tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43702762721802458992024-03-05T02:05:09.403-08:00A Pensieve Of SortsRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-14137379807054359792017-12-21T20:31:00.001-08:002017-12-21T20:31:09.370-08:00Untitled 001So, to put it lightly, it has been a while. I looked back to see where we left off, and it was over three years ago!<br />
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I did write posts since then, I just never posted them. Some because they didn't turn out the way I thought or I was waiting to get photos off my computer. The underlying reason why sharing didn't happen was because I was in a state of change that I simply didn't feel was settling enough for me to make sense of it, let alone put it into words for someone else to see.<br />
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Quick synopsis: I moved out, I chose my major (Global Studies), I stated dating a man named Patrick, I saw Fall Out Boy, transferred to university, moved again, went to France, and as of 4 days ago, have graduated from that said university.<br />
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I also got into a lot of shows and scrap booking. Soft side note.<br />
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So what brought me here was a conglomeration of things. Having this milestone accomplished has made me realize, oh shit, I need to do something different don't I? It may not seem like it but in the last three years, not too much has changed. I still teach at the preschool, I still wake up at 7 am every morning (even weekends), and despite how confident I was about being a librarian, I still do not know what my "career" will be. I actually need to quit putting career in quotation marks. This weekend I saw that the ideas of internships, professional development, and news paths are not hypothetical. I have a bachelor of arts degree and it is practical for people to use the information they have to better themselves and those around them. Especially the information and experiences that you paid for.<br />
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But when we left off, I was just starting to live out of my parental home, but also taking up the burden of living costs and university costs. This "oh shit" moment resulted in a cheetah-like strategy of saving as much as I could so I could pay my tuition in full, which I did for five semesters. I took extra shifts, I watched children, houses, and fur babies. I even added cleaning houses to my repertoire, which I still love with my cleaning/organizing brain. <br />
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But as I graduated, I realized a couple things. I didn't have a lot of new friends like so many of my peers. Which is fine, but sometimes offsetting. I was stressed out about what I still needed to do on my to-do list, when I had taken the day off to celebrate with my family and friends. I realized that I stepped out of my comfort zone in tiny gekko steps when others were frogs leaping from puddle to puddle. I wish I could jump in puddles with no fear of getting wet.<br />
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I hope this isn't coming off as whiny or selfish. I just want to be honest. And I know that in social media, I am always trying to put a positive spin on my life. Show the good parts, tell the funny stories, express my opinions in a way that people would be proud of me. But on the other side of that screen, I am troubled, friends. I feel lost. Even though I have succeeded in a lot of things and leveled up my adulting game, I know I have overlooked a lot, like not making more meaningful connections when I had the chance, or working more for now rather than investing in opportunities that meant so much to me.<br />
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I don't know if it's the vast directions one can go at 22, the imposing decisions I will need to make, or if I've just been discontent for a long time. Maybe all the above. But all I know is my soul needs something more. And I can't find that in anything but me.<br />
<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-67371675454783802382014-08-02T22:32:00.000-07:002014-08-02T22:32:09.468-07:00The Panic! At The Road Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello! I am ready to share some events with you because I actually had the opportunity to do some cool things. I have been looking forward to this for quite some time. I went on a road trip with Katie, Kelly, and Erin. The purpose was to see Panic! At The Disco, 21 Pilots, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Walk the Moon. We just had to drive a few hours to reach the city; it went quite fast. We ate a picnic lunch at a a sculpture park. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We chilled in the hotel room by watching the end of Gravity and getting cleaned up for the concert. I didn't take that many pictures or video because I didn't have the best view and I also was dancing. I really enjoyed the whole concert and all of the performances. Twenty One Pilots really blew me away! Tyler Joseph has this amazing voice the includes rapping, singing and a bit of screaming. It was seamless and something I could never experience again until I see him live again. And Brendon Urie just made me happy. He is seriously gorgeous and his voice is even more so. If you follow me on Pinterest, I am sorry for the spamming of him (But not really...;)</span></td></tr>
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We slept in a bit and enjoyed our breakfast before heading out to explore. Our first stop was this amazing greenhouse. It cost just a dollar to get in and we had the place to ourselves the whole time.:)</div>
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We then ventured to the art museum.<br />
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We then grabbed some pizza and began our trek home.</div>
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So. That concludes that most jam packed yet relaxing weekend. This was quite a lot for two days but it was so enjoyable. I had never been on such an extensive road trip on my own with three amigas. It was empowering, us all working together, navigating and planning this all out. I am happy I went with these peeps! The live music also just re-energized my spirit. I cannot stop listening to Panic and twenty one pilots, but it sucks because it cannot compare to how true they sounded that night.</div>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-74152764231074650862014-07-10T19:34:00.002-07:002014-07-10T19:34:09.705-07:00Happy Four Years....I suck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sup. The video kinda explains most of it. I have been blogging for four years and after the crazy of this weekend passes, I will delve into details and funny stories after. My grandparents are coming, working from 7:15-6, online classwork, I gotsa put that first. For now. I hope you all are well, please let me know if you have any updates in the comments or even email me at ms.rebeccamarie@gmail.com because I really have missed the cool pen-pal-like friendships with you!<br />
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<a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2010/07/hello.html">First</a><br />
<a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-healthy-goals-harry-potter-coming.html">Second</a><br />
<a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-years-ago-this-all-began-time.html">Third</a><br />
<a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2013/07/three-years-time-capsule.html">Fourth</a><br />
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.No song, but headphones on.<br />
The Day:<br />
.woke up around 6:30, work at 7:15 one of my kids put on her blanket and said "I'm a burrito"<br />
.worked with my twos until I went on the field trip to help with the older kids, swimming! High board, twice.;)<br />
.went back to twos, worked until 6. Came home to a package of early birthday presents for certain peeps...<br />
.Home. Attic shopped. Found handcuffs. Came down to write this blog.<br />
. Same height, though hair is longer! 2 feet from root to tip.:)<br />
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Peace out-girl (or boy) scouts!<br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-12423763022081640522014-02-14T22:13:00.003-08:002014-02-14T22:13:57.253-08:00L.O.V.E. & some awkward valentines just for you.<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am blogging angrily. I am angrily blogging. And I am okay with that. Because this isn't a place to look perfect like it used to be. I am human and humans get mad. And I am. I am going to input those funny awkward valentines through out this post to keep you interested because what I I am saying are my true thoughts. You may find them wrong or a yawn, but that is okay. You will like the Valentines. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, Valentine's Day. Day of Love. That Cupid episode of supernatural, you feel? It is absolute stupidity. At least for most people. Most people throw the word love around like it is money and they are making it rain. Gazillions of roses and chocolate treats are given to women like nobodies biz. People invest time and money into other people that they either really love or just want to make them happy so they can get what they want. I have seen endless posts all over of people extending romantic gestures today. Sappy words all describing their boyfriends as always making them smile, laugh and for treating them better than anyone else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They all have said the. exact. same. thing. If you really love them, don't you think it would be something bigger than cliches and reused phrases? And if you do, do you really need to express that love to all your followers on whatever social media you are sharing your valentine's loveliness? And if you really love them, don't you think they might want something other than what everyone else typically gets on this day? Honestly, I'd rather have a thoughtful gift carefully selected from my "Fangirl Essentials" board than flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not in love or "in love", meaning artificially disintegrating into a sticky end. Some in relationships are there just so they aren't alone with themselves. I always hated that song lyric that goes like, "I will love you until you learn to love yourself." I thought, how wrong is that?! Why do you think your affections can change how they view themselves, make them love themselves because of your love? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now I hear something new, just as I read that last sentence. Isn't this similar in a way to the message of Christ?