eat yer beans and heat yer head

[beanie]

I don’t really know what concerty thing you are talking about Tim… :-/

Gosh, do you know how big a dork I am!? I called Matt last night, to tell him about this car that my friend is selling, but he didn’t answer. Later, he messaged me and said he was too tired to talk. I said that was okay, I’d talk to him later. It wasn’t until today that I realised it was his birthday! Good thing he didn’t answer his phone. The situation would just be so much worse. Happy 21st punk! :D

And then Kepa turned 18… Happy 18th mate! :D

How good are birthdays… Mine is in June. I wonder what I want?

Yesterday, church was so good. My church, Frontier, joined with a relating church, Impact and we held our service in a little tin shed in the National Park. It was so groovy. The sound was so average, but the worship was awesome. There was such unity and you could feel the faith. I know that sounds so weird.

I stayed at Ben and Sophie’s the night before. They’re a funky couple from my church that I’ve been hanging with a bit in recent months. The other day they came over to play my clarinet and saxophone, seeing if they liked them enough to get taught. I don’t know what was wrong, but they really sucked. They couldn’t make much sound at all and ended up getting all frustrated. It was so funny to watch though. Gosh, I nearly wet myself.

It never really occurred to me, until Ben and Soph’s attempt, that they were hard to play (more the clarinet than the saxophone). I understand fingering, transposing, sound and tone. I just do it. It has never been hard for me. I think I took for granted how naturally talented I am. I know that sounds big headed, but it’s actually quite the contrary. I’m really humbled by the whole thing.

Saturday night, Soph and I were having a nice chat while Ben was preparing for leading worship for Sunday. I just have this thing that I do when I’m excited and can’t really put into words what I’m feeling… and it’s WOOO! I was doing it a lot on Saturday night at almost everything that happened cos I was so tired and was just going silly. Sophie did these other noises and they were: OWWW! and this strange but rad African calling sound and you can’t really write, but I’ll attempt it: Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay. She just does it so well and I’m practicing, but I can’t get the higher tone like she does.

We decided we’d do it in worship, so Sunday was our big chance. It was just going off like a frog in a blender!! There was moments of spontaneous worship or whatever you want to call not following the song structure. And I just let out a ripper of a WOOO! and Sophie did her African thang. We just looked at each other, so overwhelmed and excited. It was so releasing! You know how some people fall in the spirit, or speak in tongues or sing new songs etc when you’re just stoked to be in the presence of God and so overwhelmed at his glory and majesty? I think this is my version of that! It was so good!

JD, the pastor of another relating church, Gateway, preached from 1 Samuel. He spoke about the relationship between David and Saul. It was manipulative, selfish and wrong and sadly there are relationships like that in the church. Then, he contrasted that with the relationship between David and Saul’s son, Jonathan. That relationship was completely selfless, covenantal and right! And that’s the kind of relationships we should be pioneering into our church. That was really cool!

JD’s wife, Reearn, got up after he finished preaching and said some words of prophecy over Ben and Soph and they were heaps confirming of what Soph and I had talked about the night before, so that was super exciting. WOOO!

Sunday night I went to Belle’s church. They were having a youth service and it was pretty cool. I caught up with a bunch of people I hadn’t seen since leaving college last November, so that was awesome also. We stayed around for ages talking. Ben dropped me home and I fed him some noodles and then some apple pie and ice-cream (so good!).

Today, I woke and went WOOO! I seriously recommend it! It’s so fun, plus, it just gets you energized. I don’t know about you, but I wake up in the morning and jump out of bed. I do some exercises and wake myself up good and proper before reading my bible. I think a good start to the day has a big effect on how the rest of the day is gonna turn out.

I worked 10-4 and it was fine. We had a black out and it was so much fun! We had heaps of natural light cos the whole front of store is massive windows and the generators backed up the fridges and consoles. So, basically it was just the lights out and it was fun! Everyone decided to pick up their groceries, check them out and get out of the store. Half the city was down. No traffic lights were working. There aren’t enough police to man them all. It was cool how the store was all dim and everyone was all curious and laughing about it. The power was off for about 30 minutes. Some fire at some place where the electricity making machines are or something was responsible. Ambo’s have been going nuts, as have fire-fighters and coppers.

Now, I’m home and it’s kinda raining. I LOVE THE RAIN! WOOO! Have a good night and live it up. :) Peace, Bon

Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and don’t rely on your own irrational reasoning. Give a high five for Jesus in everything you do and he’ll make you walk proper. Proverbs 3:5 (BV) --- bean version



:angel:

[beanie]

Ernie was watching some morbid playdough character thing on the ABC and there was this bit where the "church group" came and sang at the old folks home and this is what they sang:

God is better than football
God is better than beer
God is better than cricket
Cos God’s there all the year


I thought it was fun, but I guess you would laugh if you actually saw the show. It was so funny!

[FTS]

Ernie was watching some morbid playdough character thing on the ABC and there was this bit where the "church group" came and sang at the old folks home and this is what they sang:

God is better than football
God is better than beer
God is better than cricket
Cos God’s there all the year


I thought it was fun, but I guess you would laugh if you actually saw the show. It was so funny!
Hehe, that's great!

[Christop]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH yeah! Wooooo! KIAH IS COMING OVER FOR EASTER CAMP AND THEN SOME MORE!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Man, I'm so excited. It's 7:10pm. I just read an email from her. I'm in my tea break from work... 2 hours to go! I'm just going to be wooo-ing the whole freaking time! Wooooooo!

Woooooooo!



Wooooooooo!


Guys... this is so cool! Belle, Ben, Christop and Kiah... all at easter camp together! ... WOOOO! C'mon Kez... C'mon! :D

Ha-ha! That is fantastically cool!
BTW, I now have the money for the camp. Could you please send me a PM or SMS with the address to send the cheque to and who to make it out to? Gracias.

[snowboarderTim]

Now, I'm about to go out with friends to some youth group thing that I really have no idea about... to a church I've never been too, but I'm pretty sure that I'll have some fun. I think Mooney said something about a combined youth with a country group and we're having a battle of the country vs city kids... Though I can't be sure!

Anyways, I just had curry and ... I need to clean my teeth and get rocking!
Have a good one. Love and peas to you all! Beans... :teeth:

I think this is what I was was referring to Bon... :) Did you play? How did it go?

Tim :D

[beanie]

I think this is what I was was referring to Bon... :) Did you play? How did it go?

Tim :D


oh yeah. that was pretty fun. it was actually just a big joint thing with youth groups from the city and the country. i caught up with heaps of peple and had a nice time. i worked early the next morning, so i didn't stay up too late. :) it was good though.

[snowboarderTim]

Sweet as! You'll have to record and upload the "WOOO!" phenomenon so we can hear it :) If Keren gets her mic working maybe...

WOOO!

Tim :D

[beanie]

Sweet as! You'll have to record and upload the "WOOO!" phenomenon so we can hear it :) If Keren gets her mic working maybe...

WOOO!

Tim :D


WOOO! I have a microphone.... but do you reckon I know how to work it? Nup.

I've got a few thoughts for today.

We have this toothpaste that somehow made it into our bathroom cupboard. It's el cheapo and I don't know where it came from. It's got baking soda and peroxide in it. PEROXIDE! Is that not something that strips your hair if you use it to use it? Now we're putting it on our teeth. Yipes.

Then, I came to the conclusion this morning that brushing your teeth is the most disgusting yet refreshing routine thing that we do every day.

Yesterday, after work, I went and visited Kez with Pete and Ben (some guys from YITS). Then, I went to Tabor and visited a few people. Didn't end up doing what I was supposed to remember to do, but aint that always the way. Pete, Ben and I later went to another Ben's house and played "Lord of the Rings Risk", eating pizza and drinking beer. :givebeer: Just jokes... it was Solo and Mountain Dew. We laughed and farted and burped till pretty late.

I didn't get home till midnight and then I was up at 6:30 for my 4th and final 7:30am start this week. It was a pretty good day all round. It went really quickly, so that I am home nad ready to sleep for a year. After work, I went into the city and picked up my graduation gown that kinda makes me look like a dero-angel-monk type thing. I went on a shopping spree and got a couple of jackets, new work pants and new jeans. Kez and maybe Susy are coming around tonight after Kez finishes work for a dress up/rehersal thing.

At work, Lion King is playing all the time and sometimes I watch it when there's not too many customers. It really is a fantastic movie. I just HATE the bit where Scar and Simba are fighting at the end.

Scar: What are you going to do? You wouldn't kill your own uncle?
Simba: No Scar. I'm not like you. Run. Run away and never return.

DUDE! Simba says he's not like Scar, as Scar killed Mufasa. But Scar told Simba to "Run. Run away and never return." ... And then Simba, who claims to be not like Scar, says just what Scar said... Is that not being like him? Grr. That bit annoys me.

At work, we have this funky little diddy that comes over the PA like 50 times in 20 minutes. It gets stuck in your head and every one who works there is caught singing it at some time or another. It's like a cult and it's freaking me out. Sing us a song, as song of the sea. Birds eye fish fingers.

You know how some songs are just masterpieces? There's just a line or a rif or something that is just so awesome and you just marvel at it forever. I've got a few lines from music I've got. I thought about them today and thought they were just awesome. I sat marvelling at them for forever.

I believe that expectations in God encourage miracles.
I believe that in salvation lies the greatest power of all.
- Experience, by RPM-7

To live your life you've got to lose it
and all the losers get a crown.
- Get Down, by Audio Adrenaline



:givebeer: Bottoms up brothers! :givebeer:

[Christop]

[QUOTE=beanie]Sing us a song, as song of the sea. Birds eye fish fingers.
Arrrr. At Warrnambool mission in january we had pirates in the drama. They were always singing that song.

[snowboarderTim]

We have this toothpaste that somehow made it into our bathroom cupboard. It's el cheapo and I don't know where it came from. It's got baking soda and peroxide in it. PEROXIDE! Is that not something that strips your hair if you use it to use it? Now we're putting it on our teeth. Yipes.

Hey, is that like "arm & hammer"? That's a baking soda a toothpaste. We have that, it's teh same thing, but it's not cheap. And peroxide... (i had some bad info here saying that it didn't bleach...)

Wait, nevermind... mum says it does... it's what people used to use all the time to bleach hair... I was wrong :)

Yesterday, after work, I went and visited Kez with Pete and Ben (some guys from YITS). Then, I went to Tabor and visited a few people. Didn't end up doing what I was supposed to remember to do, but aint that always the way. Pete, Ben and I later went to another Ben's house and played "Lord of the Rings Risk", eating pizza and drinking beer. :givebeer: Just jokes... it was Solo and Mountain Dew. We laughed and farted and burped till pretty late.

