This goes out to the Urkos!

I woke up today at 9:30am..probably the earliest I have been up in awhile. I am so proud of myself! I had work from 11 to 3. I really like working the early shifts cause I get out of there quicker and I have the rest of the day to do stuff!!
I came home ate some late lunch, read some of wild at heart, and just chilled.

The lovely Sandy Urko called me and asked if i would like to come over tonight and of course I accepted!! We had plans to cook dinner and then watch a movie..which we did neither haha!

Sandy, Laura and I went over to subway because we decided it was cheaper just to get food rather than go to the grocery store and cook! We sat at subway for over an hour and just chatted about life, Jesus, boys, next year, etc. We then decided to move our convo over to Starbucks (apparently those girls don't get enough of that place haha!) I got free coffee out of it so that was fabulous!! We stayed and chatted there for a while.

I love those girls so much I could sit and talk to them for hours about the most random stuff. We have a friendship rooted in Christ and it is great! I always know that both of them will be there for me!!

So this blog is dedicated to Sandy and Laura Urko thanks for good times, good chats, and good fun! I love ya'll :-D

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick" Luke 5:31

So I slept in today and did not go to church :(
no one woke me up but my mom says she did...who knows?!

I ended up waking up at 12:15pm haha. I ate some breakfast and watched some tv with my mom. We had plans to go see Get Smart today in the theaters but the car would not start so we changed our plans.

I was looking through movies to watch and i came across "The Lion King" gah I could not pass that up. We watched it..so good! It still makes me cry when the dad dies.. I don't think I've ever not cried at that part. Overall it made me really happy because it brought back the days when I was young!
After the movie I got ready and went to a work party/meeting. They fed us dinner and then we talked about improvements we need to make as DSW employes..blah blah blah haha!

I got to talk to my future roomie today on facebook! I actually know her through some people I knew back in high school.. crazyy!

I then got a call from Jen (my sister). It was good talking to her I miss her a lot :(. She told me how Bartley (my bro-in-law) preached 3 services today!! She told me that his sermon was on itunes so I decided to listen to it..
SO GOOD..it was all about relational evangelism which is basically the whole idea of Young Life. He was saying that many of us only talk to people who know Jesus because we are scared of becoming friends with people who don't..but those are the people Jesus calls us to love
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" Luke 5:31-32. Throughout the sermon I kept thinking about how I always want to be "comfortable" and God does not call us to that. We should be seeking people who don't know Jesus, forming relationships with them and loving them! It got me really excited for Young Life also..God is going to do amazing things through my team at AGHS and I can not wait for it to happen!

Fun, Laughter, and The Morning Of

Yesterday was quite a splendid day.
I woke up around 11am cleaned some of the house, ran some errands, and got ready for Mike and Bryan to arrive.
They came to my house around 5pm. We just hung out and chatted and then Aaron Brooks came over!
We all ate dinner. My dad grilled out and then made delicious strawberry shortcake!! YUM. We just chatted and laughed it was fun!
After dinner we went to the brewery to see this awesome band the morning of..little did we know that they were the last band to play so we had to sit through some sucky bands..but we passed the time by dancing around acting like goons!!
The Morning Of finally came on.. and they were SO good. Seeing them live just made me like them 10x more! The girl singer can SING!!
After the concert we all hit up cookout..of course we're with Mike haha
We then all came back to my house and Mike and I decided to go on a walk..which was great :).
Then it was sleepy time.

We woke up this morning around 11:30 went down and had some breakfast. Then the boys packed up and headed out to greenville.
I decided to go to the pool after they left. I only stayed for an hour because there was a little kids birthday party going on and there like 30 kids.. CRAZY.
After the pool I just laid around and acted lazy.
I got ready then headed to work at 6pm. Work wasn't too bad tonight it was a lot better than the other day I worked. My coworkers were fun tonight and I heard some entertaining stories hahaha!

Now I'm jammin' out to the morning of cd I purchased on itunes..so good. love them.

Icecream made with splenda is just not icecream

So as I am sitting here writing my blog for the day I am "trying" to enjoy my bowel full of chocolate icecream made from splenda. When I saw the carton in the freezer I was like mmmm mom and dad bought some icecream. As I was dishing out some I noticed that it was made from splenda and had low fat.. so I was like well hmm well thats good for me and it cant be too bad...OH BUT IT IS! My philosophy is this..if your going to buy icecream or other "junk food" let it be JUNK food.

