I think that my day with Rachel Skiba deserves a whole blog post because it was so very interesting and unique.
I arrived at Rachel’s house at 8:30 AM and the first thing that we did, was to make ourselves some breakfast. Since I am supposed to have yogurt because I am on antibiotics, I had just planned to walk down to the store with her and get some, but they had some there, which made it rather easy for me. Therefore, I had a yogurt and an egg for breakfast. After breakfast, we trudged up to her room in order to lie on her bed, eat gummy bears, and talk. After talking for a while, she showed me all her pictures on her camera. Directly following that, we trudged back downstairs and sat in her parents’ bedroom and looked at all the pictures that had once been on her camera but were now on her computer. Since we were already in the picture-looking-at mood, we searched for pictures on her computer (that had not been on her camera) under keywords that I especially liked. We printed off a page of those for me to take home (it just so happens that I forgot it anyways). During this entire exchange, I got to meet Hugo and Mac, who were friends of Rachel. They were actually pretty cute, if I do say so myself. Hugo was by far my favorite and I think he kinda liked me. :D Also, during the entire time we were on the computer, we listened to amazingly beautiful, and heart wrenching music (take for instance, Wicked). After the pictures, she let me read a story of hers that was on the computer. We then asked her dad if we could walk down to QD, which he granted permission for. Even as we walked there, we could feel the need for sugar and hyperness. Upon leaving, it was most likely an amusing sight for any passerby, as they would have seen to teenager girls walking out of QD with both of their hands full. One hand was tightly gripping a Death by Chocolate ice. cream cone, while the other contained a 44 oz. slushie. She got Blue Raspberry and I got a mixture of Cherry, Blue Raspberry and Mt. Dew. We arrived back at her house, and finished as much of the dishes as was possible, before once again obtaining permission from Mr. Skiba and walking down the street to a park nearby. In all honesty, we completely lost track of time and spent close to two hours down there. We talked the majority of time, when we weren’t making ourselves completely dizzy by spinning on the little stand-on-this-weird-circle-type-thing-and-put-your-hands-on-this-thing-above-your-head-and-then-you-just-automatically-spin-round-and-around-and-you-can’t-stop thingamabob. That and the pokey merry-go-round (where we lay for a while and tanned) were about the only things that we went on. Oh, and there was that spiral thing that we attempted to actually slide down on “the right way”. After that, she discovered the water fountains and in due time, found out that one of them sprays far into the air. She played in the water for a decent amount of time while I lay on a bench and tried to regain my absent brain (I don’t recall it ever being regained). We both sat down together after that and had a long, but fruitful conversation that was based upon religion and politics. I am very glad that we did it, because it helped me apply all the things that I had just learned in evening church, the Sunday before. Also, it let me brush up on my “debating” skills. Her dad finally drove by on his way to work and told us to get back to the house, because we had been gone for so long. As we hustled back, we wondered if we were in any trouble. As far as I know of right now, we didn’t. Anyways, as we arrived at the house, we did a few chores around the house including some laundry type thing, and the dishes. After the dishes were finished, we engaged in the mind-boggling sport of how to make your own bubbles with your hands. She taught me the arts and I sort of caught on (actually Rachel, if you’re reading this, know this: Last night after I got home, I went to the downstairs bathroom and I practiced! I actually did get four decent sized bubbles, although I think the soap was weird). Directly after the bubble-blowing lesson, we trudged up the stairs to the girls’ room (I have been using the word ‘trudged’ to describe our trips up and down their stairs, because with stairs like theirs you can’t run or skip or hop or anything…you must always trudge. While we were upstairs, we were joined by the flock of her younger sisters. We finished our gummy bears, and then had a tickling session (where most of the girls were tickled because they wanted to be). Following this, was dinner time…and so, we all trudged back downstairs. For dinner, we had chicken and broccoli with gravy over it. I really enjoyed it. After that, I gathered my things, and my dad picked me up.
After we came home, I cleaned up a bit and got “settled” in my real home, before sitting down with the majority of my family to watch “Unbreakable” (good movie).
Thank you all, for reading…as always, it is *much* appreciated.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Latest
Let’s see…when was the last time I actually wrote? I want to say that it was Wednesday, but I’m not positive.
Anyways, Thursday the 12, I worked in the morning for the Harns. I biked there, worked for a few hours and then biked back. It wasn’t too far, just down the road. I had fun with Jasmine, and I got some stuff to put on my wall finally. As of right now, it looks very nice with my bookshelf up, and my bed made, and my stuff all over the wall, and my picture hanging up. Then, that evening, my brother and I went to see Inception in town while the others were at the concert at the courthouse. That was a pretty good movie. I liked it a lot and wanted to go see it right away.
Friday the 13, I worked around the house for most of the day, before my mom dropped me off at the McAtees to help Mrs. Jane clean the house for L’Abri that night. Anna was gone for the day and Laura had her company up: Josh, Rosie, and Caleb. So I cleaned there for a few hours and then once we were done, everyone began to arrive. I really enjoyed the topic that night.
Saturday the 14th, I cleaned the house major time. Jon was away at the Demmer Center and my dad worked over at the Wood’s with their siding. Rachel, Becca and my mom went up to the Folk Festival. I was planning to go up later with Mommy and Pastor, but that didn’t work out. So I stayed home and cleaned! I was gonna also go out and watch a movie with some other friends, but that didn’t work out either.
Sunday the 15th was good too. I don’t think I went to church that morning…I think I was sick. That evening, after church, I went to see Inception again with Aimee, Rebecca, and Liz. That was super good! Sadly, I pretty much ruined it for Aimee…but it was completely accidental! After that, we went out and got food at Wendy’s.
Monday the 16th, I had work in the morning for a few hours. I watched the two girls plus the boys. It can get hectic sometimes when I watch the girls too. It’s not that I don’t enjoy them, because I do, it’s just that they can be very demanding sometimes and they don’t like it when I have to say “no.” Sometimes I just have to…but I do love gratifying their wishes because their faces get so happy! Also, I had a Dr’s appointment that day for some cough I’ve had for a while. We don’t exactly know what it is…he said that it might be bacteria of some kind in my lung, or maybe some sort of pneumonia (I don’t remember the exact name). So he gave me an antibiotic for that and sent me down to have a chest x-ray. That night, my mom, Rachel and Jon went to Brigadoon rehearsal and Becca and I stayed home cuz my dad went golfing.
Tuesday, I don’t exactly remember what I did…I don’t think anything though. Probably just rested I think.
Wednesday, I had work in the morning from 9:30-12:30 with all four kids again. That wasn’t too bad this time. Then, in the afternoon, I worked at Mr. Nightengale’s fruit/veggie stand from 1-6. That was pretty good…I got some reading in besides getting to actually sit down and “relax.” Then, my dad picked me up and we went home. I don’t remember what we did that night though.
Thursday, Rachel and Jon picked blueberries while Becca was at the Eilerts taking a string lesson. I was at home cleaning again. When they got back, I had to wash and dry and freeze them. Then, later that day, my mom and Becca went out and picked more blueberries. I think that we have about 35 lbs of blueberries that are now in our freezer. I want to say that it’s about 12-14 quarts. Jon also had to go work at the farm for a bit.
Friday, was another day of cleaning and relaxing when I had time. Jon had a horn lesson with Mr. Butler and then he went to work again. Rachel and I dropped him off and then called Aimee to see if she wanted to do anything. She was busy for about an hour, so we went home and did random stuff until it was time to go out and meet up with her. So we got a movie at the library and then went to pick up Jon and then we got pizza in town before heading back home. There, we ate the pizza (along with fresh baked cookies that I baked the day before or so), and watched “The Confessions of a Shopaholic.” That was actually a really good movie. I really enjoyed it.