Solo Mountain Dew??? What's that? :D We've only had Code Red and Live Wire :-/


At work, we have this funky little diddy that comes over the PA like 50 times in 20 minutes. It gets stuck in your head and every one who works there is caught singing it at some time or another. It's like a cult and it's freaking me out. Sing us a song, as song of the sea. Birds eye fish fingers.
*Sings*

:p

Have a great day Bon :D
Tim

[phats]

Lord of the Rings Risk! Man, you have no idea how much Nards and I and a few others played that last year... sooooo good! But I've left it down in Christchurch for the moment. :(

But yeah, and now you can react in shock that I'm actually posting in your blog, Bonnie! I've surprised even myself! Now I'm off to the cricket for the day... ciao!

[Christop]

Lord of the Rings Risk! Man, you have no idea how much Nards and I and a few others played that last year... sooooo good! But I've left it down in Christchurch for the moment. :(
You have LOTR Risk? I only heard about it the other night.
Risk is so good. But it costs like $90. So i don't have a copy.

[nards]

Hey bonnie, I just thought I'd come say hi :)
What you doing this weekend?


Lord of the Rings Risk! Man, you have no idea how much Nards and I and a few others played that last year... sooooo good! But I've left it down in Christchurch for the moment. :(


How could you? :whine: ;) I was thinking of seeing if you were interested in a game sometime (try and make time that we dont have).
I love that game, it's so much fun but it brings out the worst in people also.
I've heard someone at college has the computer version, that'd be fun.


You have LOTR Risk? I only heard about it the other night.
Risk is so good. But it costs like $90. So i don't have a copy
Yeah, phats and I chipped in and got it when we were really bored at college one day. It's expensive but it's so worth it if you play it as much as what phats and I played it.

[beanie]

Birds eye fish fingers aren't even made with real fish. Stupid bollocks. How can they even sing about themselves being from the sea, when, in all reality, they're smooshed together out of weird stuff that kinda resembles fish... if you are a three year old and have no idea.

Tim- It's not Solo Mountain Dew. It's SOLO and MOUNTAIN DEW. They are 2 seperate drinks. Solo is this lemon fizzy drink and Mountain Dew... well, I don't know what that is, but I'm pretty sure it's not dew from the mountains.

How GOOD is RISK!? Well, I've only played the LOTR one, and I just love it so much. I take a lot of risks and really get upset if I lose, cos I HATE losing. It sucks so bad. I've never actually lost the entire game, but I sure have lost my little mini-crusade things. It's so good! I think I might invest in it myself!

Yay for Iano posting in my blog. The shock did make me need to wizz, but I took care of it! Cheers... (Hey, we have some Kiwis coming to our church. They are fun! So is their accent!)

My weekend: It was pretty fun. I worked all Friday. That was awesome. It went really, suprisingly quickly.

Saturday morning I decided that our shower was gross, so after I had showered, I scrubbed it. It's gleaming. Then, I lost track of the time. Graduation practice was about to start and I had about 35 seconds to get ready. Lucky for me, I did it in time. I got to the place where it was on time and put on my gown. It was really annoying and not sitting right, but I dealt.

I had to wear high-heeled boots so my jeans that I bought didn't get dragged in the ground. I'm really short and no jean legs are the right length. I hate wearing high-heels as well, cos I am so klutzy. Anyways, I dealt with that as well and practiced in barefoot!

Mum and Dad rocked up in the middle of rehearsals. I got to hug them for 20 seconds before having to do more prancing around. The graduation started and we had worship and presentations and speeches and it was all really long but nice. I had heaps of fun.

Where the guy was taking photos as people got their certificates, I was right behind them, so I was smiling in everyone elses photos. It was so fun. Then we had our jokes. I'd accidently given my bag with my lollies to my mum, so I was bummed... we had to sit on the stage facing all the family and friends for the whole time.

So, I graduated and got my Certificate II in Youth Development. HORRAY! (Did you know that "hip-hip-horray" is something like... "Horray that Jerusalem has fallen". SO wrong!) I had heaps of fun with my parents later. Dad and I were practicing how he'd walk me down the aisle at my wedding. It was all strange and cos I'm short we weren't taking the same steps. I decided that he's going to piggy-back me down. :D

Dad and Mum dressed up in our robes and pretended that they were graduating and we danced around and had heaps of photos. It was all very rad and exciting. We went out for tea with a couple of other families to a Mongolian restaurant and it was more fun and games. We had speeches and charging of glasses and stuff. It was cool.

Then we were tired so we all went our ways home and went to sleep. Mum and Dad stayed over. We got up this morning and went to church. We had speakers and they were okay, but there wasn't much scriptual backup/authority. Tonight they were better though, lots of verses and authority from the Word. You just have to sift what you can from sermons.





The other day, Mark, a guy I used to go out with a year or 2 ago, came around and said that he felt we should give each other another chance and asked if I would pray about going out with him again. He's going to call in a second and I'm going to tell him no, cos it's just not right. I just don't see the point in going out with someone if you can't see a future ... marriage... in there. And I can't, so I'm not.

Ages ago, when I broke up with him, he yelled and swore and got real angry. It was really scarey. It took him a year to deal with it all. He really hurt me with what he said about how I didn't know how to listen to God and all this stuff - all of which is forgiven, but it leaves me kinda scared at the moment. I'm going to say no and I just don't want his anger and blame again.

Guys - whatever you do... don't spiritualise this kinda stuff. The way Mark told me about how he reckoned we should get back together was cos he'd been fleecing the Lord and asking for confirmation. All of which he recieved a positive answer too. It's kind of like spiritual manipulation upon me... Like, I should really just go out with him cos God said so to him. I don't think it's pure coincidence that I haven't got the same answer as he.

Don't get me wrong: seek the Lord and ask for confirmation. Just don't lay it on the person you're persuing. Know what you know in your heart. Pray. Just don't use your prophecies and confirmation to shape the other persons own prayers and conclusions. They have to make their decisions on their own: it's between them and God.

As if it's not a big enough choice to make besides trying to win them over with your encounters with God. It's huge enough. Don't lay more on them. Just TRUST that what goes on is what is right. Blessings, bon. :givebeer:

[snowboarderTim]

Wow... well I hope he takes it okay (and figures out it's not going to work).

I have risk, just normal risk though... is LotR Risk much different? Or just a different board/pieces?

Hmmm.... :givebeer: :lol:

Tim :D

[beanie]

Tim - you goose.

Well, Mark called and I said no. I was pretty scared that he'd get heaps angry, but he didn't. He was pretty bummed, but he'll deal. Obedience brings the blessing and liberty. He obeyed God in asking me and I obeyed in saying no.

Today, I went into town to return Kez, Luke's and my graduation gowns. Dad took pictures on his digi-cam, so when he emails them to me, I'll post em up. I might figure out how to get the scanner working also.

I went to visit my friend in hospital to find she'd gone home. So I sat in the waiting room reading for about an hour. I bought some plums and ate them on my way to meeting Ben and Jordy and a bunch of guys from their uni course. We walked around. I saw like, 3 people from my old school way back home. I went with the boys to their drawing tutorial. It was pretty boring but I drew pictures and had a bit of fun. I suck at drawing though. One guy from my class from school days was in the course! It was so cool to see him!

We went back to town after class and walked around. I checked out how much it would cost to get this piercing in a bit of cartlidge in your ear. Thirty bucks. I don't know. I really want a tattoo more than another hole in my ear. I ate KFC and some bikkies from Woolies. I got all the way home before I realised I had a beautiful Snickers bar in my pocket... It is all smooshed and melted. Good thing they taste good no mattter what!

Mum brought back some of my cd's I'd left home. Rich Mullins. Gosh. That guy is pure inspiration.


Screen Door on a Submarine:
It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine
Faith without works, baby, it just ain't happenin'
One is your left hand, one is your right
It'll take two strong arms to hold on tight
Some folks cut off their nose just to spite their face
I think you need some works to show for your alleged faith

Well there's a difference you know betweeen having faith and playing make believe
One will make you grow, the other one just make you sleep
Talk about it but I really think you oughtta
Take a leap off of the ship before you claim to walk on water
Faith without works is like a song you can't sing
It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine

[coldtoedpunker]

really? you want a tattoo?

[beanie]

really? you want a tattoo?
yeah, i really do. i have this sweet design that my friend drew ages ago and i really want it. really small and on my shoulder.

[FTS]

oooooooo! What tattoo?
I want a tattoo or two too =]
I know, Matt, you shave your head, bon will shave her head, I'll shave my head, then, tattoo's on the head!

[beanie]

oooooooo! What tattoo?
I want a tattoo or two too =]
I know, Matt, you shave your head, bon will shave her head, I'll shave my head, then, tattoo's on the head!


It's kinda a cross with a fish over it... It's heaps cool... well, I think it is. Mum will kill me, but she doesn't have to know. I'm not keen with the tat on the head eye-dear Gate Boy. :D

[beanie]

Here are some photos of the drama on our street we had the other day. This is the get-away car that the bank robbers (Bonnie and Clyde) used and also when the fire guys arrived.

[beanie]

This is Steve consoling KeZ.
The car all burnt out.

[beanie]

Here's the wee design I'd like for a tattoo.
I was talking to my friend Ryan and he mentioned how he wanted some Hebrew words in his tattoo. I like that idea... I think I might have Hebrew for... "Yeshua" or something...

This is Ben, Jordy, Belle and I at Sonfest with the air-brush tats we got.

[beanie]

Ben, Jordy and me digging trenches in the mud... trying to drain the puddle out from in front of our tents.

Me and Ben sitting on wee deck chairs in the mall, waiting for the dunnies to be cleaned so we could use them.

[beanie]

i had a picture of gilbert on here, but he looked kinda scarey. he's got naturally crossed eyes and it was just a shocking picture. it makes me laugh so much, but it's not real nice of me to show the world. so i substituted it.

this is me and my family in november when i was home for a wedding.
that's edwin, the army boy, with the glasses on the left.
camoflaged into the tree is gilbert, the bogan... what is with the hair man!?
continuing along the back, the tall guy is reuben. he's married to renee, the gal with the brown hair to the left of him.
that's my mum in the sunnies and white cardi and my dad to the right of her.
that's young ewan down the front... the only one left in the family who isn't towering over me... and that's me at the front on the left.

yay for us!

[snowboarderTim]

Yay! This is the first time I've seen your family! Cool.... they look different than I thought they would though... weird :) (not your family, just that I had such a different mentat pic in my head.... I must have thought they would look like you a bit ;))

I like the tatoo idea :) I like the hebrew text idea as well..... maybe I'll get one someday :yep: something somewhat simple, like the one you posted above.

Tim :D

[snowboarderTim]

oh, and your little bro (ewan?) is piping hot ;)

And if I didn't know better, I would think that Renee was your Mum's daughter... if you look at their faces right next to each other, they look like they could be related... and you're the one out of place ;) You punk you! :lol:

But I love you sis! :yep:
Tim :D

[beanie]

oh, and your little bro (ewan?) is piping hot ;)

And if I didn't know better, I would think that Renee was your Mum's daughter... if you look at their faces right next to each other, they look like they could be related... and you're the one out of place ;) You punk you! :lol:

But I love you sis! :yep:
Tim :D


Yeah. I have this picture of mum and Renee and they so look like they are mother and daughter. A lot of people assume that they are. I have pictures of me and mum and it's like... where are you from? I've always said I was adopted. :)

[snowboarderTim]

Yeah. I have this picture of mum and Renee and they so look like they are mother and daughter. A lot of people assume that they are. I have pictures of me and mum and it's like... where are you from? I've always said I was adopted. :)
lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed that :)

Tim

[beanie]

Woo! I got photos back from my graduation! They are so fun... Well, I think so!

