Cha Cha Cha

Hello again everybody! Today was a good day. The family was gone most of the day and I stayed home, folded laundry and watched movies. I watched The Knowing which was really stupid and Madagascar 2 which was really funny. I also did a bit of packing for Handycamp.

Tonight was dancing lessons! We learned how to do the Cha-Cha. It's quite easy really. Left-foot front step, cha cha cha, right-foot back step, cha cha cha. And so on and so forth. We also learned how to do New Yorkers but I won't try to explain that here.

The best news of the day? KATE'S HOME!!!!! She FINALLY got home tonight though she was SUPPOSED to get home yesterday. Anyway, she's here and I might see her tomorrow maybe. I've missed that girl so much! Just her being here is comforting! She's definitely my girl. Oh! Our plans for life: get through college and move to Ireland, live in a little cottage, just her and me and write books. Of course I'll have cats. I LOVE YOU MY HETERO-LIFE PARTNER!!!! LOL. I can only say that cause I know she'll read this. ;) Ahhhhh, inside jokes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8

So, tomorrow I'm going to church in the morning to help clean. The sanctuary is under construction and my dad said that since they've been dry-walling this week, there's a thin film of dust over everything. Very unsuitable for worship. After that, I'm hoping that if we get done early, I can go to Kate's for a little while. Then my great Aunt Pat and my Grandma are coming for dinner. Oh joy.

Well, I'm off to fix some popcorn and watch a movie. Maybe I'll go for Pride and Prejudice? Until tomorrow!

Today

What a slow day. I did nothing and yet I'm tired! Well, I did do stuff but nothing so very strenuous! Ugh!

I woke up quite late and had my coffee. Then I went for my walk and then I ate lunch and took a shower. Then I wrote my essay for Lit. Then I watched Lucy while the kids and mom were at a friend's swimming. We watched a Barbie movie and ate popcorn. I love my little sister!! Now I'm here and about to go eat dinner.

So what did I do? NOTHING!! One big stinking hunk of nothing! Ok, enough rambling. Ending with a song now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lk138R6ShE&feature=related

Until tomorrow!

Friends, Movies and Literature

Well, today was quite the day! I had an awesome day!! First, I woke up late which is always awesome. Then I went for my walk and then my friend Katie Romoser came over! Quite unexpectedly too! We ate pizza for lunch and spend a couple hours just catching up. It was fun!

Then I did Lit. homework. The movie I'm working on at the moment is called A Raisin In The Sun and it's pretty good! It's about a black family living in a tiny apartment back in the day of Martin Luther King Jr. and it goes over their financial struggles and battles to fit into their society. In the end the main lesson is that family and dignity is more important than money. I certainly agree with that. It's kind of what I want to do over this next year. I'm going to be very busy with school and hopefully work and getting ready for college but I want to have time to talk to my friends when they need it. It's kind of my life's work, to be available to those who need a listening ear. And if they want advice, then I give it the best I can.

Moving on. This evening the youth group came over and we watched The Village outside in my backyard. Intense movie, ah fun. Except that Matt and Jess held hands the whole time. I mean, it was kinda cute but.......... it's times like these when loneliness rears it's ugly head. Anyways, afterwards me, Jess and Matt all ran around the yard catching fireflies. That was fun. So now I'm here and not tired one bit! Guess I'll hang out on Facebook for a while.

Oh! Kate comes home TOMORROW!!!!!! I am so excited, you have no idea! There's so many things I want to talk to her about. GAH! I can't wait!

Well that's it for tonight. Until tomorrow!

Flying and Crawling

Tuesday. Ugh. It's only Tuesday!! How I want the weekend to get here! But then again, I don't want the weekend to get here because I have to pack for Handy Camp. Oh joy. Don't you just hate pier pressure? I didn't want to go and I told everyone so but my friend Becky and my brother kept after me about it so here I go. Gone for a week, away from my nice relaxing house for the rest of my summer. No Facebook, no e-mail and no blogging for a whole week. Oh joy.

But I also want the weekend to get here! Sunday is going to be awesome! Church in the morning, then Grandma's for lunch, then Ostendorf's for a youth group cookout in the evening! WOO HOO! Until then, I gotta get some Lit. done.

Alright. So now I have all my venting finished, I'm going to begin recording the next few days in an orderly fashion. Today has been fun! I slept in quite late and took my time eating breakfast (coffee and turkey bacon). Then my dad took me to a Chinese restaurant for lunch and we ran by Starbucks. Woot! Then I came home and went for my walk down the street and now I'm here, recording this. I'm hoping later that I can go with my mom to the LSCC Ladies Night Out. Mexican Food!

