Thursday, December 29, 2011

For the Love of Little Things

One, my days home are still wonderful. I am learning that staying positive during your days help; even when everything goes wrong.
Some of you are thinking "Okay, yeah right. Life is not always so optimistic." And YES, I completely agree, trust me. But if someone can control their mood and help the situation, it is so surprising what change one person can do.
Here are a few methods to my "madness" :)
    1. Don't be the first to get mad.
        Now, I understand being upset. There are times when it is totally necessary to have your voice be heard and stand up for something. I believe in not letting someone walk all over you, BUT if being in a situation that someone has no control of, why not make the best of it? If someone makes you mad, evaluate the situation before you react. Don't be the first one to raise the problem, and don't be the first one to raise your voice. This sounds a little overboard, because there are times when your opinion needs to be revealed. I am totally for that. But if someone is having a bad day, or you're stuck in a situation, don't add to the fire. Be the water to cool it down and put it out.
    2. The time will pass...eventually.
        No matter what happens, the time will pass. Small, medium, or large; no matter how big something seems to be, it passes. Why waste time being bogged down? Don't let something effect your mood too long. Enjoy what is around you. Compliment your life, don't conflict it. Another thought...as harsh as it may sound, maybe if something is bringing a lot of unhappiness to someone's life, it might not be meant to be there. That seems obvious, but it is much easier said then done.
    3. OF COURSE, just pray about it :) 
         Knowing that your life is in God's hands and knowing that he will guide you through any situation that comes your way is an amazing feeling. He will NEVER put his children in a situation they can't handle, and when one door closes, another one will open. It just takes courage and trust.

So my last few days!
Tuesday=all morning with Kelsey (the best horse in the world. We sure do miss Sunny). Then it was a great movie day with a great friend Tarana! She is more like a sister to me. Watching How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days while drinking hot coco totally hit the spot. Later that night, I went to a Bible study at a House Church with Mariah. We then continued to karaoke night with a bunch of friends, including Tarana. It was a BLAST! When midnight hit, of course the seven of us didn't have ENOUGH fun, so we then went to Ihop. On top of the chicken caesar salad, a mini-hamburger, sliced potato appetizer, 1 fish taco, and a Shirley temple, I then needed a short stack of pancakes at 1:00 in the morning. Who doesn't need that..right?
 YES, I can eat..a lot.
Tarana (left) & I

Steph (left), Mariah (middle), & I ***..and it all started in elementary school!***

Wednesday morning came fast. A lovely day with my twin cousins was on my agenda. Nail party and movie day anyone? That's exactly what we did. Later that night I spent the night at my mom's and had a wonderful dinner with my sister, Vanessa (We also sat with Stephanie and Mariah! They were also at Applebee's for the second night in a row!). 

Again, morning came fast. That seems to be happening a lot! I can't believe there is only about a week left of Christmas break. It's nuts. Today I had a great start to my morning with Susanna (best morning!) Blue Sky Bagels for breakfast and her house for some relaxing time. Picked up Mom that afternoon and met Dad at her second job (Mom has two jobs. She is very hard worker and has done everything in her life for my sisters and I. She is amazing. AND Dad is here from Cascade for a few days!) Dad and I went to the track to do my track workouts. It was so much more fun with Dad running with me. Mom used to be able to, but ever since her motorcycle accident my senior year of 2009/2010 she can no longer run (That of course does not stop her. She goes to the gym with a personal trainer and does her own personal workouts. Nothing stops my mom). The workout today? 4x400 and 4x200 (My workout defiantly helped me run off Applebees and Ihop..just saying). More workouts this week to come. Of course Dad and I were hungry so we went to our traditional dinner spot, Sizzler. We always have great talks and catch up on just plain life. 

So what now? Now it is time for one of my favorite things at home; hanging out with my grandparents and dad in the bar (the mini bar in our house) blasting Poker Face by Lady Gaga. Granny Debbie made me a virgin margarita and I get to catch up with my readers! It is what I love to do. 

A few things before I publish: 
This is my Christmas present from Sus!

1. When you dream, pay attention..I believe they mean something :) 
2. Some prayer requests:
    My mom: Her stress level is way too high.
    Alija's Grandma: She is feeling sick today.
    Mariah: She got a call for a new opportunity in her life.
    My sisters: Let life start falling positively in their direction. 
3. I see in my stats and followers that I have readers from not only the United States, but also Russia,   Germany, Brazil, and Thailand! Thank you for reading :) I hope you enjoy.

