Hey guys. It is too late right now and I am writing a blog post. Go me for being more nuts than I thought, haha!
Anyways, hey look, it's Christmas Day!!! YIPPEE!!!!!
I got all my brothers gifts done. Got my littlest sister's gift done. All yesterday or the day before. And, erm, I may or may not have gotten busy, forgotten to do my other sister's present, and TOTALLY blanked until like... 11ish last night. Then I may or may not have gotten a burst of crazy inspiration and written a short story from then until now.
But seriously. Oh snap. And now I have to do my parents. Um... my dad said 'don't stay up too late'... I wonder if it's past his definition of 'too late'...?
Jesus, I thank You for Your wonderful, awesome inspiration, Pandora, and cute Christmas music that actually appeals to my scarred Christmas music love-hate relationship. And for... coffee. Oh Lord Jesus, thank You for that sweet nectar of life.
And most of all, God, I wanna thank You for coming to earth, wrapping Yourself in human flesh, and being born of a virgin, living and then dying for someone like me. <3 Happy birthday. :)
I know we generally celebrate the Birth of Christ around now, Christmas time, and Easter at Easter time, but... we should celebrate it all year round, because of what He came to do. The story doesn't end at the manger. The story doesn't end at the cross. It's still going, guys. :)
I want to celebrate the birth and death of my Savior all day, every day, because He deserves it! And, for the Guy that has literally, EVERYTHING, it's the least I can do as a sort of birthday present. :)
Love you guys. Merry Christmas.
And do a favor for me... keep Christ at the center of Christmas. It's easy to get caught up in everything else going on, but hey, Jesus is the real reason for the season.
Merry Christmas!
--Sonya :) <3
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Baby, It's Cold Outside.....
Just kidding! Oh wait... not everybody's from MN... never mind. It's cold outside.
More like windy, but meh, when it's like, -7 and there is no wind at all, you can walk around in a t-shirt. No joke. :D
Okay, now that you all officially think I'm crazy, lez get down to business.
My mom turned on Christmas Jazz music or something... the men singers,maaaannnn they can sing. Mhmm. But these women singers... o.O Somebody just kill me now, please. Their voices ain't my favorite.
Ah, well. It's Christmas time, there is SNOW outside and I mean SNOW. Like, not a ton, but enough where you should probably not wear flats outside, boots are kinda required haha. :)
And I'm cramming to be able to do this Sociology course, trying to get it done before Christmas. In Jesus Name.
God bless you guys! Merry Christmas! Stay warm, and don't worry... you got this. :) Finals, exams, having to sit around the Christmas Dinner table staring at relatives and biting your tongue when that one annoying and opinionated relative opens his or her mouth... yes, we all have them. Haha, don't worry.
And don't forget the real reason for the season. Jesus came and was born for YOU. He loves you way more than anyone ever could. <3
Love ya!
--Sonya :) <3
More like windy, but meh, when it's like, -7 and there is no wind at all, you can walk around in a t-shirt. No joke. :D
Okay, now that you all officially think I'm crazy, lez get down to business.
My mom turned on Christmas Jazz music or something... the men singers,maaaannnn they can sing. Mhmm. But these women singers... o.O Somebody just kill me now, please. Their voices ain't my favorite.
Ah, well. It's Christmas time, there is SNOW outside and I mean SNOW. Like, not a ton, but enough where you should probably not wear flats outside, boots are kinda required haha. :)
And I'm cramming to be able to do this Sociology course, trying to get it done before Christmas. In Jesus Name.
God bless you guys! Merry Christmas! Stay warm, and don't worry... you got this. :) Finals, exams, having to sit around the Christmas Dinner table staring at relatives and biting your tongue when that one annoying and opinionated relative opens his or her mouth... yes, we all have them. Haha, don't worry.
And don't forget the real reason for the season. Jesus came and was born for YOU. He loves you way more than anyone ever could. <3
Love ya!
--Sonya :) <3
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!!
Twas the day before Thanksgiving, and all through the house, every pot and pan was clanging, and everybody was freaking out...
Well, not in my house, we goin' down south to see the grandparents and some of the other extended family on my momma's side. :) So no freaking out here, except packing. Okay, in a house of four women (whether small or big) and three men (okay, two are only half-men, but you get the point) that's not only a lotta suitcases, but a lotta, "Guys, only ONE bag, we're only staying for THREE days!"
It's pretty quiet right now though, I guess we're all done packing....or maybe it's cuz my dad and youngest brother and sister are out running some last-minute errands.
Which leaves my mom probably packing for herself and my dad, and my other bro and sis chillin' in my room, writing down story ideas.
Yup. My entire family is aspiring to be world-renowned authors.
