Me Currently

Current Playlist:

Katy Perry- Last Friday Night

Tedashii- Riot

Black Eyed Peas - Do it Like This

LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem
Jason Aldean- Hicktown
Jason Aldean- My Kind of Party

Kid Cudi- That New "New"

Thompson Square- Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

Current Food:

 Odwalla Bars - Original Superfood is the BEST

 

Current TV Show:

My favorite show at the moment is SWAMP PEOPLE!! 

one day my sister and I were channel surfing and we came across this gem and I am so addicted

These are my favorite guys! They are awesome Britt and I find ourselves trying to sound like them. "SHOOT SHOOT!!"

Current Wishlist:

I wish that I could be done with school!!! 

Current Triumphs:

I just got back from working at Newlife's camp Crazy Love and had a great time. I would like to say that 3 of the girls from our Bainbridge group came to know Christ. In total there were a little more than 450 kids at the camp and it was AMAZING to see God grow in all of them. So this is a great triumph for God!!

Some of the girls from my high school group on Western night!

Current Bane(s) of my Existence:

So lately I'd have to say that it'd be people who think they know whats best

Proud people who think their plan is better than God's plan. 

Proverbs 16:9 "We can make our plans, but God determines our steps"

Current Celebrity Crush:

 At the moment my celebrity crush would have to be MMA fighter and TV star 

Jason "Mayhem" Miller from Bully Beatdown

 

I started doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu not too long ago so needless to say I love this show.

He is hillarious and is a super good fighter so whats not to love... minus cauliflower ears 

but still

Current Outfit:

 

I am currently wearing my CrazyLove staff shirt 

(I was a lifeguard at the camp and I didn't have to do a single rescue! Thank God!!!)

also I'm wearing sweat pants.

Current Mood:

 

I am pretty content at the moment. Tired from not really sleeping at all this past week but other than that I am peachy. I am excited for what God has in store for me but yeah other than that not much is going on.

Sorry bout not posting for a WHILE life has been busy and to be honest uneventful. Hopefully since its summer I'll be better at posting...we'll see though :)

20 things bout me

{1} food. I LOVE Italian and Thai food... growing up one of the requirements in my mind of where I would end up living was that they had to have a Thai restaurant near by

{2} color. Green

{3} animal. Love dogs and if I could I would want a pet teacup piglet

{4} sports team. .... which sport? and do you want pro or college? UW for college sports in general... I like the San Diego Chargers, the Seahawks, The Miami Heat, Celtics... Colorado Avalanche (hockey) The AllBlacks (rugby) yeah I like sports

{5} dessert. Cheesecake!!! and everything else...

{6} artist/singer/band. Shawn McDonald, Lecrae, Dominic Balli, Paramore, Mumford and Sons, Black Keys, Michael Buble', John Mayer, Steve Wonder, James Taylor, The Cars, Jack Johnson..... the list could go on!

{7} pair of shoes. my rainbow shoes!!!

{8} outfit. Hmm... anything comfortable at the moment

{9} store. Champs, Zumiez, Forever21, TJ Max,

{10} brand. Nike

{11} perfume. Clinique Happy

{12} accessory. my phone... and some sort of sunglasses!

{13} city. Bainbridge

{14} hobby. swimming

{15} beauty product. jergens lotion

{16} snack. I need to stay away from these...

{17} holiday. I don't have a favorite we do them all big in our house

{18} movie. Persuasion... at the moment

{19} song. too many to even come close to an all time favorite! Plus I listen to a lot of music!! These days I've been listening to Dominic Balli's song "All you need is love"

{20} guilty pleasure. I'm going with my sis and saying tanning as well... I hate being super white! I also would have to say shopping...

Well now you know a little bit more about me! Sorry I haven't been blogging lately life has been super crazy but also super good! God's been blessing me a lot and also helping me grow through trials. Well see ya around. My next post will be better!!

My ABC's

Well it's finals week and so I decided to take a much needed break to blog :)

{a} age: 21
{b} bed size: extra long twin... its half of the old bunk bed my sister and I used to share

{c} chore you hate: Sweeping/Mopping the kitchen! AH don't even get me started on that one!
{d} dogs: Used to have 2 but not anymore :( I want one!
{e} essential start to your day: I have to listen to music in the morning while getting ready or else I feel super groggy and just like I'm sleepwalking
{f} favorite color: GREEN :)
{g} gold or silver: Silver!
{h} height: 5'10
{i} instruments you play: I used to be first chair in band when I played the alto saxophone and then I also play the piano
{j} job title: I am a student, lifeguard, swimming instructor, and youth group leader
{k} kids: none of my own I have a God son Jayden and a sponsor child named Ama from Ghana! If you would like to sponsor a child click the link below http://www.feedthe5000.org/sponsor/

