Almost The End!

So its been a while! I've been rather busy with school and watching little ones. The good news is that my classes have been going great! I am almost done with my first semester of college! Crazy I know... It feels like just yesterday I was in high school... Striving to survive in the halls and getting ran into because I was too short to see! Good times...
One of my assignments for my English class was to do an exploratory blog! You can view that Here. It takes you to the first post I made =] It is about Vampires, which I am kind of a major nerd about. I literally could tell you extremely useless knowledge about vampires that you never knew. It talks about vampires and the effects they have had in major parts of media, like literature, television and movies. I get to write a persuasive essay about vampires in media too!It has to be 2000+ words! Fun times... maybe! Lets hope I can actually find enough resources for it!
I have some pretty major decisions to make pretty soon... Like which University to go to... It's between Abilene Christian University and Harding University... I've heard great things about each school =] I've been pretty set on going to ACU, but I'm not going to rule out Harding just yet! I'm kind of going to use it as a back up plan... maybe! I hope to go tour each campus with my dad fairly soon. We have a lot of things to discuss about my future!
I will definitely be praying about this! We shall see what God has planned for me =]

Exciting Whirlwind!

Exciting times are ahead, new adventures are beginning, and my life is going to be thrown into a whirlwind of activity! Well, I can only hope...

College starts Tuesday! I am way excited! It is going to be good =] I am WAY to excited for this. Ha ha but I'm a nerd and I have no life. Between watching babies, Jacob's football games, homework and, most importantly, church, I am going to be busy! Its better than being bored!

I am glad for the opportunities God has given me. It really is awesome that He put my family out here in Colorado! I have made new friends and am working with new people! I know that I sometimes take that for granted. God has made sure my family was taken care of since we moved out here, and he still makes sure we are. I'm glad that I have finally realized this.

My one complaint about Colorado is that at the high school football games, there are no soft pretzels! I seriously thrived on those things when Jacob played football in Millington! At least they have nachos... which I can't eat! Ugh!

That whirl wind I'm hoping for is going to make me super busy. Homework alone should take up a bunch of my time. Which actually is a relief for me. I'm the girl that actually likes homework... Crazy, huh? Ha ha The only class that I know I'm going to not like is Western Civilizations. I despise history with a burning passion of a thousand suns! My junior year history teacher, Mr. Barbou can attest to that! Good news is, I will have chocolate chips to keep me awake while I'm studying =] Thank you mother for starting that when you saw me falling asleep on the couch my junior year while I was doing history homework. Hopefully I won't gain my freshman 15 because of that! Needless to say, I'm going to try and fit in a visit to the gym at least once a week. Probably on Saturday afternoons because that very well may be my least busy day of the week!

Driving to Michigan for Thanksgiving break will be some major "downtime" for me. I'm ready for this crazy next part of my life. Bring on the homework!

xoxo 

Falling Into Place

Things are FINALLY starting to fall into place! I got my driver's license changed over to Colorado so that I will have less of a hassle. I got approved for COF. I'm all registered for classes and my books are in the mail! Life is good! I am so excited for classes to start! Dad and I got things squared away for my tuition bill. This has been a crazy roller coaster for me to figure out.
Something that's been on my mind lately is that just because I don't talk to someone, doesn't mean that I'm not gonna be there for them. This has recently popped up. I had an old friend pop back in my life out of nowhere. That friend and I used to be really super close. Its sad really that time and distance has made us grow apart. I don't quite know how to tell that friend that I will always be there for them, even if we no longer talk. Maybe they will read this... who knows!
So something I forgot to put in my last post is that I went to go see Aerosmith on August 1st! It was my birthday present from my dad. My mom took me and it was totally amazing!!! I so want to see them again if they are in the area ever again, but this time I'm gonna be right next to that stage!
I am way excited for November to get here! I am going back to Michigan for Thanksgiving! I get to see my family and i get to see some of my friends and of course my beautiful niece, Jezzamine! Plus I get to see my awesome, amazing, beautiful, talented best friend! I'm so excited to see people from Otisville CofC! I miss my kids I used to watch and of course the people there! The only bad part is the 20 hour drive back. Yes, I said drive. It is going to be worth it though! I hope to be able to see everyone that I want to see. I should be there for only a week.
Things are looking up. Like I said earlier... Things are starting to fall into place! Good is good =] 
xoxo

The beauty of Colorado =]

College Crazy!

