Today I was thinking about ice cream and about my favorite places to go for it and my favorite flavor. Which reminded me of a conversation I had over the phone with my aunt Jessica, who, by the way, is moving down here to Maryville, TN That way, when we’re ready to move closer to Church, we’ll move next door to her…I’ve got it all planned out, Juss, how do you like my plans?

Anyways, here’s sort of how the convo went:

Me “Yesterday me and Coie went to Marble Slab, which is the BEST place to get ice cream.”

Her (Oh, hang on a second, I forgot what the ice cream place she said is called, so I’ll just call it ‘Stone’ because I know that word is in it…) “No, ‘Stone’ is the best place. (AH, I just remembered what the place is called: Cold Stone)

And we just sort of fought over it for a while and finally she asked:

“Have you ever even been to Cold Stone?”

Me “(hesitate) Uh, er, um, sort of…no…But have you been to Marble Slab?”

Her “……..no”

And after that was an explosion of laughter.

I’m very, very, bummed because I have to miss Church 5 times within, I think, the next 3 months because Coie and Mom will be gone on Sundays (each Sunday they’ll be at different conventions). We can’t make it to Church because we need two drivers to transport Dad, me, Emmi, Bo, Dip, and James to Church (our car only seats 5). Why can’t we just say “abba cadabba” and have our van fixed so we could make it to Church? Isn’t there a problem with this picture: We have 4 vehicles on this property and we don’t have enough seats to make it to Church? (I know, that sentence was tweaked and didn’t have all the pieces to the puzzle. :-P)

So, I’m listening to a CD by Chris Rice right now, it’s pretty good. I like his ‘Fly to Jesus’ song. A CD that I want really bad is the newest by Tim Hughes. And I’m hoping Mr. Sensenig will come out with another CD. I’m really big into music. And most people I know know that, so guess how many CDs I got for my birthday….9 or 10. I love them all (I mean the CDs). And then I was asked what Coie wanted for her birthday and I told them something that she REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted, which is something that I wanted just as much: a CD by Brandon Heath. And she got it. But she barely saw it after she unwrapped it…it was in my hands and on it’s way to the CD player. I think I’ve listened to it more that she has…well, maybe. A couple times me and Coie listened to the whole thing twice Sunday (remember that we drive 3 hours or more for Church and Small Group). Well, the Chris Rice CD is over, so I’m going to put on the Brandon Heath CD now. Thanks Juss.

Okie, doke, I’m going to sign off now and get my USB Flash Drive Cruiser and move this Doc. Over to a computer with internet (dial-up, rather). Right now it’s 3:33 PM. Let’s see how long it takes for me to take the time to ask Mom to get on HSB, get on dial-up. –EDIT- It is now 5:50 PM (Same day). I seriously thought it would take me days or weeks!

-Ryann

Dana, I have heard a lot about you and have much respect for you. Can I have your address so I can write you? If you don't want to give your address over the internet you can email it to me, if you want. My email is, um, er, uh, I have to ask my Mom, I totally forgot my own email address...ok, I asked her and she forgot,too. But you can email me in her acount: JeneferIg@ gmail.com (I put a space there so virus's won't go through and pick up our email, so take out that space). I hope we can become great friends!

Grandma Sharon, I miss you SOOO much. How is the whole family out there? Please tell Grandma Agnes that I say Hi and I miss her very, very much. I almost cry whenever I think about her. I hope we can make it out at the end of the Summer. If we can get the van fixed we'll make that trip to come get our junk out of the storage place. I REALLY want to see you again SOON!!! What did you do for Easter? Whatever you did, I hope you had a great one! I love you!

Megan, can I have the link to your blog, AGAIN? I don't know how many times I'm going to ask you for it before I get it memorized!  :-D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my AWESOME, FAVORITE,  NEATO, WOODWORKING, COOL, etc. UNCLE CHARLEY!!!! We made you a 'birthday package' and we'll send it to you (or, try to) on Monday.

Jess, thanks for calling me earlier! Sorry if I totally talked your ear off...actually, I probably didn't. If I had worn your ear off you certainly wouldn't have asked to talk to Dip (in otherwords, asking for another chatterbox). I enjoyed talking to you! I love you soooo much! Hurry up and move down here!

Goodness, this is a long post!

Ryann