More Amazing Things...

*The All-American Rejects concert....um unbelievable. Thats all I can say.
*Nathan, Kim, and Baby Lee. I know that everyone is so excited for them!!
*The Panic at the Disco, The Acadamy Is, and HelloGoodbye concert I'm getting tickets to.
*Christmas lights
*Board games
*Lemon Poppyseed Scones
*My dad

i KnOw ThiS WiLL bE TeMpOrArY

I mean...lets just talk about where I am going to be tonight at 7:30...

.525,600 MiNuTeS.

My mom and I did the crazy, wake-up at 5:30, fight through the crowds, day after thanksgiving shopping today. I didn't check one thing off my list but we still had fun. We got suckered in to one of those sales pitches though and ended up buying a ridiculous hair product, but other than that we did really well staying on budget.
I am very thankful for my mom.
My dad spent the day watching sports and doing crossword puzzles. He's not exactly a social kind of person, nor is he outdoorsy, so his alone time is usualy spent inside doing not much of anything. He doesn't golf, or go out with friends, or do typical "dad" things which makes it very hard to buy him a gift, but all in all he's pretty cool. He's organizing family game night '05 as we speak, which is extremely out of character, but very much appreciated.
I am very thankful for my dad.
My brother is in town for the week. He let me drive his BMW yesterday around the block while telling me all about his college "experience." He's crazy. He drives my family crazy. And he really drives me crazy. But at the end of the day my family loves him and is still willing to pick him up from the police station or random places where he's run out of gas at 3 in the morning.
I am very thankful for my brother.
My sister is nine and has a big case of little-kid syndrome. She needs to be center of attention 24/7 and my family has sat through multitudes of puppet shows and talent contests. But she's fun and she makes us laugh.
I am very thankful for my sister.
My God is undeniably wonderful. He is consistantly patient and merciful. He is amazing.
I am so very thankful for my God.
My friends are crazy. They are all so different and I love it.
I am very thankful for my friends.

Your Heart Is Blue

Love is a doing word for you. You know it's love when you treat each other well.You are a giving lover, but you don't give too much. You expect something in return.

What Color Heart Do You Have?

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Thanksgiving break this year seems so much more thanksgivingy than in the years past. Maybe its the weather, or the fact that my family isnt traveling, im not sure but i like it.

My mom and I are going "day after thanksgiving shopping" for the first time. I'm pretty excited because it's going to be just us two and we hardly ever get to do things alone. Plus I made money babysitting this weekend so I can actually afford to buy christmas presents for my family.

The concert is Sunday...I'm pretty much excited times ten.

And the movie Rent comes out tomorow so Shannon, Chris, Thaddeus, and I are going to see it. I'm pretty much excited times ten about that as well.

A lot of my college friends are back in town with the exception of a few, including my brother. But its been pretty cool seeing them all again.

My friends and I have had a really fun week so far. Liz left today though and I didnt get the chance to say goodbye, and Lindsey is grounded all week so that really sucks, but other than that its been really great. I love not going to school.

56 days till my birthday... and counting.

Happy Thanksgiving!

JuSt BeNd ThE PiEcEs TiLL tHeY FiT

This weather is amazing.
God is amazing.
Sophomore girl's biblestudy is amazing.
Donna Riskey is amazing.
Katherine Riskey is amazing.
Anne, Sue Davis, and Kelly Russel are also amazing.
The Christmas season is amazing.
Peppermint mochas from Starbucks are amazing.
Alex Ehrich is amazing.
My parents are amazing.
This weather is amazing.
Sweatpants are amazing.
Having friends that drive is amazing.
Elizabeth Lee Spring is amazing.
Thanksgiving with only my immediate family will be amazing.
Pictures of friends all over my room are amazing.
Early Christmas shopping is amazing.
Getting ice cream with my dad is amazing.
Birkenstocks are amazing.
Having only 61 days till my birthday is amazing.
Christmas advertisments are amazing.
This weather is amazing.

OMGGGGGG

um so November 27th...7:30 pm...Nokia Live...All-American Rejects and The Academy Is Concert...

Guess Who's Going?!?!

LIKE OMG!

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Everyone go see Marcus' production of The Man Who Came To Dinner tonight at 7:30 or tomorow afternoon at 2:30. Keila is in it and I think she's pretty cool so you should go.

...BuT eVeRyThiNg LoOkS PeRfEcT fRoM FaR aWaY...

Two blogs ago I ended my post with this verse:
"It is in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for." - Ephesians 1:11 (The Message)

I read it two weeks ago and for some reason it's stuck with me ever since.
People can spend all their lives searching for the answers to life’s “big questions.” Who am I? Why am I here? We all doubt and question at some point in our lives, believers and non-believers alike. For some it can be a real stumbling block than can keep us from growing. But what separates us as Christians from the rest of the world are the answers we know to be true.
This passage gives us so much freedom, but we live like we have no idea of it. In Christ, our questions are answered; our doubts and uneasy thoughts are resolved and made at peace through Him. So why then do we continue to wonder? Why do we continue to feel uneasy about our lives?
Who are we? We are children of God, heirs to the throne, servants to the Father. That should be all we need. But we continue to wonder.
What do we live for? We live to serve Him. We live to fulfill the plans of God.
So why then are we still bothered by the thought of our purpose as Christians here on earth? Are we choosing not to be peaceful? Are we subconsciously lacking faith in the plan God has promised us? Or is this a normal uneasiness that comes when we start realizing there is more to life than what we can see. Is this the price we pay when we start to look at the world differently? Maybe God allows this discomfort as a precursor to feeling the need to trust Him. But why can we not just take His promise and feel at-ease because of it?
Maybe I’m just expecting too much, I mean we are all human and we all fall short. And maybe it’s something that comes with the time, life wisdom, and spiritual growth that I’ve yet to gain in my 15 years. But personally, I find it unbelievably hard to live in a way that says “I take pride in the freedom I get from knowing that the creator of the earth knows why I’m here.” But why? I mean I recognize that a lifestyle like that may be a bit out of the question for anyone, but is that where we are all failing as Christians? God knows exactly who I am…nothing is hidden from Him, he made me and He knows me better than I do. And God knows exactly why I am who I am. After all it is His plan that I’m somehow weaved into. So why is that not enough? Why is it so hard to be okay with not knowing? Why is it so hard to trust that God knows what He’s doing? And why is it so hard to live the way we know we should?
Okay yes, we are constantly surrounded by sin and temptation...but that is no excuse.
"It is in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for." - Ephesians 1:11