tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14057627962916038062024-03-13T02:26:19.901-07:00mackenzie lynnmackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-58021444542117979452012-03-28T16:46:00.005-07:002012-03-28T17:36:10.277-07:00I'm a cook in another life<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAiPFHWxJG8ABsSlSxe8quPLycgF_2m1jG7Iro0-NpKGnXqxvLH6Yoy8-kZ_lB9aC6wK4hqup_2LJgG0TDNo2pzrnews1wXmjHzJsb13NO8bYRxISxtHLuOU2UY7SY7hhsrO9xuakdyI/s400/photo-8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725106368740152802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">Last week and the week before were the worst weeks I've had in a very long time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But they're finally over.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I got my list of a <i>million </i>things to do finished. It seemed impossible, but I did it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Then I spent some very much needed quality time with boyfriend, my dog and myself</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> (and by my dog, I mean my family's dog because they're out of town for the week. We've been having a great time together.)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> I have work all week and all the roomies are out of town.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yeah! Did ya hear? I got 2 new jobs! I'm a working woman, I tell ya! I'm working at the West Salem Courthouse Athletic Club as a child care provider and the Main Street Pub in Monmouth as a bartender/server</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">. Spring term, here I come!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And now I finally feel refreshed enough to write another blog post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I don't know what it is, but lately I've just become obsessed with cooking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yes, I am making very <i>very </i>simple things that I can't really ruin like pico de gallo, garlic chicken (on the George Foreman I might add), and steak tacos, but this is a big deal for me. I've learned I need to ease into it. When I'm ready to cook, I'll cook. Cooking used to be suuuper intimidating, like it would stress me out thinking about making something decent and healthy. The timing of getting the veggies or some side dish finished at the same time as the entree boggled me- I still have issues with this, but it's getting better. In other words, mac and cheese was my best friend for a long time. Now, I can't wait to make the next <i>real </i>dish! It actually is therapeutic for me- I feel so refreshed after slicing and dicing. It's wonderful! And the best part is boyfriend has been loving my cooking! Either that or he's an exceptional liar. </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I just watched <i>Julie & Julia </i>today and it's currently my favorite movie. Given, it is all about cooking. I want to cook so bad I even want to make a chicken dish with mushrooms that I saw in the movie. And I <i>hate </i>mushrooms! Break through, people, this is a break through at its finest! The Julie girl in the movie is just my favorite and she blogs about her cooking. Hmmm...</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoTLSpQ9jiTEPHC7YWT_bMt_BC7I9FNeFsggQwFJuP_ra2Lb8ERhZdkSaAab1MoQnpQIUx5GxLnfs3IxokRt_U_KuEnwQd09q2USB81ZZFrVk8AgtUAJTjjNwNXfDlMeEDDo2G0Aim-I/s400/photo-11.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725106387469399538" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Boyfriend was looking extra handsome this day. He was getting mad at all my picture taking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjPjZFbibzMiOWms5NltYVc5DDYotnaHbk58-jjmDyLLmGNL_I-llqURsSs4XP1nXyvnOF4_QQhQ-te3mjR0HbQ2e_DrCURMEdZAf3VttIbcUx2i8QkjqETlk2m11Qv6wEQYiT3Z_xhg/s1600/photo-13.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjPjZFbibzMiOWms5NltYVc5DDYotnaHbk58-jjmDyLLmGNL_I-llqURsSs4XP1nXyvnOF4_QQhQ-te3mjR0HbQ2e_DrCURMEdZAf3VttIbcUx2i8QkjqETlk2m11Qv6wEQYiT3Z_xhg/s400/photo-13.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725106395180193154" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyS26_xNJk2O-1qo496UXrv3DS_2_erBgtS_mzIoBvdsGJhAwKDhV7x5uXreGdfFK6eyPndzahuPvJfUdpwzLxxSicccNxrLa4uIQ10B14-PMQs66r3PvtLc3C68qT6-lLzd_cXQ_G8iU/s400/photo-7.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725110115614273810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uxu_k-2gVRopHY4jzeDWoO4HHVHSIC1XR5rRA1FNakZ2sUJK-COT50NW3DowlGsGA-ZHieoh2MNVeMP3A3SKfNtMpgOeU_71XtxvT3dZ71ZH1zC2eQB4kufleIyNsC0x8wC-LlNaPN0/s1600/photo-10.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uxu_k-2gVRopHY4jzeDWoO4HHVHSIC1XR5rRA1FNakZ2sUJK-COT50NW3DowlGsGA-ZHieoh2MNVeMP3A3SKfNtMpgOeU_71XtxvT3dZ71ZH1zC2eQB4kufleIyNsC0x8wC-LlNaPN0/s400/photo-10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725106379634160226" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnPH62F-2xFoBho9owMCKqaAJxMxyAyHaklkXXRzjRE1UD71pyw4kNtLjH9iJfGayWMhTLFAyrxkhwjusQfn_gWUDi9mpvxQ01ISrZTmQuRCTp8oxflZ0NnwHOjODF9shJkqdTDaKbZc/s1600/photo-6.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnPH62F-2xFoBho9owMCKqaAJxMxyAyHaklkXXRzjRE1UD71pyw4kNtLjH9iJfGayWMhTLFAyrxkhwjusQfn_gWUDi9mpvxQ01ISrZTmQuRCTp8oxflZ0NnwHOjODF9shJkqdTDaKbZc/s400/photo-6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725106372794592002" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy spring break, friends. I'm relishing in this much needed break. </div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-66579887650602021332012-03-05T16:00:00.004-08:002012-03-05T16:48:19.801-08:00I shouldn't be posting...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">because of the mass amounts of things to do on my to-do list... but I am. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrvR5Upuc7Bob3CV6viM508xUY9E-ikdpCI1m1LjPH605jMw7MNsvsBS28dsHvusj79uUhXxy7rJTxEGq9dtMOgs8dXNi21l6sw8_3UmvkeblfPizeAKfiojLTJADQm4YWgz6vkZoJzE/s400/423268_10150724958368453_553593452_11311830_1749230234_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716576264940709586" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This song played today by Nickel Creek and it wrenches my heart in a good way whenever I listen to it. I had forgotten about it until today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><b>"The Hand Song"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The boy only wanted to give mother something, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and all of her roses had bloomed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Looking at him as he came rushing in, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">knowing her roses were doomed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">All she could see were some thorns buried deep, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and tears that he cried as she tended his wounds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">And she knew it was love, it was one she could understand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">He was showing his love and that's how he hurt his hands.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">He still remembers that night as a child, on his mothers knee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She held him close as she opened her Bible, and quietly started to read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Then, seeing a picture of Jesus, he cried out,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"Mama, he's got some scars just like me."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">And he knew it was love, it was one he could understand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">He was showing his love and that's how he hurt his hands. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">Now the boy is grown and moved out on his own</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">when Uncle Sam comes along.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Foreign affair, but our young men are there</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and luck had his number drawn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">It wasn't long 'til our hero was gone, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">he gave to a friend what he learned from the cross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But they knew it was love, it was one they could understand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">He was showing his love and that's how he hurt his hands.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It was one they could understand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">He was showing his love </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and that's how he hurt his hands.</span></div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-73287706364771672112012-02-23T10:08:00.006-08:002012-02-23T10:25:18.182-08:00a great thing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxOTA3f6mhuv4LtjOZVUduANTAqVtWpZNbbF-OSXpYxuHRIGh8j7iUHFx6TCKwBZyZlkIo7rQppNhbQMn12UhdQwO5cov9ySIEFdREnFalXJl8xZuFSwUuAsrPbIIpzq_vjR3yfNSk-I/s1600/photo-5.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxOTA3f6mhuv4LtjOZVUduANTAqVtWpZNbbF-OSXpYxuHRIGh8j7iUHFx6TCKwBZyZlkIo7rQppNhbQMn12UhdQwO5cov9ySIEFdREnFalXJl8xZuFSwUuAsrPbIIpzq_vjR3yfNSk-I/s400/photo-5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712394812010838082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Dear professor, thank you for cancelling class today. I hope you don't read this because I will say that your class is my least favorite this term. I was beyond relieved with your decision.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Yours truly, mackenzie</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-771370699241588632012-02-14T17:40:00.000-08:002012-02-14T18:26:18.566-08:00lovey day<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">Herro friends, yes I'm still alive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But yes, I do realize I haven't posted in almost over a month now. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Maybe you haven't actually noticed, but I'm okay with that. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My mind is <i>still </i>in a I'm-not-going-to-work-no-matter-how-hard-you-try<i> </i>mode. So I'm currently trying to find the will to get my work done because lately, all of my school work has been like pulling teeth. It's becoming a somewhat serious problem to my mental sanity and emotional health.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">For that reason, I haven't been blogging much at all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I promised that I would share with you what happened at the women's retreat, but I'm just going to keep it simple and say it was a very intimate time with God and some real and awesome women. It was a very confirming week for me with what God had been showing me up until the retreat, and is continuing to show me now. Grace, humility, surrender, and embrace are four words, truly among <i>many</i>,<i> </i>that frequently ran through my head that weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">God is showing me so much of who He really is and is revealing things to me that I've never experienced before. Things about His character that I get to joyfully dwell in and embrace forever just because He loves me. He is also moving like crazy in our Bible study and throughout Monmouth. Let me tell you, people, a revival is about to happen. This is serious business and is not being taken lightly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And now let me show you some of the awesome gifts we've gotten as a house today for this lovey day!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1k-bPdb76pC0i4hFzgdA6qy_F5aLuNeeHxwxVQUE7scSLyoZpKunHCPHSnPP0S2YikfsJPrFVOi0kIJYkR8NzvZQFNVLnMruZgrDKGaPOxx2aojPLnuZuheiBgaqjO6eXrsmDrd6pY48/s1600/IMG_4600.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1k-bPdb76pC0i4hFzgdA6qy_F5aLuNeeHxwxVQUE7scSLyoZpKunHCPHSnPP0S2YikfsJPrFVOi0kIJYkR8NzvZQFNVLnMruZgrDKGaPOxx2aojPLnuZuheiBgaqjO6eXrsmDrd6pY48/s400/IMG_4600.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709178657017083026" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSdg0gTeNzcfVPVqcpNxmTqAAFHCCwu0zBzzYUmct7lCIZjliB1xvpYs0-NpcSpHdNMpZNVe9q6PeYssiw6hPgB7SYtLGf4VxbN04qowfjprp9wRf9oTxSlc9kUi8wLecF7aFN4C_8lo/s400/IMG_4599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709178645550598770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbhk40BYzYU1dlA3mkKRoGPiNeADTuywDfrsfGxCQvG-hXTlD1a7om9cq0ZkrfftWgX7Qv5Xcsl5p4BBAVl8AL9hhN7UnEWsP45k2qhn0KnQZkB56rKScazLNvHHq4md5m217PJ-R9nc/s1600/IMG_4597.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbhk40BYzYU1dlA3mkKRoGPiNeADTuywDfrsfGxCQvG-hXTlD1a7om9cq0ZkrfftWgX7Qv5Xcsl5p4BBAVl8AL9hhN7UnEWsP45k2qhn0KnQZkB56rKScazLNvHHq4md5m217PJ-R9nc/s400/IMG_4597.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709178632518936914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxnmy_mAnPtS28HmeMd0ndxDlHBG-fJ1NsRxAC2ooiN7QvBl8jgvhIEh3PxwJnboLLJSheQwLC53eXzXcrAU6HgJpcGQfaDSa2rC3e16N6x3qoMz7BkPEqsFVave8lLJVC0MNKLPEOM4/s1600/IMG_4607_2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxnmy_mAnPtS28HmeMd0ndxDlHBG-fJ1NsRxAC2ooiN7QvBl8jgvhIEh3PxwJnboLLJSheQwLC53eXzXcrAU6HgJpcGQfaDSa2rC3e16N6x3qoMz7BkPEqsFVave8lLJVC0MNKLPEOM4/s400/IMG_4607_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709179349648210034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonne3boGY7nVKRKvQ8C1cffw7QoJiWIcKQZnaS1Wr7IeCds2TaAcgHTd2enLxnaRZk7RTDJv7SGMdhyNF7ZFLcJv7k_O3tr16YIM_DU7uK8Ls7svEiFXxv13xfUQS98btFoC11AIKaT4/s1600/IMG_4610.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonne3boGY7nVKRKvQ8C1cffw7QoJiWIcKQZnaS1Wr7IeCds2TaAcgHTd2enLxnaRZk7RTDJv7SGMdhyNF7ZFLcJv7k_O3tr16YIM_DU7uK8Ls7svEiFXxv13xfUQS98btFoC11AIKaT4/s400/IMG_4610.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709179337304972386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The flowers are from my dad- he always sends his girls flowers. I feel so dang blessed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> He had them sent to me and the cutest old man with no teeth delivered them to my door. It seemed that he could have been one of those old people who are long retired but goes back to work on special days like today just to be a delivery person for the single reason of wanting to.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Thanks for reading guys. There's no telling when I'll be able to write another post. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I really just like to keep you on your toes... psyche!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">ps- I learned a new word today: <i>palindrome</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A <i>palindrome</i> is a word that can be read frontwards or backwards, like 'racecar' or 'Hannah'.