Jaymz

A Week of Rain = Mud

Yeah. That's right. The middle one is me! It's been a stressful week. Im part of the junior class at school, so it's our job to plan prom and make it happen. Well, prom is this Friday and it's going to be LAH-git. (lahgit? it's like legit, only legitter) But since it's, like, 3 days away…. Things have started to move at a million-miles-an-hour pace. Also, I had a mega chemistry test today. Not my best subject. AND the big-dog AP U.S. History exam is Friday morning and the pressure to pass is ON!

So today we had a "prom work-day", and after a few hours of grueling grass glueing (we are constructing a grass hut to go with our ~Sunset on the Serengeti~ theme) the rain that has been falling for the past week was dampening everyone's mood. BUT! But we kids know how to make the most of the situation.

Mud fight!!!!!

Oh my gosh…. So fun. You don't even know. We played hard. It was a blast. It was nice to let go for a bit and releave ourselves of some stress. The bad thing is now I have these little scrapes EVERYWHERE that will be visible in my prom dress. Haha. How fitting.

Have you had a big week? Been a little stressed? Go play. You don't have to make a gigumbous mess like we did…. But do something that wasn't on the to-do list. Kick back. Relax. Call a friend. Go hang out. Promise you won't regret it.

Oh. And check out my sweet pics:

The gang

The dudes

Btw, my shorts were originally blue. And my shirt was red. I heart mud.

:o)

Help?

Ok..... I'm out-of-shape with the blogging thing.... and very obviously out-of-touch with the blog world....

Throw me a lifeline! Got a question for me? Curious as to my views on a particular matter? Wanna see somethign through my eyes? Leave a comment with something you would like to see me write about...

please. pretty please.

Update

So where do I even start? I have put off blogging for a REALLY long time because I've been dreading having to fill you all in on the past -however-long-I've-been-gone- and making the excuse for why I've been gone that long.....

So I 'm officially releasing myself from the burden of explaining myself or trying to catch you up on life. I'm making a fresh start. And just saying "sorry" I've been gone. :)

Now that you and I have cleared the waters between us, I can get back to blogging at least a little more frequently. :) ttyl

Jaymz Who???

I know. You might not even remember me…

Dear ladies and gentlemen……

I'm would like to formally apologize for my recent and prolonged absence from the blogging community.

I would like to first and foremost say: It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault! It's Not My Fault!

Ok…….. it's my fault.

Update on my life:

• I went to Europe on a ministry trip. (I will soon put up a legit post about it.)
• I SAW MOCHA!!! (the dude…..not the flavor)
• I went to tri-state for basketball. (a tourney for the teams from Missouri and Kansas, as well as, Oklahoma.)
• Soccer started!!!!!!!!!! Woop woop.
• I love my friends! A ton! And my church. I'm really learning to appreciate the people in my life…

Okay. I admit it. This is a weenie post….. but there is more to come as soon as finals week is over!!! Promise!!!!

Help

Okay… I need a caption. See if you can think of something to complete this picture…. At least try.

If only we knew…

I think that sometimes we fear the things of this world. Or the people in it.

Good news!!! We don't have to fear the things that those of this world do. This world is not our home, and while we will be held accountable for our time spent here, we do not have to fear what is not meant for us. We don't have to fear loneliness, failure, sickness and death, or the consequences of this world…. We walk in God's love. In his healing. In His hope. In His favor.

We don't have to fear the desolation of being alone and unloved, because we hold the most powerful of all loves… God's love. He loves us regardless of what we could ever think, say, or do. And because He loves us, He says He will never leave or forsake us.

We don't have to fear the consequences of being a sinner, because we are made blameless and pure through His unfailing love. In this forgiveness, we are given hope. Hope of a new life, a life of joy and fulfillment. He says that once we have confessed, we are righteous.

We don't have to fear the sicknesses of the world or the death that comes with them. Christ took the pain and suffering upon himself and made us healthy and whole. He says that by His stripes, we are healed.

