The Bees Nees

Sorry, I just thought that the title was cute :-)

I am SO bad--I have not blogged in ages--what a lame-o ;-)

Anywho, life has been one thrill ride after another! With God, work, family, friends, excercising, and a certain "bees nees"...who has time to blog, right?!?

Work:
First there was Mexico
Then last day of KQ
Now Rwanda (I am in charge of the VBS)- leaving in 2 weeks
Next, Summer Specatacular (I am in charge of Games for 3400 kids)
Last, KQ in the Fall--putting new groups together and finding new leaders

God:
Church has been wonderful--espicially the inspiring messages we are getting at Epic
Quiet times everyday? Of course!

Family and friends:
Enough said--I love them all and want to hang out with everyone.

Excercise:
I started an adventure bootcamp that is Monday-Friday 5:30 AM to 6:30 AM-- for one whole month I am getting slimmer and more gorgeous :-)

Bees Nees:
Oh my golly goose, so amazing but I will not spill the beans just yet--ha!

There you have it friends, super busy. So, I am sorry I have not been blogging--I will try to find time this week.

Love,
Tammy

People Change

What would you do if a girl asked you to be a maid of honor in her wedding--a you have only known her for a couple of months?

What would you do if the girls husband does not like you and treats you like nothing when ever you stop by to bring a gift or celebrate with them?

What do you do when the girl has changed so much from her marriage that you don't recognize her any more?

And what do you do when she tells you she is going to have a baby, and she has known for 4 months and everyone knows, but the maid of honor? The one that stuck by her side for so long and now is being pushed away because of a husband that has never liked her from the beginning of the relationship.

What do you do? If you know, tell me because right now I feel really hurt...

#49

Okay, you know how I said that I am a fast talker and I blur words together...well, I am also a fast reader. Speed reading is great because I can get through an entire book in one night, but I also misread lines when going so fast...hence...I misread #49

My dear friend Brian...
My dad taught me how to shoot 22 Rifles since I was a little girl :-)
Out of my cousins, uncles, aunts, and siblings...I am the best shooter. They call me Annie Okaley :-)

So, I am sorry that I misread #49. I LOVE to shoot guns...though 9mm scare me because they have a really bad kick to them :-)

Anywho, I would love to go shooting with you sometime. Give me a call.

~Tammy

The 60

1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Credit Card

2. Where's the best place to eat a romantic dinner?
At the Montage Beach Resort or after hiking and eating a picnic :-)

3. Last time you puked from drinking?
Ummm...well since I don't drink...mmm...NEVER!

4. When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
LOL! I have NEVER done that but it would be hilarious to see me dance drunk lol!

5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mrs. Boyd--she was GREAT!

6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
At Disneyland or going on a Road Trip.

7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I wanted to be a famous singer like Paula Abdul!

8. How many colleges did you attend?
3...Saddleback--it can be done in three years ;-), IVC, and CSUF for my BS in CHAD

9. Why did you wear the shirt that you have on right now?
Because I look so dang cute in it...yay!

10. GAS PRICES First thought?
I hate stopping to get out of my car and get gas--why can't we have attendants anymore?

11. If you could visit anywhere and take someone with you...
I would go to GREECE with my close amigas.

12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Where the hey now is the snooze button!

13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
Praying to God about the guy

15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
Ummm...I guess boxer briefs but there is something cute about whitey tightys haha! jk! I really have NO idea and have no expertise on the subject.

16. What errand/chore do you despise?
I absolutely despise taking out my water bottles to the recycling can--there are spiders there ewwwww!

17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer at an art gallery?
hahahahaha, NO!

18. Get up early or sleep in?
Get up early and go on a walk and make a nice breakfast.

19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
I love the gingerbread man in Shreak--classic :-)

22. Are you planning on remaining in your current field?
I LOVE MY JOB!!!

23. Do you see yourself married in the next five years?
I have been praying about it and I would love to, but it depends on God's timing...

24. Your favorite lunch meat?
SALSA turkey

25. What do you get every time you go into a Wal-Mart?
Candy for Kid's Quest

26. Beach or lake?
Lake

27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
no...but unfortunately i think the sanctity of it has been pooped on

28. TV show you miss?
Firefly--so great!

29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
ICE CREAM!!!

30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
cinderella story w/ hilary duff...actually i don't care who knows...good clean fun

31. What's your drink?
H2O

32. Cowboys or Indians?
definitely cowboys

33. Cops or Robbers?
Ohh dee la cops! There is something mysterious about robbers and the bad boys, but they would hurt you in the end. Cops are simply amazing!

34. Do you cheer for the bad guy in a movie?
No...I am a rule follower

35. What Hollywood star do you think resembles you best?
Reese Witherspoon in legally blonde. But many have said I look a little like Kate Hudson...who do you think I look like?

36. If you had to pick one, which cast member of Lost would you be?
Kate--she is most of the episodes and she gets to do a lot of stuff- I ain't carrying around a baby.

