First Car Accident

Yes. That happened yesterday. 


I was headed to a scholarship dinner (thankfully only in nice jeans and the event t-shirt) and then it happened.


Car 1 didn't put on their turn signal and made a hard left turn. Car 2 slammed on his brakes and then I slammed on my brakes, only to hit Car 2. Or Truck 2.


It scared me so bad. I was shaking.  


I've had my license for 2 years and I've never even been pulled over, let alone been in an accident of any type. It could have been alot worse, but I only hit the back of his truck, his trailer hitch to be exact. 

It made a nice, loud dent in my bumper. It could have been my hood or hit something like my radiator, but this was the damage done. I'm so thankful.

I hit an older man who was honestly the best possible person I could have hit.

I got out and we both looked at the damage together. He was totally understanding and reassuring. He asked if I was ok. He said he wouldn't press charges or call the police, because there was no damage done to his truck.

Legally he said it would have been my fault even though I was barely moving and far enough behind me. I'm very blessed that there was no damage done to his truck.

I called my dad, who happened to be on his 25th anniversary trip in Cali. Of course that would happen to me, while my parents are thousands of miles away. Honestly, my dad was super cool about it and we're going to talk when he gets home. O_o

I got the nice man's information and we were both on our way. 

I arrived at the scholarship dinner and happened to see Addie, and I had literally just texted her about what happened. And no, I wasn't texting and driving!

 I was a hot mess. Sometimes, all you need is a giant hug and a friend to be there for you. Seriously. 

Yesterday was quite the day. I hope I don't have a post like this for a good, long while. Fender Benders are no good :(

Here's to the weekend and working lots of doubles to fix it!

Happy Friday!

Emily

PS: I talked to my Pop-Pop today and he said some people are just stupid a$$ drivers. I'm glad you're ok and make sure you pray to the highway gods tonight and thank them! hahahah I love him! 

Friday Letters: Dear Emily in 3 years

Dear Emily,


In three years, you will be just finishing your junior year of college. You only have one year of accounting school left; it's the final countdown. 


Are you living fully where you are at? Are you living in each and every moment? Are you learning and growing in each and every experience thrown your way?


Are you doing all the fun activities you wanted to do when you were a freshman? Football games, formals, intermurals, and dorm events? 


Are you doing fun, memorable things with friends like late nights, coffee breaks, lunch dates and an occasional shopping trip?


Am you still studying hard like you promised Pop-Pop on high school graduation day? Are you striving to get A's and a couple B's? Are you keeping your GPA up to receive the scholarships you need to graduate without tons of student loans?


Are you dating anyone? If so, are you being careful, wise, but also having fun? If not, are you remembering to keep the attitude you had in high school? You promised yourself you wouldn't settle for anyone less than what you deserved. Are you being true to yourself? 


Have you crossed anything off your bucket list? Have you taken fun roadtrips with friends yet? Have your traveled internationally again?


Did you try to get an internship or shadowing job? Are you trying to expand your boundaries? Are you beginning to think where you would apply for a job? 


Did you get plugged into a church you love? Are you still following Christ with everything you have? Are you making daily time for Him? Are you serving Him fully?


Remember the words of Addie, that she wrote in your graduation guest book! "You can never be moved if you are anchored in the Lord. And remember wherever you are at, be there fully."

monday randoms

yes. i need to do a braindump. i have alot going on. expect random blog posts this month week. heck i have a graduation party to plan, invites to design, and all the little nitty details. fun. 


~The AC is still out in my car. expect to see me have wind-blown hair the rest of the summer.


~I'm heading to Evangel for a campus visit this weekend. Pray I fall-in-love with the campus because there will be serious problems if I don't. Heck I'm paying alot of money to go there and I want to love my dorm, campus, fill in the blank. 


~I nannied on saturday all day. I haven't babysat or nannied in about a year. long story. anyways we had a blast. we ziplinined (perks of being the bosses kids and working at a zipline), ate Cold Stone, and I learned how to play Halo on xbox360. I was died mutilated.


~Over the weekend, we had 15 people staying at our house. I had 7 girls in my room. It seems like we have people in my house all the time. probably because we do.


~I have 4 new blog followers this week and I'm very excited! It brings my grand total to 69 lovely loyals. 


~I have a tattoo idea up my sleeve (not literally, well yet anyways) and I am SO PUMPED!!! I'm thinking white ink but not totally sure yet. 


~I'm so in love with my senior pictures and keep looking at them over and over.


