Bethie Lou's Blog

Hippo for Daniel

2011-01-03T08:42:00.001-08:00

Daniel, my boyfriend, really loved the Elephant that I made a few months ago. So when we were talking about what we both wanted for Christmas, and I asked him what he wanted, he said, "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas!" Which is of course that silly song that they play during the holidays. So, I decided that I'd take that literal and make him one! It was fun! And he loved it!

Notice the orange filling in the hippo? Well that is thread from a sweater that I bought for a dollar at a thrift store with Daniel that I wanted to unravel, but the yarn kept breaking and it wasn't unraveling very nicely. So I just kinda balled up the thread and it created great stuffing for inside my little 3D crocheted animals. :)

Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly

2010-05-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated this in quite some time. So here it goes....

I had no title for this blog, so I put what I was listening to at the time--and it just so happens to be Buddy Holly's Maybe Baby. And I just realized that this is where my mom got this phrase when she used to sing to me "Maybe Baby" to me whenever I'd ask a question. Ha!

So what's been going on, you ask? (Or don't ask--I'll tell you anyway) Just finished my 2nd year of college officially, and it turned out pretty well. So far so good with grades and everything which is nice. I have a nice buffer in my GPA to be able to keep my scholarship for the rest of my college career--hopefully anyway. It would be so nice to be able to not have student loans ever! Being able to start out my "adult" life without debt would be amazing!

So what happened this school year? It started out me living in the dorms in the fall--which turned out to be horrible. My roommates were all freshman, and to put it nicely were not good roommates to have. So I ended up meeting a super nice girl in my Economics class and we got to talking and she mentioned that she was looking for a roommate because she was living by herself in a house that her dad owns down here in Springfield. It ended up being a fabulous deal, and I wanted to move in right away. Unfortunately, I had to jump through many many hoops and loops to be able to move out of the dorms without having an "extreme need" that was deemed by the university. Somehow, with lots of tears and threatening remarks of moving back home, I was allowed to move out of the dorms at semester. And let me tell you, it was one of the best things I have ever done! The house is so amazing I just love it! No more stress of having to deal with horrible roommates, horrible parking spots, horrible study environment, horrible cafeteria food, etc, etc. It is also nice to have a place where my friends and family can come over and stay / have dinner.

Classes went well this Spring semester, and I am almost sad to see it leave, because I know that the coming semesters will not be as carefree and easy as this past semester was. I feel like this past semester was somewhat of a joke--I hardly ever had homework, and my professors all seemed to be lenient on grading, which was awesome. I ended up with a 4.0 this semester--which I was ecstatic about!

So now what's next? I am taking off a couple of weeks before intensely searching for a job. It's nice to just be able to do whatever--like go to Silver Dollar City for the Bluegrass & BBQ festival whenever I want, or do things with the church that I've been committed to. Too bad doing things I like doesn't pay--because I am slowly (or actually, rather quickly) am running out of money. I've been trying to be better about budgeting my money, but that hasn't really worked out to well. I always end up spending large amounts of money on something necessary (or not) and my budget usually gets pushed to the side. Which wouldn't matter as much if I had a job--because then I could do more things that cost money and not have to worry too much about having enough money for food or gas.

Anyway, life is pretty much the same old routine--that is why I guess I don't feel it necessary to update this blog (and the fact that I'm pretty sure no one ever reads these posts). I wish that I was creative and had fun things to write about--but that is just not the case, unfortunately.

First "Summer" Update

2009-05-20T19:34:00.000-07:00

So I haven't updated in a long time because I was so busy with school. Well now that it is over until the fall I can finally update!!

Finals went well I suppose. I felt like I didn't even study at all for any of them--which made me feel like I wasn't going to do well in my classes. But I found out yesterday that I ended up getting a 4.0 this semester!! Woot!! I was pretty surprised by that--especially since I wasn't expecting an A in my Philosophy class. But I am praising the Lord for his guidance over my professor on grade day! =]

So now it is finally summer. Well kinda. Technically it's not summer until June 21st--but hey it's summer break to me. I ended up taking a job with BonWorth which is an older ladies apparel store out at our outlet mall. It's not the greatest job and I won't be getting very many hours, but I couldn't find much else. And plus, it's going to be nice to be able to not have to work my butt off and to still enjoy the nice weather.

Guess that's my update. Not much else going on. Just moved back a week ago and my room is still a mess with all of my stuff from my dorm room. I should probably work on getting that stuff put away maybe... =]

Busy, Busy, Busy...

