Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!

Happy 2009 everyone.

A look back @ 2008

Because of the new year coming soon I thought it would be a great chance to just think and look back over my year and see what has happened.

January: I was accepted to VFCC. I also went a my last Winter Retreat with my youth group and as a student.

February: My last Sectional Fine Arts Festival in which I went on in my human video solo and large human video. I turned 18 and began what some called my adult life (hahahaha). And my family realized that we had some type of rodent living in the house and eating our food.

March: My youth group took just a few of us girls to VFCC for their Breakaway. My last District Fine Arts Festival which was very exciting because my large human video group found out that we were going on to Nationals. And there was Youth Convention which was amazing.

April: We had Girls of Purpose which happened to be the biggest one we have ever had in the few years we have been doing it. My youth group had went bowling and then had an al-nighter. My youth pastor broke the news to us all that he was leaving and moving to another church (very sad news).

May: The homeschool group that my family attends had their fine arts festival and robyn and i did a human video which wasn't the best but was fun. I got a job at a summer day camp and had to take CPR training. My best childhood friend graduated from Gettysburg Master's Commission so I went with her and her family to see the ceremony. A few friends and I did a prank on the youth pastor's car because it was his last Sunday. And we all had to say good-bye to my youth pastor.

June: I started my job as a counselor at the Summer Day Camp my township has. It was fun and a blast to work with the other counselors and kids. We got a new youth pastor who really connected with the youth. And I graduated from Pennsylvania Homeschoolers and had a wonderful service.

July: My cousin David got married and I had got to see all of my cousin's again. And I continued to work at the Summer Day Camp.

August: I finished working with the Summer Day Camp. My human video group went to Nationals but didn't place anywhere. My youth group had their first event with the new youth pastor. And I started to pack and get ready to make my big move to my new home and school.

September: I began my life at VFCC and made a bunch of new and dear friends. I got a new nickname (which is "Mother") that stuck and I don't think it is ever going to leave.

October: My roommate and I had trouble with our toilet and was clogged for a good week. I realized that I really couldn't stand the one girl at the school who at first was a friend of mine. I went to the school's Harvest Festival and also helped with my youth groups Harvest Festival which both were a bunch of fun.

November: Helped out with the Women's of Purpose Conference (which Kay Authur spoke at.) And at the same time as the conference my youth group had an al-nighter which I helped with (and wasn't a really smart idea to do, but i did it). I found out how bad I could procrastinate and how my body really reacts when I do. Had a wonderful thanksgiving break. And my family finally found the rodent that was in the house.

December: I finished my first Semester at VFCC and made it through my finals. My mom had her surgery on her arm. Had fun relaxing and hanging with my friends and family.

Wow there was alot of things that I forgot happened and alot I remember so well. God has been really good to me and my family. I can't wait to see what he has in store for the year 2009.

Christmas Video

Here is a funny Christmas Video that is kinda a tradition to show at our church, but due to crazy circumstances we did not get to show it this year. So I found it on YouTube I thought I would share it with all of you. I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4YSMK4913s

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas from my family to yours. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Christmas Songs

Robyn came up with a few Christmas songs that I think are pretty cute. Here are the two that she came up with. The first one is the first one she came up with and doesn't really go to a song but is pretty funny and cute. The second one does go to a song and I think is pretty good.

First Song:

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BUNNY STYLE
1 – Doe bunny
2 – Buck bunny
3 – 11 little bunnies
4 – 24 little bunnies
5 – 36 little bunnies
6 – 68 little bunnies
7 – 120 little bunnies
8 – 200 little bunnies
9 – 400 little bunnies
10 – 800 little bunnies
11 – 1200 little bunnies
12 – A BIG BIG cage
No more bunnies for me.

You can have them all for free.

Second Song:

The Bunnies 12 Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a rabbit cage that was right for me.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, two buck and doe, and a rabbit cage that was right for me.

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a rabbit cage that was just right for me.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a cage that was right for me.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a cage that was just right for me.

