So last night I went to the midnight premiere of Breaking Dawn pt 1 (Yeah, judge me all you want! I don't care!). And, needless to say, it was actually REALLY good (Again, judge me all you want). I didn't just learn that they did a waaaaaay better job on this movie than the last 3, I also learned that people can be extra crazy when it's really late. One girl ran to the front of the theater and ran back and forth yelling "ONE MINUTE! ONE MINUTE!" It was very entertaining to watch everybody. Some people brought blankets and were sleeping until the movie started, and some people were laughing rather loudly and talking. Some people, like my friends and I, watched Eclipse while we were waiting.
Midnight showings are fun. Getting 4 hours of sleep is not.
November 18, 2011
November 15, 2011
Lesson #85: Texas failed kindergarten. Part II.
Yes, if you can remember I have used the title "Texas failed kindergarten" once before. Well, let's just say Texas just keeps failing.
In the morning I leave the house with jeans, tennis shoes, a long sleeve shirt, a jacket, and possibly my letter jacket as well. By the end of the day, I wished I was in shorts and a t-shirt. It's the middle of November. Make up your mind already!
If there's one thing I hate about Texas, actually this is probably the only thing, it would be the bipolar weather.
Is it too much to ask to just be cold and stay cold? We also would like some snow...
In the morning I leave the house with jeans, tennis shoes, a long sleeve shirt, a jacket, and possibly my letter jacket as well. By the end of the day, I wished I was in shorts and a t-shirt. It's the middle of November. Make up your mind already!
If there's one thing I hate about Texas, actually this is probably the only thing, it would be the bipolar weather.
Is it too much to ask to just be cold and stay cold? We also would like some snow...
November 8, 2011
November 6, 2011
Lesson #82: "Make 'em laaaugh, make 'em laaaaugh, don't you know everyone wants to laugh?"
Today I am thankful for laughter. Besides sleep, laughter is the best medicine to any situation. I am thankful that God gave us laughter, because if we didn't laugh, this world would be a pretty boring place...
This post is short, but I don't think it needs more words.
What did the triangle say to the circle?
"You're pointless."
This post is short, but I don't think it needs more words.
What did the triangle say to the circle?
"You're pointless."
November 4, 2011
Lesson #81: Safety First
Today, I am thankful for safety. And seat belts.
At about 3:30 PM today, an ACU bus carrying twelve students, three faculty members and the spouse of one faculty member, representing the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, crashed near Runnels County. Only one fatality has been confirmed, the bus driver was unharmed, and the rest were severely injured. This was an Ag group on their way to Medina, TX to help the kids at the Medina Children's Home. President Phil Schubert and others from ACU are headed to the different hospitals to console with the students and families as they arrive.
If you're reading this, stop what you're doing and say a quick prayer for the students and faculty involved in the crash, and pray for the families of those students, especially the two families who lost their children. Thank God for the guardian angels He sends our way everyday.
This is a picture taken at the scene. Please please please keep this people in your prayers. The top of the bus was completely ripped off. Please wear your seat belts from now on. I know I am.
At about 3:30 PM today, an ACU bus carrying twelve students, three faculty members and the spouse of one faculty member, representing the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, crashed near Runnels County. Only one fatality has been confirmed, the bus driver was unharmed, and the rest were severely injured. This was an Ag group on their way to Medina, TX to help the kids at the Medina Children's Home. President Phil Schubert and others from ACU are headed to the different hospitals to console with the students and families as they arrive.
If you're reading this, stop what you're doing and say a quick prayer for the students and faculty involved in the crash, and pray for the families of those students, especially the two families who lost their children. Thank God for the guardian angels He sends our way everyday.
This is a picture taken at the scene. Please please please keep this people in your prayers. The top of the bus was completely ripped off. Please wear your seat belts from now on. I know I am.
November 3, 2011
Lesson #80: Tears of joy, tears of sadness.
Today I am thankful for tears. Whether they be tears of joy, tears of sadness, or tears of anger, tears help heal the heart. God gave us tears to express what we're feeling without the use of words.
When we're upset, we cry. When we're incredibly happy, we cry. When we watch or hear sappy love stories, we cry. When we're stressed out, we cry. (Girls cry more than boys, but hey, a hint to the fellas. Crying IS okay. It really does relieve stress sometimes). Tears are a part of life, God gave them to us for a reason!
"But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad." --Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
When we're upset, we cry. When we're incredibly happy, we cry. When we watch or hear sappy love stories, we cry. When we're stressed out, we cry. (Girls cry more than boys, but hey, a hint to the fellas. Crying IS okay. It really does relieve stress sometimes). Tears are a part of life, God gave them to us for a reason!
"But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad." --Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
November 2, 2011
Lessons #79: "Sunnnriiiiseee, Sunnnseeetttt.."