(I don't think that was Ne-Yo's intention, but whatever.) Doesn't he seek out those who see themselves as unworthy of love or anything? I am imperfect and I will never be okay with all my mistakes and stupid things I have said and done. I should hate myself for so many reasons. But I don't. Because Christ chose to love me despite all of that. And it is his love that encourages me to make the right choice, to choose love. I choose love of Him, love of all, and love of me, not matter how much I suck. I have no control over past, but the present and future belong to me, and I chose to give that to God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's<span style="color: #666666;"> lighten</span> this post up, shall we?How about a list...:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Just to ease my mother's worries of me being lonely. (*cough* Mrs.Bennet *cough*)</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. To get back at or show anyone "I can do better" None of us are better than any other human; we all have the choice to do incredible bad or incredible good.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. Frankly, I have other goals that require more time and energy; preparing to graduate fro college with no debt or loans, work on this whole responsible adult thing, oh; and figuring out what degree I should graduate with. That might be a good idea.;)</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. If I cannot be okay with going to a party, movie, shopping, or out to eat by myself, then I would always feel like I cannot be on my own or that I am not worth even doing anything. I simply cannot do that. Not because I am vain and value myself, but because the greatest guy ever tells me I'm good enough.Plus if I cannot make my own fun, how could I ever be help someone else have fun?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "And seeing as out Father made me, he knows what he is talking about. "<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">One of the greatest evidences <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">of God’s love to those that love<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </strong></span>him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them."</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">~ John Wesley</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span>That is the love I desire and this is the love that this world is so desperately in need of. Unconditional love with no strings, and not just with empathy for our stuff in life, but grace and peace to encourage us forward. It is the love that is constantly overshadowed by puppy love.<br />
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I'm not saying I haven't had that puppy love before and won't again. I just desire to love as Christ did. It may take me a few times to get it right, and that is okay! Not just with a boyfriend or whatever. Everyone deserves Christ's love and if I can be a vessel of that, all I have to do is say yes.<br />
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I apologize for this random spouting of Valentine's Day love thoughts. I just had some thoughts and they needed to get out. I hope you are happy with your special someone, weather that is your best friend, boyfriend, or yo awesome self. You are definitely worth being loved greatly, you already are!<br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-50966929918557295252013-12-30T08:19:00.001-08:002013-12-30T08:19:46.554-08:00Priorities. You are definitely one.Howdy! Well, finals is over! So is most of December...man.<br />
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I always make huge, general resolutions, like <a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2012/12/road-trip-tips-and-this-next-year.html">last year</a>. Whenever I write out that I<i> have</i> to do something, even if it is a good thing, I tend to not want to do it. It is not likely that I will pray and always have God on my mind and in my heart constantly this next year. I know I will not have enough time to do yoga every single morning.<br />
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This year, I want to prioritize more than anything else. I want to put priority on taking care of myself, my grades, learning more of God, and putting those things in the correct order. I have realized that I am 18, a grown woman, and I still act like a child when it comes to my impulsive prioritizing skills. I am coming up with a game plan to take care of myself without mommy or daddy spotting me.<br />
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<li><b>Commune with God each day.</b> Whether it is blasting "Oceans" on the way home, praying for peace in stressful parts of the day, or reading my bible reading plan on my phone.</li>
<li><b>Take care of my body.</b> No more emotional or stress eating!!! I get so carried away with that and it needs to end. I worked out specific times to work out within my schedule for the semester intentionally, so <i>no excuses!!!</i> Also, treat myself to painting my nails and pampering myself once in a while.</li>
<li><b>Plan and actually follow through.</b> Start save for moving out costs. Research careers. See my friends more that every two months. Don't bail on social/college ministry events just because. Blog more than once a month!</li>
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So yeah! That basically covers it! I know I will fail sometimes, but attempting to keep with it each time is what will improve me.<br />
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I hope you all are having a great break/ Christmas. Mine isn't so grand so I'm at the Library to get some balance. My hermitting was getting to me.;) I had fun with work parties, seeing old friends back from college, Secret Santa, and a photo gig. Finals weren't terrible, we had a bunch of ice days so lots of time! My psych grade wasn't what I desired, so I will just have to be a beast at it in another psych class.;)<br />
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Here are some random pictures, yay!<br />
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-6643184270529949342013-11-24T13:21:00.000-08:002013-11-24T13:21:03.784-08:00I am going.As I am typing this, I am sitting right next to the biography section of my favorite library in my town. I have been thinking a lot of what people will think of when I'm gone. Will I have spent my life playing it safe, or will I have been doing what I and God decided to do with this slice of time I've got here?<br />
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I have realized just how comfortable I am here. Same town, same house, same friends for <i>years.</i> I've become so comfortable I have started to suffocate with tradition, familiarity, and pre-conceived notions from myself and those close to me of how my life is supposed to turn. And for once, I am sick of it.<br />
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<i>I don't want to stay in this town just to make me or my family comfortable. I want to go where God wants to make me so uncomfortable that the only thing familiar in a place of new faces, new rules, and new responsibilities, is Him.</i><br />
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It is ridiculous to stay just because it is easy. Even though I planned to going out of town after community college, I am getting comfortable again and was reconsidering staying. Weather that happens or not, I want to intentionally move away, see the far corners of the earth, or even just a dusty town one state away.<br />
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Living with intention, on my terms is my new goal. If I want it and it falls in line with God's word, is there any reason not? No.<br />
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So I am going, not sure where or why, but it is certain. And I will still be here, reading your words and being with you guys every step of the way.<br />
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p.s. The best part of going is that I am not going away from you guys. We might even be closer!:D Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-76272429072859743882013-09-15T19:59:00.000-07:002013-09-15T19:59:41.754-07:00New things.Hello! So lots of new things have been going on.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">#1- I teach two-year olds.</span> I taught 3rd grade this summer, so this was a strange transition for me. I really love now! I change diapers, pat and rub little backs to sleep, help them up the playground equipment, wash glitter/paint off every inch of their bodies, and read to, laugh with, and kiss em. They are precious and I will leave it to your imagination how cute and smart they are.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">#2- I started classes at my local community college.</span> </span>I really love it as well, but at the beginning I had some major freak-outs. I am taking 13 hours just to start out and will take 16 next semester. All my teachers are grand, but I will be changing the timing of my classes now that my work schedule is set in place.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">#3- I have narrowed my major possibilities to four majors.</span> </span>Social work, psychology, library science, youth ministry, and English. I really want to look into school to transfer to and for that I need to declare something. I just want to choose what ever God is calling me to. I know He will bring me where He wants me to be in His time.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">#4-I miss my friends.</span> Not just the ones that left town, but those that I don't see anymore because our schedules are so busy. Luckily, I watched The Fellowship of The Ring with Drew and caught up. I really missed him and now I'm on my way to understanding all the LOTR references.:) I really really REALLY miss my amigos, like Hailey, Bethany and Erin, :''( I also miss my youth friend that are still in middle and high school. :''(<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">#5-I got a major electronics upgrade.</span> I have a smart phone, which equals Instagram!! (msrebeccamarie) I love being able to use Google Maps instead of getting painfully lost.:) I also got a Dell laptop and it is the love of my life, like my current desktop!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e69138;">#6-Chuck Bartowski is my favorite.</span> </span>He is the new "You-must-this-nerdy-and-adorable" level for me to marry you. The best part of him is that he is literally Zachary Levi. <3 a="" been="" chuck="" classic="" good="" i="" p="" show.:="" some="" spy="" such="" ve="" watching=""><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">#7- I ordered the perfect comforter.</span> It is perfect and will be here on Thursday hopefully!<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">#8-Even though this all sounds good on here,<i> I am struggling with finding my place.</i></span> If you are a prayer, a prayer for me would really be wonderful. I am struggling with future decisions, living semi-independently, and my relationship with God. A lot is uncetain and my faith is not what it used to be. I need to be reminded that God is always the same, not matter my circumstances.<br />
