5 hour Energy. . . .I think it works.

Ok it's almost 5AM and I have been studying ALLLLLL night. That's right I haven't gone to sleep yet. I'm still not sure if I understand the corrolation between the Roosevelt Corollary and The Monroe Doctrine but I have pages of notes on it so maybe I'll remember enough of it to at least fake my through 3 essays and 5 or 6 short answers. I also have to remember exactly how America's Foreign Policy stances changed from the start of the 7 years war (pre revolution) to the end of WWII. That my friends is a LOT of information. 151 textbook pages of information to be exact. Along with about 20 pages of notes and some internet resources. THANK GOD Dr. Strong is letting us use 2 large notecards with information on them. I learned to wrtie VERY SMALL! Anyway amazingly enough I am not yet sleepy. Why is that you ask? Well that's because around 1 am I was getting sleepy and so I drank one of those little berry flavored B vitamen energy shots called "5 Hour Energy". I think I can safely say it worked! I felt whats called a niacin flush but so far that's the only adverse side affect and it only lasted a couple minutes. Not only have I gotten all my studying done but I managed to write two people up in one night. I am so on a roll! Not that I really enjoy writing people up they shouldn't a been breakin the rules! Anyway I'm going to go hop in the shower and read over my American Foreign Policy notes one more time to make sure I have it all down. Wish me luck and if you ever need a boost to stay awake for a few hours longer than you normally do try 5 hour energy you can find it in the vitamin section of Wal-mart or Walgreens!

On a roll. . .

Wow three blogs in a row I'm on a roll today! lol. Really it's just pure boredom at work. Anyway I was thinking about the whole independence thing and about the fact that I want to go to Conway tonight instead of having Jerald meet me in PB. Well my first reason is I really want to attend a youth service that is being held in Conway tonight. I really feel like I need church tonight since I didn't get to go wednesday. Secondly it would be cheaper on Jerald but not much cheaper on me either way I go with it. Those two reasons were the only ones that I had in mind when I first brought up the idea of me going to Conway instead oh and wanting to see my family (as bad as I hate to admit it I actually miss them from time to time). Anyway on with the story. I didn't write about it but my car broke down and has been in the shop for almost 2 weeks now. Anyone that really knows me knows that my car is my LIFELINE! I HATE and I mean HATE having to ask someone to take me somewhere. So when I got stranded in PB I thought I was going to die and it got even worse when we found out how much it was going to cost us to fix the darn thing. Well I thought I was suppose to be getting my car back yesterday but alas the lady called me and said "there's a problem with your car we seem to have ordered the wrong part" In my mind I was thinking WHAT!!!!!!! This cannot be happening!!!!! I was just fixing to launch in to a tirade about their incompetance or some such thing when the lady finished her statement. "We have a loaner for you" Whew!!! I thought to myself lady you better be glad you said that. Not that it was the womans fault but I would have had to have released my anger onto someone and she the poor innocent soul that she is would have been the closest target. Anyway what does this have to do with the fact that I want to go to Conway tonight? IT"S A 2+ Hour DRIVE!!!!! I am soo excited to actually get to do some real driving again I have so missed my car!!!!

I think I may have slightly dissapointed Jerald and I hate that but I NEED this drive. I know that's weird and wacky and crazy of me but anyway on to the main point that i'm trying to make. Is this or is this not a case of independence being a bad thing? I don't think so but you tell me and be honest.

Yvonne

Independence. . .Good or Bad?

After all that meaningless chatter of my last blog I have actually thought of somethng halfway meaningful to talk about! *gasp* This blog will be in the form of a question I suppose. When, if ever, is Independence a bad thing. I am and always have been an independent person with a stubborn streak a mile wide. I've managed to trim down the stubborn streak a bit over the past few years of my adult life but my independent nature refuses to change and quite frankly I don't know that I really want it to. I kind of like me the that I am but I know that as humans we sometimes have a hard time seeing are flaws as well, flaws. So you tell me is it bad to have a really really independent nature and what could make it a bad thing? I really want to know so please please please pretty please with sugar on top comment???????

