Monday, October 31, 2005


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Sunday, October 30, 2005

the night to see it all

the night to see it all. . .
well it wansnt really the night to see it all but it was a great night. yesterday i got up and hung out with Bob, Kent, Molly, and Erin. we went and saw Wallace and Grummet in the theater near church (showplace). that movie was funny. after the movie Bob took us to Baker Square. being a nice guy that he is, he payed for the movie and the food. the whole ordeal was really fun. i had a blast. laughed a lot. i am very happy to be home. i'm glad that i got the opportunity to hang out with some of my friends. i miss home when i am in spearfish. as much as i love it there, home... is... home.
after i got back from the fun afternoon with the friends i got on the internet and messaged jon a bit. he asked me if i wanted to go to his uncle Pete's. i said sure. i needed a ride though. so him and his brother, Jake, came and picked me. I hate not being able to drive it just isn't cool, no fun what-so-ever. anyways that was really nice of Jake to go out of his way to pick me up.
I got to meet a lot of Jon's relatives. that is always cool. nice people. we played some arcade games and darts. i wasnt too good at either of them but it was fun. its funny to watch Jon 'cause he is so competative. he is so cute.
we left Pete's when Elizabeth, Mary's baby (Jon's neice) needed to get to bed. i felt bad, i had to sit on Jon's lap in the car because there wasnt enough room. thats why it sucks that i cant drive! reasons like that. it wasnt bad though. kinda weird sitting on your boyfriends lap when his parents are right there. after we got back to his house we talked to his sister and mom for a few minutes then they went to bed and we left for buffalo. we were going to go to the park for old times sake. ya know, maybe get in trouble by a cop. but we ended up walking alon the lake, it was so beautiful, i miss minnesota. then we sat next to a brick fence thing and that was cool. just sat and talked and watched the waves roll into the shore. feel the cold breeze. it was very peaceful and serene. i loved every bit of it. i love every bit of him. i've got it good.
around 2:30 i got back home and went to bed.
i forgot about the time change this morning. so i got up a bit earlier then i had to. but anyways we went to church and it was funtastic sunday (jungle). that was fun. tammy is so cool. i love that lady. after church we went out with joe and rachel and took a family picture. we then went back home and talked to them in the living room for a few hours. they told us some stories about delivering pizzas. all the crazy, funny poeple. then they left and i went down to my room and fell asleep. and here i am now, ripping songs onto my computer from some of erin's cds. starting to pack to leave tomarrow. i dont want to go back. i'm not ready to. i like home.

Friday, October 28, 2005

I'm home

im home, im home. its kinda weird to be home. odd but good. yestday jon's dad picked me up in spearfish with a plane. that was fun. so i got to fly home in a little plane.
i was so excited to get home. it made me so happy. so when we got back to buffalo, mn i told jon i wanted to kiss the ground. he said that that isnt cool. but you know what i mean. i was so happy to be home. this is my first time home since i left for college. his sister, mary, was home with her baby. that is why jon went home anyways. but mary said that she still gets home sick (she lives in california with her husband).
so when jon was driving me home. that was great, i was so giddy. when we finally got to my house he stopped at the end of my long driveway and im like, "dude come on, if you dont go, i'm ganna run up this thing." he drove up the driveway so slow. then at the tar he stopped again and went even slower, he was like, "boy you are getting ansy." oh my gosh yeah. come on why wouldnt i be.
i got up to the house and mya was standing at the windo with mom. she is so big. wow. when i got it i said hi to them all. what greatness. i dont think mya remembered me too much which makes my heart break. i love her so much. we stood up there and talked for a bit then jon left and i sat down at the counter with mom and dad. that was cool.
when i went down to my room erin had put a sign on my door saying welcome back. "i was bored so i made a sign, love erin." i love her. funny girl. in my room i layed down on my bed. oh my gosh i never knew how comfy it was. it is like laying on clouds compared to the dorm beds. and my room is dark which is so nice. i love it. i do.
im so glad to be home for the weekend, thanks dr. hightower for letting me take my chem test on tuesday! i really love ya for that. but yeah, im glad to be home!

Monday, October 24, 2005

Sunday, October 23, 2005

pics

all these pics were taken this weekend in the state of confusion, sorry, south dakota. yeah it was fun! cooleo

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i was called out.

i hate feelings. one day they will be one thing and the next another. you ever feel like there is something playing with your brain making you go crazy. maybe eating away at it. taking every last morsel of normal/healthy, not scar tissue, out of it.
i feel like im going crazy. one minute i am happy with life and school and the next i feel like i am going insain and cant do anything. its all a waste of time. wishing i could wake up in my bed back home and still be in high school. nothing horridly important to worry about. nothing wrestling with my body. i feel like i am drowning in my own self image. i want to talk to my sister, i want to hug both of them. i want to be able to look my parents in the eye as i talk to them instead of looking at the words. wishing i could drive away from here with no one else in the car. but i am stuck here. no wheels, no possiblity to get aways besides the two wheels of my bike or the sk8 board. oh my gosh get me out of here.
im sick of using my brain. i feel like it is disintegrating even as i write this. i took another assessment for aleks. it nocked my back to 36. sick!!!! i was at 102. i need to get to 140 something in a few weeks. i am dying! oh my gosh. how can i do this. i can, i need to. im up to no good. i have so much work to do but so little time. im done, its over, im out. i hit the last ball and missed and was called out.

