a long, boring and somewhat lonely day can be a good day!!

i had a good day today. i walked into school with the attitude that it would be horrid because some of my friends are gone, but surprisingly enough, it was good. i mean, really, how good can school really get????lol what with biology(ewww) and english..... english was actually interesting, mrs. harmon who is the basketball coach, had us clapping the Consonant and snapping the vowels on our spelling and vocab. words!!! we were all practically rolling on the floor by the time class was over. oh and we were having fun listening to her "diss" all the guys in our class. for instance, jeff exclaimed"well i just thought it was this" and mrs. harmon said" that's what happens when you try to think"hehehehehe not meaning it personally of course, just to all the guys in general.lol no she did it to me too. i read poem and as she put it"i completely butchered it". anyways....maybe this isn't really funny to any of you that will be reading it, and maybe it's one of those"you had to have been there" but none the less i enjoyed today, but am still awaiting the return of a few long, lost friends who are all busy like traveling the globe....:)
well hopefully i'll have another interesting day tomorrow, that'll keep me busy!!!!!!

luv
dani


p.s. thanks for bein' there for me today jeff.

i'm missing you all!

ok, i know you all just left the other day, but i miss you already...just thinking that i won't see you on monday at school makes me want to cry. and for jennifer and sam, you guys are missing nursing home and the mall! what aill i do without you next year, a week and a half is bad enough.
i hope you are having an awesome time though!


i'm sitting here in the coffee shop that we were in when i wrote my first post, listening to random people play the guitar. they play so beautifully....it's amazing, one guy plays/is playing up on the neck of the guitar instead of in front of the little hole thingy.i know that sounds incredibly stupid("the hole thingy") but i can't think of what its called....but hopefully you know what i mean.lol me and my mom are both having a good time playing scrabble, as we usually do when we come here...she is/has won. she uses the weirdest words too though, i don't even think that they exist....hehehehehe she's cheating!!!!lol not really...


we had our graduation party from the soul winners class tonight , and my mom was awarded the best presentation of the gospel award! so exciting! and i got to enjoy the very amusong company of ashley amsbaugh, she is so sweet!

hhhmmmmmm.....there are a lot of prom people walking around... one girl is sitting right next to me wearing a black and dark red 1800's dress. it's kinda freaky...oh well, can you tell that i'm rabbling cause i have nothing else to do?????????????

i'm gonna go listen to the music now....bye

school is hard...my word!!!

the night before last, me, jennifer and my mom got back to the house at like 3:00 in the morning, we ended up goin to bed at about 3:30-3:45 in the morning. because like weirdos we stayed up talking for what seemed like 5min.(more like 20-30min.)about the most random things, such as my cats name(princess fatty cat)and my room.well to start of the day right i woke up late, getting to school on time but in a rush....i hate when that happens. well then i got "chewed out or embarrassed" by some if not all of my teachers for one thing or another. it was kinda weird. i was a little bit of a wreck.i was tired, and some of my best friends were leaving for senior trip for ever(well,2 weeks), and i failed a biology and spanish quiz....i don't know how i would've gotten through yesterday without the Lord or my best friend jeff. it's nice to have people there for you,even if your being difficult with them...sorry jeff..lol
but all of this is looking at the negative side of yesterday....i had a short but sweet conversation with mrs. liedtke that helped quite a bit.(she seems to always know what to say) and i had a good day concerning my friends. i saw them all and they were so happy to see me, and that in itself made me feel good. so i guess i didn't have that bad of a day....i'll just"start over on monday.

