Well, it's official: I'M BACK AT SCHOOL!!! Yep, today my sister and I moved into our dorm suite and said good-bye to our parents and. It was sad, but that growing up for you(it's not as fun as some think.):( This is my second year of college at the University of New England and I have some really fun classes this semester. Want to hear them?
"Yes, Ally I would LOVE to hear what your classes are!"
"Why thanks for your enthusiasm."
Ok, here they are: Intro to Oceanography w/lab, PreCalc, Intro to American Politics, Physics w/lab, and Gender & Politics.
This Thursday will be the first day of classes. It was supposed to be Wednesday, but was moved back because of...wait for it...keep waiting...are you still waiting?...(Ally hurry up!)...ok, ok...classes were delayed because of a (drum roll please)...A HURRICANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Early Sunday morning, we started getting rain and wind from the outskirts of the hurricane. The eye was still in the New York area, but hurricane Irene was so big we were getting hit by it too. All of Sunday it was windy and some rain. Thankfully Maine wasn't hit to hard by the hurricane (technically it was a tropical storm by now). However, there were quite a few power outages. UNE actually lost power for a couple of hours, but Natalie and I were still at the hotel with our parents and we didn't lose power. I'm actually kind of thankful for the hurricane because I got to spend a little more time with my family (that's not saying I'm glad for it's destruction or anything like that.)
Now I'm moving on to a topic that doesn't have anything to do with the previous ones, but one I think y'all will like. Ready for it? I LOVE KISSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They taste so good and are so gooey. The best type of kisses are the ones will carmel. OH. MY. GOSH. THEY ARE SOOOOOOOO AMAZING!!!Don't you think so? This past Friday a I had way more kisses than I should have, but thay are so hard to resist.(By the way, I'm talking about chocolate kisses. :D) lol.
In conclusion, my past week has included school, hurricanes, and kisses. So much fun! :D
"That's All Folks!"
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Waves
I know, I know, there is no need to yell. I should post more often. My sporadic tendencies are bad. Got it. Thanks! Ok, I'll get to my actual post...
So I have some fun news. I'm back in Maine!!!! Mom, Dad, my sister, and me traveled from Iowa to Maine this past Friday. Kinda a long drive (20 hrs),so we did it in two days. The past few days we have been buying some stuff for college, organizing our suite, doing some site-seeing, and my personal favorite, hitting the beach.
I totally LOVE the ocean (which I guess you already know from a previous post)!!!!!!!! Yesterday Dad and I went body surfing (literally we had no boards :D) at a beach in Scarborough. The waves were a roughly 1 footers, but it still was fun. Then today Dad and I went to a beach in Biddeford a couple of miles away from the campus. The waves there were between two to four footers. SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this time I actually had a board to go boogie boarding. I rode a couple of really swell waves. :) Do you get the pun? I know it corny and lame, but still funny. lol.
It is so much fun to just be in the ocean feeling the movement of the water. The ocean has soooo much power to it and standing in it you can feel a tiny bit of that power. I have so I so much I love about the ocean that I'll make y'all a list.
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(In case y'all are wondering I have a computer chip instead of a brain and it seems to crash a lot. At least that is the explanation I use to explain my many multifarious, moronic moments.)
So I have some fun news. I'm back in Maine!!!! Mom, Dad, my sister, and me traveled from Iowa to Maine this past Friday. Kinda a long drive (20 hrs),so we did it in two days. The past few days we have been buying some stuff for college, organizing our suite, doing some site-seeing, and my personal favorite, hitting the beach.
I totally LOVE the ocean (which I guess you already know from a previous post)!!!!!!!! Yesterday Dad and I went body surfing (literally we had no boards :D) at a beach in Scarborough. The waves were a roughly 1 footers, but it still was fun. Then today Dad and I went to a beach in Biddeford a couple of miles away from the campus. The waves there were between two to four footers. SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this time I actually had a board to go boogie boarding. I rode a couple of really swell waves. :) Do you get the pun? I know it corny and lame, but still funny. lol.
It is so much fun to just be in the ocean feeling the movement of the water. The ocean has soooo much power to it and standing in it you can feel a tiny bit of that power. I have so I so much I love about the ocean that I'll make y'all a list.
- I LOVE THE FEELING OF WAVES CRASHING OVER MY BODY!
- I LOVE THE TASTE OF SALT WATER ON MY LIPS!
- I LOVE THE FEELING OF MOVING WHEN I'M STANDING STILL AND THE WATER IS RECEDING!
- I LOVE WATCHING SWELLS FORMING IN THE DISTANCE!