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Betcha never knew there was a word for those, huh?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I know I didn't!</span></div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-40693985450469508892012-01-17T22:18:00.000-08:002012-01-17T22:34:55.867-08:00it's just not working<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Guys, I'm having issues.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My brain is in a I-don't-want-to-work-so-I'm-not-going-to mood despite my serious efforts to make it work. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">School? It's not going over super well right now (don't worry mom, I'm still getting my homework turned in... for the most part). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The biggest problem of it all is that I'm taking classes that count towards what I'm most likely going to do for my career, and they aren't just core LACC classes- aka my brain needs to function as properly as possible this term. And it's not.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Work, brain work!! Can you please stop being mad at me and be my friend now?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I did do about 3 hours of reading homework today at the campus coffee shop (that doesn't count the hours that I did before going to the shop and the hours I'm attempting to complete now...) and kept my roomie company while she worked. Go kys! You're the cutest barista.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjobvcSFkFrDtC9NZnj7XauwyStU_y1ZzZxS4SKcIIGVyN4X7N8f2oNnKkff-OgRzjtv6d-_3K1achKE3n-LgaOhkNvBfgZKPn-HwXdiNm80ORfjplOr3lpcfTEPv38Tzh4dQZbSlcu94/s400/402482_10150606145013453_553593452_10946366_1000735365_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698855618106686706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was on a women's retreat this weekend with my bible study I'm a part of in Monmouth and I'm excited to tell you about it. God was so faithful in the simplest ways. I love that we have a simple but oh-so-dang complex God. Once I catch up on the homework I didn't do this weekend, I'll be sure to share my weekend with you, pictures and all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please pray for my brain, friends. I need all the help I can get!</div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-87125250762878621852012-01-11T10:28:00.001-08:002012-01-11T11:53:45.210-08:00grace grace and even more grace<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">First of all, can I just say that I am loooving this cold weather?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">No, I don't <i>necessarily </i>enjoy my fingers freezing every time I want to use my phone or the fact that I might as well not shave my legs until Spring because every time I do and then walk outside, it's all immediately grown back because of goosebumps. <b>But</b> I am finally convinced it's winter and oh what fun that is. I used to hate all the layers that are required with bundling, but now I look forward to it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">But I will admit that although, I am loving this cold weather and am going to embrace it while it's here, once Christmas has come and gone, I am super anxious for Spring time sun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Being back in Monmouth is really great. People keep asking how DC was and although, I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, I can't lie and say it was absolutely amazing. As you guys have read, it was really hard. But it was a good hard. I say it was a really great experience, I did what I went over there to do, learned so much, but I'm really happy to be back in the northwest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">More on a personal note, I'm gonna share a little more deeply some of the things that have been on m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">y heart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I don't know how I have done this, but I have fooled myself into believing that I understood grace and the power of Christ dying on the cross. In my head, I knew the concept of it and would proclaim that truth when I was in apparent and dire need of grace at that moment, but it didn't really get to my heart. I didn't understand what that actually meant. I have recently realized that in the past, I would kind of compartmentalize my life (which isn't always a bad thing) and areas that I need to work on (also, not </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">always a bad thing), but once I figured those things out, I would think I didn't really need God's grace so much, because, hey-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">I worked it all out, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I'm so thankful that we have a gentle God who shows us how wrong we are.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I have been feeling like the biggest failure lately. Like big time. And usually, when I've spent enough time working on my failures, I find a way out of feeling this way. But with some of the struggles I'm going through right now, I can't get a quick fix out of them. I can't find answers and I can't figure out how to turn things around to make them good (I'm sure you're saying it's a good thing that's not my job, right?). In the past, I'd have dwelt on my many <i>many </i>failures and would have had the "poor-me's" until I could figure it all out. But this time it's different. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">I still don't have answers, I'm still hurting and i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">n turn, have hurt people, but I get to live and walk in the grace that Jesus has for me. It's such a simple truth that I've heard time and time again, but it's different when I get to live it out because I have no other option. I can't do anythi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">ng else except to accept that I am a walking failure and sinner and always will be, but that's why Jesus died for me. And how amazing it has been to really realize that His grace for me will <i>never </i>run out. ever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">It is the most freeing feeling I've ever had.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Doesn't make my current trials and testings any easier, but I'm freed of the expectation I've put on myself that I have to have it all together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I'm tellin' ya, it's really great, guys.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">I apologize if this was too deep for you. Really, I do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I've also been reflecting on my blog and why I actually want to keep it. I think I want this to be a place where I can share real stuff going on with m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">y life (and also meaningless silly things) so I can maybe encourage at least one reader by being able to relate and know that their not alone. Quite a few blogs I follow have been an encouragement to me in that way and I want to be able to do the same. Again I say it, we'll see how this blogging thing shakes out!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxsYtUPXud6YpIrluMVc5-9iVCUR2OZeYhPEBIo3MHnUEUfEzUcg0PT52ks8TbGQExY3FpnGb_0_ao0GgN_2C0Wh5pKucef7hv2p0rGOUDSulEgQTGtK-BjXx-SQPSULSctTWTUoLzqQ/s1600/IMG_3828.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Here's some photos of things from the past few weeks since I've been back.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">1. Boyfriend helped me with some projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5L4UZaIarIZ7e04F9oFlnLH0UY_g5rZJcW9f0kjr7RHvbt5HCY4lVRPUcB2yVyCN3c6j9Coqp7w3OPKmAROTPhxvQvlDeHqrbuw5xxN27KUHX_2f2iI494S4tVKUPna8Q2_lMe_eyLE/s400/IMG_3604.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696463754753380562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNz_r-rX4vH_x1dKG-lUWwX7t4ex4j2KFuIa4MfvzKORQHfhtSdLaoelakhq9HQvuAF4xSyW5-diaj7d2avSRYnc03bBsOYaOa0xlTj7M7nbPDWdms5B5jgV6WbWliUrqWfgujiVBk1s/s1600/IMG_3609.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNz_r-rX4vH_x1dKG-lUWwX7t4ex4j2KFuIa4MfvzKORQHfhtSdLaoelakhq9HQvuAF4xSyW5-diaj7d2avSRYnc03bBsOYaOa0xlTj7M7nbPDWdms5B5jgV6WbWliUrqWfgujiVBk1s/s400/IMG_3609.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696464165078254578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhnQ_ppEJzhoRElRgwdCnWTD9mPq8sDKlDdug5_CuawFiEnlGDchwqsecHCedoVN17c1jYULlHcmzLLVbGJlmohcToh2qo_OTAKLeSMBrRCJabwuK8D399pvZwv6O_LYnW_hKT-0-ZbU/s1600/IMG_3614.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhnQ_ppEJzhoRElRgwdCnWTD9mPq8sDKlDdug5_CuawFiEnlGDchwqsecHCedoVN17c1jYULlHcmzLLVbGJlmohcToh2qo_OTAKLeSMBrRCJabwuK8D399pvZwv6O_LYnW_hKT-0-ZbU/s400/IMG_3614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696464062388160066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhmbQl84zNyFUkcf1Ttf2CsYibV1xWy_cw6OQW-eRwZG3zgNbi4iRN_XZNOKda1BIjx_IaLU1Wfy9XGE2mzo6fZ6YVPb-NtzDW-vKugB6ZI_1rthjq7oMNC7w_Rz_32ObEa4a26qTm0c/s1600/IMG_3617.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhmbQl84zNyFUkcf1Ttf2CsYibV1xWy_cw6OQW-eRwZG3zgNbi4iRN_XZNOKda1BIjx_IaLU1Wfy9XGE2mzo6fZ6YVPb-NtzDW-vKugB6ZI_1rthjq7oMNC7w_Rz_32ObEa4a26qTm0c/s400/IMG_3617.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696463921479181618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">2. And he had a birthday.</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5K5U805vxO9A4kRwvunPmA8fgaaxq5m9jWUsJTVrhjvUYyiGKcBtZR6YH3oTr9ZIOTyEJvKMbm6Na2cAK6Kus-cHQ3b_0B0Qg5_ZcFw8ChoPdviOPceY7suaMeq7Erwu0m-v9OckP1o/s400/IMG_3716.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696456904409407266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He got new overalls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5-UpERdhKCWym0VlFwyYWssP_zE3MavfJqj-Y9UpoK5Leuy8sa7hxM_fRLpmcaSM68OxXuEjZ7FownUMxdwincNG-D-itNHJIW8nqvfCP4RLjZ0Vo5ELrcx7QUqMbBv4fR5ct2-X3VM/s1600/IMG_3804.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5-UpERdhKCWym0VlFwyYWssP_zE3MavfJqj-Y9UpoK5Leuy8sa7hxM_fRLpmcaSM68OxXuEjZ7FownUMxdwincNG-D-itNHJIW8nqvfCP4RLjZ0Vo5ELrcx7QUqMbBv4fR5ct2-X3VM/s400/IMG_3804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696456353391185906" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrDgyUIJ5PdQTuQ1NL0CwkwLF6q_9PIp4c5THcOaJU2ShDWWlNkppSsZu7EkFcw__b1czrpIzIdujqrQii_EnOwS_wfJZVYNCE_lewZybLunCAOTj4o-0-xRNJMnltPfsuR3xXvFtPGI/s1600/IMG_3803.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrDgyUIJ5PdQTuQ1NL0CwkwLF6q_9PIp4c5THcOaJU2ShDWWlNkppSsZu7EkFcw__b1czrpIzIdujqrQii_EnOwS_wfJZVYNCE_lewZybLunCAOTj4o-0-xRNJMnltPfsuR3xXvFtPGI/s400/IMG_3803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696456337747322466" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWqxuLA0W3z_fRtj50BssjN5PZbCNXWjiOv3u3FYsbgLL_Ad0Q3MmNr8PbmR5h68GxVYujKXptMmdwbYHEkDiLySjl3Y0V8MriSPNfqzZhxOuI7Te0tddhFtkKH_ofyJvG8HwXTKGNsk/s1600/IMG_3724.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWqxuLA0W3z_fRtj50BssjN5PZbCNXWjiOv3u3FYsbgLL_Ad0Q3MmNr8PbmR5h68GxVYujKXptMmdwbYHEkDiLySjl3Y0V8MriSPNfqzZhxOuI7Te0tddhFtkKH_ofyJvG8HwXTKGNsk/s400/IMG_3724.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696456333846263474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JK_jgsCANfMyI2PlK5cQS3T3gQabcKsJ8YeG2UmFiBCSbxtEf6WzMTirYx72b47iBOdvM6cEXy9hyphenhyphena7tfnJj3ICsQQOSXsLaLZddjrWFV-EH5pSAcSUu0HKDHU-BZTC2E1fPJnKusjs/s400/IMG_3737.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696454928937533474" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">2. We went to Bushwhackers for a surprise birthday celebration for our dear friend, Jenn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxsYtUPXud6YpIrluMVc5-9iVCUR2OZeYhPEBIo3MHnUEUfEzUcg0PT52ks8TbGQExY3FpnGb_0_ao0GgN_2C0Wh5pKucef7hv2p0rGOUDSulEgQTGtK-BjXx-SQPSULSctTWTUoLzqQ/s1600/IMG_3828.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxsYtUPXud6YpIrluMVc5-9iVCUR2OZeYhPEBIo3MHnUEUfEzUcg0PT52ks8TbGQExY3FpnGb_0_ao0GgN_2C0Wh5pKucef7hv2p0rGOUDSulEgQTGtK-BjXx-SQPSULSctTWTUoLzqQ/s400/IMG_3828.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696457673686728578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYB3al-v-t0yOAAlrCvdsjG9CiIRGcU2c8MPKn5AFeiyluPf2T_1BIL-EesLI7_OKLW1JsY2CCk3tz1Nt4npYBTpM86QsdzBjM1B2_Eb4ufDae5MfKzuLrnpstTZiF26UsT9ePOR42Yg/s1600/IMG_3833.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYB3al-v-t0yOAAlrCvdsjG9CiIRGcU2c8MPKn5AFeiyluPf2T_1BIL-EesLI7_OKLW1JsY2CCk3tz1Nt4npYBTpM86QsdzBjM1B2_Eb4ufDae5MfKzuLrnpstTZiF26UsT9ePOR42Yg/s400/IMG_3833.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696457696090822130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgk-sVkAkUm5pnPirSZctUf7JFR9s_BmZyUgApTNSA3BD5efahn8QFlB8UIgQnCxsnlGc1RX0tiuQiBfHgyON4h1g6PCcOGaPsdeM3Ut9CFoZkFhnFp7gGkQUFEROyqsK5myxlZsWYNIc/s1600/IMG_3830.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgk-sVkAkUm5pnPirSZctUf7JFR9s_BmZyUgApTNSA3BD5efahn8QFlB8UIgQnCxsnlGc1RX0tiuQiBfHgyON4h1g6PCcOGaPsdeM3Ut9CFoZkFhnFp7gGkQUFEROyqsK5myxlZsWYNIc/s400/IMG_3830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696457678224507202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;">3. A welcome home gathering was thrown for me. Jess taught us all a new game called </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">"Oom Chi Chi" (I know, I totally butchered the spelling). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;">Evidence of the game is below.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkdc10kLGS-RuPT9YKUKajhh_i9diYGJ0S-JLWkZks8JXO_f7ZJOIW2GudFNhuCeHMkDMakSBtm1ntVCdhlINBll6nOd3BvbZxMh3CTkm9Z-vuaruzWmbBasPMJ_IAQq4Y3AVKJtvbrc/s1600/IMG_3865.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkdc10kLGS-RuPT9YKUKajhh_i9diYGJ0S-JLWkZks8JXO_f7ZJOIW2GudFNhuCeHMkDMakSBtm1ntVCdhlINBll6nOd3BvbZxMh3CTkm9Z-vuaruzWmbBasPMJ_IAQq4Y3AVKJtvbrc/s400/IMG_3865.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696459007690754962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTqy1089yE1QGpW5OUYTKDiC5rRH5DsvpkgZwBQ9fBLoPf4mexkCrO5TeQ9xfYo1yWSG06WR3JsICJ-kE98AlMrz7fCJ1cY2ivdTrikhNl-1qQr09NPhHCit3UDZ5EykRxI4EbAnx95w/s1600/IMG_3861.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTqy1089yE1QGpW5OUYTKDiC5rRH5DsvpkgZwBQ9fBLoPf4mexkCrO5TeQ9xfYo1yWSG06WR3JsICJ-kE98AlMrz7fCJ1cY2ivdTrikhNl-1qQr09NPhHCit3UDZ5EykRxI4EbAnx95w/s400/IMG_3861.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696458995761132418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBFRn02NO0xDdq7GUPkE05dgzBVzNYyB9DrJRv5dWvVr0niSJkClE4Mo0yN2rW0fKi9SCiT1kTNu_OfIwFkUR8R8XCE9FeuO1NHemDQQhHNX0xJ-NTZQV3OkXd1nRW7Mrji5JmQemQ34/s1600/IMG_3858.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBFRn02NO0xDdq7GUPkE05dgzBVzNYyB9DrJRv5dWvVr0niSJkClE4Mo0yN2rW0fKi9SCiT1kTNu_OfIwFkUR8R8XCE9FeuO1NHemDQQhHNX0xJ-NTZQV3OkXd1nRW7Mrji5JmQemQ34/s400/IMG_3858.