Pushing Daisies – Kerplunk 213

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1.Saran wrap kisses
2.Emerson’s sarcasm
3.Ned’s smile
4.Chuck’s dresses
5.Olive’s songs
6.Digby’s… Digby!!
7.Pies
8.Lily’s eye patches
9.The guest stars
10.Plastic hugs
11.”Oh Hell No”s
12.The Aunts
13.The beautiful colors
14.Emerson’s knitted wonders
15.Emerson’s pop-up book
16.The Darling Mermaid Darlings
17.Dancing on rooftops
18.Cup pies
19.Bees
20.Olive’s matching bedroom
21.The Pie hole
22.Coeur d’Coeurs
23.Having to google Coeur d’Coeurs every time you want to write it because you can’t spell it.
24.The strange deaths
25.The obvious subtext
26.The narrator
27.The music!!
28.The Pie Hos
29.”The facts were these”
30.The coroner
31.Flashbacks
32.Chuck busting out the languages
33.Olive’s Horse mugs
34.Itty Bitty, Dead Girl, and all of Emerson’s nicknames
35.Ned wearing his apron
36.Olive’s “ghetto speak”
37.The tie and trenchcoat. Enough said.
38.Pigby
39.The continually-used yellow brick corridor set
40.Play on word
41.Cheese talk!
42.All of Chuck’s outfits!
43.Chuck’s curly hair
44.Chuck’s straight hair
45.Ned’s nervous babble
46.Olive
47.The costumes
48.Emerson’s bitch face
49.Rhyming/alliterative names
50.The exact times/ages (six years, four months, two days, etc.)
51.The amazing cast
52.Windmills
53.Lighthouses
54.Vivian’s adorableness
55.Vivian’s singing
56.Lily’s gun
57.Chuck’s hairbows
58.Ned’s wooden arm to pet Digby
59.Itty-Bitty and Big Daddy
60.Sexy dreams
61.Dandelions
62.Mmm-hmm
63.Canine heroics
64.The most colorful little morgue in town
65.The uberbrightness and meaning of color
66.The attention to details
67.Beautiful scenery
68.Bell slippers
69.The way Ned looks at Chuck
70.Balsam’s Bittersweets Taffy and Sweets Emporium
71.By-proxy hugs
72.By-proxy high fives
73.By-proxy hand holding
74.The aunt’s mermaid tail bags
75.Lily’s snark
76.Weird clues delivered by dead people
77.Emerson’s face when he’s grossed out
78.Olive delivering pies to the aunts
79.Emerson’s mom
80.Nightly antics at the Longborough School for Boys
81.Plastic cuddling
82.The amazing writing
83.Forty five minutes of smiling and feeling warm and fuzzy
84.The romance
85.The fast talking
86.Our Lovely Ned
87.Chuck’s conversations with her aunts without them knowing
88.Daisies
89.Homeopathic pies
90.”Jiminy Krispies!”
91.Chest bumps
92.Alfredo and his homeopathic mood enhancers
93.genuine sisterhood between Olive and Chuck
94.Magic shows
95.Chuck’s love of life and adventure
96.Ned and Emerson as frenemies
98.Bizarre cases
99.Meeting amazing fun people on the internet because of the show.
100.Pushing Daisies

source: https://www.freechickenandcoke.com/archive/index.php/t-62890399.html

also:  100 laugh-out-loud moments

Masterpiece

Amena Brown

You must find beauty in what doesn’t seem beautiful

You took a lump of clay
                          gave it a name
                                       and called it human
blew breath from Your eternally deep lungs
depositing spirit into wombs and souls
You made us whole
                          from the first breath we breathed

the first time we opened our eyes
You were all we could see
but we wanted to discover if You were enough
                                  so we took a sip of sin’s bitter cup
                                                                                    we gave up
eternal lives
for the quick taste of a cheap lie

but You’ve been pursuing us since in the beginning
You made
      all the first moves
          took all the first steps
You knew the only thing that stood between us and You
was death
so You volunteered Yourself to take the place of harm’s way
You became the great exchange of
                                                     pain for peace
                                                              healing for stripes
                                                                                  death for life
You were the only one who could make things right

we may have counted the cost
but You paid the price
           You put Your Word on our hearts
                  You put Your Name on our lips
and even after we sing all the songs we’ve heard
we’re left with silence
             and all You’ve done
                    and who You’ve been to us
we’re left with all of who You are
                            and all of who You are
                                       is just too much for us

it amazes us that a God
Who could so easily overtake us
takes us
        breaks us
                  and makes us
more like Him
’cause every day You chisel our character
changing the picture of our lives by the brushstroke

