Ok peeps. I'm moving on from Livejournal. I have a new blog now, which can be found at
http://meanderings-of-the-mind.blogspot.com/

I'll keep this blog up too, of course, but I don't think that I'll be posting to it anymore.

I don't really feel much like typing now. Valerie=tired out, and I'm in the mood for a nap. :-)  However, I noticed today how incredibly delinquent my posting has been, and felt that I should really update people on my goings-on ( Read more... )

Brook and I are leaving for Hawaii tomorrow! I am so excited about stepping foot in Honolulu. I haven't been there in ages, but I still remember how warm and sweet the air seemed upon exiting the airplane. We'll be spending 10 days there, 10 wonderful days of backpacking and hiking and a whole host of other wonderful Hawaiian things. :-)

Brook and ( Read more... )

Yes, I am the slacker, and as of today, I am totally reformed. This comes at an unfortunate time however, as today was the last day of this set of classes. I realize that I've finally pushed my good luck too far, and it may cost me my grade in my functional curriculum class (which means I might not get an 'A'...yeah, big deal I know, but I wanted ( Read more... )

"Oregon Is Home" was a popular slogan among Oregon grocers many years ago, when my dad worked for Roth's IGA up in Salem. I grew up with it, but never really thought much about it. Yeah, sure. Oregon is where I live. However, those three words have been running through my head for the past several days, after a good deal of traveling around my ( Read more... )

That's all. Just *sigh*. I'm glad it's Thursday, because I need some time to step back and reflect. I just bought a journal, and I think it will be a great tool for getting all of my thoughts out and relaxing. I plan on writing in it tonight. And, apart from hiking the South Sister, I plan on getting a lot of Bible study and prayer in this weekend ( Read more... )

So, I don't really have anything to say right now. I am having a good time messing around with uploading pictures into Livejournal, though. Below you will see the fruits of my experiment (it's not necessarily turning out how I'd like, but the pics are fun anyway(s).  :-D


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I've been having a VERY stressful day. This morning started off way too late (I missed my Behavior Management class). This caused me to be excessively stressed out (as our grade is contingent on our attendence, and I was late YESTERDAY), and as I sat in my kitchen and thought about the homework, the grades, the tiredness (I haven't been sleeping ( Read more... )

I realize that it's been a week since Brook and I traveled to Seattle, but I still wanted to post some of our pics and give a quick run down of our adventures. First, the pictures:  Here we have a beautiful view of Seattle from the top of the Space Needle.


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Ok, so I feel the need to express my excitement about traveling up to Seattle with Brook. :-D  We leave this afternoon, and will be there until Saturday. I'm excited about just hanging out with Brook in such a fun city. Our plans are rather tentative (perfect for a road trip, where spontaneity is a good thing), although we're definitely thinking ( Read more... )