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696458984311397890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOc-J0XUg6qSyAyw_MO0iq_xwhlYYMsv8SigB093n8fRQncbjt-LOwUeSrkWia1QmKatuuojPar8mZT31gW8j6GBUbAm75zfvO7OvPOWy4kiIlNidnAuU6Ct9K2f-4-wBORwXgL1V1zA/s1600/IMG_3856.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOc-J0XUg6qSyAyw_MO0iq_xwhlYYMsv8SigB093n8fRQncbjt-LOwUeSrkWia1QmKatuuojPar8mZT31gW8j6GBUbAm75zfvO7OvPOWy4kiIlNidnAuU6Ct9K2f-4-wBORwXgL1V1zA/s400/IMG_3856.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696458974748397922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-LmCHWWXjl_MrpR0I8DmooCtI3dW0QXxuongaaItbXZw4gBvbBNDXSBJKr7dH0gj4Io0TTWdLhOsaBe0I9F_KWavT1pbD5LwcoEda0bF7gv9qKLDNaR1D1x-PQ1dYkG6mMJkwCuch3o/s1600/IMG_3909.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-LmCHWWXjl_MrpR0I8DmooCtI3dW0QXxuongaaItbXZw4gBvbBNDXSBJKr7dH0gj4Io0TTWdLhOsaBe0I9F_KWavT1pbD5LwcoEda0bF7gv9qKLDNaR1D1x-PQ1dYkG6mMJkwCuch3o/s400/IMG_3909.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696458969653286258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">(On certain events, our differences amaze me sometimes. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">More things have happened and I'd love to post more pictures, but the new blogspot website has a new photo uploader thing and I'm struggling to figure it out... dumb technology.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Have a happy hump day!</span></div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-22847673086908106002012-01-06T14:49:00.000-08:002012-01-06T16:03:52.370-08:00an engagement!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">This whole blogging thing is a lot harder to stay on top of now that I'm home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I wasn't really </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">expecting that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">How these insano bloggers do this every day, sometimes multiple times a day, is beyond me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">and by "insano bloggers", I mean extremely amazing bloggers because I wish I could do that and am kinda jealous that it comes naturall</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">y for you guys. I'm hoping I can be like that one day.</span>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">An awesome new thing that I just starting using on my phone is the iCal app. I don't know why I didn't use it before, but it has been so useful! I don't forget anything and I feel so much more organized. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Since I've been using my iCal app, I've been able </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">to put in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>million</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> weddings that are about to happen this year. I think I literally put in 7 weddings, <i>7 weddings</i>, into my phone in one sitting. That's crazy but so exciting!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The most recent engagement is one of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">my best friends/old roommate. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">I'm so excited for ms anna edmonds and her new fiance, kenneth! The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">day after they got engaged a handful of us went out to Venti's Cafe & Tap House in Sale</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">m to celebrate their engagement.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"> Anna and I have only known each other for about 4 years now, but she's been alongside me during some of the most significant times in my life. We've gone on <i>countless</i> runs that consist of great conversations and had so many late night talks about our future guys and she's now engaged to hers! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"> I'm so excited for you, my friend! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">You're really going to be the most beautiful bride.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5_9nAkEp3tP9fMkIQQxe0e5kNsVBOSgRePbsMqodde7ixsAI2bckhmm2HR5ZrydU38-urIiH92OPyYlX_ARd0Zu9G0xhR7jCQ_40JagjKKRbiTW2u4Hz3xc1b42S3w9Ihgwhqzmkh1M/s400/IMG_3751_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694662693088034818" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nBKLhLo5YqE3bWMOo3sfzaA1HQVu5XU6tWyVIcLMPqwHrsPgPRxyoylzOXAgtR70H5mJ0aFH-q1dNGdzHflJxgOAL67FM7iOS6MFWKrQS3n2GP8sIbq_EJhXaV0CDCowZN2E2cksCHI/s400/IMG_3754_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694668391165904482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I remember in high school thinking it was so weird that all of my friends and I were going to college because college was<i> so old</i> and then I thought it was nuts when everyone started graduating and getting real jobs (although I'm not at that point yet...) and becoming real life adults. And NOW, everrryyoone is getting married! Next, it's going to be buying houses and having babies. And then going on camping trips with old college friends and their families (I'm so excited for that!).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I have a feeling this next season of life is going to be full of new things. Having no expectations is something I'm trying to work on. Expectations kinda suck a little.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Happy Friday, friends!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div>mackenzie lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591063228771896905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-38376748849015707222011-12-30T00:25:00.000-08:002011-12-30T00:26:48.927-08:00I'm back! and tardy on a post.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the first time I've written a post when I'm not in DC... weird.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But that's right, folks. I'm back in good ol' Oregon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There really is nothin' like the Pacific Northwest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you haven't noticed, I'm an avid fan of my home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you're a newcomer to my blog, you'll notice I have a <strike>slightly unhealthy</strike> huge affinity for the nw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am multitasking at the moment - watching the cartoon Grinch (and if you were to ask my opinion, I think it's much better than the real one. But you didn't ask, so I won't say what I think.), updating my dad's iphone, and writing this post in my overly cluttered room full of all my belongings that are waiting to be sorted through before moving it all back to school. It's kinda stressing me out sitting in the chaos of it all surrounding me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm going to write more about being back home in posts to come, but before I jump into all that excitement, I <i>must </i>share with you all about my last week in DC. And New York. With my great friend, Jessica. And about me trying not to pee my pants and burst into tears/laughter with excitement about coming home. It was a close call far too many times...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ms. Jess came last Saturday night to DC and the first thing we did once we got onto campus was go on a run. It felt SO good to have an avid exerciser by my side again. I'm going to spare you pictures from that run, we were a little flustered from running.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bright and early the next morning- less on the bright and more on the early since the sun wasn't even up yet- we lugged our shared duffle bag to Union Station to get on the 7 am Bolt Bus to NYC. The best part about that morning? This story right here:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The temperature was at freezing levels that night, but it wasn't a problem because there was no rain to freeze the roads, right? Wrong. Someone had used a large amount of water for whatever reason and it had ran onto the sidewalk that we were walking on and froze over night (you already know what's going to happen, I'm sure). We noticed the tiny frozen patch before stepping on it and proceeded with extra caution, walking extra slow, so we wouldn't slip. Well, the extra caution didn't do much. Right when we thought we were safely across, Jess's feet suddenly slipped out from under her, mind you- she was carrying the big duffle bag on her back, and slide tackled my legs out from under me and we both landed flat on our hinies laughing until our abs couldn't handle the pain anymore... and then continued laughing more. What makes the story better is that since it was 6 am, no one was around to see it, making it more awkward. Although, Jess would argue that that was a good thing. Leave it to us to slip on the <b>only </b>patch of ice on the almost two-mile walk to Union Station.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">she got a super cute elf hat!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is kaitlyn with perfect hair. It was her house that we stayed at.</span></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kaitlyn's apartment in Hoboken was the cutest thing we had ever seen. The heat was scarce and so Jess and I learned to bundle and layer to get warm and cozy... I kinda liked it (roommates, I hope you're reading this... ).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jess and I spent all day Monday walking around New York. It was a blast.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Jess and I cracked up all week at the amounts of individual pictures we have of each other on our own phones. You can see what I mean with these pictures. I love it. And it's <i>so</i> much better than taking photos of inanimate objects... which I would have done had she not been with me...)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kaitlyn's grocery store- "soo cute!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had to post this beaut. I wanted it really bad, but didn't have the bucks. AND it matched my nails that day. I wanted to say it was fate and just buy it somehow. Even if it meant no food for a week. I mean, it's just a week... right?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The last night we were in DC, we went out to a couple places. At one bar we went to, we ran into my ceramics teacher (he was hearing, folks) and he bought us these sweet bottles of beer (and it was gluten free!). You can bet that we took the bottles home with us... </span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I apologize for not posting anything for the past 2 weeks. I've barely even touched my computer. It's been great to be back and we'll see how this blogging goes now that I'm back on the west coast! Doesn't look too good at this point... wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I still love you all.</span><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-17744373380868028922011-12-09T00:08:00.000-08:002011-12-09T00:14:07.308-08:00it's crazy!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Things are starting to wrap up over here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I mean reeeally starting to wrap up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like, my last class is tomorrow (minus a small final critique next wednesday for ceramics). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I have no finals next week. Woot woot!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have this problem where things don't hit me until long after they've already happened. Like it didn't hit me that sister or boyfriend were coming until I saw them, and it didn't hit me that I was coming to Washington DC until a week or so after my parents left to go back home, and like it hasn't hit me that Jess is coming in 1 day and that we're going to New York for 3 days on Sunday. So I don't know if it will hit me that I'm going home in a week until I'm already at home.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Speaking of ceramics though, these are all my pieces I did this term except for 4 mugs that are waiting to be glazed and fired this weekend.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These 3 are my favorite ones so far (I'll have to wait to see how my mugs turn out after they are fired to fully decide).</span></td></tr>
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</span>Like I said, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jess comes in 1 day! aaaand it's her birthday tomorrow. I can't wait to give that Jess a hug! (ever read Junie B. Jones? Remember how she always called her friend, Grace, "that Grace"? I just reminded myself of that). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I got some new polish and a new hat yesterday. They were both really inexpensive which is great. And I haven't had my nails painted an exciting color or shade since I've been here. I forgot all my nail polish. What was I thinking? Let me tell ya, I was really excited to get that polish.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This picture is just so Christmasy, is it not?! I love it!<br />