2009-04-22T15:01:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I've been busy. Last week had to write a 3-4 page essay for my Philosophy exam over the death penalty (kill me... pun intended.) then I had to write a 5-7 page research paper over why PE classes should have more requirements in school districts. Ugh. Now this week I am going to be busy with writing my term paper for philosophy that is over Same-Sex marriage. Yuck. Not looking forward to it. It is due on Tuesday, so the rest of this week and weekend is going to be super busy and not fun. But after that, I am done until finals really. I don't have any more tests before finals. Hallelujah.

Been looking for a job as well. Need one for the summer back in Newton. I've applied three places, and I'm hoping one will come through, but I haven't even heard anything from two of them and I'm kind of getting worried. No one wants to hire just for the summer. Boo. Might just have to suffer and apply at Dillion's, even though I REALLY don't want to work there... we'll just see I suppose. If anybody hears of anything opening up for the summer, let me know! I don't want anything in food or wal-mart though. =] I know, I'm picky.

Anyway, not much else to update about... gotta get my term paper started and finished by Monday night... think I can do it? Well, I better be able to anyway!

Twitter-iffic.

2009-04-17T04:54:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I joined Twitter probably about a year ago, but that was before very many people were using it. Now it's this big hype. So I've decided that I'm going to try to start using it again... soooo you all should join twitter and follow me!!

www.twitter.com/ElizabethKay720

I'm bringing home my baby bumble bee.... Won't my mommy be so proud of me?

2009-04-05T10:28:00.000-07:00

Not much going on to blog about lately. Except that I'm going to be an Aunt!!! Yay! My brother and his wife are going to have a baby sometime in November. How amazing is that? I'm so excited! I cannot wait to have a little baby to hold and eventually a niece or nephew that I will get to spoil beyond belief! (That is, until I have my own kids...) =]. I think we are all really excited about it. Although I do think it is going to be hard without my dad being there... I think he would've made a great grandpa!

On the subject of being an aunt... I think some of my fondest memories are with my aunt Marilyn. I can vividly remember almost every Christmas growing up when my Aunt Marilyn and Grandma and Grandma Tieszen would come over to the house or we'd go to the farm. Christmas was such a great holiday growing up because we always spent it with my Dad's side of the family. It was so much fun! And I really liked it because I always got lots of gifts. =] But for some reason I remember one year we had Christmas at our house and I remember sitting on my Aunt Marilyn's lap singing with her that song about the baby bumble bee. I LOVED that song! If you've never heard of it before--you need to watch this adorable video of this little girl singing it... she's so cute!! Anyway, I can't wait to be able to sing that song with my little niece or nephew. =] I'm so excited!!

March Madness

2009-03-31T11:55:00.000-07:00

Tis the season to watch basketball... and for a blizzard???

Had a good time watching the march madness tournament while on spring break with the church family... even though KU, Louisville, and Pittsburgh lost... but what was more mad than that was the blizzard that came through!

It was a pretty crazy weekend! Newton got about 6 inches of snow I'd say... but western Kansas got up to over 2 feet!! CRAZY!!!

Wanted:: Disney DVDs

2009-03-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

I have a confession to make. I am obsessed with owning as many DVDs as I possibly can. I know it doesn't sound bad, but when you don't have money but yet everytime you go to Wal-Mart you HAVE to buy at least one $5 DVD... that eventually starts adding up. I think I've bought close to $150 worth of DVDs since August. That's a lot! Luckily most of them were $5 or less (I've decided that since they will all eventually get to be that price, why waste the money buying them now?), so my DVD collection has grown quite a bit-- and that makes me happy! =]

But now I've decided that I want Disney DVDs really bad! But the bad thing is that Disney only puts out their DVDs in rounds--so you can only find them on eBay or on Amazon from different sellers--and of course since they are hard to find, they are expensive. Boo. So I need ideas where to get cheap Disney DVDs. Anybody know where? I thought about looking at garage sales, but I doubt many DVDs will be for sale as there are VHSs.

So anyway... I want Disney DVDs! =] Anybody wanna give theirs up / buy them for me? hehe that'd be great! thanks!

Spring Break Day 1

2009-03-21T21:21:00.000-07:00

So it's finally Spring Break! YAY!