You want us to be Your masterpiece
You want us to be the Master’s piece
You are the only One who gives everlasting peace

so we lay down our selfishness
                                                all agendas
                                                        all affections
we come to bring a sacrifice
we come in the Name of the One who gave
His life
and we want to follow Him
    which means we take up heavy crosses
         which means we take sips of the bitter cup of denying self
and we cry out to You

’cause we want You to hear this humble generation
seeking Your face
and turning from wicked ways
’cause we need You to heal our land
we need You to have the hearts of our kings in Your hand

we want You to scatter us like seed
that every soul
             in this world
                         will know
Your eternity

They are of God and are the fruit of your prayers for us

[He]’s out of his surgery…but the doctor had less than stellar news to tell us.  ….it doesn’t seem like it can be controlled at this point from any human standpoint or intervention. 

I’m in a great deal of emotional pain right now.  Thankfully, somehow my thoughts are being protected from spiraling too deep into the what ifs and what coulds.  I still cry a lot though. I am comforted by God at this time and I’m trying to live minute to minute, day by day.  I know He’s crying with me and I know He’s guarding and protecting me as well as [him].  Whatever happens next is all part of the masterpiece of our lives. 

I’m tempted to shout out that it’s not fair, that we don’t deserve this, that we’re so young, and that we’re good people who deserve to be happy… but all of those phrases get cut off before I even finish thinking them.  They are replaced by phrases like: he is not mine to keep, this is all part of His plan, we’ve been happy, these 6 years have been the best gift I’ve ever received, and the Lord feels and He knows the pain of loss.  I really don’t think that all of these phrases come out of human rationalization, they are of God and are the fruit of your prayers for us.  Thank you. 

I am still comforted by the story of Gideon and the story of Job.  I’m not sure if our ending will be parallel to their story, but there is still hope.  It’s not over yet.

I will never be able to speak about all of this as much, as deeply, or as eloquently as I can write it.  Think of these emails as windows into my heart. 

I’m so tired.  But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9

Worship in song!

It’s one of my favorite parts of a Messianic Jewish service :) — everyone from kids who can hop and skip to the leaders who wear tallitot and kippot/yarmulkes join hands together and make their way around the room dancing, sometimes without shoes on.  I went to Beth Yeshua HaMashiach again this morning to partake of the Lord’s Table.  Congregation Beth Messiah feels more for Jews coming into the Kingdom, while Beth Yeshua feels more for Gentiles who are looking to get back to the Jewish roots of Jesus.  But of course don’t take my word for it, just go and fellowship with your fellow brothers and sisters :-D

“The Year of Jubilee”
by Joel Chernoff

sound the trumpet everywhere – all throughout the land
follow My decrees, you must obey My commands
gather with your families – come sing and clap your hands
it is the Year of Jubilee

it is the Year of Jubilee
when the lame shall walk and the blind shall see
when the Lord sets the captives free
it is the Year of Jubilee

sound the trumpet, Israel, let all the people hear
it is I the Lord your God, who draws you near
I have not forsaken you, so have no fear
it is the year of Jubilee

chorus

dai dai dai dai – dai dai dai dai
dai dai dai dai dai dai
ohhhh dai dai dai dai
dai dai dai dai dai dai

sound the trumpet everywhere – let His praises ring,
Yeshua has redeemed mankind – salvation He brings,
for by His precious sacrifice are we standing free
it is the Year of Jubilee

chorus x3

“Sing of Your Great Love”
by Darlene Zschech covered by Hillsong United?

