Happy New Year! I really like New Year's and this year is no exception. Even though I don't have a whole lot of plans I am still psyched! I always love spying fireworks late at night around this time of year; it may actually be one of my favorite things. Maybe New Year's is one of my favorites because it's all about New. New beginnings, starting over, fresh and perhaps all of those are favorites because that is the incredible business that God is in and I am beyond blessed to have experienced it. What do you like about New Year's?

P.S. After today, face book, I will log on much less. Bloggers have no fear, i will continue to blog!

Some how I managed to get sick. I have an odd pattern of getting sick over breaks. One of the times I was most sick was the day after school let out. Anyway, maybe it was because I went out in wet hair but my hair usually dries pretty fast. Maybe it was all the nasty dry wall air in the new house, but the dry wall guy is covered in that stuff and he seems fine. Well actually with his smoking and other not so conventional habits he seems really fine compared to what he should be feeling. Or maybe, I just got a cold. Weird. Anyway I know a lot of people have been sick over break so I don't want to complain because it is really not that bad. I do have to say I am slightly disappointed because I was working on my New Year's resolution...a little early just to see if I could do it and I was doing really well until I got sick and we had people come look at our house. I didn't have much to do either time so I caved and logged on to face book. Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with face book and I do like it. It's just that I spend way too much time on face book and I was starting to get annoyed. That is one of my New Year's resolutions: very few time spent on face book. Well at least I have until January first right?

Happy Sunday to you and your family! We were knee deep in wall paper glue yesterday trying to strip the bathroom in the new house. An afternoon and some very sore hands later the walls were bare. Gives a lot of time to do some good thinking and talking too. The house is coming along, I think it will be the fastest flip my parents have done yet!

Today is a day, a day that most will just sit still and enjoy the blessings of life. Merry Christmas!

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.-John 10:10

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.-Hebrews 11:1

Wouldn't it be love-ely

One of my favorites of the play. Actually I really like all of them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5fW7sERw7I

2 Days! Merry Christmas!

Watched the season finale of Monk. Can't believe it's over. That was quite the show, good wholesome tv. Gotta love the Monk in all of us...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but I haven't been entirely sure what to post about so here is just a hubub of posts that could have been I suppose...

It's raining. I love the sound of rain and the fact that I was at home during the rain in pj's watching Regis and Kelly. To all the Caldwellians on my hall, the wish list works, my wish came true! The pic is the view from window.

Our house is even more so empty than at Thanksgiving. Now there are boxes everywhere, I think this Christmas should be called Christmas in Boxes. It's not a bad thing, just part of life. I even think someone should make a Hallmark movie, see I even gave them a title! Oh and some of my favorite quotes of the week: Don't question just pack! Just leave it, it's gonna get worse before it gets better. (the cardboard I was trying to organize by the trashcan) and I discovered that I am slightly inept at putting together cardboard boxes. They are actually really cool once you figure them out.

I went back to the school my family has been at for twenty plus years to get some moving supplies and the secretary didn't recognize me right away and my mom said you look like a lady amid all those teeny boppers and high schoolers. It's only been a year and a half since I've graduated. My how the times change.

We watched Because I Said So last night and it's one of my favorites.

And some great verses in Psalm 80:17-19

"Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself. Then we will not return away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. Restore us, O Lord God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved."

Jesus took our place and for that there is no words.

A Book on a Shelf

Books are funny. We packed up the office/library today. I did find a couple to add to my stack of to-be-read books but then again I'm always in a conundrum. What do books do, they just sit on a shelf...waiting to be read or read once, I'll give you that. But don't you wish you could pass them along and others could keep reading them, I guess that's why they came up with libraries. Anyway after saying how awful books are because they just sit on a shelf I was pulling down kids books and so excited to have them! There were Berenstein Bears, Peanuts, classics, and Silly Songs for Kids! I was in another world of fun and soon realized why books sit on shelves-so you can come back each time and enter that wonderful world of adventure. My mom loved to read to me when I was growing up and now I can't wait to read to future students/kids. So what do you think about books sitting on shelves?

Go Team

So today we packed up the craft room, and let me just say it was quite the day. We found pressed flowers, some unfinished projects, and a whole lot more. My favorite was when we were wondering if we the glue was still any good, some of it was green and solidified and the other had taken the shape of the bottle top. It was amazing. We had craft snow that had even solidified. Boy do you have a lot of memories and good times after twenty some years. There was the button box that mom got from a yard sale with Uncle Charlie and her bear beans. They were so much fun to play with. The sticky stamps from the dollar store were pretty gross but we did use them and made quite the projects. I remember running upstairs and painting something, I even pretended like I was on a craft show: Now you take the sponge and dip it in the paint.... A lot of the supplies we decided to pass along to His House and some friends of ours have little girls. I am glad that they will get to have lots of fun! It is hard to pack up after twenty some years but thankfully the memories still last. We did have a few laughs packing up to. I was looking at a cute clay bear but my hands were sticky so I was like he's cute oh my hands are gross, but it translated as he's cute but kinda gross! So in one afternoon we packed up the remaining crafts of twenty some years.
P.S. Though most people aren't liking the weather here in SC I kinda do....it's perfect temp, not too hot and not too cold and its that foggy eerie atmosphere, the trees look really cool!