1. The gown was so spastic... This is me having a hernia cos it wouldn't sit right. That's my dad, laughing at me.
2. Then, I pretended I could fly...
3. Me and Belle... she didn't do the couse, but she came to the ceremony! What a champ!
4. Me and Carly.
5. Me and Phil, the course coordinator.

[beanie]

1. me and mum
2. me and luke (a family friend who graduated from ministry)
3. reub and ren last year when they came home from israel... they hadn't cut their hair the whole 6 months they were away cos it was always too expensive.
4. ewan and me

[nards]

Awesome pics! :)

[beanie]

Kez just got here. No more photos for today. I'm going to pray at my church and then get some ministry on "Raising Kingdom Kids"... cos I'm like... gonna be raising kids soon!?

[snowboarderTim]

Cool, I like the photos :yep:

Your little bro is adorable (if I can say that) :lol:

Have a great day Bon! :D
Tim

[beanie]

Today... gosh. I slept in. I listened to another sermon tape on David. Yesterday I finally finished reading Jeremiah. Now I think I'll read Acts. I walked up the hill behind my suburb with my housemate Georgi and friend Tonks. It was so hard but with the view - it was so worth the effort! I got home and after my shower, my hair went into the biggest afro you ever saw. Well, not quite as funky as, say, Guy Sebastian's, cos it's not dark or curly. In actual fact, it just looked like I'd shoved my hand in the toaster. It was so great!

After lunch, I went back to sleep again. Then I got up and worked 4-9pm. It was pretty slow and boring! I came home and it was dark and scarey. I ate a salad sandwich and now I'm thinking about going to bed. Tomorrow, work is going to be insane cos it always is on Saturdays.

Don't you just hate pride. I didn't get in contact with a friend cos I felt like I was always the one to do the work in organising a time to catch up... even though I really really wanted to see her. Then, today, when I was sleeping, she messaged and wondered when I'd be free this weekend to catch up. I had all this morning free to catch up, but didn't make the effort and I'm so busy I'm not sure when we'll get a chance next. Blugh. Die, Pride, Die.

[snowboarderTim]

I got home and after my shower, my hair went into the biggest afro you ever saw. Well, not quite as funky as, say, Guy Sebastian's, cos it's not dark or curly. In actual fact, it just looked like I'd shoved my hand in the toaster. It was so great!

Awesome! I can "poof" my hair out now too :yep: I should get a pic of me with my hair in a fro' :lol:

Don't you just hate pride. I didn't get in contact with a friend cos I felt like I was always the one to do the work in organising a time to catch up... even though I really really wanted to see her. Then, today, when I was sleeping, she messaged and wondered when I'd be free this weekend to catch up. I had all this morning free to catch up, but didn't make the effort and I'm so busy I'm not sure when we'll get a chance next. Blugh. Die, Pride, Die.

Aw... that sucks :-/

So many of us breathin and thinkin that we know it all
Walkin like we're righteous
Forgettin mans fall caused
Pain from the womb and still men labor in vain
While their prides in the way death invented the tomb
But we can overcome these tragedies in humanity
By lookin at life through the lens of the Almighty
Who manifest and died in flesh for our destiny

[beanie]

Last night, I didn't go to bed till almost 2am. What a goose! I thought I'd have plenty of time to sleep. BUT NO! Woolworths was open all night in my dreams and I was serving the same customers with no faces all night long. I woke up almost every hour going ... "Can we just shut the store so I can sleep?" It was terrible....

So, after the worst nights sleep ever, I got up and went to work at 10am. Saturdays are so full on. But I survived. Now I'm chilling in my baggest jeans ever and my superman t (thanks Kez!)! Party tonight... woot!

Tomorrow for church I'm on set up. I think tomorrow I might even have my first time playing for worship... horrah!

Gosh I'm so wacked. I'm gonna stay away from the computer for a while. I'm becoming too familiar with it... :) Peace out guys!

[nards]

Tomorrow for church I'm on set up. I think tomorrow I might even have my first time playing for worship... horrah!


Coolness. Go hard man!
Have a good one :)

[snowboarderTim]

Wow, that's sounded like one wicked dream! Argh... when we were building our barn a few years ago, I had a reacurring dream that I'd be sitting up in the rafters (or anywhere else high) and start to fall asleep... then I would tip forward and wake up just as I was falling down.... and then I would sometimes go back to bed and it would happen again.

I love baggy jeans! I need to get another pair of carpenters type pants... I have like, 3 pairs of semi normal pants that my bro got me from the Gap... they're semi-distressed... but I wear them almost all the time (people must think I'm always wearing the same pants! Eep! I'm not...) Oh, and "another pair" because mine have grass/mud stains on the butt... from playing duck-duck-goose at a friends house a few months ago... haha, fun times :p

Too familiar eh? How is that :lol: I think that would describe me pretty well....

Tim

[beanie]

Too familiar as in... I spend too much time on it when I should be devoting time to other things, more important things.

Church today was SO SO GOOD.
Mate. I can't even begin.
We had speakers and in the morning, the husband spoke from the account of the wedding in Cana from John's Gospel. He spoke about wine in the church, the joy of the Lord and what it all means. Growing up in the church, the wedding story about the water to wine was just that - a story! I'd been wondering for yonks what it all means for the church... and now I know and I'm so excited.

I had a lovely afternoon with Ben & Sopie, Chris and Steve. We had a bbq and mucked around till 4pm when we went to music practice. I'm going to start playing in services soon... so that's also very exciting. :D

Tonight, the wife spoke about fruit... pommegranetes, olives, figs etc... symbolisms and meanings. She's spoke about the vine and the brances from John 15 and related it all back to what God is doing in our church specifically. We spent heaps of time after the service, waiting on the Spirit. Heaps of ministry, encouragement and prophecy stuff.

I just feel so ... free! Like, I've been free for ages, but today was just a bigger revelation of it... and now I'm just deeper free. I can't really explain it, but the joy of the Lord runs so deep and it's so unspeakable. Alls I can say is: WOO!

If you ever get a personal revelation or a word spoken over you... write it down as soon as you can and get it down as correctly as you can. If your church gets one, write it down. If someone else gets one and you have the opportunity to, write it down for them. Writing them down makes you remember easily and you can look at it at any time and pray into it/give praise for it! Also, you can be reminded of the promises, encouraged and uplifted. It's easy to forget stuff... Write it down so that you can receive the revelation again if it's needed. You never know when you stumble across old notebooks...


You are good
You are strong
You are King above the Heavens
You are my God
You are my King
And I live to worship You

[phats]

Go Bonnie go!

Good stuff girl, go hard! :d

You encourage me greatly.

[coldtoedpunker]

Really glad you had a great day bonnie!

I wish i had written down every really good time i'd ever had in my life. I'm really blessed and have had so many fantastic times... and I just plain old forget them. Writing stuff down is good. I always think I'll remember, but i never do. I've heard someone say that memory loss is one of satans favourite weapons... well I'm not sure, but it's something to think about.

Have a great week bonnie, things are looking so busy for me I'm afraid this week, so catching up might have to wait I'm terribly sorry, I"ll see what I can do though.

Love you, Godbless

heart so loving warm and tender,
weetbix and yoghurt mixed up in a blender

raaaaaar!!

[snowboarderTim]

haha, that made me laugh Matt! :)

Glad you're doing well Bon :yep: I'm getting tired again now... so I think I'm going to sleep :)

Later!
Tim :D

[beanie]

Today was ... not so fantastic. It's okay now. But before...
I woke up at 8ish to spend some time with Jesus. I'm trying to get more focussed and dedicated. I worked 10-4. I had a ripper headache all day. Kids were screaming. I swear, it's the weather.

I came home and had an afternoon nap! How good is getting home, changing into your daggyest clothes and snuggling down in bed!? Even better is sleeping in yer boxes and a t... And the best thing is sleeping on your stomach! It's such the best! I think I'd even forfeit being pregnant, just to sleep on my stomach!

When I got up, my hair was all munted but I care not. Someone had made a huge amount of this curry chicken stuff. I'm a wuss and can't handle hot stuff, so I had cereal. ANYTIME is cereal time for Bonnie!

Speaking of which, Matt... thankyou for that poem! You're a champ! Yes, my heart is loving, warm and tender! Yesterday, after the bbq, I made "dessert" for everyone. Another Bonnie special! Milk and bikky mush. Goodness... they thought it was weird, but didn't complain too much. I doubt they'd have it again of their own choice though...

Dude. I'm just so in love with good worship songs. I love the ones that talk about God and how great He is and how much He's done for us.





Something about the ocean
Makes me rise up and praise
Something about the heavens
Makes me stand in awe again
Something about the sunrise
Reminds me of Your faithfulness
Something about the ocean
And I'm lost in love again

[snowboarderTim]

Wow, sorry your day didn't go so well sis :( I hope tomorrow is better! :yep:

Tim

[beanie]

Well, I'm better. I'm dealing with stuff. Writing my name on my food in the fridge so that no one else eats it. Hiding my other food in my room. Yesterday, I caught up with Belle after work. We went walking up the hill and had a huge chat about everything. It'd been WEEKS since we'd caught up!

Last night I went lawn bowling with Ben and Ezra (guys from college)! It was so fun. Ben won a bottle of champagne for hitting the white ball first and swapped it for 8 cans of coke! I won a couple and cheated a lot. I get really bitter when I lose, I'm sure I've mentioned that before, so I made sure that I won at least once. One time, I didn't have to cheat. It was amazing. So much fun.

I also caught up with Mumzy-darling on the phone. That was really nice. She's really nice. I think I've mentioned that before as well. She was really encouraging and helpful. Lots of love right there. Can you feel it?

Today, I worked a thousand hours and watched Lion King another 5 times at least. I tried to get the grocery boys to change it to Pirates of the Carribean, but they couldn't cos it's M rated and not "young family" friendly. I caught up with Colin at work... He's doing well and then this afternoon, Kez came over and we hadn't caught up in way too long. Gosh it was so good. She is such good value that girl. She's sick again, so pray for her, okies?

Kiki is on Popstars! I think she's the same Kiki that did Jazz Voice Certificate at the Con with Belle last year!? Woah... that's pretty tops!

There are some MASSIVE mozzies in this room. I'm getting eaten alive!

Now I must write to my brother. Have a plesant evening. Don't let the bed bugs bite... My city is being invaded with them! Eep.

[FTS]

Hi!
I haven't been here in a while. Glad to hear you got to catch up with lots of people.
Well, ka kite!

[beanie]

I wonder if we'd take the risks we do if we knew how the rest would pan out.

On the front page of the paper yesterday was a story of a guy who got married last Saturday. On the Sunday, just hours before the couple were about to fly off on their honeymoon, he was riding his motor bike, crashed and died. A day after the wedding.

