I'm pretty lucky that I usually have something to write about when it comes to weekends. I mean, usually when I come to work on Mondays, people ask me what I did and I have like 10 things to talk about, but when asked back, most people say, "Oh, just stayed at home." Now, granted, I don't have a "home" of my own to "just stay" at, and I'm sure if I did, I would definitely do that - I am not above doing nothing. But alas, the BF lives 38 minutes away (according to Google maps) so if we wanna hang out, we usually DO something. So here I go with a Weekend Recap.
Friday: Our Sunday school class went to a Lookouts game and you know what? We had F-U-N! And lots of it. I'm not really one to get too into baseball (neither is the BF) but I really enjoyed watching, cheering, jeering, people watching, sweating - wait, not that part. Definitely not that part. It was hot as a mug, as they say. And I was in JEEEEEANS. I whined. A lot. (Sorry, J.) But the Lookouts won 4-0 against the Biscuits -- FEAR ME - for I am a big, scary BISCUIT!!! Sorry, guys - bad choice of names.
Saturday: Helped the ENGAGED with addressing her invitations! Let me rephrase that - I stamped and stuffed, NOT addressed because according to Mrs. Liner - we stink at writing. I always thought I had pretty handwriting, but alas, I was wrong. Mrs. Liner said, and I quote, "It's a good thing you girls are beautiful and have so much else going for you, because you're terrible at this!" HA! Okay, I'm really not as bitter as I sound - we had fun chit chatting and stuffing. :)
Then I went home and went to the pool with Stretch. (FYI - Stretch is the nickname my little brother has been trying to give himself for years. We never call him that, but he really hopes it'll catch on. I thought I'd do him a favor and start calling him that on here.) It was the most gorgeous day and I was ready to get some rays! I put on a little tiny bit of sunscreen and then hoped to get browned up by the end of our time there. Well, needless to say, since I emphasized the whole tiny bit thing, I got burned. Let me take a moment to brag about how I never get burned, I mean seriously - never. Well, my cocky-ness in this area was probably the main reason that I got burned... it had to happen someday. Well, my shoulders, some of my front, and my cheeks are a little red today. And lovely little old me also itches very VERY bad when I'm burned, apparently, so I spent all night trying not to scratch and failing. So now I have these gross blisters around the armpit area... so attractive for summer. It's all the rage.
Also Saturday was MMA fight night. I didn't really want to watch, but got sucked in pretty quickly when I realized how interesting it all was. Let me just point out that I love Jason to death, but sometimes I could go CRAZY trying to watch TV with him. This was one of those times where I really REALLY just wanted to be mad at him for making me watch the stupid fight night, but unfortunately, I liked it. Dang it. He wins again. How does that keep happening?!
Sunday: Went to Sunday school and then planned to go to WeRock, rock crawler competition, but since it was POURING and gross, we thought we'd wait a little bit. To back up a little bit - there was a big nasty storm early Sunday morning. And I would never admit to you that I'm afraid of thunderstorms and that I jumped out of my skin each time the thunder clapped, and that I went into my mom's room... you know, to make sure she was okay... since my dad was out of town and all... and then saw that Stretch was already in there - making sure she was okay too, I'm sure... Then I manned up, put my furry eye mask on, and went back in my room to sleep the rest of the morning. Well, that's sort of how it happened. So anyway, back to the rest of the day:
Nothing else really happened but napping, tv watching, napping again, then on our way to get some dinner we passed the future Geyer's and met them for an impromptu dinner at El Monterey. :) It was a blast - talking about embarrassing moments, houses, and future jobs/etc. They're great and we're SO lucky they're living here now. Then it was off to the nasty pool hall - not the one we frequent - the gross kind that you have to shower as soon as you leave or you will smell like smoke for the rest of your life. It makes me really grateful for our non-smoking pool hall, Double Hill. Anyway, we watched a tournament, played some pool, and then I went home to shower. The end.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Random photos for fun.
This is my puppy Dash and my kitty Magic.
This is my desk at work! Those flowers are from my aunt from graduation... sadly, they are still on my desk today and you would be appauled to see how, um... dead they are. Anyway, they're pretty here and that's good enough!
