Change.

Ok. Well, seeing the update on Inna's blog bucket list made me think that i really need to update mine. (Thanks for the inspiration!) Plus, this update matches my blog's format/background update, so there we go!

~Memorize more Bible verses
*Still need to work on this!
~Get through my last year of high school w/o getting senioritious
*I seriously forgot there was such a thing!
~Find a good job (and actually get hired)
*I have 2 jobs now; David's Bridal & Old Time Pottery
~Survive Tri-C during my senior year
*I totally am!!
~Meet many new people who i can be a wittness to
* I have talked to ppl from work & college
~Become a better Godly example to ALL those around me
*Hopefully I have been
~Focus more & more on God each day
*I fail in this all the time, sadly. But with God, I can do it!
~Gain wisdom & insight on God and understand how to get through all situations i am presented with
*Have recently been learning to trust in God's wisdom even though I still mess up
~Get a new cool phone w/ texting!
*I have a newer phone, had texting for about a month...not anymore tho :(
~Take ballroom dancing lessons avec mon petit chou! ;)
*Still waiting
~Sky dive....haha-not really; not ever!!
*No comment.
~Get accepted in a good (christian) college while having a car there w/ me
*Cedarville baby!! (God willing...now it's just a huge $$$ issue!) No car.
~Finding a car!
*My dad's old camry
~Work as a Disney princess (Sleeping Beauty!) at Disney World in Florida!!! :)
*I'm getting Disney employee emails...& waiting a couple yrs for an audition! maybe.
~Learn to improvise on the piano!! (this will take some prayer!!)
*Kinda improving, slowly. :)
~Learn to sing w/ a lovely voice(...ahhh...if only)
*I'm taking voice lessons!!
~Finding God's will for my life and living it out
*Seeking it in confusion daily
~Marry that man who God has in store pour moa
*What's so bad about being single?
~Get married and have a beautiful outdoor wedding
*See above.
~Be the best wife i can be for my hubby!!
*See above, again.
~Travel to Europe avec mon amies et mon petit chou! ;)
*Maybe not w/ mon petit chou, but deff w/ my besties!! :)
~Be in (or at least be invited to) several other weddings!!! :) :)
*I'll give this one a couple of years.
~Buy a wonderful, (big) maison pour moa et mon petit chou (w/o going into debt!!)
*Big or small, it doesn't matter too much anymore. I'll sore up my for my mansion above instead.
~Take a couple road trips...(in college too!)
*Yup! Still on the list!!
~Find a good job being an elementary teacher
*Hopefully in about 4 years I can say this has been accomplished successfully.
~Go on countless missions trips during my summer off, avec mom petit chou
*Ukraine next summer!!! :) (God willing!)
~Have some kids...and stay home to raise them in a Godly manner
*God willing, my missions kids will be my life!!
~Be a wonderful, fun, funny, cute old grandma to my darling grandkids (God willing)
*Hmmm....see prior comments.
~Try my best to do everything else God wants me to b/c i can't think anymore...
*I'll aim for this forever and always!
~After a (long???), blessed life, start the never-ending one w/ my Lord
*I'm becoming sooo impatient for this!!


That's the latest for now. I'm sure I'll have to update it again in the winter or smthing....but for now, i know what i need to improve on and keep shooting for!

"Make me know Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day." ~Psalm 25:4-5

Have You Ever Hit a Snowbank?

I have! And it's about time that i share this funny/embarrassing experience!

Obviously, this happened on a very icy day b/c i'm not that bad of a driver as to where i'm always running into snow banks! I mean, i may be a bad parker, (but still better than Taras!lol) but not a bad driver. Seriously.

Ok, so here's what happened: I was happily on my way to my gym class (hence my silly outfit!) and i took a turn down a street that i never turn on, but decided to on this particular day. Not realizing how icy it was, i found my turn going a bit further than i expected. I figured it'd be fine, i tried turning the wheel out of my skid, but it was no help. I was heading straight towards the snow bank! Ohhh nooo! I figured it'd be fine, that i'd just hit the front of it and my car wouldn't go anywhere b/c of my slow speed. Boy! Was i wrong or what!? The next second i find myself IN the snowbank and very embarrassed! I tried to reverse out of there but it was hopeless. I got out of the car to see how far in i was, almost falling on the cement b/c of how slippery it was, and i realized i was good and stuck. At the very end of the street, i saw a car coming and figured i should stand outside and wait until the car passed just to see if they'd offer to help. I was also planning on having a nervous, shocked look my face just for dramatic effects!ha. But as the car drove closer, i realized God couldn't have planned it any better b/c it was Inna & Julia!! :) They were on their way to pick up Kelsey but were coming to rescue me first!!

