Hello my dear readers! Happy Saturday! Happy 7 days till Christmas! Happy Christmas Break! Happy happy happy! Yeah, I'm in a good mood. :)
Know why? Well, LOTS of reasons! One, I got to spend like all day with my best friend yesterday! Literally! First we talked about some serious stuff over coffee and I was able to explain my position well which made me very happy. After a few hours, I went to work and got to work with Brittany! And we only had 9 kids which tapered off rather quickly! Then when I got home, we had some missionaries over for a lasagna dinner and some good fellowship.
Now for the highlight of yesterday, swing dancing! There were lots of good points to this. First of all, I went with a whole bunch of friends whom I had not seen it quite a long time! It was for Shannon's 18th birthday. Second, my big triumph! You remember how my best friend didn't like dancing? I believe I even asked your opinion about it once which sparked a long 30 comment long debate. Well, he came swing dancing with us last night and would you believe it if I told you that he loved it? Well you better cause he did! And he wants to go again! :D All it took was faith and trust and a little pixie dust.... or maybe it was the batting eyelashes, I'm not sure which. But it was great fun to dance the night away and come home all tired out, falling asleep with a smile on my face. :) In short: I could have danced all night!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNaIor5lxN8
Ah. Life is good. :)
I can't leave though without giving you a Christmas song! So here you go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnIqLlBwzrc
Well now I'm off to babysit Blacksmith and Skunk Monkey for the night! Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
Ladies and gentlemen, if you will give a big round of applause to our special guest... Christmas Break! I had my last final today! Which means..... I'M DONE WITH MY FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU
It was weird coming home and not having any homework to cram in before work. Usually my mind spins with "Oh! Don't forget to do this! And you have to do that tonight! And make sure you get this done before Friday!" And now I have a whole lot of loose time on my hands. However, I also have lots of people who want to fill up that loose time which is okay with me. :)
So, that's the big news of the day. After class, Carl came over for an hour or so and then I regretfully had to head off to work. When I got home, I went with my family and lots of people from church (there were about 30 of us) caroling at a HUGE nursing home! It was great fun! My legs hurt and my voice is tired but the smiles on their faces was definitely worth it.
So, since that's about all I have to say, here is your song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co7ZGOjGV4A
Oh yes! And did you know there's only 9 days until Christmas? :D It's coming!!!
Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
Oh my goodness! I'm so close to Christmas break, I can taste it! Oh wait.... maybe that's the candy cane I'm eating. Never mind.
Yesterday I finished my first college class! :D American Government: check! Today, English Composition: check! Tomorrow we finish Physical Science and Thursday, Concepts in Math. I'm just a little bit excited if you couldn't tell. ;) I'm ever so ready for a break as I've told you countless times. But I might as well say it again.
It always amazes me though how I think about Christmas break and I think "Yay! Time to kick back and relax!" But this is NOT the case! If anything, things get more busy around Christmas time than ever! Like this week: class tomorrow and Thursday, work Wednesday through Friday, friends for dinner tomorrow night, caroling Thursday night, swing dancing Friday night, babysitting Saturday night. And Christmas is next week! That means I gotta finish Christmas letters and choreograph the Christmas Eve mime! That doesn't include all the extra stuff planned for next week either. Eek!
One thing I am determined to do about this Christmas is not losing the real reason for the season in all the fun and friends and stuff to do. It's so easy to slack off on my time spent with God when I have so much else I could be doing. But I can't let it happen! Maybe that means waking up earlier. Maybe that means not watching this or that movie. Maybe that means not spending so much time blogging. Whatever it takes to get it in. Life is just better when I do it! And feel free to keep me accountable too!
Ok, well that's about all I have for you today. Enjoy your song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QITJK8ExG-U
Keep your smile on! Until next time!
Today was a pretty good day! Church in the morning, lunch with Matt and Garrett, watching Holiday Inn while eating candy canes, playing piano, watching Little Dorrit with my mom and keeping tabs on the snow outside. Just loverly!