Pretty eventful first day. Got up fairly early and started my search for Guitar Hero World Tour for PS2. So this game is pretty awesome because it has a mic and drums (kinda like rockband but it's guitar hero...). I searched the two places in Newton that would have it, and they didn't. Boo. So mom and I decided to make a little trip down to Wichita. I found it! Got it home and played it for about 30 mins--made my rocker and everything. This game is awesome!!

So after that Whitney and I went down to Valley Center to go to Cody's BBQ birthday party. It was a blast! So glad that Cody and Rebecca are coming to church with us in Newton because they are pretty rockin'! Kinda makes me sad that I don't live here anymore because we have so many activites going on at church and with younger people and I don't get to participate in them as often as I would like. But anyway, we had some awesome BBQ and then played Sand Volleyball. It was definitely my first time playing sand volleyball--and I was horrible at it (I mean the last time I played any type of volleyball was in 8th grade and I was on the C team.) but it was a lot of fun!

After the BBQ, Whit and I went over to K&D's (my sister and brother-in-law's) to watch a game in the NCAA Tourny, and then rock out on World Tour. It was great! We had so much fun!

Today was a great first day of Spring Break! Loved it! Tomorrow will be good too-- Church, KU plays at 1:30, Church, then pancake feed afterwards tomorrow night. SO excited! =]

Anyway... I've decided that I wish it was Spring Break all the time... I love my family and church family so much!

Home Stretch...

2009-03-18T21:43:00.000-07:00

Finally... It's nearing the end of the week. Get to go home in a little over 36 hours! How glorious!! Got everything big, for this week, out of the way. Now it's just sticking to going to three more classes.

Got a quiz in MacroEconomics on Friday at 12. Boo. Wanted to skip that class and get started on the trek back to Newton by 11. Nope. Gotta stay in Springtown til at least 1. Yuck.

Spring Break is almost here! Yay!

Spring Break Countdown:: 2 days!

Procrastination

2009-03-15T18:18:00.000-07:00

(Click on the image to view it all).

Okay so this flow chart is pretty hilarious. And this is what I go through every day of my life. =]

I'm currently procrastinating by actually typing this post. I literally just told my roommate, "I wish I had something productive to do so I wouldn't feel guilty not doing my take home exam." So now I'm typing this to waste some more time until I can be like, "Oops, it's time for bed, guess I'll do my work tomorrow." Which is horrible, because this take home test is going to take a lot of time, and it is due Tuesday. Boo. I'm especially not wanting to do it because it's about abortion. Yuck. Not fun.

Okay, I'll go procrastinate somewhere else.

Spring Break Countdown:: 6 days!

The Last House on the Left

2009-03-13T22:08:00.000-07:00

Do not see this movie. Too many very unnecessary parts. Boo. Don't waste your time or money.

TGIF

2009-03-13T17:59:00.001-07:00

I am very excited that it is Friday today! This week actually went by pretty fast. I was expecting it to go by very slow since Spring Break is coming up and I had a lot of tests and papers due this week. Luckily, I survived them all. Wrote a paper for English, took an abortion quiz (got a 95% on that!), and took my MicroEconomics test (luckily got a 100%, but only after he curved it... but hey, 100% is still 100%). Now I just have to worry about my take home test over abortion. Yuck. Not that it's over abortion (although I'm tired of learning about it...) but that it is going to be a lot of work. It's for my Philosophy class--and my professor is crazy.

Anyway, Kristin, Nikki, and I are going to go see The Last House on the Left tonight--I'm really scared about going. I don't do scary movies, so we'll see how it goes.

Then tomorrow I am going to drive up to Kansas City, KS to meet my good friend Sarah and her family to go prom dress shopping for Hannah her younger sister. I am pretty excited. It's kinda funny to think that from Springfield to KC is the same distance as Newton to KC. Hopefully I'll be able to make the 3 hour drive in the early morning--but I think I will survive.

Anyway, just thought I'd update.

Spring Break Countdown:: 8 days!

It’s Been A Long Time…

2009-03-10T18:55:00.001-07:00

So how long has it been since I've updated this thing? Holy cow, 8 months? Well I could go on and on about how I have been busy with school and what not—but those of you who actually read this already know what I've been up to. Facebook is where most people keep up with me… but I do enjoy writing a blog every once in awhile (even though not many people read this).

So in order for me to keep this blog running I've decided that I need something to put on here (like a goal/list) so I will update more often. So what should I do? I need some goals (ouch, I don't have goals??). Maybe a list of movies that I want to see? I don't know! We'll see.

