LIFE...LEARNING AS I GO

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2011-07-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

BLOGS

2011-06-23T07:59:00.000-07:00

I love reading other peoples blogs. I read peoples that I know, people I've met one time and people I'll never meet in my life. I like reading about peoples life's and the different things that people go through. My friend Kristie has a blog(http://klgoodyear.blogspot.com/) and I thought I would just look at the people that she follows to see if I would want to read any of their blogs. Well for some reason I always end up picking the sad ones. So I have started reading http://alicepyne.blogspot.com/ its about a 15 year old girl who has been living with cancer for 4 years and she has made a bucket list of things she wants to do before she dies....yes sad I know but she has such a positive outlook on life. It made me think about how I complain about the smallest stuff in life and hello the girl is 15 and dying of cancer and you don't see her complaining. So starting tomorrow because I have already complained today..oops, my goal is to try and go all weekend with out complaining about one thing, my family readimg this will probably laugh and think I wont do it but I'm determined...HOPE I CAN DO IT :)

ITS FRIDAY...

2011-06-17T08:17:00.000-07:00

PLAYING CATCH UP..

2011-06-16T08:01:00.000-07:00

I HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN A WHILE I HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO.

MY TRIP TO NEW YORK WAS FABULOUS I HAD SO MUCH FUN IT WAS EXHAUSTING BUT I'LL

DO A POST ABOUT THAT LATER WHEN I HAVE TIME. THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN FUN AND

A WHOLE LOT OF NEW THINGS HAPPENING. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT MY BOYFRIEND TRES WAS A

YOUTH PASTOR AT A CHURCH IN MT.OLIVE CALLED 29:11. WELL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE GOT A

GREAT OPPURITY TO MOVE TO A CHURCH IN CULLMAN CALLED DAYSTAR.

SO HE TOOK IT AND OFF HE WENT TO DAYSTAR. HE IS GOING TO BE WHAT THEY

CALLED THE ASSOCIATE YOUTH PASTOR. DAYSTAR ALREADY HAS TWO YOUTH PASTORS ONE FOR THE

HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH. I THINK TRES WILL BE DOING JUST WHATEVER THEY NEED

HIM TO DO. LAST SUNDAY WAS OUR FIRST SUNDAY TO GO TO CHURCH THERE, I LOVED IT I

REALLY LIKED THE PASTOR AND THE WORSHIP WAS REALLY GOOD.

LAST NIGHT WAS OUR FIRST WEDNESDAY TO BE WITH THE YOUTH. TRES HAS TO BE THERE

ALL DAY ON WEDNESDAY SO I HAVE TO LEAVE WORK RUN HOME CHANGE AND HEAD TO

CULLMAN. LAST NIGHT I WAS SO NERVOUS. WALKING INTO A ROOM WHERE I DIDN'T KNOW

ANYONE AND KNOWING THAT TRES WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ME AT TIMES

WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARY...BUT I MADE IT. THE PEOPLE WERE REALLY NICE AND MADE ME FEEL

COMFORTABLE SO IT WASN'T BAD AT ALL. TRES SPOKE LAST NIGHT AND DID AN AWESOME

JOB. HE IS A REALLY GOOD SPEAKER I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE

HE IS MY BOYFRIEND. HE IS ONE OF THOSE SPEAKERS THAT WHEN HE IS DONE

I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE LIKE A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM HIS MESSAGE.

I AM SO THANKFUL AND BLESSED THAT GOD HAS PLACED TRES IN MY LIFE WHEN HE DID.

MOVING TO DAYSTAR WAS TOUGH FOR TRES, HE HAD BEEN AT 29:11 FOR 2 YEARS

WITH TEENS THAT HE WAS SUPER CLOSE TO AND LOVED. IT WAS HARD TO

WATCH HIM BE UPSET ABOUT THE MOVE AND ME NOT BE ABLE TO FIX IT,

BUT IN THE END IT HAS TURNED OUT GREAT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GO AND

START GETTING INVOLVED AT DAYSTAR. NOW ON TO THE 2ND THING THAT'S NEW.

I STARTED A NEW JOB ALMOST 2 WEEKS AGO...YES YOU READ RIGHT ANOTHER NEW JOB.

IT'S IN THE SAME BUSINESS I JUST WENT FROM A CREDIT UNION TO A BANK. IT

WAS A GREAT JOB AND I COULDN'T PASS IT UP.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE THEY ARE A LOT MORE BUSY THAN

I WAS AT ECO BUT I LOVE IT SO FAR.

SUNDAY IS FATHERS DAY AND I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MY POST FOR THAT.

I WILL HAVE TO BE ON MY OWN COMPUTER BEFORE I CAN DO THAT.

