2.2.10

Dear Blogger,

So...hi.

Tonight is bachelor night where I catch up on the bachelor (yesterday's episode) on hulu. However, I'm really tired and I think I'm going to skip part 2 and watch that tomorrow d:

Today was less of a bum day. I got up and did a boatload of school, then mom made some grilled cheese pizzas...so good :D

I went to work and got it all done in 2.5 hours. WOOHOO. Well, this means I get paid less...however, I made it to bible study on time! Which was a lot of fun, I really enjoy bible study, I learn a lot and it's good fellowship with teens who actually care about God and following Him (: We're trying to come up with something we can collaborate on and do as a group, like a missionary project...but no one can think of anything. We're praying about it, but your comments could help too (;

So I pretty much had a few fail sayings in bible study tonight...like "sexual revolution! oh wait...i meant..purity rebelution...." and "Serena Gomez!...i mean...Selena?" yeah. it was bad.

It's kind of funny, we let every day pass and we don't think much about it, we look forward to big things like parties and dates but we just let the little moments flash by. I don't want my life to be like that, a lot of times throughout the day I will think "I wish I could remember this moment forever..." but in 5 minutes it's gone. So fast. I need to start writing this stuff down.

Like a vapor, Mandy

2.1.10

Dear Blogger....

So that's what I did today^ along with another song that I'm NOT putting up on here because it turned out worse than this one!

Today was such a bum day. After completely school and stepping in eggs..ew....I went downstairs and watched iCarly and some other Nickelodeon shows! They make me feel like a kid, because I mostly never feel like one anyway, all of its wastefulness gives me a smile so I guess it's not wasted at all (:

I pretty much spent all my time today on youtube...I wanted to make a video all day today, but I really have no one to make one with...kind of sad. I need to go out and buy a bunch of mannequins...I'll have a whole cast!

.....just kidding.....although that would be really funny.

So this chapter is just a big fat....blah.

Oh and by the way...I'm really excited, because I might be possibly be going to Pensecola Christian College for college days!! And guess who I might be going with? Golden boys!!!

I'm excited :D

MKayyyy, BYE (:

Mandy

1.31.10

Dear Blogger,

Happy Sunday (: I love Sunday's, church pretty much all day! I woke up nice and early with enough time to get ready (with an actual pressurized shower...) and have some spiritual and physical food, both were absolutely delectable I might add.

Church was good, after playing in the orchestra I headed back to play piano for the Kids Klub. I LOVE playing for those kids...it's so fun, and I just feel like...I feel like I owe it to those kids to have a good Kids Klub, a good environment for them to hear about Jesus.

The message was again, about hoping through depression...which are great...after the 1st message...after the 5th one...it gets a little repetitive.

So I came home and worked on school...and SHOOT. I have...crap. I have school yet to do...that I have to get done before midnight tonight...*SIGH* I'll make this short.

Actually I'm stopping this right now.

1. Look up Ron Pope. I got introduced to him today and he's amazing.

2. Friends leave, don't get TOO attached...

3. TRY. Really, it's not that hard to TRY to be like Jesus. He can help you with that. Just ask...go ahead. Right now, ask to be like Him, ask Him to mold you. I do it every day.

Most annoyed...Mandy

1.30.10

Dear Blogger,

So today! It was amazing, a very blessed devos this morning and then I worshiped our Creator on the piano...I love the piano. My favorite instrument by far.

Breakfast was interesting, I sat with a table I hadn't sat with before, of course. And all the guys were a bit...let's just say...boys. One of them was explaining the nights antics with jumping into showers with other boys...and us girls knew something had gone on with some of them because at 3am that morning apparently a girl was in the bathroom and there was a shower running. She waited to see who would come out of it, it was a guy...clothed in a hoodie and jeans I might add. There was also a pair of boxers in our yard this morning...yeah, I don't

think I want to know.

Something I've noticed, adults seem to be like...magnetized toward me...I don't get it. I'll be talking to a group of teens and then out of the blue I find myself talking for the adult most of the time. Why? One of the many unanswered questions of life I suppose.

We had some fun competitions at the activity center where I totally owned in rockwall climbing...just saying...

And yeah.

That's about it, because I don't feel like going into super detail.