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a cage that was just right for me.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, seven blocks for chewing, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a rabbit cage that was right for me.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, eight paws for clipping, seven blocks for chewing, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a cage that was right for me.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, nine toys for playing, eight paws for clipping, seven blocks for chewing, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a cage that was right fir me.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, ten combs for brushing, nine toys for playing, eight paws for clipping, seven blocks for chewing, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a cage that was right for me.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, eleven pounds of fur, ten combs for brushing, eight paws for clipping, seven blocks for chewing, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a rabbit cage that was right for me.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, twelve bunnies hopping, eleven pounds of fur, ten combs for brushing, eight paws for clipping, seven blocks for chewing, six bags of feed, five golden feeders, four bales of hay, three water jugs, two buck and doe, and a rabbit cage that was right for me.

And all of the credit goes to my wonderful sister Robyn who wrote both of them.

All Alone

Everyone of my closest friends here at the school all left today for Christmas break. I can't believe that it is finally here. It feels weird that I am the only one of my friends still here and I am stuck here until tomorrow, because I have a final. Since they left I have called my mom and talked to her because I was bored and I really didn't know what to do with my time. After I got off the phone I went to dinner with a semi-close friend. Then I came back and went through all of my clothes figured out which ones I really don't wear and which ones I am going to take home and leave here. Going through my clothes made me realize that I have a lot of clothes I really never wear and some I forgot I had brought here. I really miss my dear dear friends so much and can't believe how close we have all gotten in just 3 months. In a way I can't wait to see them again in a few weeks.

Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Out so there is this one girl here that at first we were kinda friends then all of a sudden she started to really get on my nerves and begin to push my buttons. I don't know exactly where it started but I am thinking it started when she and I were twins for twin day here at VFCC. After that day she continued to call me twin and with this very kidish voice that drives me nuts. Then she found out that we both have the same middle name and are born two days apart which didn't help. So I asked her to stop calling me twin and it took her a long time to stop but she did then she started calling me hater. Oh oh oh now that gets on my nerves big time. I have never hated her, there are just a few things that I can't stand about her. And I have asked her to stop and have told that I don't hate her but she won't stop calling me that. I know she might feel like I hate her but I truly don't hate her. And what is really hard is that I try to keep an open mind and let her in but then she does something that drives me nuts and I usually kick her out of the room or stop talking to her. I think what really drives me nuts with her is that she wants attention and tries to get it but I won't let her have it because I know that she needs to learn how to deal with out it. It is just really hard right now for me to be dealing with her and with the end of the semester at the same time. Tonight she came in my room and asked if she could stay well I said that I was doing homework and Casey (my roommate) said the same thing. SO she said that she would be quite and just sit on her computer, so I said that was fine as long as she does not talk. Well she was not quite and kept talking so finally i got sick of it and told her to get out, because she was not being quite. Well she got mad at me and called me a hater again so I told her that she was not aloud in the room again. Well now looking back at it I probably should have not said that but it is what came out of my mouth and I don't have the time to fix it. So she probably totally thinks I hate her but I don't she just gets on my nerves alot. You guys probably didn't want to hear about this but I had to get it out before I explode, so I might be posting another post tomorrow to let you all know how my day went.

Christmas Is Coming

Yeah Christmas is almost here and I can't wait. I have always loved the Christmas time because of all the wonderful memories that come along with it. For me Christmas is filled with laughter, love, family, and friends. I always love watching any Christmas movie, especially the old cartoon ones. One tradition my family has that started when I was younger is on Christmas eve we watch "It's a Wonderful Life" either on TV or with a DVD, then right before we go to bed everyone gets to open one present. I love all the time my family gets to spend together, and its even better when my extended family can come and join us for any holiday. It is really nice that my Mamaw can come up and join us for the day or two. I always look forward to any holiday because it means that my family is going to spend wonderful and precious time together. I always love getting presents for my friends and family disadvantage this year I don't have much money to spend on friends and family but I am going to try my best to use my money sparingly. I wish everyone has a wonderful Christmas Season and a happy one. Love you all.

