this is the moment you've all been waiting for. the reality show has a name.
the votes were counted. then al gore demanded *coughs*, excuse me, requested, a recount. the absentee ballots had to be gathered and logged and the ballot commission had a problem determining voter intent due to dimpled chads.(and pregnant chads)(and hanging chads)(and other assorted chads)(if your name is chad, i'm very sorry)
all that said, the producers had a meeting and studied and analyzed the results, and we scientifically found the name for the reality show.
*drumroll please*
WAGON WHEEL MANOR!!!!!!! *crowd stands and cheers, applauding the winner as he makes his way to the stage to receive his oscar* wait, wrong award.
thanks to all the voters and all those who gave their suggestions. it really was a close race. now, once the other half of the production team is done with work, and the equipment is fixed, filming shall begin. i know you all can't wait.
06 March 2006
02 March 2006
fun name game
don't ask where some of these came from. oh, and apparently i would be a hispanic woman in a star wars movie. who knew?
Katie Elizabeth Treadwell's Aliases |
Your movie star name: Cupcakes Merle |
Your fashion designer name is Katie Florence |
Your socialite name is Fudge Face Nyc |
Your fly girl / guy name is K Tre |
Your detective name is Tiger Klein Forest |
Your barfly name is String Cheese Raspberry Margarita |
Your soap opera name is Elizabeth Lawn Arbor |
Your rock star name is Rock Candy Cheetah |
Your star wars name is Kattup Trejos |
Your punk rock band name is The Pondersome Straw |
01 March 2006
free at last
today
is my last day
of work
HOORAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can you tell i'm just a bit excited about that? well, if you couldn't tell, i am very excited. no more getting up at 5 in the morning to go to work. ahh, sleeping in past sunrise! i can't wait until tomorrow.
somebody asked if i was going to miss it. my answer: not really.
do i enjoy lifeguarding? yes.
do i enjoy working here after being out of college for nearly two years? no
i guess there is one thing i'm going to miss. other than a paycheck. see, there's this older couple (it's a senior citizen pool of course) who come in just about every tuesday and thursday during the free swim time. the husband doesn't get in the water, but his wife does. they treat each other so well. she has to walk with a cane. he walks her to the locker room and opens the door for her. while she's changing he gets the water equipment she'll use and sets it on the side of the pool. then he sits and waits for her, always with a smile on his face. while she's exercising, he'll go into the senior center, but always makes it back before she gets finished. when she get out of the pool, he's waiting by the pool stairs for her, ready to wrap a towel around his wife. he escorts her to the locker room once again, then puts away her equipment.
watching the two of them, i can really see how much they love each other, and the way they serve each other is so evident. it's given me a picture of what a good marriage is in your senior years. i hope josh and i are like that when we're their age.
other than that couple, there's not really much i'm going to miss. i am still very glad it is my last day at work! here's to goofing off at home for awhile!!!
is my last day
of work
HOORAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can you tell i'm just a bit excited about that? well, if you couldn't tell, i am very excited. no more getting up at 5 in the morning to go to work. ahh, sleeping in past sunrise! i can't wait until tomorrow.
somebody asked if i was going to miss it. my answer: not really.
do i enjoy lifeguarding? yes.
do i enjoy working here after being out of college for nearly two years? no
i guess there is one thing i'm going to miss. other than a paycheck. see, there's this older couple (it's a senior citizen pool of course) who come in just about every tuesday and thursday during the free swim time. the husband doesn't get in the water, but his wife does. they treat each other so well. she has to walk with a cane. he walks her to the locker room and opens the door for her. while she's changing he gets the water equipment she'll use and sets it on the side of the pool. then he sits and waits for her, always with a smile on his face. while she's exercising, he'll go into the senior center, but always makes it back before she gets finished. when she get out of the pool, he's waiting by the pool stairs for her, ready to wrap a towel around his wife. he escorts her to the locker room once again, then puts away her equipment.
watching the two of them, i can really see how much they love each other, and the way they serve each other is so evident. it's given me a picture of what a good marriage is in your senior years. i hope josh and i are like that when we're their age.
other than that couple, there's not really much i'm going to miss. i am still very glad it is my last day at work! here's to goofing off at home for awhile!!!