Me and my pudding! Not puddin' but puddinG.
A super cool picture of a spider web at the Biltmore. SUPER cool.
This is my BEAUTIFUL ring/family heirloom. LOVE IT!!!!!! :)
There ya go. I didn't get my dirty shoes picture. Now you have something to look forward to.
You're welcome. :)
4-Wheeler-Phobics Anonymous
Sitting on the edge of your seat now, are we? (If you haven't read yesterday's post, this won't make much sense.) Okay, so I called Jason and asked if he wanted me to go with him and all the wheelin' boys (and girls) and he was like, "Yeah, sure, if you really want to. I'd love for you to come."
I might need to set you guys up a little more on this whole phobia of mine. In a past life I have been thrown off/fallen off several times and had one land on top of me. No serious injuries, so don't feel too bad for me, just emotional damage to the extreme. It's so bad that a few months ago, maybe longer than that, Jason and I were at Brandon's and he convinced me to ride around the yard with him. All was fine until Jason looked like he might possibly be looking in the direction of their V-shaped ditch area and I lost it. Not just like, "Oh no, Jason - I'm scared!" but like full blown sobbing, TERRIFIED that he'd actually take me in the ditch. Yeah. It's bad.
Now you understand why this is such a big deal that I willingly said, "Hey, take me to my death today!" Anyway they got to my house to ride in the woods down to Edwards Point and other places and I put on the helmet that soon became my best friend and poor Jason's worst enemy. This is Andy's helmet and it has this great front visor, perfect if the sun is in your eyes, not so perfect if you're sitting very close, directly behind your sweetheart boyfriend. I don't know if you've thought it through yet, but with every bump in the beginning, I continuously rammed my helmet visor into the back of poor J's head. But he was too sweet about it, he was just excited I was there and every time I was like, "Oh, sorry babe!!" he just laughed and said, "Don't worry about it, you don't have to keep apologizing." :) What a sweetie.
So here I am, riding with the love of my life on the back of a little baby 4-wheeler. And get this - I'm having fun! Sure, there was the occasional, "AHHH!! Don't go down that way!!" and "Please PLEASE let me off! I'm freaking out!" but for the most part, it was great! Oh, and another random fun/not so fun fact about the machine we were riding on: the engine was "exposed," as Megan said, and for those of you who need further explanation, that means when Jason (who's in shorts, short socks, and tennis shoes) reaches his left ankle to shift gears, he will be burned by the ridiculously hot engine. Then he will get a blister. Then he'll do it again, accidentally, of course, and get a blister on his blister. Now he has a mondo one, poor thing, but he takes it in stride because I manned-up and went 4-wheeling.
One more thing: I'm going to take a picture of my shoes and put it on here so you can see what my cute, barely worn outside, work-out tennis shoes look like post-excursion. The end.
I might need to set you guys up a little more on this whole phobia of mine. In a past life I have been thrown off/fallen off several times and had one land on top of me. No serious injuries, so don't feel too bad for me, just emotional damage to the extreme. It's so bad that a few months ago, maybe longer than that, Jason and I were at Brandon's and he convinced me to ride around the yard with him. All was fine until Jason looked like he might possibly be looking in the direction of their V-shaped ditch area and I lost it. Not just like, "Oh no, Jason - I'm scared!" but like full blown sobbing, TERRIFIED that he'd actually take me in the ditch. Yeah. It's bad.
Now you understand why this is such a big deal that I willingly said, "Hey, take me to my death today!" Anyway they got to my house to ride in the woods down to Edwards Point and other places and I put on the helmet that soon became my best friend and poor Jason's worst enemy. This is Andy's helmet and it has this great front visor, perfect if the sun is in your eyes, not so perfect if you're sitting very close, directly behind your sweetheart boyfriend. I don't know if you've thought it through yet, but with every bump in the beginning, I continuously rammed my helmet visor into the back of poor J's head. But he was too sweet about it, he was just excited I was there and every time I was like, "Oh, sorry babe!!" he just laughed and said, "Don't worry about it, you don't have to keep apologizing." :) What a sweetie.
