College Life.....

Day 30

2011-03-02T15:47:00.000-08:00

A Final Picture.....

I have tons of awesome pictures but this is one of my favorites recently....It was taken in Denver traffic on the highway. ENJOY!!!!

30 Days of Blogging has officially happened! Not sure what I will do next, any suggesstions?? 30 Days of Recipes? 30 Days of Weight Loss Tips? 30 Days of "Dating for Dummies" Quotes?? What will it be???

Keep following!!!

Day 29

2011-03-01T19:01:00.000-08:00

My Wishes...

In life I wish for a lot of things....but mainly I wish for the three P's...

Purpose

I wish for my purpose in life...everyone has that one purpose and I ultimately know that mine is to spread God's word but how do I do that? I mean I could just tell people about it...but I want to do something bigger, something meaningful, something purposeful.

Passion

I also wish to find my passion in life.....I recently took a character test that told me what my character was and what kind of a career i need in order to be satisfied and one thing it said was that I have a variety of interests and it takes me a long time to decide on one. So I wish to find my specific passion.

Possibility

Eternal life is sometimes a hard thing to comprehend. But I wish for the possibility in my future to understand eternal life. I want to experience it one day and just the possibility of it is something I wish for. God has given me that possibility and I can't wait to one day experience it.

Almost done....

Day 28

2011-02-28T10:50:00.000-08:00

Something that stresses me out.....

My roommate...This is pretty much self explanatory. I've learned the lesson, never live with your friends and NOT set rules and responsibilities....I won't go off on all of you because I probably have before. But my stress level has raised about 10 times the normal amount since I moved in with my friend...it shouldn't happen. Where are the ground rules?? Where are the responsibilities? Where is the respect?

Don't mind my anger....Hope tomorrow will be a more interesting post...

Day 27

2011-02-27T21:26:00.000-08:00

Pets

Well the fact is that through my lifetime I have had a few pets; 2 birds, 2 fish, 2 gerbils, a crazy dog, and finally 1 beautiful wonderful lifelong cat!

All of the first pets are gone but my cat, Midnight lived for 17 years and just recently passed on last year. She was a black cat with long hair! I loved her! But other than her, I didn't have too many pets that actually survived my care! They found better homes!

Day 26

2011-02-26T21:21:00.000-08:00

A Picture of Your Family...

This is an easy one! We just took great family pictures at Christmas time!

Day 25

2011-02-25T15:35:00.001-08:00

Put your Ipod on Shuffle, name the first 10 songs...

1. Monday Rain - Kate Voegele

2. More Than a Memory - Garth Brooks

3. I Want it That Way - Backstreet Boys

4. Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera

5. Here We G0 - N'Sync

6. True Friend - Hannah Montana

7. Two Hands - Jars of Clay

8. Love Is Here - Tenth Avenue North

9. We Shall Behold HIm - Sandi Patty

10. Like I Am - Rascal Flatts

I'm ashamed....just saying...

Day 24

2011-02-24T19:54:00.000-08:00

Something you have learned...

This is another big topic. Is this one of those topics like "list every high school subject you sat through and list all college classes you have completed?" or is it more a long what have you learned that makes you a better person?

Since the first one would take to long, I'm going with the second!

I have learned that everyone will judge you at one point in life. No matter if its a teacher who will judges your homework assignments, a friend who judges your other friends, or even a parent who judges which significant other you choose to be with. The fact is that everyone judges you. Sometimes it isn't on purpose, sometimes it isn't on accident, but sometimes it is precisely what somewhat needs.

Thats an interesting thought of something I've learned, but the fact is that other things that I've learned are so normal and juvenile so I chose this!

Enjoy!

Day 23

2011-02-23T19:53:00.000-08:00

Favorite Vacation....

This is a big decision for me because I have been to sooooooo many awesome vacations! But if I had to choose my favorite one, it would probably have to be my Alaskan Cruise. On this vacation my parents and I went on a cruise with the Holland America Cruiseline from Seattle, WA thru Alaska and all the way up to Victoria, British Columbia BUT the fact is that I don't have any pictures of that trip on my computer!

It was the greatest vacation ever! I went "Mushing" or Alaskan Dog Sledding with a guy that actually raced in the Iditorod later that year. We also stopped in Ketchikan, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Puget, Sound; and Juneau, Alaska.

That was by far my best vacation ever! I bought my class ring in Ketchikan, Alaska and my very first flip flop necklace in Victoria, British Columbia. It was a very thrilling and exciting vacation!

Day 22

2011-02-22T19:53:00.000-08:00

What's In My Makeup Bag....

This is actually not an embarassing thing. My makeup bag is small because I don't wear that much so here we go:

Foundation
Eye Shadow Palette - I only use it for the mirror though
Old Eyeliner - that I just threw away
New Black Eyeliner
Old colored chapstick - Just threw that away too!
New colored chapstick
Beige lipstick
Flavored lip gloss
Burt's Bees Chapstick
3 Bobby Pins

Not too bad in my opinion! But this little experience also helped me get rid of a few things! :)

Day 21

2011-02-21T19:52:00.000-08:00

A Picture of Yourself

This is me last November! I was on my way to a wedding so I was all dressed up and this was one of the only pictures I could find of myself alone!!

Day 20

2011-02-20T19:33:00.002-08:00

Nicknames...

This is almost an inappropriate question but I have a few! And each one has its own story but for some reason I'm not going to tell you all of them! So just enjoy reading them!

myBra

Aunt Myra

Aunt Rara

Meeeeerah

El Myra

Will

Grace

Jack

Myr

Smurf #1

Day 19

2011-02-19T19:33:00.000-08:00

Something that you miss...

I miss my grandpa! He was the greatest old man I ever knew! He was my only grandpa that I ever met and lets just say, he was totally and 100 percent the best grandpa anyone could ask for!

I also miss my cat. I know going from my grandpa to my cat is a pretty weird thing but I had her for about 17 years and now that she's gone I miss her a lot! I am planning to get a new kitty here soon so maybe I can still have someone right!

Day 18

2011-02-18T19:30:00.000-08:00

Regrets....

Regrets are something that I have but the fact is that I don't like to remember them! I do regret different things like not going on study abroad in college, not attending the same college for four years, and not attending the same high school all four years!

But the fact is, I can't change any of that! So who cares about regrets?? I don't!! Not my favorite post in this 30 day blog but hey its over, off until day 19!!!

Day 17

2011-02-17T19:29:00.000-08:00

Something that I am looking forward too....

There are a few things that I am looking forward to:

1. Senior Session 2011!!!! - this is going to be epic!

2. My sweet little nephew being born in July 2011!!!! - Can't wait to be an Aunt of 4!!!

3. Graduating College!! - We all know this isn't too close but I can't still look forward to it!
There are many more but as of right now, thats it!!

Day 16

2011-02-16T12:06:00.001-08:00

My Dreamhouse...

This is an interesting post because I am a classic believer of "Home is where the heart is" and I personally think that when referring to my "dreamhouse" that that is where I am going to build my home which obviously is in my heart. So first off...my ultimate dream house is precisely where this is:

But I know most of you want to know my action dream structure....well that is just a house with the following attributes:

*Acreage! I want land with my house. I am tired of houses that has another house within 10 feet of my front door. Don't get me wrong, I love neighbors but I just want to have my space as well. If my house is on maybe 2 city lots or something that would be fine I just want space for my (future) kids to run and play in the backyard.
*Stories! I don't want your normal ranch style house, I want floors! I want to have a second floor at the very least! I think it would be great to have even an attic above that. Somewhere that I could dedicate to my oldest child at one point or maybe a studio for some hobby that I acquire!
*Hide-Outs! I love houses that have little rooms for children to investigate and use as a hide-out when they want to just have an adventure! Little spaces where they can hide their most precious toys from all others!
*Porches! One thing that I love about houses is the porch! I always wanted to be able sit on my porch in the morning and just watch the sunrise and drink some coffee or tea or even hot chocolate!

Thats not too much for my dream house but those are some things that I want in it because quite frankly, I love all kinds of houses and each one has character and its own story. Here's an example of my dream house!

Enjoy!

Day 15

2011-02-15T15:20:00.000-08:00

A Bible Verse...

This is also a tough one to narrow down so I will just put my top 3 verses!

Proverbs 4:23

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

2 Timothy 4:7

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

Galations 5:22-23

"But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such there is no law."

Day 14

2011-02-14T14:42:00.005-08:00

A Picture you love...

There are too many pictures that I just LOVE! But currently this is my favorite picture because it is the announcement that my brother and sister-in-law are expecting a BOY!!!! This is a picture of the cake at their gender revealing party! This is how they found out what they were having!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

Day 13

2011-02-13T14:42:00.000-08:00

Goals...

My goals in life are many! I have so many things I want to accomplish in life, to name a few...

Live a life just like Christ
Choose A Major
Graduate with my Bachelor's Degree
Find my Passion in life
Travel to all 50 states
Make a difference in someone else's life
Befriend my enemy
Help someone that I don't know
Go on another mission trip
Succeed at a relationship with my mom
Love another

Day 12

2011-02-12T14:42:00.000-08:00

What you believe...

This is a pretty intense subject, here are just a few!

I believe in...

God
Jesus
The Holy Spirit
Eternal Salvation
Love at first sight
Forever
Santa Claus

Yes, I do believe in Santa Claus! Who else would know EXACTLY what I want every year at Christmas! Plus all my presents still say "To: Myra From: Santa" I mean come on Santa and I are even on a first name basis, how could I NOT believe in him!??

Day 11

2011-02-11T14:39:00.000-08:00

Favorite TV Shows...

This is my favorite day so far! I love talking about my TV shows because there are so many of them!

ONE TREE HILL<Gossip Girl
90210<< Old and New
Greek
Life Unexpected
Pretty Little Liars
Gilmore Girls
Grey's Anatomy
House, M.D.
Saved By The Bell
Boy Meets World
The Secret Life of an American Teenager
Make It or Break It
All Disney Shows <

Day 10

2011-02-10T14:09:00.001-08:00
Something I'm afraid of...
This is an interesting topic because I pretty much am not afraid of anything. But one thing that really scares me is being alone. I have so much family and friends that I can't even imagine being alone in this world. I do want to move to some big city today but in my thinking, I'm pretty much a friendly person and I will find some friends soon enough so I am not afraid.
So the only thing I am afraid of is being alone.

Day 9

2011-02-09T19:18:00.000-08:00
Pictures of my Friends

I love all my friends! The first one is me and my friend Chris at Halloween - Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble in homemade costumes!!

This is my friend Lindsey and I at Halloween - Wilma Flintstone and a Flapper Girl!

Mica, Chris, Danny, Caleb, ME, Jen, and Lindsay at my 23rd Birthday Party!

Mica and I on our way to Chickasha!!

Caleb and Danny on our way to Chickasha!!

Danny and I in Branson! <3>

Lindsay and I

Until Day 10...

Day 8

2011-02-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

A Place I Have Traveled

This is one of my favorite topics! I love to travel! I have been pretty lucky in my lifetime to get to travel to tons of countries and places! My favorite place that I have traveled was when I went on a cruise down the Mediterranean Sea. I went to Sicily, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Pompeii; Pisa; and tons more places!

The best place out of those would have to Pisa! I went to the field of miracles which has the Tower of Pisa, The Baptistry, and The Catholic Church. I have included a few pictures of my trip (hope that isn't against the 30 day blog challenge rules).

Day 7

2011-02-07T07:33:00.000-08:00
Favorite Movies

I suppose I should have looked at each day in this 30 day blog before attempting it because this is going to be one of the hardest posts! Haha! As you all know, I love movies! I have so many that I could be considered an addict. And the fact is that I can't narrow it down to just one movie but I can by most genres. So here it goes:

Action/Adventure Movies

Kiss of the Dragon
The Punisher
Armageddon

Suspense/Thriller Movies

The Illusionist
The Butterfly Effect

Romance Movies

Nights In Rodanthe

Romantic/Comedy Movies

Letters to Juliet
Because I Said So
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
He's Just Not That Into You
Bride Wars
Easy A

Comedy Movies

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Mrs. Doubtfire
Tommy Boy
Office Space
The Hangover
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

There are so many more movies that I love so much so this is not even close to all of them! But thats a start!

Day 6

2011-02-06T22:18:00.000-08:00

A Picture That Makes You Happy

This is such a difficult decision! I have so many pictures that just looking at them makes me laugh and choosing one is so hard! But I've decided to go with an easy one. My Grandma. This picture was from Memorial Day this past summer and thats my Grandma! I love my grandma so much and she has always been there for me through thick and thin! And through this time in her life, I want to be there for her! So this is a dedication to my awesome grandma!

Day 5

2011-02-05T07:14:00.000-08:00
Favorite Recipe

Well, for most of you that know me, I don't cook. It's just not my thing I suppose but I can cook because for all those years at my mom's house, she taught me tons of recipes! And yes I could tell you all the classic, strogonoff recipe because that by far is my favorite meal! But I just found a new recipe recently that was delicious and super easy in my crock pot! So here it is!

Ingredients:
10 oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup
8 oz. container sour cream
1 1/2 cups shredded Cojack cheese
32 oz. pkg. frozen hash brown potatoes

Preparation:
Spray 4-6 quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Combine soup, sour cream and cheese in medium bowl and mix well. Pour half of potatoes into prepared crockpot. Top with half of sour cream mixture. Top with rest of potatoes, then remaining sour cream mixture, spreading evenly. Cover and cook on high for 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 hours. If you have a newer, hotter crockpot, check at 3 hours to see if the potatoes are tender.

These are the most delicious cheesy potatoes ever! I took them as a side dish to this party that I went to and it was phenomenal and they all went! Everyone kept requesting seconds!

Hope you all try it and enjoy!

Day 4

2011-02-04T19:09:00.000-08:00
Parents

Well my parents are honestly one of a kind. They had me so late in life, my mom was 38 and my dad was 36! I mean, that doesn't seem old, but when she has a new born at 38 it's pretty crazy right?

My mom by far is the one person in this world that could have been my twin...give or take 38 years....We have the same personality and even if someone looked at her when she was my age we looked a lot of like! It has surprised me over the years the more that we have more in common than normal, but she's my mom right? That's how its supposed to be. Don't tell my sister but I think mom's more like me than her in a lot of ways. But you know thats good, that makes a family right? Diversity....

My dad is pretty much awesome as well. He's one of the best salesman you have ever known! Anyone, that deals with him will vouch for that too, its pretty phenomenal. He has definitely stuck by me through a lot of things throughout my life too! Him and I are pretty alike as well. We share the strange likeness for Mathematics and the huge calves! Haha! Ok, too much. Sorry.

If you ask me, out of my two siblings and myself I am probably the one child that is more equally diverse between my parents. My brother and sister are more like my dad and I am more like both of them combined! The precise definition of having 50% of the mom and 50% of the dad is defined by me!

Until tomorrow...

Day 3

2011-02-03T19:02:00.000-08:00
First Love...

Well, today is the day that everyone knows was meant to come, the conversation of my love life! I have had so many loves in my life the first is hard to come by. There are so many different ways I can answer this question...through inanimate objects, sports, significant others, or even family members...

I'm going to pick sports because that technically came first in my life! Snow skiing!!! I have been skiing since I was 4 years old! It has been quite an enjoyable 19 years so far! I love the views up on the mountain as soon as you get off the ski lift. And skiing down the mountain is just wonderful to me, the wind in my hair and the only thing that matters is skiing through the trees and over the jumps!!

My first love in significant others is pretty personal and today I just don't feel like reliving the past and bringing all that back. Maybe someday I will but not today.

Until Day 4...

Day 2

2011-02-02T20:20:00.000-08:00
The Meaning Behind My Blog Name

Well my blog name is pretty explainable. It started out in the beginning as being a blog about my life when I am in college but now its turned into a blog about everything. I probably need to change it in some way but I can't decide exactly what to change it into. Recently I have actually started blogging on another website and I decided to make it not as much of a personal blog but more of a informative and creative blog so this title will probably stay since indeed I am still in College and this is in fact my life's blog!

Until tomorrow....

