Happy Easter!!!

Dearest You,
Happy Easter! Aren't you thankful that He rose again, saving us sinners? I've always wondered why the disciples completely forgot that Jesus told them He'd be condemned and killed, but that He would rise up from the dead three days later. All of His friends were deep in grief and disbelief when Mary told them that Jesus was alive again. Even when they doubted His "realness" if you will, Jesus humored them and gave them proof. Jesus, perfect and blameless, after DYING ON A CROSS, FOR US, could have looked at His disciples incredulously for disbelieving. He could have zapped some sense into them. He could have left that upper room WHERE THEY HID and found others who would believe through faith, without seeing. But, instead, He offered proof, showing them His hands, feet, and side, where He was scarred for us. Aren't you glad to belong to a God who is SO loving, SO merciful, SO powerful that He sent His Son to take our sins and repercussions of them away from us forever?

My Easter Sunday began early. So early, in fact, that by noon I'd already gone to two church services, hunted colorful plastic eggs in wet grass, eaten a huge fattening brunch, and taken two separate naps. Now I've painted some hard-boiled eggs (painted-not dyed), consequently-yet-accidentally painting the fingernails I carefully manicured at eleven o'clock last night. 6am sunrise service this morning was good--we actually got there early, which, if you know anything about my family, is very unusual :P After that half-hour service, armed with our annual orange juice and ham biscuit snack, we rushed to the second service, at 7. I think most of us were still in a daze by the time we got home :D

I hope you're enjoying this blessed day with your family! Or friends. Or pet chick. Or chocolate candy and jellybeans.

Praise God for sending His Son, who does not get angry when our faith and trust are weak, but waits with patience and with proof.

Con amore,

Sophie

Cheesy puns, bear with me...

Dearest You,
Since this is how I started my day, I thought it'd be appropriate to begin my blog with the Do's and Don't's (do you put apostrophes there?) of allergy-season.
Do:
*Inhale.
*Take benadryl. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER! Actually, you do. At least you can convince yourself you're doing something about it.
*Let people know that you have allergies so they don't think you're rudely blowing your nose and exposing your germs to the general public. (Bonus: gain sympathy). (Double bonus: If you talk about it, people are guaranteed to get itchy skin within seconds. THEN they'll feel sorry for you.)


Don't:
*Inhale pollen.
*Take too much benadryl. People might not believe your excuses for being drowsy and completely out of it.
*Scratch your eyes. Especially wearing makeup.
*Sneeze.
*Put cucumber slices on your eyes if at all avoidable. There's a possibility that one of your eyes is allergic to something on the cucumbers. This eye might decide to swell, turn yellow, and freak your parents out so much that they take you to the ER. I'm not suggesting that this happened to me, but--OK, yes, it happened to me.
*Sit out in the grass. That's basically daring the enemy (a.k.a pollen) to open fire.
*Put fresh flowers in your room--ummm, I think this is self-explanatory.


Cheesy pun of the day: While we were in the grocery store, a bag of carrots was uncarroteristically yellow (intentionally). Get it? Hehe. I told my little sisters I would post that on Facebook, but I chickened out at the last minute. I figured anybody who knows me enough to care to read my blog will forgive the dorky jokes :P.
"of the day" may have led you to believe that this will be a daily occurrence, this reciting of puns. Not to worry, I have no intention to--But now that you mention it... :D


I'm totally making a dress out of old curtain for my little sister. She wants it for Easter, but I made no promises. My impromptu/improvised sewing doesn't always turn out beautifully...

Gen's making me listen to Disney music. No, not the "Someday My Prince Will Come", "When You Wish Upon a Star" awesomeness. We're talking about the Disney actors-suddenly-turned-singers stuff. Haha. Some of it's not so bad :P

Decisions, decisions. That free-will is great and all, but it sure is complicated.

Wind-blown hair. Hmmphm. Guess I should be thankful for it--Without it, people might think I actually looked in a mirror before leaving the house. Couldn't have that.

I wonder if one of my blog posts will ever NOT be random? 'Cause I know y'all are SO interested in all those spaghetti thoughts of mine. At least I'm blogging, right? :D

Praise God for choices! I am seriously glad we're not robots.

Con amore,
Sophie

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Dearest You,
I'm such a slacker. But I promise I've been busy :P Today has been lovely. It's pretty nice outside. I spent a few hours in our backyard creek this afternoon. I thought it'd be considerate of me to compose a to-do list for you in case you feel like following suit:
1. Wear a t-shirt. Rip off the bottom half of a floor-length skirt to get a nice rugged effect, and pair it with some leggings. Keep leftover fabric to make a vest at a later date.
2. Stuff a grungy-looking bag with special items. Included but not limited to a book, some cookies, a cell phone, an mp3 player, a notebook, and a pencil. Mechanical, of course.
3. Sling said bag over shoulder.
4. Pick out rain/mud boots. It is preferable that at least one of the boots has a hole in it.
5. Go outside.
6. Find a study walking stick.
7. Take a few moments to decide which is the most challenging way to enter the creek. Options can include climbing over rocks, jumping over poison ivy, maneuvering past bushes, et cetera.
8. Procede into the water.
9. Keep vocal chords healthy by shrieking once or twice once cold water seeps through said hole in said boot. This is easily accomplished if one forgets which boot contains the hole. Suprise is key.
10. Explore, careful to only tread on green algae-covered rocks, thereby increasing one's chances of slipping and falling.
11. Point out scientific findings to your companions.
12. Ignore mocking of your nerdiness.
13. Spread old towel on dry-ish rock and sit.
14. Enjoy cookies while not thinking about the germs that are on your un-sanatized hands.
15. Read book.
16. Swat away a few wasps and bees.
17. Make mini sailboats and rafts out of leaves and twigs and moss.
18. Watch said mini sailboats and rafts drown.
19. Save a catipillar from death by drowning. This occurance is of course unrelated to mini sailboats and rafts.
20. Bask in childhood memories of the days you basically lived in said creek. Then journey back to reality.

On another note...what was my other note? I can't remember. But since I've gotten you all excited, I'd better come up with something. I went to Greek class tonight. Is that interesting? It's interesting that it's all going over my head. I didn't get eaten by a tornado the other day. That's good news, isn't it? And yes, I'm pretty sure tornados can eat you. College financial aid advisors are unique. Especially when they're doing a presentation at said college's preview day in the most monotone voice possible. It really gets the kids excited about said college. Don't mind the sarcasm there.

Happy Palm Sunday!
Praise God for sending His Son, humbly riding on a donkey, ready to save the world.
Con amore,
Sophie