November 10

Today I am thankful for:

Girl dates, new friends and Mexican food!

Well, today Tara, Kristi and I all met for a little girl date and went to dinner at Los Cuscos! I met Kristi this past Thursday and was real excited to get to meet up with her again! Turns out... She's a blogaholic too!! Haha she let Tara and me in on some precious new blogs to follow! I love meeting people who have the same obsession with blogs as I do! I am thankful for all the lovely women that have been put in my life recently. I am thankful that the path in life I’m on is full of new friends, and I'm thankful for the time spends bonding with new people!

Now... Kristi, get to bloggin yourself! (I know you'll be reading this :) haha)

I hope everyone had a truckin' Thursday (Sky Ranch jokes... oh I'm just so excited to be there!)

"One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple."
-Psalm 27:4

Just cause I'm hungry for pancakes right now :)

November 9

Today, I am thankful for:

Aggie Sisters for Christ

Photocred: ASC Facebook page!

Okay, so technically this was more last night, but I have been thinking about it in constant prayer since then. Every Monday night we have our all ASC meetings and last night Ryan (our Chaplain) had us stack up all the chairs we normally sit in... and she hung posters up around the room, we all went to the category of the struggle that we identified most with, once we were at our category we broke into pairs with a girl we had never met before and just told them start to finish what the biggest burden in our hearts were. Once we were finished spilling our hearts out to a stranger, laughing, crying, and praying for each other we washed each others hands to represent washing away that sin/burden. It is so awesome how the Lord works. The girl I ended up with happened to have an almost identical story to mine. We were able to be there for each other and reassure each other that 'it's okay' and connect through our troubles. I am thankful that I am apart of such an awesome group of girls. I am thankful that I was able to whole heartedly open up to a complete stranger and break down my walls and share such a personal thing to me. I'm thankful that I was paired up with Sydney. And my continual prayer this week is for her!


I hope everyone had terrific Tuesday!

November 8

Today I am thankful for:
Miniature sized fruit!

Haha! Okay for real, these little tiny baby apples absolutely made my day! the picture really doesn't do it justice! It is like the size of a bouncy ball! I am thankful that while I was making a list in my head of the 483200 things I need to I happened to look down and see these apples. As I was laughing to myself, and of course… taking pictures of the bite sized apples, I couldn't help but think that this was just a nice reminder to appreciate the small things in life, don't always focus on the millions of things at hand. It's okay to stop and enjoy life.

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

-Psalm 118:24

November 7

Today I am thankful for:

Francine Rivers

Oh... my goodness, if you are ever in need of some good reading Mrs. Rivers is your woman! She is such a wonderful author. All of her books become addictions for me; I can't put it down until I finish the whole thing! I made the mistake of starting one last week at work and whew, this morning I was layin in bed and ended up reading 300 pages and finishing the whole book in an hour and a half! It was so good! It is called Scarlet Thread. Francine Rivers is a Christian author, writing fictional tales but ones that you can so relate to and has some awesome prayers written into the text that I find myself praying to myself after reading them. I love when that kind of thing happens! :) Mrs. Rivers writes the very well known novel Redeeming Love, which is my all time favorite book. But everyone needs to give her other works a try! They're just as awesome! I have read Leota's Garden also and I laughed, I cried, I hurt, I felt love, and above all I could feel the characters love for the Lord just as I do! It is so awesome!

Photo credit: christianfictionbookclub.com

P.S: How about this awesome weather?! Nothing makes me happier than walking out my door to be greeted by a cool breeze and a beautiful sky with a beaming sunshine. How lucky are we that all this was created for us to just enjoy?! So awesome!

Also... in 159 days I leave for Sky Ranch training! I am so excited! Please be praying for my heart, I know I'm taking on a giant task, but my goodness I'm so excited to grow and expirence everything this summer! Also for my girls to come! I can't wait to meet them!

Saturday

On Saturday I was thankful for:

Texas A&M Football!

We played OU this week and WOW! What an AWESOME game!!! We won!! And we are officially a ranked team ;) hello #25 spot! Plus, Texas lost, and Baylor lost (who we play next week!) Things are looking awesome! I'm so thankful I go to school in a town with so much team spirit, and really do support the Aggie's whether we win or lose... But it is so awesome to finally be winning!

Photo cred: Aggie Athletics

I hope everyone had a scrumptious Saturday!

TGIF

Now... Let's pretend it's still Friday, November 5, 2010!
Today I am just plain thankful that it is Friday in addition to that I am thankful for you, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

I am also thankful that you haven't gotten a hold of some of the family pictures my family has taken... Oh the horror some of those outfits were... (Really, Mom?? All 5 of us HAD to wear matching denim button up and pleated khaki ensembles???)