Friday, October 21, 2005


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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

the day goes on

Im talking to my daddy on IM. that is always fun. he is concidering changing jobs from PRGA back to Deltec where he is working though PRGA and used to work at about 4 years ago. my dad just called me a control freek. cause we were talking about how i cant drive and how i am going to want to when i go back to the twin cities. some friends and i are going to go to a relient k concert in st. paul and i would so rather drive then tell them where to go. so i guess i am a control freak? no i just like driving. :)
oh hey. i got my paper back from english. i got a D+. how nice is that. the highest grade the proffesor king gave was a B. ick!!!! at least we can redo it and turn it in for a better grade but still gross! oh then my next paper is on The Breakfast at Tiffanys. it is out midterm paper. so we have to do it in class.
now i am talking to my mom. she asked me if i got the pictures she sent me of mya. yeah i for sure did. they are so cute! i have such cute little sister. hey did i tell you that i might get another little sister. Lily. to keep mya company. now i am helping mom pick out some pics to have done proff. made in wallet size or something.
gosh i dont want to do any homework today or anyday. im sick of it. i just want to get out of school but i dont at the same time. i was signing into aleks today and it gave me an assessment. i quit half way through cause i dont want to be kicked back a bajillion. im sick of aleks.
i talked to jon last night for a few hours. from like 11-1:00. i hadnt really talked to him over the weekend. it was cool and all. the weekend was my alone time finally but i missed him. i was glad to talk to him. jon might come over and visit me this weekend. he would get here thursday night. i still have to find a place for him to stay.
he is thinking about changing colleges. we talked about looking for a college back home. i would love to go to college back closer to my family and friends but that would be hard. i feel like now i am finally getting a grasp of everything here. he is thinking about going here. that would be cool. but its hard cause i dont know my major and everything. we always end up talking about that. he said if he went back home and i went here for the rest of college that we would for sure get married after college. i would miss him so much though. it would be hard but i know we could do it. there is a lot to think about. but for right now i think it is God's will for me to stay here. i have things that he wants me here for.
alright. maybe i should attempt more from my aleks assessment before i go to campus ventures tonight. later...

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Sunday, October 16, 2005


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Saturday, October 15, 2005

ministry house

today was great! just great! being that it is friday and all i didnt have to get up until 9:30 for my chem class at 10. for lunch i dont even remember what i did. all i know is that i went to the chow area called the caff. oh yes now it came to me. today was visitor day for the kids looking at schools for next year so the caff was all decorated and had prety good food. i ate with tony and one of his friends who seemed cool. the friend i had seen before at campus ventures.
math class wasnt too bad today. he was actually kinda funny. which is out of the ordinary that i actaully enjoyed it. when i got back from math class erin had already left with skye and john so i had the room all to myself which was nice but just out of the ordinary. i didnt know what do do.
i fooled around on the internet looking at cameras for over an hour and talked to my dad. then i fell asleep for a few hours and woke up went to dinner. i didnt have anyone to eat with and mike was eating alone so i sat with him. that was cool. i got to know him a little bit better. then i went back and left for the ministry house with shelli. i invited one of the girls from my hall. it seems like she had fun and she said she would go with me to campus ventures and if i go to the ministry house again.
the ministry house is great. we played many-a-games. we played spoons then a game called kemps. that game got crazy. ok so you have a partner who sits accross from you at the table and you are trying to get a set of four cards. when you get that set you give your partner a signal and they have to say kemps. if someone else sees that you have it then they can say no kemps. its cool. i wont explain the game anymore. i cant explain it, sorry. anyways the night went well and i had a great time. i hope to go back again to the ministry house and have more fun. oh my gosh i laughed more there than i have in a long time. my stomach started to hurt. i loved it. *sight* thats great!

