Veronica Mars

Allison Hibbard is making me watch Veronica Mars....and by making me...i mean she asked me if i wanted to watch it and i said sure.

but the best part so far....they just made fun of people from the 909. hahaha
Sorry B.

second favorite part....Paris Hilton is on the show. haha.

My Grey's Premiere Recap....

first 55 minutes.....crap

last 5 minutes.....AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Small Group #1 Night 1

So i have 2 small groups right now. One on tuesday and one on thursday.
crazy, i know. So if you know anyone that wants to lead a small group of girls let me know!!!

anyway....tonight was so great. These are great girls that ask really great questions.
It's gonna be a good year.
a growing year.
I'm excited.

I'll let you know how group #2 night 1 goes on thursday. haha. =)

Reasons why i love bethany....

#1....her biggest fear is a wiener dog....followed closely in second place by internal combustion.
#2....her loud laughter.
#3....her encouragement of MY loud laughter.
#4....our sweet roommate plans that far exceed the lame JZ manor.
#5....she puts me in awkward situations ON PURPOSE!! =)
#6....she makes me laugh always.
#7....she's going to dance on the table when we live together.
#8....she had an eye brow piercing.
#9....she lived in the 909...which always makes for a good story.
#10...living with her = instant engagement.

don't worry B...i'll hold your hand when we live together so someone will know you internally combusted.
What do I do with the dust afterwards???? =)

i loooooooove you B!

my name is allison....

and I'm addicted to tv shows on DVD.


DANG IT. There's no good time to stop.....
no commercials
no opening credits
no closing credits
....no good time to stop.

DANG IT.

does life seem more busy than normal to you??

cause it sure does to me.
just seems like every second something huge is going on.
I'm exhausted.
BUT so excited for tomorrow!!!
i'm going to a Colbie Caillat concert at the Galaxy Theater in anaheim!!!
woooooo! i'm seriously so excited. I love her music!!!

Staff Training Day

So we had this staff training today...and Kurt got to give a Student Ministries presentation...which was probably more helpful to me than anyone else in the room. I've just been feeling really insignificant in ministry lately and him talking about his youth pastor leaving fingerprints on his life got me all sorts of choked up. It's not about me having it together or even being good at what i'm doing...it's about making myself available for God to work through...and perhaps leaving some fingerprints along the way....fingerprints that may not be realized until down the road....and that's okay.

i've been thinking all day about the fingerprints on my life....God is so rad. He works in the craziest, most mind blowing ways sometimes. I sure do love Him.

thoughts.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

a few of my favorite things...

Sheesh.

What do you do when you feel like a failure? Those of you that have been in ministry longer than i have...please share your thoughts. I am HIGHLY relational....you should know that. i LOVE my students with my whole heart....i can't help it, i just do. Well what do you do when a kid you love completely and have poured a year of your life into turns and runs the other way and acts like the entire last year didn't even phase them? I know i plant the seeds...God makes them grow...obviously...but my heart is broken and i'm just sad, i can't help it. I know i can't force students to make good decisions or go down the right path...but its soooo heartbreaking to watch. How do you make yourself be okay with watching a student you love just not get it? it's been a rough couple of days...just a lot of personal struggles and a couple of hard things happening at once.... I would appreciate the prayers for clarity and discernment.

Can friendships really last?

My whole life, in the majority of my friendships, it seems like it gets to a point of greatness....and then goes doooown hill. Its not like we get into a huge fight...we just steadily start drifting apart and bickering about little stupid things and eventually it gets to the point where i ask myself...do i really need this person in my life? I think i would rather get into a huge fight and solve it and move forward...but instead it seems its slow and gradual. Do people just change? Do relationships just change? Circumstances? Do we just get on each other's nerves eventually? How does a friendship last a life time? Looking back on my 23 years of life...there are only a couple of friends i can't imagine my life without....i want to be that kind of friend and i want those kinds of friends.

Recent Fun Events

Mariah and John invited Jason and me to the Angels game last night...and we sat in these sweet seats! First row of the club level on the third base side. The angels lost...but a very fun game, with very fun people (even if they did get on the big screen while I was in the bathroom!!)

Also another friday night watching the boys play softball...its become rather entertaining. haha.

and the highlight of my day was a comment by Brittany on my iphone post. =)
Britt...i was so sad you weren't here when i got it...only because i know how much you love presents from my mom. I miss you a lot though for real...hope NY is great!!!

Fun Night

I met Mariah at the boys softball game which was super fun to catch up! i'm soooooo glad she's back!! =) And we also managed to catch jaime fall on his face TWICE which was incredibly entertaining! Then we headed over to the Johnston's for a little High School Musical 2 with SUCH fun people!! I haven't laughed so hard in awhile! It's so refreshing to be around really fun people! It was a much needed, very fun night!

My mom is Rad

Mainly because when she misses me she likes to send me things....or buy me things...its her thing. Most current gift of love....oh an iphone...and its AWESOME!!! It's kind of addicting to play with though. I got a new number...officially a californian with my 949 area code. Send me an email if you need the new digits!

Kenya stole my heart....

I'm home from africa....and very glad to be home but CAN'T wait to go back!!!!
I'll post some pictures soon....i have soooooo many! it was a wonderful/crazy/sad/eye opening/inspiring/heart breaking trip!
i missed you guys!!!

My Favorite Candy

If you'd ever like to make my day then know that it just requires the small purchase of a box of Sno-caps.
Allison bought me some for my plane ride to go along with my 90's mix cd. While explaining the joy of sno-caps to the other Allison I noticed in small print the description of a sno-cap and it is as follows: Semi-Sweet chocolate nonpareils

what is a nonpareils you ask? Ohhh we googled it and it is "tiny white sugar balls".
My day is now complete. Thank you Allisons.

Alice's 90's Music Mix

last night Allison Hibbard created for me the world's greatest 90's Music mix for my 23 hour flight to Kenya on Saturday...and let's just say it includes The Thong Song, Ace of Base, Lisa Lobe, FREAKING SUBLIME!! Smashing Pumpkins, BB Mack...and oh yes Thrid Eye Blind.

be jealous. Be very jealous.

No more smoking at disney

i found this to be so awesome.

"Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday became the first major Hollywood studio to ban depictions of smoking, saying there would be no smoking in its family-oriented, Disney-branded films and it would "discourage" it in films distributed by its Touchstone and Miramax labels."

You should read it! so here ya go!

Most attractive man alive

I want to go see him play!!

Don't judge me.

But i've never seen any of the Rocky movies...until tonight.....and I watched the most recent one. And after a relentless heckling from Brian...i promise i'll watch the rest.

super fun night. =)