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I hope you all are well! I am working on catching up and commenting on all your blogs and I <b>will</b>!!!:) Have a great Monday tomorrow guys!</3>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-68158708482715358472013-09-11T20:13:00.001-07:002013-09-11T20:13:20.972-07:00Rebecca Here, with a Video Update from Her Local Library *ooohh awww, technology, shinyy* Ello, please forgive me for the general blogger "I have been busy" sin...<br />
Just kidding about the sin part.;)<br />
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An update of college, work, new electronics, and life. Will try and write some this weekend for you. If you are still reading after all this time, thank you from the bottom of my hearts!<br />
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Please excuse the awkward you just saw! And tun up your volume, I was in the library.:)Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-70237090188056488232013-07-10T20:04:00.001-07:002013-07-10T20:04:05.277-07:00Three years. {TIME CAPSULE}<a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-years-ago-this-all-began-time.html">Ta da!</a> That post was exactly one year ago! Man, it was so cool to look back at that. So much has changed in one year.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Hmm, my dream is not really becoming a photographer anymore. I always will be one but I don't believe it is my calling. I took two of my friends' senior pictures but I haven't done much else semi-amateur photog-wise. mostly because I have no room to store the photos I take. silly laptop.:'(</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Home life is a lot better. My dad has a steady job and my mom is still working where she has for years. I am working almost 40 hours as a third grade teacher/counselor at my church's day camp. I have grown more tolerant and loving of my brother and we fight a lot less now. He has also improved in tolerating things out of his control as well. I am helping my parents by being more responsible and it feels good.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">High school is over. I graduated and now going from senior to freshman. I will be attending my local community college for free for two years. About half of my friends are going out of town for school and I look foreword to sending them lots of letters and care packages and developing new friendships and growing up with my friends staying in town. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>.I am currently listening to my Happy Songs playlist on Grooveshark. The song is "Once Upon A Dream" from Sleeping Beauty.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">.I woke up at 6:00 but didn't get out of bed until 7 because it was raining.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">. I got caught up in watching some DVDs such as LOST season 3, but read the reading from Jesus Calling from Julie & Wes for July 10th</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">. I went to work and we watched Rio. I had my break during the movie and was offered some of our janitor David's birthday cake. I love our church family.:)</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">. A feather came out of a girl named Raigen's headband and we started blowing it up in the air and giggling like crazy trying to keep it up. I felt purely joyful in that moment. My baseball pitching strut made Gabe smile, which is rare.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">. I left my lights on and my battery was dead. Mom picked me up and we dropped by the library, Walmart, and got a pizza. I got Ugly Betty Season 4.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">.Dad taught me how to jump start the Jeep and we came home.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">. Friday I have work off and plans to go with my friend Melissa and some other friends from youth to go to the lake for a day and I am very excited.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">. I am the same height as my 17 year-old mark on my door frame.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Currently, I am just getting my associate of arts (Gen Eds) and I plan on exploring child care specialties and anything involving caring and loving on others as God has called me to. Still praying for God to reveal the details in His time and for patience in my heart and worry-filled mind. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">The Pictures will come when I have room or a new laptop to store them on. Keep the suggestions rolling! Thank you Anonymously Me, I won't get an HP.;)</span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-28625794872169554492013-07-06T18:49:00.000-07:002013-07-06T18:49:07.912-07:00Amazing Realizations I've Had Over The Past 46 Days.<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">1. God does answer prayers, especially in ways <b>truly</b> more wonderful than anything you could have hoped for.And the timing,<i> always</i> beautiful and perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">2. Working 40 hour weeks is <b>hard.</b> But that is the cost of being an adult & feeling independent and millions of people do it everyday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3. I don't think my calling is with young children. Middle school maybe. Waiting on God for this one...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">4. Sleeping for 14 hours is a great idea!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">5. It is funny how you can spend a week outdoors and the first thing you want to do in the morning is go out on your bike.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">6. Not everything that is lost or broken has to be lost or broken forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">7. Sometimes you just want to kiss people on the cheek because they are so wonderful and precious to your heart. And if they are cool with it, it's okay to carry that out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">8. Watching the BBC version of the Great Gatsby might help you feel less/more lonely.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">9. I haven't done yoga for 7 weeks and it is awful.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">10. I want to be the Betty Suarez of my workplace.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">11. British flag bikinis are kind of perfection.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">12. Carry rain gear everywhere, even when you are positive it won't rain; it is a very good idea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, it has been crazy and a crazy long time since an update. Here's what it's been like,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Week 2: Vacation Bible School and work afterwards</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Week 3: Work, work, work!</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Week 4: Camp as middle school counselor</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Week 5: Work for two days, then 3rd/4th grade counselor for rest of week</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Week 6: Back to work, the 4th, and work!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't even have all the Choir Tour pictures and videos uploaded yet. My laptop get full so quickly! Though I haven't been on top organization (or blogging), I have been keeping a mean budget, saving for Harry Potter World, College, and for a new....drumrolllllll............ LAPTOP!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I don't know what kind to get, but I'd prefer something that has more than 73 GB of hard drive space, and would be great to take to college with me. Oh, and below $500 would be sweet too. Tell me all about your favorite laptop, weather it is yours for realz or just the best you've seen. Because I have no idea of what to get.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just beautified my room majorly in the last two days, so I am ready to start doing yoga, enjoying TV shows fully, and writing graduation thank-yous and letters! I saw Drew before going to camp the second time. 5 weeks without seeing one of your best friends is rough. He looked half a foot taller and so different!</span><br />
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<a href="https://vine.co/v/hu3Uh5jEOZm"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying to teach Austin how to flip...</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until I get more room on my computer/ get a new laptop, posting pictures is going to be really hard to do. Did you like hearing about Choir Tour in posts about each day like<a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2012/06/choir-tour-recap-part-i.html"> last time?</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have lots more to tell,but, this is already a long post. It is your turn! What are your amazing revelations in the past 46 days? I haven't caught up on commenting on all your blogs, but I'm working on it, slowly but surely. I. WILL. NOT. FAIL. YOU. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> How have you been? Please catch me up on your life, I want to know! I hope the summer is treating you well and that you had a safe Fourth of July! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love you guys and once again I'm sorry for the long absence. Google reader no longer works!:( Follow on <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/">Bloglovin'</a> or <a href="http://cloud.feedly.com/">Feedly</a>. Feedly is what I am using now. Adios! Have a great rest of your weekend!:)</span><br />
<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-56162261119485506512013-05-22T13:29:00.001-07:002013-05-22T13:29:06.623-07:00Prom, Graduation, and a Mission. Oh, and An Excess of John Bender<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey guys! I know, it has been a very long time. With graduating comes adulthood approaching. Wow... I have graduated from high school..so weird.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Noisemakers were used and some of my family came. My grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins from both sides of the family came. My parents decided to throw me a graduation party, even though I didn't want one. It was pretty sweet, I didn't realize this many people cared, people from church, out of town, and extended family.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I drove to graduation with Katie, and right as we got in the car, the song "Come on Eileen" came on. That song has been stalking me at Prom, at Youth, and now, on the way to graduate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh yeah, prom happened. It was a bit fairy tale My car mysteriously broke down, so my dad came and took me to prom, which was pretty sweet. I got to hang out with not only my fantastic prom group, but my brother Drew and his amazing girlfriend, and even Parker, Heather, and Hailey. </span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Everyone looked pretty, and I even ran into my old best friend from middle school. It was a pretty fun night, and it only got better. </span></div>
