Yet Another Hiatus

After a short summer bloggy 'vacation', I've decided to post again. I've just been enjoying summer and hanging out with friends. I've even considered completely stopping posting on here, seeing as though not many people even read this. I think I'm just doing this for my sake, to document a day in age of the technology generation.

As that was said, here's a quick update: I'm 16, I turned 16 on the 10th. I had my sweet 16 on the 15th. It was pretty awesome! Axel is 50 pounds now, and almost 10 months old, he's still a cutie! I'm leaving the country on Saturday morning to go on a mission trip to Nicaragua-yes I'm scared out of my mind! School starts back on August 11th-EW. No, I haven't gotten my license yet-yes, I REALLY REALLY want it! Mom is just standing in the way!

Well, that seems to be about it for updates. It kinda stinks being 16 without a license and a car!

~m

Baby, let's get out of here

I feel like saying something, but I really have nothing to say. It's hard to describe, I just don't want to come up with anything to say. Well, there's tons of stuff to say, but I'm kinda lazy and my battery is about to die.

Wednesday last week, dad broke his collar bone in a bike accident. It'll take about 6-8 weeks to heal if he doesn't need a pin and plate. 

This weekend, I haven't really done anything, I babysat and slept over at Mb's on Friday night. 

Today- Deanna's surprise party at Sweet CeCe's

Well, that's all for this post

~m

3 more weeks...

of summer...it's slipping away! I don't want it to!

Today, me and amy went dtf(downtown Franklin) and met at sweet cece's. Then we walked around main street, going in various stores.
Then we walked along the railroad track and went to the bridge covered in spray paint

Just ignore all the curse words and such(:

Then we went to Pinkerton and talked and stuff...

Sooo ya! That's it for this posty thingy!

~m

Weddings, Summer Enrichment, Babysitting and Friends

Well, it's less than a month until school starts...I know, I don't want to go back either.

That means summer enrichment, which means work during summer break, hence the BREAK! Which should mean a break from work, school work!

Tomorrow, I am babysitting Piph and Ollie from 8am-2pm. I'm so excited! I love those kids! They are adorable!  They will come over to my house, so I'll be up bright n' early!

Tomorrow about 3, is Abby and Eli's wedding! I'm so happy for them!

Sunday, I'm hanging with the bestie...I hope! We will live it up until it can't be lived up any more! Now that I'm out of this 'funk', I'm looking forward to hanging out with people and not wanting to lay in bed all day.

Next week...is totally open to discussion. I have no idea what is going on next week. Probably babysitting(?), working, and hanging out with friends. I want to fight in a movie night with Caitlyn and a few pool days with various people.

That's about it, haven't done anything worth putting on here...so next post!

~m

Painting

Well, after about 4 years of saying I was going to do it, we finally are! We've been deciding to paint my room since I was in 6th grade, when I got my bohemian comforter.  We headed to Lowe's on Saturday and got paint that kinda, sorta matched it. It's called intense teal. It looks very green, not teal!

I spent all day today preparing it, I starting taping my doorways, baseboards and window sills. Then I went a little insane and began cleaning the baseboards, the walls, my doors and my window. Then I dusted off my furniture and vacuumed my floor. Then, I sanded down the drywall that got patched over and wiped it down. All to find out that we're not even painting tomorrow!

Dad, said we would probably not paint until this weekend...ugh. I cleaned, and prepared for nothing! So, that means amy is going to come over tomorrow, and we'll make up for my birthday. She was out of town, so...not sure what we will do. Some time this week, I'm going to hang out with caitlyn, charity, mary, marabeth and katy... separately! This will be challenging!

That's about it, so...next post?

~m

Officially...

Well, I'm officially half way to 30. No, I feel no different. It's like...hard to describe. I don't feel a whole year older or anything. It feels like any other day of being 14. Isn't that what most people say? Haha, seems like it.

We got home from Atlanta at around 11:30 last night, we were all exhausted! Jaimie was sick with a cold in her head and a headache. I had a headache most of the day yesterday, it finally went away 2 hours after I took Advil.

We got to Atlanta around 1pm on Wednesday, we got settled into the hotel, we stayed in a Hyatt. It was NICE! The room was a little small but that's ok, we all got along...sometimes. About 15 minutes after being there, we walked to the Marta. We rode to 5 Point and transferred to a stop which I don't remember the name. Then we walked to the Coca Cola museum. It was HOT! Then we walked back to the station, we went to Underground Atlanta and walked around. Then we rode back to Buckhead and walked back to the hotel.