*tear *tear

well i was right...i didn't make it. i'm really not that disappointed about it, i didn't think i would make it. the girl that won, sang like an opera singer and i was like....no....i am not gonna sing like that. it bugs me, there are some trainers that train you on your natural ability but then there are some that totally change the way that you sing(the way that your voice sounds) the sound is just....fake, ya know what i mean? anyway, becca got first with her sculpture! and jen got second with her quilt!!!! so we all did well, and we're all WINNERS!!!hehehehe
ttyl
dani

homesick...

yes i know i just wrote yesterday, but i'm bored right now. i'm just sittin in the dorm doing absolutely nothing. but it's not all bad... i've gotten to spend alot of time with my friends(again today) and take lots of pictures so i can show you all! even though i'm having a great time here, i'm homesick...i can't wait to get back, and yet at the same time i'm dreading it because the seniors are leaving on there trip to DC and that means that the school will be empty-feeling for about two weeks.
well to give you all post on what we've heard so far, becca acree will be getting a place...they put a star on the artwork that will get a place but we won't find out until tonight what she got on it. rachel didn't get a place:( but she said that she really wasn't expecting to so she wasn't too upset. it is so weird, the pieces of art that they pick for places. they're so....odd-looking. all the ones that were so awesome and beautiful to me weren't placed. and all the ugly ones were(well i'm not saying that becca was ugly, i'm talking mostly of paintings). anyways...jen and becca won't be moving ahead in debate, they lost, but they think that they might of placed 3rd or something, keep your fingers crossed!!!!!! shayna didn't get a place on her artwork either, which to me is stupid since it was the best one up there(seriously).and i'm still waiting to know how i did and so are jen and shayna for their piano duet... in all honesty i heard some other girls from my group and i don't think i'll make it. i'm not upset or anything cause i've had an ok time, but i'm ready to come home and sleep in my own bed....:) and i'm ready to taste real food, it's nasty. i believe that i've forgotten what real food tastes like. i've been living off of salad for the past three days, but its not like the good, healthy salad, its the iceberg lettuce that has hardly any nutritional value to it... oh well....again it;s been a cool experiance and it makes me want to go to college. to get away and be on your own.(well i guess you're not totally on your own but sorta)
i've had fun telling you about my trip and even though it's pretty much a one-way conversation it feels like i'm talking to you guys so it helps me feel better. so see you tomorrow!

love all,
your butterfly;)

busy,busy.....

hey everybody! i've been really busy....i sang this morning at 9:10 in the morning. i was really nervous the night before because i was thinking that my throat would be all blah cause of allergies and such and also because it's the morning. but this morning i warmed my voice up with shayna and went to perform completely relaxed. praise the Lord! i did very well, so i'm told...:) but i also heard alot of other talented girls so....i just had fun! it was an awesome experience..... i saw all of my friends from my old school, and it's weird because it wasn't as big of a comfort as it usually is. usually i turn to them and i feel all better, but not any more. i'll always love them but i dunno...it's just not the same. i miss you all and love you all! and sam, i wish you were here with me/all of us. and jeff thankyou for praying for me, you're awesome....
well besides performing, i spent my time with the rest of my friends from TC... lots of fun, and lots of blisters! OUCH!!!!
well i love ALL of you and miss you EXTREMELY bad!!!!!!
see you on friday!
dani

almost there

we're almost to BJ! yes! i'm so excited, please be praying for us....and sam, have good days and be very happy! Jeff you too, don't miss me too much.hehehehe well now we're there so i'll try to post l8r and tell ya whats goin' on, k?

not going exactly how I want it......