37. What do you want when you are sick?
someone to hug me :-)

38. Who from high school would you like to run into?
Anyone, as long as I can remember there name, lol

39. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
Always Star 98.7! I am listening to it right now :-)

42. Schopenhauer or Will Self?
huh? is this an english lit question?

43. Raskolnikov (Crime & Punishment) or Leo Myshkin (the Idiot)?
ya, ok

44. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Pursing the guy and making him like me---man I really liked guys in Pre-school ;-)

45. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
Maybe......but you will never know....

46. If you could get away with it, whom would you kill?
Ohhhh I would kill.....NO ONE!

47. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Most people would say Jesus, but I get to have him for eternity--so I will say that I will have dinner with Jane Austen--now she knows how to make witty remarks and is pure genious. I would get her to make me one of her main characters in a novel :-)

48. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
I wouldn't marry any one of them!

49. Have you ever had to use a firearm?
nope, sorry my life isn't that interesting

50. Last book you read?
Last book I read was a Path of Daggers (book 8)--my best friend is making me read the 12 book series--it is really wierd but good.

51. Do you have a teddy bear?
I have a lion that purrs--my best friend got it for me on V-Day

52. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
in the middles of nowhere and spitting it out in a bush by the tent (Dazzle Castle)

53. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
Napa

54. Number of texts in a day?
Maybe 3

55. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or relationship?
hmmm, relationship for sure!

56. Favorite Winter Olympic Sport?
Underwater basket weaving

57. Pencil or pen?
pen

58. Ancient Egyptians or Mayans?
Ancient Egyptians of course! There were my fav to learn about in school.

59. How many jobs have you had?
a few...maybe 4

60. Are you where you thought you would be at this age?
yes and no...back in high school i thought this is what i would look like and how I would be, but then again I always thought I would be married and being an actress by this age :-)

Can you say "Awkward"

If you know me, then you know that I sometimes say things that can come out scandalous or awkward and I believe this happens for three reasons:
1. I try to stay as innocent as possible and sometimes I don't realize that what I say can have a completely different connotation.
2. I talk REALLY fast and put words together or leave words out.
3. Sometimes I forget to think before I speak

So let me just tell you something I said to a 12 year old boy last week...

As most of you know, last week was Spring Break for many local school districts. Because of this, many leaders and staff brought their kids into the office. Well, last Tuesday I had 4 people to interview and worked an 11 hour day. That morning at 8am, a lady came in for an orientation and interview and brought her 2 young kidlets with her. It was going to be about 45 minutes so I showed the 2 boys all the board games and coloring books we have. One of the little boys knows me from Kid's Quest and asked me if he could play with the Gameboy that is in the bucket (it was still in the box-unopened). I of course told him "yes" and opened it up for him. I didn't know there were Gameboys in there so I looked in the bucket and found a mini Playstation too. Having the 2 kids play a quiet game so I could talk to their mom was awesome and I was really excited that I can tell other people about the games.

Later that day, around 4pm, there were 3 Junior High teens helping us with photocopying and other "fun" stuff. One of the teens (Ian) came over to Liza--who sits behind me-- and told her that he was bored and the other girls (one being his sister) would not let him help with the copying. I faintly heard this conversation because I was focusing on my emails and KQ tasks that needed to be done. When I heard Liza tell him that she has nothing to do and that his mom won't be back for another hour, I quickly turned around and said,

"Ian, there are a bunch of playboys in the orientation room."

10 seconds later, it struck. What did I just say?!? I turned back to Liza and Ian and both had bright red faces and jaws dropping to the floor. I was SO embarrassed that I started laughing hard and fell out of my chair. I then told them, "Sorry, I was reading an email and didn't hear what I just said." Well that made it worse because Liza exclaims, "What kind of emails do YOU get!!!" Friends, I have NEVER been so embarrassed. Poor 12 year old Ian--SORRY!

So, as a safety precaution to you, please do NOT add Gameboy and Playstation together--it comes out REALLY bad :-)

~Tammy

PS-- I did talk to his mom about what I said...didn't want her to hear it from any other source. She thought it was HILARIOUS TOO!!!

The Killers Concert

Okay friends, you are going to be SOOOO jealous. I went to The KILLERS concert last night and it was AMAZING!!!

My good friend Audrey got pre-sale tickets for only 35 dollars each. If you are a huge Killers fan like we are, then you know that tickets are next to impossible to come by. We got pre-sale tickets back in January and almost everything was sold out--which is totally understandable because they are SO good :-)

Anywho, my cousin Mimi, and my two friends- Audrey and Jessica- all went. We, by the way, looked amazing and had such an easy time getting up to the Staples Center. There was NO traffic (it took us 40 minutes) and we got right in. Since there were 2 opening acts before they came on, we ate at a little concession stand. I saw that the kids meal comes with chips, hot dog, soda and candy (which was a fruit roll-up, lol) and was only 4.50!!! Audrey got a hot dog too, and her hot dog was the same size as mine--only she got the adult deal and paid more than I did--and I got chips, soda and a FRUIT ROLL-UP :-) She was SO mad--haha

Well, we went in and saw the second act-- The Howling Bells-- and they were absolutely horrible! Her voice hurt all of our ears and when she said it was their last song--after playing 9! Everyone in the crowd cheered--so sad. So if you see they are playing somewhere, DON'T GO!!!

