Praise Jesus!! One thing I hate more than school is school in the summer! It is almost done though I have a week and a half. I am home now in Raleigh visiting mom, dad, Jen, and Micah Bartley! It is so nice to be here. Living in Greenville this summer has made me appreciate home and my family so much! I hate admitting the fact that I am growing up and starting to live on my own! I am still going to be living in Greenville for the month of July working and such but hopefully since I wont be in school I will have more time to take trips home and have little vacations!
I will put up pictures on my next post of my time at home! Love you all :)
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Sunday, July 13, 2008
It has been awhile so this is going to be long :)
For all of you who check my blog frequently know that I have not updated n a long time! My computer's hard drive crashed and I have been without a computer for the last week :(. I had to get a new hard drive so all my files were deleted I'm a little upset but its okay everything is fixed now :)
Well I have done a lot in a week I won't go into every detail of every day but it has been a pretty exciting week :).
Last weekend I went to my annual family reunion. It was really great to see everyone I haven't seen in a long time. It just reminded me how God has blessed me with an amazing family :)
grandchildren and grandpa :)
My sis and I in the backseat of our rental convertible
My cousin Brooke and I! She's adorable :)
the whole clan!
This past week I didn't do too much just worked and relaxed.
Now on to this weekend, which has been the thing I have looked forward to the most this past month!
I went down the Michael Stemlers house in Concord to visit him and meet his family :). It was probably the best weekend I have had all summer long!
I arrived at the Stemlers Thursday evening and met Barb and Wayne (his parents) they are SO great I had a lot of fun with them. I also met mima (Mike's grandma). I brought mima a chick-fil-a milkshake because they are her favorite and she just fell in love with me haha! We all ate dinner and then watched sound of music! We didn't even get to finish all of it cause it is like three hours and we were all getting tired. After the movie Carolena (Mike's sister) came home and me, barb, and carolena chatted about things :).
The next day was probably my favorite of the whole weekend. We woke up and mima treated us to breakfast at cracker barrel, delicious! After breakfast Mike, Carolena and I went over to Wayne's work (Hendricks Motor Sports) and got to take a tour around :)
Mike and I by Jimmie Johnson's car :)
We then proceeded to the house to get ready for the exciting event of the day, white water rafting!! We went over the White Water Center and walked around a bit and then went on our adventure in the raft. We had a really cool raft guy, his name was Craig and he was probably the biggest nerd that I have ever talked to. He was obsessed with star wars but he was hilarious. It was pretty much an awesome time!
its not us but i just wanted to take a picture of raft going :)
We then got ready for our evening event. To my surprise Mike took me to
Cheesecake factory because 1. I have never been and 2. cheesecake is my favorite desert! We even valet our car like high class people haha! After dinner we walked around the mall and looked at 2,000 prada purses it was good times.
I have never been downtown Charlotte before so we decided to go and walk around. We got some starbucks and just sat and chatted. Walking and Chatting..its what Mike and I do haha.
Here comes my favorite part..
We come home and decide to go on walk around the neighborhood. While we are walking Mike pulls me over by this pond (HA!) and reads me this letter he wrote. At the end he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said NO WAY..haha jk I said YES of course :). So we are officially official everyone!
We had a hard time going to sleep that night we were both really excited!
Saturday we woke up ate some delicious breakfast that Barb prepared and headed over to Holly 's! I got to meet all of Mike's really good friends..it was awesome they are great :) After hanging out on the lake we all went out to Chili's for dinner and our table was way cooler (sorry bryan!) We then went back to Holly's and played some brain buster games and chatted. Mike and I finally arrived home and decided to watch Hercules haha SUCH a good movie. After the movie we stayed up and talked until 4am ha!
Today we woke up went to Panera for lunch and then came back to do our devotional that Mike got us. It was really cool. These times are my favorite times I spend with him. We talked a long time about everything going on in our lives right now and prayed for each other :)
After Jesus time Mike and I went to Journey to the center of the earth with Barb and Wayne. The movie was alright, a little unrealistic, and cheesy but it was fun to hang out with them! After movie time we went over to dinner and Cinco De Mayos..delicious.
