"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

I just wanted to start off by saying that the quote in my Title for this blog is by Helen Keller. I'm not real sure how she said that seeing as see was deaf. Then I thought, "she must've written it or something" buuut I thought she was blind, too? Ehh, whatever, she must've brailled it or something.

Well, once again, it's been about 2 months...

I honestly can't remember everything that's happened...I think we had Halloween, Thanksgiving...well, those are the big ones. Last weekend, Jessica and I decided to try out a new, very different church so we went to Deeper Life Christian Ministries. Oh yes, it was awesome. The choir was amazing and all of the leaders/soloists, the band, the preacher (I forget what they call him)...it was all great. We got so many handshakes and hugs you wouldn't even believe. I have never felt more welcomed and better received at a church in my life. It was really a great experience and oh yeah, we are planning to go back another Sunday before Jessica has to go back to Wilmington! :)

Anyways, I am finally on Christmas Break! I haven't had class since last Wednesday, but I just took my last exam today....finally...again. This past weekend had it's ups and downs...what would have been my 4th Bonfire (2 Birthday & 2 Christmas) had to be canceled because of never-ending rain but it ended up okay because a bunch of people came over to my house anyways. Always a good time. By the end of the night we were playing Apples to Apples and Catchphrase, like the mature adults that we are. The next night I had the 7th Annual Girls' Christmas Party with a bunch of the girls I graduated with and we went for Round 2 of Catchphrase. Once again, always a good time. There were lots of good presents, of course a couple Victoria's Secret giftcards in the mix somewhere, and can't forget those ever-useful Target giftcards...one of my personal favorites.

OH GOSH! I completely forgot to mention the fact that I got my hair cut. No, CHOPPED. When I say "chopped" I don't mean that in a sort of "Oh crap, it looks terrible" way, but rather a "Oh crap, it's really short" way. It IS really short and REALLY blonde...but I love it! I can't believe how quickly I got used to it either...as you can see in the picture, it's now ABOVE my shoulders. I don't think I've had my hair this short since I was about...hmmm, 3 or 4? Haha, the bowl-cut...thanks Janet. But yes, my hair is REALLY short and REALLY blonde so you can pretty much get a good mental image of that for yourself. I've already received the comments of "Lady GaGa" and "Kellie Pickler"...I'm not a fan of the latter, I don't think it's as short as her's was, and it is definitely not that ugly red that she has now.

But back to the weekend... the Christmas party was fun as always and it was great to get to see most everybody again and hang out....and eat. (....oh, and get presents..) Speaking of Christmas parties, tonight our Supper Club had the annual "Kids Christmas Party" and that was hilarious as usual. I had Heyward's name for the gift exchange and Dad had the GRAND idea of hot-glueing leaves to the box rather than wrapping it like a traditional present. Now, Heyward does like to go "huntin" and "fishin" and all that great stuff, so I guess the "Camo wrapping" was appropriate, but it was still funny. Needless to say, after Heyward "unwrapped" the leaves there was a mess on the floor.

All-in-all it's been a good time since my last post and I have nothing to complain about...which I really hope I never do because I'm sure whoever looks at this doesn't want to read that. So until next time -- which will probably be another 2 months -- Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy 20th Birthday to MEEEEE on February 5th!! Haha

Deuces
-Mal

Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Homecomings

Okay so the reason for the title is because first of all, everyone has to go to this link --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uslytyVrWFw <-- and watch/listen to this video of "Come, Thou Fount" by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I could listen to them all day long they are so amazing and powerful! My dad was telling me about how one day when he was staying the hotel across the street in Utah, he woke up early one morning and went over to hear them rehearse. He was the ONLY person in there other than the choir and I can't even imagine how awesome that would be to hear them rehearse/sing in there. Anyway, that's just a little random thought for the moment. Seriously though, watch the WHOLE video, it gets better and better.