Ta ta for now

Not much to say

Well today I am in the mood to blog. I'm sitting at work bored out of mind and searching for something profound to say that will wow my few faithful readers and yet I seem to be pulling a blank. So alas you are stuck with my mundane ramblings about work and school. I've been attempting the blog about my nieces singing but I seem to be having troubles with the video. I'm going to try again tonight when if I get the opportunity to get on my sisters connection. I dont know if I'll be in Conway tonight or not. I'm waiting on Jerald to get back to me on whether we are keeping our original plans of meeting in PB (Pine Bluff for you non-arkansans) or if I am going to come to Conway so we can attend a youth service there. I'll let you know how that turns out (as if you really care about these minut details of my life). It's so fun to pretend that there is a world of people out there reading this thing and nodding their heads going wow very interesting I like this girl. It is quite obvious however that I live in the world of fantasy as you can look at my counter and see the stark reality of things. I've only had a little over 1500 hits on this thing since I started it back in July of '07 and a few of those were probably me checking my counter lol. Not that I'm complaining I absolutely adore those of you that read my blog even though you tend to do so in silence. I would greatly appreciate a comment now and then just to remind me that I am loved. *sigh* I'm going to start feeling unloved and unwanted and then that will lead to major depression and the need for me to receive mental health care and all sorts of other nasty things and we don't want that to happen now do we? So C'mon people be a jewel and comment on my blog even if you wish to such derogatory things as "you suck dirt like a hoover" or "I really wish you would give up this pointless blog" At least that way I'll know you're actually reading!! Ok ok enough with the guilt trip I really don't blog to give you guys something enjoyable to read I blog as an out let. My computer is a captive audience and therefore must listen to me anytime I want it to.

Wow this blog really was quite pointless wasn't it? Oh well it was fun and allowed a few minutes of this boring work day pass.

I love you guys
Thanks for putting up with my endless rantings and ramblings

Yvonne

SCARY!

Sorry guys I'm back to politics since I got this e-mail from Sis. Allard. When I watched the video in the e-mail I thought ot myself FINALLY something legitamately bad about Obama! I know it sounds weird and many of you looked down on me when I stood up in the mans defense over the lies that were being spread about him online but I have NEVER said that I supported him I have simply said that there are enough bad things about him and other Democrats that are TRUE that we shouldn't have to around making up lies about the poor people. Anyway sorry about the little rant on with the video!

At first when I was watching it I thought well this isn't so bad he's just talking about the fact that there are lots of different religions and we shouldn't discriminate. Not so terrible right? But then towards the end it's almost as if he is mocking the Bible!!!!! Of all things. So anyway watch the video and decide for yourself.




Love y'all

Yvonne

A conceited blog. . .if you'll allow me

Ok so the title is probably slightly exaggerated but if you'll allow me this blog is purely self interested. I simply wanted to wish myself a happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!



More self exaltation to follow ;) (J?k)


But it really is my birthday and I'm 22 years old. I hope that makes all you people who watched me grow up feel ancient!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Love you guys

Yvonne

Good Times with Jesus

The following is a video from when my mom was here in Arkansas visiting a week or so ago. I got the privelege of singing with her and my older sister Cristie. We sang "Little Song Coming On" by Three Bridges. I think it went great and just wanted to share that with you. I am working on another post that will include a video of my niece singing which is something I think you will not only find enjoyable but I think that it will bless you!


Enjoy!

Yvonne

Finding what makes us "feel good"

The other day I was eating in a chinese restaurant with some people from the church. I think that my favorite part of chinese food (besides eating with chopsticks) is the fortune cookie! Now at this particular place you could eat as many fortune cookies as you wanted because they are out on the buffet. I went to the buffett line and I got a large handful of fortune cookies and proceeded to open them up and read fortunes and eat cookies. The people I was with were laughing at me as I was becoming quite dissapointed that I couldn't find a fortune cookie with a fortune that I liked. You know one of those ones that make you feel good because they say your going to get money or find true love? Well I once again went and got another handful of cookies. FINALLY after eating 6 or 7 fortune cookies I found a fortune that tickled my fancy! It said you will recieve an unexpected payment soon. ALRIGHT! Just what I need I said and once again the people with me laughed. Later that night I was sitting in my room thinking (scary I know) and I had a thought about my experience with the fortune cookies.

Often times we do the same thing to the Bible that I was doing with my cookies. We dig through the Bible trying to find a verse or a scripture to make us "feel good". I was simply ignoring all those fortunes that said things like "you will learn a hard lesson this month" and simply looking until I found one that I liked better. Once I found the perfect fortune all the others were simply forgotten and that became my fortune. Now I know we can't put much stock in fortunes but we can put complete trust in the word of God and yet we sometimes pick it apart taking only the parts that give us that warm fuzzy feeling and leave the rest to be ignored. It's not that we do it on purpose it just happens. We love the part of the scripture that says resist the devil and he will flee but we often brush past and ignore that part that says submit yourselves unto God. We often try to ignore those ugly words like submit and obey in the Bible and we search and search for the parts that say blessings will flow abundantly. While there is nothing wrong with looking for scriptures that apply to our current situations let us make sure we aren't ignoring some of the many wonderful treasures in his word just because they don't make us "feel good"

Hope you all enjoyed my thought for the day. (See no politics this time either!)

