Playing mustard. Oh wait this has been done before. (Catching up)

I haven't posted in a few days it seems. But that's okay.

If you didn't know, WE HAVE HEAT. And had heat at 11:30 that night. Because my Dad is awesome. Some even call him Superman. ;)

Tuesday was... good? Did school, went to Urban Vision, taught ballet, danced for 2 more hours. I was sore after that. But we started our creepy doll dance!!! And it's super awesome. And we started our jazz dance. Which is hard. But it's still fun!

Wednesday... Went to school. Spanish was good. Mom's class was good. Then I went to the libarary and got some books (Little Women and The Prince and the Pauper being two of them!). Came home... did some more school... ate dinner. Mom&Dad had a meeting... I watched American Idol. Went to bed.

Thursday I think I slept in a bit and did school. Babysat... which was an ordeal. But it got talked about and I think things will be better from now on. Then... Dad and I did some ACT stuff. Then we watched American Idol and The Office. Went to bed.

Friday: slept in a bit. Did school stuff. Took a physics test (and got 100%! YES!). Babysat. Came home. Ate dinner (delicious buffalo chicken pizza!). Watched Taylor during the rent's small group. Chatted with people for a bit. Then WENT TO BED.

And I'm leaving it at that for now.
An ACT post next!

How's THIS...

for cold?

haha.

I couldn't do it. I couldn't go to bed without blogging! Even though this isn't NIPTO. But whateves.

Most of all, the big news, is that our furnace is currently out of commission. And it's 9* and feels like -2. EEK.
Yeah.
I hope this starts working soon.
Go Daddy, go!
He's amazing. Btdubs.
:)

That's all.
Goodnight.

NIPTO, Day 365

Today marks 1 year of NIPTO posts.
Tomorrow... I don't think I'm going to blog. I'll probably go to bed feeling like I forgot to do something, but oh well! haha.
I'll still blog pretty much every day. But if there are days that I'll be up until past 10:30 blogging IF I blog... nope. Not gonna do it. (Even if it's for the kids.)

My day today was as follows: School, more school, classes, come home, find out I don't have to babysit, watch Glee from last night, talked to Kate a bit, read her blogs to Mom, ate dinner, got ready for dance, went to dance, danced for 2 hours, came home on CRAZY roads, changed into comfy clothes, and now I'm blogging and listening to Brandon's talk from 2 weeks ago.

NIPTO time.
2 Timothy 1:15-18
¹⁵ You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Everyone deserted him. How sad would that be??? To have everyone in an entire province desert you. Including these two people. 

That would be... lonely.

 ¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. ¹⁷ On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.

Even after being deserted by a whooooole bunch of people, Paul asks that God would show mercy to Onesiphorous. He was a person who supported Paul and was refreshing to be around. He wasn't ashamed of Paul's chains. He was far from ashamed! He searched for Paul when he was in Rome until he found him! That's devotion. And definitely not shame.

¹⁸ May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

Paul asked God to show him mercy because of the ways that he helped Paul in Ephesus. Good for Onesiphrous. (That's a mouthful of a name! haha)

And that's all for tonight. I think I'm going to eat a brownie and start an old episode of Chuck (I'll watch the new one during lunch tomorrow! :] Can't wait!)

Bye blog readers. Love y'all.

NIPTO, Day 364

Tomorrow.
Tomorrow is my one year "blogoversary" or something like that.
Tonight is the Super Bowl. I'm rooting for the Green Bay Packers. The score is currently (JUST SCORED!) 14-0 Packers. (I'll post updated scores throughout the game/this post with little parenthesis. Packers-Steelers. Yup.)

Today was pretty crazy. Got up&got ready. Went to church. Church was music practice, 1st service music, sunday school, going upstairs briefly and then going back down because we didn't sing a last song, hanging out between services, second service music, "State of the Church Address," and that was CHURCH. Then I talked to Nicolee for a while (which was really fun! I haven't seen her in forever). Then it was time for our "Soup-er Bowl" party. So we had lunch (Broccoli cheese&French Onion). And then we had a discussion about a couple of the beattitudes. Good stuff.
Then I came home, for half an hour, and left for SUPER Sunday at The620. We hung out and ate (pizza) and played a Super Bowl Trivia game (which we tied) and then had a karaoke-off. Sam and I sang for our team and we won! Oh yeahhhhhh (that was a Vector "OH yeahhhhhh," in case you were wondering). Then Brandon talked. And I videotaped it. Hannah, remind me to send that to you or something. And zen we cleaned up and listened to "The Joy of Being Lovesick" by Cory Asbury. And now I'm home watching the Commercial Breaks. The Dorito commercials have been the best so far.
And now I'm going to do NIPTO. And then finish my homework. (I have to finish writing a paragraph answer to a question. No biggie!)

2 Timothy 1:6-14
⁶ For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ⁷ For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.


Because of Timothy's faith, Paul wanted to remind him keep the gift of God in him alive. (14-3 haha) The Spirit that God gives to us doesn't make us afraid. It gives us power, love, and self-discipline. One of my "who I am in Christ" statements is something to the effect of "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind." And I like that. A sound mind. 




⁸ So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.


We shouldn't be ashamed of God. And Paul is telling Timothy not to be ashamed that Paul is a prisoner because of his faith. Instead he invited him (and us!) to join with him in suffering for the gospel. Suffering by the power of God.  




⁹ He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, ¹⁰ but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.


God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He didn't do this because of anything that we did, but because he has his own purpose and he has grace for us. The grace given to us is was in Jesus before the beginning of time. But now it's been revealed through Jesus's life, death, and resurrection.




 ¹¹ And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. ¹² That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

THAT is the gospel that we were called to share and teach. That's why Paul was suffering. But his suffering wasn't a cause for shame because he knows who he believed in and he was convinced that he was able to guard what was entrusted to him. Go Paul!

 ¹³ What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

What's written should be kept as a pattern of teaching: teach with faith and love in Christ Jesus. We should guard what was deposited in us (God's word? the ability to share God's word?). We're to guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit. Who lives in us. BOO YAH!

Yeah. I'm done for now. The score is still 14-3. (packers-steelers) Yeah. I'm done. Homework time...