HORRAY!!!!!!!!!!

So I only have a week of class left in this semester and then a week of Finals (Yuck!). I can't believe that I am almost done my first semester as a college student, it only feels like I came here to live yesterday. So many things have happened and have changed, and I feel like a different person. I can't remember what it was like worrying about college and how it was going to be but now I know and it is amazing. All of my classes were great and all of my professors were so wonderful and kind. God is so good for bringing me through this wonderful experience and I am glad that I have 4 more years of growing here to finish up, but I am just so glad that I have made it this far and God was there with me. I also want to thank anyone who was praying for me in this scary, new, and important time in my life. I truly felt your prayers from day to day. It will be nice to have 3 weeks off before coming back. It will hopefully be a time of refreshing and relaxation. Thank you God for keeping me safe and healthy through this experience and I pray that you will continue to keep me safe as I continue my education here. And thank you to everyone who has supported me. I know I am not quite done with the semester but I can still say thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And also want to say that I am thankful for each and every one of you.

first snow pics

We got snow but not alot so here are some pic of us all in the snow. They arent the best but I hope u enjoy them.

Courtney, casey and amanda joking around.
The tree in front of the college

Roomies (me and casey)
A very bad picture of amanda and courtney in front of the tree.


A u can see the snow was not laying.

Me in front of one of the trees. Casey.
Courtney Amanda
Courtney and amanda hugging a tree.
The commons with all of the trees lit up.

Courtney, me and amanda

And again

Amanda, me, casey

Courtney, amanda, casey

Procrastination gets the better of me.

Ok so I had a ten pager do on Tuesday and I just finished it today 30mins before class. I was up till 4:00 last night trying to finish it all, but didnt quite get it done, so this morning I woke up and skipped chapel to finish it. I talked to my ARA last night about the whole situation and she said that with the class I was in because I didnt turn it in on time I would get a zero on it and probably fail the class. So I went into class today to talk to her and ask if she could grade it even though it would not count, but when I got to class she asked for any late papers and said that she was feeling merciful. So the paper aint the best but at least it is in and not finished. So I have learned with God's grace that I need to kick me butt into gear and not be late for anything else.

What I have done in my very short life time

(Bold the things you've actually done.)

And I will elaborate on some for your viewing pleasure.

1. Started your own blog - of course
2. Slept under the stars - nope but want to with my special someone
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower - with my family
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
10. Sang a solo - does in a shower count and when i was about ten or twelve with the churches christmas play
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - and i have fallen asleep by one as well
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child - nope but want to so bad
16. Had food poisoning - when i was young
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight - when i was really young
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort - yes I helped robyn do it one year
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping - nope and dont plan to
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse - many times
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - yeah and hopefully i can do it again with my special someone
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - kinda
35. Seen an Amish community - yeah i live like an hour from one
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - fake rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa - just went to Egypt
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - yes in NC and by the Red Sea
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain - want to with the special someone God has for me
53. Played in the mud - when i was a child
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - yeah its called Ashley's Cheesecakes
i sell them for $12-$15
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen - does a food bank count or even penn national
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason - yeah from the little kids i babysat
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - and not knowingly but thankfully the bank helped me with that
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt - i think i did when i was younger
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone - no thank God
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - and with my brothers and sisters
85. Read the entire Bible - yes twice through
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - nope and never want to
88. Had chickenpox - when i was 1 years old
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - does my mom count j/k, I have actually met Kate Gosslin from Jon & Kate plus 8
92. Joined a book club - in ninth grade
93. Lost a loved one - yes my grandma and papaw
94. Had a baby - nope but hope to once married
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee - twice

Check this out!!!!!

