just wanted to share thast i’m still alive! hope you all are doing well!
In all the movie watching I have done over the years, I have never taken as much from this particular movie. Miley Cyrus stars in Disney’s newest movie in theatres, Hannah Montana: The Movie, where Miley is sent home for retrack of her life and some time away from being a big star. In God’s own way this movie brought peace to me, I have been struggling with some personal things lately and not knowing how to express them or even know how to deal with them. Which is typical me. My favorite song in this movie has to be “Butterfly Fly Away” where Miley sings with her dad, Billy Ray. I LOVE when they duet together, there is just someting about the way that they sing together. Anyway, I thought I would share the song with you all.
Butterly Fly Away:
You tucked me in, turned out the light
kept me safe and sound at night
Little girls depend on things like that
Brushed my teeth and combed my hair
Had to drive me everywhere
You were always there when I looked back
You had to do it all alone
Make a living, make a home
Mustv’e been as hard as it could be
And when I couldn’t sleep at night
Scared things wouldn’t turn out right
You would hold my hand and sing to me
Caterpillar in the tree
How you wonder who you’ll be
Can’t go far but you can always dream
Wish you may and wish you might
Don’t you worry, hold on tight
I promise you there will come a day
Butterfly fly away
Butterfly fly away (Butterfly fly away)
Got your wings, now you can’t stay
Take those dreams and make them all come true
Butterfly fly away(Butterfly fly away)
You’ve been waiting for this day
All along and know just what to do
Butterfly, Butterfly, Butterfly
Butterfly fly away
Butterfly fly away
Butterfly fly away
I guess in a way this song inspired me and allowed me to feel that no matter how old I become, I will still be a little girl to my parents and in a way that’s comforting, no matter what happens to them, it will all be ok.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you” Says the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
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It has been quite a while since I have updated! I thought I would come say hello and share that I am alive, just busy.
I come to you live from my new home! I’m bumming off a network right now until my modem arrives this week. Today ends week one in the new apartment and I must say, I love it thus far. It’s quiet and I feel like I can relax again.
It’s nice to have a kitchen and bathroom. But not just those things, it’s nice to have a space to grow into as well as start to share and grow in a space with someone else. Being with my family was nice but growing up and getting a space to share with someone else will be far more rewarding.
I don’t know if I have talked about the trip to California in previous blogs, I didn’t look back before writing this. At the end of January, Joe and I went to California for a week, together. It was the best trip I’ve ever taken outside of going with my family. Meeting his family was a honor, I love them, truly love them. Not only was meeting his family exciting, but seeing where Joe grew up and came from. It was so exciting to learn where he came from and what he’s all about. Seeing the ocean was also a plus! The days were warm and long, I had jetlag like none other but I loved every minute of it. Seeing where Joe came from made me feel excited in the fact that it’s a whole new place to explore and discover, as well as learn about. I know nothing about California, absolutely nothing. It was a pleasure for me to be able to fly and go somewhere, where the only person I knew was Joe. It helped me to learn more about myself, and truly appreciate all of God’s creation.
Going to California also helped me to relax after months and weeks of studying for my exam for my license. Which I FINALLY passed! I cannot tell you how excited I was to pass this test. I am ready to move past school and really begin my career as a Vet Tech. The license will also help me in case moving to another state becomes a question.
What else what else. The job is going well. Good days and bad days, but nothing to complain to loudly about.
Speaking of loudly the dishwasher makes a horrifically, violent attempt at washing the dishes. I’ll be sure not to do dishes at midnight!
I’m sure I have more to say and I do say that everytime I come to write. Until the next time I find to write. I’m outtie like a belly button!
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We will see how this post will turn out today, my fingers act like I dipped them in crisco, so there may be several mistakes.
Greetings all and welcome to 2009! 2008 is behind us and there are changes coming in the near future! As doors closed and opened in 2008 I find myself being thankful but excited for what is to come. What is to come exactly? Well, I dont know. But I can tell you about right now.
