letters. day 3.

30 Daily Letters

You write a letter each day to the following:

Day 1 — Your Best Friend

dear Jesus :)

i love You with all that i know how.

without You i know i'd be dead in an eternal torment.

i don't deserve You.

i will never walk away from You.

♥ forever Yours.

Day 2 — Your Crush

i don't have a crush but um... dear future potential husband...

i'm waiting for you mister! get a move on! haha kidding!

but really, the thing i hope most for you is that you are

pursuing the Lord 100%. Not only do i want you to love Him more

than me, but i also will need you to help lead me because that's

how He designed us. i really hope also that you have a love and

passion for music, and not just listening to it but singing and

or playing/performing it as well!! let me tell you, i'm excited

to meet you like you probably don't even know =) i've never dated

ANYONE so i hope that means something to you ♥ be blessed until we

meet! :)
Day 3 — Your parents

dear mom & dad...

there's so much i could say here, how many times we've fought, how

much i still disagree with you on many things... we could reminisce

about all of the fun times from growing up, the amazing times we still

have, especially when its us 3 girls and you two in the van headed to

somewhere yet nowhere at the same time. i could write about the millions

of times i've helped you weed our garden, the countless tractor rides,

even the day we got our cats! there are many stories i could dictate here

like riding a ferry to madeline island then rock island and getting eaten

alive by biting flies and mosquitoes just so we could see a lighthouse :)

i could bring up mom's mountain dew addiction and dad's weird obsession

with making us all laugh so hard we can't breathe *cough*anita*cough*

...but instead of all of that... instead i choose to write the few

words that i know can sum it all up without saying too little or too much:

i love you.

Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams
Day 6 — A stranger
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirro

letters. day 2.

30 Daily Letters

You write a letter each day to the following:

Day 1 — Your Best Friend

dear Jesus :)

i love You with all that i know how.

without You i know i'd be dead in an eternal torment.

i don't deserve You.

i will never walk away from You.

♥ forever Yours.

Day 2 — Your Crush

i don't have a crush but um... dear future potential husband...

i'm waiting for you mister! get a move on! haha kidding!

but really, the thing i hope most for you is that you are

pursuing the Lord 100%. Not only do i want you to love Him more

than me, but i also will need you to help lead me because that's

how He designed us. i really hope also that you have a love and

passion for music, and not just listening to it but singing and

or playing/performing it as well!! let me tell you, i'm excited

to meet you like you probably don't even know =) i've never dated

ANYONE so i hope that means something to you ♥ be blessed until we

meet! :)
Day 3 — Your parents
Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams
Day 6 — A stranger
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirro

letters. day 1.

30 Daily Letters

You write a letter each day to the following:

Day 1 — Your Best Friend

dear Jesus :)

i love You with all that i know how.

without You i know i'd be dead in an eternal torment.

i don't deserve You.

i will never walk away from You.

♥ forever Yours.

Day 2 — Your Crush
Day 3 — Your parents
Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams
Day 6 — A stranger
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirro

brandon.

last friday, november 12, i did a photoshoot for my friend brandon

and had an overall enjoyable experience doing the shoot. it was SO.

COLD. but brandon was a really good sport and is quite photogenic!

we may have almost died from frostbite & um the cold water...but we

got some great results!!

"dear everyone. God healed me of a whole bunch of stuff. He is awesome. the end." ...aka, why i love Jesus and my friends :)

i just realized i need to post 9 more blogs before the end of the year & i'll have made it to 200 blogs! woo!! that's pretty exciting i suppose :P

umm i guess this blog is just an informative kind of thing for the people i don't get to talk to as often as i'd like. since life goes a million miles an hour (as i'm sure we're all aware) i find i often forget to tell certain people important things and likewise i'm sure i miss hearing important things from them.

okay well, my weekend recap...

friday...

i did a photoshoot for a friend of mine.

he's fun to photograph & definitely something different than i'm used to so overall it was

a great experience...PLUS! i got some GREAT shots!!

blog with pics from his shoot are HERE:

http://lizziethellama.blogspot.com/2010/11/brandon.html

after that, i had to drive (fast!) to get my oil changed and as SOON as my oil was

changed, i had to zoom off to baraboo (from lavalle mind you!) to get my tattoo!!

jen and i both were getting them, hers more complex and artsy than mine...however...

she made me go first :P haha. here are some pics from our adventures there:

after that, we stopped by Jen's friend Diana's hair shop, located not even a block away and then went to the mall, did some shopping, then back to my house for a chillaxing evening.