- I LOVE THE THE WAY THE WATER PULLS BACK WHEN A WAVE IS COMING!
- I LOVE HEARING THE SOUNDS OF WAVES BREAKING!
"That's All Folks!"
(In case y'all are wondering I have a computer chip instead of a brain and it seems to crash a lot. At least that is the explanation I use to explain my many multifarious, moronic moments.)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Tragedy
Today was a sad, sad day in Afghanistan. A tragedy occurred. Last night a CH-47 Chinook was shot down (Taliban claim responsibility), killing 30 U.S. troops, 1 civilian interpreter, and 7 Afghan commandos. Of those 31 U.S. troops, 22 were Navy Seals. The Navy Seals in the crash were apart of the unit (Seal Team 6), not actual group, that killed Osama bin Laden. They were some of our best warriors out there, and I know them and the other troops will be sorely missed. (Information from CNN and MSNBC)
If anyone has read my first post y'all would know that I respect Navy Seals a lot. I actually really respect all of our armed forces, but I guess I have a soft spot in my heart for the elite warriors like the Navy Seals. Probably because they will go where nobody else goes to protect and defend people they have never met including: me, my family, and the rest of the citizens of the United States of America. As one of there mottos says, "The only easy day was yesterday." However, I know it it is not just the Navy Seals that protect our country, but all of the armed forces. And so I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends who lost loved ones in the crash, and thank you for letting your loved ones serve this country. It is people like them who make America great. I know my words may not mean much, but just know I will be praying for y'all.
Also thank you to all the other men and women serving in the armed forces. May God be with you and keep you safe in all that you are doing. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. Come home safe.
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If anyone has read my first post y'all would know that I respect Navy Seals a lot. I actually really respect all of our armed forces, but I guess I have a soft spot in my heart for the elite warriors like the Navy Seals. Probably because they will go where nobody else goes to protect and defend people they have never met including: me, my family, and the rest of the citizens of the United States of America. As one of there mottos says, "The only easy day was yesterday." However, I know it it is not just the Navy Seals that protect our country, but all of the armed forces. And so I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends who lost loved ones in the crash, and thank you for letting your loved ones serve this country. It is people like them who make America great. I know my words may not mean much, but just know I will be praying for y'all.
Also thank you to all the other men and women serving in the armed forces. May God be with you and keep you safe in all that you are doing. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. Come home safe.
"That's All Folks!"
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Faith & Humility
When I have been reading the Word lately the verses that I keep opening my Bible to and the verses that really stand out have been verses on trusting in the Lord.
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"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." - Proverbs 3:5,6
"Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Deight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait paitently for Him;..." - Psalm 37:3-7
"In repentance and rest is your salvaltion, in quietness and trust is your strength,..." - Isaiah 30:15
"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." - Exodus 14:13,14
"In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling." - Exodus 15:13
Techinally not all of those verses say trust, but it is the meaning. They tell us how the Lord is going to take care of us, all we have to do is stand still. Isn't that awesome? We no longer have to try to work things out on our own, we don't have to battle the devil, the Lord will do it for us. All we have to do is BELIEVE. That, my dear children, is called having faith. Faith isn't someting that we have to work at or try to earn. All we have to do is trust in the Lord and believe that He will provide, that He will lead and guide us. We can ask anything in His name and He will give it to us (John 15:7). Sounds awesome, right? I thought so to!
However, the Lord wasn't finished with me yet. I was so exstatic that anything thing seemed possible. All of my problems didn't matter anymore, the Lord would take care of them. Now that is still true, but the Lord revealed that if I wanted to not have my faith nullified I needed something else: HUMILITY. If I want to truly serve God and not have my every action a struggle I have to have humility. Because if I don't have humility, it means I have something else: pride. If I have pride, God will oppose everthing I do. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6. The only way to prevail is by having humility.
