ominous storm approaching, and it was beautiful. on one side of the horizon, it was clear and serene... on the opposite side, the sky was painted with varying shades of gray and deep blues. lightning flashed a bit in the distance. when we exited the I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-53931236024355947572008-06-07T12:48:00.003-05:002008-06-07T13:12:32.658-05:00He cares about your stuff.a couple weeks ago there was a small power outage in parts of downtown mt. prospect, which ironically did not affect my starbucks, but DID affect the italian restaurant two doors down from us in the same strip mall.**on a side note, let me just say that apparently my starbucks has THE most secure electrical source, ever. last august, during that hellish ninja storm that I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-21785877677361784642008-06-05T20:33:00.003-05:002008-06-07T11:49:24.596-05:00a reasonable assertion.so the A to Z market a few blocks from my apartment had this banner hung below its street sign that boasted "now with indian grocers"... i wonder what measurable increase their business experienced as a result of hanging this banner... anyway, it's gone. all gone. whether it was removed by the owners, by mexican grocers, or by adverse weather conditions, i know not. but theI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-82926891424495698412008-05-31T17:43:00.002-05:002008-05-31T18:46:05.949-05:00i (heart) chicago.yesterday i was commissioned to take three lovely lady graduates from GWAYO downtown for the 16th Annual Chef's Tasting Party, a fund-raiser for a cerebral palsy organization. the girls i hosted had been invited to attend this event by an extremely wealthy (and generous) woman who gives large sums of money to underprivileged young men and women to attend and complete I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-59096363630546131392008-05-28T13:52:00.002-05:002008-05-28T16:01:48.039-05:00on moving school houses and normalcy in mount prospect.so, something strange happened today.*they* (don't ask questions) are moving a ginormous old school house from one part of mount prospect to another part of mount prospect, approximately 6 blocks away. the school house didn't look nearly as big resting on land, but you get that baby on the road and, well... let's just say that, if you were toI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-41104150451967436982008-05-23T13:45:00.002-05:002008-05-23T13:50:44.165-05:00your name is oil poured out.i really love his name.i love what it means, i love how it sounds. i love saying it.i loved his name before i ever knew him.hmmm.I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-4383953445464611772008-05-21T19:48:00.002-05:002008-05-21T20:57:49.672-05:00baby, think it over.a couple thoughts tonight.first, i'm rooting for david cook. i'm not made of stone, people. he's pretty dreamy. i don't even care for his voice all that much. killer personality and super cute... jeanna would totally have picked him as my american idol boyfriend, especially since the whole jon peter lewis thing didn't work out back in season 3. that's alright. i like cook I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-75372336546226148622008-04-25T18:22:00.002-05:002008-05-06T21:01:59.364-05:00to know and be known.i feel a good thunderstorm coming on. bring it!i live in a condo building on the edge of a golf course, and during the warmer months, there are these... well i guess they would be like foghorns, on the course (or perhaps nearby... honestly, i've never actually seen them) that seem to go off at random intervals. they just went off right now. at 6:25. they are very loud, yet I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-88016170465027087012008-04-10T19:08:00.002-05:002008-04-10T19:34:21.939-05:00jigga what?i can't believe what i'm seeing. i'm watching the elimination show of american idol, and all of the remaining contestants are standing in a line on the stage, getting ready to sing a song together with a gospel choir, and the one, the only, Ryan Seacrest, names the song they will be singing:"everybody, it's 'Shout to the Lord'!"jigga what?"Shout to the Lord" is a very Christian worshipI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-69912913873912513172008-03-30T18:34:00.004-05:002008-04-04T20:47:19.691-05:00the life of riley.the past 36 hours have been among the top five saddest days of my life. my precious dog, riley, passed away early yesterday morning. i still can't keep from crying when i write or say it.i didn't know that i had so much love in my heart for a dog, for this dog. i could hardly bear to leave him last tuesday when i left des moines, not knowing if i would see him again. he had a I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-87096574505039253402008-03-18T10:55:00.002-05:002008-03-18T11:20:35.303-05:00iowa, here i come!i am really looking forward to getting out of chicago.i don't really need a break from work so much... i just need to get out of this city, to get on the road for a bit, to feel free, and to see my family. i miss them.both of my grandmas have been having a rough time of it lately. for those of you with faith, pray with me for them.i put shorts in my suitcase, for some reason I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-85748437434307104262008-02-23T23:26:00.008-06:002008-02-24T13:31:04.127-06:00pride and perfectionismi have more or less been a perfectionist since i exited