AKF.com--> You supply me with true belly laughs when I'm at my wits end with absolutely everything, and for that I am so thankful!

I hope everyone had a FANTASTIC FRIDAY!

Let's pretend it's Thursday....

November 4, 2010<<--- let's start there!

Today, I am thankful for:

My W.I.L group!

I am in an on campus organization at Texas A&M called Aggie Sisters for Christ!

It's an awesome group of Godly women who love and fear our Lord and Savior! I have met some incredible women and am SO thankful I pledged this semester! We are assigned to WIL groups at the beginning of the Fall semester and we stay and grow with them through the year. I have been BEYOND blessed with the small group I have been knit into. Such a strong group of loving, caring, special girls and I love them all dearly! Everyone has had their own struggles that have made them so much stronger and I'm so glad to be apart of this group and get to spend time with them every Thursday! Look how beautiful all these girls are!

Heaven Song

I want to run on greener pastures
I want to dance on higher hills
I want to drink from sweeter waters
In the misty morning chill
And my soul is getting restless
For the place where I belong.
-Heaven Song- Phil Wickham.

My heart has been making huge changes in recent months. It creates a need for change in all areas of my life. I understand that it isn't easy, but that is something I can handle. I know I have a greater purpose in life than what is here in College Station, Texas. I don't regret for a minute coming here. Coming to c-stat took my heart on a crazy emotional road trip turning in crazy directions; but, ultimately led me to the Lord like I've never known him before. He has given me the strength to stand on my own, and has made my heart more curious than ever. He has placed road bumps in my path and I'm thankful for every last one of them. The trials He has placed before me have ultimately leaded to becoming the woman the Lord has created me to be. Everything in this life is a lesson that he is trying to teach us, and I'm so ready and willing to be taught.

Lord, continue to call my heart closer to you. Grant me strength to continue on this journey, I know it isn't always simple, but I'm so grateful for everything that has been and everything to come.

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

November 3

Today I am thankful for...


My Sister.


My sister is THE most wonderful, smart, beautiful, sweet, funny girl in the world. Friends come and go, but your family is the people who will be there for you forever. I truly believe that I have been blessed with the BEST sister in the whole wide world, we can laugh ourselves sick or talk about the most serious things in the world, Jen is hands down my best friend in the world and means everything to me! Thank you for always being there for me, and for loving me no matter what Jen!


I LOVE YOU!


In honor of the cold weather I decided a cold weather picture was in order!

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
John 13:34-35

I hope everyone had a wordy Wednesday... (blog jokes haha...)

November 2

Today, I am thankful for...

Starbucks.

Oh me oh my, Starbucks... you keep me awake when nothing else can. You fill my belly with pumpkin spice goodness and all other holiday drinks that delight my taste buds. I am especially thankful for you today as I sit here reading chapter after chapter of information that I will probably never use. Hmph, oh well...

I hope everyone had a tasty Tuesday!

P.s: Looks like the post on my bloggy yesterday got some attention with the big man upstairs... 20 degree temperature drop overnight? Welcome, Fall 2010.

Photocred: wordsaboutthings.files.wordpress.com

November!

Oh my goodness! Time is absolutely flying by, it is already NOVEMBER!
Now, to all those who don't know me-- October is one of my very favorite months, I love when the pumpkin spiced latte's begin to adorn all menu's and the brisk weather comes creeping into the weather forecast and I get to pull out my big, comfy jackets...
Okay, scratch that, October 2010, you failed me in the weather department... This is why I look to you, November, to provide me with the chilly mornings and cool evenings that October did not.

Not to by any means my love for November in previous years, I do love November as well. Of course it brings me one month closer to CHRISTMAS! (53, Days. 1, Hours. 11, Minutes but who is really counting??) But it is also the month of Thanksgiving! I LOVE Thanksgiving (I have a great love for all Holidays... can't ya tell??) and in honor of Thanksgiving I have decided to write a post a day about what I'm thankful for that day. Starting today! Since it is after all, November 1st!

Today I am thankful for my home.
This afternoon I volunteered at the Twin Cities Mission Shelter in Bryan, TX and it just about broke my heart. We were serving food for men, women, children, and elderly; some without a home to go to after they received their meal. It is something you don't often think about if you have a home to go back to at night- I know I don't think about it as often as I should; it was incredible to see how happy, appreciative and thankful they were though to get a smile from 4 sweet girls and a plate of hot food. I challenge everyone who reads this post to get involved in your community. It took about 2 hours of my time on a Monday afternoon to help out a neighbor in need. Instead of watching a movie one day, get out and help! :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above..."
James 1:17