Tomorrow I'm at home all day and then the youth group is coming over in the evening and we're going to watch The Village outside in my backyard (assuming it doesn't rain)!! I'm quite excited about that. And I haven't thought past that this week really. OH! Kate gets home either Saturday or Sunday!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!! I miss her SO much!!

Well, I had better stop or I'll have nothing else to blog this week. Until tomorrow!

Monday........

I hate Mondays. I don't know why. I think it's because the start of yet another week. Why can't Jesus come back and just end it all now?!

So, today. I woke up too early because I had to watch the siblings. All the Co-op moms came over to my house for their moms meeting and us kids were shooed away. So we went to Grandma Jayne's house next door and watched movies. FINALLY they all left!! Later I have to go work at the B&B with Angie. Making beds and cleaning bathrooms, woo hoo. But I get payed $10 an hour so it's worth it. :)

That's it. So here's another song. A new favorite! Hope your day is better than mine! Until tomorrow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYkwItyMFk

Sunday Satire

The funniest thing happened this morning at church! But first you need a bit of background. A couple weeks ago when the teens did Family Night, Jess spilled popcorn butter on Kate's shirt. So for the rest of the evening, we would walk up to Kate and say "You've got something on your shirt." And we all got a good laugh out of it (all but Kate). This morning (of course the morning Jess and Kate weren't there), we teens were outside during second service and Matt spilled coffee on his shirt. So for the rest of the morning, whenever there was an awkward silence, I would turn to Matt and say "You've got something on your shirt." I found it quite amusing. :)

So, church was good. Tonight we're all going put putting at Rustic Gardens and I'm making Matt come as I don't think anyone else can. Fun fun fun!

And now for the highlight of this post, a random song introduced to me by none other than the famous Kate and now I'm introducing it to you! :) Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh6Qla-OQ-M

Alrighty then. That's it! Until next time!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

What a weekend so far and it's only Saturday night! Let me see if I can catch you up really quick before I have to go off to bed.

Friday I did almost nothing but wait around the house. Then that evening I went to the girls night at the Ostendorf's with Jess. That was a blast! We played games with Leslie and Joyce and ate pizza and went out for frozen yogurt. Then Jess came over to spend the night and we stayed up until about 3 am.

Ok now we're to today. We woke up late and ate breakfast and talked. Then we decided to rearrange the furniture in my room! So now, the dresser is where the bed was, the vanity is where the dresser was, the chair is where the vanity was, the bed is where the piano was and the piano is back in Garrett's room where it belongs. I like it alot! Then we watched old homemade movies and Mama Mia and then she had to leave. Then I helped my mom clean the house a little bit and we watched Bella and then Journey to the Center of the Earth. I love that movie!

Oh also! My latest project was just completed tonight! I have this objective to play Emma (aka matchmaker) for my friends. Just tonight, my friend Matt asked my friend Jess to be his girlfriend. Score! Took him long enough too. So that would be 4 couples now..... I think. My only problem is..... who's gonna play matchmaker for me?

Well, I think that's all I have to report. So I shall leave you with a song. Until next time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwFeQpy_Us

One of Those Days

Well here I am again. Not much going on. I woke up late, worked out, ate lunch and played some piano and now I'm here.

Tonight I have dance lessons. We're learning the waltz! I'm excited.

Also, this is the perfect song to go with what I was rambling about yesterday. And Kristin Chenoweth is awesome. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VEjKFEMQ-o

Alright, well I think that's it for now. Until tomorrow my friends.

Life

The irony. Yesterday I felt horrible and it was a beautiful day. Today, I feel just a tad better and it's raining. Hmmm.....

Lots of stuff planned for today. I have to edit my essay and clean up the house. Tonight the youth group comes over for bible study which is pretty exciting.

Now to the things of the heart. Lately, I've been feeling kinda lonely. Of course, as you may have noticed, it comes and goes. I sit back and watch almost all my friends have a lovely time with their boyfriends or flirt with their admirers and I haven't had an admirer since........... 7th grade! That's a long time ago. I know that my Knight in shining armor is out there someplace but he got lost. And I'm getting tired of waiting for him. My head tells me that he will be worth the wait but my heart hurts and longs to feel wanted and loved. Everyone tells me that it's worth the wait but that's easy for them to say when they have it! They tell me to draw near to God and to lean on Him which I've been trying to do but all this leaning makes me tired. I just have to ask, when God?! When?