the womb. honestly, i don't know why i'm this way. i don't really remember my parents teaching it to me. in fact, i seem to remember my parents at some point telling me, jokingly, that they wanted me to mess up once in awhile. they wanted me to do something mischievous, to take life a little less seriously.because of I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-50028260989850616342008-02-20T19:50:00.002-06:002008-02-20T20:50:29.155-06:00total eclipse of the gum.the dog has been acting weirder than usual tonight. i wonder if it is because of the full moon and lunar eclipse. i can already see the eclipse happening. this is kind of exciting.can i just say how absolutely wonderful Jesus is. He is so good to me. i was walking into the high school today to pick up the attendance record for the kids i tutor, and as i'm walking into theI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-12255379639887837622008-02-14T15:49:00.002-06:002008-02-14T22:03:54.507-06:00deja vu... deja.it's strange to be back here.ten months ago today. april 14th. he was sitting in this very spot. it was cold, it was overcast. it didn't really feel like spring, though the season should have been fully in swing. we had had lunch at egg harbor, and i remember he didn't eat much. he said he wasn't very hungry. i didn't realize it was because he was nervous. in my experience, guys I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-85138788633513505882008-02-04T13:38:00.000-06:002008-02-04T14:00:54.728-06:00and the winner is...i don't really care much about football, but you wouldn't have known that last night during the second half of the fourth quarter of the historic super bowl upset. i shouted, i paced, my heart was racing... i even jumped up and down and hit my head on the ceiling. i think i may have teared up a little bit during the replays of that incredible pass to david tyree. holy crap I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-44819237551804131622008-02-01T16:52:00.000-06:002008-02-04T13:37:01.174-06:00He loves me!i am absolutely convinced that the snowstorm that plowed through the chicagoland area yesterday and today happened because He loves me.i asked for a storm. a good one. one that would get my kids a snow day, and would get me an afternoon off. it's such an awesome feeling when you unexpectedly get a day off from work.the paper predicted a total accumulation of 1-3 inches.well, we got I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-24332802436307035552008-01-29T15:59:00.001-06:002008-01-29T16:02:01.015-06:00in a pit, with a lion, on a snowy day.let me just say, i think this is a great book title. kudos to you, mr. batterson. i probably won't ever read the book, but you get mad props for a killer title.CLC is doing a series on this book right now which, amusingly, began a few days after i had a dream in which i was being chased by a lion. the key verse of this book is 2 Samuel 23:20-21:And Benaiah I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-64711642925932461402008-01-25T20:28:00.000-06:002008-01-25T21:50:06.637-06:00on my fondness for winter (or lack thereof)i'm sure you would agree with me when i say that this time of year is not my favorite (to not agree with me about my own preferences would be, well... ). for one thing, there is the snow which, pre-christmas, was such a friendly reminder that the holidays would soon arrive and that family and friends would be near, sipping hot chocolate by cozy fires andI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-17553231312049896282008-01-15T21:37:00.000-06:002008-01-15T21:59:22.697-06:00just in time.the feeling of this season is familiar.i didn't think i would have to revisit this one. at least, not in this way. again.in Your grace, my roots are deeper now than they were then. maybe that means i won't squirm so much?on You i wait, on You i wait, all of my daysno one who waits on You will ever be ashamedno one who waits will ever be disappointedit's just a matter of time, it's I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1589462300008638912008-01-06T20:22:00.000-06:002008-01-06T20:55:59.572-06:00first christmas, then new years, then... spring!i know, i know. i never write. i never call. i'm always busy.it reached 60 degrees today in the chicagoland area. hot dang!it's been a strange season, the past few months since i last blogged. i've been a little more private about life matters. i've been learning a lot of little lessons with the Lord in the secret place. i'm learning to trust and I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-86553268922550196712007-09-21T11:50:00.000-05:002007-09-21T12:07:40.099-05:00the rhythm is gonna get you... and annoy the crap out of you.i keep getting emails from amazon.com telling me that i simply MUST purchase Gloria Estefan's new album, 90 Millas. it's getting ridiculous. i think today's was the FOURTH i've received in the past couple weeks. it's very annoying.now, many times, when amazon.com sends me updates like that, they make smart suggestions as to what i mightI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-31564375668740024112007-09-13T20:45:00.000-05:002007-09-13T21:43:07.963-05:00a person's a person, no matter how small.it's been a long time, friends. i would apologize, except that i've been busy living life, and no one should apologize for living.this past saturday i participated in a siege with chicago's Bound 4 Life chapter. Bound 4 Life is a pro-life group