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! :)

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 :)

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! 

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 :)

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! :)