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Hello! This is a very long, overdue thank you to some amigos in the blogging world. I've gotten quite a bit of mail lately and seeing as how far away everyone is, I would like to share my thanks in blog form. ;)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This gem accompanied the above card. I won a <a href="http://www.darlingcompanionblog.com/">Darling Companion</a> giveaway! <a href="http://agirlnamedleney.blogspot.com.au/">A Girl Named Leney</a> created this pouch that I still haven't settled on a purpose yet. It's soo cute!!! DC is a great place for encouragement and learning more about God's grace and it has great contributors that always know just what to write to encourage me and many others.:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This book is fantastic! I haven't finished it yet but it is so relevantly written! One of my favorite authors Kirsten Miller wrote this and said she had extras she was willing to send out to readers, and I e-mail her on the spot. She even signed it! <a href="http://www.darlingcompanionblog.com/">Bank St. Irregular</a> is full of interesting things about New York City and strange happenings she learned from eccentric articles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These cds are by the lovely <a href="http://www.chantillysongs.com/">Chantilly</a>, who is a beautiful songstress from Brooklyn! Her music is the style of my Regina Spektor Pandora; chill, witty, and the perfect soundtrack for the days of my life.;) I won this by entering <a href="http://honeybeeinthecity.blogspot.com/">Little Cheif Honneybee's</a> giveaway. I also got a sweet journal she made, which the picture is not working.:(<br />
You can get one of the songs from her new EP <a href="http://chantillysongs.bandcamp.com/track/just-the-way-you-are">here!</a><br />
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So much is happening all in these last two weeks of high school.<br />
Today: Volunteering with the youth group<br />
Tomorrow: Visiting the college worship night with fellow seniors.<br />
Thursday: Memories Assembly & Attending last choir concert<br />
Friday:Prom!!!!<br />
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Oh and this morning I scheduled my classes at the community college. I am taking 15 hours this semester. Help meeeee.<br />
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I graduate a week from Thursday. It is so weird. I just went to where I will spend the next two years for the first time last week. It is a cool little campus with lots of nooks and hiding spots to read and study. It is starting to hit me that this year is ending. It is sad but also happy.<br />
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My parents bought a Mustang, which means that Finny the Jeep is all mine!!!<br />
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Here just a few of many catch up photos to come! Senior year has been attacking me these last few weeks! I apologize for the absence on here and in the comments on your blogs!!! College registration approaches and I am freaking out. Then there's prom, graduation, a trip with Art Club, AHHH! So scary/exciting! I hope you are well and I hope to write more and to read a lot more about how you've been!:)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">Let no one caught in sin remain</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Inside the lie of inward shame</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">We fix our eyes upon the cross</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">And run to him who showed great love</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">And bled for us</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Freely you bled, for us</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Christ is risen from the dead</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Trampling over death by death</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Come awake, come awake!</span></i></span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Come and rise up from the grave!</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Christ is risen from the dead</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">We are one with him again</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Come awake, come awake!</span></i></span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Come and rise up from the grave!</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Beneath the weight of all our sin</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">You bow to none but heavens will</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">No burden great can hold you down</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">In strength you reign</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Forever let your church proclaim</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Christ is risen from the dead</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Trampling over death by death</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Come awake, come awake!</span></i></span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Come and rise up from the grave</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Christ is risen from the dead</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">We are one with him again</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Come awake, come awake!</span></i></span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Come and rise up from the grave</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oh <i>death!</i></span> Where is your sting?</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oh <i>hell!</i> </span>Where is your victory?</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Oh </span><i><span style="color: #990000;">Church!</span> </i>Come stand in the light!</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">The glory of God has defeated the night!</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Oh death!</span> </i>Where is your sting?</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Oh hell!</span></i> Where is your victory?</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Oh Church! </span></i>Come stand in the light!</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Our God is not dead, he's alive! he's alive!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Christ is risen from the dead</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Trampling over death by death</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Come awake, come awake!</span></i></span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Come and rise up from the grave</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="text-align: center;">Christ is risen from the dead</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">We are one with him again</span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"><i>Come awake, come awake!</i></span><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Come and rise up from the grave</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">I am amazed by God's timing because I am almost finished Jesus Christ, The One and Only just in line with the crucifixion on Good Friday and His Rising today. I've been using that book as a devotional and I have learned so much.:)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">I hope you had a great Easter and experienced God's presence in a miraculous way.:) </span></span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-76891456124394617732013-03-18T18:35:00.000-07:002013-03-18T18:35:06.986-07:00Spring Break In ReviewHey guys, did you know that Google Reader is closing this summer. I KNOW. My creys, my creys....so follow on bloglovin maybe?<br />
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So, my spring break was kind-of eventful. Working with the kiddos was way more exhausting than I thought. Very fulfilling though, I love them.:) I was with school age (K-4th) and worked with Pre-K for two days.<br />
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One of the preschoolers looked just like the red headed boy from Spy Kids, Junie right? Except way adorable and in 4 year old form. I also had one of the kids I babysit in my class, which was cute cuz' he was a bit shy.:)<br />
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My birthday fell smack-dab in the middle of spring break and when I headed to work in the Jeep, I saw this...<br />
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Hailey did it, I found out when I asked her at Sunday school and she said "I don't know what you're talking about..." with a smile creeping on her face. She also posted this video on my wall, which has been something I want every year for the rest of my life.;)<br />
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Then I walked into work and my awesome boss Jenna gave me a hug when I walked in.:) After I clocked in, I walked in my classroom where one of my best friends was teaching our class for the morning. They all jumped out and yelled happy birthday, showering me with cards and hugs. I got so close to tears. They made it the best birthday ever.:')<br />
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Sydney even made me a card and it was so sweet and just reassured my heart that God put us together.I am so blessed to have these amazing friends. I used to think I'd never keep any of my friends for life,let alone through high school, but my confidence in having these friends all the way to eternity is growing each day.<br />
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I went home around 5:30, ate roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, and rolls and corn with my family. They gave me a diary with a sock in it, which I have been writing in every night since. The sock is still being used as a bookmark.;D The cake also looks just like Mr.Harry Potter's from the Sorcerer's Stone that Hagrid made him. I am so thankful my Mom and Dad care so much about the little details that I love that made this a special birthday.<br />
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The next day I was abducted by Katie, Erin and Bethany right after getting home from a 10 hour day. They surprised me with a little party on Katie's patio with home-made pizza, "butterbeer"(rootbeer with butter beer labels) and cupcakes. We played chubby bunny, roasted marshmallows played Super Mario, and had a mini fashion show with some clothes Katie received but didn't fit. They know me so well and totally caught me off guard!<br />