{l} live: in the same house I grew up in on an island in the PCN (Pacific North West)
{m} mom's name: Janice
{n} nicknames: BugGleary, Clairebear, Carebear, Clarence, MugGleary, Gleary, Buggaboo, C money,  Claireberry, Clurr, Clurrburr, Jinx, Bug, Clairelizabithomas
{o} overnight hospital stays: well I got there in the middle of the night for both of my kidney stones :(
{p} pet peeves: bikers that try to act like a car and then a pedestrian oh then take up all of the road and people who act different depending on what group they are in... Just be you!
{q} quote from a movie:
"(Wearing coconut bra, dancing) Yeah I'm A Lady, I'm a Lady! (Quickly pulls bra away from body, showing his chest) Not Really... Its me, king Julien! Now, which of you is attracted to me?"
Madagascar 2

"You smell like a baby prostitute!"

Mean Girls

"You know why!" 
What Happens In Vegas

"Starfish, I would just like to say that I'm honored, honored to see you taking an interest in my work and I also think you're very pretty and... (sees girls getting scuba gear on) Starfish? Where are you going? Starfish are you going swimming? Where are you going? Where are you going again Starfish? Was it the Chad?"
Charlie's Angels

{r} right- or left-handed: Right!
{s} siblings: An older sister (Britt, 24) and a younger brother (Brenton, 18)

{t} time you wake up: 4:14 MFW and around 8:30 the rest of the time

{u} underwear: I like boyshorts and cheekers :)

{v} vegetables you dislike: beets YUCK
{w} what makes you run late: My phone/clock randomly turning off in the middle of the night and being over booked between school and work.
{x} x-rays you've had: 2 for kidney stones, 3 for my broken pinky, 1 for my tailbone and then the dentist
{y} yummy food you make: Tamale Pie!! Yum! 

{z} zoo - favorite animal: hippos, penguins, kangaroos

♪♫...now you know my abc's, fill yours out and share with me! ♪♫

motivated...

you ever have one of those days were you are super distracted and not motivated to do anything productive? Well... that was my entire week... It was bad! Lets hope tomorrow brings a fresh start to my upcoming week!

Wee Bit O' Me

{one} do you wear holey jeans? if so, do you buy them that way?

Yes I do wear holey jeans I don't think I've ever bought a pair of jeans with a hole already in them.

 

{two} do you get a full 8 hours of sleep per night?No! I rarely get a full 8 hours in due to my busy schedule and my attempts to keep a social life. Last Friday though I slept for 14 hours... I'd never done that before and usually after I sleep in super late I feel like I've missed out on the day but not this time! I knew I needed those extra hours cause I've been "running on empty" and was fighting off getting sick.
{three} what’s your favorite way to eat an oreo?

 I love to seperate the oreo and try to get all or as much of the filling stuff on one side and then I eat it :)

{four} do you wear shoes in your house?Nope! If I could I would go with out shoes all the time!
{five} who would you call first if you won the lottery?My family and then probably Milo and Nella
{six} have you ever been in a food fight?

Yes! Our babysitter when I was around 6 let us have a food fight and it was so much fun. I've had a few others at camps I've worked at and man are they fun in the moment but later its a bummer having to clean up.

 

{seven} do you snore?When I'm sick with a cold I do... :(
{eight} do you know how fast you type? I don't I should find out! Probably not as fast as I wish I could type
{nine} can you do a headstand (without using a wall)?ALMOST!! I just tried it while watching TV with the family... they already know I'm a nerd so whatever :P
{ten} how do you like your popcorn?

Since I started doing Weight Watchers I've been Obsessed with 94% fat free kettle corn its my favorite thing and I have it multiple times throughout the week

Write it Out

So my wonderful sister Britt tagged me in her blog The Adventures of Josh and Britt in this thing called write it out where you write the answers to the questions instead of typing them. I don't feel my handwriting is the greatest and it kinda fits that I am going into the medical field. It's legible but not as cute and fancy as my sisters is. Let's do this...

Here are the questions:

1. What's your name / blogger name?
2. What's your blog's URL?
3. Write "The quick fox jumps over the lazy dog."
4. Favorite quote?
5. Your favorite song?
6. Your favorite band / singers?
7. Anything else you want to say?
8. Tag 3 - 5 other people.

Here you go! 

ALSO....

Last weekend my friends Dan and Julie took me, my brother and our friend Liz to Montana with them to go skiing and it was a blast! I didn't do as much boarding this trip as I could have/would have liked to but that was my own fault. 

  We went to Lost Trail and it was great! They had fresh powder and it was actual snow! We don't really get snow like the snow they had because its too wet here in Washington. It was a great day though! 

I was able to meet some cool snowboarders and watch a competition 

This is a picture from one of the competitions (not taken by me)

Liz and I having fun while being bored from being in the car so long

 

here are us kids at Dan and Julies church

All in all it was a great trip!

