Em and Katie in a row boat!!

MY GIRLFRIENDS!!!!!

Katie and Jodi..you're so cute!~

Basketball! Lightening!! WHOHOO!!

Amy, Bri, Katie, Megan and Em... LIONS CAMP... aren't they cute?

Today was kinda a cool day! I got to sleep in, which was such a relief after my crazy schedule the last few days. Then I went to my portfolio review for Art 101 and got the determination that I got a B for the semester. Which, in that class is fairly respectable, and probably what I deserved, but I did work my butt off and spend lots of money...so it's not the grade I would have LOVED! But hey, se la vi..it's over and I'm happy about that!!!
Then Amy (gosh I love htat girl) helped me rearrange/organize/and clean my room for about 4 hours today! I love the new arrangment. It feels so homey.
Now, I'm just studying, praying hard and having some time to myself to think about a lot of stuff that has been on my mind lately. I work tomorrow morning at 8:30am...oh boy!!!
Have a good night!

Amd Finals Begin....

It is 8 am and I'm about to go take my first exam. Not cool. After all, I just got done with the class yesterday!! Oh well... se la vi I am so thankful that I get to use my notes, criminy...i'm scared how I'd do if I couldn't.
I'm mostly excited for what happens after my exam.... SLEEP!!!! YES! I am super excited about that. To catch up from the last few days will be absoulute bliss!
Matt gets to go to Discovery Cove in Sea World today...that lucky duck. I'm happy for him, and excited to hear his stories.
Well... I'm gonna go do some last minute cramming. Hasta la vista!

OVER

Yea!!!! CLASSES ARE DONE FOR THE SEMESTER!!! (yes, I know there are still finals), but Classes are done! That means NO MORE ART!!!! Yippee!!!! On a sad note, Intensive Study Hours start today and I am not looking forward to enforcing that. Oh boy. Well, I'm on duty tonight, so there could be some stories in the morning. Hope everyone is having a good season!
HEather

Matt and I at the top of Sharp Top!

VICTORY IS MINE... I made it to the top of Sharp top... whew that's 4000 feet up.... scary!

Are we there yet? It's getting pretty high up? DId I mention I'm afraid of hieghts?

Matt and I halfway up hiking Sharp Top in VA

Today has been a pretty good day. Art 101 stressed me out a bit, but I need to get that project done and things will be better. Tomorrow will be a definite productivity day.... hopefully..because it needs to be!!!
I am so excited to go home... sorry that's all that is really on my mind... GOING HOME!!!

Ready, set, GO!!!

Alright, last week of classes starts tomorrow. First Final = Friday. YIKES! This semester did go by fast!! I feel mildly prepared... I at least was productive for the most part this weekend, while still getting in some great girl hang out time. Cookie Decorating, Afterimages (Dance recital)...it was a good one.
Matt and I are doing great... we talked a bit today and just had a great talk. I'm excited to see him again for a long period of time in January. We have so much fun stuff planned... Sea World, Cookie together, surfing, rollerblading, and maybe even teaching me how to run! YIKES!
Alright... more productivity calling! Later!

I have been very productive this weekend already. I have many more things to do, with this being the last week of class and all, but I really think I can get caught up. After all, it is only Friday. I have 2 whole days left. I really gotta get over to family video. Hopefully tomorrow.... or tonight. Hmm.. I dunno. Well... I suppose that's about all.
Oh wait. NO. Today I made cookies with Amy for a program. It was fun... we had about 10 girls show up, so not too bad. Also, I booked my flight to go to Flordia for the 2nd half of winter break.... yea!!! Matt just told me we are going to go to Universal Studios and Sea World!!! I sure hope we get to. I think Universal is pretty sure because he has a pass... YEA!!! I'm so excited...let the countdown begin!

SO Proud

And I CAN DRAW.... yea! I just drew a really cool picture of Matt and I in the style of Gustav Klimt. YEA!!! I have so much to do this weekend.... must keep pluggin away... I'll write when I can.
Later!~

And The countdown...

