Online Intelligence = Interpersonal

Someone referred me to some site where I was meant to find out what type of “intelligence” I have. HA! – Those online tests are hilarious. Here’s what I showed up as though – anyone think it true?

Actually, come to think of it, the other day (August 27th, to be exact - I know, I know, almost a month ago) my dear pal, Joi, sent me an offline asking me if I was married. LOL! (*Joi to Cel: “Is there something I’m missing?”) It turns out that years ago (must be about 4 by now) we did a similar online test just for the fun of it, and August 27th 2005 was D-Day for my supposed marriage. (Note that at that point in time there was no one to marry. HA!) I had a good laugh…as I imagine did Joi.

But hey, they’re fun to do – gives you something to blog about. Right? And worse comes to worse, it makes your friends pop you online every year or so. :)

P.S. Wanna hear the best part? I actually had to fix a misspelled word on that little “intelligence” note. Oh my goodness!

Of massages and the likes

We had an interesting fitness/massage class last night. It was a small setting, just a few people (okay, about 10), plus the someone that knew what they were talking about doing the "show and tell". (Actually there were two of them, but the second guy didn't get a chance to give his class, though I trust he will at some point.)

Other than finding it so very interesting to hear (yet again) what an incredible piece of equipment we have (a.k.a. our body), I had the pleasure of getting the full-body massage. - Oh yes! Of course, that also meant I got myself into something I had no idea I was getting myself into.

Who says "no" to a massage? Right? So yes, I said "yes"! DUH! This meant however that I had to get up on the mini-stage (fine, I can deal with that), I had to take my shirt(s) off (hmmm...), and I had to...well, I basically had to get naked, other than taking off my panties. Oh no! (By the way, did I mention they were filming this? Ooops!)

They did spare me the embarrassment by putting a towel on my "buttocks" (that’s the word they used - okay?), but yes, I think I really outdid myself when I was told to turn over. I'm like "can I put my bra back on if this is on video", so they said "sure", and what do I do? I get up, and off falls the towel, I haven't put my bra back on quite yet, and...well, as others said (those in the room), at that point they'd seen it all (well, most of it) to where I might as well not worry about putting it back on. Oh man! - How embarrassing.

I then crowned the occasion by getting dressed once it was all over (that was fine, though I did feel in a total daze), and crashed my knee into the stage. That wasn’t even so bad... I think meeting people on my way back to my room was the most embarrassing. I looked like I was coming out of who knows what sort of orgy - ravished and tousled. HA!

Oh well...it was good though! ;)

I'm still alive!

Sorry for the silence - well, not too sorry. It's been busy!

I've been doing all the usual though (just in case anyone was worried I skipped a beat perhaps) so you haven't missed much.

You did miss the rather loud (and drawn out) saga of dinner dishes last night though. We had spaghetti ragu'...which was delicious, but man, doing dishes for 100 people. YIKES!!! At least our boys were in a good mood.

Between teasing poor Emmi (I forget what prehistoric animal they were referring her "stop it" squaks to - but it seems they wanted to get Kent Hovind to add another class to his DVD series), singing at the top of their lungs (ummm...yeah, they do that a lot), having to show Andy who the boss was (yes, I almost thought he'd call my bluff when I started dancing around him pretending I was Mowgli, telling him "it wasn't the size of the dog in the fight") accusing me of dangerously "throwing cups at them" (hey, you should have heard their singing - you would have done it too), I almost got a stomach ache from laughing so much. :)

They're cool though - and we managed to get off dishes (which started at like 8:00) just in time for our Home Council (starting at 9:15). I know, see? That's why I called it a saga. I don't want to ever hear anyone complaining of having to do dishes in Family Homes. They'd just need to come to our Home and they'll be sooooooo thankful to go back to theirs. Ha!

At least we have good cooks that make yummy food! Whew!

Pictures tell a thousand words

So here we go with yet another WnR adventure.

Running away from the house is the only recipe for an actual "restful" WnR these days, so we took off yet again. Went to a restaurant, had delicious food, roamed around for a bit of window shopping, and yes, went to the men's cologne section and took in the special odors - such a delight. And it felt so good to be in "good" company...all the girls were into it too. Wow! :)

The mall troopers - I think we actually look rather fierce here (not to mention me and my height - I know, I know, I'm tall!)

