I Saw the Light.. Or I heard It.

So, this weekend has been very eye-opening for me.

I experienced my first Ole Miss football game this weekend.. Well, about 5 minutes of one. Here is the run-down.

I am a part of the Women's Glee here at Ole Miss. We sang the National Anthem at the Ole Miss/Alabama game this weekend. Ha, if you could call that a game.. More like the Ole Miss/Alabama blowout.

Anyways, in the process of finally making it to the choir room before the game, and on our way to the stadium, I have never smelled more alcohol in my life. Not the best experience of my life. I mean, the band was great no doubt. The fans are what really upset me.

There were actually parents encouraging their children, very young children at that, to sing the Hotty Toddy chant. If you don't know the chant, consider yourself blessed, but if you do, you know that there are PLENTY of expletives in it. 6 years olds screaming cuss words. I couldn't believe it. All while the band is playing, "I Saw the Light." RIGHT. What light? Definitely not THE Light.

Now, don't get me wrong, I totally totally know that there are many Ole Miss fans that are there that are Christians and have God living inside of them.

Well, in Sunday school this morning, my teacher was asking us what we felt like desperation felt like.. this is what was on my mind:

Where was God yesterday on the Ole Miss campus? I mean, I have never had the gameday/groving experience at Ole Miss, and never have really wanted to for this reason. When I was standing on that 50 yard line yesterday looking into the stand singing about our nation, which was founded on CHRISTIANITY and blessed by the One and Only, sole creator of the universe and Oxford, MS- GOD, I couldn't find Him.

5 minutes in that stadium was enough for me.

My heart felt desperate; I felt like pleading to God for His presence. It was almost like I was suffocating. When I finally got out of the stadium and was walking to the apartment, I heard the church bells from the Paris-Yates Chapel on campus ringing. It was playing "Great is Thy Faithfulness" and "Count Your Blessings" and many other songs. I teared up.. Praise God, He came to my rescue. I am blessed in so many ways I can't count them. I started seeing God again.. in the beauty of the nature and the blueness of the sky.

What was so ironic about the church bells was that it was about 5:12 when they were still ringing. When we hear bells we always think of church, right? I mean, I think it is a universal, historical fact. Well, I like to think that God wanted to speak to me a little bit longer.. and I would have listened for as long as I could. Soaking it up.
To you, this may sound very dramatic and maybe kind of crazy.. However, it was pressing on my heart. I wanted to share it in Sunday school but I didn't have enough courage (surrounded by Rebels, haha). I felt like I could share it on here.

God really revealed Himself to me this weekend. I need to be more bold. I can't sit back and whine about the lack of Light in my atmosphere; I need to shine my Light. I ask for all of your prayers for boldness and courage.

Hope you all have a fabulous week. :)

Encouragement.

So when I think of encouragement, it is sad that the first thing I think of is that guy on Couples' Retreat that hits peoples butts and says, "encouragement!" That is awful, but at least I am honest. However, encouragement has been an issue for me here lately. (*warning: this blog will be random, I have so much I want to discuss. If you get bored easily, you might need to read someone else's blog.)

So, I am a junior at Ole Miss this semester. I miss ICC.. I miss the welcome-y feeling.. the home-y feeling. When I got here, I was excited.. I was ready for something bigger and everything. However, those feelings tucked and hid pretty quickly. I began feeling more like a nobody in a sea of people who thought they were somebody. (Now, please don't think I am going for a pity party here or something; I promise the story takes a positive turn.)

As a transfer student, fellow classmates here have no idea what classes I have taken.. what things I have learned and haven't.. What routes I took in learning.. the techniques I learned.. the experiences I've had-- nothing. However, little do most of them know, my classes at ICC were equivalent to the classes here. I got a fabulous education, and I will end up getting the same piece of paper as they will.

So anyway, I walked into classes where I felt like people thought that I didn't know what I was doing.. Funny thing is, I do. I know what I am doing, I know what I want to do, and I know what I've done. Whew that feels good to get that out. God keeps me strong, and He holds me up. He also gave me a husband that encourages me to keep going when I feel like crap. So trust me, people, I got this. I will continue to try my hardest to be in God's will, following his directions and clinging to his guidance. Which means, I will strive all I can to excel. I am not dumb, but I may seem dumb when I ask question after question. But I am getting there.

