Layout!

Y'all I am super excited b/c I just learned how to do layouts on here and mine is now cute. Hooray! I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines Day :D Yay! Love to you all!

Sorry this post is boring...but whatever. I also have no idea how to put pictures in my posts which makes my blog extra boring. Haha. I'll work on that :)

Mercies New.

Wow. God is awesome. That is all I can say... Check this out!

Lamentations 3:21-23

"This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.

Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed,Because His compassions fail not.

They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness."

So this verse is in pretty much one of my favorite hymns EVER- Great is Thy Faithfulness
I know most of us know it, but I just wanted to put the lyrics here because they are so beautiful, and I realized today that I have wanted to find and learn the verse for quite some time.

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;

There is no shadow of turning with Thee;

Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;

As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see.

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,

Sun, moon and stars in their courses above

Join with all nature in manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth

Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

One of my favorite versions of this hymn is by Selah, and you can listen to it/watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJHao_5N9d8

So I found it and have really been reflecting on it. This verse/song is a huge part of my testimony, and it never ceases to ASTOUND me that God continues to be faithful to such a sinner as I. Every single day he provides me with multiple miracles-allowing me to live, and breathe, keeping me from danger or getting lost (a constant fear of mine), letting me do things that I love, providing for my needs even before I realize them. He is so Awesome!

Anyway... I just needed to remind myself of that. God Bless You!

Twice In One Week!?! Gasp!

Yes. I am blogging. Haha. I love the word blogging.

I feel like I should be sitting on a leapord print chaise lounge at Starbucks wearing dark eye makeup and a wardrobe entirely purchased from Urban Outfitters (Ya know...Like some trendy winterish boots, funky colored tights, and a sweater dress of some sort, with coordinating winter accessories in colors like cranberry and olive, topped off with a funky hat and dark glasses), sipping a Double Soy Latte and typing on my chic little mac book while snow flurries outside.

But...Alas. I am laying in my extra long twin bed under 3 heavy blankets, with a heating pad and my door wide open, hoping that a little of the warmth from the industrial Space Heater we use to heat our home will find its way into my cozy little bedroom :)
My attire is obnoxiously purple pants with the words MUSTANGS written across the leg, and a gray WWCC T Shirt to match. This isn't some sort of political statement, and wasn't important for the blog. Just helping to give a better feeling of my "blogging" surroundings. (I love that pretty much only Emily P. reads this. haha) Outside my window snow continues to softly and tenderly fall in huge fluffy Christmas card flakes from the sky.

This weekend was really fun and I thought I would document it and show that, like my last post had hoped, "things ARE looking up". Friday I slept in after the despair of the night before. The much needed sleep and laziness did my body good. When I finally awoke I took my time getting ready for the day and even straightened my hair. Stacey and I had a date to a progressive dinner sponsored by Chi Alpha (A Christian group on campus, not a Sorority). It was a lot of fun, good food, and I met some great people. Good stuff all around. Then I went home, chatted with my roommates over fresh baked cookies, Erin and I watched "Countdown to the Crown" and then went to bed.

Saturday I slept in again (Laziest weekend in quite some time), and my morning (or...early afternoon rather) was spent with making mashed potatos and gravy & laundry. Cassi suggested a little Miss America party, so I went to Wal Mart to get stuff to make brownies. While in the car I belted like crazy (I take every opportunity of solitude I can get to sing my heart out. My roommates and I are getting comfortable with one another...but not THAT comfortable yet.) I even ventured to cruise around some of the surrounding neighborhood to savor that alone time, and slowly make myself comfortable driving in my surroundings. (i HATE driving.) When I returned home Erin had just curled her hair with hot rollers, but then calmed it down so it looked natural and pretty. Cassi wanted Erin to put HER hair in hot rollers sometime, just for fun, and Erin got very excited about the prospect of making Cassi a "Rodeo Queen". So the Miss America event planned for the evening also turned into roommate bonding evening with the three of us curling our hair and taking pictures and eating way too much junk food, and best of all mine and Erin's Miss Indiana WINNING! Holler!

Now I know this story was pretty long and fairly pointless, but it makes me happy because I felt like I have now truly bonded with my roommates. Things are getting easier and less awkward around the house, and I feel like I'm truly getting to know them. It's nice.

Today was lovely and lazy yet again. I joined Stace at the Assembly of God church she attends for morning worship and just loved it. I'm definitely going again sometime. Afterwards we met some of her friends at McAlisters (the delicious deli in Laramie. So Good. Any of you who ever come to visit, I will take you there! Besides good food and SWEET TEA, there is a particular guy who works there who is Southern and adorable... Score!) Later in the afternoon Kayla came over and we watched our mutual guilty pleasure...The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Haha. Oh Gordo! How I love him so! Then I basically wasted away in the land of The Food Network and TLC, and watched the whole saga of Joshua Duggar's (The oldest child on 18 Kids and Counting) engagement and wedding (2 hours in all) not once...but TWICE. (I had to watch and comment on the replay when Cassi got home and watched it. More bonding.) Oh geez. I am pathetic. But hey, New Episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 Tomorrow...They're moving in to the new house! :) So... Yes, I actually do school work once in awhile here at SCHOOL...but a lazy wonderful weekend like the one I just had is sometimes greatly appreciated.

God Bless.
<3 Emily Brooke.

Blogging.

...This thing is very confusing to me. I would love to be writing profound thoughts to the universe about life, our new president, God, my family, random pictures I take, quotes I like music that is amazing and must be enjoyed by others, and many other things...but alas... I just get super confused about blogspot. Hence why Krystle judges me for not posting. I don't know how to follow anyone. Well other than 2 friends I have who have brand new blogs, and I don't know how anyone can follow me... So... It's kind of awkward. I feel like I'm on a dessert island writing in a personal journal that no one will ever see, and I already have one of those. It's in my dresser drawer :) It's red. Haha. Half of that stuff I write in there ends up on a blog or Facebook anyway, so... yeah. If anyone reads this SOS...Help me out.

And since you're here reading you might've wanted to know something about my life right now. So far UW is good, but i am incredibly lonely and bored. I do my homework, occasionally hang out with one of the two friends I have here so far. Haha. And the rest of my time is nothing. I read... I watch TV... I Facebook the people i USED to spend all of my time with. But I deeply and intensely miss that awesome busy feeling. I want to get involved in things but it is hard to do all by myself.

I have been brave and gone out on a limb on one or two things, but the truth is... I really don't know how to make friends. I have always had lots of them, and have always known tons of people, and being in theatre you have 20 new people every year kind of thrust upon you and you know that you all share common goals and interests to some extent, so it gives you a fabulous jumping off point! It was so easy to make friends that way!

But here I have to do it the old fashioned way, and everyone for the most part seems set in their routines and friendships and activities by this point in the game. Halfway through junior year of college is an incredibly awkward transition time when you're doing it alone, and I never realized how painfully awkward it really is to just try to introduce yourself to someone who sits by you in class and try to strike up a conversation, or to talk to the person who sits next to you on the morning bus when you're out of your element. It is hard and weird and I don't like it!

So... That's that. I am surviving and grateful for the little handful of friends I do have here, I'm just hoping things look up soon.
<3- EmilyBrooke- <3