R.I.P. Old n' Faithful KSwiss

Well, i'm breaking my lack of blogs with a blog about an old pair of shoes. There weren't just any pair of old shoes. There were my KSwiss. I bought my senior year... Of High school. So that means they have been with me for... 4 1/2 years. (whoa I feel old)! They have stayed strong the whole time and finally got a little weak this summer. :( They ripped out this semester and recently started talking to me so I knew it was time...to let them go. I got some replacements today and put these old guys to rest. It was a sad walk to the dumpster. But it was long overdue. Please have a moment of silence in remembrence of my dear old n' faithful KSwiss! Thank you!

Locks of Love!!

I have contemplated cutting my hair for the longest time; I wanted to give it to locks of love. But I have never cut my hair by choice, except for maybe a trim, so let’s be honest I was a chicken. lol!! Well, I started contemplating it again this summer because I was just tired of my hair, I wanted to do something different and spontaneous... So I asked the opinion of a few amazing people (you know who you are) and they ALL said yes. So last night I straightened it and today I cut it!! WHOA!!! I had to do it myself though because it wasn’t worth going somewhere, plus I thought I would embarrass myself crying, and my mom wouldn’t do it because she was afraid I would hate it and take it out on her. Anyways here are some pics.

P.S. I donated 12 inches.
P.S.S. I did cry. lol!

Heres a few pics. For more check out Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30503719&id=139001082&comments#/album.php?aid=2017104&id=139001082) or Myspace (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=2753941)

Before: Straight and LONG.


Before: Curly and LONG!


Cutting it...so nervous.


After: Straight and SHORT.


After: Curly and SHORT.


I can get used to this...I can get used to this...I WILL get used to this.


Mama C calls this the "new me do" =]

Napa and a noose?

Please read Liz's blog for the story we told you about. =]

SAD DAY…

Disclaimer: Don’t read this if you are looking forward to one of my usual upbeat, possibly funny blogs because it is not; but just as life itself, it can’t always be happy. Sorry to put you guys through this, but I really need to vent.

Due to some realizations I have come to both through the Beth Moore study I am doing (Loving Well) and life itself, I have been trying to be a more open person, and break down some of the walls I have built up. In other words, I just want to be a more real person all around.

Well, today I have hit a bump in the road. Someone that I really trusted has broken my trust for them before, but it wasn’t really a big deal because I didn’t tell him/her too much. Sadly my view of them has slowly started to…disintegrate, and today it…shattered!!

I just cannot believe how some people can be so inconsiderate, rude, down right “dirty”...I am at a loss for words to describe to you what I mean. The sad thing is is that this person calls him/herself a…Christian. I really didn’t want to say that in case a non-Christian reads my blog, but it’s the truth. So if you are a non- Christian please know that we do mess up to, but we are not all bad people. We are far from what God is and are to strive to be more like Him, but it is work.


Anyways, it was just a sad sad day, but I know that even this will work out for good. I know that through this God can teach me forgiveness among many other things. Praise the Lord, Halleluiah, Amen!!!! God is good all the time, all the time God is good!!

June is Full of Fun...

MY COUNTDOWNS

I am sooo excited for my roomie to come and visit. I have been to her house a TON of times, now she gets to come to mine. I can't wait for her to meet my family, riends, and Church family, and visa versa. We are going to have a blast!!!!

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This is supposed to be a "special" birthday, but it feels like any other B-Day, and I don't mind. I know that I am going to have a fun time...and I don't even need alcohol for that. =]

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I HATE this drive and I have to do it all the time, but it should be fun since Liz is driving with me. Once in So-Cal I have a few things planned that will be fun. I get to see some fam (sis, bro, niece, aunt, uncle, cuz'z ect.) I also get to see myy Mama Colleen, which I can't wait for, I miss her TONS, and hopefully I will get to see some other CBU peeps.

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I love FOCUS sooooo much and I can't wait to help out at a Step Ahead and meet some Freshmen, hopefully I will meet some of Haley and I's girls.

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Once again the drive...but it will be fun with Jessica. We will probably listen to some Beth Moore on the way to get fired up to see her at the end of the month.

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Now comes the weekend I cannot wait for. Jessica, my church and I are going to see Beth Moore speak. She is soooo amazing and I can't wait to hear about what God has been teaching her. I know that I will learn a lot and grow closer to God through it. Plus I can't wait to see her face when we surprise her with a big gift basket.

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I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!

Ive been set up...

I don't usually blog and I certainly don't mobile blog very often but this is a special occasion. :) So its a long story some people in my life joke with me that im going to marry someone named Jared/Jarred and most of them are convinced im at least going to marry someone who's name at least starts with a J. Well today I went to the Christian book store with Ashley and I was looking at the name card thingys...you know with the meaning on it; because my beautiful Mama Colleena and I were talking about them on Friday. Anyways the are all in alphabetical order except 2. They were in a semi-empty row and right next to each other. Guess what they were...