So here I am, riding with the love of my life on the back of a little baby 4-wheeler. And get this - I'm having fun! Sure, there was the occasional, "AHHH!! Don't go down that way!!" and "Please PLEASE let me off! I'm freaking out!" but for the most part, it was great! Oh, and another random fun/not so fun fact about the machine we were riding on: the engine was "exposed," as Megan said, and for those of you who need further explanation, that means when Jason (who's in shorts, short socks, and tennis shoes) reaches his left ankle to shift gears, he will be burned by the ridiculously hot engine. Then he will get a blister. Then he'll do it again, accidentally, of course, and get a blister on his blister. Now he has a mondo one, poor thing, but he takes it in stride because I manned-up and went 4-wheeling.
One more thing: I'm going to take a picture of my shoes and put it on here so you can see what my cute, barely worn outside, work-out tennis shoes look like post-excursion. The end.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Okay, okay - I'll write!!! (I'll write a lot, in fact.)
For those of you who have been terribly disappointed in my ability to keep this thing updated (and I won't name any names... haha), I'm back and I have all kinds of fun things to update you on!
First of all, and the BIGGEST - I GRADUATED!!!! Yay me! And, eh... it's okay. I guess. If you're into that sort of thing. I haven't decided whether I am or not. Yeesh. Job hunting? Or in my case, job WAITING!
That brings me to #2: the job! Okay so I've been interning for 6 months (read the very last paragraph of 3/31) and really hoping to get a job here. After a long time of not knowing anything I was asked to come in for a first interview, and I didn't spontaneously combust! WHOO HOO! So yeah, they liked me and asked me to work on a case study to show my analytical skills. So that was a Friday and I was like, "Oh, no big - I'll work on it later." and decided to go to the Biltmore with my HONEYYYYYYYY. (check Facebook for pictures and fun-ness) Then it was Mother's day, then I'm like, "Oh, crap! I need to work on this thingy." So instead, I crawled into the fetal position and sucked my thumb. Then I got up and stared at it for hours and got no where. The next day I went straight to the girl who interviewed me and confessed that I didn't know what I was doing and she made me feel better and just told me to do my best, that's all they want. Okay, super - well, apparently my best was better than a couple other people and l was asked to come in for a FINAL interview! Yay! So that was last Tuesday (it went well too!), and I will keep you updated if I find out, one way or the other. If I get it, that will be fabulous, because I love it here and love all the people. If I don't, no big deal, God just has something else even more perfect for me.
Friday night started CVP Alumni weekend and it was so FUN!! I always love seeing my camp family and had such a blast with Jason - we didn't even have to pretend we weren't dating! YAY!! The hoe down was fun and sweaty, as all hoe downs usually are, and Rorex lead us as if we were campers. It rocked. :) Saturday morning was the most amazing camp breakfast of coffee cake and hashbrown casserole. Does it get any better than this? I think not. And even though BC is gone, the Bond Boys are keepin' it real in the kitchen.
Saturday afternoon I met up with Jason and we walked around downtown and saw the IMAX Grand Canyon thing and it was... although not what we expected, very informative of ways we can help the environment, which Jason and I have vowed to do when we get a house someday. So that was fun and then we met up with Brandon and Megan and watched Blades of Glory - pretty stinkin' funny.
Sunday was SS with the Liner's, then church, then Alex's shower! It was so beautiful and they got some great gifts! So then I go home, knowing that Jason and the rest of the group are going 4 wheeling. My arch nemisis. Oh sure, we used to be friends, until it jumped on top of me and tried to kill me. (I'm so not dramatic.) Anyway, Jason has spent our entire relationship pushing me beyond my limits when it comes to things I'm scared of. It started out small with scary movies and such, then moved to bigger things like roller coasters (Dollywood first, then Disney), and he'd been working on this whole "4-Wheeler-Phobia" for a while with no real progress.
So I made the call that would change my life and said "Umm, Jason? Would it make you happy if I came along? - Feel free to say no." And there it was: step 1. Anyway, I know that by now I am really boring you with the tedious details of my day, so I'm going to stop there. Stayed tuned for my step 2 in overcoming "4-Wheeler-Phobia."