Anywhoo.. enough about awful icecream. My day has been pretty good. Woke up at my regular time of 12pm haha. Tessa called me around 12:30 and told me to meet her at the mall.

It was great to see her..I can't believe we went this long without hanging out :(. We went to forever 21 and spent FOREVER in there (hehe get it). I didn't end up getting anything cause I'm trying to watch my money...yeah lame i know.
After forever 21 we went and got some lunch at chick-fil-a and chatted about life and other fun things.
We then proceeded to the mac store where this CREEPER of a dude helped us. Tessa went in there to buy a case for her laptop and this dude was flirting WAY too much with us...of course Tessa gave him a piece of her mine..common now its Tessa the DRAGON hahah (girl you know i love you).
After that fun little incident we parted ways :(.
I came home chilled and then got ready for work.
I worked from 6 to close and I think it was the most BORING shift I've ever worked. BLAH

well the high light of my day was definitely seeing my good friend Tessa! love that girl.

tootles for now

A lot of time to myself.

On Tuesday I woke up around noon and looked outside and to my wonderful surprise it was bright and sunny..a perfect forecast for the pool! I got my swimsuit on, my sunscreen, my book, my raft, and my towel and headed down. I was by myself the whole time I was down there which was really nice. I laid on my raft and read my new awesome book "Captivating". The chapter I read was all about letting God romance me and being able to notice his "love messages" by the beautiful nature He gives us. I really took this time to rest and pray to God thanking Him for the beauty that He gives us..sometimes it goes unnoticed but it is really all around.
After the pool I got ready and headed over to work. I was supposed to work from 4-8 but they decided to extend my hours and make me work til close. I need the money so I didn't complain. I worked a good seven hours and my feet were killing me but I got some cute new tommy hilfiger flip flops so I was happy about that :).
I came home talked to Mike on the phone for a bit then went to sleepy with Patches!

I woke up today at 9am to call from Mary (my manager at DSW) asking me if I wanted to work 12-5pm today..of course I accepted the offer. I went back to sleep for another hour then woke up and got ready for work.
Work was REALLY fun today for some unknown reason. Everyone was in a really good mood and we just kept laughing about the stupidest things. Mary was really nice to me today for a change.
After work I headed over to target cause I needed to purchase some things. I got a new bathing suit so I was pretty excited about that.
I came home ate some dinner and then went for a run.
I then spent some time with Jesus which always puts me in a great mood.
After Jesus time I decided to take a bubble bath and read some more of my book. :)

Overall I have had a lot of time to myself these past couple of days. It is really nice but at times it gets lonely.. Most of my friends are away :(. But I've gotten to relax and spend some great time with Jesus.

The little things in life are what make me the happiest

Today has been a really great day.
As everyone knows today is Father's Day! I had a really great time just spending time with my parents today.

Church this morning was great as always. Afterwards we went to Outback steakhouse for father's day lunch. I love that place it is so good! While we were waiting to be seated one of my favorite cartoon movies was on "The Fox and the Hound" so that made me really happy :).

I got a steak, some mashed potatoes, and mixed vegetables! YUM YUM. While we were eating my mom was cracking me up. We were reading the desert menus and one of the deserts was called "Chocolate thunder from down under" and my mom says "I bet you that desert will give you some thunder from down under" (like passing some major gas) hahahahaha. oh my gosh I could not stop laughing. so funny. I love just laughing and hanging out with my parents it is always entertaining :).

Also there is this men's retreat through my church and I really wanted my dad to sign up for it because I think it would be so good for him to meet other godly men. I have been praying about it and he signed up for it today!! yay. God is so good. I just look back on all the things my family has been through and how he has lifted us all up from that. My family is such an example of God's unfailing grace!
After lunch we all came back home to open cards/gifts for father's day.

I had to go into work today from 4-8:30. It wasn't too bad but it wasn't great..I mean it is work. haha.

I came home from work and watched the Tony Awards with my mom. I LOVE the tony's because they show you little bits and pieces of broadway shows..and if you know me you know I'm obsessed with musicals and such! I want to go and see a Broadway show SO bad one day.. I promised my mom that when I'm rich (HA!) me, her, and my sister are all going to go!

After my parents went to be I spent some time with Jesus. The devotional was all about not waiting around for one of Jesus thrilling moments but learning to live in common times of life. Nothing extremely "thrilling" is going on in my life right now but I should be praising and worshiping Christ everyday!

