It's me, Charity

I'm not quite sure where to start this story. I have been doing some massive deep cleaning of my apt this week. Monday night I came home and looked around and i just felt like it was so cluttered and messy and that the walls were coming in on me. So every night I have been cleaning and throwing away stuff like you wouldn't believe. Its been a two shower every day this week. In the midst of my cleaning I found a ziplock bag of what appeared to be drink mixes. I realized it was something Mom had sent for me at some point and thew it in my purse aka overnight bag, to take to work the next day. The packages were brightly colored and I was really excited because one looked like it might be a blue raspberry drink and that really sounded good! Fast forward to the next day at work. I arrive and set my purse down on my desk as I look for my keys and start to pull stuff out of the bag that I brought in for work. I find the ziplock bag and throw it out on my desk and began to unlock my dr...

I realized I never posted any pics of my new hair color! Here is my new darker do'! I am digging it!!! Today was a rare day when I felt like my outfit was super cute and that I looked nice, so I had to capture it to preserve! HA! My Grams gave me this necklace and it went so well with the outfit!! This is quite possibly my favorite skirt ever!! (well minus the Old Navy Tennis skirts from pcc era) I just love this skit! I"ve had it for several ye ars and when I bought it I couldn't fit into it but i was determined to wear it someday!! Its got a cute little flirty white under thingy to it. So festive!! And yes by the end of the day my shirt was all stretched out and wrinkly. Ignore that!! :)

1. Summer Friday nights have officially become Movie night at Casa Cherrybear. Tonight I watched "Did you hear about the Morgan's?" And while it will most certainly not be winning an awards it was a cute little movie. Not bad for 1.07! I 2. Tomorrow is Wedding #2 of the summer. Tyler and Meg's wedding outdoors at the Country Club here in town. Its going to be in the 90's. Here's hoping the officiant makes it short and sweet!! 3. Can't believe next week is the Fourth of July. The summer is almost over. (for me at least) July is packed full of events, I'm tired just thinking about it. 4. Flashback Friday has become a big hit at work! We bumped it to Vanilla Ice on Pandora as usual, and then later in the day I created a Will Smith station. He really has the perfect summer songs!! 5. I came home tonight to find out my Mom had cleaned my kitchen floor, ran a load of laundry, brought me lots of goodies and took my trash out!! WOW!! She's prett...

Because this straight, blond hair will be gone by tomorrow!! My hair did look alot straighter when I got to work in the morning, versus this is the middle of the afternoon. Its a fun look but very labor intensive and I clearly need a more high powered flat iron for this situation! Text to an Anonymous Person last night " I'm so hott you're going to want to make out with me" HA!

A picture is really worth a thousand words. I've been sitting here for over 5 mins trying to come up with a post that will explain what we were doing and all I can say is that Amy was regaling her family with the story of my electrocution ala' Precious and we both felt compelled to try and mimic Precious' poor face. And um... thats all you need to know. I'm pretty sure the following picture is going to be my new background on my work computer. Makes me giggle everytime! See? We match!! (And to prove that we don't look like that all the time)

GET WITH IT!! ITS PINK WEDS!!! Stink Eye-Circa 2010 Copyright Cherrybear. All rights reserved.

While there are a few times when I regret making a facebook account for my Dad, I generally love to see his little status updates, they crack me up!! Here's his status from today.. Shhhhh... don't tell him I'm posting it here!! (and yes I get my love of all things weather related from my Daddy! :) ) Kevin some people will enjoy tomorrow, I will NOT, as Weatherunderground tells me tomorrow will be 6 seconds shorter than today, Which means, getting closer to that white stuff , I HATE SNOW !!! yes Pastor Tim I am aware that God has created all things, but I think he should have left that one out :) that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Today did not start out on a good note. I got about 4-5 hours of sleep thanks to the massive storms we had last night. Well really it was like one storm because it felt like it never quit. Half the town is flooded, its really kind of freaky. More about that in a minute. So I was without a good nights sleep but functioning this morning. Until I walked into my kitchen to make my carnation breakfast blend to take with me to work. (I prefer the rich milk chocolate version in case you are wondering) I walked by my fridge and before I knew what was happening my feet were in the air and I was falling. I tried to grab a hold of a chair from the table to stop my fall, but I only succeeded in stabbing myself with the leg of the chair. No bueno. My first thoughts as I laid on the floor were as follows. 1. My skirt had better not be ripped or soaked with this water that I'm laying in, I do not have time to change. 2. I had better not have broken anything because I do not have time to go to the...