If you're confused about the colors because they don't match with the tubes, I'll explain- the dark polish is a separate color and I painted sparkles over it. The red has sparkles but really isn't that sparkly, but I wanted it to be, so I painted sparkles over that too.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And my box of laundry that I just finished, thank you very much.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you dear fellas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">be pointy. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-19513073050189528572011-12-07T00:39:00.000-08:002011-12-07T00:39:02.505-08:00slim to no photos<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And when I say slim to no photos, I actually mean no photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I apologize. Pictures tend to draw peoples attention. I hope I don't bore you with this post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll keep it short, I promise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll even do numbering so you know when it will end.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">the not so greats:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Meeting some seriously <i>awesome </i>people 2 weeks before I leave. This is a big deal, because for pretty much the first time, except for a few other times, I found myself bummed with my new friends when they found out I wasn't coming back after Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. The fact that it's still somewhat warm in DC... and it's December. I'm pulling for the, in all reality, undependable weather app that says it will be in the 40's for the rest of the week. And for the chance of snow next week that the radio announced today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. The weird concept that a week seems to lengthen it's time by about 10x when you're anticipating something great at the end of it. And I have about <i>2 weeks</i> of anticipation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and the greats:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Being told I remind some people of Natalie Portman and Hermione Granger/Emma Watson (hermione and emma are, in fact, completely different. Especially with Emma Watson's short hair- so perfect and beautiful. Y</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ou can bet your bottom dollar I'm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> going to do it like her one day.).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"> Sorry I digressed- I'll continue now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. The men's bathroom line at the Caps hockey game going clear down the hall and the woman's line being non-existent... and you know, this. never. happens. people. Apparently, there is a significantly higher level of testosterone than estrogen at hockey games. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. 9 days til I go home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Purchasing an awesome ugly Christmas sweater that is much more awesome that ugly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. My dear friend, Jess, comes in t-4 days!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Nerts. My new IPhone app addiction. I've gotten nothing done since I downloaded it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. My family doing legitimate Christmas lists this year, really for the first time. We always made them, well... I did..., but I don't think they were ever really taken seriously. We'll see if this year is different.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. Rock climbing! Minus my small, but powerful, fear of heights, rock climbing could be something I really start to pursue. Only because it's an <i>excellent </i>upper body work out. I've been looking for one of those for years!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. My 'greats' list far exceeds my 'not so greats' list.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm exhausted, my friends.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm riding on about 4 hours of sleep right now due to too much socializing in the computer lab last night... It's more alright now though because I can sleep in because I am DUNZO with my most important presentation! Yes. Amen. Praise Jesus. Feels so good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you all so very much.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-83106717408774279022011-12-04T22:06:00.000-08:002011-12-04T22:09:24.862-08:00it's a comin' closer<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As much as I absolutely love styles like this (and understand that these styles are <i>everywhere</i> on the east coast...)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm really <i>really</i> excited to wear things like this somewhat regularly and not stick out like a sore thumb.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was having fun with photo booth. don't judge.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And not that I can't wear those things now, it's just I feel pretty darn out of place when I do it on the regular. As much as I don't like it sometimes, I really appreciate that Monmouth/Corvallis are places that tend to not carry trends. I blend in a lot easier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Lets be real- most of these thoughts are probably mostly only in my head and I'm really the one that's making myself feel out of place with what I wear, but there is some truth to the comparison of trends here vs. in ho-dunk monmouth.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On another note, I've been following blogs like <a href="http://whatwouldanerdwear.blogspot.com/">this</a> and <a href="http://www.thedaybookblog.com/">this</a>, where their residence is in DC as well. I think this is really weird because, to me, they're kinda famous even though they're normal people just like me. So when I read about them walking in Georgetown when I had just been there the night before, or going to a Smithsonian museum that I had gone to with my parents or boyfriend, or even eating at a restaurant that I have either eaten at or walk by frequently, I get a little weirded out- in a good way. I hope to pass by one of them on the street and creepily know who they are just because I follow their blogs... I know,<i> so</i> creepy- you don't need to tell me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The past week:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I went to the Washington Capitals hockey game with Ryan, Sam and Steph.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And went to see the National Christmas Tree with a group of people</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was a little disappointed at the tree size until I was reminded that the old and bigger tree blew down in a wind storm recently, so they had to plant a new baby one one. Don't worry folks, this little guy is going to grow big just like the old one.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I went to an ugly Christmas sweater party with Stephanie Sam and Ryan and then proceeded to spend the weekend at their house. Sam and I went rock climbing on Saturday morning, and let me tell ya, my upper body and core are hurtin'!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And then tonight I went to Zoo Lights with Stephen and Steph and a hand full of new friends. I felt so uplifted after hanging out with them. I love how God made us so relational. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week ahead of me is jam packed with things that I need to do before I leave (in 11 days. ah!)- much of it being socializing and a small fraction of it being academic related. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What a great feeling. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although, I ask for prayers because the academic portion of my week that I have consists of presentations... in sign language. aka <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the kind of academics that make me sweat and somewhat hyperventilate just <i>thinking</i> about- and then give me a harry potter headache. </span>(If you've read my old posts, you'll know what a harry potter headache is.) I would really appreciate prayers from you all towards that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The weather over here is nuts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yesterday, it was close to 70 degrees and sunny. I saw a girl in short shorts and a tshirt... and it's almost December. And today it's pouring down rain. We've got bipolar all up in this joint.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm cuddled in my room watching my favorite christmas movie, <i>The Santa Clause</i>, with my twinkle lights on, baby blankey over my legs and fudge at my fingertips. Problem is, I gotta leave for class in 10 minutes... boo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy Tuesday, people!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My parents sent me a package and it arrived today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've mentioned this before, but packages and mail are the most wonderful and uplifting things! And they're so simple. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(If you're contemplating sending a letter or care package to someone, I deeply encourage you to do it. I betcha it would make their week<i> that </i>much better.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A box of tissues, 'Kitchen Spice' Yankee Candle wall plug, a Starbucks gift card, and 2 containers FULL of my mom's homemade fudge- my absolute favorite.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I needed the box of tissues as I continued to open my package.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kind of a silly thing to get all blubbery about- but I admit, I did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm going to a hockey game tomorrow with Sam, Ryan and Stephanie (I hope you're keeping up on who my buds are over here because I mention them quite frequently). And you can bet that I'm keeping up on my countdown to the 25 days of Christmas countdown on abc family. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Only 3 more days until the real countdown starts! Most of them are seriously such cheesy movies, but it's all about the cheese with Christmas flicks, right? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What would Christmas be without it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As of now, I'm debating showering because... I stink. Or going to bed without showering because I'm just too tired.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Quite</i> the debate, I know.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-60178892571877701722011-11-27T19:44:00.000-08:002011-11-27T19:44:33.414-08:00procrastination<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made an awesome discovery today. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I downloaded the iHeartRadio app on my phone after hearing it advertised on a radio station in my friends car and it plays actual radio stations with commercials, talk shows and everything. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Normally, I try to avoid the commercials and talk shows, but since it's Christmas time, some stations are playing 24/7 Christmas songs. I was super bummed when I realized I would be missing out on that until I got back home because I don't have a radio in my dorm, but I don't have to miss out anymore! And even better, it's the same radio show as the one at home- </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">John Tesh anyone?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a <b>huge</b> deal for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's what I'm doing now- listening to my 24/7 Christmas station while I write this post. I'm also practicing my procrastination skills by putting off 2 study guides that I need to finish for some tests I have later this week... I'm pretty much an expert procrastinator at this point.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The past 2 weeks have been nothing short of a whirlwind. The evidence is the absence of blog posts. I took over 500 pictures... picking which pictures to post on here is a tad stressful. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Silly, I know.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And again, brace yourselves- this might be the longest post yet (all due to the few photos I posted... ).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First, sister arrived and we did lots of homework, work, and touring!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ssc0E8dPq_Y/TtLLgMNPpbI/AAAAAAAAA1o/wO46QWt-bSQ/s1600/IMG_0783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ssc0E8dPq_Y/TtLLgMNPpbI/AAAAAAAAA1o/wO46QWt-bSQ/s400/IMG_0783.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday night, Stephen, Kelby, Stephanie, Woody and I went to a bar on top of the Washington Hotel that looked over Washington DC. Super ritzy- kind of outside of my comfort zone, as well as Woody's, but such a cool experience.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next day, we went touring around Washington DC with the City Bike Share bikes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The difference between my premature Christmas celebrating and Kelby's lack of it.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We tried to do everything in a week- things like touring the monuments during the day and evening, Georgetown, Chinatown, and then randoms in between. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day Kelby left to go back home, Woody and I got on a bus and went to New York for the day. Yep, just for the day. We got on the Bolt bus at 7 am at Union Station and arrived in New York at Penn Station at 11 30. We walked about 7-9 miles, close to non-stop, all day. We took the same bus that night at 10 pm and arrived at Union Station in Washington DC at 2 am. We had to walk back to Gallaudet in the rain. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were in the best moods ever, too... <i>ehem</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He was embarrassed that I was taking pictures of us in line.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, of course, I take more.<br />
I've got about 10 more of these.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's the Statue of Liberty in the distance.</span></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then we moseyed over to the Cave's and spent Thanksgiving day together. I'm so thankful that the Cave's have opened their house to me so many times, especially during the holidays. </span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My mister left the next day, unfortunately. We made sure to leave early enough to spend the morning in Old Town Alexandria. Thank goodness it was only 2 metro stops from the airport.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That night, I went to the Cave's again to help decorate their house for Christmas.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a night full of holiday candles, Thanksgiving leftovers, Christmas music, and Christmas movies. It was wonderful.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My family also decorated for Christmas and sent me pictures.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They got the Christmas tree today, too. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They made sure to put my ornaments up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love my family so much.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This picture is so cozy. I canNOT wait to curl up next to the tree and fire in just a few weeks.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, I am praying for strength and motivation for the final stretch of the semester. And boy let me tell ya, I like quarters much better than semesters. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Semesters just seem to keep. on. going. I'm ready for quarters again.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I get ants in my pants when I think about being home in 3 weeks. I'm also praying that I'll be able to keep my emotions from spilling over because of how bad I want to be with my family.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Again I say it, I am very thankful for my time here, but I really can hardly wait until I am home again.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love this time of year!