Just thought I would add some photos of our recent yard day! God is good - we are getting stuff cleared out and we love it! Spring - here we come =) A special shout out to Tim for the use of his trailer - You were a God send!! Thanks for your help!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
25 Random Things About Chantell
1. I entered a beauty pagent when I was little, thought I won the whole thing, but I had really lost. Brittany was in the audience laughing because she knew I had lost but thought i won!
2. I have lived at the Grand Canyon, and on a ship!
3. I have literally traveled around the world ..in a circle...in a ship...amazing!!
4. I have been a missionary, school social work intern, index card shipper, youth leader, car broker, life coach, fitness manager and a sales person - all in the 41/2 years since I graduated college!
5. I absolutely love to dance, love to dance, love to dance...but I FREEZE when given the opportunity (not as much now as I did in college, but it's still bad!)
6. I have auditioned for at least 3 plays, all of which I have NEVER been given a part! (I settled for working backstage for one!)
7. I was Prom Queen my senior year - I thought it was a joke until my friend said "Chantell, go out there!"
8. My boyfriend Jordan is the first boyfriend I've ever had!
9. My dad and family is from Australia, so I have dual citizenship for the U.S. and Australia
10. I've been playing tennis since I was 3!
11. My dad, uncle, and aunt were all pro tennis players!
12. I have 5 siblings! 1 twin sister, 2 older step brothers, one 5 yr. old half brother, and a 11 yr. old half sister.
13. I have hiked from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other: 23+ miles
and biked from Athens, Ga to Jacksonville, FL. for the UGA vs. FL football game - it took 3 days! (no worries, i had a teammate and we swapped off, and I was with a group)
14. I saw a kid get shot in middle school, when I was walking down the hall. He's fine, someone got ink on his shirt so he shot the guy.
15. I got to carry the torch in middle school for the Olympics and go to Georgia Olympic Day b/c I was the fastest girl in the school (my sister didn't run, she was faster ;)
16. I have been skydiving, but i am scared to bungee jump.
17. I went to the State finals for the high jump when I was little!!! (please note that I am 4 "11)
18. I ran a 1/2 marathon last year with my sister, I NEVER wanted to do it or thought I could.
19. I LOVE to laugh out loud, but usually only my closest friends can make me, or if I do something stupid!
20. I love music, and would love to put my life on a soundtrack
21. 80's movies inspire me SO much it is ridiculous (Britt too!)
22. I really like crafts, and art projects
23. My passport is pretty much filled up, I love to travel and God has blessed me to be able to go to every continent but Antartica.
24. I love to be picked up and thrown around, I consider it great affection by those I love and one of my absolute favorite traits about my boyfriend is that he does this All the time.
25. I love accessories and colors, and i love to celebrate EVERYTHING!
2. I have lived at the Grand Canyon, and on a ship!
3. I have literally traveled around the world ..in a circle...in a ship...amazing!!
4. I have been a missionary, school social work intern, index card shipper, youth leader, car broker, life coach, fitness manager and a sales person - all in the 41/2 years since I graduated college!
5. I absolutely love to dance, love to dance, love to dance...but I FREEZE when given the opportunity (not as much now as I did in college, but it's still bad!)
6. I have auditioned for at least 3 plays, all of which I have NEVER been given a part! (I settled for working backstage for one!)
7. I was Prom Queen my senior year - I thought it was a joke until my friend said "Chantell, go out there!"
8. My boyfriend Jordan is the first boyfriend I've ever had!
9. My dad and family is from Australia, so I have dual citizenship for the U.S. and Australia
10. I've been playing tennis since I was 3!
11. My dad, uncle, and aunt were all pro tennis players!
12. I have 5 siblings! 1 twin sister, 2 older step brothers, one 5 yr. old half brother, and a 11 yr. old half sister.
13. I have hiked from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other: 23+ miles
and biked from Athens, Ga to Jacksonville, FL. for the UGA vs. FL football game - it took 3 days! (no worries, i had a teammate and we swapped off, and I was with a group)
14. I saw a kid get shot in middle school, when I was walking down the hall. He's fine, someone got ink on his shirt so he shot the guy.