...So I was reading my last post and I saw that I had a list of movies that I wanted to see... and since it has been 8 months, I figured I would comment and make some changes to that list...

The Dark Knight (I can't wait for this... yay for Batman!!!) -SO good! I've seen it how many times now? Too many to count.
Wall E -Still haven't seen it... still want to.
Wanted -Saw it. Basically only because James McAvoy is in it--and he was delicious as ever. But it wasn't the greatest movie ever.
Kung Fu Panda -HAHAHA. This movie is adorable and hilarious! Jack Black is pretty much amazing--and he only contributed a voice! Love it!
The Incredible Hulk (I LOVE Edward Norton... that's the only reason I want to see this :)) -Still haven't seen it... still want to.
Step Brothers (Doesn't come out until 7/25. But it looks Hilarious!) -Haven't seen it. DON'T want to. After it came out so many people told me not to see it. I'm disappointed.
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian -Saw it! Can't go wrong with CofN!
Made of Honor -CUTE! McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) is adorable. Except I hate that he was a player. Boo on that part.
Iron Man -I rented it this past Winter break... but for some reason never got around to watching it... still want to see it. Robert Downing Jr. is awesome!
Baby Mama -Haha!! Too funny!!
21 -OH MAN. I love this movie! So clever. And Kevin Spacey really wasn't too horrible.
Horton Hears a Who! -Still haven't seen it... but I don't really have any desire to see it anymore. Maybe one of these days.
The Other Boelyn Girl -Watched probably 3/4ths of it... it was good... but I had to turn it off for some reason. Need to watch it all the way through to give an accurate rating.
Definitely, Maybe -Very cute! But kind of confusing, until the end. The daughter was too adorable.
Jumper -Haven't seen it... yet. I've heard it's amazing...
Fool's Gold -Still need to see...
Michael Clayton -Watched all but like the last 30 mins because it was.... BORING. Boo.
The Bucket List -I want to see this still!!
P.S I Love You (I just finished the book--which is amazing, READ IT!) -AMAZING. Although it doesn't do the book justice. I cried the entire movie. Own it. Love it.

Okay... so ones I still need to see:

Wall E
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
The Other Boelyn Girl
Jumper
Fool's Gold
The Bucket List

--I might add that all of these are in my Netflix queue... but they just seem to get pushed behind other ones. Spring Break I must catch up!!

I like summer

2008-07-14T21:58:00.000-07:00

I dont have much to update about, but I thought that I would at least write something since I haven't for awhile.

So far the summer has been great. Just got back a week ago from our two week extravaganza at Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival. It was an amazing trip this year. My mom got to go--which made it even better! It was nice to have her there... I usually get home sick when I am gone that long (I don't know how I will be at college... lol). It was nice to be able to be with Andrew and Angela and the kids as well. They were there basically the whole time as we were. That made it even better. I had someone to hang out with that was somewhat my age! :) Not that I don't like hanging out with my mom, uncles, aunt, and mom. lol. The shows were especially good this summer--but I can't wait for the show in September. Two of my favorite bands ever will be there :) YAY!

I am enjoying my summer--it's nice not having a job and not having to do anything really. I'm getting really spoiled this summer and I'm not ready to go to school in a little over a month. WHOA.

My birthday is in 5 days. YAY! I unfortunately won't be home for my birthday... but it never seems like I am! We are going to be leaving for Atlanta on Saturday and won't be back until the 26th. Darrick is getting his Master's degree on the 20th, so we are taking a vacation for his Graduation. It should be fun!

Anyway, I don't have much else to update about. Here is a list of movies that I want to see right now. If you've seen them... tell me which ones you really enjoyed and which ones you hated and why!! :)

The Dark Knight (I can't wait for this... yay for Batman!!!)
Wall E
Wanted
Kung Fu Panda
The Incredible Hulk (I LOVE Edward Norton... that's the only reason I want to see this :))
Step Brothers (Doesn't come out until 7/25. But it looks Hilarious!)
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Made of Honor
Iron Man
Baby Mama
21
Horton Hears a Who!
The Other Boelyn Girl
Definitely, Maybe
Jumper
Fool's Gold
Michael Clayton
The Bucket List
P.S I Love You (I just finished the book--which is amazing, READ IT!)

:)) I'll try to update when I get back from Atlanta (hopefully before!)