It was then time to get ready to leave which was probably the saddest thing ever! I headed out around 7pm and got home around 9. I got my computer all set up so now I have internet access again yay!
--this weekend has been so great and I only have God to thank. It is just crazy to look back at my life 6 months ago and how much my life has changed. I am so much more closer to Christ and I now have amazing friends and amazing boyfriend:). I am really excited to see what Jesus has in store for me for the future!
Well I have done a lot in a week I won't go into every detail of every day but it has been a pretty exciting week :).
Last weekend I went to my annual family reunion. It was really great to see everyone I haven't seen in a long time. It just reminded me how God has blessed me with an amazing family :)
grandchildren and grandpa :)
My sis and I in the backseat of our rental convertible
My cousin Brooke and I! She's adorable :)
the whole clan!
This past week I didn't do too much just worked and relaxed.
Now on to this weekend, which has been the thing I have looked forward to the most this past month!
I went down the Michael Stemlers house in Concord to visit him and meet his family :). It was probably the best weekend I have had all summer long!
I arrived at the Stemlers Thursday evening and met Barb and Wayne (his parents) they are SO great I had a lot of fun with them. I also met mima (Mike's grandma). I brought mima a chick-fil-a milkshake because they are her favorite and she just fell in love with me haha! We all ate dinner and then watched sound of music! We didn't even get to finish all of it cause it is like three hours and we were all getting tired. After the movie Carolena (Mike's sister) came home and me, barb, and carolena chatted about things :).
The next day was probably my favorite of the whole weekend. We woke up and mima treated us to breakfast at cracker barrel, delicious! After breakfast Mike, Carolena and I went over to Wayne's work (Hendricks Motor Sports) and got to take a tour around :)
Mike and I by Jimmie Johnson's car :)
We then proceeded to the house to get ready for the exciting event of the day, white water rafting!! We went over the White Water Center and walked around a bit and then went on our adventure in the raft. We had a really cool raft guy, his name was Craig and he was probably the biggest nerd that I have ever talked to. He was obsessed with star wars but he was hilarious. It was pretty much an awesome time!
its not us but i just wanted to take a picture of raft going :)
We then got ready for our evening event. To my surprise Mike took me to
Cheesecake factory because 1. I have never been and 2. cheesecake is my favorite desert! We even valet our car like high class people haha! After dinner we walked around the mall and looked at 2,000 prada purses it was good times.
I have never been downtown Charlotte before so we decided to go and walk around. We got some starbucks and just sat and chatted. Walking and Chatting..its what Mike and I do haha.
Here comes my favorite part..
We come home and decide to go on walk around the neighborhood. While we are walking Mike pulls me over by this pond (HA!) and reads me this letter he wrote. At the end he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said NO WAY..haha jk I said YES of course :). So we are officially official everyone!
We had a hard time going to sleep that night we were both really excited!
Saturday we woke up ate some delicious breakfast that Barb prepared and headed over to Holly 's! I got to meet all of Mike's really good friends..it was awesome they are great :) After hanging out on the lake we all went out to Chili's for dinner and our table was way cooler (sorry bryan!) We then went back to Holly's and played some brain buster games and chatted. Mike and I finally arrived home and decided to watch Hercules haha SUCH a good movie. After the movie we stayed up and talked until 4am ha!
Today we woke up went to Panera for lunch and then came back to do our devotional that Mike got us. It was really cool. These times are my favorite times I spend with him. We talked a long time about everything going on in our lives right now and prayed for each other :)
After Jesus time Mike and I went to Journey to the center of the earth with Barb and Wayne. The movie was alright, a little unrealistic, and cheesy but it was fun to hang out with them! After movie time we went over to dinner and Cinco De Mayos..delicious.
It was then time to get ready to leave which was probably the saddest thing ever! I headed out around 7pm and got home around 9. I got my computer all set up so now I have internet access again yay!