2011-05-27T08:37:00.000-07:00

WHEN DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNINGS I NORMALLY DO NOT LISTEN TO 93.7 WHICH IS OUR CHRISTIAN MUSIC STATION. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS BAD BUT MOST CHRISTIAN MUSIC THAT THEY PLAY ON THAT STATION IS CORNY. SORRY IF THAT SOUNDS BAD BUT ITS THE TRUTH. WELL THIS MORNING FOR SOME REASON I LISTEN TO IT AND I NEEDED TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID. A LADY CALLED IN AND WAS TELLING ABOUT HOW SHE HAD APPLIED FOR A JOB AND THEN THE LORD CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE ONE SHE WANTED. THEN SHE FOUND ANOTHER JOB THAT WAS CLOSER TO HOME AND THE PAY WAS THE SAME FROM HER OLD JOB. SHE SHARED THAT WHEN THE LORD CLOSES A DOOR HE OPENS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS BETTER THAN THE ONE HE CLOSED. I HAVE HEARD THIS ALL MY LIFE BUT I REALLY NEEDED TO HEAR IT TODAY. SHE ALSO SHARED SOME VERSES THAT I ALSO NEEDED TO HEAR.

Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

PIGGY PAINT

2011-05-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

I WAS READING A BLOG THAT I FOLLOW http://www.inthiswonderfullife.com/ SHE IS PREGNANT AND SHE FOUND A FINGER NAIL POLISH CALLED PIGGY PAINT THAT IS ALL NATURAL AND SAFE TO USE...I THINK THE NAME IS SUPER CUTE SO I WENT TO THE WEBSITE http://www.piggypaint.com/ I AM NOW ORDERING ME SOME BRIGHT PINK PIGGY PAINT :)

NEW YORK :)

2011-05-26T08:05:00.000-07:00

IN 6 LONG DAYS I WILL BE BOARDING A PLANE AT 6AM TO HEAD TO NEW YORK. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO NYC SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I'M A LITTLE EXCITED WELL LETS SAY I'M SUPER EXCITED. THE TRIP WAS THROWN TOGETHER IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. TUESDAY NIGHT I HAD A FAMILY/ CLOSE FRIENDS BIRTHDAY PARTY WE TALKED ABOUT IT THEN AND THE PLANE TICKETS WERE BOUGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT ALL CAME ABOUT BY ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS MOM WHO I WOULD CONSIDER LIKE MY 2ND MOTHER PUT IN FOR TICKETS TO GO TO THE REGIS AND KELLY SHOW. NORMALLY ITS REALLY HARD TO GET THEM WELL SHE GOT THEM. SHE GOT 4 SO SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO TAKE THE OTHER 2 WELL ME AND MY MOM JUMPED ON IT. SO EVERYONE WILL NEED TO WATCH THE SHOW THURSDAY JUNE 2 AT 9AM. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHO WILL BE THERE... ELLEN BARKIN( I HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS), BUDDY VALASTRO (CAKE BOSS-THIS IS THE ONE I'M EXCITED ABOUT), AND THE 3RD PLACE WINNER FROM THIS SEASON OF AMERICAN.

I HAVE A LIST OF THINGS I WANNA DO WHILE I'M THERE SO SLEEP DOESN'T FIT ON THAT SCHEDULE. I WANT TO....

1. GO TO THE TODAY SHOW. WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND GO FRIDAY MORNING. MY SISTER CALLED ME TODAY TO TELL ME SHE HAD LOOKED UP WHO WAS GOING TO BE THERE PERFORMING THAT DAY AND ITS... NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS. 2. GO SEE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY 3. RIDE THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY 4. GO TO THE MACY'S WERE THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE IS
5. RIDE THE SUBWAY

6. VISIT THE TOY STORE7. GO TO TIFFANY & CO8. GO TO GROUND ZERO (NO PICTURE NEEDED FOR THIS ONE)

9. GO TO THE M&M STORE. MY BOYFRIENDS MOM LOVES M&M'S AND SHE WENT TO NEW YORK LAST FALL AND SAID THEY HAVE EVERY COLOR M&M SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.

10. MY SISTER AND COUSIN WENT TO NYC A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THEY WENT AND ATE AT Serendipity. THEY HAVE A FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE THAT THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR. 11. I DON'T REALLY LIKE HOT DOGS BECAUSE OF WHAT KIND OF MEAT THEY ARE BUT I DO WANT TO EAT A HOT DOG OFF THE STREET.

12. GO TO CHINA TOWN

SUCCESS...BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

2011-05-24T12:43:00.000-07:00

TODAY AT WORK WE HAD A MEETING/ TRAINING AT OUR ADMIN OFFICE.

THEY BROUGHT IN A LADY I WANNA SAY HER NAME IS KELLY. WHEN YOU THINK WORK MEETING

MOST PEOPLE THINK OF IT BEING BORING...OR THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY FUN AND I ENJOYED HEARING HER. SHE TALKED ABOUT SUCCESS AND

BEING THE VERY BEST YOU CAN BE. I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW THINGS THAT SHE SHARED WITH US THAT I LOVED.

THE FACTORS OF SUCCESS: ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION

-ATTITUDE: IS MADE UP OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THAT ARE MANIFESTED IN OUTWARD BEHAVIOR.