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope you're all full of joy and merriment... whatever that actually means.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Embrace Christmas, my friends.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span id="goog_2083903731"></span><span id="goog_2083903732"></span></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-86420542078803562442011-11-23T21:32:00.000-08:002011-11-23T21:32:28.606-08:00I'm alive, I swear.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm still here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I promise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This isn't a new thing I'm doing where I won't post for weeks on end.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've just been <i>super</i> busy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not writing much tonight- I have to get up early cause of plans boyfriend and I have tomorrow.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But this weekend, I will make up for all you have missed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We went to the Arlington Cemetery tonight and it was one of the most gorgeous and romantic places I've been to in a long time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who thought a cemetery could be romantic? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's a few pictures from it (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'll post more in my long overdue post this weekend- the photos are so beautiful</span>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It felt like I was in my own personal heaven.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tomorrow, Woodster and I are joining Stephanie's family for Thanksgiving.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am so thankful for that in and of itself- to be with a family for Thanksgiving.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really hope you all have the most warm Thanksgiving.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you all- and I do miss my blog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I apologize for being absent... again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy turkey day!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-14922262936506411772011-11-14T08:35:00.000-08:002011-11-14T08:35:00.646-08:00brief but blessed<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My friends, I apologize, yet again for neglecting my blog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been one heck of a week!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And it's only getting more hectic... in a good way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm going to be brief in this post because I really gotta get crackin' on some much procrastinated homework. <i>yuck</i>! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Something I am going to have a hard time juggling is my time management once I get back to Oregon- managing my homework, blog, time with Jesus, friends, work (assuming I'm going to be working a lot...), and time for myself- which I've forgotten I've needed and totally took advantage of. Since I've been here, I've had much more time to fit things in then I ever have before. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At least until recently, thank you Jesus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I mentioned in my last post, that was oh so long ago, I've made some new friends that have really altered my time here at Gallaudet. I saw at least one of them every day last week, including the weekend. Over the weekend, they actually spent the night in my room every night. Here's a few pictures of it all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">preparing for the surprise birthday party for Kinna.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Melissa and I</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The perfect package from home!</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday night was the last Gallaudet football game. It was freezing! I loved it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the game, I had a sleep over with the girls.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We watched <i>How the Grinch Stole Christmas</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was awesome.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next day, we went on a <a href="http://youtu.be/QycRuGQftXM">run</a> to the Capitol and back. It was about 4 miles altogether. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They love <a href="http://youtu.be/wymyUYsQtRM">teasing me</a> when I attempt to sign a new sign that they've taught me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That night, I went to dinner with the Hinton's. That was the last time I would see them since football is now over... that is, unless I see them at their sons wedding in Oregon in the future... !</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm gonna miss them!</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And now, dear friends, my weeks are going to start to seem much, and I mean <i>much</i>,<i> </i>shorter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Side note- have you ever said a word so many times that it starts to sound like it's not a word anymore? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That just happened to me with 'much'.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Why are my weeks going to fly by now, you ask?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sister is here!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of course I made her stand by the Christmas tree so I could take a picture. <br />
She was loving it, as you can tell.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We both passed out earrrrly... The difference? She fell asleep before me- I got to sneak some good pictures of her.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And then in just 4 short days, mister aaron woodrow babcock, aka 'boyfriend', which I frequently call him on my blog, is coming to town!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hallelujah, people! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll say it again, <b>hallelujah</b>!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can't wait to see this man.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy monday, my dear friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll try not to neglect my blog... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">although, I can make no promises knowing the week ahead of me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm so excited!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-91627190670991798752011-11-07T10:13:00.000-08:002011-11-07T10:13:28.044-08:00the greats and not so greats<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hokay people, sister comes in 5 days.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">5 days!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can hardly contain myself. I'm so excited!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We've already got plans comin' out the whazoo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And then boyfriend comes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Man, so much greatness starting at the end of this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past weekend was a great one, too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll tell ya about it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Saturday morning I woke up and got ready for my day. I met up with Stephen Reiff, an Oregonian friend working in DC, and we walked to Georgetown from the metro stop and had pizza (no, it wasn't gluten-free- I paid for that one later) at this super awesome pizza place where they baked the pizzas in fire stoves with actual fire wood. I don't know all the technical words for a stove that bakes like that... sorry. It was really great though.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After that, we made some pumpkin bread (also not gluten-free...) at his apartment and watch home improvement. I totally felt like I was at home. I loved it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are the cutest little townhouses with the best windows and shutters everywhere in DC. <br />
Particularly in Georgetown.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgetown waterfront. That's the Potomac River.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Frontline Arlington Campus is in one of those buildings right there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite place in DC by far: the old canal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super fancy grocery store where rich Georgetowner's go to shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich people honey.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich people spices. And my favorite rack in any grocery store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dean & Deluca and all it's glorious splendor.</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday morning I went to church with some friends that I recently met on campus. One of them is a hearing student who is getting her masters in interpreting (her name is Eleasha) and the other girls were undergraduate deaf students (Mariah, Laura and Jenn). We met up with Eleasha's boyfriend at church who is also deaf. The service was interpreted the whole way through and afterwards we got together an discussed the message with each other. After church, I rode back with the girls and had dinner later on. I was signing from the moment I had met up with them that day clear until that evening after dinner. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was such an answer to prayer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God clearly lives in them and I felt so welcomed and accepted by them. Let alone, I really loved being able to connect with girls who share the same beliefs as me. I didn't realize how important that was to me and how necessary it can be.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God is good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The not so greats</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Getting sick again with another head cold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Being so distracted and lost in conversation that I poured my water all over my pizza, thinking it was the parmesan cheese... poor Stephen had to be so embarrassed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Needing to practically glue my arms to my sides when walking in Dean & Deluca because I am so expertly skilled in knocking over numerous things at one time when picking up a product on a shelf, just because I'm curious what the ingredients are. True business, that happened. I need to warn people how clumsy I am before I hang out with them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- This one's a confession: Needing to give up my Christmas music until further notice because I was going to that for comfort over Jesus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The procrastination that is taking place that will make me need to rush to get my 80 questions first aid homework done...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And the greats</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Meeting new sisters in Christ that I can connect with and actually want to get to know me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Not washing my hair for 3 days and having it still somewhat do what I want it to...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Sister coming in 5 days!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Boyfriend coming in 12 days!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Learning how to daily surrender my silly human plans to God so his perfect and divine plans can take place in my life. 'Cause we all know, He's pretty pro at His job.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The fact that my new sister, Laura, just came to sit with me because she's also my new friend. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm gonna scoot friends! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have a great start to your week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-67586579069685129872011-11-03T23:41:00.000-07:002011-11-03T23:41:19.734-07:00fall festival<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Is it really November already?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm totally not complaining. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">November is my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>favorite.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.. and I'm sure you know why.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once November first hits, or once the Christmas Starbucks cups come out, I can officially start embracing Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've really come to realize that it's almost more about the days leading up to Christmas that I love so much than Christmas day itself. <i>No</i>,<i> people</i>, I'm not forgetting that the birth of baby Jesus is why we celebrate Christmas. That's actually why I love Christmas so much- because it is all so completely centered around Christ. And all the other non-Jesus related traditions just make it that much better. But once November hits, that means I have almost 2 whole months of so much joy, a kind of joy that only comes during this time of year. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The feelings I get from seeing Christmas decorations, the smell in the air of Winter coming, the memories and feelings I get when listening to Christmas tunes... I actually can't describe, so I'm not going to try.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll just say, I'm <i>really</i> happy it's November.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please enjoy it with me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But since it isn't Winter yet, and because some of you aren't ready to dive in head first to Christmas, let me tell you about my Fall Festival I had on Sunday night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a Fall and Halloween Festival mixed into one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How perfect, right?</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken on the way to church. <br />
The houses we pass on the way to church look like old Victorian homes. <br />
They're gorgeous!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the parking lot at church.<br />