First of all, and the BIGGEST - I GRADUATED!!!! Yay me! And, eh... it's okay. I guess. If you're into that sort of thing. I haven't decided whether I am or not. Yeesh. Job hunting? Or in my case, job WAITING!
That brings me to #2: the job! Okay so I've been interning for 6 months (read the very last paragraph of 3/31) and really hoping to get a job here. After a long time of not knowing anything I was asked to come in for a first interview, and I didn't spontaneously combust! WHOO HOO! So yeah, they liked me and asked me to work on a case study to show my analytical skills. So that was a Friday and I was like, "Oh, no big - I'll work on it later." and decided to go to the Biltmore with my HONEYYYYYYYY. (check Facebook for pictures and fun-ness) Then it was Mother's day, then I'm like, "Oh, crap! I need to work on this thingy." So instead, I crawled into the fetal position and sucked my thumb. Then I got up and stared at it for hours and got no where. The next day I went straight to the girl who interviewed me and confessed that I didn't know what I was doing and she made me feel better and just told me to do my best, that's all they want. Okay, super - well, apparently my best was better than a couple other people and l was asked to come in for a FINAL interview! Yay! So that was last Tuesday (it went well too!), and I will keep you updated if I find out, one way or the other. If I get it, that will be fabulous, because I love it here and love all the people. If I don't, no big deal, God just has something else even more perfect for me.
Friday night started CVP Alumni weekend and it was so FUN!! I always love seeing my camp family and had such a blast with Jason - we didn't even have to pretend we weren't dating! YAY!! The hoe down was fun and sweaty, as all hoe downs usually are, and Rorex lead us as if we were campers. It rocked. :) Saturday morning was the most amazing camp breakfast of coffee cake and hashbrown casserole. Does it get any better than this? I think not. And even though BC is gone, the Bond Boys are keepin' it real in the kitchen.
Saturday afternoon I met up with Jason and we walked around downtown and saw the IMAX Grand Canyon thing and it was... although not what we expected, very informative of ways we can help the environment, which Jason and I have vowed to do when we get a house someday. So that was fun and then we met up with Brandon and Megan and watched Blades of Glory - pretty stinkin' funny.
Sunday was SS with the Liner's, then church, then Alex's shower! It was so beautiful and they got some great gifts! So then I go home, knowing that Jason and the rest of the group are going 4 wheeling. My arch nemisis. Oh sure, we used to be friends, until it jumped on top of me and tried to kill me. (I'm so not dramatic.) Anyway, Jason has spent our entire relationship pushing me beyond my limits when it comes to things I'm scared of. It started out small with scary movies and such, then moved to bigger things like roller coasters (Dollywood first, then Disney), and he'd been working on this whole "4-Wheeler-Phobia" for a while with no real progress.
So I made the call that would change my life and said "Umm, Jason? Would it make you happy if I came along? - Feel free to say no." And there it was: step 1. Anyway, I know that by now I am really boring you with the tedious details of my day, so I'm going to stop there. Stayed tuned for my step 2 in overcoming "4-Wheeler-Phobia."
Thursday, April 10, 2008
I got my BOOK!
Hello dear friends and readers, (haha - I'm so formal)
I am soooooooooo excited/nervous about GRADUATING!!! :) I can't believe that 3 weeks from Sunday will be my college graduation. Wow. Seriously - didn't I just graduate high school? Filling out these invitations sure makes me feel like it was just yesterday. I bought a cap and gown ($57 - can we say RIDICULOUS?!?) but I think I'm going to take it back. Surely to goodness I can find SOMEONE to borrow their's and just buy a tassel, which I now know you can do, thanks to Alex. It's seriously so crazy to think that I'm graduating... and moving on. But to what? And how do I choose where my path goes?