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Party Time!!

2008-06-20T20:58:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of my graduation party. 4 of my girlfriends and I did a party together. It turned out really well!! :) It was nice being able to do it together so that way we could all be together and get to see the same people! I was so happy to be able to see most of my family as well. It was a nice party, considering the sad events that life handed us that week. Love you all who came!! I will never forget it! :)

A short Update

2008-06-18T11:17:00.001-07:00

I know, I haven't updated for over a month... I'm so horrible about remembering to do it!!

Not much is really going on in my life right now. It's summer and it's going very well!!

Last week I went to MSU for orientation and that went well. I got to meet my roommate and suitemates--they are pretty awesome! Meeting them made me even more excited for the school year!

On Tuesday we are going to Starvy Creek in Conway, MO. I am SO excited!!!! Mom, my uncle Mike, and my grandma Iris are all going. Hopefully that Wednesday Angela and Andrew and the kids will be coming up as well. I'm so excited to see everyone again and get away from boring old Newton. :)

I rearranged my room yesterday. Which is really good because I got rid of a lot of old stuff that was not needed anymore and I cleaned my carpets... I'm slowly getting ready to move out!

Anyway, I guess I should have updated on graduation and my random trip to Nashville--but I think the people who read this already know about that! :) :)

WICKED

2008-05-11T21:07:00.000-07:00

I went with our drama club to see Wicked this weekend. It was AMAZING, or should I say WICKED? It might be my favorite musical ever. Which is amazing. The plot is really really clever. I love it because I absolutely love the Wizard of Oz and it is the story of the witches before Dorothy. I litterally cried during the production because it was so amazing and I was so happy to be there. I think I had chills the whole time as well. If you haven't seen it, SEE IT! I hope to someday get to NYC to see it on Broadway. AHHHHHHH I LOVE IT!

I will put up some pictures from the weekend when I get them uploaded.

Very Sad Day

2008-05-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

Well this blog is a very sad update. Yesterday a freshman boy from my high school committed suicide. It is very sad. None of us were expecting it. Today was a horrible day at school. There was just an eery feel to the whole day. So, so, sad.

Please keep the family of Hunter Miller in your prayers during this sad time.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2008-05-04T21:00:00.000-07:00

My week schedule. If you need me at all this week... good luck!

Monday the 5th:
--English Final
--Study for French Final

Tuesday the 6th:
--French Final

Wednesday the 7th:
--Study for finals next week

Thursday the 8th:
--Seminar Party
--Senior Award Assembly
--Hair Cut appt.
--STUDY for Pre-Calc final

Friday the 9th:
--Pre-Calc final part 1
--Get ready for wicked

Saturday the 10th:
--WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday the 11th:
--Mother's Day
--STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY

Monday the 12th:
--History final part 1

Tuesday the 13th:
LAST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!
--History final part 2
--Pre-Calc final part 2
--Accounting final (If we haven't taken it before this date)
--English final part 2
--Orchestra practice with Derby in Wichita

Wednesday the 14th:
--Bacclaureate practice
--Bacclaureate

Thursday the 15th:
--Orchestra concert with Derby in Wichita

Friday the 16th:
--Grad parties
--Finish graduation crap

Saturday the 17th:
--OUR graduation party
--Other peeps graduation parties
--Graduation!!
--All Night Party

Sunday the 18th:
--Church
--Grad parties

THEN I GET TO REST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

20 different people

2008-05-02T21:03:00.001-07:00

1. List some things you want to say to 20 different people but you know you never will.2. Don't say who they are.3. Feel free to comment, but don't confirm or answer anything.4. Never discuss it again.5.This is in no particular order at all.
--we'll see if i can get 20. lol