Hilarious, huh?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam's, mine and Steph's pumpkins.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">don't they look <i>fantastic?!</i></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After evening church at Frontline Tysons, we came home and watched 2 Tim Burton movies (how much more Halloween can you get?), ate homemade chili, sipped on hot apple cider, carved pumpkins and baked pumpkin seeds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't know which ones are which in the picture, but we baked three different kinds of flavors for pumpkin seeds: Worchestire sauce and garlic salt (SO GOOD), cinnamon sugar and butter, and Lawry's seasoning salt and olive oil. I wish I could describe how they tasted.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm tellin' ya- they.were.so.good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The night was perfect and just what I needed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was concerned that by my standards, I was allowed to listen to Christmas music the next day, the next day being November 1st, but I had hardly had a chance to really embrace the Fall. I didn't get to go to a pumpkin patch and I barely saw any Fall decorations. I hadn't had any hot cider yet, and the weather has still been too inconsistent for it to really <i>feel</i> like Fall (although, we did have snow on Saturday...). So my night at the Cave house fixed that internal issue of mine. And it gave me a night of fellowship at church and an evening at home with a family. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Family is so great. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God knew just what I needed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But yes, it is November. And yes, the Starbucks Christmas cups are everywhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>ahhh</i>, it's my own heaven on earth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That 'Eg' on the cup? That stands for Egg Nog Latte, aka- the taste of Christmas itself.</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As of 4 days ago, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm <i>embracing</i> Christmas at its full.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(But don't think I'm by-passing Thanksgiving, <b>at all</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sure we'll discuss that holiday in another post, don't you worry!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-88327262797249356812011-10-29T08:13:00.000-07:002011-10-29T08:25:37.422-07:00the greats and not so greats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOgWe_ZL4F8/TqwXCs3GFLI/AAAAAAAAAhI/74uHYMjO3K4/s1600/IMG_1590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOgWe_ZL4F8/TqwXCs3GFLI/AAAAAAAAAhI/74uHYMjO3K4/s400/IMG_1590.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Looks amazing, does it not?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, I <i>said </i>I wasn't going to turn the Christmas music on until November 1st.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">buuut,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">last night I "accidentally" pushed play on a Christmas tune...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and now I can't stop listening to it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will say I'm a little disappointed with myself,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but let's be real here-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I. have. NO. self. control. with. Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Wait, who am I kidding?</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I knew I wasn't going to be able to stop once I started.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It doesn't really help that when I woke up this morning at 9, it looked like it was still the wee hours of the morning because it was so dark out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And it doesn't help that the DC weather forecast says 39 degrees and snow for today.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And it doesn't help that I've already bought eggnog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So you go, Leon Redbone and Zooey Deschanel. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You sing your little hearts out to "Baby, It's Cold Outside."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(I really want to shout out with the joy that I feel inside because of this glorious Christmas music.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I busted out my beloved mint green winter jacket.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The not so greats</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- This splitting headache I've had for two days that humorously makes me relate to Harry Potter when Voldemort releases his furry and Harry feels it through his scar.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The internal battle I'm struggling with about going on a run right now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Going to watch a friends flag football game, expecting lots of people to be there, but being the only one there... let alone, the only girl (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMbTU3qW71w">here's</a> a video of the awkwardness at it's full).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The pile of laundry I have to do today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The awkward commercials on Pandora...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- My lack of self-control in celebrating once Christmas even slightly pokes it's head up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And the greats</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kimMx9BoIAM/TqwYOtKNSQI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/9Y5Vdf8L67M/s1600/IMG_1630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kimMx9BoIAM/TqwYOtKNSQI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/9Y5Vdf8L67M/s200/IMG_1630.JPG" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- My lack of self-control in celebrating once Christmas even slightly pokes it's head up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The letters I got from my beloved friends this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- The fact that my sister is coming in T-minus 13 days! and then boyfriend following very shortly after.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- That I'm going to my friend Stephanie's house later today for a night of pumpkin carving, hopefully baking pumpkin seeds, and a sleepover! (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">look for pictures in the next post</span>) And then church the next day. Woot!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Did I mention this Christmas music?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- God's faithfulness and patience. Need I really say more? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But, I will elaborate in later post</span>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy weekend, friends.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope your Halloween is full of lots of sweets and hot chocolate and cider!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mine will be!</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-58185153107400686242011-10-27T10:43:00.000-07:002011-10-27T10:47:12.190-07:00fears<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You know those silly insignificant fears you have?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The ones that when you voice them and describe the actuality of the situation you are fearing, they sound kind of pathetic?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The ones that when you actually think about it, you go, "Why does that scare me so bad?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I kinda have a lot of those</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fears that I'm not interesting enough for people to like me and want to get to know me or that I'm not pretty enough for someone to think of me as beautiful and accept me for who I am. Even fears like this post is going to be too intense for people to want to continue reading my blog. These fears make me intimidated by people around me and keep me from being who God made me to be and doing things I actually want to do. It makes me compare myself to people, always wanting what they have, thinking they have so much more to offer than I do- and it makes me fail to recognize how the Lord has made me, which is perfect and that I actually do have a lot to offer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Being intimidated by people is something I've struggled with for as long as I can remember. When I've shared that with some of you at different times, you sound shocked- but it's the absolute truth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How to proclaim that Christ is who I find my worth in is something I continually battle with. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever stop battling from it, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">conquering it <b>once and for all</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I write these things because I have to face my fears here at Gallaudet every day, particularly today, and it got me thinking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A big fear of mine is speaking in front of people. With a smaller group, and by that I mean <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">a-trustworthy-group-of-people-I-am-comfortable-with-and-know-somewhat-well</span>, I am fine voicing my opinion freely and participating in a conversation. But once that group becomes bigger than say, 5 or 6 people, and unfamiliar, I become dysfunctional and sweaty and I forget what to say and can't create sentences that make sense. Imagine that, but with signing- a language I don't fully know and understand. With a small group of people, and I mean <i>really</i> small, I can get by okay- but I still get sweaty and nervous. I don't want to miss what they say and embarrass myself by things like thinking they're telling me something, but really, they are asking me a question but I just continue to smile and nod... I worry that they are going to become impatient with me and think I'm not worth talking to- when really, if the roles were reversed, I would want to help someone who is in my position.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is why I am needing to face my fears today:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my linguistics class, we are to partner with another class that is focussing on the editing programs of an IPad (they are using videos to create a virtual ASL dictionary on the Gallaudet website). The students in my class need to sign the definition of a Linguistic term (mine is Arbitrary Linguistic Symbol) in front of the other class, and their responsibility is to record and edit the video and make it available online. We met with the other class today, and of course, the people in the class are people I see on campus who I am actually pretty intimidated by- the kinds of students who are well known and very involved in different things on campus- the "popular" people, if you will. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We're meeting at some point tonight to do the recording... and I'm scared.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is silly. And so unnecessary.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And very much of the enemy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Prayers that I will remember what I've been taught in fighting the enemy in these things and proclaiming the truths of Jesus Christ would be great. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's my prayer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks for letting me share my thoughts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I do apologize if it was less than uplifting for you</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy Thursday, friends. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you all so much. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-33643259336454702102011-10-26T13:23:00.000-07:002011-10-26T16:08:52.026-07:00from football to touring dc and everything in between.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First of all, check this beauty out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was taken on campus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QBnHL6oY9Sg/Tqg51HJE_ZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/s_M1kk5uj-c/s1600/IMG_1409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QBnHL6oY9Sg/Tqg51HJE_ZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/s_M1kk5uj-c/s640/IMG_1409.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And there was no photo editing done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My parents and I got up each morning this weekend to go on a walk that ended at a coffee shop called Ebenezer's. We found out that the coffee shop is owned by a church called National Community Church and there is a service on Saturday nights in the basement. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm going to try going one night and am so excited! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PS- when I haven't written a post in a while, I stress myself out because I don't want to forget to write something I knew I wanted to share with you all when it happened. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do you bloggers know what I'm talking about? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unneeded fretting, that's what it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We went to the Gallaudet homecoming football game on saturday. I took some videos that I want to share with you guys! I'm not sure if my internet connection at this coffee shop I'm at is strong enough to upload them right now though (and I wish I could post them directly on my blog and not have to go through youtube... darn technology.).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Isn't her sweatshirt wonderful? She was urging us to "come ooooon."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hinton family picture after the Gallaudet Bison's won their game!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, my sweatshirt says 'DAD,' no it's not my dad's sweatshirt- it's mine. <br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After dinner with my parents and the Hinton crew, I got ready and met up with Rachel and Maggie for the Homecoming Bash. I was really wanting to skip it and go to sleep (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I really like to live on the edge</span>), but I'm happy I actually went. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next day my parents and I toured around DC again, this time on bikes! DC has this awesome deal where you can rent these city bikes and ride around DC. There are many many places to check the bikes in and out. How it works is first you become a member of the city bike business thing, then you can rent bikes when you want to from any bike rental station. Wherever you need to go, you can ride your bike and there's bound to be a bike check in station nearby. The first half hour is free... which is <i>awesome</i> cause you can do a lot of things in a half hour. I think it was one of the smartest decisions we made while here- besides going to Ebenezer's Coffee. Because that place makes dang good coffee!