Oh look! - A camera! (Duh!)

Suko and I - and our wedding cake! (Such a sweet couple! - Wake, don't get jealous now! LOL - yeah right)

Danini and the cherry - that was split three ways. I can't believe we didn't get a pic of the three of them together!

All in all, it was a nice outing!

So stay tuned for next week's tales when...well, I don't know what will happen, but I imagine there will be something to tell. - I hope.

Success or failure? - Who's to judge?

I think I might be getting a bit too deep for this blog, but I’ve been into a bit of a questioning/analyzing/searching-izing mood recently. – And it seems things just keep coming up that challenge me to ask and dig deeper.

For the past, I don’t know, 3 months, I’ve been trying with all I think I’ve got to work with, to help some folks obtain visas to this special land of Mexico. Due to their nationality though it’s been fighting teeth and nails seeing as it seems soooo hard.

One thing would come up and we’d try to overcome it, another thing came up and we’d surmount that obstacle…and as for me I put all I could into it to where it came to the point that it almost felt as if it was me trying to get to Mexico, rather than them. – Foolish, right?

Well, one of them made it, so I know I need to look at the donut rather than the hole, but one, who I’ve grown to admire GREATLY, hasn’t – and though it would have worked out eventually, the timeframe became the ending cause of our attempts.

I can’t get into all the details of the obstacles overcome by this man, it would be too painstaking for me, not to mention probably daunting to read for you all, but after informing him of the bad news that the time-frame wouldn’t work, I can only think of saying “Wow” to his positive reply.

I don’t think I can put it any other way than in his own words, and for those of you who read my blog and aren’t Family members, all I can say is “tough for you if this doesn’t make sense”. :)

“If I make it just to thank you guys it would be worth it. Isn't the Family great? Here are folks who I don't even know really doing all they can to help me with this visa.

Celeste these last three months have been a real fight for me, but you know I wouldn't trade it for anything. The Lord has taught me so many lessons through it I'm so thankful. So whatever news I get, don't worry, its all part of His plan. The Lord gave me a wonderful prophecy yesterday telling me how He designed this gift especially for me. And the thing about this gift is that it has many layers almost like the wrapping in a hot potato game. And even the wrapping I couldn't take off on my own I had to go to my dad (Jesus) every time I wanted to take a layer off, and we'd sit down together and take off the next layer. And when we took off that layer there was a little instruction with something that I had to do and sometimes to me it seemed crazy or it was humbling or it was hard work and difficult but I could only do that and then go back again to Him for help with the next layer.

Well I know eventually I'm going to see that gift in all of its beauty and I've just got a few more layers to uncover. So you see there is so much good fruit coming out of this it's gotten me desperate like never before and I have to keep going back to the Lord. I just wanted to share that with you for your encouragement as I know you've really fought with me along with many others."

And then today:

"Celeste, all I can say is praise God! His ways are wonderful! For your encouragement I want to tell you that this thing has changed my life in so many ways. I've never had to fight so hard in my life. So it's taught me so many lessons on being a fighter! It's brought me closer to the Lord and made me depend on him like never before. So I don't feel it's a loss! - It's a victory. I may not understand it all completely now but it's all in His perfect hands! And I’m sure the Lord will reward you for your help and fight. You've been a terrific support to us and I really, really appreciate it.

So do me a favor and smile! ‘Cuz that's what I'm doing! Hey who knows one of these days I may eventually make it there. Take care! Love you lots and a big thank you to all who helped. God bless you guys - my prayers are with you!

One of my favorite quotes:
It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph, and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Celeste, you are that man!"

Yeah right I am! I was the one that was all discouraged yesterday when I found out the news. HA! – What a woos that I am! (Though hey, I have the excuse of being a girl, right?) I did go to the Lord about it and got a rather interesting prophecy which left me at peace yet intrigued: "You ran the race, you did your part, you win some, and you lose some, but I will always have My way."

So hey, I’m going to take this as a successful endeavor seeing as success and failure mean nothing in the eyes of the Lord. As long as He’s in control and I’m yielding and doing my part I know I’m on the winning side.