all that is within me Lord will bless Your holy name
i live my life to worship You alone
You brought me out of darkness and into Your glorious light
forever i will sing of Your great love
forever i will sing of Your great love

i love to see You glorified, to see You lifted high
i yearn to see all nations bow their knees
it’s You alone, Lord Jesus, Who can cause the coldest heart
to find Your love and everlasting peace
to find Your love and everlasting peace

holy, holy, holy is the Lord

i love to see You glorified, to see You lifted high
i yearn to see all nations bow their knees
it’s You alone, Lord Jesus, Who can cause the coldest heart
to find Your love and everlasting peace
to find Your love and everlasting peace

holy, holy, holy is the Lord

and Your trumpet will sound
and all of heaven will know
that the time has finally come
for the bride to take her place
and we’ll hear the angels sing

holy, holy, holy is the Lord

If you seek Amy….

This past Saturday there was this man with white hair that sort of creeped me out, but he was saying that my husband better treat me well.  When we introduced each other and I said my name, he said that my name meant “beloved.”  I was surprised that he knew that instantly.  Then he immediately quoted I Samuel 25:25b in the King James Version:  for as his name is, so is he.

Yesterday evening Inch asked a handful of us if we wanted to participate in the following:

Thursday, April 30, 2009
Dining Out For Life
Benefiting AIDS Foundation Houston

On Thursday, April 30, 2009, restaurants across Houston will unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Each restaurant will generously donate 33% of food bills all day long. In 2008 with the help of great Houston restaurants, AFH raised over $80,000 in support for their programs and services such as housing, case management, and food assistance for nearly 5,000 HIV+ men, women, and children.

Visit this site often and b4-u-eat.com (look for DOFL restaurants), as restaurants will be updated until Dining Out for Life 2009! Also, don’t forget to support participating restaurants throughout the year.

For more information about how to become a participating restaurant or sponsor for Dining Out for Life 2009, contact Claire at (713) 623-6796 ext. 224 or email her.  For current information on AFH, click here.

Long story short, it just ended up being Andrew and me.  How fun ;-)  We went to Barnaby’s at the Shepherd location.  We chatted about a range of topics, as all normal conversations go, and he enlightened me (he seems to do that a lot) that Britney Spears sings a song with my name in it but really has nothing to do with Amy.  He said I probably won’t use that as my theme song.  I “listened” it up, along with some others (well, not all):

• “If U Seek Amy” by Britney Spears
• “Amie” by Pure Prairie League
• “Amy” by Billy Redfield
• “Amy” by Bleu Edmondson
• “Amy” by Bobby Darin
• “Amy” by The Crash Motive
• “Amy” by Dirty Three
• “Amy” by Elton John
• “Amy” by Mark Ronson
• “Amy” by Mark Ronson featuring Kenna
• “Amy” by Percy Faith & His Orchestra
• “Amy” by Peri Urban
• “Amy” by Richard Julian
• “Amy” by River City High
• “Amy” by Ryan Adams
• “Amy” by This World Fair
• “Amy” by THREELEGGEDDOG
• “Amy Amy Amy” by Amy Winehouse
• “Amy’s Back in Austin” by Little Texas
• “Amy’s Song” by David Chen
• “Amy’s Song” by Joshua Radin
• “Amy’s Song” by The Paper Life
• “Amy’s Song” by Switchfoot
• “Chasing Amy” by Brett James
• “Once in Love With Amy“ by Frank Loesser
• “Song for Amy” by Jack Ingram
• “We Made You” by Eminem
• “The Love Song” by Drunk Amy
• from “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”

Have a better eponymous song for me?

You are the defender of the weak
You are near those in need
You are a peace to those who grieve
my God you are so many things

You are my refuge and strength
You are my hiding place
You hear my voice when i call
before i say anything at all
in desperate need i cry
only to realize
the hand that heals the sick
has my name written on it

You are the forgiver of my past
You are the pure and spotless lamb
You are the balm that heals the wounds i have
my God You are so many things
["Psalm 91" by Sonicflood from A Heart Like Yours]