Day 1

2011-02-01T08:14:00.000-08:00
Hey everyone, it has been a while since my lost post I know! The fact is that so many things happen and I get so busy that when I sit down to post about what all was going on over the past weeks, there is too much and I just don't post! So I've decided to copy a few other bloggers and do the 30 Day blog challenge! Hopefully it will be exciting and I can succeed at it! So here's the beginning...

Day 1: Introduction, Recent Picture, and 15 Interesting Facts

Hello all, I'm Myra, 23 years old, and a office representative. I work at State Farm Insurance right now but hopefully within the next year I will be in a position in healthcare! I work full time and go to school full time right now. My days are so busy this attempt of the 30 day blog challenge might be difficult, but I'm determined!

15. I love the color Pink! Too many of you, this is a "duh" moment, but my obsession of the color has to be announced everynow and then to those that don't know.
14. I aspire one day to open some kind of B & B or a small coffee shop in a high end tourist spot, whether that is in the mountains, the beach, or even overseas!
13. I am Sooner Born and Sooner Bred! I love to watch OU Football but don't ask me the stats because I don't follow them that much. When the game is on, I'll watch it but I'm not a diehard fan like my dad and brothers.
12. I was born 7 years after my sister and 10 years after my brother, so I am basically an only child.
11. I have been on 2 Holland America Cruises. One was to Alaska and Canada and one was in the Mediterranean Sea around the boot of Italy.
10. I have been snow skiing for 19 years and decided this past week, that next year I'm learning to snowboard!
9. I love movies! I have a collection of about 150 movies and it continues to grow daily. I only buy movies if they are on sale or I buy used DVDs. I bought the movie, Transformers, about 2 months after it came out on DVD for $3 at a garage sale.
8. I am one of the most sarcastic people you will ever meet.
7. If I could live the rest of my life as a waitress, I would do it.
6. The only thing that I'm ultimately afraid of is being alone, but other than that I'm afraid of the dark.
5. I try my hardest to walk a Christian life and follow in Christ's footsteps and I fail at it everyday.
4. I love the snow! I would prefer to live without the horrible Kansas winds and just the snow...but I suppose that is ok for now!
3. I have watched a television show, One Tree Hill, for the past 7 1/2 years religiously and will continue to watch until the end.
2. I have climbed the tower of Pisa!
1. And last but certainly not least, my most interesting fact is that I sweat the color blue! No joke, whenever I wear lighter colored clothes and the sweat appears, its BLUE! No doctors can tell me whats wrong so I'm just embracing my smurfness!
Until tomorrow...

Where's the Snow???

2010-12-06T07:44:00.000-08:00
You heard me folks, wheres the snow at?? It's December and I want some snow falling! The lowest the temperature has gotten is MAYBE 30 degrees! Seriously, that is not snow weather! I want to have a white Christmas! I love snow so much and definitely want it more and more every Christmas!
So, in the last month or so a lot has happened! I am including mucho pictures in this update for all your viewing pleasure! Here's 10 things that happened this past month!

10. Tasted Lobster, Crab, and Shrimp MAC and Cheese at Mike's Wine Dive on the east side!

9. My brother and sister-in-law announced the coming of their 2nd child...gracing his or her presence to this world July 2011!

8. I put my very own Christmas lights and tree up in my house!

7. The Young Professionals had a Silver Maple Retreat dedicated to Halloween! Here's a picture of myself and my twin in our costumes! And yes that's a boy! ha ha! Chris (Betty Rubble) is a friend of mine that goes to EastPoint and we are literally the same person! We have the same personality and are just alike! It's awesome!

6. We have hired a third girl up front at work about a week ago! It's turning out to be a pretty good adjustment!

5. I decided to enroll in school and go part time at the office! I'm officially going to graduate with a Bachelor's in Business Administration! Just remember, don't say anything about it because if anyone does, it will JINX me! :) It's going to be great!

4. I had three very nice Thanksgiving dinners and we had some visitors too!
One in Minnesota with my mom's side of the family.
One with my wonderful grandmother and papa's side of the family.
And finally one with just the immediate crew: Mom, Dad, Michael, Melody, Gavan, Katie, Jaylen, Macy, and Rosson!

3. Found the coolest way to work out at home on the Wii!!! I definitely recommend this game to everyone!!
2. My niece Jaylen turned 3 years old!

1. I turned 23 and had a huge party at my house, here's a picture of just a few that came to the party and some even came from Oklahoma City and stayed the whole weekend!! It was fantastic! And a picture of the bouquet of flowers that my Momma gave me!

So, that is the update for today! It's alot easier to do it that way and just add pictures! Hope you all enjoy!

One Month To The Day...

2010-11-01T21:37:00.000-07:00
My skills are pretty good when I can post to my blog exactly one month from each post!

So here's the deal...I've had a colonoscopy, a small bowel x-ray, and a CT scan...and NOTHING! I'm just getting frustrated with doctors! I am getting my gall bladder checked out to make sure that that is in good orders because another doctor told me about his past and apparently he used to sweat GREEN! And it turned out to be his gall bladder and then he stopped sweating green! So I'm going to get it checked out and if that is fine...i'm giving up!! I am honestly tired of all the tests and doctors appointments and the looks from doctors that says "You are just looking for a disease" because I'm not! Why would I want to go to the doctor so much? I mean honestly!

On the other hand....I'm having a really hard time in other parts of my life. My roommate is the biggest slob ever. I don't understand why she can't clean up her mess...its almost unbearable how bad it is! And honestly, I'm not the cleanest person but I don't leave laundry piles on the couch for two weeks...or dishes in the sink for a week...or the same plate with leftover food on it on the coffee table for a week! Half empty glasses of pop? Open cookie containers?...I don't understand why she can't respect my space! I mean we SHARE the house...I feel like I should be paying for a one bedroom apartment because that is almost the only space I have!

I'm losing a lot of things in my life right now...from the previous paragraph, i'm losing my best friend....i'm losing my mom....i'm losing my ambition in life...i'm pretty much losing my mind in all aspects! I don't want to go into too much detail on all of this but seriously i'm losing it!

Prayers are always requested in my posts so yet again I would love any prayers sent in to the north...

Update on the health...

2010-10-01T20:23:00.000-07:00
My lack of blogging has no excuse but I do have some good news for the world of bloggers and a funny story that happened last night with my roommate and I!

The good news is.......(drum roll please)......I DONT HAVE WILSONS!!!! Great right?? I'm don't recall whether I told you all but I went to get a second opinion on this fatal disease that I had been diagnosed with..I went to a Gastro doctor. He looked at all my tests that the previous doctor had given me and all he could say was "From what I'm looking at, your previous doctor had 3 good reasons why you DONT have WD, but I will take some blood and test your ceruloplasmin to double check that" Needless to say, he took the blood and two days later the test came back and I don't have WD!
Now, don't get me wrong, I was excited that I did not have the fatal disease that I had been living with and going through treatments for 6 months, but the doctor still did not know why I was having all these symptoms! The gastro doc said that he suggested a colonoscopy (Upper and Lower GI) to see why the other symptoms were occurring but for my smurf-like qualities he suggested a dermatologist. The colonoscopy is scheduled for October 6th.
So then I was off to the dermatologist, he surprisingly had a cancellation at last minute so I got in the following Friday. The derma doc diagnosed me with chromhidrosis. Another long word but ironically that is a rare disease that one gets when he or she secretes colored sweat. Now you tell me, why did my primary care physician see that? That is precisely the reason that I am not returning to that doctor and on the search for a new physician.
Back to chromhidrosis, that disease is so rare that there is not a treatment that has ultimately worked. My derma doc said he wasn't very optimistic about the whole thing. So yet again, another rare disease on my part. To define chromhidrosis, it is basically a bacterial infection but when it meets something in my body it turns my sweat blue. The only problem is that since we don't know what bacteria this is and how I got it, the docs don't know what medicine to give me. My doctor gave me some pill to take for a month then return to see him. So, who knows what will happen.

That is basically the short/long version update of my health stuff...now onto a funny thing that happened:

Last night, I was a little out of wack...off the wall...losing it...sort of. And my best friend/roommate asked me in complete seriousness, "Are you on drugs?" I mean there was no sarcasm or humor in her voice at all. It was hilarious! Rest assured, I am not doing drugs of any kind but the fact that my best friend who knows that I would never touch drugs had the nerve to ask me that....I must have been pretty much out of it...or neurological problems? HAHA!

I have written too much about the past that I must skip my thoughts for the evening and end my post here. Hope you all have a wonderful evening.

Until next time...

SPIDERS!!!

2010-09-14T13:06:00.000-07:00
So, last night after I posted something really funny happened between my best friend/roommate and myself. I am definitely starting to realize why you should NEVER be roommate's with your best friend and its basically because the other person will eventually drive you insane!

My best friend and I are different, her and I have had this weird/awesome friendship for almost 6 years. We are very honest and blunt about everything!

For example: boys! Yes, boys...my best friend was really into this guy and unfortunately so was I. So, we sat down and I told her, I said "I think I have feelings for Stephen" and she was just like, "Hmmm...well what do we do now?" And we pretty much talked about it and got down to the root of the question and figured out who honestly had true feelings for him. It was pretty legit! I mean what two girls can do that?? Not too many...especially when it comes to boys!

I mean we have always had that kind of friendship that we could always talk to eachother about ANYTHING and we are definitely determined to break the odds and be roommates and not lose our friendship. So last night here is the way our conversation went:

Keep in mind that we are sitting downstairs both on our computers watching our favorite television shows and doing stuff on facebook.

M: I just want you to know, that if you don't clean up your messes here, here, here, here, here, and here (Pointing everywhere); you are going to drive me insane.
B: Ok (sarcastically grinning)
M: I'm serious dude, I mean there are at least 6 cups sitting on this coffee table that have things growing in them.
B: Ok (sarcastically grinning)

Then she commented on my fb and said: Hey best friend...I looooove you! I just wanted you to know :) Sorry I drive you crazy!
I responded: Clean up your DANG mess.........................................love you!
She responded: Do all my lesson plans!!!!!!!
(She is a first year second grade teacher, just FYI)

Then she got up not admitting that she was angry said she was going to bed and proceeded to go upstairs. About 5 minutes goes by and I follow upstairs to talk to her.

M: Yo dawg, are you upset with me?
(I always try to talk like I'm an idiot to make her laugh when she's upset with me)
B: I'm not mad....
(Lies)

We start talking about everything that is going on and all of a sudden....

B: MYRA!!!! There's a spider on the ceiling, KILL IT!!!!!!
(I go pick up her shoe and proceed to kill it)
B: Not with MY shoe!! If you get that on my bed, I swear!!!!
(The spider fell on her bed)
M: Oh I thought you said, please use my shoe and smear the spider's guts on my bed?
B: (She starts laughing uncontrollably)
M: Well your laughing and smiling again so I guess the spider I planted did the trick! I'm going to bed now, love you!
B: You are a punk...
M: Night!
B: Love you too, Night...

Our friendship is honestly the funniest thing you could ever know about! If anyone reading my blog, would like to do a movie or start a television show on the friendship beween us, it would definitely be one of those classics that is always remembered! We decided that we are a toss up between the Gilmore Girls and Bridewars!

Thanks for reading! Also, One Tree Hill (The show that my best friend and I have been watching for 8 years now together is premiering tonight so don't miss it!)

Rough Day...

2010-09-13T21:45:00.000-07:00
Today was a rough day...My coworker is on a cruise in the Caribbean (YAYA for her) but it still puts a lot more stress on my day because I have to take the whole lot of the office on myself. I'm really happy for her that she gets to have this awesome week but it is still kind of difficult when she's gone.

I have also been thinking about alot lately and asking completely ridiculous questions to myself such as: Why has almost every guy that I have ever dated, cheated on me (more than once)?
Why do I have days where I could stay up all night just because I have so much on my mind?
Why is it that I seem to never find the right path to take? I have found a career and so I need to focus on that, I know...but I'm a girl! Girls over think EVERYTHING! And for some reason, I am like an extreme girl because I can't stop it..and sometimes I can't ignore it either.

I guess today was just hard for me....I really want to get the second opinion from this doctor on Monday, but what if he says something worse? I hate "what if" questions, but it seems that I always ask them and I ask them always at the wrong time.

My grandma went home and that is awesome!! I'm really happy for her....so thank you for all the prayers said on behalf of her because obviously they paid off!!

Love you all...Here's a quote from one of my favorite tv shows:

L: "What do you mean peanuts don't grow on trees?"
R: "Trust me mom, I'm a college graduate!"

Z is for...

2010-09-08T22:03:00.000-07:00

Zero!!! There will be no more alphabet entries. You are relieved right?? I know that I am.

Well let me see a week has went by and lots has happened! Friday night, my parents and I drove out to Coffeyville to see my grandma Saturday morning. It was a little weird just being in her house without her there. My grandma has always lived in that house for as long as I remember and it is just weird to be there and her not be there. But nevertheless Grandma looked good! She talked the whole time we were there and her spirits were up really high! I was so glad to hear that too. She had given us
some good news, that she will be going home sometime this week! So that is AWESOME!!! She is not released yet, but she will be soon!!

Saturday after we went to GMA's, we traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma and I spent the rest of the weekend with my family. It was really fun! We swam in my cousin's new pool all weekend and played fun games of Yahtzee and Mexican Train with dominos! It was a lot of fun. We came home Monday night, and let me tell you, I was exhausted! A long weekend with my family is awesome but at the same time, exhausting.

So last night, I went to my class this semester and there was a guest speaker that talked about a program with Emporia State University that
I can get my Bachelor's through ESU but on the Butler campus. The good thing about this is that the tuition is less than half the cost of Southwestern and Emporia State is a HUGE education school. It originally was a school for teachers only (at least thats what Abigale a.k.a. my roommate told me). So I am looking into that program currently and will keep you all updated on it!

This morning, I went to the chiropractor and of course he found more issues with my back but he fixed them and said it was caused mainly from my new exercise plan and stress of course! Then tonight, after work I came home and got ready for my friend, Emily's wedding! It was so much fun! It was outside at Botanica Gardens and very very cute! I will upload some pictures of it later when I get time! Right now, my camera is dead and charging! Also, I learned how to 2-step! It was interesting and a wee bit painful with high heels on
. :)

Well this coming weekend is going to be insanely busy again! Tomorrow night (which isn't technically the weekend but still) I am going to an Espresso Theatre night at a coffee shop downtown and then Friday night, I am going to a concert for First and Foremost at the same coffee shop and getting a pedicure with Abigale beforehand! Saturday, will be another day of doctors appointments. I am traveling to OKC to see my optometrist to check out some things with Wilson's.

Well thats pretty much the update for my blog today, I am sitting on my porch and just completed some homework and figured that I would update my blog!

Before I go, funny story....I was sitting on my porch this evening and had my headphones in and really reading my textbook and it had started sprinkling rain, went into a constant downpour and was done before I looked up and realized it had even started to rain!

Hope you have a great day and week! Love you all and God Bless!

Y is for....

2010-09-02T11:47:00.000-07:00
Yummy....

Well it seems that I am almost done with this alphabet thing and let me tell you, I'm tired of it but since I have OCD I have to finish all the way to Z before I can stop..haha!

This past week has been pretty good. Sunday night after church some people from my Young Professionals group went to see Switch with Jennifer Aniston. Let me tell you, it was a great movie! I mean every "Chick Flick" is pretty much predictable but this one was cute and respectful and honestly I don't remember any really bad scenes like some of them have these days. So it is definitely a must-see for all of you movie viewers!

On Wednesday, I went to the gym and ran on the eliptical for 30 minutes! I was ecstatic! It felt really good and since my doctor actually prescribed 30 minutes of exercise a day, I think I'm doing pretty good. I just hope that I can keep it up!

Then Wednesday night I was watching one of my all-time favorite television shows (besides One Tree Hill of course), PSYCH! It is about this guy, Shawn Spencer, who proclaims to be a psychic and solves crimes for the Santa Barbara Police Department. It is quite frankly a hilarious show and very interesting. It is kind of a mixture of Monk and NCIS! And this week, the show mentioned Wilson's Disease! I received a few texts from friends letting me know that this was happening even though I had already DVR'd the show and intended on watching it momentarily. It did not say too much detail but the fact that it was mentioned was pretty exciting.