Work, Work, and more Work

I'm sorry that I have not written in such a long time. This is actually the first week where my work has scheduled me a lot of days!!

The past couple of days have consisted of going to church, eating at cracker barrel, working, chillin, going to the pool with laney, caroline, and juliana, working, going to the pool with the pops, eating at ruby tuesday's, and working. haha

and can I just mention my new obsession with ruby tuesday's. their turkey burgers are DELICIOUS! ive never gone there until this year and now I go all the time haha. Cracker Barrel is bangin' too but I've known that for awhile. When I went I got the Uncle Herchels Favorite...hashbown casserole, scrambled eggs, bisquit, and ham..YUM YUM.

as you can see I have nothing better to talk about then restaurants haha.

hopefully my post will be better tomorrow!!
ta-ta for now :)

this is going to be a really weak blog.

I woke up around 12 chilled then got ready for work at 2
Work was cool I guess. I learned how to put out new shoes on the floor and how to report damaged shoes...I feel like I learn something new every time I work. I looked at the schedule and whaddaya know they only scheduled me for two days this week so I talked to my manager and she gave me some more shifts..yahoo.
I get in these weird moods sometimes where I want to go shopping by myself so that is exactly what I did after work. I went to target tried on some bathing suits but none of them looked good. Then I went into the stationary section and got some new stationary cause I need to write a couple of people.
After target I was starving and I was craving a chicken sandwich and waffle fries so I drove on over the chick-fil-a drive through. Yummy :)
I came home and watched 27 dresses with my mom. So fun it made me excited for a wedding that I will hopefully have one day :). My mom cried of course but thats Connie for ya haha!
I have been in a weird mood all day. I don't really know what is going on but I decided to take a bubble bath cause I needed to relax. It was actually really nice. After the bubble bath I spent some time with Jesus and the devotional was on centering Christ in every aspect of your life. I really feel like this is the first time in my life that I have actually done that and I just thanked God for helping me to grow so much in the past couple of months!
I talked to my good friend Tessa on the phone tonight. I really miss her but i get to go see her on Tuesday yay!! It has been too long!

thats all folks :)

I am made for such a greater world than this one

So I didn't update yesterday which means that this blog will be extra long yay!!

Yesterday I got up and went to church. It was such a great service. We sang one of my favorite worship songs "How Great Is Our God". I love that song because it is so true.. God is so great and not one of us deserves it! Our main Pastor spoke and he has been doing Revelation since January. Revelation is such a difficult and sometimes scary book but it holds so many promises for us as believers! As he was talking about a chapter in Revelation I kept thinking about all the times that I worry about the littlest stuff. The things that I think matter in this world don't because as a believe I do not belong to this world! It was so great to be reminded of these promises.
After church moms, pops, and I went over to Brueggers Bagels for lunch which was yummy. We sat and talked about the sermon.. I love talking about God to my parents just because we don't do it enough.
It was a really hot day so I headed down to the pool and speant sometime with Jesus. I also read old entries in my journal. It was amazing to see how God answers prayers!
Later that evening I went to the $1.50 movies with Ythaul, Laura, Lacey, Stephen and Yaron. We saw "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" which could have been a lot better if it wasn't so vulgar! I had to cover my eyes several times in that movie!
We all were hungry after the movie so we took a trip over to Wendy's which was delicious!
Talked to Mike on the phone for a little bit then headed to bed!

Today I woke up at 12:00 (im such a bum). Talked to my good ole friend Ashley Hitchcock which was great! I miss that girl!
I then headed into work until 6.
Came home and decided to go on a cleaning spree since I am having a very special guest over in three days!
I organized/rearranged my room, cleaned the guest room, and vaccummed! I get in these weird moods where I just want to clean..and tonight was an example of that!

Well I'm going to hang out with the rents now!

I'm not fired from DS dubs!