17 February 2006
*****update*****
alrighty, folks, voting has been extended for another week. the voting commission decided it was only fair to let all persons living in house of said reality show to vote. anyone who comes upon this site is welcome to vote as well. we have narrowed the selection down to five titles. they have been edited as the producers see fit. even if you have voted before, please vote again based on these final selections:
house, unincorporated
dude, where's my room?
wagon wheel manor
of chickens and goats and things
nine is not enough
again, these are the final titles. please vote for your preference. the same voting guidelines apply(see post directly below for further instruction). remember, the producers reserve the right to override the final outcome based on their creative vision. thank you.
VOTES ONLY PLEASE!! all non-votes will be deleted. thank you
-the ballot commission
house, unincorporated
dude, where's my room?
wagon wheel manor
of chickens and goats and things
nine is not enough
again, these are the final titles. please vote for your preference. the same voting guidelines apply(see post directly below for further instruction). remember, the producers reserve the right to override the final outcome based on their creative vision. thank you.
VOTES ONLY PLEASE!! all non-votes will be deleted. thank you
-the ballot commission
03 February 2006
reality part deux
ok, so it's now it's time to vote on a title for the lund reality show. here are all the suggestions thus far.
wagon wheel manor
house of insanity
life on the lane
surviving the lunds
the real little house on the prairie
of chickens and goats and things
lane of the lunds...and guests
lund lane
lunderhosen
dude, where's my room?
nine is not enough
six was enough
little house in the unincorporated section of dallas county
voting will end two weeks from today. how does one vote, you ask? just make a comment with the title you like best. only one vote per person per title. so, if you can't decide between two, you can vote twice, once for each title. i'm not going to post my vote, because i don't want to sway the outcome, but i will also abide by these rules. happy voting!!!
wagon wheel manor
house of insanity
life on the lane
surviving the lunds
the real little house on the prairie
of chickens and goats and things
lane of the lunds...and guests
lund lane
lunderhosen
dude, where's my room?
nine is not enough
six was enough
little house in the unincorporated section of dallas county
voting will end two weeks from today. how does one vote, you ask? just make a comment with the title you like best. only one vote per person per title. so, if you can't decide between two, you can vote twice, once for each title. i'm not going to post my vote, because i don't want to sway the outcome, but i will also abide by these rules. happy voting!!!
31 January 2006
real american hero
my intelligence quotient is lower today than it was yesterday. why, you ask? because of this:
yes, that's right. we watched g.i. joe, the real american hero, last night. could there have been any more stereotypes in this source for kids' entertainment. the commentary made by those viewing was quite enjoyable, though. of course, with my lower i.q., i can't remember some of the comments made, except for one i made. the indian(excuse me, native american) character on the show was wearing a red shirt. his skin was the same color as his shirt. how wrong is that?! oh, the joys of '80s television programming!
go joe!!!
yes, that's right. we watched g.i. joe, the real american hero, last night. could there have been any more stereotypes in this source for kids' entertainment. the commentary made by those viewing was quite enjoyable, though. of course, with my lower i.q., i can't remember some of the comments made, except for one i made. the indian(excuse me, native american) character on the show was wearing a red shirt. his skin was the same color as his shirt. how wrong is that?! oh, the joys of '80s television programming!
go joe!!!
20 January 2006
reality
ok, so someone suggested that they (no, i don't now who "they" are) make a tv show about life at the lund house. well, being a video major and having an accomplice with a video camera living right across the hall from me, a reality tv show is in the works. i'm looking for a name for the show. any suggestions?
here are a couple i came up with:
Wagon Wheel Manor
House of Insanity
Life on the Lane
Surviving the Lunds
let me know what you think!
here are a couple i came up with:
Wagon Wheel Manor
House of Insanity
Life on the Lane
Surviving the Lunds
let me know what you think!
18 January 2006
scary sightings at the pool...
....moldy bread
....the return of banana clip hair
....a british male senior citizen in a speedo(!)
it's been a scary day at work today.
....the return of banana clip hair
....a british male senior citizen in a speedo(!)
it's been a scary day at work today.
fun for the ears
overheard at the Lund house:
"that's what the Last Supper would look like....minus the AK-47s."
my new term of endearment(or insult):
"baseball face!!!"