THE POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE:

-IMPROVES COPING SKILLS

-CREATES OPTIMISM

-DECREASES NEGATIVE THINKING

-IMPROVES HEALTH

-INCREASES CRITICAL THINKING

-INCREASES SUCCESS RATE

THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVATION

-ITS THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS US GOING WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

-WHEN WE FEEL LIKE GIVING UP; WHEN WE FEEL LAZY; WHEN WE FEEL FRUSTRATED, ITS MOTIVATION THAT PULLS IS THROUGH

-WITHOUT MOTIVATION GREAT THINGS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED

"WHETHER YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN, OR YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN'T, YOUR RIGHT." -HENRY FORD

THE 7 KEYS TO MOTIVATION:

-CONNECT TO YOUR VALUES

-FIND YOU "WHY"

-SET GOALS

-TAKE ACTION

-TAKE CARE OF PHYSICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS

-CHOOSE TO BE EMPOWERED

-SURROUND YOURSELF WITH MOTIVATIONAL MENTORS

"SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE AREN'T BORN THAT WAY. THEY BECOME SUCCESSFUL BY ESTABLISHING THE HABIT OF DOING THINGS UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO DO. THE SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE THESE THINGS THEMSELVES; THEY JUST GET ON AND DO THEM." -JOHN MAXWELL

*SHE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO WRITE DOWN GOALS SO HERE GOES:

-WITHIN THE NEXT 5 YEARS:

BUY A HOUSE

GET MARRIED

MOVE TO A MANAGEMENT POSITION AT A CREDIT UNION OR BANK

FINISH UP MY DEGREE

READ THE BIBLE TROUGH

-WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS:

HAVE BABIES

FINISH THINGS ON MY BUCKET LIST

2011-05-18T07:38:00.000-07:00

I have been reading a fifty day devotion book called Addicted to God. I love it, its nice to just sit down get away from everything that's going on in my crazy life and spend some time with just me and God. Yesterday was a crazy day I have some personal stuff going on in my life that I am stressing about but I have been really praying about it and putting it all in God's hands. I know he knows what is best for me and my future so I have stopped worrying about it and I know it will all work out for the best even if it doesnt go my way. So I wanted to share one that I really needed to hear....

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

-Romans 12:2

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

-Philippians 4:8

There is a saying when you put garbage into your mind and life, garbage will come out. When you put good things in your mind and life, then good things will flow out. I learned by reading this that your mind does matter and what you put into your mind will ultimately make the difference between peace and distraction. Your find is a powerful source of help and positive if you make it that way. You use your mind everyday all day so what your putting into it will make a difference in how you make the decisions through your day.

2011-05-16T13:17:00.000-07:00

1. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

-I WOULD BE BLUE BECAUSE IT IS MY FAVORITE COLOR.

2.Would you ever bungee jump?

-I SAY I WOULD BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO GETTING UP THERE AND HAVING TO JUMP I MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD CHICKEN OUT

3.What is your least favorite thing about yourself?

-THE NORMAL THING TO SAY...MY WEIGHT

4.What is your favorite thing about yourself?

-MY HAIR IT WILL DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING

5.What is your favorite app?

-I LOVE MY TWITTER APP, I AM LOOKING AT IT ALL THE TIME.

6.What's the nastiest thing you've ever eaten?

-OYSTERS THEY ARE THE GROSSEST THING I HAVE EVER EATEN.

7.What is one thing that I would not know about you at our first meeting?

-THAT I AM THE MOST RANDOM PERSON EVER, I CAN BE TALIKING ABOUT SOMETHING ONE MINUTE AND A FEW SECONDS LATER BE ON TO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

8. What is your all-time favorite movie?

-I AM SAM. I LOVE THIS MOVIE IT HAS A GOOD STORY BEHIND IT.

9.If you could go anywhere for one week (all expenses paid), where would you go?

-I WOULD GO TO PARIS OR ireland. MAYBE ONE DAY WHEN I GET MARRIED I CAN GO TO ONE OF THESE ON A HONEYMOON.

10.What is your favorite midnight snack?

-I LOVE SWEETS SO ANYTHING SWEET AT MIDNIGHT IS GREAT :)

2011-05-11T07:33:00.000-07:00

1. I'M LOVING...ITS WEDNESDAY AND CHURCH NIGHT

2. I'M LOVING...THE COLD AND SINUS MEDICINE THAT I AM TAKING NOW CAUSE ITS REALLY HELPING

3. I'M LOVING...THAT MY BIRTHDAY IS IN 20 DAYS :)

4. I'M LOVING...THE FACT THAT I HAVE AN AWESOME BOYFRIEND

5. I'M LOVING...CHURCH SOFTBALL STARTS IN 29 DAYS

6. I'M LOVING...THE WEATHER WE ARE HAVING

7. I'M LOVING...THAT IT IS GETTING CLOSER TO LAKE TIME

8. I'M LOVING...IN ONLY 2 DAYS I CAN GO TO SLEEP AND NOT HAVE TO SET AND ALARM TO GET ME UP

2011-04-22T08:14:00.000-07:00

THIS POST MAYBE POINTLESS TO ALL MY HUNDRED READER-BETTER KNOWN AS MY ONE READER WHO IS PROBABLY MY SISTER WHEN SHE EVEN READS THEM. ANYWAYS I AM GETTING MY HAIR DONE IN A WEEK AND I'M TRYING TO DECIDED IF I SHOULD GO SHORTER OR KEEP LETTING IT GROW. IF I GO SHORTER I REALLY LIKE THE JESSICA SIMPSON HAIR STYLE HERE. BUT IF I KEEP LETTING IT GROW I LIKE CARRIE UNDERWOOD HAIR MINUS THE FLIPPING OUT PART I JUST REALLY LIKE THE LENGTH AND THE BANGS. WHAT DO YALL THINK??