Okay okay.... what a crazy weekend, ups and downs galore...but we won't get into that! So now it's the week and I have tons of homework to do and very little motivation to actually do it. But I WILL GET IT DONE...because i NEED to get it done. Last night Matt and I had a "quiet time" together on the phone. It's our new thing to make sure our conversations and relationship is centered where it needs to be. I will be posting Virginia pictures up here shortly... yea for hiking mountains (I wasn't the greatest at it, but I want to try it again)
I am also going to FL for winter break. Does anyone know where I can get a buddy pass? didn't think so...but worth the try. Airfare is so dang expensive...but heck at least lodging is free in FL... I'll take it! haha.
Okay this is random. I'm going to go to my staff meeting, get some sleep and work out tomorrow morning again. Love ya all.
Heather
"Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

Today Laura came over to talk and chill. It was so much fun. I love you Laura if you are reading this! We watched Pretty Woman. Which makes 2 Richard Gere/Julia Roberts movies in 2 nights! Yea.
I also realized how lucky I am. For the first time I watch these movies and realize that I am treated as special as the romantic moments in the movies. So lucky...
Well, tonight is a duty night...but more fun than that... THEMED DUTY... Mark and I are both wearing overalls, a red shirt and a blue bandana. I'm not really sure why, but I thought it would be fun. So we will see. Hopefully I'll even get some homework done tonight. I work at 8:30 tomorrow morning after a duty night until 2 am. YIKERS! Well...good thing the last two nights have been good sleep! Yea!!!
Alrighty, time for me to go have another quiet time!

My Theme Verse for the Week.

Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

~Isaiah 40:31~

A fresh Start

Oh My Goodness... I have been such a slacker lately. I'm not so much talking about school, but more so my life and my ministry. I'm not sure when it exactly started but I do know the result was a little too much reliance on my dear sweet boyfriend and not enough reliance on the only one that I can put 100% faith into my Father in Heaven. This past month and a half especially I have changed in the regard that I haven't been relational. I haven't reached out to the new freshmen at CRU, I haven't engaged in spiritual discussions and I certianly haven't gone outside my comfort zone... in turn this resulted in my being clingy to Matt despite all warning he gave about that trap...(how horribleand unhealthy).
In anycase... God uses us all right where were at and meets us there... and today I really felt him meeting me right where I was. On the verge of slipping into my own plans for my life or following his. However, this weekend pointed out that when relying on my own plans for life they will fail misarably and I won't be the person that God has so carefully handcrafted me to be. Thus, making me certainly not be the girl that Matt met and fell in love with, or the girl that my friends here at school got to know and love. I was relying off my own strength...which certainly isn't enough and not God's. So today I am rededicating my life to what really matters and that is the heart for the Lord and the heart for the lost. Lord knows that I will fail on days, but with his strength and the fellowship of my brothers and sisters in Christ I know that I can make this next month and a half and beyond 100000 times better than the past month in a half. SO please keep me in your prayers... I know there will be days of strong temptation... but God will pull me through... "Trust in him and lean not on your own understanding..."

Well.... Virginia was pretty and Matt's family is amazingly close. I admire that. Matt and I have decided to slow things down quite a bit and work more on the friendship and compatibility between us before continuing any progression in our relationship. I'm looking forward to a fresh start and getting to really explore who Matt is and what he loves while he explores the same in me. I think it's a smart decision and I'm trusting that God will show us His perfect plan for our relationship.
In other news, Art History test came back as a 86, not horrible.... and Geo went fine too. I got a lot to work on this weekend with Art and other studying... but I think I can get it all done. My stomach has been in knots all day, so currently I have decided to watch a little Cosby show, cuddle up and attempt to relax. Peace!!

AND HEATHER MESSED UP THE ART HISTORY TEST! Grr.... Hellenstic, Late classical... crimony! Gosh, now I just pray that I don't get hit for the essay and the cartouche information for having them wrong.
But, it's over..there's nothing I can do for now....I'm going to clean my room, go to a debot Thanksgiving dinner with the girls and relax before GEO studying.

Okay.
Bye

These last few days have been days of me being CRANKY. Gosh who woulda thunk? Yesterday Matt and I had a very good converstation of what it means to be in love. How do you define love? SO many people say it can't be defined yet they are wrong. God lays it out for us in 1st Corinthians 13. I went through each phrase and evaluated how I do in that area. It was really an eye opener for me. I feel like God showed me many areas that HE will be working on my heart in.
In other news, there is only 4 days until Thanksgiving. Now that is pretty cool news. So I've decided I should do laundry today and start packing so I'm not freaking out on Wednesday. But that will come after studying for Art History for at least 4 hours today. Boring, but it's got to be done and it's got to be done right. I need an A on this test. So off to studying I go. I"ve had my 10 minutes of fun on the computer and now it's time to charge away! LOVE YA ALL who read this!

I really ask for prayers for this Art History test and Geography test....so important to my grade... YIKES!

