Back In Action...

So lets see if I can get back to this a little more often.

It is almost Christmas... dang, it is almost 2009!

It has been quite the year.

So I hope you all get what is on your Christmas list... but more importantly you enjoy your last days in 2008.

Passion Of An Artist's Heart

Quotes, quotes, & quotes...

I love quotes...

you know the ones that make you think

or that just strike you right and you so easily can relate to.

I also love it when you try to remember one that you use to love or that you heard one time and you just can't find the right words for but you still make the point known.

   I enjoy the fact that one person can say a line and then be remembered for it. 

Whether good or bad... 

then only to be taken and formed to fit another's situation and need for it.   

  A simple line...

that may have been said in jest...   

or in a jut wrenching moment...

or to dig deeper in to the thoughts in your head.   

  A simple line... that you may never know what brought it on... why it was said... what its original purpose was for... other than what it now means to you. 

The point was clear, but do we see it?

We're even...

While in Point I decided to catch up to Bla with holes...


Great shots.

Okay, I'll update.

Not sure what to write...

I've been working like crazy at Minsky's and getting to know my co-workers. Good times. Great stories not going to put on here! ;)

Going to a Chiefs game tomorrow with my cuz and some people from church... going to the Chiefs-Broncos game in September with a guy from work. I love my Broncos!

Poker on Monday after work with some co-workers.

Diggity is coming next weekend!!! Yeah!!!

Basically, if you want to be updated... you can call me! Ha! It is just easier that way!

I mainly just like posting pics.

One of my new babies! :)

I'm pimpin a Cadi these days!

Fam came to Kansas!

Happy 80th Poppy!

Shelly Belly & me rockin our sweet new hats! 
I scared Bubby! ha!

Chelc & me!

Jordy loves me!
See... he really does! ;)
Darin & me... I stole his sunglasses, I like them! 
Bubby Diddles gettin kisses... ha!
My Daddy & me...

If everything looks black, we probably have our eyes shut.

A better place...

With the Finch's! :)
This Bunny has quite the story... saved it from evil D. at Cass ranch with Kaffrin. We saved 3... Kaffrin decides to kill hers by leaving it in a box, outside a school on a Friday night, in the middle of winter. Crazy girl. Can't forget Davina's... fed it the wrong type of lettuce or something, sadly it died. BUT mine is a healthy one! Her name is Bunny Bon Jovi aka Bones. With my moving and all, I had to find her a good home and I did just that. :)

Saying goodbye...

Proof!

I do wear dresses...

I love the sky...

Header!

We paused to take pretty pictures during our open house marathon.

If you want to see pics... please be very patient.

Thank you.

Just an update...

I'm in Kansas...

most likely missing you.

How does a girl dive head first into a rabbit hole and not come out changed? The truth is, she doesn't.

Graffiti!

I made those on facebook graffiti on Lindsay's wall. HAHA. Wasting my precious sleeping time on it.

Perspective

One thing is certain, change is inevitably! People change, jobs change, styles change, even seasons change. God has designed us to need change, but so many people fight it... I know I do. I tend to hold on to the old because it's familiar. It's what I'm use to, it's comfortable. If we're not careful, we'll get stuck in a rut, to the point where we are not growing, we're not stretching, not using the potential on the inside. That's one reason God sends change. He won't allow us to stay stuck and sometimes the very thing we fight against, the things we think are trying to pull us down, is actually the hand of God trying to push us into a new season. He will stir us out of comfortable situations and put us in situations that'll make us stretch, that force us to use faith. We may not like it, it may be uncomfortable, but God loves us too much to just leave us alone.
God can open doors and just as easily close them. Nothing happens by accident. God is directing every one of your steps. So if a friend does you wrong, if you go through a set back, if you lose a loved one, you can either embrace that change and God will use it to take you higher or you can resist it and just settle for mediocrity. We have to stay open for change! I don't want to approach change from a negative view to where I’m automatically thinking it's going to end up bad. It may be negative on the surface but I don't think God would allow it, if He didn't have a purpose for it. He's going to use it to stretch me and somehow push me to a new level. It seems that what may be a perfectly fine situation for years, all of the sudden you notice a stirring taking place. It feels like every day is an up hill battle, it's easy to get negative and bitter, and wonder "God, why is this happening?" That's a sign transition is coming. I'm trying to just stay open and know that God is still in control, that He is opening up a new door to take me to a higher level. Yeah, I still try to resist it, holding on to things that God has been done with for years. Sometimes it may be a relationship that deep down I know isn't good for me. I know they are keeping me from being my best. But I still hold on to them.
One thing I tend to fear when you change, you may end up losing a few friends, then your worried your going to be lonely, so you just don't want to rock the boat. That's why sometimes God will turn the boat over. Sometimes God will force you to move forward, not because He's mean, not because He's trying to make your life miserable, but because He has such a great desire to see you reach your full potential... He may cause a friend to walk away, He'll stir things up and maybe even allow a friend to do you wrong, because He knows that if He doesn't close that door, we would never move ahead. Thirty years later that friend would still be dragging us down, keeping us from our destiny. If He doesn't shut certain doors, we'd be satisfied to just where we are forever. Sometime that's why the reason God closes a door is so we can't go back. You won't reach your full potential if you stay in your limited environment. So I try not be discouraged by the people that leave my life... it sometimes may feel like it's the end but really it is only the beginning. God would not have stirred it up if He didn't have something better in store. So it’s like, you may think that they were doing you wrong, when really they were doing you a favor! Just wave goodbye, never look back and just keep moving forward.
Don't hold onto the old even though it may seem like it's human nature to always go back to it. When a season is over, you have to learn to accept it and embrace the new. What was good in the past, was right for the past, it was right for that time. We can't try to hold onto something that was right at one time but is not right at this moment! Where something starts, isn't always where it finishes. I need to quit dwelling on the past or sometimes how good it use to be. It's a new day. It’s time to accept where I am right now and learn to embrace change! Not play it safe. Step out of my comfort zone! Figure out what God is trying to do in my life and not be stubborn. Not be discourage by what didn't work out. Take a step of faith! I have new victories in front of me... new mountains to climb. God's may be trying to stir me out of my nest. As I begin to take these steps of faith, I believe I’m going to discover I have gifts and talents I never knew I had. Do things I never thought I could do! Mainly because God's dream for my life is so much bigger than my own. Time to dust myself off and get ready for the new things that are about to happen. Try something new. Stay hopeful.

