tons of pix!!

Hello! Since it has been so long, I thought I had better remind you of who I am and what I look like. Do you like the nice bright white forehead? yeah, me too! Well, I am still alive and am enjoying my summer.

My sis, Anna, let me use her camera... so here are a ton of scary, odd, fun, and whatever adjective you want to insert here... pictures. I did not feel like dragging them around and yelling at the computer and messing stuff up, so they are in very scattered order. Yes, I am relaxing from my ocdness that I often get tagged with, it must come with the summer thing. :)

Tab just had surgery on her foot, and is incapacitated for the next several weeks :( poor thing. She is definitely getting a lot of attention! Although I am sure the pain overrides that feeling of joy.

my mom also had to go for surgery this week... our living room is a hospital with beds, pillows, meds, and anything imaginable, laying everywhere!! my dad is giving meds to mom before leaving for work

Rhoda working on wedding invitations (you rarely see her without her scrubs... she works constantly!)

one of those lighter non-working moments with Josh umm... not sure if it's a race or what?!!

Wallace and Winona... they only look cute.. well maybe they are okay, but are sometimes annoying!


Anna and me... here we are with our beautiful white foreheads. What's with the goofy flash?!

and with Tim... notice how he towers over me. i am sadly the shortest in the family. even Josh is taller now and he is only 11 years old! *sigh

my dear friend, amanda, it is so great having her near all summer!

we had a fun volleyball night ... here Dorinda and I are cheesing it and enjoying life

and with Carma... k definitely laughing about something!


Amanda and Kim discussing the answers to all of life's problems... 'hey just relax and play ball!' lol they did lots of that :)

here is my little corner for the summer. i like having my friends near sight and mind. :) i love, miss, and pray for ya all!! the sticky tack is working so far to hold you up LOL

my bed not too exciting but fairly comfy

poor Teddy spends all day up there alone

Anna took this one of me while i was blogging all the others... so i decided to tag it to the end.

I hope everybody is having a great summer! Leave me comments :) I am around here somewhere until the next time. :D oh and btw... yes, i am wearing the same outfit in all the pix... that is because most of them were taken today. but if you choose not to believe that and think i have not changed or showered since i have been home... well believe what you want lol :P

well it is bedtime... but you probably already had that figured out judging by my writing style. yes, i am tired but a lil wound up. :) laterz

dumb

You don't even have to read this unless you are extremely bored; I wanted to update but was too tired to write, so here are some....

Completely Random Questions:

What's your favorite sports drink? Don't really like gatorade type drinks... so I guess water

Do you wear sunglasses while driving? yes

Look to your left. Name the first thing you see. freezer (boring)

What ink cartridge does your printer take? i don't have a printer

Last magazine you read. Can't remember

Last phone call: mom... 15 seconds... got bacon out of freezer for her :)

Favorite kind of potato chips? Sun Chips

At around 3:00 PM yesterday you were doing what: sewing :)

How many burned CDs do you have? not many... a couple that someone gave me

Cereal you couldn't live without? cinnamon life, lucky charms

What's the one thing you couldn't afford to leave behind? cell phone

Ever gone bungee jumping? nope

How about jumping on a trampoline? of course

Do you still live with your parents? when i'm not in college

Temperature outside? 59 degrees

Ever read a motivational book? yes

What kind of toothpaste do you use? aquafresh or anything good i can get my hands on

Best pizza place in town? hmmm dominoes is okay

How many friends on your Facebook list? too many lol 254

How many of those do you know personally? hmm... idk probably 200+

Ever stomped on an ant and felt like godzilla? not really

Best computer game is? solitaire

If you had 24 hours to live, what would you do? spend time with my favorite friends and family.

Last book you read? Eragon

Was it any good or was it terrible? stepping out of my box... but i liked it

Coke or Pepsi? neither... Dr. Pepper

How bad are your allergies? not too bad

How many pairs of socks do you own? umm no idea... maybe 23?

How does this survey compare to others that you've taken? haven't taken many cuz they are all goofy... this one is no exception

I am going to bed now.

home sweet home

I made it home last night, and have had a relaxing day so far today. I wanted to just get on here real quickly and say hello. The family computer is a busy one... so we'll see how often I will get a chance to blog.

It is hard to concentrate and collect my thoughts when the house is full of chatter boxes... still getting used to having more than one roommate again ;) But in the mean time, hope this is at least somewhat 'legible' lol and not too insane!
(Laura, I know for sure that no matter what time of day, how many people are around, or where I am blogging, my posts will never be as English correct as yours. lol I know what the rules are... but my blog is one place I do not follow them!) :)

Well, much excitement to my friends who I am looking forward to seeing... and many wonderful memories of my friends that I already miss from school. Have a great summer!

Happy Mothers Day!!

