Happy Halloween!

Today is Halloween...in case you haven't noticed yet ;) At our church, we did something new called Trunk or Treat, where the kids go from car to car instead of house to house. We had a really good turn out. I thought I'd share some pictures from the evening with you!





Libby-- Miss Smarty Pants!!!




















Puppet show about "Fear Not"
















2 gangstas and the girl they're fighting over...Hannah Montana!




















Gangsta Anna
Wat up....?


















Prom Queen Kaylyn
Isn't she beautiful?


















Cowgirls Grace and Melissa













Me

Yay!

I'm glad to say that my day was not boring today. I went to school from 8 until 1:30ish. Then I went straight to work from 2-6:30. And no disasters this time!!! From there I went to visit my friends! It was Kaylyn's birthday yesterday, so I brought her a gift. And I've never been able to just "quick" stop by as I told Jennifer I would (sorry Jen!), so I hung out there for a little over an hour. Anna, Kaylyn, and Libby never cease to keep me entertained. I think I'll take Jen's advice and just head over there when I get bored!!! :) Anyway, I hope you all had a good, and not boring day!!!

Boring...

I was thinking yesterday about how boring my life is! It's the same thing every day, school, homework, go to bed. And occasionally work and church are thrown in the mix. While most college students are out doing things Friday, Saturday or Sunday nights, I sit at home. On a typical Friday, if there's no home football game, I'm at home. On Saturday I went to authentic and I was home by 8:30, and on Sunday I was home all night. I need a social life!!! :)

Laundry Room Catastrophy!!!

I would dare say that today was the most interesting/exciting day I have had thus far at work. I was sitting in the back room, waiting for the load to come out of the washer so I could put it in the dryer. I heard a noise and I thought that doesn't sound like the washer usually does when it's rinsing. So I went to investigate...I opened the door leading into the main room, and was hit by a cloud of steam and water spraying everywhere! I quickly terminated the load, the washer stopped, but the water kept on coming. I couldn't turn off the water, because of course the valve was broken! Meanwhile, I'm getting soaked. So I run to the break room and call our maintenance man. He said he'd be there as fast as possible. I go back to the laundry room. Now the whole room is like a sauna. Water is spraying everywhere, and the steam was insanely thick. I opened a window and went to grab some bed pads. I used those to cover up the spray of water, so rather than spraying everywhere, it sprayed down, and almost directly into the drain. Larry got there soon afterwards, and finally was able to shut off the water flow. We discovered that the water hose had rusted straight thru and the force of the water running thru it caused it to explode. Larry ran out to the hardware store and bought a new hose. When he left I mopped up the floors and set up the fan to dry it more. Thankfully, the whole episode took just a little over 30 minutes, so I wasn't put behind schedule, but it sure made for an interesting afternoon!

Shopping...

I went shopping yesterday. I tend to do that a lot you know... :) I went to Family Christian Store. I was paying for my purchase and I had a nice coupon for 25% off any non-sale item, which saved me a substantial amount of money. The cashier told me I could get the family perks items for $5, but I passed on those. Then he told me about an offer I couldn't refuse. For just $5, you can purchase a (fairly large) teddy bear, and it will be donated to children through Barnabus ministries (I think that's the ministry, though I could be mistaken!). I couldn't resist, so I bought one. And I still ended up saving money, because my 25% off was more than $5!

October Awareness

Many of you already know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I received this link in an email from my cousin. Each day, you can go to this site and click where it says "click here to give-it's FREE". Then the sponsors count up the visits (number of clicks) and donate money towards mammograms for women who can't afford them. What a great way to help others! Here's the link...
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

Another site you might like to visit, that benefits you directly is http://isthatafreecandle.blogspot.com/ You just need to follow the directions to get in the running for a free candle!!!

A day of laughter!

Today was very full of laughter...
Every once in a while this "happens" to me. Something early in the day strikes me as funny and through-out the day, I'll just start laughing, whether something's funny or not, or even if I'm not even thinking of the previous funny thing.
Heather and Sarah and I were eating lunch today and they were teasing me about something. We stopped laughing, and I look up at Heather (who proceeds to give me an odd look), and the laughter starts again. From there on, it was all downhill.
Jason came to meet with us about authentic stuff. Well, I was still super hyper, and all Heather and I had to do was look at each other and we'd laugh uncontrollably. I think it was a side of me Jason's never seen before!!! :)
Then at youth group tonight, we were talking about Heaven, and how we'd have new bodies there. A girl from our group remarked "Great! Then my body will be HOT!!!" (And she made motions with her hands for a slim body)
Keep laughing!!! (it's the best medicine)

AMAZING Grace!!!

I don't know if any of you have watched the movie "Amazing Grace" yet, but if you haven't...go out and rent it...tonight!!! It's an amazing movie.
There's a new Chris Tomlin song out, that is just incredible. It's called "Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone". It's one of my favorite songs right now.
This video is of Chris Tomlin's song, and has clips from the movie in it as well. Enjoy!!

Back in middle school?!?!?

So...I really don't like my government professor. The main reason I don't like her is because she exercises her freedom of speech by swearing in class, but that's a whole 'nother story. The class is okay, and I like seeing my friend in that class, but my friend is the main reason I look forward to the class. We always get there about 20 or 25 minutes early and just sit and hang out. So today, we're having a grand ol' time talking and stuff before class starts. In walks the professor, late. Class begins as usual, we get our papers and exams back, take attendance, then do current events. Then comes the kicker. She numbers us off by 9. So there's 4 people per group, or so. She then proceeds to tell us that we are going to be getting assigned seats because there's too much chit-chat going on. So we are basically being treated like middle schoolers, being told where to sit and who to sit by. We have to sit in these seats for 2 weeks, and then we'll switch again. I thought in college we were supposed to be treated like adults (because we are)...is it just me, or is she treating us like middle schoolers?!?!?

Prayer

Our topic last night at cell group was prayer. As I was preparing the lesson, I came across these quotes on prayer and I'd like to share some of them with you...
"God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely." -Anselm of Canterbury

"Prayers do shape the future in ways different from what would have been the case had no prayers been uttered. And this is because of the kind of God to whom the prayers are spoken. .... God is open to taking new directions and changing courses in view of the interaction between God and people. Yet always in view will be God's salvific will for all." -Terence Fretheim

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." -Victor Hugo

"Prayer puts us on the potter's wheel, reshaping us to be God's vessels. As we beg that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, we present ourselves to God to do it."