They Stole My Apple Sauce!

There I was getting ready to go through security at the Providence, RI Airport. Things are going pretty smoothly as far as airport travel goes. I was stripped down to the bear essentials, because jackets, shoes, belts, etc. must go through security separately! So I get past the metal detector but the conveyor belt is stopped. . . they are searching what I'm sure is MY bag on their crazy X-Ray machine. . . .

So a man grabs my bag. . . "mam' please step over here!" He began to search my bag. . . did they find a deadly weapon like a knife or gun. . . NOPE! Did they find something that COULD be used as a deadly weapon like scissors or knitting needles . . . NOPE!

APPARENTLY Apple Sause is now considered a deadly weapon if you take more than 3 oz of it on the plane!

OH DEAR LORD, where will the madness end???

A Weekly Poll

Hello everyone,

A quick note . . . I have added a weekly poll to my blog! Have fun! Any suggestions on polls just leave a comment!

Love you all!

Love,
Sara

Partners in Living

I wanted to share with you all a very special picture. The woman in the picture with me, Mary Lou, is mentally handicapped, she is however, a fantastically fun person! A week ago first year students interested in service moved in a day early to participate in our first year day of service. I lead a group to a park where we met with Partners in Living, two organizations that support the mentally handicapped communities in Dayton. They come together a couple times a year for socials. This was one of them. We had a GREAT time!

I even got asked out by a guy named Elmer. . . Elmer said, "Maybe someday . . . you could uh. . . come take me to a movie. . . and uh. . . maybe afterwards we could go to a park. . . and well . . . if you gave me your number I could call you. . . to uh. . .set a date. . . " I responded, "Elmer, are you asking me out on a date?" He put his head down and laughed. . . he was so adorable. . .it was like being asked out in middle school!

Here is another great picture. . . I was leading a sing-a-long session, Row Row Row Your Boat, Old McDonald (a favorite!), BINGO . . . and with my special friend above, Rolling on the River (WITH hand motions!)

Below: Rolling on the River!

The Move!

Hello all, sorry for the broken promise of weekly updates. . .

Classes took up my days. . . I was unable to write about the random things of life with a canon law paper hanging over my head!

Anyway, here is the short update and tour of my new space.

My parents drove in last weekend. We had a fabulous time. Friday my friend Chrysta from Cincinatti came up and had dinner with us. We then taught my parents how to play Euchre a suprisingly fantastic game, played much like Hearts but oh so much better!

Saturday my Daddy helped me move into my new space, here's a little tour of how it's shaping up:

My new living room! I believe the coffee table and couch is my favorite part. . . or maybe it's just the fact that I actually have a living room now!

Yes, I do believe it is nice to have a living room. . . it's a nice place to live in!

And of course the bedroom. . . this is as much as you can see right now. . . as you can see the bed is not made (as if I EVER do that!) I have a bathroom around the corner. . . again not exactly picture ready!

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Come again soon!

It's Not that Easy Being Green

I think I like changing my blog template every now and then. . . cause like Kermit sings there are lots of other wonderful colors out there! Today I feel green! Like Kermit!

So who's the slacker now? I've posted three times in the past week and I have had NO comments for weeks. . . did you not have faith in my commitment to posting more frequently?

Or maybe yall are just busy too! I think I'm going to start a shout out for the week too. . . today's shout out goes to LISA!!! Love you girl!!! Hope all is well in the beautiful south west! Bet with this heat you're not feeling green! Although, you are in the mountains! Who know! Guess what? I linked your name to your blog. . . maybe I can coerce you to write more too!!! If not I still love you!

Okay. . . take care all!

Naked in the Shower Washing Dishes

When one is in graduate school, living in a residence hall with no personal kitchen doing everyday house chores becomes quite a task and often one must find inventive, unconventional ways to get things done! Yesterday I attended a graduation party, I was in charge of bringing dessert. I made massive amounts of dirt, I had no time to do the dishes before attending the party, but I also wanted to let them soak. . . unfortunately the size of bowl I was using did not fit in my sink! So I filled it in my shower and ran out the door. I didn't arrive home until after 1 in the morning . . . at which point I wanted nothing more than to take a hot shower and go to bed. But there are my dishes. SO? Now the title of this post is beginning to make sense . . . . I embarrassingly admit that last night I was naked in the shower washing dishes! Jeff Foxworthy says the funniest stuff is the true stuff!

NOLA

It seems like I was in New Orleans years ago! Things have been crazy-hectic since I have returnd to Dayton. That first week was slow but then class started. . . 8-11:30 EVERYDAY!!! AGGHH!

So, anyway. . . as promised. . .here is the rest of my vacation. . . before it gets too late to share:

Katie and I. . . YES, we are in a book store. . . but it was a pretty freaking awesome book store with an awesome woman!

My street performing debut! Don't you just love it??? I do! I am thinking seriously of giving up theology and moving to downtown Dayton to street perform! What do you think?

Just some cool pictures of NOLA:

Oh yes, beyond street performing I also played a famous Chess Master, Jude Acers!

oh yeah, on a scale from 1-10 he told me I was a 4 or 5!!! Go ahead, I dare you to play me!!!

Okay, I am going to have to give Katie some homework here. . . I forget what the heck the importance of this blue dog is. . . Katie will have to post to inform us all!

Oldest bar in city? Country? Katie? There is no electricity!

And of course what would be a vacation without a margarita at good ole' Margaritaville!? I may have gotten tipsy but don't worry we did not "get drunk and screw!" But we still had a blast!

P.S. I highly recommend going to NOLA and getting a tour from Katie, she is an awesome tour guide and amazing host for the great city of New Orleans!!!

Keep rebuilding NOLA, you're totally worth it!