The reason for the title? I just needed some simple words to sum up the end of last year and the beginning of this year.
Our christmas tree this year, a live one!, is tilted. Out of all the trees we have had previous years, I like this one the best because Joe and I searched through several trees but I liked this one the best. We didn’t know of course it was tilted until we got it home and up on the stand. But it made me smile because it’s still a beautiful tree just tilted. 
And the lost socks? These words just have a funny story to go with them. I don’t like socks that hug my ankles, so I always buy the “ankle” socks that sit low on the ankle. The socks are little to begin with but add to that, that I have SEVERAL pairs of these little socks. I find them all over the house, all over the laundry room and so does my mom. She has a lost sock basket for all the lost lonely socks without mates, since I can remember she has had this basket and whenever we didn’t have a mate to the sock we would look in the lost sock basket. So that’s what I did this morning since half of my socks were missing. Low and behold! The mates to my socks were in the sock basket. Thank you mom for keeping the lost sock basket!
Onto the laughter, I love to laugh, I love to make people laugh. Laughter is one of the best sounds in the world to hear from a child, a group of people, anyone.When you hear laughter sometimes you can’t help but smile or even laugh yourself. Now that I’ve been out of high school and college I find myself laughing again. Why? Because in high school I felt like it was a popularity contest that i was never going to win and studying was the only way to hide from it. High school was also hormones, drivers license, transitions, and life decisions. I already knew what I was going to be doing for the rest of my life so I felt like high school was a waste because we had to take all these other classes that didn’t pertain to what I wanted to learn about. And in college? I spent most of my time studying and being serious because I wanted to do really well. I did for the most part but I do wish I had lived a bit more and not been so much of a hermit. Now that I’m out of school and really starting life it’s very exciting for me because now I get to do things for myself and others because I want to not because I had to study or write papers, or memorize the entire book of James in the Bible.
It’s weird, and hard to explain. I feel more freedom. More freedom to be me and who I am. I enjoy learning, a lot and I loved being a student, but I love learning life experiences- gaining years for my career, moving out on my own, taking care of a household, dating the man of my dreams, eventually getting married and doing the kid thing. Maybe I was in too much of a hurry but now that I’m to the point where I want to be, I’m very excited to take my time and learn. Hopefully this all makes sense to you guys.
Just some things I’ve been thinking about in the last few days. The holidays have been so crazy I feel like I’ve been able to relax today and get back to the normal.
Joe and I are great! I can’t express how blessed I am to know this man, let alone date him. I could not ask for a more wonderful, thoughtful man. I probably haven’t mentioned it but coming up pretty quickly we are flying out to California to visit his family, go to disney land, see the ocean, etc…I am very excited about this! I am excited to see where Joe came from and grew up because it is different from being in ohio by far! Plus it will be a nice vacation after the VTNE and break from the insane ohio weather.
Work is also going very well! I am honored to work with a wonderful group of people who make me feel like part of the family!
I need to finish working on some stuff but I wanted to come give an update and say hello. I hope you all are doing well and havign a good 2009 so far.
I’m outtie like a belly button!
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UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
–Call your mother at least once a week…if not more. She’ll appreciate it. After all, she only spent the better part of her life raising you and making you the person you are…the VERY least you owe her is a call once a week.
–Smile at one stranger a day. When you are walking around in shops, or in the park, or even driving, smile at one person per day. You may make their day with a simple act of kindness — who knows.
–If you’re wrong, and you know you’re wrong, and you know what you’ve been through…admit it already. Don’t drag out the point. Don’t keep fighting it. Admit you’re wrong, apologize, and move on already. Trust me — you’ll get farther by admitting you are wrong than by fighting your point over and over again.
–Be kind to animals. They see far more than you think they do, and being kind to animals can go a long way in this life.
–Be good to your friends. Even if you don’t want to talk to them right this second, pick up the phone and talk to them on a regular basis. Like a peace lily, friendships need to be cultivated and taken care of. You’ll thank yourself later when you have a friend you can count on because you invested so much into them.