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's some pictures of our bike day in DC... I apologize for those awkward pictures of just myself and a monument.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3tqNRi2gK3c/TqhPRNbRR2I/AAAAAAAAAcI/BIQx0us5laI/s1600/IMG_1453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3tqNRi2gK3c/TqhPRNbRR2I/AAAAAAAAAcI/BIQx0us5laI/s640/IMG_1453.JPG" width="475" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's a story behind this picture. There were only 2 rental bikes left and we needed to get to the restaurant on time- walking wouldn't have been fast enough. What did we do? I sat, dad pedaled. We made it on time, but my hip flexers felt like they were going to burst. What an adventure. I'll post a video of it when the internet starts to be nice to me and lets me upload my videos faster.</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And now, ladies and gents, there's a new reason to celebrate. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2AUgDVRhPDw/TqhanM973HI/AAAAAAAAAgA/6rB2neU1gVs/s1600/IMG_1581_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2AUgDVRhPDw/TqhanM973HI/AAAAAAAAAgA/6rB2neU1gVs/s400/IMG_1581_2.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Enough said.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past weekend was great. It went by real quickly, which rarely happens because my weekends are never as full as that weekend was. And of course, it's the one weekend that I actually had lots of homework but had absolutely no time to do any of it. Isn't it funny how that works?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After my parents left to go back to Portland on Monday, I was on the grind to get my projects and homework done. I was successful in getting it all done. I worked clear until I was to leave for church, cause there was no way I was going to miss that no matter how much work I had to get done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The body of Christ has become like a lifeline for me to cling on to. I might have mentioned this before, but I will say again that Gallaudet University is an extremely cliquey school. I feel on the outside the majority of the time I'm on campus, which is a very weird change for me, to be honest. It gets very lonely and clinging to the Lord as my best friend, Father, comforter, and Savior is something I am constantly needing to do- and something I constantly forget I am able to do. I keep feeling like I am drowning, and therefore, I cling to the most tangible things I can see in those moments- those tangible things being people I'm extremely close to: my boyfriend, family, friends at home, and to people I'm not even that close to but are physically present in my life. I feel bad for those poor people I do that to. It makes me put so much expectation on them that they cannot meet and leaves me frustrated with them. It's partly humorous that I do that because I see the effects of it and it's never good, yet I continually do it. It's not good for them, or for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before I left for DC, I knew I was going to go through fire. The song by Ginny Owens called <i>If You Want Me To</i> says this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The pathway is broken and the signs are unclear,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">And I don't know the reason why You brought me here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">But just because You love me the way You do,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm gonna walk through the valley if You want me to.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cause I'm not who I was<br />
When I took my first step<br />
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet<br />
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you<br />
Then I will walk through the fire<br />
If You want me to.<br />
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It may not be the way I would have chosen</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> When you lead me through a world that's not my home </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But You never said it would be easy,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> You only said I'd never go alone.</span>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that was my true and honest prayer all summer. I was praying that my hearts desire would be just that, and it was, and still is my desire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think I just simply forgot that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And probably will continue to forget every now and then. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At church on Monday night, the pastor man (I think his name is Jon) was teaching out of James 4:13-17. Those verses are talking about how we can't make our own plans because we can't know what will happen tomorrow. The plans of tomorrow could alter our lives forever, in a negative or positive way (and even if it is negative, God still uses it for good- cool huh?). Pastor man asked us to question our lives with, "Who is in control of my life? Am I trying to fit God into my plans and simply asking Him to bless me or am I asking that His will be done, no matter what I want or think should happen or what makes sense?" My heart was wrenching during worship with heartbreak, not to mention the embarrassing fountain of tears and snot that I couldn't stop, and I was hanging on to every word of the message.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All day on Monday, before I heard the message at church in the evening, a song by Jeremy Camp pierced my heart and brought me to tears. It was the song <i>My Desire</i>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Parts of the song say this: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You wanna be real, you wanna be emptied inside. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">You wanna be someone laying down your pride. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">This is my desire, this is my return,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">This is my desire, to be used by you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And I know, my life, it's to do your will.</span>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I listened to that song over and over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After remembering the lyrics of the Ginny Owens song and playing the Jeremy Camp song over and over, knowing it was meant for me to hear at that moment, but not knowing why, and then listening to that message on Monday night, it's laughable to think that I didn't know what God was shouting at me until a couple days later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am such a dumb little lamb. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But the greatest part is that God knows that. He knew that even before I did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm still trying to figure things out- sort things out in my head. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Trying to make sense of it all. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I <i>think</i> I always will be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for all your prayers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I feel so blessed to have you all in my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's a shout out to you friends who have sent me Fall/leaf pictures!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It makes me feel so great. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you so much! I love you all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy Wednesday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-4223707946595529372011-10-21T22:39:00.000-07:002011-10-21T22:42:32.787-07:00osu came to dc<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like I said before, mom and dad are here, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and it's really great. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For most of the day today, I had to run around interviewing people for a linguistics project and finish a ceramics project in the art building.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm really having a lot of fun posting videos. I'm hoping you guys are somewhat enjoying them.)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dad and mom went to the Holocaust Museum and the Air and Space Museum while I did everything I needed to do on campus.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are pictures of my ceramics projects.</span><br />
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<b>How</b> I'm going to get that big pot home, I have no idea. <br />
But it will get there.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the Gallaudet boys soccer game (they won, by the way- great game to watch), the three of us traveled to Dupont Circle via the Metro and had dinner at Lauriel's Plaza. It was a busy night there, but still has been one of our favorite restaurants that we have tried so far in DC.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NyLzLakD8">one</a> video of us three walking to the restaurant and here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svaIUtiEYA">another</a> one.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rox8quzxRgQ&feature=channel_video_title">This</a> is a video of the insano escalator going from the underground metro to Dupont Circle.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[PS] I've decided my parents are lucky charms. Everything just seems to go much more smoothly when they're around. I don't mean smoothly like I'm not freaked out that I'm going to overdraw on my debit card because I bought a grande Starbucks instead of a tall because they're the ones actually buying my coffee, but more smoothly like, people are extremely friendly to us for no reason (which is very <i>very</i> rare here, let me tell you) or we arrive at the metro stops just in time for our metro train to pull up- aka no waiting... at all. These things are unheard of here in DC, people. And I'm not exaggerating. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It makes me wish I could carry them in my pocket wherever I go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This weekend is Homecoming Weekend. It is the biggest weekend of the year at Gallaudet. To start things off tomorrow, Mom, Dad and I are getting up bright and early to go on a walk to get coffee. Then there is a big football game at 1 30. After the game, us, Caleb's family and a couple other people are going out to eat together. There should be about 12 of us altogether. The Homecoming bash is tomorrow night, late tomorrow night, and after much debating, I've decided to go. I bought my ticket tonight. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maybe I'm lame, but honestly, I don't really feel a draw to go to it-</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I fear I will regret it later if I don't go.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, I am going to put on my <b>big girl</b> pants and go <i>socialize</i>! Ah!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Prayers needed.</span>)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moments from today:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Awkward: Someone sending me a message on youtube saying they have noticed that I am struggling to get subscribers on my youtube channel and then proceeding to give me tips on how to get more... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Awesome: Making friends with this really awesome deaf girl named Giovanna who said she would help me with my signing (she was mainstreamed growing up and comes from a hearing family so she understands the whole <i>I-have-no-idea-what-you-just-said</i> face.).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like I said, I have to get up really early tomorrow morning- and when I say really early, I mean around 8. That's become really early for me, friends... I don't know what I've turned into...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Either way, I'm going to mosey on to bed and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SLEEP.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have a wonderful weekend!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So much love goes from me to you.</span><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-74798501520739592812011-10-20T15:52:00.000-07:002011-10-20T20:16:00.733-07:00hat and flannel<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's what today was. A hat and flannel kinda day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And you <i>know</i> I loved every second of it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri6peZIaTXQ">Here's</a> a video of me from today just doin my thang (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">awkwardly by myself again-I apologize</span>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a this</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-21yJli8U8og/TqCh-dMyr-I/AAAAAAAAAZY/4oeaiQ-Os9k/s1600/228628118552757905_hkZGnepm_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-21yJli8U8og/TqCh-dMyr-I/AAAAAAAAAZY/4oeaiQ-Os9k/s400/228628118552757905_hkZGnepm_c.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dn4i0BdZOCg/TqCh-vj4imI/AAAAAAAAAZg/O0QBYNRZMJI/s1600/228628118552764384_P1BIRVtr_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dn4i0BdZOCg/TqCh-vj4imI/AAAAAAAAAZg/O0QBYNRZMJI/s400/228628118552764384_P1BIRVtr_c.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v8UCVN6gA2A/TqCh_o7RbPI/AAAAAAAAAZw/kozeuj1CXv8/s1600/tumblr_lpqdnatbsf1qh9656o1_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v8UCVN6gA2A/TqCh_o7RbPI/AAAAAAAAAZw/kozeuj1CXv8/s400/tumblr_lpqdnatbsf1qh9656o1_400.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ahbbioeu-bI/TqCiAL9TGUI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/3UY7R3xVsXs/s1600/tumblr_lsk0l3tpzm1qkol0qo1_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ahbbioeu-bI/TqCiAL9TGUI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/3UY7R3xVsXs/s400/tumblr_lsk0l3tpzm1qkol0qo1_400.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and this kinda day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H_7jNmFHOL8/TqCh_BIxKZI/AAAAAAAAAZo/UBnrZM3sL04/s1600/228628118552770022_nbHI2Ym2_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H_7jNmFHOL8/TqCh_BIxKZI/AAAAAAAAAZo/UBnrZM3sL04/s400/228628118552770022_nbHI2Ym2_c.