tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88219243321752543202024-02-19T01:02:18.381-06:00The Art of HappinessAnyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-26731070274584547872011-05-02T09:14:00.001-05:002011-05-02T09:26:55.412-05:00Really.More elaboration will come with this but for now let me just say this, friends:<br />
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Two insanely emotional people should never rely on each other for comfort.<br />
One person who is willing to give, and one person who is willing to take, should not try to have a friendship, it ends in hurt.<br />
A Baptist and a Catholic should not try to date unless they are 100% on the same page with God, and God alone.<br />
Boys are idiots.<br />
But I, and all you ladies out there, have a guy who is willing to hold you until the wee hours of the morning, wipe every single tear away without question, and not be ashamed to call you His or Him yours. I'm okay with having God, Nate, Katie, and a few select friends being the only people in my life right now.<br />
But I'm still angry, very, very angry.<br />
Clearly, we're going to have to work on that...Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-61923915911337770932011-03-13T16:22:00.002-05:002011-03-13T16:23:04.635-05:00bassoon > oboe<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d_01EPgeZ6o?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-32180458614320907292011-03-13T16:21:00.000-05:002011-03-13T16:21:20.059-05:00Double Reeds and Pirates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72baK5_dyV9efAlfyq7SzxedyqTFad0rU6DVUYbgTQKPIYdlZ6cv0DIQ9XZAuinzRc9laMnVNIuoXILnz_aPG1S2bt-jMyIiH8IAuHl1n06vSkBpHEHzouHk4UdUMgymE_boSHJQfeEM/s1600/HPIM3245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72baK5_dyV9efAlfyq7SzxedyqTFad0rU6DVUYbgTQKPIYdlZ6cv0DIQ9XZAuinzRc9laMnVNIuoXILnz_aPG1S2bt-jMyIiH8IAuHl1n06vSkBpHEHzouHk4UdUMgymE_boSHJQfeEM/s320/HPIM3245.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GLORIOUS DAY! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, my friends, he's finally done it, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate's joined the dark side! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has officially become a secondary on oboe, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he's a double reeder. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel as though this involves a parade or something. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two double reeds in the family now, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Double Reed Day at UNCG won't know what hit them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In other news, look who's in town. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Corbin has come to visit me alas! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've missed this ECU Pirate even though </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have his twin here with me at UNCG. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's not the same without both of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reunited and it feels so good! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-46897263770492921852011-03-13T16:15:00.001-05:002011-03-13T16:25:07.266-05:00Musical ManiaI don't really know what's gotten into me lately but I've had a recent surge of musical obsession. I mean I've always loved musicals, but this is getting a little out of hand. Wicked, Phantom, and Les Mis, have been playing in my room nonstop the past week. Not to mention I've watched the 25th Anniversary London Concert of Les Mis 3 times on PBS in the past 5 days. I'm not sure what's going on, maybe I just wish I could walk around singing and dancing throughout my everyday life. Regardless, here's a little peek at the song that has been playing in my head and over my itunes all afternoon. <br />
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<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RxFMIQumXS0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-82837449845430003272011-03-13T16:06:00.000-05:002011-03-13T16:06:01.641-05:00Weekend Wonders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do you do with yourself on a weekend in which </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there is hardly any homework to do? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You go cosmic bowling late at night...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and successfully pull off stunts like this </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">without anyone having to go to the hospital. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(yeah, I'm that good!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You straightened your friend's extremely curly hair,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and do a rather good job at it too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You take extremely awkward pictures, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">extremely late at night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You thumbs up and laugh at everything because </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you're past the point of exhaustion by 3 in the morning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then you walk to Walgreens in the freezing cold. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you go see Nate perform at First Presbyterian, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and take in the glory and beauty of God </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at one of the most gorgeous churches </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Greensboro, on a sunny Sunday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so glad our Symphony and Chorale insist on performing </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in such beautiful locations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's getting warmer my loves! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's on your weekend to-do list?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-8982145955270172562011-03-13T15:58:00.000-05:002011-03-13T15:58:08.411-05:00Basketball Season!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's March </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that means two things: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1.) Albert Einstein and I are rocking our birthday's on Pi Day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3.14 Baby! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2.) MARCH MADNESS!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Basketball season is among us, friends! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my favorite time of year for many reasons. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mostly because it gives me a legitimate excuse to </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">scream my lungs out at something, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a chance to wear Carolina t-shirts everyday. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And speaking of Tar Heels, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how bout them Heels!? </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I understand Duke beat us in the championship game </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and all that jazz, yeah yeah, blah blah. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But seriously, we beat Duke last week and </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we're the ACC regular season champs. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Compared to where we were last year and earlier this year, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not complaining at all. Talk about some progress. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(not to mention the class we have compared to the Duke bench)</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm extremely proud of my Tar Heels. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Tar Heel born and Tar Heel bred! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of basketball, because I'm a Spartan as much </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as a Tar Heel, let's talk about UNCG Basketball. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, now that I'm not tied down to the chains of the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">School of Music, I can actually have a life and go to the sports games. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This means that these precious friends and I headed to the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">coliseum to support our Spartans against Miami...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, all except this girl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Katie is our walking contradiction. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miami fan, pulling for Miami, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yet wearing a UNCG shirt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there are our teams now... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yeah, this picture pretty much sums up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how this game went. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miami stomped us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, despite the fact Miami kicked our butts, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jon and I continued to exuberantly cheer for our Spartans. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me tell ya, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who needs anger management </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when you have basketball to yell at? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A great friendship has bloomed between Katie and I. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This girl and I have spent many a night in Taco Bell, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the caf, and random laundry rooms, talking for hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not to mention the adventures we get into are priceless, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">especially if it involves driving.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's very appropriate to say that, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"the best things in life are unexpected, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because there were no expectations." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the game we headed to cookout</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and hopped into the back of Caitlin's truck </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with milkshakes in hand, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even though it was 30 degrees outside. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are the moments I'll always cherish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the college is experience everyone should have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So friends, who are you all pulling for this basketball season? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-70312310021234240212011-02-15T12:27:00.000-06:002011-02-15T12:27:20.613-06:00Urgent Prayer RequestHello my beautiful friends! I know many of you are strong Christians and you are aware of the power of prayer. I am asking you all to band together in order to grace a family with that incredible power. My friend, Leah, texted me the other night informing me that her mother had a stroke and was in need of prayer. Within 24 hours, her mother was air lifted to Baptist Hospital and underwent treatment on her brain. She is currently in critical condition and is not responsive to anything. There is a large amount of fluid on her brain and things are not looking too well. The doctor's believe it's going to take a miracle to save her. So friends, I am asking you to pray ceaselessly for this incredibly sweet family. I know our God is capable of that miracle and can make it happen in moments. Leah's family really needs some love and prayers right now, and if you all wouldn't mind to keep her in your hearts, that would be incredible of you. I know miracles are possible, and I'm praying it's in God's will to perform one on her mom. Thank you all so much!<br />
With tons of love,<br />
anya:)Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-42671793231598450832011-02-10T13:06:00.001-06:002011-02-10T13:10:28.860-06:0011.5 Short Thoughts:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">1.) </span><b>Change starts with a girl.</b></span> I want to start a campus outreach program for the Girl Effect. Never heard of it? <a href="http://www.girleffect.org/question">Check it out here</a> and go make a difference. 50 million, 12-year-old girls will love you for it.<br />
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2.) Last night's Carolina vs. Duke game made me extremely proud of my Tar Heels. Despite the fact we lost, it's amazing the strength found between the players on the team. I'm Tar Heel born and bred, and so proud of it.<br />
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3.) Bones has been blowing my mind lately. It's always been awesome, but they are just outdoing themselves recently. If you've never watched Bones, go watch all the seasons so you can then go watch the Gravedigger Trial episode in season 6. First 4 minutes cannot even be described into words. Seriously.<br />
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4.) Sometimes I feel like I need my own warning label.<br />
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5.) Maybe my real calling is to open at orphanage. Katie will help me fund it and Nate will be our cook. And those kiddos will be so loved by us, they'll feel & understand the love of Christ, and eat asian noodles every single day.<br />
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6.) I'm learning what it means to bear my cross. It's a beautiful and humbling process.<br />
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7.) My Women's Studies class really makes me question all woman-kind. And not in a good way.<br />
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8.) My brother made the Carolina Honors Band and will be spending the weekend here at UNCG with Nate and I. So excited and oh so proud of him!!<br />
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9.) I use my speeches in my communications class as a witnessing opportunity. Seeing people cry and say amen at the end of my speech makes me realize that it wasn't me up there speaking, it was God speaking through me. Every little thing can make a difference.<br />
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10.) Elizabeth Gilbert's writing continues to make me want to seek God, love unconditionally, and travel the world. I feel like she's taken my brain and splattered it onto the pages of her books.<br />
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</div><div>11.) My name is Annaliese and I'm addicted to the Mac Application Store.<br />
