Update on Goals

So...at last, I reached my $600 goal!



It might not get up to $900 for a while though. I have to pay for my mission trip and what-not. =(
But hopefully I can accumulate lots of money over the summer.

Also, I completed something on my list of 2010 goals! See if you can find which one it is:

It was...

"Go on a road trip"! I went to Branson. =) It was a pretty fun trip. I didn't take many pictures, but I took quite a few videos. Maybe I'll post them on here sometime.

Also, I've been wanting to build up a new wardrobe. I've realized that all my shirts are like 2 years old or older. O_o I haven't went shopping for new shirts for a while. I bought one shirt today, but I'm very proud of my purchase. I've been showing it to everyone. Check it out:

Isn't it so fricken pretty?
I want to get more shirts that are artistic looking.
I got this one at T.J. Maxx for only $10.
It can be a weird store to shop at, but they have many different styles of clothing, and great prices. This shirt has good quality, I don't think it will be disappearing from my wardrobe anytime soon.

Tomorrow, I'll be able to complete another thing on my list! I'm going to complete, "Go to my favorite restaurant at the plaza."
Which is, "Fogo de chao"! I'm going with Christian and Madison Yoder. Madison and I memorized Philippians and Christian memorized James, so we were able to choose where we wanted to go. I chose that place last year, and it was amazing. I really wanted to go there with Christian, but it's so expensive, so I really wanted to go there again to spare us the money out of our own pockets. =P A huge thanks to my youth pastor, Darin Diggs for providing this opportunity!



Lastly, today I just submitted an application to work with Merge next Summer. I'm way ahead on that, says the director, but oh well. I'm excited to. =) I need to study up on Spanish, big time!

My Fascination

If you know me well enough, you know I have a fascination with antiques. I have a small collection of old things...but I'm not going to invest much in my collection for now since I'm saving up for a car.Sometimes I really wish I was born in those times where they had all that cool looking stuff, but then I realized if I was, I wouldn't appreciate that stuff as much. One day I want to travel places that have old architecture...the old European architecture is what I like the most. If a man were to take me to London, he would immediately have my hand in marriage. ;-) Hahaha. I'm too lazy to post my whole collection of stuff on here...but that camera is mine. =) Pretty sweet huh?

Goals for this year

I'm proud of this. Hahaha. I'll post on here whenever I've finished a goal on my list.

• Go to the International House of Prayer (Complete)
• Learn to drive
• Get a car
• Get a job that I enjoy (Complete)
• Memorize another book of the Bible (Complete)
• Go on another mission trip
• Go to a tropical climate for a vacation
• Go camping
• Meet new people (Complete)
• Go to my favorite restaurant at the plaza
• Go to New York city
• Get my own fishing pole and go fishing
• Get my own bow and arrows and learn archery
• Go to Acquire the Fire
• Go to Rock the Light
• See Deas Vail in concert
• See Owl City in concert
• Go to a dance (Complete)
• Play a sport I've never played
• Eat a type of food I've never eaten
• Go ice skating
• Go on a road trip
• Go to California
• Go to the zoo (Complete)
• Go to the Kansas City Symphony

Then I have this that I'm also proud of. I color in another tenth of the car whenever I've come up with another $300. I'm only at the $300 mark right now, but in a couple pay checks I should be able to fill in the $600 mark. I'll also update this on here. =)

Just some recent thoughts

Good morning, blog.

Yesterday, I was thinking of something that just blows my mind. I've thought of this a few times before.

Out of all the 195 countries (Yes, I googled that) that I could have been born in, I was born in the one that's the world, "super power". The one country that other countries rely on. The one country that has so much, yet so many depressed people. The one that has all different types of cultures.

I was born, literally, smack dab in the middle of this country.

I could have been one of the millions of babies that are aborted every year.

I could have been born in a communist country.

I could have been born in a third world country, where you're lucky if you even survive another day.

As a kid, I use to think, "Wow, out of all the insects and mammals there are, I was chosen to be apart of the dominant species." Of course, I didn't think that exact thing. I was a dumb kid. heehee. But seriously, I could have been one of the billions of other species of organisms in the world!

I could have been born as an alien in space (chuckle, chuckle) messing with peoples minds, talking in a strange language, and have big bulgy eyes.

It's amazing to think of all the other possibilities, yet I was born here.

I've always known God had a special plan for my life that he's going to carry out one day. I always felt I was made for big things. I know I can accomplish anything. Whenever I've set big goals for myself, I've intended on reaching them, and I have before. I admit, some of the goals I've set I've just given up on because of a loss of interest, but I know if I really wanted to do something, I could.

It gives me even more of a motivation if someone doesn't believe I can do something, because I can turn right around and do it to prove them wrong.

I do believe that, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

With this mind set, I believe God is going to do great things through me.

That is all.

Meaning behind the name

Hello all. I decided to make a blog that isn't limited to writing creatively, because recently I haven't been able to, sadly.
Anyways, I was originally going to call this blog, " A Wave Tossed In The Ocean" After the song, "Who am I" by Casting Crowns. Because that accurately describes all our lives in a way that we can relate to nature, and I loved that. Unfortunately, that was taken. I then was going to choose, "A Flower quickly fading." But, I didn't think that sounded creative enough. A flower doesn't really fade, speaking in real terms. It's interesting to picture a flower fading, but I wanted it to relate more to a common phenomenon in nature, such as a wave in the ocean, so instead I wanted to say, "Withering."
I changed, "Flower" to "Rose" because a flower is too general, and roses are my favorite flower because of their symbolism. So, no personal conceit there, I'm not comparing myself to the beautiful physical characteristics of the rose. ^_^ And I chose swiftly, because quickly just doesn't flow well enough...and swiftly sounds more poetic.

No, I do not plan on being an English teacher. Heehee.

Hopefully I'll get at least a couple readers. =(

And I put the cat on the hat on the side, because well, he's awesome. Dr. Seuss is da bomb. And maybe since I spiced up this blog a little, people will come back. ;-)