timing is everything

this was NOT the look on my face

two seconds later

when the earring was PULLED OUT

by the little rug rat.

my name means what?

okay, so i was curious and i ACTUALLY looked my (first) name up in the urban dictionary (see this post). according to the ud, i am "the sexiest girl in the world." HECK YES! and... "the most adorable, retardedly funny, easy and fun person to talk to. has a sense of humor that never disappoints or keeps you from laughing, and she always has a smile on her face no matter what. and even though she doesn’t know it, she is very beautiful and smart."

yes? yes? keep talking....

"someone who knows what they want and can get it. once you meet a real stephanie, don't ever let go."

oh...
i get it.
ha. ha. ha.
my MOM probably wrote all that.
oh well, who cares. it was fun to read. =D
look up your name and let me know what it means.
just DON'T look up the name franklin.

i said DON'T!

clutz from birth

when you look my name up in the urban dictionary, this is what you may find next to my name: "a person who is never without a scrape or bruise. someone who always finds a way to trip, bump into things or people. and they are fond of knocking themselves out by walking into walls, doorways, corners, cabinets and/or desks."

guess what. that's ME. and how do i know this? well, i FELL in the parking lot at WORK, scraping my knee AND foot AND toes AND elbow... and pride. i don't even know how it happened! i was walking one second and the next, i was on the GROUND grasping for my foot. sure i was shocked at first, but once it set in what happened, the hurts started to come on and so did the tears. ...lets just say, you're never too old to tear up over a booboo.

i'm fine. i'm just glad nobody saw. i hope.

waiting for my free burrito

38 and counting... walter l., susan l., alyssa g., marco f., cindy w., allyson w., jonna w., jordan w., bethany w., natalie f., franklin f., galilee w., russ w., heather r., kirsten s., brooke h., al s., kaylene s., morgan s., derek k., jen k., marshall k., eddie k., samantha h., dana s., penni m., jon w., jessie v., kelly t., traci c., jim v., brenda l., ashley c., brian b., chris w., marissa d., jonathan w., jeffrey w., and lori d! 38 people who have two things in common. knowing ME and eating CHIPOTLE! 

in my short time as a chipotle lover, i have personally shared the wonders of its food to over 38 PEOPLE! i have single handedly provided chipotle with 38+ returning customers. yep. i do believe i'm due for a free burrito. (grinning WILDLY)

"i'm not a dancer. i'm just drunk"

what if a cop knew you were drunk but you passed every test given...?

aaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!

i salute you dad!

i salute you on your BIRTHDAY, dad--HEAD of the table, KING of the toilet, LORD HIGH COMMANDER of the remote control! you are officially 534,728 hours old--22,280 days old--3,183 weeks old--733 months old; all of which translates to 61 YEARS! happy birthday old man! i love you always. =)

blast from the past

while cleaning my room last night, i found a journal that i had written in back in 2004. i flipped through the pages, curious as to what i could have possibly written about, and i found  an entry that i'd like to share.

"as you come to Him, the living stone... rejected by men but chosen by God... you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." [1 peter 2:4-5]

after talking to ziva saturday night about the difficult parts of how my relationship with [censored] ended, she shared with me that verse. i told her that it wasn't his rejection of me--who i was--that was so hard to deal with but it was his rejection of what i had to OFFER that was so completely hurtful and the hardest for me to deal with. man may reject me, BUT GOD HAS CHOSEN ME. with all my imperfections and failures, God STILL loves me and has still chosen me to be His own! ....WOW! that's a hard one for me to grasp because i AM human and that kind of love does not exist in human nature.

as i read that, i thought of how much my life has changed from the person i was 6 years ago to the person i am today. there's a quote by joyce meyer that always made me smile because no matter where you are in life, it will always hold truth: "i know i'm not where i'm supposed to be but at least i'm not where i USED to be!" AMEN! =D

cassette art

i'm being followed

guess who has followed me to florida..?

WINKY has! hahaha.

southerners

my sister-in-law lives in nashville, tennessee. she told me that school was canceled due to the snow. this is what she sent me as "proof" of the snow as seen from her front door. school? CANCELED!? psh! ...southerners. (shaking head)

a mansion for my mama

my mom has ALWAYS wanted a HUGE home that all her babies can come home to during the holidays. personally, i'm rather fond of the tight quarters and don't mind sleeping four to a floor by the fireplace. but my mom refuses to accept that scenerio and wants huge comfy beds for EACH and every child and i've found JUST the homes to accommodate her wishes...

this one:

and this one:

both are around 25 million each.
i'm not being TOO extravagant,
am i? =)

i'm a big softy

so small. so innocent. so soft! =)

math is a brilliant thing

this:

plus this:

equals drooling.

the saturday curse

when i first moved down here, i was super excited to hang out with my big sister, natalie. unbeknownst to us [mmm... good word. like that? =)], we were in for a doozy.

our FIRST saturday together? we ran out of gas and got stranded. in the rain. and had to PUSH the JEEP in our flip flops as cars WHIZZED passed us. big cars too! big enough ones that could have EASILY pushed/towed us the quarter of mile we needed to go. THANKFULLY, tomas (who we think was russian) stopped and helped us. and get this. his car was SO much tinnier than ours. we didn't care. we were GRATEFUL!

oh, and we when we were pulled up to the pump by our russian savior, we  realized we were on the WRONG SIDE! aaaahhhhhh! we still made it work anyway. hahahaha.

our SECOND saturday together? natalie and i decided to go shopping and stopped at the bank before heading out. after stopping at the bank, we wanted to keep ourselves out of TROUBLE so we went to get gas. JUST to be safe. and guess what. we LEFT the debit card in the ATM machine at the BANK! we couldn't get it back and had to cancel the card. and by we i mean her. she got scolded. poor natty. hahahaha.

[no photo could capture just how much shame we felt.]

after that, we called it quits and decided it wasn't safe for us to hang out together on saturdays anymore. we took several months off thinking our bad luck would "go away". i WOULD have been happy to report that nothing much has happened with us since those days but...

JUST yesterday, natalie and i decided that we'd waited long enough and thought it would be safe fur us to hang out once again. we spent the day doing a little paint shopping for her house. we bought some samples and  even made it home safe withOUT running out of gas and withOUT losing any cards! yay for us! well........ after painting a few areas to see which color we liked best, i  took a step back to see all our spots and BACKED UP into the FRESH paint with my BRAND NEW hoodie i got for christmas! i got paint ALL OVER the hood! we frantically ripped it off hoping to save it. THANKFULLY the paint was water soluble and we were able to save my hoodie after all.

it's nice to know things like this don't JUST happen to me like some would like to think. ;)

...oh, and natalie and i officially quit.

happy new year!!

right after being picked up from the airport, natalie, franklin, and i headed over to cory and april's house to spend a "quiet evening" bringing in the new year. [note to self: there is no such thing as a "quiet evening" when boys and firecrackers are involved.]

confession: i already broke my new year's resolution of drinking no pop. (head down in shame) ...or "soda". (rolling eyes) i don't care WHERE i live, it will ALWAYS be "pop" to me.