Hear the Song of my life

*Turn my blog soundtrack or whatever is called off and listen to this song PRONTO!*

http://sarahreeves.sparrowrecords.com/

I was trying to embed this video into my blog... turns out YouTube is trickier to navigate than I thought... :) So go to this website and listen to her. Whoo! She is good!

I had this really neat blog post all set up in my mind for you to read and get excited about.

But I do not feel up to it.

I hate to admit this but it's getting more glaringly obvious by the day: I have to grow up.

I know. You have to too. It's not fun. No one likes growing up, least of all me. I feel like I still have living to do. I want to be a "kid" for a few more years. I want to stay in college for a while longer. I want to have lunch with people every day of the week.

Getting a job changes that. I have a committment to make. I have a place to report to and leave from at specifically designed times every day. I have lives in my hands, and minds looking at me for guidance. *shudder*

I have been listening to Sarah Reeves song "Sweet, Sweet Sound". It reminds me a lot of you, Val. She is such a great song writer and her message is speaking such volumes with me in my life right now. I want this to be the "song of my life". I want to be this passionate about living my life for the Lord!!

Whoo... i am tired... I will post more later! I love you... :)

For Val

... I just found out that Season 7 of Degrassi is on DVD now...

OMG...

I am buying it, and then coming to Abilene armed with Degrassi goodness, and we are going to watch seasons 6 and 7 til our eyes pop out...

AND-

they are making a "Degrassi movie" (which is actually 4 episodes, but they are calling it a movie which is good enough for me!)

It's called Degrassi Goes Hollywood!

Here is my fav pic from the ones I have found:

Does this mean that Jay and Manny are going to get back together?! Because I just love them, and I sooooo hope so!

Love you and miss you the most!

Feeling "poopy"

Hey blog world

You may not want to know this... but I have not been feeling well.

I mean, like, I have no fever. I eat like a crazy person- I still love food. My runny nose has stayed in one spot for most of the day.

Nope- it's not the usual sick. It something... else.

That's right, my closet friends. I now have a new BFF... my toilet. I have been sitting on this thing constantly. I am pretty miserable at the moment. I'll probably be phoning my doctor pretty soon to get myself all checked out. Yay?

Sorry if this post is realllllllllllllly gross to you... it's just on my mind and keeping me awake at the moment. I'm about to go re-read a favorite book, so I'll get off this computer now, and probably go sit back on my potty. Fun for all!

Love you. Hope your spring break has been less "poopy" than mine. :)

More Beautiful You

I am obsessed with this new artist named Jonny Diaz. I just heard his song on KSBJ. Wow. It's great... I love it! I really connect with this song, and especially as a middle school teacher, it really makes me look at my students, especially my girls, in a completly new way. Here is a link of Jonny talking about his new song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psqOp8pcY0o&feature=channel_page

Is he not precious?! Yes, I think so too.

And here are the lyrics. I have not found a full clip of the song, unless you go to JonnyDiaz.com and click on listen to my music or playlist or something to that effect. He's a good listen, and I will leave you with the lyrics to his new song, More Beautiful You! Enjoy. :)

Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine

Says she wants to look that way

But her hair isn’t straight her body isn’t fake

And she’s always felt overweight

Well little girl fourteen I wish that you could see

That beauty is within your heart

And you were made with such care your skin your body and your hair

Are perfect just the way they are

(Chorus)

There could never be a more beautiful you

Don’t buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through

You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do

So there could never be a more beautiful you

Little girl twenty-one the things that you’ve already done

Anything to get ahead

And you say you’ve got a man but he’s got another plan

Only wants what you will do instead

Well little girl twenty-one you never thought that this would come

You starve yourself to play the part

But I can promise you there’s a man whose love is true

And he’ll treat you like the jewel you are

Repeat Chorus

So turn around you’re not too far

To back away be who you are

To change your path go another way

It’s not too late you can be saved

If you feel depressed with past regrets

The shameful nights hope to forget

Can disappear they can all be washed away

By the one who’s strong can right your wrongs

Can rid your fears dry all your tears

And change the way you look at this big world

He will take your dark distorted view

And with His light He will show you truth

And again you’ll see through the eyes of a little girl

A Good Mom

Being sick makes me think about my mom a lot. The one thing I remember best are her hands. That may seem really weird to you, but my mom had these long thin hands and thin fingers (mine look just like hers if you really need a visual) and they were COLD. I don't really know if it was because I had a fever or if she just had cold hands all the time, but I love when someone feels my face or neck for a temp because it makes me think of my mom and how she used to take care of me. :)

It also made me think of what a good mom I will make when and if I have kids. :) When I got sick, my mom got all the good "sick kid foods" out: saltine crackers (the kind in the blue box not generic), chicken soup (campbells or homemade- I like homemade better cause she made it with peas), popcicles (cherry are the best, and no one would eat the grape ones but my dad... things still have not changed), sprite (classic), and my favorite... the best one of all... Blue Bell vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup (BUT you have to stir it all up until it's almost like soft serve... it tastes sooooooooooo much better). I can pretty much duplicate this on my own, but it's always better when someone else is there helping out. That has been the hardest part about not feeling well- my roommates were not at home at all today... or if they were, it was when I was finally able to get a nap in. So, I have spent the day alone.

I have watched a lot of movies. :) I just love watching movies, especially when I don't feel good. When I was younger, my mom used to watch Disney movies with me, and musicals like The Sound of Music and Grease. When my dad would go out of town (which was only once or twice a year), we would rent old Doris Day movies, classics like The Parent Trap and Yours, Mine and Ours, and 80's movies- basically anything with Molly Ringwald. Once, and I think this may have been the only time I ever had the flu, my mom went and brought two Harry Potter books out of the closet. She had been saving them for a special day, and I read them both over the next few days. That was just how great she was. She was always finding ways to love on me and make me feel better.

I want to be that kind of mom. The kind that has gifts for her kids for those special days when they need something extra. The kind that goes on spontaneous trips just for fun. The kind that always wants to hear every little detail about everything. The kind who will hold your hand just because, and let you sit in her lap, even when you get too big. I want to be fun, and loving, and just the best mom ever. But I think I want a husband first. Just saying. :)

I wish you could have met my mom. She really was the best. :) I miss her every single day, but double on days like today. I can't wait to be just like her!

Oh the weather outside is frightful

I wish it was storming, but all I hear right now is the very loud and nasty wind. Like the girl in the picture, this is how I walk when I go outside. No lie.

It makes me wish that tomorrow wasn't a school day. :/

YAY for Friday night and Saturday!! My daddy is coming and I have a babysitting job for an AWESOME family at church. :)

I will go get sleep now, but for some reason I needed to post about this crazy wind!

You Will Find this Funny

Go ahead and laugh... but this will be me in 36 days!