~I'm working about 20 hours a week at Cold Stone. I was trained to be a shift leader. Minor details


~Whenever a friend randomly texts me and asks how she can pray for me, well it pretty much makes my month morning! Thank-you Addie for that today :) 


~18 days till graduation!! Oh and I just ordered my grad invites yesterday. judge away.


~My little broske turned 16 last week. I can't believe it. We had a blast ziplining, eating and celebrating all day. He is one of my best friends and we are so stupid together. I'm going to miss him.


I am always random which means my random brain dump could go on. and on. and on.


Happy Monday!


E


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Spring Favorites

Today, I'm linking up with Neely and Amber to show my favorite things about Spring! Spring is by far my FAVORITE season! 


My color crush this spring is: Coral!

I love my Chacos. I'm heading to the park today with a friend and I can't wait to do some hiking and wading in the creek. Chacos are perfect for that!

I love weather that looks like this!

I love spring scarves. Remember my post here? If you need some handy dandy ways to tie scarves this is your post!!

I love this tweet from my friend Addie last night! I know it has nothing to do with spring but i thought I would share.

I'm so excited to be buying a hammock soon! Spring is the perfect weather for that!

I love these Tory Burch shoes for spring! Coral again...

I love spring drinks from Starbucks! I especially love passionfruit sweet tea lemonade. 

I love spring because it means graduation in 38 days!!! I'm so excited!!! I will NEVER have to be in high school again. 

Spring is a great reminder to get into shape for summer!! Speaking of which, I need to get back into running. I slipped a little bit while I was out of town!

I love spring nailpolish! There are so many bright, fun colors! I'm obsessed with the Essie spring2012 collection. 

      What about you? What are your spring favs! Is is weather, food, friends, clothes? Make sure to go link-up with Neely or Amber!

Thankful Thursday: ITFGC

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never serious. like ever.

I posted here last week! Here is what I'm thankful for this week!  
#63:I'm thankful for grace I don't deserve.
#62:I'm thankful for an incredible night at Pure Joy
#61:I'm thankful for my church and my pastor
#60:I'm thankful for alone time
#59:I'm thankful for time with Graham and Briggs last night.
#58:I'm thankful for music.music.music. new music for Israel and music while i pack
#57:I'm thankful for a sweet couple at church that gave me spending money. It was totally unexpected and very generous!


ps- giveaway here! 

Sunday Randoms

This week has been crazy. It was not normal at all. I like normal. I like routines. In honor of the craziness, I'm brain dumping tonight. 


*The biggest random of the week was the Tornado. Branson has NEVER had a tornado that I can remember. I've lived here 9 years. Floods yes. Tornados no. It was freaky. I posted some pictures here. 


*Branson had National Guard here over the weekend. It was SO weird to see "army men" directing traffic and helping out around town. On a total side note, if Westboro would have come to protest Branson, like they did in Joplin, I would have given them a piece of my mind. Seriously. 


*Today was a crazy busy day. Church, friends over for dinner, 15 min snooze, cleaning, VBS meeting, youth, and mission trip training. go go go!


*Church this morning was incredible. I love my church. The power came back on on Friday (i think) but there were pews missing and carpet torn up everywhere. My pastor did an awesome job of tying in the tornado/tornado damage to our church in his sermon. I'm so blessed to worship there each week. (ps- can't believe i'll be worshipping in Jerusalem next sunday! 

*Pure Joy was Friday night. It was incredible. 3+ hours of worship, skits, testimonies, laughter, tears, and well over 1000 women. I've gone the past 2 years and I've left every year being filled and encouraged. I wish everybody could have attended. 

Photo Credit: Tonya Self 

*I went to wedding yesterday. It was wedding #2 (of 8) of 2012! It was the first wedding of one of my friends. That was weird. Molly, is 19 and she married Leeland Kimmel. I've known Molly since Jr. High. I didn't take 1 picture of the couple because they went off location to shoot pictures immediately following the ceremony :( I did manage to snap a couple of me and my broske, my date. haha


*After the wedding, Kyle and I got a movie, some Starbucks and chilled at home. We watched Water for Elephants. Overall, it was a pretty good movie. There were definitely some sad parts tho! oh and Reese Witherspoon is gorgeous! 


*I leave for Israel in 5 days! Holy cow. I still have so much to do. I haven't even started packing. I'm overwhelmed with so many emotions; excitement, nervousness, adrenaline rushes! It's insane.

*I've realized how white I really am. haha I was thinking about wearing a tank and a high waisted skirt to the wedding until Kyle said, you look like a white attorney. umm thanks?! #broskelove 

*I have yet another speech to prepare for this week. sweet.

