Brain Dump

It needed to happen. I'm on overload you know. 


This week is slow compared to last week. You see I'm only working 55 hours instead of 70. I feel like I'm working part time. Naturally this means 1 more hour of sleep a night and a little more time to blog.


~Sunday Funday Lakeday: see also: i promise i have on a swim suit. you just can't see it. 

~Last night, Hannah, my little sister, colored my hair. My hurrs are all black again. She did such a good job. I love them. My roots were my natural color (light brown), my sides/top were auburn from girls' night in May, and my ends were darkish brown. Hot mess right here.


~My mom made Peach
It was also the first time in almost a month that my entire fam was together. Mission trips, camp, vacations, and work. It was so good. 


~I hit 200 blog followers which means I have a giveaway planned!!


~Please go check out the Pen Friend Project! 

~Keep praying for my friend Jared and his family in Botswana. He has wifi, so he messages me every morning (night their time) and catches me up.


~College is in one month! I'm so excited and nervous and not ready at all. PS. I'm looking for a grey twin comforter with some yellow/teal. Let me know if y'all see anything like that!


~I got my unibrow eyebrows waxed yesterday. It's the little things I'm telling you. Funny thing? My little lady that does them, Yen, said *gasp* "oh my. You must be working alot. You haven't been here in a while". Yes I work alot. Wax the unibrow. 


~This song. Don't hate on Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen. I know I'm not in Jr. High anymore, don't judge.

~I'm headed off to work. My big brother is my MOD tonight and I love this. Most people have asked me if I hate having him be my boss, but I honestly love it. We have so much fun doing work together. And yes that is possible.

Happy Tuesday!

oxox,

Emily 

Funk of all Funks

Have y'all ever been in a funk? not just a funk, but a funk of all funks? This has been me, all week long. I just can't kick it.


I've worked long hours. Doubles, at two jobs. We've been understaffed. We've worked later and longer shifts. 


I've gotten no more than 5 hours of sleep every night. I'm running on zombie mode and lots  of Starbucks.


 I took my ACT again for the 4th time at a different high school instead of the local Christian college. Merp.


I wish I was writing a happy blog post but instead I just need to process some of my thoughts.


I've snapped at people this week. I've said mean things. I feel bad later. I've made some stupid choices. I don't know what's wrong with me.




I don't know what else to say. Y'all feel free to leave me sweet comments. I'll need them.




I've gotta go finish my shift at work and somehow kick.this.funk. 




I'll blast music. Dance obnoxiously. Cry. Vent to friends. Go to the lake. Cry some more. Work too much. Try to blog.

Monday Randoms

~On Friday morning, I headed up to Evangel for EU-24 (a glorified campus visit). It was better than I was expecting. It was non-stop and so much fun. I sat in on 2 classes, met several professors, ate in the cafeteria (ewws), tailgate party and football game, bonfire, taco bell at midnight and met TONS of people. I'm beginning to get a little excited! 


~I need to balance my checkbook. It hasn't been done in 2 months. Fail


~I ordered my silver glitter TOMS last week. They are supposed to be here by Wednesday and I am SO excited! 

~I'm obsessed with Instagram. I love that droid users can use it now too. I'm not a professional by any means, so I enjoy putting fun filters on my pictures and sharing them. If you are on IG, look me up (emilyduncan) and I'll follow you back!


~Branson's weather has been weird here. It is colder in April than it was in March. It was 80+ degrees then and now it's in the 50's. I'm ready for warmer weather, but not too hot because my AC still isn't fixed!


~Neely is hosting another giveaway!  There are 18 ways to enter! 

 

~I'm thinking about getting a blog re-design this summer, before I go to college. Maybe something a little more modern and changing my name to The Fate from Five 8. Who knows....


~Yesterday Briggs had his birthday party. He turned 5. I've mentioned him and his older brother before. I've known them since they were babies. In fact, their mom was our babysitter when we moved to Branson 10 years ago! He had a beach themed party and it was too fun! He requested cookies and red velvet cake! He is such a hoot! 