--this weekend has been so great and I only have God to thank. It is just crazy to look back at my life 6 months ago and how much my life has changed. I am so much more closer to Christ and I now have amazing friends and amazing boyfriend:). I am really excited to see what Jesus has in store for me for the future!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Fun Day With Friends :)
I got to hang out with my good friends in the last couple of days.
This morning little miss laney bolick called me at 11am telling me that she is coming to my pool at 12 ha. Her and her friend Ali arrived and we headed down to the pool. Juliana came a little later. We just chatted and laughed at stupid things haha!.
After the pool I came back to the house, showered, and spent some time with Jesus.
I got to talk to Lauren Sherrill on the phone today about maybe living with her next year! I really hope it does because she would be a great roommate :)
My mom decided to make oatmeal for dinner..interesting but good haha. It has been a kind of stressful day with my parents. A lot of talk about money and such..it is pretty much the only thing my parents talk about..sad but true...
After dinner I got ready and headed over to Laney's house.
We chatted for a bit then decided to head to Goodberrys. I got a chocolate peanut butter fudge concrete..DELICIOUS :)
We came back and watched Madagascar and chatted to scotty on the internet ha.
Now I'm sitting and eating a banana :)
This morning little miss laney bolick called me at 11am telling me that she is coming to my pool at 12 ha. Her and her friend Ali arrived and we headed down to the pool. Juliana came a little later. We just chatted and laughed at stupid things haha!.
After the pool I came back to the house, showered, and spent some time with Jesus.
I got to talk to Lauren Sherrill on the phone today about maybe living with her next year! I really hope it does because she would be a great roommate :)
My mom decided to make oatmeal for dinner..interesting but good haha. It has been a kind of stressful day with my parents. A lot of talk about money and such..it is pretty much the only thing my parents talk about..sad but true...
After dinner I got ready and headed over to Laney's house.
We chatted for a bit then decided to head to Goodberrys. I got a chocolate peanut butter fudge concrete..DELICIOUS :)
We came back and watched Madagascar and chatted to scotty on the internet ha.
Now I'm sitting and eating a banana :)
Monday, June 16, 2008
"The King is enthralled by your beauty" -Pslam 45:11
oh monday's.
Today has been such a great day. First of all it was beautiful outside..a little hot but still beautiful.
I woke up around 11:30 when the telephone rang. My mom was at work and it was dad's day off. We decided to go have some late breakfast at Bob Evans (reading my blog you will notice that my family goes out to eat a lot haha!) I decided to stay healthy and get the "Fit for the Farm" combo which was eggbeaters scrambled, turkey links, and a banana-strawberry parfait..even though it was a light meal it was DELICIOUS!
After "breakfast" we went over to the DS dubs and bought some running shoes for both of us. I'm not going to lie mine are phat- all black with pink trim!
I really wanted to go the Christian bookstore cause I needed a new journal. I got my journal and I also bought the book captivating! I'm already on the fifth chapter and I started today.
One of the chapters was all about beauty (hence the title of my blog) and how women are beautiful because God created us. It talks about all other kinds of beauty that He creates, such as nature, and music. As women we are "captivating" just like a beautiful scene or a beautiful song. It was really great to be reminded that "the King is enthralled by my beauty"!
After the Christian book store my dad and I headed over to Best Buy because he is looking for a new computer. We didn't get anything just look around for a bit :).
We then came home changed into our swimsuits and headed to the pool.
It was a really great father-daughter day. I don't have many chances where I JUST hang out with my dad. We have grown so much in our relationship and I only have God to thank for that.
My mom then got home from work and she decided to join us at the pool. That was fun. We talked about captivating for a little bit so I think shes going to read it after I'm done :)
While we were at the pool Jen, my sister, called and told us her doctor appointment went great (for everyone who doesn't know my sister is about 8/9 weeks pregnant!!). She got an ultrasound of the baby and the doctor said that the heartbeat was really strong. Here is my niece/nephew (not sure of the gender yet):
After the pool we all came back and I spent sometime with Jesus. I think about my life a couple of months ago and how I would go weeks or even months without opening up my devotional/my bible and how unhappy I was because of it. I now can't go a day without it and that is also because of the Lord..He has definitely made my faith stronger!