*I had dinner with Addie on Tuesday at Olive Garden. I love, love, love her. Then doughnuts at Krispy Kreme. obsessed with her. 


*I bought this shirt from Target yesterday. I love it. 

I have alot more I could brain dump about. Random shopping trips, the cat vomiting on my bed, work, how much i want it to be summer, the music i love....i could write on and on, but I've hardly gotten any sleep all week. I'm about to have a hot date with my eyelids.


Happy almost Monday!


Emily! OXOX

Thankful Thursday: ITFGC

I posted here last week! Here is what I'm thankful for this week: 
#70:I'm thankful that I made it through my speech without fainting
#69:I'm thankful for my first day back at Adventure Ziplines!
#68:I'm thankful that God continues to provide for everything in Israel
#67:I'm thankful for the ability to serve my community 
#66:I'm thankful for music to get me through the hard times
#65:I'm thankful that my family and friends are safe from harm
#64:I'm thankful for my time spent at CofO yesterday

Thankful Thursday: ITFGC

I just love this picture.

crazy and ridiculous! :)

ITFGC: I'm Thankful For: Graduation Countdown
     I mentioned this in my Monday post! Everyday I text Addie something I'm thankful for and she texts one back. It's simple and it's easy, but it makes me realize how much I have to be thankful for, the little things. I'm mainly writing these down as a journal for myself that I can look back upon in the future.  


77: I'm thankful that I'm heading on a roadtrip with the Jr. High Kids from youth group.
76: I'm thankful for coffee to compensate for the 4 hours of sleep I got.
75: I'm thankful for this gorgeous weather we're having
74: I'm thankful for sibs who take care of me when i'm sick
73: I'm thankful for an incredible boss
72: I'm thankful for a great deal on a Northface for Israel 
71: I'm thankful for fresh starts

Monday Randoms:

Oh hello Monday. I haven't missed you. At all actually. The weekend flew by and then blink, back to Monday again. *sigh* Have y'all entered my giveaway yet? 1 more week!! 

~I started losing my voice over the weekend at the conference. Between shouting and having fun, as well as little sleep, I think my immune system was shot. I woke up this morning with a headache, stuffy nose, cough, and no voice! I think losing my voice is the hardest thing! :( 


~A bunch of my bloggy friends are headed to Blissdom this week! I'm so excited for them and secretly wishing I was going! It looks like a blast!  


~On a happier note, I started the 78 days of thankfulness with my friend Addie, that I've mentioned before! I was really being whiny last week and kept mentioning my graduation countdown and how fast I wanted it to come. I've just hit that point of being over high school. I'm ready to be DONE! Addie came up with this idea that everyday, I text her something I'm thankful for, and she texts me back something she is thankful for. We'll do this for 78 days until graduation! I know it sounds silly, but it's been a fun way to get my mind off constantly wanting the time to pass faster! I'm learning to find little things that I'm thankful for :)


~I went into Victoria's Secret and for the first time (i know it's bad!!), I got fitted! I mean I had a general idea but I wanted to know for sure! The girls there were so sweet, even though I was completely self conscious of my flat self. I'll be rocking the 34A from here on out! 



~I'm anxiously awaiting hearing anything from CofO! The priority deadline was February 15th and I got in ALL my paperwork before then. Now I just wait and wait until I hear something. It's killing me and teaching me some patience. I know that God is in control and I'm supposed to trust that, but I would like an answer!

~My sweet grandpa, Pop-Pop, is sending me a check to help me pay for my israel expenses and buy some souvenirs while I'm there! It was totally unexpected and completely a blessing! 

~I'm beginning to look at senior picture ideas and outfits! If y'all see anything cute or something I might like, feel free to email me or comment! I'm getting excited!

~I have another 5 minute speech due this Friday in class. I'm so nervous. I've already done 2 or 3 this semester and have 2-3 left. I love talking and chatting with people, but I hate getting up in front of class. It scares me so bad!! 

~I'm hoping to run week 7 of C25K! I'm really hoping this sickness leaves and quickly! I can't afford to lose any motivation!! I did get a new pair of Nike's on Friday and I LOVE them :) I can't wait to use them! 

I might have a bit longer of a brain dump, but my head is clearly congested, and need to rest up! Oh and Happy President's Day!! 

It's OK Thursday

It's OK:

*i had to skip my 5K workout tonight because I'm sick! boo :(

*that i'm SO excited that I leave for Israel in 1 month!!!

*i only had 4 hours of sleep last night

*i LOVE being with addie

*i wear my heart on my sleeve

*to be nervous/excited about hearing from CofO this month!

