Hey, here is a video of paul zorbing. it's a little long so just watch the first little bit to get an idea of what Zorbing really looks like!!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
It's Official
Well folks, it's official... EVERYONE should go zorbing!!!
this weekend was so much fun all around, including Zorbing.... incredible!!! We made it to our cabin on thursday night and had a good time exploring and settling in, playing pool and foosball. on friday the weather could not have been more beautiful. perfectly clear skies, close to 80 degrees. we decided that we wanted to go ahead and do the zorb thing, so we headed over there around noon or so. there were just a few other poeple there... no waiting, just awesomeness. all 10 of us wanted to go down the same track, so it took about an hour to get everyone down. the ride was so much fun, it can't really be described.
after zorbing we went back to the cabin to regroup and dressed and all that and then we headed out to go to outlets and just check stuff out. we went down to the bass pro shop and into a beef jerky outlet, yum. one thing that we were not anticipating about this weekend is that it was a huge hot rod rally. there were 600,000 cars there (i'm not joking) for the weekend, so there was incredible traffic. on friday and saturday afternoons we got stuck in traffic for hours. on friday we left the bass pro shop around outlets arouns 8 and didn't make it back to the cabin till 11.
on saturday we lounged around for most of the morning and then headed to gatlinburg to check out what was going on there. we decided to take back roads to get there. the road we ended up on was a lot like the blue ridge parkway, and absolutely gorgeous. it had started off cloudy and rainy but by this time it was partly sunny and great weather. we stopped at one point and got out of the cars to enjoy the scenery. once in gatlinburg we got a late lunch and just walked around and took in the tourist trap ridiculousness. then we started back on the 5 mile trip back to pigeon forge on the main roads... which took 3 hours, no joke. we are all pretty flexible and we were having a great time people watching and talking/hanging out so it ended up being pretty fun.
on sunday we packed up and got everything ready and headed to street's aunt and uncles for lunch and then made our way back to harrisonburg. the weekend was a great time together and experiencing great new things. here are some pictures!!
This is the Zorbing Hill:
The group on the back porch:
During our stop on the way to Gatlinburg:
We conquored the zorb!!!
looking into the zorb, i'm looking out
this weekend was so much fun all around, including Zorbing.... incredible!!! We made it to our cabin on thursday night and had a good time exploring and settling in, playing pool and foosball. on friday the weather could not have been more beautiful. perfectly clear skies, close to 80 degrees. we decided that we wanted to go ahead and do the zorb thing, so we headed over there around noon or so. there were just a few other poeple there... no waiting, just awesomeness. all 10 of us wanted to go down the same track, so it took about an hour to get everyone down. the ride was so much fun, it can't really be described.
after zorbing we went back to the cabin to regroup and dressed and all that and then we headed out to go to outlets and just check stuff out. we went down to the bass pro shop and into a beef jerky outlet, yum. one thing that we were not anticipating about this weekend is that it was a huge hot rod rally. there were 600,000 cars there (i'm not joking) for the weekend, so there was incredible traffic. on friday and saturday afternoons we got stuck in traffic for hours. on friday we left the bass pro shop around outlets arouns 8 and didn't make it back to the cabin till 11.
on saturday we lounged around for most of the morning and then headed to gatlinburg to check out what was going on there. we decided to take back roads to get there. the road we ended up on was a lot like the blue ridge parkway, and absolutely gorgeous. it had started off cloudy and rainy but by this time it was partly sunny and great weather. we stopped at one point and got out of the cars to enjoy the scenery. once in gatlinburg we got a late lunch and just walked around and took in the tourist trap ridiculousness. then we started back on the 5 mile trip back to pigeon forge on the main roads... which took 3 hours, no joke. we are all pretty flexible and we were having a great time people watching and talking/hanging out so it ended up being pretty fun.
on sunday we packed up and got everything ready and headed to street's aunt and uncles for lunch and then made our way back to harrisonburg. the weekend was a great time together and experiencing great new things. here are some pictures!!
This is the Zorbing Hill:
The group on the back porch:
During our stop on the way to Gatlinburg:
We conquored the zorb!!!
looking into the zorb, i'm looking out
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Pigeon Forge here we come!