Last night, my friend Nathan died of cancer. He'd married one of my childhood friends. Last week he went into hospital, so it was all really sudden; the cancer really strong. He was 22. They had been married for 2 years. He was almost finished with bible college.

Would we do the same things... take the risks... fall in love... invest life into other people... if we knew what would happen?

Investing in other people is something that I adore. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life. When these kinds of things happen you ask: "Is it really worth it?"

I hope forever that I'll be able to say: "Yes."

[snowboarderTim]

Yes, if not here, then in eternity :D

Your investment will not be wasted, especially if it is in bringing someone who doesn't know Christ to know Him.

Hope you're doing good Bonnie :yep:

Tim :D

[beanie]

Today, my day off, after a massive weekend where you actually do need a week to recover, work called. They always do. I said yes. I needed the hours. They always call after massive weekends. They always call on day I plan to catch up with Matt. I always say yes. Then I remember. Then I feel so bad for letting Matt down... again. Then, Matt gets really angry at my bosses. I'm sorry, Matt. So sorry. :nope:

Globe was really awesome. A weekend of fantasic people, seminars, teaching, revelations and fun! So much fun! I went up with my mates Pinky (who's real name is Evan) and Coby (a gal I met at a camp last year). I wont go into it all now, but I'll let you know that I'm probably going to a missions bible college come January 05. :rolleyes:

These last two days, I reckon I've eaten non-stop. Yesterday for breakfast, instead of my usual 3 weet-bix, I had 6. I thought I might not need lunch after that, but come 1pm, I'm starving. I hoe into some more food. Eat at tea as well. This morning, I ate more cereal. Went to work. 3 hours later, in my break, I was starving again. Spent my last pennies on pikelets and cinnamon donuts... and some grapes to compensate. I came home for lunch - more cereal. More food in another break. Came home - tea... roast beef, veggies. I could still eat and it's almost midnight.

What the flop is going on?

[snowboarderTim]

Ha... I've had that happen before :) Glad to see you're having fun :) Man... all my aussie friends were on this morning, maybe I just need to get up early sometime to talk to you guys :yep: I feel like such a loser for going back to bed... and sleeping til 12 :eek: Eep! I only meant to sleep until 10ish :-/ and my parents were gone since 8 or so... Man, I got home I need to do... Later sis :)

Tim

[nards]

These last two days, I reckon I've eaten non-stop. Yesterday for breakfast, instead of my usual 3 weet-bix, I had 6. I thought I might not need lunch after that, but come 1pm, I'm starving. I hoe into some more food. Eat at tea as well. This morning, I ate more cereal. Went to work. 3 hours later, in my break, I was starving again. Spent my last pennies on pikelets and cinnamon donuts... and some grapes to compensate. I came home for lunch - more cereal. More food in another break. Came home - tea... roast beef, veggies. I could still eat and it's almost midnight.

What the flop is going on?

Maybe your bodys metabolism is going into overdrive, and so you eat more at meals and eat more regularly. Just a thought. Don't know what you could do about it though.
Have a good one :)

[beanie]

Nards, you just pull this wisdom out of ... somewhere and it's crazy! :D

I just got up from an afternoon nap. I'm so elderly! How good are fuzzy jumpers and tracky dacks! I'm a dag!

Today, I worked: 7:30-2. It was pretty good. Tomorrow I'm working again 7:30-12:30. I got my roster for next week... 3 days, 19 hours... Then I'M GOING HOME! I'm so excited...

Kiah arrives from Perth on Tuesday arvo. Christop arrives from Victoria on Wednesday night and so begins our adventure! Woot!

We drive up to Riverton to stay for Wednesday night after getting Christop from the train station. That's about 2 hours from the city. On Thursday we drive the rest of the way... I dunno if we'll make it home home, but at least to camp. Should be pretty awesome... oh! It's the best campsite ever. Big brick building with really nice bathrooms just beside a beach with sand and dunes on one side and rocks on the other! It's seriously, my favourite place in the world. :)

I'm a camp leader. I missed the training days cos I was at Globe, but they said it was okay. I'm leading with my sister-in-law's cousin, Jordy. I don't know him heaps, but he's certainly a fun guy. He wrote me an email saying how excited he is about leading and it just made me more excited. I've been stacking up lollies for weeks. I have so many and I'm looking forward to buying some more. Our small group is gonna LOVE us! :yep:

Gosh. My house mate, Arien, just made me a hot chocolate. I didn't even ask for it and he even delivered it right to the computer. Sometimes, that boy just suprised the heck out of me! :drink:

[nards]

Nards, you just pull this wisdom out of ... somewhere and it's crazy! :D
Yeah, shows there is something upstairs, I just tend to remember random stuff rather than stuff learnt in class.

I just got up from an afternoon nap. I'm so elderly! How good are fuzzy jumpers and tracky dacks! I'm a dag!
I went to bed at about 8.30pm last night 'cause I was so tired, I considered having a nana nap this afternoon but had to get some work done, so I didn't

Today, I worked: 7:30-2. It was pretty good. Tomorrow I'm working again 7:30-12:30. I got my roster for next week... 3 days, 19 hours... Then I'M GOING HOME! I'm so excited...

Kiah arrives from Perth on Tuesday arvo. Christop arrives from Victoria on Wednesday night and so begins our adventure! Woot!

We drive up to Riverton to stay for Wednesday night after getting Christop from the train station. That's about 2 hours from the city. On Thursday we drive the rest of the way... I dunno if we'll make it home home, but at least to camp. Should be pretty awesome... oh! It's the best campsite ever. Big brick building with really nice bathrooms just beside a beach with sand and dunes on one side and rocks on the other! It's seriously, my favourite place in the world. :)

I'm a camp leader. I missed the training days cos I was at Globe, but they said it was okay. I'm leading with my sister-in-law's cousin, Jordy. I don't know him heaps, but he's certainly a fun guy. He wrote me an email saying how excited he is about leading and it just made me more excited. I've been stacking up lollies for weeks. I have so many and I'm looking forward to buying some more. Our small group is gonna LOVE us! :yep:

Gosh. My house mate, Arien, just made me a hot chocolate. I didn't even ask for it and he even delivered it right to the computer. Sometimes, that boy just suprised the heck out of me! :drink:

Man, that sounds awesome! Only a week and a half 'til ten days holiday :)

[beanie]

You're calling me to lay aside the worries of my day
To quiet down my busy mind find a hiding place

Worthy worthy

Open up my heart & let my spirit worship Yours
I open up my mouth & let a song of praise come forth
Worthy You are worthy

Of a childlike faith & of my honest praise & of my unashamed love
Of a holy life & of my sacrifice & of my unashamed love
Worthy You are worthy
Worthy You are worthy
You are worthy
You are worthy

[beanie]

well, i laughed (http://inlovewithgod.com/pickup.php) :duh:

[Souldog18CA]

And then Jono makes a cameo appearance in Bonnie's blog....


Haha, that sounded mighty narcissistic ey? Ho ho! Thanks for the letter and the books Bono, it was awesome! I read it and laughed! Granted I did not retain anything that you haven't told me yet...but I learned what "zonkers" means!

And I'm off!

[randomchamp]

Hey Beanie,
im returning the post. may this message make you day.
YOU ROCK CHAMP.

[nards]

well, i laughed (http://inlovewithgod.com/pickup.php) :duh:

:lol: some of those are funny.
Anyway, beanie, how's life? What you been doing lately?
Have a good one :)
Nards

[LoOpY_cHoOk]

well, i laughed (http://inlovewithgod.com/pickup.php) :duh:
hehehe they are funny... I think I've even heard people try some of them out... hehehe...

KEz :0)

[nards]

hehehe they are funny... I think I've even heard people try some of them out... hehehe...

KEz :0)

Now that would be weird. If someone came up to me and said any of those lines, if I didn't know them very well, i'd probably slap them. If I knew the person well, then it would depend on the person as to wether I slap them or walk away or take notice.

[snowboarderTim]

Hmmm.... I don't think I'll be trying any of those on Nards than :-/

Even if that halo does match your eyes perfectly ;)

lol, j/k... don't slap me :)

Tim

[nards]

Hmmm.... I don't think I'll be trying any of those on Nards than :-/

Even if that halo does match your eyes perfectly ;)

lol, j/k... don't slap me :)

Tim

:D it's alright, I wont slap you Tim.
I just prefer guys to be original, general pickup lines annoy me.

[beanie]

Today, I spent 6 hours at work across from Ruske... the scan man who talks crap THE WHOLE DAY. I kid you not. Come to think of it, it wasn't my whole shift. I was in peace for an hour before he arrived. I'm so glad I finished at 4. I would have shot him if I had to stay. Arg!!!!!!! He's really noisy, obnoxious and talks about getting drunk and picking up chicks. THEN, when parents and older people from the church he is kinda involved in come through... he is all good.. but when it's the youth, he's off his tree again. Oh, and his car! Ruske would you JUST SHUTTUP! Grrr...... :shifty: :brick: :brick:


Anyways, apart from working, I haven't done much all day. Ben, Belle and Jordy are coming around tonight to pray for Ken, the kid we sponsor and .. we'll probably do other stuff. We're pretty spontaneous. I'm going to clean my room and listen to some good music!

Last night I went, for the first time in ages, to prayer meeting at church. It was so good. Practically the whole church was there! Afterwards I went to our first life group, at Ben and Sophies. It was stacks of fun to pray and share and eat. I'm still getting to know people in the church and it's cool to have a core group to grow with specifically.

I'm thinking I might go to Sydney in October for "The Call"... mass day of intercession and prayer, worship and fasting for Australia/the world. We have a mini one here in May for 3 hours, but it would be cool to go to Sydney. It's a long way to go for 12 hours though... I'd just have to pay for the plane... it's not like I'm gonna be sleeping or eating! :D

I was checking out this bible college I'm thinking about going to next year. It's all really exciting! Worldview - click here! (http://www.worldview.edu.au) I'm still not heaps certian I'll go there, but it's looking pretty hopeful!

One week till HOME and EASTER CAMP! WOO!!!!!!

[nards]

Hey beanie
That prayer event sounds awesome! If I was in Australia, I'd probably go.
Work sounds interesting, I can't stand people that just needlessly talk all day, it's ok if it's decent stuff but if it's rubbish, I get really irritated, so I'm glad I don't work where you work.
Easter is so close! It's awesome! Be great to catch up with family and stuff.
Have a good one and hope you enjoy easter :)

[Souldog18CA]

Hey beanie
That prayer event sounds awesome! If I was in Australia, I'd probably go.
Work sounds interesting, I can't stand people that just needlessly talk all day, it's ok if it's decent stuff but if it's rubbish, I get really irritated, so I'm glad I don't work where you work.
Easter is so close! It's awesome! Be great to catch up with family and stuff.
Have a good one and hope you enjoy easter :)

Hey Bono, I've gotta yak at you in regards to an epiphone (sp?) I had while on the Internet last night. Its pretty important, so give me a ring. Wait, or I'll call you....does that sound ok? Sat. Eve? Or Fri. Night...hmm...

