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this is the sunset i drove home to yesterday:


absolutely gorgeous. i just love it. and yes, i did pull over on the side of the road multiple times to take pictures of it. God's creation is simply amazing.


and now, to other topics...
i simply love the olympics. well, some of the events. gymnastics, swimming and diving are probably my favorites. rowing, track and sailing are also interesting to watch. but i mostly watch the other three. when i can. i love watching these athletes put their hearts and souls into these events...such passion. women's gymnastics was a little hard to watch last night....team usa was struggling a little.....however, i'm impressed with shawn johnson....she's good :) i have hope they'll finish strong.
i was really tired last night, so i dvr'd the swimming and watched it this morning. the men's 4x100m relay was an incredible race. jason lezak had an incredible finish from behind the french team. oh my gosh. my heart was racing. and his teammates' reactions were priceless. way to go, guys!
i have two lessons for you: 1) watch out for nails, and 2) keep a record of all your immunizations.
saturday night i walked onto my back porch to play with the dog and promptly walked into a nail. yep, that's right. i didn't step on it -- i walked into it. like when you stub your toe, except that this time, the nail went through my foot. blood. pain. yuck. so, i couldn't remember when my last tetanus shot was and neither could my parents. any guesses what comes next? trip to er for tetanus shot.
while we were in the er saturday night, though, there were several families there and i was trying so hard to read my book, but i couldn't stop watching this one family near us. the grandmother, mom, and dad brought baby because she had a really high fever. the baby was really precious, but the reason i was watching them was because they just struck me as a picture of family love. something about the way they interacted with each other was intriguing. a beautiful picture of love.
oh, sisterhood was just as good as i thought it would be. and while we were there, i got a text from my good friend becky saying she saw i was at the movie from facebook and was hoping i was watching sisterhood. oh, she knows me well. she had seen it earlier and also loved it. and on the way home, steph and i speaker-phone called beck. it was a good chance to talk and it doesn't happen often enough. i love you guys :)

the weather outside lately has been spectacular. i know it's still early august and we have a little while before we actually get to fall around here, but it's been cooler and breezier. i walked out of the house the other day and it felt like fall, smelled like fall....i can't wait. i love everything summer means, but fall is too good. football, cool weather, school starting (yes, i really do like the start of school....), pretty leaves, holidays (labor day, halloween, thanksgiving!).....i absolutely love it. yay, fall!!

so, morals for the day:
1. watch out for nails.
2. call a good friend. or just a friend. call someone you love.
3. watch part of the olympics. they don't happen that often, you know...you're missing part of history if you're not watching.
4. enjoy the wonderful weather God's giving us!

much love to you, friends :)



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