Sundays

So, I've been thinking.... and have heard several messages lately.... about SUNDAYS. Yes that's right, Sundays. I dream of the time, probably long long ago, that Sunday's used to be a sabbath. A day of rest. I day of relaxation. A day to spend in communion with our Lord. I wonder if quality of life was different because of that single day. That single day, to stop, relax, think and pray. A day to spend with family....
Because in today's society it's completly different. Everyone I know is on the go 7 days a week 52 weeks a year. That is 52 days that we miss out on relaxation, time with family and time in reflection. Just time to let our bodies and minds catch up with each other. That's 1040 days in 20 years that I could have had relaxing and learning more about myself and my family. And we wonder why kids grow up so fast.... 3 years of our life are accelerated (1040 days) because we no longer have that day of relaxation, renewal and reflection.
Just a thought...thanks for bearing with it!

Just a beautful picture of my surfboard!

My beautiful roses from Matt!

Very cute...Very cute! I was laughing so I think I look a little weird, but I like it!

So cute...we even match!!

All dressed up for Carrabbas!

Look Ma... I even wore makeup! I love this picture!

THe best of them all.. Matt thinks

Kevin (awesome guy!) Me and Carson (roomie and friend!) chillin at the party! Gotta love it!

No worries...this is staged by ashley! hehe. I'm really awake... But aparently people think I look cuter sleeping! hehee

And I can be picked up and thrown around like a rag doll! hehe.. so much fun!

Simply Adorable! Gosh I think we make a cute couple!!!

Okay this one is a little hard to explain! The guy in white is Rob...he's a character...who apparently LOVES Matt a little too much! hehehe... I'm scared!

Cute picture...once again the LOVE SAC!! too bad matt lost his head!

The infamous love sac!!!! and Matt and I cuddled up on it.... so much fun. I'd really like one for christmas... lovesac.com!! hehe

I think this shows how tierd I look by the end of Saturday night, but still cute! hmm...

Really...this is a different picture! I love black and white!

Aww so cute!

This is Matt, Ashley, me and Turk "chillin" on the futon at the party on Saturday night. Bunches of fun! This turned into Ashley becoming a photo Nazi which is the reason for the million pictures of Matt and I above! I LOVE IT!!

Here's the Florida pictures I promised!!! This one is of Matt, me, Ashley and Matt Turk (i think that's how you spell it) on our double date on Sunday!!

One of the most romantic and fun weekends of my life....

What an amazing weekend. On Thursday night I went to FLORIDA to see Matt and spent the whole weekend just hanging out with him and meeting his friends. I had such a wondeful time. We surfed, we hung out, we had parties, we went on double dates, hung out at the beach, and bunches of other things! Wow. It was majorly fun. On our anniversary (Sunday) he lit 92 candles for every day that we had been together in the shape of I <3 U and had soft music playing and told me how special I was. Talk about MELTING! wow.
I will get pictures up soon of the amazing weekend once Matt sends them to me. I have so much to write about but I have to get studying for Art History. If anyone wants to hear more about the weekend call me or come over and I'll show the video and pictures! Wow. Amazing!

More later...

LOVE YA ALL! Leave me comments if you read this! Heather

Today was amazingly cool!! I slept wonderfully after being talked to sleep by my amazing boyfriend. I got to wake up to knowing that my mom was coming up for the day! Yea! My first family vistor to my fully furnished "pad". Mom and I went shopping for jeans and bras. Amazingly found both that acutally fit for a decent price! Yea for new wardorb elements. I have a rough 2 days ahead, with Duty tonight and work at 8:30 am tomorrow morning until 2 only to come back to working desk and more duty. But I will make it through and I will have an amazingly fun relaxing time in FLORDIA in just 5 days!
I am so amazingly blessed with my life right now. I have met an amazing guy who I am so priveldged to be with. I have an amazing family who loves me and tells me that they are proud of me, I get to travel and have fun and I have awesome girlfriends here at point to watch movies with and workout wiht (7 lbs down since Oct 8th!!!) .
THANK YOU GOD!~

An even better picture of MY SURFBOARD that I will be on in just 7 short days!!

Dreary Dreary Dreary

So my question for the day is when will the dreary Wisconsin weather end. For crying out loud, if it is going to be dreary and rainy it mise well snow. I know I'll regret that comment later on...but seriously.
My first 2 days back at Family Video went great. I really enjoy working their and it helps make some money.
My main issue right now is missing my family...so if any of you are reading this... feel free to come stay at the Heather Hotel in Hansen Hall... now that is a lot of H's.
Well...of to grand ole Art History class followed by a little Comm Team Leadership meeting then some painting, working out, another comm team meeting, more painting and finally sleep. I really do a lot in a day sometimes!!

Love ya All! Enjoy the pictures!!

Em and I as Cinderella and Wendy Girl! Yea!!!

