HAPPY EASTER

10:11 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

well I could have an Easter post, but I'm not. Although, I did have a lovely Easter with my family, I am going to fill you in on a DYI project. I am in the process of about to move so I am trying to organize  as much as I can before I move. This week it was my horribly packed file folder. I keep EVERYTHING, which is something my Father taught me very well. Every receipt, every rx, every bill, every card... I think you get the idea. So I had this file folder that stuck out in my closet. It was so packed full that I could not even close it and every time I walk into my closet it gives me anxiety. I finally decided to do something about it....


 

§pring Fever

9:48 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

This weather is making me not want to do any homework. I just love Springtime into Summertime. It just gives you the best feeling of freedom riding around with the windows down and the music up, like there is no care in the world. I was born at the beach and to the beach I will return. I love everything about it; the air, the smell, the feel, the food, the grass, the water and just the natural feel of it. I have always wanted to move back with a little place near the beach and a little convertible to drive around in. I guess because I partly grew up at the beach and my parents took us there all the time, I want to raise my family on the beach. We have so many pictures of all of us at the beach with our first time in the water and covered in sand, making sand castles and brothers catching their first fish. My wish would be to move my entire family back. I know that every single one of them would do it in a heartbeat if life permitted it. I am just anticipating this semester to be OVER with so I can move out and start this transition in my life. Dr. Begun talked to me today about the move and I tell you, he is about one of the smartest men (besides my dad) that I know. He is so encouraging and so right, he knows just how to read me. He told me that he thinks that this is a great thing for me and that I need to experience change, meet new people and diversify who I am around. It is so invigorating for someone to prophesy good things to come for you. He looked at me and said "Fortune follows the Brave" and he is so right. I may not be living my passions but I am sacrificing now for even greater passions later in life.  No matter where I go, I will continue to only move forward. No turning back. That's what is so amazing about life is that you can do whatever you want to do, whatever you put your mind to. And I want to experience so much out of this life, I want to experience everything. I want to travel, to go and meet people, engage in other cultures, and experience this wonderfully diverse world that the Lord has made for our enjoyment and for His glory.  *The world is at your fingertips, don't lose grasp.*


Listening to: How He Loves Us - JesusCulture 

Monday Monday Monday

10:07 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

It definitely does not feel like Monday, today. I had a wonderful weekend and did not do ANY school work. Well I was planning on working on some calculus but my internet has been down so I was not able to do school work or blog (so sorry)! So I watched "Just Friends" Saturday night. I tried to put Saturday Night Movie on here but couldn't get a long enough connection to upload one. Sunday, I had wonderful brunch with some of my girls from college at CPK. It is always sooo good to see them. We are all very busy and have so much going on but manage to meet up about once every month or two to catch up over lunch/dinner. Then, my crew was waiting on me at my apartment pool for some Funday Sunday. It has been since last summer that we have done that and it was so much fun. After the sun went down we even tried out the hot tub. I can't believe that we have not used it since we have moved in but I guarantee it will be used a lot the next 3 weeks. I have had a very productive Monday that consisted of Chemistry class/lab and then a long study session at Barnes and Nobles with Cortney. Now Tevebaugh is over here to "study" all night. Our studying usually consists of a lot of talk about life, love and God with a little bit of studying in between.  I sure am going to miss my study partners :( This move is becoming very bittersweet for me. I hope you all have had a good weekend and have an even better week to come! *God is Good*


Listening to: Don't Be Stupid - Shania Twain


Quote of the Night: "You can't build a reputation on what you are 'going to do'" - Henry Ford

Grooming for the Poor!

10:53 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

So after taking Coco to the park with Gracie and letting them trudge through the lake water, I have been putting off her bath long enough (gross I know). She needed it so bad not to mention her hair is getting so long that it gets ratty really easily. She will be professionally groomed before we move, but with a mom on limited funds this will have to do for now. Plus, it is always bonding time with us and she LOVES the hairdryer! Here are some cute pics through the process:

Psalms

6:52 AM Es Elle 0 Comments

• The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;
   He delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
   and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
 The righteous person may have many troubles, 
   but the LORD delivers him from them all;  He protects all his bones,
   not one of them will be broken. - Psalms 34: 17-20


Listening to: "All for love" - Hillsong United

DIY: Coupon Organizer

10:27 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

I am very very OCD about having things cleaned and organized and this is something that I intend to will task before I move into my place. Everything has to have a place where it goes and must by neat. My coupon organizer I had drove me crazy because I had so many coupons and they were everywhere. You could find me hiding in the corner at Wal-Mart going through it, trying to find the ones I'm looking for!

TABLES

1:05 AM Es Elle 0 Comments

OK so I am having a really hard time deciding what kind of table to get for my new place. Here is my predicament: I am going for the modern contemporary look and I originally wanted to get white chairs and white table. I have already bought my chairs but now I am starting to think maybe I should get a dark wood table to give a little contrast to the kitchen. The only problem is that my cabinets are a more oak color so I would need to paint or stain those. As I have been looking at pictures to get some ideas, I now have thrown in the idea of a glass top or acrylic table instead. What to do!!! Decisions, decision. Here are the 3 choices, what do you think?

Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

- Donald Trump

Easter is coming soon

11:32 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

While I'm grudging through this calculus homework, my roommate surprises me with my favorite Easter candy; Chicks, Ducks and Bunnies! She brings me more surprises then all passed boyfriends combined! I sure will miss her when I leave :)

Mind of it's Own

10:58 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

I spent the day at the library (again) and as I was riding home listening to the radio a song came on that I seriously have not heard in about 10+ years. It amazed me how I knew every word and vibrato from something I had not heard in soooo long. Now, if you had asked me to sing that song before that, I probably would not even be able to think past the first four words. It got me thinking about how unpredictable the mind is. You can chose to forget things and people but you never know at what point it may reappear. There have been people I knew forever ago and run into them and cannot remember how I knew them or what their name was and usually it is because I purposefully did not want o remember them and some that I knew I had good times with but have no idea. But then there are some that you also do not care to remember and mind just pulls it out of the filing cabinet and throws it at you. It is the same way with dreams! You can control your thoughts and who you think about, who you talk about and who you associate yourself with but you cannot control what you dream. I have had dreams about people I have not seen or talked to since childhood. And you think "Where did that come from?!" It's not just that way with people but also experiences. I had a friend tell me about something her boyfriend did for her and it brought to mind a similar situation in my life that I had completely forgot it ever happened. It is crazy how the mind works; you think you control it but you never know at what point, something good or bad may present itself again. I guess that is why they say that you are who are because of the experiences you go through. Each experience, the mind files away and when that feeling, emotion or act comes around again, it pulls the file to remind you. Your mind is a powerful tool that can be used for you or against you. As long as you keep feeding good things in your mind, the mind will show you good things. Of course, some things are out of our control but I suppose that is why Philippians 4:8 commands us;  "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."




Quote of the Night: "There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer."
John Wooden



Listening to: "Who Am I To Say" - Hope 

Saturday Night Movie

11:27 PM Es Elle 0 Comments

quick update

12:15 AM Es Elle 0 Comments

Listening to:  Cracklin Rosie - Neil Diamond 


Quote of the Night: “The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.”