Monday, December 26, 2011

The Day After CHRISTmas

Christmas Eve was the party, Christmas was church and family, today was crazy shoppers around here! 
Let me just say I found great sales with Susanna and Liberty.

Home is still WONDERFUL :) 

It is sure great to remember where I came from and remind myself how I came to be me. 

Tonight Gramps gave me his 50 year old picture Bible. This will come in handy later...and you'll understand that with a later post!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you are also ready for the New Year! Lets make 2012 better than any other year

Friday, December 16, 2011

Home Sweet Home

Okay, so I am home!
That means waking up this morning in amazing Idaho.

Mariah surprising me last night by calling and saying "There's something in your yard! I have to pee...come out side!" is my reality. Now that is a welcome home!

Mama picked me up from the airport, Granny and Gramps are very excited I am home, Kelsey is nice and fuzzy with her winter coat, and Dad coming into town for a couple of days to his little girl back from college. I am very relaxed with the sense of just being here. It's a great feeling.

It's the end of 2011, and 2012 is soon to come.
Our annual Christmas Eve party is right around the corner (holy cow) and I can't wait.

Memories are in the midst of life's happening, and I am ready!

break starts...NOW! :)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Finals week! But first...

Okay, so it is finals week. But first I want to share fun!

So it is near Christmas. It really doesn't feel like it...1: The city around this time last year was a mess with rain, rain, and more rain. 2: Everything just has been so busy and everywhere, that I just have not felt the spirit. Maybe it will feel more like Christmas when I go home? All I know is that time is going by so fast. I guess it is true that "the older you get the faster time goes by." Mom told me the other day to stop thinking so much about the future. I think I will listen to her and just enjoy life..It only happens once :) But anyways! So it is near Christmas, and I gave Alija his gift; a jersey from his favorite soccer team and a night out to Zoolights with dinner. It was great! Wednesday I gave him his wrapped jersey with an invite to Zoolights (on the card it said TONIGHT -as in Thursday night- so I crossed it out and put TOMORROW NIGHT because I just couldn't wait any longer). He LOVED his Arsenal soccer jersey. He put it on right then and there.


The next night we went to Zoolights. The entire Zoo is decorated with lights. We drove around for 20 minutes for parking and eventually was blessed with a close spot, bought hot chocolate and popcorn, rode the train around the zoo, ate dippin' dots ice cream, walked around hand in hand, and enjoyed our time together. We then left and ate at Olive Garden to top off  our wonderful evening. It was amazing :)



After all the times we have been through, and how many days that have gone by, he walks into the cafeteria today and still manages to stop by heart. It's unbelievable. 

Now it is finals week and I am actually feeling great! I had one final today, two finals papers to turn in tomorrow, a final to turn in Wednesday, and also an in class final Wednesday. Not bad! It feels so much easier than last year. Lets see if I can pull off my 4.0 again! 

Just some thoughts before I go...
  • Deb introduced me to Pinterest.com. It is amazing, but at the same time so evil because I CAN'T STOP LOOKING at my computer screen
  • I am learning that I love being spiritual, and the word "religion" is something I may never understand. 
  • I already have three New Years resolutions planned out (That's weird because I have NEVER had any New Years resolutions in my life)
  • AND I am leaving to home Thursday afternoon. Wow. I cannot believe it is already Christmas break. 


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Jackson's Invitational (Boise State track meet)

The Jackson's Invitational track meet went great. I am very happy with my performance!

The team and I left Friday morning at 6 a.m. I slept almost the entire way to Boise (about 7 hours of driving time). It was great! We arrived at the Idaho Center to watch the pentathletes. I got to see my friend Marie from high school. She was the anchor of my 4x100 meter relay senior year (we took second at state and still hold the record at Capital). The teams that were there to compete were Boise State, Nevada, Portland State, Stanford, Northwest Nazarene University, St. Martins, Academy of Arts, and some attached runners. The competition was awesome and a lot of the girls looked like men...I'm not kidding. Later that night we left the Idaho Center to eat. My mom joined us at the Golden Corral and the team had a blast with the dessert section (there was a new chocolate fandu machine!). We then settled into the hotel. Deb and I managed to lose the first key to our room, then lost the spare key, and finally found both :) We are blaming it on a ghost.