Saturday, was spent doing chores and jobs and catching up on anything that was behind. My dad and Jon went out to do some errands and stuff and my mom was at Farmer’s Market for most of the day. When they all got back, we headed out to go to the Marten’s for the church picnic. It was just us for a while before the McAtees showed up. Then, we called the Timmis family and they came out too. After playing for a while, we sat around the bonfire, and then it was time to go home. Libby came over to spend the night. That was immensely fun. We got home late, but stayed up even later to watch “No Reservations.” I’d already seen it twice, but it was still fun to sit on the couch downstairs and eat cookies with the “big girls.” I slept on the couch that night, so Libs could sleep in my bed.
Sunday, we all headed off to church with Libby. I really *really* enjoyed the sermon there. I took lots of notes and will probably post them sometime. Then, we came home and my mom and Rachel worked on transposing some music while I watched “The Sixth Sense.” That was kinda spooky, but I think that there were others *looks around the room pointedly* who were a bit more spooked than I was! Evening church came around and that was great fun also! I don’t know why but over the past year, I have begun to enjoy going to church and taking notes and learning and actually understanding so much more than I did for anything else! Then, when we got home, a lady named Cecelia came over to hear us, because she hired us to play for her wedding this coming Saturday. I think she liked us. After she left, the McAtees came over to play some games and to talk. I didn’t stick around long. I did the dishes and then headed off to bed cuz I was pretty tired.
Today, I was gonna work, but things worked out so I didn’t have to. Instead, I think I will be getting off here soon so I can super clean the house! Tonight, my dad is golfing again while my mom, Rachel and Jon are away at Brigadoon rehearsal so Becca and I will be here again. Maybe I will watch the movie “Unbreakable” while they’re gone.
Tomorrow, I hope to spend time with Rachel Skiba if my mom will let me go. She’s been threatening to not let me go anywhere till I’m all better, but I did go to the church picnic and church and evening church, and I have been kinda active lately, so maybe…hopefully, she’ll let me go. My dad will go golfing that night too, so maybe he could just pick me up when he’s done.
Wednesday, I am supposed to have another Dr.’s appointment for some sort of a follow-up, but I think it’ll end up with some sort of a new antibiotic. Rachel is thinking that I am lacking iron and protein, but I refuse to be treated by her “voodoo” ways…I know how they normally end so I won’t even start it. Also, I am supposed to be working that day, but am unsure of what time to be there.
And that’s all for now! Thanks for reading!
Anyways, Thursday the 12, I worked in the morning for the Harns. I biked there, worked for a few hours and then biked back. It wasn’t too far, just down the road. I had fun with Jasmine, and I got some stuff to put on my wall finally. As of right now, it looks very nice with my bookshelf up, and my bed made, and my stuff all over the wall, and my picture hanging up. Then, that evening, my brother and I went to see Inception in town while the others were at the concert at the courthouse. That was a pretty good movie. I liked it a lot and wanted to go see it right away.
Friday the 13, I worked around the house for most of the day, before my mom dropped me off at the McAtees to help Mrs. Jane clean the house for L’Abri that night. Anna was gone for the day and Laura had her company up: Josh, Rosie, and Caleb. So I cleaned there for a few hours and then once we were done, everyone began to arrive. I really enjoyed the topic that night.
Saturday the 14th, I cleaned the house major time. Jon was away at the Demmer Center and my dad worked over at the Wood’s with their siding. Rachel, Becca and my mom went up to the Folk Festival. I was planning to go up later with Mommy and Pastor, but that didn’t work out. So I stayed home and cleaned! I was gonna also go out and watch a movie with some other friends, but that didn’t work out either.
Sunday the 15th was good too. I don’t think I went to church that morning…I think I was sick. That evening, after church, I went to see Inception again with Aimee, Rebecca, and Liz. That was super good! Sadly, I pretty much ruined it for Aimee…but it was completely accidental! After that, we went out and got food at Wendy’s.
Monday the 16th, I had work in the morning for a few hours. I watched the two girls plus the boys. It can get hectic sometimes when I watch the girls too. It’s not that I don’t enjoy them, because I do, it’s just that they can be very demanding sometimes and they don’t like it when I have to say “no.” Sometimes I just have to…but I do love gratifying their wishes because their faces get so happy! Also, I had a Dr’s appointment that day for some cough I’ve had for a while. We don’t exactly know what it is…he said that it might be bacteria of some kind in my lung, or maybe some sort of pneumonia (I don’t remember the exact name). So he gave me an antibiotic for that and sent me down to have a chest x-ray. That night, my mom, Rachel and Jon went to Brigadoon rehearsal and Becca and I stayed home cuz my dad went golfing.
Tuesday, I don’t exactly remember what I did…I don’t think anything though. Probably just rested I think.
Wednesday, I had work in the morning from 9:30-12:30 with all four kids again. That wasn’t too bad this time. Then, in the afternoon, I worked at Mr. Nightengale’s fruit/veggie stand from 1-6. That was pretty good…I got some reading in besides getting to actually sit down and “relax.” Then, my dad picked me up and we went home. I don’t remember what we did that night though.
Thursday, Rachel and Jon picked blueberries while Becca was at the Eilerts taking a string lesson. I was at home cleaning again. When they got back, I had to wash and dry and freeze them. Then, later that day, my mom and Becca went out and picked more blueberries. I think that we have about 35 lbs of blueberries that are now in our freezer. I want to say that it’s about 12-14 quarts. Jon also had to go work at the farm for a bit.
Friday, was another day of cleaning and relaxing when I had time. Jon had a horn lesson with Mr. Butler and then he went to work again. Rachel and I dropped him off and then called Aimee to see if she wanted to do anything. She was busy for about an hour, so we went home and did random stuff until it was time to go out and meet up with her. So we got a movie at the library and then went to pick up Jon and then we got pizza in town before heading back home. There, we ate the pizza (along with fresh baked cookies that I baked the day before or so), and watched “The Confessions of a Shopaholic.” That was actually a really good movie. I really enjoyed it.
Saturday, was spent doing chores and jobs and catching up on anything that was behind. My dad and Jon went out to do some errands and stuff and my mom was at Farmer’s Market for most of the day. When they all got back, we headed out to go to the Marten’s for the church picnic. It was just us for a while before the McAtees showed up. Then, we called the Timmis family and they came out too. After playing for a while, we sat around the bonfire, and then it was time to go home. Libby came over to spend the night. That was immensely fun. We got home late, but stayed up even later to watch “No Reservations.” I’d already seen it twice, but it was still fun to sit on the couch downstairs and eat cookies with the “big girls.” I slept on the couch that night, so Libs could sleep in my bed.
Sunday, we all headed off to church with Libby. I really *really* enjoyed the sermon there. I took lots of notes and will probably post them sometime. Then, we came home and my mom and Rachel worked on transposing some music while I watched “The Sixth Sense.” That was kinda spooky, but I think that there were others *looks around the room pointedly* who were a bit more spooked than I was! Evening church came around and that was great fun also! I don’t know why but over the past year, I have begun to enjoy going to church and taking notes and learning and actually understanding so much more than I did for anything else! Then, when we got home, a lady named Cecelia came over to hear us, because she hired us to play for her wedding this coming Saturday. I think she liked us. After she left, the McAtees came over to play some games and to talk. I didn’t stick around long. I did the dishes and then headed off to bed cuz I was pretty tired.
Today, I was gonna work, but things worked out so I didn’t have to. Instead, I think I will be getting off here soon so I can super clean the house! Tonight, my dad is golfing again while my mom, Rachel and Jon are away at Brigadoon rehearsal so Becca and I will be here again. Maybe I will watch the movie “Unbreakable” while they’re gone.