Saturday i was SUPPOSED to shoot my friend Katie buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut the weather was NOT cooperating and was downright cold, nasty, gray and YUCK the WHOLE day... so it became a SUPER lazy day where i quite honestly slept, ate, watched tv and that's all haha. i've not had one of those in AGES so it was kind of nice.... since i had to go to bed early to get up early the next day, it was alright with me...

SUNDAY!!

jen and i woke up at 4 a.m. to leave by 5 a.m. to go to KENOSHA!!!!!!!!! i love it :)

the drive was long but with friends, road trips never really are long at all. add some disciple and a couple epic playlists, and you've got a great 3 hour time :)

once we got to keno, we met up with heidi and got starbucks!! yeah! i drank COFFEE! and i surprisingly LOVED it! mark it on your calendars!! haha!! but for real, it was an amazing morning time catching up with heidi then we headed over to the joint meeting and yay i got to see my cara duck! :) basically, i love meetings in keno... because it just feels RIGHT. the way they speak the Word, the way they wait on God and don't just perform a setlist... the way the words brought by the elders & leaders etc are truly what God wants... the way worship is just RIGHT... it's the BEST!! and ps, the people there are amazing too! everytime i visit i meet more and more people who are just SO WONDERFUL!! this time, i met someone whose name i do not remember (i almost never do lol sorry!) but talking to him was just GREAT! umm then cara introduced me to lori and they chatted for a few, i got to see kimmy and um..there was someone else... uhh i forget now... anyways then we went to Common Ground for lunch! i LOVE that place!!! umm then heidi went to a play, and cara and jen and i went to the mall in racine to kill some time and shop and just hang out yeah! umm 50% off clearance at hot topic, that's all i'm sayin!!!!!!!!! :) then we went to get heidi and to cara's house, then this AMAZING pizza place down by the lake that i forget the name of (see? i suck haha) where they had DOUBLE DECKER pizzas!! wow was that good stuff!! after dinner we headed over to the building where the spark played & they set in some new elders! yeah!! it was sooo great to be there! those guys are definitely meant to be fulfilling those roles. after that, i got to talk to some people i hadn't seen in MONTHS like bethany, tom, john... it was just WONDERFUL! but then we had to go and cara took jen & i back to my car and instead of leaving right away.. haha... we talked for like 2 and a half almost 3 hours xD but it was okay! i wouldn't trade that time for anything in the world ♥

3 hours later and we were home =)

after this weekend i'm absolutely certain about some things that God's BEEN speaking to me for awhile and i was hesitant about, and i am also certain about some new things He's told me...

not only all of that but i am just SO EXCITED about what He is doing and going to do!!

i ♥ Him :)

the end!

21 things to do before you're 21 as prompted by 17 magazine

(done)1. Take a road trip.Mapping the route, singing at the top of your lungs, and discovering new towns with friends is the ultimate bonding experience.

(Done)2. Learn to play a musical instrument.I can play only a few chords, but I love the expressive power of music — and the possibility that one day you can learn to create something beautiful through it.

(__)3. Go skinny-dipping!It's the most liberating thing ever. You have to let go of your insecurities when you take off your clothes. But you're hidden by the water — so it's like bending the rules. Who decided we have to wear clothes, anyway?

(_)4. Save $1,000.Just seeing that big number in your bank account is rewarding — knowing you did it alone.

(kind of did this one...they're gone so it's hard to talk to them)5. Know your grandparents.Ask them (or your parents) about their lives at your age. You might be shocked by how much insight they have — and the crazy things they did!