Well, this is it folks... we are heading to pigeon forge tennessee tomorrow night for a weekend of craziness. we are planning on ZORBING and hanging out in gatlinburg and just having a good old time together. pictures will ensue!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Two Days in a Row!?
Hey everyone, aren't you excited! three new posts in two days!! woohoo haha.
i just had to put this video up here because if you havn't seen it, you need to!! they showed it to us at the beginning of this semester at a young life thing we were at. it's this guy named paul potts who is auditioning for britain's version of american idol.
just watch it!
Paul Potts Sings
i just had to put this video up here because if you havn't seen it, you need to!! they showed it to us at the beginning of this semester at a young life thing we were at. it's this guy named paul potts who is auditioning for britain's version of american idol.
just watch it!
Paul Potts Sings
Sunday, April 13, 2008
oh P.S.
oh and hey... everyone needs to get Skype on their computers so i can talk to all of you for free when i'm abroad!! it's totally free and easy to download. if you're computer has a built in microphone then you're completely good to go... and if not you can get a little headset thing for not too expensive! if you don't have a camera it's ok, i'll still be able to hear you! it's free to talk to other computers, but you have to pay a little if you want to make calls to landlines and phones. www.skype.com. do it!
What a Week!
Well, a lot has changed since last sunday!
when i wrote last week i was in the process of selling my car to the dearership in charlottesville. well, on saturday night i had this feeling that i should put an ad on harrisonburg's craigslist for my car. so i created as add for it, asking 13,000 for it, and within 24 hours two people had emailed asking for more information. i set up a time with one of them for him to drive it and check it out... that was on tuesday evening. on wednesday he asked if he could drive it again and take it by a mechanic to have it checked out... that was on thursday. then on thursday night he made an offer for it! we had to negotiate a little bit, but i ended up selling it to him and was able to make a little bit of money instead of breaking even with the dealership! so... my car is gone. i'm waiting for the check he gave me to clear the bank, then i need to pay off the loan and then we can go to the dmv and switch the title over.
in other news, i had a second interview at downtown 56, which is one of the nicest restaurants in harrisonburg, on saturday morning. i had had an interview a week or two ago which ended up being for a host position (which i didn't want anyway), but then they called me on wednesday and asked if i would want to come in and interview for a serving position instead.. yes please! so i went in and talked to her yesterday and they're going to look at the schedule and see when i can start training! i'm hoping to be able to work mostely evenings there, and only a few lunch shifts. that way i can keep working at mrs hardesty's during the week.
i also had an interview at radio shack today for a part time position. that went well, too, and he's waiting for me to tell him if i want the job. that job would be anywhere from 18-40 hours a week, not very high hourly wage, bu i would make commission. so i'll have to look at which of the three jobs on my plate (hardesty's, downtown 56, and radioshack) are going to be the most effective in putting money in my bank account.
i'm feeling a little less discouraged than i was a week ago. i hope that things will keep going this way! love you all.
Lucy
when i wrote last week i was in the process of selling my car to the dearership in charlottesville. well, on saturday night i had this feeling that i should put an ad on harrisonburg's craigslist for my car. so i created as add for it, asking 13,000 for it, and within 24 hours two people had emailed asking for more information. i set up a time with one of them for him to drive it and check it out... that was on tuesday evening. on wednesday he asked if he could drive it again and take it by a mechanic to have it checked out... that was on thursday. then on thursday night he made an offer for it! we had to negotiate a little bit, but i ended up selling it to him and was able to make a little bit of money instead of breaking even with the dealership! so... my car is gone. i'm waiting for the check he gave me to clear the bank, then i need to pay off the loan and then we can go to the dmv and switch the title over.
in other news, i had a second interview at downtown 56, which is one of the nicest restaurants in harrisonburg, on saturday morning. i had had an interview a week or two ago which ended up being for a host position (which i didn't want anyway), but then they called me on wednesday and asked if i would want to come in and interview for a serving position instead.. yes please! so i went in and talked to her yesterday and they're going to look at the schedule and see when i can start training! i'm hoping to be able to work mostely evenings there, and only a few lunch shifts. that way i can keep working at mrs hardesty's during the week.
i also had an interview at radio shack today for a part time position. that went well, too, and he's waiting for me to tell him if i want the job. that job would be anywhere from 18-40 hours a week, not very high hourly wage, bu i would make commission. so i'll have to look at which of the three jobs on my plate (hardesty's, downtown 56, and radioshack) are going to be the most effective in putting money in my bank account.
i'm feeling a little less discouraged than i was a week ago. i hope that things will keep going this way! love you all.