Well that's it for today. Until tomorrow.

Revelations

Ah me. The end of the day. The sun going down, shining it's dying rays through my window and the faint sound of the tv and my family's conversation drifting through the house. I've been thinking alot today but first things first. I finished the rough draft of my essay and had a lovely time with Katie at the park pretty much all afternoon. Then I came home and got lost in the pages of my book until dinner and now I'm here writing this.

Ok, moving on. I had two big thoughts today. Since Shannon doesn't read this blog, I think I can put down my thoughts about her here. I love her to death and my "ex-friend" knows that, but I'm not sure that it was really worth the trade. I would say that Shannon is one of my best friends but I know she doesn't really return the title. She has so many friends and a boyfriend that saps up her time and I understand that but if I was really her best friend, she would find time for me and she doesn't do that. So today, I've been asking myself, was it really worth it?

My other big thought was, no matter if it was worth it or not, I think it is in God's will. My friend wasn't a Christan when I met him and I think that God brought him into my life so I could show Christ to him. Now that he has accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior, my work is done and it's time to move on. It's hard at that. He was an awesome friend and I knew I could talk to him about anything, but to everything there is a season. I need to lean on God even more now so He will replace the hole my friend left in my life. As for Shannon, well........ we'll see where that goes.

Ok, well that's today's bit. Now I'm going to go watch America's Got Talent with my family and hopefully laugh at the horrible people who think they have talent. Until tomorrow.

A New Day

Someone once said that tomorrow is a new day with a brighter sunrise. Well the sun did come up bright this morning but I still feel as bleak as I did last night. I almost wish it would rain.

Plans for today. I have to write my essay for Lit. The movie is The Music Man which normally I love but I'm not really in the mood for it now. Then, I'm going to the park for a picnic with my friend Katie. Hopefully that will cheer me up a little bit.

Well, I'm going to go eat breakfast and maybe take a walk. Be back later.

A Funeral

I know this may seem dramatic but life sucks. My parents have been freaking out about a friendship with a guy (though there's nothing to freak out about) and have forbidden me to go to Shannon's house (where he lives). Being the wonderful guy he is, he told me today that he doesn't want to be the cause of my not spending time with Shannon and therefore, we aren't friends anymore. But the problem is, he was one of my best friends! I absolutely abhor losing friends! So I'm in mourning. I guess now is as good a time as any for a funeral march:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8

Ok, well I'm going to go have a good cry now. Until tomorrow.

Untitled

Today has been a terrible day so far and it's only 2:30! I am so confused! My insides won't stay still so I can sort them out properly. My emotions are everywhere! One minute I'm crying and the next I'm laughing! What's wrong with me?! I'm falling apart!

I've been feeling a bit of confusion for a long time and I even wrote a poem about it, but this is........... mass chaos in my brain. I guess I'll record the poem here like I planned. It's untitled as yet but I'll get one eventually. So here you go:

New feelings appear
Opposites become one
Conflicting working in unison
Completely grasping confusion

Hoping against hope
For something yet feared
Longing for the dreaded
Wanting the unwanted

Imagining the impossible
No hope for reality
But the heart keeps on running
After the already lost

Brains a tangled mess
Half willing it to stop
Half urging it onward
Can't make up it's mind

Heart the lone decider
Desperately longing
Desperately fearing
No solid ground in sight

There you have it. That's my insides on paper but times ten. So far it has been bearable but now, I'm ready to run away, seriously. I want...... I don't know what I want! I don't know, I just don't know anymore.

September in July

How about this cool weather? I love it! I could be happy if it was like this forever! Maybe that's why Fall is my favorite time of year. Oh of course there's other reasons too but I won't tell you now so I will have a good blog post on the first day of Autumn. :)

Now for today's events. I woke up this morning (obviously) and ate fresh blueberries for breakfast with my cinnamon coffee. Then I watched half of Mary Poppins with Lucy before putting her to bed for her midmorning nap. Then............. oh, then I read and ate lunch and read some more. Lucy woke up and I fed her lunch and we went outside to swing. Then my mom got home from her girls date with her sisters-in-law and she took me and Garrett to Starbucks. Javachip Frappaccinos are yummy. :) So now I'm here writing this! Speaking of writing, I should probably be writing my story right now. I started on Chapter 6 yesterday and oh boy. It's slow work. Microsoft Word was my best friend for the afternoon yesterday.