~Graduation is in 11 days. Weeee!


I've got to go work on ACT prep, grad slideshows, party arrangements.......


If you don't hear from me in a while....send help!

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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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

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!! 

Meet Me

I'm SO excited to be linking up with Neely from A Complete Waste of Makeup today! I've linked up with Neely before because she co-hosts the fun It's OK Thursday link-up! I thought I would share a little bit about me and hopefully get to meet some new bloggy friends in the process!

1. Tell us why you blog

I started blogging right around a year ago. I wanted my family and friends to be able to read about my life (if they wanted to of course). I took a big blogging break over the summer, but started back again full swing in the Fall. Most importantly, I've loved meeting blog friends and finding out that we all have alot in common. I've loved the support system I've gotten, most recently for my efforts in running a 5K! I've loved all the fun link-ups I've participated in and the giveaways I've won too! :)

2. Tell us about your blog

My blog is called a Beautiful Beginning. (I'm guessing you saw that already tho). My blog designer, Jenn, helped me pick this out and I love it! I'm about to graduate high school and go to college. I'm on the beginning of becoming my own person and branching out. I'm in the middle of figuring out who I really am. I love what we came up with!

My blog is a little big of everything. I blogged about Pinterest, friends, music, coffee (hello Starbucks), running, and everything in between. I don't have just one "type" of thing that I talk about. Queen of random! :)

3. Tell us about you

I'm 18 years old and I'm a Senior in High School!!! whoop whoop! I'm almost done! Graduation is on May 5th! My family is very close. I'm a daddy's girl through and through! I have 3 siblings. I love to have fun and be crazy! I'm not a morning person. I love staying up late with a cup of coffee or tea and watching TV, blogging, or reading a book! I dream of being a big name blogger. A girl can dream right??!

* I LOVE Target. and i can spend alot of money there in a short amount of time. It's a weakness. I walk in to buy 1 thing and walk out with $116 worth of stuff. True story.

* I love random. I am random.

* I use exclamation points and capitals for no special reason at all.

* I love coffee, especially if it's Starbucks! * I love all things Vera Bradley. I especially love Hope Garden.

* I love spring. fresh starts, warm weathers, shorts, work, flowers!

* I love loud. I shout almost everything I say. I have no shame. I love to be fun and I love to be loud!

* I try to be real, especially on my blog.

* I love shoes

* I could eat blackolives by the can. Oh wait! I already do that! I think I'm secretly Italian!

4. Tell us about your job

I have two jobs actually. Because I'm still in high school, I do most of my work in the summer/fall. I work about 50 hours a week in the summer! I've worked at Cold Stone Creamery for 2 years! World's best ice cream not that I'm biased! Last May, I started a job for Adventure Ziplines. I'm a photog, front-desk girl, ATV driver, you name it I've probably done it (besides being an actual guide because you have to be a guy and you have to be strong. two things I am not :) I love it there! I've said it before but they are def my 2nd fam!

5. Tell us about your city

I live in Branson, Missouri! The "show-capital" of the world! I LOVE it here. Summer is my favorite season, probably because "the strip" (Hwy 76) is packed full of tourists. Cold Stone is out the door with customers and the ziplines take full tours every 15 minutes. I work all day and then hang out with friends/co-workers until 2am at McDonalds after we close! Branson's weather is SO weird. It snowed last night but it was 65 deg. the entire month of January! It's so unpredictable but i LOVE it! There is so many fun things to do here too! I've lived here for 8 years now, the longest I've ever lived anywhere! It really is a great little town!

6. Tell us about your favorite activities/hobbies/things to do.

I love hanging out with friends. I love cooking/baking. I have a HUGE sweet-tooth! I love taking pictures and posting them all over facebook :) social media queen right here! Recently, I've loved running, especially outside! I love my church and my smallgroup I'm in. I love blogging: reading and finding blogs, as well as writing my own.

I just started a new link-up on Tuesdays called Top 10 Tuesday! We've done food, music, and tomorrow with be the Top 10 things on your bucket list!