–Remember where you came from, and be kind to those from your background. After all, it was because you came from there that you are the person you are today.
–If you love her, tell her so.
–Conversely, if you love him, tell him so.
–Love is universal, regardless of who we are and what we believe. Love transends everything…so maybe we should spend a little less time hating on each other, and start loving one another.
–If all else fails, shake a hand instead of shaking a fist. People may forget who you are, but they will never forget how you make them feel.
–You’re only as strong as you think you are. The human will goes a long way…don’t ask me how I know, but the human will goes a LONG way.
–Life isn’t always beautiful…but its one amazing ride. Appreciate every day, for who knows how many we have left?
–Never look back with regrets. Look forward with lessons learned. And be better for what you’ve gone through.
–The day you stop learning is the saddest day of your life. Because there’s always something to be discovered in life…you may not realize it, but there certainly is.
–And above all…laugh every day. It doesn’t have to be about anything major, or anything along the like. But laugh at least once a day — you’ll feel better, I promise.
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So I broke down and went and bought an iPod touch. His name is Carl. I figured I could use an upgrade in the technology department and I really wanted one because they’re so pretty. 
) I only have the 8GB which is now almost full of music, tv shows, pictures, and applications. Pretty exciting!
i’m officially on vacation. Mom and I are leaving Monday morning and will be back friday sometime to then be handed off to the cowboy from hence we will be headed to the pumpkin show and to wooster for the C.O.W. homecoming. It will be quite a busy vacation.
I think that’s all the update for now. I need to begin packing and do some errands before doing some studying.
hope you all are having a good weekend!
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Just thought I would come and update since I had a few minutes to myself. Hope you all are doing well. Since tomorrow begins October I thought I would come give you some highlights of the up and coming month since there is a lot going on. October will be quite busy for me! Mom and I are going on vacation in a few weeks and we are excited! We are going back to Niagara Falls! We’re hoping to find some different things to do and even head into Canada to do some things. It will be fun! There is also a lot of housesitting going on since it’s getting into the fall, the kids are back in school and things are settling down for families to go away on vacations now. The Pumpkin show! is also in October which I’m hopeful to attend this year. The cowboy has also invited me to visit his college for homecoming! All of these things will be very exciting.
I just thought I would come by with a quick update! I am very excited about this fall weather. It’s my favorite time of year and I love the changing of the colors. The fresh cool crisp mornings and the smell o thunderstorms and burning leaves. Life doesn’t get any better than this.
Have a good day all!
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Hello readers that are left! I’m sure you’re all wondering if I’m alive, and I’m sure some of you are not.
Just a quick update while I have a minute and the downstairs computer. Things are great. God has blessed me so much with my new job, my new clients for housesitting, a cowboy, and a church family that I didn’t really know I had until this year.
I’m enjoying what God is giving me right now. The new job is fabulous and they think i’m wonderful, I have different ideas, but I have been able to mold well into the practice and make it my ”home”, per se.
I think I’ve said this before but I gained a new client/friend for housesitting. She keeps me very busy with her two dogs and two cats. She is gone a lot so almost every week I am at her house for 4 or more days. It’s nice for me because I’m beginning to have a space issue. That being said, I am moving out the end of this year if not sooner.
Joe and I are doing quite well! I am excited to see what God unfolds in this relationship. I am encouraged by his positive attitude and am finding that he is someone I can trust.
I discovered a church family I didn’t really know I had. I am pleased that I am able to join in on all the fun things now that school is done. Although, the studying is not done which is a whole angry story which includes me having final transcripts sent, paying another large fee and retaking the exam. It makes me angry! The test is hard, VERY HARD! I am not a good test taker though. I will conquer it! But I digress, church family = yay. Along with being a sunday school teacher, for two’s and three’s might I add is my favorite age, God is beginning to stretch me and mold me into a new phase of life. I am very excited to see what he has instore for me.
That’s the update for now. I will come back eventually and show my words. I pray you all are doing well.
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