Ok the school takes pictures at almost every event that goes on here and I was looking at a few of the albums and found myself in them which is kinda scary but oh well. I thought I would make it a game to see how many people could find me in the albums. It will be fun and you don't have to do it because I really dont care if you do or not. Here is the link at which you will find the albums. I have a list of the few albums I am in and I want you to find out how many pictures in total I am in. Have fun and i hope you enjoy looking at what fun we have here at the forge.

http://www.vfcc.edu/campuslife/?p=gallery&pag=1
The Albums Are:
SGA Harvest Festival
Start Teams
End of Summer Party

2nd JBQ Match

This past Saturday Caleb and Joshua had their 2nd JBQ Match and they did a lot better than the last match. Caleb had 540 points with 4 quiz-outs, and Josh got 120 points. The team came in 9th last match but this time came in 8th. Way to move up guys. Here are a few pictures of the day.

Me and Caleb walking to the car. It is a really bad picture but I kinda like it. When I took the picture I held the camera upside-down, so that's why it looks a little bad. Me and Josh. It looks like I am trying to kill him but this was the only way to get a picture with this guy.

Here's the team. Starting in the front its Caleb, Mike, Josh, then Coach Ruth, Assistant Frank, and the last team member Ashleigh. And then of course theirs my dad in the back being his normal self, picking on one of the kids.Here is the top 9 (the one kid had to leave so she couldn't be up there).
Caleb got 7th place in individual scores. When they were mentioning the top kids Caleb became really antsy and wanted to run up there because he knew he was in the top but didn't know where. We are so proud of him for getting in the top 10.

The New President is ..............

Ok I am not to happy about this but there is nothing I can do but pray. Obama is going to be our new president. I can't believe it but its true. I really don't know what I truly think about it all but I am just a new voter and havn't been following the election much. I didn't get to put my vote in because they didn't get me my absentee ballet. The on going joke her is that me and a bunch of friends are going to move to Egypt and get out of this country. So this is just my little update about the election and a few of my feelings at this moment.

Coming in the near future

So I have been really busy the past few weeks so I haven't really had a chance to write anything good on here. I am really sorry that this blog has been boring but as I said I have been very busy. So I plan to have a little update about how things have been and how I've been doing. I also have just a few photos I haven't got a chance to put on here yet. Just to let you all know that I have been ok and not much has really happened in my life.
Its pretty much been the same old boring stuff that has happened. There are just a few things that I want to mention that you all can pray for. I have a friend that has been going through a lot of bad things at her work and is having a problem with a things in her life. All that i ask is that you pray for her that God will give her the strength to get through this troubling time and that God will help her notice what is wrong and what she has to do to fix it. There is also another friend that is dealing with what she should do with her life and where God is leading her. She feels God pulling her to go in a directions but she doesn't know how she is going to get there. So if you can pray that God gives her a clear direction as to what he wants her to do. And this past Sunday my other dear friend lost her grandma. So she has been home this week hanging with her family. So just pray for the whole family in this time of sorrow. I love all of my friends and I hate seeing them in trouble and dealing with hard times.

Sunday Night Bowling

This past sunday night I went bowling with a group of friends. I knew all but 2 of the people that were going. It was really fun and a great time to meet some new people. What was really nice about it all was that each game we played only cost 25 cents. Below is some pictures of that night.

My roommate Casey.

A really bad picture of me bowling.

Amanda Casey and Me.

Amanda and Me

Amanda (on top) Casey and Courtney
Casey lookin all nice.
Lucas and Chris two of the guys that went with us.
Amanda and Courtney Lucas being Lucas

A really bad picture of Josh or as we like to call him Sasquatch
The backside of Dave

Youth Harvest Fest

Here are pictures of the Youth's Harvest Fest. It was a whole lot of fun and a blast to see all of the kids enjoy themselves. And it was also neat to see what type of outfits the kids came up with.

Josh and Erik watching the kids play the game. Erik is dressed as a cereal Killer. And Josh was a party pooper and didn't have an outfit for the day.

Sara's outfit was the best one cause she made it all on her own and it was great.

Niccole pouring in the milk for bobbing for Ho Ho's. Niccole is in her Tinker Bell outfit.