1. I'm so glad that even though we still don't get along the greatest, things are working out and we are closer. It's fun hanging out with you more.
2. I don't even know where to start with you. You are amazing. I wish I were like you--beautiful, caring, and wonderful. I wish we lived in the same town, and you also make me not want to move away. I will miss you so terribly!
3. You have become one of the closest friends I have. I can tell you anything, which is awesome. I'm so glad that we believe the same way as well--which helps in desperate times, like recently. Love you so much!! :) all I have to say is, Cheeseburger!
4. Sometimes you irritate me... but I love you the same! It's fun to have been so close with you all of high school and I hope that next year we will still keep in touch.
5. I miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad I'll get to see you more starting soon, (I hope anyway). Sometimes you disappoint me because you don't keep in touch... but I forgive you! :) love you and miss you!
6. You are my best friend. You have been for a very long time. There are only 2 people in my life that I have called my best friend because I don't use the term best lightly, and I feel that you are the better of the 2. I am really going to miss you when I move, but you come visit me, I HOPE! There has been no other person that has been a great of a friend as you have to me, and I hope you feel the same. We are basically the same person, which is so awesome and fun! Sometimes we have our arguements, and usually it's me (and especially now--things are really rough for me personally), but we always seem to overcome. Love you so much, more than anything!!
7. I miss you so much! It took me almost 3 months to really realize how much I miss you. I will think of you everyday for the rest of my life, especially those days of my wedding, and children births. I hope to see you again someday.
8. I miss you as well. But I know in a week or so I will get to see you! I'm super excited. You are one of the greatest friends I've had. I miss our walks and talks about Edward Cullen everyday.
9. We grew up together. Everyone thought we were sisters, not because of our name, ,but because we did everything together. I remember Marilyn (pink house lady) told us we were joined at the hip. We basically were. I can't picture a better childhood without you. I love you so much!!! I hope we never lose touch with each other.
10. I want to marry you. If you asked me today to marry you, I would. I think you have an amazing personality. You treat everyone so nicely. I miss you, as well. You are the one I run to to tell things that I don't want to tell other people.
11. You are hilarious. I miss talking to you. I remember having a crush on you for over a year, even though we are two totally different people and I don't agree with many things you do. I love talking to you! :) I hope we get to hang out sometime this summer. Poke!
12. You are really annoying. That's all I have to say about you.
13. Your personality is one that I wish I had. You are the most genuine and sincere person I know. I really wish that I possessed those qualities that you have. You are amazing. I love you and miss you! Hope to see you soon.
14. I wish you weren't so stubborn. It's really hard to get anything accomplished with you, which is really unfortunate. I love you the same though.

Okay I can't really think of anyone else. This is good for now!

Changes

2008-05-02T20:23:00.000-07:00

Just when I thought I knew who I was, who my friends are, and what I want in my life...

everything changes.

12 Days Left!!

2008-04-27T19:49:00.000-07:00

Goal Update from last week: My goal last week was to be more patient with those who are stubborn. This week I have learned many things and at the end of the week I accomplished my goal. It took a week to get there, but I am now being more patient. Thank the Lord for that!

It's been about a week since I've updated and not much really has happened. I'm kinda freaking out about school though. I have 12 days left. My first final is 3 class periods away! whoa. I need to do well on my finals this semister in two classes. Unfortunately I have been slacking my senior year this semister. I need to stay motivated--but it's so hard!! My AP History grade is an 88 right now because I totally bombed our last test. OUCH! But hopefully I shall bring it up here soon with my project that we just did. But I'm ticked because we have another test in that class before the final. It's totally messed up. Oh well. My English grade isn't too hot right now, it's a 90 and I just took a quiz in there and got an 80 on it. So I'm sure my grade fell somewhat. But we just did a project which we should get an A on, so hopefully I won't have to try too hard on my final. It's going to be really hard to focus on finals!

I sent graduation announcements today. 70 announcements! Dang, you'd think I was getting married or something. Half of those are family. Actually probably more than half are family, which is CRAZY. I'm really excited for our party, we are going to have a lot of fun, and hopefully all of you can come! :) We are having 5 flavors of punch, so it's going to be amazing!

So we are planning our summer vacations. So far this is my busy summer schedule:

June 7-10: Going to Springfield to spend a weekend church searching and then I have orientation the 9th, and 10th.

June 2_ - July 6th: Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival. I'm not sure when we are leaving for sure, but probably around the 25th or 26th.

July 19-26(ish): Atlanta, GA. Darrick is graduating, so we are going! YAY! We are probably going to spend a week there... how awesome is that?

and then I'll get a month before I move. I'm sure there will probably be another visit to MSU sometime before I move. I think I can move in the 22nd of August. That's only a little under 4 months! WHOA!!!

Oh and FYI!

