Sherlock Moment

I love having Sherlock moments.  As in "I'm just as smart as Sherlock Holmes because I figured something out" moments.  They're the best.  So, I decided to buy a bike for college, because I want to be one of those cool kids that ride their bikes everywhere, because walking is soo overrated. So since I bought a bike, I needed to get one of those handy dandy bike lock things.  Because I do not want some scallywag hipster stealing my bike and pretending like they're the cool kid.  No, that's me who will be the cool kid.  Anyways, back to the bike lock.  So this bike lock is one of those pimped-out locks that uses LETTERS instead of numbers.  Awesome. I know.  So I'm trying to set it according to the directions, and the word they gave me DIDN'T WORK.  This obviously meant that someone messed with it at the store, and I was NEVER going to open it! EVER! And thus starts my mini freakout session which consisted of pulling my hair out and eating an entire package of Oreos. Then I came back to reality and tried all the four-letter word expletives.  No success.  I then remembered that people have names! What is a very popular four-letter name?? MIKE. I twisted that lock, and then voila!! SUCCESS.  I have concluded from this experience that I am the modern-day Sherlock, and Robert Downey Jr. should watch his back. ;) ha!

P.S. Needless to say, MIKE is not the combination anymore.  I have changed it, and if anyone finds it out and decides to steal my bike, I will run after them calling them a "scallywag hipster," and I will be swinging my old lady cane.

Moving on ♥

I LOVE that feeling when I'm swinging on the swings, and I just close my eyes, and it feels like I'm flying.  I have no care in the world, and I don't even care if I look silly with my eyes closed while I'm swinging my hardest (cause of course you can't fly until you're super high, and yes, I mean in the air.) It's times like these that I miss being a kid. Not only because I fit so mush easier in the swing cause of my pencil thin legs, but I used to be so carefree!  Ahhhhh it was great! I mean the biggest decision I had to make was what to play at recess. Like should I run around swinging sticks in attempts of re-enacting Star Wars OR should I dig a hole to China in the sand box?  These were big decisions for little me.  Now I have decisions to make about college and what I'm going to do for the THE REST OF MY LIFE.  It can be pretty stressful.  I mean, I wish I had life figured out, but that's kind of a lot to ask of a teenager who's already starting to show signs of Alzheimer's.  Just kidding.  Ha.  So just in case anyone is wondering what I'm gonna do for THE REST OF MY LIFE.....well....I'm still figuring it out, and if you ask me 5 years from now it'll probably be the same answer.  BUT I'm ok with that, just as long as I keep moving forward. =)

Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. ♥

Happy Mug

Just thought I would post a picture of my "happy mug." Because it makes me happy (more so when there's chai in there). For when I've had a crap day. Or week. =)

Mow on.

Our neighbor mows the grass a lot. We call him Mr. Zeppy, or sometimes Grampa Zeppy on Christmas cards. He's like 90 something, and yet he mows his lawn. Everyday. The thing is though, I didn't notice this until today because I've been so used to it. I also realize that most people do not mow the lawn that much. Take us, for example: We have a jungle at times. The grass will be mid-calf, and then we think about unearthing the lawn-mower from the shed. We see that the lawn-mower is deeply buried underneath tools and machine things that never see the light of day, and then we decide to put this endeavor off until the grass is up to our chins. This is an exaggeration of course (or is it?). I'm just so amazed because of the things I don’t see because I've grown so used to seeing them everyday. And I realized that I don't want to grow used to anything. I want to experience life with a child-like wonder as if everything is new. Because otherwise, life becomes boring to me, and my imagination becomes dull. I don't want that to happen. So thank you Mr. Zeppy for your dedication to mowing the lawn, because I have learned a life lesson from it. Mow on.

♥♥♥

So I've been thinking about tons of things lately. My mind has been pulled in like a million different directions, and I've been sooo stressed. Like seriously stressed. I begin worrying about all these millions of things that actually aren't really that important anyway when I look at the bigger picture. I have a feeling that God is trying to tell me something. =) Like maybe I should stop worrying about my million problems. Because maybe, you know, He's actually in control of my life. And maybe I should just let him take control of everything that's happening. Because well he actually KNOWs whats going on, and honestly, I can't even find my shoes in morning! And my problems...well when I actually think about it, my problems seem so little compared to like poverty, starvation, and all these huge problems that leave huge impacts on people around the world. I don't even know. I feel so selfish when I look at it like that. I feel so incredibly blessed when I see it like that. Because well, I am. =) These lyrics below are from a song (obviously ;) ) but I feel like this is a sticky note or something like that from God reminding me of...well HIM. =)

While you were sleeping, while the world was dreaming
I never left your side and I can promise I won’t be leaving
I watch you breathing, I hear you singing
I feel your heartbeat and I know everything that you’re feeling

I am the comfort when you are afraid
I am the refuge when you call my name
I was, I’ll be, I am
I am the future, I am the past
I am the first, and I am the last
I was, I’ll be, I am

I know you’re broken, you’re busted wide open
You’ve fallen to pieces and you feel there’s nothing left you can hope in
But I’ll hold you together, we’ll stand the weather
Cause I paid the price for you and I won’t let you go, no never

I am the comfort when you are afraid
I am the refuge when you call my name
I was, I’ll be, I am
I am the future, I am the past
I am the first, and I am the last
I was, I’ll be, I am

I am the father, I am the son
I am the spirit, and I am the one
I was, I’ll be, I am
I wore the thorns, and I took the nails

I am love and love never fails
I was, I ‘ll be, I am.
~I Am~ ~Finding Favour~

GOD IS AHHHMAZING!!! (just saying ;) )

Family ♥

So this weekend was my dad's birthday on the 28th. Happy Birthday Dad!! We went to visit my brother at college, so we could be together for his birthday. We went to Applebee's, and my dad got this ginormous bowl of ice cream, and of course the singing waiters (sometimes i feel a lil sorry for them...sometimes :) ) And I got these spicy meatball things, and oh man, they were spicy. I had about one and half before I gave up and drank all of my drink...and my mom's. ;) I was just writing this to say how much I love my family, 'cause they're amazing. I'm so happy God put me here, because I don't think I could be anywhere else. =)

New Beginnings

So.....it's been awhile...like 2 years! =) I was just going to delete my blog and make a whole new one, but then I read them, and they brought back memories and made me laugh. (Goodness, that was a run-on sentence...my english teacher would reprimand me for that one.) =) Sometimes I look on old stuff that I write, especially in my journal, and I think that I was a totally different person then. But then again, it's still me, but now, I have a little more added on: experiences, wisdom (I hope), and years. So yes those posts from forever ago will stay. :) But I am starting over with this. This post will be the first post of my new beginning. I'm doing this writing thing for me, because its easier for me to process things happening in my life when I write about them. Life seems at least a little less stressful for me if I can analyze it a little. But if someone is reading this, its not like I'm writing in a diary...well it kinda is, but its different. It'd be like if you caught your little sister reading your diary, but then you didn't really care cause it just has senseless ramblings about nothing really important to her. It's not like I'm gonna write...I love "fill in the blank" because well first I don't have a person of interest, and second, who wants to write sappy love notes all the time? seriously... well anyway, this post was completely full of rambling about nothing really, and I promise the next post will make more sense, because I won't be completely and utterly tired.