just a thought…

why are people so afraid of aging?  it’s so weird to me that we’re (and i use that term VERY loosely) obsessed with staying young.  there’s always a commercial on about some new anti-aging serum or some freakishly fast face lift that you can get over lunch.  it sort of drives me crazy.  i mean, it’s not like i want to be covered in wrinkles when i’m 25 (which is in a year and a half!!), but when i see older people, i think their wrinkles are beautiful.  they just tell part of their story.  i don’t know.  call me crazy, but i love wrinkles   i won’t really love all of the aches and pains that are sure to come with aging, but i don’t think i’ll really mind the visible signs of aging…they just add character

currently watching: friends.  gosh, i love this show.

fun fact friday!

i thought i’d bring this back…well, i sort of just forgot

anyway, today’s fun fact is this:  much like buddy the elf, i have trouble committing to which escalator step i want to get on.  i know that’s so weird, but it’s really only when i’m going down…it’s just so much pressure – what if i step on one too soon and fall down?  what if i wait to long and back up the escalator line?  so much pressure.  haha…these are the confessions of a paranoid obsessive-compulsive germaphobe.  i don’t really know what the germaphobia or the obsessive-compulsion had to do with anything, but that was just me being paranoid

currently listening to: leanna and bekah chit chatting

ice ice baby.

okay.  really?

here are some reasons why i love the south (que dixie): sweet tea.  it’s warm.  southern hospitality.  warmth.  gone with the wind.  mild winters.  chick-fil-a.  IT’S WARM.

okay.  i think you get the point.  and what did you not see on the list?  you did not see the word ice.  because if we’re being honest, it sucks.  being stuck due to the fact that there’s so much ice on the road we can’t make it out of the neighborhood is annoying.  oh, and one more thing, if i hear one more midwesterner or yankee say, “oh, this is nothing!”  i’m going to slap them.  it might not be anything to you, but down here, we’re just not prepared for 12 degrees.  and we have hills. so there.

well, now that i got that out, i guess i’m going to go back to totaling orders to see how well we really did yesterday at good ole taylor & coultas

currently watching: channel 2 action news.  oh, and that’s another thing i love about atl – we have the best local news.  woop woop!

digital cleanse.

since january 1, i’ve been on a “digital cleanse.”  it was all john mayer’s idea, and i decided to tag along.  basically, i’ve only been using my phone as a phone.  no texting, no echofon, no words with friends, only talking.  as a result of that, my battery lasted four days.  FOUR DAYS.  it was awesome.  also, i’ve just been completely off of twitter since then, and i’ve been off of facebook.  this whole thing has been pretty refreshing in my opinion.  the most annoying thing has been the no texting.  since when did texting become so essential?  anyway, it’s been pretty nice.  i’m not saying that i’m not looking forward to texting and twitter again, but i’ve been enjoying this

here are some things that i wanted to tweet last week:
- that was possibly the best new year’s eve ever.
- soooooo, i decided that i have to go to passion…now i just need to get a ticket.
- amazing.  just found and contacted someone who has extra tickets for only $100.  praise the LORD.
- whoa.  this place is packed.
- why is it so coooooooooold?!
- what’s my favorite color? striped orange!
- louie giglio is probably my favorite speaker.  i love that he’s my pastor.
- i really want to hug beth moore.
- it should be warm inside taco mac, right?  wrong.  i’m eating with my coat and scarf on…and still shivering.
- getting less than eight hours of sleep = almost falling asleep while i was praying.
- francis chan.  wow.
- i love my family group
- it annoys me that people give andy stanley a hard time for talking about character and leadership so much. it’s important.
- oh my gosh. i just watched one guy trip over another guy’s feet and totally eat it. sometimes i feel guilty about laughing when people fall.
- so excited about hillsong tonight!!!!
- i don’t even know what to say about john piper.  we’re here for God’s glory.  that’s it.
- “God is the only being in the universe whose self-exaltation is a completely selfless action.”
- hillsong.  now.
- being so silly on this late drive home with @hannahwatts, @laura_moore and @jessiannlaney.
- completely blown away by the giving of all of the students here.  do something now.
- complete exhaustion, but totally worth it.
- sadly, passion 2010 is over.  it’s been so amazing.
- somehow, it’s 5:00 and i haven’t eaten since breakfast.
- from exhaustion, to…exhaustion.  mart starts on thursday.
- awesome.  snow and black ice are predicted for the days we’ll be driving down to atl and back.
- just found out that i’ll be reading the giver and to kill a mockingbird for a class next semester. i’m freakin’ stoked!!
- excited about spending some time with the britt family   missing @rebekahroo, though.
- so. tired.  and it’s only day one.
- roll tide!  (it’s so hard for me not to tweet right now!!)