2011-04-20T07:49:00.000-07:00

I AM LOVING... THAT JAMIE, KRISTIE AND MYSELF HAVE STARTED WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY. I HAD TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS FROM A FRIEND THAT DOES IT(MAGGIE). MAGGIE PUTS A PICTURE OF HER WEIGHT ON HER BLOG. WE ARE NOT, WE ARE TAKING A PICTURE OF THE SCALE AND SENDING IT TO EACH OTHER.

I'M LOVING... I LOST TWO POUNDS SINCE SUNDAY.

I'M LOVING... THAT SOFTBALL REGISTRATION HAS STARTED. 1ST GAME IS JUNE 6.

I'M LOVING... ITS WEDNESDAY AND CHURCH NIGHT.

I'M LOVING... COMBOS CRACKER SNACK THE PIZZA KIND. AT WORK WE HAVE MEMEBERS WHO WILL BRING US IN THINGS AND TODAY I GOT COMBOS. :)

I'M LOVING... 2 MORE DAYS OF GETTING UP EARLY.

I'M LOVING... THAT SUNDAY IS EASTER.

I'M LOVING... THAT ONE TREE HILL CAME BACK ON LAST NIGHT. I LOVE THAT SHOW.

2011-04-14T12:04:00.000-07:00

THIS MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING TO GET AS EXCITED AS I AM ABOUT CHECKS BUT I AM. I HAVE HAD CHECKS EVER SINCE I HAVE HAD A BANK ACCOUNT BUT NEVER CUTE CHECKS BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THEM. BUT NOW THAT I AM WORKING AT A CREDIT UNION I GET THEM FOR "FREE" SO AS SOON AS I FOUND THAT OUT I ORDERED THEM AND I'M WAITING 7-10 DAYS TO GET THEM! AND YES I KNOW I MIGHT NOT SHOULD BE THIS EXCITED ABOUT THEM BUT I AM!!

MY WANT AND NEED LIST...

2011-04-13T12:15:00.000-07:00

I HAVE A LONG LIST OF WANTS BUT A SHORT LIST OF NEEDS....

-WITH EASTER COMING UP IN A WEEK AN A HALF I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS A NEED OR A WANT BECAUSE I GREW UP WITH GETTING A NEW EASTER OUTFIT EVERY YEAR SO I NEED/WANT A NEW DRESS WELL WITH A NEW DRESS YOU NEED NEW SHOES...SO I WAS LOOKING ON THE INTERNET TODAY AND FOUND THESE...

AND AFTER THINKING NOT AS LONG AS I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE I BOUGHT THEM. MY PLAN IS TO FIND A DRESS TO MATCH THE SHOES LETS HOPE THAT HAPPENS. I DID SAVE $39.04 THATS WHAT GOT ME WAS WHEN THEY TOLD ME HOW MUCH I WAS GOING TO SAVE.

-I HAVE AN OBSESSION WITH SHOES I WILL BUY SHOES AND NEVER WEAR THEM BUT I SAW THEM AND THOUGHT I HAD TO HAVE THEM. I REALLY "WANT" NOT A NEED BECAUSE I HAVE A PAIR BUT I WANT THESE....

THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN I WANT TO SPEND ON THEM SO I'M TAKING SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THEM.

-I AM GOING TO GET OFF OF MY PARENTS PHONE BILL AND GET ON MY OWN SO WITH THAT I NOW "WANT" THE IPHONE 4. I AM DECIDING IF I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER FOR THE IPHONE 5 OR GO AHEAD AND GET THE 4 BUT THIS IS A WANT AND NO WHERE NEAR A NEED.

2011-04-13T07:54:00.000-07:00

I'M LOVING... THAT I HAVE GOTTEN UP EARLY THE PAST FEW DAYS AT 5AM TO GO RUN

I'M LOVING... MY SMALL GROUP "TACO TUESDAY" THAT MET LAST NIGHT, I LOVE ME SOME MEXICAN FOOD

I'M LOVING... THAT I AM BEING THIS DEDICATED TO THIS WHOLE DIET THING

I'M LOVING... THE TALKS THAT I HAVE WITH MY CO-WORKERS DURING OUR DOWN TIME DURING THE DAY

I'M LOVING... MY FRIENDS JAMIE AND KRISTI JOINED ME THIS MORNING TO RUN, SO TODAY I HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO BESIDES MYSELF(AND YES I TALK TO MYSELF)

I AM LOVING... THAT ITS WEDNESDAY AND CHURCH NIGHT

I'M LOVING... ONLY 2 MORE DAYS OF WAKING UP EARLY

I'M LOVING... THIS SATURDAY IS MY CHURCHES EASTER EGG DROP AND I'M EXCITED THAT ITS MY FIRST TIME TO BE APART OF IT

THIS IS NOT GOOD....