Oh! I convinced my parents to take me out of Physics!! Now I'm taking Advanced Biology instead! WOOT! It my point of view, math is math and science is science. Neither of the two shall meet. And when they do, it's never a good thing. So that put me in a very good mood!

Ok well I'm going to go make some Blueberry cobbler now. Until tomorrow my friends!

La Di Da

Nothing much happened today. I woke up, worked out, read, did a little bit of writing, watched a movie, taught Garrett the Foxtrot, rode my bike down the street, hung out on Facebook, watched Lucy.......... and now I'm writing this. That was my day in a nutshell. And now ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a random song that I very much like! Thank you and goodnight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_3bYXAsmM

Shall We Dance?

Oh what fun! I had my first Ballroom Dancing Lesson tonight and we learned the Foxtrot! It was so easy I wonder that I never learned it before this! Slow slow pivot, slow slow turn, slow slow pivot, slow slow turn. Then you switch to slow slow quick step, slow slow quick step. Ah it's so much fun! There's another lesson tomorrow and I really want to go but we'll see. Next week we're learning to Waltz! Woo hoo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyqmN5cnRQ

Now to the boring everyday suff. What did I do today? My walk this morning obviously. Then I worked on my Literature questions (The Music Man) and watched Chocolat again, this time with my mom. She loved it too. Right now my family is watching Inkheart (which they started before I got back) and when they're done, I'm going to watch it. Late night movies! Woot! Maybe even with some Blueberry Cobbler if my mom decides to make it. Mmmmmm......

Well I think that's everything! And if anyone wants to learn the Foxtrot, I will be more than glad to teach you! Shall we dance?

Happiness

I am in an intolerably good mood this morning! I went for a walk and left in not such a good mood. While I was out, the sun was shining and a refreshing breeze was blowing and little butterflies were flitting about the wildflowers and I just got an overwhelming sense of well being.

I am happy being just who I am. Me, Casey Ruble, having a personality that you'll only find once in a lifetime. I'm satisfied with my dreams, my endeavors, my aspirations because their mine and only mine. And I'd never thought I'd say this but I'm satisfied with my curly hair! God made me me and He loves me for who I am! He thinks I'm beautiful and witty and funny and loves to tell me so. His love is so overwhelming that I want to go tell the world and have everyone feel His love too!

Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet; all flocks and herds and beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all the swim the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! ~ Psa. 8

Late Nights, Old Records and Harry Potter

What a day! Or rather........... what a night! I was bored out of my whits yesterday all day and then Kate came over. Three cheers for impromptu slumber parties! So we were having much fun listening to old records (mostly musicals) when a friend called and asked if we'd like to go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter! What a turn of events! One minute we're planning on watching Aladdin and the next, the Harry Potter theme song is blaring in our ears.

Warning: Spoilers ahead

The movie was awesome! Though I didn't like it that Dumbledore died in the end. I almost cried. I was also surprised that there was no real huge battle. And you knew Voldemort was back but you never actually saw him. It was very interesting. All in all, it was a pretty good movie.

Ok, you're safe now.

So, we got home at 3:30 am and slept until 10 and I've been useless all day. I just finished watching another good movie called Chocolat. Definitely a new favorite. It's about a woman who moves into a French town seeped in tradition to open a chocolate shop. I won't tell you the rest but only that it's an amazing movie and you should definitely see it.

Well I do believe that I have recorded everything that's worth recording. Until next time then!

Happy Bastille Day!

HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!! Go Frenchies! On a day like today, a song like this is pretty appropriate to have stuck in your head:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VR1bOha40U

I have been watching so many movies lately that are of and around the French Revolution. Les Miserables, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Horatio Hornblower, I just love them! I think it's kinda funny that as the French Revolution was going on about the same time as America's Revolution, not many Americans know that much about it. Are we THAT pigheaded?! Sheesh! French people are awesome though I will say that I'm not that fond of Napoleon Bonaparte. Short crazy man. Anyway, I want to go to France. I want to stand under the Eiffel Tower and walk along the Seine and visit grand old houses. *sigh* Well, maybe someday. Until then, a girl can dream!

Stuff

I am so bored. I don't know what to do with myself! GAH! I don't feel like writing and I don't feel like reading. I'm going to Kate's later but until then, what to do, what to do?! Maybe I'll go run errands with my mom. Or maybe I'll watch a movie! Hmmmm....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wftKf04N5r0

I like the movie idea. Lord of the Rings, here I come!!