After my devotional I got to talk to Mike a little bit online while he was waiting for his plane! That was fun..it always is :)
I decided to take a jog. I ran/walked for a good 3 miles.. I don't know if I ever could run straight 3 miles?..maybe i will get there one day ??
Overall today has been a great day! :)
Today has been such a great day. First of all it was beautiful outside..a little hot but still beautiful.
I woke up around 11:30 when the telephone rang. My mom was at work and it was dad's day off. We decided to go have some late breakfast at Bob Evans (reading my blog you will notice that my family goes out to eat a lot haha!) I decided to stay healthy and get the "Fit for the Farm" combo which was eggbeaters scrambled, turkey links, and a banana-strawberry parfait..even though it was a light meal it was DELICIOUS!
After "breakfast" we went over to the DS dubs and bought some running shoes for both of us. I'm not going to lie mine are phat- all black with pink trim!
I really wanted to go the Christian bookstore cause I needed a new journal. I got my journal and I also bought the book captivating! I'm already on the fifth chapter and I started today.
One of the chapters was all about beauty (hence the title of my blog) and how women are beautiful because God created us. It talks about all other kinds of beauty that He creates, such as nature, and music. As women we are "captivating" just like a beautiful scene or a beautiful song. It was really great to be reminded that "the King is enthralled by my beauty"!
After the Christian book store my dad and I headed over to Best Buy because he is looking for a new computer. We didn't get anything just look around for a bit :).
We then came home changed into our swimsuits and headed to the pool.
It was a really great father-daughter day. I don't have many chances where I JUST hang out with my dad. We have grown so much in our relationship and I only have God to thank for that.
My mom then got home from work and she decided to join us at the pool. That was fun. We talked about captivating for a little bit so I think shes going to read it after I'm done :)
While we were at the pool Jen, my sister, called and told us her doctor appointment went great (for everyone who doesn't know my sister is about 8/9 weeks pregnant!!). She got an ultrasound of the baby and the doctor said that the heartbeat was really strong. Here is my niece/nephew (not sure of the gender yet):
After the pool we all came back and I spent sometime with Jesus. I think about my life a couple of months ago and how I would go weeks or even months without opening up my devotional/my bible and how unhappy I was because of it. I now can't go a day without it and that is also because of the Lord..He has definitely made my faith stronger!
After my devotional I got to talk to Mike a little bit online while he was waiting for his plane! That was fun..it always is :)
I decided to take a jog. I ran/walked for a good 3 miles.. I don't know if I ever could run straight 3 miles?..maybe i will get there one day ??
Overall today has been a great day! :)
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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!
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!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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 :)
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 :)
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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 :)
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 :)
Monday, June 2, 2008
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!
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!
Friday, May 30, 2008
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. :)
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. :)
Thursday, May 29, 2008
:-D
So I'm in a really good mood right now one because I just got off the phone with Mike and that is always great and two I'm eating some cantaloupe and cantaloupe is delish!
I just realize more and more everyday how God works out everything according to His purpose, and it always turns out great. God knows what He is doing!
Today was just dandy. Woke up a little earlier than I wanted to but thats all good. I went to lunch with Caroline at Moes today and that was great to chat with her. I saw ALOT of people I knew there so that was fun got to catch up with some high school friends yay :)
After Lunch my rents and I went to the Smithfield Outlets cause my mom wanted to go to this store that they only had there. I helped my mom pick out some outfits which was fun! Then I got to get some clothes. Driving home we went to McDonalds because my dad really wanted a Parfait so we all got one but I think it made me sick to my stomach cause I did not feel well the rest of the day :( stupid mickey d's! (they did have a sanitation score of 92.3 :-\)
Anywhoo I came home and relaxed for awhile. My mom and I Jammed out to Culture Club hahaha (no one probably knows who that is but whatever). My dad grilled some hamburgers outside and we ate dinner out on the Patio it was fun!
