I am proud to announce that I finally have my own vehicle! Meet the Hulk. The newest addition to the Molenaar Family. He will be used to transport me to and from school next september, and for many road trips i'm sure. Born in 2002, this Olds Alero is a mean green fighting machine! Thanks to Randall, it now has a name, but is subject to change.

If you have any ideas let me know!

Well it looks as though I haven't updated my blog in awhile, and now that I have time, I will hopefully keep it updated more often!

So school's finished (finally) and there's no more thinking about presentations, assignments, essays and exams. The first weekend after school was done, I was feeling quite weird because I didn't have any work to do and I could just relax and do nothing. It was very satisfying. But now that work has started it's a different story.

Work is getting quite hectic. I'm not really enjoying it at all. I mean the job itself is not too bad, but it's hard working there and being a Christian. It's tough when you don't have a support system around you like you do at Redeemer where everyone understands you and what you believe. At Shoppers on the other hand I get bombarded with questions and arguments and discussions. Which on one hand is good, because it tests me and my faith, but on the other hand discourages me and brings me down. Not all the questions are focused on my faith persay, but more on Christians in general. Currently I and one other girl are the only Christians that work in the pharmacy. And she's a very new one, so it's hard. I am constantly asked about the DaVinci code, what my thoughts are on it, why Christians are hippocrites, what we believe, why we believe it, what our personal relationships are like, our morals, values, you name it...we've talked about it. But sometimes the talk gets so heavy that I don't know what to say, or they talk amongst themselves and don't really point the questions to me directly but talk right beside me about it.

But one good thing, was that we were talking about relationships and one of the girls said that she always feels that she has to stop herself from saying things sometimes because she knows that i'm there and she feels weird saying them around me. So I guess i'm having some sort of impact on them. They all know that i'm a Christian. I don't hide that. But it has sure been challenging.

So that's basically what i've been doing for the last few weeks since school's been done. I've also been looking for a 2nd job, perferably a day job. I had an interview today at Lansdowne Children's Center to be an RTA (Resource Teacher's Assistant) and work one on one with a special needs child in a day care setting. The main focus of the program is integrating the children with special needs into regular school settings. I think the interview went well, but I won't find out if I got it for a few weeks. So we'll see what happens. I'll keep you posted!

Me having fun with Photoshop...procrastination is fun! 

A year has past and now we stand on the brink of returning to a world where we are surrounded by the paradox of everything, and yet nothing being the same. In 1 week we will reluctantly give our hugs and, fighting the tears, say goodbye to people who were once just names on a sheet of paper to return to people that we hugged and fought tears to say goodbye to before we ever left. We will leave our best friends to return to our best friends. We will go back to the places we came from and go back to the same things we did last summer and every summer before that. We will come into town on that same familiar road, and even though it has been months, it will seem like only yesterday. As you walk into your old bedroom, every emotion will pass through you as you reflect on the way your life has changed and the person you have become. You suddenly realize that the things that were most important to you a year ago don't seem to matter so much anymore, and the things you hold highest now, no one at home will completely understand.

The memories and the stories from school won't mean anything to anyone at home and yet you resent them for that, that they can't share that happiness with you. Who will you call first? What will you do your first weekend home with your friends? How long before you actually start missing people barging in without calling or knocking? Who will get pizza at three in the morning with you now? How long until you adjust to sleeping alone in a room again? Then you start to realize how much things have changed, and you realize the hardest part of university/college is balancing the two completely different worlds you now live in, trying desperately to hold on to everything all the while trying to figure out what you have to leave behind.

In the matter of one day's travelling time, we will leave our world of living next door to our best friends, walking across campus to eat, instant messenger, 8:30am classes, and the perpetual procrastination to a world that will seem foreign to us despite the fact that we lived in it for eighteen years. But it is different now. We now know the meaning of true friendship. We know whom we have kept in touch with over the past year and whom we hold dearest in our hearts. We've left our high school world to deal with the real world. We've had our hearts broken, we've fallen in love, we've helped our best friends overcome depression, stress and death, and we've stayed up all night on the phone just to talk to a friend in need.

There have been times when we've felt so helpless being hours away from home when we know our families needed us, and there are times we know we have made a difference. 1 week from now we will leave. 1 week from now we take down our pictures, and pack up our clothes. No more going next door to do nothing for hours on end. We will leave our friends whose random email and phone calls will bring us to laughter and tears this summer. We will take our memories and dreams and put them away for now, saving them for our return to this world. 1 week from now we will arrive.

We will unpack our bags and have dinner with our families. We will drive over to our best friend's house and do nothing for hours on end. We will return to the same friends whose random emails and phone calls have brought us to laughter and tears over the year. We will unpack old dreams and memories that have been put away for the past year. In 1 week we will dig deep inside to find the strength and conviction to adjust to change and still keep each other close. And somehow, in some way, we will find our place between these two completely different worlds...are you ready?

So today I got my first sunburn of the summer. It was actually kind of exciting. I normally have a good first burn and then tan the rest of the summer. But as you can see from the picture, it is a little tender...and that's precisely why i'm going to go and lather aloe vera on it right now...happy burning!