*that today is my 1 year blogoversary and I'm not doing anything special

*this is my 100th blog post and still nothing special

*i want a hot shower, comfy clothes, and my bed stat!

Happy Thursday Y'all!

Music: Mercy Me: Beautiful

My friend, Addie, that I've mentioned before, sent me a song today. It could not have come at a more perfect time. Listen to this song, and let it change you, as it completely changed my thinking today.

Days will come when you don’t have the strength

When all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart, they’d see too much

You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred
You are His
You’re beautiful

Praying that you have the heart to fight
‘Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you’ve held inside so long
They are nothing in the shadow of the cross

You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred
You are His
You’re beautiful

Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You’re the one He madly loves
Enough to die

You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful
In His eyes

Monday Randoms: back to the real world

~Christmas break is over. No more staying up till 1am or later watching movies and drinking hot chocolate. No more hanging out with friends during the day or all hours of the night. No more being lazy in PJ's all day. These two weeks have gone by way too fast.

~This also means no more sleeping in till 11am or later. boo. 6am here I come. I am NOT a morning person.

~I start back school tomorrow. I'm not excited to start, but I am excited to know that this is my last semester of high school. ever. period. i'm done with high school after this. am i really this old??

~I'm hanging out at Starbucks with Addie tonight. It'll be fun. It always is. I LOVE being with her. It'll be a perfect way to say goodbye to Christmas break.

~I'm starting C25K today. I'm excited to be exercising and getting in shape. It's a 9 week program. My goal is to run a 5K by March. I need all the encouragement I can get! :)

~ We're hanging out with Celia today. She's flying in to Branson and we get to spend the day with her! I love her :)

~I have a ton of talk about. I'll probably end up writing a 2011 recap post and a 2012 looking forward post :)

oxox,

Emily

Monday Randoms

I haven't done one of these posts in a looooong time! my apologies. So, here we go! Get ready for this, it's going to be long!

~Christmas Break. It's finally here. I can't believe my last fall semester of high school is done! Time flies.

~2011 is coming to a close. It's the 19th of December. Time flying by again. But honestly, I'm ok with it. I'm ready to be done with High School.

~I picked up my final check at the ziplines today. I can't believe that the 2011 season is coming to a close. I won't be working there again until Spring of 2012. I will miss it for sure! I'm blessed with wonderful bosses and I've made some of the best friends, and big brothers that a girl can ask for. It was a highlight of my summer/fall/2011 for sure!

~Tonight, we went to Dixie Stampede for their Christmas Show. The show is good but the food is incredible. I ate all of my food, plus some of my siblings. I enjoy food, what can I say :)

~Speaking of food, I eat alot and that being said, I need to get in shape. I'm tired of being tired. I'm tried of being out of breath and having awful cardio. I just wanna feel better and get fit. I bought the C25K app this summer and did nothing with it. It sat on my iPhone. I looked at it and refused to try it. But, after talking with multiple poeple and reading blogs (Dawn, Mary-Kay, and Katie) I've decided to give it a go! It's a 8-9 week program, so hopefully by Spring I'll be running a 5K!

~I had coffee with Addie last night! literally love the girl! O and she agreed to run a 5K with me. She'll push me and that's what I need.

~This week I found out that one of my guy friends in going to Israel with me. That means my friend Emily, myself, and Malachi will be going! I am SO excited! There is also a group on facebook for Israel2012, and I got to connect with some of the other High School seniors who will be going. I can't wait!!!

~I love Christmas break because it means staying up late, sleeping in, drinking hot chocolate, coffee, and watching Christmas movies!

~On Friday I turn 18. I'm old. I don't plan on doing anything crazy.

~NBA starts in 6 days.

~Because my birthday is this week, my inbox has been flooded with all my free offers for Starbucks, Cold Stone, Fuddruckers etc etc etc. More reasons that I need to run a 5K

~I bought my first pair of Miss Me's last night at Apricot Lane! I've been wearing them today and I LOVE them!! They were totally worth the money I spent. I also love the back pockets and the way that they sparkle. Butt bling ha!

~My car is almost to 90,000 miles. Random fact from the queen of random.

~I only asked for 3 things for Christmas/Birthday combined. They were 3 pairs of shoes. One of my favorite quotes is from Marilyn Monroe. "If you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world"

Happy Monday!

Love,

E

Monday Randoms

~My big news of the week: I am going to Israel!!!!!!!!!! I am SO excited! I will be going for 10 days in March of 2012. God continues to provide and open the most amazing doors for me. Simply Blessed. I'll be doing a full post soon!