I can't wait to meet some new bloggers in Neely's link-up today! Thanks for letting me share a little about me!

Happy Monday!

Monday Randoms

~I am SO excited today! I met yesterday afternoon with the founders and the leaders for my Israel trip, which by the way is in 32 days!!! I leave for Israel in 32 days! Like I fly out of the country on 3 different flights and will be in Israel 10 entire days! Yesterday we talked about everything. All of the little details like packing, food, clothes, travel/security, roommates etc! I can't believe that out of all of the Seniors that go, I'm going with 12 other people, from all over the country, one of them being my best friend! :) I'm starting to make a list of what to pack etc! I'm sure you will be hearing alot about this trip this month!

~Speaking of which, if y'all have any packing/travel suggestions for international travel please do share! The last time I was on a plane was when I was 6 and I don't remember a thing. clearly.

~My 1 year blogoversary is in 3 days! cray cray!

~My friend Molly had her bridal shower on Saturday night! It was SO fun! She is the first friend that is my age to get married. I can't believe it. March 3rd is coming up quick!

~Speaking of which, I'm taking my ACT, again, on Saturday. fail. i don't ever want to take it again. ever. but i am. so please pray for me. and send me good vibes.

~I'm on week 6 of C25K! I'm doing it! baby steps. 20 minute runs begin all this week.

~After a paperwork mess-up on my FAFSA, and some new paperwork from CofO, my paperwork is finally all turned in. Waiting really is the hardest part. I just want answers asap.

~The weather is back to typical winter weather again. 30's-40's today. We got spoiled with it being in the 60's last week. :( boo!!

~My friend Arielle from CofO took me to Cold Stone last week! we had some much needed girl time and catching up to do. annnnd we ordered the same thing: cake batter with cookie dough. boom.

~I gave my 4 minute narrative speech in class on Friday. I didn't faint but I was super nervous! 2 speeches down, 4 to go! I mean i love people and all, but standing up in front of everybody giving a speech is not my cup of tea.

~Graduation plans are getting finalized! we have a location, colors, and a speaker (i think)! yay! 88 days! whoop!! I'm trying not to be too excited but I'm ready! I'm trying to enjoy life and take in every single moment but sometimes I really do want time to fly. I have to remind my self to treasure each moment.

Monday Randoms

*big brain dump ahead*

~I'm back from Kansas City! Our varsity team from church went up to KC to complete in "olympics". We left Friday afternoon and got back late last night. My weekend was filled with lots of pictures, tons of snacks and eating out, uncontrollable gut laughter, and taking 4th place. Not too shabby :)

~Friday morning, my dad completed my FAFSA and set it off to CofO and Evangel. I didn't think all the necessary paperwork would be received/done it time, but we got all of it and it's DONE! Such a relief! Now I wait and see what happens! CofO's priority deadline is February 15th. That is where I really want to go to college. Waiting is the hardest part.

~I officially completed week 4 of C25K last week! I'm half way there. Crazy. I'm finally getting my endurance up and will begin longer runs this week. I think I can. I think I can. I'm actually starting to enjoy running, something I NEVER thought I'd say.

~The high today is 65 degrees. Branson has had one of the mildest winter's I can remember. I think this calls for a run outside this afternoon :)

~I haven't worked since Black Friday weekend at the ziplines. I miss it like terrible. I miss my 2nd family. I miss my big brothers. I miss taking pictures of crazy tourists. I miss answering the phone a thousand times a day. I miss driving the ATVs. I miss eating Jimmy Johns 6 days a week. I miss watching the sunset over the zipline towers. March come quickly!!

~I have been doing a ton of homework for my Israel trip. I've been researching major cities, religions, and other important information. It's coming up so fast. In 39 days I'll be boarding a plane and flying halfway across the world. It's still so surreal to me.

~One of my childhood friends, had a sweet baby boy last week. I've known her since I was 4 years old. I'm 18 and she's 21 now. I can't believe that she is married and starting a family. After 30+ hours of labor, Winston Daniel made his arrival. I'm so happy for her!