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I'm mostly getting at the fact that they're wearing sweaters, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">but it is too bad boyfriend wasn't here today. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It was a cuddle kinda day, too.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last night was super great. You just wait a second and I'll tell you about it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was skyping with Jess, admiring her perfect beach hair that she recently found out how to do by pretty much simply stepping out of the shower (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">that lucky stinker</span>), and making fun of the fact that I hang out with her on skype almost more that I hang out with my friends here at Gallaudet (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">kind of a serious joke...</span>), when I said, "Man, I wish I could come to bible study with you guys!" Then she said, "Why don't we skype at bible study?" We started laughing at the joke, then we got all serious and finally she said, "Wait... why not?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So that's just what we did!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She set up skype in the back at bible study and I got to listen in on the message and worship with my family of followers at home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The message was about how Paul compares our walk with Jesus to a race. It was perfect for me to hear with where I'm at. One of the first things Scott said was, "Times of discouragement and weariness are guaranteed to happen in my walk with Jesus."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If that wasn't enough to get my attention, nothing else would have in that message.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He made many comparisons between our walks with Jesus and a race and backed it all up with scripture. One of the other things that really stuck out was that it's not biblical to have warm fuzzy feelings all the time. What a comfort for my heart to hear that. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>So it doesn't mean that I'm doing everything wrong because I don't feel like a million bucks every minute of every day?</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Huh. What a concept. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He said a lot more and I want to tell you more of what struck my heart last night in another post. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As of now, I am about</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to get on the Gally bus, ride to the metro, and then get on the metro to meet my moms and pops at the airport. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm SO excited!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy Thursday, people. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you all so much and thank you for your encouragement, support and prayers. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It means the world to me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-48102506807479246642011-10-19T14:03:00.000-07:002011-10-19T14:18:59.976-07:00The Parents! They're Coming!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aren't they just the cutest?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-onUEdG1DHYU/Tp87ZBV7e2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/eDGHqOvtcM8/s1600/IMG_1328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-onUEdG1DHYU/Tp87ZBV7e2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/eDGHqOvtcM8/s400/IMG_1328.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gj8dnhVbIaU/Tp4xXzgO-MI/AAAAAAAAAWY/hZJbMrpbuvQ/s1600/IMG_1325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gj8dnhVbIaU/Tp4xXzgO-MI/AAAAAAAAAWY/hZJbMrpbuvQ/s400/IMG_1325.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5MW894C68fk/Tp4xMsoncdI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/jnLhEtEi5fM/s1600/IMG_1295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5MW894C68fk/Tp4xMsoncdI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/jnLhEtEi5fM/s400/IMG_1295.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And they'll be here in 1 day! I could <b>scream</b>!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I won't. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I want to show off my little sister, just for a second.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She was chosen as one of the homecoming princesses for her class! Her homecoming was this past weekend and I wish I could have been there so bad to see her get all fancy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIYx58fSYi0/Tp88vRj628I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/DfbUdUrfazk/s1600/311948_275549875809425_100000632443954_954026_1815405965_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIYx58fSYi0/Tp88vRj628I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/DfbUdUrfazk/s400/311948_275549875809425_100000632443954_954026_1815405965_n.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H63gvDSmpDg/Tp878fsvbTI/AAAAAAAAAZA/tt9ZF_EqGLo/s1600/IMG_1324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H63gvDSmpDg/Tp878fsvbTI/AAAAAAAAAZA/tt9ZF_EqGLo/s400/IMG_1324.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She is <b>such </b>a babe! And I miss her so much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here in DC, this past weekend was full of trips around the metro system area. Rachel, her roommate, Adelaida, and our other Oregonian friend, Lyra, and I went on shopping/errand trips this weekend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24F60CY2wTQ">Here</a> is one of a couple little video clips of our endeavors. That video is of Adelaida, Rachel's roommate who is deaf. On the first errand trip, I got to purchase a few boxes of these puppies for really inexpensive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kJFHhZ66sec/Tp41gwbM6GI/AAAAAAAAAWw/MOROAb88Yas/s1600/IMG_1289_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kJFHhZ66sec/Tp41gwbM6GI/AAAAAAAAAWw/MOROAb88Yas/s400/IMG_1289_2.JPG" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I already mentioned in a previous post that I celebrate prematurely. Don't judge.</span>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I put them up all around my room. It was quite the task!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Sammi, I hope you read this post so you can see our room!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DGSXSoNorQU/Tp42Sq-_N-I/AAAAAAAAAXI/Jn235r75UU4/s1600/IMG_1309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DGSXSoNorQU/Tp42Sq-_N-I/AAAAAAAAAXI/Jn235r75UU4/s400/IMG_1309.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's a virtual tour of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrDdvrT3Jxk">mi casa</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also decided that right when I get back, I need to invest in (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">at least</span>) one of these.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7blFBZW9Oog/Tp8ni8by2AI/AAAAAAAAAXY/AqgzV4gXfgk/s1600/IMG_1294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7blFBZW9Oog/Tp8ni8by2AI/AAAAAAAAAXY/AqgzV4gXfgk/s400/IMG_1294.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It crackles, people! It <i>actually</i> crackles. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If that's not a homey candle, I don't know what is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yesterday, I got to pick up a <b>big </b>box from the post office from my momma and dadda. In it were a few coats, a pair of jeans I didn't think I would miss, my first pair of Ugg boots, the first three books in <i>The Chronicles of Narnia</i> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">my favorite</span>), and fall decorations (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">my other favorite</span>)! I already put the decorations up. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8bNAXcmjWs">Here</a>'s a video of them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My dear friends at home have been sending me some really great pictures of Fall things. Here's some of them with some of my own put in there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SplZAnOwm5A/Tp82DVQw9qI/AAAAAAAAAYo/1apDtLUTxJI/s1600/IMG_0558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SplZAnOwm5A/Tp82DVQw9qI/AAAAAAAAAYo/1apDtLUTxJI/s400/IMG_0558.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ooc5hnUKz8M/Tp82EkgyUBI/AAAAAAAAAYw/VgBojkWfhkw/s1600/IMG_0561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ooc5hnUKz8M/Tp82EkgyUBI/AAAAAAAAAYw/VgBojkWfhkw/s400/IMG_0561.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It's a family of little guys with hats!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4QVMpzb-YhE/Tp81eRtwmWI/AAAAAAAAAYg/LlYm6r0zyYY/s1600/IMG_1342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4QVMpzb-YhE/Tp81eRtwmWI/AAAAAAAAAYg/LlYm6r0zyYY/s400/IMG_1342.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for knowing how to love on me, friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll share with you guys that this week has been a particularly rough one. I am really going through some challenges I haven't had to face before. I'll try to elaborate more once I actually figure out what's goin on myself. I do have to say that dad and mom are coming at the perfect time. Thank you so much for your continued prayers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405762796291603806.post-89118375844339213572011-10-14T12:47:00.000-07:002011-10-14T12:47:17.528-07:00tgif<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank goodness it's Friday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Can I get an 'amen'?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today, I got an anonymous package in the mail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It really made my day. Even though I said in my post the other day about how I am learning God's grace, and with that, His love, I still needed that reminder today- even though the love and care was coming from this anonymous person.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So whoever sent that to me, if you're reading this, thank you so very much. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your little gift definitely served it's purpose!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God is so very good to me. I don't deserve it or understand it the slightest bit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also, I bought this new blush and a nude lip stick. Ever since I was younger, I always liked the look of slightly flushed skin, like someone had just sped walked somewhere, and nude or really really light pink lips, but I always thought it was natural. On some people, it is and I sometimes wish I was blessed with that natural look. But I recently learned that women often wear blush and nude lipstick... duh (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">it was mostly the nudey lipstick that surprised me</span>). I found this out by reading <a href="http://www.thedaybookblog.com/">this</a> lady's blog and then <a href="http://alwaysamrsforeverakidd.blogspot.com/">this</a> lady's blog (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">both have impeccable taste in clothing and are very creative in their styles- pretty dang inspiring if you asked me. You should check 'em out.</span>). I don't know how I hadn't thought of it before. I've never liked it when my lips were a solid dark pink because it made me feel like it they were chapped (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">which is why I'm constantly putting on chapstick- because I don't want that to happen... and cause I'm slightly addicted to it.</span>) or I just had a red cool-aid popsicle. I always wanted lips that were nude!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Side note: Just for the record, I know I shouldn't concern myself with these things, cause they really don't matter when looking at the bigger picture in life, but hey- I am human, and, yes, also a girl. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's the look I recently discovered I can have if I choose to when I'm getting ready.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWMt5dKO-3U/TpiEJLikkII/AAAAAAAAAVY/0y8u9DYWils/s1600/IMG_1189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWMt5dKO-3U/TpiEJLikkII/AAAAAAAAAVY/0y8u9DYWils/s400/IMG_1189.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the picture is a little awkward, but it's the only one I had.</span>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's so simple and I love it. Especially cause it takes no time to do it and I don't feel like I have pounds of make up caked on my face. The whole cosmetic department freaked me out for a long time because I thought you needed lots of make up to get the exact look you wanted... but so long cosmetic fears! I have found a solution!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have also been meaning to post a picture of the great mug my dad bought me my first week here in DC.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D8mLzq45B5I/TpiIyBm6HMI/AAAAAAAAAV4/ia4-cv3oNi4/s1600/IMG_1209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D8mLzq45B5I/TpiIyBm6HMI/AAAAAAAAAV4/ia4-cv3oNi4/s400/IMG_1209.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2FoZQYOSDWg/TpiIKfBeqhI/AAAAAAAAAVg/vvml1oETYIc/s1600/IMG_1210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2FoZQYOSDWg/TpiIKfBeqhI/AAAAAAAAAVg/vvml1oETYIc/s400/IMG_1210.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">hot chocolate. mhmm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f26MbQWcFU0/TpiIMVEnp-I/AAAAAAAAAVw/x-1CpgLjMyI/s1600/IMG_1212_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f26MbQWcFU0/TpiIMVEnp-I/AAAAAAAAAVw/x-1CpgLjMyI/s400/IMG_1212_2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks dadio. You're the greatest!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I uploaded a few videos that I don't really have much to say about them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5n1nW6ikI">one</a> of them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JW_KNn4vx0">another</a> one. That one shows the thunder and lightening storm that was going on last night pretty well, but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGKkSNDRCg">this</a> one I think does the thunder a little more justice. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you can see, this post is filled with awkward pictures of just myself... t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hanks for bearing with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love you, friends, and happy weekend!</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0