that organizes silent protests at abortion clinics, among other places. one of the founding verses for this groupI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-64580758175375844862007-07-05T22:53:00.000-05:002007-07-05T23:19:18.095-05:00seasons change.it's so strange how quickly You can change something. i mean, i guess it shouldn't be weird. in an instant You died, in an instant You rose again. in an instant You healed countless people. in an instant i went from being a sinner to being a lover of You. i guess the way You generally work is in moments where things tend to change all at once. sometimes it takes a long time to get I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-81568743067726057922007-06-18T23:46:00.000-05:002007-06-19T00:50:13.474-05:00a fleece, but not the old navy kind.so a few weeks ago we met up and talked about many important things. she and i, we really are sisters. i mean, of course we are, in You, but our friendship just runs deeper than most. our personalities are so very different, but our hearts, they just beat in the same strange rhythm. our seasons seem to coincide with stunning regularity. we are both fierce and I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-56711570759703660222007-05-11T20:54:00.000-05:002007-05-11T21:19:25.720-05:00in this moment, i will love.if i try to save my life i will lose it/but if i lose my life for Your sake, i'll find it in the end/ i'll find it in the end/life is found in the letting go/joy is found in the giving it all awayi am most at peace when i am totally abandoned to You. it's so funny how that works. and how infrequently i am totally abandoned. today i've had a revelation of, in my I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-12600924031842104312007-05-10T18:48:00.000-05:002007-05-10T19:45:14.425-05:00a chronological update.so much has happened since i last posted. well, not really THAT much.there was the big SURPRISE! for drew. which, in answer to my prayers was, in fact, a surprise. what with all the slip-ups and lying and such, i thought for sure he'd figure it out. i'm certain it was Your personal intervention (or perhaps miss booth's incredible amount of help and heart-cake knowhow) that I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-73017790210162408442007-04-19T11:09:00.000-05:002007-04-19T11:38:47.438-05:00this life is hard on the heart.the past week has been filled with unusual amounts of sadness and pain.a customer at my store, who had been trying to get pregnant for a long time, finally did. she was due this week. last week i saw her, and was momentarily overjoyed because she didn't look pregnant anymore. but her countenance was not that of a glowing mother rejoicing over the birth of a I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-38129158433407388072007-04-12T20:50:00.000-05:002007-04-12T21:02:05.146-05:00thoughts for a thursday night.i miss india. i miss the indians. i miss the smells. i miss the boys from the house of hope. **sigh**i miss my brother. he's amazing.You are beautiful. i am dull. come, fascinate me, Jesus, that i would love You better.dashboard confessional's frontman has a ridiculously large mouth. it's out of control.i wish the dog i'm watching this week would stop trying to hump I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-53820480241762804602007-03-29T20:00:00.000-05:002007-03-30T04:33:02.283-05:00i ain't afraid of no toad!to all of my alert readers:i read an alarming article today on yahoo.com. you can read it here, if you'd like.to those of you who will not check out the link, please allow me to summarize the article:a toad the size of a small dog was found in darwin, australia, on tuesday. it's one of the largest in recorded australian history. this find would be much more delightful, I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-77323089274462686472007-03-29T19:23:00.000-05:002007-03-29T19:58:13.435-05:00sowing and reaping.i made a big mistake in buying a bag of the cadbury mini eggs at aldi's the other night. the bag advertises them as being "solid milk chocolate with a crisp sugar shell." why i bought these, i have no idea. it must have been an impulse, because i hardly ever buy junk food. but, i did it, and two days later, the bag is gone. i don't remember those being so delectably AWESOME.in I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-20582320898420290062007-03-24T11:01:00.000-05:002007-03-24T12:21:04.610-05:00you're uninvited, an unfortunate slight.i think those are the right lyrics. i always liked this alanis morrisette song from the city of angels soundtrack, but i have always been a bit confused about the words because in it, alanis puts emphasis on strange syllables. it sort of disguises the lyrics. anyone remember/agree with me here?anyway, i guess my situation is less uninvited (though i I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-6768389257924131742007-03-12T14:12:00.000-05:002007-03-21T14:23:43.662-05:00the answer is yes.yes, i am back from india.yes, it was amazing. wonderful. beautiful.yes, i will go back.yes, it was hard. but not really for un-american reasons.my plan is to blog my entire india journal and include pictures and such. i don't know how long it will take for me to follow through with this action plan, as i wrote 100 pages worth of stuff, and am super busy. but i really want to doI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-81637709996823538892007-02-14T18:38:00.000-06:002007-02-14T20:04:36.965-06:00it's