Currently Playing:  Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
 
Greetings to all!  Figured it was time for another post. :)  I just got off work.  Actually I got off almost an hour ago, but I finally got to sit down.  Work was pretty good tonight.  We were super busy the whole time, which was good because it made the night go by fast.  The highlight of my night was definitely my break, for mulitiple reasons.  Well, here goes the random thoughts of today...
 
Tomorrow is Andrea's bridal shower.  It should be a lot of fun.  I gotta get up early to clean and run some errands.  I don't think we're going to have a big turnout.  It'll probably just be her family and ours, but it's still going to be fun.  You just put her mom and my mom together and you know there's going to be fun. :)  I still just can't explain how happy I am for her and Mike.  She's just so awesome!  Tomorrow is going to be great!
 
I shouldn't listen to awesome music while I blog...it distracts me.  I end up singing and rocking out instead of typing.  Focus, Kim, focus...
 
This weekend should be fun.  I have the shower tomorrow and then a concert tomorrow night.  Sunday I'm having a party and you are invited!!!!  Yes, you!  I don't care who you are.  If you are reading this, then most likely you know me and are my friend.  So, get your booty down to Sullivan on Sunday around 1 or so.  Bring your swimsuit and an empty tummy.  Bring the swimsuit so that you can swim (duh) and bring an empty tummy so that you can fill it with Dave Brewer's legendary hamburgers!  It should be a great time, so come!
 
I leave for Venezuela in 6 days.  A week from this very moment, I will be in Caracas.  That is hard to believe.  I think I'm getting more and more nervous everday, but still excited.  Speaking of which, guess what I got at Wal-Mart the other day???  Seriously, guess............................(giving you time to guess)....................  Nope, that's not it, but close!  I got a Spanish Bible for only $1.47!!  Isn't that awesome!  The whole Bible in Spanish for $1.47!  I was excited!
 
I somehow misplaced the packaging slip that came with my computer so I couldn't send in and get the $100 mail-in-rebate.  That sucks.  But, in a way it's my fault.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute to send the rebate form in.  Oh well, it's just 100 bucks, no big deal.......;)
 
I've forgotten how awesome this album is....
 
I was looking through some of my music the other day and I realized that I have about 5 or 6 completed songs of my own.  Now, I know for some of you more experienced musicians, this may not seem like a big deal, but it is for me!  Heck, that's half of an album!  This makes me very happy. :)
 
So far, I haven't changed my mind about my major.  Still going with Elementary Ed.  This is a good thing.
 
I love the 90's rocks!!!!!!!
 
Andrea introduced me to something wonderful the other day...myspace.com.  It's kinda like another blog website, but it's kinda cooler.  It's more musically oriented.  You can look up bands and what not on there.  It's pretty fun. 
 
Well, I guess that's enough rambling for tonight.  Wait!  No it's not!  I haven't talked about my amazing worship experience that I had the other night...
 
So, I went to the Michael W. Smith, MercyMe, and David Crowder band concert the other night and it was awesome!!!  Brooke called Tuesday night and decided not to go, which bummed me out, but I understood.  But, I had no problem finding someone else to go with me since my mom is a die-hard MWS fan.  BTW, big BIG THANKS goes out to Brooke for the tickets!  You are awesome and I love you!!!!  Anyway, the concert was amazing, that's all I can say.  It was seriously just a three hour long worship service.  Something Mom and I both really needed.  We've both been kinda stressed lately and it was great to just go and worship and forget about work and all the other craziness of life.  Dave Crowder was awesome, but the crowd wasn't really getting into him too much for some reason.  I loved him, though.  Although he only played for like 20 or 30 minutes which kinda stunk.  Then MWS came out and was later joined by MercyMe and they played a few songs together.  Eventually MWS left and it was just MercyMe.  They were awesome!  I could have just listened to them the whole time.  Then the opposite think kinda happened.  MWS came out and joined MM and eventually MM left and it was just MWS.  He was as good as I expected him to be.  The end of the concert was the best.  MWS, MM and Dave Crowder all came out and led a few songs.  It was awesome.  Then, we ended by singing "Awesome God."  The instruments faded out so it was just our voices and then everyone started to clap to the beat.  I can't really describe it, but it was beautiful and amazing.
Then it was kinda abruptly stopped by the Verizon people raising the house lights.  All in all, it was a great time.  There's just something about having a really stressful week and then just being able to go and sing your heart out and really worship God for a few hours that is just amazing.  I can't really describe it.  It's a great stress reliever. :)  Also, besides the amazing concert, it was nice to have some mother-daughter time.  I really love my Mom for everything she is to me and I love being able to hang out with her and listen to my music and look over and see her kinda bobbing her head along to the music.  She's so cute!
 