To the greatest Mom in the world!!

here she is with her favorite dog, Sir Wallace


musical memories :)


yes, she had us all!


and still does :)


this is my favorite pic of me and my mom
(i debated not posting it... but hey, I was just a lil kid, right?! lol)


Thank you, Mom, for everything! You are the best! I am sorry I could not be there to celebrate with you! I will be home soon! I hope today was very special!
I LOVE YOU!!!
~Esther Faye

my day as of 3:30pm

I'm sitting at work and it is really quiet... nothing to do right now. Then the moment I open this page to blog, the phone rings, someone pops up on the instant messenger and another person walks up to desk talking to me. Isn't life just insanely odd sometimes?! lol

Anyhow, I am going to attempt a post, and hopefully the flow and readability will not be too greatly hindered :)

I am in a very cheery mood today. I am actually wearing orange, which is a color I do not wear often at all (I am not even certain I own any orange clothes). I borrowed my roommates shirt this morning. So there is an odd piece of news for you. I am not certain if it has subconsciously lent itself to my perky outlook or if this would have been a happy day all on its own, orange or not.

I started the day with Starbucks at 6am and studied for my Math final. I headed back to school then and was prepared to go to my class at 8am. The crazy exam schedule still has not seared itself in my brain very well, even after 5 years of GBS! I soon realized that indeed my test was not until 9:35. So I got another hour and half of studying and a bagel w/ cream cheese.

Both final exams, Math Concepts & Applications and Principles of the Christian Life II, went smoothly, and were even a little easier than I expected. I got my good passing grade already for Principles and am fairly confident about Math as well.

Even happier than that is the fact that these two finals were/are my ONLY final tests!! I have to finish my Independent Study for OT and finish some other projects for another class, but my tests are done for this semester. It is such a relief!

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one more random fact then I am wrapping this up :)

Some day when I am married and have kids (yeah, I say it like I assume it will be in the future somewhere) I have decided that I will do all my grocery shopping at 5am. The kids will still be sleeping, the roads are mostly empty, and the grocery store is mostly empty, except for the shelf-stockers. Which only means that you will be purchasing fresh, or at least fresher food.

Well, it is a good thought anyhow, we'll see if it takes form millions of years down the road ;)

Broken yet defined

I cannot live life as an island. But I am thankful that I have a Savior and He is what defines me!

Broken

I'm just a well dressed wreck
I'm just a made up mess
Working hard trying to keep everybody impressed
All the while I'm falling apart on the inside

I look around to see
Is anyone like me?
First glance tells me I'm all alone in the sea
Then I look again a little deeper

And we're all in the same boat
We all just need to know

We're all broken
We're all broken
And we all need a Savior
Broken
We're all broken
And we all need a Savior

'Cause we're all broken

This is a fool's parade
The way we masquerade
Trying to make everybody think it's all okay
When the truth is we're all living a story

What if we all got brave?
Enough to take away
All we're hiding behind even just for a day
And let the scars show even a little

But I know the honesty
Will show us all to be

Broken
We're all broken
And we all need a Savior
Broken
We're all broken
And we all need a Savior

We don't have to pretend about it
We don't have to keep acting like we're all okay
If we lift our eyes to the cross
We'll see the reality

That we're all... broken
And we all have a Savior
Broken
We're all broken
And we all need a Savior
Broken
We're all broken
And we all need a Savior
We all have a Savior
We all need Jesus

~Steven Curtis Chapman

and here is the chorus for another:

Definition of Me
It is Your love that defines me
And Your love that reminds me
It's not what I do
This life I live You have given
And in You I am hidden
This is what I know is true
That the, definition of me is You

year #1

wow! i just realized it has officially been a year since i started blogging. I am not even certain i can really call it that, seeing that this is only post #69!! LOL But I guess maybe 'blog' is one of those words relative to each person... you make it what you want.. you make it you.
Well, this is me, whether it interests you or not :)There have actually been a TON of things going on lately and other ideas and thoughts i have considered posting, but the time does not seem right. I am sleepy and when I'm sleepy the ramblings are multiplied by 8 with an added dose of un-clarity lol.
I hope you have a great night, and a good start to another week! I'm around here somewhere. :D

Freedom

Today GBS participated in activities for National Day of Prayer downtown in front of the courthouse. There was a mass exodus of black and blue suits filing off our bus and mingling with the people on the street and steps of courthouse. I played with the band, and the choir also sang. It was a fun experience, but more than that it really gave me something to think about and be thankful for.

I was thrilled when we first pulled up next to the courthouse to realize that inscribed in the stone structure on each side was a quote about justice and included God. They (whoever "they" are) have not been able to take everything away! We also pledged allegiance to the flag, and many people prayed for various leaders, our government, schools and more.

One of our guys sang the solo for the song That's Him. The music was so beautiful and the lyrics almost made me cry! It is so amazing and wonderful that we could stand outside on the steps of the courthouse and proclaim and sing about Jesus and what He has done for us. He is Sharon's rose, He's Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End!

I am so thankful to live in a free country where we don't have to hide our relationship with God and can pray and praise Him in public!