[beanie]

Hey Bono, I've gotta yak at you in regards to an epiphone (sp?) I had while on the Internet last night. Its pretty important, so give me a ring. Wait, or I'll call you....does that sound ok? Sat. Eve? Or Fri. Night...hmm...


Epiphone ey? Coolbeenz... :D You can call me cos I'm too poor right now - unless it's desperate! Today is friday, so you can call me before 4 or after 9. Or on Saturday before 5:30am, between 11-1:30, after 5:30. Sunday I don't have church in the morning, so that would be good also. Thanks brother... :D

[beanie]

Today, me and my housemate went to the mall. I got me some red tracky-dacks cos red goes faster. I also got a funky orange bead bracelet and some plastic bands with spikes coming out of them. They are all colourful and ... spikey! I'm the opposite of a dero, dark punk. What is that?

Today, the mum of the house, Margo, called me from their other house down the coast. The other week, she had a go at me when she found out I'd invited Kiah and Christop to stay here. I didn't know where they were going to stay when they arrived. I rang up the caravan park and it was a bit expensive. I didn't book... hoping that something cheaper would come up.

Margo called to apologise for the whole situation, wanting to start again. She said that she'd love to have the guys stay here, wanting her house to be a home of fellowship, wanting to be hospitable. Such a relief! Praish da Lord!

Right now, I have an hour before I have to get ready for work. I'm doing some studies in leadership and best get back to it... the fate of the small group rests on me... :-/

[Christop]

Yeah, its kind of SO GOOD.

Ummm, is anyone else a bit bothered by some of the ad banners? I'm not sure swimsuit (or lack thereof) screensavers are all that 'Christian' ... and thats what's being advertised at the top of this page... Has anyone else seen this banner and been bothered by it?

[beanie]

... the most awesome things happened!

Not only was I at the completly opposite end of the checkout lines to Ruske, the guy who talks forever (though I could still hear him...), but other stuff too!

First of all, I was just happily scanning groceries when these two women started talking to me. They asked me how long I had in my shift and I told them I really actually liked working. They asked me if I was studying and I told them how I'd finished and God told me last week that I was going to start again next year. They asked me where and I said through WEC @ Worldview. Turned out, the 2nd lady used to live near the college and knew quit a bit about it, plus knew people now in full time ministry now cos of it! She was singing its praises and I was so excited I nearly wet myself.

Second of all, at about 8pm, the store was dead as and there was absotively nothing for us checkout people to do, so my supervisor asked if I wanted to help out the night-fill guys, putting stock away in the shelves. YOU LITTLE RIPPER! I always wanted to be a grocery boy! So, I was! It was really fun. I met a girl called Alice who let me follow her round and learn stuff. We talked about work and study and life and stuff... Nothing heaps substantial, but she was fun as! I think I'd like to alternate between the grocery, checkout and fruit & veg departments!

Now, I'm home. I have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow... eep. But for now, I'm going to watch Beauty and the Beast... I've never seen it! Oooh... I just spilt mustard gravy all down my jumper... Bon's a feral bush pig! :duh:

[snowboarderTim]

Hey Christop, you can just PM Mickey and he'll take care of it (but make sure you write down the URL for him to ban it!).

Sorry I don't have time to read your journal today Bon :nope: :cry: but I have to go in about 45 minutes :)

Have a great weekend! Be back arvo of your Monday!

Tim :D

[beanie]

Today, I got up at 5:20... that's 5 hours sleep... :whoa: (Beauty and the Beast is now my all time favourite movie, by the way.)

I got picked up at 5:40 and started D2 at 6am... Beep testing. It's where you run 20 metres before the next beep. The beeps gradually get faster and faster. I got level 6.3... Not too bad, considering I was really not too pumped about it for some reason?! It's a good thing I got under 7, cos if you got over 7, you HAVE to run 2 other times during the week for half an hour... and you get held accountable! Don't get me wrong, I love running, but I'm rather spontaneous about it... like, every 3-4 weeks or so!

The teaching was soooooooooo good! I can't get enough of it. First we had a guy talking about the cost of being a disciple. In the second session, we had another guy talk about creation and evolution and it was just ... oh! Yep. Good stuff.

I am pretty tired, but too pumped to settle down. I could do with an afternoon nap... even though it's still morning... but I just don't know. I might go and try it! I have to go to work, so I'm not sure if I should sleep... would that make me sleepier for work, or more energised? You never know... If I sleep now, will I sleep good tonight, or not? You never know...

[beanie]

Did you know that Evolution is a religion? Before yesterday, I didn't.

Evolutionists believe that man evolved from ape. There is proof of apes and there is proof of man, but there is no proof of ape-men (apes that are not quite fully evolved into a man yet). Seeing as there is no proof, all those pictures are totally from the imagination... They can't been seen, so that means that they believe in ape-men through faith and therefore, evolution is a religion... even though they explain it out as science.

I'm reading a hardcore book on christian discipline called "Running the Race". I think a lot of Christians don't understand the need and call to live a holy life and what that entitles. It's a bummer that teaching like this is not a high priority teaching in the church. How many people still go to church and hear the sermons and "live good", but still fill so unfulfilled?

[beanie]

Woah! This thread is fairly cranking, that is for sure! :D

Kiah arrived today! We're having fun! Watching 'Anne of Green Gables' right now! Woo! She left her pillow on the plane, the silly goose. :)

Tomorrow, I'm going home. This is gonna be my last post for almost a week. I hope you survive without me. Have an awesome easter and I'll tell you about my adventures when I get back! Live it up!

Bon... signing out.

[beanie]

woo! 900 posts! high five for bonnie!

[nards]

woo! 900 posts! high five for bonnie!

Hey bonnie.
Congrats
Sorry I haven't been in here for a while, been quite busy with study.
How's everything in Australia?
Have a good one :)

[snowboarderTim]

Hey Bonnie,
Hope you're having a good time with Chris, your bros and friends!

Tim :D

[beanie]

Yo! So much fun! So freaking tired! I'll write soon... ish. :D

[snowboarderTim]

lol, good to see you back! :yep: Me and Keren were just talking about you last night... thought you would be back soon :) I can't wait to hear about your trip!

*waits for Bon to tell about trip*

Tim

[beanie]

In our teams, we had to do this thing where we swim with this massive inner-tube around a bouy set out in the bay a bit. Me and Jordy's team (the GREEN team), being incredibly efficient, finished pretty early and had some time before we had to move onto the next station. What shall we do with this spare time?

Oh, I've got a great idea. Let's put Bon inside the tube and roll her down the hill into the water. That'd be awesome.

So, off we go. She's inside this tube and rolling... getting faster and faster... and she's thinking... "What the heck am I doing?" ... Her neck cracks and ankle jars and then SPLAT... on the hard, wet sand before the nice, inviting water.

I get this graze and I'm sore all over but any bruises!? NO!!!!!!!

[nards]

Hey beanie,
That sounds like it would've been fun, even though it would hurt.
Have a good one :)

[snowboarderTim]

Wow... you don't bruise eh? Don't marry a wife beater, no one will ever know! :eek: lol... okay, that was a dumb joke :-/ Sounds like you had a good time though :yep: Hope you're having fun hanging with Christop and all those other cool peoples! :D

Don't watch Beauty and the Beast too much ;)

Tim :)

[coldtoedpunker]

bonnie fritter :D welcome back

I don't care how much it might hurt, I would love to roll down a hill in a tube, I'd love that so much.

You lucky lucky girl.

[beanie]

bonnie fritter :D welcome back

I don't care how much it might hurt, I would love to roll down a hill in a tube, I'd love that so much.

You lucky lucky girl.

It WAS really really fun.... and I'm so tough - it was just a graze!

[beanie]

Wednesday- Worked all day and it was really busy. Got home from work and mum was at my house! I wasn't expecting her, so that was really nice. We packed gear and went to the bus station and picked up Christop. We ate Hungry Jacks on the way to Grandad's. Mum hadn't had it before and she really liked it! (HJ's is so my favourite.) Grandad's house was all empty and weird (he died and we're renting it out now, mum cleaned it all up for the renters). We slept on the carpet and got up early the next day.

Thursday- Drove all day to get home. Kiah drove some. Christop drove some. Mum drove most. We had enough time to drive home to the farm before going to camp, so that was awesome! I got to see Jimmy and Reub (Reub was about to go on a weekend of wine tasting with other couples from church). It was so good. There's just something about being home...

We drove to camp after tea and go stuck into it. Bagsing beds and playing get to know you games - which really weren't so bad, I thought. I missed out on the first, memorable beach walk cos I had to be at a leaders meeting.

130 kids... 30 leaders. I was leading with a guy called Jordy, my sister-in-laws-cousin, for the GREEN team. (WOO!) It was such a great team to share and grow with! Unbelievable! The camp co-ordinators were so great! I think I got to bed that night at about 12.

Friday- Got up heaps early and ran the beach! It was so good! My favourite thing ever! First day of teaching. Our speaker was Leigh Cunningham and he spoke about direction in life and what you hold to, what God thinks and what the world thinks and where you stand in all that. It was real good, basic discipleship stuff.

My group took it's time to warm up. A long time. It was really difficult actually. We had a lot of lollies and a few laughs... it wasn't too bad, but not as easy as I was expecting.

In the afternoon, we spent heaps of time doing crazy activities... ALL AFTERNOON! It took forever. (This is when we did that thing and rolled me down the hill.) We walked miles and miles around cliffs and beach and collected all these clues... Only to come back and find that they weren't for any purpose, but we hope you had fun. It was very weird, but we did have fun.

We had tea and fun and watched "You Are Special" by Max Locado. Beach walk - wooo! It's so long and such a good time to talk to people... even if you can't see their face and you've never met them before. I don't even remember who I talked too. That was another 12ish bedtime.

Saturday- More teaching. Small group was also getting better. I can't remember what else went on that day... Oh, we have worship heaps every day. It was soooooo good! Jumping around and going spastic. So free. In heaven you'll find me in the worship room, okay? Or the food room.

That night we had our theme night where leaders wait on our teams for dinner and everyone dresses up as cartoon characters. It was really fun even though I didn't dress up! I burnt my hand heaps bad with the chicken juice I managed to tipp on myself. I spent the rest of the night with my hand in a jug of ice.

We did this exercise just before bedtime where Leigh talked about nailing stuff to the cross. We all wrote convictions and stuff on paper and got handed a nail. One by one, we made our way out to the cross by the beach and hammered our baggage there. I just had massive revelations about how I'd been running on my own strength and team leading out of wrong motives and getting really, really tired. Gil, my little bro - even though he's massiver than me - came to stand next to me and I was just overcome. He spent ages hugging me and I got so much snot all over his jumper. I hammered my thing to the cross - it took me ages cos I couldn't see properly. So much tears, so much snot... so much release.