~Speaking of marriage and children, I've had several friends get engaged recently. I have 7 weddings on the calendar and I'm sure there will be more. I on the other hand, am happily enjoying my singleness. That will be another post soon.

~On a more serious note, I've really been realizing how fragile life is; how special and priceless it is and how much I really take it for granted. One of my friend's cousin passed away last night in NY. It happened so fast and it is heartbreaking for me to watch her grieve like this. If you think of her, please pray for K today. Then yesterday, one of my guy friends was in a car accident with his mom. They are ok, but the car is totaled. I saw both of them yesterday morning and hugged them goodbye, not having a clue what events would happen later in the day. I hugged my family a little bit tighter last night.

~I'm so excited for my new link-up tomorrow! Top 10 Tuesday! First off, will be Top 10 Foods we love. Easy and fun! Be sure to link-up!

~Saw this quote and loved it: once you realize your mess can become your ministry, you actively look for ways to provide security and protection for others with that struggle.

~Cait has an awesome giveaway this week! make sure to go check it out!

Happy Monday Lovelies!

Sunday Randoms

~I did watch the Miss America Pageant last night! It was the first time I had ever watched. I LOVED it! There were so many good stories, talents, and pretty girls for lack of a better term! ha! I loved Miss SC's suit. She rocked the white and the bikini and looked fab! I loved Miss Oklahoma's Irish Dance. I'm really not a big fan of Opera tho (Miss NY). Miss Iowa did an amazing job singing You Raise Me Up! It was so pretty! I really wanted Miss OK to win! But, congrats to Miss Wisconsin for winning Miss America!

~On a side note, I watched the MAP in sweats, ponytail, no makeup, and stuffing my face full of food!

~Yesterday, I did a mini-road trip to Springfield with some girls from church. We're having a pillowcase party on Monday night for our upcoming trip to KC! We bought fabric and had lunch together at Chick-fil-a! Branson doesn't have a Chick-fil-a :( There are rumors that Branson might be getting one in the near future! SO excited if that actually happened! haha

~Our family finally took down the Christmas tree today. It's been long overdue! This is the new record for how long our family has keep it up. January 15th.

~Speaking of overdue, I know y'all are dying to know my countdowns: 111 days till graduation and 54 days to Israel! I can't wait. They are both sneaking up SO fast! I'm glad time is flying!

~I had to give a speech in my public speaking class on Friday. Scared.out.of.my.mind. I hate public speaking, but I made it! We had to speak for 3 minutes so it wasn't too bad! I spoke on my mission trip to E. St. Louis. I've gone every year since 8th grade and it's something I'm passionate about, but still.

~I finished week 2 of C25K! Enough said. Tomorrow is a new day, a new week, with more running. baby steps.

~I'm reading Kisses from Katie right now. Incredible book. You might also fall in love with her blog! She is so inspiring and I can't wait to do a book review post on her book soon!

~Tonight, I met with our Lead team from youth group. I'm excited to see everything that God is doing and what He will continue to do through us in 2012.

I've got a crazy, full week ahead!

Happy Sunday!

Emily

25 Things about Me

My friend Cait, over at Fit, Fierce and Fabulous is doing 25 things about me. I thought I'd join the bandwagon so ya'll can get to know me. I feel like I've been a little bit out of the blogging loop between Thanksgiving and working a TON over Black Friday. I apologize!

Feel free to write 25 things about you on your blog, and leave me with the link.

1-I LOVE Starbucks!

2-I love everything about summer time. no school, shorts, Chacos, work, it's perfect.

3-I can't handle scary movies, like barely even Star Wars. It's bad.

4-I say like ALOT, especially when I get excited.

5- I've had 3 surgeries on my mouth alone. That's about 3 too many.

6- I've lived in 6 different states. West and East Coast.

7- I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm realizing the consequences of that.

8-I have a freakishly weird memory. Like little, small details. Don't judge.

9-I have no food allergies.

10-I won't leave the house without my purse, chapstick, iPod, and my phone.

11-I'm addicted to Target. I spend way to much money there. Our Target also has a Starbucks which is double trouble.