For our June Ladies who Lunch we went to Camille's Sidewalk Cafe'! Due to it being in the 90's here in good ol Indiana, we chose to sit inside! I had a yummy salad, can you believe all this goodness was only 315 calories? It was super good and very filling. I didn't even eat the whole thing! Here's Emboz showing something she googled to Bethy. Tube Tops if you're wondering :) The Great Bethanne. She is seriously a beautiful child! She has perfect features and I think she's going to cause poor Greg alot of stress when she hits the teen years. The boys are going to be acallin!! This my friends is what happens when 1. your friends are short and 2. you have a 9 yr old take your picture and she does the following. please see below. Sadly the picture with half of my ginormous head cut off was the best one out of all of them. We have to work on this Bethy... Emboz made me sit in a chair since I was so much taller so we could get a group pic. Oh the love!

So as part of my Fathers Day gift to my Daddy I made him this triffle. He looked at it rather dubiously from every angle conceivable untill i finally convinced him that it was in fact edible. And hey, I didn't have to cook it so its not burnt! YAYS!! Me and my Momma. We have to really work to get a picture where she doesn't look drunk. Bless her heart. She hates having her picture taken especially my famous self portraits! But great and fabulous mother she is, she does it for me :) "The Fist" this is what you get when you're "cruin for a brusin" this means you'd better stop and he's serious. I didn't stop. :) This picture cracks me up! During our little photo shoot he was watching Lethal Weapon (number 1 in case you're curious) and something exciting happened. Despite the fact that I myself have seen that movie no less than 15 times and I"m sure he has seen it a great deal more, he had to look sideways from Mom so he could see what ...

Caca, one of my besties, had the most hilarious thing happen to her last week. You really must go to her blog and read about her embarassment and her brush with the law.. I really need to find some normal people to hang out with. HA!! Caca's Brush with the Law

So there's this lady I know. By the name of Linda K. Shaw. And she's pretty much fabulous. She's my childhood best friend Amy's neighbor, and my newest Pink Weds convert. For that alone she is awesome. Linda K. Shaw (yes you just have to say the entire name it doesn't sound right without it!) is going to Ivy and heading towards a degree in my dept so she visits us often. And we enjoy every visit!! Today she came by and wanted to borrow my shoes. In her words it was because she knew i had sasquatch feet. Thanks pal. Yes I wear a size ten shoe but hello i'm 5'9 1/2 " if I wore a smaller shoe i'd probably fall over. But i digress. SO she wanted to borrow my shoes. Sadly for her my shoes were beat up flip flops. So she had to go to Kohls and buy some shoes for her speech presentation. Less than 20 mins later she came back with these.... She called them hooker shoes. If you can't tell they are peep toe and tres' fabulous! I tried them on and I co...

I'm not a fan of baseball but this has to be the cutest how we met story ever!! LOVE IT!!!!!