Tonight is the night, my mom and dad are coming over to cook dinner for Briawna and I, and I am going to mow the lawn again...I swear the grass grew like weeds, it was Crazy Fast!! Pray for me on that note!

This weekend I will be traveling to Coffeyville to see my grandma in the hospital. She is getting better and able to get out of bed a little easier and on her own now. So I'm excited to see her. Then Saturday, I will be going to Broken Arrow, OK to spend the weekend with my family for Labor Day! My cousins just installed a new pool, so we have to test it out.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I found this cute poem about Labor Day...

No work today,
The day of Labor day,
No school today,
The day of Labor day,
The last day of white
To be worn,
The last day of summer
To enjoy.

Enjoy your weekend!!

X is for...

2010-08-28T22:29:00.000-07:00
X-ray...

So last night, I mowed the lawn for the first time completely by myself and let me just say it is hard work!!! I almost had a heat stroke it was so difficult!!! But let me also just let you know that my yard is HUGE!!!! I mean ginormous!! It took me about an hour and a half to finish it all and it was super hot outside too!! It was actually only in the 80's but still that is really hot...I honestly don't understand how some people do this for a living! I definitely have a new found respect for all Lawn care professionals out there!

Besides that, Briawna and I have been watching some new movies lately and surprisingly they were really good...almost made me cry at at least 3 of them!

First, we watched "When In Rome"...a classic romantic comedy with Josh Duhamel and Kristin Bell! I really liked it, it was a good story line but honestly I think it could have been played out a little more intellectually and not completely about dumb blonde moments.

Second, we watched "The Sixth Sense"...now I understand that everyone has already seen this movie because it is completely a classic but I had never seen it until Friday night! This movie is quite phenomenal! I can't tell you how much it moved me!

Third, we watched "Remember Me"...I will be completely honest, when I first red-boxed this movie, it was because Robert Pattinson was the actor, but it really touched me. I had no idea that it had anything to do with 9/11...I must have missed that part of the previews but it was really moving and I almost came to tears...

And finally tonight, we watched "Letters to God"...the movie is actually still going on but I can already tell that it is going to be a tear-jerk. A young boys relationship with God really inspires me in more ways then one. When I first saw, "Fireproof" I was touched and wanted that kind of a relationship but sadly I was not dating or married to anyone so I could not entirely relate to the movie. But in Letters to God, the little boy has cancer. I mean he has a disease and so do I. I know that there is not even a close comparison between cancer and Wilson's disease but I guess it cuts me pretty deep sometimes when I read articles that say words like "fatal" and "lifelong" it just scares me.

But anyway, I just love movies that truly move me, so if anyone was wondering what movies to rent this next week, "The Sixth Sense", "Remember Me", and "Letters to God" are my recommendations!

"Anyone can walk up to someone and say 'Jesus love you' but if you want it to truly make an impact, then you must show it!"
~Someones Facebook Status

Prayer Request

2010-08-24T22:44:00.000-07:00
Also, before I head to sleep tonight I want to send a request out to all of you to pray for my grandma...

She has been diagnosed with Bone Marrow Cancer. She is luckily able to go through chemo in a pill form and started that awhile back so there is no radiation or other forms of chemo. This past week, she had some struggles and had to go into the hospital. She is there now until we can get her immune system back up to par.

She is eating on her own and doing better each day...just keep her and my family in your prayers please!

She is the only grandparent I have left so this time is really hard for me to even cope with it. Thank you to all! God Bless!

W is for....

2010-08-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

Way too long.....

So it has been about 8 months and I decided that I should probably grace the blogworld with a post...I know I have been slacking on it but lets just be honest, alot has been going on since January so this is going to be a long post to just fill everyone in on what has been going on with me!
Well back in March/April time I started turning into a smurf
. I know that sounds funny but I really did. I started sweating the color blue. My perspiration was definitely turning into a smurf at least. So in the beginning of May I was talking to my best friend's mom (who did her laundry and noticed that I had "stained" one her her shirts) and asked, Whats this from? I said, "I don't know really I have just been turning different things blue recently, for example my shirts, my watch, and even my purse. She suggested that I go to the doctor to see what the deal was. So, I went to the doctor on May 11th, he ran tons of urine and blood tests and then he diagnosed me with Wilson's Disease, you can read about it here: http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/wilsons-disease-11044. It's an extremely rare genetic disease that I have somehow acquired.

For treatment on this disease I have initially begun Chelation Therapy. You can read about that here: http://www.webmd.com/balance/tc/chelation-therapy-topic-overview. It is an IV treatment that I am doing once a week for 20 weeks then we will do more urine and blood tests to see what it has accomplished over the past few months. This past Tuesday was my 10th Chelation so I am half way done!! I am also taking Zinc medication to fight the copper as well so hopefully that is helping.
At the end of September we are going to see a gastroenterologist to kind of get a more specialized view and diagnosis. All prayers are definitely appreciated on this subject!

On other health issues, two weeks ago Friday I had periodontal surgery. The
gums in front of my bottom teeth in the very front were receding so I had surgery completed that took a skin graft from the roof of my mouth and put it where the gums were receding. Also, through surgery the doctor told me that they had to cut my frenulum between my gums and my lip. So now I don't have a frenulum. It's pretty funny but just a new fun fact!

So besides all of the depressing facts about my health, I have decided to go back to school!! How crazy is that?? I decided that I love children and would love to be an elementary education teacher. It might have something to do with my wonderful best friend/roommate starting her first year of teaching this year...but mostly it is because I have to get out of this profession and do something that I love. So school is the start. I am also doing this on a faster paced program so I will go only at nights and only take 2 classes at a a time but they are at night and they only last for about 8 weeks instead of 16 weeks. I just finished my first teaching class and yep, I'm still nervous!!! :)

My parents and I also went to Vienna, Austria over the first week of July so that was pretty awesome! We took a couple day trips to Salzburg, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Melk, Austria; and we took a dinner cruise on the Danube River in Austria. It was pretty awesome!
One of my best friend's also got married this summer, Janet and Caleb are extremely happy and completely cute even with cake all over their faces!!! I was her maid of honor so I definitely got to experience some of the action! :)
And this fall, my other best friend and now roommate has started her first year teaching!!! Check out her awesome desk and very first classroom!!

And finally, Last night at church, we had a huge blowout for the end of VBS. The theme was Hero Headquarters so we had all of our local Heroes come out and let the kids see the "toy
s" and ride the "rides." We had cop cars, fire trucks, SWAT team vans, a Humvee, and tons of other people. It was pretty fantastic!!

Lindsey and I posing next to all the big guns!!! :)

They tied me down on the gurney!! Crazy!!

Sorry for being so far away from the blogging world...hope you enjoy my pictures! Thanks for reading!!

V is for....

2010-01-28T08:05:00.000-08:00
Very Very Extroadinary....E is even more than anyone that you adore....
Name that movie?????

So, you all should be proud..it only took me a week to update my blog this time!

Last weekend I went with my mom and dad to try on ski boots! And guess what?? Yep...it still hurts. I just don't know what is going on! It's really confusing...but my opinion is that its my calves, and the fact that I am out of shape! So I have been flexing my calves and will hopefully be able to handle it for two days...skiing is my favorite thing in the world and I'm not about to let that go this easily! So everyone pray for me that I might make it through our ski trip next weekend! Can you believe one week from tomorrow I'll be driving up there??? AHHH!!! It's so close...im not packed! haha!

So anyway..then Saturday night I went to a LEGO Party!!! How awesome is that?? I met some new friends and made some great memories...sadly my BFOTB wasn't there. She was at home sick...so sadly she didnt get to enjoy the fun! Here are some pictures of our wonderful lego land that we invented....

This is obviously our park...(hence the title) you can see the basketball goal in the background..some slides...a teter totter (sp?) on the far back right...and just some fun toys,,and of course trees!!!
Thats Melissa and Jen!! They were the co-creators of the wonderful IDAHO!!! (We chose idaho because we thought it would be less likely to go through natural disasters)
We have a Zoo for animals...and jail for the people...an icecream parlor (complete with an arctic snowboarding policeman, horses, and a drive through window!!!)...and a mcdonalds!!! You can't see it..but there are 2 video game arcades, and a simulator that is a pink rocket ship!!
And then on Sunday..after church Nathan, Monique and I went to the Coliseum to help pack food for people in Haiti!! It was a lot of fun...and the best part was that we were actually there when they hit 1,000,000!!!! And by the time we left, they were almost up to 50,000 on top of that!!! It was so great! Our group specifically packed 1296 meals and we were on table 42!! just think about how many people were there and how many people we fed with just 45 minutes working!!! It is a great opportunity to help others!! There is another event that is going to happen at Wichita State on February 5th through the 8th! Go to the website.... http://www.numanainc.com/ to find out the specific times so you can help too!

This week had been pretty busy for me as well...on Monday I had a pampered chef party!! It was so cool! Not many came..but we had a lot of fun!! And then it was time to watch all of my shows...getting back into the seasons it gets pretty hectic!! especially when monday night i have 3 shows...tuesday i have 1 show (eventually)....wednesday 2 shows...thursday (nothing yet!!)...and the weekend i dont have any...but still thats a lot!! maybe i should stop my addictions?? but its ok...i have dvr so i dont have to worry about it too much!

Then on tuesday....caleb and i went and finalized the wedding place!! I'm so excited...me as the maid of honor had to approve of the venue! And let me tell you...its so pretty! I love the vaulted ceiling!! So that was exciting...im flying to washington on february 24th so i can drive back with janet and then all the wedding plans will start getting accomplished...

Wednesday...church of couse!! and i helped my friend with Statistics before that...my skills cease to amaze me!! lol! It's odd how much i like to do statistics...im one of those nerdy math people..and im ok with it!

Well today is a new day...lunch with the parentals...and then this weekend should be pretty exciting! Tomorrow briawna and I are actually going to go to an art show...i think it should be fun! its all about healthy relationships! I'm curious to see what it is going to be!

I guess I better be going now...hope you all have a fantastic day!!!

Here's my thought for the day....
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."
-Will Rogers

U is for...

2010-01-22T08:53:00.001-08:00
Understanding...

I hope you all are understanding that I haven't updated this in like forever!!! Lots has happened since i last posted too!

3 Months...21 Days...is a long time to catch up on ! Lets see..in November, I turned 22! Crazy right??? Who knew I would ever make it this far...I'm can't believe i am this old either! For my birthday, nothing big happened lol....On the actual day anyway...My best friend and I did our laundry!! It was awesome! lol!

But a week or so after the actual day, the guy i was dating at the time took me to see Jeremy Camp, Natalie Grant, and Bebo Norman! It was an awesome concert! I loved it...I'll be honest..I was so touched by God's presence at that concert that i cried...unbelievable!

Natalie Grant is amazing! Her inspiring words and voice are irreplaceable! I will be honest...on her CD its not that great...but in concert she is wonderful!!

Lets see at the end of November for Thanksgiving...my cousin Kasey got married to his best friend Ashley! Their wedding was in Fort Worth, Texas and it was beautiful! So we spent all of Thanksgiving break in Fort Worth! We shopped on black friday and my cousin, Jessamyn and I went to see "A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carey!! I'll be honest...its a little scary...lol! I guess I should have taken my mom up on all those years watching "Scrooged" so I would have been more prepared! lol! It was in 3D so it made it more exciting! And at that theatre...it wasn't just Dinner at my seat...we had tables and reclining chairs..and cup holders...and it was awesome!

Then in December...I finished my Literature class and received my Associates Degree...its not much..The degree is an Associate of Arts! It's pretty much nothing. I am taking this semester off of school and working full time and looking into schools for the fall! I have decided that I am either going to get my degree is Computer Science or Management Information Systems! Because I am really interested in Forensics! But not just forensics...Digital Forensics! And there is an awesome Master's program at UCO that I might look into... But lets remember all of this will come in due time! Now, I am just deciding where to finish up my bachelor's! I am looking at WSU (of course), K-State, KU, and UCO. UCO is the one with the forensics master program so thats why its a part of my options. I will keep you all updated when some final decisions are made...dont assume anything though! Remember...I change my mind way to often to bet on it!

So many things happened in December...for one...one of my best friends, Janet, got engaged!!!! And I was there!! I was so excited! Her fiancee's sister and I traveled to Kansas City and video taped the whole thing! It was so cute! And she asked me to be the maid of honor!! So they are getting married this summer! It is going to start getting really crazy over the next few months planning it! I'm so excited for her too!!

Another wonderful thing happened in December....I was blessed with a nephew, Rosson Drew Byrd!!! He is so precious! Here's some pictures of him...

Here's Rosson at 4 Weeks old!! Isn't he precious??

And here is miss jaylen with her baby brother...she loves him so much!!
And then here is my wonderful niece macy!! she's just precious!
Oh and here is a few pics of the girls from Halloween!! Jaylen was a Labdybug and Miss Macy was a Skunk!!

I personally dressed up for halloween myself!! I dressed up with the boy I was with at the time...and we were Mario and Luigi! It was awesome!! We almost won best costume! Because both of the costumes were homemade by me!!!
So anyway...that was my October, November, and December....so far in January it has been pretty crazy as well! New years I went to an awesome party! A girl from another church threw this huge party and I definitely made some exciting memories!
And then a couple days later I went to my Aunt Susies and the grandchildren met there! We all had fun just relaxing and having some fun cousin time! And then of course the next day, we all traveled to grandmas house! And had christmas! I made my cousin an OSU blanket! I hope he liked it! I decided that since I was an OU Sooner fan that I should at least wrap it in OU wrapping paper!! So I found an awesome OU bag and put the OSU blanket inside of it! It was great!!
Now that we are back to normal around here...no more holidays..no more babies coming...its getting a little bit normal lol! Briawna and I have acquired an obsession to a new game on my wii...Just Dance! Its fantastic! We use it as a work out! And our favorite song is on it too...Wannabe by the Spice Girls! Yep! Thats the best!
Last night we went over to our friend danny's house and watched What Happens in Vegas! It was great! He was an awesome host, chips, salsa, and queso! And peach tea!! YAY!! Thanks to Annie for introducing us to it as well!!
Well, this weekend...theres a girls night tonight that I may or may not go to...i don't understand why girls like to have girls nights...i mean all we are going to do is just watch sappy love movies (that are good don't get me wrong) but all they are going to do is remind me of how single i am and i'll be honest..guys are more fun to hang out with! Now, if it was one of those women's bible studies or something..i would be totally up for it! But really...a friday night to be with just girls...i don't know if i am the only one that feels that way but im not about to ignore guys my whole life!
Anyway...im off my rant...and tomorrow night im going to a LEGO PARTY!! How fun does that sound??? Yep...we are going to take all the legos that everyone owns and build an entire lego empire!! It's awesome! And creative right?? I'll take some pictures and put them up next time...
Well I guess I better get back to work! My mom and dad took their old 1947 chevy pick up to the inspection office and were going to lunch when they get done so I gotta be ready! Hope you all have a blessed day and I will leave you with one thought....

"No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart"
~Napoleon Bonaparte

T is for......

2009-10-01T09:32:00.000-07:00
Tiger Woods

Tiger recently got Lasek surgery and my mom has the poster to prove it!! So thinking about my birthday coming up and the fact that my eyes are horrible, my parents decided that for my birthday I can go and Lasek!!!! I'm really excited and a little scared!

We are going to the same surgeon that did my sister's surgery so hopefully it won't be too scary since hers resulted excellently! I will be traveling to OKC on 10/13 for doctors appointments and then the surgery will be the next day on 10/14 and then another appointment on 10/15. We planned it around my Fall Break so I won't have to miss too much class!

This semester I decided to cut back on the hours because I honestly change my mind about majors every other week so I am going to complete my Associate's degree this semester and probably take some time off from school before I return to finish the degree. Don't worry I have full intention of returning one day!!

Well, I have also been doing a lot of studying in the doctrine of the Bible. I have made lots of discoveries about different parts of the Bible that I didn't realize before. So it has been really good!! Dustin and I are studying together so we can learn and grow in Christ together! I love it! I always wanted to find a Christian guy that wanted to study the Bible with me and worship God with me! It's a little difficult since he is 2 hours away but our communication skills over the phone have definitely improved!