A ray of sunshine: I am making friends, gradually.. It is nice. You know, friends make everything easier.

So, I know that blog was random, scattered, and probably not very organized or logical, but I feel so much better. Sorry if I wasted any of your time.. hahaha much love, Lynds :)

Goodbye beautiful Starkvegas. Hello, TSUN.

(Warning: this blog is going to be SUPER random, I'm sorry.)

Yep, we're about to start packing to move. It's been nice for a summer, Stark.. I will miss you greatly.

Ahh, moving. I hate moving. However, I am excited to finally really get settled somewhere, ya know? Get all our new stuff out, decorate and all. :) However, I can't bring myself to pack. Ugh.

I have a job interview, Praise GOD, at the Writing Center at UM.. I am so excited. I need this so badly.

Well, anyways.. So, we went to see Cowboys and Aliens last night. Really good movie! I don't like sci-fi stuff, but this was really good.. I have adapted to the Western world somewhat.. Charles LOVES westerns.

So my new hobby has been painting.. I love it. I can listen to music, but I don't sing every word. Now, if you know me, this is not something that I do very well. If I am talking and a song comes on, I forget everything and sing. Sad, yes. But it's true. However, when I paint, I just listen! Don't talk, sing, anything. It is so calming. I love it. So I will show you what I have painted so far. It's been fun. :)

This one I made for the shop.. We repainted the shop, so I thought I could do this too!

This one I made for my 8 year old sisters birthday party..

...she's having a luau! :) Everybody can sign it.

and this one I made for my old roommate, Erin! She loves owls.

So it has been fun! I would love your opinion though: I am wanting to make up some things to sell at Christmas.. Do you think that would be a good idea? Definitely NOT like fishing for compliments at all or anything, but I mean, do you think too many people already do it as it is? Just wondering what you think..

Anyways! Today is my Mary's birthday party! We are so excited. She is such a sweeeeeet girl. Love her to death. :)

I guess I will end this rambling mess now.. haha leave me a comment, pretty please, with your opinion! I value it. :)

First comes love, then comes marriage..

So, I had this whole blog written out, longest one I have ever written, took yesterday and this morning to do it, and it didn't save. It didn't save. It didn't save. It was all about the wedding, honeymoon, and what has happened since.

So I have come to a conclusion: Soon I will post pictures from the wedding.. and that will be fun, because I love talking about that wedding. best day of my life, second only to accepting Jesus as my Savior. Here's ONE picture. My favorite, probably. :)

But the rest of it? You should come down here and talk to me about it! I don't have a job yet, so from 6:30am to 5pm i sit here alone in this house doing a lot of not much. I would LOVE for a visit. I will give you the address and everything! (if I know you)

Anyways, I guess I could still talk some. I have been reading like a book a day since I have been here... I love to read, I sure do! However, I am running out of books! and as a newly married couple, the funds for books--- not there! So i am re-reading books now. and TV.. if you know me, you would never believe the TV shows I have been watching.. and actually liking! Hogan's Heroes, MASH, The Honeymooners, Gomer Pyle, all of those. And I really like them! Charles is trying, so hard, to get me to watch Dallas.. Start from the beginning he says. I just don't know... That is reaallly hard for me. Dallas? If you have any good reasons why I should watch and like Dallas, comment below. haha

I am missing my familly.. my mama and daddy, precious sisters, and my grandparents.. aunts and uncles. I just miss them. I know I am only an hour or so away, but it still hurts. Let me tell yall this story about my sweet sister, Mary.. She is 7, about to be 8 next month. She called me the week after the honeymoon from her trip to pickwick and she was telling me all about her trip and her farmer's tan. haha Well, before she was getting ready to hang up, she said, "I am coming home. Can't wait to see you when I get there." And my heart broke in half. I said, "I won't be there..." She said, "Where will you be?" I said, "I live with Charles now.." It was so so sad. So she says, "Oh okay. well I guess I will see you.. sometime.." See, after the wedding, I mean as SOON as Charles and I walked out of the ceremony, she was right behind us, bawling her eyes out about how she was going to miss me. It tore me up! I miss her. It breaks my heart that I am going to miss all the little things with her.. because she is constantly changing.