Lucy
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Oh hey Blog
Again, i appologize for by poor blogging frequency of late. it just feels like i have been extra busy for some reason, and therefore extra tired. work has been pretty good, consistently busy which is nice. a few weeks ago though, i decided that i needed to either take on a second job (nights and weekends) or a whole new ful time job. i love working at the tea room, but i am just not putting enough money in the bank. so i've been filing out and turning in applications all over the place, but have not been successful in the search yet. i don't know what the problem is, and am getting pretty frusterated with the whole process, but i am praying that something will come up that will be so great.
i am also trying to go ahead a sell my car. one of my young life teammates mom's owns a car dealership in charlottesville so i have been in contact with them, and actually went over there yesterday so they could look at it. they made me a pretty good offer, which pretty much pays off the rest of the loan that we have for the car, so i'm going to be in touch with them this week and work out when they need me to bring them the car. so that is pretty exciting that that is taken care of, kind of sad that i have to part with my car... i love her!
at leadership for young life (when we all come together on friday nights to talk about what's up and have some teaching) every spring they have the seniors give a reflection about what they have learned over the past four years. i gave my senior reflection on friday night and was really encouraged by the response i got from people. after someone gives their reflection there is a time of encouragement where people get to say things that they love about you, or things they see in you. words of affirmation, actually getting to hear audibly what people really think, is one of my major love languages. so overall friday night was great.
sarah and mel (and a bunch of other people we know) are in a ballroom dancing class and on friday night the teacher put on a dance that people could come to. so a few of us went and it was so mch fun! there were only 12 people there, inlcuding the teacher, so it was a good small setting and she taught us all sorts of fun dances. i love it when someone is there to tell me what to do!
the weather has been off and on nice... today being icky. it's been raining for the past few days which is great, i know we need it, but today has gotten pretty chilly too. i'm ready for spring!!
alright, i think that's all for now, i'm off to take a nap or something (its just that kind of day)
i am also trying to go ahead a sell my car. one of my young life teammates mom's owns a car dealership in charlottesville so i have been in contact with them, and actually went over there yesterday so they could look at it. they made me a pretty good offer, which pretty much pays off the rest of the loan that we have for the car, so i'm going to be in touch with them this week and work out when they need me to bring them the car. so that is pretty exciting that that is taken care of, kind of sad that i have to part with my car... i love her!
at leadership for young life (when we all come together on friday nights to talk about what's up and have some teaching) every spring they have the seniors give a reflection about what they have learned over the past four years. i gave my senior reflection on friday night and was really encouraged by the response i got from people. after someone gives their reflection there is a time of encouragement where people get to say things that they love about you, or things they see in you. words of affirmation, actually getting to hear audibly what people really think, is one of my major love languages. so overall friday night was great.
sarah and mel (and a bunch of other people we know) are in a ballroom dancing class and on friday night the teacher put on a dance that people could come to. so a few of us went and it was so mch fun! there were only 12 people there, inlcuding the teacher, so it was a good small setting and she taught us all sorts of fun dances. i love it when someone is there to tell me what to do!
the weather has been off and on nice... today being icky. it's been raining for the past few days which is great, i know we need it, but today has gotten pretty chilly too. i'm ready for spring!!
alright, i think that's all for now, i'm off to take a nap or something (its just that kind of day)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Hello out there
well i am sorry that i again have neglected the blog... i really don't mean to do it!!
things have been pretty busy this the past few weeks, mostly with fun stuff!
i'm about to go to bed so i'm not going to write too much, just saying hey and that i havn't forgotten about you! i will write soon (this weekend).
Lucy
things have been pretty busy this the past few weeks, mostly with fun stuff!
i'm about to go to bed so i'm not going to write too much, just saying hey and that i havn't forgotten about you! i will write soon (this weekend).
Lucy
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