I am also working almost full time at my dad's office now. I love it! I have moved up to the front of the office so I am getting alot more experience in State Farm and really getting to help clients!!

Just wanted to touch base with everyone...I know I always apologize for not posting as often and make promises that I don't keep about posting more often so I'm not going to do that anymore....I will update when I get time...Living alone and working almost full time really takes alot of my time!!

Hope everyone has a splendid day!! Here's my thought for the day!

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."
-Annonymous

2009-07-21T20:45:00.000-07:00
Fighting....

I don't like it...It always happens when i don't want it to!

For any of you who are reading this, I have some questions about Faith....I really don't know who to ask because of recent events.

First, I want to know where in the bible it tells us that you receive God's grace through baptism?? I want chapter and verse. I just can not find it.

Second thing I want to know. In the bible when it refers to who the bible is talking to and the bible is talking specifically to the Jews are we (as Gentiles) supposed to follow the same teaching??

Third thing I want to know. This is not a faith concern but I want to know how to have different beliefs than someone in your life that is very important and yet still learn how to accept the differences without disregarding your entire relationship with that person?

If I could just get your opinions on the third one. It has been a problem for quite some time....And I don't know how to fix it. I don't want to wait until it is too late to fix.

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting."
-E.E. Cummings

S is for....

2009-07-21T09:48:00.001-07:00

Sorry!!!

I know it has been like 4 months since I have updated my blog! I'm sorry!! I am going to try and keep it updated more often these days! I have been super busy! I'm working for my dad now almost full time (about 30 hours a week). I got licensed in Property and Casualty over my Spring Break and in August I will get licensed over Life and Health so that I will be licensed in all basic lines of insurance! That is pretty much all I need to move higher in the Insurance world except for a 4 year degree and I'm working on that too!!

This summer I have been taking Calculus III at Wichita State and working alot. Once school starts in the Fall I will not be working as much since I am going to be taking 3 math classes and a literature. And those of you who know me, I am horrible at literature! So it is going to be a difficult semester!

I also moved into my own apartment this summer....I decided it was time to do that! So hopefully I will be able to afford it when school starts. I might have to get a second job since I won't be able to work as many hours during the week. But I have to find the right one, because I would just want to work like 3 nights during the week. It will have to be the right job.

Also, I started dating a really nice Christian boy! He is a great guy and a good Christian influence as well. Just what I need! I'm pretty excited about it! We have been dating for about 4 1/2 months!

My sister is also expecting another baby! I'm so excited for her!! She is due in December!! Merry Christmas!! lol! Here is a couple of pictures for you all to enjoy!
Jaylen enjoying the fireworks at the 4th of July!!
Macy sporting her new sunglasses!!!

Macy on the runway...sportin her sunglasses and diaper!!!

Here is both girls...watchin TV together....

And here is a picture of Dustin and I...the boyfriend that I previously mentioned! He's pretty special!!

Well I hope you all enjoyed my post...like I said before! I am going to try and update more often!! And Melody and Katie...hope its ok that I borrowed a few pictures?? :)
Quote for the day: "Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage." - Ambrose Bierce

Q is for...

2009-03-11T22:28:00.000-07:00
Quiet...

Yep thats pretty much the first Q word that popped into my mind!!
3 months...that's how long it has been since I have posted last..Here's what has happened, I'll give you the short version complete with pictures...

So Thanksgiving was fun...Went to Minnesota, had some quality time with the family! Enjoyed and participated in a completely amazing talent show...This is a picture of Melody, Katie, My mom, and I in our poodle skirts! The theme was 50's! All of the poodle skirts were made by my mom!! Including the little babies' ones!
This next one is a picture of my whole family that was there...It's only my mom's side!!
And this picture is Briawna and I...we dressed up on Halloween in the 50's and went to 2 Halloween parties and visited her mom's house as well!! It was great!!

These are my two little nieces...Macy (in light pink) and Jaylen (in hot pink)!!
Also, while we were in Minnesota, the lake was frozen over!! Almost all the way...but just enough so we could take a family picture on it!! Here we all are!!
Lets see...in December...you know we had Christmas!! Here's a few pictures from it...

This first one is the Young Professionals groups at Northside and Eastpoint!! We all went and played Paintball together...Organized by yours truly!! Sometime since I have forgotten to post I got nominated to organize the 'social events' of our group at church...so for my first action..we went and played Paintball!!
This next picture is from my family christmas with my dads side...its not too good but it was the best one I had with the most people in it! We also had our own family christmas with just my brothers and sisters and parents but I honestly didn't have any good pictures of it...
Also since I have been the 'social coordinator' for the young professionals, I have gotten together with two people from two different churchs and we are alternating months to have an Area-wide Devo with all our Young Professionals group...So since I had already planned the Paintball thing...We went to West Douglas church for New Years!! Here's the group picture of it!! We actually have a big group of people!! This is 3 different church groups...And the second little picture is us having one HUGE game of NERTZ!!! It's awesome..we play with partners so we can have more people play!! It's so much fun!!
The next few pictures are from 'Game Night'...I hosted an area wide event at my house...we played the Wii(btw..I got that for christmas) and Scattegories and Nertz!!! The Young Professionals at Eastpoint are obsessed with the game!! We play it everywhere if you can't tell!!
Our Nertz table...
About the end of January, I went on a ski trip to Crested Butte with the Young Professionals at church!! It was so much fun except for the fact that my foot really hurt skiing so I might not be able to ever ski again...but I'm going to try snowboarding since the boots fit differently so maybe I don't have to give up the WHOLE mountain just the skiing part...Here's a picture of the whole group that went with us..
Ok...the last pictures of the night...this was our next Area-wide activity that happened about 2 weeks ago...It was at Northside Church and we started out the night with some food and a very nice devo! Then afterwards we had 'Northside Olympics' so we were randomly put into teams and had to pick a name...so this is at the end of the night and here's the teams...

First team.....When we were counting off, everyone kept counting to 5 instead of 4 so the 1's got together and there team name was 'Shoulda Been 5's'
Next, this team is pretty self-explanatory...a bunch a engineer guys who say one thing but secretly love women...their team name was......'He-Man Women Haters'
This one...I'm really not sure how they came up with the name, but we love them for their non-originality :)...but their team name was....'Photosynthesis'
And finally, my team...there is definitely a story behind our picture...The guy on the far left in the gray sweater is named Alex Flood...so since he was kind of our group leader we named our group the 'Floodians'...but half way through the night he had to help out with leading the last even and unfortunately did not use it to his team's advantage so we decided that he should shunned and de-throned...so we changed our name to the 'Prattians' since that is Stephanie's last name...So the picture is of us raising up Stephanie and shunning Alex!! Well I hope you all enjoyed this post...I won't be updating for another week...I have lots to do..I'm going to be getting licensed for Property and Casualty Insurance...taking a trip to Branson, MO...Celebrating Macy's first birthday...and much, much more...so i'll update hopefully when I get back from all of those!!

Think about it...

"The light at the tunnel is not an illusion, the tunnel is...."

P is for....

2008-11-12T09:08:00.001-08:00
Playlists!!!!!! Wow...I think it has been way too long since I have updated! So now that I am finally back in to blogging I realized that my countdown to my birthday was already up! Because since I have last posted I have turned 21!!! Isn't that exciting? So I decided that I needed to replace the countdown with some music! I added lots of my favorite songs! I just love them!! So listen and enjoy!

Anyway...I am on my way to take a Calculus 2 Test! Wish me luck!! I will post some pictures of my birthday and just some random ones later today! I have to go get an A on my Calc 2 test right now!

Love you all! Here is my thought for this morning!

-Click on this link...you will understand my thought process-

O is for...

2008-09-13T09:59:00.000-07:00
OOOWWWW!!!!!

So I started physical therapy on Tuesday this week and lets just say it hurts! Wow...I can't believe the pain i'm going through! Thank goodness I am off my crutches though and just have to sport around this ginormous boot! It's not too attractive but I'll live right!?? lol! Hopefully I will be out of it soon! It just depends on how long it takes for the incision to heal! Can you believe its not healed yet? Well...most of it is but there is a tiny part at the top that isn't! So my word for O is OOWWW!!! lol! Because my life is surrounded by physical pain! haha!

Oh another thing I wanted to mention was that we have had like some crazy rain recently! For those of you that have been to my house..these are pictures from my backyard last night! It was crazy! The waterfall that is usually like a little trickle of water is basically overflowing like a real huge waterfall! It's so cool! And in the pictures if you look across the water where there is a little patch of grass....ALL of that is my neighbors yard...it is totally

Anyway...so that's my yard! It's crazy! And where all the water is...there is usually a retaining wall there that if you step off of it there is 3 feet to the water below! Look in the pictures...theres no retaining wall!

Well...thats about it! I'm out to go to the benefit garage sale at my church so hope you all have a great day!

"The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the third."

N is for...

2008-09-06T18:48:00.000-07:00
Numbness...

Using the word numbness comes with two examples that are both currently happening to me.

For starters...I'm sorry fellow readers for not updating for such a long time. I have been going through some tough times with having surgery, starting school, repairing such things in my life such as my heart, and honestly just trying to cope with what God has given me.

This morning when I woke up I felt like I was still playing a little Texas Hold-Em Poker. In my hand I had 2 10s. On the flop there was a Jack, a 10, and a 7, all in clubs. The turn was a Jack of hearts and the river was a 4 of clubs. So showing I had a full house 10s over Jacks. What to do? Of course you are going to bid them high! I definitely think that I have a good hand! I mean in Texas Hold-em that's a really good hand.
In my real life...I woke up realizing that for the last year I had been in love with a certain ex someone and had deeply cared for him for the previous 5 years before that. So just like in the poker hand I had a 50/50 chance. He loves me compassionately in return or his heart had moved on to better things. And in poker there is a chance that someone had a Jack and a 7 and their hand would win over mine. Or even having the final 10 with a Jack. So what did I do in the poker hand? Bid em high! I was definitely going with my gut feeling. So in real life...I bid em high! I went to this certain ex and told him everything that was on my heart. I told him that I was madly in love with him.
Someone once told me that Short term pain results in Long term pleasure. Thats what I thought my life had come to. The short term pain was over. The previous year was painful...and short term.
In the poker hand, I won! Nobody else had anything close to what i had. I was so psyched! For such a great winning I definitely decided that the love that I had for my ex was worth the risk! The risk of our actual friendship that we had made not lasting through something like this. I went all-in! The fact of the matter was that my poker hand and my love life don't always match. I lost in real life. Thank goodness my poker hand was good...but that joy only lasts until the weekend is over and your bragging rights expire. My heart on the other hand...was numb. I couldn't feel it and still can't. On facebook...my status is that i want to feel "it" again. I want to feel my heart again. I want to know that it is still there so I can give it to the man of my future dreams. Because the man of my current dreams obviously doesn't want it. So numbness part #1...the place where my heart used to be...its numb. Just as if it were never there.

Numbness part #2...my foot! My right foot is huge! It's swollen and most of it is numb. I can't feel it. During surgery the doctor found a torn tendon at the same time which when fixing that it hit a nerve. Which implied numbness. My foot will eventually get back to normal. But as of now..its nowhere close. Thank goodness that Physical Therapy starts on Tuesday and that will hopefully heal some of the numbness.

Does anyone know a good Physical Therapist that can heal my numb heart? I got one for my foot...now if only I had another one that could heal my heart. One day I will find one. And he will be the best. And if I can be honest about this certain Physical Therapist...he will be my husband. Because to fix all the brokenness and numbness in my life is going to take a miracle and thats exactly what my husband will be one day. He will be the miracle that I wait for every day. The miracle that will exceed anything else I have ever seen, yes even One Tree Hill. :)

Enough venting for one day...I will attempt to make my updates more frequent now that I am attempting to deal with my life and not search for the Physical Therapist in the yellow pages but look deeper. Look into my faith and trust in God that he will send me someone that will go above and beyond any Physical Therapist and just be the closest person to perfect as there can ever be. At least perfect to me...

My final thought...There are some people that I miss more than others but will never admit it. And those few are very special to my heart. The moment that they walked out of my life broke everything I had ever built. I have rebuilt my heart, my life, and my faith numerous times. Maybe this time...it won't get knocked down and I won't have to miss anyone anymore and I will finally be happy.
It will come to me one day...I have faith in God that it will.

"All I ever wanted for you to know was that
Everything I'd do,
I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe
I need to feel you here with me"
-'When You're Gone'

So far I have yet to get an actual comment..so don't start now. I don't want to know your opinion on this post...its too heartfelt and anything you say will make it worse. Trust me.

M is for....

2008-08-12T09:32:00.000-07:00
Minor sugery!

Yep you read it right...I'm having minor foot surgery. It turns out that I have a fractured bone in my big toe of my right foot. My second Podiatrist found it so we are having him surgically remove that fractured bone. He said that it is not a necessary bone to have to do all the normal daily activities. Now if I ever consider to be a ballerina then those dreams would probably not come true since removing this bone will take away some of the precise foot movements that a ballerina must master. But since I am not considering to be a dancer in my future...I'm sure I will be ok.

My surgery is schedule for Tuesday, August 19th at 7:30 in the morning. The doctor said that I should be out of the hospital by 12,noon that day depending on how long it takes me to come out of the anesthesia. All of your prayers will be greatly appreciated. After the surgery I will post pictures of my cool scars! I'm sure it will be very small but still it will be a good story to tell my children right? I have learned that I have to be optimistic in cases like this or else I will never make it through.

There is one bad thing about this surgery which is the fact that I must be on crutches for the first week or so of school. My classes start 2 days after my surgery. Fortunately my father made a great point the other day regarding me having to use crutches. He said, "See Myra these crutches could be a great thing, When you are struggling with your books and crutches at the same time; then some cute boy will come up and help you." It made me laugh. My dad is hilarious sometimes! I loved it! I was thinking...I think the purpose of this surgery was for me to find my husband...its inevitable! haha!

Well with surgery next Tuesday and classes starting the following Thursday I think I'm going to be pretty busy with everything. I will attempt to update my blog pretty frequently. I just hope school doesn't take up TOO much of my time! Prayers are always appreciated!

Hope you all have a great day! i'm off to the annual Cracker Barrel Picnic on my lunch break! Yes even though it has been about a year and a half since I worked there...they still love me and want me to come! YAY!!! i'll leave you with this quote for my final thought! I love you all!

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
-John W. Gardner

L is for....

2008-08-04T08:56:00.000-07:00
The way you LOOK at me
O is for the Only One I See
V is Very Very extroadinary
E is Even More than Anyone That You Adore

And Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart but please don't break it
Love was made for me and you...

So the other day I was wondering if true love was possible and so that was my status on facebook...and the next day I received a message..and this is what it said. The author will remain unknown!

Whether true love is possible is an interesting question.It requires an analysis of the definition "love" and "true" and then proceeds to inquire as to the circumstances in which it occurs. A logical, analytical approach is most preferred.

As per the definition of "love" I will reference the "he agape"--I'm sorry I can't use actual Greek characters. The selfless, giving love which is the ultimate result of a romantic association is possible.

Next, we consider the adjective "true", "aletheis" meaning, true, real, genuine, or honest. The love must be real or it is not love. It must be genuine or it has an alterior motive. Since "love seeks not its own glory" then alterior motives are precluded. It must also be honest for the same reasons. The conclusion then is that the adjective is mere surplusage and verbiage if we accept the proffered definition.

Finally, one consideres the circumstances in which it occurs. Love--omitting the unnecessary adjective--is something that is cultivated and worked for. It takes time and experience for it to be nurtured. It cannot happen by chance. Nor is it consistent with the idea that once two people fall in love that they stay that way forever. Many married couples fall in and out of love--as the term is commonly used--but they have to work for it. That's why arranged marriages aren't as bad an idea as Americans assume.

There are many proofs, examples, arguments, and Scriptural citations which I have used to generate my opinion on the subject, but explaining the intricacies of the analysis would be extremely lengthy, so I have tried to keep it to a very brief summary of a much longer thesis.

So what do you think? For most of you...your married..you think its true..but until the day that I find my one true love...I don't believe you! Hope you all have a splendid day! I will continue my search for true love and one day I'll find it! Don't worry I got people looking for me...hopefully God will RSVP to me one day and let me know who it is! :)

Prayers are always good and I'm very thankful for all of you who do pray for me!