Today I am thankful for the sunrise, for another day. We have no clue what the future may hold. We know what we hope is going to happen, but only God knows what's going to happen in five minutes, two hours, five years, or a thousand years. Every morning when I wake up, my first thoughts are, "Why is it sooooo early?! Why do I have to be up right now?!" and then I remember I'm 18 and I have to go to school every day.
Then when I'm driving to school, I see the sunrise. I stop and marvel at the beauty of such a simple thing. One thing I love about living in Texas, it's a blessing and a curse, is the flat land. It may be flat, dry, and plain, but boy are the sunrises amazing. As you may have heard, "You ain't seen a sunrise until you've been to Texas." (However, Colorado comes in a close second I must say).
I am thankful for every day I'm alive. I sometimes take it for granted, waking up every morning. Seeing the sunrise on my way to school reminds me to thank God for giving me another day.
Then when I'm driving to school, I see the sunrise. I stop and marvel at the beauty of such a simple thing. One thing I love about living in Texas, it's a blessing and a curse, is the flat land. It may be flat, dry, and plain, but boy are the sunrises amazing. As you may have heard, "You ain't seen a sunrise until you've been to Texas." (However, Colorado comes in a close second I must say).
I am thankful for every day I'm alive. I sometimes take it for granted, waking up every morning. Seeing the sunrise on my way to school reminds me to thank God for giving me another day.
November 1, 2011
Lesson #78: I am thankful.
It's November 1st! ...Woah.
The month of November is a month dedicated to being thankful. (Really, we should always be thankful, but it's good to dedicate a whole month just to one topic).
Today, I am thankful for the wonderful, amazing, crazy, adorable, fun, incredible, and indescribable people in my life. Friends, family, teachers, famous people I don't even know, people I see everywhere that I don't know. I'm thankful for everyone! Whether you realize it or not, you create a relationship with every person you meet, even if it's only one encounter.
My friends are incredible. I don't know what I would do without them. I could go on and on naming those people but that would take up too much room. I have been blessed immensely with the friends God has put in my life. I know that if I needed any one of them, they'd be there for me in a heartbeat, and I'm do the same for them. I love them with all my heart!
My family. My family is INDESCRIBABLE. I can't even begin to tell you how thankful I am for my family. My parents are the best, I know that I can go to them about any and everything at any time! They love me even though I mess up, and I know they always will. I have the most amazing big brother. He was always there for me when we were little, even though I was the annoying little sister. He always treated me like a big brother should and set a good example for me. He was my hero, and still is! I also have an awesome sister in law. I couldn't have asked for anyone better! She didn't see me as just her boyfriend's little sister. She saw me as a friend, and that meant a lot to me! So I approved, naturally. She's the best sister I could ever ask for! My grandparents, on both sides, are absolutely the best! They're each different in their own way and I love them so much! They set a good example and I really wish I could see them more often. My aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, fourth cousins, they're my favorite. I love them so much and I really wish I got to see them more! My whole family in general is amazing. I love them so much, and I feel incredibly blessed to be called a Hardcastle!
I have some pretty awesome teachers, not gonna lie. (And I'm not just saying that because my mom and dad are my teachers). My school is privileged to have some of the best people teaching us. My math teacher, Mrs. McConnell, is an amazing woman. She's like my school-mom. (Even though my mom is a teacher...). I can talk to her about anything and I love her to death! Mrs. Baker, oh I love her! And her children! That whole family is amazing. Mrs. Baker and Rosie bring such a light to our fine arts classes. They make it so much fun! Mrs. Robbins, well, she's just incredibly awesome. You can ask anyone, and they'll agree. Not every teacher keeps an axe and a sword on her wall. Granted, they're plastic, but still cool. And Mrs. Gilbreth. I know we all say we don't like what she gives us now, but I know we'll be thanking her later in college when we're the only ones who know how to write a research paper! I love those people, and I'm so glad they're teaching me.
Sooooo I know it's weird to be thankful for famous people I don't even know, but really, it's not weird at all actually. People like Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Christopher Columbus, Michael Jackson, and Steve Jobs are good examples. They all changed the world in some way or another. Ghandi promoted love and peace, as well as Mother Theresa. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr stood up for what they believed in, and will be remembered for it. Christopher Columbus helped discover America! Michael Jackson changed pop music forever, and will ALWAYS be remembered, even if he was a little weird... He was still incredibly talented. And Steve Jobs, the co-creator of Apple, created some pretty advanced technology that has helped the way people communicate and convey things to the world. Without these people, our world would look completely different.