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11.5) when making ramen soup from scratch, always remember to skim the scum...</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-55811131524119958912011-02-10T12:47:00.002-06:002011-03-13T14:12:34.476-05:00Clearing the Air<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">After the <a href="http://artsyanya.blogspot.com/2010/12/heaven.html">Heaven</a> post from a few months ago, I've received some concern as to what exactly is going on in my life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">In January I went to see a specialist about the internal bleeding I was dealing with. Since then I have officially been diagnosed with Endometriosis. This is good because it explains a lot of what's been going on. However, it's also bad because both endo and PCOS are clashing diseases that refuse to get along. By treating one issue, it only makes the other one worse. This has led to a treatment that will put my ovaries to sleep until further notice. It's going to be an adventure for sure... and it's a little scary because I know how this will emotionally take a toll on me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">My body is extremely confused as to what exactly it's supposed to do. As of 4 weeks ago, I feel like I've gone through puberty, menopause, and suffered symptoms of pregnancy, minus actually being pregnant with a baby. There's nothing like hot flashes, morning sickness, and mood swings all at once. Because this treatment directly correlates with my hormones, I can feel myself sinking into the depression I had suffered in the past, and it's very terrifying. I do not want to go back to that person I was. And I will not. It has definitely challenged my trust in God and my relationship with Nate and my family. However, this challenge is a good challenge because it really has helped me to realize not only how loved I am, but also how strong I can be as well. They have not left my side and although they are struggling with me on this, I know they are not going anywhere. My testimony is still in the process of being written. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Because of these emotionally difficulties I'm dealing with right now, we've decided to make a personal treatment for me. While physically, on the road to recovery, I will also be on the road to personal happiness. This is a way for me to find joy and contentment in my life, despite what my body and hormones are trying to say.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The first step? After this recent discovery and diagnosis, Nate and I came to the conclusion to go speak to Dr. Joe at Lawndale. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Dr. Joe is one of the most wise, if not the wisest, man that I've ever come across. By the end of our discussion, both Nate and I were speechless (shocker right?) The conclusion though? It had been laid on my heart to join Lawndale since Thanksgiving and finally, it was time to make a public announcement of faith and become a member of this amazing church. This was the first step to my own personal road to happiness. And as of January 23rd, I became a member of Lawndale. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The second? MB and I had been having difficulties in our relationship over Christmas and it came to the point where neither one of us was speaking to the other. It was very challenging to deal with, both emotionally and physically, because my trust had really been tried. However, three weeks after we returned from break, it was placed on my heart (well placed is not a good word... thrusted is more like it) that I forgive MB and we try to start our friendship anew. I found myself with Nate one night discussing what had been placed on my heart. He looked at me with tears in his eyes and explained that only the love of God could change a heart that was so hurt. Only He could change it to the point where I wanted to forgive MB, to the point where I openly admitted that I missed her. Then he put his arm around me and said something that I will never in my whole life forget: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"You've been so busy trying not to die, that you've forgotten how to live. You have Christ on your side, risk it." </span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">As soon as he said those words, my phone rang and it was MB...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">the rest is history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">As the trials come and go, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">the scary moments when my body fails, or when my emotions get the best of me, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I've realized that in Christ alone my hope is found. I know that the only way I'm going to survive myself during this treatment is to be completely engulfed in Him. <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">I may be weak, but His spirit is strong within me, my flesh may fail, but my God never will. </span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">This whole experience has helped me to overcome my silly self conscious concerns, it's helped me to rely on God to fight for me, when I cannot fight for myself. It's made me realize just how much I am loved from my family and how devoted they are to making me feel better. It's brought Nate and I closer than we ever were before and I know that by growing in God, the best is yet to come. My testimony is constantly writing itself out, but I know the end result will be beautiful because it will be written in the glory of God. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Romans 8:18</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.</span></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">And I can barely contain my excitement for that glory...</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-81302244688977706222011-02-10T12:23:00.003-06:002011-02-10T12:48:33.389-06:00In Other News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone take a moment to breathe, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Christmas updates are finally over!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So in other news, what's been going on </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the gang in Greensboro, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">since we're returned to school? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we have taken the time to take photoshoots of each other...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I mean, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we study...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we walk to Tate Street at 11:00 at night</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to fulfill cravings for Chinese food. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We eat Chinese food at least 4 times a week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that's not a lie at all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We pose in the meditation room and take modeling pictures, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because we all know that no one actually </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">meditates in the meditation room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we get the last two tickets to WinterJam before</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they completely sell out so we can see</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Francesca Battistelli,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> David Crowder Band,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the Newsboys be mindblowing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We cheer on the Packers in honor of passed friends </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the Lawndale Super Bowl Party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which may I add, is just like Christmas, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lots of food, lots of laughs, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and everyone comes out to visit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did I mention it's February? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Say what? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New Years feels like it was just yesterday,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what on earth!