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ok so here are just a few thoughts running through my head at this point in time.  enjoy!

-man.  the dark night comes out tomorrow.  is it worth an incredibly fun road trip 2.5 hours up to VA to see it in IMAX on one of my days off?  quite possibly...yes.

• -bottlecaps are one of my favorite candy.
  
• -fries are just not that healthy.
  
• -new skimboard rocks.
  
• -maybe i'll upload some facebook pictures someday!
• -pirate day activities ...pancake breakfast, pirate day power nap, pirate day write this blog, treasure hunt, pirate day make 500 copies of the fun finder, pirate base building on the beach, followed by staff skimboarding, followed by pirate day grab a super fast dinner, followed by fill up 400+ water balloons for the pirate parade, then pirate parade, then random other pirate things that need to be done till pirate day bible study at 10:30.
  
• -air conditioning is great.
  
• -i need to find my radio.
  
• -mike is weedeating outside my window and it keeps messing up on him...it's loud.
  
• -wiggles is my favorite dog on the outer banks.  
  
• -i almost have the entire "dooley" song memorized.  if you dont' know what i'm talking about.....
  
• -PLEASE WATCH THIS
  
• -that's becoming my all-time fav. song.  
  
• -all my clothes are clean
  
• -yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
  
• -(i was trying to scratch some dirt off of the y button)
  
• -i just found the bullet button so i guess i don't have to put the - before the sentences now.
• i am definitely ready to see my family in about a week!  YAY for vacations!
• forrest has push-mowed for like 10 hours in the past two days.  
• diana is like a machine, except a really nice one.
• tiffany has an awesome new haircut and contacts!
• chris fell asleep at the lost colony, and it made me incredibly happy to know that guy was relaxed. 
• corie is developing perseverance like nobody's business.
• cole's parents and sister and her husband are coming today!  woohoo!
• jasmine is a hardcore funzone worker, and she reminds me of goofy.  idk why.  
• mandi got hit in the head with a golfball.  and she's one of the coolest girls on the planet. on a scale of 1-10, she'd be spectacular.
• me and courtney got to eat supper together last night, and i tried one of the waves breakfast wraps, and i didn't know it had avacado, i don't even know what that is but it's gross, and she laughed at the face i made.  she's learning even more that she realizes.  she'll probably realize that later.
• kelli is like a breath of fresh air. 
• i miss jacob, and anne-marie, and ashley, and ryan AKA thelma, and i miss lauren bryant even though she never actually made it out here.
• if i forgot somebody i'm gonna kick myself in the shin.
• i am super excited about being a part of Stone Bridge Church!
• getting plugged in there with the music and youth and video and whatever is just...yeah...exciting!
• my musical wishlist for the fall is growing.  i think it now includes a banjo.
• God's turning my worries into ways I learn to trust, and it's cool.
• ok i'm done!

hmmm

i don't think i've ever written a short blog before.  :-P

amazingly historical.

ooooops! i guess i uh...forgot a had a blog. nah just kidding, i didn't forget, we just got in a fight and weren't talking for a while. we're on better terms now. i just was filling up my time with other things, and a few of them i'd love to share with you, you wonderful blog readers you!

first of all, kelli williams revealed to me one of life's greatest secrets. it's called skim boarding. it started small...in the puddles created by the massive amount of rain we've received lately! side note: lots of rain: good thing. lots of rain brings mosquitoes. mosquitoes: bad thing. them dad gum skeeters. but we've upgraded to the ocean, where the waves are MASSIVE thanks to hurricane bertha out there. i mean surfers are coming from EVERYWHERE, they're like gophers or something just popping up out of the ground! but we're not out in the waves, we're out in the skimmable part. and it is historic. i mean amazing. amazingly historic. forrest and chris have also discovered the historicalness of skim boarding. it has changed our lives.

so there's a pic of our crazy staff up there! not pictured: kelli......also, ray and surfer steve are in this picture and they are not summershiners but they are pretty cool and we love them just the same. God has given me energy and compassion as of late, and those i think are two of my favorite gifts. i'm also learning a lot about this whole faith thing, and learning how to have faith in believing what we hope for. does that makes any sense at all? well, just wanted to give you a quick update! my mom and sister and grandma come WEDNESDAY!!! and heather joy might come SUNDAY! and diana's parents, courtney's parents, and jasmine's parents are all visiting this weekend! the days are just packed!

ok before i end this blog, i've also started actually cooking. no more microwaveable meals! that, my friends, is definitely amazingly historical.