Check out the article on my family!!

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/dec/24/tdmain01-cooking-runs-in-the-family-ar-734449/

I love my family. Tradition and culture!!

The songs of the 90's and Christ??

      With the exception of songs like the Funky Cold Medina and Tootsie Roll there really are some awesome 90s songs that make you think and find appreciation in God and the little things in life. On my way to Nicole's this morning I was switching up my Christmas music up and tuned into a station that was playing "All Star" by Smashmouth and then next up was "Tell me all your thoughts on God" by Dishwalla. Although I am a child of the 90's I don't think I ever took the time to actually LISTEN to the lyrics. They are really actually thought provoking. Here is the line from All Star that grabbed my attention:


           "Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
          Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
          Didn't make sense not to live for fun
          Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

          So much to do so much to see
          So what's wrong with taking the back streets
          You'll never know if you don't go
          You'll never shine if you don't glow"

Maybe you are thinking..."uhhh?? Whats so great about those lyrics?" but when I read them I think HOLY COW they make so much sense. 

1- Life keeps moving on wether you like it or not

2- No one WANTS to follow the rules

3- You need to enjoy this one life that God has given you, its not all about the knowledge of the world you can gain, you have to go out and love the world that God has placed us in

4- Why conform to the rest of the world, when you can take the path less traveled and see new things 

5- GO AND DO AND SEE

Then there is the song "Tell me all your thoughts on God" :

                  "He walked with a purpose and his sneakers down the street
                   he had..Many questions, like childeren often do.
                   he said....Tell me all your thoughts on God, and tell 

                   me am I very far.

                   We count only blue cars skip the cars in the street. 

                   And asked many questions like children often do.

                   we said...Tell me all your thoughts on God, cause I'd really 

                   like to meet her. And asked her where and who we are.
                  Tell me all your thoughts on God, cause I'm on my way 

                   to see her."

1- We can all take lessons in the bold and honest questions of children

2- We need to gain knowledge and advise from our elders

3- Having the child like faith 

4- Having the knowledge that you WILL see Christ

I love these 2 songs, I love the songs of the 90's. I am a child of the 90's. I did not know that you could get so much out of these!!! Just goes to see that you can find God anywhere you look. I started out this morning with a quick devo and my thoughts went straight through the God filter instead of the usual worldly one. 

Thank you Lord for this day, for songs of the 90's and for my right mindset this morning. 

Dry periods of life...

      Do you ever have a period of life where everything seems so dull and dry?? If not, I think you may be lying to yourself, OR if you aren't then please tell me your secret. Life has seemed so blah for me for the past 3 weeks. A lot of my relationships seem to be at a stand point ( or like I always say, your relationships are like a current, it's always moving, its either going up current or down).  I have no PASSION for any one thing besides the things in life that HAVE to stay put right now, and I struggle to keep "life" in me. The thing is I think I need an adventure. I have been stuck in my hometown for too long. Scratch that, I have been stuck in the United States for too long now. I am 22 years old, I need to get out and SEE THE WORLD THAT GOD HAS MADE!!! And yet, I am stuck. I have one more semester of school to go, them comes the next expected step in life... a job. Not that having a "real" job is a bad thing, because parts of me are so pumped for it, but with a real job comes REAL limitations. And that scares me.
      Today I found myself sitting in one of my classes looking up plane tickets. I just want to GO. I want to duplicate the trip I took last February to Balboa Island and hang out with Andrews aunt and uncle. I want to pick up and go see my family in Mexico. I want to go have a cabin of Young Life girls in Ireland and Wales again. I want to go some where NEW like Australia, Rome, Africa, Chile, Germany, France, Poland, Alaska, ANYWHERE really... I just feel like I need to explore new people, new cultures, new ground and discover and uncover something new and different out there that God has created.
      So, I feel dry. I feel dull. I feel blah.... and it is wearing me out!! Any suggestions anyone?? Besides the fact that Nicole and I need to fill out our "Amazing Race" application. I'm in need of a good adventure.

Lately the coolest thing in my life has been the food I make....

So I am a big fan of stumbleupon.com and I came across these two really fun recipes lately, and so I gave them a whirl.....

Brownie pops and sugar swirl cookies... YUMMY..