Reunited

Today has been a day of reuniting. I got to see a lot of great friends that I have not seen in awhile!

Mike and Bryan arrived in Raleigh at 11! We decided to head down to the pool [according to Baird that is all I do..haha!].
Daddy Bryan laid in the shade while us kids [Mike and I] frolicked in the water. It was stupendous!
After pool time we proceeded to my house to take showers/get ready for lunch with Quinny and Laura!! We arrived at the Crabtree food court around 1:30. It was so great to see both of them! It has been soo long.. which is silly because we live in the same city. All I know is we are not going another month without hanging out! Mike and I got moes and the rest of the gang got chick-fil-a. I haven't had Moes in like 20 years so it was delicious. We chatted about things going on in our lives =). After lunch we decided to shop/walk around. Sandy joined us later. We went to all kinds of fun stores like the Disney Store [my favorite place ever], sharper image...I got to go sit on those vibrating chairs that is always fun [I just lost].
After the mall I had to take the boys home cause they needed to leave for Statesville :(. They departed and it was a very sad time for me..boohoo.
Well I heard this cool girl named Baird Blackley was coming into Raleigh and she was making a stop at the Urkos so I just had to go over there and say hello! Sandy, Quinn, Lacey, Baird, and I all hung out and chatted for a little bit. Yaron and Laura joined us later. We even took a BFF circle picture.. I wish I had it to put on here but it is on Sandy's camera..
We then had to part ways with Bairdy boo which was sad times. The rest of us though grabbed some dinner at Carolina Ale House. That place is really cool because it has a bunch of sports team stuff hanging up. I walked in and to my amazement there was a little section with two ECU flags and peedee the pirate on the wall.. I was really excited GO PIRATES!! [You really never see ECU stuff hanging up at places like that which is a shame!]
After dinner we all decided to go see the opening night showing of WALL-E. So cute! Laura about peed in her pants cause she loved it so much haha!
I then arrived home a little bit ago and spent sometime with Jesus just thanking him for all the amazing people that He has brought into my life.
I have been really stressed out this week for various reasons: school, the rooming situation, and other things going on at home...My time with Jesus today was great though. It was all about not being afraid and coming to Jesus to let Him rescue you..I really needed to hear that!!

"'Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you' declares the Lord." Jeremiah 39:18

Jesus just reminded me to be completely devoted to Him and everything will work out according to His purpose..

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 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! :)

Pool, Kickboxing, and other fun activies

oh today has been just another summer day in the life of Heather Carnahan.

I woke up at noon and decided to go to the pool for a bit.
I laid out and read some of "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks..such a good book I'm only on the fourth chapter though. My phone then started ringing and it was such a pleasant surprise because it was good ole Michael Stemler calling me from Alaska! We only talked for a short while that time cause he had to go off and do cruise things..like kniting hahaha.

After the pool I decided to do a workout on Fit TV. They had on a kick boxing cardio workout. It was awesome!! I always like trying new workouts.

It was then time for dinner and my mom actually decided to cook tonight haha! We had taco salads yum yum!

After dinner Mike called again because it was pretty much the only time we could talk because of his cell reception. We talked a lot longer this time just catching up on life and goofing off of course! It was really great to talk to him :).

I then went up to my friend Cameron Huffman's house because she has had these two dresses for awhile that I needed for this weekend. I haven't seen her in such a long time so it was good to see her. Since I was right by Laney's house I decided to stop by and say goodbye to her before she left form Young Life Camp yay!!

Now I'm at home chillin. Probably will go to bed early tonight since I have to work in the AM.

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I finally have internet!!

YAY. I finally can use my computer inside my house and I don't have to go outside on my driveway to steal other peoples internet anymore haha!

Today has been an alright day. I woke up around 11am to a call from miss laney bolick.
Laney and I went over to Juliana's pool today around 12:30. It was fun to hang out with them. but there were like 243983498320 million kids in the pool today which gave me a little bit of a headache haha.

After the pool I came home. I found out that I am not accepted into Jarvis Leadership Hall next year. So I can't live with Tessa. Which means I will be living with someone completely random in a dorm that is completely random. At first I was really frustrated and upset but I am trying to think positive about it. Maybe God is opening up a new door for me? Maybe God wants me to become friends with my new roommate? I don't really know. After I found out this news I went and spent some time with Jesus. The verse that was in my devotional for today was "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" Matthew 11:28. It was so good to read this verse because I am stressing out about this rooming situation and I just need to come to Christ and He will give me rest..and that is EXACTLY what He did. I feel more at peace about it and I just need to trust that He has everything under control..because He does.

I then ate dinner with the rents and then dad and i hooked up our new internet yay!

I went on a jog/walk. It was starting to get dark outside so it was kind of a mistake that I went at this time haha. I ran for a long time but then I got sick to my stomach and I had to sit down..in the middle of nowhere :-\. I was trying to walk back home by going through these back roads and I just ended up getting myself lost.
I finally got home like 2 hrs later haha! Overall it was a nice and adventurous jog! ha.

now im jammin out to some "Give us Clean Hands"..so good :)
tootles for now :)

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!

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

Prince Caspian is Hot

Today has been a really good day! I actually did not just sit around. Yay me!

Went to church today and it was amazing! They honored all of the the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marinees, etc. for memorial day, it was great. We had a guest speaker from Scotland, he was really good and he had a cool accent ha!

After church I ate lunch with the fam and then headed over to Kate's pool with Caroline, and Laney. That was fun to see all of them!

We stayed for about three hours and then I went home because I wanted to go for a jog. I jogged/walked around Johnson Lake (a good three miles). It was such a beautiful day outside.. I'm glad it is finally getting warm!

Sandy, Laura, Ythol, Yaron, Stephen and I all decided to go see Prince Caspian! SO GOOD! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! Plus Prince Caspian is hot (hence the title) hahaha.

There were a couple of lines that Aslan said that were great. One is where Lucy tells Aslan that he has grown and he says "As you grow so will I"..so good (Quinn i stole your quote haha). But overall it was a great movie plus I love hanging out with those folks!

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