2011-04-12T08:21:00.001-07:00

THIS CAN NOT BE A GOOD THING THAT I AM CRAVING THIS RIGHT NOW AND THAT I WORK WITH IN WALKING DISTANCE OF WENDY'S! I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THIS DIET FOR 2 DAYS AND I'M ALREADY WANTING TO CHEAT BUT I'M NOT GOING TO. I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE MOVIES WHEN YOU HAVE A ANGEL SITTING ON ONE SHOULDER TELLING YOU NOT TO DO IT BUT THEN YOU HAVE THAT DEVIL ON THE OTHER TELLING YOU TO. I JUST KEEP PINCHING MY FAT AND THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME TO STICK WITH MY SALAD TODAY!

ITS ALMOST HERE...

2011-04-11T07:40:00.000-07:00

THE DREADED BUT MOST LOOKED FORWARD TIME OF THE YEAR IS COMING SOON! I LOVE THE SUMMER ITS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR NOT ONLY BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY IS IN MAY BUT BECAUSE I LOVE THE WATER. I LOVE GOING TO THE LAKE, BEACH OR JUST LAYING OUT BY THE POOL. SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT I AM READY FOR THE SUMMER BUT MY BODY IS NOT!! SO I STARTED A DIET TODAY...I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 5AM AND WENT AND RAN. MY DIET CONSIST OF NO... EATING OUT(UNLESS I GET A SALAD), SWEETS(THIS ONE BEING THE HARDEST FOR ME), COKES EVEN IF THEY ARE DIET I AM ADDICTED TO DIET MT.DEW BUT I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND DIET DRINKS MAKE YOU RETAIN YOUR WATER WEIGHT SO WHY NOT CUT OUT EVERYTHING IF I'M GOING TO DO IT. I HAVE PLANNED A TRIP TO THE BEACH AT THE END OF MAY WITH SOME OF MY GIRL FRIENDS SO MY GOAL IS TO LOOSE 15 POUNDS BEFORE MAY 27TH. THAT'S 47 DAYS...I CAN DO IT!!!

FIVE QUESTION FRIDAY...

2011-04-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

1. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE SAME ANSWER MOST GIRLS IN THE U.S WOULD GO WITH AND SAY MY WEIGHT

2. Write about a time when you got lost.

THE ONLY TIME I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THAT I GOT LOST WAS ME AND MY FRIEND MEGAN WERE TRYING TO FIND A STORE CALLED Z OUTLET, FIRST OF ALL THE TWO OF US TOGETHER TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE THAT NEITHER ONE OF US KNEW WHERE IT WAS AT WAS OUR FIRST MISTAKE. WE DROVE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND ENDING UP FINDING OUT WHERE OUR MILK COMES FROM WE THEN COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE WERE LOST WE STARTED CALLING PEOPLE AFTER TALKING TO OUR FRIEND JAMIE WE GOT THERE. IT WAS AN ADVENTURE.

3. Camping or 5 star hotel?

I LIKE CAMPING AND BEING OUT DOORS BUT NOT WHEN ITS REALLY COLD OR REALLY HOT SO I WOULD RATHER STAY IN THE 5 STAR HOTEL WITH THE LITTLE CHOCOLATES ON MY PILLOW INSTEAD OF THE BUGS.

4. Have you donated blood?

YES MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL BUT ONLY BECAUSE I NEEDED BONUS POINTS IN ENGLISH AND MY TEACHER WAS GIVING EVERYONE THAT DONATED 100. THAT WAS MY ONE AND WILL BE THE ONLY TIME I GIVE BLOOD. I PASSED OUT AND MY GRANDPARENTS HAD TO COME GET ME.

5. Do you have a budget or do you 'fly by' most months? I DON'T HAVE A BUDGET BUT I NEED ONE.

2011-04-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

ITS TIME FOR WHAT I'M LOVING WEDNESDAY AGAIN......

I'M LOVING... THAT ITS WEDNESDAY ONLY 2 MORE DAYS OF WAKING UP EARLY THEN A DAY OF SLEEPING IN :)

I'M LOVING....THAT ITS FINALLY APRIL 6TH TRES(THE BOYFRIEND) IS THE YOUTH PASTOR AT OUR CHURCH AND IS DOING WHAT HE IS CALLING "SUN STAND STILL" TONIGHT SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE HAS PLANNED.