Tomorrow, I hope to spend time with Rachel Skiba if my mom will let me go. She’s been threatening to not let me go anywhere till I’m all better, but I did go to the church picnic and church and evening church, and I have been kinda active lately, so maybe…hopefully, she’ll let me go. My dad will go golfing that night too, so maybe he could just pick me up when he’s done.
Wednesday, I am supposed to have another Dr.’s appointment for some sort of a follow-up, but I think it’ll end up with some sort of a new antibiotic. Rachel is thinking that I am lacking iron and protein, but I refuse to be treated by her “voodoo” ways…I know how they normally end so I won’t even start it. Also, I am supposed to be working that day, but am unsure of what time to be there.
And that’s all for now! Thanks for reading!
Friday, August 20, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
PHEW!
Ok, I realize that I haven’t written on here for a while, but I really do have a good excuse…how about, I’m busy?? Yes, that’s it…because I have been! Honestly! I have not been home for over 6 hours since Monday, August 2. And here it is, August 13, quite a bit later. Ah well, life can get hectic.
Tuesday, August 3 – I spent the whole day at Rachel Skiba’s house…I think I already have a post on this.
Wednesday, August 4, I had work for the best part of the day. Then, I filled it with reading books and cleaning my “room” and so forth. (I think I need to mention at this point that while I was away at Blue Lake, my family totally made my room look like the best thing ever happened to it. They painted the walls a light shade of pink, and made the floors wood (which has been my dream) and made it all spacey by simply moving everything I owned out to the basement floor.)
Thursday, August 5 – This was spent working the first part of the day and then going down/working at Kzoo’s Comstock for Secret Garden. I don’t remember much, but I know that that night STINKED.
Friday, August 6 – this was the day of our show in Kzoo. This night went decently well, but I sort of had a breakdown half way through it.
Saturday, August 7 – This was our last show and as such, it was kinda hard. The show went marvelously however. After I had done the “old people’s” hair and makeup, I used the extra leftover hair spray to dye my hair a dark brown/black color. It was actually pretty cool. Then Libby put on some really heavy eye-liner so I looked emo. We drove Nathan and Josiah there and back, as well as taking Aimee back too (she just got back from Florida that day). Strike took forever and a day but we finally got out of there at about 1 am. We headed over to Perkins for the after-party. Didn’t leave there till 2 which meant we got home after 3am (we had to drop everyone off at home).
Sunday, August 8 – We had church bright and early in the morning. After church, we left and went up north to Byrom where I got to see Bethy and her little girl Bella Rose at her baby shower! That was a fun afternoon (a tad boring however).
Monday – I was at CPAC for the good part of the day. I got up and my dad dropped me off there and dropped Becca off at the track with my mom. I helped check all the little boys and girls in for Aristocats. Then, I hung out with friends. There were *so* many people I knew who were trying out!! Anyways, so then, I had my auditions from about 1:30-5:30. Then, my mom rushed me home. That night it was just Becca and I at home. My dad was golfing with work people and my mom, Rachel, and Jon were at their first Brigadoon rehearsal for some Holt group who is putting it on. So she watched movies and I fixed dinner and then baked some molasses cookies. That was a long and tiring evening for the both of us, I think. Just stress from all the auditions that day.
Tuesday – was spent at Rachel’s again. We cleaned out the back yard and the front yard and then tore out their downstairs bathroom. After that, at about 4:30, we headed out to play some glow-mini-golf (I’ve never played at all). I scored 60 out of a possible 54 (which I don’t think is too bad for a first time, right??). Then, we went over to Beaners and got coffees! :D Then, we went back to their friend’s house where they’re living at the moment. We stayed there for a few hours and played some random (and not so random) games. We played Pictionary, and MASH, and then some sort of a find-the-duck-right-now-or-you’re-dead game with Mary. That was a fun time. Then, Mrs. Skiba said that my dad called and would pick me up at Horrocks at 9:30. So I spent 13 hours with her. We’re planning on having her come down to my place next Tuesday, but we’re unsure of how it will work.
Wednesday – I had work starting bright and early in the morning!! I stayed there for probably half the day. Then, I came home and began to “move” back in my room. I also got a chance to pull out my viola and dust it off and play with it for a little while.
Yesterday – I worked again in the morning. Then, I came home and made a good effort to bring stuff back in my room. It looks very cozy now. Well, at least my part of the room does at least. Last night, I went and saw Inception with my brother at the theater in town. I really like it even if it does mess with your mind a lot!!
Today, I will be cleaning and working and mowing and such. Also, L’Abri is tonight, so I’ll probably go early and offer to help Mrs. Jane clean for it. Thanks for reading, faithful followers!
Tuesday, August 3 – I spent the whole day at Rachel Skiba’s house…I think I already have a post on this.
Wednesday, August 4, I had work for the best part of the day. Then, I filled it with reading books and cleaning my “room” and so forth. (I think I need to mention at this point that while I was away at Blue Lake, my family totally made my room look like the best thing ever happened to it. They painted the walls a light shade of pink, and made the floors wood (which has been my dream) and made it all spacey by simply moving everything I owned out to the basement floor.)
Thursday, August 5 – This was spent working the first part of the day and then going down/working at Kzoo’s Comstock for Secret Garden. I don’t remember much, but I know that that night STINKED.
Friday, August 6 – this was the day of our show in Kzoo. This night went decently well, but I sort of had a breakdown half way through it.
Saturday, August 7 – This was our last show and as such, it was kinda hard. The show went marvelously however. After I had done the “old people’s” hair and makeup, I used the extra leftover hair spray to dye my hair a dark brown/black color. It was actually pretty cool. Then Libby put on some really heavy eye-liner so I looked emo. We drove Nathan and Josiah there and back, as well as taking Aimee back too (she just got back from Florida that day). Strike took forever and a day but we finally got out of there at about 1 am. We headed over to Perkins for the after-party. Didn’t leave there till 2 which meant we got home after 3am (we had to drop everyone off at home).
Sunday, August 8 – We had church bright and early in the morning. After church, we left and went up north to Byrom where I got to see Bethy and her little girl Bella Rose at her baby shower! That was a fun afternoon (a tad boring however).
Monday – I was at CPAC for the good part of the day. I got up and my dad dropped me off there and dropped Becca off at the track with my mom. I helped check all the little boys and girls in for Aristocats. Then, I hung out with friends. There were *so* many people I knew who were trying out!! Anyways, so then, I had my auditions from about 1:30-5:30. Then, my mom rushed me home. That night it was just Becca and I at home. My dad was golfing with work people and my mom, Rachel, and Jon were at their first Brigadoon rehearsal for some Holt group who is putting it on. So she watched movies and I fixed dinner and then baked some molasses cookies. That was a long and tiring evening for the both of us, I think. Just stress from all the auditions that day.
Tuesday – was spent at Rachel’s again. We cleaned out the back yard and the front yard and then tore out their downstairs bathroom. After that, at about 4:30, we headed out to play some glow-mini-golf (I’ve never played at all). I scored 60 out of a possible 54 (which I don’t think is too bad for a first time, right??). Then, we went over to Beaners and got coffees! :D Then, we went back to their friend’s house where they’re living at the moment. We stayed there for a few hours and played some random (and not so random) games. We played Pictionary, and MASH, and then some sort of a find-the-duck-right-now-or-you’re-dead game with Mary. That was a fun time. Then, Mrs. Skiba said that my dad called and would pick me up at Horrocks at 9:30. So I spent 13 hours with her. We’re planning on having her come down to my place next Tuesday, but we’re unsure of how it will work.
Wednesday – I had work starting bright and early in the morning!! I stayed there for probably half the day. Then, I came home and began to “move” back in my room. I also got a chance to pull out my viola and dust it off and play with it for a little while.
