I got a new camera!!!

YAY! I got a new camera! Its a Samsung L200 with 10.2 mega pixels! Here's what it looks like:

Back:

Front: I'm so exited! =)

I made it all by myself... =)

Look what I made tonight! It's a puppet! =)

Me & Krystal Meyers

It's not the best quality [I forgot to turn the flash on =/ ] but it's a fun picture anyway! =)

Business Cards

I just recently finished designing a business card for the photographer I work for, so I thought I'd share. So...what do you think? =)

That's the Front^^^


And this is the back =)

Wow, I haven't posted here in a while! I've been really busy with my college classes, and working. And yet I've found time to re-do the design of my blog...again...lol. So whatcha think? =D

A couple of weekends ago I went to a concert thing called Revolve Tour. I'll be posting pics later [I'm soo excited, I got a pic with Krystal Meyers! =P] I'll post more soon =)

New Blog

Check out my new blog I'm starting>> http://sheepinthemidstofwolves.blogspot.com/

Don't worry I'm still going to post on this one =P But Just Another Journal Entry is more of about me and random things that go on in my life. This new blog is about things that I am learning through the scriptures, and what God is revealing to me. So...Check it out!! =P

From A to Z

I've been tagged!!



A is for age. 17

B is for burger of choice. One with everything on it...except onions XP

C is for what car you drive. Sadly i have no car...

D is for Dog's name. Penelope and Goliath

E is for essential item you use every day. Hair Straightener =P

F is for favorite tv show at the moment. Psych

G is for Favorite game. Spoons!

H is for Hometown. NotOnTheMap, Texas

I is for instruments you play. I've played the piano since i was 9, and I have recently picked up the guitar

J is for favorite juice. White Grape Juice

K is for who you'd like to kiss. My future husband

L is for last restaurant you ate at. Taco Bueno

M is for your favorite Muppet. Kermit the Frog!! =D

N is for number of piercings. well two if you count both ears

O is for overnight hospital stays. Only one, when i was 5 i had Scalded Skin syndrome [scientific name too hard to spell/pronounce =P ]


P is for people you were with today. My Mom, Dad, little brother, and all the people at the church we visited =P

Q is for what you do with your quiet time. Study the Bible, and Pray


R is for biggest regret. Spending money that i should have saved....

S is for status. Single ;)

T is for time you woke up today. around 9:00


U is for what you consider unique. My little brother....

V is for vegetable you love. Green Beans!!

W is for worst habit. ummm, I spell out the words that people are saying in my head, which often makes me miss what theyre saying =P


X is for number of x-rays you've had. I only remeber one... when I was little my friend smashed my finger in the door, and i had to go to the doctor to make sure it wasnt broken...oh but i've had tons of x-rays for my teeth =P


Y is for yummy food you ate today. French Fries =D


Z is for zodiac sign. ....Scorpio



And now I'm tagging.... Kristen, and Taylor

I'm Catherine Morland

Take the Quiz here!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Wow...I'm tired just thinking of the busy week i've had...and what's yet to come =P

I've been helpin out at a VBS this week, I'm teaching in the Pre-k class which contains 16-18 kids...with only me and my friend...lol I'm helpin again tommorow, but then Friday....is a very full day, I'm going to a funeral at ten, then i have an appointment for Dual-credit enrollment at two, and then we have to take my nannie shopping. Then Saturday, I have a wedding [i'm an assistant photographer] so that's pretty much a whole day thing. THEN Sunday i have to pack cause Monday morning I'm leaving for children's camp [once again helping photographer, which also on tuesday were doing a puppet show]

so yeah...pretty busy week up ahead =/ but i'm excited [you can see the excitement through my drooping eyes...=P]

Youth of the Nation

Christian Pick-up lines

Some of these are quite funny...but some...are just plain mean =P


"the word says 'Give drink to those who are thirsty, and feed the hungry'; how about dinner?"