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On Friday I left work early to pack for a youth event held about 3ish hours away. I got on a bus with 12 of my youth group/favorite people and had a blast getting to know more people. It was a lot easier to hang out with 12 people than 50+.Singing, dancing, hugging, and laughing occurred Mitch met us there because he was college visiting. The Holy Spirit really spoke to my heart in the slightest way, which made all the difference. I have plenty of mentors like Paul had Barnabus. Many of my favorite bloggers mentor me, weather they know it or not!:) I have friends like Silas, equals and even one of the same sex which the speaker didn't recondite because feelings would inevitably develop, but that hasn't happened with me and Drew. We are bros and I love our friendship so much.:)<br />
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But I need and desire to be a mentor to others, like Paul was to Timothy. I want to be more outgoing and encouraging to people younger in their faith, and I am praying for god to make it clear who might need someone like me to help them grow closer to God. I am more committed to be bold and I find myself stopping words before they escape because I see how they are not kind. Like it says in James 3, "the tongue is a restless evil."<br />
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We got back home around 12:30 at night. I slept for a few hours and woke up when we were home. Then I was super silly and slap happy. That was fun. Lauren was too and kept saying "It's tired!":D I was looking for my sleeping bag and Jordan asked "Is this it?" and I said "No that's my mat, there's a Matt *points to Matt the friend*, I WANT A SLEEPING BAG!"<br />
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Sleep deprivation, good stuff.;)<br />
So that's what my spring break was! I hope yours was swell and if you don't have it yet, keep carrying on until you do! You can do it!!!!!:D<br />
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I love yo' face, so does God, and I will see you when I see you!:)Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-86036529744344526802013-03-11T09:23:00.002-07:002013-03-11T09:23:50.674-07:00Vlog Chat #1About a week ago, Jessica posted <a href="http://jessicaisoverthinking.blogspot.com/2013/03/vlog-chat-1-introductions.html">a vlog link-up</a> and I made a vlog in response, but forgot to post it until now!Silly me...<br />
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Ta da!Bask in the awkwardness that is above. :) Like the thumbnail?Me tooooooo....=D<br />
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Basically, the first vlog chat is about introductions! You all probably know most of what I talk about, but maybe there will be something you didn't know, eh?<br />
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I'd be so thrilled if you joined up and make a little intro to who you are and what is important to you, I always love seeing and hearing bloggers, it is just really <i>really</i> cool to me to have a voice to match up with the words we write.<br />
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Be sure to get to know Jessica by watching her vlog as well. She is a really neat person and I'm so excited to get to know her and other bloggers better.=)<br />
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Have a happy Monday everyone!;D<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1.Like NEEDTOBREATHE? Am I seriously asking that question? They have their EP for <i><b>free </b></i>for a limited time, <a href="http://noisetrade.com/needtobreathe/cercas-blancas-ep" target="_blank">here</a>. I am pretty smitten with it.Go get it. RIGHT NOW.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. I am sure you've heard of those goat videos. If not, goats make ridiculous sounds and clever people thought it wise to put them in songs. This one is my <i>absolute</i> favorite.;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Those are just a few happy things I hope will brighten you're day, night or something in between! Today was my last day before spring break, yay! Last Quarter of high school, here we come.:) This break will consist of Hailey's birthday party, working at my daycare from the last two summers for most of my week, and celebrating Hailey's actual birthday on Tuesday and my own the next day. Woot, woot! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I hope your days are full of excitement and joy! A cool verse I've had on my whiteboard this week, because it has been so relevant in not only my life, but the lives of those around me: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline."-2 Timothy 1:7</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have been challenging myself to eat healthy (at least no junk food, pizza, fast food, cookies, soda, ect.) and to do something active each day since Monday While doing this, I withheld from watching one of my new favorite YouTube channels, Jack's Gap. It is addicting because it features two adorable British twins, <i>my ageeee(ish), </i>and not seeing their hilarious videos is good incentive to try to be healthier. Hey, it is working, to each their own right?=) It has been tough, but it feels good to be back in the running/dancing/sit-uping groove again.The challenge ends tomorrow evening, in time for Hailey's birthday party, but I think I will try to make it more of a regular challenge, leading up to days I know I must be a tad unhealthy.;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">More posts coming soon, I am pumped to work on more over the break!:D </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Adios amigas y amigos!</span></div>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-40138868313779862712013-03-01T16:17:00.001-08:002013-03-01T16:17:40.113-08:00Happy 1st of March! Let us do this and make this month awesome.<span style="color: #45818e;">Happy 1st of March friends!There is something so refreshing about the beginning of a new month; a new calendar to fill up, a new month to restart goal-wise.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">I only posted once in February, <i>once!!!</i> I could give you my excuses or I could promise to post more. I think I will try writing and scheduling posts in advance.Might as well give it a shot, eh?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Yesterday I read <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/procrastination-is-not-laziness/" target="_blank">an article about procrastination</a> from <a href="http://honeybeeinthecity.blogspot.com/2013/02/things-i-love-thursday_28.html" target="_blank">Kaleah's Things I Love post</a> which really spoke truth into why I am so horrid at getting things done and prioritizing. The article inspired me to adapt to a new can-do attitude! I was productive in watching <i>WALL-E</i> & <i>The Amazing Spiderman, </i>which I will be returning to the library today, preventing library fines which are <span style="font-size: x-small;">my greatest enemy. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Grrrrrr.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">My mom brought in several alarm clocks for me to choose from and she told me to pick one and set it up near my bed.She also told me to pick another one and set it up across the room so I have to physically get out of my bed. Thank you Mom...... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">It actually helped a lot. I got ready very early and also had time to do my full yoga routine, catch up on some Lent readings, and pray without time constraint.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">For Lent (the season leading up to Easter) I gave up saying/doing negative things. That is not going too well because I am sarcastically mean sometimes, le sigh.... I also gave up hitting the snooze bar (getting there), listening to music Jesus would be cool with in the car (yup), and being more intentional and diligent with Jesus time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">I am also writing 40 letters (one per day of Lent) to someone who has impacted my life in someway, big or small. I am<i> very</i> behind, but I am writing a few everyday to make up for the times lost.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">It is March; Dinner Theater happened last weekend, I am in love with Andrew Garfield, I shed countless tears over Downton Abbey; and this month is going to be great. I hope and pray that you are going to have a great day!What are you looking forward to this month?If you ever have anything you need prayer for, comment or e-mail me (ms.rebeccamarie@gmail.com) and I will pray for you. That would give me accountability to keep praying continuously.:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">P.S. check out the pretty button I made for the ole' bloggaroo at the top left..Use it if you like, or not; either way, I love yo' face =)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">P.P.S. you know who else's face I love?</span><br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-73808441980459224782013-02-02T09:14:00.001-08:002013-02-02T09:14:29.307-08:00The 1st, it was pretty grand.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday, we had no school.So I dubbed it a good day to make cookies.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While waiting for them to cook, I talked with friends, sitting on the kitchen counter in the sun. I liked that a lot and want to do that more often.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cookies got burned. I kept thinking they looked too soft, ha ha. At least I tried, right?:D</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Erin, post-having her shoe returned by Bethany, and Katie in the middle.Oh, and we were on top of my car in order to get better shots.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Katie drawing a Weeping Angel in the elevator (Cuz' I've been having a lot of dreams of encountering Weeping Angels in elevators.)</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Erin' Blue Tiger! The switched up the tags, which I covered for privacy reasons. Doesn't Erin look gorgeous?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I loved this piece! I would proudly hang this up in my future dinning room or sitting room.:)</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While Downtown, there were lots of people doing scavenger hunts. One group asked us if any of us knew about Harry Potter. I said I did and enlightened them on which actor plays Cedric Diggory. I felt good inside, that my HP knowledge helped someone.=D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We got pizza (with garlic sauce), Just Dance 4, and apple punch. We proceeded to play JD4, which was amazingly fun. Favorite song: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZfJxYQtpA0" target="_blank">"We No Speak Americano"</a> Seriously, try it. Would I ever steer you wrong? No, I would not.This will make your day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We soon got tired and decided to start a movie. Our pick, Pocahontas. look at John Smith. This is a John Smith appreciation moment. Look at his form. He is trying so hard! You go John Smith. Pocahontas is my favorite princess. Don't you dare tell me she's not a princess, she is the chief's daughter, for heaven's sake. I hadn't seen this movie since I was about 5, when I was her for Halloween.