Anyways, tomorrow's Thanksgiving! Dude. Only a month and three days (or four, or two, depending on which side of the globe you're on) left of the year 2013.
Does time fly or WHAT?
Well, since everybody else and their grandma seems to be doing it, I'll do it too.
A small list of only a tiny fraction of the bajillion zillion things I'm thankful for:
1. My family and my friends. They drive me completely bananas sometimes, but they're mine, and we always got each other's backs. Not everybody can say that. <3
2. Books. They're literally portals into another world. You can become anyone or thing you want when you write/read a book.
3. Jesus. I'm thankful for Him every day, but it still hits me that He bled and died for somebody as crazy, weird and messed up as me. Guys, you do not have to make yourself bleed, because He already bled for you. You don't have to kill yourself, because He already died for you. And He gave you a way to connect with Him when He sacrificed Himself and became the atonement for our sin.
4. Music. I honestly think God gave us music so we could express what's going on in our heads and our hearts without the struggle of having to find words. Sometimes, when words fail, music speaks for us.
5. You. I'm thankful that God made you. I may or may not know you in real life. But I'm still glad He made you. And no, it's not just because you read my blog posts. It's because every single person God makes, He has a special, unique, mind-blowingly awesome purpose for you. Even if everyone around you says that you're a nothing, calls you horrible names, tries to tear you down, etc, it doesn't make you any less important and special and amazing. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise. If you weren't worth it, God wouldn't have made you.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. God bless you.
In the words of the Doctor...."Geronimo!!!!" :D
--Sonya :) <3
Well, not in my house, we goin' down south to see the grandparents and some of the other extended family on my momma's side. :) So no freaking out here, except packing. Okay, in a house of four women (whether small or big) and three men (okay, two are only half-men, but you get the point) that's not only a lotta suitcases, but a lotta, "Guys, only ONE bag, we're only staying for THREE days!"
It's pretty quiet right now though, I guess we're all done packing....or maybe it's cuz my dad and youngest brother and sister are out running some last-minute errands.
Which leaves my mom probably packing for herself and my dad, and my other bro and sis chillin' in my room, writing down story ideas.
Yup. My entire family is aspiring to be world-renowned authors.
Anyways, tomorrow's Thanksgiving! Dude. Only a month and three days (or four, or two, depending on which side of the globe you're on) left of the year 2013.
Does time fly or WHAT?
Well, since everybody else and their grandma seems to be doing it, I'll do it too.
A small list of only a tiny fraction of the bajillion zillion things I'm thankful for:
1. My family and my friends. They drive me completely bananas sometimes, but they're mine, and we always got each other's backs. Not everybody can say that. <3
2. Books. They're literally portals into another world. You can become anyone or thing you want when you write/read a book.
3. Jesus. I'm thankful for Him every day, but it still hits me that He bled and died for somebody as crazy, weird and messed up as me. Guys, you do not have to make yourself bleed, because He already bled for you. You don't have to kill yourself, because He already died for you. And He gave you a way to connect with Him when He sacrificed Himself and became the atonement for our sin.
4. Music. I honestly think God gave us music so we could express what's going on in our heads and our hearts without the struggle of having to find words. Sometimes, when words fail, music speaks for us.
5. You. I'm thankful that God made you. I may or may not know you in real life. But I'm still glad He made you. And no, it's not just because you read my blog posts. It's because every single person God makes, He has a special, unique, mind-blowingly awesome purpose for you. Even if everyone around you says that you're a nothing, calls you horrible names, tries to tear you down, etc, it doesn't make you any less important and special and amazing. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise. If you weren't worth it, God wouldn't have made you.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. God bless you.
In the words of the Doctor...."Geronimo!!!!" :D
--Sonya :) <3
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
It's November!
So, it's November, and you know what that means!
Thanksgiving. Food. Family. Friends. Starbucks 'cause some people have exams right before break. NaNoWriMo (shout out to all us crazy writers who're trying to balance school, writing 50,000 words in 30 days or less, and NOT going completely bonkers....or were we that way already and that's why we CAN balance it??? :)). Christmas music all over the place. Christmas decorations getting thrown up all over the place (if you didn't have them up already, or was too lazy to take it all down last year).
Thankful posts allllllllll ovvvveerrrrrrr theeeee plaaaaccceeeee.
Which is awesome, ya know. Haha. Well, quick update on college stuff, doing pretty good, I'm still alive and kicking! Pray for me, can't afford to get sick. FOR REAL. And stress+lack of motivation apparently = me getting sick. (-_-) I know, I'm not the only one.