12- I tweet all the time, but I'm awful at #hashtagging. Truth.

13- I don't like mustard, cottage cheese, miracle whip, or pickle relish. I will only eat a little bit of mayo.

14- I would love to be a famous blogger. We'll see how that works out because I have 39 followers right now. ha!

15- I can be very sarcastic. fluent actually.

16- I'm very honest.

17- I'm scared of clowns and mascots at football/basketball games. I will scream and run away.

18- I'm also scared when people jump out and scare me. I will scream bloody murder, and start running.

19- I love music! all kinds, artists and genres. I love finding new music and having my own personal jam sesh in the car.

20- I don't like frosting on my cake or cheese on my pizza. un-American?! sure.

21- I love my Chacos and wear them all the time, or I did in the summer. I still have a Chaco tan and it's almost December. I love it.

22- I love to dance, but I can't do "it". I look like a mad women, or a fool.

23- I'm not athletic at all. I don't run. But I am very competitive, so if somebody challenges me, I will take them! win or lose.

24- I'm a night owl. I would rather stay up late and work than have to get up early anyday.

25- I love to travel. I want to go to Europe, and do the Italy, France, England, Scotland tour. I'd really love to go to London next summer for the 2012 summer olympics. wishful thinking...

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,

Ten Truths for Tuesday

1-I'm hungry all the time. I mean it's bad. I eat breakfast, then I want a snack. I eat lunch. I'm hungry at 2 again. Time for another snack! Dinner time, I eat alot. I usually have a snack before dinner. If I stay up really late, I have a 4th meal. It's a vicious cycle.

2-I love rain. I hate thunder. It's raining today. It's so peaceful sitting here listening to the rain. Then all of the sudden CRACK! BOOM! SHAKE! It thunders really loudly, and I cover my ears.

3-I really dislike making my bed. I really do. I'd rather vacuum my room. But even that does not happen often enough.

4- I have a slight obsession with Ebay. I recently cleaned out my closet, and listed a bunch of stuff on Ebay. I made alot of money, which meant I spent alot of money, and time looking.

5-Remember how I said I eat a lot? Well, Saturday at work I packed my lunch. I actually packed my lunch, and remembered to take it. Score! I packed a hot pocket actually. I get to work, and I'm hungry. Surprise! I'm given a piece of pizza (meat lovers, the kind with bacon, sausage, pepperoni, ham, extra cheese), a large fry from Wendy's and a bunch of leftover Halloween candy. I ate it all. All of it.

6-Fries. I love french fries. I love dipping them in BBQ sauce or ranch. My favorite fries are from Fuddruckers or the natural cut with sea salt from Wendy's! But fries are not good for me and I shouldn't eat them.

7-Because I eat all of this wonderful err awful food, I have to go to the gym. I should go more often, but I don't. I don't like walking on the treadmill or elliptical. We have a love-hate relationship. Stronger on the hate, than the love.

8-I have a countdown to graduation. Several of them actually. 1-7-9 days! SO excited.

9- I really am craving some Cold Stone ice cream right now. Coffee with Heath Bar or Cake Batter with Cookie Dough. I miss it. I miss summer.

10-Last night I went to the Evangel at CofO basketball game. Here is my dilemma. My dad went to Evangel. My mom went to Evangel. My brother goes to Evangel. Almost my entire family goes to Evangel. I just got accepted to Evangel!! Naturally, I would be an EU fan. But, I really like CofO. I really would like to go to college there. But I have NO Bobcat/CofO clothes. So, I wore my EU hoodie. I think I was the only one there with an EU hoodie. And wouldn't you know? Evangel played awful and lost by a whole lotta points. FAIL.

What about you? Tell me your truths for Tuesday.

Sunday Randoms

~I finished sending in all of my paperwork to Evangel this week! My transcript is finished. I booked my graduation party at The Well too. Everything is finally coming together. Now to wait and hear....

