17 Days Worth

Well, I can’t believe it. 17 whole days have just flown by! My last post was Tasty Treat Sunday (which I am trying to do for you all at least 2 times a month). A lot has happened! As per usual right?! That’s just my life. SUPRISE. SUPRISE.

March 12^th//

Spent the wee hours of the morning talking over life, my cat and had many laughs with these lovely lady’s….

-Stephanie-

-Katy-

Continued by having a lazy day at home including lots of laundry, homework and ending with the Bachelor. Which yes, ended up basically being the worst ending ever. I don’t even like talking about it anymore.

March 13^th//

I happen to live in the woods for those of you who don’t know and I woke up and felt like I was living in a massive beautiful wonderful snow globe. Now only if it was December I would have actually been happy.

This day was interesting because it was Tuesday and this was a day where I got to spend some time with God and really thinking about my future. The funny thing is we make all these glamorous plans and ideas then God just continues to laugh. This snowy day I was reminded his plans are much better then my own. I just need to submit for he is always there.

March 14^th//

This is just a plan old day full of homework, programming and more homework. I do this really fun thing called a Bible Study with pretty much the greatest.

 I did think about my past and have yet another reflective day and had to remind myself that my past wasn’t fun or easy but the blessings keep flowing from those days and Gods Glory is still good. Happy Wednesday to me!!

March 15^th//

Instead of snow I got to wake up to a good old fashioned Washington day! I used to hate the rain but then I found the GLORIOUS rain boot. Not just any old rain boot but my Hunters. They are super comfy, charming AND fun! I decided to embrace the rain. Rainy day means happy day!

Then went home to my lovely cat and had a really fun time petting him, watching our favorite show, AND praying. Yes, I have a very special kitty. He loves to pray. Pretty great if you ask me….

March 16^th//

Friday is sometimes a fun day too! This day consisted of fun errand running and shopping at pier1! My FAVORITE store. Oh my goodness I could seriously buy everything.

Then I watched the New Footloose. My mother was amazing and bought the DVD. We loved the first one and loved the second just as much. It was amazing and glorious!

March 17^th//

Interesting. Saturday morning and I stumble into the kitchen at 7AM to grab some coffee. What do I see you ask?! SNOW. Yes folks you read that correctly, MORE SNOW. It was coming down like a crazy blizzard I could hardly see in front of me!

This of course threw off my whole day so I sipped coffee watched a really cute show. Wish I could remember the name. Cooked and ate breakfast. Got ready for the day. Reversed the order of basically my whole days worth of plans. Ended up doing all 7 things on my list of errands. Still making it to church on time to worship with the cute children. PRAISE JESUS.

March 18^th//

Sunday. Woke up. Starbucks. Homework. Meetings. Church. Done.

March 19^th//

Was reminded on the wonderful Monday Morning that I was being pursued by Jesus. I was not pursing him, at least not as much as I should have been. He has been pursuing me since the world began the least I can do is pursue him back. Right?! Then Finals week began. Oh man…

March 20^th//

Hello first official day of spring! This is what 7:30AM looked like folks. Hope you all will like Spring…

Of course I spent more hours upon hours studying when all I really wanted to do was meet with students and have fun days. Although I was reminded again (apparently I have had a very reflective couple weeks), that the LORD is the one who controls me. Not the world, not those fake magazines, not a boy, not even me. BUT the good lord Jesus does.

Then continued my day of crazy with working in a daycare till 4:30. Had a meeting till 5. Then hung out and loved on tons of middle schoolers! BOO YA! Then went home and did what?! MORE studying.

March 21^st//

FINALLY IT IS HERE. SPRING BREAK. NO MORE STUDYING FOR A WEEK AND TWO DAYS. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

Spent this day with Starbucks, lovely office ladies and my friends being too giddy about no school that, I couldn’t even answer a phone. Literally.

March 22^nd//

Let’s be real. This is Thursday. The high of no school has worn off. Now all I want to do is see the Hunger Games at 12 midnight. Although, can i?! NO. OF COURSE NOT. I was a procrastinator and waited WAY too long. So I spent the whole day at the office doing work for Admin Stuff. Then went to a REALLY long and painful meeting till about 9:30PM. Made it home at about 10:20PM. GROSS.

Now wait, there is a small piece of hope. I called the theature JUST to see if they might have any extra tickets. YES. YES. YES. YES. They did people! Can you believe it?! They had 50 left over at the 12:15 showing. Yeahh buddy! SO OF COURSE at like11:15 I call Stephanie (Look above for picture) and said hey lets go right now! She hopped out of the shower and rushed to see it with me. A night I will NEVER forget. God is good!

March 23^rd//

Literally prayed I would not wake up and let this be my view…

Then went out to a lovely dinner with my basically fam not blood or anything but hey, close enough. We went to that fun place where they cooked in front of you! SO YUMMY! We wanted to get all excited since Brother Nick was back home!

