P

Parents
People
Peeps - my favorite Easter candy!
Popsicles
Playlists
Purple
Parking spaces near the front
Plates
Paper towels
Pain - it builds character and brings you closer to God.
Parts
Planes
Paychecks
Parties
Plants
Pools
Playing
Piano
Potato chips
Paint

House Cleaning

Hey guys! If you would be willing to forward this to anyone you think might be interested, that would be awesome!
Love,
Sophie

Dear All,

I will be cleaning houses in order to earn some money while I attend college full-time this fall. I am planning on cleaning Fridays, Saturdays, and some evenings if need be.
Charge will be based on the size of your house, and the amount of work you want done.
My general services include, but are not limited to:

sweeping/swiffering (all hard-floors)
mopping (all hard-floors)
vacuuming (this includes sofas and bedrooms if you want that done)
Bathrooms (sinks, floors, toilets, mirrors. Bathtubs and showers are not included)

Anything extra you want done will be charged separately.
If you are interested, please give me a call at (256)541-7776.

O

Opera - My mom used to sing opera. :)
Opals
Oranges
Oak
Oars
Oblique
Odious - the word itself, not what it means. haha.
Observation
Orange nail polish
Occasions
Okra - especially fried, YUM!
Offerings
Olives
Oil
Onomatopoeia

N

Necklaces
Name tags
Needles
Neon
Night
Noon
Neptune
News
Nations
Nail polish
Nachos
November
Nuts
Noodles
Nerds - the candy and the type of people :)
Napkins
Names
Newborns
Nieces
Nicknames
Noses
Novels
Numbers
Nurses - my amazing sister-in-law is a nurse. :)
Nativity
Neapolitan ice cream
Neatness
Need
Nobleness
NASA
Nails
Nance road being back open!

M

Maddy
Mark
Marbles
M&M's
Marketing
Mashed potatoes - .... Maddy suggested this one.
Materials
Matter-of-fact
Maturity
Mercy
Merit
Messes
Mischief
Money
Mops
Moods
Modern-ness - if you consider that a word. haha
Moms
Manners
Markers
Macaroni and cheese :)
Macadamia nuts
Maple syrup
Machines
Mistletoe
Myths
Music
Mustard
Meekness
Masters

L

The Lord. Lord of Lords.

LISA SLATER. My amazing mom. :)
Love
Lambs
Laughter
Lullaby's
Lakes
Lilac
Limbs
Laminate
Lady bugs
Lace
Lady
"Live Like You Were Dying" - very good song. Go listen to it here.
Listerine
Lists
Lions
Luxury
Lysol
Lemons
Limes
Life
Licenses - drivers licenses. I do not mean having the "license" and/or "right" to do something.
Libraries
Leviticus
Light
Letters
Lessons
LCA
Legs
Lucifer - my computer, not the devil. haha.
Leashes
Leaves
Lawns
Laws

K

K k k k k..... This is a weird letter, no? I don't know too many words that start with the letter k. Give me suggestions of things to add to the list if you think of some!

Kabobs - they are yummy, plus the word "kabob" is just so much fun to say! Say it! Come on, say it! Kabob!!
Kansas and Kentucky
Kangaroos
Kites
Karate
Kazoos - I've got the blues, from my head down to my shoe-ooos. I've got the blues from my head down to my shoe-oos! Mmmmmmm-mmm-mmmm-mmmm-mmmmm
Keepsakes
Kiwi
Kettles
Kisses
Keys
KEY LIME PIE. This is my favorite dessert EVER. Possibly topping even chocolate.
Kids
Kilts. Oh yes. :)
Kindness
King-sized candy bars - honestly, who doesn't need a king-sized candy bar every once in a while?
Kitchens

J - for Jacksyn!

JESUS CHRIST. Number one for sure.
Haha, Jacksyn, you made it into the title too! Here's a picture of me and Jacksyn, my dear friend from school, at the formal. I LOVE YOU JACKSYN!!! (Isn't she lovely?)

