I've been getting tons of hits on my Xanga Sitemeter today from LiveJournal. Someone must've linked to me! Yay! I'm popular! Haha, j/k. Anyway, my SM was a reminder that I miss you guys. Here's a post for ya, copied from Xanga. I'll be back tomorrow to read your entries. Can't wait!

Sometimes singleness is a blast.Like for instance, last night I ( Read more... )

Lots of things going on in my life. You know how sometimes God uses hard times to make you aware of just how selfish and proud and self-sufficient you are? Yeah, well, that's where I am right now. But as I've read through Job, I've been reminded that the suffering God allows us to go through is such a paradoxical demonstration of His love. It shows ( Read more... )

I've been putting a lot of thought into getting involved the ( Read more... )

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I am so in love with Arbonne's concealer. It comes in a little pot and it's awesome. So when I logged onto Arbonne's site the other day and found out they are discontinuing it, I was bummed. They're going to introduce another product, which will most likely be even better, but I was worried that I might run out before the new one is available. So I ( Read more... )

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After winning a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, wrestler Rulon Gardner took off hhis shoes, placed them in the center of the mat, and walked away in tears. Through that symbolic act, Gardner announced his retirement from the sport which had defined his life for many years.

Times of walking away come to ( Read more... )

Edit: Oh, and thank you Jacob and Ann so much for dropping by the Smuits to decorate my car in honor of April Fool's.

(That was heavily spiced with sarcasm, by the way.)

If you guys see a Mitsubishi Galant driving around with "latteda" on the front, it's probably mine ( Read more... )

CHILDHOOD MEMORY #4 -- "In His Time"

One of my earliest memories is of my mom putting me to bed each night. She would snuggle me or kneel beside my bed until I drifted off to sleep. Sometimes she would pray or just talk to me. But the main thing I remember is the songs she would sing. They always calmed and comforted me.

Beautiful, beautiful, ( Read more... )

You know those days when you're so rotten you can hardly stand to live with yourself? Well, that was my day. I started out this morning praying that I would be filled with the Spirit and that the fruits of His Spirit would abound in my life. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that, as a whole, my attitudes and actions today produced the opposite affect. * ( Read more... )