This is what athletes do in their spare time in their hotel rooms...

I haven't gotten any pictures of me running at the invite yet but I am sure I will soon.

I was signed up for the 60 meter, 200 meter, and 4x400 meter relay. I pr'd (personal record) in my open events breaking both of my own school records for my college and ran a great second leg of the relay. 
Last years times: 
60 m: 8.34 sec
200 m: 27.7 sec

This years times: 
60 m: 8.26 sec
200 m: 27.2 sec

I know that does not seem like a lot of time shaved off, but in sprints, when you are pushing your body to the max and it cannot go any faster, no matter how hard you try you cannot exert any more energy, it is a huge deal to pr. Now, they are not the times I am wanting by the end of the indoor season, but I am on the right track. I still have about 3 more indoor meets to go so my plan is to meet my goals. I believe we have 2 indoor meets at the University of Washington and 1 indoor meet at the University of Idaho (both NCAA Division one schools). 
My Indoor Goals: 
60 m: 7.9 sec
200 m: 26.9 sec

My Outdoor Goals: 
100 m: 12.4 sec
200 m: 25.9 sec
400 relay split: 59 sec

On top of great races, I had my great fan club. My Dad was able to come! This was his first time being able to see me run in college and I am so excited that he was able to see me run such great races!! :) My mom has never missed any meets until last year since all but one of them are out of state (and even then she has flown to many), Susanna, Mariah, my 2 pastors; Pastor Tom and Pastor Gary both made it, and so did my Aunt Cindi. I had great support. Thanks everyone!! and I love you :) 

After a long day we headed back to campus. I was in bed by midnight and woke up at 8:30 after an amazing 8.5 hours of sleep (I am learning that keeping a schedule makes me a happier person!) Alija took me out to Starbucks since he was unable to go due to his hip injury and we shared our weekend excitements (he text me during the meet saying that he was dancing around the house when he heard that I had broken both of my records! It made me extremely happy to hear that). Now it is time to continue with my finals and get ready for dead week; it starts tomorrow. Finals start Monday, December 12.  

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Semester 1

I am so ready for first semester to be done.

This morning I have printed 5 essays to turn in for tomorrow.
Now I need to start working on two 10 page papers, 2 presentations, and get ready for class finals.

17 days left of first semester! :)

Monday, November 28, 2011

Ready? Here is my Gobble Gobble Break!

Here is the agenda that I hope to get through within this blog. WARNING: it may be long, but I hope you enjoy! :)

Tuesday: see Mom at work, have lunch with Vanessa at Blue Sky Bagels, run my heart out to Kelsey, Bible Study with Mariah that possibly could have changed my life, then we went to Sharis (who can resist ice cream and hot chocolate at 1:00 in the morning?)
Wednesday: Lunch at Mariah's work followed by a wonderful million degree sauna, seeing Kelsey with Mom, a quick visit to Candace while she was babysitting (on the way there and back I had an amazing worship time in my car!), running to Walgreens with Vanessa later that night and found a great deal on a coin machine followed mindless television
Thursday: TURKEY DAY! Happy Thanksgiving :) cooking with Vanessa, seeing Mom, Vanessa, Rocki, and Millee, posting an add to sell my camera, an attempt to do homework, and once again...out to see my Kelsey girl with Nessa!
Friday: BLACK FRIDAY! (People are ridiculous), Mom and I Christmas shopped, had a wonderful Lunch with Tarana, went to an athletes dinner, and saw TWILIGHT with Steph (I forgot how obsessed I am with Twilight)
Saturday: GO BSU! I went to the Boise Sate football game with Aunti Linda, met Susanna at the mall for our Peppermint Starbucks mochas, picked up Granny and Gramps from the airport, and this was followed by more homework.

Sunday: Church, visit with Gramps (talked some about my vehicle situation), said my vidi mo se (see you later) to Kelsey, got rebaptized, and packed for school.

