...i guess i am officially Team Jacob.....

Let me just start by saying...Stephanie Meyer is an idiot!!!! what the HECK was she thinking when she flippin wrote the Twilight Series?!!!! doesn't she know what a happy ending is!? Jacob is the good guy. he won't hurt Bella or take her life! Ugh! Stephanie Meyer frustrates me so much! does she even know what a good ending is!?
okay so i haven't read the books but my sister has and she told me how it all ends. i'm soooo glad she did just so that i don't have to read them. i just watched New Moon. and the ending SUCKS!!!!! i started yelling at the TV when the movie ended. so stupid. the dumbest movie i have ever seeen. i mean it's a great movie until frickin' Edward opens his mouth.... seriously, Stephanie Meyer, this is absolutely ridiculous!!!! write better books with better endings.
this all is too depressing for me... i am just sooo stinkin' mad that Bella doesn't choose Jacob. i Mean why shouldn't she?! He can give her a way more normal life than Edward ever could. At least Jacob has a soul! I would choose Jacob over Edward any day. Jacob is only a werewolf when he wants to be while Edward is always a vampire. ugh! Anyway just needed to vent about this stupid movie...

...out with the old...

we decided to take out the carpet that has been on our house for 50+ years...

Livingroom

Before...

After...

Kitchen

Before...

After...

...with later plans to knock out walls and put in new flooring.

Cats Are Angels With Fur

Surrender, You are now entering the tunnel of cat love.

it's soft, it's warm, it's CAT-A-TONIC.

some little known cat secrets:

cats are polka dotted under thier fur

cats love lemonade on a hot day

cats refuse to play scrabble

cats will pay your rent for you if you let them

cats have not nine lives, but two: theirs, then yours

some cats make pay offs to flea gangs

C.A.T. stands for Clever Anatomical Tricks

cats know how to cozy up

cats sleep circular

cats invented naps

kiss your cat

a fur ball is NOT a toy

adopt a cat...it will take over your life (and you won't mind)

~Inspiration Sandwich by SARK

I NEED to travel the world!

Living in the ONE SAME place all my life, it's really hard for me to truly grasp that there is a whole world outside of what i have known for 20 years. I know it is there but in this case seeing IS believing. i need to bee there almost to reassure myself that, the leaning tower of Pisa is real or that the eye of london actually exists. i know the holocaust happened but i need to go there to know that i know... i need to travel. and i want to travel!

Winter Jam 2010

I went to one of the most amazing concerts Saturday night with some of my friends. Winter Jam Tour Spectacular 2010. Four hours of God-worshiping amazment with seven christian artists and a speaker. Everyday since WJ I have been just as pumped about it as I was when i was there. If you ever get the chance I advise you to go to a WJ.

^Revive ^

^Robert Pierre^

^Mikeschair^

Fireflight^

^Newsong^

^Newsboys^

^Tony Nolan (guest speaker) and his family^

they adopted little Fei fei through Holt International

^Tenth Avenue North^

^Third Day^

It was a great night of worshipping God with my BffCuh and all of the amazing artists!

I am excited about WJ 2011! Can't wait!

.... need to blog more...

i have no excuse as to why i don't blog because i do nothing a lot of the time... when i could be telling you what has happened lately.... i love blogging... really i do... i will take time tomorrow to tell you some things that i have wanted to share.... but right no i have to do some homework... yuck... love and hugs! :) <3

photography... just for photography's sake.

My little sister and I never did anything for our birthdays, so we had our grandparents, aunt and uncle, and a couple of our friends over for a birthday lunch, then me and my best friend went out to do a mini photo shoot. fun stuff. here are a few... :)

I use to be the model for my older sister (amandak-photography.com) whom, may I add, is a brilliantly creative photographer... but I have found that I might be a much better photographer than model. she has taught me well.

U...S...A.....! U...S...A...!

