Thirteenth Tale, American Idol picks, Compassion

I really liked this paragraph from The Thirteenth Tale- "Everybody has a story. It's like families. You might not know who they are, might have lost them, but they exist all the same. You might drift apart or you might turn your back on them, but you can't say you haven't got them. Same goes for stories... You are at liberty to say nothing, if that is what you want. But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grow pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you."

My current American Idol thoughts
Bottom Three
Kristy
Syesha
Brooke

Next to go- Jason

My top picks at least for now (in order)
David Cook
David Archuleta- Brian is not too into him, but I like him
Michael Johns
Carly

I am very happy to say that after 4 months of procrastination, our family is finally sponsoring a child through Compassion International www.compassion.com. We picked a little 3 year old girl from Tanzania whose birthday is one day before Hannah's. We are so excited!

Notice the new Title

We have changed the title of our blog in an effort to revive our original purpose. Originally it was designed to post thoughts and reflections on life, books, movies, etc and to occasionally update others on what we are up to in life. Ever since Hannah was born, the "thoughts" aspect of our blog has slowly become obsolete. In fact, I feel like I hardly even know how to write any more. (Notice the captions to my pictures are not even complete sentences- if there even is a caption) Some may think it is weird to have a bunch of pictures of Hannah and then an evaluation of presidential candidates on the same page. I completely disagree. I like having it all together because that is my life. It runs all together, and so I like the blog being set up this way as well. A chronological log of what is going on in our hearts, heads, and house. The lack of "thoughts" is evidence that I really have not been thinking all that much lately. I have been reading, watching movies, etc. as before. But I have not been writing, reflecting, and processing all the stuff I do. It has left me feeling incomplete. Most of our readers will probably only read the "Happenings", but we want to post "thoughts" as well. It is an effort to fight to keep our minds alive post-college, something we have found to be a challenge.

So now you will really see the level I have stooped to-

Thoughts one the bottom three on American Idol this week:
Chikezie
Jason Castro
Ramiele Malubay (although she is so incredible sweet and adorable)

At this point I am going for David Cook or Michael Johns. And I want the world to know that this is the first full season of American Idol I have watched. I am hooked!