Japanese cherry trees - you should have seen some of these in bloom recently. They have the prettiest little pink petals all over them.
Jelly
Jelly beans - only the fruity kind though!
Juju fruits
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jabber
Justice
Jam
Jupiter
Jonathan - my dear brother
Jungles
June - my birthday month!
Jumping
Jars
"Jane Eyre" - really good book! If you haven't read it, I highly suggest it.
Juice
Joy
Jowls
Joints - how weird would it be if we didn't have joints?
Jobs
Jewelry

I

Infants
Igloos ? Maybe. They're fun to look at. Wouldn't wanna live in one that's for sure!
Independence day
Iron
Ireland
Irksome - isn't that word so much fun to say?
Illinois and Indiana and Idaho some states that make up our wonderful country.
Information
Intelligence
Icons
Inboxes
Islands
Income
"Isle of Inisfree" - love this song.
Ibuprofen
Ice
Ice makers - our ice maker recently broke. Don't ever take your ice maker for granted!! lol
Ideas
Individuality
Imagination
Illumination
Ice cream
Immortality
Imperfection
Incense

H

Happiness
Hands
Holiness
"Holy Holy Holy"
Hearts
Hair
Hudson - my brother for those of you who don't know. haha
Handbags
Hippie style - I'm not a fan of actual hippies, but they do have fun jewelry and a fun sense of style.
Habits
Hospitality
Haggling - Not really relevant to 2011, but it's a really fun word, no?
Hair stuff - bows, pony-tail holders, clips, bobby-pins, all that fun stuff!
Holidays
Hound dogs
Hallways
Halos
Hammers
Ham
Handbells
Handkerchiefs - I made one of these a couple months ago and monogrammed my initials on it. :)
Hard boiled eggs
Harmonicas
Horses
Harvest - oh yes, my town!
Hash brown casserole - whenever I eat this, I tell whoever is with me that hash brown casserole is what I'm eating every day in heaven.
Hats
Hay rides
Health
Hebrews
Hedgehogs
Heirlooms
Helmets
Herbs
Heroes
Hershey's
HD TV

G Part 2

Ok, so I published this one and immediately recieved quite a bit of grief from Maddy about things I did not put on here. Hence the part 2. Haha. Keep in mind that all of these were Maddy's idea, hence why some of them are a little weird...

Gigi's cupcakes
George Washington
Gavels
Grommets
Genesis
Gummy worms
Gauges
Gremlins
Gravity
George Bush
Grapico
Grapefruit
Green tomatoes
Green eggs and ham
Game Stop
Games
Giving
Gifts
Groups
Gloves

G

Good looking boyfriends. Haha.
Grapes
Gummy bears
Gadgets
Google
Gmail - which would technically fall under google, but hey, I'm trying to get a long-ish list here! lol. :)
Green
Gabriel - angels are awesome
Gap - super expensive there, but I do love their clothes and things.
Goody bags - I always loved coming home from birthday parties with a goody bag. :)
Garth Brooks
Goodness
Greatness
Goobers - that one's for you Allison! <3
Giraffes
Gates
Galatians - I love this book... :) It's right up there with Philippians for me. I love the epistles.
Greece - the country, not the element of butter that stains your clothes and never comes out. haha
Gallivanting
Galoshes
Games
Grandparents
Gasoline
Garages
Garage sales
Garbage collection - this is certainly something to be thankful for!!
Gardens
Garfield
Green beans
Garlic bread - yummm
Garments
Gasoline
"Girl in the Gatehouse" - very good Christian fiction book. I highly recommend it.
Gaudiness
Grins
Grits!!! MMM. I love grits.
Grass
Gazebos
Geeks
Geizers
Gentleness
Gentlemen. These are hard to come by these days. Gotta appreciate them.
Gratitude
Grace
Gum
Grilling
Grocery shopping

F

French fries! Oh how I love french fries... haha
Family
Fawn
Faeries
Faith
Friends
Food
Fables
Facebook
Fads
Faces
Facial expression - how boring would we be in person if we couldn't use facial expression?
Factories
Fiddles
Florida
Flags
Fair - being fair, not the fair like a state fair. We all know how that went... (if you don't, look back at my previous post "Today I am Thankful for: The State Fair")
Falliblility
Familiarity
Fathers
Fast-food
February
Fellowship
Flowers
Feet
Fate
Fiestas
File folders
Fish - I love my little fishy Tchaicovsky. :)
Fingers
Furniture
Fireplaces
Fire
First aid
Flamingos
Flap-jacks

E

Economics presentations
Eating
Eggplant - the color, not the vegetable
Ears to hear
Ecclesiastes - I love this book. It's so amazing. :)
Electronics
Eagles
Early mornings
Earmuffs - these are especially useful when you're spending quite a bit of time outside and don't want your ears to freeze.
Earbuds - what would we do without them?
Earrings
Earth
Easy school or projects or easy anything!
Easter

D

I think D might be a hard one.... Might not be too long. Suggestions are welcome!