Matt and my NEW SURFBOARD!!!!... how beautiful...more pictures of my surfboard with ME in 2 weeks!!

Drummer Dave as Captian Hook...grrr!~

Em and I after a hard match of tennis...and she even gave me a "foot pop" I must be special!!!

And Yes I am learning to play Tennis!!!

Em and I... Gosh we get along so great...especially in all hours of the night! TACO BELL FOREVER!!!

A fun picture of Matt and I! Awww... I am so happy with Him!!!

My bestest Friend Kari and I at Denny's! 

TENNIS BUDS FOREVER!!! 

I love this picture of Matt and I after we played Tennis.... Only 11 more days until I see him again!! 

PICTURES!!

Yea for finding out how to put pictures in BLOGGER! (thanks Liz, I found out from your profile). So anyway, yesterday was an awesome day! I worked at Family Video from 3-11. I dressed up as a butterfly...YEA FOR last minute costumes at Kmart! I even sold 10 discount cards in my first day! Yea!! Extra 10 bucks for Heather! I work today (Happy Halloween by the way) too! Just from2:30-7. That will be fun. I even rented Shrek 2 (gets released on Tuesday) so I'm watching that in bits n pieces) Last night at midnight I called Matt's mom because it is her birthday. It was fun talking to her, she's so proud of Matt and so am I.
I can't wait til Em gets back, I miss her! Also today I NEED NEED NEED to clean my room! Oh boy... no fun!

Well, finally, for all those in suspense, this is what Matt looks like and this is us as a couple! How fun! This was taken when he was up here for the two weeks in October.  

Ben and I at Cru on Thursday.... He even "escorted" Em and I home...then we stayed up until 6am watching movies!! WHAT FUN!! 

Laura, Me (as cinderella) and Christin... I love this picture!!! 

We all dressed up for CRU on Thursday night. Ain't we cute?!?! 

And oh my goodness my life is amazingly cool. Classes are going well, I have great friends here at UWSP and besides a messy room, my homework is done for the night. On top of all that wonderful bliss.... I AM DEFINITLY GOING TO FLORDIA November 12-15... Yea! I get to see Matt 2 times in one month?!?! Crazy.... it's like were acutally dating! Wow. More news to come. I'm too excited to type!

What a wonderful life! Things are going great. On Wednesday Laura came over and we baked a chocolate cake and a jello cheesecake. Then we planned a fun thing to get Christin in the basement and SURPRISE!! Happy Birthday Girl!! =) What awesome friends they are!
In new fun news.... hmm... oh yes MATT BOUGHT ME A NEW SURFBOARD! and it is beautiful! Wheew! I can't wait to get down there. I wish I could go before Christmas, but I don't have the money. I will just have to be patient. I'm so excited for it though. It is a Ron Jon fishtail 6'8' board. It's beautiful in pictures and probably even more so for real!
Also, I had an amazing quiet time yesterday. I'm so thankful for that...definitely needed.
I was on duty last night, am on duty tonight, and will be on duty on Sunday. Crazy! But oh well...things are good and I'm super happy about life! I feel so blessed with where I am!

Things are going wonderfully. I changed my major to Family Consumer Science with a Family Life Option. Yea for going for youth ministry. I'm really excited about it.
I really wish I had the money to go see Matt for Halloween. I miss him a lot and it would be so fun to surf again, but I am thankful that I can see him for Thanksgiving.
I have a HUGE test in Geography that I really need to cram for this weekend...so much fun!
Tomorrow is costume shopping for Halloween with Em and Katie...yea!
WEll..more later.

I have no idea where to start to begin to describe what I am feeling right now. The last two weeks were absoultly wonderful... Better than I could have ever dreamed them to be. That is saying a lot considering my overactive imagination. Matt made me so incredibly happy while he was here. Every day was a treat to wake up and know that I could see him. Every day I could hug him... and every day I could just do the everyday things with him. I can't describe what that feels like after having him so far away.
Even cooler, my family really liked Matt. No one had anything negative to say... and so many positives.... it was awesome. Things with Matt are still amazing, even though he is back in FL, in a life that I'm not involved in day to day beyond phone conversations.... but yet, everything still seems so perfect. I know life with us together won't always be perfect, and we will have our differences...but I feel so blessed for having him in my life. I thank God every day for that. He makes me happy. Truely happy. And absoultely spoiled. Wow...

On a sadder note... I have major exams and projects coming up this week, in fact Art History is tomorrow and I've been studying all day. My brain is about to explode! Crazy....but I will get it done... God will pull me through and give me the energy to do so.