Later that evening I went over to Sarah's with Laney, Kate, Scott, Juliana, Andrew, Trent, and John. We all went over to this place called Pelicans and got these snow cone things SO GOOD!! Then we came back and watched National Treasure 2.
Then I cam home and chatted on the phone for awhile!!
Today was an okay day and realize why it was not the best. I did not spend time with Jesus like I normally do. It is so crazy how you're whole day will be different because of it! I just realize how important it is to set aside time for Him daily and that is one thing that I need to focus on!
I just realize more and more everyday how God works out everything according to His purpose, and it always turns out great. God knows what He is doing!
Today was just dandy. Woke up a little earlier than I wanted to but thats all good. I went to lunch with Caroline at Moes today and that was great to chat with her. I saw ALOT of people I knew there so that was fun got to catch up with some high school friends yay :)
After Lunch my rents and I went to the Smithfield Outlets cause my mom wanted to go to this store that they only had there. I helped my mom pick out some outfits which was fun! Then I got to get some clothes. Driving home we went to McDonalds because my dad really wanted a Parfait so we all got one but I think it made me sick to my stomach cause I did not feel well the rest of the day :( stupid mickey d's! (they did have a sanitation score of 92.3 :-\)
Anywhoo I came home and relaxed for awhile. My mom and I Jammed out to Culture Club hahaha (no one probably knows who that is but whatever). My dad grilled some hamburgers outside and we ate dinner out on the Patio it was fun!
Later that evening I went over to Sarah's with Laney, Kate, Scott, Juliana, Andrew, Trent, and John. We all went over to this place called Pelicans and got these snow cone things SO GOOD!! Then we came back and watched National Treasure 2.
Then I cam home and chatted on the phone for awhile!!
Today was an okay day and realize why it was not the best. I did not spend time with Jesus like I normally do. It is so crazy how you're whole day will be different because of it! I just realize how important it is to set aside time for Him daily and that is one thing that I need to focus on!
Monday, May 26, 2008
I Love Days Off!
Today was yet another day that DSW did not schedule me to work. Which turned out to be a great thing cause it was a really fun day!
I went down to the pool with my dad and mom which was a lot of fun! I love my parents so much! Everyday I appreciate and respect more and more each day. They are great!
After the pool I went over to Kaplan St. and played frisbee golf with Yaron, Ythol, Laura, Lacey, Stephen, and Anna! By the way..I SUCK at frisbee golf ended up with a score of 32...HA! I did get a little better towards the end cause Ythol and Yaron showed me some techniques! Everyone was hungry after the game so we went over to Cookout/Bojangles I ended up just getting a peanut butter fudge shake.. yum yum! We stayed and chatted awhile and we came to the conclusion that we all need to go camping, hiking, and mountain biking!! so we are going to camp out soon and im soo excited cause I've never been camping before. CRAZY!
After talking for tons of hours we decided to go to the $1.50 movie theater which was down the road. We saw Vantage Point..such a phat movie! I didn't know anything about it but everyone wanted to see it so I was like thats cool I guess but it was soo good!
After the movie we all parted our separate ways and I came home and ate some watermelon with my dad in the backyard. Then my dad made a fire and my mom, dad, and I sat and chatted, so good!
Today was just another example of how good God is to me. He has given me an amazing family and friends and I just thank Him so much! I look back on my life at the beginning of this semester and I am just amazed at how much a different person I am and it is all because of Christ! :)
This is for Jen:
So my mom is trying to go on a diet this summer so im her "personal trainer" haha. But my dad was running to the grocery store and my mom tells him to get her some chocolate ice cream and I was upstairs and heard it all and yelled down "NO DAD DONT GET HER CHOCOLATE!" and my dad was like what did she say and my mom was like oh she said "Don't forget the chocolate!" I thought it was pretty funny and my sis did too so she wanted me to put it in my blog! yay!
I went down to the pool with my dad and mom which was a lot of fun! I love my parents so much! Everyday I appreciate and respect more and more each day. They are great!