Do you ever have those days where you either have absolutely NOTHING go your way, or things go very differently then what you imagined.... yeah, well, i had one of those days, it didn't happen the entire day, just part of it...(and to those of you who care)I'm so sorry i couldn't stay after church and chat a little while, mom was exhausted.
We had a bunch of people over to my house today for easter lunch. It was ok, considering that there was a lot of food. I had my fill and then went to my room for a, what was supposed to be "little" nap.(it turned into about an hour nap, hehehehehe) Then after i woke up, there was more food put before me for my disposal.....(desert) Which consisted of either strawberry-shortcake or chocolate. Neither of which sounded very appetizing since i am not a very "sweet- toothed" being. After that, cameras were flashed about with people saying/yelling "look this way", "smile", and my personal favorite,"NO, DON'T STAND THERE, YOU'RE NOT IN THIS PICTURE". It 's like, oh, thanx for loving me.... Why is it that pictures seem to bring out the "evil being" and it stresses everyone out. Then everyone left, and it was peaceful for about.....hmmmm, 15 min., cause then,it was time for church, Praise the Lord!!!!!At church we found that the power was out.....joy. But thanx to the handimen in our church it came back on.
Well at the end of the very good message, me and my mom had to leave right away which was kind of inconveniencing to me and some of my friends.
This is my highly hectic day...lol I'm sure that there is a lesson in all of this, which could prbably be patience, and, "it's not all about you".(which is me) anyway, tomorrow is our last normal away game.....very depressing. but i am excited about it, it's always nice to get away,even if it is only Newnan....it's better than nothin'.
I will write soon, because i very much enjoy telling you all of my good and bad days, and having you pitty me, or give advice....:) thanx to all of you that comment on a regular basis.

fun movies and good times!

well, i'm just sittin here at home......kinda wishing i was with everyone at the jr./sr. one thing that is brightening this night at home alone is one of my good friends company....Amy Chapman. She is so awesome!We had chinese food for dinner and she entertained me with a funny story about her day which had us both rolling on the floor,(sigh)good times, good times.We were just recently watching a really good movie that was borrowed from a close friend of mine, its called Howl's Moving Castle. I do have to admit that at first sight it looks like a dumb movie, cause the peoples on the cover look like those wizard people on pokemon and such..... But you can't judge a book by its cover, or in this case, a dvd by the picture, but whatever. I'm gonna have to watch it again though because its one of those movies where its imposible to pick up on everything the first time.
Anyways.....its amazing, i've had the best last few days. Maybe even some of the best i've had this whole school year. I think it's because, on spring break we all get a little break from eachother but then we realize how much we really do miss eachother. I came back to friends i didn't really kow that i had(as weird as that sounds) and even closer to the friends i already had.
I love having friends, what would i do without them....i'm so blessed! i love you all!

God bless, and good night,
Dani

aahhh.... family

i had such a great time with my "newly met" family members.they're all so nice.
we got to florida( and our 5 bedroom condo/huge house) at about 7:oo p.m. we were all greeted with a hug and a kiss, like we had all known each other our whole lives, i felt right at home.
most of my time was spent swimming with my cousins(well my second cousins once removed)lol: Helen, Lois, Lilly,and Emma. they are all very sweet... on sunday i went with some of my family to SEA WORLD. oh yeah! we saw shamu, which was actually kinda disappointing because it only lasted for about ten min. but it was fun while it lasted...then the highlight of our trip there, was going on a rollercoaster. and maybe this is not a big deal to you but, im very ashamed to say that that was my first rollercoaster ride. it was a blast, i wouldnt have gone if my older cousin David hadn't have forced me to, but i enjoyed every min. of it.(he actually made me go twice:)
i learned alot during my trip, such as they don't buy gas by the gallons, they buy it by the liters, which makes it......ready? about $8 a gallon!!!!!! yikes!!! so we have no need to complain...hehehehe
well, you see, i had a great time until, i ended up with the stomach flu.....(blah) which i am happily now over, but it spoiled my last night there. anyways...
i had fun-filled days, but missed you all when i was just laying in my bed(on the floor) at night. i can't wait to see you tomorrow!
love dani

ttfn....

i'll see ya'll when i get back... we're leaving for florida in about 45 min. please be praying for traveling mercies for our family and for witnessing opportunities for me and my mom and our unsaved family members.
just to let you know, i won't be there for tues. away game.:( (that's just to whoever cares)lol
i love you all....see you when i get back!!!
dani

God Said No......

I asked God to take away my habit
God said, No
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole
God said, No.
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience.

God said, No.

Patience is a byproduct of tribulations;

it isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.

God said, No.

I give you blessing; Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain.

God said, No.

Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares

and brings you closer to me.

I asked god to make my spirit grow.

God said, No.

You must grow on your own!

but i will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.

God said, No.

I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.

God said.....Ahhhhh, finally you have the idea.

this peom is one that a friend of mine gave me.... it helped opened my eyes(you might say) to two things........first, you have to meet God half way, you have to "work at" what you want to change, but, He'll give you the strength to work.Second, so many times we ask god for things that we need, with no concern to what others are feeling or going through. Ask ggod to help others, and get specific.

THE DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY

i luv you all

dani

P.S. "To the world you might be one person,but to one personyou might just be the world

tear......(but i have an awesome thought)

i miss everyone.......i wish we didn't have spring break. i wish we could stay in school but just not have class. that would be so awesome! maybe some day i'll be the principal of a school, and i'll give the students a choice whether they want to leave school or just stay and not have class. sweeeeeeeettt........And maybe, some day i'll give the teachers a day off, but still have school. it'll be called "teacher-free day".(maybe i'll just make everyday a teacher free day, in which case i'll call it "teacher-free school") Then.....the kids that go there won't hardly have to pay tuition 'cause there won't be any teachers to have to pay........ i will go down in history as, the school with the best principal ever. wicked sweet!

Well if you can't tell by this, i'm very bored so if you have any wish to.......
comment or email me!
luv ya'll
dani

learning things..........

this title explains what i've been doing the past two days....one thing that i've come to a realization about, is that you never stop learning, or perfecting yourself. We will never stop figuring things out about ourselves, our strengths,and our weaknesses..... One weakness of mine that i've come to realize, is my failure to practice the advice that i give. When you do this, you begin to lose your effectiveness for God, because people see you as a hipocrite. it's exactly as the Bible says,"you must pull the beam out of your own eye, before trying to pull the splinters out of others" (not word for word perfect, but i think you get the idea)you have to be ready for people to look at the life of the one thats challenging them on what they're doing wrong. maybe this means that you or i need to get some things right before challenging others. if we have our life right with our Savior then we have nothing to worry about. another thing i was thinking about........ God says that we must put others before ourselves, but yet in this, the Bible says to take care of yourself BEFORE others/ judge yourself before others.hhhmmmm...... thats somethin' to think on.
well, until my brain starts wandering again...........
adios

p.s. i hope that certain individuals/casual friends are having a good time in the random parts of lafayette, indiana;)

so much goes on!!!!!!!........

Alot has happened since the last time i posted.....
We had some girls come over to our house while their singing group was here. They're a traveling group from Lafayette, Indiana. (where my best friend sam moved from) It was great getting to meet them! Theyre so CRAZY, in an awesome way. You feel so welcome and accepted by them all.......:)
Just last friday and saturday we went on a Harvester's Retreat. It was some where north of Atlanta........ not exactly sure where. I stayed in a room with two of my friends Taylor and Rachel, and one of our sponsors Mrs. Lyons. One of the last things we did before going to bed Friday night was share what the Lord had spoke to us about during the sessions that day. And one of the things He spoke to me about was, sometimes I believe that we have a distorted view of missionaries. I guess, when i think of a missionary, i think of all the things they have to give up.(material things) But thats just it, they are so happy, material things dont matter. The obvious joy that they have is all over their faces. A joy that the wealthiest man in the world could not have, a joy that only comes from doing the Lord's will. I want and covet that happiness for myself and my family(in the future).
Anyways..... on Thursday night, me and my mom will be driving to Orlando, Florida to see my relatives from London, England! i havent seen them in years! It'll be so much fun, and my brother is coming down from kansas!
Even though I have all this going on I'm still missing certain individuals from school:(..... Ahhhhh well such is life, hopefully time will go quickly. Well i say that, but then time will go quickly and then it'll be time for school again......(blah)
well i'll try to post again soon, i'll have lots of time since i'm sick and will be here in the apt. all day so........ email me if you can. bye