25 Random Things

Thought you would enjoy these 25 random things you might have not known about me…

1. Christ is the MOST important thing in my life.

2. I am a Sunday School teacher for 1st graders.

3. I can snow ski, wake board, & scuba dive… now all I have to do is sky dive and I will be set.

4. I love traveling… I would be on a plane tomorrow if it meant going somewhere new.

5. I write and keep a personal anonymous blog about my dating life. (Wait you guys already know this)

6. I hate doing laundry. Who does ?!?! Please let me know so I can have them do mine.

7. I live, breathe, design…and I am 100% a MacBook Pro Girl.

8. I love watching a good movie snuggled up on the sofa by myself.

9. If we didn’t have sweet tea the world would be a sad place… can you tell I’m addicted to sweet tea.

10. I can fall asleep about anywhere… even if I have a computer on my lap.

11. I love to network! Smaller Indiana, LinkedIn, Facebook, gchat, skype, Twitter, Rainmakers… the list goes on and on. Seriously, I’m going to have starting a log book for how many passwords I have.

12. I run marathons for fun… that is 26.2 miles long, end of story.

13. I used to coach a kids ice skating and hockey class.

14. I’m a president for a multimedia company.

15. I’ve almost died once.

16. I was certified and worked as a physical therapist at a Chiropractic office

17. I am a workaholic.

18. I can’t STAND drama… I stay far away from it!

19. I’m not one to play games with guys… I have better things to do with my time.

20. I love kids! I want to have 2-3 someday I think. Lord willing.

21. I’ve been trying to teach myself Korean.

22. I didn’t know how to use a grove tool on an ice scraper till Dec 2008.

23. I’m an oil painter.

24. I used to be a tom boy growing up and I love sports!

25. I didn’t wear make-up till I went to college.

I Dreamed a Dream

This just goes to prove you should NEVER give up on your dreams… I heard about this on the news this morning and had to watch it for myself. Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent 2009, was by far the most unexpected surprise I have ever seen on a t.v. talent contest…simple phenomenal!

You can watch her performance on youtube. This without a doubt will amaze you… I still have chills, it just might even bring tears to your eyes.

Here are the lyrics to the song, “I Dream a Dream” Susan sang by Les-Miserables…

There was a time, when men were kind
And their voices were soft
And their words were inviting
There was a time, when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they turn your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my dreams with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he’d come to me
That we would live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I’m living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

Instant Gratification

Have you ever felt like you have more on your plate then you can handle? Saying to yourself that famous line, “Ughhhh… I have so much to do and not enough time”. Time is everything isn’t it?!?! We just never feel like we can never get enough. I find this to be the case 9 times out of 10. But I have a crazy thought for you, what if you have all the time you need? Pondering this statement you don’t know if you believe me do you? Seriously, think about it. God made this marvelous world and made time. Wouldn’t you think God would have made our days longer if he thought we would need more time then we have now. You have all the time you need for today but what you choose to do with that time is up to you.

Here is a real life example… I have been putting off grocery shopping for a few weeks now. (finally went tonight… yahoo!!!) Anyway… I kept saying I just don’t have the time to grocery shop. But in reality I was spending just as much time trying to find somewhere to eat, then it would have actually taken to go grocery shopping. So in the long run I was wasting more time and money then I should have for instant gratification.

Working out is another great example of what I’m taking about… Most of us will always say I don’t have time to work out. But in reality you really do have time to work out. Even if you just spend 17 minutes a day (doing abs on the floor, walking, or picking up those weights while watching t.v.)… you would have worked out 2 hours a week! 2 hour or more a week will make a huge difference in your lifestyle. You will find you have more energy during the day, you will feel more confident about yourself and you will less likely be stressed out about all that time you don’t have!

Lastly, one more thing we always tend to neglected is spending time in the Bible. Again something you can spend 10 minutes a day reading… (you can give up 10 minutes of tv can’t you?) will change how you grow in your relationship with the Lord. I know for myself… spending time in His word has not only been a huge blessing but really has changed the way I view my day. I started to notice little things that God wanted to show me through His word. And it has also giving me the opportunity to share Bible verses with someone that maybe really needed to hear it.

You see because of our “instant gratification attitude” we tend not to make time for the things that really matter. Making us feel defeated when we try to get by with not doing them. So are you up for a challenge? Think about something in your life that you always put off and say you don’t have enough time to do. And the rest of this week and next make time for it. If that means spending less time watching t.v. or surfing the net… do it. I guarantee you will feel better about your day, be less stressed out and feel more accomplished… try it and see what happens!