However, I also miss my middle sister, 14 yrs old, Courtney.. She and I don't ALWAYS get along, but we do have our good times. Actually we have a lot of good times! I miss her. She is growing up to be such a beautiful young woman, and she is good at pretty much everything she tries! And she doesn't give up when she tries. She is a varsity cheerleader in high school, and she loves it. absolutely loves it. and she plays fastpitch softball. She is very good at that too.. She did do basketball too, but not anymore. and it is not that she gave up! She worked her butt off and gave it her hardest! She just wants to do other things more. She can sing beautifully.. I love to hear her sing. And one thing that she is great at-- she can always make us laugh. When she tries and when she doesn't try. She has an infectious smile and a great laugh. I just love her to death. I hate that I haven't gotten to see her since the wedding where she was one of the most beautiful bridesmaids, but next weekend, for sure!

and my parents. I am having a very hard time being away from them so much. Don't you dare get me wrong, I wouldn't trade a second of my life that I have been living with Charles or any of the future, but I sure do miss my family. There were a lot of times when my parents made me so mad i cried, but a lot of times that we laughed until we cried. My mama is one of my very best friends. Now, a lot of our problems rooted from that I think.. because she was one of my best friends, I often times had problems with respecting her as my mother. I do miss her so much. and talking on the phone is just not the same. and I miss my daddy too. Gosh, he would do anything for me, i think. I say I need a job yesterday, and he calls everyone he knows in Starkville for me. He is a very good spiritual leader of my family. Every time I would get in trouble, or just not be acting right, he would give me this LONGGGGGGGGGGGG speech. Oh I hate those things. I mean, it's one of those where your mind starts drifting, so I am not fully there, and when he asks if I am paying attention, it's hard to say yes because I can't remember what he just said.. That's probably why I had the same few over and over. Because it took so long for me to get them into my head. I would've rather had a spanking! haha But, I appreciate everything he and my mother did to make me who I am today. I am a better woman for all of those speeches! :)

I miss all my other family too, SO much, but I know if I write about each set, this blog will be forever long. probably like the one I finished this morning and it didn't save. Ugh. But hey, maybe you'll get your own blog all about you one day soon.

I love you all, and I know that this blog turned sort of somber pretty quick, but I really enjoyed writing it. Hope you have a great day! 

Frenzy.

Wow.. so much has been going on here lately! Whew. Been crazyyy.

So we took our engagement pictures.. and they are fabulous, thanks to Megan Price. :)
(If you like, and want her info, leave a comment and I can get you in touch with her!)

So I will share a few with you:

We had to have some on campus.. Love this. :)

You're a grand old flag.

I just love this picture. I am not vain, really.

Totally not even posed. Fabulous. I just love it!

Ah.. looking up into the clouds at our balloons.. $9.00 floating away...

Wonder what we're doing behind the hat.. ;)

He's so precious.

Whew, that was Hard. haha

So silly :)

He makes me feel so beautiful.

hehe :)

Love.

Newspaper shot.

Behind every good man...

Charles begggggggggggged to take this picture. We finally gave in.

:)

He is so adorable.

Yes, Very serious.

He knows just how to make me happy :)

We had so much fun this day.. It was a blast.

So, since then we have been Wedding-ing it up.. We had a shower at his church last week and received quite a blessing from it.. God is taking care of us through His people, and we are so thankful!

We have 2 showers this weekend.. Saturday night we are having the Honey-Do Shower where all our friends and family are invited.. It is going to be so much fun!!

Then Sunday we are having the shower at my church! Ahh.. so much fun.

43 days. Can you believe that? I mean it is crazy..

I am just ready to be Mrs. Huckaby! :)

Have a fabulous evening guys. Much love!

Heartache.

So, tonight my family and I watched "Flame On," the video about the life and death of Cooper Jasper, JJ and Melanie Jasper's son. Watching this video, my heart ached. I can not imagine losing a child of my own. Ever... I can not imagine their heartache, even with as much time that has passed.