Sunday- 5:30 am: wake up in silence and sit outside by the cross and beach, watching the sunrise. Once it was up a bit, we had communion (rip and dip – yummo!). It was really good. It was like dying the night before and trying to accept all God had done for me and how human I am. Then, that morning, rejoicing in his grace, the fact that I am human and my unquenchable need to need him.

I shared at leaders meeting about how I'd been struggling to lead on my own, for my own purpose and how I'm dealing with it and stuff and Jordy said he'd been doing the same thing - and we hadn't even talked about it! Silly us.

Okay, now, this is definitely Sunday cos later that afternoon, we spent heaps of time writing certificates to each of the kids in our small group and then we finished that and talked for hours... till tea time. It was so good how God used both of us and confirmed heaps of stuff between each other.

Sunday night services are open to people who don’t come on camp. I reckon there was at least 100 extra people for tea and for the service. It was another blessing to be there. I prayed with some kids and followed up with some stuff. It’s just such an honour to be involved with stuff like this.

Monday- Another full on day and the last one of camp. Our final small group time… We were just getting comfy with sharing and stuff – the camp needed to go for another week so they could feed off each other! We spent time praying for each person and Jordy and I gave them encouragement certificates. It was really nice.

For being a leader, I got a glass with an engraved cross and “Thuruna 04” on it, filled with chocolates! So good!

I went and visited Granny and Papa on the way home to the farm that night. It was way too quick and I was really too tired to be coherent. Still, it was nice to see them.

That night, at the farm, we had 8 people in my family there for tea/dinner, plus… 7 campers… 13 people in our wee house! It was such fun and joy! Lots of stories and laughs. That’s the thing I love most about my house… full of people and full of fun! Later, heaps of them went out shooting while Ren and I watched ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’… It was really good. It would have been gooder if I wasn’t so freaking tired. I ended up going to bed at about 1:30…

Tuesday- and got up at 7 to leave the farm by half past to be in town by 8 to be on the bus by half past. 10 hours bus drive home… Very exciting!


Since then, we’ve done a lot of shopping… I brought a cool cd rack, but left it in the sports store when I was really distracted about getting new shoes. They couldn’t find it! I put another pair of shoes on lay-by and brought a fat black belt to hold my daks up. We went and saw ‘50 First Dates’. It was good, but not as funny as I expected. This morning, we got up early and took Christop to the bus station and off he went home. We had breakfast in the city and came back home and back to bed!

Easter is taking me a long time for me to get over this year… I don’t know if it’s cos I’m sleeping bad or good or working heaps or just plain busy, but it seems I’m tired a lot and in love with sleep.


Tomorrow- I’ve got my d2 course, starting at 6am. I’ve got 4 hours of work in the afternoon (crazy Saturdays). The Crows play the Saints at AAMI stadium at 7pm, so Kiah and I are trekking into see that. Should be fun…

I’ve got a full day Sunday as well, followed by work on Monday. Goodness me. I’m off to bed!

Love you to bits. :angel:

[Christop]

Bummer about that CD rack!

[beanie]

Verse 1

Blessed be Your name
In a land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name

Pre-Chorus
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say

Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Verse 2
Blessed be Your name
When the suns shining down on me
When the worlds 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in offering
Blessed be Your name

Bridge
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will chose to stay
Blessed be Your name

[beanie]

Tonight, I'm really annoyed. I think it started last night when I came home from the footy, my throat raw from cheering... my team had lost. I'm such a sore loser! And sadly, how bad does it sound!, it seems to have carried over till today. Goodness. I'm going to have to deal with this. I'll be back.

[beanie]

Today, I'm better. I woke up early and the first thing that came out of my mouth was the song I posted before. It was sooooo good. I've been bopping to it all day at my checkout!

This afternoon, Kiah and I went running. I LOVE running sooooo much!

Tomorrow, I'm working for a bit and then I PLAN to spend the afternoon writing letters in follow up to camp.

Kiah's still deciding on weather to live here or go back to Perth. I hope she stays. I think she needs to say.

I'm not annoyed anymore. I can't believe how annoyed I was. I was thinking about how last week, when I was home, everyone went out shooting but I couldn't go cos there was already heaps of people and I really aren't up to it unless I'm really angry. If only I was home yesterday, then I would have knocked a roo or three off.

However, I dealt with it in a less destructive way - sleep. God's mercies are new every morning... Every morning when you wake up, it's ALWAYS better than the previous morning.

A guy back home, a friend of my sister-in-laws sister, who I'm pretty good friends with, committed suicide. Lee was a member of a really well known and respected family in the area. He was 19. I wonder if his family will wake up tomorrow feeling better than they did this morning.

[coldtoedpunker]

love you bonnie :D

hope you're sleeping heaps great right now

I'm not sure when we can get together yet, but gee whiz I'll sort something out.

raaahaaar

goodnight

[beanie]

Kiah and I just watched "My Girl".... I remember watching it over and over when I was about 7! It was my favourite. (We've hired heaps of old memory-type movies.) Now we're both in tears.

Kiah's are worse cos she makes sobbing noises. I'm mainly the silent crying type. The tears just roll down. (Except for when I saw "The Passion"). Kiah's sniffing and huccupping. It makes me cry more.






Weird.

[beanie]

ROMANS 8:39: I CAN NOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer...AND
Lazarus was dead!

No more excuses now. God can use you to your full potential.

Besides.. you aren't the message, you are just the messenger.

God's waiting to use your full potential.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Isn’t it incredible how God just confirms stuff?

I’ve been studying Acts in my quiet times and heaps lately, I’ve heard preaching and stuff from Acts.

The verse… “In the last days, I will pour out my spirit on all people” (found in Joel and Acts), has been coming up over and over again in my life the last couple of days.

I posted that song “Blessed be the Name of the Lord” a couple of posts back. It’s such a challenge to say “blessed be the name of Lord” in all circumstances. Since last week, when I first heard it, it’s been my life’s new theme song and boy… God just puts it right to the test.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

[snowboarderTim]

Ha, that's sweet sis! I'm going to have a lot of catching up to do when school is over in about a week here... :)

Tim

[nards]

Hey beanie
That's an awesome thing you posted!
Have an awesome day. :)

[beanie]

I had a okay morning at work. One woman came through my checkout and asked me if I studied at Tabor. I told her that I was there last year and she said, "I thought I recognised you from the magazine." Oh yes. That's right guys. I am THE face of Tabor.

After work I got home and Coby, Carly and Shaun were over. It was so fun! They were noisy and singing and laughing and it was a crazy house. I like it when my house is crazy like that. If I ever have a house, it's gonna be crazy. We had english muffins for lunch. [Coby & Shaun are doing YITS at Tabor this year, Carly did it with me last year.]

(I'm watching Skithouse right now and I'm about to wet myself it's so funny!)

We recorded some music. I'll attach it. It's really funny... could have been a kodak moment though. It really doesn't make any sense at all! It's mainly Shaun and Arien doing vocals and Shaun playing the guitar really bad. Carly used a massive toliet roll for the digireedoo type thing... Me and Cobes are laughing in the background!

I went to Tabor and had another meeting. (I did it yesterday as well.) Then I went to a lecture that was really boring. I ended up distracting too many people, so I left and when and met MATT in the city cos he was just finishing uni. He took me to Cold Rock Icecreamery ... I'd never been there before... or heard of it... and boy, was it an adventure. So much icecream and yummy stuff to put in the icecream. It was so good!

Then, I came home. I cleaned my room a bit. It gets messy real quick with Kiah in my room as well and us just chucking stuff around. We've had this red lolly snake leftover from Easter Camp and we ditch at each other. It's getting really hard, so it cains!

Anyways, I'm off like a crushed up cherry ripe in a Cold Rock icecream mixy up thing that is really yummy. Have a nice life, you guys! :D

[FTS]

Celebrity!!!!!
Nice!

Oh and I've yet to watch Skithouse, but it looks hilarious.
Cya bon

[nards]

Hey bon
Sounds like you had an awesome day/night. Sorry, I cant listen to the mp3 file, not allowed on the college computers, but I'll see if I can get round to my parents house sometime soon and listen to it (depends if I can get my car going).

[beanie]

Yeah, it sucks when cars don't work. Get Reub onto it. He's a mechanic.

I've been thinking heaps lately about my family. I mean, we are great! I think we all get along heaps better now that we're not all at home. Gilb, my 16 year old brother, moved out on Monday. He lives in a freaking mansion these days, complete with spa, pool and pool room, with two batchelors! He started at a new school where he can study agriculture. I was talking to my dad on MSN last night (what the?) and he said that Gilb and Jimmy (aged 11) started getting along really well, once they consented to Gilb moving away!

I called mum tonight to ask her how to make soup (how good is winter and having soup!? sooooo good!). She mentioned to me that the new k-mart back at home is employing people right now... "not that I really want you to come home, cos I like only have 3 people left at home, but I just thought I'd let you know."

Rest assured Mum, I'm not moving home.

I worked today. It was fun. I ran into this old guy while I was selecting some bananas to buy. He's been through my checkout a number of times. He decided tonight was prime time to tell me about his family, World War 2 and getting shot 6 times and showing me some pretty impressive scars! He asked me if I had a family and I was like, "Dude, I'm 18." And he was like, "What the?" He said I reminded him of his wife, God rest her soul. He told me that if euthenasia was legal in our state, he'd take it no worries. I don't think I ever could.

I just made some banana cakes. Mark is 21 today and he's working. I made him one to take to him after work. Soup is brewing as well. Yum. I really like cooking, but I really have to be in the mood. And, if it turns out crap, I don't feel like doing it for ages, cos I'm so dejected. Lately, my cooking has been great. I've been recieving marriage proposals left, right and centre. :-/

Last night, I met some friends that go to Georgi's (my housemate) bible study. We joined them in playing a game of Taboo. I've never played that game before and it was so fun! And my team (me, Ryan & Andrea - who is from Germany) won, so that's always a bonus. :D I really like that game.

Hmm. High five for Jesus.

[FTS]

I knwo what you mean about cooking. I love cooking when I feel like cooking.

[coldtoedpunker]

I knwo what you mean about cooking. I love cooking when I feel like cooking.
yeah im the same. on most days preparing my cereal is enough for me, but when I feel like it, yeah, it's great :D

[nards]

I knwo what you mean about cooking. I love cooking when I feel like cooking.
Ditto. Cooking is great some days. I miss being able to cook being at college, there's no facilities so I'm limited in what I can do :(
Anyway, have a great day :)

[beanie]

You can be who you choose to be
But whether you do, or whether you don't
Depends on your priority
Lord help me to choose wisely

I'm looking for the peace to find some sleep tonight
'Cause I'm
Not very proud of the way I have lived today
But if I choose to
Follow Him along the way
Then maybe I won't look back
Feel like time is gonna pass me by
Then maybe I won't look back

On those days I could of said something
In those times when help was needed I was busy
I was within the words to see the moment is good
In some way I could have been something
I thought I was done with a simple smile, but I was selfish
But if I change my heart today, tomorrow it may be okay
And maybe I won't look back



- Maybe I Wont Look Back, Stacie Orrico

[randomchamp]

BEANIE!!!!!!!!!
hows it going? i havent posted here in a while. BAD PETER.
(I've really got to stop referring to myself in third person - BAD PETER AGAIN)

peter signing out

[beanie]

Today, I went to church. It was so good. I had the best sleep last night, having about 1000 blankets on, I was sooooooo snuggly and comfy! It was great! So, I got up and trundled down a couple of streets to a wee Church of Christ. It reminded me so much of home. Good old hymns and chorus to get you roused, traditional sitting and standing and a sweet little sermon. Afterwards, they had a shared lunch and there was old grannies sitting around making sure that they all got equal amounts of sausage roll and little kids, one even had those light up flashing shoes. I wish they made them in my size...