We don't have to fear trivial hardships of this world. Things like a failing economy, an imperfect government, and worldly wars are not ours to worry about. God has given us the ability to be a light for Him and to succeed when all others seem to fail. When coworkers are fired, we receive promotion. When the economy fails, we have been given the tools to still succeed. When people of this world live in lack, we walk in supernatural success. He says that we have received favor and a good name through Him.

We do not have to live in fear of the things of this world:

1. Fear of loneliness. [Hebrews 13:5]
2. Fear of failure. [1 John 1:9]
3. Fear of sickness and death. [1 Peter 2:24]
4. Fear of the consequences of the world. [Proverbs 3:4]

We are not meant to fear consequences of this world. They are not meant for us.

*John 15:19- If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

*John 17:16- You are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

*1 Corinthians 2:12- We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

 

 

Drooling?

Does this look good?

What about this?

 

 

 

 

You drooling yet?

Meet Rae. She's my aunt!!! And totally awesome.

I'm a freak and I hate cheesecake. BUT, I love that one at the top right. It's called the "black bottom banana" cheesecake. It's amazing and it's one of the many many kinds of cheesecakes that my Aunt Rae makes and sells for a better price than you'll find anywhere else. Like cheesecake? Need cheesecake? Go here. And my beloved Auntie Rae-Rae will HOOK you up.

Check out her menu. It's great. And she's open-minded too! So if you have a special request that's not on the menu…. Let her know. She'll see what she can do.

 

 

 

Check out this one

Is it a clever marketing trick?

…or a play of words that was lost on the Swedish?

FOUND IT!!!

(This post will make no sense unless you have read the last post.)(btw, for those of you who thought of this… my phone was on silent. So calling it wouldn't work.)

Late last night, I received a revelation. My phone alarm was set for exactly 7:36 am…. Let me tell you why this was good news:

I, once asleep, am a rock. Talk to me, scream at me, poke me, push me, skip me a across a pond…. I'm not wakin' up. So, needless to say, I need one heck of an alarm if I plan on showing up to school before 6^th period.

Consequently, the alarm (which awesomely continues to go off until it is sure that I'm actually awake… or push the button) that was going to go off on my phone, was going to be extremely loud. Loud enough for me to find it somewhere in my house! Right? WRONG!!!

I made sure that I was awake by a whopping 7:30 to prepare for my search. 7:35 rolls around and the anticipation of finally finding my long-lost (it was gone for about 18 hours) phone! Tick. The clock strikes 7:36. (actually clocks don't usually strike at this time so it really was just a silent-but-symbolic moment in time.) The search began!!! Nothing. I couldn't hear it anywhere upstairs. To the downstairs!

Nothing.

To the car!

Nothing.

To the backyard?

Nothing.

Fine. My phone was not in my house. I grudgingly head towards the garage to once again look in the car in which I know for a fact, that my phone is not. As I start to come through the garage door…. What's that? I hear it! I joyfully head for the car! But to my dismay, as I get closer to the car, the blessed alarm got quieter. In an almost movie-sequence sort of slow motion, I turn towards the direction of the sound….

See the picture? Yeah it was in the trash. I know. I asked myself the same question…. Is my phone really that hard to replace?

I prayed to Jesus that when I looked, it would be under the bag nasty. No luck. It was in the bag of nasty. At the very bottom. Yuck. I had bean smear on my arm from the left-over Taco Bell…. I could even smell it in my hair. And on my phone. Ew.

That trash can is deep. And gross. If my morning had a title, it would no-doubt have to be something along the lines of: The Plunge.

Yeah. I spent the first 20 minutes of my Monday morning searching frantically for my phone, 10 of which were spent in the trash. One person's trash is another person's treasure? I think not.

The best part is: I found my phone. The second best part is: I have awesome friends who laughed with me about my adventure. That almost makes it worthwhile.

I'm not eating Mexican beans for a while,

jaymz

MIA: Missing in Action

Yup. Lost my phone. I had it one minute. Realized I no longer had it the next.

I have the most amazing ability to put something down and, no joke, not be able to find it 30 seconds later…

I get this from my dad…

I hate losing stuff.

But I'll look on the bright side, I know for a fact that it is somewhere in my house.

What's the worst thing you've ever lost?