Dad's - I have the best dad in the world.
Driving
Deuteronomy - definitely one of my favorite OT books.
Dates
Dry senses of humor
Dramamine
Dairy
Dibs - those amazing ice cream thingys. So yummy.
Daffodils
Daisys
Dangly earings
Dogs!!
Days
Diarys
DecembeRadio
Dragonflies (is that how you spell that?)
Dancing
Doritos

C

***My darling sister Maddy helped me come up with words today. Thanks Mads!***

Christ - definitely the most important person in my life!
Calhoun - getting the swing of things here! I actually TALKED to someone today! Other than Alene. But she doesn't count because I talk to her every day. haha.
Chicken fingers
Country music - one of my most favoritest things!
Critical thinking questions
Computers
Cell phones
CAPITAL LETTERS
Chloe!! Cutest baby ever. So there.
College applications and scholarships
Covenants
Christianity
Candy
Coke
CHOCOLATE I mean, who can live without chocolate? Seriously!
Chucks - Also known as Converse, which also start with c! haha
Cameras
Craziness
Cows (That one's for you Jen!)
CMT
Christian music and fiction
Crochet - not my thing, but I am putting it up here per Maddy's request.
Chips

B

Bible
Breathing
Blogs
Blankets (and lots of them!)
Beds
Bins and boxes, boxes and bins
Babies
Bands
Bar soap
Boat houses
Baskets
Bumper stickers
Brand names
Baths
Bubbles
Birds
Band-aids
Bowls
Bags

A

Apples to Apples
Anytizers
Anklets
Angels
Andes Mints
Advil
Amelia
America
American Idol
Amazing Grace
Anne of Green Gables
Acts
Art
Avocados
Aunts
Aaron
Air
Ace of Cakes
Apple Cider
Apple Fritters
Apples
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
Advent Calendars

ABC's

Hello faithful blog followers! I have finished my series on the names of God. I am moving on to a new series, brought to you by the alphabet! I stole this idea from Jenna. (Thanks for letting me steal it Jen!) I will be posting a list of things I am thankful for and all the things on the list will start with a particular letter of the alphabet. :) Be sure to tell me what you think!

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

What does it really mean to have God as the Prince of Peace? Does it mean we won't have turmoil, problems, sadness? Absolutely not. I think it means that through the turmoil, the pain, the sadness, we can rest on the assurance that God will bring us through it.

James 1:2-4

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Philippians 4:6-7

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

These verses do not imply that the peace of God keeps us from trials, but state that when in trials, we need to be encouraged because our trials will give us patience and continue to sanctify us. Instead of being discouraged by things, we should be joyous in the fact that God uses our frustrating circumstances to bring us close to Himself!
We aren't supposed to fret. We are to tell God about our problems and then leave them with Him. Don't continue to dwell on your problems; that won't give you peace! Instead, talk to the one person who will always care, God. And then let it be. Remember that sometimes, we need to be still and know that He is God. And we aren't letting Him be God when we continue to focus on our problems. His peace will guard your hearts, your minds, if you let Him.
To me, this is what the Prince of Peace is and means.

Picture Post!

This was the bell tower at Lupton Hall at Oglethorpe. They ring them every quarter, or every 15 minutes. It's awesome. And it's gorgeous. :)























This is me in the bay window that's inside their AMAZING library!

Me in front of.... I can't remember which building this is. But it was right after my audition.

Here are some more pictures of my darling niece! :) She's so big now! She smiles and giggles, and yesterday she was reaching out to touch the dog, and leaning forward and eating my mom's hand. Too cute. Too too cute.

In this picture Chloe was studying my economics book rather intensely. We were studying together! :)









Meeting great-grandpa!