New Directions and Newlife

         Well hey there! So a lot of changes have been happening this weekend and they are all things that I am really truly excited about! To start things off My buds Canela and Willy were put in charge of a new Sunday school group at our Church, Newlife. 

       They are both apprentices there and its been crazy awesome watching both of them really grow in both their relationships with each other and their relationship with God these past few months. But yeah they were approached by the leaders and asked to start a group for 5th and 6th graders. The 5th and 6th graders are all too old for the kiddie group (kids theater) but not quite old enough to be able to sit there in the adult service and understand what Brandon is talking about. So it's called Zone56 and I was asked by Nella to be a group leader for it (big item #1) This Sunday was the first day and it was a big hit. There were 22 kids there and Willy did a great job! We talked about Solomon and it was weird seeing by bud Willy who I've known since we were these kids age and when I think of him I remember the Willy that used to be obsessed with baseball and would pull out chairs before I sat in them. I never would have thought that he would be where he is today but it makes me so happy that he has. He has come so far from what he was and I know God has big plans for both him and Canela.

(this is us @ a Creation Fest 2008)

So big thing #2 is that after being a part of the Bainbridge Bible Chapel youth program since I was in 6th grade I am now a leader at Newlife's Bainbridge youth group. I was approached by a fellow leader at Newlife and asked if I would be interested a while ago. I didn't want to leave BBC because it was where I felt I wanted to be and I had friends there and yadda yadda yadda but as time passed I realized that yes I the youths wanted me there but I wasn't needed. They had no great need for me to help most of the kids at the youth group are either graduated of graduating this year and so I will remain close with all of them but after much thought and prayer I feel led to where there is a need for leaders for young high school girls. I'm so thankful for this opportunity and I hope I can help show God's love to these girls and really help them through these difficult years. At their ages I wished I had a Christian girl a little older than me (who wasn't family) that I could talk to about stuff so now I have a chance to do that and I'm so thankful for that! Tonight was my first night and the topic was True Love we read out of 1 Corinthians 13 and it really amazes me how pure and great God's love is compared to ours. My favorite part lately is in vs. 2 "... and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." We can have the greatest knowledge of God and know everything but if we don't act on that faith is it really there because God calls for us to LOVE not just to have faith. How can we show our faith to others if we don't love? I really enjoyed this evening :)

Next week we're starting a new series though called If You Really Knew so check it out it should be good!

OK final change and this is by far my favorite!!!! I have finally reconnected with my buds Mary and Milo! It's great! We used to be buds when we were younger but as we got older we went our own ways and drifted apart for various reasons but now that we are back together at Newlife we have been hanging out and Milo might be working with me at the pool!!!! I'm just thankful to have these girls as well as the other leaders at Newlife in my life now because for a while I had been praying that God would bring good Christians who were my age into my life and he has :)

( Mary aka Merv and Milo aka Meatloaf)

OH and here is a video of 2 of the other leaders doing a rap for youth on Tuesdays :)

OTM... Silly Robbie Rob and Gamma

(Not going to lie after watching this I finally finished part of my own rap I'd been working on since CCBC)

 {one} ice: crushed or cubed? Crushed... I like to chew on my ice so cubes are a tad difficult to chew

{two} what is your worst traffic pet peeve?When people ride my car's butt! I got rear ended not to long ago and so I'm so freaked out when cars are close so when I can't really even see the car since its so close thats not good
{three} what room in your house best represents your personality?Well since I live with my mom I'd have to say my room cause it really does represent me... I've picked out my decorations and it is covered with posters and pictures but its mine :)

{four} do you save old birthday cards?I think I have every card in general that I have gotten since I was around 5 saved... In my dresser drawer I have a stack of all my cards its fun to look back at what people say.

{five} when was the last time you went on a picnic?I haven't gone on a real picnic in so long! My best friend Canela and I used to go the beach on the South End of the Island and have picnics all the time in the summer. It was so Gorgeous! 

{six} do you regularly check your horoscope?No, sometimes at work when we listen to the radio I'll hear my horoscope but other than that nope.
{seven} when you’re home, what do you wear on your feet?Nothing! I hate wearing shoes when I'm just hanging out around the house
{eight} what’s your favorite gambling game? I don't really gamble... I have only gone to the casino near our house around 3 times ever and while there all I did was play penny slots. I know I'm a real big spender :P {nine} have you ever written (or started writing) a book?Yes, when I was little I wanted to be an author and so I started to write a story about my life. I got about fifty pages in and gave up because I felt that my life was too boring and that no one would want to read about it.

I LOVE writing though! It is a great way to get your feelings out and I've always felt that my words come out a lot easier when I'm writing versus when I'm speaking
{ten} what is your favorite musical?

Hmmm.... some of my favorite musicals are Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music but my favorite musical would have to be Chicago. 

I hope you all have a great Wednesday!