Amazing Shampoo

Omg guys! I have just found the best shampoo ever! The Loreal Paris Ultimate Straight. It is just what I needed for my gross dried out hair! Try it and you won't regret it! I was given it as a free sample to try.

Happy New Years!

Wow it's 2014. That is crazy, 10 years ago in 2004 I graduated high school. That 10 year number is pretty scary to me. At least the nice thing is that I do feel like I've accomplished a lot in my 10 years and the only thing I think I truly regret is not studying abroad one semester in college. If this was my 5 year post from 2004, I would probably say I regret not staying in contact with some people. I now know that some people just go in and out of your life, it's not a bad thing it just happens. I just am someone who would prefer 4 quarters over 100 pennies.

Something that has changed a lot from high school is that I haven't been reading as much, mainly because I treated my high school as one big blow off class...which it was super easy. Due to this in 2012 I made a resolution to read 30 books that year and I did. In 2013, I read 33. So in 2014 I think I'm going to try for 34 books. So that is my loose resolution and my super serious ones are to eat more cheese and watch more Netflix. :)

So the first book I read was Half the Church by Carolyn Custis James. It was  good and I ended up just staying up all night to finish it. I love the viewpoint she held about who women are in the sight of God, we are ezar- warrior, strength. I also enjoyed that she talked about women with the global mindset, not just it's all about sad poor white women in the suburbs, which is something I  run into when reading other books from Christian women. I did think some of her random encouragement was eye-rolling, I enjoyed how she dived in and told Ruth and Naomi's story. One thing I found really odd and distracting was how much she talked and most likely based this book off another book she read: Half the Sky. I haven't read this, so maybe I'll put it on my list. With that I will leave you with 2 of my favorite quotes from the book:

"Instead of addressing the wide range of questions and situations women are facing today, we focus mainly on marriage and motherhood, and that within a two-parent, single-income family."

 "A message that points to the marriage alter as the starting gate of God's calling for women leaves us with nothing to tell them except that God's purpose for then is not here and now, but somewhere down the road"

**rereading my summary makes me realize I suck at summarizing books, hah. It's ok, I'll know what I mean. ** 

In other news tomorrow I'm going to this restaurant for: Drag Yourself to Brunch  Which is brunch and a drag show, it should be hilariously amazing.

My Stove Top Burners

 So this will be a post, only because it has been so long. I suppose I got busy and distracted with the day to day life. I have missed blogging, mainly because it was fun to post random stuff and have my three friends who read my blog text me with responses. That I do really miss. Something weird has happen to me this school year. I have found myself not being so good with keeping in touch with people I love. I’m not really sure how, why, or when it happened. It just seemed to happen. Even my own grandmother I talk to less…. This summer was very stressful with taking so much grad classes and the rush to finish and graduate by the end of this year. Yet, I felt like I was a better friend then. So, who knows what it was.

                This summer King and I drove to Florida again. What can I say? I am a sucker for an almost free vacation. While driving we listened to the new David Sedaris book, Let’s Talk about Diabetes with Owls. Something he talked about has really haunted me since hearing it, yes there is a connection. He said our lives all boil down to a four burner stove top. One burner is for friends and family, one for our career, one for our health, and one for love… He said (much more elegantly than I) that often while we are tending to what’s on one burner we neglect what’s cooking on the others. Thus inferring that while one part of our life is tended to by us the other suffers.

This seriously has haunted me for months and months. Every choice I made I would secretly in my head analyze which burner would suffer for that choice or that apathy. This weekend, as I was bed ridden with a cold and the flu, I thought about all of my choices that have made my health burner go cold.  God gave me such peace in my cold medicine stupor by telling me I was being dumb, ha. (Yes, God talks to me how I talk to him). He just gave me such confidence that I don’t need to worry because yes while maybe my focus is more on one burner he has his hands and eyes watching the other three for me. (I know might picture God as a three armed, three eyed person though :/).

On an unrelated note, this is one of the reasons I love reading books by *gasp* non-Christians who *gasp* have totally different worldviews than me. In the end God has a way of strengthening my faith through them.

I have less than 20 days to finish my master’s thesis. It is practically the size of a book. I have a lot more work to do. So, if you see me walking around like a zombie or crying over a dog sleeping, you know now why. Knowledge is power!

I have also very lately into my 27^th year of life, started a 27 things to do during my 27^th year. I will share them later and hopefully share my success. Some of them are scary (for me), so there is a 62% chance I will chicken out.

somedays

some days I say to my self, "self you are mess." and this is accurate 97% of the time.

whoa

I don’t know what I watched but I like it

True Stuff

My life motto I try to live out! :)

poetry

Sometimes I really get into poetry. And when it's this good who can blame me?

duh people

i don't see why people complain about having muffin tops when its clearly the superior part of the muffin

psh.

I hate the phrase “boys will be boys” and I think it should be replaced with “bad parenting results in assholes”

new year

Well it's 2013. I've been sick the past few days, but I am really happy 2012 is finished. This year I just want to show more love. If I can accomplish that I will have a good year.