1. Today I was stoked to see Danny Gokey's new Video! It brought tears to my eyes and gave me goosebumps!! Watch it HERE!! 2. I have learned that apparently I have fingers of steel because I can bend paperclips into art form. I can also do initals! With squirly pretties!! 3. My mind always goes blank when its time for me to post 7 Quick Takes. I don't know whats wrong with me! truthfully my mind has been struggling for a few weeks! I need some ginko or something! 4. Apparently I have a very distinctive walk. According to Jessica and Apes at least. They say they can hear me coming from the elevator. I try to tip toe down the hallway but I look like a fool and they can still hear me! I blame being in all of the Vespers/ect at PCC for my Walk With Purpose. 5. I think I might watch Valentines day tonight if I can find it at Redbox. I refuse to pay more than 1.07 for a movie! I want to see When in Rome as well. I guess we'll find out what they have!! 6. I can't decide if I...

I have no clue what to blog about tonight so this is going to be a very random, rambly post. Whew, good thing this blog is called Thoughts and Ramblings, huh? I am so excited that THIS GORGEOUS SHIRT is FINALLY on the Target website! Seeing as how my Target store is always sold out of my size! And did I mention that its payday tomorrow? hmmmm!!! :) Tomorrow is also Throwback Friday at work. That's right, Vanilla Ice on Pandora is going to be BUMPIN' all day long!! Now to find the perfect song for the 3 o'clock sway. What is that you ask? Well we have created some traditions in our office as you might have guessed all ready:) and the 3 o'clock sway is when a special song of our choice is played and we sit back and listen to it and take a BREAK. Breaks are very much needed. I tend to get lost in "Banner-Land" (and if you don't know what that program is, count yourself lucky) and hours, literally hours go by with me sitting in the same position. No bueno for...

OK so I'm behind a little bit. Here is my pink weds post from last week! Pink Toesies!! Tanning in my back seat during lunch break! ahhhh so relaxing!! And just an up close shot. About 15 mins after this was taken the hair went up into a ponytail and since my own mother says i look like a peeled onion with a sprout on the head when i wear my hair in a pony tail I had graciously decided not to share that wondrous fashion statement with you all. you're welcome. I promise I'll get a full length shot today!!

1. Being safe yesterday during the storms. 2. Having my laptop back and running better. 3. Having a 300 cal lunch and feeling full and satisfied for over 5 hours!! 4. Rain. I do like watching it rain at night. Relaxes me! 5. Getting involved at church!! 6. Talking to a friend and having scripture pop into my head that I can share with her! 7. Finally listening to God when he says Be Still. 8. The fact that God loves me and continues to speak to me even when I am not listening or obeying! I am so thankful his love is ever lasting!! 9. Summer nights. No where to be just relaxing. 10. Hugs from my Sam Sam. I love that he loves me!! 11. Dreaming about the fun things I can do with my niece/nephew. 12. Finding out whether its a niece or a nephew in AUGUST BABY!!!!!! 13. The June edition of Ladies who Lunch coming up this Thursday!! 14. A coupon for said lunch that will make it half off for me and Emboz! WOOT!! 15. Across the office High Fives. 16. My "little brother" Tyler. 17. A ...

My Monday afternoon into evening was spent with several hundred of my closest friends in a hot, sweaty, hot, jammed, hot hallway. Did I mention it was hot? About 4:40 right after Apes had left the tornado sirens went off. I am used to weird noises in our hallway and I assumed that the Resp Lab was doing work on their dummies. I peeked over my desk and saw that the lab was shut and dark. Hmm... And the the announcement came over the loud speaker to go to our safe spot. Mike Prangley would have been proud!! So I got to spend over an hour with this long hallway of people. What cracked me up was how each dept and their students all stood together!! The funniest thing was that at 5:25, 10 mins after the tornado warning expired, I got one of our Text Alerts that I should seek shelter. Um.. really? And as a tag line to this story, because this just made me laugh so hard that I want to preserve it here... Here is the emails that went back and forth this morning from my "Little Brother...

Can we all just have a moment of silence for how long my hair has grown? I have not cut it since my birthday trim!! It hits the back of my shoulders in the back and allllllmost touches in the front! I think (if it doesn't rain!) I will straighten it maybe Thursday so I can bask in its long-ness!! WOOT! And yes, I am in a bathroom here. And yes I am making funny faces.