Thursday, October 13, 2005

understanding the misconception

last night was great. i had fun with erin. it was all cool. skye said she wishes that her and her roommate would chill out like erin and i do. yeah i have it made. sure there are times when it gets anoying to have a roommate but sometimes its just great. fun fun fun.

im talking to kaylo and she is giving me more info on jamie. she said that he has up to 15 years in jail. she said he wasnt involved in the murder but was in the staged robbery. im just in complete awe. its crazy. his court date is Oct. 25

oh no i think i should warn you. i am now involved in facebook. its very addicting and has me already. crazy!!!

english class wasnt too cool today and i had only an online test thing for speech cause the fessor wasnt there. psychology was good. i really liked today. actually i am really liking the fessor. she is so awesome. i love all the stories she tells. it makes it easier to remember when there are more ways to get to where the memory is stored.

hmm... i think i might go skateboard around campus today. either that or bike around town cause i'm just in one of those moods. i also might just have to take a nap. actually i might do that right now cause erin is away for the time being.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

im addicted

it got me. i finally went on facebook.com and like i said i am addicted. check it out. you will become addicted too...
earlier today i went to freshmen bible study. i really liked it. God is cool what can i say.

mommy called me

my mom called me while i was taking a nap today. she told me the newspaper, star tribune, called her and asked her about jamie. she told me they might call me and if they do dont answer any question. that aught to be interesting if they do call. its all so odd. i just dont know what to think.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

lost in the confusion

today was quite great! it started out not the best. having to wake up early after a late night of finishing my paper that was due at 8:00 for english comp. i was thinking about skipping speech today but thankfully i decided not to. then i went to psych. i am really liking the proph. she is really cool (we have 3 phessers for that class, they change every 5 weeks).
after psych i went over to the market place in the student union and ate some lunch with tony, shana, and jenna. that was interesting. tony and i then went out and rode around campus. i rode on jon's old long board and tony sk8ed. im not too good but it was fun anyways. then we went down to the fish hatchery on our bikes, rode around town, stopped at the sk8 park, last but not least we went to the salvation army in town and found this rocking record player that we got to work so he is going to pick that up later today.
oh something new. i heard that a kid that i went to school with in the tiny little calvin christian school in blaine, and then went to youth with him and church for the last forever was put into jail for murder. here are a few articles that kaylo sent me. http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_281184522.html
http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/5663112.htmlshe called me earlier when we were on the bike ride. i was really suprised. anyways erin is calling me so im ganna go talk to my sister.

my first college paper

i finally finished. yippee. i need to sleep one of these nights though.

Sunday, October 09, 2005

up on the rims


hey. alright well this weekend started out great with some awesome weather. yesterday, which was friday i left in the afternoon after my math class with shana and went on my way to buffalo, Wyoming. i enjoyed spending my day with her. i got the chance to go out to eat with her mother and her at the place where she worked all summer and more. I got to meet all her cool animals and some of her friends. it was cool to kinda look in on her life, see how it is to be in her shoes (ok so i dont really know but it is cool that i know what she is talking about now). this morning we left around 9:15 from her house to sheridan, wyoming. the town is prety cool. we went to this really good restraunt. then i met jon at walmart and was on my way to Billings, Montana.


right now i am sitting on his bed and we are having a laptop frenzy while listening to Roper. mmm... good stuff. i am so tired. i had a grand day with him. we hung out around campus and then we went outside and hopped into the car and drove and bought some pizza and pop and went up to the rims on the edge of town. The make-out spot. lol. we chilled out up there and ate our pizza and had a good ole' time. it was funny because erin messaged jon while we were up there and he sent a picture in their "picture war" (they send pics and see if the other can figure out what it is). Jon sent a pic to erin of from up on the rims and asked her what it was and she said the make-out spot, i did have to laugh cause it is honestly that and the party spot. that was all fun and we hung out up there for quite a while and had a grand time.

alright well we are now just chilin and i am really tired. sometime here we might head down to the basement and watch a movie. i will probably fall asleep while watching it and that will be oh so nice. yeah i dont like falling asleep during movies. oh well. i guess i shall go and bond with Jonny some more. later.

Friday, October 07, 2005

dance craze!

yeah so the swing dancing was rockin. Tony and i were dance partners he is a cool guy. we werent the best dancers but it was still fun. after the dance craze we went back to my dorm and chilled. i enjoyed that. showed him a bit too many pics. hopefully he didnt get totally bored and i showed him some good tunes. it was fun. but yeah anyways i am really excited for tomarrow to go home with shana and then go visit jon. i cant wait to see him. this weekend will be good. i am also ready to get out of the dorm and stuff. i wasnt here last weekend either but i dont know that was diff. it was CV retreat. it was very good though. this weekend will be awesome in diff. ways. alright well i am needing to get homework done but procrastinating very badly and will probably not get anything else done tonight. alright well the highlight of my day was learning how to swing dance. it has been a dream/goal of mine since back in the day. so fulfilled a goal on a beautiful thursday like today.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

swing dancing

im on my way over to the student union to go learn how to swing dance. this is going to be great, just great. i even have a dance partner. he is a cool kid. his name is Tony. I hung out with him and my friend Ryan (its a girl) and played ping-pong and chilled in his dorm looking at pictures and books and listening to music. it was so nice to get out of my estrogen filled dorm. but anyways im off. . .