Are you ready? Are you sure? Okay...Let's go :)

Day 1:
Mom picked me up from the airport. It was so great to see her! The first thing I did was give her a huge hug and kiss, telling her that "Yup! You smell like my Mama (She loves Patchouli and the smell of it makes me think of her). We drove home, and as she went to her second job, Vanessa and I had a wonderful lunch at Blue Sky Bagels. I then went by myself to Kelsey. O I missed her! :) As I drove up she ran to the gate. If Sunny was there he would have done the same, but Kelsey made up the speed for him!




After the day was done, Mariah took me to a "House Church." I had never been. They praised God and let him speak to them through worship. After singing and worship the leader of the group asked if anyone had a hard time hearing God. Mariah and I both raised our hands. For almost an hour they prayed over us and made prophecies about our lives. Who we have been and what we will become. I felt an amazing feeling that night that I will never forget...it felt like lightning had hit my right shoulder. The people that prayed and surrounded us wrote down on paper what they felt for us during prayer so we won't ever forget what had happened. Mariah and I are bound together through Jesus Christ and play a huge part in each others life. I think this was one of the reasons I came home during Thanksgiving. My original plan was to stay on campus, but I think God had a different plan and this was only half of it.
Of course after that amazing night with God we decided that Sharis was a must. There we demolished hot chocolate and ice cream.
Before...

...and after.


Day 2: I got to sleep in a little bit (I don't enjoy sleeping in past 10:30...I love mid-morning!). I went to Mariah's work, and then we went to the gym for a nice sauna that we sweat like crazy in and to swim. Then I went with Mom to see Kelsey, I saw Candace at our old coach's house, and then I drove home (I just sung my heart out to the same worship song over and over. It was silly, but it felt soooo good). When I got home, Nessa and I went to Walgreens and found a great deal on a coin machine! (Vanessa and I had a lot of time together. It was nice.)
We were sweating like crazy!


Day 3: Happy Thanksgiving! It was a wonderful, RELAXING day. While Mama was at her second job, Nessa and I cooked. Everything went according to plan. The highlight of the morning was when the mashed potatoes were popping all over the kitchen out of the pot. Millee and Rocki joined Mom, Vanessa, and I :) Oh! and I posted to sell my camera on craigslist. Lets pray that someone wants to buy it.

Millee is getting SO big

Day 4: O Black Friday! Vanessa has never been so we went out for an adventure at Shopko. I was looking like a dirtball (no makeup and sweats). We waited outside for about an hour and we were interviewed by Channel 2 News! We then traveled to Walgreens and Walmart. We did find some deals and made it safely home at 3:18 a.m. I then woke up at 10:00 to run some errands and Christmas shop with Mom, had a great lunch with a great friend Tarana at 2:00, and finally saw Twilight with Steph. It made me remember how much I am obsessed with the books and movies!

Day 5: The Boise State game with Aunti Linda was exciting. It was a clear, cold day. Boise State won (Duh..) . After the game I met up with Susanna for a peppermint mocha from Starbucks and we caught up on everything! No matter how far away we are from one another, or how much time has passed, everything stays the same. God has blessed me with amazing friends. Later that night I picked up Granny and Gramps from the airport, and did more homework (of course I did more homework. It is never ending).
Go Boise State!

It's that time of year...for Starbucks Christmas cups


Day 6: Today was the icing on the cake of why God wanted me to go back to home for Thanksgiving Break. Mom and I went to church Sunday, as we usually do. Pastor Tom announced that he was doing baptisms at 3:00 and if ANYONE wanted to be baptized to just meet him at the church. I had a tug in my gut saying "I want to" but I nudged it off. Well, I believe that was defiantly God tugging my gut, because once I ignored the feeling Mom turned to me and asked, "do you want to be baptized again?" I said "yes." Church was an awesome message (it talked about spiritual gifts. Tuesday night someone told me that I had a spiritual gift that God has trusted me with). God works in mysterious ways!
After church I went to say bye to Kelsey, and I had a visit with Gramps and Granny Debbie. Gramps and I talked about my car situation for next year (my goal is this summer to buy a car that can get me through college for the next two years and keep my truck. I will then have it on breaks and in the summer I can use it for my lifestyle needs). I then went to pick up Mom from home, and went to the church. I rededicated my life to Christ November 27, 2011.

Now I am in my dorm, blogging and blogging away. I am unpacked and went on an entire organizing spree! Earlier I ran a 500 meter time trial for track. The team and I are getting ready to travel to Boise this Friday for the Jackson's Invitational, and I plan on demolishing my competition. Oh! and I plan on having fun :) because that is why I run track. I enjoy it, I truly do.
Winning isn't everything, but it sure is fun.