Wow... how much happier could I get despite tests... My friends here at point are amazing... Laura and Christin came over yesterday to distract me and watch a movie. They are so awesome...we had fun girl talk and they were so patient with me...
Also Emily is back! Yea!!! Well..back to homework and rounds!
Laters

This week has been nothing short of amazing. Matt is purely sweet and awesome. He gave me a ring. It says True Love Waits and inside is engraved with my name and Phillipians 1:3. It is a promise to stay pure in our relationship while pursuing each other towards marraige one day. It is an exciting time in my life for sure. No worries to all reading... I AM NOT planning on getting married anytime soon... I have many more years of school to finish before I am ready for that next step. I pray that GOD will show me His perfect plans for my life and where I am suppose to finish school. I really feel called into a major of Youth Ministry. Obviously Stevens Point does not have a Youth Ministry major so that would involve changing schools...something I have to still look into.
Also... LAST NIGHT WAS AWESOME!!! Matt cooked dinner for me and about 50 other people. I made a program out of it! Yea for CA programming.... but anyways. So many friends of mine showed up. It was great fellowship, and I even got to meet other people from my hall beyond my residents. After a long clean up (after cooking for an army), Ben, Emily, Matt, Dave, and Bork and I all played Tennis! I ran all the way to the courts (which I'm pretty proud of). We had a great time hitting aroud for awhile...then they guys started a game and Em and I were ballgirls... even providign "HalfTime Entertainment!" After we got too cold Em and I came back to my room and had some Cookie Dough and Ice Cream while watching 7th Heaven. HOw much cooler can you get! What an awesome time with friends! Em if you are reading this..... YOU ROCK!
Also a Shout out to Christin and Laura for coming all the way over to Hansen (even with friends!) for our spaghetti dinner...you guys are so cool and it was great to see you there!
On a serious note, I have a lot weighing on my heart right now. Please pray for me. There are a lot of big decisions to be made in my life and a lot hinges on many things... I know that is incredible vauge...but just pray! THanks!

Life is fun! It really is. Today has been declared unproductive day! AND I LOVE IT! Seems to be all around the hall. I woke up around 11. Matt and I decided to start The Prince and Me (one of my new purchases). Well, we didn't make it very far into it when EM and AMY stopped by! YEA!! So we all talked and played, then Matt left. Amy and Em and I talked some more then got a call that Em got a package (I knew she was going to). Lo and Behold, Em got her rose she whined about 3 nights before to Matt. Haha... so fun to make people smile.
Matt and I are going out to eat tonight. THat's exciting. I don' t really know where, but I'll figure that out. Oh yeah, and I still have to work on writing my (putting touches on) my speech for tomorrow at church. I feel like a slacker, but seriously... I'll get it done if it means staying up all day and night!
Yesterday Matt and I went to GB and hung out with the family. It was fun! Yea...well... Time to go write a certain speech! Later!

Wow, it is Thursday already. The week has flown by with not enough time to do anything. I have many homework assignments to do, along with being friendly to Matt. I haven't really got to take him anywhere besides class and lunch at the UC i've been so busy. But tomorrow is Friday and I get to be a home with family. I will get my drawings done on Saturday and my studying done on Monday. Things will be fine and I'll go into next week strong.... now if only I can survive till next week...

Today was an awesome day. It was the first whole day that Matt was actually here. We had an amazing time... he even got to hang out with Christi and then Dave while I was at class/bible study. Things are going awesome!!! And to think.. I get like 12 more days of this! WOW... how much luckier can I be!

And life...

Well, well, well. Things are officially crazy. Hurricanes move flight times 3 times now... when will the madness end...oh yeah..when he's actually here and I'm staring in his face! YEA!
So I finally got to catch up on sleep today. I was on duty last night until 2am or so and it is now past noon and I'm finallly awake! I feel so rejuvenated, so alive.... yet so pressured with all I have left to do! But I WILL get it done...why you ask? Because I always do...and the things I can't God just seems to work out for me.
Other great news, the web page for student impact is finally template changed... meaning all that is left is maintance! YEA! That is just a relief to me. Now i can work on my own web page, and dad's ...who eventually. (hopefully after today) will have bradskaraoke.com yea!!! I'm just waiting for matt to call me back to tell me if he is flying in tomorrow or Wednesday...since Monday is the day the hurricane will hit. Seriously... pray for EVERYONE down in FL. Their homes and lives are constantly being disturbed since August... it's craziness.
I had a really fun talk with my Grandma yesterday.... I love her! =) I also talked to Michelle and Amanda. And you know what I realized? I have an awesome family! YEA!!
Well..i'm going to watch Full house... and then start my day of getting stuff done (including geography studying)!