~My friends have been in Israel all week long. They get back this afternoon. I've been reading updates and seeing some pictures. Israel looks incredible. My friend Alex got baptized in the Jordan River on Wednesday. SO cool! I don't think he will ever forget :)

~I always dislike this time of year for a couple of reasons. Both of my jobs are seasonal. If you live in Branson, the busy time is from Memorial Day to Labor Day. After that, most business happens on the weekends. It is always hard right about now because the weather turns cold, school is school, and jobs significantly slow down. Thank goodness for Pinterest and good Starbucks :)

~Not sure if any of my other Branson friends felt or heard about the Earthquake last night. Apparently it was from the 5.2 Oklahoma Earthquake, that happened yesterday. We were feeling some of the ripples I think. It was about 11pm. That is crazy to me.

~Last night we got 1 extra glorious hour of sleep!! For the first time since school started I took a Sunday nap!!

~Last night we went to the Novak's house for their annual fall party, bonfire, and hayride. SO fun! We made s'mores, roasted hotdogs, sang songs, and went on a hayride. Fall is not complete until you have partaken in these activities.

~Tonight is our fall work party/bonfire at the Ziplines. It is also a goodbye party for my manager AJ. He leaves for the army tomorrow morning. :(

~This week we had some friends over for movies, make-your-own-pizza-night, and lots of snacks :) making memories...

~On Friday I went to church to help Julie Novak cook food for our youth retreat, SHINE, this upcoming weekend! We will be fed well, that is for sure. 18 lbs of frozen chicken sliced, and 12 lbs of pasta cooked al dente for baked Ziti.

Happy Sunday!

Sunday Randoms

~ I'm SO excited that Jenn is almost done my blog design! I got a little sneak peak and i LOVE it! She does amazing work!

~ Yesterday Evangel had their homecoming. Actually it's been going on for the past 3 days. I went up with my Dad on Friday night. He gave me an excluesive tour of the Buisiness Department, and the new Academic Buildings. It is a gorgeous campus! I went to Gab-Fest with him and met alot of his alumni friends, and ate way too much good food :)

~Speaking of Evangel, my brother was on the homecoming court! He looked so handsome! I'll be doing an entire post on that this week! Evangel played a great football game. The Final Score was 23 to 17! GO EU!!

~College Football!! My Sooners beat Texas, or should i say CREAMED Texas! Great game! Boomer!!

~ I worked at Adventure Ziplines last night! It was so pretty outside. The perfect picture taking weather :) I also worked today! The guides affectionately call me picture/camera girl! Love them :)

~I sent my test scores into CofO and Evangel this week! I'm praying and crossing my fingers.

~I ate a pickle last night. A whole dill pickle, and it was wonderful! :)

~My friend Emily is coming in town this week! I'm SO excited to see her! She moved away this spring and I miss her alot!! We both started blogging at the same time. I've loved having someone to blog with and throw around ideas!

~I'm considering deactivating facebook for a little while! I'm addicted to it and spend way to much time on it. still throwing around the idea! I will miss it ;)

~ Our new youth pastors are doing great! I've said this before, but I really do love them! Our youth attendance is now 70-80+ on wednesday nights. Woo-hoo!! We broke off into 5 different teams. I'm on the Student Serve Team. We brainstormed tonight and got to know everybody!

~Today at church, we had a reception for Mark and Erin to welcome them! They had the best chocolate chip cookies. I ate w-a-y- t-o-o- many ;)

Sunday Randoms

My Weekend Randoms

~ I worked 15 hours yesterday at Adventure Ziplines

~ My big brother is on the homecoming court for Evangel

~ Our family went to see Courageous on Friday night! You must go see it.

~ I've realized that I'm blessed with some really, really awesome friends.

~ I love the weather outside. It's beautiful. I've been wearing scarves, and cardigans alot :)

~ I love boots! I really do. I have a pair of Uggs, some tall suede boots, and a new pair of leather boots!

~ I'm getting my blog re-done this week by Jenn! I can't wait to see it!

~I just love our new youth pastors! They are awesome!

~I can't believe October is here!

~ I graduate in 223 days.

That about wraps it up!

Happy Sunday!

Love,

E