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, that was the first of February. What a good day! What are you looking forward to this month? I'm looking forward serving in my youth group's Dinner Theatre.:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hoping you all are well!</span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-11831214212500887692013-01-19T13:26:00.001-08:002013-01-19T13:26:27.663-08:00Cause you can be anything you want tonight.<span style="color: #45818e;">Dear reader.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">You may or may not have seen <a href="http://msrebeccamarie.blogspot.com/2012/06/painting-on-face.html" target="_blank">this post</a> but it has happened again. I have been facing something for weeks now and I just recently started talking about it. It is a colossal heartbreak on so many levels, I didn't know who would shut me out and who I could trust.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Sometimes frustration, loneliness, and nostalgia just pile up into one big bowl of stuff. And it really <i>really</i> sucks. It hurts so bad that you feel you will never stop crying, you will never get out of bed, even though you will never be able to fall asleep either. I didn't know how I can go on, after I've messed up so much and now I'm paying for it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">So I called a good friend. I couldn't bear this alone, not anymore. So I told my friend all that I was thinking, regretting and wishing. This person said that what changed their life was when they accepted that they were so weak, and that they could never make this better. Then they accepted that God could, even if it was not immediate or in the way you thought it would be resolved.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">I said thanks and good-bye and we hung up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">This song started playing in my head
then.<b>(aka, press play.;)</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sunday, January 13th, 2013 </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am Rebecca, age 17 years and 10 months.</span></i>I don't know how to explain this.(But I will obviously be trying.)</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">God
just saved my life again. He took it away. The painful memories.I think
of something and my heart doesn't ache with nostalgic longing.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Brething
tastes cool, fresh, and sweeter than any air I have ever breathed. I am
crying, but it is because I am happy.I am so so happy!I feel like
laughing like Rafiki in the Lion King, but I think that might alarm my
parents.=D I need to write this down.Because God's grace and unwavering
love deserves documentation. He actually deserves more than just that,
but this is what I can give.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Have
I mentioned how wonderful it is to breathe?! God took away my pain. He
didn't numb it. He ended it. It is finished. It was finished when Christ
died on the cross for me. My heart beat has never felt so good. Gd is
the greatest. I feel so good.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i>
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">God
will heal you. Give Him your pain. I took pictures of me crying and I
asked god to take away something I've been holding on to as I deleted
each one. The last one was a pretty picture. I deleted it and asked God
to take the hurt & the pain. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I sat in silence, holding the camera and said the things that reminded me. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nothing. I feel no regret, loss, pain.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I feel peace, relief, and joy.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> & I've got a life ahead of me. </span></i><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">And you know the next thing I felt. Joy. Joy!? After all that, God blessed me with joy? How can he be so full of grace and mercy to give me peace,<i> and joy?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #45818e;">I don't think I will ever know, and that is okay. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #45818e;"> I texted the person I was talking too, and they were so happy.:) And I was too.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #45818e;">The problem isn't resolved yet. But my heart is.There is this incredible peace and even when feelings of regret arise, my trust and hope in God kicks it in the butt, I guess you could say.:D I wrote in my journal and fell asleep, still in my clothes, but smiling until I fell asleep.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #45818e;">I can't share many details of what was bothering me, but I wanted to share the raw feeling of God's power that I felt that night.</span><br />
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And I have felt so much better ever since and I hope that whatever you are facing in your life, you can feel this loved too.:)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Happy 3-day weekend everyone.:) </b></span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-23586518315449900902013-01-01T15:11:00.000-08:002013-01-01T15:35:59.051-08:00Diciembre en Fotos<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hey guys! Happy late Christmas,Boxing Day, and New Year! I hope you had a great Christmas, I know I did, even if it was a little stressful. In the end, the birth of Jesus and the incredible story that never gets old is what makes Christmas happy, not my new yoga pants or finally being back home on Christmas Day.<br />
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Finals week was not as stressful as I thought, but I'm afraid to see what my grades are, mainly in College Algebra.It has hit me that I have one semester of high school left. That is ridiculous, just yesterday I was an insecure, goofy freshman. I'm still goofy and insecure sometimes, but I have grown more into the person God wants me to be, and I am so much more comfortable with how my life is. Granted, there is still a lot I have to work on and a lot I don't know, and that is what excites me about college.:)<br />
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I had a sleepover with Katie, Erin, and Bethany Friday which was wonderful. We watched the 2nd Doctor Who episode, went on a Sonic run, and played way too much Apples To Apples.:) I then came home and purged my room of lots of trash, it's looking good. Like seriously, it is <i>almost</i> immaculate.:) I shall take pictures of it in the future to show you (because I'm sure it's <i>super</i> <i>interesting</i>) ;)<br />
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School starts back up again tomorrow. :( But that means only a 3 day week, and new classes! Hope you are all well!:)Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-80118252164220556532012-12-30T16:06:00.002-08:002012-12-30T20:14:57.879-08:00Road Trip Tips and This Next Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5. Wear something comfy and cute if desired. I wore my C9 yoga pants, my big red cardigan from the thrift store, Candies combat boots, and my thrifted Beatles Shirt. I felt like Kandee Johnson, which was prawesome.:)</td></tr>
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During the many hours on the road, I started on my New Year's Resolutions. I know bloggers such as <a href="http://www.pastorsgirlsponderings.com/2011/01/miscellaneous-ramblings_15.html" target="_blank">Carlotta</a> and <a href="http://elliebphotography.blogspot.com/2012/12/2013.html" target="_blank">Ellie</a>who have had a certain word of their year. I cannot narrow it down to one word, so I chose 6.:)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Let Love in, give it away.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span>I have trouble trusting people and letting them into my heart sometimes, so I want to be bold in accepting people and loving on them. I also take these words and will apply them spiritually, delving into Christ and the Bible, and other Christian books, to let God into my life even more and to tell those in my world, giving the message of God's great, unconditional love and forgiveness in my actions,words, and every little thing I do.<br />
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My resolutions seem very achievable, seeing as there is something I can do about each one every single day. But as usual, discouragement happens and I know I will fail sometimes. And that's okay. I just want to keep going with all these.Because I know they are all good, not just for me, but for other people too.:) I have started reading Beth Moore's book <i>Jesus, The One and Only </i>and it is fantastic! Thank you <a href="http://scribblesnthings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Natalie</a> for suggesting it on her <a href="http://scribblesnthings.blogspot.com/2012/12/2013-reading-list.html" target="_blank">2013 Reads</a>, I am loving it!<br />
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I am not sure what to put for my 5th one, but I'm thinking flossing.;D<br />
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If you are having trouble, <a href="http://moninavelarde.com/newyears/" target="_blank">this</a> might help you out. It is very fun and was very fun to do last New Years.:) <br />
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I hope you liked the tips for road trips, I know some of you will still be traveling throughout the remainder of Christmas Break, you lucky ducks!:D I also hope you have a very happy new year, wherever you are, whoever you're with, and Happy 2013.Yay, we've survived at least 5 different ends of the world.;) Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-55822341415950461632012-12-21T20:02:00.000-08:002012-12-21T20:02:51.640-08:00Ta ta for now, I'm off to seek a Great Perhaps.Hey guys!Finals are over and I am free! I am leaving tommorow to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Christmas. There will be 8 hours of driving, but I have my snuggie, Grey's Anatomy, and 7 cds to listen to. I am so excited! I just wanted to pop in to say good bye and that I hope you have a very happy Christmas, wherever you are, with or without snow.:)<br />
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My friend Lindsay wore her magic snowman sweater Thursday and it snowed! Magical, I'm telling you. All finals went pretty well I think, except College Algebra, ugh...<br />
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Because I have no photos prepared showing you what I've been up to, enjoy webcam pix from the last few weeks... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess what? I'm blind right now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I googled "fun study breaks, and this is what I came up with.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then my friend Ty dew a picture of the above picture, so I drew a picture of the picture he took of him with his picture of me holing my drawing. Yeah.</td></tr>