Since that was my day, I have two things I wanted to share with you. The first is an absolutely hilarious song from a movie that I've been walking around singing all day (and I'm not sure why). Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxlIbUTlZo
The next thing is something I found the other day when I was cleaning out some old e-mails. This is something my old friend Kate sent me forever ago and I found it very humorous! She wrote it of course and I wanted to share it with you. :)
20 reasons to date a writer:
Ah. Saturday. I just love Saturdays, don't you? It's nice to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the week. Today I got up late and took my time getting ready, dancing around my room with Lucy. While I was fixing lunch (grilled cheese and tomato soup), the milk and the egg nog were sitting side by side on the counter and I almost grabbed the egg nog to put in my tomato soup! Yummy huh? Thankfully I noticed before I poured it in the pan. Then I've been working on my government study guide this afternoon and I finished it in record time! (an hour and a half) Tonight is the LSCC Ladies Tea for which I made cheesecake yesterday and I'm so looking forward to spending time with some amazing ladies!
Oh and guess what! Only four days of class left!!!!! Final on Monday, review on Tuesday, final on Wednesday and final on Thursday and then it's ooooooovvvveeeeerrrrrrrrr!!!!!! Three blissful weeks of reading and writing and baking and sewing and spending time with people that I haven't seen in months! Oh, and writing Christmas letters too. :) I'm so looking forward to it! Christmas plans (my aunt, uncle and baby cousin are coming up for Christmas!) and New Years plans and plans in between and everything ever so enjoyable! I even get a week off of work! How great is that! I'm sure that with this break, there will be cookies and cheesecake and probably some Jane Austen involved. ;) And hopefully multiple sleepovers with the laughs and the pillow fights and the chick flicks. Ok, done daydreaming. I'll quit rambling and give you your song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYR5l7S4y20
Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
Guess what guys! We're almost there! Ever so close! I can almost touch it! One more week full of studying and finals and then we can officially say hello to Christmas break! :D And I have a feeling that this will be the best Christmas ever!
So, yesterday and today have been quite busy. Physical Science class yesterday in the morning, homework in the afternoon and then work. And in the evening, we had Lucy's birthday party! Hannah and her family came as well as Carl (of course :) ) and we all stuffed our faces with cake and ice cream. Then the boys and I went to take Wes and Jess some cupcakes! Unfortunately Natalie was asleep so I didn't get to see her but I can get my baby fill on Sunday too. When we got back, Carl and I did some stargazing.... well.... more like standing outside in the freezing cold, craning our necks upward and looking for constellations. We found a few too. :)
Today was freakishly busy! First was math class in which we had a test. No comment. After math, I came home to a frozen pizza for lunch and then was off again to go to work. I worked with Karie today and we did okay! There wasn't an unmanageable amount of kids and we got a few cabinets organized. I got home on time to breakfast for dinner! So after some sausage gravy and biscuits, I got started in my paper for English class. My mom brought me tea and cookies at one point. After a little while, Carl dropped by to say hello and I was quite happy that he did. Brightest spot in my day! :) When he left, I finished my paper in about two hours! So now I have a little time before bed to write this for you! Aren't you glad?
Ok I'll quit rambling and give you a song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trCBBqwPqlU
Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
The end of the semester is upon us! Next week is that inevitable week that comes at the end of each semester: FINALS WEEK! This means that this week is spent doing all kinds of study guides and taking extra measures to study stuff on top of the normal assignments and working and other miscellaneous stuff. It should be a good week but I doubt I'll be blogging much until school's out.
Guess what! Tomorrow is my little sister's birthday! She's going to be three years old. She is the most adorable thing..... when she's in a good mood. ;) Tonight on our way to dinner, she was looking out the window and every house we came across that was dressed in Christmas lights, she would say "Look Casey! More lights!" like every house was the most magical thing she'd ever seen. She's growing up so fast! It's awesome to watch her color inside the lines and play Spot It with us big kids and "play piano" with Carl. As she grows, so does her curiosity and I thank God every day for a little sister to keep me on my toes.
