Independence

So I now have:
~my own pet: My little kitty Hazel

~my license AND my own car (which I will have to pay for when I actually want it to be my own
but still) so I can escape whenever I want to
~my very best friends that I have ever had and that I am positive I will stay in touch with even
when I'm in a wheel chair. People always say this and you think it can't be true but, seriously, I
know in my heart that it's true. They will be the Aunties of my kids:)
~my own family that isn't part of the neutral family I live with right now. This is core team.
Over the past couple of years, we have grown to know each other so well, and we are all such a
big part of each others' lives that we all consider each other family. I love them all.
~my very own room that I've designed the way I want it to be and it's pretty much completely
different and separate from the rest of the house
~and I might start a chap-stick business with my friend Marissa, inspired by the totally legit
chap-stick that my sister gave me for Christmas. We are looking for a really cool name to call it
so if you have any suggestions that you would like to share, I would be much obliged
~I am also in the process, along with the rest of the family, of convincing my friend Glenn to open
his own shop to sell shirts and sweatshirts and shtuff because he's one of the most amazing
artists. Like you wouldn't believe that most of the drawings he creates are actually by hand
and not by computer. If you saw them you'd understand.
~in the summer (which I know is a few months away but still) I am absolutely determined to get
a job and will therefore have a source of income to actually do the things I want to do right now
and even save up for stuff for the future.
~as afore mentioned in a previous blog, I've talked with my old Youth Minister, Tim, and he's
decided that he's been called to begin, in his words, a "revolution" to reach out to everyone in
the world and he's asked me, along with the rest of the family, and anyone else who feels
inspired, to help him. Again: tienen suggestions? If so, they would be very appreciated.


I think I'm in the process of creating my own independent world and it excites me.


*pictures will be added to this blog as soon as possible.

Love

i just got this for my car!!

i'm so excited it's not even funny.
no really. it's not.
haha

Radical Ministry

This past weekend I went on a retreat with my school's Confirmation I group. I swear it was one of the happiest retreats that i've ever been on. I helped run it with about 10 other people. These people are some of the greatest people that i have ever known and i am so extremely blessed to have them in my life. I love them with all of my heart. They are my family.

But anyways, i was talking with my old youth minister, Tim, and we were talking about a group we sort of started at my church but after the first few meetings, unfortunately, it sort of fizzled. Now, he lives in Arizona and one of the really dedicated members of the group is in college in Indiana. (Notre Dame, Woot Woot!)

But that doesn't mean that our radical ministry has to end. It might have sort of slowed for a very long time, but it's only hit an impasse. It can still be revived.

So my question to you is this: do any of you have any ideas that we can act upon that is "radical" and can help do even a small thing to help the world? I'm not joking. Please, I'd love to hear what any of you have to say.

Thanks!
~Lili

Everyday I Vow To...

So I've decided that in order to reach my goal of being a person that does more than just schoolwork, in order to be a person with a story, i need to start doing even little things every day so that eventually i can build up to greater and much larger things to change the world. Here's what I have so far:


-give at least 3 people a hug
-talk to someone i don't usually talk to
-spend at least an hour straight (not scattered) doing something besides homework or anything on the computer
-tell someone something about how i'm feeling that day. not hold everything inside all the time.
-ask someone who looks upset what's wrong and listen to them if they decide to tell me
-hug someone who looks upset when words don't work
-give a complement to at least one person...especially randomly
-read a couple of pages in a book that's not for homework
-read something inspirational/ watch a short video about something inspirational.
...as always, this list will hopefully be added onto.

Inspiration Blogs

So many of you might know, or you might not, that one of the biggest goals that I've had for practically my entire life is to be more creative. Recently I have found a few blogs that have become my sort of muse(s? can you make that plural? I've never heard it that way.)
Anyway, I've decided that I want to post their sites on my own blog because I want to spread their magnificence to others so that they can inspire others as they do me.



Number 1.
name: whichgoose
blog link: http://whichgoose.blogspot.com/
this girl is positively...what's a good word...phenominal? creative? incredible?
some mixture of all those and more.
I found her first on Etsy but then lost track of her and managed to find her again a few months later. And then I found out she had a blog and I followed her on there, and I am so glad I did. I look at all of the beautiful things she has created and all of the things she posts that she's done and I am inspired to do stuff for myself, create stuff, do more with my life. So thank you Ms. Whichgoose (a.k.a Emily)

Number 2.
name: goodthingscatered
blog link: http://goodthingscatered.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-recipes.html
so as many of you may know, I am a baker. I love it. It makes me happy. And I think I'm kind of addicted. (to clarify: bake food not drugs ok?)
I actually found this blog a long time ago when I was looking for a recipe for blueberry scones to bake with one of my best friends, Emily. The women who writes this blog has hundreds of recipes; the perfect combination of recipes with pictures to accompany them, and reviews at the end to make you absolutely sure that this is the food you want to create. As mentioned in one of my previous blogs: one of my new years resolutions is to not bake so much but to also cook so that everyone can eat some of the delicious stuff I make without getting all worried about calories and fat or vatefer

Number 3.
name: thedrifterandthegypsy
blog link: http://thedrifterandthegypsy.blogspot.com/2010/01/pretty-books.html
So I only recently found this blog and I am SO happy I did.
The person who wrote this blog posts the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen in my entire life.
She also posts different projects she's started herself and with others and even the rest of the world! I wish I had signed up with her I Heart project. It's this like notebook thing that is being sent all around the world pretty much in which everyone who receives it makes a collage and puts it in the book. So awesome! I want to do something like that some day. Anyways. If you read this blog, please look her up.

Number 4.
name: notebookdoodles
blog link: http://notebookdoodles.blogspot.com/
This blog is a site full of happy and inspirational pictures featuring quotes that have been masterfully put together by the person who writes this blog. I swear. I go on this blog, and even on the crappiest of days, it makes me smile. So thank you so much for making my day every day notbookdoodles. you are amazing.



PLEASE PLEASE LOOK UP ALL OF THESE PEOPLE EVEN IF YOU DON'T READ MY DESCRIPTIONS! you will understand when you see them. and you can thank me later:)