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Happy Christmas friends! I cannot wait to be back and hear ale about your Christmases/break.See you December 25ish!<br />
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*Title references Looking For Alaska by John Green.Re-reading it.:)<br />
<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-59615142840223708622012-12-15T22:43:00.002-08:002012-12-15T22:47:14.491-08:00We tend to forget that we're all the same. As I'm sure many of you have already heard, in the U.S., there was a huge massacre in Newtown Connecticut on Friday. In an elementary school.<br />
I was told this by my liberty and law teacher during the last block of the day. It didn't really hit me. I mean, I was naturally horrified, with 26 people dead, 6 adults and 20 children<b>. Children.</b><br />
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Tonight it hit me, because I knew there would be more accurate information out there. I saw <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dCjm9NUZ0M" target="_blank">the President's address</a> to the situation, and seeing him trying not to break down restored my faith that this is not a political game to him. I may not agree with everything he says or has done, but as a human, we are connected by the deep sorrow we feel, along with the rest of our country.He also ended with scripture, <span style="font-size: large;">"Heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds."(Psalm 147:3)</span><br />
It hit me. It hit me <b>hard.</b> Especially when I saw <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8V_ZWwgb4" target="_blank">this interview</a> with a first grade teacher who protected her kids and showered them with loving words that she thought would be the last they'd ever hear. The humanity shown even in the voices, faces and actions of the media that is normally supposed to be neutral wavered and I thank God so much that they did.<br />
I was a first grade teacher this summer and I cannot bear thinking of if my kids and I were in this situation. I love them so much and I totally understand Kaitlin Roig when she says this:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"And I don't know if that's okay, teachers, and you know...<b>but I wanted them to know someone loved them and I wanted that to be one of the last things they heard, not the gunfire in the hallway.</b>"</span><br />
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I have been praying about my career and for how God wants to use my love and passion for children, and I am still not set on anything. I am considering teaching and this tragedy has not scared that option out of my mind. If I am to become a teacher, I pray that God would use me to love on the kids and protect them, that I may react the same as Kaitlin. No matter what profession, it is my prayer that God will use me to love and protect children however He calls me to.<br />
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I am usually a happy blogger and tend not to dwell on current events and unpleasant topics. But this, this is real life. I think I have it so bad, being a single, not rich, senior in high school who doesn't know where God will take her yet. "Woe is me" Riiiight. I cannot compare my heartbreaks to those of those involved with the shooting of the teachers, staff, and students at Sandy Hook Elementary. I cannot.... <br />
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I feel such sadness for the man who did this, what must have been wrong with him to do such a horrible thing. And even more sadness for those left to grieve over the shattered pieces of their lives that he left behind.I will be praying for those dear children, brave faculty, and all whose hearts beat with them, and I hope that you will too.<br />
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I am sorry if this is really sad, but I felt inclined to write this.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>This song immediately came to mind. <i>No one laughs at God when they're saying their goodbyes</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://rootypatooty-chapstick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ruthie</a> sang this beautiful song of hope and peace. </span><br />
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With a heavy heart, I wish you all faith, love, and hope always.<br />
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And I will end with something a friend posted <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/moments-that-restored-our-faith-in-humanity-this-y" target="_blank">that brought hope.</a>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370276272180245899.post-84568870492442708162012-12-07T20:05:00.001-08:002012-12-07T20:22:01.645-08:00The Liebster Award.<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I have been nominated for this award by Meredith. You really must visit her and you will be mesmerized by her adorableness and honest words.</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Seriously.:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">So basically, I will tell you 11 random facts, answer Mere's 11 questions, give 11 questions and nominate 11 stud muffins. Sound good?Awesomesauce!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Eleven things you may not be aware of</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">1.I believe that Black Friday is stupid, especially after a day of being thankful for what we have, we feel inclined to go buy more...</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">2.My camera fell off my desk a few months ago and was out of service for a while until I got it fixed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">3.I like to listen to The Lion King soundtrack when I do yoga. It makes me feel like a strong, powerful, lion.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">4.I have three letters to write.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">5.I have kept all my journals from 2nd grade all the way to now. I wrote a LOT.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">6.I have recently mastered the art of making macaroni and cheese and I am quite proud of that accomplishment.</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">7.I have lived in the same house all my life.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">8. I cannot fall asleep with socks on, no matter how cold it is and how much I want to.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">9.I woke up with "Angels We Have Heard On High" in my head on Black Friday morning.Go figure.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">10.I am awful at accepting compliments and it drives my friends crazy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">11.I am a horrid drawer, but I still enjoy it occasionally.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Meredith's Qs</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>1. do you collect anything? if so, what?</i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I <strike>hoard</strike><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>collect many things. Those Dumdum wrappers you can mail in for a prize(I have over 100 I thin<span style="font-size: small;">k), books I will <span style="font-size: small;">never find time to read, and name tags from Youth that say "Rebeccer!"</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>2. what song describes your life right now?</i></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial;">I have four.</span> =)<span style="font-size: small;"></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf4Ea59Uods">Merry Happy</a> <span style="color: #999999;">by Kate Nash </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-size: small;">"</span><span style="font-size: small;">Dancing at discos<span style="font-size: small;">,</span>Eating cheese on toast<br />Yeah you make me merry, make me very very happy<br />But you obviously, you didn't want to stick around<br />So I learnt from you"</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: small;">This song is so sassy and easy to sing along to.I love it<span style="font-size: small;">, and I <span style="font-size: small;">certainly</span> have learned from someone, and I am so thankful th<span style="font-size: small;">at I did.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI"><span style="font-size: small;">G</span>od <span style="font-size: small;">O</span>nly <span style="font-size: small;">K</span>nows </a><span style="color: #999999;">by The Be<span style="font-size: small;">ach Boys</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">"I may not always love you</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">But long as there are stars above you</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">You never need to doubt it</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I'll make you so sure about it</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">God only knows what I'd be without you"</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The Beach Boys are equivalent to my childhood.They are the same. I hope to have a love like this someday.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGKfrgqWcv0">I Will Wait</a> <span style="color: #999999;">by Mumford and Sons</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_25">"Now I'll be bold </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_25"> </span><span class="line line-s" id="line_26">As well as strong</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_27"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_27">And use my head alongside my heart</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_28"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_28">So tame my flesh </span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_29"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_29">And fix my eyes</span>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_30">A tethered mind freed from the lies"</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_30"><span style="color: #999999;">This song makes me feel like there is hope of finding love someday.Until that day, I will wait, and fall more in love with God while I'm waiting.:)</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTKg">Titanium</a> <span style="color: #999999;">by David Guetta ft. Sia</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_22">"You shoot me down, but I won't fall</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_22"> </span>
<span class="line line-s hover" id="line_23">I am titanium.</span>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_24">You shoot me down, but I won't fall</span>