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

snowy day


the top pic is of this morning on the way to chemistry.

that pic is last night around 11:00. crazy-->

it's snowing like crazy



so it is snowing like crazy here in spearfish sodak. yeah i lke it but i dont think i am surely ready for it. i dont have a jacket i only have gloves, a scarf, and a hat. A trip to goodwill might be in order here.

I called home before i left for class today. talked to my mommy and she said it isnt snowing back in the land of minnesota but it is raining like crazy. on the part of the driveway that we share with the other pps it has been prety bad for the last few years, needing some more gravel. well mom said the city is going to help out with that cause it could wash away is what she made it sound like. that is crazy. it will be interesting to go back home in a few weeks here. i am so excited.

Jon's dad is going to fly out and pick up jon because his sister, mary is going to be in town with her baby so then he will pick me up on the way back. that is so nice of him. but that is going to be so awesome to be able to go home. i am so excited!!! sorry i hav said that a lot.

today i need to get my last two objectives on aleks done. aleks is an online math coarse where we do our assignments. its prety ok but not the best way to do it. i like the old fashioned way of doing things out of a book. then i have to get my chem lab notebook in. it is due in Mrs. Z notebook box by 5:00 tonight. i also did my first psychology test. i got 62% not horrid compared to how much i studied and the other people in the class. Next tuesday i have the option of taking a retest which i will probably end up doing so that i can try and at least get an ok GPA. my english paper that i have only half way done is due next tuesday also so i have to get going on that especially if i am going to visit jon this weekend.

this weekend is going to be so much fun. i am going to ride out with shana and meet her pps and see where she lives. that will be cool. then on saturday morning jon is going to meet up with us in sheridan. so i will hang out with jon until monday afternoon because we have no school. on monday afternoon Jill and Shelli are going to pick me up in Billings and they get to meet Jon. that will be awesome. i have found some really nice girls to chill with. God is good!!

Sunday, October 02, 2005

finding satisfaction in Him

There is nothing in my life Lord
More sturdy than you
Standing alone on a rock
Lord you hold me in your arms
Grasping my hand in yours
Holding firm to your embrace
I let it all go
Opening to you an unclean heart
His tears wash over me
Cleansing my sinful soul
Kneeling down at your feet
I yell out to you Lord
Screaming out for Him
"I need you Lord"
The ground trembles in His presence
I stand firm on His rock
My sould cries out to the lost
Seeking your will
I find myself in your word
Drawing closer to you
Justified by the cross
Undistrubed in your glory
I seek after you Lord!

Campus Ventures Retreat

this weekend was so awesome! we left on friday afternoon around four and drove two and a half hours to the middle of nowhere land in montana. the town we were near was called ekalak. on the way there we got stopped in nowhere land by a stop light, then almost hit two or three deer. the deer thing we decided was God because it was right around where we had missed the entrance to Trails End Ranch.

the lessons were totally awesome. the speaker was so great. he talked on friday night about Priority to know Him: hold to his teachings (John 8:31-31), Love one another (John 13:34-35), Abide in Him (John 2:7-8). On saturday morning we learned if you get into the word of God it will fully prepair you, and Give the word of God the authority (Proverbs 30:5, Psalm 119:11). In the evening we talked about Mattew 28:18-20 go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, HOW? dedication and focus (Phil 3:12-14), skills-become a skilled handler of God's word , have a life in faith and courage (Heb. 11:1 &13). On Sunday morning we learned how we are going to endure. II Tim. 2:3-7 become like a soldier, athlete, and farmer.


during the afternoon on saturday we had a lot of rockin things to do. we could go on the flying-squirel, jump of pole to a trapeze bar, zipline, a huge swing over the trees, and more. i did a lot of these. the hardes and most stomach wrenching was the one where you climb up on a 3-story high pole, stand up on the tiny top and jump off toward a trapeze bar. that was interesting. took a bit of guts and i did it. i am glad i did it though. the rest was fun too just not as nerve racking.

I met some really sweet girls at the retreat also. Shelli from down stairs in Humbert, Jill from Thomas hall (she is so sweet, i hung out with her the most), alisha is a junior and is totally awesome. there was other people that i met too but these three i hung out with the most.

when we went into town to get gas the gas station was an old one. the man had to walk outside to get the price of what had been pumped, the men in there were talking about one of their cows that had just died and how they are having a BBQ this weekend. then the main street was called morman St. And the small grocery store reminded me of china and had cigs on the counter, illegal, and it was just hickville.

the whole experience was totally awesome and God is good. I am very glad that I decided to go on the retreat! It was worth every dollar I paid and more!!!