well, there you go.  those are just a few of the gems that you’ve all been missing since i’ve been on my digital cleanse   but don’t worry, i’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

also, i’d just like to confess that i have sent a couple of text messages.  it wasn’t my primary form of communication, though, which i think is the point of the digital cleanse

currently listening to: a spiel about some tea towels and pillows

awakening.

the theme in the center of passion 2010 was awakening, which louie spoke about the first night we were there.  he told the story of Jesus going to wake up lazarus, and although it’s a story that i grew up hearing, he brought a new level of meaning to me (that’s actually one of my favorite things about louie).  Jesus wasn’t afraid to wake lazarus up even after his sister warns that since he’s been in there for several days, he probably smells pretty rank.  Jesus wasn’t afraid of what was behind the stone.  he isn’t afraid of what’s behind my stone or your stone either.  he wants to awaken and unbind me.  those three sentences are still amazing to me.  i don’t know.  i mean, i know that he takes us as we are, but he isn’t afraid to come in after me no matter how badly i stink.  what a great Savior.  that’s whose name i want to make famous.

Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
Isaiah 26:8

wow.

passion 2010.

i wasn’t even planning on going to passion because of a plethora of excuses, but i can’t imagine missing it.  it was absolutely life-changing.  i don’t even care if that sounds lame or cheesy because it’s the truth.  God has definitely blessed the passion team, all of the worship leaders and all of the speakers that were there over the last several days.  over the next few days, i’m thinking about just writing about some of the highlights…i don’t think that i could talk about them all in one post!  i just wanted to let you all know that passion 2010 was amazing.  i’m praying that i continue to live out the things that i learned while i was there.

2010.

happy new year!  i love the new year.  a new chance to make changes.  a new chance to do something crazy   a new chance.  i just love a new year.  a fresh start   i’m looking forward to 2010 if you can’t tell

fun fact friday :)

i think that i already posted something along these lines, but i am absolutely obsessed with a Christmas story.  i laugh every time i watch it.  i still hope that ralphie gets his red ryder bb gun.  i still crack up every time randy can’t put his arms down.  every time the dad gets in a fight with the furnace.  every time flick gets his tongue stuck to that flagpole.  every time ralphie walks down the stairs in that ridiculous bunny suit (he looks like a deranged Easter bunny!).  every time randy hides under the sink and his mom just lets him sit in there with his glass of milk.  i love randy and ralphie and i love the 24-hour marathon

shout out.

this phenomenal film premiered in atlanta 70 years ago yesterday.  if you haven’t seen it, then you need to.  honestly, it’s one of my favorite movies.  i love tara.  i love rhett butler (i’ll love you if you know how the credits describe him).  i want to be scarlett o’hara (i’ll give you a high five if you know her full name without having to look it up).  although i could never be melanie, her love for scarlett moves me to tears.  i love mammy.  i love the score for the film.  i love all of the famous scenes and even some of the lesser-known ones.  i just really love it, and i want everyone else to love it too

currently watching: jeopardy!

fun fact friiiiiiiiiiday!

so today’s fun fact isn’t really something quirky, but something that i did and i’m proud of and i want to share.  [nerd alert] the fun fact is: i watched all of the Lord of the Rings films in one day.  all 9.5 hours worth.  it was awesome.  i have to say that loving LOTR is probably one of the nerdiest things about me, and i love it.  the day The Return of the King came out was during finals when i was in high school, so a group of friends and i left early and saw the first showing of the day   and it was AWESOME.  also, i wore a shirt that said “i like hobbits” and a button that said “frodo lives,” both of which i still have…and would wear proudly.  just throwing that out there.  i really really love LOTR, and i think that gandalf is awesome.

currently watching: regis & kelly