So tonight, I think I am going to blog about heartache.

and No, not the boy/girl, "nya nya," "He loves me, he loves me not," heartache.
The real stuff.

Presently, my heart aches for Japan.
Could you imagine.. I stopped to think about it.. I can't imagine finding one dead body. I don't like to find dead animals.. could you imagine finding thousands? I can't imagine knowing that I am about to die. And so is everyone else around me.. and there is NOTHING we can do about it.. Knowing that devastation is coming.. is already there. I can't understand how they're feeling.. there is no way. I have never ever faced anything to that caliber. My heart aches for the families.. and children.. but mostly for the unsaved. Oh gosh, does it ache for them..

My heart aches for the all the people around the world that are/were USED for sex trafficking.
I don't mean to go too deep.. but the precious gift that God gives to man and woman to be opened after marriage.. It is taken and used and abused for money and greed and wealth.. Something so beautiful for something that can destroy lives. Greed is the root of evil. I can't imagine how those young women, children, even young men, could feel after being used and used.. My heart aches for them.

My heart aches for orphaned children..
Not only from overseas, but also the ones right here around us.. as a young child, there is one person, at least, that you cling to.. The child puts all their trust in.. Some of these children grow up without knowing that one person loves them. Oh that makes my heart ache. God loves them! He loves them so much, and they are not orphaned! There are no orphans of God! How I wish I could tell every one of them that..

My heart aches the women who have had abortions, and the person that would have become of that beautiful gift of God..
I do not agree with abortion. Whatsoever, in any condition.. But I do NOT hate or dislike the ladies who have had abortions.. It hurts to see the people who support it, because they are alive; they weren't aborted. But for the women who have had abortions.. there is and always will be, whether they feel it or not, a void in their life. God created that child for a purpose. My heart aches knowing that there are so so so many people, children, adults, who were not given the chance to live.. They were not able to grow up like me, blessed with a beautiful family and an education, and wonderful friends.. They were denied their life.. My heart aches for what could have been.

But, when I think about how amazing, AMAZING, my God is, My heart rejoices.

He can turn all these situations around. He has that power! He does. He is amazing.

Have a great weekend.

Long time, no see.

Whew, it has been a while since I have blogged! I have missed it.. Last week I didn't hardly have much time! Maybe I can do a quick recap..

Studied.. took tests.. had class... slept.. worked.. Saw friends, family, Charles.. eh. So I wasn't THAT busy.

But now, I am enjoying my spring break. And I am very happy about it. My Charles told me I should blog.. isn't he sweet. :) He just knows me.

So let me tell you a little bit about him :)

Charles Doyle Huckaby, 20.
Graduate of Houston High School, Soon to be Graduate of Mississippi State University, and about to be a student in the University of Mississippi Law School. (We're really excited about this.)

He is wayyyyy cute. Totally the cutest guy I have everrr seen. :) hehe (<-- My schooldays crush giggle)

Anyways.. He is getting to marry the cooooooolest girl EVER in about 2 months.. Yeah, I am excited for him.. he deserves somebody superrrr cool. :) hahahahaha

He knows the tricks to calming me down, he knows each of my laughs, he can tell me what I am thinking by my facial expression (which says a lot because I have MANY expressions), he makes me feel like a princess.

He is by far the greatest guy I have ever met.. I know God made him especially for me. Thank you God! :) :) I needed him!

This weekend we are taking our engagement pictures.. or actually, my fabulous beautiful amazzzzingly talented friend, Megan Lee Price is taking them. :) We are taking them all in Starkvegas, so if you see three crazy folks running around town, just excuse us. Or stop and say hello.
(andddd if you have any ideas/past experiences/anything to share about engagement picture shoots, leave a comment, pleaseeee, email me at lpstafford01@my.iccms.edu)

So. Excited. About. That.

Hope you folks have a fantastic spring break. Love you guys. <3

Dog Days.

So, I have no idea what this "Dog Days Are Over" song means, but I really like it. It makes me want summer. I really can't understand much that the girl says.. but you know, it's catchy.

And good grief, if ICC has one more dogwood tree, I am going to poison them like Auburn's trees. No, just kidding, I'm really not.. but man oh man, do they stink, or what?? Whew.. they smell like dog.