We are having a Lectureship this weekend at Old Main Street Church of Christ. It's going to be really good! It starts Friday the 2nd at 6:00 and goes through Sunday. I'll type up the schedule::

Old Main Street Church of Christ
1701 Old Main Street (Ask me for directions... it's kind of hidden!!)
Newton, KS 67114
316-283-3577
http://www.oldmaincofc.org

BACK TO THE BASICS

Friday:
6:00 -- Chuck Northrop: Why Become a Christian?
7:00 -- Jerry Sullins: TBA
Saturday:
10:00am -- Bobby Wheat: Who is the Church?
11:00am -- Chuck Northrop: Where is your Heart?
5:00pm -- Jerry Sullins: TBA
6:00pm -- Bobby Wheat: Who is the Christians's Support Group?
Sunday:
9:30am -- Jim O'Conner: Women: Their Role
10:30am -- Ted Thrasher: Faithfulness: What Does it Really Mean?
5:00pm -- Jim O'Conner: Christians Daily Life
6:00pm -- Ted Thrasher: God's Intention For Marriage

I really hope that some people will be able to come! You should! It is always a whole lot of fun and you get to hear the true word of God! :) There is usually food as well ;)

Goal for this week: Hold fast to what I believe and make sure that it is what God believes. Study, Study, Study!!

Moustaches and Movies

2008-04-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

Goal update from last week: I said I wanted to work on being a better example. I think this week I failed at reaching my goal. Unfortunately I have a problem with road rage and a couple of times I got pretty angry at the cars in the school parking lot (Basically just this one truck that cut me off twice in one day and then again the next day) and I honked quite a bit. I probably wasn't setting a very good example. :(

So I was in Kingman this past weekend at my cousin Amy's house. Mallory, Alan, Brody, and I went down Friday so we could help Amy and Justin get ready for their garage sale on Saturday. We had a really good time. Amy had a pretty successful garage sale. It was the perfect day for a sale, sunny, warm and no wind. I did get a little sunburn--but that's okay.

Sunday I stayed in Kingman because they were having a youth rally/get together. It was a lot of fun. There were a lot of kids there, which is really good. That Sunday after morning services we went to eat at Jeri's kitchen. It just so happens that they sell fake moustaches and things there in the little vending machine type things. It was the perfect time to go to Jeri's becasue I actually NEEDED a fake moustache. I have an english video to create for a project and I had to dress up as Henry Ford, so I needed a moustache.

But Amy and I decided to buy a couple extra so we could take some sweet pictures and videos. It was really funny! I'll post a picture at the bottom.

I was really glad that I ended up going to Amy's instead of going to prom this weekend. I think it is one of the greater decisions I've ever made. But from the pictures, prom did look pretty fun! So I hope that everyone had a fun and safe weekend.

Darrick, Kathryn, and I plan on going to Wellington tomorrow evening for another meeting with Loy. I'm so excited! Who better to be around than your Christian family?

Goal for this week: Not be so stubborn--and to be patient with those who don't believe the same way as I.

1 is not the lonliest number!

2008-04-16T20:18:00.000-07:00

Music Festival was today for us. Our orchestra played Symphony No. 88 by Hayden and Poet & Peasant by someone I can't remember. (haha) It went really well. Even though we rushed like crazy in a couple of parts, the judges seemed to have liked us. We received all 1's! Which is really good. Our wind ensemble received all 1's as well... so overall it was a good day for NHS Fine Arts. I'm not quite sure how Chorus did, but I'm sure they did well!

Here are some pictures of us on the bus ride to Wichita East High School, just being silly!

Tears de Français

2008-04-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

This past Sunday we had our French Honor Society Induction Ceremony where 2nd year students get inducted and 4th year students receive cords for Graduation. Since I have been in French for 4 years I received cords. It was such a sad day, but joyful as well. It's really hard to think about leaving high school--especially my wonderful French family. My class is so close to each other. We are one big family. It's going go be really hard for me to leave my French teacher, Mme Kelting as well.

Mme Kelting is one of my heroes. She is an amazing person with one of the most caring personalities. Though her and I disagree on many things (especially politically and religiously), she is still a person that I look up to. She is a very loving and caring woman and accepts everyone for who they are. She is also a very real person. There is nothing fake about her whatsoever. Though it might get her in trouble sometimes, she is not afraid to say what she thinks or believes. She is a very grounded person--which I'm sure comes with age :). I love this woman so very much and I will miss her immensely!

Here are some pictures:

Mme Kelting et Sammantha

Mme Kelting et Moi

Deux Classes de Français

Overheated, Blessed, Scared & Busy

2008-04-13T19:19:00.001-07:00

Good News: My Laptop works!!!