15. I got to carry the torch in middle school for the Olympics and go to Georgia Olympic Day b/c I was the fastest girl in the school (my sister didn't run, she was faster ;)
16. I have been skydiving, but i am scared to bungee jump.
17. I went to the State finals for the high jump when I was little!!! (please note that I am 4 "11)
18. I ran a 1/2 marathon last year with my sister, I NEVER wanted to do it or thought I could.
19. I LOVE to laugh out loud, but usually only my closest friends can make me, or if I do something stupid!
20. I love music, and would love to put my life on a soundtrack
21. 80's movies inspire me SO much it is ridiculous (Britt too!)
22. I really like crafts, and art projects
23. My passport is pretty much filled up, I love to travel and God has blessed me to be able to go to every continent but Antartica.
24. I love to be picked up and thrown around, I consider it great affection by those I love and one of my absolute favorite traits about my boyfriend is that he does this All the time.
25. I love accessories and colors, and i love to celebrate EVERYTHING!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
God is cost effective & cares about drains!
I in no way mean to belittle my Savior and Lord, I do however mean to let you know that he cares about our seeminly "little things".
I choose to share my experiences in way of 2 stories, both which happened to me very recently....
One fine day 3 young ladies shared a bathroom, they all had lots of hair, a lot of their hair fell out, and it got clogged in the bathtub drain (so we speculate at this point in the story). One of them has a nice boyfriend who also has past plumbing skills, he attempts to "snake" the drain, pour "Liquid Fire" down the drain (which apparently sets the things in the drain on fire per the smoke that came out!)...all to little avail. One of the other roomies also "snaked" the drain b/c she really likes getting digusting things out of stuff..also to no avail. SO... last Sunday, as the same particular roomate is in her Sunday best, she feels like God says, "Snake it again", "no God she thinks, I already tried that", to which she feels God respond, "Sure, just try it again". Um, to say it lightly...a LOT of hair came out of the drain! Yeah, our drain now works again! Please refer to the following Bible passage and story :Luke 5:6 "And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking." Apparently God continues to work with the same principles as thousands of years ago! And just as God cares about fishing, He also cares about plumbing! Praise the Lord!
2nd story:
So, I was shopping at Target for journals for my Sunday School class. I am mentally thinking, "i want to pay $1 per journal, and it to be cute." I go to Wal-Mart: $1.68 per cute journal. "mmm, God I don't want to pay that much." God says, "Don't get it". I say, "No God, I have to, i already looked at Target, there aren't any." ....I walk away with no journal and I pretty much need to get it today!
Next morning, Mom and I go to Target, there are 3 cute journals for $1 each! "Yeah, thanks God, but I need 5 more!" I think, well, I'll just get some at the other Target, but I must go now, 1 hr. before work, and I have to get them today!
So I go to the next nearest Target, where are the cute $1 journals? And before I can even finish looking............. I spot a package, a package of 3 cute journals for $1! 3 cute journals for $1 - "God, that's more than I was asking for!" "And God, they are cute and small, so they can go in the girls purses or Bibles". So I purchase my cute journals, & I shall take the other $1 each journals back to Target. And as I was walking out in the Target parking lot I said outloud to my Father and friend, "God, your cost effective."! And I love that I have this amazing relationship with God that we can talk about the "oh so 'little' things"!.....and He answers!
" Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us."Eph. 3:20
I choose to share my experiences in way of 2 stories, both which happened to me very recently....
