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tehre is a random appliance war going on between my neighbor Michael
Ruff (Ruff) and I. It has included his past roomate Andy and his
present roomate Joe also. We try and see who has the coolest
random kitchen appliance. My friend Brandy and I went to Bed Bath
and Beyond (BB&B) today for the specific purpose of getting
something to beat his new S'Mores Maker and tabletop grill (I do not
think this is random but hey). Well I found some useful things I
needed like ice cream bowls that match my dishes, meat tenderizer
mallet, serving spatula, biscuit cutters and a chair. NOne of
these things are random, they were just b/c I needed them.
However, I did find 2 marvelous random things. First is a
chocolate fondue fountain that was brought out tonight whil most of our
group was over watching a movie. Our group consists of me, Brandy, Amy K, Amy M, Andy, Ruff, Aron, sometimes Laura and Joe) And
the other, which is the best in my opinion, is the creme broule set
complete with 4 small ramekins(dishes) and a kitchen TORCH  I
also bought 6 larger ramekins so that I could serve more people.
Yes my friends this is an awesome applance. I can make fire he. .
he . . he. It can be used not only for creme broule. It can
be used for multiple things such as smores, melting cheese, and
browning tops of casseroles and potatoes and many many other
things. yes I believe that this will be the item that brings me
up equal or past Ruff. I will break this out for dinner on
Sunday. I really love to have lots of people over and to cook for
them so I am having 10 people over Sunday for dinner. It will be
our group plus possibly Joe's girlfriend. It will be much fun.
side note/question:
Has
anyone ever said/did something that offended you and they didn't even
know it, but they should have? I mean said something that was
blatantly offensive but wer oblivious to it? My mothe did that
the other night. I was telling her about a job that I am looking
into when she said "that is for sighted people, you have to interact
with people and they have to trust you." So yeah I defended
myself while trying not to yell at her. Yay for anger management
and Jesus who keeps me under control  lol.
Well I must be going I have an 8am class tomorrow/today/whatever.
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| Ok so it
has been a really long time since I posted so I will just tell the
highlights. I really don't remember that many specifics except
that last semester was really busy. I made it through though and
got my GPA up a little bit . My friend Aron graduated in
December so I went to that. We got to hang out before he
graduated and have alot of fun. We had a little group at the end
of the semester. It was my friends Brandy, Aron, Ruff, Andy, Amy,
Aron and myself. We played cards, hung out and made trips to the
waffle house which was loads of fun.
::: Excerpt from the night of the waffle house:::
Third
dinner, my car, raison toast, apple butter, chili waffle, friend buddy,
fun uncle . . . manah manah
Yes we are weird but it is fun being weird sometimes.
After
graduation I went home and spent the break with my mom, sister and
nieces. It was actually good. we didn't fight. Also, I
found out that I did not need surgery for my knee, It has been
hurting since a few weeks before Thanksgiving and I finally went to the
Physical Therapist when I was at home. They said I just had one
muscle stronger than another and needed to do some strengthening
excercises. That made me very very happy. OOOHHH happy news
My sister is having another baby. She is due in August
and is determined ti is going to be a little boy. But along with
that comes her moving to VA to live with the father. He is in the
airforce. So they have to live there another three and a half
years until he gets the choice to re-enlist or not.
So New
Years Eve was fun. I went to Kara's house in High Point, which is
where I am going to move this summer after I graduate, and hung
out. We had a small party with about 12 people there. It
was nice. We ate too much food, listened to music, played games
and talked. After we watched the ball drop we prayed in a circle
to welcome the new year in the right way; By giving it to God, whom it
belongs to. We each said a small prayer of either thanks, praise,
or for the upcoming year. Then after that we all said our
favorite thing from the previous year. Mine was that my sis is
having a baby and it IS a happy thing
I still
like living in my apt alone it is kinda nice not having to worry about
waking or keeping someone up. There is no one in the bathroom
when I need it and noone to fight for the remote. I am going to
like living with Kara again though. It will take adjusting since
we have both been living alone but we did it before and will do it
again. It will be awesome.
So now
for movies One of my favorite subjects. i have seen a
few new movies lately. I watched Teh Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, and Rumor Has
It in theaters. The were all really good. I would like to
see Narnia again but I will wait til the end of the month when they are
playing it at the theater on campus. I have heard rumor that
Disney is in preproduction of the second Narnia movie.
On DVD I say Dukes of Hazzard and Must Love Dogs. They were both really good.
My movie
lists keep growing, which is a good and bad thing. I have a list
of movies that I have and a list of movies that I want to have. I
think they are about even now lol.
Oh!
I now have a new neighbor. Andy moved out and into a house with
Micah and Levi Lansing (brothers if you couldn't figure it out 
). So Joe Mullins moved in with Ruff. He is fun and is
giving me a run for my money with my DVD collection. Actually
mine looks pathetic in comparison to his but it is ok. My
collection is up to 150 +- now and he has 550+-. So yeah no hope
of winning that one.
And the
latest good news is that one of my friends from this summer called me
last night and said that she decided to be come a reform Jew. We
had a nice talk about the difference between a Jew and a Messianic
Jew. It was interesting. I never found out which she was
since she didn't really know there were two kinds. So hopefully
we will continue the conversation later.
Well it
has been great but, I have friends over now so I am gonna get off the
computer and be hospitable, which I love to be. Hope everyone had
a great 2005 and will have and even more awesome 2006!