Moving on...so this past weekend was full of Homecomings: Aycock and Stoney Creek.
--Friday afternoon I went to lunch with my long lost TINA and ELISA!!! I missed themmm and it was so great to catch up with them and laugh at my extensions haha. Then that afternoon I went over to Kelly's house to help her get ready for the Homecoming parade and I picked up Madison from school! Ahhh it was so weird, the last time I went through that car pool like was when I was in probably like 6th grade. Then me and Madi went to the parade, and later went to the football game. The football game is always fun cause there's tons of people and you get to see lots of old friends. This year was special though because 2 of my best friends from Wilmington, Katie and Kristie, were in Goldsboro for the weekend! But it was great seeing everyone, and Kel won Junior Class Homecoming Princess, yaaay!! She looked beautiful, as always and I love her!!
--Then yesterday I went to that Chili Challenge thing downtown with the parents (made me think of Laura Lee, haha!! ohhh Girl Scouts) and then went BACK over to Kelly's to help Madison get ready for the HC dance that night. Loooord, let me tell you it was a time! That child could not decide how she wanted to wear her hair but we finally told her that it was going to look fine and she gave in and let me do what I wanted haha. (Of course she ended up loving it) After that I went to the Miss Goldsboro pageant with Jessica and Katie, that was fun even though the only person we knew in it was Julia (who did amazing, by the way).
--So now we come to today: this morning I went to the Homecoming service for Stoney Creek FWB. They had it out at Aycock this year so that everyone could be together in the same service and they had it all decorated really nice and Mr. Mark (aka: Colonel Mark Kelly, aka: Kara's Dad) was the guest speaker. His talk was really cool cause he could speak from a different perspective about "Homecomings" than anyone else. But all-in-all it was a great time, once again I got to see lots of friends and families and had a good ole time talking with Emilee and Kristen B afterwards haha. Oh Lord we could go for days. And I could go for days with this blog but I won't do that.....dang, this one was long.

Hope everyone's doing great and has a great week!! Halloween is on Saturday, be safe!!
HOLLER.

Savannah, Greenville, Raleigh, Wilmington....who wants me next??

Well things are goin just great at WCC so far. I've been able to visit more friends on the weekends and see people whenever they're home which is really nice. So far I've made it to Greenville for a night, Raleigh to stay with Louise and go to a football game, and last weekend I went to Wilmington and saw lots of people who I hadn't seen in a while. (And it's always good to see Jess, Ling, Stiz, & Kathryn ;] ). I also got to go to Savannah, GA for the Labor Day Weekend and stay with my cousins. (Above picture.) It was awesomeee! We stayed out on Sean's new boat allll day Saturday and Sunday and they spoiled me like never before. I had SO much fun, THANKS Sean, Heather, and Amy! But I definitely can't forget the Wayne County Agricultural Fair (AKA: "The Fair"). Oh yes, the fair ended this past weekend and thankfully I got to go twice haha. Last wednesday Louise was home for Fall Break from NCSU so we went together and eveeeeryyyonnne was there....probably thanks to the high school cheerleading competition that was that night. So much fun though...the fair always is haha, and many hilarious sightings and stories to talk about. But as for today, it's been so rainy and gloomy....definitely the coldest day so far by a long shot. And it's been cold ALL day, not just parts of it. But I get paaaaid today, hollerrrr, so I'm off to KKD to pick up dat check! Then it's off to the Buy One, Get One 1/2 Off sale at Rack Room...haha, you know! ;)

hope everybody has a great week. holler if you're in goldsboro cause you know i'll be here.
(ps: i just turned the tv on and the girl in this soap--laying in bed with another guy--looks like she's about 14. seriously?)

OH HAPPY DAY, You washed my sin away!

hey heyyyy. i'm keepin it short this time..but 2 main things:

1. just got back from BigStuf Camp in daytona beach for the week with church, and as also, it was AMAZZZZIIIING. i hadn't been since 9th grade, and this time i went as a leader, so it was definitely a different experience. i had such an amazing time and met so many new people and got to know others that i might have already kinda known. amazzzing. can't wait to see what God's got planned next. here's a little taste of the bigstuf band ft. steve fee. holla.




2. you should check out the Raptastic Dance Groove videos on YouTube. it's MalP and my partner JayCE teachin 2 new dance moves yall may have never seen before. here's the 1st dance move, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkQQIFj9U4 , but there are 2 moves in all, an intro, an outro, aaaand a music video to City High's "What Would You Do?" check 'em out!

whoa whoa whoa

well folks, a lot has happened since last post...

-i finished summer school
-louise, mary catherine, and i officially labeled ourselves "Cougars"
-kelly mercer is my new bff
-hadley brought jon jon to officially meet the grandparents...among other things
-4th of july
-and most importantly....Michael Jackson died :'(

yes, thats right...i said most importantly. call me crazy, but i have been a huge MJ fan for seeeveral years now and i was so sad to hear that he had a heart attack. so within the past 2 weeks i have successfully watched 2 entire documentaries, completed 2 MJ magazines, listened to every MJ/Jackson 5 song i think i've ever heard of...5 times. aaand finally, watched his entire memorial service on tv yesterday. i probably just lost a lot of friends by saying that, but if you cant get over the fact that i love him, we cant be friends.

