Back With Vengeance

That's right! Casey's back in town! Be afraid. Be very afraid. Why? Because now she can continue to write pointless blog posts that ramble on and on and on and put her readers to sleep! Muahahahaaa!

Ok enough of that. So you're probably wondering where I've been. You aren't the only ones (apologies to all those whom I forgot to inform I was leaving). I've been on spring break in Gatlinburg! Tramping the Smokey Mountains baby! It was WONDERFUL!!! A whole week to unplug and just be. Hakuna matata and all that good stuff.

Let me give you the week on fast-forward. Picture this: driving, hiking, exploring, eating mint oreos, driving, playing pool with dad and Garrett (I won several times out of sheer luck), reading, more driving, taking pictures, hanging with the fam, more driving...

The soundtrack of the week was 'The Last Of The Mohicans'. It was perfect! Driving along the mountainous roads, I half expected an Indian to come bounding across the road, war paint, tomahawk and all. I was a little disappointed when it didn't happen.

My favorite quote of the week: "We're the Ruble's. We don't see wildlife." Compliments of my lovely mother. It will have to suffice to say that there is history behind that. :)

I also discovered a new artist whom I like very much! Ladies and gentleman, say hello to NeverShoutNever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnr0iVnZFQ8

Oh yes! The picture above is one I took myself in the Smokey Mountain National Park. Heh, I kinda got carried away with pictures of water.

And now I have to go fold some laundry. Only a couple hundred mounds so it shouldn't take long. Have a lovely evening dear reader! Until next time!

Down With Procrastination!

Please don't hurt me for the title of this post! You must understand, I am an expert at procrastination. I have perfected that art. But today I'm feeling oh so productive! Here's why.

I FINISHED MY SENIOR BOARD!! :D I've been told it takes DAYS but I got it done in a few hours! The picture above is a shot of my beautiful creation. And yes, I did it all by myself. No help from my mom or anyone. I'm so ahead of the game right now, it's inconceivable!

I was told I needed to get off Hello Dolly so here's some Beatles instead!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwmtNk_Yb2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OvAQYI9idQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_3TK0TARZ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_csEEI4PFE

Oh! If you will think back and remember my post about dancing (posted on April 1). Well, I think it's started a comment debate. I love my friends! ;)

Until next time!

Dreary Day

Do you ever get tired of the clouds? I do. It was beautiful for days and I think it spoiled me. But the rain has really turned things green! Seriously! I look outside and the grass is so green and the leaves are appearing and there's flowers on the trees out my front window! And there's no sound more cheery than the sound of birds harmonizing with the drops of rain.

On the bright side, I've been so productive this week that I am done with school as of..... oh.... now! :D So, I'm going to make blueberry cobbler for a friend of mine, go to work at Zion and then crash singing lessons at the Redden's! I can't wait to see Shannon and Danni and Keenan and Hannah and Amanda! How I miss them all!

Tomorrow I'll probably complete the list of chores that I feel is in my future. I also want to do some of my senior stuff like put together my senior table (aka my ME table) and write my speech for graduation. Then I'm working at Zion as usual and then I'm home all weekend with absolutely nothing to do! Oh the possibilities.

Here's a song for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qSgTFsGCU

I'm on a Hello Dolly spree if you couldn't tell. :) Until next time!

Content

Well, let me tell you, I have had quite an evening. But my whole day has been wonderful! First, it was absolutely gorgeous outside today! THEN I was quite productive with my homework. And last but certainly not least, my dad took me to Beef And Boards tonight for my late Christmas present! In case you're wondering, Beef And Boards is a dinner theater. We saw 'Hello Dolly' and it was absolutely positively splendid!

Favorite line: "Oh of course I've seen many girls. But today I talked to one!"

Favorite song: Well I couldn't pick only one because they're all good! So here's one of my top favs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2WvM4FANzw

*sigh* So there you have it. A great day and now I'm exhausted. Sleep well dear reader, wherever you are.

Craving Adventure

Have you ever had the urge to go find adventure? You get so tired of the everyday and suddenly, you really want to go do something interesting. Well, that's how I'm feeling right now. My current craving: hiking. How I want to go walk in God's beautiful world! In the woods especially. I might have to push for a trip to Turkey Run soon.