John, you’re an incredible man. – I look forward to meeting you some day. Until then, I know you’ve definitely made a difference in my life and I will always admire that in you. Take care! XXX

I think I got it!

The reason for my not “being married”, that is.

Rather than clobbering people (sorry Luchi, was a good idea for a few seconds) I think I’ll show them this special little plant I got for my B-day this year. I love plants, they make any room come to life, and yes, I have some in my room too. For those of you who know me they know too that I regularly forget to water them. – OH NO! (I almost took a pic of one of my plants yesterday when it was oh so droopy – though thankfully I caught it in time and watered it so it’s alive again. Yeigh!)

It’s not because I don’t want to water them, or because I think they look good droopy, in fact, I love them ALIVE, and no, I’m not scared of “committing to water it daily”, but sometimes there are just millions of things going through my brains, I’m trying to get so many things accomplished, and yes, even dodging people asking me heaps of questions (some of which have nothing to do with me – HA! – That’s another dilemma actually, why do people seem to think I know everything to where they ask me the wildest questions that have nothing to do with my job?), so that poor little plant doesn’t have “first place” in my life.

Now how that fits into the “the right one hasn’t come yet”, I don’t know. Maybe some day a real hunky, and I mean hunky stud-muffin (yeah right) of a plant, of course, will come into my life which will change my wayward ways and make me want to forget about the many, many, many, many other things I’ve put as priority to where I’ll never, ever forget to water it. Hmmm…that would be interesting. Ha!

Seriously though, let’s hope that when and if that man (ooops…I mean plant) comes around I won’t forget to water him. :)

Aloha Pics

Checking out some pics...




The blindfold dance - 3 guys were meant to dance with each girl and we were meant to feel them up and guess...I had it easy, I had 7 of them to choose from. (So much for 3) :)




Our boys doing their "studly dance"

Giddy-up!

Sunday was WnR for some of us so we went into our local Zocalo (a.k.a. town square/Piazza) to see the sights (IndependenceDay coming up). They had that bull thingamajigg...oh, I rode it. FUN!
Please don't laugh too hard - I think those in the town square already had enough of a laugh at seeing this tall foreign thing trying to ride a plastic-headless-bull (cheating, mind you - no way would I have lasted with one hand).

It was a blast though, I personally think I did quite well. (I know, I'm conceited. Oh dear!) :)

Enjoy!

And so it all began...

Now we're getting wild...

These speak for themselves - and hey, at least I have the hair to make it a show worth watching. :)

Don't you just love studying the amuzed faces in the crowd?

Aloha

The night before last we had a Hawaiian night. :) I just love partying, especially when everyone gets out of themselves (meaning, aren’t SOOOO overly concerned if they look smashingly good when they try to do the jiggy) and in looking at the pics (aside from having been there) I think we excelled in that. – It was a blast!

And our boys are just the best!!! (I just HAVE to say it!) They did this incredibly studly dance (HA!) for the Leo girls (though we all got to enjoy it – and got an encore too) - thank you, thank you, thank you!

I still have to snitch some pics - coming soon though. I promise!

My dilemma

I'm in a questioning mode...
I've had lots of people asking me a rather similar question lately - or I should say, it's been like that for years and I get the question lots, but for some reason over the past week I’ve had this question like too much already, to where I'm really starting to wonder what the problem (or my problem) is. :)
What’s the difference between those that end up as singles and those that end up as couples (be it as boyfriend/girlfriend, partners, mates, married, etc.)?
It’s not looks, is it? I doubt that’s the case, I know tons of hot people (guys and girls alike) that are still single.
Is it how sexy they are? Nah…I don’t think so. - Sexyness pertains to singles and mated.
Is it because they have a flaw in their character? Again, I don’t think that’s the case as, and this isn’t meant to bash any couples, but I know plenty of people who are married that have immense flaws, albeit hidden by the eyes of love. (snicker)
So what is it?
It might be a personal choice for some so that’s not part of the dilemma here.
Of course, perhaps some really don’t care, or I should say, don’t put that much importance to it, seeing as there are other things more important in life than actually trying to find that one “perfect” one (did I make it too obvious that I fall under that category?) – but I’m really starting to find myself at a loss of words when asked that question. – Can someone help me out here?