Bedtime Tales

Thought I'd update this before heading off to bed. Today was much fun! I went to church as usual and then my friend Jess came home with me afterwards. Then we both went back to church at 3 to practice for Family Night.

The evening went well! We had a good group of families and they all seemed pretty excited to hear what we teens had to say! We played Sharks and Minnows first. Then, Matt and I led the singing which went pretty well (for our first time). Kate did the bible story (Jonah and the Big Fish) while Matt, Garrett, Jess and I acted it out. That was quite amusing. :) My dad even got it all on video! Oh dear. Then we played the Wa Game (kinda complicated to explain here) and the kids had Goldfish for snack! So all in all, a successful night and a successful day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYdVj7A_FU

And I came up with most of that plan! Aren't you proud of me? hehehe Well my imagination has been put to good use and will be dead for about the next week. I guess that means no writing. Oh well.

Goodnight world!

More Rain

Well here I am again! I had so much fun last night! Swing dancing was awesome and there was so many people I knew there. I got 4 dances and had a blast hanging out with everyone. Oh, and there was almost a fist fight over my blueberry cobbler. hehe

So now, it's raining yet again. Out my window, the gray clouds race across the sky. The wind sweeps through the trees, making them dance. Everything is bathed in water and once in a while, the sound of thunder will roll across the treetops. It's all so peaceful and everything is so green! I love it! On days like this as I watch the raindrops chase each other down my window, I like to listen to this song. Vivaldi captures the rain in his music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3S2epNvmwc

Later I'm going to babysit. I was planning on playing outside with the kids but as won't happen, I need to figure out something else we can do. I'm thinking about making a fort in the living room and eating our dinner there while watching a movie. Hmmmm....

Well I'm going to go read. So long! Farewell!

It's Finally Friday!

Ah! The beginning of the weekend! And what a weekend it will be!

Tonight I'm going to Shannon's to spend the night and we are going swing dancing! Woot! I love dancing! And as I haven't seen her and her family in over a month, I can't wait! I'm also making that Blueberry Cobbler! Finally!

Saturday I'm preping for Sunday and I'm babysitting the Middleton kids in the evening. I swear, I love those kids! They are like my kids cause I've babysat them since I was about 13. They're getting so big and now I can drive to their house! :)

Sunday is church as usual and then we have Family Night in the evening. This Family Night should be so much fun because us teens from LSCC are leading it! We're telling them the story of Jonah, doing the games and snacks and music and everything! This should be fun! Muahahahaha.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4

Just kidding! hehehe Baby shark do do do do do do baby shark do do do do do do baby shark do do do do do do baby shark! Mama shark...... Ok I won't make you suffer through that.

Well I'm off to have my lunch and finish packing. Adios mis amigos!

Sunshine

Thank you Lord for thwarting my plans. By the time my movie was over, the sun was out. Oh well. Might as well make the most of it! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eONhto0x_nI

Rain Rain Rain

Life is good. I am home alone again and as I finished my Lit. homework, I am free to do whatever! I'm probably going to go watch a movie or something. But before I leave, I supposed I should talk about what I did yesterday.

I woke up really late, worked out and then spent the rest of my morning and into the afternoon writing my essay for Lit. Then I baked cookies and helped my mom clean up the house for youth group. Everybody came around 6ish and there were alot of them! Kate, Ben, Jess, Katie, Grant, Matt, Nathan, Spencer, Stephanie, Wyatt and Justin. Phew! So we roasted hot dogs, shot off a huge box of fireworks and played apples to apples (which I won). It was nice just to hang out with everyone.

Now today is slow which is ok by me! I'm going to go watch my movie and fold laundry. Then maybe later I'll go outside and dance in the rain. Hmmmm.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME

I just love Gene Kelly! And musicals and singing and dancing in the rain! I'M HAPPY AGAIN!

Literature, Tchaikovsky and Coke

Yes! My family is gone and I'm home completely alone. Silence is bliss!

So what have I done today so far? Well, I woke up really late and ate breakfast, spent an hour on Facebook talking to Bailey and then went downstairs to work out. I got to watch Horatio Hornblower! I love those movies! They make me want to go to sea in an old ship. :) Anyway, then I ate lunch (a hamburger and potato salad) and now I'm updating this!

I need to go finish my Lit. homework soon. I'm working on Emma at the moment and all the questions are about people's character vs. social standing. Compare compare compare. It's not too bad though. I'm almost done with that and then I have to write the essay thing which I think is just a paragraph summarizing the plot this week. So I'm going to go do that while listening to the ever immortal music of Tchaikovsky and drink my coke! Then later tonight my family and I will probably watch America's Got Talent. So that's the plan for today! No surprises, no adventures, no murder in the library.