4 Things about me

Four jobs I have had:
1. Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacy Technician
2. HA (Housing Advisor)
3. Weekend Host at Camp Shalom
4. Counsellor for 4 years at Camp Shalom

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. Remember the Titans
2. Any of the Lord of the Rings movies
3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
4. Any Mr. Bean movie

Places I have lived:
1. Brantford
2. Ancaster
3. Cambridge (for the summers)
4. random peoples houses for weekends

Four Places I've been on Vacation:
1. Florida
2. Mexico
3. Murtle Beach
4. and soon to be the Caribbean on a Cruise in August!

Four Websites I vist daily:
1. www.redeemer.on.ca/webmail
2. www.skyradio.nl
3. www.hotmail.com
4. many different blogs

Four favorite foods:
1. Nasi
2. Pizza
3. Borricole
4. Fettuchini Alfredo with Shrimp

Favorite alcoholic drinks:
1. Smirnof Ice
2. Mike's Hard Lemonade
3. VEX
4. Rum and Coke on the rocks

Four favorite non-alcoholic drinks:
1. Pepsi
2. Milk
3. Powerade
4. Lime Ricky

Four favorite musicians: (too many to just pick four...)
1. David Crowder
2. Hillsongs United
3. Jeremy Camp
4. Evanescence

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Holland
2. Somewhere warm
3. with Mans
4. in BC

Last 4 books I have read:
1. A New Kind of Christian
2. Searching for God knows what
3. a few books of the Bible
4. Simply Jesus and Me

Last 4 movies I have seen:
1. V for Vindetta
2. Ultra Violet
3. Walk the Line
4. The Island

It's been awhile since i've posted, so I thought I should get back on track and keep this thing updated. I promise, after exams, I will be more regular.

So i'm home this weekend, and it's easter. In 2 weeks I am moving home for the next two years, and officially becoming a commuter. This week has been crazy. This is what it's involved...

1. doing a Psych Presentation
2. finishing a 17 page paper for Biblical Hermeneutics
3. doing a dance because I was happy that I was done that stupid paper....
4. packing up and going home wednesday night
5. having my first ride in my brother's new Chevy S10.
6. working at the good ol' pharmacy
7. working on my resume
8. sleeping in until 11am this morning
9. having my mom make us breakfast with dyed-hard boiled eggs for easter!
10. going to work
11. figuring out financial things for the rest of my life
12. finishing my resume
13. writing this blog

And that's all in the last...5 days! Rediculous! Actually, now that I look back at it, it doesn't seem like that much. oh well!

Oh! Best blonde quote ever, but not made by me. I was at work today, and we were talking about my boss' shirt, which looked like an orange sherbet colour. And randomly, one of the girls is like, yum! I love sherbet. and then it started a discussion on ice cream and sherbet. when all of a sudden, one of the girls was like, "what's that yogurt stuff that's frozen and it's like ice cream?" and me, being the smart alek I am exclaim, "you mean, frozen yogurt?!" haha best blonde moment ever! She went so red, and everyone laughed. it was great...and it wasn't me being an idiot this time. that's it...

My Celebrity Look-Alike...

























Others included: Christina Ricci - 74%, Ashley Olsen - 72%, Naomi Watts - 72%, Michelle Rodriguez - 71%, Mary Kate Olsen - 71%, Kate Winslet - 71%, and Martina McBride - 71%

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Dorm 40's Man Servant

This past Friday at Redeemer, there was an auction for a school called Hilltop in...I can't remember which country, and all of the proceeds went there. So basically you could donate a talent, food, or any kind of service and all of the money raised would go towards sending a child to this school. (a child could be sent to Hilltops for $100) The biggest bid went on a Baked Cheese Cake made my Felix Lam for $450! One of the items up for bid was my friend Randall. He was offering his "services" for whatever we wanted him to do. If we bought him for under $100 then he would work for a full 2 hours, but if you bid over $100 then you get him for a full day. So I ended up bidding on him for $110! lol But I knew I couldn't afford that, and neither could anyone in my dorm, so we split it with another dorm and got him for 12 hours each!

Yesterday was Randall's day with us. It started off with Jess and I picking him up after our morning enviro lab. He then carried our bags and keys and escorted us to our dorm. We then took Randall for a walk back to the school to get groceries, while he carried the cart and everything! After cleaning half a bathroom, Randall had a break... then we made "Dorm 40's Man Servant" signs and taped them onto him. Then Randall escorted Jess to class and handed in a Midterm Take Home for me. After that, Randall and I paraded around school for awhile. When we got home he finished the bathrooms and started on making dessert for after dinner that evening (trifle!). Jess wanted him to pick her up from her class so Amy W took Randall to the school to do that. After that, the rest of the afternoon was spent vacuuming, eating lunch, relaxing, and making dessert and dinner. Randall made us a lovely hamburger dinner with salad, chips, and dessert. He then did the dishes, and then I treated him to going to the play. (what a nice master i am...) after the play Randall basically stayed until he had cleaned our whole house. We have dorm inspection today and it looks really good! He did a great job, and we had a lot of fun! $55 well spent!

Damien Rice - Volcano

VOLCANO (Damien Rice)

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