"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
-Franklin P. Jones

K is for....

2008-07-29T08:51:00.000-07:00
Knots...

Lets just say my heart is in knots right now...I met a guy..with a few flaws...he leaves for the MARINES?? Why can't I get away from Military guys!?? I don't understand. Well lets just say the whole boy issue..I don't really know how its going...Complicated..is a great word to describe it. He left Sunday so the complication is really in my head. I just don't know.

Other than that...my life is going pretty good. I am just working and getting ready for school in the fall. I really am excited for school to start because being without a car makes the summer harder to enjoy. At least at school I will be closer to all my friends and actually have things to take up my time. I am taking only 12 hours in the fall because I need to bring my GPA up really bad! But I have ambition now and I'm going to do it! I'm super excited!

My feet problems are getting worse. The doctor that I was going to gave me the orthotics that he made for me and I would try them out for two weeks and then go back in for a check-up. My feet still hurt...we repeated this process 3 or 4 times. Finally on the last time which occurred yesterday he decided that he would send my orthotics without measuring anything or without any markings on the orthotics. I am thinking...how are some random guys going to fix these without knowing what to fix? It was crazy...anyway so mom and I decided that we are going to get a second opinion. I am going to see a different Podiatrist next Thursday...the only bad thing is that I am going to go without any orthotics in my shoes for probably a month which will be painful. I might have to just wear tennis shoes all the time because those didn't hurt AS BAD.

Pray for me everyone! Pray for my man situation...pray for my feet...and just pray for me in general! I need prayers!

I think thats about it for today! I love all of you! Hope you have a fantastic day! Praying has always been something I lack in my life but I'm trying to bring it in to my life! I would really appreciate it if you could help me with that. Thanks everyone!

'There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers"
-Teresa of Avila

J is for....

2008-07-21T12:57:00.000-07:00
Just a quick prayer request!

Let's be honest...I cannot think of any word that starts with a J! It was really hard for me to find one so I cheated! Sorry! I wanted to stop by on my wonderful blog and say hi to everyone! And I want to let everyone know that if you have anything that is heavy on your heart or that is just bothering you...then drop me a comment and I will add you to my prayer list. I know that I would thoroughly appreciate it if you would put me on your prayer lists. I recently have met a certain boy and think he's pretty special and I'm pretty worried about how it is going to turn out since he leaves for the Marines this coming Sunday! But I am just requesting prayers so hopefully what is supposed to happen...will happen! As for now he is my boyfriend! And trust me...anything more than that right now is CRAZY TALK! But prayers would be greatly appreciated so the right thing happens since I have such a crazy messed up love life past!

Other than that...not much has been going on! Just working and hanging out! I turned in my macbook last Wednesday...it was sad. I will miss OC but I think it will be better for me to not be there. It might have been a stupid decision but its made now and I am not going to regret it.

Here's my thought for the day in a quote! Enjoy!

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."
-Edith Wharton

I is for...

2008-07-11T07:11:00.000-07:00

In loving memory of Kathryn Michelle Kennedy!

1 year ago today at 12 in the morning I was sitting in the Warren East auditorium awaiting for Harry Potter and the Order Of The Pheonix to come on the big screen. I was thrilled! I had waited for days for it to come out and it was the midnight showing. I remember that night like it was yesterday, because little did I know that my best friend in the whole world was going through so much pain at the same time.
My best friend, Katie, was living the college life. She was working at the Air Force Base and just hanging out since it was the summer time. She would stay up late and sleep in! She had just gotten a new dog not too long before this night. She loved Riley very much! A few days before the premier of Harry Potter I had asked Katie if she wanted to go with me. A lot of us were going to dinner and then to see Harry Potter later that night and I wanted to Katie to come along. She had told me that she didn't feel too well and really just wanted to stay at home. So, Katie decided that she would do her laundry that night. Around 1 A.M. on July 11th,2007 she walked downstairs to switch out her laundry when all of a sudden she couldn't catch her breath. She didn't know what was going on. So she walked upstairs and woke up her mom, since her mom was a nurse. Her mom rushed her to the hospital which was only a couple blocks away. Katie walked in and was responding to the doctor very well. The doctor looked at her and checked her vital signs and everything turned out right. So the doctor told her to just lay down on this bed and we will check a few more things so you can get on back to your beauty sleep. Katie laid down...and her heart stopped. It was tragic. They did surgeries after surgeries to try and bring her back. Nothing worked. She was pronounced dead sometime that night, I'm not sure the exact time.
After, I had left the Harry Potter premier I went home and didn't think anything of it. I found my pillow and went off to sleep. I had no idea that such a tragedy was happening at the same time. The next morning I awoke in time to attend my 8 o' clock class. I had a test first thing in Psychology and then after my test we had a break before we came back for a lecture. During the break, I was feeling pretty good until I checked my voicemail. My best friend Chris had called me and left a message, 'Myra, call me it's about Katie' I honestly didn't know what to think. I had no idea anything was going on. I called Chris and when he told me what happened I didn't believe him. I said, 'Stop joking around Chris!' He wasn't. He was really sad.
The funeral was on the 14th of July. It was a very nice service. They had lots of pictures and it was really hard to be there. It really hadn't hit me until I saw the casket. I about died...I was just heartbroken. I couldn't believe that my best friend for so long was gone. Still today, I sometimes feel like she will just come back one day because I don't want it to be real. At her funeral, there was so many people. We all wore pink in remembrance of her! That was her favorite color!

Today, I just want to ask for everyone's prayers for me, Katie's family, and all of Katie's friends. This is a very hard day for me to get through and I know that Katie is up there watching over me right now. So if all of you could just stop...take a minute..and remember my best friend Katie. She will always be with me! I love you Katie and I really miss you!
Thanks for your prayers!

In Loving Memory of Kathryn Michelle 'Katie' Kennedy!

H is for...

2008-07-08T08:36:00.000-07:00
Heartache...Happy...and Home

First off, H is for Heartache because of some recent events with men in my life. I don't know why I would go down the path of heartache with a certain someone once again in my life but I did...I thought he had changed. He hadn't, but I'm on the right track and at least this time I went down that path it only lasted a week and a half instead of another 2 1/2 years!

Second. H is for Happy! This weekend was one of the greatest weekends of my life! I got to spend every second of it with my adorable nieces! They are so amazing and cute! I swear that Jaylen is started reaching for me one time! I heard her say 'dada' and she just always smiled! I got to hold her in church as well and she just was so cuddly! Aww I love it! And she went in the pool with me as well! She had a cute little floating device! Mel and G called it her 'boat' I thought she just looked so cute in it! And Macy was there too! She was rolling over..spittin up on me..and just looking so adorable! Both of my nieces wore their pisa shirts we got them from Italy one day and they were the cutest cousins! And their 4th of July outfits matched so well also! Those two are going to be such good friends when they get older! I can just tell!

Third. H is for Home! Just because I have officially been in Kansas for the last 2 weeks doesn't mean I have really been home. Yesterday was my first day since I had been back that I didn't have to prepare for anything...the State Farm cookout...4th of July...Young Professionals party...I just relaxed! I watched One Tree Hill and Because I said So and just relaxed! Oh it felt so good! It has been awhile since I had that relaxation! And of course it won't happen for too long because Thursday we are going to OKC again to get my couch and maybe stop out by LCCC. But yesterday, today, and tomorrow will be great days for me! Because I don't have to do anything! Aww...the feeling! I missed it!

Well thats all..hope you all have a wonderful day!!

'She smiles and laughs like all the rest...There's so much that she needs to get off her chest...At one point her smile was real...But now she only puts it on so people dont make a big deal...'

Just a quick bragging post...:)

2008-07-01T12:30:00.000-07:00
Just for one quick note...I want to brag right now that I have a slight 60% feeling that I might follow in my papas footsteps and take on the family business! State Farm! haha! It would be cool right? Go on all those cool trips...make lots of money...and actually have time with my family too! Today I took the first step into agency! I sold 3 lines of insurance! YAY! I sold an auto policy, a renters policy, and life insurance! Definitely saved my customer 40 dollars because she was already paying about 250 a month on just auto...with S.F. she pays about 210 a month for auto, renters, and life! So definitely did some good!

Well I just wanted to state the fact that there is a big possibility that I might go into insurance later on in life...not that I don't want to be a teacher anymore because i do...but you know what? I make more money being an agent! lol! Can't rely on someone else forever...haha! Thats all for now..just needed some bragging room for my selling ability of insurance! YEAH!

Oh and also, I was searching through blogs today...and saw this hilarious statement and I couldn't help but crack up!
'I realized this weekend that the size 4 clothes are in the big-girls section of Target; along with training bras, fake hair pieces, hip-hop dance wear, and hooker earrings. I need a sedative....'
What has this world come to?

Finally Back to the States!!!

2008-06-27T09:11:00.000-07:00
Wow...my cruise was awesome! I never knew how different a foreign country would be. It blew my mind! This post will obviously be a long one but their will be lots of pictures I promise!

First, beginner session! That was an awesome 2 days! The girls in my cabin were just the most adorable girls in the world! I really think they touched my heart those two days! I don't know what I would do without Lariat Creek! Here's a couple of pictures of my girls!Thats Destri! She was so cute!
That was our whole cabin! Lauren and I were counselors together! It was awesome! I really miss her too! Awww little miss Isabella! She was adorable! And miss Lena! These girls were amazing! These were just a few of them! All of the others were adorable too but Like i said...can't overflow you with pictures! Oh and BTW...Lena is totally wearing my clothes right there! haha! She didn't have mud clothes so I let her borrow some! YEAH!
Now, on to my cruise! Day 1 - Was just the flight...wow..what a long flight it was! 8 1/2 hours going there! We watched two movies! The bad thing was that we left at 10 A.M. one day and got to Rome about 6 A.M. the next day! So sleeping was a problem! We finally got to the boat around 9 or so because we had to go through Customs and get our baggage etc...Talk about having a PikePass right? In italy they had a 'Telepass' lol!
Day 2 - We took a tour to Taormina and Castlemola on the Island of Sicily! It was pretty awesome! We shopped around the town for awhile! I saw some interesting things. There were mimes on the streets just standing in some form trying to get people to give them money! Here's one that is pretty cool!
See his little can? And anytime someone would put a coin in he would change positions....the funny thing was that we met these 3 people from england! 2 older ladies and one's husband! They were adorable! One of the ladies kept catching me with my jaw dropped just looking at this guy! He was impressively adorable?! His tie stayed like that too! Never moved!
This was how we got to the shopping areas! They dropped us off on level 1 and we took an elevator up to level 7! There country is kind of backwards to us! Because you always go up! No matter what...drive up...elevator up...walk up...when you are going somewhere you always go up. But when you are coming back..you go down! It was crazy! lol!
We also went to Castlemola, Sicily on the first day! This was the castle! It was so high! Check out the view in this next pictureAnd this is the little restaurant that we had a snack at as well in Castlemola!

Next - Day 2! We went to Valletta, Malta! It was pretty amazing! The walls there are so cool! And yes they did it...drove on the wrong side of the road! And the cars were backwards! lol! Totally unreal to me!
Do you see it! The steering wheel! It's on the wrong side! AHHH!!! lol! Just thought I would prove it to you!Check out the walls! They are pretty cool! Just picture it...the whole town looked like this! Totally reminds you of the Old Testament! Like I don't know how everyone else pictures the old testament in their heads but this is what I see...this type of city! It was crazy! Speaking of the bible! Remember in Acts when Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta around 79 AD? Well it actually wasn't the island of Malta itself or at least not today..because this island right here...is called 'St.Paul's Island' its the actual place where he was shipwrecked. You can see on the left side of the picture that it is really close to Malta so at one point it could have been connected but there she be...the actual island he was shipwrecked! Talk about the bible coming to life right??
Another thing about Malta was the castles! Check out the domes in the background! And all the boats in the picture! This was just a marina! Totally packed with boats! It was awesome!
These were vineyards in Malta! They were everywhere! I couldn't believe how much wine was produced! It was pretty cool to see all the vineyards!
Day 3 - Dubrovnik, Croatia!
Look at the waterfall in this pic! We went to this cute little restaurant and this was the scenery! The whole entire place was hott and dry but we went down into this restaurant and look at the water! Beatiful I must say!

The coolest part was that the town had a drawbridge! Do you see it in this picture? It was so cool! lol!This is a picture of inside the town! Lets just say in the 'old town' there was no grass! lol! Outside the 'old town' city walls there is an entire city added onto the old part of town and that has grass and everything else but inside the huge city walls there is none! lol!

Day 4 - Pompeii & Sorrento! So on the second coolest day we had..my camera died! lol! So I will have to add pictures of these two towns later! My mom took lots and I'll get them from her!
Day 5 - We were at sea! Didn't stop at any ports! My mom and I enjoyed our time at the spa and just relaxed all day! It was amazing! lol!
Day 6 - Livorno & Pisa, Italy! Yep I climbed it! I climbed the leaning tower of pisa! It's awesome! It leaned so far over! I totally almost fell on the steps because they kept leaning and getting smaller and smaller! Here's some pictures of us climbing the tower!
Isn't she a beauty?At the top just before we reached the highest part of the tower their were bells all around!Within the field of miracles which is were the leaning tower sits there is a baptistry, a hospital, a cathedral, museums, and lots of little shops. Above is a picture of the baptistry!This is the cathedral that we went in! It was humongous!!! I was so impressed with all of the architecture!Inside the cathedral they made the women wear those blue things to cover our shoulders for respect and the men had to take off their hats!
Well That is about all the pictures I am going to post for now! i might put some more up there later but for now this post has gotten way tooo long! Hope you enjoyed this post! It took awhile to make! lol! This quote is exactly what I missed while I was in Italy!
'Home is not where you live, but where they understand you'

G is for....

2008-06-16T11:48:00.000-07:00
GONE CRUISIN!!!! YAY!!!

Everyone I will be in the waters of the Mediterannean Sea for the next 9 days so therefore I won't be posting! I am going to be sailing around the 'boot of Italy' and will be climbing the Leaning Tower of Pisa and so much other fun things! When I get back I am going to update you all on my trip to Colorado, Beginner Session, and this Cruise and tell you all of the other exciting places I went! I have been super busy that I haven't had time for awhile at all! My next update will have lots of pictures I promise! Our flight leaves Tuesday at 10 AM. and I will be flying about 17 hours over seas so pray for me please! I'm a little scared! I have been to Hawaii but it was never this long! I'm super excited though! I will update when I get back! Love you all! Hope your next 2 weeks are AMAZING!!!

"Italy, the spring, and your first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy."
-Bertrand Russell

E & F is for.....

2008-06-05T07:32:00.000-07:00
Everlasting friendships....

I know its cheesy and its an adjective but today my mom and I are traveling to the good old Lariat Creek! it's that time again....it's beginner session! YAY! I have been in charge of the crafts for a few years now and I pretty much just love it! and lariat creek always reminds me of friendships. Last night I talked to one of my best friends in the whole world, Lauren! We basically grew up together in Alva and she is going to counsel with me this weekend! I'm thrilled! It might be only a weekend but let me just say that we are going to have a HUGE beginner session! Michael said that we already have like 40 kids and thats not including all those walk-ins that just show up on the day! lol! hopefully for my craft we wont go over 52 too much...because that is all the crafts I have. I will have to make more if the numbers start to add up to much! haha! also, in regards to everlasting friendships, i know that mel sure did find one down there because yep...she married him! haha! and obviously by her last post...it was the right decision! And also, Micheal found one of his best friends out there too! He passed away last August which I know was really hard on him. It was very sad to see Matt go but he is in a better place and i know that he's just watching over all of us now. This past weekend Michael went out to camp and spread his ashes out there. So that was nice. But like I said....Lariat Creek can give you everlasting friendships. It's pretty amazing how great some of the people you meet out there are.

