Living at home blues! October 31, 2006

I have had a great life! I have had amazing opportunites and experienced some incredible things! I’ve traveled to Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, England, Italy, and Brazil. I spent last summer living in Brooklyn, NY doing inner city ministry! Many of these opportunites have been made possible by my wonderful parents (if you read my post about my car, you can be happy to know that it is because of my parents I have my car back to drive). I am now a student at Metro State College and again because of my parents, I am set up to graduate pretty much debt free! They have done such an incredible job setting me up to be on top of the world when I graduate. Part of the whole graduating debt free thing means that I live at home right now. Really I have it pretty good, my room is in the basement so I have my space to get away and there is always free food. I know that I am totally and incredibly blessed that my parents are even willing to let me live with them for free. Pretty much my parents rock!

Where does the blues part come in, you are asking? Well I am really starting to crave that independence I had when I was in NY. Financialy right now, yeah rember the car situation, I have no money. Moving out is not looking like a possiblity. It is all about choices really. I know over my life I have defently had lots of money that has flowed through, but I have spent it. Like I said I’ve done a lot of cool things. I don’t really regret anything that I’ve done. So far my life as been amazing and I am not planing on it to stop anytime soon. 

So what do I do now? Clearly I am not moving out and I won’t be for a while probably. I guess I embrace the blessings I have now and wait for God’s timing on the other stuff (thanks for the advice, you know who you are). Yes, it is easier said than done, but if you can’t embrace the now and always look to the future, there is a lot of amazing things in life you are going to miss out on. So live in today and embrace the now, let God take care of the rest. Trust me, He isn’t going to let you down. : )

My little Sister Elise. October 30, 2006

This is my beautiful sister Elise! Although there is almost a five year age difference between us, I always have so much fun with her! Anytime there is someone in need she is the first to step up and help. She is an incredible person! I want to be her when I grow up! : )

Christians and Politics October 27, 2006

I read a very interesting article in Relevant magazine today. It was talking about Young Evangelists, ages 20-35, and how they have taken the political world by storm. In this article there was an interesting quote by Kansas Congressman Jim Slattery:

“There is a vast gulf between the message of Jesus and the political agenda of the conservative movement in America. Young Evangelists need to look at the message of Jesus and count the number of New Testament references to homosexuality and abortion and compare those passages to Jesus’ teachings on caring for the poor. I believe if we dealt with poverty in this country, we might actually dramatically reduce the abortion rate”.

As voting day nears, I ask you how do you decide how you are going to vote on an issue? Do you always vote republican or democrat or do you take time to look at the issue? Does your faith play a part in your voting decisions? Do you think it should?  

Saxbys Vs. Starbucks October 22, 2006

I love Coffee! My motto in life is “Your day is just better with a latte”.  Yesterday I spent 6 hours at a local coffe shop named Saxbys studying and writing a paper. Usually I would go to a Starbucks, but the free wirless internet at Saxbys drew me there instead. I have to tell ya, they gave Starbucks a run for their money. First of all, my Vanilla Latte was amazing and thier blueberry muffin was to die for! Second, I sat at the same table for 6 hours and not one person bugged me except to ask if I wanted a free re-fill on my coffee. Thats right, free! The Customer service was great and the atmosphere was perfect for the long haul of studying I had to do! Starbucks has had me hooked for a long time, but I think that when I am around town I will be going to Saxbys over Starbucks. The only bad thing about Saxbys– they are not on every corner like our good friends at Starbucks are.

I don’t have Gas! October 18, 2006

Last Friday I  met my friend at her apartment so we could go to lunch. Like usual we left my car parked at her complex and she drove us to Applebees. We had a woderful time at lunch and it was great to catch up. My day was going fantastic, I didn’t have school or work and had a great time with my friend. When we got back to her apartment and I went to leave I noticed a suspicious note under my windshield wiper that said:

 ”Your car is leaking Gas”!

When I read this I was very confused. Leaking Gas? No way, that isn’t possible. Being the car expert that I am, I looked around a little and decided I couldn’t see anything so I drove it home. When I got home I causally told my dad that my car might be leaking fuel. My dad had a similar reaction to mine and went out to investigate. Sure enough, my dad simply looked under my car and there was a huge liqioud puddle accompanied by an overwhelming smell of gasoline. My dad went into problem solving mode and called our mechanic. After a brief phone call my dad decided we did not need a tow truck and instead I would drive the car to the shop! I have to be honest, I did not like this idea. My dad assured me as he grabed the lawn mower fuel that he would follow me in case I ran out of gas. I told him that really wasn’t my concern. For some reason I thought an explotion might be something worth worrying about a little bit more.

 Well we got the car to the shop without running out of gas or blowing up. The mechanic’s diagnosis was that the fuel tank would need to be replaced costing about $550. This makes me very sad. I do not have $550 laying around. I am in negotiations with the bank of Rob and Carol Ann Kelly in hopes they grant me a genorous loan and that it can be payed off by loading the dish washer a couple times. Some how I think it may take a little more than that, but hey, it never hurts to try. : )

Crazy week=No blogging : ( October 14, 2006

Well, I have not taken the blogging world by storm yet. I admire all you faithful bloggers out there. I hope to someday become one myself, but clearly that is going to take time. Hopefully I will write some words of wisdom soon…..

It’s official….. I’m a blogger now! October 9, 2006

Well, here it goes. I am now officially a blogger. This is something that I have resisted for  long time. Both my parents have a blog and many of my friends have blogs, yet I still resisted. With some encouragement from my mother here I am. Here are a list of topics you can expect to see on this blog.

-Frustrations with the College Life

-Stories from NYC

-Family Stories (my family is pretty crazy so there are usually some good stories)

-TV Shows (it is sad, but I think I have a show I tape every night)

-Things I want to say in my papers, but can’t because they may not be appropriate

-What God is showing me and teaching me

-Basically whatever is on my mind for that day

Here are just a few things I will be blogging about. I am gonna give it a try and see if I have anything good to say. I would love to hear what you all think, so when you have a comment about something make sure you let me know. I look forward to sharing my thoughts with you!