Insomnia turned good..

as i sat on my couch, trying to "wind down," watching old re-runs of "teen mom," i began to talk to a friend i haven't talked to much the whole time ive been home... he is a very strong Christian, and a very good friend.. and he always keeps me in check... as i talked to him.. i heard in my head, "go to your bed and read." so i did... i went into my room and i picked up a book my mom got me for christmas called "Revitalize your Spritual Life." i cracked it open. i turned my pandora on to the "hillsong united" station (i can't do anything in complete silence, not even read).. and as i opened the front cover i said a quick prayer, "God bless this book and the words inside it, i need it.." and off i went. now let me tell you, that was what i needed... between having a talk with Ben tonight... and reading, only the preface so far, of that book, i already feel good things happening... and let me tell you i am not in any way trying to toot my own horn because let me tell you i have been struggling, but i can tell you that God is good and has been showing himself to me more and more everyday.. all i had to do was ask... i was soo nervous about my "chit chat" im going to go have with my Pastor tomorrow... but now i feel ready, God knows whats up and He knows what He's doing with me... praise GOD!



here are a few quotes that spoke to me, already!, in this new book.. enjoy. goodnight. = ]



"What do you love? I asked, "What are your passions? If you could dream big or become anything, what would it be? Let's pray together, hear from God, get a plan, and work the plan."



"Don't let fear paralyze your heart."



"...I'm growing in his grace-- with a lot of help-- to be the woman God always wanted me to be."



(my favorite) -----> "The women of God get to dance. Inside the strength of his embrace, you can become the women you always wanted to be.. the one he dreamed of when he dreamed of you.

this doesn't happen often..

wow.. i have yet to blog in 2011.. so here goes..

Christmas was insane!!
We had family (new and old) invading our house from the 23rd of December through the end of the year. It was alot of work on the part of my parents and our family but it was well worth it.

For all of Christmas break I have been working non-stop at VS and am sad about having to leave again in less than a week.

I have found that as much as I say I am going to blog, I find myself much better at following blogs than I am at keeping my own.

In the last 2 weeks my roommate from the DZ house and I decided that we wanted to move out and get our own apartment. So being that school was starting again in about 3 weeks at that point, if we wanted to make this happen, we were going to have to make it fast. So we did! We found a place, and we are moving in this weekend. Thank goodness my parents are going down there with me, and thank goodness my best friend AMANDA is going to help us get organized. I am very excited for this new experience.

I have been working alot on myself and my future lately, and decided to apply to be a camp counselor at the Christian summer camp I attended as a kid. I haven't heard back yet, but my fingers are crossed.

Umm...... ya know when you haven't talked to someone in a really long time and they want you to catch them up on everything thats been going on in your life but because its been soo long you feel like there is no way you could really tell them everything thats been happening so you just tell them that everything has been "great! just super busy" ??.. well thats how I feel about this blog.

Maybe this time i'll decide to keep up with it more often.. maybe. ; ]

Here's to 1/11/11 <3

Random.

I got this from Amanda Noel's blog and thought it would be fun.

Age: 21
Bed size: at home at Queen! in the ridge, a Twin.
Chore I hate: doing the DISHES!
Dog's name: Dooney. (like dooney and bourke the purses)
Essential to start my day: brushing my teeth. and coffee!
Favorite color: pink or blue.
Gold or silver: Silver.
Height: 5'4"
I am: sitting on my bed in the DZ house.
Job: at host at Chili's
Kids: none. give me a few years.
Living arrangements: the DZ house in Northridge.
Mom's name: Traci!!!
Nickname: Cori, Cor.... Corinney..
Overnight hospital stay: never! thank goodness.
Pet peeve: umm...... can't think of one.
Quote from a movie: "It's not over. It still isn't over." From "The Notebook".. no idea why that was the first quote to pop into my brain
Right or left handed: right.
Siblings: Casey and Cameron! = ]]]]
Time I wake up: a lot later than I should.
Unique thing about my car: It has window paint on the windows that has been there since August.
Vegetable I hate: none, really.
Ways I run late: I waited til the absolute last second to get ready... also known as, I decided I needed to get ready 5 minutes before I had to leave.
X-rays I've had: teeth
Yummy food I make: cheesey chicken roll-ups..... PUMPKIN CAKE!
Zoo favorite: I don't like zoo's

Ok. I know.

I haven't blogged.. all summer.. or this semester at all.

But for some reason, Fall makes me want to blog more...

So I'm going to try and start blogging more when ever I can..

in between school, WORK, DZ and such!

I have a lot to write about so there will be much more to come..

RENT, homesick, best friend, DZ... etc.

Life.

oooh life.. life has been keeping me oh so very busy lately..

i moved home for summer vacation about a week ago only and its been crazy non-stop.. i got here on friday and i was already back working on saturday! i've worked nearly everyday since i've been back, i already feel like ive been here for like 3 weeks!

ok.. so other than that let's see..
last night was the American Idol finale and my boy Lee DeWyze won!! (only because I voted for him like 600 times and i'm not even exaggerating).

i got my car fixed (from the car accident i was in about a month ago, i was rear ended)..
i keep saying i'm going to work out.. and i have yet too.. instead, today i made cookies... but in my defense it was pouring down rain so it was necessary..

tomorrow morning i am going to go get a long awaited messege! soo excited! ok. i'm blabbing... but let me just say life is insane and i have many more blogs on the way..

OH! ps.. 21st birthday plans for VEGAS are in the works. so excited. = ]

a vow of simplicity and peace.

[in no particular order]
acoustic guitar. music.
coffee. pictures.
photography. wine.
singing. dancing.
smiling. laughing.
talking. listening.
reading. writing.
living. loving.
friends. family.
hugging. kissing.
prayer. faith.
peace. let it be.

i have found in the last few months that when i focus on the simple things in life that bring me joy, i am happy. no matter the stresses.. if i focus on these things, i get through it and i am satisfied. this is a vow to myself to focus on these things, from now and forever.

MOVIES!!

In the past few days I have watched a few movies that I have LOVED.

The first was "Julie and Julie." This movie was soo cute and almost inspiring. Meryl Streep is hilarious and too cute! and Amy Adams played her part very well. It made me want to blog!! and learn to cook more. It was a good movie... I HIGHLY recommend it.

The next movie I saw was "The Last Song." I saw it with Amanda in theater and I cried for about the last half an hour! Nicholas Sparks is brilliant and the screen play, unlike "Dear John", followed the book pretty closely. There were a few intense moments that were left out but it was still done really well.

Lots of people didn't like it because of Miley Cyrus.. but I actually think that's really dumb because one, they most likely never even watched "Hannah Montana" EVER and just think of Miley as this annoying Disney Channel actress. But what they don't realize is that she started acting on that show when she was barely 13, if that, and it's the DISNEY channel... did anyone ever stop to think that it's the script thats cheesey not the acting? Just saying...

Anyway, back to the movie. I had read the book and cried a lot and the movie was even worse. Miley did such a great job and the actor that played Jonah, her little brother, was soo good! His acting hit me hard. This movie was intense... and the music was really good as well.

Needless to say, recently my list of movies that I wish to add to my collection is expanding rapidly.