valentine's day... go ahead, get yourself a honey.worked a marathon shift today at s-town which, surprisingly, was not bad at all. best moment of the day occurred when the 40-something chinese man (his ethnicity only being relevant because he speaks virtually no english) came in and ordered his usual grande coffee. as i was handing him his coffee, i wished him a happy valentine's day, I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-33519240733206087032007-02-13T18:53:00.000-06:002007-02-13T19:25:42.149-06:00boo you, snow.i am thoroughly disappointed by the fact that we never seem to get blizzards around here at times that would affect my having to go into work. it looks like freaking Narnia outside. it sucks goats that i have to work at 5:00am tomorrow. pretty much until 6:00pm. urgh.i leave for india in t-minus 5 days. amazing.i can't say that i'm really excited about the heart holiday tomorrow. ifI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-53922103744874683762007-02-09T20:33:00.000-06:002007-02-13T18:50:52.889-06:00as in the days of noah...so yesterday i'm working at the star, and i'm getting ready to leave, and i see this little kid trying to get my attention from the other side of the counter. he repeated something to me several times, but it took awhile for me to realize that he was speaking directly to me, and not just talking to whomever would listen. i leaned over the counter."what's that?" i said."I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-2343112809518885192007-01-25T21:19:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:22:18.351-06:00 changes. so i changed the layout of this thing. the old one was annoying. this suits me much better, don't you think?I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-78191341726715694272007-01-25T19:13:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:23:37.447-06:00india beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.passport came! thank You, Jesus. i went downtown today with Drew to apply to get my visa. i'm so glad i didn't go alone. something about the place was just kind of... creepy. i sort of felt like i was on a secret mission or something. plus, i'm told that my passport picture looks very spyish. just call me jackie bauer... anyway, i called the I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-63354917529590992932007-01-21T21:18:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:24:20.952-06:00momentary, light. today was a hard one. i am sooo ready for this season of my life to be over. this whole thing is so frustrating to me, on a myriad of different levels. i just don't see any progress. and mostly that means in my own heart. my heart being free is more important than the situation changing; of this i am sure. but i just don't see it. i am still so hurt, so wounded. i still I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-88426860114782246132007-01-16T22:34:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:24:59.357-06:00passport, come.so my birthday, which officially starts in T-minus 1 hour and 26 minutes, is looking to be a vast improvement over last year's (perhaps the last five years', with rare exception). mostly because lisa booth is beautiful, biblical, AND amazing, if such a feat were possible. and it were.it's a not-so-surprise surprise birthday party. in that, i know there is a party, but i have no I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-35269555274755232112007-01-06T22:53:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:25:46.579-06:00WARNING: What follows contains a Santa/Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy spoiler.when andy, drew, and i were driving back from One Thing, we were talking about when we found out that santa/easter bunny/tooth fairy wasn't real.my brother said that, when he was 8 or 9, he lost a tooth and told my dad about it when they were in the car going somewhere. without further ado, my father apparently reached into I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-28499910586759932872007-01-03T10:37:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:26:29.913-06:00highlights from the twelve days of christmas.so i went "home" for christmas and was away for exactly twelve days. i planned it that way just so i could have a great post title.first, i went to see jeanna. we talked, shopped, and made christmas treats together. jeanna is moving up in the world at the OG! i'm so proud.then, i went to omaha. my lovely sarah goo, her sister, and i drove around an I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1163968166340289102006-11-19T13:12:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:27:35.305-06:00the evolution of oragami.yesterday was one of those days that can only be adequately described with the word fabulous.friday night was just me and the Lord, and i ended up falling asleep on the futon and having a dream about my new wind-up pet penguin, Shoobie, that Drew so kindly purchased for me at burger king the other day. i don't remember the dream, but it was about a three-inch plastic I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1162154967920457132006-10-29T13:37:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:28:17.824-06:00can i get a date with that testimony?let me tell you, my friends. when it rains, it pours. in the past four days, i have been asked out THREE times. twice at starbucks, and once today because i witnessed a car accident. i