I'M LOVING... OK I KNOW THIS ONE IS WEIRD BUT I GOT INTO WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW LIKE 2 YEARS AGO AND STOPPED WATCHING IT FOR A WHILE BUT I STARTED WATCHING IT AGAIN THIS PAST MONDAY WITH TRES. I WAS GLAD HE LIKES TO WATCH IT TOO ITS SOMETHING WE CAN DO TOGETHER EVEN IF ITS WATCHING PEOPLE FAKE BEATING EACH OTHER UP :)

4. I'M LOVING... WHILE SITTING IN A CHAIR ALL DAY BEHIND A DESK ALL THAT THERE IS TO DO WHEN I'M NOT BUSY IS EAT OR DRINK SO I HAVE STARTED DRINKING AND I LOVE THEM. IT HELPS WITH THE TIREDNESS SO THAT'S A PLUS TO.

2011-04-01T08:13:00.000-07:00

Can you drive a stick shift? I HAVE DROVE ONE BEFORE BUT ON BACK ROADS BUT I WOULD NEVER TRUST MYSELF ON THE INTERSTATE WITH ONE OR ON A HIIL

2. What are two foods you just can't eat? I CAN NOT BRING MYSELF TO EAT FISH I WILL EAT SHRIMP AND CRAB BUT I CANT EAT FISH. I CANT EAT OYSTERS JUST THE THOUGHT OF THEM MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP EVERYWHERE.

3. Do you buy Girl Scout Cookies? What is your favorite kind?I DONT BUY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES BECAUSE I WILL SIT AND EAT THE WHOLE BOX BY MYSELF.

4. How do you pamper yourself? I DONT REALLY EVER PAMPER MYSELF AND IF I DO I WILL GO GET A PEDICURE

5. What is your nickname and how did you get it? MY GRANDPARENTS HAVE GIVEN ALL OF US A NICKNAME SO MINE FROM MY GRANDMOTHER IS PEACHES(NOT REALLY SURE WHY) MY GRANDFATHER CALLS ME P.P SHORT FOR PRECIOUS PERFECT(I MEAN IF THE NAME FITS HAHA)

2011-03-30T07:35:00.000-07:00

I have been reading peoples blogs that do the what I'm loving Wednesday's so I decided why not so I'm going to join....

1-I'm Loving the new season of Dancing With The Stars. I though that my favorite person on the show this season was going to be Kendra because I love her show on E but little did I know that my favorite would be Kirstie Alley. I loved that she jokes about gaining weight but despite that she has gained weight she can move!

2- I am loving that this past Sunday I officially became a member of Church 29:11. I have been going since last summer but join on Sunday. I am so thankful that God has placed me at a church like 29:11 and for the church family that he has blessed me with.

3- I am loving the show Army Wives. Yeah its sad but I love it and by the show I have decided that I could NEVER be an Army Wife.

4-I am loving my new job. It took a little bit more getting used to waking up everyday and being here by 8:30 but its worth it.

ABC'S OF ME

2011-03-28T11:11:00.000-07:00

{a} age; 19 BUT 20 IN 63 DAYS :) {b} bed size; FULL {c} chore you hate; I HATE ALL CHORES {d} dogs; I HAVE 2 DOGS TOBY THAT IS 14 & BRODIE THAT IS 5 {e} essential start to your day: THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I WAKE UP IS TURN THE TV ON I DON'T GET OUT OF THE BED UNTIL IT IS ON WEIRD I KNOW {f} favorite color; ANYTHING BLUE {g} gold or silver; SILVER {h} height; 5'5 1/2 {i} instruments you play; I CANT PLAY ANYTHING, WISH I DID {j} job title; I JUST STARTED A NEW JOB AT ECO CREDIT UNION {k} kids; NONE BUT HOPE TO HAVE 2 ONE DAY {l} live; BIRMINGHAM {m} mom's name; GLENDA {n} nicknames; CASS, PP(PRECIOUS PERFECT FROM MY PAPA) & PEACHES(FROM MY GRAMMY) {o} overnight hospital stays; NONE {p} pet peeve; WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE IN THE FAST LANE BUT ARE GOING SLOW {q} quote from a movie; OK I KNOW ITS BAD BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES IS THE RINGER AND I LIKE THE ICE-CREAM PART IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE THEN YOU KNOW THE QUOTE :) {r} right- or left-handed; RIGHT {s} siblings; 1 AWESOME 26 YEAR OLD SISTER BRITTANY {t} time you wake up; SOMEWHERE AROUND 615 {u} underwear; YEP ALL DAY EVERYDAY {v} vegetables you dislike; I HATE HATE HATE HATE CORN {w} what makes you run late; EVERYTHING MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS BEING ON TIME, BUT I'M WORKING ON THIS {x} x-rays you've had; CHEST, ARM, HAND {y} yummy food you make; I DON'T COOK UNLESS I HAVE TO (THIS IS THE BEST PART OF STILL LIVING WITH MOM AND DAD) {z} zoo - favorite animal; MONKEYS(I WANT ONE), TIGERS, PIGS(I CANT REMEMBER IF THEY ARE AT THE ZOO)