During this Christmas season, this year, and this life for that matter, so often people go through struggles and hardships. Though you may not have the words to say or the things to do there is always prayer.
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."
-Romans 8:26

Good Stuff

After another long day, SC welcomes me! Mom had a fight with the umbrella and i think she won. The tree is up but a little bare because we get to finish decorating it, Mom says its because she couldn't reach up there. We are watching Martha Stuart and it is just making me laugh so much. These are two new favorites from So You Think You can Dance and the cha cha, my favorite part is the very end, wait for it....

Christmas is here!

So I'm sitting against those awfully cold cinder block walls that only seem to be found in college dorms. I have officially completed my third semester at the soon to be Belhaven University. It has been quite the exam week, we even threw in two fire alarms and yes, the alarm on our hall is RIGHT over our door. Even though I only had a few exams and they were spread out, I am really tired and slightly afraid that I may fall asleep in the hall as I type this. Wow it's only 10 a.m. and I feel like I could use another good night's sleep. Maybe I should just be like elf, "I slept great, I got a full 4o minutes!" Oh man, I have watched that movie so much this Christmas. Anyway, we sure did have some great quotes as always, "Civilization is a moral obligation!" "A big flat lady" (studying Manet's Luncheon on the Grass) oh and from One Fine Day, a study break mind you, "Where do you get a bag like that?" I would venture to say, especially during finals week, every girl needs one of those! I actually can say that I did learn some very interesting stuff: Stravinsky was a great Russian composer but because of World War II he moved to Los Angeles and made quite a name for himself-one of America's 100 most influential people, a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, and he even messed with our Star Spangled Banner and tried to re-harmonize it but was quickly imprisoned because it was illegal at the time. Tchaikovsky too had in interesting life. He was known as "the weeping machine" and had an anonymous widow donor that supported him for many years but they only communicated by letters. He drank tainted water and died from chlorea though some say he committed suicide over a lover. I can also tell you how to care for someone who is having a seizure and that there are many schools, technologies, and counseling help for individuals with disabilities. I've heard of a Polonaise and Mazurka and can define pirouette, attitude, and gand battement. Well I won't bore you with any more details, let's just say this was quite a semester. As for every semester, I think we are all ready to go home. We are as ready as any girl who has lived in a dorm. It's bitter sweet as tensions are high despite close friendships. Well tomorrow I make that 8-10 hour drive once again, and guess what?! Christmas is here! P.S. kudos for those of you who can figure out what the sign says in my picture, yes i am in college, i just forgot that i would've had to write it backwards to make your day even better!

So I took my first exam today. Well sort of. I had one on Monday but it was more like a short test. I'm not sure if I wrote my name on the essay portion because sometimes I forget and just start reading the questions. I was pretty excited about my essays and I even had High School Musical written in my paper. Then I re-read it and thought about it. Maybe since I am in a college literature class I should rephrase that. I opted to just maximize the phrase, "We are all in this together," like some people say. I hope that was ok. Mississippi had snow on Friday and now it's sunny and warm. But hey, at least I don't have to walk to exams in freezing rain. Or maybe that would be better because then I wouldn't have an exam. Actually exams aren't that bad and then I am done the semester! Exams this year are so different from last year. I had three on one day and this year I only have four and only two are on the same day! How weird is that? I actually have a life during exam week. Now that's a blessing!

Well we survived the Singing Christmas tree. One of my friends was actually in the tree but sick and therefore lip-singing. We could still hear him, now that's impressive. Today we explored the dollar tree and I finished some gift baskets for a Christmas party. Let me just say the dollar tree is my new favorite place and I also love lime tostitos...we had our hall party today as well and watched Holiday Inn-great movie, classic! It was completed with chocolate and a bunch of my neighbors cheering for the hero. I especially liked the song "Your Easy to Dance With". Then we went to our College Christmas party and had amazing food and a while elephant gift exchange. My favorites were Dance wit Lisa, the flarp puddy, the paper snowflake taken from Caldwell lobby window, a free pilates lesson, and the BFF cd and glow in the dark light sticks. The CD and glow in the dark sticks occupied us for a good half hour. We also had a blast playing MadGab it's amazing what people say! Well good ending to the weekend, exams start unofficially tomorrow...

Feels like it has been a while since I have posted so I'll give a quick update. This week went super fast, praise the Lord! I had all my dance evaluations and my modern one was actually fun! Then Friday we had formal and can you believe it....it snowed!!!!!! It snowed during the Singing Christmas Tree when the sang Let it Snow and White Christmas :) it was amazing! I have to say that was the first time I have ever gone to a formal in the snow. We ended the night with a very late run to Whataburger. Today went shopping for Christmas baskets and then we went on a walk to Laurel Park and found roses that had survived the snow. Last night we watched the Singing Christmas tree from our window and yelled at the passersby, it was so fun! Tonight we will bundle up and brave the cold....we'll see if we survive!

My dance teacher used the word catawampus to describe our circle of 9 as we attempted to complete an exercise. I secretly celebrated at the use of the word. Needless to say, it was quite the class.