Yesterday – I worked again in the morning. Then, I came home and made a good effort to bring stuff back in my room. It looks very cozy now. Well, at least my part of the room does at least. Last night, I went and saw Inception with my brother at the theater in town. I really like it even if it does mess with your mind a lot!!
Today, I will be cleaning and working and mowing and such. Also, L’Abri is tonight, so I’ll probably go early and offer to help Mrs. Jane clean for it. Thanks for reading, faithful followers!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Lately
Wednesday, I had work for about 6 hours. That was very hectic and I left feeling like I had just faced giants.
Thursday, was boring in the morning. But then in the afternoon, we headed out to Kzoo again to have a tech run for Secret Garden. Wow, it was really bad. Everything went bad that could go bad. Got home late from that…late enough for me to wish I was in bed.
Yesterday, my mom and Becca were gone to Morrice for most the morning for string lessons. Then, when they got back, my mom took us to the Timmis’s house and they took us to Kzoo for a show for Secret Garden. Ok, so let me tell you. I totally failed. The curtain went wrong *again*. I don’t know what it is but the curtain is just not working for me. Also, all the people I do makeup and hair for…it just wasn’t looking right. I couldn’t fix it to look just right. So anyways…that was an epic fail.
Today I hope will go better. We leave in a little while for it again. Tonight will be SUPER late cuz we have strike and then we’re going out for a party afterwards. I really hope that we can take our van down so that we can stay out late…oh yea, and we’ve got church in the morning…haha, well, let’s see how that works.
Monday, we’ve got HPA auditions, which I am super excited for!
Tuesday, I’m not sure what’s going on…and Wednesday, I work from 7:30 am-???
That’s all for now…signing off!
Thursday, was boring in the morning. But then in the afternoon, we headed out to Kzoo again to have a tech run for Secret Garden. Wow, it was really bad. Everything went bad that could go bad. Got home late from that…late enough for me to wish I was in bed.
Yesterday, my mom and Becca were gone to Morrice for most the morning for string lessons. Then, when they got back, my mom took us to the Timmis’s house and they took us to Kzoo for a show for Secret Garden. Ok, so let me tell you. I totally failed. The curtain went wrong *again*. I don’t know what it is but the curtain is just not working for me. Also, all the people I do makeup and hair for…it just wasn’t looking right. I couldn’t fix it to look just right. So anyways…that was an epic fail.
Today I hope will go better. We leave in a little while for it again. Tonight will be SUPER late cuz we have strike and then we’re going out for a party afterwards. I really hope that we can take our van down so that we can stay out late…oh yea, and we’ve got church in the morning…haha, well, let’s see how that works.
Monday, we’ve got HPA auditions, which I am super excited for!
Tuesday, I’m not sure what’s going on…and Wednesday, I work from 7:30 am-???
That’s all for now…signing off!
Rachel S.
Tuesday, my dad took me to Rachel Skiba’s house early in the morning…well, about 8:30 or so. She showed me around and then we went and did their laundry at the Laundromat around the corner. While we were there, we got donuts and slushies for breakfast. Then we went back to their house and sat there for a while. And then her dad took us to Home Depot for his errands and we began to plan out a house while we were there. We got sooo many different paint sample cards and booklets it was hysterical! Then we went to MSU just to look around at something there and then to another Home Depot where we got even *more* paint stuff and some floor stuff and finished picking out appliances and stuff. Then we went back to her place where we watered the flowers and washed the dishes in their bathtub. Then we just sat around and ate ice. cream for lunch. Then we sat down at the ping pong table and took up one whole half of it with all of our house stuff. And there we not only planned a basement, but a 1st, 2nd, and attic for our house. Then we convinced Rebekah to take us to coffee at Beaner’s down the road…and we got espresso shots for the first time! Haha, that was different. Then we got really super hyper and headed back to her house and then took…hmm…about 8 videos of us just goofing off. Then we went outside to take pictures, but my dad came to pick me up. All in all, it was an amazing day. I haven’t laughed that hard in…a long time. It reminded me of Blue Lake…just laughing and laughing. But this time it was at NOTHING! :D I hope to go back next Tuesday.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Books
Ok, so I know that I have failed miserably in posting what books I have been reading. But the truth is that I haven't had much time till now to actually read anything!! I got back from camp and then hurled myself at Secret Garden.
I am working backstage for Secret Garden put on by Spontaneous Summer Theater down in Kalamazoo. I do all the hair and makeup for the "old" people, I help out with about 7-8 costume changes for the leads during the show, I run errands for the directors, I help out at intermission and at the end with RootBeer floats, and I operate a curtain during the show. So I keep busy and have a lot of fun. So yea, that was Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The shows were on Friday and Saturday.
Sunday, after church, we went up to the lake and spent the day there celebrating birthdays. That was fun. Then we came back in time for evening church.
Today was filled with chores and cleaning. Tonight we're fixing a late anniversery dinner for our parents.
Tomorrow I'm going to Rachel Skiba's house for the ENTIRE day! From about 8:30-9 or so...that's gonna be so much fun!
Wednesday, I have work from 1:30-7:30 and I CAN'T WAIT! :)
Thursday is tech day for Secret Garden...and Friday and Saturday are more shows.
Phew...that's my life. :) I love it!
I am working backstage for Secret Garden put on by Spontaneous Summer Theater down in Kalamazoo. I do all the hair and makeup for the "old" people, I help out with about 7-8 costume changes for the leads during the show, I run errands for the directors, I help out at intermission and at the end with RootBeer floats, and I operate a curtain during the show. So I keep busy and have a lot of fun. So yea, that was Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The shows were on Friday and Saturday.
Sunday, after church, we went up to the lake and spent the day there celebrating birthdays. That was fun. Then we came back in time for evening church.
Today was filled with chores and cleaning. Tonight we're fixing a late anniversery dinner for our parents.
Tomorrow I'm going to Rachel Skiba's house for the ENTIRE day! From about 8:30-9 or so...that's gonna be so much fun!
Wednesday, I have work from 1:30-7:30 and I CAN'T WAIT! :)
Thursday is tech day for Secret Garden...and Friday and Saturday are more shows.
Phew...that's my life. :) I love it!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
TODAY!
On this, the day of my birth...I would like to thank my parents for 1) deciding to actually have me! and 2) for raising me in the home that I have been raised in. Most importantly though, I want to thank my Lord and my God for giving me life and for giving me forgiveness so that I may live every day of my life to glorify Him in everything I do.
Thank you also, those of you who take the time to be my friends! There are many of you whom I consider like my family, you are so close. At the times when I am feeling most blue at heart, you pick me up and show me my place in life! Thank you all!
Thank you also, those of you who take the time to be my friends! There are many of you whom I consider like my family, you are so close. At the times when I am feeling most blue at heart, you pick me up and show me my place in life! Thank you all!
Blue Lake! :D
I am back. Simply put, I am back from Blue Lake. I got home yesterday evening at about 5 pm, for anyone who wanted to know. I had a most enjoyable time, and would do it all over again, if I had the chance. I very much hope that I can do it again next year.