We left again about an hour later and went to the Cumberland Mall. I went to H&M while mom and dad got reservations at The Cheesecake Factory. I shopped for about 40 Minutes. I bought a shirt and skirt. That is all I had time for!

Thursday was Six Flags! I had tons of fun! I rode the Georgia Cyclone, Dahlonega Mine Train, Mind Bender, The Georgia Scorcher, and The Great American Scream Machine. Then I rode Monster Mansion, Thunder River, Splash Mountain, and Gotham City Crime Wave.

Then we went and ate at Gordon Biersch. It was a brewery/pub. It was VERY good. I got turned onto Arnold Palmer's, they are very good! We shared two pizzas, we got Hawaiian and Pepperoni.

Then Friday, we checked out at 11. Then we went to Ikea(INSANE), then we went to Perimeter Mall to go to Forever 21. Then we went to a strip mall in Calhoun, I went to Rue 21. Then we ate Chik Fil A for dinner. Then we finally got on the road around 9. We got home around 11:30 that night.

It was a good vacation, I went to 2 major cities in less than a month(: I feel accomplished!

~m

[Insert Title Here]

Well, uhh...I feel like I should say something, but there really isn't anything to say. As you can see from my title, I am fresh out of creative ideas.

Going to Atlanta tomorrow, bright n' early! Good thing? Idk.

This weekend will be long and kinda boring. Turning 15 on Saturday, my best friend won't even be in town! This will be the second year in a row that she has missed my birthday...last year wasn't really her fault though, this year isn't either. I'm not doing anything that is fun, or anything that means anything...it's not what I do, I'm not very good at planning things.

Well...that's all I can think of. Happy early birthday Shelly! Her birthday is tomorrow, for those of you who know her, tell her happy birthday!

~m

Happy Fourth of July!

It's Independence day! Happy 4th! Now, time for barbecue, watermelon, banana popsicles, and fireworks!!

going over to sophie's tomorrow and swimming...?

Tuesday is Eclipse(AGAIN!!) with kristen,

Wednesday, we are going to Atlanta!

I'll be back on Friday or Saturday.

Saturday is my 15th birthday, I'm excited! Even though I'm not doing anything!

~m

Eclipse Premiere

Well, last night was the Eclipse  premiere. I was one of the millions of people who went to that. It was INSANE! I took no pictures, except a few screen shots with my phone. No, none of them are of edward, he's not worth my phone memory(:

I went with a few older friends, Shelly, Courtney, and Michelle. Courtney is like my older sister, I hadn't seen her in forever! It was awesome seeing her! We all met at Shelly's house around 9. We left by 9:15, we drove in a convertible...a black Volkswagen bug! It was so much fun! We went to Starbuck's, then we went to the movies. We got our light blue stub and waited...and waited. We were in a line that went out past the movie theater! It was crazy! Channel 4(?) news was there documenting it...it was fun!

We got into the theater and we sat kinda in front, we had pretty good seats! The movie started and there was relentless screaming...and who's better(EDWARD OR JACOB). It was a pretty badass movie, the action was incredible! I applaud it for that reason, and it was pretty funny too!

All over, it was a good movie, way better than the first one! Even better than the second one(:

Now, to wait until the 4th one....only a year and a half away! NOVEMBER 2011!

~m

Reminiscing of a Better Time

Since I have gotten back from St. Louis, I have had serious withdrawal! I miss Jaylen and working with him...I miss being busy and working for the greater good. I'll probably never see him again and I'll probably never get that experience back. I miss having something to do every single day and rarely getting a chance to sit down. I miss the work, I miss the hectic schedule and most of all, I miss being able to get away from my Williamson County bubble. 

I have humbled myself with the experience, it was eye-opening, and all the usual stuff someone says about a mission trip. Sometimes I want to take back what I did and re-do the entire thing, just so I have a little more time. So I could have been more enthusiastic about it and more into it. I wish my heart had been in the right place before I left, I wish I wasn't so self-absorbed for the trip. I wish that I could have done more with my time. 

Enough with all the wishing, and wanting to take back's, it happened and it's done with. At least I got the experience, and I'm not regretting a single second of it! I'm glad I was chosen by God to go on that trip, I hope I'm chosen to go to Nicaragua next year to serve and share. I can't wait to see what God has in store for me this coming school year. I want to live it up and not waste any second of it. 