One more thought which is kind of random. Today while flipping through my Bible, I sped past Song Of Solomon. As my eyes scanned the pages, I noticed that not only does it contain the romance between the Lover and the Beloved but it also has the opinion of the Friends! I had never noticed that before. They praise the love between the Lover and the Beloved and share in their joy with them. It made me think, romance isn't something between just a couple! You really should have your family and friends there to help hold you on the ground when you're tempted to float off into the clouds and they should be able to rejoice with you! And not that I haven't thought this before. I've had that opinion for quite a while but I thought it interesting that it would show up in the Song Of Solomon. So yeah, there's my deep thought for today.
Huh? Oh, you want a song do you? Well.... I suppose I can scrounge up something. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InGN7JH6QeA
Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
Hello my dear readers! My apologies for my neglect the past few days. I've been quite busy with many things and when I did have time..... well I didn't have time! :)
So, instead of giving you a play by play of the past few days, making for a very long and boring post, I'll just give you my highlights!
Thursday was your normal go to class, go to work, do homework day so I'll just skip it. Friday I had very little homework and was able to go with my cousin to try on bridesmaids dresses for her wedding! It was very nice! Saturday was chock full of fun!!! First I had a birthday brunch with my family in the morning. I think birthday cake after breakfast should become mandatory all over the world! Then for the wonderful surprise, guess what happened Saturday! Well you never will so I'll give you a hint:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMt0IdeWowk
Did you guess it? That's right! It snowed! And quite a bit too!!! :D So, since there was all this white stuff, I had the pleasure of going sledding with Carl and his siblings (or most of them :) )! We had very much fun flying down the hills. Ok well they did. I mostly stayed at the top of the hill with his sister and watched and laughed as people wiped out. Taunting yes but fun. :) When I got home, my mom, Garrett and I went to a wedding. And it was beautiful! The bride was an old friend from Co-op who graduated my freshman year. She was sooooo gorgeous! One of those brides that was glowing and you could really tell. So after a beautiful wedding and a lovely reception, we came home and I set off for Carl's and some Christmas tree decorating. I have to say that the more time I spend with his family, the more dear to my heart they become. :) They are all awesome! I had a lovely time and got home quite late.
Today was nice too! Nursery serving for first service this morning so I got to spend some time with baby Natalie. :D Then I sat in second service and my dad preached a lovely Christmas sermon on Luke 1:26-38. After church, we all came home and ate lunch together, my mom and I went shopping, I took a nap, we played Euchre (Garrett and I won btw), watched The Miracle On 34th Street and ended the night with our Advent devotions.
Tomorrow starts another busy week of classes and studying for finals and lots of other odds and ends. But only two weeks of classes left! Ok, technically 8 days! :D I'm kinda excited about that if you couldn't tell.
Of course I cannot leave you without giving you another song. So here is one of my favorite Christmas songs that I grew up listening to. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Qt14YW3Lw
Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
I must say, today was absolutely fantastical! Completely and utterly. I really don't know how it could have gotten better.
To start off the day, I had the pleasure of calling Carl at 6:45 to wake him up. Yes, he did have to get up then anyway so I was attempting to make the inevitable more pleasant (since I had to be up at 6). After my morning cup of coffee, I went outside to discover that it was snowing! It took forever for my car to warm up as I drove to class (I even started it early) but, of course, it did not too long before I got there and then I didn't want to get out. But I had to. So into class I went. The lecture was boring as usual but thankfully the lab was fast so we got out quite early. I came home to turkey and noodles for lunch! Then, after finishing some English homework, Gavin and I ran an errand. Lucy's birthday is coming up next week and I had to get a present! So we had a good time in the car, singing to Christmas carols and talking and joking around.
Not too long after I got home, it was off to work. I worked with Brittany today. It was nice! We had a lot of kids at first but many left by about four o'clock and so the rest of the time was easy. No big issues and Christmas pretzels for snack! I left on time and when I got home, Carl came for dinner. After hanging out for a while, he and I went to go drive around and look at Christmas lights! He treated me to Starbucks and we had a great time talking while we drove. We saw some pretty sweet lights too! It was great fun! We got home just in time to catch the end of White Christmas which means that I'll have to watch it again so I can watch it from the beginning. But anyway, now here I am, thoroughly tired and ready for some sleep.
However before I sign off, you deserve a song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgaTRFbIlg
Keep your smiles on! Until next time!