My days began with the alarm going off at 6 am. We were to get up directly and prepare for the day (including brushing teeth, fixing your hair, showering (only if you were of the first three in the bathroom), putting on makeup, ect.). At 6:30, everyone was to be out at the unit’s campfire. Let me back up to explain this. I was in a cabin with 10 other girls that were supervised by a counselor. This made up one cabin. There were 6 cabins in a unit and probably around 10 girls units. So that explains the whole unit-thing. Whoever was the first cabin out at the campfire, they got breakfast first as well as 6 points to go toward the cabin-cup award. Whoever was second got breakfast second as well as 5 points for the cabin cup award. And so it went on down the line. Anyhoo…we would all trudge down to breakfast (about 7-10 minutes away) where there would be more announcements on the day. Then we would go to breakfast (normally something like waffles, pancakes, bagels, donuts, eggs, hash browns, or omelets). Directly after breakfast we would all head off to the morning’s classes. For me, it was sectionals all the way back at Karr (near my unit). Sectionals were about 45 minutes long and then there was technique afterwards with the same teacher for another 45 minutes. Technique turned out to be extra fun sometimes because we would just sit around and talk (sometimes about famous violists or viola music). I really enjoyed my teacher for these different classes. After technique, we had an hour to do stuff (spent in either cleaning your area in the cabin, or showering). Then, we walk all the way back up to Main Camp to Marek South to have AM rehearsals for an hour and a half. After that, it was lunch time…whoever got to our “meeting place” (just a place by a tree) got lunch first and 6 points…and you know the rest of the drill. Lunch was normally pretty good. After lunch, it was minor time in which you go off to your minor if you have one. I didn’t so I would either hang out at Main Camp and get an ice cream, or go back to the cabin and clean, eat, shower, practice, or nap. Then I would go back down to Marek South for PM rehearsal for another hour and a half. After that, it was rec time where you just hang out with your friends. My cabin girls were….A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Let’s just leave it at that. Then it was dinner time, which tended to be gross, so I just skipped on over to the salad bar. Then we would all go back to our units and have unit activities before going off to a concert of some kind in the evening. We’d get back late, wash up and prepare for bed. By Michigan law, we had to be in bed by 10 pm and up no earlier than 6 am. Most of the days sort of mesh together, so I really can’t tell you what I did every day. Thursday, however, was different. In the evening, we had a pizza party with our sister unit and our brother unit. Then, we went over to Stewart Shell and watched a concert put on by the faculty and then there was the camp dance. It was SO AMAZING. Then, we did our dance that we learned for Michal Jackson’s “Thriller” and then it was time to go to bed. The dance was cut short because of tornado warnings.
I am so grateful for everyone there that I met. The girls in my cabin were Olivia, Miranda, Izzy, Lauren, Frannie, Erica, Megan, Sophie, Mary and Niki. They were…wow, so very cool. I met a lot of other girls in my unit and around camp also and anticipate on keeping in contact with them all!! My counselor was Kristin, and my U.D. was Charis, and my U.C. was Amanda. I miss them all so much and wish I was back there!
Thank you to all of you who took time to write to me! It was *VERY* much appreciated and I always loved it when mail time came around.
I also got an invite to audition for the International Orchestra for next year. I auditioned and applied, but haven’t heard yet whether I made it or not. I probably won’t go anyways, as it costs $5,000, but it was worth the audition practice!
Some of you were worried about whether there would be a huge Christian influence there. Thank you for being concerned! I was so afraid as I prepared to leave that the girls there would laugh at me for being Christian and homeschooled. I did, however, find a girl there who was my age and was homeschooled *and* Christian. I also believe that most of the other girls in the cabin were Christian. They didn’t laugh at me…they accepted me. I didn’t attend the chapel service for a number of reasons, the main one being that I got to sleep in an extra hour. I am very glad I brought my Bible and I did spend a lot of time praying while I was there and it was a real time to “get away” from life and spend some quality time with God.
Thank you all for reading!
My days began with the alarm going off at 6 am. We were to get up directly and prepare for the day (including brushing teeth, fixing your hair, showering (only if you were of the first three in the bathroom), putting on makeup, ect.). At 6:30, everyone was to be out at the unit’s campfire. Let me back up to explain this. I was in a cabin with 10 other girls that were supervised by a counselor. This made up one cabin. There were 6 cabins in a unit and probably around 10 girls units. So that explains the whole unit-thing. Whoever was the first cabin out at the campfire, they got breakfast first as well as 6 points to go toward the cabin-cup award. Whoever was second got breakfast second as well as 5 points for the cabin cup award. And so it went on down the line. Anyhoo…we would all trudge down to breakfast (about 7-10 minutes away) where there would be more announcements on the day. Then we would go to breakfast (normally something like waffles, pancakes, bagels, donuts, eggs, hash browns, or omelets). Directly after breakfast we would all head off to the morning’s classes. For me, it was sectionals all the way back at Karr (near my unit). Sectionals were about 45 minutes long and then there was technique afterwards with the same teacher for another 45 minutes. Technique turned out to be extra fun sometimes because we would just sit around and talk (sometimes about famous violists or viola music). I really enjoyed my teacher for these different classes. After technique, we had an hour to do stuff (spent in either cleaning your area in the cabin, or showering). Then, we walk all the way back up to Main Camp to Marek South to have AM rehearsals for an hour and a half. After that, it was lunch time…whoever got to our “meeting place” (just a place by a tree) got lunch first and 6 points…and you know the rest of the drill. Lunch was normally pretty good. After lunch, it was minor time in which you go off to your minor if you have one. I didn’t so I would either hang out at Main Camp and get an ice cream, or go back to the cabin and clean, eat, shower, practice, or nap. Then I would go back down to Marek South for PM rehearsal for another hour and a half. After that, it was rec time where you just hang out with your friends. My cabin girls were….A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Let’s just leave it at that. Then it was dinner time, which tended to be gross, so I just skipped on over to the salad bar. Then we would all go back to our units and have unit activities before going off to a concert of some kind in the evening. We’d get back late, wash up and prepare for bed. By Michigan law, we had to be in bed by 10 pm and up no earlier than 6 am. Most of the days sort of mesh together, so I really can’t tell you what I did every day. Thursday, however, was different. In the evening, we had a pizza party with our sister unit and our brother unit. Then, we went over to Stewart Shell and watched a concert put on by the faculty and then there was the camp dance. It was SO AMAZING. Then, we did our dance that we learned for Michal Jackson’s “Thriller” and then it was time to go to bed. The dance was cut short because of tornado warnings.
I am so grateful for everyone there that I met. The girls in my cabin were Olivia, Miranda, Izzy, Lauren, Frannie, Erica, Megan, Sophie, Mary and Niki. They were…wow, so very cool. I met a lot of other girls in my unit and around camp also and anticipate on keeping in contact with them all!! My counselor was Kristin, and my U.D. was Charis, and my U.C. was Amanda. I miss them all so much and wish I was back there!
Thank you to all of you who took time to write to me! It was *VERY* much appreciated and I always loved it when mail time came around.
I also got an invite to audition for the International Orchestra for next year. I auditioned and applied, but haven’t heard yet whether I made it or not. I probably won’t go anyways, as it costs $5,000, but it was worth the audition practice!
Some of you were worried about whether there would be a huge Christian influence there. Thank you for being concerned! I was so afraid as I prepared to leave that the girls there would laugh at me for being Christian and homeschooled. I did, however, find a girl there who was my age and was homeschooled *and* Christian. I also believe that most of the other girls in the cabin were Christian. They didn’t laugh at me…they accepted me. I didn’t attend the chapel service for a number of reasons, the main one being that I got to sleep in an extra hour. I am very glad I brought my Bible and I did spend a lot of time praying while I was there and it was a real time to “get away” from life and spend some quality time with God.
Thank you all for reading!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Blue Lake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goodbye all! I am now leaving for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. If you have time, please drop me a line at:
Sarah Bacon
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Central Camp - Villanelle - Atwood
300 East Crystal Lake Road
Twin Lake, MI 49457
Thank you!
Sarah
Sarah Bacon
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Central Camp - Villanelle - Atwood
300 East Crystal Lake Road
Twin Lake, MI 49457
Thank you!