That's where my new book comes in. I just started reading "The New Eve" by Robert Lewis. It's already shaken my heart and helped me to begin realizing my true purpose as a Godly woman. And through reading it, it's been put on my heart to lead a small group discussing the chapters and digging deep into what we (girls) want to do with our lives. I invited some of my CRU girls, but if you're interested in doing it too, we're going to try to either meet once a week for 10 weeks (starting in May or so) or twice a week for 5 weeks, depending on the consensus. BE PRAYING FOR THAT!!!
I'm babysitting today through Sunday and going to the Business School Leadership Banquet tomorrow night, so I have a BUSY weekend! But I'm looking forward to it all! :)
Now it's off to class. Whoop whoop. (only 9 more days, baby!)
(Oh, and 2 exams, 4 projects, and a presentation... in 9 days. Yeah.)
I am soooooooooo excited/nervous about GRADUATING!!! :) I can't believe that 3 weeks from Sunday will be my college graduation. Wow. Seriously - didn't I just graduate high school? Filling out these invitations sure makes me feel like it was just yesterday. I bought a cap and gown ($57 - can we say RIDICULOUS?!?) but I think I'm going to take it back. Surely to goodness I can find SOMEONE to borrow their's and just buy a tassel, which I now know you can do, thanks to Alex. It's seriously so crazy to think that I'm graduating... and moving on. But to what? And how do I choose where my path goes?
That's where my new book comes in. I just started reading "The New Eve" by Robert Lewis. It's already shaken my heart and helped me to begin realizing my true purpose as a Godly woman. And through reading it, it's been put on my heart to lead a small group discussing the chapters and digging deep into what we (girls) want to do with our lives. I invited some of my CRU girls, but if you're interested in doing it too, we're going to try to either meet once a week for 10 weeks (starting in May or so) or twice a week for 5 weeks, depending on the consensus. BE PRAYING FOR THAT!!!
I'm babysitting today through Sunday and going to the Business School Leadership Banquet tomorrow night, so I have a BUSY weekend! But I'm looking forward to it all! :)
Now it's off to class. Whoop whoop. (only 9 more days, baby!)
(Oh, and 2 exams, 4 projects, and a presentation... in 9 days. Yeah.)
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wonderful Weekends of Wonder and Wandering
I’d really love to sit here and post about Spring Break, but I’m just so sad that I’m not there anymore that I just CAN’T DO IT!!! I promise at some point I truly will post pictures and talk about all the fun, but for now, it’s back to the real world!
Jason’s birthday was last week (24 – YOU'RE SO OLD – I have to throw that in every chance I get) and I feel like we didn’t really get to celebrate too much! We had a big cookie cake at the pool hall (haha to any of those who know about the cookie cake!) which was really fun and YUMMY but then that was kind of the end of it. We’ll say that Disney was part of the pre-celebration, celebration. Anyway, I have no clue what we did Friday… probably not much of anything. Then Saturday I got to go to the Creative Discovery Museum and help with TN Saves Day.
It was super cute to see all the excited little kids and even teach them some things about money. Okay, two points I have to make here: FIRST of all, (and the not-so-important one) I had to stand in the rain for 15 minutes while waiting in line to pay a ridiculous amount of money for parking in front of the museum. I mean really… who wants to pay in the first place, THEN stand in the rain for the OPPORTUNITY? Grrr…So number 2 is actually important: some of these kids didn’t know much at all about money. I know when Nick was little he knew his coins and how much each was worth – maybe it was because he was a greedy little money bags. But really, I mean, some 4 year olds were spouting it off like it was nothing while some 8-9 year olds look dumbfounded. It was sad but pretty rewarding to sit down with them and teach them the differences between each coin and then encouraging them to save their pennies.
After that it was off to Jason’s to help him work on his paper. Well, that sounds a little misleading. I watched movies and he worked on his paper. I’m such a good girlfriend. Haha! (Nancy Drew was cute!) Then when he finally finished, and endured the ever so dreadful “Dad-check”, he was finally done with his part. YAY! So we rented August Rush – AMAZING. We had seen it in theaters so we knew it was great, but it’s just so cute. Music lovers will be satisfied.