HURRICANES

Wow. So yet another hurricane attacking FL. Hence (long story short) Matt is moved his flight to Monday. So logicistal nightmare. But I get to see him for two days more. Which is nice. But oh boy are there days I wish I wouldn't have sold my car... criminey!

CRAZY

Wow...and it is October 22 already. Sometimes days just go by way to fast! I really need to get more done in the day..i'll have to work on that concept...funny thing is for once I am not procrastinating! GRRR.
I saw Christin today at lunch. That was exciting. She's such a sweetie.... i hope i get to hang out with her soon and catch up!
Matt comes in a week. Mentally, I'm not prepared.... emotionally... i'm freaking out... realistically.. I"M EXCITED! wow ...that time flew by!
Other fun news: I'm going to Matt Ziemer's wedding in October..how cool is that! yea!!! Mikey Agnew is taking me as his date...so i'm majorly excited!
I'm not so excited that I have to go down and work desk for an hour, then come back up here...try to start homework..then go work another boring hour of desk.... it's going to be a late night..filled by an exhausting day tomorrow.... I WILL PULL THROUGH!!
God Bless you all....

What a Amazing Weekend!

I love Emily! I love Lisa! Wow..what an awesome act of God that we all bonded so well this weekend..or overnighter. I actually loved hanging out with the girls! AMEN! God is so awesome...
I have so much to do...just not in that urge to do it yet... Procrastination...what an amazingly bad thing! Well... Full house calls!

WO!! WO!!! WO!!

Women's Overnighter here I come!!! The women leadership of CRU together for a weekend of fun and R &R! How much cooler can my life get! I had an amazing night of sleep last night, so I'm rejuvinated and feeling healthy! I have a lot to get done this weekend, but I have Saturday night and Sunday to do so! Yea!! Well.. I'm off to Kmart to buy a laundry basket so that I can actually DO LAUNDRY!!
Yea!

Crazy

You know...Tuesdays and Thursdays are rough! Wow, I'm exhausted. And not that good exhausted after a fulfilling day. No the I'm so tierd that I can't fall asleep because I have too much to do exhausted. But thankfully it is 10:20 and I can hibernate in my room for the rest of the night. AMEN! I really hope I can pull trhough this the rest of the semester! Wow. I rearranged my room slightly, but it made a big difference. I have a lot more useful desk space now which makes me very very happy! Unfortuately, I have apile of ..well..junk that I need to sort through...maybe another task for tomorrow! Well..I'm going to relax now...maybe do some painting for Art 101. GOODNIGHT!

Wow! This year is going to be CRAZY! I remember last year being able to watch TV and enjoy Full House almost every day... Now I haven't even flipped on the TV in ... well I don't remember. I'm only slightly behind and that's in art... projects take me longer because I don't know what I'm doing, but I will be caught up by tomorrow hopefully! At least I'm staying ahead on my reading and trivial homework! Tomorrow is Matt and I's 1 mo. Things are going great. I'm very happy... I think he'll be a round for awhile! =) On the coolest note, this weekend is Women's Leadership Getaway weekend. I'm very much looking forward to a weekend surrounded by Christian women leaders in CRU. We are going to do everything from 4 wheeling to spa stuff! How cool can life get! It will give me such an awesome opportunity to meet even more girls here at SP and make some awesome friendships that will last! Then I just have to find time to hang out with them in the choatic schedule of mine. I also have a new discipler! Yea! I loved Becky, but Brenda assigned me with Ashley Thomas. I'm super excited to get to know her and learn to grow through the things God will show me in our time together. Also, Uncle Scott made it out of the hurricane in Jamaica Alive...YEA! And Congratualtions to Him...I have a NEW AUNT! YIPPEE! hehe... Aunt Irene...sounds nice! =). Well I'm off to clean my room before Bible Study tonight! Whew!~

Computers..Can't live with them or without them!

Hey. IF anyone wants to come and revamp my stupid computer and rid it of all viruses that would be wonderful! hehe. In other news, things are going well. I'm very tierd and on duty again tonight, but strangly energized by projects I have to do. There is a lot I have to get done by Tuesday, but I will get it done, I'll just have to be super focused tomorrow...darn ADD today got the best of me.
Becky got her surfboard in...it's so cool. It's a long board and she's using it as a coffee table. I want to do the same! =)...but with a short board! Well...off to make my Daytona film! Laters!

