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Failure is my friend, if I learn from my mistake...I wrote that really big on my notes I was taking during church Sunday night. Unbeknown to me, God was going to make sure I got the hint this week. I'm planning a trip to LA with my friend right before Thanksgiving. I found some tickets online and decided to go ahead and book them. I had to try 3 credit cards and the website still kept rejecting me. I called NWA helpline and they told me they were going to get me all squared away. So a week later, I check my credit card online, and I have no charges for the tickets. I call NWA and about 3 more credit cards and an hour later, I've finally purchased the tickets. 3 days later (today) I'm sitting in class talking to my yearbook staff. We are trying to plan an event, and some student ask when Thanksgiving break is. I called out the dates, she's looking at the calendar, and says "No, it's the week before that." WHAT!!?? Thanksgiving is always around the 27 th ...

"He that liveth by the sword getteth stucketh..." --Curtis Payne, House of Payne

Make up your mind take me or leave me I'll be doing fine with or without you I'm wasting my time letting you deceive me The truth is in your eyes but I deny what I see Time and time again I let you get back under my skin I let you break me down again I let you get close way too close But I see through it You gave me that smile and I gave in And you knew that I would Time and time again you pulled me in Just to give me up, gime me up again What is a dream if it doesn't come true I believe I'll find love but will it be with you I never would have thought such a pretty little face could offer me so much and take all that I had Well I want it back I let you get back under my skin I let you break me down again I let you get close way too close But I see through it You gave me that smile and I gave in And you knew that I would Time and time again you pulled me in Just to give me up, gime me up again Time and time again you pulled me in Just to give me up, give me up, give me ...

I could totally stick this dog in a cute LOUIS bag and take him shopping! Is this not the cutest puppy ever!?! It's a friend's toy poodle, and it's such an appropriate name. The dog doesn't look real. It will grow to weigh 2-3 lbs. and it's already 1 lb. I want one so bad, but unfortunately living with the 'rents does not allow doggies in the house. I've missed out all my life, I know! Anyway, these pics were taken at the softball field today. I went and and suffered the Southern heat to watch my brother and some of the kids from my school play. I looked all cute like the picture above when we started out. Many hours later, I look like Rudolph! After a long shower, mom and I went to see "The Nanny Diaries" which was a cute chick flick. "Harvard Hottie" was indeed too good to be true as in all romantic comedies. I ached a little bit for the fact that there is NO guy interested in dating me. (Unless he's under the age of 18 or over the ...

My new bundle of joy was delivered to my house today. Yes I got a new car! A Mercury Mariner. It looks identical to the Ford Escape on the inside but a little more feminine on the inside. It's a 2008, fully loaded, leather seats. I'm enjoying it TONS! Also, my fellow youth leader and his wife had a baby boy today! Matthew Lee Patrick! I went to see him at the hospital, and I even held him! I rocked him for awhile and told him how crazy his dad was. We had a good heart to heart. I empathized with him on being the younger sibling, and all that will entail. I let him know I've got his back!

In honor of my birthday today, 90&9 is giving away free downloads! Ok , it's not really in honor of my birthday, but they really are giving away free downloads. Go to the Notes Blog and check them out. There is only 1 catch; you must leave a comment on the blog about the music. Do you like it? What's wrong with it? What's good about it? The more comments, the more likely 90&9 is to keep giving us free things! Go NOW, offer ends Sunday! It's been an expensive week for me! I ordered a new camera . It's so awesome but unfortunately it's so high tech that I barely know how to operate it! I'll be able to use it for the Yearbook at school today, so I'm really excited to work with it. Also, I am breaking down and test driving new cars. I'm looking at a Ford Escape , and I think I'm pretty hooked. It's got almost all the features I want, and it's a very reasonable price. I'm going to Jackson tomorrow with my parents to do a bit mor...

Is it absolutely necessary to have stupid people on earth?? They annoy the heck out of me. I'm in the middle of 4-5 situations, and they all deal with stupid people. My problem is that I try to be too nice to these people. I probably suffer from too few boundaries, but I hate to make people feel uncomfortable, and I try my hardest not to totally, out rightly offend. So I end up taking more stupidity off of people than I should. I mean, how many times does a girl need to turn a guy down before he gets the picture that she's not interested? How many times do you have to tell someone, I don't care about your life and the things you do with it, so please keep your stories to yourself? How many times do you have to hear stories of people doubting your personal salvation before that person actually comes and says, "Hey I'm concerned about you. Can I pray for you?" Not that I need their concern or their prayer for that matter...well at least not prayer for that part...

It's the third day of school, and surprisingly, I haven't had a single problem! My days have run so smoothly, that I'm a bit scared of the bomb waiting to drop next week. For now, I'm praying that God let's it continue in the same vein! Tonight is our first REMIX service since we started our new church. We're not completely ready to start over; we don't even have our sound all set up yet, but we wanted to go ahead and get back in the groove of things. We're praying for an influx of youth, so this will be a good starting practice without too many kids there. For all of my fellow sports fans, Did anyone see Barry Bonds hit homerun #756? I had the game on but fell asleep. I woke up with Bonds was giving his speech, so I woke up my parents and watched the replay about 10 times. I'm a bit sad this week. Youth Congress starts today, but I can't go because it's the first week of school. It's such a bad time for me, and there was no way I could ...

If you hear the faint sound of a school bell ringing, it's mine. That's right, school starts back for teachers and students tomorrow! I'm so not ready for school to be back in session. Although I did get to enjoy several trips, with all the drama going on around here, it didn't seem like too much of a summer. Unfortunately, time waits for no man, and so I must return back to work. I'm pledging to be meaner this year. Last year I think I was a bit to nice, which ended up leaving me a bit more exhausted at the end of the day than I should have been. But it's live and learn, especially with students. Hopefully I'll have plenty of funny stories to share with you this year and less tragic ones! For now, I'm off to prepare for the morning and get some sleep. I've got to be raring to go because Lord knows the students will be!

I attended a Tye Tribbett concert last night, and it was phenomenal. There were some problems with the sound, so while they were trying to fix it, Tye took it upon himself to preach. And boy did he preach! Here's some of his thoughts... The bible tells us that God is great and greatly to be praised. God can take care of the first part, but we must take care of the second part of that statement. We have to praise a great God, and to effectively do so, we must understand just how GREAT He is! If we realized how great God is, we would see how corny the devil is. If we are made in God's image, and God is great, then we should realize how great we are! Why would someone bind up a weak man who couldn't escape? Why would someone bother to control someone who was not causing a problem? The devil doesn't try to stop a weak Christian. No, we are attacked by the devil because of how great we are, because of the greatness inside of us! So the harder we are attached, the greater God...