Myth Busters

I read on the bottom of a bottle cap a few weeks ago that if you chew gum while cutting onions you won't cry.

Tonight I made a bean dip which contains onions, so I was excited to try this theory out - sure that if this "fact" were on a bottle cap it must certainly be true and I could conquer bawling my eyes out while cutting onions.

The gum worked for approximately 34 seconds, after which I was my usual self, crying my eyes out. It is a croc I say!! I wish I could remember what it was that I was drinking so I could call them and complain that they lied to me.

Here's a depiction of what I looked like... and now you know. The gum theory sucks.

24.

I am 24 today, celebrating a lovely, relaxed, white birthday because it snowed last night. :-)
I am definitely feeling the love today so thanks everyone. I can't wait to see what is in store for this coming year of my life - so much happened in the last one!

In honor of 24, what follows are the lyrics to the Switchfoot song "Twenty-Four."

Twenty four oceans
Twenty four skies
Twenty four failures
Twenty four tries
Twenty four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
Twenty four drop outs
At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty four hours ago

Still I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And I'm not who I thought I was twenty four hours ago
Still I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You

Twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses still twenty four strong

See I'm not copping out not copping out not copping out
When You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man
Oh, oh I am the second man now
Oh, oh I am the second man now

And You're raising these twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts
But I wan to be one today
Centered and true

I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man
Oh, oh I am the second man now
Oh, oh I am the second man now
And You're raising the dead in me

I want to see miracles, see the world change
Wrestled the angel, for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And You're raising the dead in me
Twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts.
I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out.

Almost Over.

Well, the basketball season is unfortunately coming to a close. I have enjoyed coaching much more than I imagined. I have been blessed with great girls who I get along with, are funny, work hard (for the most part), and even though they like the Jonas Brothers I still love them. :-) Our last home games are tonight and our last games of the season are Friday night.

Last Saturday the varsity head coach canceled practice for his team. I, however, did not for my JV girls - simply because I like them and didn't want to cancel their last Saturday practice. So we had a fun practice... played knockout a couple times, line tag with everyone dribbling basketballs, etc.

I also made them a mix CD which I played while they had to shoot free throws for a good 40 minutes. We are awful at free throws, and it shows. Here were their percentages:

24/65 (37%)
37/65 (57%)
13/40 (32%)
10/40 (25%)
26/70 (37%)
28/65 (43%)
28/45 (62%)
13/45 (29%)
30/75 (40%)
29/65 (44%)

Only two of them got over 50%. I then had them go back and shoot 10 more, emphasizing the need for them to focus, fix whatever is wrong with their shot, and get at least 5/10. Only 4 succeeded.

You're killin' me, smalls!!!

Videos to Brighten Your Day

Hilarious. Both of them. (P.S. how do I post videos on here so that the actual video will just show up and you don't have to click the link??)

Bad female drivers.

Kid after dentist.