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Hello Everyone!  Once again, it has been a really long time since I had last posted. I guess that is what happens when life is on the run.

Well, let's see. I just finished finals almost a week ago! WHOOOHOOO!!!  Those were my last finals for my undergrad degree. It is so hard to believe that I will be graduatiing in May. I am very excited but very nervous at the same time. Have you guys ever felt like that before? Anyways, I also will be really busy next semester... even though I won't be taking any classes except for a required seminar... I'll be teaching my own classroom.  My first student teaching placement will be at Ruby Major Elementary with 21 Kindergarteners and my second placement will be at Tom Joy Elementary with 4th graders! So... if you all don't hear from me in a long time... don't worry... I have just fallen off the face of the earth teaching!  Ha ha ha!

Hmmm... besides school, Christmas has come upon us once again. I have been able to get most of my Christams shopping done. I still have a few gifts to get but I am not to worried about it. Plus I can't wait to go shopping with my sister. I always have a fun time with her when we go together!

Family life has been crazy but great! I have been able to spend some time with my family before we go up north to Illinois. So that has been nothing short of wonderful!!  I have also been able to spend some time with friends which has been tons of fun! Why God has given me the gift of these wonderful people... I don't know but there isn't a day that goes by that I can't help but thank God for them.

Umm... well, I know that there is more to talk about but I really can't think of it at the moment. LOL!  Until then my friends... I hope and pray that all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year's!!! I love you and there is still nothing that you can do about it!

Quote of the Day: People can live one hundred years without really living a minute. So sing like no one can hear you, dance like no one is watching, laugh like no one could hear you... and live a life full of passion and love like it is your last!

P.S.~ Just to let you all know... I was accepted to join the Youth in Mission Tean for Australia!  So please be praying for that...

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I haven't fallen off the face of the earth... yet!

 Well, it seemed time for an update!  I am finding it to be more and more of a challenge to getting everything that I need to get done .... done! Lol! I am wondering why God didn't give us a day with like 28 hours or something? Lol!

Anyway, life this past month has been rough but God has been with me every step of the way.  As one of my friends said... "Ashley, when it rains for you... it pours!" She has no idea of how right she was!   I don't know why but I was kind of in a rut in so many different parts of my life and I was just feeling down and out.  Thankfully, God was with me and gave me family and some really great friends to lean on!!!!  Seriously guys, you will never know how thankful I am for each and every one of you in my life. *hugs*

Beside that rough time, life is beginning to look bright again. I have been overloaded with work but I am not stressing out about it. Also I have been hanging out with some friends and have been enjoying our short but fun times together!   Ummm... what else? Oh! I am so excited about Thanksgiving break coming up!! Yay for family, food, and rest!  I'll miss my friends but I can't wait to just take a short break from the work load.

Well, I know that there is more to write about but I think I'll have to save it for another time. I have a Philosophy Test on Monday that I haven't even begun to study for. LOL! I hope that all of you have a wonderful day and if I don't get to see ya'll before the break... have safe travels where ever you go and remember.... that I love you and yes...there is still nothing that you can do about it!

Quote of the Day: Life holds special magic for those who dare to dream.

Currently Listening Pearl Harbor By Martin Tillman, Diane Warren, Hans Zimmer, David Campbell, Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Pereira, Tim Pierce, Johnny Mori, Michael Fisher, Julia Migenes, Bruce Fowler, Hans Zimmer, Faith Hill see related

My heart is on the ground... thankfully God is still God and that is a blessing in itself through rough times. Throughout one's life people are constantly coming in and out of it. There are those people who come through quickly and we hardly give them notice. There are those who come and sty for a little while who enrich our lives. Finally, there are those who come into our lives ... even for the shortest amount of time... and leave imprints on our hearts and souls who will never be forgotten.  

*In loving memory of a wonderful teacher, coach, and above all else... friend.... Mrs. Grimes*

Quote of the Day:

Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift - that is why they call it the present.

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Wow... has it really been that long since I last posted? I guess that is what happens when life gets crazy... .