3/25/2011

2011-03-25T08:23:00.000-07:00

I have just recently started a new job a new job that I consider to be a "BIG GIRL" job. I call it that because its my first full time have to wake up early and be here from 8-5 everyday of the week. I have had jobs before that I had to be there sometimes early and wouldn't leave till late but never 5 days a week. I really like my new job and I really enjoy the people that I work with I maybe the youngest and have nothing really in common with them but that makes it more fun because when we aren't busy we sit around and talk about alot of different stuff. This week has been kinda slow so I have been spending most of my time on the Internet reading peoples blog my sister who I use to make fun of for reading peoples blogs that she does not even know has rubbed off on me (bpelf.blogspot.com) <-my sisters blog. So I am now addicted to reading blogs about people and their adoption stories. I would love for one day to have children of my own but if I am in a part in my life and my husband wants to after we have had children I would love to adopt a child and give them a chance that they may never have. One of the blogs I have been reading...as of yesterday is http://danielandlyndsie.blogspot.com/ it is an awesome story about a couple Lyndsie and her husband Daniel that can not have kids and they are waiting to get to adopt a baby. The second blog I started reading was http://lisaanne119.blogspot.com/ this is a lady who unlike Daniel and Lyndsie are wanting to adopt Lisa was on the other end, she was the mother who was giving her daughter up for adoption. Yeah it is a little sad to read but its neat to read and see how the baby is now doing and the relationship that Lisa has made with the adoption family. The last "sad" blog I have been reading is http://whenhellomeansgoodbye.blogspot.com/ its a couple who had a child of their own but died shortly after being born. They have already adopted a little boy and they are in the process of their second adoption. I don't only read sad blogs I also found one that I am not so sure how I found it but its a happy one http://www.deeply-in-love.com/ about a couple who are expecting their first child. Yeah I am a little crazy for reading peoples stuff that I don't know but it helps pass the time while I'm not busy.

Thankfulness

2011-02-17T07:54:00.000-08:00

*Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. - 1 thessalonians 5:18

For a little of the past 24 hours I have been thinking alot about being Thankful in my situation. It is super hard to be thankful but I have so much in my life to be thankful for. I have an awesome family who love me, a house to live in, a car to drive, amazing friends, a job...I could go on forever about the things that I have to be thankful for. Over the past day I have realized that there is always something to be thankful for even in the hardest of times. I shared this scripture because it doesnt say be thankful for all things it says be thankful in all things and thats what I am having to do right now in my life is to realize that yes we can be thankful for all the things we have but when we get to a hard time in our lives we tend to forget about them. In the most difficult situation you can always find a reason for a thankful heart. I read the phrase today
'I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet'. No matter what the circumstances, I believe that there is always a reason to be thankful. Your situation may never change, but your attitude toward the situation can. With an attitude of thankfulness you can make the most out of a difficult situation.

*Cassie

I have NO idea what title to give this one.....

2011-02-16T01:29:00.000-08:00

Its 4:15am and I cant sleep....Today started out good BUT boy did I know that it was going to end in the LAST way I wanted it to. The next couple of weeks maybe even months are going to be super hard. I am at a point now where I thought I had this year figured out has far as what I was going to do this summer, who I was going to be with for longer than just a year, when I was going to start back to school, what I wanted to do...but the big man upstairs(A.K.A God) had a different plan than I had as of like 12am tonight :(. I have been praying ALOT over the past two months about what I needed to do about a certain situation. I felt like I really didn't know what God was telling me to do so I just stuck it out and hoped it would get better and go the way I wanted it to go. At church on Sunday a Friend (TRES) stood up and said that God wasn't a God of time and it hit me on Sunday when he said it but it really came back in my mind tonight...So lately I have been waiting for a certain things...So after my situation tonight and praying for many hours tonight I really learned that my time means nothing that I can want something so bad that it hurts but if its not on God's timing and God's plan for my life it will never work out. I am one of these people that wants to have everything planned out and know whats going to happen but I am learning that I cant always be like that..people change, life goes on. *Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.- jeremiah 33:3 *Each person but be fully convinced in his own mind.-Romans 14:5 *Seek the lord and his strenght; seek his face continually.- 1 chronicles 16:11 *He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.-Psalm 25:9

....Bucket List

2011-01-31T20:51:00.000-08:00

I wanted to start a Bucket list so here are the things I wanna do before I die...

1-Graduate from college
2-Get Married
3-Become a Mommy
4-Move to another state
5-Sky dive
6-Go to a Dallas Cowboys game
7-Go to....Paris
8-China
9-Australia
10-Hawaii
11-Be on TV
12-Go to a Superbowl
13-Swim with sharks
14-Learn to salsa dance
15-Learn to play the Guitar
16-Be able to speak Spanish well
17-Walk across the Simpson desert in Australia
18-Run a 10k
19-Ride in a gondola
20-Shake the Presidents hand
21-Learn to Surf
22-Save someones life
23-Visit all 50 states
24-Live in a foreign country
25-Be in New York for New Years
26-Go Whale watching in Alaska
27-See a Koala bear in person
28-Go to the Kentucky derby
29-Become good at golf
30-take singing lessons
31-Ride in a hot air balloon
32-Go scuba diving
33-Fly in a blimp
34-See the Golden Gates Bridge
35-Cut the ribbon at a major opening
36-Open a store
37-Build a Habitat for Humanity home
38-Invent something
39-Adopt a child
40-Go to the World Cup

FOUR....