moving back to the top of the list...summer school was over about 3 weeks ago and i moved out of the apartment with lindsey and jess. sad day. i wish i were still there to go to the pool with ling everyday after class and then go eat at On The Border every night..but life just isn't fair. and not to mention that i haven't seen my nephew Maddox Mal P since i left and i'm sure he misses me greatly.

the weekend after i moved out Louise and i went down to atlantic beach to stay with mary catherine. tons of fun, i must say. we all came to accept the fact that we are Cougars--or at least have been in the past--and we are completely okay with that. we laughed the whole time we were there and it was great.

moving along, after a full year of trying to make plans, kelly and i have officially hung out now. we went to see My Sister's Keeper a couple weeks ago. good movie, but i couldnt really get that into it. regardless, i'd still recommend it. let me tell you, this girl and i could talk for daaays without running out of things to talk about. that's why we need to get together again soon. but not a movie this time because you can't talk in those....stupid us.

next on the list...jonathan and hadley came to goldsboro for dinner a couple weeks ago and that was a good time. learned lots about jonathan-- he's not muslim, he does not have a british accent...nor a stuttering problem, he cannot hold the salad bowl and scoop his salad at the same time (it's okay J, it takes talent and many years of practice), and he wears designer jeans. (yeah, you probably didn't think i noticed the Citizens you were wearing...niiiice)

finally we come to last weekend which was 4th of July. yay America! i went back to wilmington for the weekend to stay with L&J and it was...interesting haha. that is definitely the longest i have EVER stayed out on the beach in one day in my entire life. we made ourselves wake up at 7:30am saturday morning so we could leave by 8am. i can't believe we actually did it, but we did get ON the beach around 8:30am and stayed right there until 5:00pm. 8.5 hours on the beach...aaam i serious? yes. that weekend was definitely a success, except that we almost missed the fireworks downtown and just ended up watching them while sitting in the car, but that was all we needed.

sooooo anywho...for the 3 people who actually read this blog, sorry it's been over a month. i'll try to be better about it from now on. maybe.

hollaaaaaaaaa

Maddox "Mal P" Suggs

Alright, alla yall are terrible friends because not one person commented on my blog. So sad. Hadley said she was ready for another update, but I know that was only because she wants to make fun of me some more. But this post is dedicated to Maddox "Mal P" Suggs.

For those of you who haven't had the privilege of meeting Maddox yet, he is Lindsey's new puppy. Since he is a mixed breed (Malti-Poo) she can't officially establish his name on paper yet, but I quote.."If I could, I would SERIOUSLY name him 'Maddox MAL P Suggs'. I would write that on the paper as his name." Ling..correct me if I'm wrong...cause I'm not. But as for our summer living arrangements (Lindsey, Jessica, and myself) have all loved Maddox from the beginning. (From the very first time I heard his little bark and it sounded like a squeak toy.) Now we are noticing that: 1) he is getting slightly bigger, 2) he is learning to bark at himself in the mirror, 3) he is learning not to pee on the floor (well, not quite yet, but soon), 4) his bark is getting somewhat stronger, and 5) still can't jump off of the couch without risking a broken bone. I must say, I really am starting to feel like his true Aunt....



Oh, and a random update, this morning we had our Alumni Soccer Game out at Aycock aaaand...the Alumni (aka - MY team) won. Just sayin'.

Wow, do I seriously have a blog?

Hollaaaaa. This is very new and mature (minus the opening "hollaaaaa") for me but I figure I'll try it out.

So I'm starting my second week of Summer School at UNCW and I am loooving it. I'm living with Jessica and Lindsey and I love them and being here. Being here during summertime has its ups and downs...but mostly it's ups. It's sad because 95% of our friends aren't here for the summer, so we're lonely. Also, baseball season just ended, which is sad because we were all just getting into it during the CAA Tournament that we (UNCW Baseball) hosted this year. The tournament was last week and some of this weekend and we really enjoyed going to all of the games. Although now my scalp, nose, and forehead are severely burned but I think I'll make it.

It's hard typing with the correct punctuation and capital letters because as we all know, I don't do that in normal (textual) conversation. I'm trying to make this not look so dumb by at least spelling my words right, although I still gotta make it fun :).

Anyways, that's all I can handle for now or I'll just be rambling on about every little think that my roommates and I have been doing for the past week (such as going to the pool, playing with Maddox "Mal P" Suggs, and exploring Carolina Beach). No worries Mom, I have been studying...promise! And speaking of...I should get back to that now. Music test in the morning -- boo!

NIGHT!