Sunday morning was our very first “Young Singles Sunday School Class” taught by the oh-so-famous George and Susan! I can’t wait to spend more time with this amazing family because, let’s face it, they have two of the coolest kids I know. Jason has always had a deep respect for Mr. Liner and rightly so. I can’t wait to get more into this class and remember what Sunday school is all about… it’s just been a while. I’m praying that I’ll stick with it because it’s definitely going to be beneficial. And the sermon was killer yesterday. Man, I really needed to hear pretty much every word the Lord put on Dr. Dooley’s heart. Really quickly, let me go over a few things he said.
In verse 1 it says, "Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil." Wow. Okay, so that means when you're getting ready to worship or pray you need to BE QUIET and just LISTEN. Don't think "what can I get out of this today" but rather "what can I give to God today". Dr. Dooley also made a point about those who are in church who spend more of their thoughts during the service about when it will be over than anything else. YIKES! Was he looking at me when he said that? Shew. Because that can definitely be me. I guess I have to go to church today... oooh, what am I going to wear? I wonder if I'll see Becca or some of my CRU girls... When my attitude in the time before and during church should be reverence and respect.
Verse 2: "Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few." Adam gave a fabulous example that I would have never thought of to help prepare your heart for prayer. If you had the opportunity to go sit in the Oval Office with the President (put away your political biases on this one) and tell him your biggest concerns - good and bad - and really anything else that you wanted to say while you were with him. You get in there and it's just you and him. The leader of our COUNTRY. Would you just start spouting off the first things that came to mind? NO!!!! You would have been prepared, you would know exactly what you were going to say even weeks before you went. Dr. Dooley said that the Pres. is just a man here on earth and we give him that kind of respect and reverence when speaking with him, how much MORE should we give to the Lord of the entire UNIVERSE!
Shew. It was good one. And tough to take in and let soak all the way through. Today I was thinking about it and then stumbled upon Alex's page and read her list of the things her Bible study girls should know and was reminded of camp. Man, what a fellowship and an encouraging time. Anyway, so I was reading that and watched the "Biblical Barbie" video (hilarious and sad) and realized that that's what I expect from myself. It's like I have to be EVERYTHING or just forget it, I can't do any of it, ya know? So I decided to order the book The New Eve. (I'm such a sucker for books... Jason and I will have a full out library some day.) So yeah, be praying for me that I will continue to let the Lord soften my heart and draw me back to Him.
PRAYER REQUEST: As many of you know, I am interning at Chattem in the market research department right now. It has been amazing and such a great learning experience. Until a few weeks ago, there was a possibility that it would turn into a full time job, but it's not going to be. So it's off to the job hunt races for me. BUT there's a potential of another job here at Chattem, so that's the prayer request. I would LOVE to stay here!! Now that I have fully bored you with my long winded post - have a fabulous Monday.
Jason’s birthday was last week (24 – YOU'RE SO OLD – I have to throw that in every chance I get) and I feel like we didn’t really get to celebrate too much! We had a big cookie cake at the pool hall (haha to any of those who know about the cookie cake!) which was really fun and YUMMY but then that was kind of the end of it. We’ll say that Disney was part of the pre-celebration, celebration. Anyway, I have no clue what we did Friday… probably not much of anything. Then Saturday I got to go to the Creative Discovery Museum and help with TN Saves Day.
It was super cute to see all the excited little kids and even teach them some things about money. Okay, two points I have to make here: FIRST of all, (and the not-so-important one) I had to stand in the rain for 15 minutes while waiting in line to pay a ridiculous amount of money for parking in front of the museum. I mean really… who wants to pay in the first place, THEN stand in the rain for the OPPORTUNITY? Grrr…So number 2 is actually important: some of these kids didn’t know much at all about money. I know when Nick was little he knew his coins and how much each was worth – maybe it was because he was a greedy little money bags. But really, I mean, some 4 year olds were spouting it off like it was nothing while some 8-9 year olds look dumbfounded. It was sad but pretty rewarding to sit down with them and teach them the differences between each coin and then encouraging them to save their pennies.