What is a girl to do when its 90+ degrees outside and the A/C is not exactly cooling down the building? Put her hair in a Pony Tail Of course!! but what happens when you don't have a pony tail holder? whatever shall you do???? Thank goodness for rubberbands.... And thank goodness for an offfice mate that says HEY! HOLD STILL! I need this for my blog!!! ;)

Ok these pics are a little out of order but thats ok! :) Once a month my Women's Bible Study does an Open Table night at our church. Women come and bring their crafts and projects that they are working on and hang out and chat. I had not been to one of these nights because, well, I'm not crafty. there, I said it. the secret is out. Not that it should be a huge secret now, do we all remember the ribbon that was supposed to be a bow that turned out to be a headband? um.. yeah.. 'nuff said. But Jessica has been telling me about it and so I figured I would go and check it out, not like I had any other pressing events on my social calendar. I'm sure you're wondering what "craft" I decided to do! I went with digital scrapbooking! I haven't scrapbooked since I left PCC in 2003 and you can just imagine how many pictures I have taken in 7 years! Most of them digital! So I thought this would be a good way to put them all together! I actually really enjoyed it...

1. Had so much fun at Open Table night! I learned how to make a digital scrapbook, although it wasn't nearly as cool as what Jessica and Sheryl created! I will definitely be going back again! 2. As I write this (thus night) I am watching part of the CMT awards, AGAIN! I am diggin this Zac Brown Band song with all of the little lights. So romantic!! 3. When I walk I swing my right arm. And when I saw I swing It I mean i SWING that arm. I wonder what I look like walking? Probably pretty funny! 4. So excited for no weekend plans except church. I am exhausted and in serious need of a good nights rest. Likewise my apt is in serious need of some vacuuming and cleaning. 5. I got to tell a student good news today and it was literally the best part of my day!!! I was pretty grumpy before that, but making her so happy put a big smile on face! And then she attack-hugged me!! It was sweet!! YAYS for making people happy. love it!! 6. I've really been missing my piano this week. I've bee...

Meet Amy. The Yang to my Yin. My friend of over 16 years. Wearer of an awesome new haircut and My only friend who Is taller than me and knows things that no one else should know. See Amy's view from her balcony. Yes, I said her balcony. She can walk out of her apt and look at this. This is why Amy and I are no longer friends. Its just too painful. Too painful indeed. It wouldn't be as painful if I could master my yoga moves and be able to fold myself up and fit into her suitcase when she was home a few weeks ago. Sadly I am not that flexible yet so our friendship must perish. Sadness.

Please ignore the mess on my desk. And focus on the petty butterfly flying above me!! Our boss has given us total free reign to decorate the front office as we see fit and make it fun and friendly. In Charity's world that means COLOR and SPARKLES and PRETTY STUFF!! I got this idea from my local pharmacy they had butterflies flying about in their office and i thought it was so cool!! i found butterflies, bumblebees and ladybugs (sorry mom i know you hate them) at the dollar tree last night. they were made for kids to wear, but I could see them floating through our office in my mind!! It turned out even neater than I expected!!! I LOVE IT!!! We don't have any windows and with the dark blue wall it really needs to be lightened up and made festive. So I did!! I can't wait to see what people think tomorrow:) The best part was having my buddy Paul who works on Mait, come up with a ladder so he could hang them up. (FYI you can totally make hooks with paperclips.) He came to my of...

I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNT!!!! My bro and sil are making me one of the happiest people alive and having a baby!! And I'm assuming I can finally tell since my bro joined 15 million pregnancy things on fb. :) The baby's nickname is "The Project" and it is currently under construction :) Due in Dec!!!! WOOT!! Just call me Auntie Cherrybear!!