Good Shepherd

Second to last name of God! The last one with be Prince of Peace. :)

John 10:7-16

Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

In this passage, Jesus explains the difference between salvation and false assurance of salvation or eternal life.

Other religions or cults or sects or whatever you want to call them give people a false assurance, a false hope. Just like the hireling in the passage. He gave the sheep he was tending the assurance that he would take care of them, but when the wolf came, he abandoned them. It's the same concept with any other belief other than in the gospel. With false religion, you believe in, or at least have hope of, eternal life. But, if you're a Christian, you know that the only way to eternal life is through belief in Jesus and Him crucified, buried, and raised to life the 3rd day. So, non-christians, don't have that assurance, and are condemned.

But, guess what guys? The Good Shepherd came and died for our sins and lives again, and grants us salvation from hell if we believe in Him! He doesn't abandon us when the wolf comes, in fact, he searches for the one lost sheep and brings him back into the fold! How awesome is that? It gives me goose bumps, it really does. It's so amazing!

Matthew 18:12-14

“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

• Disclaimer! You have my complete permission to post a comment disagreeing with anything I have stated in this post. However, please do not be mean, you can disagree without being mean about it. Thanks! :)

My Trip to Oglethorpe

So, I'm gonna quick blog about my trip to Atlanta, so that you all can hear abuot it without me having to repeat the same thing a thousand times. Hahaha.
It was a really fun trip! I drove most of the way there and back, which was exciting. Except for driving through Atlanta. That is not fun. Just so you all know. Haha. But we got there and Oglthorpe had a gift bag waiting for me at the hotel, which was cool. And then dad and I went to the campus for my choral scholarship audition. It went really really well! I think I sang better for that audition than I've ever sung ever. I was so excited! And Dr. Ray was really nice. Everyone at Oglethorpe was really nice. But, I sang for him, and then dad and I went to the on campus library, which was AMAZING. Ok. Amazing. Half of this library is the size of the Madison library. It's amazing. I'm tellin' ya. And all the builidings, except a few which are being remodeled to be like the other ones, are in the neogothic structure, and in grey stone. And it's just the most beautiful campus. It is so gorgeous. Then, at 4:30 we checked in for the JEO merit scholarship competition, and I met a few girls, and then we went to different brief type things. One was on their core curriculm, and the other was all about their honors program and studying abroad, and I am eligible for both by the way. Then we went to a reception, and the food was actually good! I got to talk to some OU parents, and a current student, and the Civic Engagement boss person. I learned a lot! Then, I went back to the hotel and crashed promptly after eating some of my dad's dinnner.
Saturday was really really fun! We got to the school at 8:30 and met the president in the theater. Which is awesome by the way! I wish I had taken a picture of it. It was super cool! And then we moved on to our seminars. I was in one called "The Polotics of Hip Hop" and it was really interesting! My professor was really nice, and she asked some very thought provoking questions, and gave us all a signed copy of her book, "African American Polotics." Then we had to write an essay based on what we covered in the seminar, then we went to lunch. I got to talk to an economics major about all the awesome economics classes he's taking, and another girl about the cafeteria food, and then we went to Emerson Hall for a "Party." It wasn't really a party. Hahaha. It was mostly loud music and some chips and we sat around for 3 hours. But, I visited with some really nice girls, and that was fun. And then, I went on a dorm tour, and the dorms are super nice. Plus there's a kitchen available for the residents of each dorm! I thought that was awesome. Because I do not want to live off ramen for 4 years if I go to this school. haha. Then, we went to the auditorium in Lupton Hall and watched "Inception". Really good movie! If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. It's really good. Also, I had an interview with an alumni. She basically just asked me all about myself, and all my accomplishments, and my interests. Things like that. And then we got in a bus to go to a VIP dinner at the natural history museum in Atlanta. I will spare you the details of the horrid bus ride to the museum.... Ahem. And the food at the museum was really yummy. I got back to the hotel at 9:30, slept in on Sunday morning, then me and dad left for home. It was a really fun weekend!
I don't know any results from my audition or seminar yet, but I'll be sure to tell you all when I get them. Thanks for reading my really long post! :)

Deliverer

Well, I started at Calhoun last Thursday, and since then, I've been positively SWAMPED with homework. I am doing the mini-mester in Macroeconomics, so, I have 7 weeks to do a 15 week course, and I am doing a math, which, by definition, takes me forever to do. So, blame my lack of blogging on the fact that I get 15 minutes here, and fifteen minutes there to do something other than homework. Hahaha. But, I am on break right now, waiting until time for my econ class to start, so I am blogging! :) Next name on my list is Deliverer!