Two things are necessary for you to be a winner: humility before the Lord, and faith. - John Robert Stevens The Unbeatable Combination-Faith and Humility
Do you want immunity? Do you ant victory? Have you been in the midst of spirtual assault? Have you had times of nightmares, accidents, and spirits of affliction hitting you? What is the answer for you? Humility. when there is danger, and you are in jeopardy, dig a foxhole! The foxhole of humility enables you to resist all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Put on the shield of faith (Ephesians 6:16). Dig your foxhole of humility. Get down and trust God and all the fiery darts of the wicked one will pass over. This is what God wants to do for you. Humble yourself under the hand of the Lord. - John Robert Stevens The Unbeatable Combination-Faith and Humility"God opposes the proud but give grace to the humble. Sumbit yourselves, then, to God. resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you...Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up." - James 4:7,8,10
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Books, Books and More Books
Saying that I love books would be the understatement of the year. I mean I really, really, really x infinity LOVE books!!!!!! I live and breathe books. I even dream about books (that's not creepy, right?)I LOVE going to libraries. I would live in a library if I could(wouldn't that be so awesome?). I also go to bookstores any chance I get. Though bookstores can be really evil because I will see soooooooooo many books that I want to read that it is pure torture sometimes. :D Recently though I have started caving in and buying lots and lots of books. Now I (and my sister) have a giant box overflowing with books (no we haven't bought a bookcase yet, but we will soon.)The good news is I find the bargain books or use discounts to buy them online. The bad news is if I don't curb my book buying addiction I'm going to me broke, kinda like our country. lol.
Now that you know I love books, you should know I also love reading!!!!! (Well, duh Ally, books and reading go hand in hand!) However, I just wanted to clarify that I'm not some weird person who is obsessed with collecting books and never reading them. lol. Now I'm going to admit to y'all I have a problem: I AM ADDICTED TO READING! (As they say the first step is admittance, the second denial, so obviously I am still on the first step in trying to get over my problem. lol) Since I was a little girl, I have always read. My parents taught me to read the Bible when I was little and ever since than I have been hooked, Captain Hook of course. :D
I grew up in a really small town in South Dakota and there wasn't a whole lot to do there. The good thing about the town is that it had a good library that we lived a block away from. I started going to the library almost everyday that it was open because I just read through so many books. :D The funny thing is, whenever we go back to visit family in South Dakota I still can check out books from the library even though it has been six years since we lived there. The librarian still remembers me, probably because me (and my family) were the only people to go there, and trusts us that she doesn't care if we check out books. lol.
Sorry, I kinda got sidetracked from what I was originally going to post about. I wanted to ask a very serious and important question: WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!?!?!?!?!?!To clarify the question, what is happening to the books that are being published? Why are there so many books about vampires and werewolfs and stuff? Earlier I was reading blogs about books and noticed a lot of people's favorite books had the vampire creepyness to them. I can't believe people read that. Now please don't be insulted if you read that stuff, but ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?!?!?!? I mean, I don't mind reading some fantasty books. I've actually enjoyed quite a few that had some magical stuff in them. However, I feel like all the new young adult books are a new vampire series. Seriously people, why?!?!?!?!? It really blows my mind that people love those books. OK, enough ranting. It's all out of my system now. It was just the question that popped in my head reading other blogs. Maybe I should find differnt blogs to look at. Yeah, that's a good idea. Then y'all wouldn't have to suffer my random spiel about bad books.
"That's All Folks"
Now that you know I love books, you should know I also love reading!!!!! (Well, duh Ally, books and reading go hand in hand!) However, I just wanted to clarify that I'm not some weird person who is obsessed with collecting books and never reading them. lol. Now I'm going to admit to y'all I have a problem: I AM ADDICTED TO READING! (As they say the first step is admittance, the second denial, so obviously I am still on the first step in trying to get over my problem. lol) Since I was a little girl, I have always read. My parents taught me to read the Bible when I was little and ever since than I have been hooked, Captain Hook of course. :D
I grew up in a really small town in South Dakota and there wasn't a whole lot to do there. The good thing about the town is that it had a good library that we lived a block away from. I started going to the library almost everyday that it was open because I just read through so many books. :D The funny thing is, whenever we go back to visit family in South Dakota I still can check out books from the library even though it has been six years since we lived there. The librarian still remembers me, probably because me (and my family) were the only people to go there, and trusts us that she doesn't care if we check out books. lol.
Sorry, I kinda got sidetracked from what I was originally going to post about. I wanted to ask a very serious and important question: WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!?!?!?!?!?!To clarify the question, what is happening to the books that are being published? Why are there so many books about vampires and werewolfs and stuff? Earlier I was reading blogs about books and noticed a lot of people's favorite books had the vampire creepyness to them. I can't believe people read that. Now please don't be insulted if you read that stuff, but ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?!?!?!? I mean, I don't mind reading some fantasty books. I've actually enjoyed quite a few that had some magical stuff in them. However, I feel like all the new young adult books are a new vampire series. Seriously people, why?!?!?!?!? It really blows my mind that people love those books. OK, enough ranting. It's all out of my system now. It was just the question that popped in my head reading other blogs. Maybe I should find differnt blogs to look at. Yeah, that's a good idea. Then y'all wouldn't have to suffer my random spiel about bad books.
"That's All Folks"
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