9:08p.m. On the 25th of June, 2010!!

Hey everyone!!! Okay, so for the past couple of days that I haven't written, a lot has happened. Well, not a lot, but you get what I'm saying! So on Thursday I went to the mall to turn in some applications. When I got that finished, I went to Downeast Basics to get an application. (I think I already told this story, but I can't remember. =P ) Anyways... I was at my friends house today and Sara, the manager at Downeast called me and said that I got the job offer!!! I am SO thrilled!!!! Lucky me I will start on Monday. I will only be there for about two hours, just so they can get me ready for everything and whatnot. But its still great! I can't believe that I got it! I know that this is truly a blessing from Heavenly Father and I thank him with all of my heart!!! =) 

Anyways, to me that was a lot. Lol. But I'm gonna go for the night.

Talk to ya'll later!!!! =D

Interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok. So today has been pretty fantastic!! I decided that since my sister and mom were gonna go out and buy some jewelry that I would go to the mall and turn in some applications that I have had for like...EVER!!!! When I turned in those apps, I went to go and find some more to turn in. 

Well, I was closest to Downeast Basics and asked for the application. The lady (named Sara I think?) told me that today was her interview day and had some people that were coming in for them and asked if I just wanted to hurry and fill out the application then do an interview right after wards. I was so excited and immediately said yes.

So I filled it out within about 15 minutes and she gave me the interview. To both of our surprises it went EXTREMELY well!!!! I am so glad. She really appreciated and was surprised by how much more mature I am compared to most 16 year old kids! I told her I get that a lot and thanked her for that. 

I feel that this is a blessing from Heavenly Father for me to get a job. I didn't have a clue that she would be interviewing people that day! I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much, just incase things don't work out. But I cant really help that I am excited for how well it went! =) 

Anyway... Have a FANTABULOUS day everyone!!! =D

Blog Update!!!

So, since Friday, when I last posted, not too much has happened. Well, there has been a lot, but not enough to remember everything. Life is still wonderful. I am enjoying every bit of it. I have an amazing family, I have fantastic friends, and they all love and care about me. 

I think for this post I am going to reflect on the past couple months and some of the changes that have happened to me. Maybe for some of you that are having a rough time, my story will help you. 

In the beginning of March, I was having a very rough time with life, my self-esteem (like if I really was beautiful or if people were just saying that), if people really did love me, etc... I have had issues with these before, but at the time, it all came crashing down on me and I didn't know how I was going to get through the next couple years until college started and I could re-start my life. 

On March 17th, I had enough and at the time, my parents were not home. So I started to talk to my best friend, Jake. He has always been someone that lives near by, that I can count on whenever I am in need of something. When I texted him, I told him the issues I was having and he kept on trying to convince me that I am beautiful, sweet, nice, smart, friendly, and about everything that anyone could want. I wanted to believe him, but at the time I was so down and sad that not even what he said did as much as I was really hoping it would. I knew that it would take not only myself to do what I could to feel better, but I would need a spiritual kind of help.

About a week later, the General Young Women broadcast was, well, being broadcast. I didn't feel like going, but my mom and sister convinced me to go and listen to what the speakers had to say. The talks were on what our Young Women theme is on. "Be Strong and of Good Courage." There was one talk that really stood out to me though. (Here is the website to find all the talks: http://lds.org/broadcast/gywm/0,7726,2298,00.html.) The talk that stood out to me the most was by Elaine S. Dalton, the Young Women General President. The whole talk stood out to me. But there are a few paragraphs that I would like to state from her talk. It says...

Young women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, remember who you are! You are elect. You are daughters of God. You cannot be a generation of young women who are content to fit in. You must have the courage to stand out, to “arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.” The world would have you believe that you are not significant—that you are out of fashion and out of touch. The world calls to you with unrelenting, noisy voices to “live it up,” “try everything,” “experiment and be happy.” Conversely, the Holy Ghost whispers and the Lord invites you to “walk in the paths of virtue,” “lay aside the things of this world,” “and cleave unto [your] covenants."

Recently, a group of young women visited my office. At the end of the visit, one young woman confided with tears in her eyes, “I have never thought of myself as beautiful. I have always felt very ordinary. But today, as I walked past the mirror in your office and glanced into it, I was beautiful!” She was beautiful because her face shone with the Spirit. She saw herself as our Heavenly Father sees her. She had received His image in her countenance. That is deep beauty.

Young women, look into the mirror of eternity. Remember who you are! See yourself as our Heavenly Father sees you. You are elect. You are of noble birth. Don’t compromise your divine inheritance. You were born to be a queen. Live so you are worthy to enter the temple and there receive “all that [the] Father hath.” Develop deep beauty. There is no more beautiful sight than a young woman who glows with the light of the Spirit, who is confident and courageous because she is virtuous.

Remember, you are daughters of our Heavenly Father. He loves you so much that He sent His Son to show you the way to live, so that you could return to Him someday. I testify that as you draw close to the Savior, His infinite Atonement makes it possible for you to repent, to change, to be pure, and to receive His image in your countenance. His Atonement will enable you to be strong and courageous as you continue to raise your banner for virtue. You are golden. You are the banner!