This blog is just for rambling purposes. I said that I was going to devote my next blog to my sweet Charles, but with my nonchalant mood that I am rocking right now, I don't think that I would do him much justice.. because he is pretty amazing, and I am feeling kinda blah.

Every time I think about the weekend, I think about the one thing that is keeping me from it.. the one negative thing, anyway. Astronomy tomorrow night.. I have never disliked a class so much! I mean, stars are BEAUTIFUL, don't get me wrong, but I get so sick of the "physics" element that Mr. Swanson brings to class. Hello? Aren't we just supposed to look at stars? I am not Einstein!

I love Pandora. If you are not a Pandora-n, you need to do it. It is free, and it is the best internet radio EVER. As a matter of fact I am listening to it now.. Makes me happy. Especially when I have to sit in the library to tutor the nonexistent writers who never come in here for 3 hours. Boredom, yes.

Anyway, I am so sorry that I let you down on the coolness of this blog.. It was pretty lame. But, it relieved some of my stress!

I love you guys. Have a fabulous night.

Changes.

So, this has been an amazing weekend.. Mostly Sunday.. Now, I do not use this blog to preach, but I am going to tell you what happened with me and God yesterday:

So, Sunday's AM service was amazing.. The title of the sermon was, "Behold, I come quickly.." So you know what it was about, right?
The thing that got me was this part: (Bro Kelvin speaking, of course)
" I pray that Jesus comes right now.. Before the invitation.. Before my next breath. Because I am ready to go!... Did any of your hearts just flutter?"

Well, let me tell you, mine did. The thing is, I have not been living the way I am supposed to live if I am going to proclaim to be a Christian. I am not so sure that these past few months if you saw me at school or around town you would know, without me coming up to you and saying, I am a Christian, that I am a Christian.

That is a problem.
See, I am supposed to shine with His Light. In the things I do and say, people should see Christ through me.

So there are some changes with me.

Sunday's PM service was equally amazing. Bro. Jagger Eastman, a SENIOR in high school, brought the exact message that my heart was in need of.. It revealed some ugly things about my life to me, but that was exactly what I needed. He simply preached on being committed. Every morning, when we wake up, whether we decide it or not, we are commmitted to something. But to what?

This morning, I woke up and said that I am committed to God. and tomorrow, and every day after that, Yes. Committed to God.

Now, I will make many mistakes. I will. I am human! However, I am going to do my best in living for Him and being an instrument for His praise and glory.

You know, whether you believe in God or not, that HE is WORTHY. Jesus said that even the rocks will cry out praises to Him.. Each of us will one day too; We will bow on our knees before the One who saved us, and the One who is HOLY and without SIN.. There will be no pride or arrogance when you see Him. None.. Everything on this earth will be forgotten.. All you will see is God Almighty. What a day!

" ¹⁷ The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life."  Revelation 22:17

So why not live like we are ready now? I pray, even now, that the Lord comes. Did your heart flutter?

For you, CJ!

Okay, so since I started this thing, which has only been a week (haha), I have told CJ Cavaliere that I would blog one day and devote it solely to him. So..
 For you, CJ!

Meet CJ Cavaliere.

CJ is 21, I do believe, and at ICC with Yours Truly. However, we will both be headed to Ole Miss next year! :)

Meet CJ's Family.

Here you have, from left to right, CJ, Mama Ashley, Daddy Paul, and Sissy Ivye. They're a beautiful family.

CJ is quite the choir nerd. NOTHING whatsoever wrong with that though!

 



In addition to choir, CJ is also a CenterStage nerd.

Or maybe, he is just a plain old nerd.

 

haha

So, I am just kidding about all that.. CJ is really extremely talented, and takes what he does very seriously. I love him like crazy!

Sadly, I don't have a picture with CJ, so I will leave you with the next best one:

:) hahahah Love you CJ!

(P.S.--Sorry I stalked your facebook and stole all these pictures. bahahahha and don't evaaa call me lame again! (: )

Beauty Marks

So, a few months ago, I studied Romans 12.. I really enjoyed it. I made these little notecards to read while I got ready that reminded me what a true Christian should look like.. However, I am human. I fell back and didn't quite live up to what I had said.. I am a work in progress.