2 Samuel 22:1-3 "David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: 'The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—from violent people you save me.'"

So, when I think of God as a deliverer, the first thing I think of is the Hebrews being delivered by God out of bondage. But, there's so much more to Him being a deliverer than just the Hebrews being delivered by Him.
Christ delivers us out of bondage to sin and He delivers us into His family. When we're born, we're born spiritually dead (Ephesians 2) and He gives us new life in Him! He delivered us from the devil and sin and gave us life in Him. He redeemed us, He saved us, He rescued us.
It's such an amazing thing to think about! I want to challenge you all to spend five or ten minutes just thinking of all the things God has delivered you from. Here's a few things I thought of:

• Sin
• Hell
• Satan
  
• Despair
• Death

Creator

Isaiah 43:15 "I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

John 1:3 "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made."

Colossians 1:16 "For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him."

Nehemiah 9:6 "You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you."

God being our creator is the foundation of our faith. Think about it. The beginning of Genesis is all about creation and what God created. And, as you can see from the verses above, there are references to God being the Creator all throughout the Bible. Old Testament and New Testament. Humans are intelligent beings, capable of making decisions, of speaking, we have emotions, etc... That could not have occurred by chance. It all happened because of God's plan, by His creating us and the world we live in. In order to respond to God at any level, we need to acknowledge His handiwork in us and the things around us. He gives life to everything. All things were made by Him and for Him. He is our Life-giver.

Picture Post!

I am going to put a few recent pictures of Chloe on here. She's so big now! Squealing and screaming and just being super cute. And she's also very chubby, and that makes her all the more adorable. :)



This was her Christmas outfit. It had a reindeer head on her rear end! How cute!!!

Reindeer feet!


This was her Christmas present from mom and dad. The bird sings when she pulls on it and she never stops smiling and giggling when it sings.


How cute is she with that giant bow on her little head? I mean, come on!

Counselor

Next name, here we go! :) Oh! I'm not going to do "I Am" anymore, because I basically covered that when I did Jehovah. Just an FYI.

Isaiah 9:6 "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

"God is our Wonderful Counselor… Merriam-Webster defines a counselor as a person who gives advice or counseling. When God gives us His counsel, He is sharing with us His purpose!"

Ok, so, that's a quote from the website at the bottom of the post. Since they so wonderfully explained how God is our counselor, I'm going to share some ways in which God gives us counsel.
1. Through the Scriptures. How can we expect to know God's will or purpose if we don't search the scriptures? The Scriptures give us our purpose in the Great Commission, in the Beatitudes, in the fruits of the Spirit, and many other places. We are to spread the gospel, be peace-makers, be kind, loving, meek and quiet, etc...
2. Through prayer. We can't exactly expect to hear from God if we don't talk to him. So, praying is good! We are to be still and know that He is God. So, pray, make your requests known, give thanks, and then wait. I've never ever heard someone I know say that God has directly spoken to them, but, you can get an impression on your heart, your circumstances can give you an answer to your prayers, or, as above, the Scriptures can reveal things as well.
So, that's all I have on that. I encourage you to look at Matthew 5 and 28, Galatians 5, and maybe find your own passages on what we are commanded by God to do as Christians, and, I challenge you all to find some time to be still and not just ask God for stuff.

www.impressyourkids.org/god-is-our-counselor

What do you do when.....

What do you do when....
life becomes way more complicated than you ever thought it would be?
you have to make grown up decisions and you don't feel like a grown up?
faced with two or three equally amazing opportunities and have to choose?
you want to stay a kid but life tells you no?
These are a few things I've been thinking a lot about the past 6 months or so, with graduation coming up and college and turning 18 on my next birthday and all that weird stuff that I thought about but never realized would happen until recently. haha