March 24^th//

This day I didn’t take any pictures. Weird, right?! Well I know but I was very interested in new clothes! I got three new pairs of jeans, 1 new shirt and two new pairs of jeans. SO fun! It was a date with the mother because then we went to Red Robin, YUM. Of course I went to church and was a buzzing busy little bee.

March 25^th//

Sunday. Woke up. Read the paper. Watched my dog be really cute. Went to Starbucks. Had meetings. Took really cute pictures. THAT will be later. Church. Went to Applebees till like 12:10AM. FUN!

March 26^th through 28th//

Woke up later then planned went to the bank! Cashed two checks! SO Bad at that! Anyways, did  few errands and was on y way to Covington. I love it there people. More then I love my journal. And that is a lot of love. I get to see lovely family! They are all lovely! See?

Now we are here. I am leaving Covington and going home. The past 17 Days has been full of faith, fun, friends and family. My life is CRAZY busy but CRAZY Blessed! Take the time today and remember why you are blessed, because well…you are.

PS. See you in about 2 days!!

Tasty Treat Sunday.

Hello Fellow Friends~


Today is Sunday! Sunday is considered my "Fun Day". Why you ask? Obviously because I get to have to most fun around with Middle School Kids/High School Kids for the Glory of JESUS.


Although, before the "Fun Day" begins, I thought I would share another Recipe for treats!! Why not right?! Maybe your fun day can be with Baking!! I always feel like such a women when I bake, especially on Sunday. 


Anyways, here we go
....Drum Roll Please.....


Cherry Funfetti Cupcakes with Butter Cream Frosting. 
Now you may be thinking that you know how to do these already and that they may not be that great. 
BUT, you have not lived until you have made these and eaten them. 
So, yes you are very welcome.

.PREPARE FOR GREATNESS.

Here is the box of cake powder I chose! THE BEST. 

Then I am a Diet Coke Addict. I may even need help. So I obviously chose Diet Cherry Coke. YUM. 

The amazing yummy after product. I seriously wanted to eat them ALL. Especially with Butter Cream Frosting. 

Yes, you need to make these right now.....

Poor cupcakes, their lives were short. Far too short. 

Happy Sunday Everyone. Bake your little hearts out, and remember.
 Do extra workouts this week, your butts will need it!!

All kinds of busy+a treat...

Hello Lovely Readers! 

This week has been all kinds of busy! What else is new, right?

So many fun things have happened I just wish I could tell you about them all.....

Baked three different types of items thanks to my FAVORITE website. 

Of course only two turned out, but so worth the fun!

Saw rain, hail, snow and oddly enough sun all in one day.

Cleaned out my car! SO AWESOME, Of course now it's crazy again but it definitely was clean.

Bought a new season of One Tree Hill and Friends. Guess I know where my but will be every night.

Started a new memory book and really planning to stick to it. 

Saved super bank at Target and got a screaming deal with my crazy coupons. 

Oh my fellow friends, that is only the tip of the ice-burg! SO many other fun things happened, but for now those memories will have to stay with me! For now I thought I would share a delightful recipe since it's been a while. This time it's not meatloaf, but a tasty treat that everybody WILL be dying for.

This time I was smart and took some pictures so here is how the process looks!

Obviously, you can get what ever cake mix suites your fancy, my personal favorite is "The Red Box" and not Betty Crocker, but Some People Swear By Her. So pick out your brand. 

Then we obviously mix ALL the ingredients together. Note, With this recipe DO NOT go off the instructions from the cake mix STRICTLY use the cake powder mix only with the other ingredients mentioned. 

Should end up looking something like this, maybe the color is different but all three batched looked like this. 

Then you do the tedious work of making them all into balls around the same size, and I was very proud. Shape wise they turned out FAB. 

TA DA!!! ALL DONE. They are a beautiful wonderful lovely amazing masterpiece, that really does taste glorious. Have fun and try not to do too much harm on your waistline!!! 

See you all soon with more fun stuff to share!!

Remembering Daddy

Hello friends!!

It’s been at least a good week since I last posted, in fact maybe more. Although ever since college my life has been filled with books and Starbucks. Surprise…Surprise. Honestly, college is great, especially when you see all those credits rank up, but I do miss the good old days. Wow, never thought I would say that! Almost 20 and already getting old!!

Anyways, as I promised I would be blogging my little heart out on the memories of my beloved father. Get ready, this one is a tear jerker and a lengthy read, BUT seriously worth it. I am such crazy picture lady; I wish desperately I could have some pictures on here, although sadly we lost ALL digital copies of my daddy when our computer crashed!! SO upsetting, if only we would have saved them on something else!!

