The Adventure Called Life Day 234...garage sale...

how odd is it, that as Americans we complain because we have so much "junk" in our lives, and yet we go to garage sales. hmmm. something seems rather odd to me about that...

Grandma had a garage sale today for Royal Family Kids' Camp. Because of the rain and poor advertisement, we only had about six customers. Regardless I had a pretty good day. I awoke at 8 am on the dot, got ready and left the house around 9 am with my mom to go to Grandma's house in South Lyon. We arrived and I took out the book I was reading, recounted my adventure with Zachariah on Wednesday for them, and finished the second book in the House with a Clock in its walls trilogy. I started the third before Grandpa and I went out to get a few things at the store for lunch. Grandma made tuna burgers, one of my favorites. Then after lunch I kept reading, and we had a few more customers. At about 2:30 Grandma decided to go get the signs. So when three o'clock rolled around we were almost packed up. Mom and I left around 3:30 pm.

Now I'm back at the house, and I just finished putting up the curtains I got out of Grandma's sale. They're really pretty. All flowery and such. I should take a picture and put it up in the post....hold on a minute...

There. I hope you can see it okay. I had the white curtains already, I just got the beige and flowery ones today. aren't they pretty. thanks to my macbook you can see them :)

well. I am going to start dinner, and then keep reading in the third book of the series that I started this afternoon.  after dinner I think i'll go outside again and enjoy the evening out there...you have a wonderful evening as well!

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The Adventure Called Life Day 186...an invitation...

so I thought it was just absurd for Mitchell to spend Easter dinner away from home, on campus and away from people. so i invited him to come with me to my Grandma's house.

in a few minutes I'll be meeting up with Eric and Zach. I'm not sure if Callie and Kyle are joining us, but that would be cool. We are meeting at Jcpennys! one of my favorite stores :) I am going to check out some skirts for Wellspring. Also, I just want this one skirt. I am making the excuse of it being Easter...lol...

anyway, I just wanted to say that I really want Mitchell to come to my Grandparent's with dinner, but I think he might just make the excuse of "having too much to do" and not come. I just don't know what to do anymore. I try to get to know him, but he's just not interested. oh well! time to go hang out with Eric and Zach! yay!

I'll be back at the arbor tonight for some sleep! then its off to Grandma's for dinner. I'll be back again at the latest monday night! wohoo for another busy break!

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The Adventure Called Life Day 184...lets take another break...

yes please. oh lets! take another break, that is!

its Officially Easter Break here at Spring Arbor University. well, actually im not on campus anymore. I am at home, sitting, okay, laying on my full size bed, surrounded by sweet smelling slightly damp laundry that's been hung by yours truly to dry. so now im going to watch an episode of Gossip Girl, fold laundry and then watch CSI at 10pm with my Dad. such a great day. I think im going to spend saturday with Eric and Zach. that should be awesome. tomorrow is Good Friday. I want to wake up at a decent hour, im thinking about seeing the sunrise, that would be cool. I can always take an afternoon nap. yay for break!

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The Adventure Called Life day 083...home is where the heart is...

Saturday, December 19, 2009

happy saturday! so after the good news of wellspring, my friday smoothed over into a lazy saturday :)

cleaned the house, then settled on my bed with a blanket, surrounded by pretty twinkling Christmas lights, I spent the afternoon diving into Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I love that book. I just love the series, but Order of the Phoenix is probably my favorite next to Half Blood Prince (book 6). Then I took a nap, and went out to dinner with the family.

nothing really happend, except from some well needed rest :)

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so i am at home. YAY :) super super thankful to be at home. I miss the arbor, already, but i'm still thanful to sleep in my own bed, in my own room, and spend time with my parents and my younger brother.

it was annual pie night at Brighton Assembly of God tonight. i love this night, the entire church comes together after the service with all their kids and relatives and we eat pie together with the staff. I love seeing our church come together like this, and celebrate, and be thankful. I met a girl named Sarah tonight. She is in college, i believe she is going to Schoolcraft in Livonia. She's twenty, but barely looks sixteen! She claimes people do that to her all the time, and that she'll probably be thankful for it when she's fourty :) anyway, Mom filled me in on the latest "news" of the familes of our church and i had a wonderful piece of pecan pie. so much to be thankful for. We are extremely blessed.

looking around at the people of my home congregation, I couldn't help but see people at River Tree Community. That place has truly stolen my heart. The people are so hungry, so happy to be there learning about God and each other. Its truly a beautiful thing and such an immense blessing in my life. Our band is quite good, and they have a desire to do well that as a worship arts major I couldn't ask for a better attitude. Its one thing to work with musicians who are talented and unmotivated, but its so much better to work with musicians who are growing and that want to work and desire to be the best that they can be. I believe that is all that God asks of us.

so here I am, at home *sigh* such a wonderful feeling. Thank you Lord. I am so blessed. tonight my brother let my cat inside around 10 o'clock, my Dad and I were finishing up NCIS: Los Angeles. I waited until the show was over to feed her, and of course she meowed for that entire ten minutes. I said aloud, "How many days have you been alive cat?" and my dad answered

"too many,"

and I laughed until I cried. if you know anything about my father's "relationship" with my cat, its not good at all. she is rather dumb and is an animal, and my Dad really has no patience for that. its really funny. you probably had to be there, but at least when i read this it will make me smile :)

well, i have a paper to write for music in ministry tomorrow. its all about Martin Luther. Should just be a dandy time. time for some sleep.

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Sunday November 1, 2009

Today I saw PARANORMAL ACTIVITY...beware of the ending. The entire movie, I was like "this isn't bad, I can handle this," then the end came and I thought I was going to be sick. I felt the same way when I saw Cloverfield. It was awful.

**spoiler alert** if you haven't seen the film, do not read...
so the entire movie i thought that Micah was a JERK and that Kate needed real help, not his practical jokes. I noticed that their "relationship" bits on camera started to dwindle as the demonic activity escalated. I wonder why the filmmaker did that. I guess because it is, after all, a film not a real life portrayal. I guess when I watch film, i really take an interest in the characters, not necessarily what is happening to them. The way Micah reacted and the way he treated Kate was just plain wrong. anyway, in the end THE DEMON WINS! The last "night" on the tape is very creepy and disturbing. Kate gets out of bed at like 2am and stands and stares at Micah sleeping in the bed. Then after a few minutes the sheet on Micah is pulled off by some unseen force. Then Kate goes down stairs. After some moments of silence Kate starts screaming, like she's woken up again or something. Micah leaps out of bed and runs downstairs. Suddenly the screaming gets a whole lot worse. Then SILENCE. Then it sounds like something very big is coming up the stairs. I'm now convinced she was dragging him up the stairs. Then out of the black door way comes Micah thrown across the room at the camera. Kate comes in next, blood all down the front of her shirt. Then she kneels down at Micah and sniffs or licks him. Then she looks at the camera, and smiles this terrible, awful smile and it goes black. Then the screen informs us that Micah was found by the police, and Kate was never found. THE END. i was so ANGRY, UPSET and mostly just sick to my stomach. it was awful.
 **spoiler done**

anyway, I never watch horror films, and this is really why. I can't seem to separate being scared silly with reality I guess. Especially when things like Demonic possession really happen to people...

well its time for bed. pray i don't have any nightmares.

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