With much love,
Yvonne

Time for a break

Ok guys it's time for a break from politics. It seems that's all I've been writing about lately. With the passing of Super Tuesday I shall take a break from boring you to tears with my political rantings and ravings! Instead lets talk about. . . . ME! lol just kidding I know you all get sick of hearing about me too. However I would like to talk a little about some things going on in my life. We have recently started working on an Easter drama at our church. I wrote it sort of. I took some songs and things that I love and compiled them to tell the easter story from a unique perspective. Why am I telling you this? Easy I need for you to pray!!!! For those of you that are close to me you know that my passion is drama as a ministry. It is in my humble opinion that drama is a powerful tool of ministry. I Do NOT want to just put on a play that looks good or has pretty music. I want to make an IMPACT on people. I don't just want to stir emotions over the bloody crucifixion. I want to stir souls as they realize the power of his mercy. I don't want to just cause excitiment when Jesus raises the dead or he himself raises from the dead I want to build faith in his healing power. More importantly I don't want people to walk away on Easter Sunday simply saying wow that was good I really enjoyed that instead I want people to walk away with tear stained faces and changed hearts and I want our visitors to return!!

So please keep us in prayer. Keep me in prayer as I lead this noble army of actors and crew members in the right direction and set them loose in battle on Easter Sunday. Pray that I will keep a right attitude when someones personality clashes and tempers flare.
Pray for the actual production process that costumes will fit and crosses will be tall enough and lights will be bright enough. Pray that no CD's get scratched midway through a performance and no one forgets their lines.
Pray for the actors that they too will feel the same burden for souls that I have and that our mission will be the same. Pray for the annointing upon each member of the cast.
Finally pray for those souls that will be filling our pews this Easter Sunday. I am challenging our cast and crew to fill the seat they normally occupy with at least one visitor.

The drama is called through the eyes of Mercy and some cast members to keep in prayer are
Destiny
Debbie
William
Leah
Anthony
Cindy
Travis
David
Joy

Thank you all for your prayers and support
With much love

Yvonne

Down but not out yet!

Mike Huckabee may have lost Florida which is a pretty important state in the primaries but don't count him out just yet! With Super Tuesday just around the corner he still has a chance since half of the Super Tuesday states are southern and polls show Mike coming up first in many of those states. With Giuliani more than likely dropping out of the race we have a chance to pick up some of his votes. I think we can still win this race for the nomination. . .I still think Mike Huckabee is the man Republicans need to send to the White house! Lets do all that we can do to get this man elected. There are several things you can do click on each one to take you to a link for more information.

1. Contribute! (You can't runa a campaign without money

2. Volunteer and make phone calls

3. Join a meetup group! These groups are a great way to get involved in the local campaign

4. Join Hucks Army!

5. PRAY! Nothing has more power than prayer folks!

A few things you need to know

First of all let me say I apologize for not having posted in so long. School has started again and so it's pretty crazy.

I'm getting heavily active in the Huckabee Presidential Campaign as you can see from past posts and once again this post is to inform you of a few things that are happening in Arkansas.

First of all Saturday (that's tomorrow) We are having a Sign Wave to show our support for Mike. There will be three locations in the central AR location. Two in Little Rock (One at each mall) And one in Conway at the corner of Oak and Harkrider (by Walgreens). I am the team captain for the Conway team and I'm inviting you out to show your support for Huckabee.

Secondly If you are from the Monticello area and you support huckabee please join the meet-up group for the Monticello area (that includes Crossett Hamburg, Fountain Hill, Eldorado, Camden all those places and more). Here is the link for the meet-up group.
www,mikehuckabee.meetup.com/545/
We will be holding our first event soon and being a member of the group insures that you are well informed of what is going on in Huckabee's Campaign.

Thirdly if you would like to help out the Huckabee Campaign please go to his website and become a ranger. Once you have become a ranger pull up the phone bank and spend a few minutes contacting 5 people a day between now and Sunday and more if you have the time. If you spend 5 minutes you could contact 10 people. The script provided is designed to make calls last around 30 seconds.

Well gotta run it's 80's night in the dorms and I have pink hair and we're watching old 80's movies!

Love you guys

Yvonne

Campaign Ads

So it's been a while since I've posted. I've been on Christmas break but now I'm back at school.

Since Huckabee hasn't launched a major campaign here in Arkansas yet we don't get to see the campaign ads he has been running in other states. I thought I would give y'all an easy way to watch his latest one that is set to run in Michigan.



Just click to play the ad.

I love his last line.

