Something I am OCD about

Well I am not very OCD about much but, I would say that the one thing that has to be perfect is my grades in which drives me crazy! I will do anything to get an A if it involes staying up until the wee hours of the night, doing any extra credit assignment that presents it's self, or even being the dreaded grade grubber that everyone hates! That is the only thing that I can think of that I am OCD about.
That is All,
-Alli

A picture of me- DAY11!

Well this is simple.:) This is me... I am a simple girl living to work for God. This was taken in August at Buba Gumps in California!
Eachone of you is special,
-Alli

A Look back in time:)

Okay so this last two weeks has been a field of emotions for me because of school stress, friend stress, commitment stress, and family stress. My brother cracked his head open two weeks ago so I got to spend a whole week with him because he was staying at home:) I have not spent that much time with him in about six year. Then my other brother came by our house a few times too and I felt like the family was back to normal and united. So now that they are gone again I miss them so much and I now value every moment of family time I have with them because I know how truly important it really is.

Now, with friend stress... I am just feeling so alone and unappreciated and used by the non-family members I love and I feel extremely alone. But, anyway...

Back to day 10, a picture that was taken over 10 years ago. I am going to show 2 the first one is of me and Aaron the brother who cracked his head open. When I was little I would constantly fight with him and we would hit and kick and scream at each other like normal siblings:) so this is a picture that makes me smile because out of all the fighting we still love each other.

Picture 2, is of the 3 siblings at our cabin. We all of very different yet all so alike:)

Love, Hope, and Joy
-Alli

A picture I took:)

Welp! This is a picture that I took last summer Pre-photography class days. It is of a lovely girl singing her heart out at a kids American Idol. So it makes me smile because she is in her element:)

Love, Peace, Happiness
-Alli

A photo That makes me Sad or Angry-Day 8

Okay, so there is a story to this picture... Although we all look quite happy this was not my favorite road trip ever. We were on our way home from a Indian Reservation that we ran vacation bible school on for the past two weeks. That week I put a huge effort in to and did a lot of work to make it be a success. But, I was feeling totally unappreciated and as if I could not do anything right. People were ignoring me and I was not getting any thank yous. But I had to keep remembering that my reward will be going to the Kingdom of Heaven with my heavenly father in the end.

Love each and everyone of you!
-Alli

Day 7- Happy Picture

Well this is awesome because I was just reminiscing about my summer and how fun it was and I looked through all of my pictures.
This week I have been struggling with school starting and I have been extremely sad and stressed. It is nice for me to be able to look back over this joy filled summer and look at my pictures. But, I choose a picture that has a bunch of memories wrapped in to one:)

Okay so it is was taken at Flowing Lake on an overcast Saturday with 4 of my best friends that I know will always be there for me! I have crazy stories with each one but the most important thing about it is that they love me for who I am:)
Love you Life for what it is,
Alli

Day 6 Twenty Favs

Alright so this is simle, 20 of my favorite things:)

1. Jesus
2. The smell of rain and the sound of it pouring down from the sky
3. Spending time with family
4. Simple smiles either from a friend, stranger, or a child:)
5. Any hot TV man
6. Late productive nights
7. The satisfaction of acing a test
8. The smell of the salt water
9. Our whidby house
10. Childhood memories and pictures
11. Crying your heart our until you feel better
12. BBQ Chicken Wraps from red robing with the special salt on the fries
13. Camping at lake Pearrygin
14. My youthgroup Family
15. Finding a friend for life
16. The clean feeling after a shower
17. Shaytards
18. Boating/Fishing/Watersports
19. Carring for the sick
20. Open sunday evenings next to the fire with a greentea latte from starbucks

-Alli

Favorite Quote

So today is favorite quote day. I found this quote this last may from my youth leader Jim and it really gave me purpose:)

"God is preparing His heroes, and when the opportunity comes He can fit them into their place in a moment and the world will wonder where they came from."-A.B. Simpson

This gives my life so much hope and reason. I find myself focusing on material things. I really need to focus on the lord and his plans and what he wants me to do for him! It sits heavy on my heart that I need to remember that he is always going to be there for me and that I need to give everything up to him. I mean EVERYTHING such as... my worldly possessions, my heart, my life and it's plans, and even my stresses. I stress over too many things instead of leaving those things for the Lord and listening to what he is telling me. I love him so much and I need to give everything up!