One fine day 3 young ladies shared a bathroom, they all had lots of hair, a lot of their hair fell out, and it got clogged in the bathtub drain (so we speculate at this point in the story). One of them has a nice boyfriend who also has past plumbing skills, he attempts to "snake" the drain, pour "Liquid Fire" down the drain (which apparently sets the things in the drain on fire per the smoke that came out!)...all to little avail. One of the other roomies also "snaked" the drain b/c she really likes getting digusting things out of stuff..also to no avail. SO... last Sunday, as the same particular roomate is in her Sunday best, she feels like God says, "Snake it again", "no God she thinks, I already tried that", to which she feels God respond, "Sure, just try it again". Um, to say it lightly...a LOT of hair came out of the drain! Yeah, our drain now works again! Please refer to the following Bible passage and story :Luke 5:6 "And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking." Apparently God continues to work with the same principles as thousands of years ago! And just as God cares about fishing, He also cares about plumbing! Praise the Lord!
2nd story:
So, I was shopping at Target for journals for my Sunday School class. I am mentally thinking, "i want to pay $1 per journal, and it to be cute." I go to Wal-Mart: $1.68 per cute journal. "mmm, God I don't want to pay that much." God says, "Don't get it". I say, "No God, I have to, i already looked at Target, there aren't any." ....I walk away with no journal and I pretty much need to get it today!
Next morning, Mom and I go to Target, there are 3 cute journals for $1 each! "Yeah, thanks God, but I need 5 more!" I think, well, I'll just get some at the other Target, but I must go now, 1 hr. before work, and I have to get them today!
So I go to the next nearest Target, where are the cute $1 journals? And before I can even finish looking............. I spot a package, a package of 3 cute journals for $1! 3 cute journals for $1 - "God, that's more than I was asking for!" "And God, they are cute and small, so they can go in the girls purses or Bibles". So I purchase my cute journals, & I shall take the other $1 each journals back to Target. And as I was walking out in the Target parking lot I said outloud to my Father and friend, "God, your cost effective."! And I love that I have this amazing relationship with God that we can talk about the "oh so 'little' things"!.....and He answers!
" Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us."Eph. 3:20
Sunday, January 25, 2009
LIBERATION
".. As we let our own light shine, we conciously give other people permission to do the same. And as we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others"
I'm sorry to say that I do not know the author of this quote, only that it is one of my favorites, and my heart cry. I know that Nelson Mandela used this in one of his speeches about freedom from apartheid in South Africa, and that it drips with the essence of how God intends us to live.
My "shout out" goes to Kaye Woods tonite - for being a liberator. One who by her very presence helped liberate me to sing karoke with she and Amy. Thanks Kaye for helping liberate me to sing! - I know I will get to the point where I can sing without others, but for now - this was huge. So thanks for moving beyond the realm of caring what others think and walking in the freedom in which Christ calls us to.
As silly as this may sound to some reading this: those closest to me know that I LOVE to sing and dance - a huge cry of my heart, but those same people also know that I rarely give myself the permission to move beyond myself and my fear of what people think.
But One Day... not too far off, as I become more and more comfortable with the woman God created me to be, and understand His unending love (for those of you who think there is no connection with these and how we live - your wrong!) I will walk in this skin, and the passions, dreams and desires He puts on my heart, and as I continue to grow, I will be a liberator, as we all are for the ones who are two steps behind in the freedom that we now walk in.
So Thanks Kaye! It goes way deeper than you realized!
Farm Day At 275!!
I was cooking lunch, when all of a sudden I heard Angela scream, "Amy! There's a cow!"
Yep! Our backyard had been visited by some hungry, travelling farm animals. A bit of an oddity to be seen in the woods rather than a big farm field. And even more of an oddity that we live in a neighborhood.
Angela and I ran inside and grabbed cameras and some carrots (we still aren't sure who's carrots they were...sorry allison or chantell if they were yours, but they came in very handy!)
Brings back memories of living at Berry. This might be as close as I get to my dream of living on a ranch...so I'm lovin' it!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Happy Birthday Chantell !!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Happy Birthday dear Chantell and Brittany!
Happy Birthday to you!
Yay!! Love you!
~your roomies
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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