2011-01-26T21:13:00.000-08:00

Life has thrown so many things at me lately good and bad...the first thing life through at me was not going to school this semester at first I was upset with the fact that I would not be attending but it has all worked out and I'm OK with this now. There are times when its hard...when I'm around all of my friends and they are all talking about what they did at school and all the homework they have to get home and do but I have learned to deal with it. The second and the best thing that has happened lately is that I have gotten one of the best opportunity I have ever had...this is to work with Student Life youth camps this summer which will be to travel in a van all around or to stay and work at orange beach. This will be around 10 weeks I will leave around May 22 and return around August 4. This will be one of the hardest but most exciting things I have ever done. I am super scared and super excited about it at the same time. There are many things running through my head...1-I am not the biggest home body but 10 weeks is a long time to be gone, 2-how will this be on my relationship, 3-will I have fun(which I am pretty sure I will have a great time), 4-who will I be staying with for the 10 weeks, 5-will I make friends with the people I will be working with. When I first heard about this I didn't know if I really wanted to do it but the more I thought about it and prayed about it ALOT I started to realize that this is the perfect time in my life to do something like this...I don't have a job that would not let me have a job when I get back, I'm not married or anywhere near getting married, I don't have kids so WHY NOT? I am not for sure doing this yet I have gotten an interview with them on Feb 2(so please be praying for me). But I am at a point in my life where I am ready to see and do what God has in store for me and I could not be more excited to find out what it is...its like when you start something new and you have no idea where it is going but you could not be anymore ready to find out.

....THREE

2010-09-01T11:15:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been realizing that I struggle alot with PATIENCE. This is not something I am just now finding out I have always been told that I need to learn to have patience, its just now coming to my attention more. Not just having Patience with people(which I do struggle alot with) but patience with myself. I feel like all the time I just wanna know what is going to happen in my life. My biggest thing as of right now that I am having trouble with deciding "what I wanna be when I grow up" aka: my major in school. I have only been in school a year and have already changed my major 3 times but I think I have it this time. I am now starting to realize that I am growing up and will have to start making BIG decisions soon. I have always said I can not wait to grow up and be on my own but to be honest I don't think I am as ready as I thought, mom and dads house and their rules will do just fine for a little while longer. With all that said last night I went to a ladies bible study Everything I had been struggling and praying about became more clear last night. We were all sitting at a table and one fo the girls said that with girls our age the biggest thing we struggle with is not knowing whats going to happen and where we're going in life then she said something that really got me. She said God has put you on this earth for one purpose and one purpose only and that is to share and tell everyone about him. I have heard this ever since I can remember but this time it really stuck with me. I felt like I really understood and got it last night that we are here for that purpose and that you may not ever see the person you just set by again or when you'll take your last breath on earth.

TWO.....

2010-08-04T22:43:00.000-07:00

Its late I'm bored....

1.If you could give someone one piece of advice what would it be?

-To not try to please anyone else but yourself

2.If you could have a room full of one thing what would it be?

-Chocolate covered strawberries

3.If you could choose one of your personality traits to pass to your children what would it be?

-That I am so determined to do what has to be done

4.What would you attempt if you knew you would not fail?

-I would try and become a doctor

5.What is the best advice you have ever received?

-My grand father has been telling me ever since I can remember that little do we realize the small choices we make in life are the ones that will affect us the most, as I am getting older I am starting to learn that this is so true

6.Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

-Hopefully in 10 years I will be a college grad, a wife, and a mommy

7.If you could know one thing about the future what would it be?

-I wanna know who I will marry and when(prob what most girls would wanna know)

8.Who is the one person you look up to the most?

-That would have to be my sister she has helped me so much even if she doesn't realize it she has. I could not ask for a better sister she has always been the best christian role model anyone could ask for.

9.If you were stranded on an island what 5 things would you take with you?

-computer,cell phone,dill pickle chips,diet mt.dew,hair brush

10.Would you rather have the power to be invisible or to read minds?

-read minds because I hate when you can tell that people are thinking something you just do not know what they are thinking

ONE.....

2010-08-03T21:52:00.001-07:00

So I deleted all my past post and am starting over. Life lately has had its ups and its downs. I'll start with the ups so I started dating someone new. I could not have asked for anyone better to come into my life at the moment that he did. He is a guy that treats me great and that loves the Lord how much better could it get. He has a great family they have treated me like I am part of the family since the day I met them. He has the best personality and is always making me laugh. Now time for the downs...I have had some personal stuff happen over the past 7 months that I have had to learn to completely give it all to God and let him handle it. Its been so hard to try and not fix it by myself and to wait on him to do it the way he wants it to be done. I know that he knows what is best for me and that when its his timing that all the pieces will fall into place just like they need to. My life saying for the past 7 months has been "wait and have patiences". I have also learned lately that sometimes you cant fix things, sometimes things just need to work themselves out, you just have to do what is best for yourself, and to stop trying to please everyone else.