Goodbye February

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." -Albus Dumbledore from the movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
It's the last day of February and it's snowing here in Ithaca (or the last time that I checked). I am not surprised, but I do want it to be finally over. I want it to be Spring so we can walk around, have a picnic with our friends and family, and do other things that we can't do since it's Winter. I started getting symptoms of a cold on Wednesday and now I have a full blown cold. This really sucks because I was supposed to hang out with friends yesterday and since I am sick, I had to cancel. I didn't want to get her children and not to mention her sick so I just stayed home. I thought that I was getting better, but I am not. I hate it when I am sick. I am a baby, cranky, and crabby all in one (although I am not those things this time around...then again, it depends who you ask ).
I just looked outside and it looks like we got an inch of snow already. I hope that we don't get anymore; it just needs to stop. James is sleeping and here I am awake typing away. I think that I need to get more sleep before I go back to work tomorrow. Working while you are sick is never good and considering that I have to work from 9 to 6, I just hope this cold "wraps itself up" before then. Then again, who am I kidding? When I am sick, it usually lasts a week or so.
I thought that I was going to make a long post, but I am not so I will sign off now. Until next month or so. Have a good weekend and God Bless!

True Beauty

"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight."-1 Peter 3:3-4
Trying to figure out what to type on here and then it hit me, it hit me that there are a lot of people out there that could be vain and worry about their looks or worry about what people think when they see them. To be honest, I am one of those people, but I really don't consider myself vain more like I have a low self-esteem and it's an on-going battle that I seem to never win. Just when I think that I won, things happen that make me lose. I refuse to lose this "battle" and it's funny that I keep on losing because James keeps on telling me that he fell in love with me because of what I have inside and not what I have on the outside (if that makes any sense) and it's an added bonus that I am beautiful, too.
In the following pictures, I feel the most beautiful (click on the pictures if you want to see them bigger): See the common theme? If you don't, the common theme is that I am smiling. I feel the most beautiful when I smile. When I don't smile, people think that I am in a bad mood or that's something is wrong with me (refer to the Crazy blog for more details). I know that I am a beautiful woman, but I just feel at times that I could be better. What I mean by that is if I could lose more weight...goodness, I am already doing again! I really need to stop doing this.
I guess I get all of these "issues" because whenever I see my Mom, she reminds me that I need to lose weight and when I was younger, my little sister would say that I am ugly (she has since apologized for saying that). I really can't say anything to my Mom because it's rude to be disrespectful to your parents, but frankly it's getting old. Although the last time I did see my Mom, she noticed that I lost weight in fact, that's the first thing she said.
My name is Andrea and I am a beautiful and wonderful woman who has a awesome husband (whom I believe God sent me) and I really couldn't ask for more. What I just wrote is what I need to keep on telling myself and when I do say these words, I know that I am beautiful inside and out. I didn't mean for this to be a depressing post, but this is the only way I can actually admit to myself that I have "issues" and that I can get over them. With God and James by my side, I know and believe that anything and everything is possible and I will beat this "battle" once and for all!

Happy Valentine's Day!

"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." -Harry Burns from the movie, "When Harry Met Sally..."
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! James is away doing some "major errands" so while he is away, I thought that I would write in here to celebrate Valentine's Day. Have you notice that there are so many scriptures about love in the Bible? I mean I am sure everyone knows the infamous 1 Corinthians verses 13:4-7: Love is paitent, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. But, there are more bibical scriptures about love than just that. Wondering what they are? I can tell you because I have been searching and found quite a few to be honest. Here's one from the Book of Timothy chapter 1 verse 5: Love comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Here's another one from the Book of Matthew chapter 1 verse 21: For where your treasure is,there your heart will be also. Here's one from the Book of Corinthians chapter 13 verses 7 through 8: Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
What is your favorite Bibical scripture about love? I have one and I think it's really nice, then again some people may think it's a selfish verse, but I don't. It's comes from the Book of Corinthians chapter 13 verses 1 through 13: I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have the faith needed to move mountains- but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned- but if I have no love, this does me no good.
I am done writing this blog about love and Valentine's Day. I hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day like I am. Have a wonderful day and God Bless!

I Love Writing, Too!

"Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in the mirror which waits always before or behind." -Catherine Drinker Bowen
I really don't know why I titled this blog, "I love writing, too" then again, maybe I do. I guess I titled this because some people think that you have to be young in order to write in a journal let alone to keep one. I really don't think that it matters how old you are, if you want to keep a journal, go for it! It (keeping a journal) helps me vent out when (besides God and James) I need to and not to mention it's my own personal way of talking to God (sounds weird, I know but it's true). I have more than one on-line journal but out of all them, this is the one that I use the most.
As far as I can remember, I have always loved writing. Whether it was short stories, comics, or just funny stuff, I just love to write. I guess that's why I majored in English while I was in college. My favorite classes were: Fiction Writing and History of Rhetoric. I liked Fiction Writing because of the fact that I can make up my own stuff. I remember writing a semi-autobiography about myself my Freshman year of college and my English teacher liked it so much that he recommended it to be on a collection of short stories that were written by students called "Free Falling"!!! I was so excited, but I didn't get to see the publication because of the fact that the book came out during the summer and I didn't know how to get it from there.
There was someone that wanted me to check their writing and see if there were any errors and of course, there was and they didn't want me to check their stuff again I guess because they wrote how they spoke and that always doesn't go well (makes sense? I hope). Even when I was younger, I made up a comic strip made out of stick figures and I don't remember what I named it, but it was pretty cute.
I am currently writing a story called "Dreams Do Come True" and to be honest with you, I am not really sure why I am naming it "Dreams Do Come True", but I know that for a fact that the title may change because it doesn't really fit what I am writing about. To tell you what it is about....hmmm...where do I begin? I think that I have so many topics and sub-topics that it's almost unbearable to be quite honest. But to tell you the main plot of the story: a girl that moves out of state to attend college, joins a sorority, meets the man of her dreams, and struggles to keep her faith in tact while she's away from home (with the help of the man of her dreams of course).
People love writing about anything from how their day went to just to vent about what is bothering them or to just to talk about their families and personally, I find it fascinating to read. The reason why I say that is because sometimes they (the people who write) are having the same problems are going through the same things that you are going through and it's great to relate to them. Autobiographies are my favorite books for that very reason.
Well, I think that I am done writing now beacause I think make that I know that I will go off on topic if I continue to write on here. Well, have a good weekend everyone and God Bless!