...so all i have been watching lately is the Winter Olympics. i have never actually sat there and watched it before. It is very addicting! ha. Short Track Speed Skating, Ski jumping, snowboarding, Halfpipe... Maaan!! i can't get enough of it! the only way it could get any better is if i was actually there in Vancouver watching these amazing athletes in person. I would love to meet these guys and talk with them. Althought i probably wouldn't do much talking. I would not know what to say i would be so excited. so this is me continuing to cheer on the USA Winter Olympic Team....

I warned you that I get inspired by music.

I realize that not everybody is like me. But why does music not inspire the whole world the way it does me!? A single song can and has made me cry and laugh all at the same time. Music is pack FULL of emotion and inspiration and love and life lessons. I get so frustrated when I get excited about a song and I share that excitemnet with a person and all get back is "yeah... that's neat." !!!UGH!!! People! COME ON!!!!!!!

here it Goes...

Nick Jonas & The Administration - Who I Am

The song is so full of emotion that it moves me in a way that I have never known. We all have the longing for what Nick is trying to send out. A longing to be loved just for who you are and to be needed. I think that Nick is personally talking about being famous and that is all his fans see him as and "love" him as just that. A celebrity. And I believe that he is humbled by all of that love thrown at him but he still is just a teenager and wants everyone to see him as... just Nick. Not the celebrity. Not one-third of the Jonas Brothers. Just HIM. Wow. We should see people for just who they are Not what they have or have not done. Not because of their accomplishments. Not for their faults. Just them. And simply... Love them for who they are.

If you have not seen the video watch it here...

http://www.youtbe.com/watch?v=_qQ3Sz0IMmE

Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet

I absolutely adore this video. I think it might be the funnest video that has ever been made. I don't have to mention that Michael Buble is also one of THE BEST crooners (jazzy-genre) of my generation...if not The Best! This makes me VERY happy! I get all giddy and excited when this song comes on my zune. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Haha and the ending is funny! Just watch it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJmKkU5POA

kudos to the music that causes inspiration

Music is the one thing that never fails to inspire me. I am most opened minded with music.

Keith Urban's music is magical and mysterious. I leaves me speachless with an indescribable mix of emotions. fear and bravery. comfort and uneasiness. happy and sad. It leaves me want to cry and laugh all at the same time. The way the chords move through the air is completely mysterious.

Matthew West's song The Motions makes me want to make a difference in this pitiful place. Too many people just go through "the motions" and don't go all the way. Why are we like this? "Just okay is NOT enough!!!"... "We need to fight through the nothingness of this life."

"I WANT HIS ALL CONSUMING PASSION INSIDE OF ME!!!!!"

This should be our prayer everyday!!!

Happy Birthday, Matthew!!!!

So tonight I joined friends in celebrating another wonderful year of one of my dearest friends, Matthew. Yummy homemade burgers, thanks to Mrs. Kathy, bonfire and talking to old friends. It was so much fun! I thank God that He brought Matthew into my life 4+ years ago. Matthew is an amazing person and a great friend. He never fails to make me, and anyone who meets him, laugh. I would just like to send a shout out to him tonight!

Happy Birthday, Matthew!!!

BE A LIGHT

Photo by Matt Spracklen

Lifehouse is quite inspiring to me tonight.

~ overwhelmed by the oceans shapeless form with waves crashing over my head. if i could just see you this darkness will turn to light. You didn't bring me out here to drown. so why am i ten feet under and upside down? barely surviving has become my purpose. im so use to living underneath the surface. i will walk on water and you will catch me if i fall.
i will get lost into your eyes. i know everything is alright. ~

so many ppl around us feel this way, trapped in darkness. Drowning. As Christians we are to show them this light that Lifehouse speaks of and show everyone that God has control of their situation. Everything will be alright. There is hope.


BE THE LIGHT TO THOSE AROUND YOU.

2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Christ.

New Blogger

I'm pretty new to all of this. I don't even know that i will have much to blog, but here it goes.

psst that me^ and my chocolate lab, Maggie.

my sweet tabby cat... Toni

I recently made a bed for him and emroidered his name on it in lime green.

Toni's very first road trip. All the way to Brenham, Tx. A 4hr trip.