Don't forget to get out and vote on Super Tuesday February 5th!

Also if you would like to contribute to the Mike Huckabee Campaign click on the U.S. Map logo at the top of my blog.

Yet another reason I like Mike. . . .

Ok here comes another of my political tirades. I promise this one wont be long because it's 3:30 a.m. and I'm getting a bit sleepy.

As you all know I support Huckabee for President in the 08 elections. Of all the candidates out there I feel he is the best choice for President. Do I agree with everything he did as governor of the state I call home? No of course not. . .I don't agree with everything Bush has done but I still consider him a great president (I realize I'm in the minority here).

Here is another reason why I support Huckabee for President. . . .

The man has manners and the guts to admit when he's wrong. If you've ever watched political campaign ads you know they are often negative ads directed at why other candidates are bad choices. Facts get twisted and turned to one persons advantage and make the other people look bad. So far Huckabee's ad's haven't done that even though some ads have attacked him directly. Today Huckabee was due to release his first negative ad against Mit Romey. I must say that slightly dissapointed me as I hate the mudslinging in politics. Thankfully Huckabee redeamed himself by pulling the ad and ordering it not to be run. On top of that he comitted to not run negative ads against Romney or anyone else for that matter at least unti after the caucuses.

Anyway I'm off to bed now Hope you all have a Happy New Year and don't forget to get out and vote!

Yvonne

If You Vote. . . . .

I'm sure that some of you are registered voters right? Well if you are a voter please think about what I'm writing about today.

If you vote PLEASE MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE!!!!!

How many times have you voted for someone just because you saw a campaign commercial that you liked about that candidate? How many times have you voted simply for a party?

I encourage you to do a little bit of research. If you plan on voting don't go to the polls uniformed. Take the time to research the candidates. Don't just look at their websites but look at things like blogs about the candidate both for and against. Look at their websites of course. Do a search and find out what kinds of bills this candidate has voted to support or not support in Congress. A candidates votes in Congress tells you where he or she really stands. If they are wishy washy in their votes then chances are they will be wishy washy in their campaign. Look for a candidate that CONSISTENTLY supports the issues that you believe in most. This is a democracy and it's all about what the majority wants. People think their vote doesn't matter but it does. People getting out and voting gives you a voice. However your voice doesn't have much of an effect if you don't vote in an informed manner!

Ok that's my lil soap box for the day.

Have great day!

FINALS AGHHH!!!!

Well it is 8:30 am and I have not yet went to bed. . . .thats right folks it's finals week here at UAM. One final down and 4 more to go. I need all the prayers, and coffee that you can give me! lol. I have no more finals today so I am going to go take a nap before work and more studying. If it's finals week for you I wish you all the best of luck!!!!!!!!!!!!


A very stressed college girl

FAITH. FAMILY. FREEDOM

Faith, Family, Freedom. This is Mike Huckabee's campaign slogan and I for one think it is very fitting. I know we can't always put a lot of stock in a politicians campaign slogan. . .but I think this slogan really states what the Huckabee campaign stands for. Mike is very adament about his views on all three issues and I think that you can lump all policy stances into one of the three categories. I think it would be a great idea to look at some of those policy stances that former governor Huckabee has taken and why I'm voting for him.



FAITH:



"My faith is my life - it defines me. I don't separate my faith from my personal and professional lives. "



The above is a quote from Mike Huckabee and I love it. He gives his faith a very important part of his life just like I do. However Huckabee realizes that while faith is important you can't expect the government to always endorse "faith backed" policies. He realizes that

"The First Amendment requires that expressions of faith be neither prohibited nor preferred. "



The folowing are three points that Huckabee makes about faith.



"Real faith makes us more humble and mindful, not of the faults of others, but of our own. It makes us less judgmental, as we see others with the same frailties we have.
Faith gives us strength in the face of injustice and motivates us to do our best for "the least of us."
Our nation was birthed in a spirit of faith - not a prescriptive faith telling us how or whether to believe, but acknowledging a providence that pervades our world."



Huckabee's views on faith make me feel very strongly that he has what it takes to lead our country.



FAMILY:

Mike says "Our true strength comes from our families"

There are two issues that Mike Huckabee focuses on that really focus on family. One is the sanctity of life. To put it in a nutshell Huckabee supports the sanctity of life and believes that Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Mike applauds the U.S. Supreme courts decision to ban partial birth abortions. Abortion is where he got his political start by helping to pass Arkansas' unborn Child Ammendment. As governor he did a lot to pass pro-life laws and ammendments as well as other things that improve the quality of life for our children. He is also opposed to embryonic stem cell research.