This church has the shared lunch after the service on the first sunday of the month. My church doesn't have an AM service on the first sunday of the month. So, I can just go to this church! How great is that?

I came home and cleaned my room. Kiah moved out last night, so that meant that I can see some carpet again - and realise just how ugly it is! It's weird not having someone in your room after you get used to having her there. All my housemates were really sad that she left - I wonder if they'll be that sad when I leave? Not that I really mind. Anyways, it's a bit bare without her.

I had an afternoon nap under that pile of blankets. That was nice. I got up and hang out more washing before catching the train to church. We didn't really have a sermon, just a time of waiting on the Lord and doing some ministry as the Spirit led. A fantastic end and beginning to the week. I was talking to my friend, Chris, at church and he said: "Sunday's are like Jesus days - the beginning and the end." I thought that was cool. I'm feeling really refreshed. Ready to rock. :P Whatever that mean!

Now, that pile of blankets is beckoning me to crawl underneath them... Toodleloo.

[nards]

This church has the shared lunch after the service on the first sunday of the month. My church doesn't have an AM service on the first sunday of the month. So, I can just go to this church! How great is that?


Why doesn't your church have morning services on the frist sunday of the month? That's a bit weird isn't it?
Anyways, have an awesome day, glad to hear you had a good day at church and stuff :)

[beanie]

Why doesn't your church have morning services on the frist sunday of the month? That's a bit weird isn't it?
Anyways, have an awesome day, glad to hear you had a good day at church and stuff :)

So WHAT if we're weird!? :whoa:

Nah, it's cos our church doesn't, as yet, have it's 'own' building. We hire out this hall and on the first sunday of the month, the community has a craft fair thing, so, thus, no AM service then.

I just got home from work and while at work, when there was no customers, I made a list of all the things I have to do! When I came home, I noticed more things to do! Better skedoodle into it! :cowboy:

[nards]

So WHAT if we're weird!? :whoa:

Nah, it's cos our church doesn't, as yet, have it's 'own' building. We hire out this hall and on the first sunday of the month, the community has a craft fair thing, so, thus, no AM service then.

I just got home from work and while at work, when there was no customers, I made a list of all the things I have to do! When I came home, I noticed more things to do! Better skedoodle into it! :cowboy:

Ok. I like weird, but it's just I've never heard of that before. I understand, it's hard when a church doesn't have it's own building.
I hate it when I make a list of stuff to do and think I can get it all done quickly, then keep finding other stuff to do, and the list gets so long that it looks impossible to get it finished.

[coldtoedpunker]

to do lists never work in my favor...

[snowboarderTim]

ha.... great stuff Bon :yep: I love crawling under 2 comforters in the winter and snuggling, very nice and warm :)

Tim

[LoOpY_cHoOk]

to do lists never work in my favor...

That's funny coz just this morning, I was thinking about how I need to organise a to do list... and I was thinking about how I'd need a note book, and every night I'd sit down and work out what I needed to do the next day. Don't mind me... I know I'm a little wierd...! :spin:

Well, I'm off to uni for the day... well... soon... ish...

Have a good one!!

KEz :0) :drink:

[beanie]

1. our easter camp small group picnic in a cave before the tide caused us to evacuate
2. me and matt ... and our bums. :D

[nards]

Cool pics, why don't you put one of them in your sig or something?

Have a good one :)

[snowboarderTim]

lol, Keren... you're weird, just like everyone else ;)

Nice pics Bon, you're also weird (I'm just full of compliments today! I'm feeling very generous... ;))

Signed,
Tim - who is weird as well :D

[coldtoedpunker]

I guess I'll be the only normal one in here then.

hmmm

Thanks so much for that letter bon :D

[beanie]

I guess I'll be the only normal one in here then.

hmmm

Thanks so much for that letter bon :D

What letter? :-/

[beanie]

I had a good day yesterday, but by the time I walked out of work, I was fearing for my future. I'd given people too much change, so my cash drawer was down... It was okay the first time, but TWO TIMES IN ONE DAY!? What the!? (*Bon = off with the fairies... lalala...*) What would I do if I lost my job? It was only my word that they could go on. I could have just been saying that it was a mistake, and actually pocketed that 'extra' change - which I didn't. Anyways, I was pretty scared. My goodness...

It's bad enough that they've cut my hours in half. I can just afford rent and offering and a wee bit more with the hours I'm getting. I really need another part time job. I don't wanna leave Woolies cos it's just too good... the opportunities to get a transfer anywhere in the country are too precious to leave for. It was all just getting too much for me to think about.

The last thing I felt like doing was to go to prayer meeting at church and small group afterwards, but I made myself do it anyways, knowing that as soon as you don't feel like something you know would be good, just cos the circumstances are crappy, gives a great foothold for Satanpoohead.

I went to prayer and it was so great. At small group, we discussed the anointing of God, what it does and what it means etc. It was really sooooo good. I didn't really understand the difference between his presence and his anointing and thus, could never explain it if I had to. Now, it's a bit clearer. After study, we had a worship and prayer time... just us, 7 people, standing in a circle in the lounge... It was great.

Driving home, I was just in awe of how my problems were still there, and still as big as they were before... just not so scarey or unable to get through.

Today, I was going about work. Somehow, my "generous change giving" at the checkout is now a kind of joke. I served my supervisor and she's going, 'Why can't I have ten dollars extra?'. Well, I laughed. I wasn't getting fired for it and ... I'm praying, it'll never happen again.

Also, the biggest suprise of my life, I was happily serving customers at the smoke counter. I look up and I'm like, "AUNTIE VALLY?" in the middle of asking this old granny if she wanted a bag! Then, as the crowd thinned, there was GRANDPA... THEN GRANNY! Granny and Papa live like... dingo-woop-woop ages away! I didn't even know they were in the city! It was the biggest suprise of my life. Naturally, I burst into tears and continued serving customers.

They took me out for lunch and it was so fantastic. Not only was it free for me, but it was also one of the most well-rounded, healthy meals I've had in ages! We had a lot of fun talking about family and what everyone was up too. They're in town for a few weeks, so hopefully they'll ring me up and take me out for lunch again! :D Oh, it was just so great. I've had so many family suprises since I've lived here. I love em!

Now, I'm going to get changed into some snuggly clothes and get ready for some evangelism thing we're doing tonight at a bus station or something. Should be fun! Live it up guys... :D



We have heard of your fame.
We stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD.
Renew them in our day.
Habukkak 3:1

[coldtoedpunker]

What letter? :-/
oh whoops! i'm mistaken, it must have been from that other bonnie I know. Yeah... that really nice and friendly one!

[snowboarderTim]

ouch.... :lol:

Cool about the grandparents :) hope you get to go out to eat again, who knows what you'd do without food! ;)

Have a nice day, don't choke on any muffins!
Tim :D

[beanie]

Tonight was my first time at youth group ever... as a youther and as a leader. It was so good. There wasn't many kids cos it's just the start of the term and we played random games in the church that were crazy fun.

In the first game... it had something to do with chasey and blindfolds, this kid got wolloped and blood went everywhere. For some strange reason, my immediate reaction to serious/bad/not fun situations, is to laugh. So, I did. Then got heaps of towel and toilet paper and cleaned up a heap of blood. Lovely.

We played ... what is that game where you hide in the dark? Hide & seek in the dark maybe? Anyways, we played that. Being new, they forgot me... so I was hiding in this cupboard under the sink for sooooo long.

Matt went from writing his name on his cup to drawing dots and a curly moustache on my face - with permanent texta. That was pretty great. I've tried washing it off, but it's all smeared. Now I look like I've been a massive punch up and lost. (This is seriously messing with my self-esteem...) Then, I went to take pictures and hadn't put a new film in my camera. Silly me.

Tomorrow, I'm up at 5:15 for D2... Then I'm working. Lucky me. Oh, today I applied for another job. It'll be handy to have for the extra hours. I could use the pay from one job to live off and the pay from another to save. That'd be great. It takes me half an hour to walk there, but think of the fitness, Bon, think of the fitness!

Tomorrow night, Kiah and I are off to Mark's 21st. Should be fun... seeing as we'll both be whacked from work and have to get up early on Sunday again. Woo! I love Sundays... :D

[beanie]

ouch.... :lol:

Cool about the grandparents :) hope you get to go out to eat again, who knows what you'd do without food! ;)


waste away?


Have a nice day, don't choke on any muffins!
Tim :D

I would never have choked on the muffin in the first place if Kez hadn't asked me to yell WOO while I was stuffing it in my mouth!

[beanie]

Hmm... Jordy, Sam, Matt and Amanda resting on the beach after they'd finished helping build a sand fortress to protect us from the evil tide. (Then the tide came in and we got angry with it, so we stoned it... )

And this is my small group in our official photo... oh the shenanigans!

[snowboarderTim]

I would never have choked on the muffin in the first place if Kez hadn't asked me to yell WOO while I was stuffing it in my mouth!

If I remember right... you killed Kez via asphyxiation... with the muffin, in the family room... :shifty: :p

I like the pics! Down with the rising tide! hmm... that'd be a good title for a CD :)

Have a nice life Bon! :D

Tim :teeth:

[beanie]

Gosh... I think this is my favourite season! Here are my reasons why:

- You get to experience different kinds of weather each day... sunny... cold... rainy... stormy... great... terrible...
- The nights are cold, so you can rug up by the heater/fire and read a good book (yipes, that reminds me ... the SHOWDOWN is on... better make this quick!). Alternatively, you can go to bed and snuggle down!
- The trees that loose their leaves are sooooooooo rad! There's this one part I walk past to work and it's one tree... The leaves get redder and redder each day and they're all falling down around me and it's all so romantic and great. I love it. It's my favourite bit of my walk to work!
- The beach is still a great place to go cos it's cold and the salt comes in with the front in the evenings and refreshes you in a really, not all that refreshing way
- Pubs and beer gardens are all cosy, friendly, welcoming.



Today, I woke up at 5 and went to D2. I'm haven't been doing my fitness homework, so I walked most of it today. Not a great sign at all. :nope:
After D2, Kiah came around and we sat on the back lawn with Jade and Arien (housemates) and read the bible and talked about ... stuff. It was so nice cos it was all warm. Then I had to go to work. It was fun but it was so busy that I didn't get a break! Ah well... I didn't have to stay for clean up!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH! How nice! Jade and Arien just brought me Hungry Jacks for tea... Too bad I'm really full after downing 2 bowls of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes! Oh well... I can always fit in a burger... :rolleyes: BYE!