So I am pretty stoked about going out to the camp! I went there over the work day but other than that I probably haven't been there in about a year. I really miss it sometimes. Back in the day when church camp was all that mattered! Oh I loved those days! But everyone has to grow up one day! Michael I guess never has to grow up because he is still the director at one! Maybe one day I can be a 'permanent counselor' at one of the longer sessions. haha do they have those? i really don't know. I pretty much am a permanent counselor at beginner session! haha! I love it! I decided that I'm going to do that session every year until my nieces are that old. then after they graduate to go to Junior session I am going to quit beginner. Hopefully I will have put in enough years since it has to be about 10 more! Yikes! lol! That sounds like alot, but at the rate both my adorable nieces are growing it will almost happen tomorrow! :)

Well, I think thats about it...I am almost off work and then I have to work out and get on the road! AHHH I haven't even packed yet! haha! But I will be ok! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I will update when I get home from camp!

Love you all!

"When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years."
-Edna Burch

D is for...

2008-06-02T11:53:00.001-07:00
Decision Making...Well it has come into my thoughts that Oklahoma Christian is not right for me. I understand that some will be dissapointed and some will be happy but it just isn't the right place for me. Changing schools in my academic career has become to be a repetitive occuring event and yes this will be adding to that list. But I am transferring back home to Wichita State University. I want to be closer to my parents honestly and I have good influential friends here as well. My spiritual life really did suffer at Oklahoma Christian as unreal as that sounds. I just didn't get the right surroundings or vibe from others at OC. Here in Kansas I have began to really get along and make a lot better friends with the Young Professionals/College class at Eastpoint. I just truely think that being back here in Wichita will help my Spiritual life and will help me to focus on my studies more so that I wont fail anymore or slack off and make bad grades.
So therefore my D is decision making because it has become to overtake my life. This will hopefully be the last college I attend and will graduate from. Thats all for now...I have an eye doctor appointment soon but I wanted to let you all know about my decision.

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be. Custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
-Pythagoras

C is for.....

2008-05-23T10:30:00.000-07:00

Curves!! So recently my mom and I have started going to Curves! It is pretty exciting! I know i know what you all are thinking...aren't you a little young to go there? Nope i'm not! It's fun! It really is! And quite frankly I have made some awesome friends with older women..older women meaning those beautiful 29 year olds such as my mom! :D
We have been waking up and going every other morning before I have to go to work! It's early I know but it really helps you start your day out right! Exercise! It's such a great thing whenever it can be done in such a fun way! I like the music and the machines and the fact that it doesn't KILL me! lol! It is also a very good mother-daughter bonding experience! I really am starting to like it!
Well today I have also been holding down this office up here at State Farm all by myself! YAY! lol! Dad has been out of the office for about an hour and all morning it has just been me up here in the front! Judy has to take some classes so she has isolated herself in the back office for the morning..Libby has the day off...Charlie isn't here either...so its pretty much just me! YEAH! lol! the phone has been ringing off the hook and people are walking in all the time! It is just exciting! i actually like being busy and having things to do! i can't wait until the day that I have my own real job and actually have things to do!

Well I think thats just about it, I better get back to work, it already took me about an hour to type this whole post between phone calls and customers. Hope you all have a good day!

This is one of my favorite letters from P.S. I Love You

"Dear Holly, I don't have much time. I don't mean literally, I mean you're out buying ice cream and you'll be home soon. But I have a feeling this is the last letter, because there is only one thing left to tell you. It isn't to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp, you can take care of yourself without any help from me. It's to tell you how much you move me, how you changed me. You made me a man, by loving me Holly. And for that, I am eternally grateful... literally. If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure, or you lose complete faith, that you'll try to see yourself through my eyes. Thank you for the honor of being my wife. I'm a man with no regrets. How lucky am I. You made my life, Holly. But I'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be more. I promise. So here it comes, the big one. Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Watch out for that signal, when life as you know it ends. P.S. I will always love you."
-P.S. I Love You

B is for......

2008-05-22T12:30:00.000-07:00
Bite! Yesterday I told you all that I had to go to a Podiatrist. Well he told me that I had to start taking care of my feet more so I had to have orthotics made for my feet. The doctor said that I could either wear the orthotics in my shoes to prevent from future surgery that much be done or do nothing and wait until it is time to do surgery. Picking the first option these orthotics will just prevent my feet from requiring any surgery. These orthotics are going to be inserts that I put in my shoes from now on. The only bad thing is that I can't put them into just any shoe. They have to be put into certain shoes that honestly aren't THAT pretty and stylish but I think I can manage. Bite is a brand name of some shoes that I found that satisfy my stylish need and my orthotic need. It isn't the only pair that I want to get but they are a possibility. I am going to be selling lots of my shoes because I can't wear them anymore and just going to buy maybe 3 pairs that will work with my orthotics that I can wear every day. Its not the best news that I could have gotten but at least I can prevent surgery. The orthotics won't cure the shape of my foot but it will help stop the progression of this 'deformity', is how the doctor states it . So my word for B is Bite because that will probably be one of my favorite brands of shoes for the rest of my life. :) It won't be too bad but at least it isn't worse.

Here is a picture of some options of shoes that I can wear. All of which have a removable insole so the orthotics will fit inside them. The Pink ones are the shoes by the brand Bite

A is for....

2008-05-21T09:44:00.000-07:00
Hello everyone! So I decided that since all I used my blog for was venting and whining I have to start something new! But its not really new its just repetitive...haha! Because everyone has been doing the good old alphabet thing! It's My Turn

A is for......Ambulate!

This past week I have been feeling this pain in my right foot that has started to really hurt every now and then. I don't know what it is but it is bad enough that today at 1 I am going to a Podiatrist. Hopefully he/she will look at my foot and maybe take some X-rays and tell me what I can do to make my feet feel better! My word today, ambulate, means 'to move about or more from place to place' therefore if something happens today with this doctor then I might not be able to ambulate when I go on the cruise in June with the parentals! But hopefully he will just tell me that I have to wear better shoes or even corrective shoes! i never thought it would get that bad but I guess it has!

I also wanted to say that I feel so blessed today because of all the children in my life! I have nieces and hopefully one day nephews and cousins and just good friends! All of the babies and kids in my family are starting to grow up so fast and I just want to be there in their lives! I can't wait to go to Minnesota for Thanksgiving to see all of those kids! And soon I am going to Colorado and I can see a little bit older ones as well! they are all just so important to me and unfortunately I don't think I appreciated them before in my life but I am really excited to see my family and begin to appreciate them!
My family has become so important to me this past week or so and I am so grateful for all of them!
Like I said...It's time to grow up!

'Iris, in the movies we have leading ladies and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady, but for some reason you are behaving like the best friend.'
-The Holiday

The new look....and now the new life!

2008-05-19T09:17:00.001-07:00
So you like the new look? I decided that this blog was no longer going to be some depressing thing that makes me more sad about my life...I'm going to be a much happier person now! My mom and I are starting to get along a lot more! I have a job that lets me get away sometimes! I am starting to go to the Young Professionals group at Eastpoint and quite frankly I LOVE IT! Its a lot of fun! I went last night for one of the first times outside of the church building and i had so much fun! I also decided that guys aren't worth my trouble. As much as I eventually want a significant other in my life they are too much stress and trouble for now. When the right one comes...I'll know! I have so many other things to worry about...those adorable nieces of mine...beginner session...going to Colorado...going on the cruise...mending my walk with Christ...and just trying to cope! Definitely not in that order but the list can go on quite a while farther!

So I have decided to just focus on the important things and as my mom says "Get your priorities right" haha! she makes me laugh! Oh another awesome thing is that my mom txts now! Isn't that awesome!! BUT...she will only txt her beloved children! haha! I accepted that! And also...shes using T9! Isn't that just hilarious!??? I love it so much!

I also want to make another shout out today to my adorable beautiful niece Jaylen! Today she turned 6 months old and I am so happy!! She is growing up so fast and I am just in shock everytime I see her she is so big! Pretty soon she is going to be saying no to boys! haha! Well...hopefully it doesn't come that fast! She is so adorable I can't help just love her!

Pretty soon its going to Macy getting to be this big! My life as an Aunt could never be better! Two nieces growing up to be so amazingly beautiful at the same time! It's an amazing feeling!

I guess thats all for now...I might post some pictures up later! But as for now...I'm just growing up...20 years later...and i'm finally going to grow up! haha!

"As my apprentice, you are never fired"
-God

Time for a change...

2008-05-08T18:40:00.000-07:00

Well it is that time....for 5 years I haven't ever cut my hair in too much a different way until today! I officially cut all my hair off and lets just say I look older...more mature...so here's some pics of it so you can make the decision! but It's so short now! AHHH!!!! Hope you like it!

is SHE single? not me...SHE

2008-04-26T01:47:00.000-07:00
Have you ever been that one girl that it seems like every time you think that something is going really good with a guy he says "So your friend, (name), is she single?" or something along the lines as "I really like talking to you and I feel like I can express myself to you, and I was just wondering if you could help me talk to your friend, (name)?".....Yeah I'm one of those girls....I am trying my hardest to not even think about guys and just focus on school...one problem! I HAVE NO SCHOOL for 4 days! AHHH!!!! thank goodness I am down to 3 days but still its a hard 3 days! When I'm hanging out with my guy friends and those questions come up it just hurts sometimes. Then I tell them "She has a boyfriend" or "Yeah I don't think your her type" they never get the hint "LOOK RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU" AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Boys can be so dumb sometimes! I try my hardest to leave them alone and yet the still seem to hurt me...why is this happening! Next time I have the option of staying at mel and G's house or POSSIBLY hanging out with some guy.....im picking mel and G's!

Well enough of venting for tonight....it's just hard to be the go-between friend.....Well it's 4 A.M. and I can't sleep...this sucks! And mel is picking me up at 730! yikes! Alright...bye all! Sorry for my ventilation but that is really what this blog is turning out to be...a ventilation! And sometimes it is needed!

I PASSED!!!!

2008-04-18T10:47:00.000-07:00
So just a real quick update on some super good news! This morning I went to IT and asked them if I could take a CLEP exam for Elements of Math I so I could get those 3 credit hours without taking the class! I sat down, listening to my music, and just went through each question. I almost didn't remember that I was taking a test! But I did it. Finished with 13 minutes left on the clock. I actually thought I missed a few and just accepted that whatever I got was ok. And the screen came up and I PASSED! I got above the required amount! The second CLEP test I have ever taken and I passed them both! I was so excited that I had to tell everyone!

So that's 3 more hours towards graduating! YEAH! Well, hope everyone has a great day! Had to share my good news! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Being a Writer...

2008-04-15T17:39:00.001-07:00
I used to think about being a writer. Put my thoughts on paper. I always wanted to touch the lives of others and tell everyone about my life, my mistakes, my victories. For some reason, I would start writing down my thoughts and never finish it. I want to finish those stories. Love is something that I have become to believe can happen to someone if they don't look for it. My sister, she was around 12 years old at church camp. The only thing a girl is supposed to be thinking of then is how boys have cooties and how to do their hair. She wasn't looking for anything but that. And she found the most amazing person in her life. She found her life partner. Who would have thought that some boy in the seventh grade would end up being the best thing that ever happened to her. I look at those two and it just makes me ache because I don't have that. I want to find that person that makes my life worth living. I have been looking for that one person or that certain thing for so long. And I am coming to realize that it isn't going to come to me. I have to stop looking. I have to give up the search and be patient. My sis wasn't looking for a husband in seventh grade but little did she know....she got one! I decided that I have to give up the search. No matter how much pressure OC puts on the students so that they will marry before graduation I have to look past that. I have to stop thinking that I am going to actually find what I am looking for. I have to let God look for me and then let me in on the details later.
So to replace my endless search for the perfect mate, I am going to start finishing those stories. Start looking for the end to my stories. I was watching a TV show tonight and it just really hit me the fact that I have to be patient and God will provide a perfect husband for me one day. I will have the happiness that I see those characters having one day as long as I am patient.

As an end to this blog...no more searching for the perfect mate. No more walking around picking out prospects. No more. One day, I am going to look up from whatever it is that I am doing and my answer will come to me. My answer to life, to love, and my way to happiness.

It's Been Awhile...

2008-03-26T21:43:00.000-07:00
Sorry It has been awhile since I post on my blog! My life has been pretty hectic! Soccer intramurals started so those have been painfully taking over my life! I'm not even going to start talking about boys because they are too complicated to explain. There really isn't any...but when you start to like a certain guy and then all of a sudden you get up the guts to ask him to your banquet...he makes an excuse and says no! what does that mean? I don't understand? Sometimes I fear that I am one of those girls that all the guys talk about that is annoying and they are just thinking "why wont she just leave" when i AIM them or text them...I sometimes don't get it. Is it because he didn't know me well enough? Or because I wasn't pretty enough? I don't know what it was! Sometimes I wish that guys would just give me a chance. And then I have other guys that would date me or would have gone with me in a second....but I don't have that attraction for them. I don't understand?

A Guy likes me...I don't like them. I Like a Guy....They don't like me.

Why doesn't my life make sense? I see all those movies where the girl just happens to fall for the right guy and they break up and then she just happens to go to the right place when she happens to find him again and miraculously fall back in love! Where are the movies that tell me how my life is?

fall for the wrong guy...we don't break up for a long time....my heart and body and soul and mind get emotionally screwed up...then when we finally do break up and no one wants to date me...the right guy is already taken.

Where are those movies that make me feel like im not alone? i dont understand...or why doesn't my life match another movie? In the movies if the girl doesnt have the boyfriend...she has the job...the brains...the friends...and what do i have? nope..nothing.. lol

Well...enough of my venting for one day!

I'm just watching August Rush and trying to deal with life! Hope you all have a great day!

But seriously...It's been awhile.....

BEST LYRICS!!!

2008-03-04T16:09:00.000-08:00
Well I don't have much time to update my blog at the moment because I have an Iota meeting in like 15 minutes! BUT! I wanted to tell you all the final tallies on Spring Sing and the fact that we WON BEST LYRICS! YEAH!!!!!

1st place - Gamma; Miss Piggy
2nd place - Kappa; Doctors
3rd place - Chi; Batman and Robin
4th place - The freshmen class; Cyclists
5th place - Lambda; Shrek & Donkey
6th place - Alpha; Monty Python and the Alpha Knights
7th place - IOTA; Daphne & Velma
8th place - Tie between Pi; Indiana Jones - and Theta; Alice in Wonderland
Then Beta; Annie, Sigma; Captain Planet, and Delta; Dukes of Hazard came after that but I don't know what order!

Just wanted to let you all know that! Thanks all! LOVE YOU!

GO IOTA!!!!

AND WE WON BEST LYRICS!!!! YEAH!!!!

CLUB NIGHT!

2008-02-26T20:25:00.000-08:00
So, tonight was club night! It was pretty freaking cool! We saw everyone's shows! I was so freaking nervous through the whole thing because we were second to last...But I loved everyone's shows! Ours was super cute! And I had so much fun with it all! All the themes are so freaking awesome! I can't wait until Thursday, Friday, and Saturday! They are going to be soooo much fun! And my family is coming to see me as well so I'm pretty nervous! But It will be great!

I dropped my Parent/Child Relations class today. I know it's bad but i was just lazy for the first 2 tests and promptly forgot (or just didn't) study for them! So My grade in the class was already an F and Dr. Banister told me that it would be ok if I just dropped the class. So, that class was dropped. So the good news with that is that everyday (except Tuesday) I don't have to wake up until chapel. Which makes my life really exciting! Some suite mate issues are going on right now. Apparently she was J's best friend and then she goes on a date with the guy that J likes?? That's messed up. So that is not too good for J! I am sad for her! But she will get through it!

As for me and guys...yeah that's like nonexistent! I am talking to this one guy from Indiana but he is a little younger than me so I don't know how good of a thing it is. But he is still a good friend out of it all! There isn't really anyone else. I sometimes wish there was but yeah it's still hard. I talked to my ex tonight...it was interesting...I don't like talking to him anymore. We aren't going to date again because our past just screwed me up wayyyy too much! But I mean talking to him is still sort of a necessity. It's not important WHY it is a necessity just trust me that it is.

Well, I think that is about it really for right now! Sam is heading to bed and I need to get on that Chemistry homework! Love you all! Have a good day!

The Lock-In was Fun.....sort of!