So things have been a little... crazy lately. I am currently trying to get things squared away for college. Who knew it would be such a pain to establish residency! I mean I have lived here for an entire year now!... technically.... So August 21st, 2011 was the day I moved across the country to beautiful Colorado. So on Tuesday I will have lived here for an "official" year! 
I love my job! Charlotte is just the most wonderful kid to watch! She reminds me so much of Gabe personality wise! She will be a year old on Thursday! I can honestly say I have watched her grow... for the past few months... I have been watching the twins (Stefie and Allie) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That is so far only for this month. But that is OK! They are wonderful to have and very helpful with Charlotte =]
Now to the crazy part of my life... COLLEGE!!! Yes I am now OFFICIALLY a college student! *cue the applause* Thank you thank you! You're far to kind! lol Well it has been a major thorn in my side for the past month! I had to fill out paperwork to petition for residency. Well the lady I had a meeting with gave me the wrong form! So I had to fill out this other sheet with my dad to make sure I was considered a resident. This other sheet was given to us by the head of admissions and told us EXACTLY what we needed. So we go and talk to a counselor to make sure my classes will line up with ACU to make sure they transfer for next fall and all that was good. We take our form for my residency and the lady at the desk says she will approve it, but it probably isn't all the right information. UGH!!! Well the next day i check my student email and my residency was approved! YAY! The head of admissions told me that I need to fill out the Colorado Opportunity Fund. Sounds simple enough, right? WRONG!!! You have to have a Colorado drivers license to fill it out! Yet another snag! So now I have to go finally get my license switched from MI to CO. So I emailed the admissions lady this morning and asked what to do because I wasn't able to switch my license over this morning. I didn't have 4 hours to stand in line because I had to get back to work. She told me not to worry and set up a payment plan so that I won't get dropped from my classes. Then I will have some time to get my license switched over and get my COF application in and taken care of. *whew* So that has been a major headache for me lately. After I get something done and taken care of another problem shows up!
So next fall I will *hopefully* be at Abilene Christian University! That's the plan anyways! I have stuff for the Onstead Scholarship to fill out for that. That is their Preacher Kid discount lol plus I'm going to make sure I keep my GPA up between a 3.2 and 4.0 so i can get a decent chunk of money off my tuition! 
Since I last wrote, I have turned 19! I went to a Concert on my moms birthday, and then 2 days later my dad took me for my birthday dinner! It was an awesome birthday weekend!

I went to see Van Halen 4 days before my 19th birthday! I also went to the Texas de Brazil for my birthday and defiantly ate my money's worth!

A couple weeks after my birthday my Grandpa Terry and cousin Marlon came out to visit. We took Marlon up to Estes Park and to the Continental Divide! It was so much fun!

I went to the continental divide while Marlon was out here visiting with us! Plus we had to have a family picture! He is growing up on me!

Things are starting to fall into place! I am SUPER excited to enter this phase of my life! I have waited patiently for all of this. I am very much ready for all that college has to give! I couldn't be happier with my life right now!
Until next time... XOXO

Back!

So I am finally writing after what seems like ages! I have honestly been really super busy lately and over tired and haven't been able to write on here.
First off, I love my full-time babysitting job. The little girl is really great. She is very mild tempered and an all around happy child!
Second, I am finally 19! Whoo-hoo? Yeah... Its a useless age actually. Its not like I'm no longer a teenager anymore... Oh wait... Thats next year!!! EEP!!! haha Oh well =]
Third, I barely have a social life. Its there, just very quiet and small... Its getting better though!
Fourth!!! I have finally decided, for sure this time, on what I want to study in college! I am going to major in psychology and minor in social work! This will make me marketable in so many places. I can counsel families, teens, couples and so on. I can also do the social work part of things! Which I will be able to do good work there also! Oh the possibilities! =]
Fifth! Marlon and Papaw are here for a visit! Marlon has been here for a week already and papaw will be back tomorrow afternoon. We took Marlon up to Estes Park today. It was a blast! =]
And on that note I am going to bed. I am exhausted!!! xoxo