Well well well.... I am learning to be a very logistical person. I found out it is homecoming weekend here in Point the weekend Matt is in town so we can't go home all weekend because I have to be on duty... But I figured it out and we will still make it home and I will still be able to speak at FBC on Sunday! YEA!!!
In other news, Classes are going extremely well... I think I'll have a lot more reading and homework to do this year, but that is a good thing...it keeps me diciplined and the TV off! I'm excited to fall into a schedule and hang out with the girls this year.... Bible study will definitly be a great place to get to know new people. Also it seems I have a lot of awesome residents so I'm sure I'll make friends there too. I just have to get in my schedule and get to know them! YEA!! This year is going to fly by, I can feel it...but I'm so excited for it! Even though I'm dating Matt... with him being in FL, it gives me such an amazing opportunity to devote my time to hanging with girls without trying to find time to "date." God has totally blessed me already this year and I'm excited for everything it will bring.
Well...I do have a lot of reading to do already and i have to work desk in a little bit..so off I go... but leave me a commment or shoot me an email..I'd love to hear from you! GOD BLESS

A new week

Well, I just got back from Plymouth, WI hanging out with the girlfriends.... it's great ... I had a lot of fun despite my fear of girl time. Laura and Christin rock my world! We went to the Sheboygan county fair...wow now that's some good eatin'. Yummy! WE also saw a bunch of surfers down by lake Michigan... I really think I"m gonna buy a wet suit and go to sheboygan and surf... I'll look into it more.. but it'd be a lot of fun! On Saturday we went to the mall... Laura bought some rockin' shoes..then we hit up some major sales at Kohls. They talked me into buying this girly pink shirt...but I like it. I also bought a sundress and a swimsuit for next season..or Daytona this winter. What a fun fun fun time!
In other news.... Matt's in yet another hurricane... I don't like that whole concept yet...but I guess it's part of living in FL. I'll just have to get used to not worrying and putting in God's hands!

COMPUTER

Computers...can't live with them, can't live without them. My computer is completly reformatted now.... It's running a lot better..but i'm without a lot of programs... like Microsoft Office....kinda crucial. I dunno... so that is what my life has consisted of the last 2 days... crashing, rebooting, crashing, rebooting. At least I'm happy because SEAN reads this..that makes me happy. Only 28 days until Matt comes!!! I think i'll need that for sure by that time.
Classes start tomorrow.... hopefully all goes well... Dad put this crazy idea in my head that maybe an art major is not cut out for me...but what else would I be? I dunno... a therepist? He says I should work with people...maybe he's right...but is it too late to change majors? I'm almost putting myself behind a whole year...but a less structured major could be nice.... I dunno... Psychology with a Spanish minor? Who knows.... GOD put an awesome idea in my head please!!!

Boredom

Wow...today I left Hansen hall for the first time since Friday at noon. That was pretty intense. Haha. I got my books, ate real food... did the college thing. I'm getting older...but I know I'm still incredibly young. Just to think...people get married at 19 and 20... hmm...I'm thinking for sure now that I need to be OUT OF SCHOOL... so that puts me at least at 22. Which is kinda a good time... I mean..yea i know it's cool to be on your own and all..but really like what if you get a job then meet someone and move... then you have to find a new job...why not just find a job where your going to be living..ya know? Well ...at least I have 3 years to worry about that.... actually no... 3 years to let go and let GOD. He's so much bigger than my little plans for my little life.
So I'm throughly convinced that no one reads this. Except for Shua...he read it and got mad at me and now never wants to talk to me... so I guess one person did. If your reading this you should leave a comment or something so I think someone is reading this. But at the same time..I'm okay with no one reading it because it's really more for me anyway... documenting my life through college.... it will be fun to look back on.
My computer is being dumb.. I have to fix it. Darren has to put in a new sound card.... dumb.
Speaking of Darren...we saw each other again...all went well... we will be friends and there's not a ton of akwardness.
I should go hop in the shower now... I'm telling you..I think I just shower when I'm bored..but at least I stay clean!
Laters

CA Training

Well, I'm into my 6th day of CA Training. So far it's okay... There is definitly some boring parts...but I can deal with that. The hall government is officially here. It vies me some sense of how the hall will be. I'm a little intimidated, but I know I just have to be myself and go from there. Matt recieved really exciting news that he could get into flying for Delta... which would allow him to come visit whenever and maybe even giving me a companion pass... it would definitly make things fun and easy... so it's something in my prayers that if it is God's plan for him that it works out. Inevitably, I know that God will make His plans work out no matter what we do.
I'm pretty tierd at this moment. I am excited to start to settle into a routine within the next few weeks...but it's fun to never quite know wha will come next. =) Well... I suppose I'm going to go for now..maybe organize my room a little bit more! Laters. Leave a comment!