2008-02-24T20:15:00.000-08:00
Well, this weekend was fun in some ways and pretty bad in some ways. Friday night, Ashford and Brenda and Christie and I all went to the WSU Lock-In! That was pretty fun...we saw some boys, J & E, and they hung out with us all night, literally. Oddly enough I knew J already from my grandma's church. He was that one guy that I always went to her church for, he was so cute and I would always just dream of him talking to me and really actually wanting to get to know me. Unfortunately, for some of the night I thought he was. I thought I kept seeing him look at me or talking to me extra close...little did I know he wanted my friend, brenda. So that was pretty much a hard let down... It wasn't anything too big but I mean it was always that secret that I knew a really hott guy and my friends couldn't come in between that...and then they did. So you know thats life! haha! I don't have pictures of the lock-in just yet on my computer but I will probably post some tomorrow.

So anyway, after that we all came back to my house in wichita and us girls all made breakfast! Because unfortunately my mom was really sick, and in bed! Sad...but hopefully she will be ok soon! Then after breakfast..we were all so worn out from being up all night that we went to sleep! Slept until around 230...well Ashford and Christie left early b/c christie had to be back in winfield earlier! Then Brenda and I woke up and got ready and met Briawna and went to Spangles for lunch! and then just shopped around in Wichita! That's always fun! I didn't buy anything unfortunately but hey thats why its called window shopping! haha! After the shopping, Briawna had to leave to go to something with her church and Brenda wanted to get back to school. So they both left and I was just at home....alone. All day I had been planning some night with all my friends from back there to go to dinner and a movie because I was in town...everyone started out coming and one by one they started dropping out. They would either not want to get out in the weather..or have plans with other friends..or not have any money. Honestly those are the times when you figure out who is your good friends and who isn't. In the end, only 3 of my friends ended up coming with me. I was sad. When one of those three, briawna, usually never is out of her apartment past like 10 and our movie started at 10. And Jenni, she didn't need to be out because she has a three month old son but she wanted to see me bad enough that she went through all the trouble to pay her younger sister to babysit cam for the night. And then james just loves me and he's a good friend so he came with us. We saw Definitely, Maybe. It was so cute! I loved it! and then after that all of us just went to Denny's and had some late night breakfast!

Then finally, today...church was interesting. My ex's mother came up to me and started lecturing me and just talking to me about things that i didn't want to talk about to her. Most of the time I try and not talk to her but on those days, like today, when she just walks right for me like she is on a mission...its hard to dodge her! lol! So we talked for about 15 minutes and then that made me call my ex today and talk to him for a while..and actually he wouldn't even talk to me. He is so mellow and has no opinion on life anymore. It makes me sad. But so that is starting to bother me. I know it has been almost 7 months since we dated but still. We had a big past and its real real hard to overcome that and just forget it. So then when I finally got out of my trap with his mom, my dad and I went to lunch together. Oddly enough, our waiter was the same one who had been my ex's and I's normal everyday waiter. So, him asking about me and my ex was not the best for me. But I guess that is life. Lunch with dad was fun, there are just alot of thoughts goin through my head. Then after Lunch, went back home and took a nap and then woke up and went to Winfield. Ashford and I went to her ex's house for a little bit and then to her house and finally headed home and made it back to OKC.

But on my mind the whole weekend, was that I don't know what I want to do in my life. I don't know what I want my major to be. It's just real hard to decide. And I don't know if I want to go to OC next semester. I'm gonna try and talk to my sister about it this week on Thursday and see what she says, but there is a possibility that I'm not coming back in the Fall. Life is so complicated and confusing at times.

Why is it when I drop everything and come to the Christian college that my morals are shout down the drain, but when I stay at home and attend the Public College, my morals are right and good??

Just Confused -

Daphne!!!

2008-02-11T22:42:00.000-08:00
Well, these past few days I have tried to overcome some major drama in my life...jealous girlfriends...ex boyfriends....and just trying to balance everything in life. Spring Sing is taking over my life other than all the drama! Our show is going to be super cute! I am so excited to perform it. My club, Iota Kappa Phi, is the brand new club at Oklahoma Christian and we are split up into two groups and half of us are Daphne's from Scooby Doo and half of us are Velma's from Scooby Doo!

I personally am Daphne! I love it! Our costumes are super cute!...Cheesy and Corny but super cute! We are having dark purple dresses with a lighter purple ribbon around the middle and the bottom..they are short sleeve and go down to about our knees...then we are going to wear pink tights underneath them with purple tennis shoes that we are dying ourselves...with a white headband in our hair! Will that not be the cutest ever?? I am so excited! I have waited since my brother was in spring sing as a sailor in delta. I have a picture of him and I when I was so young....I remember thinking that I couldn't wait to be in Spring Sing and now I finally am! I am soooo excited and really nervous at the same time! Haha! But we have had a lot of complements on our show so far and it really makes me happy to be in it. I am in the very front row on one of the songs...the second row and about 4 of the songs..and then I will be in the very back for one song just because it is the "Velma's" song....and that is definitely ok! Gotta give someone else the spotlight!

Other than spring sing right now I don't have much going on! Just trying to balance every day spring sing practice with school! It will be so worth it though! I cannot believe that it is already the middle of february! Isn't that just insane? It seems like a week ago I came back from Christmas break! But its good that this semester is going by fast...

Think about this one...In less than 6 months..I'm going to be a Junior in college! Me...a Junior! Crazy! I just keep feeling old all the time! Well, here is a picture of Daphne from scooby doo so that you all can remember what she looks like....

He Picked Her.

2008-01-31T23:02:00.001-08:00
Well, my last post was pretty depressing...this one is just going to sum up the depressing posts...basically she came back and so he had to choose between her and me and unfortunately for me...he chose her, not me. it really hurts but i guess if i would have gone through life without knowing it would have been even worse. so yep there it is...im here again watching my friend fall in love with the guy that i want to be with for the second time..first it was austin and sam...now its these two...ill live.

on the upside of my life! I got to see my wonderful niece jaylen today she is so gorgeous! i love her with all my heart! sometimes i wish life could be like that for me and just be so easy! those were the days of happiness. Mel and I went to the dentist for her and then i took her out to lunch at this little deli in edmond. i had never heard of it but it was really good. Then after that we went to TJMaxx and just shopped! I know us shopping on such a day as this is crazy but its how we connect! And I got a super cute jacket out of it too and bought my lovely Jaylen a wonderfully beautiful sundress! It is so cute! I love spoiling her...especially when it is with my mommy's money! haha....then after that we went back to my dorm because it was just about time for me to go to class. I ran inside the Uhouse to grab my stuff for class and i checked my email real quick and guess what i found?? YEP class was cancelled! IT MADE MY DAY! so i went back outside (almost fell on the ice....too funny) and told mel and Jaylen goodbye. Went to chemistry (found out the bad news i recently informed you of) then came back to my dorm...Went over to carissa's apartment so i could just ignore what was going on...didnt work i just thought about it all more...then after that I went to the Basketball game and stayed for the first half and through the halftime dodgeball game! lol...that was pretty fun! I actually saw Ken Richter at the game with his kids. I didn't talk to him because we left early but it was pretty interesting seeing him there. Unfortunately OC lost but it was still fun!

After the game Carissa and I went to pick up my friend Becca who was sick because she had gotten her wisdom teeth out and needed to go to the store...so we went...came out and carissa's car wouldnt start...called shane..he came and when he got here his car wouldnt start...he got ticked off..started yelling at everyone even me..and then we called mitch and he came and saved the day! lol...it was just very stressful because everyone was cranky and mad and it wasnt helping the situation at all...

When we finally got back I helped my friend out with some of her math cuz she stopped me in the lobby and that was fine...then that guy from earlier(he chose her) wanted to talk..so we did for about 15 minutes...lol got interrupted by "her" and then i went into my room and just talked online to people..and now i am back out here hanging out with him because he wanted to and i couldnt sleep....

ANYWAY...i got this really cute IM tonight...a friend of mine said this is what your horoscope said and i think it is SO true.... it said this...
Loves being in long relationships. Likes to give a good fight for what they want. Extremely outgoing. Loves to help people in times of need. Best kisser. Good personality. Stubborn. A caring person. ONE OF A KIND.Gorgeous Smile.Not one to mess with. The best sexual partners in the zodiac. Are the most attractive people on earth!

That made my day! well...enough depression and unnecessary information just me venting once again!

Love you all!

Complicated...

2008-01-28T00:34:00.000-08:00
Hello all, I know I haven't posted in a while! I guess things get hectic around here pretty often! Since my last post I have started and stopped liking one guy and begun to start another one again. The first guy that I have already stopped liking seemed like the perfect guy...Youth Ministry Major....had ambitions...really cute...even from Wichita...but for some reason his feelings were there for me too just not as much as they were there for some other girl. After him and I hung out one night and then talked a lot for a few weeks I guess this other girl started talking to him again..It's almost like I was there only to pass the time.
Anyway so that guy went down the drain. And recently I have been hanging out with one of my really good friends. We have been friends since I came to OC and I have really started to like him. Well, before the Christmas break he started talking to another girl, we will call her "C", This guy really liked C and they started talking alot. They had not become an official item before they left school. Over the break he talked to her seldomly and then New Year's Eve he text me. "Myra, do you like me?" and then it all came out...I said yes and he was like I was always too shy to ask you that. We text for the next couple of days and then we finally were back to OC. He kept talking to C and I kind of was just a few conversations over break. It hurt but I guess I thought that our friendship was more important than a relationship. Then he would start asking me advice. Advice on dates and asking her to be his girlfriend. He hurts a lot but he was an amazing friend and I wanted to be there for him. After they started dating, we were just friends. They dated for about 2 weeks and then she all of a sudden broke up with him. He was in complete shock. I am almost positive I was just the rebound for him but he started spending alot of time with me cuddling, flirting, you know the works. Late nights talking or watching movies. This past weekend C was out of town so he spent almost every night with me. Then tonight, we were in the middle of watching a movie and one of his friends comes in and tells him that C is very jealous and upset that he is watching a movie with me. He tells me that earlier tonight C was talking about wanting to get back together with him and he wanted to go talk to her. Of course, here comes friendly Myra again...Of course, go talk to her she definitely wants to get back together with you. I'm sure it will all work out for the best....

And that was it. I left the elevator saying "Later" and walked to my room. We didn't even finish the movie. There I was giving up all that sleep to spend time with him and the second she comes back he just drops me in an instant for her. That part hurts...it hurts alot...this is one of my friends that I have liked since I came to OC I just didnt want to jeopardize our friendship.

What's more important....A friendship or a Relationship? Tough call....but I always try and make sure the other person is happy...even if it means breaking my heart over and over again.

Sorry this was so depressing...didnt say these would be fun and exciting its just a place to vent.

Myra

Disappointed...

2008-01-12T00:54:00.000-08:00
Well, these past few days were a little hard. I think that sometime I get my hopes up about things and they just get let down....Thursday night when I was planning on making spaghetti at carissa's apartment I invited that cute boy too and of course it was fun! We flirted and just had a fun time....and the whole night i had a sense that he didnt like me but I kept trying to ignore it. Then when I got home my roommate Sam had told me that she had asked him if he liked me while i was in the other room and he said no.....so i guess that one wasn't meant to be....i will still be his friend like we always have been and who knows if it happens one day then it will but for some reason i doubt it will happen...

Then tonight I went on that sort of double blind date....it wasn't really a date to the guy because i dont know if he knew at the beginning but he found out by the end. First we went to his house to pick him up since his car is in California at his apartment where he lives and goes to school....we stayed there for a little bit and i looked in his eyes and really loved the look i saw....it was just amazing what i saw! i just loved his smile and the sparkle in his eyes....i had talked to my mom a little before that and she told me to just be calm and not talk so much so that is what i was trying to do. i let him talk...he talked a lot! i loved it! I got to listen. At dinner (i paid for myself) we just talked and the casual jokes were given and we all just had good conversations. Carissa and Shane were there too remember this...it wasn't just us. lol! But after dinner we went to Ross the department store to see our friend Ashley because we had some time to kill before the movie. That was fun! Carissa bought a super cute dress for spring banquet! After that all of us went back to Carissa's apartment and just hung out there and watched the end of Remember the Titans. We were waiting to go to the late movie so Mitch and Charla could meet up with us. So we went to the movie (I paid for myself again) and this whole time this guy had been flirting with me and just you know having a good time and getting to know eachother. I thought it was going great! So we go to the theatre and we sit close and just talk....and talk....the movie starts and we still talk....we talked through the whole movie...it might not be good but i loved it....i liked that he was paying attention to me and only me a little of the movie but mainly me....it was great...somewhere in there he held my hand and just sat really close to me because the little arm thingy's came up....i loved it. The movie slowly got over a little bit after that and we all got up and left. We were walking to the car and him and I were pretty far behind everyone else so I thought you know he would really talk to me or at least hold my hand more...but no. No hand holding No talking about anything really....we got in the car and i started to kind of scoot closer but it seemed like he didnt even notice i was in the back seat with him....i dont know what the deal was. So they dropped me off and he was like it was nice meeting you....and that was it! i said it back but nothing else....i just cant handle it.....i dont know what to think...was it just a fling while he was in town? because if it is then he should warn me next time....

So that was my night! Not the greatest in the world....it was SOOOO much fun but the ending hurt...i just dont know what to do....well i added him as a friend on facebook so i guess its his turn to make a move....he probably wont because he is leaving monday to go back and it was just a fling...i just have to keep telling myself that....it was just a fling....

Sorry this post is depressing....but i need a way to vent and this was it.....thanks for reading...and listening...

New Brown Hair!

2008-01-09T22:13:00.000-08:00

I found out that I wasn't going to PacRim. It's kind of sad but it will be okay! I'm gonna try and hopefully go in the Summer of 2009 to Vienna. I really want to because a lot of my friends are going there too then. So that is a plus! Today was my second day of chemistry and Acts and Parent/Child Relations. They were all exciting except for Chemistry! Cuz that was kind of boring! Oh and I had my History class too! That was kind of fun cuz I sit with like the whole baseball team too! haha! But so ya know....its just fun! And then tonight I just did some homework with Carissa and we watched "Whatever It Takes" and "The Replacements!" Also I found out that I am definitely going on kind of like a blind double date Friday night with Shane's cousin! He is really cute! I'm definitely nervous and excited at the same time! YEAH! And I started texting this other guy who I think is really cute. But I don't know what is going to happen with him. He has been my friend for a long time and I don't know what will happen with that. I can't really say names because if some crazy thing happens and they read this....it would be embarassing. lol! So yeah! haha!

So I definitely dyed my hair brown and had a comment to put up pictures of it! It's beautiful! I love it! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy! I love it and I hope you do too! Do you like it???That's carissa with me on the right! And then on the left is like a close up of it!~ But it is super cute! I will try and take better ones a little later. We went bowling that night for really cheap so it was a lot of fun! Tomorrow night we will probably be going to Laser Quest cuz It's cheaper since OC paid for some of it...and we are making Spaghetti in Carissa's apartment and I invited the guy I have been talking to to come too so hopefully he will and it will be fun! Well "hump day" of my first week of classes is finally over! lol! just two more days to go until the weekend! lol! Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!

2nd Day of Class!

2008-01-08T10:43:00.000-08:00
Well today is the second day of class! I have went to all my classes at least once except for my second bible class! It's today at 230! I'm not too worried about it though! My Fitness and Wellness class now meets only once a week so thats good because it isn't too big of a class! All my other classes are going to be pretty fun! My Chemistry class is going to challenge me a little bit but I have a good partner so he can help me! Also, I changed my major AGAIN...but hopefully this is the final time! I'm just a Business major with a minor in Family Studies! Sounds exciting enough right? I like it! This semester I am taking one Family Studies class! I'm excited about it because it's like an Iota thing! There are almost like 7 girls in there that are in Iota with me!

I have an interview today after Bible class at 3:30 to see if I can go on PacRim in the fall! I'm so nervous and yet so excited because I hope that I get to go! YEAH! I will let you all know if I get to go... They are going to make their decision by the end of the week.

Today is also our first Iota meeting for this semester! I'm sooooo excited because we are starting to practice for Spring Sing and that is just going to be the best part of this next semester! Also, I might be an extra in a couple of the other numbers besides with Iota in Spring Sing! I signed up for it so hopefully they will email me back soon! Yeah!