Anyways, where to begin? My dad was beyond words amazing. From the moment I can remember him till right before he passed he was the most caring and compassionate person ever. If he loved someone, he loved them so passionately it literally blew you away. If he loved SOMETHING he would put so much love and attention to that something it blew your mind. He loved so many people and so many things so deeply WELL, I cannot even begin to describe it better then that. Except Jesus and my mother I had NEVER EVER seen anybody love they way he did.

To this day I carry that with me. Remembering how he was, especially how he loved people. I can only strive to be as passionate as he was. Everything he did, he did with fiery passion. He loved my mother desperately with passion. He showed in the way he treated her, treated others, and served her. No mater what my mother knew she was loved with everything he had. He loved me desperately. He would rub my back ALL THE TIME. I am a HUGE sucker for that. Seriously, if you offer to rub my back there is never a time I will say no. He would sit there and listen to me read for endless hours, even running on no sleep. He would cook the BEST boxed Mac and Cheese EVER. We would have the best jam sessions while he was always making sure the music was okay for me to listen too, again loving me desperately. He loved his family members better then anyone, risking things for them, sacrificing his time and energy. While making glass bottles, he loved doing that desperately, even at the graveyard shift. He loved, loved, loved and LOVED some more collecting Matchbox cars. That was by far his favorite pass time….ever. He had so many you would probably drop your jaw if only you saw. It was really amazing. Lastly, towards the end of his life he truly loved Jesus Christ with his whole heart and soul. Daily he prayed desperate prayers and he really realized how much he needed our good lord Jesus. Through his illness it really showed me what a steadfast love for Jesus was.

Many nights in the hospital I wondered why my daddy? Why was I sleeping on the horrible waiting chairs? Why couldn’t we just go home right now instead of eating this horrific food while sitting in his room? Why is he just laying there? Why isn’t he getting better like they said he would be? Why isn’t he talking back to me? Wait? What number day is this again? Many nights I fell asleep holding his hand, rubbing it, or telling him ALL about school. Of course I also wasn’t in school much so there wasn’t much to talk about. Many times he couldn’t respond so all he did was cry. Me and him had a special connection where if he started crying, so would I then try to be the strong one…yeah right. I told him many times that it was going to be okay, that he didn’t have to cry. In a sweet charming absolutely lovely letter he wrote me he said that was one of the most impactful things he had remembered hearing and will never forget. I didn’t lie, I really knew somehow everything was going to be okay. Even through him being sick like I said my dad was still HIM. He still squeezed my hand, still cried many tears, fought the machines, and fought the cancer. He was and still is to this day, one of the strongest men I know and holds a special place in my heart nobody could ever, EVER take. Of course the spot for Jesus is much bigger, but I was and always will be a daddy’s girl.

On the anniversary of his passing I think of the past and the future. Like, remembering when we used to go to Ocean Shores. How he tried to help my pathetic self learn how to skate. How he went to Mt. Rainer with the family and was known as the household prankster. All the great times we went to Disneyland for a vacation. How many times he told me to never find a boy, ever. The times he made me warm milk because I couldn’t sleep. Every time he sang, I swear cats were dying but it was secretly the BEST. When he tried to be the cool dad and dance, yet he was the most embarrassing one there. One of my favorite things was his hugs. He seriously gave the best you would have ever found. Lastly, his love for sparkly things, not for himself obviously, BUT for me…his little princess. Then I think about the future. Like, I wonder what he would say about my freshman, sophomore, Junior and Senior Year of High School. Always wondered if he would have actually liked my car…..he wasn’t fond of the color yellow. Wondered if he would have gotten me an, “off the showroom floor” car. Obviously, wondered if he would like my bangs. What he would think of my Starbucks addiction, or if he would be helping me with it. Of course theres the whole, would he like my choice of music because he was SO different. What would he have thought of me on Graduation…would he have cried?! What would he have thought about my 1st boyfriend? What about my future fiancé? What about my wedding dress? Would he have shot the poor guy or just burned him with literally 200 questions? In my wedding would I let him choose our song to dance too? If so, what would he have chosen? Seriously so many questions and thoughts run through my head every year. This year was NO different.

February 27^th, 2005 my father passed away. 7 years later I have grown to be a woman after his heart and passion. Forever he will hold a special place and my standards of a man in my life has been raised thanks to him. Even though my life was only benefitted 11 years with his presence, it was 11 AMAZING years that I will never ever forget. This post was for you daddy, miss you always and forever, your favorite little princess.  

PS. Don’t worry; I am 19 and still single. You would be proud.

Love Day from a Single's Perspective...

Love Day is The BOMB.

As I am sure you all know by now, yes I am single.

Woo Hoo is what I say!

Even though I am desperately in love with love and I just get all pathetic//lovie dovie and gushy over this fast coming and going holiday, I can't help it!!