"i believe one of my ribs belongs to you."

"i went on a beach mission but all I ended up doing was mission you."

"how would you like to join my Purpose Driven Life?"

"you are perfect, except with all the sin."

"so, my parents are home, you wanna come over?"

"welcome to the christian family... the only family where brothers and sisters can marry each other"

"im interested in full time ministry, and not only that... i also play the guitar."

"if we were around with noah... then you, me... pair."

"not a big fan of your last name, but thats cool, i can change that."

"i consider myself to be fisher of women. this would be referred to as "casting my net"."

"i would leave 99 sheep to come and find you... and then i would carry you home joyfully on my shoulder"

"look, you're nearly 22. most christians are 3 years into marriage by now... just settle for me."

'all im looking for is a Godly woman. i don't care that you're not attractive.'

'you float my ark.'

"if you were a leper, i would still hold your hand.. even if it wasnt attached."

"i would have asked you out to dinner, but i just put all my money in the offetory basket."


<3>

Practicing

Wow...

My knees hurt...lol. We had puppet practice tonight...our LAST dress rehersal...to tell you the truth, i'm kinda nervous...I mean why in the world should i be nervous...were just performing in front of around 400 3rd-6th grade kids...and all their leaders...and all the camp leaders...i mean why in the world should i be nervous =/ lol

Yeah...so the reason my knees hurt is because i have to be on my knees with a puppets legs strapped to my knees and walk around...yeah and we've been practicing on carpet...and were going to be performing on a stage..most likely wooden...

ok I think i'm done complaining

I really am excitied though...I love my Polka Dot skit...even if i look DORKY [*ahem* Kristen *ahem*]

Polka Dot

Ok so here's some pics of me in my Polka Dot costume [read this post]

Don't laugh.....lol

Do not press

I beat this game...can you?? =P

3,000

My Counter at the bottom of my page says that I have had officailly over 3,000 veiws to my page

YAY! =D

Although....I'm pretty sure like 2,993 are my own veiws =P

Polka Dot

"HEE HEE HEE! did i hear a crwy for help?"

As i mentioned before, our Puppet Krew is performing at Children's camp, and i'm really excited. One Skit [its a human skit] is about a super hero named....da da da DA....POLKA DOT!! And guess who plays her....yep me =) . Polka Dot dresses in polka dots head to toe[mismatched of course], and her theme music is....Polka music![i have to dance like Steve Urkel =P] lol She's about 5 years old and she adores Plaidman...err Pwaidman =P [yet another human skit that is earlier in the show] "He's my mentor you know!" Anyway i love doing human skits and i think this is going to be fun. She of course can't say her R's and L's...[which for me sometimes sounds like a broklyn accent =P]Whenever we perform, i'll get some pics of me in my costume and post them later...

One of my fav lines is when she's describing why she's wearing polka dots and what they do for her:

"I'm like one of those big fishies with spots all over their bodies, and when predators come their like 'EEEK A MAMMOTH FISHY!!!' cause you know, nobody likes a mammoth fishy"

=P

Candy quiz

hehe i'm a gummy bear =P

Gummy Bears

You may be smooshie and taste unnatural, but you're so darn cute.

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Puppets and such

In a few weeks our puppet group is performing at Children's Camp, part of the show is in blacklight which is always fun. One of the ladies that are in charge of this group is the photographer that I'm working for. She's taking pictures at the camp, so we both get to go to the camp all week, and stay in a hotel. So I'm pretty excited. =D

Oops

Oops, I posted quite some time ago that I was going to try to blog more, and here it is July 9 and my last post was on May 27! Needless to say i think I've fallen back on that commitment =P
I've been pretty busy lately though. I don't know if i've mentioned this before but I am an Assistant photographer, I edit her pictures and help out with the photography. There's been alot of pictures for me to edit lately =P
Hmmm why is it that i'm always thinking of stuff to blog but when i sit down to post, i can't think of anything! lol

New addition

We got a new puppy!