Oh I also died my hair brown! It's beautiful! I love it! It's finally my natural colour and I really like it! It has some blonde highlights in it too but the brown is so pretty!

Well, I think that is just about it! I'm gonna get back to my homework! Love you all! Leave me some comments!

2 more inches...

2007-12-28T07:12:00.000-08:00

Well this morning I woke up and yes there were 2 more inches of snow on the ground! It doesn't sound like much but added onto about 3 that was already there its around 5 inches of snow on the ground! I love it! Last night after work Dad and Mom and I thought that his secretaries and charly should pay for our dinner! Haha! So we took the giftcard(that they gave us) and treated ourselves to a wonderful steak dinner at Outback Steakhouse! It was pretty good! Have you guys ever tried the Sweet Potatoes there? There are the sweetest most delicious side you could have! I love them! I definitely suggest for all of you to go try them this weekend if you haven't already! And then after that of course for our normal activity, my parents and I went home and sat down to a wonderful game of poker! It was great! Actually my mom won last night! She was just banking it in! I was so proud that I taught her everything she knows! (haha maybe i just like to take credit but it really wasn't me lol) Anyway tonight my wonderful Brother and Sister-In-Law are coming into town! I'm so excited to see her belly because I saw a picture and it might look big there but you know pictures aren't always the best way to tell! I am just so excited to have a second little niece in my life! I can't wait! And also, this weekend we are going to find out what they are naming their little girl! So excited! Just hope that they won't pick one of my names as my sister did! Which would just be CRAZY! But its ok....cuz I love my little Jaylen! She is my sweet angel! And soon I will have two Sweet Angels! Here Is a picture of my sweet angel now! She just looks like Santa's cute 'pimpin' sweet angelic helper! haha! I love it!
Well there she is! Isn't she just cute?? I love her so much! Pretty soon I will be posting about my brother's little girl! She is coming so very soon! Katie is due in March! So that is exciting!

Well, i think that is pretty much it for now! Got one last day of work before I get to have some family time then go back to school! I am really starting to miss school because I miss all my friends....not necessarily the drama side but I miss my friends! I miss my Sam! I haven't seen her since last time was like right before Thanksgiving break! So the middle of November! that's forever ago! AHHH! I miss her! Well I will be able to see her in.......9 days! that's when I am going back to school and since I live with her I'm sure I will be able to see her! Sometime! lol!

I'm out gonna actually work maybe! haha!Love you all! Leave me some!

Words of Wisdom for the day:
'Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.'
-Ambrose Bierce

Work

2007-12-27T13:01:00.000-08:00

Well Today was just another day! But I did get to hang out with my bestest friend Chris! Him, and Jaime and my dad and I all went to lunch and then had some business talk about insurance! It was pretty interesting! I'm learning alot about State Farm and I'm really starting to like it! I am pretty sure that one day I am going to follow in my father's footsteps and work for State Farm! Being an AFE will be my goal but if I only make it to the agency then I won't be too upset!lol! I mean my dad is pretty well off and I think I could live on that one! I like the idea! So now I am a business major with an accounting minor! Hopefully that will help me a lot for my future! And my goal is to go to Vienna in the summer of 2009! That makes me happy too! That's really all my news for today! We are going to Outback tonight so I am pretty excited about that and yes I still owe my brother-in-law 2 steak dinners! Ahhhh! Hopefully when I get back to OC I can take him and Mel and Jaylen out one night and that will be counted as two since it's two people and Jaylen doesn't usually order much! haha! Well, I'm out! Here's a picture of Chris and I and one of Alisha! We went to Old Chicago last night together! It was fun! And another picture of the family at Jared's house on Christmas Day! And one of Coco my cousin! YEAH! Love you all!

Feels Like Monday Morning

2007-12-26T08:20:00.000-08:00
Well, I feel like it's Monday Morning! It has definitely been a long weekend/Monday and Tuesday! Friday Night, my parents and I went and saw one of the best movies of all time! National Treasure: Book Of Secrets! It was spectacular! That movie and the first National Treasure I will definitely one day buy! They are great movies! And I also found out that they are coming out with an Indiana Jones 4! Isn't that exciting? I love Indiana Jones and here is just one more to add to the collection! I'm pretty excited about that one! And Harrison Ford is in this one too of course so we know it will at least a little bit of a good movie just by the actor! I hope they take in to account that he is pretty old now! lol! Great Actor but that doesn't mean he isn't going to grow old! Lol!

Saturday was a pretty lame day! It's ok though because I enjoyed it! I just slept in and relaxed the whole day! That's about it! I finished my grandma's christmas present and just relaxed! Then on Sunday the snow and ice was so bad that church was cancelled in the morning and the evening! Crazy huh? So we slept in had some breakfast and we went to Cracker Barrel for dinner because I had to see a few people before I left and they left!Then after that I went to the movie with Janet and Caleb! I love those two! We saw P.S. I Love You! It's a really sad movie but every now and then you need a little sadness! And I thought it was a good movie! I was in the mood for a sad one so it just fit right in! then Monday was pretty fun! We(the parents and I) all hung out at our house and played poker and had some of that Sparkling Grape Juice! It was great! Yes of course I won! lol! Have to make some of my friends proud of me! I taught them a lot of new games! It was great! I also got to open ONE present this night! I got a digital camera! and a cool case that matches my club at OC with a memory card! It was really nice!

Then Yesterday of course was Christmas Day! unfortunately I did not get to continue my openinng of presents because I have to wait until Friday or Saturday because Michael, Katie, Melody, Gavan, and Jaylen won't be here until then! So I get to sit here and look at wonderful presents for 3 more days! It's going to go sooooo slow! haha! So Yesterday My parents and I went over to Jared and Dez's (cousins) and my Aunt and Uncle were there with my cousin Coco! So we spent the day playing poker and having a fabulous Christmas Lunch! It was pretty exciting! I loved it!

So In my sorrows of waiting to open presents there is one thing that I definitely can entertain myself with! and that is my brand new Ipod! It's so cute! I love it! But It's Tiny! I just took pictures of it with my new digital camera but unfortunately I can't plug my memory card into this computer to get them! That's not very good! But It's ok! So you will just have to wait and see it when you see me! It's so cute! I love it!

Well, I think that is about it,
National Treasure:Book Of Secrets - IS THE BEST!
P.S. I Love You - Really Sad But it opened my eyes!
NEW DIGITAL CAMERA - So Cute! With a Cool Brown Case!
And The Ipod Arrived - It's so tiny!

Like my little summary? Lol thought it was funny! Oh one more thing....I decided that I am going on the Vienna Trip through OC as soon as possible! There might be some reasons that I can't go this fall like that the application process is already complete and I was not apart of it! But I am still trying for maybe the Spring of 2009!

Love you all! Leave me some comments! I like reading them! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Myra

It's Friday!!!

2007-12-21T07:15:00.001-08:00
Sorry I didn't post anything last night and I said I would....I got a little distracted! I was putting all the songs that I want on my new ipod onto CDs because that Ipod is only going to be on my OC computer and not the same one as my first ipod! Yesterday, was alright...nothing too interesting except the fact that I saw I Am Legend last night with Will Smith. It was alright...I have some mixed feelings about it. I think that there could have been more action in it but I guess it was pretty good. Will Smith always does really good at acting but whether or not it was a good movie has nothing to do with him. His daughter is in this one so that was pretty neat! I saw the movie with Janet and Caleb! I love those two soooo much!

Oh and yesterday I went shopping with Mom of course after work for about an hour and we bought two really cute pairs of shoes! I got these cute black high heels with tiny bows on them! They are really cute! And then I got some boots! Like those leather boots that go up to right below your knee. They look so cute! They are half leather and half suede with little buttons on one side! I love them! They were really cheap too because we got them at Payless! Yeah!!!

One more thing....anyone related to me that is wondering what I want for Christmas...here's 2 options! One I want the first season of Psych! It's a hilarious tv show! There is only one season so you can't get the wrong one! But just look for it! the title is green with two guy on the front! There might not be very many of them but its there I promise! That's one thing I want! Also, I want the movie "Because I Said So" It's super good! Although, just for reference you might want to ask my parents if they have bought it for me because I have been asking them for it for Christmas for the past 2 weeks. Those are the two things that I want for Christmas mainly!
The First Season of Psych
Because I Said So

Just FYI! Well, I think that is all for right now I better get back to work! But I am expecting my ipod on Wednesday or so and then Jaylen, Melody, Gavan, Michael, and Katie are coming one week from today so that is pretty exciting!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Only 5 Days Until Christmas!

2007-12-20T12:41:00.000-08:00
Well, I definitely think that my parents have become grandparents because Christmas is a much bigger persuasion time now! In my last post I told everyone that I was going to be persuading my parents to purchase half of an ipod for me while I purchased the other half! I definitely should consider a major in sales because they said YES!!!! I ordered my brand new red ipod nano this morning online! I am so excited! It even has my name engraved on it. I can't wait to get it! It should be delievered within 5 business days so hopefully this coming Monday or the Wednesday after Christmas. I am already deciding what music I want to put on it! It's Pretty exciting!

Just Wanted To Let You all Know that I am getting a cool Ipod for Christmas! Love you all! I'll Post More Later!

Olive Garden is SO DELICIOUS!!!

2007-12-19T13:55:00.000-08:00

Today, I came to work so tired. It was crazy! But on the other hand I did look extremely cute! I had my brand new cute heels on and my new scarf with black pants and a white top! It was gorgeous. At lunch today, my best friend in the whole world, came and we went together! Chris! He came and picked me up and we went to Olive Garden for lunch! While I was there I saw a prett old friend! She was a waitress there! Oddly, when I really knew her she was a grill cook for the Cracker Barrel and you would never picture her being a waitress. But I guess it was her calling! So that's where she is now and her baby is super cute! i saw pictures! That lunch was so much fun because I got to talk to Chris and we just had a really fun time! I loved it......

Now, I am back at work and the day is almost over! Just one more hour and I can go home! Last night, my mom came in and showed me a surprise that she had for me. She had a dillon's employee shirt. for those of you who don't know...that's our grocery store. She is a older woman and has not had a job in 26 years. Just picture this moment. She walks in and shows me her new shirts and her nametag. I remember when I would see those on my friends in high school! The good thing is that she is just delivering flowers (and drugs...she likes to point that out) and not being like a cashier or anything. This morning she woke up and left for work when I did and she was just so proud of her little work uniform. It made me laugh but I am really happy that she has something to distract her now. Something for her to do during the day. I like it that she is happier! At least she seems happier! It's good for her! The bad part is that I am making more money than her....haha!....but at least she enjoys what she is doing and thats what really matters!

So, my ipod has been acting up a lot lately. It kind of saddens me that I am going to have to say goodbye for this wonderful thing! It has really been there for me in all my pool table times when I needed to beat the guys and they think it is my secret weapon! haha! but I decided that I am going to propose it to my parents for them to go in half-and-half with me so I can have a nice ipod for only 100 dollars. That isn't too bad especially since I am making good money with my dad here at the office. But I am thinking about buying this ipod!

Isn't she a beauty? I just love it! It's as close to pink as I can get! And
I think I wll love it! I want my parents to pay 100 and I will pay 100 as well. It will be a good ipod! I really think I will like it! I have to talk to my mom tonight about it. I already wrote up a proposal to present this idea to my parents and my dad read his and didn't really say anything so I am just really waiting to hear what my mom says.

Well, that is just about it! Church tonight and then after that probably hanging out with my bestest friend ever, Chris!!! YEAH! I'm excited!

Love you all! Have a good evening!

Picture Time!!!

2007-12-18T16:53:00.000-08:00

Well, I haven't quite figured out how to work this whole blog thing yet. I want to be able to make my profile picture bigger! Haven't gotten that down! So I thought I would post some cool pictures from this past semester at OC!

At the beginning of the year, I was debating on what club to be in! I could go with my sister and be a Theta girl! Or I could go with my sister-in-law and be a Gamma girl! Or I could be myself and be an Iota girl! To the left you can see 4 girls just having the time of their life! This was the first Iota rush even that I attended! It was a tea party! I loved it! It was so much fun I decided that I had to join the club and become an Iotan! So that has taken up a lot of my semester! The girl on the far left is Sam, she is my roomate! I love her! And actually that was the first night I met her and we just clicked! The great thing was that Carissa (the girl on the far right) and Lindsey(The one in blue) oddly had an open suite so Sam and I moved in together! It was great! She is an awesome roomate!

This picture on the right is my roomate Sam! The night before this picture was taken, Carissa and I had taken Sam to the hospital because her ACL surgery incision had split! So we are in the Plastic Surgeon's office in this picture! Huh?? I love it! Anyway, so everyone this is SAM! I miss her! I haven't seen her for like 2 months....it's sad!

On our left here, is 3 of the most amazing women ever! I love them! Carly (Far left) has unfortunately moved back to Colorado! Her and her boyfriend Kelly wanted to go back to Colorado State. They missed the mountains! We are all going up there to see them over Spring Break. Ashley(on my right) she is just awesome! She is from Kansas with me! She lives in the apartments and Carissa (far right) recently moved out of the University House and into Ashley's apartment! They are going to have a lot of fun together! This picture was taken the night when the faculty were SUPPOSED to serve us a midnight breakfast but instead we just had Cinnamon Rolls in the student center! They were still delicious!

This last picture on the left is those same four girls! ICE STORM STRAIGHT AHEAD!!! We wanted to take cool ice pictures (thanks to Ashley) The trees were insanely covered in ice. Let's just say you will never see that tree again because the morning after we took all our pictures, they cut them down. It was sad but it had to be done!
Well I think that is all my pictures so far! I will post more later! Now, I am off to wrap presents for all my family! Love you all! Happy Holidays and Happy Christmas!
-Aunt Myra-

FINAL GRADES ARE IN!!!!!

2007-12-18T14:08:00.000-08:00
Hey everyone! Well, I decided that i would start a blog that would be all about my life! I look at Mel and Gavan's blog and Michael and Katie's blog and I just got jealous because I wanted a blog! Haha! I thought it would be fun to let you all know how complicated my life is! Right now, I am working at my dad's office and becoming his little secretary answering the phone, filing, typing up things for him, etc. It's pretty easy and I get paid pretty good too! I have those "daughter benefits." I like it. Especially the fact that it only happens when I come home from college so I wouldn't have to worry about finding one for just three weeks. So now, it's Christmas break from OC and I really do miss it. I miss my friends because I am so used to seeing them everyday and my roomate! I miss her dreadfully! I have been without a roomate for about 2 months now. She has been in the hospital for 22 days in Amarillo, TX and is now in New Mexico at her home just recovering from all her surgeries. See, she tore her ACL in September and had surgery for that and that was done in Amarillo, TX and right before she returned to school, the Dr. had taken out her stitches so she could heal nicely. WRONG!!! Her incision ended up splitting and getting infected! She had to get two more surgeries to fix all that happened with her knee. So, now she is at home just getting over all of this. I can't wait to go back to school so I can see her! Hopefully she will be back for the beginning of next semester.

On my desk I have this little Santa Clause that says how many days are left until Christmas. I love it. Because when I came back to work I had to be in the office that was abandoned and my desk just looked so plain. My mom was sad for me so she brought it for me and it is super cute! My grandma even made me a little name plate that has my name engraved on it so when I worked for my dad I would have a name plate! It was fun! I felt professional. Now, that I am 20 years old I still feel professional just because of that age. I feel like I can't do anything that I would as a teenager! I guess that is what my family wants me to think. So there you go guys!

Final grades were due today so hopefully they will be posted soon! Just Kidding I just looked at my grades and they are IN! And I passed the semester! I am so excited about that! My first semester was pretty tough and they aren't too pretty but I am super excited that I passed! Here are my grades
Intro to Info Technology (Computer Class) - B
Freshman Seminar - B
Comm II (Public Speaking) - B
Bible (Matthew) - C
APE (Economics) - C
Calculus I - C

They aren't that great but I am proud because I got a C in Calculus instead of a D especially when I missed about a month's worth of class in that class. It was pretty bad!

So, I will add some pictures to my blog a little bit later because here at the good 'ol office I can't get into my facebook to retrieve them! But I will add them later! Hope you all enjoyed my first blog and will keep up with my life at college! I will definitely update you about all the drama as well!