I will share them with you now! If you have any comments or anything on it, PLEASE feel free to share them with me.. I am not a theologian, and I do not claim to know everything about the Bible.. This is just what I feel like God shared with me!

Beauty Marks from Romans 12

• Do not be like everyone else in this world. CONTRAST, don't compare! We are set apart. Seek out what is good in the will of God.
• Do not think more highly of yourself than others.
• Use what gifts God has given you to His glory!
• Let <3 LOVE <3 be GENUINE.
• Turn from evil; CLING to what is good!
• Love each other.
• Serve Him in everything :)
• Rejoice in HOPE, wait out the tribulations, and PRAY constantly!
• Help others when they're in need.
• Bless those who persecute you.. Don't be mean back! (That's what the devil wants to see.)
• Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
• Don't be haughty or conceited. That's not pretty! Humble yourself.
• Be honorable; don't repay evil with evil.
• IF possible, live in peace with everyone.
• Don't seek revenge; God says He will take care of it! (Thank GOD!
• Love your enemies. Show them kindness! (Maybe they'll take note.)
• and my favorite-- Do not be overcome with evil; overcome evil with good! Kick Satan's tail!

In doing your part in advancing His Kingdom, fight with all you have! God is with you!

So, I am definitely by no means saying that this is easy.. it is not! But, hey, in the words of a pretty awesome guy..

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will provide a way out so that you can stand up under it!"
-1 Corinthians 10:13

We can do it! :)

Love you, and have a fabulous evening. 

21 down, 3 to go!

Wow.. So, this wedding is coming up fast now. Extremely!!
Don't get me wrong. I am STOKED.
21 months down, 3 to go! :)

So, this may seem silly, but in honor of today (haha), I am going to list 21 things I am thankful for in my life, and 3 things that I am ready for!

1: I am beyond thankful for my God. He is always there for me, and I owe Him my life.
2: I am so thankful for my family. They are my rock.
3: I am thankful for my Charles. He has been by my side through everything these past two years, and I don't know what I'd do without him.
4: I praise God for my best friends... I have way to many to name, but each of them know who they are.. You are my sunshines! :)
5: I am thankful for the opportunity I have had to receive a good education..Yes, I complain about going to classes with the best of them, but I am truly grateful for the chance to make something more of myself.
6: I thank God for my church and my church family! I have been so blessed at New Center Point FWB Church, and it will always be my home church.
7: I am grateful for my talents.. No, I do not boast of anything that I do on my own, because I do nothing on my own. God uses me as an instrument, and I am so blessed to be given the opportunity to share my gifts with others.
8: On a less serious note, I am thankful for whoever invented Scrabble.. I love that game so much. Like wayyy too much, I think.
9: To the creators of Glee- thank you.
10: I am thankful for ice cream.. Chocolate especially. It has gotten me through a lot.
11: I am thankful for Facebook.. That may seem crazy, but when I am not using it for less important things, I truly do enjoy being able to keep up with everybody that I love.
12: I love photographs. Thanks to the guy/gal that invented the camera... I love to see sweet memories captured.
13: THANK GOD for cell phones. Man oh man. I don't know what I would do without one! Sad.. I know.
14: I appreciate all of those people who are openly against sex trafficking, domestic violence, and abortion.. God laid those issues on my heart, and I wish I could do more to raise awareness of them..
15: I love mechanical pencils.. I can't stand a dull pencil.
16: I thank you for reading my blog.
17: This should have been numero 1, but I thank God for sending Jesus to take my sins away.. He knows I didn't deserve it, but He did it anyway..
18: I am thankful for the sunshine! It makes me happy.
19: I thank God for music.. It can be a way to communicate with someone who won't open up.. a refuge on a bad day.. A way to remember someone who you love..
20: I thank God for the soldiers who fought to make this country a safer place to live.
21: I thank God for the freedoms that we have in this country for now.

1: I can't wait to see how God is going to use us through our marriage.
2: I am so excited about the wedding and the honeymoon! :)
and FINALLY,
3: I am ready to spend the rest of my life with my best friend.