Last week I came back to town from spending the holiday at the parents farm and I saw a toilet sitting by the side of the road. It was beside the house that is across from the turn in to my apt complex. I thought it was a tad strange but ignored it. For the next three days everytime I left for work and came home that darned toilet was still there! Laying on its side in all of its toilet grody glory. So on the fourth day when I was getting ready to leave work I remembered to get my camera out so I would have it ready. I slowly drove past the four way stop and put putted at about 5 mph in order to get a picture of the toilet. Of course with my luck the very grumpy lookig owner of the house and i'm assuming the nasty toilet, was sitting outside in his yard and GLARED at me as I drove slower than turtle walk past his house with my pink camera out the window. Seriously dude? Umm... I'm not the one with a TOILET in my front yard! Needless to say that threw me off of my game and I di...

Today is a VERY VERY Special day! Its my best friend in the whole entire world's Birthday!! Thats right folks, Today is Kimberly Michelle Lewis' BIRTHDAY!! Words can't express how much I love her and appreciate her friendship. Though miles seperate us, our hearts beat together. Kim has been my best friend for the past 7 years. From the moment we met at PCC, in our suite's bathroom. And met, and met again. yes we met several times, as she did her hair a different way each day of that week and I was beginning to wonder exactly HOW MANY people were living in my suitemate's room. :) I finally figured out all of them were Kim and she hasn't been able to get rid of me since!! She truly is like family to me, and her family is like my family as well. I can go to her with any problem and she will listen to me and care. She listens to my snot :) and to my ramblings and my ticked off moments (although she laughs at me when I'm mad) She helps me pick out my outfits ...

Friday called for a festive outfit!! I'm wearing a cutiepatootie sequined tank from Target. The straps are too long so the front was sagging some, didn't realize that untill i was walking into work. Luckily I was able to just button the cardigan over it and that made it back to modest. It looks cuter without it buttoned though!! And yes I have a pink bow sparkly headband AND sparkly zebra print shoes. Yes, I am raising the roof here!! Today we had a dance party at work. Our building was prtety much deserted by noon, so we turned the music on so it wasn't as creepy. Did you know you can make a Vanilla Ice Pandora station? It plays GREAT STUFF!!!! Seeing Debby do Hammertime was the best part of my day!! CAN"T TOUCH THIS!! daaaa daaa da daaaa And no matter what Apes says I have some mad crazy moves, yo. they just all involve my hands and me making funky faces.

1. So excited that I found one of my construction job buddies on fb this week! He was one of my faves and I def. missed him!! I 2. Today we made a Vanilla Ice pandora station at work. Apes and I bumped that most of the day. We also learned that Cherrybear has no rhythm or moves but Debby can do the hammertime dance like none other!! CAN'T TOUCH THIS!! 3. You're welcome for putting that song in you head for the rest of the day :) 4. I think I must look older than I feel. Tonight I pulled up to my apt and a guy was trying to get in the door. He saw me and waited as I got out of my truck and held the door open for me. I thought it was nice and then I realized he called me ma'am. I hate that word. 5. I took my first and last walk around the pond at my apt the other night. There is a goose that has it out for me. He likes to chase and squawk at me. My heart rate was definitely accelerated by the time I made it back to my building, but my pride was wounded after having to run...

Well Fiddle Dee Dee! Its Pink Weds!! How are y'all doin? We came back to work after the holiday to find out that our A/C had been hit by lightening!! It was sweltering hot in the office on Tuesday, even after they got it working. Today I wasn't taking any chances so I wore a light sundress and put my hair up and off of my neck!! I'm not loving the lace cami with this but i forgot to try the dress on the night before so when I put it on today I realized it was nowhere close to modest for the office and had to improvise!! I usually can't get my hair to go up and look good in the morning after I have washed it because its so thick it doesn't get dry for hours, even with blow drying, but somehow I managed to get it into some semblance of decency this morning and I actually liked it!! Another look. I always have one wayward strange by my ears that gets out!! How was your Pink Weds?