After the pool I went over to Kaplan St. and played frisbee golf with Yaron, Ythol, Laura, Lacey, Stephen, and Anna! By the way..I SUCK at frisbee golf ended up with a score of 32...HA! I did get a little better towards the end cause Ythol and Yaron showed me some techniques! Everyone was hungry after the game so we went over to Cookout/Bojangles I ended up just getting a peanut butter fudge shake.. yum yum! We stayed and chatted awhile and we came to the conclusion that we all need to go camping, hiking, and mountain biking!! so we are going to camp out soon and im soo excited cause I've never been camping before. CRAZY!
After talking for tons of hours we decided to go to the $1.50 movie theater which was down the road. We saw Vantage Point..such a phat movie! I didn't know anything about it but everyone wanted to see it so I was like thats cool I guess but it was soo good!
After the movie we all parted our separate ways and I came home and ate some watermelon with my dad in the backyard. Then my dad made a fire and my mom, dad, and I sat and chatted, so good!
Today was just another example of how good God is to me. He has given me an amazing family and friends and I just thank Him so much! I look back on my life at the beginning of this semester and I am just amazed at how much a different person I am and it is all because of Christ! :)
This is for Jen:
So my mom is trying to go on a diet this summer so im her "personal trainer" haha. But my dad was running to the grocery store and my mom tells him to get her some chocolate ice cream and I was upstairs and heard it all and yelled down "NO DAD DONT GET HER CHOCOLATE!" and my dad was like what did she say and my mom was like oh she said "Don't forget the chocolate!" I thought it was pretty funny and my sis did too so she wanted me to put it in my blog! yay!
Friday, May 23, 2008
YAY TO BLOGS!
So I decided to create a blog for all you people who love to hear about my life! YAY Summer has been great.The first couple of weeks have been hectic. I came home from school and worked everyday over the weekend.
I went to Baird's lake house with other ECU Young Life Leaders on Monday. Here are a couple of pics
We stayed til Wednesday and then we headed to Weaverville, NC for workweek at Windy Gap. So amazing!! I really needed that week! The speaker and worship was amazing and even though we worked hard I enjoyed every minute of it! I was reminded how great God is!
While I was there I found out my Grandma passed away on Thursday at about 1am. She had been struggling with pnemonia and she had trouble breathing. After workweek we drove back on Monday morning and my sister met us in Statesville so I could go up to Ohio for the funeral. It was a beautiful ceremony and it was really good to see all of my family even though it was a sad occasion. Miss and love you Grandma!
heres a picture of my grandpa (who died in 1995) and my grandmas gravestone. He had a flag beside it cause he was a world war 2 veteran! Those are my grandma's flowers she loved purple :)
Now I'm back in good ole Raleigh. Working at DSW the shoe store..which is fun :). Today was kind of boring though but I got trained on the register which is cool better than walking around the store trying to help customers ha.
Well i will write later on when my life gets a little more interesting haha :)
I went to Baird's lake house with other ECU Young Life Leaders on Monday. Here are a couple of pics
We stayed til Wednesday and then we headed to Weaverville, NC for workweek at Windy Gap. So amazing!! I really needed that week! The speaker and worship was amazing and even though we worked hard I enjoyed every minute of it! I was reminded how great God is!
While I was there I found out my Grandma passed away on Thursday at about 1am. She had been struggling with pnemonia and she had trouble breathing. After workweek we drove back on Monday morning and my sister met us in Statesville so I could go up to Ohio for the funeral. It was a beautiful ceremony and it was really good to see all of my family even though it was a sad occasion. Miss and love you Grandma!
heres a picture of my grandpa (who died in 1995) and my grandmas gravestone. He had a flag beside it cause he was a world war 2 veteran! Those are my grandma's flowers she loved purple :)
Now I'm back in good ole Raleigh. Working at DSW the shoe store..which is fun :). Today was kind of boring though but I got trained on the register which is cool better than walking around the store trying to help customers ha.
Well i will write later on when my life gets a little more interesting haha :)
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