Oh, and I have a facebook again, thanks to a Mr. Adam Preim...ium. gasoline. (Sorry, I know I know, I had to do it.)

Departure was such sweet sorrow, and this guy Mikey

who I had hung out with all weekend ever so nervously asked for my number, it was kind of funny...he hasn't texted or called yet...haha.

Oh and by the way. I learned that I am extremely prideful, and for that I most certainly apologize. I never really realized the way I am until I actually LOOK at myself and what I say. You see there were a few incidences that really helped me out with this. One time was with this girl in our cabin, she wasn't exactly considered the "coolest" girl or the "prettiest" girl but she was sweet...and a little on the quiet side. She had forgotten her pajama pants and was sleeping and wearing the same pair of jeans for the whole week without uttering a complaint even once. I had brought an extra pair of sweat pants. I debated on letting her borrow them for a whole 5 minutes, it pains me to know I took that long considering it! I let her borrow them of course, but just the fact that I was reluctant in the first place? Guilt just consumed

me.

Another time was with this guy from the church I went with. He had never really talked to me, and I never understood why, actually he was kind of a jerk to me the last time I had saw him. I was willing to give him another chance of course, and tried talking to him. He just did one of those numbers where he looked at me...mumbled something and walked away without a smile. This really intrigued me about him for some reason and I kind of creeped on him, well not really...I just observed him to see if he did that to anyone else. The fact was he only did it to certain peo

ple. I talked to Carlos about it a little bit because he was in the same cabin as him and they were friends. Carlos just said that this guy just assumed that every girl liked him and was a ladies man. I was confused by this because usually if a guy is a ladies man (and DOESN'T have a girlfriend...HE DOES.) that he would be flirting or something of that nature, or at least smile when someone talks to him! That's when he said "Hey Amanda, you see...*insert name of guy here* thinks he's better than most people, so much better that he wouldn't give you the time of day because you're not pretty enough, he goes for hott girls, not average girls, even as just friends." I was a little taken aback by this at first, Carlos just called me average...thanks a lot. However, English is his second language...but....I'm glad he did. This really helped me realize what I do to other people all the time. I take one look at them, and decide if they're worth my time or not. It's wrong, and I don't want to be like that guy.

Actually an example of this was when I sat at that guy, Mike,'s table. It was the table in the far back and all the guys kind of looked....a little socially awkward. My first assumption was that there was no reason to go there because they will all just stare at me weirdly and I'll be creeped out. What Would Jesus Do. Thinking of that phrase, I sat down and made conversation. They turned out to be some of the coolest kids there, and I'm glad I did what I did.

Well, I'm done droning on so I hope you enjoyed this little rant.

Exhaustingly, Mandy

1.29.10

Dear Blogger,

As you know, I'm writing this on the 30th not the 29th as I am deceitfully labeling it because I wasn't here! Now I must recolect everything...wow so much happened. Here goes...

Well on the 28th in the evening time we arrived and threw everything into our cabins, I got the bunk I always get, whatevers closest to the door so I can get out in the morning fast to take a shower...and stay far enough anyway from just a few very LOUD girls.

We had some fun mixers...like where we all had to hold hands and maneuver a hula hoop around a chain of people I was holding hands with this guy named Carlos...

"This is the first time I've ever held a girls hand." Carlos looked past me, nervously twiddling his fingers. "Besides my sisters."

I just kind of stared at him...and laughed in the inside. "Well there's a first for everything!" I said, pulling my hand away.

So yeah we had some interesting times.

That night the activity was Sardines. However, it was about 10 degrees out with a huge wind chill and there were over 200 kids. It was horrible. I tried to make the best of it, but just ended up sitting inside the rest of the time playing the piano.

That night we went to our cabins, had a devotion, and I tried my best not to snap at the girls that talked continually about everything on this danged earth while others tried to sleep...I really need to work on my patience.

1.29.10

Day two...ish.