(_)6. Buy a lottery ticket.But just one. Everyone should take one million-to-one shot in their lives — it's fun to dream such a big and outrageous dream.

(Done)7. Win an award.It doesn't matter if it's a contest for role models or pie-eating — you can be the best at something. And there's no fulfillment quite like everyone else knowing it too.

(Done)8. Say "I love you."It takes courage to be vulnerable. But it's the only way to create the possibility that someone will love you back the way you deserve.

(_)9. Learn to drive a stick shift.You never know when you'll get into a situation where you may need to know how. Plus, in terms of gas, these cars are better on your wallet.

(Done)10. Milk a cow.I was terrified to do it, but conquering this small thing helped me do even bigger scary stuff.

(Done)11. Forgive someone.A girl wrote "b****" on my locker when I was 16, and it always ate away at me inside. But when I made amends with her, the bad feelings evaporated.

(i won't do this one because God is in control)12. Have your fortune told.Sure, it's kind of silly. But doing it is really a reminder that in the end, only you hold the power to chart your own destiny.

(_)13. Go to a drive-in.Seriously, the best place on earth! Where else can you watch a movie, get a great burger, talk and walk around with friends, and see the stars — all at the same time?

(Done)14. Do your own laundry.It's the first step on the long (but gratifying) road to independence.

(Done)15. Ride a horse.Okay, it might sound cheesy, but when you connect with this animal and the wind blows through your hair, it's the closest feeling to real freedom.

(ooh i gotta do this one!)16. Donate your formal dresses.You'll give someone the chance to be a princess for one night. (And, yes, it's okay to feel like one!)

(i've seen it in boston, but i want to be thrown about by it)17. See the ocean.I felt so small next to this huge, timeless thing — and it inspired me to make the most of my life.

(i've waitressed but not as an official job..i think that counts :P )18. Waitress at least once.Serving someone is humbling, plus it teaches you how to communicate and multitask — two skills you'll use forever.

(Done)19. See one thing that is "the world's largest."Even if it's just a frying pan — at least it can be your temporary claim to fame!

(i want to do this sooo bad!!)20. Leave the country.Going to England, I realized how narrow my world really was — and that travel was the best way I could expand it.

(it's easier to do this once you realize God made you :)21. Learn how to love your body.I'm just now starting to feel perfect as I am because I have knobby knees and moles — not in spite of them.

to be a person of integrity.

have you ever questioned your integrity?

do you even know what integrity means?

the definition of the word as defined by webster:

integrity: adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.

have you ever questioned your integrity?

this is something i've been called out on lately by the Lord.

i've begun to realize that at work and just in my day-to-day dealing with people,

i am not a person of sound integrity.

with being in the business of retail especially, i am finding it hard to maintain this sound

honesty and adhering to my morals. with my one job, i work clothing & fashion basically

so giving compliments and flattering people (especially women) is something that will

more often than not get them to purchase your product. with our high pressure to add-on

and sell, sell, sell, i've realized that i will say things to people to persuade them, lie even.

i am not okay with that.

so once i realized what was happening, my task then became clear, to change my actions

and words to go back to my standards of integrity, not so people can say about me,

"wow she is a woman of good character and integrity!" no. i want to be reflective of Christ

in my words and actions and when i am being untruthful and i am wearing clothes that are

not modest (which is easy to do when you're expected to be "fasionable" and "in season")

i am not reflecting Him. in the words of Disciple,

"how can you be of God when you look/when you dress/when you smell just like the world?"

the ultimate truth is that we as Christians cannot accept mediocrity and being "okay" if

we expect to be extraordinary and to change the world!!

in the words of my church's pastor,

"Many of you get up early on Sunday mornings

which is your only day to sleep in...that's WEIRD!!"

with that statement he was speaking to the fact that our actions and

lives are not to be the same as those who do not know Christ.

so let's be RADICAL! let's be a people of love

and integrity with words and actions infallible!!

this is how we will change the world :)