The second issue that deals with family is the issue of marriage. For several years now there has been a debate going on about the definition of marriage and whether or not we should constitutionally define marriage. Mike says this about the subject. "I support and have consistently supported passage of a federal constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. " I suggest going to the following link to read more about Mikes views on marriage http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=10

FREEDOM:

Freedom is a word that is often hard to define. What issues might show Mike Huckabee's commitment to America's freedom? Here are some that I think you should pay attention to.


Mike's "Secure America Plan" This is a 9-Point Strategy for Immigration Enforcement and Border Security. Illegal Immigration can and will be a threat to our freedoms if we do not do something about it. Mike is prepared to work on this area.

Mike supports your second ammendment rights and will protect that right which is a freedom laid out in our constitution.

Mikes views on foreign policy especially dealing with the War on Terror and Iraq prove that he is dedicated ot keeping terrorism out of America and insuring our freedom at home. To go into everything that he supports and doesn't support would take a while to type out so I suggest going to the following links to find out more about these very important issues.

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=2

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=20


Mike Huckabee is in my opinion the ideal candidate for president as he values what America values most. . . . .FATIH FAMILY FREEDOM.

I HEART HUCKABEE!

Windshields for Huckabee!

Just doing my part to help the Huckabee campaign! On Saturday December 15th the Huckabee campaign is having a Windshields for Huckabee day. Please visit the link below and do your part to spread the word!

www.windshields4Huckabee.blogspot.com

I Like Mike!

Ok folks you know I love politics and you know I'm big on voting so here's my little who I'm voting for blog. I plan on posting a lot about the presidential candidates I hope you dont mind.

As we all know in the next few weeks we will figure out who the final candidates for president will be. My support goes to the Republicans (naturally). My favorite candidate?




I'll tell ya a little more about why tomorrow.

One of my many Soap Boxes lol.

If you've ever listened to me talk or read some of my previous blogs you will understand why I got such a kick out of this e-mail that I just got from a friend in California. Thanks Sis. Frost!!!!

For those of you who are sick of getting emails that tell you to forward it to at least X number of people in the next 15 minutes so that wonderful things and miracles will happen if you do, or there will be serious consequences if you don't, watch this video.

http://info.org.il/irrelevant/may02-smilepop-soapbox4.swf (click here)

Hope y'all enjoy it!!!!!

Yvonne

Thanksgiving Thoughts

It's the day after thanksgiving and I've just finished a breakfast of Thanksgiving leftovers. . . .Pineapple upsidedown cake, hot pineapple salad, and turkey. . .yum! I was going to try and write this blog earlier but I had a very busy Thanksgving. I hope that everyones was as good as mine was!

I got to spend the day with the most wonderful guy in the world. He came to the house at about 8:00 am and we went to his moms house. It was so nice to get to meet some of his family. After we ate at his moms house we came back to my sisters place where 15 other family members awaited us. It was loud but it was fun! Jerald didn't leave until after midnight so it was nice to be able to spend the entire day with him! It could be a while before we get to spend time together like that because finals are coming up in a couple weeks and I have lots of homework and projects to work on.

Anyway on to the point of this blog. I have so much to be Thankful for and I just wanted to share some of the things I am thankful for with you all.

• The Holy Ghost. (I'm so glad that I know the truth and that I can share it with others)
• My Family. (My family lifts me up and encourages me when they aren't teasing me mercilessly lol)
• My church family. (I can always count on an encouraging word from someone in the church.)
• Jerald. (Yes sweetheart I'm thankful for you. You are the most wonderful thing that has happened to me besides Jesus.)
• The Chance for an Education. (At the beginning of the summer I wasn't so sure if I would be able to finish school because of financial aid problems.)
• Chocolate. (No explanation needed).
• The Coffee Bean. (Formerly known as Dad's place and now known as my second home).
• A Car! (I went a whole year without one so it's great to have wheels!).
• The ministry God has called me too. (Being able to do something for God is so awesome!).
• The wreck I had a few years ago. (Odd I know but that wreck turned out to be a good thing and because of it I'm living for God today)
• Music (I think I would die if I couldn't listen to music!)
• Gods healing power. (He healed me of asthma a few years ago and I can't be thankful enough)

A very small list of things I am thankful for. I could honestly go on and on and on and on about all the awesome things God has done for me. I have so much to be thankful for. My pastor used a quote in service the other night that I liked. I don't know if I have it exactly right. I think I may be paraphrasing just a bit but it goes something like this.

If we are only thankful one day a year then we are in trouble.

I want to give thanks every single day for the little things that God has done for me! I hope that you all will remember to be thankful on more than just Thanksgiving.

I love y'all and hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

Yvonne