Sarah
Friday, July 9, 2010
Aimee/Sarah adventures
A few people out there have been asking me what I have been up to lately with Aimee. Haha, well it has been busy, but we’ve managed to get some time in together.
On Monday, we managed to get Libby in with us. So after work, Aimee came and picked both up and took us to her house. We hung out there for a little while before heading out. We “broke” into the library and got 3 movies to watch. Rachel met us there and took us to 1) Taco Bell to get Libby some lunch, 2) QD to get ice cream (we didn’t end up getting any there), 3) Meijer to get ice cream (we got some!), and 4) Taco Bell again to get the rest of us food. After that, we went back to Aimee’s house and began to watch movies while eating ice. cream. Rachel and I had to leave early to get back home so we could eat dinner and watch Avatar.
Yesterday, however, was the big Aimee/Sarah day. She picked me up and we went out to knock something else off our bucket list. We headed over to our city skateboard park, you know, the one with the big slopes and dips and all that? Well, it just so happened that it was raining (hey, what a coincidence!). We clogged the drains in the dips and then headed off to town to wait for it to rain harder. We went and got some ice cream at Tasty Twist and had an amazing time there. Then we just drove around town blaring my iPod through the car stereo. After it stated *pouring* we headed back. After kicking off our shoes in the car, we ran out to the skateboard park. Let me now tell you the main reason for our going (besides kicking something off our bucket list). I have this pair of jeans that have all these stains in them that won’t come out…rust I think…so I want to do the exchange for them at Sears, but I can’t because they don’t have any holes in them. Well, Aimee told me of this amazing way to get holes in your pants…you simply go to the skateboard park when it’s raining and slide down the hills and such and then…lol, well you have holes. So that is exactly what we did. And let me tell you, boy, did we have holes. I can’t exactly go into *all* the details of it, but yea, it is now my favorite thing to do. Besides that, it was pouring the whole time. We tried to get Libby to come down with us and do it too, but she was busy for the afternoon. So we called Anna…and didn’t get a hold of her. So we drove over there and saw Anna was at the church. We went to say “hi” (yes, with towels wrapped around us). She suggested coffee, so we called up Rachel to come in to town and have coffee too, and then borrowed some clothes from Anna so that we could actually appear in society. So that is exactly what we did. And besides having a wonderful time with friends, we also something else off our bucket list, which was that we got to tip Biggbys in foreign coins. Anna gave us some Haiti, Romanian, and Ukrainian coins. Besides, we got to keep one ourselves!
I will get to see Aimee again tonight for L’Abri, and hopefully tomorrow if we do a girls’ day.
So there you go…another chapter in the Sarah/Aimee adventures!
On Monday, we managed to get Libby in with us. So after work, Aimee came and picked both up and took us to her house. We hung out there for a little while before heading out. We “broke” into the library and got 3 movies to watch. Rachel met us there and took us to 1) Taco Bell to get Libby some lunch, 2) QD to get ice cream (we didn’t end up getting any there), 3) Meijer to get ice cream (we got some!), and 4) Taco Bell again to get the rest of us food. After that, we went back to Aimee’s house and began to watch movies while eating ice. cream. Rachel and I had to leave early to get back home so we could eat dinner and watch Avatar.
Yesterday, however, was the big Aimee/Sarah day. She picked me up and we went out to knock something else off our bucket list. We headed over to our city skateboard park, you know, the one with the big slopes and dips and all that? Well, it just so happened that it was raining (hey, what a coincidence!). We clogged the drains in the dips and then headed off to town to wait for it to rain harder. We went and got some ice cream at Tasty Twist and had an amazing time there. Then we just drove around town blaring my iPod through the car stereo. After it stated *pouring* we headed back. After kicking off our shoes in the car, we ran out to the skateboard park. Let me now tell you the main reason for our going (besides kicking something off our bucket list). I have this pair of jeans that have all these stains in them that won’t come out…rust I think…so I want to do the exchange for them at Sears, but I can’t because they don’t have any holes in them. Well, Aimee told me of this amazing way to get holes in your pants…you simply go to the skateboard park when it’s raining and slide down the hills and such and then…lol, well you have holes. So that is exactly what we did. And let me tell you, boy, did we have holes. I can’t exactly go into *all* the details of it, but yea, it is now my favorite thing to do. Besides that, it was pouring the whole time. We tried to get Libby to come down with us and do it too, but she was busy for the afternoon. So we called Anna…and didn’t get a hold of her. So we drove over there and saw Anna was at the church. We went to say “hi” (yes, with towels wrapped around us). She suggested coffee, so we called up Rachel to come in to town and have coffee too, and then borrowed some clothes from Anna so that we could actually appear in society. So that is exactly what we did. And besides having a wonderful time with friends, we also something else off our bucket list, which was that we got to tip Biggbys in foreign coins. Anna gave us some Haiti, Romanian, and Ukrainian coins. Besides, we got to keep one ourselves!
I will get to see Aimee again tonight for L’Abri, and hopefully tomorrow if we do a girls’ day.
So there you go…another chapter in the Sarah/Aimee adventures!
Random quotes
The standard in the final judgment will in the first place be the gospel (John 12:48); but that gospel is not opposed to, and cannot even be conceived apart from the law. The requirement to believe, after all, is itself grounded in the law, and the Gospel is the restoration and fulfillment of the law.”
Herman Bavinck –Dutch Reformed Theologian
Vol 4 Reformed Dogmatics –pg. 700
“Give what you have; to someone it may be better than you dare to think.” Longfellow
Rise again, ye lion-hearted, saints of early Christendom.
Whither is your strength departed, wither gone your martyrdom?
Lo, love’s light is on them, glory’s flame upon them
And their will to die doth quell, even the lord and prince of hell.
“The religious life does have its own content and an independent value. It remains the center, the heart, the hearth, out of which all his [i.e., the Christian’s] thought and action proceeds and from which it receives inspiration and warmth. There, in fellowship w/ God, he is strengthened for his labor and girds himself for the battle. But that hidden life of fellowship w/ God is not the whole of life. The prayer room is the inner chamber, but not the whole dwelling in which he lives and moves. The spiritual life does not exclude domestic and civic, social, and political life, the life of art and scholarship. To be sure, it is distant from these things. It also transcends them by far in value, but it does not constitute an irreconcilable opposition to them; rather, it is the power that enables us to faithfully fulfill our earthly vocation and makes all of life a serving of God.” --Herman Bavinck
Herman Bavinck –Dutch Reformed Theologian
Vol 4 Reformed Dogmatics –pg. 700
“Give what you have; to someone it may be better than you dare to think.” Longfellow
Rise again, ye lion-hearted, saints of early Christendom.
Whither is your strength departed, wither gone your martyrdom?
Lo, love’s light is on them, glory’s flame upon them
And their will to die doth quell, even the lord and prince of hell.
“The religious life does have its own content and an independent value. It remains the center, the heart, the hearth, out of which all his [i.e., the Christian’s] thought and action proceeds and from which it receives inspiration and warmth. There, in fellowship w/ God, he is strengthened for his labor and girds himself for the battle. But that hidden life of fellowship w/ God is not the whole of life. The prayer room is the inner chamber, but not the whole dwelling in which he lives and moves. The spiritual life does not exclude domestic and civic, social, and political life, the life of art and scholarship. To be sure, it is distant from these things. It also transcends them by far in value, but it does not constitute an irreconcilable opposition to them; rather, it is the power that enables us to faithfully fulfill our earthly vocation and makes all of life a serving of God.” --Herman Bavinck
Poem of mine
To whom shall I turn?
But to you, Oh my God,
You hear me with patience
No matter how long.
No matter my problems,
You remain still and good.
And when I am down,
You send me a sign.