But hey, I'm thankful that I can actually do this stuff. That I'm so busy with school and writing, and that I have a warm bed that I can curl up in and take a nap if I need to. That I have the most AMAZING friends in the world, each one of them is the best and I love 'em to death! That my family's crazy, and that even if me and my siblings don't get along 100% of the time, we still got each other's back.
I could go on, but you're probably pretty bored about hearing what I'm thankful about. Anyways, I hope you have a VERY happy thanksgiving, and that whether you're stressing about 'difficult family members' coming to your house, or school, or whatever, don't forget to stop and think about what you're thankful for, even if there doesn't seem to be anything at all. You're breathing, you're alive, God's still good. See? I just gave you three things to be thankful for. :)
Happy (two weeks before) Thanksgiving! See ya next week!!!
God bless! Love ya!
--Sonya :) <3
Thanksgiving. Food. Family. Friends. Starbucks 'cause some people have exams right before break. NaNoWriMo (shout out to all us crazy writers who're trying to balance school, writing 50,000 words in 30 days or less, and NOT going completely bonkers....or were we that way already and that's why we CAN balance it??? :)). Christmas music all over the place. Christmas decorations getting thrown up all over the place (if you didn't have them up already, or was too lazy to take it all down last year).
Thankful posts allllllllll ovvvveerrrrrrr theeeee plaaaaccceeeee.
Which is awesome, ya know. Haha. Well, quick update on college stuff, doing pretty good, I'm still alive and kicking! Pray for me, can't afford to get sick. FOR REAL. And stress+lack of motivation apparently = me getting sick. (-_-) I know, I'm not the only one.
But hey, I'm thankful that I can actually do this stuff. That I'm so busy with school and writing, and that I have a warm bed that I can curl up in and take a nap if I need to. That I have the most AMAZING friends in the world, each one of them is the best and I love 'em to death! That my family's crazy, and that even if me and my siblings don't get along 100% of the time, we still got each other's back.
I could go on, but you're probably pretty bored about hearing what I'm thankful about. Anyways, I hope you have a VERY happy thanksgiving, and that whether you're stressing about 'difficult family members' coming to your house, or school, or whatever, don't forget to stop and think about what you're thankful for, even if there doesn't seem to be anything at all. You're breathing, you're alive, God's still good. See? I just gave you three things to be thankful for. :)
Happy (two weeks before) Thanksgiving! See ya next week!!!
God bless! Love ya!
--Sonya :) <3
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween and End of October!!!!!
Hey guys!! MAN has this month flown by, at least for me!
Dude, so as you can tell, it's the end of the month, Halloween! Yay!!!
Costumes, candy, creepy decorations and movies galore.
So, my brothers and sisters went trick-or-treating. I decided not to at the last minute, just 'cause I'm a procrastinator and didn't feel like trying to throw together a costume in 5 minutes. So, I stayed home, chilled, and then they came back and, what do ya know, this year everybody decided to get the good kind of candy. (-_-) Yup. They got the GOOD stuff.
And by 'good stuff' I mean Snickers, Crunch's, Kit Kats, etc. The good kind of chocolate.
Haha oh well. Perk of being the oldest of some good kids, they gave me a small portion of their candy. :)
Okay, enough about Halloween. Tomorrow, me and my sister are gonna be in this concert where Phil Keaggy is playing, (if you don't know who this guy is, GOOGLE HIM RIGHT NOW) and it's gonna be awesome. I feel like God's really gonna do something awesome through the choir that we're in, and just work throughout the entire concert. :)
And hey, in case you didn't notice, IT'S THE END OF OCTOBER! Which means that there are only 2 more months in the year of 2013!
Let's take a minute and let that sink in....you good? Ready to keep going? Okay, good.
God's really done some amazing things this year. I've watched kids get the Holy Ghost, people getting baptized, people rededicating their lives to Christ, and felt Him move through me and change some things. It's absolutely awesome. He's not done yet, though! I really am excited about everything else He's gonna do in the remaining two months of 2013!!
God bless you guys, love you all and have a wonderful weekend!
Buh-bye 'till next time!
--Sonya :)
Dude, so as you can tell, it's the end of the month, Halloween! Yay!!!
Costumes, candy, creepy decorations and movies galore.
So, my brothers and sisters went trick-or-treating. I decided not to at the last minute, just 'cause I'm a procrastinator and didn't feel like trying to throw together a costume in 5 minutes. So, I stayed home, chilled, and then they came back and, what do ya know, this year everybody decided to get the good kind of candy. (-_-) Yup. They got the GOOD stuff.
And by 'good stuff' I mean Snickers, Crunch's, Kit Kats, etc. The good kind of chocolate.