Kier going at it. Way to go Kier!!!!

Here is the mess of the game and it was nasty.

JBQ

Its time again for Junior Bible Quizing and Caleb and Josh are doing it this year. Today was the first match of the session and they did pretty good. Caleb got a total of 185 points and Josh got 115 points. And the team came in 9th place. I have a picture of the team all in their cute red shirts.

Starting in the back left to right: Ashleigh, Head Coach Ruth, Coach Frank,

Next Row left to right: Caleb, Joshua, Mike.

Baggage

Okay so all of my closest friends are having big troubles right now and it just happens to be coming all at once. I have been having this trouble with the a guy I met. We were just friends and talking to each other all of the time, but over this weekend we didn't talk at all so when I got back onto campus he seemed to not want to talk to me and started acting really strange around me. So I thought there was something up and that he didn't like me as a friend anymore. Well my one friend said that she would try to help me in the situation. She did get a chance to ask him if he was mad at me or if there was something wrong and he said that he wasn't mad at me and that there was nothing wrong. So eventually he started to talk to me again and I asked if there was anything new and his responds was that "i have a gf but its not official yet." Oh and I forgot to mention that during chapel today we were to let go of things that were holding us back from getting to know God and grow in Him. So I gave God my problem with the guy because it was taking up all of my time. Then right after service we went to lunch and I saw him there with another girl and they were hugging and he was acting different then the way he usually acts with his other girl buds. So my first thought was he found another girl and I told my friends that and they said that its probably nothing. Well then I when they were walking out of the cafeteria they were holding hands, so right there told me that it was something. So I am really glad that I let go of that problem and gave it to God because if I didn't let it all go I probably would have been really hurt at seeing that. So luckily I am so glad that he finally told me this and talked to me cause now I don't feel like he's mad at me or anything in that nature. And I know understand why he wasn't talking to me and I am ok with it. But to top it all off I started talking to another guy and we are becoming very close as friends and he knows that I am not looking for a relationship so hopefully nothing turns out as bad as the other one did.

Ok so I am not the only one who is having the trouble or baggage on my back my one friends has a problem with her two roommates getting into her stuff and not asking before using. And they are starting to accuse her for all of the problems. So she does not know what to do about it. We keep telling her to talk to our RA and ask her to help in the situation. So tonight she finally did ask the Ra for help and has it pretty much all figured out.

And another friend is dealing with problems that keep happening back home. And she is getting all of her roommates baggage on top of it.

I just ask that you pray for all of us here that all of the problems will be straighten out correctly and that nothing else will happen that shouldn't. I also ask that you pray for all of us who have the strength to get through the problems that we still have to deal with.

WHY DOES MY ROOM SMELL SO BAD?

Ok for the past week our toilet has been clogged and we don't know why. We have told our RA about it and she has told security but they didn't come sunday night and they said they couldn't do anything about it. But they did say that they would call the mataince and have them fix it. And yesturday it really started to smell really bad so we kept the door closed until he came today to fix it. and now our room smells worse than before so the whole day I am not going into my room until i know the smell is gone. Hopefully it doesn't happen again and that the smell gets out of the room quickly.

More Photos

Here are a few photos of me and my friends when we went to play some volleyball.

Amanda and Courtney

The three of us
I tried to get a solo shot but it didn't quite work.
After the few pictures we went and walked back to play some more.

New videos

Ok I have downloaded a bunch of new videos on to youtube the best way to see them all is to go to, http://www.youtube.com/user/NickyTiger and they're all on there. I hope you enjoy them.

Photos of the last two weeks

Here are the few pictures I have of the past two weeks.

This is a waterfall we pass when going to different places.

Amanda and Courtney

Rachel and Whitney


Sarah and Me
Starky
Starky and Amanda they are roommates
Me and Courtney
Me and Elizabeth
Amanda, Courtney and Elizabeth
Casey my roommate
Amanda and Elizaabeth
Whitney

Starky