(seriously, this exact grouping of words was on the side of a building. i took a picture; i'll have to post it later)
during pictionary at lifeguarding in-service (remember, all the items to be drawn somehow relate to the pool environment):
"it's a tombstone!!!"
(i find that one funny anyway)
and now for some random quotes from my neice, judah:
"thank you, dad-dad, chicken food!"
"cold. brr."(said just as matter-of-factly as can be)
"that's what the Last Supper would look like....minus the AK-47s."
my new term of endearment(or insult):
"baseball face!!!"
(seriously, this exact grouping of words was on the side of a building. i took a picture; i'll have to post it later)
during pictionary at lifeguarding in-service (remember, all the items to be drawn somehow relate to the pool environment):
"it's a tombstone!!!"
(i find that one funny anyway)
and now for some random quotes from my neice, judah:
"thank you, dad-dad, chicken food!"
"cold. brr."(said just as matter-of-factly as can be)
08 January 2006
every day
so i just have to say the healing process really sucks. it's nasty, painful, and completely unpleasant. but at the end of it, your wounds are healed, things are restored, your life is better, you are mended.
i'm looking forward to that day when i will be mended, healed. but i need not focus on that day in the future. if i look forward to that day when all will have been made new in me, then i forget to focus on the present day, the healing of that day, the pain i have to sort through and endure as God restores me. so i'm trying to just take one day at a time. to deal with the events of the day, the things God is going to take me through that day, what wounds will be opened, which ones will be closed up, which ones will be redressed. that's all i can deal with is one day at a time.
anyone who knows me knows music is a huge part of my life. i love listening to music, singing, playing guitar, writing music, just about anything dealing with music. you would also know that i love to worship through music. man, do i love to worship that way. i bounce around, raise my hands, dance, cry out, sing at the top of my lungs, kneel on the ground in silence, whatever i can to show God how much He means to me and how much i long to praise Him and truly give him glory. i've been listening to watermark's most recent album, the purest place, a lot lately. the songs on there have been ministering to me so much lately. the last song on the album is called mended. there's aline in there that has recently rung so true with me lately. "You are our healer, You know what's broken. we're not a mystery to you." it's so comforting to know that we don't baffle our Creator. He made all who we are. He is the one who heals us. and He is the one who knows what needs to be mended. His love is perfect. nothing is forgotten.
today is my mom's birthday. she would have been 55. as my dad says, she would have been the speed limit. today i remember my mother. i hurt without her here. i miss her so much. i know one day i won't hurt so badly. today i celebrate her. she was an amazing woman and i was blessed to even have known her. and blesed beyond anything i could imagine to have had her as my mother. i love you, mom.
i'm looking forward to that day when i will be mended, healed. but i need not focus on that day in the future. if i look forward to that day when all will have been made new in me, then i forget to focus on the present day, the healing of that day, the pain i have to sort through and endure as God restores me. so i'm trying to just take one day at a time. to deal with the events of the day, the things God is going to take me through that day, what wounds will be opened, which ones will be closed up, which ones will be redressed. that's all i can deal with is one day at a time.
anyone who knows me knows music is a huge part of my life. i love listening to music, singing, playing guitar, writing music, just about anything dealing with music. you would also know that i love to worship through music. man, do i love to worship that way. i bounce around, raise my hands, dance, cry out, sing at the top of my lungs, kneel on the ground in silence, whatever i can to show God how much He means to me and how much i long to praise Him and truly give him glory. i've been listening to watermark's most recent album, the purest place, a lot lately. the songs on there have been ministering to me so much lately. the last song on the album is called mended. there's aline in there that has recently rung so true with me lately. "You are our healer, You know what's broken. we're not a mystery to you." it's so comforting to know that we don't baffle our Creator. He made all who we are. He is the one who heals us. and He is the one who knows what needs to be mended. His love is perfect. nothing is forgotten.
today is my mom's birthday. she would have been 55. as my dad says, she would have been the speed limit. today i remember my mother. i hurt without her here. i miss her so much. i know one day i won't hurt so badly. today i celebrate her. she was an amazing woman and i was blessed to even have known her. and blesed beyond anything i could imagine to have had her as my mother. i love you, mom.