And so I conclude with the Lord’s words to each of us, His precious daughters: “Behold, . . . thou art an elect lady, whom I have called.” “Walk in the paths of virtue. . . . Lay aside the things of [the] world. . . . Cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. . . . Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou shalt receive.” Of this I bear my witness in the holy name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, amen."

After hearing the story of the girl looking into the mirror in Sister Dalton's office, I was in tears and truly felt inside that I was beautiful. I have changed the ways I look at myself and the way that I think about myself. Satan did such a great job at the time at trying to make me think the wrong things about myself. He tried to ruin my life, who I was, and what I was and am now. 

I do know that I am a Daughter of God. I know without a doubt that Heavenly Father loves me. I can also say that I know that going to this Young Women broadcast that it changed my life and I am so grateful in so many ways that my sister and mom convinced me to go. 

I won't say that life will now and forever more be perfect and that I will think the world of myself. I know that Satan is going to try and ruin my life again or try and make me do things I know to be wrong. But now that I know who I am and what I am makes me so much more stronger than I would have been if I did not hear what these talks were about. I know in my heart that I am beautiful. That I am loved by so many. That I am everything that my friend Jake told me I am and what others have also said about me. I have become someone that I can help others with through their self-esteem problems and tell them the story that changed my life forever. 

I am grateful to my Heavenly Father to showing me the light and the truth and His love for me. I will never forget such an experience. I hope all of you will read this and see a difference in your eyes and know that you ARE a daughter or a son of God. Those of you who are guys, read this and put Son in for the word Daughter, or put the word Men in for the word Women. A message like this should go out to the world for both female AND male. Both young and old. 

I leave this message with you all hoping I have helped you in some way.  =)

Have a wonderful Monday evening!!

Short Entry

Well, today there hasn't been too much that has happened. So I won't be writing too much tonight. 

Most of the day, I have been trying to relax and feel better from getting a not so great or fun sunburn from mowing our yard. I only mowed half of it though because I could feel myself burning and it was also really hot outside. When I got inside and all cleaned up, I looked at my neck and arms to see how badly they were burned. They didn't seem too bad, so I went on with my day trying to help my mom get things ready for the yard sale tomorrow. (Which by they way starts at 8:00 in the morning at my house!!!) Not too much later, I started to really feel the burn on my left arm. I went to see if it had gotten any redder. Unfortunately it did. My arms, neck, top half of my back, and legs. I really wasn't even outside for that long. So I am kinda bummed, and I do not look forward to waking up so early to get things set up for the sale either. I'm not going to be feeling all that great. 

Anyways, have a wonderful night everyone! Will write again soon!

The Fabulous June 17th of the year 2010

I am so proud of myself!! I have actually been on here a lot lately!! Lol. 

Well, today has been one heck of a day. Since how we are getting ready for our garage sale this weekend, we have been pricing tons of stuff and trying to get it all ready to go, etc.... But after I was done pricing things in my room, my momma had me go to PetSmart to get some medication for our little Lucie. Let me just tell you all that she is the most adorable Toy Poodle ever!!! Anyways...when I got there, I got what was needed, paid and went home, all within 20 minutes. I thought I did good. But then we opened up the box and it was empty!!! So........ I had to go BACK to the store, hoping to be able to exchange it, but unfortunately they had none left. Well, this really nice cashier dude helped me out by going to check on some other things, comes back with the same medication, but with a bigger count of the tablets inside it. (I only needed 2 tablets), but he opens the other box, hands me SIX tablets and said to not worry about paying for the extra. What a sweet guy.

Well... Afterward, I get home, we give Lucie her meds, and it was a long rest of the afternoon. I was waiting for my dear friend Luke to come pick me up to go to a lake, but then he ended up telling me that if we went to the lake, we would get really cold. And neither of us like cold weather, unless we are skiing or, for him, snowboarding. Haha. So we ended up going to a pool and had a blast there. At the time, we hadn't planned on getting wet. But for some odd reason I had the feeling to take my swimming suit. I am VERY glad I did, since how we went to the pool. He and his cousin tried throwing me in it in the beginning, WITH my clothes still on, but I begged them to let me get changed. Lol. It was fun though. I cant wait to hang out with them again. :)

Well, that is all for tonight. Will write again soon!! Have an amazing evening!!!

June 16th of 2010!!

So since I posted my talk from Sunday, I have really enjoyed this week. I can't really complain about anything right now. I would like to start my post off by saying I love my mom and dad with everything and so much more than I've got. They mean the world to me and I am so grateful they are my parents. :)

There isn't way too much to write about right now. Though before my last post, it had been a while before I was on, I can't seem to remember much of what has happened recently. Kinda sad, but oh well. 

So my family is having this huge garage sale, and we are really excited to be able to get rid of so much junk. Well, most of it is actually almost brand new or it is new. We just call it junk cause we aren't using it at this time of day. A lot of it my parents wanted to keep for when I get married and have my own children, but they decided that when that time comes, that they will just help out and get some more items. My mom and I are also getting rid of TONS and A LOT of scrapbook stuff that literally is brand new and most of it never been opened. So we are putting like these little packs together and hoping that people will like them. :)

I am hoping that we will be able to sell, if not all of the stuff, that we sell most of it. It would be such a huge blessing to be able to get rid of it all and use the money for things that we really do see our selves in need of at this time. 