[snowboarderTim]

LOL, awesome :) I love Burger King! They make the best burgers imo! :yep:

Tim :D

[beanie]

Hello Folks,

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there... I'm not sure that any of you read my blog, but have a good one anyways. :giverose: I rang my mum this morning. My sister-in-law was supposed to give her breakfast in bed, but when I rang at 8am, she was still in bed waiting. I hope she got it.

Today, I struggled out of bed... When I actually got out of the shower, I was doing fine. I'm a bit sleepy in the mornings... I did go to a party last night as well! Hmm. Anyways, church was just so good. We had a speaker from a relating church teach about being a saint, our inheritance and what God has been doing in the last 2000 years with renewals and stuff. It was cooooooool! Tonight, he's gonna follow that up with the implications that being a saint in God's eyes has on our lives, how we are to apply the truths and stuff.... the practical side. WOO! It's sooooo exciting! :D

Now, it's too nicer day to sit in here. I'm going to lay in the sun and have a nap! I'm sooooooo elderly. :blush:

[snowboarderTim]

I did that on mothers day.... what a beautiful day it was :) I fell asleep in the shade though, in my hammock chair :)

Tim

[beanie]

Sunday night there was more fab teaching and tonnes of prophesy. Every single day of my life, God's asking me to do stuff... whatever it is, I always want my answer to be: bring it on. Whatever you want me to do, Man, is what I'll do. It was cool cos that's my hearts desire for the rest of my life and the prophecy over me followed up on that... faith and jumping, doing stuff that's not heaps common. Heaps of confimation on what I've been thinking about what God wants me to do with my life.

Hey! Currently playing on the computer as I write this: The Jive Express -
You've been set in motion
Nothin's gonna hold you back
You've been set in motion
Headin' down a one-way track


Yesterday, I had my first real guitar lesson. Man, I suck so bad. And Ben said I had to cut my nails... oh man, the SACRIFICES! I'll see how long I can get away without doing it... :p Also, yesterday, we went into town for Maccas... well, I don't eat that stuff, but Arien got me a pineapple juice - gosh I LOVE that stuff! Then, I tried SMSing the coke machine to get a coke, but couldn't... Kez did though - I was excited for her.

Today, I'm bumming. I cleaned my room a bit. I'm getting into all these little ministry magazines I've gotten in the mail lately! I'm sick of them just lying around, beckoning me to read them, knowing there's so much awesome stuff in there... I'm gonna read them! Really, I am! Woo! Later, I'm working. Should be fun! : :duh:

[beanie]

Name: Bonnie
Sex: Female
Age: 18
Birthday: June 4, 1985
Place of Birth: Adelaide, SA
Siblings: 4 brothers - Reuben, Edwin, Gilbert & Ewan
Parents: Beth & Brian
Pets: None!
Height: about 163cm
Hair Color: Blonde most of the time
Eye Color: Blue
Writing Hand: right
Current Residence: in a crazy house on East Parade!

BODY ILLS AND SKILLS

Nervous Habits: I only noticed this on Sunday, that I tense my whole face, my eyes go wide, I fold my arms and dig my nails into my upper arms. Weird. :duh:
Do you bite your nails?: Nope
Do you pick your nose?: All the time.
Are you double jointed?: Nope.
Can you roll your tongue?: Yup.
Can you raise one eyebrow at a time: Yeah...
Can you blow smoke rings?: Nope, but I eat cheezels.
Can you blow spit bubbles?: Yes... and I spit on people from the second floor of the mall with incredible accuracy!
Can you flare your nostrils?: yeah...
Can you cross your eyes?: yeah...
Can you wiggle your ears?: yeah... gosh, i'm so freaking multi-talented
Tattoos?: no... i sometimes think i'll get one, but i think i'm a lot of talk and no action in that area!
Piercings and where?: ears... 3
Do you make your bed daily?: yes... sometimes just before i hop into it!

CLOTHES

Which shoe goes on first?: whatever i pick up
Speaking of shoes, have you ever thrown one at anyone?: prolly
On the average, how much money do you carry in your purse/wallet? 25 cents!
What jewelry do you wear 24/7?: the piece of leather around my ankle that doesn't come off.
What's the sexiest trait in a guy/girl?: sexy? er... eyes
Would you rather be on time and look OK or 10 minutes late and look great?: i hate being late! it's such a country baptist thing! i suppose if look okay and i'm not happy, it's just a crappy pride issue!

FOOD

Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?: I'm too uncoordinated to do either!
you ever eaten Spam?: yes... when you're in cambodia without a fridge and need your 5 food groups, it's a must. another question: does spam subsitute for a food group?
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: i'm a vanilla fan... with extras, like vanilla, cookie dough...
How many cereals in your cabinet?: in my own? one... trusty WEET-BIX!
What's your favorite beverage?: besides water... vanilla coke, pineapple juice, bogan juice & milo
What's your favorite restaurant?: mongolian! it's sooooooooo fun!
What utensils do you use to eat pizza?: not unless it's really needed
Do you cook?: sometimes...and i'm wicked at it :P

GROOMING

How often do you brush your teeth?: twice or more a day, unless i'm being a bogan. i hate it when it's late and i get home and all i want to do it hop into bed... then i get there and i can't sleep cos my teeth are going feral - so I get up... :(
How often do you shower/bathe?: Daily mostly... unless I'm being a bogan.
How long does your shower last?: 7.5 minutes.
Hair drying method: towel
Have you ever colored/highlighted your hair?: tonnes
Do you paint your nails?: i used to, but it's a waste of time - don't bother

MANNERS

Do you swear?: sometimes. i try not too though. it also depends on what you classify as a swear word.
Do you ever spit?: when it's imperitive to survival.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE

Actor/Actress: Mel Gibson & Tom Hanks sure look like they'd be fun!
Animal: i'm a cow girl... :cowgirl:
Food: i eat everything - cept for curry. puke.
Month: September till February. They seem to be the months were the most dramatic changes occur in my life. June is good, cos it's birthday time... but I don't really have a favourite.
Day: love weekends... sundays... but most days are awesome!
Cartoon: erm, i don't watch em...
Flower: it's a cross between tulips and daisies... i call them tudaisies
Shoe Brand: cheap...
Subject in school: photography, advertising & classics
Color: big bright ones....
Sport: wooo! FOOTY... (aussie rules, for people like Phattyboombah)
Body part on you: smile, eyes...
Body part on the opposite sex: smile, eyes, face, hands
TV show: merrik & rosso
Book: bible... never dies!
Perfume or Cologne: hmm... moongrass
Game: fathom, chasy... :-/

IN AND AROUND

The CD Player: jive express on the computer... compliation hard rock in room...
Ever taken a cab?: less times than i've taken a bacon mobile...
Do you regularly check yourself out in store windows and mirrors?: yeah, always!
What color is your bedroom?: white... it's not mine, so i can't paint ...
Do you use an alarm clock?: yeah... most of the time
Name one thing you are obsessed with: living the life... icecream & cereal
Ever sunbathed nude?: bah. no thanks.
Window seat or aisle?: hello.. window

LA LA LAND

What's your sleeping position?: Stomach.
What kind of bed do you like?: a single for now... a big fat one for when i'm married...
Even in hot weather do you use a blanket?: yeah, cos i get cold
Do you snore?: i hope not...
Do you sleepwalk?: sometimes...
Do you talk in your sleep?: no idea
Do you sleep with a stuffed animals?: no
Do you fall asleep with the TV or radio on?: not usually... i like dark and quiet

GUY/GIRL QUESTIONS

What do you look for in a girl/guy?: love & life for God above all else... down to earth...
What is the first thing you notice when you look at a girl/guy?: Eyes, face, hands, smile
What do you think of cheating?: it's for losers

WHICH IS BETTER

Coke or Pepsi?: Coke. vanilla!
Oranges or apples?: Apples.
One pillow or two?: One... a fat, bouncy one!
Deaf or blind?: Neither.
Pools or hot tubs?: spas
Blondes or brunettes?: no cares
TV or radio?: Neither.
Beach or pool?: beach!
Tic-Tacs or Certs?: snakes
Snooze button or jump out of bed?: depends on ... circumstances. sometimes i set it early so i can snooze a couple of times and THEN jump out of bed.
Sunrise or Sunset?: Sunrise.... sunset. i can't decide!
Hamburger or Cheeseburger?: hamburger
Morning or night?: i'm a morning and night person... not a fab arvo person!
Sports or news?: both... but i'm not hanging out to hear... we're usually loosing!
Bikini or one-piece?: ... boardies and a singlet!
Indoors or outdoors?: outdoors...
Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?: christmas day
Cake or ice cream?: both... mashed together!
Bert or Ernie?: Bert prolly, he's my brother...
Spicy or Mild?: mild... if i have to!
Spearmint or Peppermint?: Peppermint.
Call or Write?: both
Peanut Butter or Jelly?: i hate both... GO SLOP!
Hamburger or Hot Dog?: Hamburger.
Dog or Cat?: if they don't have hair, i don't mid
Bath or shower?: Shower
Book or Movie?: both... if they're good.
Green or Red apples?: Green! don't like red.
Rain or Snow?: snow if it's not soft... but we don't get it here... rain, hail, thunderstorms - love em!
Nike or Adidas?: neither

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU

Took a shower?: couple of hours ago
Watched Bambi: when i was about 11
Cried?: sunday
Talked on the phone?: yesterday, to granny... she got me out of my afternoon nap!
Read a book?: before i got up this morning
Punched someone?: erm... noone for a while actually!

THE FUTURE

Where do you see yourself in ten years?: serving God in ministry... married possibly...
Who are you going to marry?: whoever asks first
How many kids?: however many God decides
Your profession: saint
Future School: maybe BCV?
Car of Your Dreams: one that goes...
I wanna live: it up always.

[Christop]

Name: Bonnie
Future School: maybe BCV?
BCV? What happened to Worldview?

[beanie]

BCV? What happened to Worldview?

It's just not the one, you know. I had some talks with some people who knew me and knew the college and looked a bit more into it. Just didn't sit right.

[beanie]

Today, I worked 7:30-12:30... It was pretty good, the first bit. This one lady, boy, it was funny. She was just smiling at me the whole time I was putting her groceries through, and, finally, as she's stacking them back into her trolley, she goes, "Oh, Bonnie, you're my favourite checkout chick ever! You know exactly how to pack and you're so efficient. I always hope you're working when I'm shopping." That made me blush.

You know how you can just sense stuff in people? Well, I dunno if you can, but I can and today this husband & wife came through my checkout and boy, was he mad at every little thing she did - seemed like it was never good enough. She was quaking... I could just feel it and it was scarey. I think it would be hard enough to be in an abusive relationship, but to also have to suffer silently in public... Breaks my heart. Why is it sooooo taboo!?

By the end of my shift, I was stuffed. My back is really annoying me of late. It is unusual for me to be that stuffed after only 5 hours! I came home, ate, watched half of Op