Finally The Killers came on at 10:15 PM--we got there at 7:45. The opening was great and EVERYONE sung to the music--what an experience. As you know (because it is true), the lead singer-Brandon Flowers- has an incredible voice. but live, he is 100 percent better--I didn't even think that was possible. I just wish we were a little closer because he is H.O.T. HOT! I could not believe all the energy he had. The band also had fantastic energy. They played for an hour but then came out for 2 encores (playing 7 more songs!!!)

I did not even get home until 1:30 this morning and I don't even care if I got 4 hours of sleep. I got to see The Killers--I am just one lucky girl :-)

BLADES OF GLORY + Wisdom of the Week #1

So I recently went to see Blades of Glory with my awesome friends Kim, Meg, and Brian. It was so great hanging out with them and seeing a comedy flick. Within the first couple of minutes we were laughing our heads off and really enjoying it. We ended up having an hour and a half of good times and it ended with sparking blades flying off into the sunset. Overall, I would say when I left the theater I gave it a 4 out of 10 stars. Why 4?--you may ask...
Well, I am not a huge fan of cursing in almost every sentence and most (if not all) jokes had sexual innuendos--most were just flat out disgusting and blunt. So friends, if you have any kids--please DO NOT let them see it!

After the film, us girls (Brian left so please do not think I was calling him a girl) went to eat...okay so it was 10 at night and I was HUNGRY--so sue me! I hate eating so late and the only place open was Denny's. But oh me oh my do they have a delicious Root Beer Float--mmmm.... "Needless to say" I left Denny's feeling fat and hurting from all the grease. Why did we eat that--God only knows... So here is my first offical "Wisdom of the Week" for you all..

If you get out of the movies and it is past 10, you can go to Denny's just don't get the Sampler!

And that is all for my "Wisdom of the Week"

Love,
Tamsicle

Heavenly Day Part 2

Heavenly Day

This is probably one of my favorite songs right now and I just wanted to share it with all of you. I hope you all have heavenly days :-)
Love,
Tammy



Oh heavenly day, all the clouds blew away
Got no trouble today with anyone
The smile on your face I live only to see
It's enough for me, baby, it's enough for me
Oh, heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly day

Tomorrow may rain with sorrow
Here's a little time we can borrow
Forget all our troubles in these moments so few
All we've got right now, the only thing that
All we really have to do
Is have ourselves a heavenly day
Lay here and watch the trees sway
Oh, can't see no other way, no way, no way
Heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly day

No one at my shoulder bringing me fears
Got no clouds up above me bringing me tears
Got nothing to tell you, I've got nothing much to say
Only I'm glad to be here with you
On this heavenly, heavenly, heavenly, heavenly
Heavenly day, all the trouble's gone away
Oh, for a while anyway, for a while anyway
Heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly day

Lessons Learned

This week has been the hardest weeks I have ever experienced. Both my faith in God and esteem in myself were shaken. A lot of crazy things have been going on (regarding work) but I know God is good and He can take bad events and turn them into good. I KNOW this and for that I will always praise and thank Him for His mercy and grace...He is a God of power but He is also a good God that knows us personally and works for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28).

This Wednesday was truely a test of faith. I was attacked emotionally and spiritually but a couple of people. I try so hard to go to God first when I need help...not family, not friends, and not co-workers. After the event, I prayed to God a quick pray that He would give me the strength to keep going. I had still 4 my hours of work and g=being the rock for all my leaders who were about to hear some hard news.
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That night, I could not even sleep I was so ashamed and upset. But then I remembered something. Something so simple but also so hard to do. I remembered to lay all my burdens and worries to Him--as Pastor Rick says (worrying is what atheists do), and I definitely do NOT want to act like that.

After I prayed and laid it all at His feet, I felt overwhelming peace and I know it could only be His.

I know that this is a little vague and I don't want to get into any details but I do want to give you some advice.

GO TO GOD FIRST--only He can give you the reassurance and peace that you are looking for.

Love you all!
Tammy

Finally

Hi friends!

It has been awhile since I last posted... okay well this is actually my first REAL post but you get the picture. :-)

My life has been crazy. My brother just got married last weekend and my job has been one issue after another (but I LOVE where I work and what I get to do).

This last Saturday, some of my closest and dearest friends took me to Dave and Busters for some food and fun. Just looking around the table, I saw how much God has blessed me. These people are fantastic and I couldn't love them anymore! Thanks for those that came and made me feel so special--I hope I can return the care and love you have shown me.

Well friends, I promise to post tomorrow with more fun stuff and hopefully pics but right now I have to get to a staff meeting in 15 minutes. Hopefully this helped quiet my critics (i.e. Brian and Jon--Love you guys ;-)

~Tammy

YAY

I have a blog spot. Thanks Brian!