Changes on the Horizon

It seems like life changes all around us, but we rarely allow to willingly change. Think about it--we will stay in a job we dislike because it pays the bills. We watch the same television shows week after week. We wear the same clothes and generally eat the same foods. Most people resist change on some level. I embrace it on many, but shy away from it as well. For example, I just dyed my hair auburn brown but didn't change the style.

Why do we as a people do this? Does normalcy really bring us that much comfort? There are things in my life that I never want to change. I want the people I love to be near me forever. I want to be healthy until I am old. I want to have a bright personality all of my days.

But things can change. We just need to be ready for it.

Superbowl Sunday- Colts vs. Bears

I am so excited for some good football today! I am familiar with Grossman and the Chicago Bears (because they schooled the Vikings). On the flip side, my roommie Sydney is more familiar with the Indiananapolis Colts led by Peyton Manning. She is a huge fan and is completely excited they made it. I am sure the game will be awesome. Both teams deserve to be in Miami this weekend. I am just looking forward to being among friends with all kinds of snacks, Brent's A-mazing chicken wings, and booze. Very nice. For any women out there that want to impress their men and get the facts right... check out the below link:

http://femalefan.ivillage.com/entertainment/2007/01/a_girls_guide_to_the_super_bow.html

And in honor of my roommate, I am a Colts fan today. She has been sick all week but I am sure if her team wins, none of that will matter! ;)

Wonders of the Wii

The Nintendo Wii is a beautiful thing. We got a Wii on Friday, January 19, 2007 and have been playing it every day since. It comes with Wii Sports that has Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, Golf, and Boxing. My personal favorite being Tennis. Can you imagine standing in the middle of your living room swinging your arms and your movements being detected in the game? Pretty revolutionary. The motion sensor is awesome too. If the ball is to your bankhand and you swing forward, guess what? It's a missed shot. Brent is currently boxing against the computer Miis and it's great listening to his commentary. Now boxing is tiring... 3 rounds of 3 minutes all while bobbing, weaving, and hitting. It is a LOT of work.

Rayman Raving Rabbids is also a brilliant game and that is where the bunny comes from... they are pyscho bunnies! It is full of mini games that range from milking cows to bunny shoot outs. Very creative and just pure fun.

WarioWare Smooth Moves is hilarious. You pull nose hairs out, shake fruit flies off of bananas, and saw wood. I never knew there were so many ways to hold the Wii mote and some of the graphics on that game are just plain silly... you can tell they wanted people to chuckle at some things and it definitely works!

Brent has Zelda but that is purely his thing. I don't have the attention span for it! All I am saying is... the Wii is meant to be shared. It is sooo much fun that we have had three Wii parties in a week.

Wii want everyone to know it's worth.

Silly Lydia

I guess it all started last night about 10:30 pm. Brent and I were watching the snow out of his big windows and he was so intent that ... I planned an attack! My intention was to jump on Brent and play. Oh well. I climbed up on the chair and stood on one arm, it tilted, I put one leg down and the other got scraped up something fierce. My skin was actually stuck to my pant leg so when I lifted it up a bubble of blood came with it. It was gross. Of course he has no first aid items whatsoever (which we will remedy) so I went home with paper towel on my leg wrapped in Press N Seal cling wrap! I limped home, cleaned and dressed the wound, and slept with my leg propped up. Today there are no bruises and by the end of the day it had stopped throbbing. It is about an inch long and looks like I may have scraped bone a bit. It appears to be every girl's version of a shaving nightmare! LOL. Thankfully all wounds eventually heal...

Concern is a funny thing...

I have noticed that my sister has not been calling my cell phone or on Skype since Christmas Day which is highly abnormal. I looked on her blog and she hasn't posted in about a week. She hasn't called my mom in about a week. She hasn't even logged onto Skype since 12/31/2006! So my rational (ha!) mind is concerned. Georgia has sent me a few emails in the past week. She is a bit lonely and seems to be homesick. I don't want a sad, unhappy Georgia! I want the excited girl back who was so glad and proud of her decision to go to South Korea for a year. It made coping with her absence so much easier on all of us.... knowing she was truly happy. Now all I can think about is scooping her up in a big bear hug and squeezing until she pinches me. Sounds like fun, huh? I miss her.