And life continues...!
P.S. I did not edit this blog. Therefore, if there are mistakes and errors, I am sorry :)

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Blogging, Laundry, Homework...ACTION

Okay so it's a very relaxing Sunday. I have needed one of these. It's a unique day; the feeling anyways. It's cold outside with the sun shining.

As Rachel and I walked to brunch, we saw this tree. It's so bright! My phone doesn't exactly suffice for how beautiful it is.

I am getting ready to leave home this Tuesday morning. I am so excited to see Kelsey, family, and friends. I started to feel overwhelmed with things that I needed to do before the end of the semester, so what did I do? Organized :)


Here is my new binder :) I used to have a different binder for each class, and realized that lately I feel overwhelmed because everything I needed to do was separate. I lugged down three different binders and books to go to the library for only a few tasks. So instead, I converted all of my classes to one binder. It is a little heavier, but it IS towards the end of the semester so I will clean it out in a few weeks. I have it separated into three sections per class; documents, assignments, and graded assignments. Not only did I get a new binder and dividers, but the binder was recycled and environment friendly. Ecology has me on a go-green kick!
When I was online looking for organizing ideas I stumbled along iheart organizing. This woman blogs about organizing and has so many ideas! Guess where she blogs...on blogspot just like me! :) I now follow her blogs.
For an early Christmas present Alija bought me new training track shoes and a school brand backpack that I have wanted for sooo long! I am so excited for my new shoes that I desperately needed (we ordered them yesterday) and I love my new backpack.
I love Christmas :)
Not for the sake of getting gifts (I know this may sound cliche') but for the sake of Christ and giving. It isn't even Thanksgiving yet, and I am already talking about Christmas. Uh oh!


Well now that I have got some blogging out of my system, it is time to fold some laundry, start homework, and see what is in store for me in life's next moments! 

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Glance Through my Glass

Okay so a short checkup :)

Here are 6 things I am learning in my life:
1. Balance is everything.
2. Sticking to what you believe is right keeps you morally well.
3. You are made up of three parts: mind, spirit, and soul.
4. Organizing makes me happy.
5. When you start your day off positive it is more likely to end positive.
6. Don't outsmart your common sense.

I leave to home on the 22nd. I can't believe that is this Tuesday. Time is going by so fast. I am excited to see Kelsey, my loving horse, family, and friends. Living two lives is still a little different, but I am learning to create my own instead of a home life vs. college life. It's a part of growing up that I am learning, and I love it.

So I know this is short, but I wanted to show that I am still lively and excited to blog. Right now my time is consisting of school, track, and the library every night from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and by that time my eyes hurt from reading, taking notes, and staring at my computer screen. Therefore, more blogs are to come.

Life is full of unseen blessings and God will never put someone in a situation they cannot handle. He throws challenges your way and sees how you can succeed through them. Making sure that I am living a life that is worth Jesus dying for is one thing that has been on my mind every morning.

Life is lovely, everyone is different, and happiness is a choice.

More to come once the library frees me of my studies :)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Could be, Should be, Would be...Maybe?

Okay...so instead of studying for my ecology test that I am not ready for, I am blogging. Susanna and I had a chat about this last night. Blogging is amazing. With this ecology test, for some reason I am not stressing because I feel like I know what I am doing, but in all reality I will probably sit down to take the test and realize that I know almost nothing...could have been, should have been, would have been studying, but didn't. So..I am going to pray that I have an idea for this test and pull out a great grade :) and if not...well...I just hope that doesn't happen! 

Last week and weekend was wonderful. School was school, track was track, but for some reason things just fell into place and right now life feels like it is where it is supposed to be. Thursday night, or should I say morning, I woke up at 4 am. For some reason, I was wide awake and there was no way I was falling back to sleep. When I realized that I should just stay awake for a while, I called my mom. We had an amazing talk about Jesus and what he is doing in our lives. She inspired me to read 1 John, but along the way I came across other readings that were awesome. They were ones that were felt in my heart and ones that I needed to read in 1 Peter and Ephesians. Here is one of my favorites: 

Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. 
Ephesians 1: 11
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1: 16-17