You tell me you’re there,
And there you will stay,
You tell me you care,
You hear and sustain.
You uphold me with blessings,
Protect me with truth,
Your love is a covering
Boundless and free.
It comes without price
It comes just for me.
My greatest free gift,
Is my Jesus, My Lord.
But to you, Oh my God,
You hear me with patience
No matter how long.
No matter my problems,
You remain still and good.
And when I am down,
You send me a sign.
You tell me you’re there,
And there you will stay,
You tell me you care,
You hear and sustain.
You uphold me with blessings,
Protect me with truth,
Your love is a covering
Boundless and free.
It comes without price
It comes just for me.
My greatest free gift,
Is my Jesus, My Lord.
Sermon notes from a while ago
Remember, Remember, the 5th of November. We are called to never forget God’s law, and His covenant. God remembers us faithfully. It’s not like he could forget us…rather it is when God is about to perform some great deed for those people. He will act for the favor of His people. 1) His remembering is covenant-based. i.e. A marriage covenant: within this covenant it binds us with another party which grows to a close and intimate relationship. The memory of the covenant lasts forever. 2) His remembering of us is Christocentric…it is centered and hinged upon Christ. God remembers us because of Christ’s fulfillment of our debt. Christ was our liability for this legal covenant or binding. We belong to Christ and through that, God does remember us. For those outside of Christ…those who are separate, God does not remember. This should stir up within us a passion to want to remember God. We are commanded not to forget Him, but knowing that He never forgets His people should stir up in us an automatic remembering of God and His mercy.
In Genesis 8, God remembers Noah, His faithful servant, and therefore saves him from the flood.
Genesis 30:22 – “Then God remembered Rachel and God listened to her and opened her womb.
In Exodus, God remembers Israel in slavery.
Psalm 103 speaks repeatedly of how great God is for remembering His people.
Now those were just a sample of how much God really remembers us. In fact, it is mentioned 73 times in the Bible how God remembers us. That is a lot, but if you think about it, it’s not that much at all if God remembers us constantly.
A people of God will be shown by if and how they remember God. We are to remember Him not only in time of trouble and suffering, but also in good times. We are to burst forth with praise and obedience. This comes from gratitude of His remembering and love for us. And so, we are not only commanded to remember Him, but to pass down to our children this idea of remembering our God.
Deuteronomy 4:9-14 – “Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren, especially concerning the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’ Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the firs. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only head a voice. So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
We are to magnify His name and spread His mercy. In this way, people will either be attracted to Him, or be repelled by it. The smell of life or the smell of death. We are a people who has been set free. We should start by remembering Him. We God’s name must be carried forth and this must be done through His people who He remembers constantly. He hasn’t forgotten us yet and He won’t anytime soon. We are to pray that God will pursue His glory through us, His people. We pray that we will be salt and light to a world that needs it so very, very badly. We need to let our lights shine before all men so that they may see our good works and know our Father in heaven through them. We must be not only Christocentric, but Theocentric also.
In Genesis 8, God remembers Noah, His faithful servant, and therefore saves him from the flood.
Genesis 30:22 – “Then God remembered Rachel and God listened to her and opened her womb.
In Exodus, God remembers Israel in slavery.
Psalm 103 speaks repeatedly of how great God is for remembering His people.
Now those were just a sample of how much God really remembers us. In fact, it is mentioned 73 times in the Bible how God remembers us. That is a lot, but if you think about it, it’s not that much at all if God remembers us constantly.
A people of God will be shown by if and how they remember God. We are to remember Him not only in time of trouble and suffering, but also in good times. We are to burst forth with praise and obedience. This comes from gratitude of His remembering and love for us. And so, we are not only commanded to remember Him, but to pass down to our children this idea of remembering our God.
Deuteronomy 4:9-14 – “Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren, especially concerning the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’ Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the firs. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only head a voice. So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
We are to magnify His name and spread His mercy. In this way, people will either be attracted to Him, or be repelled by it. The smell of life or the smell of death. We are a people who has been set free. We should start by remembering Him. We God’s name must be carried forth and this must be done through His people who He remembers constantly. He hasn’t forgotten us yet and He won’t anytime soon. We are to pray that God will pursue His glory through us, His people. We pray that we will be salt and light to a world that needs it so very, very badly. We need to let our lights shine before all men so that they may see our good works and know our Father in heaven through them. We must be not only Christocentric, but Theocentric also.
Faith and Fear
Faith is the absence of Fear
Fear is the absence of Faith
Faith:
Full
Assurance
In
The
Heart
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Fear:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
“Jesus said, ‘Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’” John 14:27b
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.” Isaiah 12:2a
Fear is the absence of Faith
Faith:
Full
Assurance
In
The
Heart
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Fear:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
“Jesus said, ‘Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’” John 14:27b
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.” Isaiah 12:2a
Poem
God’s Best
If you want the very best
That God has planned for you,
Then take His Word and study,
Praying as you do.
He has a plan for every life;
Seek it in earnest prayer,
And find the pattern all laid out
For you to follow there.
Let the Holy Spirit guide you,
Follow where He leads,
See His will in everything
And He will meet your needs.
He will give you grace and power
To lead other unto Him;
And though strife is all around you,
You’ll have His peace within
--Mrs. Marvin McReynolds
If you want the very best
That God has planned for you,
Then take His Word and study,
Praying as you do.
He has a plan for every life;
Seek it in earnest prayer,
And find the pattern all laid out
For you to follow there.
Let the Holy Spirit guide you,
Follow where He leads,
See His will in everything
And He will meet your needs.
He will give you grace and power
To lead other unto Him;
And though strife is all around you,
You’ll have His peace within
--Mrs. Marvin McReynolds
My greatest....
My greatest loss – to lose my soul.
My greatest gain – Christ my Savior.
My greatest goal – to glorify God.
My greatest pride – a heavenly crown of glory.
My greatest work – to win souls for Christ.
My greatest joy – the joy of salvation.
My greatest inheritance – heaven and its glories.
My greatest victory – over death through Christ.
My greatest neglect – to neglect this great salvation.
My greatest crime – to reject Christ, the only Savior.
My greatest privilege – power to become a child of God.
My greatest bargain – the loss of all things to gain Christ.
My greatest peace – the peace of God that passes all understanding.
My greatest knowledge – to know God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
My greatest gain – Christ my Savior.
My greatest goal – to glorify God.
My greatest pride – a heavenly crown of glory.
My greatest work – to win souls for Christ.
My greatest joy – the joy of salvation.
My greatest inheritance – heaven and its glories.
My greatest victory – over death through Christ.
My greatest neglect – to neglect this great salvation.
My greatest crime – to reject Christ, the only Savior.
My greatest privilege – power to become a child of God.
My greatest bargain – the loss of all things to gain Christ.
My greatest peace – the peace of God that passes all understanding.
My greatest knowledge – to know God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
A whole bunch of quotes
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Winston Churchill
“Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.” - Anonymous
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." ~J.R.R. Tolkien
Yet the responsibility of Christian teachers, preachers and other
witnesses is to seek grace to expound it with clarity and conviction.
For the better people understand the glory of the divine substitution, the
easier it will be for them to trust the Substitute." John Stott
"It is a remarkable truth that the same God who worked 'through Christ' to achieve reconciliation now works 'through us' to announce it." John Stott
"You’re cooler than the flipside of my pillow…"
"Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..."
"Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake."
"Oh, thank you. Your confidence is overwhelming."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin
What is a youth? Impetuous fire.
What is a maid? Ice and desire.
The world wags on.
A rose will bloom
...It then will fade
So does a youth.
So do-o-o-oes the fairest maid.
"The difference between a Pharisee and a Christian is that the former looks around the Lord's Table shocked that those people are here. The Christian looks around the Lord's Table and is shocked to be there." R.C. Sproul Jr.