April 2nd

I usually have a tough time with April 2nd. It was my Grandma Rosie's birthday. I miss her terribly and wish she was still around. Sadly she died about 5 years ago this year. She was my first grandma to be taken by cancer. It is a rather touchy subject for me. She was an amazing woman and I can't wait to see her again someday.
On that same day a guy I called my best friend left me. He had been there for me and I there for him. He just up and decided that he didn't want me in his life anymore. Out of nowhere. Perfect timing right? Well I am kind of best guy friendless at the moment. The fact he's done this before and has come back every time doesn't help. I almost have a glimmer of hope that he will come back. But I have a nagging feeling that he won't. I have no idea what happened. I didn't do anything wrong towards him. If anything I was super supportive of him and his decisions. Guess I need to make more friends now.
Speaking of friends. I am still somewhat having an issue with making those. I wish that I could make them with more ease, but moving into an area where I know nothing/nobody has kinda thrown me a bit. I used to have no problem making friends and going out and having fun. Now I just hermit and hide. I hope  that will change fairly soon. Maybe I am just destined to be rather lonely for a while. Who knows.
Tonight I beat my friend Zach in archery, again. But that was only the second round we shot. He beat me the first round. I was just warming up ;) haha I will go with that! I really love shooting archery. It helps get pent up frustrations out. I hate to say it, but I kinda need a new bow. I need one that I can up the poundage more so I can actually hunt with it. AND shoot distances better! 
Peace <3

Goals

I have several goals in my life. Most of them are long term goals. Tonight I achieved one of my short term goals!
I beat my friend Zach in archery tonight. By 57 points! this made me rather happy =] My next short term goal is to beat my dad. Which I almost did tonight. But my last few arrows weren't shot so well. Oh well! I can always improve! Practice makes perfect. Well, as perfect as you can. There isn't anything that is truly perfect except for God =]
I am betting you are wondering now what my long term goals are... Well, I have several of those! A bunch of them i am not sure if I want to reveal just yet. They aren't bad. Just personal. I will share a few though!
1) Go to college for early childhood development/special education (k-12)/music.
2) Graduate college with my double major and minor. 
3) Somewhere along the way I would like to find a man that will support me and be there and love me unconditionally.
4) Marry that said man. (haha if only I can find him!)
5) Eventually have oodles of children.
That is all I am sharing for now. Hopefully I can achieve these goals in a reasonable amount of time. That would be awesome. I know God has a plan for me. I am waiting to see what he has in store for me. I am rather excited for this! Now to get enrolled in college... That would be nice... Who knows... Maybe I will finish college in 3 years. Hmmm... Decisions decisions....

Irritations

Saturday was awesome. I got to hang out with a guy friend. My dad worked on guitar with him for a little while and then he and i got to chill. We went for a walk, talked, ate dinner, watched a movie and talked some more. I'm glad for this little bit of social "life" right now.
I haven't had much of a social life as of late. I don't have many friends out here because I've only been exposed to people from church. I'm seriously considering getting another job, but then I will be way busy and that will make things hard for college.
Speaking of college. I'm thinking about going to Abilene Christian University in Texas. It will be a good thing. I will get a good education. Plus, I want to go there. =]
Now to the title. I have an issue with people that are overly PDA. If you know you are making someone uncomfortable, please have the respect to stop and consider how that person feels. It would be so much better. You don't have to constantly be all over each other when you are together. You aren't superglued together for goodness sakes! I guess it just shows the person's maturity level.
This week I get to go and hang out at the mall with a few friends. Again, I am grateful for the somewhat social life. It is good that I'm getting out more. I usually just hermit. Hopefully I can start to get out more. It would be nice. Who knows... something good may come out of this going out more... I might actually meet a guy. Or start dating one I already know... Hmmm... Only time will tell! =]
Working on my guitar stuff is going good! Peace and love!

Back In The Saddle

So it has been a few days.
I have worked a couple days this week and have been "somewhat" busy this week. Today I was in my first "Yog". It was hilarious and I completely loved it! 
I almost made one of my goals this week in archery! I almost had Zach! He beat me only by 10 points! I am very excited. I am getting closer to beating him. My dad and I are going to do a partner's archery league. He said if we win, he will take me to Texas de Brazil with the winnings! This makes me happy! =]
Now to the title of this post! I picked up my electric guitar for the first time in forever last night. Keep in mind it has been an ongoing battle for me to actually sit down and learn how to play the thing. BUT I AM GONNA DO IT! My dad showed me 4 chords to learn and get them down before he gives me the next 4 to work on. I'm super pumped about this. I'm actually gonna do this! It will be a long journey, but I can do this!
Well i'm gonna going to go practice =] Peace and love!