All the cute colors, sweet cards, lovely flower boquets, dinner reservations, pretty dresses, silly stuffed toys and of course wonderful gloriopus candy.

So, for all you "taken" friends out there I thought I would show you a Day in the Life of a Single One on Love Day!

So Here We Go:

Of course I HAD to have Starbucks, Happy Valentines Day to me!!

Hung out with some really awkward but super dorbs middle school kiddos!

Ate some precious pretty treats!!

Had a mini date with ice cream and the best friend for our Valentines Day gift exchange!

Of course I got Chocolates, Singing Taylor Swift Card and a Starbucks Cup with my favorite color inside!!

Then, after a long day of seeing sweet Facebook Posts, cute couples at Starbucks play Scrabble like I SO Baddly wanted to, and working on Homework...I got to come home to this. My next Valentine Date who got me the Glee DVD I have been drooling over, a chick flick movie, extra chocolate and of course the way to my heart, STARBUCKS.

So I spent my night being a giddy little school girl, eating my Chocolate and reading the bible remembering the most important thing on Love Day.....

"For GOD so LOVED the world, he gave his one and only son...."

John 3:16

Beautiful College.

Well friends,

Today is Tuesday and tomorrow is Wednesday.

With online College classes it is a little different then regular "sit in" college. Therefore, my week starts on Thursday and ends on Wednesday. I actually hate this set up. When I say hate I mean, real real hate. It seriously throws my WHOLE week off. I'm so used to the week starting on a Monday and ending on a Sunday.

Although I am slowly learning what it means to be flexible with the plan the LORD has!! I live such a planned busy crazy life that many times I don't necessarily agree with the LORD. At least not right away. Sometimes I find I can become very bitter in not knowing why God does some of the things he does, why he give me so much on one plate, why he isn't giving me a job when I need one so badly and why I can't seem to get everything done at once.THEN I remember, oh yeah...because he can, because he is still good, because he still provides, because his timing is perfect and most of all because he won't give me more then I can handle. He is the God of grace, love and truth. So not matter how annoyed I get with college, no matter how much I want to quit, no matter how crazy my life is....it is Beautiful and Blessed.

I am so blessed with College it is not even funny! God has abundantly provided for my schooling to move towards my dream. I am so thankful for the blessing on a daily basis.This is such a beautiful blessing I can never get over it. Besidesof course leaning on Jesus, do you all know how I get through my Tuesdays?

COFFEE. LOTS AND LOTS OF COFFEE.
Praise JESUS For Starbucks.
Cold First.

Hot Second. Mmmm.

Happy Tuesday EVERYONE!!
Remember, YOU are abundently BLESSED by our LORD.

You May Be Busy, BUT Your BLESSED.

The month of "love"

Hello fellow friends!

Can you believe it? February already? To be honest, I have NO idea where the heck January went. It came and went so fast it basically made my head spin. Such craziness. Although the nice thing is in February things start to get back to normal, kind of.

This month is the month of....

Thats right, the month of love AND candy. I almost feel like this is worst then Easter, at least for adults. Sometimes I eat way too much, other years I never eat any candy. Although, candy is not what this post is about!! Valentines Day will be it's own post for sure, although thats not for a few weeks-ish!! Praise Jesus I have more time to think about my crazy schedual and who i want to be my Valentine (Probably my mother).

Love, putting someone else's needs and wants before your own. That is what love really is. The only 100% real, genuine, never ending, never get tired love out there happens to be from our sweet kind wonderful lovely LORD Jesus Christ. He is literally everything and he is the reason we feel love. Without the LORD Jesus Christ we would not know the true meaning of love and what it really means. What the sweet lord did for us on that cross was real, true love. He put OUR needs and wants before his own. He paid the price for our sins in which we should pay the penalty of death for. THAT my fellow friends is the best love i have ever, and will ever recieve.

No matter how many pretty gifts i recieve, no matter how many love cards i happily read, no matter how many times i fall in love with Disney movies over and over again, no matter how many time i walk into Tiffany &Co. and melt, no matter how long i snuggle with my dog, no matter what.....LORD Jesus Christ's love is the only love that is continuously passionate, grace filled, forgiving and true forever and ever amen. Even though this month may be more about fancy things, cards, the color pink, dimands, and chocolates we must remember that love is something that started and ends everyday with our sweet lovely charming gracious LORD Jesus Christ. Without him LOVING me and really LOVING me im not so sure where i would be.....

Praise his name forever and ever, let our songs reach the heavens.

Let us make a joyful noise onto him, for he is GOD.

If you have time over the next week or two, take a stroll down love street and jot down some tangible ways the LORD Jesus Christ has loved you!! That's my next blog post, plus a possible recepie, it may or may not be something pink, or lemonie. Havn't decided yet, just saying. Be READY!!

God Bless and have an amaing week filled with LOVE from our LORD Jesus Christ!!