<span class="line line-s hover" id="line_25"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_25">I am titanium."</span></span></span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_25"> <span style="color: #999999;">This is a rather popular one, but the message of it is strength. I have learned a lot about myself in the last two months and I am ready to be strong now.=)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>3. what is your favorite season?</i></span></span></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I am a sucker for fall and spring. I love changing my war<span style="font-size: small;">drobe around to fit the weather and there are great times of transition going on.:) But I also love the blessed <span style="font-size: small;">extremities</span> of summer and winter. <span style="font-size: small;">All the above.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>4. favorite starbucks drink?</i></span></span></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every time I go<span style="font-size: small;">,</span></span> I get Strawberr<span style="font-size: small;">ies <span style="font-size: small;">n' Creme Frappe. I tried<span style="font-size: small;"> the <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">famous</span> Pumpkin Spice with a friend once, b<span style="font-size: small;">ut I didn't really like it. Not a big coffee person.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>5. what is your favorite part of your room?</i></span></span></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">My favorite part of my room is m<span style="font-size: small;">y bed. It has four blankets, lace I wrapped around it, soft <span style="font-size: small;">lights ne<span style="font-size: small;">ar my head for reading, and lots of my favorite pictures<span style="font-size: small;"> surrounding me<span style="font-size: small;">. It is so cozy and I love re<span style="font-size: small;">ading books, doing<span style="font-size: small;"> devotions, and doing anything there.:)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Yes, I am unsatisfied with my ability to make things extremely awkward and ruining stuff when I make careless decisions. Like, things will be going great and I let one thing get in my way or say something stupid, and I ruin it. I can be more careful with my words and think more of other people and how I impact them. Basically, I should rarely speak until I get better at it.:)<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>7. what do you believe in?</i></span></span></span></span><br />
I believe that there is a God greater than all my problems, that Jesus Christ my savior is greater than my worst thoughts, actions, and mistakes, and a spirit that is always living inside me to guide and comfort me.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>8. what was your favorite fairytale as a child?</i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> </span><br />
The Little Mermaid, hands down. I always loved swimming growing up and became very agile at swimming with my feet together, pretending I was a mermaid.<br />
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1.My shows (Downton Abbey, Doctor Who, LOST, Grey's Anatomy...)<br />
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3.Organizing my Pinterest boards mercilessly<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>10. describe to us your dream date.</i></span></span></span></span><br />
As long as it's with someone who really likes me, that is all I dream (and hope for) date-wise. I also think it's really adorable if he gets nervous about holding your hand. :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">11. share some good reads with us (can be blogs, books, poems, whatever.)</span> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.wearingitonmysleeves.com/2012/11/throwback-thursday.html">this adorable story</a> about Sarah's grandparents and the<span style="font-size: small;">ir</span> love story.(+picture and love letter, *squeals at cuteness*)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://fernwehmag.blogspot.com/2012/10/tips-tricks-motivation.html">Have motivation problems?</a> Me too, big time. The lovely ladies at Fernweh give their tips on getting out of the endless pit of procrastination. Finals are coming up yo, they are coming up.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11966836-below-stairs">Below Stairs</a> If you love Downton Abbey, you will love this, because Downton is almost entirely based on real events in this memoir. I originally read it for my AP history paper, but I kept reading even after I turned it in. So quirky and clever!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: small;">M<span style="font-size: small;">y Questions For You</span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1.What <span style="font-size: small;">was your favorite memory from <span style="font-size: small;">when you were a kid?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">2.What is some<span style="font-size: small;">thing<span style="font-size: small;"> you want to do in 2013? </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. What is your <span style="font-size: small;">guilty</span> pleasure music</span>? (T<span style="font-size: small;">~Swift, hands down.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">4.<span style="font-size: small;"> Have you ever tr<span style="font-size: small;">ied doing something <span style="font-size: small;">you saw on Pinter<span style="font-size: small;">e</span>st? How did it go?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. Who is your best friend(s) and why do you love them<span style="font-size: small;">? (cuz' i know you do, your just that <span style="font-size: small;">wonderful.):)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. Tell about<span style="font-size: small;"> a time in your life where you have felt <span style="font-size: small;">completely</span> relaxed, at peace, an<span style="font-size: small;">d <span style="font-size: small;">ecstatically</span> happy?</span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">7.What do you believe? (stole Mere's question, but <span style="font-size: small;">it's a really good question</span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">8. Describe your must-haves in a man</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">9. Favorite<span style="font-size: small;"> internet meme, go!<span style="font-size: small;">=D</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10. Where would you go to<span style="font-size: small;"> first if you lived in Ha<span style="font-size: small;">rry Po<span style="font-size: small;">tter land<span style="font-size: small;">? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">11.What<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">would you get a tattoo<span style="font-size: small;"> of or what color would you dye your hair? (if you did)</span> </span></span> </span> </span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>My 11 Nominees</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1.<a href="http://www.wearingitonmysleeves.com/">Sarah.</a> <span style="font-size: small;">Y</span>our<span style="font-size: small;"> blog always makes me <span style="font-size: small;">laugh and you are kinda my homegirl.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">2.<a href="http://agoodthinkingplace.blogspot.com/">Lacey</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://./">.</a><span style="font-size: small;"> I enjoy<span style="font-size: small;"> your posts a lot, because they are <span style="font-size: small;">always</span> insightful and I can relate<span style="font-size: small;">.:)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">3<span style="font-size: small;">.<a href="http://formyownsatisfaction.blogspot.com/">Lydia.</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Your photographs and words give me chills<span style="font-size: small;"> in the most</span> <span style="font-size: small;">wonderful way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">4.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mylittlelessonslearned.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">Victori<span style="font-size: small;">a.</span></span></a> <span style="font-size: small;">Your blog is <span style="font-size: small;">intriguing; everything from your</span></span> travels to your daily life<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. <a href="http://ashleypyeatt.blogspot.com/">Ashley.</a> Hey soul sister, your letters and face make me happy.:)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">6.<a href="http://www.shortsleevedpants.com/">Morgan.</a> I adore your heart for God and <span style="font-size: small;">your blog is a great vessel that <span style="font-size: small;">speaks to m<span style="font-size: small;">y heart, you are s<span style="font-size: small;">u<span style="font-size: small;">ch a sw<span style="font-size: small;">eetheart.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">7.<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://scribblesnthings.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">N<span style="font-size: small;">atalie.</span></span></a> Your<span style="font-size: small;"> a <span style="font-size: small;">fantastic wom<span style="font-size: small;">an of <span style="font-size: small;">G</span>od and inspire me to put Him first.I learn a lot from you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">8.<a href="http://www.prettyladysmiles.com/">Ashley.</a> You are an amazing photographer and the way you write about Jesus <span style="font-size: small;">stirs up my heart.:)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">9.<a href="http://thisearworm.blogspot.com/">Kinga.</a> You a<span style="font-size: small;">re a friend and it's been awesome <span style="font-size: small;">watching</span> yo<span style="font-size: small;">u grow as you read, write, photo<span style="font-size: small;">graph, and dream.:)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.<a href="http://m2story.blogspot.com/">Meg.</a> You have amazing style and your <span style="font-size: small;">craftiness <span style="font-size: small;">and quirky <span style="font-size: small;">thoughts make me s<span style="font-size: small;">mile.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">11.<a href="http://www.pastorsgirlsponderings.com/">Carlotta. </a>You have serious talent<span style="font-size: small;">, girl. I love it.:)</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was written over the course of a week<span style="font-size: small;">. Bus<span style="font-size: small;">y week.:) Thanks for <span style="font-size: small;">nominating me Meredith!</span>I <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">can't wait</span> <span style="font-size: small;">to <span style="font-size: small;">see the nominee's responses<span style="font-size: small;">! <span style="font-size: small;">I hope and pray that you all are <span style="font-size: small;">having a blast <span style="font-size: small;">with<span style="font-size: small;"> your friends and family</span></span></span>. I love yo<span style="font-size: small;">' faces<span style="font-size: small;"> and have a great<span style="font-size: small;">, relaxing weekend<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534519339300874136noreply@blogger.com20