"Faith does not eliminate questions...but Faith knows where to take them."
The classes and the races too weak to master the new conditions must give way. They must perish in the revolutionary holocaust. ~ Karl Marx
"Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out."
You must either have a bowed head, or a turned back. There is no in between.
Christ’s death was sufficient for all…not efficient, but sufficient.
“Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.” - Anonymous
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." ~J.R.R. Tolkien
Yet the responsibility of Christian teachers, preachers and other
witnesses is to seek grace to expound it with clarity and conviction.
For the better people understand the glory of the divine substitution, the
easier it will be for them to trust the Substitute." John Stott
"It is a remarkable truth that the same God who worked 'through Christ' to achieve reconciliation now works 'through us' to announce it." John Stott
"You’re cooler than the flipside of my pillow…"
"Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..."
"Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake."
"Oh, thank you. Your confidence is overwhelming."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin
What is a youth? Impetuous fire.
What is a maid? Ice and desire.
The world wags on.
A rose will bloom
...It then will fade
So does a youth.
So do-o-o-oes the fairest maid.
"The difference between a Pharisee and a Christian is that the former looks around the Lord's Table shocked that those people are here. The Christian looks around the Lord's Table and is shocked to be there." R.C. Sproul Jr.
"Faith does not eliminate questions...but Faith knows where to take them."
The classes and the races too weak to master the new conditions must give way. They must perish in the revolutionary holocaust. ~ Karl Marx
"Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out."
You must either have a bowed head, or a turned back. There is no in between.
Christ’s death was sufficient for all…not efficient, but sufficient.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Life
Wow, life has been really hectic lately. I just want to sink to the floor and lay there all day. I've got the biggest headache of my life right now. Ick.
My hand has been doing a little better lately, due to this brace that I'm wearing pretty much all day long. It can be such a pain though sometimes.
Last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I worked for 6 hours a day. That wore me out really fast. Thursday I had a viola lesson and then a little shopping. Friday I worked for 8 hours and Saturday I went shopping again with my dad and Becca. Sunday, we had church and afterwards we had a luncheon and then the others played some wiffleball. Then we went home and napped/relaxed before heading up to Lansing to listen to the Lansing Concert Band and watch the fireworks. We met some friends up there so that was fun.
Yesterday I had work. Hunter is doing *SO* much better. I would almost say he is completly recovered. He is no longer needing pain medications which is a HUGE relief! He was laughing and running and playing and screaming just as much as before if not more. The only dark part of working is that (I babysat the girls too) near the end, Anna came and showed me their bunny..she thought it was so cute "sleeping." Gosh, I felt so bad when I had to tell her that it wasn't sleeping...it was dead. She was very good about it for 10 minutes and then just broke down. She was sobbing and sobbing and crying for "Mommy." She wanted her mom so bad it broke my heart. So I sat with her on the couch with my arms around her attempting to comfort her.
Today I am going to the park near the library to do some volunteer work. I get to read stories to young children and also do some face painting! Beware young children...I have never painted *anyone's* face before!
Tomorrow is going to busy...I'll have to tell you about that later ;)
Thursday is lessons!
I'm not sure why, but lately I haven't been able to sleep at all. Last night I got 4 hours of sleep and the night before it was 3 hours. I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep in aboaut a month. This results in a short temper and exaustion throughout the day. The heat has been wonderful, but it results in dehydration. So all of this combined has been making me a bit depressed. I am hoping that my "vacation" at Blue Lake will help me regain my normal attitude.
Speaking of which, it is in 8 days from now. I am very nervous and excited at the same time. I still have shopping to do for Blue Lake. I am curious as to how I will have time to pack at all. I have work on Monday and Tuesday is a dentist's appointment along with...something else, I can't remember what though.
Today is Madison's (my twin) 16th birthday. She is the most amazing young lady that I have met. She has been there for me when I need her (for the most part). She is so kind and loving. She has always been a busy and hard worker! She is working today...for the whole day. On her birthday?? That stinks! But she still does it. She pays for a lot of their animals' feed and boarding which comes out of her paycheck (which I couldn't imagine doing!). She helps her mom out so much. Madison, I really look up to you. I love you so much, dear, and pray that you have a wonderful birthday with lots of love, joy, blessings, and sunshine. Happy Birthday, my dearest twin! <3
My hand has been doing a little better lately, due to this brace that I'm wearing pretty much all day long. It can be such a pain though sometimes.
Last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I worked for 6 hours a day. That wore me out really fast. Thursday I had a viola lesson and then a little shopping. Friday I worked for 8 hours and Saturday I went shopping again with my dad and Becca. Sunday, we had church and afterwards we had a luncheon and then the others played some wiffleball. Then we went home and napped/relaxed before heading up to Lansing to listen to the Lansing Concert Band and watch the fireworks. We met some friends up there so that was fun.
Yesterday I had work. Hunter is doing *SO* much better. I would almost say he is completly recovered. He is no longer needing pain medications which is a HUGE relief! He was laughing and running and playing and screaming just as much as before if not more. The only dark part of working is that (I babysat the girls too) near the end, Anna came and showed me their bunny..she thought it was so cute "sleeping." Gosh, I felt so bad when I had to tell her that it wasn't sleeping...it was dead. She was very good about it for 10 minutes and then just broke down. She was sobbing and sobbing and crying for "Mommy." She wanted her mom so bad it broke my heart. So I sat with her on the couch with my arms around her attempting to comfort her.
Today I am going to the park near the library to do some volunteer work. I get to read stories to young children and also do some face painting! Beware young children...I have never painted *anyone's* face before!
Tomorrow is going to busy...I'll have to tell you about that later ;)
Thursday is lessons!
I'm not sure why, but lately I haven't been able to sleep at all. Last night I got 4 hours of sleep and the night before it was 3 hours. I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep in aboaut a month. This results in a short temper and exaustion throughout the day. The heat has been wonderful, but it results in dehydration. So all of this combined has been making me a bit depressed. I am hoping that my "vacation" at Blue Lake will help me regain my normal attitude.
Speaking of which, it is in 8 days from now. I am very nervous and excited at the same time. I still have shopping to do for Blue Lake. I am curious as to how I will have time to pack at all. I have work on Monday and Tuesday is a dentist's appointment along with...something else, I can't remember what though.
Today is Madison's (my twin) 16th birthday. She is the most amazing young lady that I have met. She has been there for me when I need her (for the most part). She is so kind and loving. She has always been a busy and hard worker! She is working today...for the whole day. On her birthday?? That stinks! But she still does it. She pays for a lot of their animals' feed and boarding which comes out of her paycheck (which I couldn't imagine doing!). She helps her mom out so much. Madison, I really look up to you. I love you so much, dear, and pray that you have a wonderful birthday with lots of love, joy, blessings, and sunshine. Happy Birthday, my dearest twin! <3
Friday, July 2, 2010
200 books!!!
Ok, so I found this site that I really enjoyed reading. And this young lady was posting a link to another young lady who was doing a 50 book reading challenge. The whole idea is to read 50 books by the end of this year. December 31 at 11:59 pm! I was so excited...but since I am already a book addict...I thought that I might as well try for 200! Am I overambitious?? BE HONEST! Do you really think I can do it? HONESTLY?!
Here is the link for the original poster! http://agenuineglee.blogspot.com/2010/06/50-book-reading-challenge.html
I will be posting every...hmm...20 books?
Thanks all for reading...it really means a lot to me!!
Here is the link for the original poster! http://agenuineglee.blogspot.com/2010/06/50-book-reading-challenge.html
I will be posting every...hmm...20 books?
Thanks all for reading...it really means a lot to me!!
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