My love and me :)

Have a grand evening. :)

This is the day that the Lord has made!

Wow, what a day.
Today was.. whew. Here is a re-cap for you.

7:00am- Wake up.
7:15-8:00am- Morning rituals.. shower, teeth, hair, etc.
8:00-8:45am- "special day" rituals.. make up, perfume, etc.
9:00-9:25am- My fabulous roommate, fixed my hair up all pretty :)
9:45ish am- final run-through my audition pieces with Mrs. Davis
11:00am- Choir
12 noon-- headed to Oxford with my fabulous fiance!

(So I realize that this is boring now... But I gotta finish! haha)

bunch of time passes.... fast forward..
2:15pm-- my audition begins for Ole Miss.
3:15pm- I walk out with the biggest smile on my face ever.
Then a bunch more useless information.

Needless to say, I had a wonderful audition for the vocal department at Ole Miss today. It may not have been wonderful to them, but I was satisfied and left feeling confident. The only, ONLY reason that occured was because when I woke up this morning, God had my in the palm of His hand.

This is the day that the Lord has made!

I praise God for my family, friends, and Charles. Without you people, I would not know what to do!

But above all, I praise my Savior for the work He did through me. I was able to tell the instructors that God had this planned for me today, and that I was not standing before them alone; He was with me.
His presence calmed the storm of emotions/nerves that had been raging in my body and mind all day.

You know, only God can do that! Praise Him!

Reach for the stars..

Isn't that what they always say? Well, I am trying to with this Astronomy class, but it is not working too well. Stormin' Swanson (a.k.a. Bob Swanson, the singing weather man/meteorologist/my astronomy teacher) is going wayyy over my head... Don't you just hate that? When teachers think, "Well, I know this so you should know this." Eeesh. Because I will tell you right now, I don't know this. I took this class as an easy way out of a physical science credit, but goodness gracious..

Anyways, to brighter subjects.

I think you should know, which you probably already know, but I will tell you anyway:
My Charles got accepted into Law School at Ole Miss!
AHHHHHHHHHHH. What a relief.

We are so excited! I know he can do it.. maybe we won't have much of a social life, but you know what? In the words of good ole Dave Ramsey, "You have to live like no one else to live like no one else."

So I hope living like no one else will be fun. Charles will be with me, so it should be! Prayers are greatly appreciated.

Wedding stuff.. Fun. I never thought I would say this, but I am sort of ready for it to be over! Charles and I are getting married in May, and this wedding planning is stressing me out.. and not only that, it is making my family crazy and some of them are tired of hearing about it.. which I understand fully, but you know... It stinks sometimes.. I am just ready for it to be over.. But I am ready for it to be here too! Complicated.

I will say, that this blogging business is such a stress relief. I feel like I just dropped 28 pounds off my shoulders. Whew!

I hope you have a fabulous evening! And, reach for the stars! hahahaha

Okay, Here goes.

So this is my first blog.. Obviously.

If you know me, you know I love telling stories.. I actually just love to talk.. So I figured blogging might be the thing for me.

I hope I don't bore you.. I tend to ramble.. But you know, if you set out to read blogs, you are probably not looking for anything just too terribly interesting, right?

But since this is the first one, I think I will just tell you a little bit about myself, and leave it at that.

Okay, Here goes!
-I am a spelling freak. If you ever notice something misspelled on here, comment immediately, please. :)
-I love to sing.. Love it. I mean, I live for it.
-I am a hopeless romantic. I guess anyway, I have never really understood what that means, but I figure it is me because I love love.
-I found my man, praise the Lord! Now, just pray for him because he has to live with me for.. oh you know, forever.
-I can remember almost anything.. Example, I could probably tell you exactly what you were wearing the last time I saw you. Creepy, maybe, but I just remember things like that. I don't know why!
-I love my family. Sometimes when I think I am SOOOO ready to move out of there, I realize that these last few days are precious..
-I have been counting down the days til my wedding since the 400's. I am now at 94. Yes.
-I like blogging. :)

Have a fabulous day/evening. Enjoy this ahhhmazing weather!! :)

And yes, I know that was misspelled. It was for the effect.