The Past Few Days

So I haven't been on here in a few days....
Well, I haven't done anything rather spectacular. I did work Wednesday. I have to say I really love my job! I love working with the kids =]They are amazing and it makes me feel good that I can help the kids to learn something.
I've had kind of a difficult week. My friend Courtney was feeling really down about herself and I tried cheering her up. To quote one of my dad's sermon's "You are a dearly loved, created, redeemed child of God." We all need to remember this. Especially when we are feeling down about ourselves. Society expects all of us girls to look perfect all the time. But they need to be snapped back to reality. Not everyone is skinny, has the perfect skin, and so on. Real beauty is when you can look in the mirror and not see what society see's as something bad. Your family and friends love you just the way you are. Even if you are over weight. So what? You are you for a reason. God doesn't make mistakes.
God also doesn't give us more than we can handle. I have been struggling with this lately. It seems like everything is out to get me and bring me down. This morning my best friend Jon decided to be rather... mean. Jealousy never looks good on anyone, and it hurts those closest to you. Needless to say, I am rather hurt today. He is one of the people closest to me and I don't like when this happens. It about breaks my heart every time he does this.
On a good note, My niece Jezzamine was born finally on Wednesday morning! I'm so glad she is here. Even if I can't spoil her as much as I would like to. She is beautiful and makes me want to fly out and see her right now. Sadly I will have to wait until this summer, or whenever my family goes back to Michigan.
My writer's block has ceased to keep me from having ideas! I have been working on one of my stories and thinking about what I can do with some of the others. It has been almost a year since I have worked on any of my stories. So this sudden burst of inspiration is out of nowhere! I'm not complaining about it. Maybe I will finish one of my stories! Who knows...

Opportunity strikes!

Yesterday I had an opportunity to work with a chef! It was awesome! I did have to cut out towards the end because I had a tutoring appointment. I had debated for a long time about becoming a chef. One big problem though, I can't stand for long periods of time. I get really light headed and dizzy and feel like i'm about to pass out. I think that wouldn't be a very good thing in the cooking industry unless i sat down a lot or was constantly moving my legs.
Well I had that problem last night when I was filling cannoli's. I had to go and sit down for a few minutes. After I sat down I made sure that I would kinda move while I was filling them. I was very grateful to learn from this experience with the chef.
I want to go into teaching young children, preferably special education. I'm going to get my degree in early childhood development with a minor in music. I do want to run my own bake/coffee shop at some point, so i'll probably throw in another minor and have a degree in baking.
Baking is one of my passions, other than music. (Which is always on full blast when i'm cooking anything.) I have a knack for it and i rather do enjoy it.
Music is a major thing for me. I've been around it my entire life. I have played bass guitar for about 8 years now. I do want to finish learning guitar, but that would require my dad to have a less hectic schedule. It will happen! I also have done a lot with vocal work. So my minor in music will most likely be centered on vocal music.
I have a knack with children. I especially have a knack for special needs kids. I currently work at a preschool, which i absolutely LOVE, and it is a great experience. I like helping kids to learn things. That i know will have an impact on their lives. My second grade teacher had a HUGE impact on my life and i'm glad she helped me learn. I hope to be like her someday. She was a truly amazing teacher.

Hello!

I just recently moved out here and am just now getting somewhat "on my feet" again. Things have been a whirlwind this past year. My best friend moved in with me, I graduated from high school, I moved across the country, got a new church family, my grandmother died, i lost/got my best guy friend back.
All these things are good, but they messed with my "plan". I was going to go to college full time and get my life started and all that jazz.
Well my life style changed a bit when Cindy moved in. We had to cut back on some things and share a room. That was fun.
Graduating from high school was the greatest day of my life. I literally despised the school I went to for my Junior and Senior year.
Moving across the country was somewhat difficult. I was leaving everything I knew. All my "kids" and people I had known my entire life. Alas, My dad's job moved us here, to Colorado, and I couldn't be happier!
I miss my Otisville church family, but my Northwest church family is pretty amazing too. I felt so welcome when we got out here. It made it so much easier.
I lost my Grandma Val in October of 2011. I had been living out here for about 2 months. She was the most amazing woman I had ever known, aside from my Grandma Rosie. They are my inspirations for cooking/baking. I can only hope to be half the cooks they were. I love and miss them dearly.
I lost my best friend Jon a few weeks before Christmas. I was crushed. But i got him back a couple weeks into 2012! I was happy. I seriously missed talking to him about my frustrations and music and everything else. He did hurt me, but that happens sometimes. You get put in an ultimatum situation and you had to choose one or the other. I was just sad he didn't choose our friendship over something that wasn't going to last. He told me last night about the first time he saw me and how he had to get to know me. It made me cry. Not a bad cry though. He finally gave me the apology I really wanted from him. It was heart felt and honest. It took him a while, but I knew he had it in him. =]