And i didn't even call them!! What sweethearts!
We laughed a little, actually, a lot. And i explained how everything happened & that their timing was perfect. Surely they couldn't leave me abandoned in the snow bank, so they made a very hard decision...they decided to sacrifice school in order to help me!lol Me and Julia attempted to remove some snow out from under my tires w/ mine and Inna's snow scraper. I don't know what Inna was trying to use in this picture. We did quite a lot of work out there in the freezing cold...but sadly, it wasn't good enough b/c when i tried to back out again, it was still good and stuck. (but our efforts weren't in vain!)

Anyways, to make a long story short, I had to call my dad and nervously explain what happened, Inna, Julia, & Kelsey went to school, and when my dad came to help me dig out more (this time w/ a shovel!) it was still impossible and we had to call the tow truck! :( Thankfully we have AAA so everything was free! :)

Looking back though, it was just neat to see how God worked it all out. How i ran into the bank literally 1 minute before Inna & Julia came down the street, and how it was even on that street that i was stuck on! If it was where i normally turn, one street down, Inna & Julia wouldn't have driven past me!! :O And also, it was neat that everything was FREE!!lol But my lesson is sure learned. Now i know to be extremely, extremely more cautious on an icy road! :)

"Brothers, i do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 3:13-14

My sweet job! :)

So as ya'll should know, I work at David's Bridal as a CSR (customer service representative) which includes things such as answering the phone, welcoming people who come in, ringing them out, assigning a consultant, etc. However, I just recently promoted to be a consultant myself!! yeayyy me!! Lately, i have been training like crazy and praying that i remember every single detail about the dresses, styles, undergarments, shoes, jewelry, veils, bridesmaid dresses, etc. It's a whole lot of info and i'm not sure if i can remember it. :( But basically, i have to persuade my brides to buy stuff otherwise i don't get paid good; cause this is on commission now...ahh! It should be fun though! And the good thing about working here is that, when the store empties out, i get to try on some dresses myself!! :) It is really fun and I love doing it. Of course i take pictures too so i can share my excitement with my blogging buddies!!

Ok, let me begin by explaining the gowns. This one is the very first i tried on. I was in love with it for a good couple weeks before i actually got to see it on me. Then when i did, i continued to love it, except for the band that goes across the waist.

And this one, it is a Oleg Cassini signature dress. Ha! I bet you don't even know what that means! (it's ok, neither do i...i should look at my training book again!)lol Anywho, being a smaller store and all, we don't get all the dresses in. Like this one, we weren't suppose to get it in, but magically one day, (by God's awesome power, because i kno He just wanted me to try it on!lol) it came in!! :) It is completely stunning and i felt almost like a Disney Princess when i put it on. Until i looked at hips. They were HUGE!!! I was shocked at couldn't believe all the weight i was gaining and realized that maybe i wasn't done with growing yet.haha.

I mean look at those monsters!! I look crazy!! Then i realized that i have never noticed my giant hips before and started wondering if it was just the dress. I showed some of the people i work with and complained. They said that every bride who tried it on loved it but hated how huge it made them look in that area. Ok good! So i wasn't the only one! And of course, in the magazine, the model who is wearing this dress is sitting on a big comfy chair, turning to the side. A genius way to cover up the flaw!! So this dress...ehhh....i still love it, but on me...not so much.

Alright, then there's this one. This was a size 0 and was still big on me. A reassurance that my hips aren't as big as the other dress made me think they were. This dress though, is a little more simple, and very pretty, but not as "Ow ow" as the others i guess you could say.

And there was one more dress that i tried on. All lace. But sadly, those pictures are on my phone b/c my camera ran out of battery. :( It's funny though. I never was into lace wedding dresses. But after working at David's, i come to see that most of the dresses that i'm falling for have lace. I never thought it'd be my style, but it doesn't look old fashioned or gawky or anything!! It's great. Then again, i don't even know if it looks good on me so if i ever get married....i'm gonna need to be taking some ppl with me for their opinions!!

Inna-get ready!! Second thought....maybe not. :(

"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." ~1 Samuel 16:7