Then there's those people you see everywhere, but you have no idea who they are. There's an elderly man who walks his dog around the Lunsford Trail at ACU every single night. I go running every night and I see him! Well it's been about a year since I first saw him, and now every time I see him, he says hi and encourages me. He tells me I'm doing great and to keep going. He may not realize what that really means to me for him to encourage me and motivate me to keep going. I don't know his name, or his story, and he doesn't know mine, but yet we have this relationship that I'm thankful for. I hate running sometimes, on those really windy or scolding hot days, but he comes around the corner just at the right time and tells me to keep going. And you know what? I keep going! It's the little things in life that really mean the most.
So take time today to remember those special people in your life that God has blessed you with. Make sure you thank God for those people, because He puts them there for a reason. We are all blessed with the relationships we have.
To whoever is reading this, I thank God for you. I thank God for the relationship we have and what a blessing you have been in my life. If I've never met you, well, I'm still thankful for you. :)
The month of November is a month dedicated to being thankful. (Really, we should always be thankful, but it's good to dedicate a whole month just to one topic).
Today, I am thankful for the wonderful, amazing, crazy, adorable, fun, incredible, and indescribable people in my life. Friends, family, teachers, famous people I don't even know, people I see everywhere that I don't know. I'm thankful for everyone! Whether you realize it or not, you create a relationship with every person you meet, even if it's only one encounter.
My friends are incredible. I don't know what I would do without them. I could go on and on naming those people but that would take up too much room. I have been blessed immensely with the friends God has put in my life. I know that if I needed any one of them, they'd be there for me in a heartbeat, and I'm do the same for them. I love them with all my heart!
My family. My family is INDESCRIBABLE. I can't even begin to tell you how thankful I am for my family. My parents are the best, I know that I can go to them about any and everything at any time! They love me even though I mess up, and I know they always will. I have the most amazing big brother. He was always there for me when we were little, even though I was the annoying little sister. He always treated me like a big brother should and set a good example for me. He was my hero, and still is! I also have an awesome sister in law. I couldn't have asked for anyone better! She didn't see me as just her boyfriend's little sister. She saw me as a friend, and that meant a lot to me! So I approved, naturally. She's the best sister I could ever ask for! My grandparents, on both sides, are absolutely the best! They're each different in their own way and I love them so much! They set a good example and I really wish I could see them more often. My aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, fourth cousins, they're my favorite. I love them so much and I really wish I got to see them more! My whole family in general is amazing. I love them so much, and I feel incredibly blessed to be called a Hardcastle!
I have some pretty awesome teachers, not gonna lie. (And I'm not just saying that because my mom and dad are my teachers). My school is privileged to have some of the best people teaching us. My math teacher, Mrs. McConnell, is an amazing woman. She's like my school-mom. (Even though my mom is a teacher...). I can talk to her about anything and I love her to death! Mrs. Baker, oh I love her! And her children! That whole family is amazing. Mrs. Baker and Rosie bring such a light to our fine arts classes. They make it so much fun! Mrs. Robbins, well, she's just incredibly awesome. You can ask anyone, and they'll agree. Not every teacher keeps an axe and a sword on her wall. Granted, they're plastic, but still cool. And Mrs. Gilbreth. I know we all say we don't like what she gives us now, but I know we'll be thanking her later in college when we're the only ones who know how to write a research paper! I love those people, and I'm so glad they're teaching me.
Sooooo I know it's weird to be thankful for famous people I don't even know, but really, it's not weird at all actually. People like Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Christopher Columbus, Michael Jackson, and Steve Jobs are good examples. They all changed the world in some way or another. Ghandi promoted love and peace, as well as Mother Theresa. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr stood up for what they believed in, and will be remembered for it. Christopher Columbus helped discover America! Michael Jackson changed pop music forever, and will ALWAYS be remembered, even if he was a little weird... He was still incredibly talented. And Steve Jobs, the co-creator of Apple, created some pretty advanced technology that has helped the way people communicate and convey things to the world. Without these people, our world would look completely different.
Then there's those people you see everywhere, but you have no idea who they are. There's an elderly man who walks his dog around the Lunsford Trail at ACU every single night. I go running every night and I see him! Well it's been about a year since I first saw him, and now every time I see him, he says hi and encourages me. He tells me I'm doing great and to keep going. He may not realize what that really means to me for him to encourage me and motivate me to keep going. I don't know his name, or his story, and he doesn't know mine, but yet we have this relationship that I'm thankful for. I hate running sometimes, on those really windy or scolding hot days, but he comes around the corner just at the right time and tells me to keep going. And you know what? I keep going! It's the little things in life that really mean the most.
So take time today to remember those special people in your life that God has blessed you with. Make sure you thank God for those people, because He puts them there for a reason. We are all blessed with the relationships we have.
To whoever is reading this, I thank God for you. I thank God for the relationship we have and what a blessing you have been in my life. If I've never met you, well, I'm still thankful for you. :)
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