Until then, I'm going to don my skirts and sing this song that's been stuck in my head for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVA3jgpgIY8

So, I was ridiculously productive today! I got two essays written, one for Lit. and one for Comp. Then one of my fellow employees at Zion messaged me, asking me to cover for her for the afternoon since she got sick. So to work I went, to watch four kids for about two hours. When I got home and after cleaning up from dinner, I watched A Philadelphia Story, my next Lit. movie. Then I put baby to bed and waited for my parents to get home from their date.

As you can see, I had a fair day today. Until next time!

Happy Easter!

"Why do you look for the living among the dead?" This is what the angel asked the women who came to Jesus' tomb on the third day. They found the stone had rolled away and the tomb was completely empty!

I was thinking, in all other religions around the world, they have all had great leaders. Buddhists followed Buddha (a dead man). Muslims followed Muhammad (a dead man). Hindus followed Gandhi (a dead man). We Christians follow Jesus, A LIVING MAN! It reminds me of a line from the movie Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian. The pharaoh guy comes to life and when he first meets Larry Daily, his first few lines are "I am Khamun Rah and I have COME BACK TO LIFE!" It makes me laugh. But then I think, Jesus really did! He defeated even death and is waiting at the right hand of God to come back and take us all home with him! What an amazing God we serve!!!

Happy Easter!

Nazi Zombies And Barn Dances

Well, I had the last mime practice this morning. They all did fairly well too! Now it's in God's hands(as if it wasn't before, HA!). So, I have to be at church tomorrow morning at 7:15..... which means I have to leave my house at 6:45..... which means I have to get up at 5:45. Yeah, I'll definitely be going to bed early tonight.

Anyway, after practice, I took all the kids to lunch. Then we sat in the church parking lot, waiting for their parents to pick them up while listening to different stuff off of Garrett's iPod. When we got home, I played some video games with Gavin. We played Call Of Duty: World At War. The first level we played was a battle against Nazi zombies. Let me just say, it was pretty creepy but it was awesome! Then we battled against regular living Nazis and the Japs. It was fun! Gavin owned me as usual but it was nice to spend some time with him. After a while though, Garrett wanted to play so guess who got kicked off? Yeah, me. So I decided to go be a girl again and watch the rest of Anne Of Green Gables. Since I was close to the end, I started Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. Here's my favorite song from that movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOqB-m00eus

I'm not that far into it yet but I had to come down to get the laundry and I figured while I was waiting for the dryer to finish, I would come blog. Now I'm going to go watch the rest of it. Until next time!

Sunshine and Daffodils

I wonder, dear reader, if the weather where you are has been as nice as where I live! Sunshine for four days straight! Warm temperatures that everyone welcomes with much enthusiasm and a cool breeze to make my bedroom curtains flutter. Our daffodils are in full bloom and gorgeous! I absolutely love daffodils! So happy and cheerful, bobbing their yellow heads in the breeze.

It seems strange that today can be so beautiful when it's today we mourn our Savior's death on the cross.

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke poem and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. Matt. 27:50-52

A dark dark day filled with whips, thorns, nails, blood and Jesus' anguished cries. And all for me! Maybe the sunshine today is God's reminder of what's to come. Resurrection day is just around the corner and then we will all celebrate Jesus' triumph over death! His sacrifice made our salvation possible, if we only believe in him. And if we accept him, we are washed white as snow! There is no better gift in all the world!

Until next time!

Dancing

So, I've been having this ongoing argument with a friend of mine about dancing. I obviously love dancing and admire any guy who does too. He, however, doesn't like dancing and thinks any man who does is "a loser". The issue? He is basing his opinion on the one time he was forced to dance. So I'm curious as to your opinion, my dear reader. Do you think that his one dance is enough to support his dislike? Or, should he give it another chance?

Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. ~Charles Baudelaire

I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some area an athlete of God. ~Martha Graham

Dance is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty. ~Author Unknown

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb

And one of my favorites:

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrTTWXZiLf0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ezy50aY6Bg

Until next time!