Haha oh well. Perk of being the oldest of some good kids, they gave me a small portion of their candy. :)
Okay, enough about Halloween. Tomorrow, me and my sister are gonna be in this concert where Phil Keaggy is playing, (if you don't know who this guy is, GOOGLE HIM RIGHT NOW) and it's gonna be awesome. I feel like God's really gonna do something awesome through the choir that we're in, and just work throughout the entire concert. :)
And hey, in case you didn't notice, IT'S THE END OF OCTOBER! Which means that there are only 2 more months in the year of 2013!
Let's take a minute and let that sink in....you good? Ready to keep going? Okay, good.
God's really done some amazing things this year. I've watched kids get the Holy Ghost, people getting baptized, people rededicating their lives to Christ, and felt Him move through me and change some things. It's absolutely awesome. He's not done yet, though! I really am excited about everything else He's gonna do in the remaining two months of 2013!!
God bless you guys, love you all and have a wonderful weekend!
Buh-bye 'till next time!
--Sonya :)
Thursday, October 24, 2013
College Week 7ish :)
Hey guys!!!
Thursdays are very beautiful days. They're right before Fridays, right after Wednesdays, aaaaannnddd guh-REAT days to get a 94% on your first college exam. :)
Yup, this chick is one VERY happy girl right now, haha!!
Not to mention, there's a Church 'Refreshing' Conference that I'm going to tomorrow night, and right after that (IF she ever texts me back, grrr....) I'mma have a sleepover with one of my best friends, YAY!!!!
Okay, so, enough about me and my personal happiness. I know a lot of you have had a hard week. School ain't always so fun, the kids and even some of the teachers can be pretty immature, and life just plain stinks.
Keep your head up, 'kay? I don't know who all reads these posts, but I DO know that you're amazing, and that God has some amazing plans for you, and that you're worth so much more than you could ever have imagined. :) You're always gonna have someone who loves you, even if you don't feel it, and someone who's always there for you, even if you don't know it.
God's good. You are blessed. And if nobody else will say it, then I will. I'm glad you're alive. :)
God bless you all in Jesus Name, and have a great rest of the week! :)
--Sonya :) <3
Thursdays are very beautiful days. They're right before Fridays, right after Wednesdays, aaaaannnddd guh-REAT days to get a 94% on your first college exam. :)
Yup, this chick is one VERY happy girl right now, haha!!
Not to mention, there's a Church 'Refreshing' Conference that I'm going to tomorrow night, and right after that (IF she ever texts me back, grrr....) I'mma have a sleepover with one of my best friends, YAY!!!!
Okay, so, enough about me and my personal happiness. I know a lot of you have had a hard week. School ain't always so fun, the kids and even some of the teachers can be pretty immature, and life just plain stinks.
Keep your head up, 'kay? I don't know who all reads these posts, but I DO know that you're amazing, and that God has some amazing plans for you, and that you're worth so much more than you could ever have imagined. :) You're always gonna have someone who loves you, even if you don't feel it, and someone who's always there for you, even if you don't know it.
God's good. You are blessed. And if nobody else will say it, then I will. I'm glad you're alive. :)
God bless you all in Jesus Name, and have a great rest of the week! :)
--Sonya :) <3
Saturday, October 19, 2013
College Week 6
Hey guys!!!
So, I am in a bit of a scary situation. It's called, 'Studying for My First Big Exam'. Yup. I'm taking it this Monday.
So, pray for me, haha. I'm gonna need it.
Okay, that aside, college has been going pretty great. Been kinda sick recently, but not too sick thank the Lord! God's been doing some great things, hallelujah!!!
I got to hang out with some great friends yesterday at a birthday party, and we got to catch up, talk about what God's doing in our churches and our lives, and just in general have a good time fellowshipping! Oh yeah, and we went go-karting. First time in my life, and now I am sooo addicted haha! Nothing like strapping a helmet on and going as fast as you possibly can. :D
I hope you guys have a great rest of your weekend!!!
God bless!!!
--Sonya :)
So, I am in a bit of a scary situation. It's called, 'Studying for My First Big Exam'. Yup. I'm taking it this Monday.
So, pray for me, haha. I'm gonna need it.
Okay, that aside, college has been going pretty great. Been kinda sick recently, but not too sick thank the Lord! God's been doing some great things, hallelujah!!!
I got to hang out with some great friends yesterday at a birthday party, and we got to catch up, talk about what God's doing in our churches and our lives, and just in general have a good time fellowshipping! Oh yeah, and we went go-karting. First time in my life, and now I am sooo addicted haha! Nothing like strapping a helmet on and going as fast as you possibly can. :D
I hope you guys have a great rest of your weekend!!!
God bless!!!
--Sonya :)
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