don't know if it's something in the water or if there is a flashing sign above my head, but this NEVER happens. up until this week, i would say i had been asked out maybe ONCE I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1161550680748929752006-10-22T14:29:00.000-05:002006-10-22T15:58:00.766-05:00making the wrong things right.i was just telling ms. w today at church how i felt the Lord was wanting to impart to me a vision for understanding the present trials and heartaches as situations that He truly wants to bring breakthrough in during this lifetime. we (and when i say "we", i mostly mean "i") tend to view His interaction with our pain in a fatalistic manner. either i think that my I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1159742840599424882006-10-01T17:07:00.000-05:002006-10-01T17:47:20.626-05:00until the storm has passed.i feel another Season coming on. the Lord took me under for six months earlier in the year, and then brought me up for some air. and now... four months later... i see a valley up ahead.i feel like what i imagine people in the south feel like a few days before a hurricane makes landfall. they start boarding up their doors and windows, bracing themselves for the impact, I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1156897417607238712006-09-29T19:21:00.000-05:002006-10-01T17:05:51.916-05:00bethany, sounds like stephanie.a little over a month ago i made a new friend. her name is bethany, if you haven't guessed. some weird similarities that bethany and i share:for the majority of our lives, we both have been called each other's names when we talk to someone new on the phone. for instance, whenever i call my insurance company, and they ask for my name, they nearly ALWAYS think i am I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1159126087444414062006-09-24T13:18:00.000-05:002006-09-24T14:30:24.560-05:00...the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings...so the reason why i have not written in awhile is because i ended that last post saying that the next post would be about bethany (which i WILL get to) and, while i do want to tell you a little about her (or, mostly, to communicate the quantity and nature of strange "coincidences" that we share), i have intimidated myself out of I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1156896968979893542006-08-29T17:51:00.000-05:002006-08-29T19:20:41.470-05:00enter angel.before i tell you this story, you have to promise not to freak out on me, because i'm not telling you this first story for any other reason than to preface the next story. no freaking out.a little over a month ago i went to lisa's monday night Bible study for the first time in months because i REALLY wanted to see lisa, the beautiful. when i got there (late and a little flustered), i I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1156897556104227422006-08-28T19:23:00.000-05:002006-08-29T19:25:56.106-05:00nuner smartypants is always right.helen, i love the fact that you would have known the answer to the Star Trek question of the day. and i love the fact that Crazy Man was right about it.hilarious.check Nuner's comment under the Star Trek post.I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1156702454811862732006-08-25T20:37:00.000-05:002006-08-27T13:14:21.840-05:00technically, it's dilithium crystals. it's only "antimatter" if you very loosely define the word "use," like our former president defined the word "is."on thursday someone chose a stellar Question of the Day at the Star. i don't remember the whole thing, but it was something to the effect of:what was used to fuel the Star Trek Enterprise?and the answer was, of course, antimatter. no one would I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1156392985400097872006-08-21T22:21:00.000-05:002006-08-23T23:16:25.480-05:00omaha, somewhere in middle america.so i went to kansas city first on my vacation. who would ever have thought that anything beautiful would come from there? i guess that's what they said about nazareth, though. i spent five days in and around the international house of prayer (the other 24/7 IHOP). it was amazing. it's so strange to be in the middle of 1,000 other people who are intense in their I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1154298763436916502006-07-30T16:27:00.000-05:002006-07-30T17:32:43.523-05:00sarah sarah goo, i love youi have really been blessed with some great girlfriends in my time. let's think back. sarah straw in fourth grade, kim peterson and kirsten leeser in eighth grade, sarah goo from high school to the present, helen and denyelle from high school to the present, jeanna wilson from my first year of college to the present, lisa booth from my junior year of college to the I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1154059329710841302006-07-27T21:46:00.000-05:002006-07-28T01:38:26.576-05:00a big fat long week.that's what it's been... won't be over until sunday. not a bad week, just long, and busy. not enough time to sleep, not enough time to spend with the Lord. and i've had a mysterious stomach ache since i woke up from my nap yesterday afternoon. not sure what that's about.monday night i was fortunate enough to see my beloved lisa booth yet again. i may just have to keep coming I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1153888288746928232006-07-23T22:15:00.000-05:002006-07-25T23:38:07.456-05:00He's so much fun.so i was supposed to work on friday at S-Town. all day long. supposed