Oh My!

Wow.. Life really is crazy! CA training is going good. The girls rock and so do the guys in my hall.. it makes me happy! Also... it's official! Matt is coming up September 29th through October 4th... yea!!! I also just checked prices for my crazy travel plans in January and it looks like it will only cost 500 dollars... and Matt is paying for 1/2 that! WAY COOL!!! So prayers that prices stay low enough to afford!
Tonight I'm going to hang up my surfing posters...make my room complete! Although I already love my room and feel like I'm finally home! YEA!! WEll.. time to go! Love you all!

Well, only 2 more days until the big move into college for my 2nd year. This year is going to be different no doubt. Being a CA (RA) will definitly be challenging at times, but I know that if I rely on GOD for my decisions and patience HE will provide. My life has been going wonderful lately...
*Grandpa's cancer is in remission! (yeah GOD)
*Matt and I have started a relationship as of Aug 14th and I'm learning to cope with the long distance thing
*I get to move back into school (and have my own room)
*I'm adjusting to not finding the ocean in WISCONSIN with fond hopes that I will move to a coast later in life!
Now if only I could find helpers to help my dad and I move me into college there would be no worries.... I know we can do it, i'm just concerned about dad's back. If anyone reading this wants to help lemme know.
Well I suppose it's getting to be bedtime now... no big plans for tomorrow (tear) but I'm sure I'll find something!
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Confusion

Why can everything be so confusing? And why don't I ever have patience. I couldn't wait to get home from Daytona to be home and now all I want to do is either go back or go to school. I'm so antsy. Maybe a big part of it is that I have no job for these 9 days and it's driving me nuts...but it's not like I don't have other things to get done... i just enjoy putting them off I guess. I don't know... the worst part is I'm afraid i'm going to get to school and then be antsy for something else. I need to learn to live in this moment and be thankful for THIS moment. I feel so back and forth right now. I know some would say i'm being "attacked" since I'm back home..but i feel like I'm attacking myself...i'm beating myself up and I just wont stop. Talk about annoying.
Also my sound on my computer is not working. I've checked cables, mutes ect...and I can't get it to work...or my front USB ports...since Darren couldn't figure out Dell's motherboard now i'm without those too...and now without Darren to fix stuff that I have no idea where things are in my computer...GRRR....
What i need to do right now is go pray and spend time with the awesome God i live to serve.... and realize that none of this life is about me and surrender it to Him. So since I've came to this conclusion...I think that is exactly what I will do. Good bye!

WOW ....that's all i can say. This summer has been nothing short of amazing. God has taught me so incredibly much about learning to have faith on my own. For all those who are wondering .... Darren and I decided that we were going to pursue things in other directions. We will remain friends.... so not too much awkwardness. God has totally blessed me with a peace and understanding of His plan for my life in that direction. SO much else is going on..but i suppose I can't blow you out of your seat with too much information. Until the 10th when I get home from daytona... trust me ...BIG NEWS... call me if you want to know at this point!

Well, finals are done, I'm checked out of my room and I'm about to go home. Strange that my first year of college is done. I made it! Now all I have to do is say goodbye to Darren for my 11 week trip to Daytona. It will definitly be hard...but God will pull us through. Well, I'm going back to Green Bay to unpack and back to a slow computer connection. So they're might be another post or not. Until then...God Bless.

Rain Dancing

What a cool night to a bad day! Heather, Laura, Dusty and I just went and played in the rain...correction...thunderstorm. It was awesome! It was like flash flooding out there! Way COOL! hehe. The day went okay. The art show was today, I don't know if my snake sold, but eitherway I'm pretty sure it's in smitherins now that its sitting in the rain! GRRR. Oh well. Lots of work and time all for a couple pictures. Se la vi. Well.. i suppose I should acutally study...even though that's no fun. I have a big final tomorrow, and I"m not looking forward to that! Well... off to studying then to bed and watching the lightening streak across the sky. Adios!

Homework

Today I have to study for art, finish my art project, redo my english paper, Do the other english papers that are do...and somehow find time to do all of that. What a cramp on my procrastination skills. There is so much I want to do before the end of the semester...and yet I'm not sensing a lot of time. Oh well. Time to get to it instead of writing in here. Adios!

Well, this week has been good. Dad came up last night to take down the loft and the futon, It went very smoothly and it was super nice to hang out with him. I'm doing great on support... God is so faithful. Now I'm going to go blading on my NEW BLADES! whoohooo!!! Who's Excited....and it's such a beautiful day! Too bad I have to work on my snake all day after my blading adventure! Oh well.
G2G... bye bye