After that it was off to Jason’s to help him work on his paper. Well, that sounds a little misleading. I watched movies and he worked on his paper. I’m such a good girlfriend. Haha! (Nancy Drew was cute!) Then when he finally finished, and endured the ever so dreadful “Dad-check”, he was finally done with his part. YAY! So we rented August Rush – AMAZING. We had seen it in theaters so we knew it was great, but it’s just so cute. Music lovers will be satisfied.
Sunday morning was our very first “Young Singles Sunday School Class” taught by the oh-so-famous George and Susan! I can’t wait to spend more time with this amazing family because, let’s face it, they have two of the coolest kids I know. Jason has always had a deep respect for Mr. Liner and rightly so. I can’t wait to get more into this class and remember what Sunday school is all about… it’s just been a while. I’m praying that I’ll stick with it because it’s definitely going to be beneficial. And the sermon was killer yesterday. Man, I really needed to hear pretty much every word the Lord put on Dr. Dooley’s heart. Really quickly, let me go over a few things he said.
In verse 1 it says, "Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil." Wow. Okay, so that means when you're getting ready to worship or pray you need to BE QUIET and just LISTEN. Don't think "what can I get out of this today" but rather "what can I give to God today". Dr. Dooley also made a point about those who are in church who spend more of their thoughts during the service about when it will be over than anything else. YIKES! Was he looking at me when he said that? Shew. Because that can definitely be me. I guess I have to go to church today... oooh, what am I going to wear? I wonder if I'll see Becca or some of my CRU girls... When my attitude in the time before and during church should be reverence and respect.
Verse 2: "Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few." Adam gave a fabulous example that I would have never thought of to help prepare your heart for prayer. If you had the opportunity to go sit in the Oval Office with the President (put away your political biases on this one) and tell him your biggest concerns - good and bad - and really anything else that you wanted to say while you were with him. You get in there and it's just you and him. The leader of our COUNTRY. Would you just start spouting off the first things that came to mind? NO!!!! You would have been prepared, you would know exactly what you were going to say even weeks before you went. Dr. Dooley said that the Pres. is just a man here on earth and we give him that kind of respect and reverence when speaking with him, how much MORE should we give to the Lord of the entire UNIVERSE!
Shew. It was good one. And tough to take in and let soak all the way through. Today I was thinking about it and then stumbled upon Alex's page and read her list of the things her Bible study girls should know and was reminded of camp. Man, what a fellowship and an encouraging time. Anyway, so I was reading that and watched the "Biblical Barbie" video (hilarious and sad) and realized that that's what I expect from myself. It's like I have to be EVERYTHING or just forget it, I can't do any of it, ya know? So I decided to order the book The New Eve. (I'm such a sucker for books... Jason and I will have a full out library some day.) So yeah, be praying for me that I will continue to let the Lord soften my heart and draw me back to Him.
PRAYER REQUEST: As many of you know, I am interning at Chattem in the market research department right now. It has been amazing and such a great learning experience. Until a few weeks ago, there was a possibility that it would turn into a full time job, but it's not going to be. So it's off to the job hunt races for me. BUT there's a potential of another job here at Chattem, so that's the prayer request. I would LOVE to stay here!! Now that I have fully bored you with my long winded post - have a fabulous Monday.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
No. Stinkin'. Way.
I'll try to inform you of the craziness that is my life when it comes to Spring Break '08. It has been planned for quite some time now that I will be getting my wisdom teeth out on March 10th (at 10:15, just in case you were wondering). So whoo hoo. My big plans for my senior year spring break = applesauce, mashed potatoes, sleeping, and lots of chick flicks.
Yesterday morning Meagan texts me and says, "Orlando next week, you in?" (not her exact words, in case she's reading this) and I'm like yeah buddy, minus the fact that I'm getting teeth pulled. Surely I'll be fine to go (that's my wishful thinking, of course). And she goes on to inform me that she has passes for Disney and wants me and Jason to be able to go with her and Brandon. HOLY COW! So I'm like freaking out thinking that there's some possibility that I could get to go to DISNEY WORLD!! (By the way, I've only been once ever and you can't even really count it because I was 5 and I truly don't remember ANYTHING. Oh yeah , and get this - I got mad at my parents for making me leave elementary school early that day because we were watching a play at school. Come on now.) So anyways, me and Meg are totally in. Now it was time to move on to the boys.