Anyways.... Until next time, have a wonderful day, evening, and night!!! =) 

June 13, 2010 Update!!

So.... I am officially horrible at posting stuff on here. Any of you this bad at posting things like I am?? Haha. Well.... To start off today's post, I am FINALLY a senior :D I can't believe it!! I am still attending Canyon Ridge, and I love it. I have never truly enjoyed a school as much as this one. Yes, like the past schools I have attended, there have been issues and trials and whatnot, but being at this school has helped me, personally, be a better person. I think being a senior this coming year will also help me a lot more also. Its amazing how just a school can change so much in your life, how you act, and who you become. I know it changed me for the best, and I have my Heavenly Father to thank for that.

Anyways... Since my last post, which I believe was about my dear friend Ashley, I can say there has been A LOT that has happened. I can happily say that I have earned my Young Womanhood Recognition, received my gift from it, and wear it proudly. Being able to complete my Personal Progress has been amazing and blessed me with so much. A lot of that I can thank to my mom. She helped me through so much and kept on pushing me to finish it.

Today I was able to give a talk on the Second Article of Faith. Just for the heck of it, I am gonna write what my talk says. People all day at church said it was really well said and thought out, so maybe you will like it too.

The Second Article of Faith states, "We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression." I looked at the cross-references from the words punished, own, and transgression. 

Under punished, it gave the scripture Exodus 32:33, which says, "And the Lord said unto Moses, whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book."  That scripture is pretty self-explanatory.  If you sin and not repent of it, then God will not bless you with the things he has/had in store for you.

The second scripture I looked up was Mosiah 26:36, which states, "And those that would not confess their sins and repent of their iniquity, the same were not numbered among the people of the church, and their names were blotted out." Like the first scripture, this explains what Heavenly Father wanted to put across to those who would not listen and obey His commandments.

And the last scripture I looked up under punished was D&C 127:7 and 128:7. I am only going to post 127:7. It says, "That in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven; whatsoever you bind on earth, may be bound in heaven; whatsoever you loose on earth, may be loosed in heaven."

I next researched on the word own and it gave me the scripture Deut. 24:16, which says, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin." I very much liked reading this verse because it explains that you can not give your wrong doing to someone else to take the consequence for you. You, yourself, have to claim the sin you made and deal with the consequence and understand that the outcome was only because of the choice you made.

I also looked up Ezek.18:20, which says, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." This also explains the same as the scripture I wrote above.

When I looked up the last scripture for own, I was referred to Joshua 24:15. This scripture reads, "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Out of the Bible, this has got to be my favorite scripture. It is so bold in what it explains. You cannot choose to follow the Lord and Satan, both. You must choose whether you will follow one or the other. But to follow both, it is impossible and incorrect.

And for my last cross-reference on transgression, I read Matthew 12:36, which states, "But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." This speaks of foul language that the world uses every day, in these days. So many people are always swearing and cussing, etc... What people don't understand is when they use God's name in vain, its worse than putting all of the worlds swear words together. It states very clearly in the Ten Commandments to NOT use His name in vain. Using this language is also very offensive to not only Heavenly Father, but to also those of who do not use those words so rudely and wrong.

I also read in Alma 12:14. This scripture reads, "For our words will condemn us, yea all our words will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless, and our thoughts will also condemn us, and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; and we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the mountains to fall upon us to hide us from his presence.

The last scripture I read was in Eccl. 5:2. This reads, "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter ANY thing before God: for God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."

I read on lds.org, under Fall of Adam, some of the process of why we have sin. It states, "The process by which mankind became mortal in this earth.  The fall of Adam is one of the most important occurrences in the history of man. Before the fall, Adam and Eve had physical bodies but no blood. There was no sin, no death, and no children among any of the earthly creations. With the eating of the "forbidden fruit," Adam and Eve became the "first flesh" upon the earth, meaning that he and Eve were the first to become mortal. After Adam fell, the whole creation fell and became mortal. Adam's fall brought both physical and spiritual death into the world upon all mankind.

The fall was no surprise to the Lord. It was a necessary step in the process of man, and provisions for a Savior had been made even before the fall had occurred. Jesus Christ came to atone for the fall of Adam and also for man's individual sins.

Latter-day revelation supports the biblical account of the fall, showing that is was a historical event that literally occurred in the history of man. Many points in latter-day revelation are also clarified that are not discernible from the Bible. Among other things, it makes clear that the fall is a blessing, and that Adam and Eve should be honored in their station as the first parents of the earth."

I am truly grateful for the gift of repentance and the blessings I have received from it. I know that we have a prophet of God here upon the earth this day. I know that this is the true church of God, and I am so grateful to be apart of it and have been raised in the church. This is my testimony, and I leave it with you all, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

I shall HOPEFULLY write again soon!!! :) See ya!