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jodi

I am here for Friends

About Me

I love av-O-cados. I hate mispronounced words. I have a djembe. I don't have a hair dryer.

My Interests

music (listening, performing, recording, etc.), theology, reading, making flowers grow, crocheting baby blankets, bike riding, spending time with my husband and family, shopping at IKEA, cooking, sailing, swimming, flying in helicopters

I'd like to meet:

HARRY CONNICK JR.......what the heck? Maybe he'll read this and grant my wish by playing piano while I sing......ahhhhhhh. pure joy.

Music:

Salvador, Sarah McLauchlan, Veggie Tales, Matt Redman, Harry Connick Jr., Steven Delopolous, Lisa Loeb, Nichole Nordeman, Train, Duncan Sheik, Susan Ashton, Michael Passons, Ginny Owens, Sting, John Mayer, Lifehouse, Bourne Supremacy Soundtrack

Movies:

Happy Gilmore, Sister Act 2, Wayne's World, The Dark Crystal, Finding Forrester, Willow, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, The Princess Bride, Tommy Boy, Little Shop of Horrors, First Knight, Passion of the Christ

Television:

24, Bones, House

Books:

Bible, Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne), Various Poetry (Neruda), Enemy of the People (Ibsen), Mere Christianity (Lewis), Girl With a Pearl Earring (Chevalier), Anna Karenina (Tolstoy), Soul Survivor (Yancey), Left Behind Series (LaHaye/Jenkins), Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), Tilly (Peretti), I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Harris), Sacred Marriage (Thomas), Boundaries (Cloud/Townsend)

Heroes:

Lots of inspriational folks out there, but only one who saved me (which is what a hero does, right?) and His name is Jesus

My Blog

Off to the Hospital...

Top 10 Ways to Know You've Been in the Hospital TOO LONG10.  That green on the walls isn't so calming anymore.9.  You have been through at least 2 cycles of the menu, and you can predict wha...
Posted by jodi on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:47:00 PST

A thing of the past...

Work is good for the soul, but it is hard when you are 7 months pregnant. My job description is about to change....from full-time choir teacher, to full-time baby incubator. That's right, I have 5 m...
Posted by jodi on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:58:00 PST

My Private Dancers....

I have two babies inside me, yet I still have difficulty imagining their little shapes and how they are positioned in my belly. At my last ultrasound (Monday November 5th), it got a little easier. S...
Posted by jodi on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:39:00 PST

The BIG one....

Today was our BIG ultrasound - we found out that our babies are GIRLS! It was quite the amazing experience (after we got through the stress of going to the WRONG hospital), and our tech was helpful a...
Posted by jodi on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

Two Heartbeats....

A 7-week ultrasound is somewhat routine these days, especially for those of us who have undergone fertility treatments. The idea is that we want to make sure that there actually is a baby in there, a...
Posted by jodi on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:09:00 PST

FOR MY STUDENTS

It's fun to see you guys online!  If you want to add me as your friend, I would be happy to add you.  As you can tell by what you see on my profile, I don't have any questionable or inapprop...
Posted by jodi on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:08:00 PST

Cost of living in CA

Can you really use the phrase "cost of living" in California? It seems more appropriate to say "cost of living-and-supporting-everyone-else-while-paying-an-outrageo us-mortgage" if you are a resident ...
Posted by jodi on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:58:00 PST

Watch me bounce

I really do. Bounce. In a voluptuous teapot costume made of hula hoops. I'm sure it is quite entertaining to watch. Only 2 more weekends to see it in action! I reallly am a sucker for being on st...
Posted by jodi on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:35:00 PST

My first time......

.......adjudicating a music festival was a very good experience, and I am truly enthralled with the idea of giving advice to complete strangers without having to explain or maintain any future contact...
Posted by jodi on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:40:00 PST

Getting Canned

Does anybody really get fired anymore? It seems to me that nowadays, bosses have found politically correct ways to do it.....either that, or they just rearrange things so that it doesn't seem like th...
Posted by jodi on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:51:00 PST