VERY FUNNY... Liz you were there not too long ago did you set that up or call lol!!

Red Envelope!!!!!!!!

This is major. If enough people come together and do this, it would bring maaaaaajor awareness to politicians about our stance against abortion. Please please PLEASE check this out. And if you feel so led (and I strongly hope you do) send a red envelope to President Obama, and share this with everyone you know in any form you know how. Liz and I did!!! =)
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(from thepoint.breakpoint.org/2009/02/the-red-envelope-campaign.html)


Here is a way to let our new president hear our pro-life voices. It's a simple concept: just buy (or make out of construction paper) a red envelope, seal it up (yes, empty), address it to the president, and add this note on the back of the envelope: "This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception."

You may wonder, "What good will this do?" No one but God can answer that, but the campaign reminds me of the "launcher" tactic used by William Wilberforce and others as they fought against slavery in the British Empire. It's a simple, peaceful way of drawing attention to an evil that needs to be changed. President Obama, as Chuck Colson noted in this BreakPoint commentary, is confused on this issue: he rightly believes that God does not support taking innocent life, yet he is staunchly pro-abortion.

Here's the address:

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20550

FW:Satans hand!

Is this bad or what. 6 red 6's in Phase 10. Totally Satans hand.

25 random things you might not know about me. =)

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose at least 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

Well, i've been tagged a number of times, and I am finally giving in.
So, here I go...
1.My first name is French, my middle name is Irish, and my last name is Mexican.
2.I am more than ½ Mexican and Indian combined, but I have no color…. And I sunburn really bad…really easy!
3.My hair is naturally curly, and I usually hate that.
4.I’m not an open person and I don’t really know why. I also have a big problem confronting and saying no.
5.I love salty snacks more than sweet and I fall in and out of love with Cheez-its.
6.I play the flute, and used to play the Base Clarinet and I used to be in ColorGuard.
7.I was born two almost 3 month early they had to make sure my lungs were fully developed before they let my mom give birth to me.
8.I went to Russia this past summer and I miss it tons and hope to go back there someday.
9.I don’t like Burger King but I love their chicken fries, but they taste better when I eat them with my roomie. Lol!
10.I like to write poetry and stuff. But I don’t really like to blog, I have a lot of ideas for blog, but rarely do them; that drives my roomie insane.
11.My best friend/sister in the whole wide world is NICOLE MICHELLE EDNEY! I love her, my “bro in-law” and niece/ God Daughter.
12.When I need to tell people important things I write them out better than trying to say them.
13.I work at the CBU Counseling Center (it will be 2 Years on the 7th) and I love it. I love all the people I work with. Ask me who my favorite is…I don’t have one I have 36 (That’s including some that left us).
14.I am double majoring, I am taking 20 units this semester, and I think I am going to do a dual masters…I know I am crazy. (Dr. Lewis and Dr. Stokes are my fav. professor.).
15.I’m a “touchy feely” person, but for some reason I don’t like to cuddle (sorry Liz). Part of my “touch feelyness” (I like making up words) is that I love hugging people, but its awkward when people that know that, tell people that don’t know me, and they want a hug.
16.I really do have the “gift” of empathy…it sucks sometimes.
17.I talk in my sleep, usually when I am tired.
18.I have had lots of dreams come true…not in life, the kind you have when you sleep.
19.I LOVE LOVE LOVE kids, and I cant wait to have my own. I once raised preemie twins for 4 months…actually a pretty sad story.
20.I love Tweety Bird and Mickey Mouse…I hate Mini.
21.I want to write a bucket list.
22.I am allergic to citrusy things or things with lots of acid and I’m also allergic codeine.
23.People like my cell message and most of them start talking to it because they think I answered.
24.I finally have a mentor…and she is absolutely amazing!!! =)
25.I absolutely LOVE CBU and I can’t imagine being anywhere else. This year is the best year ever, even though academically and time wise it sucks. It has to be the best otherwise I might/ might have dropped out.




Well, theres more about me than you ever probably wanted to know. If not...ask away and maybe I will answer.

13 Things I Learned/Came to Terms with On My Most Recent 439.73 Mile Drive

1.The grass really is greener on the other side.
So I am about 3 hours into my drive and look to the vast nothingness on my right and I see something. What? A massive line of cows walking on a path leading away from a field of not so green grass. Where are they going? Well, I drive for a few more miles and I notice a bunch of cows eating from a field of lush green grass, and what do you know the line of cows are not to far behind. I slow down a bit just to see what happens next. The line of cows stops smack in the middle of this lush green field and start eating.