Ok, now I think I'm done rambling.  I hope everyone is doing well.  And don't forget...Sunday, 12:30 or 1ish, my house in Sullivan, pool party!!!  Be there or be square!!!...(man, I'm a dork)
 
Goodnight, all! :)
 

I probably shouldn't be posting on here, but I just can't help it. I need to blog!

Even though I don't want to feel like a copy cat, I kinda like this random thoughts blogging idea. I have a bunch of random stuff going on in my head right now, and it would be nice to get it all out. So, here it goes...

Went shopping for wedding decorations with Andrea (future sis-in-law) and Stacey (big sis) today. We had a blast. We got everything we needed and stayed within our budget. I'm sooo looking forward to this wedding, but I don't really know why. First off, the ceremony itself is going to be amazing. It is so perfectly Andrea and Mike. From the simple decorations, to the music that they're playing, it is going to be awesome! For all you Further Seems Forever fans, she is walking down the aisle to "New Year's Project"! How awesome is that!! Plus, I've gotten to know Andrea really well over the last month or so and I just love her so much! I'm so excited about having her as my new sis! And the reception is going to be sooo much fun!! It is just all around going to be a great, romantic, perfect wedding!

I've decided to change my major from Religious Studies to Elementary Education. I have been debating auditioning for the School of Music, but decided against it. I've been working in Children's Church over the last month, and I've forgotten how much I love kids. I actually think I may want to be a Children's Minister someday. I dunno. I do know that I love kids and I really think that Elementary Ed is what I want to do. So, this is a good thing in a way. At least I have an idea as to what I want to do. I'm probably going to have to go to school an extra year or so, but I guess it's worth it in the end. I just hope this is the last time I change my mind about my major. It probably won't be...

Over the past few weeks, I've been expanding my musical horizons, if you will. I've been listening to a ton of new stuff and I love it! I've fallen in love with music in a way I've always wanted to. I could just sit and listen to music all day long! I've discovered so many new bands that I never knew existed, and I love them! It seems like I'm able to find a song for every mood that I'm in. I just can't really describe it...I just love music!Here's a list of the bands that I have discovered are absolutely amazing:

Matchbook Romance - totally my new favorite band. They are amazing!
Autopilot Off
Copeland - yes, they are totally and completely the most emo band I have ever heard, but I love them!
Jack Johnson
Josh Kelley - be still my heart... ;)
Motion City Soundtrack
Yellowcard - amazing
Over the Rhine - one word..WOW...big thanks goes out to Andrea for first introducing me to the wonderful music of Over the Rhine :)
Ryan Adams
Story of the Year
Sugarcult
The Killers
Graham Colton

Those are the ones that stick out in my mind as my new favorites, but I still have many more to listen to...

BBQ sandwiches from DQ rock!!! Mmmmmm....

I've decided that this summer is the last summer working in the fast food business. Four years is long enough, almost too long...

Excited about the Michael W. Smith, MercyMe, and Dave Crowder Band concert I'm going to next week. Should be tons of fun.

I need to make an appointment to get my oil changed in my car.

I have one week to plan a bridal shower. This should be fun...

I need to start exercising again.

My little brother Dusty got a job at DQ and should be starting in the next week or so. I hope I get to train him. I hope we don't end up hating each other after working together. Not quite sure how this will go...

I love my friends...

Sometimes I wonder why I do some of the things I do. I do some things that I know I shouldn't do, and I don't do the things I know I should do enough. This needs to change...

Am I selfish?...

Just a little over two weeks till my mission trip to Venezuela. I'm getting a little nervous, but still excited. I have a lot to get ready over the next two weeks. Please keep me and the five other people going with me in your prayers from July 23 to August 2. :)

I love metrosexuals...

I love the fact that no matter how crappy things get in my life, I have the hope and assurance that God already has it all worked out. He's going to take all this stuff and work it all out. I just need to put my faith and trust in him. I actually taught this in Children's Church the other week and I ended up kinda preaching to myself. If I had things my way, I would change a lot of things in my life. But, God's in control, and I'm cool with that. His way isn't necessarily they way that I would like things to go, but I guess He knows better than I. ;) But seriously, God has a plan for me, a plan to prosper, not to harm me, a plan to give me a hope and a future. And I like knowing that.:)

This has turned out to be a really long post of random thoughts...Well, I guess it's time to go. Leave a comment if you're feeling saucy. ;)