Well I'm going to go work on that Lit. now. Until tomorrow!

Happenings

Well so far it's not been too bad today. I did go antique shopping with my mom and we went to lunch and then came home. Then I wrote my paper for literature which was nice to get out of the way! Now I've just been hanging out on Facebook with nothing better to do. Three cheers for the sucking black hole of life! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip...... ok we're done.

Oh! Garrett had a few friends over last week and made this absolutely amazing movie!! You HAVE to watch it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrsaxpyU2nw

It's hilarious isn't it?! My mom and I were rolling with laughter when we saw it. I have some old homemade movies but they aren't on Youtube....... and for good reason. They weren't very good.

Well I think that's all the news I have for now. I won't tell you what's going on tomorrow so I'll have a reason to write about it! hehe Until then. Broomstick away!

Slow - Synonyms: crawling, creeping, idle, stagnant

That's what today was. Slow. That's what yesterday was. Crawling. That's what most likely tomorrow will be. Creeping. Idle. Stagnant. GAH! I need to DO something! There was church this morning but everyone seemed tired and out of sorts. I did also go to the mall with Kate which was fun. We got books and coffee! I got a book by one of my favorite authors, Eva Ibbotson. She's amazing! I now have three of them. My mom likes them too. In fact, she's already stolen the one I got today.

Now then, the plan for this week. I just found out that my mom wants to take me on a date tomorrow so it may not be as boring as I thought. I think we're going to lunch and antique shopping. I've been looking through Design Magazines lately and thinking about little things I could do to help my mom with her decor. So far it's turned out pretty well! So, when we get back, I have to write an essay for my Literature class on the differences in the two fight scenes in The Quiet Man. It should be an interesting paper. Then I get to start on a new movie and if I get that done (which I will), I can go swing dancing Friday with Shannon!

Ok well I'm done with this tediousness. So I shall say goodbye and leave you with a song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCnkAMfl5c

Happy 4th!

Hey everyone! Happy 4th of July! I hope that on this day, our country will remember on what our nation is founded. As America falls in with the rest of the world, we Christians need to stand up and remind them why our forefathers came here. For freedom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_tDB8OZok

God bless America!

Thoughts

Well I'm back and tired. I spent the night at my friend Becky's last night and we were up until about 2 am watching movies. Fun stuff!

Lately I've been thinking, I'm a SENIOR!! I can't believe it! It hasn't really hit me yet I don't think but I've had to start thinking about stuff like college apps and scholarships and stuff. My mom had me start collecting stuff for my Senior display the other day. I still have thousands of pictures to go though. I also need to start thinking about Senior pictures and pranks. Hmmmm......

Most of all, God has taken me so far in the past few years! I went from being a typical Christian and going to church for my friends to experiencing God daily and trusting in Him for absolutely everything! I've been on a missions trip (last summer to Brazil) and witnessed God working there. I helped my Dad plant a church and had to leave friends but made some great new ones! I've had my faith tested by people and come out of it victorious, dragging them with me. :) He's taken me on quite an adventure so far and I can't wait to see what will happen next! College is a huge step and I know I'm going to need His help every step of the way. But most of all, this past year, God gave me a purpose. Through the challenges and storms, He's shown me that I need to be a light to everyone I come in contact with. I need to be the helping hand, the shoulder to cry on, the listening ear and the person who's there for you. He's been helping me do that and I hope that I can continue to be an encouragement to everyone and show them God's love through my love for them. He gave me a passion to let everyone know how much He loves them. GOD IS SO AMAZING!!!

Driving, Youth Group and Cinnamon Muffins

I'm quite bored at the moment so I decided to come blog now instead of later. Today has been pretty full of nothing. This morning I sat in my room and did my bible study while eating a breakfast of cinnamon muffins and coffee and listening to Debussy's Arabesque Number 1 mingle with the bird's songs out my window. What a run on sentence! Anyway, it was very peaceful and it was wonderful just to relax.

Then I went to my babysitting job. I drove there ALONE blasting The Beatles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKHFUKZ-IXE&feature=related

Twas much fun! And I made $20. Money is a good thing.

Tonight we're having the youth group over for bible study so I've been helping my mom clean since I got home. I'm looking forward to it! Interesting things always happen when we're together. hehe

Well I'm off to go make some Chili Con Queso. Over and out!