Oh by the way, coment and sign my guestbook
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| I
have decided there is enough time to post my poem that I shared tonight
at the coffee house. It is untitled as many of mine are. If
you think of a title for it let me know .
Lord you are amazing
You are my all
i could never live without you
You pick me up when I fall
Dust me off and set me straight
I hear your voice as you call
You say follow me
And do not look back
I know in you
There is nothing I lack
i do not fear
When I am under attack
For I know you are there
Every step of the way
I will never turn from you
No matter what others say
For without you
I could not face today
To prosper and not to harm
Are the plans you have for me
Lord I pray that soon
The whole earth could see
All that I see now
Your truth and your glory
Praise God for all the things He gives us.
Something completely different:
I am trying to build up my movie collection even more. So if you
could give me a few movies that you like and you think I should add let
me know. Thanks and again have a great day/week and God Bless
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| So
it has been a little bit since my last one so here goes to catch you
up. First of I have decided that I am graduating in May.
This opens up so many more doors for uncertainty. I have no idea
where I am going to go or what I am going to do. I have a few
different choices. I could go to DC and work for the USDA again,
go to High Point and live with Kara (I will tell you about her later)
and do something there, I could go home and do something there in
Podunk, or I could stay up here in Cullowhee and find a job aound
here. The last one sounds the most comforting but I am not so
sure it is what I am supposed to do. I know I am not supposed to
live here, God has already told me that. However it is easy to go
with teh familiar. Stepping out of my comfort zone has never been
one of my strong points.
That brings me to my next topic which is God making/letting me share
what He has given me. he has given me the gift of poetry to
worship Him and I have usually kept it to myself and a few select
people who I felt comfortable sharing with. However, lately I
have felt that I should share what He has given me. I mean it is
all to glorify Him anyways so why would I want to bottle that up inside
right? Well I don't nkow but for some reason I just didn't but
now I am. We had a poetry in worship workshop at church on
Saturday where a small group of us got together and pracitced writing
through games, individual writting, and also sharing what we had
written. This prepared me a little for what came later that
night. Curtis called me and asked if I would share a poem at the
coffee house that Campus Rock was having Monday night(tonight). I
told him that I would and that I had felt God telling me I should share
and He laughed and agreed that this would be the perfect time to do
it. So I prayed about which one I was supposed to share and God
decided to give me a new one last night at like 2 something in the
morning which he often does. The coffee house comes and I get
there and Curt walks up and tells me I am sharing right after the guy
who is on stage at that time. So I was a little nervous.
This was the first time that I had spoken on the mic in fornt of
everyone in over 2 years. So I am standing there in the blinding
lights trying to hide my nervousness, trying to remember not to eat the
mic, and trying to read when it was very hard with the bright
lights. So I got through it and made up some of it as I went b/c
of the inability to read all of it. I felt so much better after I
did. I knew that I was supposed to.
So tonight was awesome and this weekend will be super awesome.
First of all Jim McNally is coming up to share at our church and at
Campus Rock Monday night. Just seeing Jim is a blessing but
getting to hear him share is all the more incredible. Also, icing
on the cake, Kara is coming back and staying with me again I
love it when she comes back. We have so much fun and it is like
no time has passed.
Now would be a great time to tell you about Kara. We met my
freshman year and instantly became friends. She was a friend who
always showed me new things about God and new ways to grow. Even
when she didn't say anything in particular, her life was enough.
We decided to become roomates my sophomore year. It was
awesome. She taught me guitar, as much as time allowed, and she
would play and sing until all hours of night and day which I absolutely
love. I love the guitar. i could sit and listen to it for
hours on end, which I have came close to with Andy ( he comes later
too). We had such fun, watched lots of movies, grew closer to God
and to each other as not only sisters in Christ but friends. When
it came time for room selection we decided to room with other people my
Junior (her senior) year. Well life happened over the summer and
she ended up with a different roomie than originally planned. We
spent the first semester finding out how we should have stayed with
each other lol. So when I was loking for an apartment, I had to
get out, i told her and sort of jokingly asked if she would movie in
with me. She seriously replied "YES" So we moved in over
Christmas break and spent her last semester together as roomies once
again. It was awesome. The time we spent with other people made
us appreciate the little things we didn't notice about each other
before. I was once again the secretare who always know where she
was, what she was doing or should be doing lol. It was
amazing. I learned so much from her. Her life and her
own journey with God. So I pray our paths stay intertwined for a
very long time Thanks Kara for always being there and being a
great friend. You blurred the lines of sisterhood and
friendship.
Andy is another great friend. He now lives across the hall from
me with Michael (Ruff) which is cool. Andy has become one of my
greatest guy friends. For somereason I haven't had that many good
guy friends at Western. I think it is b/c I scarred myself in
High School by dating my friends and that left me with the impression
that if they are a friend then they will eventually be a boyfriend then
the friendship will be ruined. Andy helped me change that.
We just became friends. It wasn't forced. We had a class
together last semester and that was very fun. Now I know that if
I ever need a friend he will be there. I have listened to him
play guitar a few times. He is really good despite what he
says. He has introduced me to the harder side of Christian music
which I thank him for b/c it is awesome. Just b/c the music
worships/glorifies God doesn't mean that it can't rock. It is
about time we take back the music. Thanks Andy, you are
awesome.
There are so many other friends i would love to tell you about but
there isn't enough time and I need some sleep. So for now this is
all. Hopefully I will post more regularly. Have a great
day/week. God Bless
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