 It encouraged me to pray for ones who have not accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts and love them as they are. That's always easy for me to do, but I can't stop praying for them. It's not my intention to change them, that's God's job. I'm his messenger :) 

So after having my 4 am Bible study with myself I woke up the next morning feeling completely different. It seemed unreal. I noticed things in my life that were in line, I didn't see much negative. Mom told me that morning to focus on all of the good that God is doing in my life. Don't focus on what he isn't doing, focus on what he is doing. Now it almost came natural. I question myself for having my bad days, for having mixed emotions about where I am supposed to be. All of a sudden I feel content. My heart feels at rest. There was one time over the weekend when I felt uneasy once again, wondering if I was where I am supposed to be, thinking that I might not fit into a life that I want. But of course God came through. He gave a small sign, but it took someone, a very special someone, to see it and bring my attention to it.


Saturday night I felt sad, frustrated, feeling like I might be somewhere where I may not fit in. Alija called me into the other room, and said "Look at this plant. Do you think that it gave up when it realized that it might not fit into the smallest hole in the screen? No, it kept growing, and now it is growing and overtaking what it once called an obstacle." He always has the right things to say. Right then in that moment, everything felt okay again.
Now it is a new day. A new time. A life that is meant to be lived to its fullest. 

Lets see how this Ecology test goes! :) 

Monday, October 24, 2011

...and life continues!

So I just had an amazing weekend with Candace Crew. School from Thursday-Friday and then our real fun began. We went every morning for our routine 7:30 a.m. workout up lovely Mt. Tabor , and then started our days. Thursday and Friday were full of school but it showed Candy the Warner feel of campus and let her experience my friends/life here. The weekend was full of volleyball and soccer games, Voodoo Doughnuts (because it's not a true visit to where I am if Voodoo isn't included!), Saturday market, seeing a naked lady downtown, amazing shopping at the Woodburn Outlets, and a great conclusion of Seaside to see the ocean. Candace Crew, thank you so much for coming. I love you and I miss you already! :)

So now that Candace is back home, I am finally getting to update you on life! :) It's my usual time to come into the library, set up my Pandora with the Script radio, wait for my loving Alija, and relax (it helps to not wake up Rachel too!) Life is going by as it usually does. I am learning as I grow up that when I was younger I was a pretty smart cookie. I had things figured out. Now that I am growing up I can't lose touch of that young girl. She had it going for her, she still does. She saw things in plain sight and didn't let it go. She did not let something get in the way of her successful life; what she envisioned for herself. It's time to be the big girl version of myself. That sounds kind of funny, but it is so true. I can't lose site of my values, morals, careers, responsibilities, goals, EVERYTHING! Right now is the most important time in my life to find my direction. Lately I haven't felt that direction but I think that is God saying "Hi. Seek me!! I can help!" That's exactly what I'm going to do. Pray for even more guidance (I seem to pray for that all the time), but as Conrad Hall said "there is a kind of beauty in imperfection." I have come to the conclusion of my thoughts; now that I am succeeding in something that was once my goal (college) it is now time to set new ones. I will start with the small goals and grow to the large just like I did as a girl. Keep my optimistic self and keep pushing forward. Compliment my life, not conflict it (Thank you Grama' Sharon!) and let God do what he will do.

...so my life continues and I will be ready for my beautiful imperfections appear as the days move on. I will not only embrace what comes before me, but I will love it. I will love it because everything that happens in my life is not only happening for a reason, but it is making me a better person for who I need to be for my future.

So my life continues... :)

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Barnabas

To my inspiration, to my Barnabas, to one of my amazing best friends who always knows what to say, has inspired this blog. I hope to touch the ones I love, express feelings that I hope to be seen, and maybe inspire someone else to do as I am. One, I want family and friends to be caught up on my crazy life, and two, I would love for something else other than facebook to occupy my time while I am working on homework..sorry Mama. Just saying :)

So here I go. Thank you Susanna Fleming for all of your heartening conversations, loving comments, fun times in life, and just always being the one to say the things that need to be said. Thank you for being one of my best friends. Thank you for your inspiration. I hope to enlighten you with my life, like you have enlightened mine :)



As Sus would say, "take this beautiful imperfect moment and embrace it." Let's see where this crazy life is taking me, and where God would like me to end up. 3..2..1---> So here we go. Lets run with it :)