Today has been an excellent day!
I woke up around noon ate my "breakfast" and then headed over to DSW to chat with my manager.
She told me I was not fired and that she will schedule me in for this week. She also asked if I could work tonight and of course I accepted..I need the money!
After that I rested a little bit. Spent some awesome time with Jesus..thanking Him so much for providing for me because I was so scared that I was going to go jobless this summer!
I then took a jog around Johnson Lake again..thought I was going to pass out.. it was like 90+ degress outside!!
I showered then went to work yahoo!!
Work was fun. Got to be on the register the whole night which makes it go so much faster :)
Now I'm sitting waiting for a phone call :)

Time with Jesus makes all frustrations better

Today I actually got to sleep in until about 12:30 which was nice :)
I then went over to DSW because I wanted to see what I was working next week. I went to look at the schedule and my name was removed from it. I talked to Adam (one of the managers) and asked him if he knew what was going on. He said I definitely was not fired and I should come in tomorrow to ask Mary (the head manager) what is going on...So basically I was a little stressed out about this situation. My dad thinks I should start applying to other places. I am just going to wait and see what Mary tells me tomorrow..
After all that I really needed to spend sometime with Jesus because He makes all things better! My devotional was all about trusting God enough to completely follow him. I really needed to trust God with this job situation and to know that He will provide for me.
I decided to take a jog around Johnson Lake. It was actually really relaxing and it allowed me sometime to get these job frustrations off of my mind.
My dad grilled some chicken and I made salad for dinner. We ate out on the Patio again which is always fun!
After dinner I met Laney, Juliana, Scott, Sarah, and Andrew at the $1.50 movie theater to watch 21. It was a really good movie. Laney, Juliana, and I graded it an A- haha. Andrew and Sarah graded it a B haha..
We all decided that Goodberry's sounded really good after the movie. I got a chocolate peanut butter concrete...soo good. Chocolate and peanut butter.. my two favorite things.
We then all went over to Juliana's and hung out for awhile.
On my way back home Mike called and I got to talk to Carleigh cause her and Matt are staying over at Mikes for the night cause they are driving down to sharptop for summer staff.
Now I'm sitting outside cause it feels good..
an earth worm just crawled by me..it said hello. :)

Oh Rainy Days

First of all its rainy and cold outside and that stinks
Second of all DSW is wack.

I came into work today thinking that I was supposed to work from 1-7 because that is what the schedule said on Saturday night (the last time I worked). Well I looked at the schedule because I wanted to see what I was working next week and the new schedule was not posted. The schedule this week had me working on Sunday and Monday..which I didn't come in for. I talked to my boss and found out they revised my schedule and now I am going to be written up for not coming into work those two days and they took me off the schedule the rest of the week. yay! Well like my father would say "learn from it and move on" so that is what I'm going to do..brush my shoulders off.

On a lighter note. I woke up and spent some time with Jesus which was amazing..as always. My devotional today focused on completely surrender our lives to Jesus and trusting Him enough to not worry about what He is going to do. I definitely needed to focus on that. We as humans think that we should have complete control over our lives and that we have it all figured out...but we don't, I know I sure don't! We have a set plan for ourselves which may be completely different from what God has planned for us! My prayer is that I will continue to surrender everything to my Savior because He deserves it all.

Yesterday was a great day! I got to catch up with some pals that I haven't talked to in awhile. I called Alex in the morning and we updated each other on our lives, I love that girl and miss her so much! I also got to talk to Tessa, it was way to long since we last talked :(. Ashley Hovis, my young life leader from high school also called me, she does international Young Life in Portugal now and I won't see her for awhile and it makes me sad!
I went to the pool with Juliana and Laney which is always fun!
Then that night Laney and Rachel threw a going away party for Richa because she is leaving for India the rest of the summer. I got to see a lot of my old high school friends which was great!
So yesterday was a big catching up day for me. :)

Right now I am in Bruggers Bagels enjoying a delicious onion bagel with vegetable cream cheese yum yum! I don't really know what I am doing today probably just relaxing with the rents!

"My soul finds rest from God alone; my salvation comes from Him."
Psalm 62:1

So a hot air balloon did not land in my backyard...

Oh Saturday's.

This day has been a pretty boring day so I will try and spice it up a bit to entertain you!

At about 9:34 this morning I woke up to a sweet smell of blueberry muffins that my father was preparing. I went down to the kitchen to enjoy these oh so delicious muffins.

After breakfast I said my farewells to my dear Aunt Cindy who was traveling back to Florida.

The rest of the day consisted of resting my head, consuming a bologna sandwich, cottage cheese, and other delightful things, and watching a few good flicks with my mother.

Six o'clock approached and I had to be off to DSW so I may sell lovely shoes.

Work was just splendid. I walked around helping delightful people find the shoe just for them! I even got to partake in a plunging adventure! The ladies restroom had a little problem with the toliet, so of course the hero I am got my handy plunger and saved the day!

Now I'm laying quite comfortable in my bed about to rest my head on my pillow.
goodnight you all!