Have I ever mentioned how much I love the mountains? My Mamma loves the beach, but I’ll take the mountains over the beach ANY day! We had a long drive to TN for the first school, and we drove through the beautiful mountain area of western Virginia. It was gorgeous and I totally loved it.
After visiting the school in TN (which I was able to rule out), we went to Greenville for basically 24 hours. It was an EXTREMELY fast trip, but fun. We took some wacky family pictures while we were there. Here’s some good ones…
On the way back home we stopped in Winston-Salem, NC, to visit the other school. I didn’t take any pictures there, though… I kinda forgot ;).
We got home and it’s been a whirl-wind rush ever since. I’m now working full-time, so that’s another excuse for not posting ;).
I got my ACT scores back, and I’m ONE POINT away from getting an academic scholarship. ONE POINT!!! So I’m retaking it on June 13th (more prayers, please ;).
On the 22nd (of this month) we have some visitors coming for the day. They live in Washington (the state) but used to live here, so they know my mom and dad. I’ve seen the dad of the family several times in the last five or so years, but not the mom or the girls… I don’t even remember the girls at all, lol. They have two daughters; I think the oldest is 13, I’m not sure. :)
I was able to get the new newsboys CD a day or two after it came out. I like it… my favorite songs on it so far are –“Lead Me To The Cross” “In the Hands of God” "The Upside" and “The Way We Roll.” I like several others, though, too. :). Buuuuut… I don’t like it as much as I was hoping/expecting. Definitely not as much as GO or Thrive or even Take Me To Your Leader. But that’s ok... it’s still good :) and sadly, the last one with Peter Furler. I’ll miss his voice.
A few weeks ago we went to Target on our day off and I was able to get some clothes. I don’t normally like anything there, but they had some nice “professionalish” clothes that are good for school; I got a nice dress shirt and two nice pairs of dress pants. Perfect for class. The strange realization hit me – I have to go SCHOOL SHOPPING! Never had to do that before!
A few days ago I got the new Jenny B. Jones book. I read it so fast. I totally LOVE it. It’s awesome. I just keep gushing, lol. But it’s great. It’s actually got a mystery…and I LOVE mysteries! So that with the wit and fun of Jenny Jones’ style makes the perfect Christian Teen novel. I’m going to post my review on my book blog, and hopefully I’ll start keeping up with that blog more now. I’m going to try anyway! So take a peek and let me know what you think… here’s an excerpt of the review:
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Bella is a bit of a spoiled brat.
She freaks out and is completely miserable because she has to leave her Dad's awesome condo in NYC, all her upper-class friends, and her adoring boyfriend, to move to "hickville" in Oklahoma with her mother, her mother's new husband, and his two sons - one sweet, while the other seems determined to make Bella's life even more miserable. She begs her mother to come to her senses, but her Mom is rock-solid that it's "God's will." How can Bella argue with that?
Ok, I think it’s time for me to wrap it up. It’s about midnight and I have to be at work by 9 tomorrow, which requires getting up at 7:30 and I’m sooooooooo tired that I don’t know if 7.5 hours will hold me ;).
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Natalie