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-228349177954888512011-02-10T11:55:00.001-06:002011-02-10T11:55:36.834-06:00I Get It From My Mom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where does my decorating sense come from? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Definitely my mother, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just look at the Christmas decorations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> she graced our house with this holiday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a beautiful and creative mind she has!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year our show was entitled: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"A Baby Changes Everything" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it was beyond incredible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our music program goes all out for these shows </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I am more than blessed to be a part of it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year the first act was "Toy Story."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, you heard right. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're talking toy soldiers coming down from the ceiling,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Buzz, Woody, and the whole gang. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Truly amazing and beyond cute. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second act was the always moving nativity scene. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This act is always my favorite because it is beyond precious. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a baby nativity scene put on by the children, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as well as an adult scene. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kings were coming down from the balcony </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and onto stage, dressed in full costume, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was heart stopping and incredibly moving. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The real message of Jesus was portrayed, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that's the message of love. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">God moved in big ways through this program! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My lovely family came to see the show, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">since Nate, Katie, and I were all in it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so wonderful to get to share this joy with them! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate and I rocked the cello/bassoon lines in the pit orchestra. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, I can tell you that mics pick up laughs very easily, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">especially our laughs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> not that we can tell you that from experience or anything. ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's always a blast to sit next to my best friend in pit, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">always some kind of trouble is bound to occur. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miss Katie K and I, laughing at what is probably one of our </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hilarious stories we share with each other. I am so very blessed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to have gotten to know this girl, she's such a light in my life! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had three shows to perform and after Saturday's performance </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we all went out to Chili's with our friend Brandon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got hung up on when calling for reserved seating,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Katie received a bent fork, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and we got placed in the bar since they didn't actually </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">write down that I called ahead for seating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, it all ended well with free chips </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a hilarious waitress. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the beautiful Christmas tree. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This show is just one of the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">millions of reasons that I love my church. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lawndale is one of those places that's just not afraid</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to reach out into the community and share the story of Jesus. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was the 2009 show brought me to Lawndale, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and since then, I've come to learn who God is on a personal level. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am forever grateful for this church </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I'm proud to now call it my home. </div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-9859436137284460982011-02-10T11:25:00.000-06:002011-02-10T11:25:24.079-06:00CRU Christmas Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, I realize that I'm just now posting Christmas pictures, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but you know what? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's okay, we could use the Christmas cheer all year round, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you ask me :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bible Study girls and I at the CRU Christmas party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(minus Katie and a select few others) </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lovely Maria Elena and Taylor Ann. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love these girls oh so much. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas from our severely awkward family :)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MB couldn't be there, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so we just pretended she was there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for our family photo. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the boys serenading us with Christmas carols...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or at least their versions of Christmas carols. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-21313038964396939112011-02-10T11:12:00.000-06:002011-02-10T11:12:14.145-06:00Spartan Basketball!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZhvbjYVgry-W-z26BPJEWKlsZS9pDJLwHiEXFN-HMH2VhtusYlPoCIrQXXZgojZOlL1ONqoG0FZIK0W30ov9zWiB1_0sMo_L7dyvX-q-sRfpbNXBg4jdG2zmzdSWaqPiXGkcLApOxt4/s1600/HPIM2932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZhvbjYVgry-W-z26BPJEWKlsZS9pDJLwHiEXFN-HMH2VhtusYlPoCIrQXXZgojZOlL1ONqoG0FZIK0W30ov9zWiB1_0sMo_L7dyvX-q-sRfpbNXBg4jdG2zmzdSWaqPiXGkcLApOxt4/s320/HPIM2932.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to my first basketball game of the season this past </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">December with these lovely ladies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although we lost (which what else can be expected these days),</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we definitely enjoyed our girl bonding time. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TA has this amazing penguin hat, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I feel the need to tell you just how incredibly cool it is, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that although not everyone can pull one off, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">everyone should at least own one for the their own </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">personal entertainment. