80's Mystery Song Lyric

Here's this week's line from one of the rockingest (though probably not wholesomest) songs of the 80's:

Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp

Know it? Email the title and artist to me.

Business Time

I saw this at Shlog. I pass this on with the same recommendations that he did:
1) Don't watch this if you're not married.
2) Don't watch this if you're under 18.
3) Don't watch this if you're promoting one of my future concerts. Hmm... I guess that won't eliminate anyone... Moving on...
4) Don't watch this if you've been married for less than one year because you won't get it.

If you haven't been eliminated... get ready to laugh! I've got to go sort the recycling.

5 Things You May Not Know About Me

Tagged by Nerd Family. Here we go...

1. I used to be a mime. (Yes, the kind that doesn't talk, believe it or not!)
2. I took two semesters of fencing in college. (I was better at mime.)
3. I've always wanted to collect swords.
4. I actually do own a small collection of kaleidoscopes. They are much less dangerous than swords.
5. Even less dangerous than kaleidoscopes: Paper. I think it would be cool to own a stationery store. Hmmm... I wonder if paper beats sword... Then we could play paper-sword-kaleidoscope!

And the winner is...

It's a tie this week! Both April and Brian gave the correct answer within minutes of each other. Congrats to you both for so easily recognizing Byran Adams' "Summer of '69". That song always makes me long for those days, even though I never had a band and I wasn't born until the summer of '75! Still, "those were the best days of my life"!

80's Mystery Song Lyric

One of my favorite songs of all time today! Here's the line:

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard

Email the title and artist to me and I'll post the winner and the answer later.

A Poll

I don't have a lot of time to blog but I have two quick things:

- Check out the cutest kids I've ever seen here.

- I want to do a little poll. If you are a Christian, answer these two questions:

1. Do you believe that you have access to the power that created the world and rose Jesus from the dead?
2. If so, do you use that power?

What I'm Missing

Friday night I was driving alone. This has always been my best time for reflection, and I rarely drive anywhere alone anymore. But here I was Friday evening. Something (and I'm not sure what it was) reminded me of sharing with my college friends in times of worship. Not just a bunch of goofy kids singing songs about Jesus (though we were that), but real hearts opened up and poured out before a worthy King. And I missed it.
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Sunday morning I was doing the rush-to-get-everyone-ready-for-church thing. I was getting irritated that I was running late and I thought "I am not going to get to church late again!" I didn't want to miss half the worship time because I had to make my hair perfect or because of a last minute diaper change. Then I started to think about how long it had been since I'd been at church... Last week: vacation. Week before: helped in kids' classes then went home. Previous week: Visiting family for Christmas. Previous week: Choir performance. It had been five weeks since I had been in a normal church service! Five weeks since I had the chance to just worship with my church family.
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We sat down in church 28 seconds before the service started. Normally music starts right away but this particular Sunday our Senior Pastor introduced the worship time by reminding us what worship is: not about singing, not about us in anyway, but about bringing worth to God; it is not something we initiate but a response to who God is. This was the perfect lead in to a really great worship time. I sang with my eyes closed almost the entire time, trying not to think about who was around me or who was on stage or even if I was singing on key.
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It's kind of funny how God orchestrates things. Sunday morning when I realized I hadn't been to church for five weeks, I thought that's probably why I was missing corporate worship. But then when Pastor Jan started the service by talking about worship it was kind of weird, like he was saying it just for me. I just love those times when things all work together in unexpected ways. It's a reminder to me that God knows and loves me personally.

And the winner is...

I got several good guesses and correct answers this week!!! But the honor goes to April who was first with the right answer ("Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago) and who was helped by the fact that she had recently heard the song on the radio for the first time in many years and who was at Disneyland while we were there and who we didn't run into to! And an honorable mention goes to Brad who was first with the correct artist. (One of the best things about writing a blog is that I don't feel confined by all the rules of writing I learned growing up: In this one short post I've managed to start two sentences with conjunctions, write (at least) one run-on sentence, and end one sentence with a preposition! Take that Ms. Chaney!)

80's Mystery Song Lyric

Here it is--this week's lyric. I think it's an easy one. What do you think?

Everybody needs a little time away, I heard her say, from each other.

Email the title and answer to me.

I'm Back

After a fun week of vacation and a few days of getting caught up, I'm back! The fam and I spent a week in San Diego (plus a stop in Orange County) doing all the fun stuff there is to do there. We spent two days at SeaWorld and had a really great time there. We were really impressed with the high quality of everything there and lack of crowds the days we were there. It was really great to be able to let the kiddos run around a bit and not be afraid of losing them. My boy measures exactly 42 inches with his shoes on which allowed him to ride Shipwreck Rapids with me. We were the only ones in the nine-person raft. He wanted off after the first drop but was really proud of himself after it was all over! We visited the world-famous San Diego Zoo and did a little shopping at one of my favorite malls: Horton Plaza. After almost a week there we headed to Anaheim for some Disney fun and a quick visit with my SoCal sister. Then we headed home. It was a fun trip, though also a lot of work, having the little ones. It was a great way to start the new year! I'll try to post a few pics later!