2.Cows have leaders too.
So as you know many groups of animals have leaders. Well, did you know cows do too? I didn't. Well, expounding on the story in number 1 there was one cow in the front of the massive line leading the way. Every time he/she stopped they all stopped and when he/she MOOved they all MOOved. I wonder if he/she would have jumped of a bridge if they all would have. Lol!

3.No one, or at least yours truly, grows immune to the horrible smell of cow farms.
So I’m gonna stick with the cow topic for a minuet. I have driven this same drive at least 19 times since coming to CBU, each time surviving the smell of the many cow farms, even the “1 Million Cow Farm.” (Which really has 1 Million cows ask my roomies cousin). You would think that after smelling that at least 19 times I would be immune to it, or at least not so impacted by it. But if you did think that, you would be wrong. Every time I drive by the farms I still feel as though someone punched me in the nose with something retched. (It even smells worse then my coined phrase “…smells worse than a porter potty at the end of an all day fair in 100 degree weather”). If you have not yet smelled this smell, trust me you don’t want to; it is “pillow worthy”! (If you wanna know what that’s all about, you will have to ask).

4.The lyrics to Chris Tomlin’s The Way I Was Made come alive “dance like no one's around…sing like nobody's listening”
When I am in a car for as long as I am I get a little crazy. I ‘dance’ (Shh I'm Baptist), and ‘sing’ like a crazy woman. I am pretty sure that people in the cars next to me think that I am absolutely insane, and every time they see the “Report Drunk Drivers Call 911” sign they are tempted to call about me. But, guess what…I don’t care. I don’t know these people and I will probably never see them again. And who cares if I do, I have every right to act the way I do being locked in a car for 8+ hours with myself. Lol!

5.Human Interaction is all it is craked up to be.
Going along with number 4, I must admit I not only sing and dance…I talk to myself out loud. Yep! Not much more to say about that. Don’t be alarmed, once again I do have every right to do so and you should only be alarmed when I say that I talk to others…who are not really there. If you know what I mean. Lol

6.It is possible to think about absolutely nothing.
Have you ever tried to think about nothing? You know let your mind go completely blank? I’ve tried, usually when I am thinking about something I don’t want to. Well, I always thought it was impossible, well it not. I think its only when you are trying to do it that it doesn’t work. After driving for long period of time, much of which I spend thinking about a lot, I eventually stop thinking, usually right before I start to drift away and almost fall asleep.

7.The number hours of sleep you get, doesn’t always matter.
I rarely get ‘enough’ sleep, but I do always try to make it a priority to get as much sleep as I can before my long drive. Well, I’ve decided that it doesn’t really matter. Honestly! I’ve drive after 8, and I’ve driven after far less and I still almost fall asleep every time. The drive is just so boring and I can only talk to so many people (on the phone don’t worry-reference to number 5), and so many CD’s I can listen to.

8.Multitasking skills are stunted when driving, falling asleep, and speed are synonymous.
I am usually a pretty good multitasker, but when it comes to falling asleep and driving a fail. Once I start to go into sleepy mode I can no longer pay attention to the speed limit. I don’t usually speed, but in this case I do…bad. When I catch myself speeding I know its time to take precautions to stay awake.

9.Snacking can be really good for you.
Snacking on anything and everything is one thing that keeps me awake. I don’t know if it’s the energy I get from the food itself or the concentration and alertness it takes to eat it.

10.It takes me about 25 miles to eat a candy cane.
What, you might be thinking. Well, I’ve come to discover that suckers/lollipops are a great at keeping me awake. Well, I didn’t have any this trip, so I decided to try a candy cane instead. It worked and I just happened to look at the miles right before and after I ate it.

11.Miles left to travel is equal to a gift and/or death.
I always try not to look at how many miles I have left until I reach my destination, because it is usually really discouraging. But it is soooo hard not to look. Its like waiting to open a long awaited gift or for a death sentence. (I guess depending on where you are going... Or how long even because I know I can be excited about where I’m going but if the drive is really long and feels slow, its still waiting for death).

12.Arriving at the ½ way point leaves me rejuvenated and with the feeling of accomplishment.
I only stop once during my drive (if I can), because I want to get where I’m going asap. Since I only stop once I try to do it when I am ½ way done. Partly because that’s when I need to get gas, and I am ready to eat and go to the bathroom. But always because it’s a goal I know I can reach and when I do I feel so accomplished and rejuvenated.

And last, but certainly not least:

13.The sound of the wind coming through an open window on a freeway is my equivalent to the famous “fingernails on a chalkboard” not to mention it is painful.
The noise I speak of has bothered me since I was really little, but it was because I had really sensitive ears and the wind hurt. Well now I get so annoyed when I hear it. I guess you can say it is one of my pet peeves.

I learned/ came to terms with a lot more, but I am pretty sure this is enough for 1 blog. lol!