Apparently my laptop just got overheated. I was not aware that you are suppose to let air circulate and so leaving the laptop on my bed was not a good idea. So after a day or so of down time, it ended up cooling off and working. I'm just glad that I didn't have to call Dell about it. :) Now that it works my stress level is down 100% and I am in a much better mood. I don't know why it is but computer problems always make me stressed out. Probably because I live on my computer and it is a very expensive computer that wasn't bought with my money. So I'm always afraid that I did something wrong.

I am feeling extremely blessed lately. Especially tonight now that my mood is much better because of the laptop. My life is great! I have a great family, amazing friends, and the Lord as companions. What more could I ask for? I have been so involved with Church things lately and it has done me good! I love being surrounded by pure things and thoughts. It's tough living in this world, so it's so nice to be around my church family a lot. I hope that things and gatherings keep coming up. :)

Speaking of things coming up... Graduation is in 5 weeks! WHAT?! Who would've thunk that I would be graduating so soon! I still can't believe it myself. Although I am extremely happy to be graduating because I feel like I belong in a world more mature than High School, I am still quite scared to move on. Being at home and around schoolmates has been my life for 12+ years. Graduating is just the first step of my life beyond High School. I am so ready to move on, on one hand. But on the other hand I'm scared a little. I think I will survive without my family, but I am going to miss them a lot! I really just don't want to miss out on anything. Especially with my cousins and their kids and my brother and sister if they start having kids. I don't know if I will be able to be away if Kathryn or Steven have kids. But I also don't want to be a homebody either. One of the main reasons I am choosing to go to Missouri State is so I can get away from home and grow up. I have a feeling that if I don't leave right after high school and even just take a year off, I'll want to stay home forever and never go to school. And I don't want that to happen. I want to get away from home to see the other way of life outside of Newton/Wichita. But as much as I tell myself that MSU is the best choice for me, I still have my doubts. It's only 4.5 hours away, but I won't be able to come home whenever I want really. I am going to miss my mom a lot, and what worries me most is that she's going to be home alone. We are kind of each others' support system at home. So it's going to be really hard leaving that.

Along with graduation and college, I am EXTREMELY busy this month. I have things planned on every weekend for the next 4 weekends with church related things, which is good, but I need to find some time to do graduation things. I need to get announcements ready and sent, a slide show put together for me and 4 of my friends, and also get my graduation party things situated. Unfortunately the month of April is not a month of having fun with my friends and doing the slacker senior things... it is a very busy month for me, but that is actually good for me. I need things to do so I don't feel like such a bum! :)

My goal #1 for this week: Work on being a better example.
Scripture for goal #1: Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." (KJV)

Commencement

2008-04-12T11:37:00.000-07:00

Big News: I created a blog! :)
Kathryn was talking to me last night about blogging, and so I decided that I would make one. Just for fun!
I have had blogs before, and I'm pretty sure that I had one on here before. But I can't seem to find it. (Just kidding! I found it: http://bethieloufreebush.blogspot.com/ if you wanna see old posts go there!) I'm not very good at updating blogs. I always end up forgetting to update. So we'll see how this one goes. :)

As of yesterday around 7:00, my laptop has been going haywire! It is only 1 month old and it is already causing me problems. I'm pretty sure it is due to the stupid Windows Vista that has many bugs. It hasn't given me ANY problems until yesterday. So I didn't think anything of it when my laptop froze yesterday for the first time. It froze and I couldn't access the task manager or anything. The only thing working was the mouse, but it couldn't click on anything, so that did nothing good. I had to shut it down manually--which isn't good for any computer. I restarted it thinking it would be alright, but I was wrong. I have done many things to try to fix it, and I just can't! It is still freezing. After I start my laptop it is active for 3 minutes, and then it freezes and I have to shut it down. It's quite frustrating and I'm so angry at Dell, that I can't call them. So I'm waiting for Steven to come over and look at it, and maybe he'll figure it out. Wish me luck on figuring it out!!

Loy Mitchell is going to be speaking at Derby Church of Christ starting tomorrow and going through Wednesday. I'm quite excited to go hear him speak. I haven't seen him for many years, when we would go visit my sister in Topeka. He's such a great speaker and a great man, so I'm quite excited to hear him! :)

Well housework is calling me. Unfortunately I need to do major cleaning that hasn't been done since before my dad died. Life has been crazy since January! Now that I don't have a laptop to distract me, a little housework can probably get finished.

Beth