all's well that ends well

 

below is a picture of me on the last day of my sweet (sweet) blog challenge.

 sorry i look so rough.. and yes, i leave the house like this regularly. 

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now. this has been an awesome thirty days, all things considered. one very positive thing is that i dealt with two things that have been weighing heavily on my mind for longer than should be legal: harry and larry and my failed, not-sure-it-was-ever-real-in-the-first-place friendship. it was nice to finally get that stuff off my chest and out of my mind and let it go in a tangible way. in fact, the general process of remembering things is good: some you pull off the shelf, dust off, and go back to a better place; some shelves you empty and make room for better memories. very cleansing.

another awesome thing that happened to me i that i "caught up" on some much needed rest, albeit involuntarily. actually, to be honest, i'll probably never have enough down time. i'm perfectly content just doing nothing; in fact, i think being busy is simply evil! so it was nice to be able to chill and not feel guilty about it for once. thank God i also healed super well and fast from my little injury.

and last (but far from least), i got to know some cool bloggers. it was fun reading everyone's answers. i didn't get to read everyone's everyday, but there are definitely some awesome bloggers out there. i'm glad that others participated, and i hope everyone had a great time blogging to a challenge like i did. also, if you plan on using the prompts later, let me know so i can meet you too!

so get out there and go visit some of the new (and old) friends!

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Elise @ One Day At A Time Carin @ All because two people fell in LOVE Honey Bee Hive Lifes Gristle Coffee and Laughter angiebarney The Stephens Family The Davis Daily Dose

All Things Girl One Lady. . . . Three Boys! Camo and a Whole Lotta Love Two Southerners Anas Area We All See the Same Sky

challenge, day 7: movies

i like a lot of movies, so instead of favorite movies, i'll do favorite genres.


my favorite movies are movies that get my blood pumping.  naturally this includes war/action films.  but i'm a history nerd, so if the setting is historical (even if not historically accurate), i probably like it.  tied for first place are these two:

Gladiator

image from gone elsewhere

 and 300

image from comicbookmovie.com

what?  i like to express myself.


second are movies about football.  i could watch these over and over and over:

            

these are just my favorites of the bundle!  if you have a dad, brother, boyfriend, uncle, husband or male friend, you know this is just the tip of the iceberg. these movies can be so inspiring, plus i get to see people get tackled.

and..... yes, i am a girl (in case any of you were unsure after these last few posts) so i have to include the girly films.  i love disney pixar and dreamworks films almost unconditionally (which, i suppose is not totally girly)....

...and the occasional tear jerker.

 there is also a special place in my heart for the toy story trilogy.  and titanic.  and twilight...wait, what?

i just realized i like most movies i see.  seriously.  this is ridiculous..but the one that takes the cake also happens to be a shameless plug for Jesus.  it's the movie our church produced, to save a life.

 

have yall seen it?  what did you think?  it's totally rad, right? even more rad is, each week at staff meeting, we get to hear awesome stories about how it's changing lives all around the world, literally.  stories about people who decided life instead of suicide and found a meaning to their existence.  from all the way to rhode island, brazil, africa... it's a must-see.  

and there you have it.  too much info, i know, but i found one thing out about myself during this 30-day challenge.. 

i don't know when to quit.  

all other movie covers are from amazon.com

30 - day blog challenge!

this challenge began on the tenth.. i'm already 5 days late... but it sounded so fun and inspirational that i'm going to do it! basically i'm committing to blogging for thirty days on set topics. FUN. there are several versions of this out there, as i discovered from google, but i'm sticking with katie's.

obviously, if you know me, i am not going to only blog about these things.  maybe.  as for the first five... i may or may not post them all today...

here are the topics... (i posted them so i'd remember.) you should join us!

Day 1-Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3-Your first love
Day 4-Your parents
Day 5-Your siblings
Day 6-A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7-Favorite movies
Day 8-A place you've traveled to
Day 9-A picture of your friends
Day 10-Something you're afraid of
Day 11-Favorite tv shows
Day 12-What you believe
Day 13-Goals
Day 14-A picture you love
Day 15-Bible verse
Day 16-Dream house
Day 17-Something you're looking forward to
Day 18-Something you regret
Day 19-Something you miss
Day 20-Nicknames
Day 21-Picture of yourself
Day 22-Favorite city
Day 23-Favorite vacation
Day 24-Something you've learned
Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs
Day 26-Picture of your family
Day 27-Pets
Day 28-Something that stresses you out
Day 29-3 Wishes
Day 30-A picture

and here's katie's link :)