to work. eight freaking hours. eight hours is fine when i open, because i'm out by 1:30. but any other eight hour shift just bites because it sucks away my entire day.well, i didn't even ask Him, but the Lord was so gracious. my manager called on thursday and said that she had gotten someone from another store I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1153282025050000992006-07-18T21:59:00.000-05:002006-07-22T23:36:49.766-05:00heimlich as a theologian.so i was working at the Star today, and this 30's-40's-ish man, comes in to get some coffee. as many of you chicago Star-goers know, we have been selling warmed breakfast sandwiches for the past month and a half. we always get waaaaay more than enough breakfast sandwiches in every day, so we sample them all throughout the mornings to get rid of the surplus.anyway, this I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1153277901598771902006-07-17T23:30:00.000-05:002006-07-19T20:17:05.440-05:00show me something i've never seen before.so i drove home tonight at the end of what ended up being a 18 hour day. 12 hours of working, 2 hours of Bible study, 1.5 hours of driving, 1.5 hours of eating, and one hour of who-knows-what. not in that order.i don't know if i needed to see Lisa Booth, or if Lisa Booth needed to see me, but i felt compelled to make the trip to waukegan for Bible study I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1148701911238831632006-06-01T23:40:00.000-05:002006-06-04T23:24:46.090-05:00STEPHIE -- now comes with a pop-up timer indicating that she's done!make no mistake, my friends. it has been THE most difficult six months of my life. the reality of this pain in my heart is no less intense than it was when it started, though i think i respond to it somewhat differently now than i did in november.most days i cry. some days i sob. i go to my secret place and pour my heart out to I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1147974911535784932006-05-18T12:54:00.000-05:002006-05-18T12:55:11.536-05:00just for fun today. tell me this isn't one of the best things you've ever seen.Get this video and more at MySpace.comI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1147917996227813222006-05-17T20:42:00.000-05:002006-05-18T10:43:13.756-05:00"it's a long way 'home' when your car done broke down" OR "the week-long vacation that wasn't supposed to be"thank YOU goo, for such a wonderful time. it was indeed good for my heart, too. i have needed this time at home. i love sarah goo. the way this week is looking, i may be up to see you again before i actually make it to chicago. hee hee.**sigh**i was supposed to head back to chicagoland I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1146460074603117322006-04-30T23:33:00.000-05:002006-06-04T23:27:44.140-05:00when suffering means nothing. or, at least, when it appears that way.so last night i was driving home, just talking to the Lord about how i felt. you see, there is someone my heart loves, and often i just ache about it. a distant or negative response from him when we speak or interact just breaks my heart, and yet... i hope. i say it all the time-- Lord, i know that You can make diamonds out of I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1145232091126546222006-04-16T17:40:00.000-05:002006-04-16T22:25:28.800-05:00it's just not the same without you here.well here it is. Resurrection sunday. He is risen!Easter is one of those holidays that is near to my heart. primarily for Jesus-reasons. i met Him on Easter weekend nine years ago. today we celebrate His rising from the dead, thereby conquering death and sin and making it possible for us to know Him intimately. amazing!sometimes i wonder on this day, how I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1143406023100844422006-03-26T13:29:00.000-06:002006-03-28T12:00:39.880-06:00on wildness of heart.the closer the magnolia trees come to blossoming, the more i want to come out of hibernation.it's around this time of year that the wildness in me really begins to come alive. i love it. my academic dean at CLC used to call me a hippie, what with my long hair, acoustic guitar, and come-what-may kind of lifestyle, i guess. i suppose i still have most of what he deemed "hippie I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1143391425158791582006-03-26T10:38:00.000-06:002006-03-28T11:55:46.310-06:00airplanes are for heartaches, airports are for lovers.i'm still working on the song. it's been in the making for several years now-- i think four, to be exact, but i'm confident it will be mine someday.i dropped my brother off at the airport this morning, after a week of hanging out here in chicagoish. i cried as i left. i miss him dearly. he's just the coolest kid on the face of the planet. I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1143178646659269132006-03-23T23:32:00.000-06:002006-03-28T11:54:59.240-06:00yall are going to suck me in aren't you?i hear all the cool people are doing it.i suppose as long as myspace isn't asking to insert a computer chip anywhere on my body...I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1142555549649715872006-03-16T17:08:00.000-06:002006-03-23T14:04:00.866-06:00in life, sometimes there are things that just don't add up.for instance, a blizzard when spring is officially 4 days away. or the orthodontist holding your teeth hostage until the execs over at Metlife get their crap together and cough up the dough. or when it takes you at least a week to fold