He's a miniature dachshund, and i think were sticking with the name Goliath [isn't it perfect? =P ]

Here's a pic of him by our remote just to show how small he is>>

Here's another pic of him with my little bro>>>

awww! isn't he cute? =P

YAY!

I just got the THEA results and....I PASSED!!! ALL OF IT!!! I'm so excited! lol

In the Reading portion I scored 286 and the minimum was 230

In the Math section I scored 246 and the minimun score was 230

and in the Writing section i scored 220 and the minimun score was 220 [so i just got by on that one but at least I passed!! ;)

YAY! =P

THEA

I just realized I never posted about the THEA! Well i haven't gotten my test results yet, [I'm hoping that it will come today seeing as it's three days past the two week mark] but if you were praying for me while i was taking the test, I just want to say thank you! I was worried about being overwhelmed and that i wont "be shaking so much that I can't hold my pencil =P". Well thanks to the many prayers others and myself had prayed, I felt like i had done it a thousand times before! I wasn't in the least bit nervous, i felt very confident, and if i shook it was just from the cold room =P! If i didn't know an answer usually i would get overwhelmed and i would feel stupid, but instead of allowing those feelings to seep in, I prayed for God to show me the answer, because he knows the answer. It was amazing!


Thanks again to all who prayed,



I think I'm gonna go check the mail now...hopefully my results are in there =P

Tests and Aliens

Tomorrow I am going to take the THEA [Texas Higher Education Assessment] test, and I'm very nervous! Whenever I get really nervous I usually shake or get really cold, so I'm praying like crazy that I'll be able to concentrate, and to be calm, so that I won't be shaking so much that I can't hold my pencil =P
After I take the test I'm going to a thing at my church called Disciple Now. It's kind of like a big lock-in from Saturday and 10am to Sunday night. So at least I have something to look forward to after the test, even though I'm gonna be late because of it. The theme for disciple now this year is "Alien Rising". We're gonna be learning about how we as Christians should be 'aliens' to the people and things of this world, we should stand out for Christ. Anyway I'm really excited! =D

Please pray for me! I'll blog results later =)

The Grapes of Wrath Essay

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck about the Joad family and their journey to California. They travel with the desperate hopes of finding a superior life, but they must deal with the disappointment of finding their hopes false. In the third chapter of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes a turtle that, in more ways than one, reflects the story of the migrants and their pilgrimage.

In the beginning of the chapter the turtle is described moving slowly, but with confidence, toward a road, which he is determined to cross. The turtle comes across a bump, which would likely be very hard to climb, but with great perseverance sets to climb over it. He struggles for a while, often getting stuck for a moment, before he finally reaches the other side. The comparison to the turtle and the migrants in this instance is that they began their journey to California, knowing of the great “bump” they would have to climb: lack of money. But they pressed on, and through many troubles and problems, somehow found a way there.

As the turtle continues on, a car makes it’s way down the road toward him. The car, slightly startled, moves so as to not hit the turtle. Confused, the car continues down the road, but now with more caution. Then a second car heads toward the turtle, but when seeing it in the road, the driver is outraged and he swerves, aiming to hit the turtle. The first car represents the travelers starting out to California. The Californians at first left them alone but they began to grow suspicious at the rapidly growing number of migrants. Then, as the second car reflects, they grew outraged at the amount of people coming in taking away their jobs, and crowding up the state. Hatred formed inside the hearts of the Californians toward the migrants, and they did everything they could think of to get rid of them.

When the second car had swerved to hit the turtle, it only hit the edge of its shell, the impact of which caused the turtle to fly back to the side of the road where he had began. The turtle landed on it’s back side, and after a few moments of hiding, he cautiously stuck his head and legs out. He began scrambling for something to pull him over. Finally he found a piece of quartz and, with some difficulty, pulled himself upright again. He began to head toward the road again with the same determination. The migrants were hurt by the terrible hatred and actions sent toward them, but they kept on going, they kept on fighting, and they kept on hoping.