I'm glad I met the people I did on the trip, and I'm glad I have more friendships than I did when I left. I'm glad I kept the friendships I had before I left and when I did. I'm glad I did what I did on the trip. I'm glad I picked the younger kids over the older ones, if I hadn't then I would have never met Jaylen. That's something I''m so thankful for!

Well, I'm getting off my little soap box and calling it a post.

~m

Tattoos and Piercings

I want a tattoo and my belly button pierced.

I want either a tattoo of a heart or a sun on my shoulder:





and for the piercing:

it'll just be a regular piercing(:

SO EXCITED!!!!! I've wanted those for as long as i can remember! So, in 3 years and 15 days, i'll have a tattoo and a piercing!

~m

Heat Exhaustion

Well, this week has been 100 degrees. Sometimes even higher, I don't like it! We started FBA on Monday. Only a day and a half after i got back to Tennessee from St. Louis! So, I was already sleep-deprived and over worked. I am working in South America, specifically Ecuador.  I am making blow dart guns. Well, technically marsh mellow shooters. I have been heat exhausted all week, I have had above and beyond the amount of vitamin d I need in a week. NOT GOOD! Tomorrow is the last day, so that means tear down. Man, what am I going to do with my weeks now? It's going to be filled with summer enrichment work. I have to write a paper, read a book, complete a power point slide, and something else, that's all for only three subjects! I can't wait though, it's going to be a good year...I can feel it!

Yesterday and today, I have been working outside in the yard, cleaning it up a bit. I have many bugs bites and scrapes! My hands are so crampy and tired! Why am I complaining though? It's not nearly as hard as somethings people I know do! They stay out and work all day long and their yards look amazing! I'm so jealous! Not everything goes as planned though!

Friday, I think I have to babysit Nathan and Calvin. Not sure yet.

Saturday, I'm going to sleep in for the first time since before St. Louis!

Speaking of St. Louis, I rescued a bird in the front garden. He must have fallen out of the nest and gotten stuck in the underbrush. He was chirping and struggling! It was so sad! My friend, Sophie, named him Louis. He's a saint now(:

He's been hanging out around the same place I found him. Not sure if the mother abandoned him or not! I sure hope not!

That's all to report! Until next post!

~m

I'm Back!

St. Louis was amazing! I enjoyed everything!

We stayed at New City Fellowship Church, in a dorm on 82nd street. It was older, we had to climb 4 flights of stairs about 7-8 times a day, sometimes even more! My room slept 6 people, there were only 5 of us. We got there on Saturday around 8pm. We had debriefing, and meetings until about 10:30; i took a shower after that. We got our rooms settled and we slept until 8 the next morning. We had church at 8:30 on Sunday morning. The service was pretty boring considering we were so tired! The choir sang gospel music and Swahili songs. Then we had more meetings after that. Then we ate lunch with a host family, they provided salmon, sour dough bread, salad, and ice cream! Afterwards, we had yet another meeting. this time about our tutoring. We would tutor a child from Monday-Thursday. Then we had dinner, and after that we started our back yard bible clubs! We went door to door to get the word around. We came back, took showers and had debriefing. Then we went to bed.

Monday-Thursday, we woke up. We had breakfast at 7:15am, went upstairs at 8 and had devotions. Around 9, devotions was over. We had the tutoring from around 9:10-12 . My tutoree was Jaylen. He is adorable!

He is 5 years old. I miss him soooo much!











After tutoring we had lunch upstairs, then we split up into groups for our work projects. On Monday, I stayed at the tutoring program. Tuesday, I went to work along the side of a main road, cleaning it up and making it safer. We did that for 2.5 hours in the pouring rain, hail, thunder and lightening! Not safe! Wednesday, I did the same thing, except it was in the blazing hot sun, lovely 95 degrees! A homeless man came up, picked up some gloves and got to work right with us! We bought him lunch afterwards. Thursday, I helped build a wooden fence for a woman named, Ms. Flora. She has 15 kids and 50 grandkids! WOW!!!

On Wednesday, that was the last day of backyard bible clubs. I just so happened to get a mosquito bite on my leg and I used the top of my tennis shoe to itch it. Little did I know, I was rubbing the top layer of skin off! It hurt for awhile, but on Friday, it got infected!

Thursday was the last day of tutoring. I had to say goodbye to Jaylen! I cried...quite embarrassing on my part. Considering I rarely cry in front of people. Mr. Dan had all the tutors in a circle while the kids went to the bathroom. He said Jaylen had cried for a good hour and a half and when he told me that, I broke down!

