Late...

Song of the Week:

"Party in the USA" by: Miley Cyrus (For humor sake)
(Warning: This is not the whole song... it is way too long!)

I hopped off the plane at LAX
with a dream and my cardigan
welcome to the land of fame excess,
am I gonna fit in?

Jumped in the cab,
Here I am for the first time
Look to the right and I see the Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so famous

My tummys turnin and I'm feelin kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
and a Jay Z song was on
and the Jay Z song was on
and the Jay Z song was on

CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
They’re playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin’ my head like yea
Movin my hips like yea
I got my hands up,
They’re playin my song
I know im gonna be ok
Yea, It's a party in the USA

Topic of Discssion: Surprises

Quote of the week: 'My people are not responsible for
BBQ enchiladas!" - Retta

Something I have learned this week: I really really like
surprising people

Accomplish by next week: Apply for 3 more jobs

Picture of the week: These two crazy kids got engaged this week!
Congrats Teaven and Sarah!

Peace.

"Hallelujah, hallelujah
Whatever's in front of me
Help me to sing hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Whatever's in front of me
I'll choose to sing hallelujah"

Hallelujah by: Bethany Dillon

His eye is on the sparrow...

This semester is flying by faster than I ever thought it would. Its a little overwhelming really. I thought I was ready to blow this joint, to pack up and embrace my independence... Right now that idea is looking pretty scary. And before I really get started don't kid yourself, this is the first of many posts like this one...

When I think about the people I am leaving here... well you know me, I get emotional. But its more than emotion. I feel like I am leaving a piece of me behind. I have grown so much here, found pieces of myself I didn't know could be found. God has redeemed so many things. He has made right so many of my wrongs. He has changed me. He has given me people to love and be loved by that are better than I could have ever dreamed. I don't deserve the grace.

College has been such a whirlwind of change and uprooting. I wrote a while back that I finally felt stable. Well, this short period of stability is rapidly coming to an end and I feel the change down into my bones. I don't know what God has in store for me next but I am comforted by the truth that he has always been faithful. He has yet to let me down, even when I try to screw up what He is doing for me, He comes through. So... I wait.

"Here am I Lord, send me." - Isaiah 6:8

This week on...

Song of the week: Rascal Flatts - "Here"

There's a place I've been looking for
That took me in and out of buildings
Behind windows, walls and doors

And I thought I found it
Couple times, even settled down
And I'd hang around just long enough
To find my way back out
I know now the place that I was trying to reach
Was you, right here in front of me

And I wouldn't change a thing
I'd walk right back through the rain
Back to every broken heart
On the day that it was breakin'
And I'd relive all the years
And be thankful for the tears
I've cried with every stumbled step
That led to you and got me here, right here

It's amazing what I let my heart go through
To get me where it got me
In this moment here with you
And it passed me by

God knows how many times
I was so caught up in holding
What I never thought I'd find
I know now, there's a million roads
I had to take
To get me in your arms that way

And I wouldn't change a thing
I'd walk right back through the rain
Back to every broken heart
On the day that it was breakin'
And I'd relive all the years
And be thankful for the tears
I've cried with every stumbled step
That led to you and got me here, right here
In a love I never thought I'd get to get to Here
And if that's the road
God made me take to be with you...

Topic of discussion: Fall Break

Quote of the week: "Juicy knees"

Something I have learned this week: Sometimes you find that you have "family" you didn't even know about in the strangest of places.

Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Work out at least 3 times this week

Picture of the week : This is my loot from the great garage sale adventure of '09 with the D'Herde women. I got all this awesome stuff for $7 total!

Weekly

Song of the week: "Take it Easy" - The Eagles

Well, I'm running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine

Take It easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen
my load, got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover who won't blow my
cover, she's so hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy
don't let the sound of your own
wheels make you crazy

Topic of discussion: Birthdays

Quote of the Week: "I remember the day you were born, I was so very disappointed you were a girl" - Grandma

Something I have learned this week: I'm not the only person trying to change

Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Cook dinner for someone

Picture of the week: The family plus Todd's girlfriend Ashley at Birthday dinner

Doodie

Welp, I am on duty tonight and it is really quiet here in Burty Burt... So I thought I would entertain myself by updating you on my life.

Grandfather gets out of the hospital by Wednesday at the very latest, so so glad. Also, he told the nurse he was allergic to broccoli so he wouldn't have to eat it... classic.

I hate when boys use the lobby bathroom, its gross.

I turn 23 in a week... holy moly.

The semester is half over.

My brother told me I needed to "get my stuff together" today. Hah.

Business Job Fair is tomorrow... I am nervous.

Tetris is my new/old favorite game.

I am ready for a new adventure.

Thinking about writing a book, I blame this on Robyn.

The Dixie Chicks are speaking my language tonight.

Love Love.

This Week...

Song of the Week: "You are on Our Side" - Bethany Dillon

The orphan clings to Your hand
Singing the song of how he was found
The widow rejoices
For her oppressors are silenced now

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

The runaway falls at Your feet
You are what he has searched for
The rich man is broken
When he stands beneath a sky full of stars

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

Topic of Discussion: Lake Day

Quote of the week: "In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?" Psalm 56:4

Something I have learned this week: Sometimes you just have to be the adult

Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Be a better peacemaker

Picture of the Week: Me and Angie my first year here. I can't believe how much we have changed in such a short time. On top of that, I love this picture it demonstrates us perfectly.