~My other big news: I colored my hair! See full post here!! I LOVE it :) shout out to Addie!!

~ I got rid of all of my "bad music" this week. I'll explain in full detail soon. Addie challenged me to start praying in the car instead of listening to music. So not only did I stop listening to music, I got rid of alot too. I'm s-l-o-w-l-y starting to see some change.... Thankful for a Savior who doesn't give up on me. Relentless I'd say.

~It's been raining here. alot. Fall is leaving. Winter is coming.

~Saturday I worked at the Ziplines. We are opening our 2nd location, Moto Zip this week!!! I'm SO excited. I get to work a little on Wednesday to get the feel for the new location. Maybe I'll get to try it out :)

~Thanksgiving is coming!! Holla!! I'm also excited about this! College kids coming down, family, friends, cousins, late nights, coffee, FOOD, laughing, shopping, ooo it's going to be SO fun!!!

~I work 20 hours in a day and a half! Black Friday!! I'm showing severe self control and not shopping. Heaven help me!

~I finished sending in all of my paperwork to CofO today!! Now I wait and wait.

I'm so excited for this week! I will try and write and post pictures! One more day of school, then break!!! SO happy :) sleeping in will be oh so wonderful!

Happy Monday Ya'll!

Love,

The Day I Finally Colored My Hair

Yes I did. I colored my hair. Actually I didn't. Addie did. I love it. I really do. I went over to Addie's house on Thursday. Starbucks, laughing, hair coloring, and just "flat out good girl time", as she put it. I LOVE her :)

I used Revlon #20 Black Brown.

Heavier on the Black than the Brown.

"Before"

I asked Addie if I went home like this...

clearly I had never colored my hair before!

Stupid Pre-Shower Pose!

Scarrrrry BEFORE:

Blurry After:

After Take 1:

After Take 2:

I LOVE IT!!

Thank-you Addie!! :)

It's Perfect!

10 Truths for Thursday, since Tuesday I forgot to post

- I love the leaves right now. They are changing into a gorgeous red/orange color; truly beautiful. I can't wait to make a big giant leaf pile to jump in! traditions...:)

2- I'm a daddy's girl, through and through. I love him :)

3-I dislike winter. End of Story. I'd pick a hot day over a cold day, any day. Spring/Summer are my favorite seasons.

4- I love meeting new people. Preferably in small groups. I'm not one to stand up in front of an entire group of people and talk. which bring me to my next truth...

5- I have a M-A-J-O-R- fear of public speaking. I'm talking knees shaking, (entire body shaking), nervous, knots, it's bad. I'd rather eat something disgusting or swim across the English Channel in January. Seriously.

6- I don't like taking notes. End of story.

7- I really would love a pair of Cheetah Sperrys! Christmas? Birthday? LOVE

8- I got rid of all of my bad music. ALL of it! It has been very hard to do, but something Addie challenged me to do, and I knew I needed to do it.

9- I've only been praying or listening to Christian music when I drive. This is also very hard to do. This girl LOVES her music.

10- I'm giddy about girls night tonight. Really I am. I'm going to Addie's house. Starbucks, girl time, mmm can't wait!

to trust Him more part 1:

This week I've been struggling. There has been alot I've been thinking about, internalizing, and processing. To say it's been easy would be lying. I've been struggling with trust issues for a while now. I hadn't really shared it with anybody, and I didn't plan to. I guess the Lord had another idea :) He does have a way of doing that.

Tuesday night I was a church and I get a text from Addie. "You doing ok love?" That was just the beginning of our conversation that night. She offered for us to talk and I quickly took her up on it. I told Addie what was going on and she could not have given me more perfect words that night. She came at just the right time, she really did. I'm thankful. I've heard this before but I have never taken it into consideration, and done something about it. I know that I'm struggling, but I've been avoiding the one thing I needed to do. Run straight into the arms of My Savior, the one who created me, cares about me, and loves me more than anybody else has and ever will.

Addie said this and it hit home; "You seriously have to bring yourself to the point of laying these things at the cross, getting away, and getting into the heart of God. That is the only way you can find shelter, hidden in the heart of God." She challenged me to pray whenever I have moments of silence, to turn off my music when I drive and pray. I need to open my heart to the one who loves me, and the one I have needed to completely turn to this entire time.

Addie texted me this verse and note yesterday evening. I almost cried reading it. 2nd Corinthians 5:14- The love of Christ controls us, because we know that one died for all, so all have died. "just breathe, everything is already taken care of". I'm so thankful for friends that speak into my life, challenge me and love me enough to care about me!