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ended the night off with midnight breakfast </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and energy drinks and staying up until 4am. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What shenanigans have you all gotten yourselves into? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-83231805684529116822011-01-19T10:41:00.000-06:002011-01-19T10:41:04.808-06:00Ladies Night :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the ladies and I joined together to have a snowy girl's night </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">right before Christmas break. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to Taylor Ann, we had a full time bakery set up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the kitchen of Cotten. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much icing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the ladies <3</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my attempts to make a Christmas tree for TA. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maria Elena went out and gathered up some snow </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to make slushies, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">clever, clever. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We go big or go home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What holiday treats did you all create? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-44158484040893168202010-12-28T23:34:00.005-06:002010-12-29T00:25:15.508-06:00HeavenSo, I'm way behind on posting updates on here and I'm doing my best to catch up.<br />
But I'm taking a small break from updating about what's been happening these past months, to update you on the present times.<br />
<br />
The other night, I was sent home from work due to severe pain in my abdomen. I went home and after multiple phone calls to the doctors, it was confirmed that I was internally bleeding in my right ovary again. I have an appointment to see a specialist in January to hopefully find a treatment for this mess. However, by the looks of it, things aren't looking to be in my favor. This is probably going to be something I have to deal with for the rest of my life.<br />
<br />
There comes a point in time when you don't know what to do anymore, so you just sit and do nothing and talk to God instead. And you're hurting, and you're confused, and you're really scared.<br />
And you start to think to yourself:<br />
<br />
"I often wonder what God sees in me, why did He pick me to go through all this? I don't know why He thinks I can handle this, because I'm pretty sure I can't. I mean, He suffered for me, so I must suffer for Him, so it should make sense. He wants His named glorified but why pick me to be a living proof of His mercy? I'm not even that strong. I'm sure there's someone more fit to do this job better than me. Maybe someone with functioning ovaries? Someone who won't have doubt... who can actually sit up straight without being in pain, or someone who doesn't cry at everything. Someone...something... somewhere... not me. Why me?"<br />
<br />
And when you get over the initial shock of things,<br />
you start to see things in a more positive light.<br />
Then you start thinking:<br />
<br />
"But through all this pain and questioning, I know I'm only building a stronger testimony, something that can be told when other people have to go through this too, when they have to go through this alone. I can do this, I can be the walking proof that there is a God and He's going to use me in big ways. He's going to heal me somehow, someway."<br />
<br />
So before you can sink back into your depression stage,<br />
you text your best friend for prayer.<br />
It goes something like this (not exactly, but to make the point):<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Nate, this is really bad timing but the internal bleeding it back."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"Kiddo, you're slowly killing yourself :( but now we have to talk about happy things! Um... how bout them poptarts" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"I like poptarts... and Pokemon." </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"Do you like waffles?"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Yes I like waffles! Do you like pancakes?" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"No, because they have gluten and carbs...and we can't eat them."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"I bet in Heaven God's going to have a big plate of pancakes and waffles for us. He's going to say: eat my children and know that you will not be ridden with bad chemicals!" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"Oh man!! In Heaven... I can belch and no one gets mad!" ...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Do you think in Heaven we'll remember this pain...? Or only happy things?" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"You know, I don't really know. I bet we'll remember the really important things, just so we could see how far we've come. But I know you won't feel this. Only feel the things that were used to Glorify Him!"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span><br />
and the conversation continued that way for a good while.<br />
Slowly turning from happy little comments about Heaven and all the things it'll have<br />
(like angels playing accordions)<br />
and into a more serious conversation.<br />
A conversation that one might actually find scary at one point, but when you're in the state that I was in, it didn't matter, thinking of Heaven was a beautiful comfort. Since that night where we talked about Heaven, and since the start of this painful new chapter of my life, God's really laid a lot things on my heart.<br />
<br />
(don't worry, I'm not giving up my blog, or my writing!)<br />
<br />
It's time for me to separate myself from certain people, from stressful situations or events, and it's time for me to focus on... me. I spend so much time taking care of other people, that I've literally reached the point where it's not possible for me to physically do it anymore. I have to stop saving everyone else, and start saving myself.<br />
<br />
I have a lot of amazing "things" in my life, and I'm going to get through it.<br />
I have a phenomenal God, who's bigger than any storm that I'll ever face.<br />
I have a devoted best friend who never leaves my side, despite the hard times.<br />
I have an awesome family and great little group of Christian girls.<br />
I have Lawndale, my incredible church and church family,<br />
and I have my Cru family.<br />
That's all I need.<br />
<br />
Being challenged like this, doesn't scare me like it used to.<br />
I'm more blessed than I ever thought possible<br />
and because of that I'm not so terrified of what treatments<br />
or obstacles are now set ahead of me.<br />
Even though I know there are a lot of scary things that could happen.<br />
But God's got this in the palm of His hand,<br />
and I'm going to be alright.<br />
I'll continue my writing and spreading the Word<br />
through my adventures from PCOS, and we'll see how God plans on using me.<br />
And in the meantime, if you all wouldn't mind,<br />
keeping me in your thoughts and prayers,<br />
it would mean the world to me.<br />
I know the prayers work, I feel them work every second of everyday.<br />
I love you all so much, my friends, fellow bloggers, and followers.<br />
Thank you for all your sweet words and laughs that you've brought me.<br />
<br />
Tonight I'm signing off with a song that isn't a worship song,<br />