So I woke up and did my devo's in chapel, and I found a quarter. (I gained 91 cents this week actually from things of this nature...) Devos were amazing (: I love camp. I LOVE JESUS! So we had breakfast and I tried to sit with a different table almost every meal. Funny thing was though, only two tables the whole time had one other girl at it. So evoking the "Ladies First" rule always went over well and I got food first :D

That's when he had some wonderful cabin devotion time and the headed off to the activity center. This is where we turned off all the lights and the strobe and black lights kicked on. I was a chaser and pretty much was supposed to steal peoples flags in the dark whilst they collected magnets. However, I had more fun just using the strobe light to sneak up on people and then freak them out when it flashed...ahh so fun. WE played a few other games, had chapel, and then there was a talent show! Everyone auditioned from a guy who would kick himself in the head, to a boys band that used kitchen utensils to make music. It was all pretty incredible. I made up a song about the camp and put it to the tune How To Save a Life - The Fray...it was pretty fun.

We had some free time where I pulled out some card tricks...hahaha SO MUCH FUN. I love doing card tricks on people that have no idea how card tricks are done, the effect is so much cooler.

We played some outdoor games and some indoor games that involved eating weird things...all in all it was a fun time. That night was so hard to get to sleep because one of the girls in my cabin has quite the imagination, I love her, but I was TIRED.

Wanting to go to bed but can't because she has to finish these blogs...Mandy

P.S. Yes, I'm aware of the grossness of the picture, we were all getting ready for bed...

1.28.10

Dear Blogger,

Today I'm going to winter camp! I usually have a blast going, and I usually have either a friend or an outgoing brother to go with me. But this weekend...I'm going alone. By myself. No one there to help me socially ha.

My friend asked me today why I was going then, if I don't know anyone and this whole camp is SO clique oriented, how will I ever make friends? Well...

1. The most prominent part of me going to this camp is to grow spiritually. The past three years I have gone I have dealt with things in my heart that had been hindering me from walking with my Saviour. Everything just melts away and I'm able to just communicate intimately with HIM. It's the most amazing experience, and honestly, going without a friend encourages this.
2. I can be whoever I want to be. Well, of course I'm going to be myself. But why can't I be a little more outgoing? Those of you who know me pretty much all assume that I'm outgoing quite enough, but I'm not exactly the bravest when it comes to talking to people. As I said Tuesday, I tend to lift other people higher than myself and compare myself to them, instead of Jesus. This needs to be fixed, everyone is on the same level.
3. It's fun. Simple as that. Once you get over the fear of making new friends you have an amazing time. Seriously, it's so much fun.
4. I'm kind of holding this to an experiment. I'm going to try writing down the names of the people I meet and how they interact and socialize with me when they hardly know me. I kind of feel like a scientist...d:

Alright so since I'm not going to be here all day tomorrow, I can't post a chapter!! AHHH!

Ha. I'm sure you guys will survive. I'll write down all the days happenings in a notebook and rewrite it here when I get home Saturday.

Well, I'm off. No cell phone, no internet. Just me, God, His people, and blessings (:

Very nervously, Mandy

1.27.10

Dear Blogger,

IF YOUR NAME IS BRIDGET CLICK THIS IT SHALL TAKE YOU TO A VIDEO FOR YOU :D

Okay, I'm done yelling now.

So HI! How are you? Oh my word I'm wonderful! Thanks for asking...so today was jolly fun. I went to violin and had a GOOD LESSON. Believe that or not. It was good! Then we drove to the restaurant I had picked up an application for and dropped it off...the lady remembered me :D Good sign! (I parked pretty darn good too...I'm gettin good...haha)

Then I headed back home where I was kind of bored...so I made that video^ up there. And then headed to church! Quite...not so exciting? Well church is always enjoyable (: So we went door-to-door which pretty much froze my fingers and toes off but we spread the word! Woohoo. Then we headed to Subway where I said hi to Rob. Rob is pretty much the guy who is always working there when we go every week, and for the longest time he was on tour. We missed him. Haha I just find it fun to talk to him!

We headed back to church where we consumed food and hung out playing the piano then church started and we watched teenagers stuff their faces into bowls of chocolate syrup trying to retrieve gummy worms. Good times...

This is really hard to write when you're skyping. Apparently it sounds like hail coming from the other end ha! HAIL HAIL HAIL. dush dush. (sounds of hail)

So farewell until another day!

Hugs

Love

Praising Jesus, Mandy