gdp's Comments

inprogress : If Westboro Baptist Pickets...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:06:48 +0000

Oh wow. Just checked "why" they decided to picket you guys. Sigh. Should be interesting?

inprogress : choosing hurt over healing

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:28:49 +0000

I have some friends who are revelling in being the victim. It hurts so much to see the damage they're causing themselves and others. But, anything we'd say they'd manage to manipulate into supporting their position. It's sad.

inprogress : A Woman Who Doesn't Like Shopping

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:37:59 +0000

Argh! Intense Debate deleted my comment as I went to post it!! So, dot-points - we don't have an agreed-upon budget, but we each work to our own budget. (eg: all the presents I give my family will be worth the same amount. However, that amount might not be the same as what my sister decides to spend on each of us. We give according to our own personal ability). - I am working on an insanely tight budget this year due to a massive blow-out in the cost of my flights home.But it means I'm being creative :) - we only give presents to immediate family members, unless otherwise agreed upon (cousins only get presents until they turn 16. it's too hard after then) - I HATE SHOPPING IN GENERAL. Not just Christmas shopping :) - So, I decided what I'm going to get, and then search online for the best prices. Once found, I'll either order online, or go to the store and pick it up. That option is my least favourite, so I always treat myself to a coffee at my favourite coffee shop afterwards :) - I don't shop too early for Christmas - usually late November. One year my Mum had all hers done by September. However, the other week I suddenly realised that the saturday coming was the ONLY day I'd have to shop until after Christmas. Whoops. Guess that's what happens when you're in the Creative Department Christmas Production and all your waking hours are spent at rehearsal :D - I know that I'm impossible to buy for. My most hated question; what do you want for Christmas?? (at least this year I knew of one thing I wanted)

inprogress : Heavens To Betsy

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:22:44 +0000

this video totally reminded me of Barry Morgan (www.worldoforgans.com) who I discovered via a very popular music quiz show here (www.abc.net.au/tv/spicksandspecks). Noone plays the organ like Barry Morgan :D

inprogress : Make Your Dash Count

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:45:47 +0000

Tam, I wish I could hug you right now. xxxxx

inprogress : I'm Coming Back.

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:03:56 +0000

Yay!!! And I totally get everything you've written. More than you know :) xxx Welcome "home"

inprogress : I'm Sorry.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:25:14 +0000

I have the pre-lim results already, which I can't understand, so I'm going to google them before going to my GP :) The biopsy results should be ready when I meet with the specialist in 2 weeks. Pretty sure everything's ok, but then why take a biopsy when there's nothing to biopsy? But then, I didn't see the specialist in post-op, which he said I would if there was anything serious. Thinking about the whole sharing thing again, I find that the things that are closest to me, I hardly talk about at all, while non-essential things, I'm fine to discuss. With most of my friends I barely talk about my health at the moment, but the ones that know what's going on actively follow me up. Our senior pastor's wife chased me down at church last night to find out how things were progressing - she's been keeping an eye on me too. It's nice to know :)

inprogress : I'm Sorry.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:23:15 +0000

During my ulcer saga (which is continuing - had a scope & biopsy just yesterday!), they discovered that my gall bladder is full of stones....and some are HUGE!! So, unless they dissolve on their own accord, I may be going the same path as you. As for sharing, sometimes I feel I share a lot. But then I realise that I'm not "really" sharing at all. It's just surface sharing. I don't share myself with many people at all. Most of the times I have, I've been burnt. I don't rely on others for much at all either. I'm just too afraid of being let down - again. But I must say that knowing people were praying for me yesterday (and have been for the whole time I've been unwell) made yesterday a breeze. I wasn't nervous in the least (which is quite unlike me when it comes to things like this!) Glad you're on the mend, Tam. xxxx

inprogress : I'm Sorry.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:12:40 +0000

I totally get that. Just recently I have some close friends that I've told why I don't like to rely on others, and now they're keeping me accountable. It's hard :(

inprogress : Two Rights and One Wrong

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:31:18 +0000

(clarification - hated Kanye, LOVED U2!)

inprogress : Two Rights and One Wrong

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:30:52 +0000

#2 is the fib. I saw Kanye live (at a U2 show), but I hated it :D

inprogress : Two Rights and One Wrong

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:14:38 +0000

Hmm. 1. I'm related to a lead actor in an old-school hollywood epic. 2. I saw kanye west live and loved it 3. I had short, spiky, purple & orange hair for a year.

inprogress : Two Rights and One Wrong

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:11:07 +0000

hahaha!!! I'm hoping that #1 is the lie too ;)

inprogress : One Thing

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:10:17 +0000

1. Lying/Betrayal/Taking me for granted. (sorry, I couldn't split the three) 2. Honesty. I think that encapsulates a LOT. 3. I hope I would be. I think I'm a pretty low-maintenance friend - I don't ask much of my friends & don't expect much from them. I would like to think that if a friend has a need and calls on me, that I'd be there in a heartbeat, & I'd like to think that's what they'd do for me too.

inprogress : I Just Found Out I Was Lonely

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:54:34 +0000

I totally get not having the "remember when" moments. I've been here for 9 years now, and although I now have those moments with my friends here, there's still something that hugs my heart when I'm with people who've known me my whole life. A friend of mine from high school (& her husband, who I also went to school with) moved to Sydney last year, and catching up with them is so nice. And one of my best friends from primary school is coming to my 30th next month! We're both a little over-excited at the prospect of catching up. And then there's home. Home with my family & friends who are more than just friends. The people who my mum invited to my surprise early 30th. People who write in your birthday card "we're proud of who you've become".

inprogress : Community Confessions - Personal Edition

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:11:14 +0000

AMEN :)

inprogress : Big Announcement

Mon, 30 May 2011 00:25:22 +0000

WOW!!! So freaking excited for all of you. I moved halfway across the country (on my own) when I was 21 - so I have an inkling of what you may be feeling..... But HOW EXCITING!!! Please don't start singing country music.

inprogress : My heart. Right now. This very moment.

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:03:05 +0000

there's still a couple of dreams that are yet to come to pass, and my heart aches for them....

inprogress : My heart. Right now. This very moment.

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:02:14 +0000

I am serving on a worship team with people that I grew up listening to their music. (I can't even begin to explain the sentence structure right there). I grew up singing & leading worship with songs that my (now) worship pastor wrote. To say I was star-struck when I met them would be an understatement. (not that anyone would have noticed!!) But now I am honoured to call them friends. I have had the opportunity to sing on albums our church has recorded - and was picked by my worship pastor to record a song he wrote (massive!!). I have had the honour of singing at the state conference of our denomination, where I also had the opportunity to sing with Darlene Zschech (slightly surreal). I have seen so many dreams come to pass that I never would have thought possible. And now it's time for new dreams. (SCARY!) And now I'm being given pastoral responsibility at our young adults, and that is freaking me out. AAAHH!! It's amazing what can happen in 10 years....

inprogress : Aging. Like It Or Not.

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:04:20 +0000

however....I am kinda happy with where everything's at for now. Except for my body falling apart. Not liking that so much.