or a hymn, but instead a song that is just about as human<br />
as I think any song can get.<br />
There's something so real about this song,<br />
as it's sung through the perspective of someone<br />
who doesn't Biblically know what Heaven is about,<br />
but has some idea about just how simple and beautiful it's going to be.<br />
It touched my heart the moment I heard it,<br />
I feel like this is real human emotion put into melody.<br />
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with love,<br />
-anya:)Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-84829508359839018322010-12-28T22:27:00.002-06:002011-03-13T15:05:26.283-05:00Christmas Decorating<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As most of you know, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there's nothing I love more than decorating, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for anything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So when Christmas rolls around,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I take major advantage of the chance at </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">getting to go all out on decorating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year, we locked ourselves away for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">five hours (yes, it took that long) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with some hot cocoa, Christmas music, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a fully charged camera, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and got to work decking the halls! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas from the Three Stooges, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yes we took a Christmas card photo, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">don't judge us and our need to act </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like a normal family sometimes.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is more like it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tis the season to be...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ourselves. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate insisted that we hang up Christmas lights. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have high ceilings... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which meant Nate had to literally climb the bookshelf </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to get them up there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not like this is a safety hazard or anything. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hanging up the Christmas ornaments in our windows </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate taught us how to make German paper ornaments. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took a lot of time but it was totally worth it in the end. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because this was the end result! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't cool? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All made of tissue paper, glue, and lots of time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But man, it was an awesome result! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe I'll post the instructions on here </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for you all try at home. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the final result when all was said and done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bookshelf was lined with garland and snowflakes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And no matter how hard anyone tried, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we just could get the garland even. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everytime we have company and they sit on the couch, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they always get up and try to make it even, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but it's no use haha </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">our Christmas ornaments and snowflakes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hanging up in the windows :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The most epic Anya-fied wreath there is. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pink and sparkly! Love it!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So how did your Christmas decorating hold up? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Any disasters or great accomplishments? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-29382364528571104492010-12-28T22:02:00.000-06:002010-12-28T22:02:34.131-06:00Snow, snow, snow, snow, snooooow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's nothing I like more </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than a fresh blanket of snow, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hot tea, and gloved hands grasping a camera. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were lucky enough to get snow </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about a week before school let out for Christmas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took advantage of having to take Mary-Beth </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">downtown for a rehearsal, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and spent my afternoon capturing the moments this </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more than welcomed snow brought the city </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Greensboro. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you all seen any big winter weather lately? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-10087777581243692432010-12-28T21:59:00.000-06:002010-12-28T21:59:24.924-06:00Christmas Time Is Here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas means:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Italian dinners at Elizabeth's Pizza </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and dirty santa with the B-stud ladies!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Playing in lots of Christmas concerts! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(look at my little bassoonies =D )</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">taking lots of family photos at any given time!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">watching your best friend play </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the lots of Christmas concerts!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">visiting beautiful churches for Christmas services </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and once again... Christmas concerts :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what have your holidays consisted of, friends?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-anya:)</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-51599877056456404302010-12-28T21:51:00.000-06:002010-12-28T21:51:14.002-06:00Turkey and Sand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My family and I decided to spend our Thanksgiving </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the beach instead of at home. This has become a tradition </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for us, that every year we head to the shores and call it our </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">temporary home for the holidays. New tradition? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eating fried oysters instead of eating turkey for our big meal, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I suggest you try it, it's quite an enjoyable change :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my beautiful mother and I :)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No lie: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got a bloody lip about 5 seconds </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after this picture was taken... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have such a nice brother. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like daughter like father</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Christmas tree up and running </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at Broadway at the Beach, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's a beautiful sight. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We drove all the way down the strip </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to hit up one of our favorite spots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No one's ever around here so it's perfect for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sunsets and pictures. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our annual Christmas card is always taken </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the beach. And this was this years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My brother is sitting and he's still taller than me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sheesh.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also celebrated my mom's birthday </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">while on vacation. However, she hates the term </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">birthday, so we named it Rose Day </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in honor of her name. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't this cake just amazing? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm blown away by the bakeries in Greensboro sometimes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So how were your Thanksgivings, my loves?</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-6467698075166752502010-12-20T12:12:00.000-06:002010-12-20T12:12:06.370-06:00Today...There's been a lot of emotion going on between my group of friends and I, lately.<br />
I'm not sure what to do with all this pint up emotion so I've decided to do what I do best.<br />
Write.<br />
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It's always been a life goal to take my experiences and write a book about PCOS and the way God has moved through me and my struggless.<br />
So today, I started that book.<br />
And Nate is editing that book.<br />
And together, our story is going to be told.<br />
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I'm a little scared, because it's taken Nate 30 minutes to edit just two pages so far...<br />
we'll see what happens though, hahaAnyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-50329421802405849952010-12-19T22:28:00.003-06:002010-12-20T09:12:25.002-06:00So What's Up?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so sorry for my leave of absence for over a month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure you're all wondering where I've been. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You see, life kind of took over. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And by took over I mean, kind of turned into a tornado of stuff. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stuff being a very nice word to describe what it's turned into.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so let us start from the very beginning, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this has been my life since October:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it all started with the Lawndale Bonfire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a lovely time had by all, full of hayrides, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">roasted marshmallows, singing, and lots of laughs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate and I watched the boys play flag football all evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Due to the fact, I was a beast at Powderpuff Football</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">back in high school, Nate dared me to go play football </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the guys. He then told me, he would join </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if I went out there (which is big for Nate, the football hater.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we had to decline due to dinner being served... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, when we declined the invitation to play football, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we didn't realize that it was actually for the best. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The following night, without any warning, I started to have severe </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pains in my lower abdomen, right side, and lower back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Within an hour, we packed up the car, called my parents, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tracked down Nate, and all headed to the emergency room. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After an 8 hour long night of examinations, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">blood tests, and sonograms, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was diagnosed with internal bleeding in my right ovary. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was to spend a week on bed rest, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and expected to be in pain for up to 5 weeks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, despite all this, I had some amazing family and friends </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who helped me through this hard time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My dad drove to Greensboro to come with me to the hospital, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my teachers were more than understanding </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(especially Dr. Burns, my bassoon teacher), </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my hallmates wrote out cards and stuck them to the door, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the girls brought me this beautiful bouquet of flowers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so beyond blessed to have these people in my life, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to keep my spirits up when my body's feeling down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MB stayed in the hospital with me all night </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Nate and my roommate stayed until going on 4:00 am. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Throughout the week, Nate special delivered my meals to me </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and MB and Chels babysat my bedrest, knowing I was </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">too stubborn to actually remain locked up in my room the whole time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate has held me accountable to my treatment since our little adventure </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to the hospital and has even taken on a gluten free diet, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so we both could stay off as many carbohydrates as possible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Talk about love right there, folks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After some recovery time, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nate, MB, and I headed to Westover </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to see David Crowder Band in concert. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Talk about some worship, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was so powerful to see God moving through everyone </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who attended that concert. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And may I add, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my Bible is now signed by all the members of the band. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Along with recent activities in Greensboro, </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">a very special one happened back home</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">when my "little" brother got confirmed! :) </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited to see where God is going to take him. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">He has such an open heart and free spirit, </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">the possibilities are endless. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Can't wait to see how special his walk with Christ is going to be! </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also took the time to head to Raleigh to see Lecrae</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in concert. Yes, I did it! I can proudly say that I went </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to my first rap concert, and it was Holy Hip Hop, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nonetheless! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My high school was amongst the first in the nation to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">out on the musical, The Phantom of the Opera. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Words can describe just how mind-blowing the performance was. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Katie, MB, and I headed into Asheboro especially to see it </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on opening night, and it was so worth it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so blessed to have come from a high school that values the arts </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as much as mine. Everything about the performance was incredible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I've never been so proud of my kids in the music department :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, on the way back from seeing Phantom, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had an unfortunate event occur... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little devil, aka a flying squirrel, decided it was going to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have a little too much fun with the girls who were fascinated with it's </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">beyond adorableness (girls, as in Katie, MB, and I) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After being pestered by Katie to climb down the wall, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it apparently had enough and glided swiftly to the ground. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upon it's landing, Katie ran over to it with her camera to take a picture, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then all of the sudden... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A blood curling scream comes from Katie as we all turn </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to see that the squirrel has decided to jump onto Katie, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and climb up her leg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was honestly surprised the police didn't show up, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure everyone on that campus heard that scream, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and continued to hear her yell </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I'm gonna have rabies now! I was just felt up by a flying squirrel!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, after all was said and done, it led to a great laugh, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the squirrel rightly deserved the name Gerard, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in honor of Phantom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*****</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stick around! There are more updates to come! </div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-75413080936582995832010-12-19T11:35:00.000-06:002010-12-19T11:35:57.424-06:00ApologiesI'm sorry for my random leave of absence. Have you ever just felt like the sky is about to drop out at any given moment? Yes, that's my life has been like since October. But I promise you my friends, this week will be full of updates of what's been going on in my life, and I hope you all will enlighten me with what's been going on your lives as well. Until the next moment that I can post, here's a preview of what's to come....<br />
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Around the desperate hour of 2 am:<br />
"We knew it was going to be hard. No one said walking with Christ was an easy task." -Nate<br />
"Why aren't we normal, why can't our lives be normal? Why such problems?"- me<br />
"Define normal and I'll answer your question." -Nate<br />
"Fine. But I still don't feel this stuff happens to anyone else, but us. It's always us."-me<br />
"Ha. Have you met anyone like "us" before?" -Nate<br />
"Never." -me<br />
"Exactly! That's why it's "us." Have you met anyone as real as us? Anyone who remains strong in like us? We'll pull through. We always do, kiddo." -Nate<br />
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See you all soon!<br />
I've missed your lovely selves!<br />
xoxo<br />
-anya:)Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821924332175254320.post-4448677236196498842010-11-16T13:41:00.002-06:002010-11-16T13:45:10.606-06:00What I Do Instead of Homework<img border="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI4OTkzNjQwODY2NCZwdD*xMjg5OTM2NDcwNjgyJnA9NzQ4ODEmZD*mbj1ibG9nZ2VyJmc9MSZvPWVhYTQ4MmM4MzcwOTQw/YmNhNGE5NjdkODlkMWYyODkwJm9mPTA=.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To think that 20 years ago, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">God created this amazing girl and graced the world </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with her warm heart, sarcastic sense of humor, and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christian love for all people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So blessed that God placed her in my life! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The unwrapping of the present! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took 5 minutes just to unwrap it, no lie! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why, you ask? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's just say, I really like wrapping presents ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But when she got to the actual present it was totally worth it, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for inside was a scrapbook of all our memories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was just as much fun for me to make, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as it was for her to unwrap. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my beautiful sister all dressed up for our</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">birthday celebration. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ridiculous piece of cake we got for MB :D </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was incredible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ganache never fails to deliver amazingness! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a fabulous and fun night that will not soon be forgotten. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday to my sweet best friend! </div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512129901087224543noreply@blogger.com2