Brandon is all about it and so is Jason. WHOO HOO!! We're in the clear!... Not yet. Next on the list is my parents. Holla at me if you've ever heard the "I can't drive anywhere because the Volvo might break down" stories. Well, now that the Volvo's gone, I still have limited freedom when it comes to where I can go. Crazy enough my parents are ALL FOR IT and couldn't be happier that I have the opportunity to go to Disney. And they said that it would be no problem to reschedule my wisdom teeth appointment. Whew! Mark that one off the list. Then it's on to Brandon's parents. Check. Okay, so we're ALL GO for this! So we make reservations for Wed. through Sat. and I go to bed (or lay awake in bed, rather) as giddy as a little kid! I seriously couldn't get to sleep last night because I was dreaming of standing in front of Cinderella's castle!!! AHHH!!! Okay. I'm over it. (Not really.)
Then today I wake up to a phone call from Jason saying that there's really no way he can get off work for 3 days next week on such short notice. So then it's back to the drawing board. We're going. We're not going. Back and forth, so I've been going nuts today (along with the other members of my party, I'm sure). But here it is Wednesday and after all the craziness, we ARE going! Jason can get off two days so we just moved the trip to Thurs. to Sun.
Whew, I'm exhausted. Are you? :) So no wisdom teeth until after graduation (ptl.) and Minnie, here I come. There's still some part of me that's waiting for it to all fall apart, but hopefully that'll go away in the next few days as I'm PACKING and making sure my autograph book is dusted off. (Not really. Of course I'm buying a new one, silly.)
CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES and TONNNNNNNNNS of pictures!!!!!!!!
Yesterday morning Meagan texts me and says, "Orlando next week, you in?" (not her exact words, in case she's reading this) and I'm like yeah buddy, minus the fact that I'm getting teeth pulled. Surely I'll be fine to go (that's my wishful thinking, of course). And she goes on to inform me that she has passes for Disney and wants me and Jason to be able to go with her and Brandon. HOLY COW! So I'm like freaking out thinking that there's some possibility that I could get to go to DISNEY WORLD!! (By the way, I've only been once ever and you can't even really count it because I was 5 and I truly don't remember ANYTHING. Oh yeah , and get this - I got mad at my parents for making me leave elementary school early that day because we were watching a play at school. Come on now.) So anyways, me and Meg are totally in. Now it was time to move on to the boys.
Brandon is all about it and so is Jason. WHOO HOO!! We're in the clear!... Not yet. Next on the list is my parents. Holla at me if you've ever heard the "I can't drive anywhere because the Volvo might break down" stories. Well, now that the Volvo's gone, I still have limited freedom when it comes to where I can go. Crazy enough my parents are ALL FOR IT and couldn't be happier that I have the opportunity to go to Disney. And they said that it would be no problem to reschedule my wisdom teeth appointment. Whew! Mark that one off the list. Then it's on to Brandon's parents. Check. Okay, so we're ALL GO for this! So we make reservations for Wed. through Sat. and I go to bed (or lay awake in bed, rather) as giddy as a little kid! I seriously couldn't get to sleep last night because I was dreaming of standing in front of Cinderella's castle!!! AHHH!!! Okay. I'm over it. (Not really.)
Then today I wake up to a phone call from Jason saying that there's really no way he can get off work for 3 days next week on such short notice. So then it's back to the drawing board. We're going. We're not going. Back and forth, so I've been going nuts today (along with the other members of my party, I'm sure). But here it is Wednesday and after all the craziness, we ARE going! Jason can get off two days so we just moved the trip to Thurs. to Sun.
Whew, I'm exhausted. Are you? :) So no wisdom teeth until after graduation (ptl.) and Minnie, here I come. There's still some part of me that's waiting for it to all fall apart, but hopefully that'll go away in the next few days as I'm PACKING and making sure my autograph book is dusted off. (Not really. Of course I'm buying a new one, silly.)
CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES and TONNNNNNNNNS of pictures!!!!!!!!
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