"The winds I thought would destroy me, are going to be the winds that take me higher."

rEVOLution:

a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving.

I find myself intrigued by this word.

Walk By Faith, Not By Sight...

"As You take steps of faith, depending on Me, I will show you how much I can do for you. If you live your life too safely, you will never know the thrill of seeing Me work through you. When I gave you My Spirit, I empowered you to live beyond your natural ability and strength. That's why it is so wrong to measure your energy level against the challenges ahead of you. The issue is not your strength but Mine, which is limitless. By walking close to Me you can accomplish My purposes in My strength."

"Trust keeps you close to Me, responsive to My will. Trust is not a natural response, especially for those who have been wounded."

"The more difficult your day, the more I yearn to help you. Anxiety wraps you up in yourself, trapping you in your own thoughts."

"I want you to realize how utterly secure you are! Even if you falter as you journey through life, I will never let go of your hand."

Continually ringing in my mind...
The next step is close. As afraid of it I may be, I can't let fear hold me back.
I just pray I make the right choice/s.

Barely hanging on...

3 definitions for uncomfortable (adj.):
-Experiencing physical discomfort.
-Ill at ease; uneasy.
-Causing anxiety; disquieting.

http://www.timmygibson.com

Just Do It. Thanks, Soul Sista.

Oh, sweet blogger...

I have one question...

How are you spending your time?

...It's crazy, you may never know if your using it to the fullest potential. Although, you should.
I'm working on that. Finishing what I started(FINALLY) and starting what I should have a long time ago. Life goes by so fast. How are you spending your time?

I had a good push to get me where I'm at... for that I am thankful.

Writings on the wall...

Put on the wall of a school a year or so ago...

After scrubbing and painting... the crew and I come across these magnet words. Of course most of the things we wrote didn't make sense but I really enjoyed this one.

So here's to memories and time lost.

I'll be there...

So I decided to listen to my old Now 6 cd(aren't they on 20 something now?)... Well I forgot how much I love Incubus - Drive...
It's a good song.

Sometimes I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I cant help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before, it seems to have a vague
Haunting mass appeal
Lately I'm beginning to find that I should be the one behind the wheel
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, I'll be there
So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive, oh oh
It's driven me before, it seems to be the way
That everyone else get around
Lately, I'm beginning to find that when I drive myself, my light is found
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine
Hold the wheel and drive

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, I'll be there

*I could be wrong...

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude, he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who takes risks is free.

LOVE this picture...

So I went to the KU game with my brothers and Shelly, my brother's girlfriend. It was really fun! We waited outside in the cold for about a hour and a half and then rushed to get good seat since it is first come first serve. THEN waited another hour and a half or so for the game to start. Well here's a little situation we ran into... it's about a half hour before the game starts so Jordan and I decide to go to the bathroom before and then check out the concessions. We were probably gone like 10 minutes and I'm walking back to my seat when I see Branton and Shelly arguing with one of the usher type guys... I'm walking up slowly because I'm thinking a fight broke out or something so I'm like great!! Turns out the guy was trying to give our seats away. Everyone around that we had been talking to for over an hour that were sitting around us were yelling at the guy too. Branton yells at me "GET OVER HERE!" Finally the guy backed down. They started filling in seats from the front to back with people who were showing up late. Where were they we we were standing out side freezing?! Some guy in a power suit thinks he can walk in last minute and have his spot handed to him on a silver platter!? I was so annoyed. HA. Besides that little incident, the game was amazing. KU kicked Iowa State's butt! :)

Finally I'm posting this...

This is when I was in Kansas City last month... I wrote about it a couple posts down. It really gets me fired up!!!

Thank you Bla Bla...

That's what's up...

It's my birthday.

...Another day, just like any other day.

Here's to 2008...