Tell me your thoughts,
Alli

Favorite Book

Alright I am kinda done with favorites... Any who:) Favorite book. Well I have, again, so many but at the moment I love the book "By the time you read this" It is so cute and touching. It is by Lola Jayne.

But I also really enjoy anything by Sarah Dessen! I am pretty much a sucker for romance:)

Preace, Alli

Favorite Shows

Sooo this one is also hard for me to have only one answer so I will give you my top favs!

1. Supernatural- I love Jensen and Jared in it!
2.Lost- And amazing and epic( Iknow the word is overused but it truly explains it's perfection!)
3. Harpers Island- Didn't get the love it deserved
4. Vampire Diaries- Paul... yum(nuff said!)
5. The Spin Crowed-Jonathan is so funny

Bah! So I might be bad at following directions of these daily blogs but who cares no one reads them anyways!

Keep searching for that happiness!
-Alli

Favorite Movie

Okay so I am a teenage girl... I bet that you could guess my favorite movie already with out even reading the rest of this. So right now take a guess of what it is:)

For this blog I am going to chose a movie for each main movie category.

1. Romance-Yep hopefully you guessed right! My favorite movie would be probably "the notebook". I love the characters, the plot, and the romance. Plus Rachel McAdams and Ryan are beautiful people! The story line always makes me cry. Nicholas Sparks is a genius writer.

2. Action-"Never Back Down" SERIOUSLY Sean Faris is soooo good looking! The music in this movie is amazing also it contains a lot of good looking characters:)

3. Sports- I made this category because I had to fit my old stand by movie of "Stick It" in there. This movie never gets old. Again, the sound track is awesome and it has some very funny moments:)

4. Childrens- "Up" no doubt! I have analyzed this movie for several different classes and I just love the ideas!

Those are a few of my all time favorites!
-Alli

More on Favorite Songs

Alright so yesterdays daily blog reminded made me think of my favorite songs so I thought I would list them(in no order):
-Message in a Bottle: John Mayer version
-Letters From the Sky: Civil Twilight I fist heard this from the TV show Harpers Island:)
-Assassin: John Mayer I love the words.
-Flake: Jack Johnson He defines my summer
-Holler till you pass out: 3oh!3 I love their beats!
-Closer: Kings of Leon I love how eerie it is
-Little Lies: Dave Barnes
-All I can Say: David Crowder I speaks my heart
-The Instrumental: Lupe Fiasco
-She is Gone- Young Money it has memories attached to it:)

I pretty much love any of these artists and their music. Anything by John Mayer is gold! There are many other songs that mean a lot to me but these are the main few for the moment.

Let me know your favorites!
-Alli

A Favorite Song:) Day 1

A song that I love right now is "Little Lies" by Dave Barnes. I am currently learning it on the guitar. It is so simple yet elligant and katchy:) Listen to is and tell me what you think.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBcGRIGoR-M&feature=related

P.S. Keep my brother Aaron in your prayers. He cracked his head open in mexico and ended up with 80 sitches in his head :(
Love you all!
-Alli

I am going to try it for 30 days!

I stole this from someone elses blog and I thought it would be fun to try. These won't be done every day, but as often as I can find the time. And hopefully It will become an everyday occurance:)

Day 1 - a favorite song
Day 2 - a favorite movie
Day 3 - a favorite television program
Day 4 - a favorite book
Day 5 - a favorite quote
Day 6 - 20 of your favorite things
Day 7 - a photo that makes you happy
Day 8 - a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 - a photo you took
Day 10 - a photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 11 - a photo of you recently
Day 12 - something you are OCD about
Day 13 - a fictional book
Day 14 - a non-fictional book
Day 15 - your dream house
Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 - an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)
Day 18 - my wedding/future wedding/past wedding
Day 19 - a talent of yours
Day 20 - a hobby of yours
Day 21 - a recipe
Day 22 - a website
Day 23 - a youtube video
Day 24 - where you live
Day 25 - your day, in great detail
Day 26 - your week, in great detail
Day 27 - your worst habit
Day 28 - what's in your handbag/purse
Day 29 - hopes, dreams, and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 - a dream for the future