and put away clean clothes after you've done laundry. or those made-to-look-handwritten birthday cards I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1138168345381809142006-01-24T23:19:00.000-06:002006-01-24T23:52:25.393-06:00enough of the drama already.so one of my friends has brought it to my attention recently that most of my posts as of late are all melancholy (who the crap knows how to spell that stoopid word) and melodramatic tales of heartbreak and despair. and i am hear to tell you, my faithful reader, the Truth.heartbreak and sadness are really not the entirity of my life. i promise. in fact, they make up I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1137714403959902282006-01-18T01:45:00.000-06:002006-01-19T18:24:06.046-06:00when your birthday pretty much sucks. i say pretty much because the last two hours of it were redeemed by the kidnapping.i really hate that it bothers me when people who should not forget my birthday forget it. i mean, it's silly to care so much. birthdays are such an awkward thing, anyways. i mean, if you go somewhere and people you know don't know it's your birthday, should you tell them? I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1132786554201823652005-11-23T16:34:00.000-06:002006-01-19T17:27:50.036-06:00these days my heart hurts in a big way. aches, even.on one hand, i think it finally happened. somehow in the past couple of months i feel like my heart has changed and the way i feel about him and us has changed. i always prayed that it would. i always prayed that i would, at the right time, get to the point where i would love him as much and as well as he loved me. and i think, for the first I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1130472656687614682005-10-27T22:05:00.000-05:002005-10-27T23:10:56.696-05:00i'm doing something right now that i haven't done in a very long time.i am listening to music as i type.most of you might not think this unusual, but well... let me explain.first of all, while i am not a terrible multi-tasker, i must admit that it is difficult for me to carry on a conversation and do something else that requires any amount of my concentration at the same time. for instance, if i I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1124949883707136392005-08-25T00:43:00.000-05:002005-08-25T01:04:43.716-05:00it's funny how a broken sink and MIA register paper can ruin your entire day.apparently bobby broke one of the more critical sinks this morning at the store. God bless him, he was trying to unclog it, but i guess the plumbing was no match for his man muscles. the thing is, we use this particular sink for EVERYTHING. the tiny hand sink with sissy water pressure just doesn't cut it when you have toI am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1123562365600638522005-08-08T23:19:00.000-05:002005-08-08T23:39:25.606-05:00so i think i dreamed last night that i asked my mom if she and Steve wanted to buy a condo here in Chicago and then i could rent from them. it's not that the idea itself is odd to me, but rather that it came to me in a dream... and it was the first thing i thought of when i woke up. must have been those trader joe's vegetable birds' nests. hot damn those things are fabulous.i like starting these I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1113016021776467822005-04-08T20:52:00.000-05:002005-04-08T22:07:01.776-05:00it's unfortunate that i'm such a sucky blogger as of late. i'm sure my readership has plummetted in the past year or so, but for those of you that still check back bimonthly to see if i have posted anything juicy, i am truly sorry for disappointing you. it's probably not going to get any better in the next month. as it is, i am taking away valuable homeworking time to write this update. but, i I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1105376055562005552005-01-10T09:53:00.000-06:002005-01-10T10:54:15.563-06:00what is it about houston that captures my heart so?
i decided around the beginning of Christmas break that i would try to make my way down there after new years to see some good friends and get out of the cold. i needed the relaxation, and houston is pretty much always relaxing to me. even if i spend ridiculous amounts of time in the car, it's still relaxing. and i needed it, because for I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1102706042294657352004-12-10T11:24:00.000-06:002004-12-11T19:13:04.636-06:00i think my best memories of him were on the trip to colorado. i was in omaha, and every year the youth group organized a senior trip for all the graduating students. pastor mike came along as usual, making it unforgettable.
i remember him driving the church van over orange safety cones.
i remember him almost getting stuck in a 2ft. by 1.5 ft. tunnel during a caving expedition in the colorado I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729409.post-1098498514785679022004-10-22T20:18:00.000-05:002004-10-24T19:18:08.096-05:00and a happy friday to you, too.
i heard vigorous honking behind me no less than five times on my way home today, some of which i'm sure was directed towards my iowa-plated car when i failed to floor it 2 milliseconds after the light turned green. chicago drivers are often inconsiderate, but tonight i think they all left at the same time from the same place that i did and decided they were going I am Stephie, Ninja Warrior.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12353587571322150887noreply@blogger.com2