Guitar

As i type i realize that my fingers are sore from pressing against guitar strings. I just recently started playing guitar in the newly created worship band at church, and every time i play or practice, i ask myself the same question: How long will it take for my fingers to grow calluses so that i can play guitar with ease?!?! I mean I got the darn thing at Christmas! =P But I suppose it's just another test against my patience, which is very short i might add.
Although I'm not really complaining because i love taking part in the worship!

Blogging

I have decided that I am going to try to blog more. I often think of blogging things but just can't think of anything to blog about. Well i'm going to start blogging about any random, weird, or hopefully sometimes interesting, thing that i think of. So fair-warning, beware =P

ahem....new...template...

Yes, i re-did my blog template AGAIN! I think I might have an addiction =P

I think I change my template more than i post...wait scratch that i KNOW i change it more that i post! lol

Well i suppose its good practice, since i think im seriously considering a career in graphic design. They're not the best i can do, since the program i have messes up...alot! So i try to do them in a hurry before a window pops up saying, "error, must close program" and i lose all that i had. It's quite frustrating lol. i guess I'm ranting, although the program was free, so i guess i'm happy with what it gives me. =P

New Background

What'cha think of my new background/layout? i made it myself ;]

It features Psalm 33:3. I also made a matching icon>>>

=P

Meeting Dudley

Here's a Puppet Skit that we performed in "Big Church" on Easter Sunday. [ In case you dont know I'm Princess Annie :P ] Princess Annie had a little trouble with being loud [ mic wasnt close enough :/ ] so, sorry if you have trouble hearing her.


Part 1


Part 2


Hope you all had a Happy Easter!

WinterJam

THis week I went with my Mom and little bro and some friends of ours to Oklahoma City for a Concert called Winter Jam. It was so much fun! The bands that were there was: PureNRG, Group 1 Crew, Mandisa, Newsong, Skillet, Barlow Girl, and Mercy Me. I'll blog more later, but heres some pics of the concert>>> =)

My Puppet

I finally got pictures of my new puppet! Here she is>> [drum roll please]

The picture's kind of blurry but oh well. I'm going to buy some bright pink ribbon and put a bow on her head so she'll look more like a girl.

I have yet to come up with a voice or personality or even a name for her!

If when you see her a name or personality comes to mind please commet your ideas! :o)

But anyway, yup that's her! Ain't she cute? =P

A Poem

I was looking through some of my old prayer jounal's the other day, and i found this poem that i had wrote many years ago. I thought it was interesting so i thought i'd share :o)

My Lord is Amazing

He is always true

He always does the best thing

For me and for you

Though we may not know it

He is always there

Doing the best things

Because he really cares

My Drawing

I couldn't sleep the other night, so i just grabbed a pen and started drawing...and this is what i came up with. It isn't very good but i decided to post it here for fun....can you tell who it is? =P

Christmas

I hope you all had a great Christmas! I know I did! My Brother and Sister in law came to visit the week before, which was a blast! At times I even dreaded Christmas' coming, because it meant that they would no longer be here =P .
I had a clothes and accessories Christmas [which was greatly needed], except for one present, which was a new puppet [Pictures coming soon]. I am still searching for a name and personality for her, but when it is decided she will be used often in my churches’ Children’s Church Ministry [Check out it’s newly created blog here! Which happens to be created by my mom =P]. The ministry is called “King’s Kids” and we who volunteer to help are called “Kings Krew”. Before now, I had only one puppet to call my own[picture below], who is none other than Princess Annie Daynow [get it? =P] . Princess Annie is a self-absorbed, Princess of the King, who rarely ever understands the lessons we learn in King’s Kids.

If an Idea for a name or personality comes to you when you see my new puppet’s picture, please share! =P