Anyways... life has definately taken off! School has taken up most if not all of my time. I have several projects, papers, presentations, and so much more that usually it would seem to be overwhelming yet I find that it is stressful but that I am not going to worry about it. Yay!

Beside the school work, I have been very involved in extra curricular activites that have been fun. RHA has been interesting and we have made it through our frist event which was a regressive dinner. It was interesting but fun!  Also I have just recently been voted into the ASCD leadership team! I am so excited about working with the team and really excited about what is going to happen this year!  Along with lifeline, missions club, and the international justice club... it has been fun being so involved with each one.

Along with all of that... lol... could there possibly be more?  I have been very thankful to spend some time with my friends and have made several more memories for this Senior year. Especially just hanging out in the apartment breezeways, going bowling, hanging out at SATCO, going on roadtrips  and so many more!  Beside my wonderful friends... I did start dating someone really wonderful and it has been a great two weeks spending time with him.

Now that I look back on these weeks, I find it so interesting to see God's hand at work in my life. The more that I take on in life... the more that I find myself leaning on him and depending on him to take care of me.  Forgive me if I am standing on my soap box but it is something that has been on my mind as of late. Anyway, I have been doing a lot of spiritual growing this summer and have really been working on some serious issues in my life that I hadn't been able to give up to God but now find that I can and have. God has blessed me with so much more the what I could have ever deserved in life. The more control I give up to him ... I am finding more ways to simply praise his name. God has always been a big part of my life but I am finding myself becoming more consumed by his will in my life and can't help but be happy and dance my heart out because of the joy that I feel. Even with other serious issues going on in life... I am not worried about them because no matter what happens that God is in control and that it will all work out in the end and for that I can't help but thank God for all that he has done.  YAY GOD!!!!!

Well, now that I am off of my soap box I better get back to getting some things done at work. I hope and pray that this finds all of you happy and well. Remember that I love you all and that there in nothing that you can do about it.

Quote of the Day: And now I will show you the most excellent way:
       If I speak in tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give up all I possess and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
       Love is patient; love is kind; it does not envy; it does not boast; it is not proud. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking; it is not easily angered; it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
       Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will pass away; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
       When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
       And now these three remain: faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.
       - I Corinthians, chapter 13

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Well, I think that it is time for an update. Life has been really crazy these past few weeks!!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!! Part of life I guess... thank the good Lord for all of His wonderful and much needed strength.

Anyways, school has obviously gotten back in session. ALready a few weeks into classes and I am worn out! I think for one of my classes my teacher caught me falling asleep!  I couldn't help it... but running on about 3 hours of sleep and listening to a monatone voice can be very relaxing and can lull one to sleep!  So homework has come and taken over my life yet I am fighting it to have somewhat of a social life here on campus. Hee hee hee!

Besides school, work has been well. We have gained 5 new people in the IRC which is a blessing. Only 3 returning workers came back. So we helped the new people with their training and they were pretty quick learners. I was impressed!  Anyway... so we are beginning to become use to our new schdules and are just having fun.  

Along with that, I have been trying to be as active as I can on campus because when the Spring Semester comes around... yeah, social life will end with student teaching. By the way, random thought... I  miss my kids!  Sorry but had to put that out there. So... yeah, I am helping out with the apts RHA and a member to several different clubs here on campus. I am excited about starting those up!  

Going on a more serious note... the week before had been a rough week. A lot of different things going on that were causing a lot of stress but with some taken actions and lots of prayer and friends (thanks ya'll  by the way) God was able to pull me out of my slum and has continued to amaze me with His presence and being.  Yay God!!! The week before last was rough.... really rough. Yet this week has been nothing short of wonderful! Classes going a bit more smoothly; being able to talk to some of my friends that I haven't seen in months who have already graduated from TNU; and simply giving up my life my fully to Him in several aspects of life!  Again... yay God!

Well, this has been a bit longer post then normal. I guess that I just had a lot to say this time around!  Well guys, I hope and pray that you all have a wonderful day and coming week. Remember... that I love you and there is nothing that you can do about it!

Quote of the Day: Our deepest feelings are often unspoken, but a kindred spirit can set them free!