Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Best...day...ever

This afternoon I got a call. I looked at my cell phone and it showed "No Name, Unknown." Now normally I don't answer these calls, as I despise when teller marketers call, but for some reason I decided to make an exception. And am I glad I did!

I answered the phone "Hello, this is Sarah" (can you tell I'm in work mode?!). There was a brief pause before the caller said "Hello this is Dwight Schrute..." That's right my friends, Dwight Schrute, the Dwight Schrute of Dunder Miflin called me today! The automated message only lasted about a minute, but it was amazing! I laughed so hard. He yelled at me for not coming into work on time, and that while he was only "Assistant Regional Manager" (we all know he's Assistant to the Regional Manager) and couldn't fire me, he'd see to it that Michael terminated me. And quickly. Oh man! That was awesome!

Seriously the best day ever.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

You'll shoot your eye out!

By far, my favorite holiday movie is A Christmas Story. And frankly, it's probably my favorite movie of all times.

I don't know what it is about this movie that I love so much. Maybe it's Ralphie's childlike innocence. Or the anticipation of Christmas day coming. Or the fact that it has a humor that kids and adults alike enjoy. Whatever it is, I love, love, love this movie. And I thought I might share a few of my favorite lines with you, my blog readers:

"I can't put my arms down!" - Randy after getting on his winter coat.

"Oooh fuuudge!" "Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!" - Ralphie after losing the screws to the car tire.

"I want a red rider 200 shot carbine action range model air rifle with a compass and this thing which tells time built right in the stock." - Ralphie

Father: "Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian."
Mother: "Uh, I think that says FRAGILE, dear."

So what is your favorite Christmas movie?

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Pictionary and other life lessons from board games

This past Friday we were suppose to move into our new house. We spent Thursday evening taping the trim, washing the walls and doing other preparations. Friday we go to the bank for our signing... but none of the lawyers or seller were there. Interesting. Turns out the seller's bank didn't have everything ready, so we couldn't sign. Bummer.

Since we had planned on working at the house all weekend, our time was now wide open. Saturday was spent at the Bovenmyers serving the neighborhood, followed by an evening of Cranium. Now, seriously, if you want to get a good laugh you should play boys vs. girls in Cranium. And to add to that, you should have Dan act out "cocktail dress" in front of his dad. Or have Tony sculpt a dunce. Because, that my friends, is clearly a recipe for humor.

Sunday I had a picnic with Amanda, Becky, Amy, Emily and Emily's friend Leah. It was a nice time of good ole fashioned girl bonding. Afterwards Jonathan met up with Amanda, Becky and me for some pictionary. Know what I learned? Amanda is the best teammate ever when it comes to pictionary. Yes, it's true. I don't think I have laughed quite so hard in a looong time. Between deformed versions of the US and using the other team's clues to guess the picture, we totally rocked it.

So what life lessons did we learn, you might ask? That everyone, yes everyone, has something they can teach you. If you just take the time to stop being so consumed with yourself (Philippians 2:3) and start really getting into the lives of others, you'll find they are brilliant in so many areas. God has created His children uniquely, each one playing their part. So don't think we hold all the answers. That we know all. That we don't need others. That we have more to teach than to learn. Because we don't. And most importantly, never stop being students of life.