Friday was our free day. We woke up at 8, had breakfast. met outside the dorms and left for the arch. After the arch, we walked to get lunch. I had subway. Then we split into groups for the city museum and shopping. I went to the museum. I got my leg bandaged, because it got infected. I had to limp around it hurt so bad!
Then we went to a Cardinal's game. They won 6-4!! It was a good game! I almost lost my camera though!

Well, I'm tired and sore! I'm going to get off and post again sometime next week!

~m

St. Louis!

On Saturday, I will be in St. Louis. Beginning my mission trip. I will be going with my church, with my youth group. I'm so excited but nervous! I went to Chicago last year in July, it was one of the most exciting and eye opening experiences ever. I'm looking forward to it! While i'm there, I will be going to a VBS, work sites, etc. we will have a free day next Friday, we will go shopping, go to a Cardinal's game, see the Arch, and go to museum's.

Here's the arch:



Here's the Cardinal's stadium:




During the game, we will be right behind home plate!! SO cool!
I'm excited to see the kids, and working in demolition projects!

It's late, I need sleep, I'll post when I get back from St. Louis!

~m

Excitement

well, sunday...was sunday. went to church, saw my awesome dgroup girls! went out to lunch afterwards, took care of beemer, yoda, and indy.

GOIN' SWIMMING TOMORROW!!! Again, i'm probably going to get sunburned....it looks a little something like this:
                                                                          






Except, i just got those off of google images(: haha, you can get an idea of it off of that.

Me and Mary are going swimming tomorrow around 2:30ish. excited, i like excitement, it just adds to the excitement of the day or the minute or the week, what ever floats your boat!

getting off early tonight, actually tired!

~m

:( (: :/........................? emoticons

very sunburnt...gonna hit the pool again in a few days tho!!

amy is going to nebraska...shame. i'll be bored for the next two weeks tho!

sunday, i might go to the pool with mary. if my sunburn goes away enough!

tomorrow....absolultly nothing!

that's all for today though!

night!(jk)

~maggie

Perfection

I've run out of creativity...so, i'll talk about my week!

So, Monday was my first official day of summer. I went downtown with Mary and Hannah. We went to Sweet CeCe's and walked around trying on dresses and such.

Tuesday, I started watching season 2 and 3 of House. I finished yesterday morning.

Starting Monday, I got 'reconnected' with an ex of mine. We talk like friends and that's all I ask(: I'm glad I can talk to him again without it being too awkward.

Wednesday, I almost went to the first WNL of the year with Amy and Travis, but that didn't happen, instead I went to church and hung out with Aislinn and Annie and Aislinn's daughter, Sheilyn.

Thursday, I did absolutely nothing....just sleeping in and stuff.

Friday, was Marabeth's birthday, she turned 15 and got her permit! I slept over at her house, and hung out with her insane cousins. I went swimming at night, the first time this year. My hair is still dark red, and I'm still pale!

Today, I left her house around 11 and went to eat with the family, around 12 at Nacho's. We were polite according to my dad. Aren't we always polite? haha

Well, tomorrow. I might be going driving and such....might be crazy for that! Going to church, and i'm not sure after that!

Monday is Memorial day, we might just have a cookout!

Well, that's all for this post!

~maggie

Summer(:

The title says it all!

Going Downtown Franklin with Hannah, Kristen, and Mary tomorrow.

I'll post later.

Night!

~maggie

Dedicated to Carrie Codington!

Carrie,

You are so sweet! I love you to death! I'm so stinking depressed about you moving to China this summer...and not being able to come to St. Louis...but, God has the best and most amazing plan over there for and your family to serve him! I can't wait to see what you accomplish in the next few years! You will have a blast over there and we will Skype at least once a week! I'm still working on getting that set up...haha.

Meeting you a few years ago, was a blessing. I don't even want to imagine what my life would be like if I hadn't have met you! You are super sweet and have a passion to serve! Your readiness to serve and pray are so overwhelming. You have not only changed me, but you have changed the lives of everyone around you!

You have made me a better person and that's definitely a good thing! You have a kindness that not everyone had. I look up to you a lot! I'm so glad that I met you, and I'm glad that we are best friends, sisters and daughters of God! I hope you have an amazing time in China and fulfill the plan that God has for you!

I love you oh so much!
(Me and Carrie at Sopapilla's onWednesday!)

-maggie