Idea!

So there I was in the kitchen when an idea came to me! I jumped up and ran up the stairs (more like pounded up the stairs) ran into my room and looked into the mirror and thought: “Why did I come in here? There must be a reason.” I went back out of my room and three seconds later I jumped up. Ran back in my room and grabbed a bag of SKITTLES! Yes, that was my oh so brilliant idea.

Ever have something like this happen to you?

~Brianna

On Growing Up

 My 16th birthday is quickly approaching. My sister (not really blood related, but all the same to me) is graduating next month. Actually, a lot of people are graduating next month and most of them are going away! I got my permit yesterday (finally :P). Milestones, milestones, milestones. Every week it seems like I hit a new one. My little brother is 13. 13!! My baby sister is not a baby, but 10!!! WHAT IN THE FREAK JUST HAPPENED!?!?!?

 Growing up is exciting, and every kid wants to grow up. Until they are grown up. Then they want to be kids again. I personally want to stay a child, but I want high school to be over. I want to have responsibility, but not too much. I'd love to get a job, but I fear I would flounder in the "real world". Growing up is full of fear for me. College is right around the corner. What in the world will I do there?! I can't believe how fast time has gone, the minutes of my life ticking past and I haven't even noticed until now.

 Not only am I growing up in ways like getting older, I am growing up in ways of life. A life well lived is a life in God's service. My life is currently, and will always be, in God's service. I am afraid of what is going to come in my life in the next 2 years. But I am not going to be alone. God is going to carry my through adversity, and bring me out stronger--but still leaning on his grace, as always :) I wouldn't want it any other way.

 Even though growing up is a daunting task, I think I will survive. Even if I can't get the minutes back. I am looking forwards to life ahead, and looking back at memories of time gone. God's been with me the whole time. He is still with me. He will be with me forever.

 Bailey

 P.S. This is post number 80!! WOOT WOOT!!

#27 (i think)- Growing up

Update

Hello All :)
  Well i'll just give you an update on life at the moment for me, because being a full time student/year round swimmer/new driver :)/babysitter hasn't really given me time to post. heh heh.
 So- Well, the most drastic thing i've done was cut all my hair off.

 It went from shoulder length to...ear length perhaps? Anyhow, it's short.

 I'm getting close to finishing sophomore year (YES.), and that's a relief.
  And as always, God is showing me just how much he loves me every day. Giving me grace, caring and correcting, what better Father could there possibly be?!

 Short, sweet, and to the point. Farewell until...eh.
 #21-Short hair :)

Day #(I Lost Track of) Thankfulness

 Lets see....

  7. Early mornings (sometimes)
  8. SNOW! (even if it doesn't stick)
  9. Bird feeders and a big window...makes for lots of very fat birds to watch whilst I drink tea :)
 10. Alex, Alyssa, Arianna, and Analisa...my lovely sisters. Oh, and Lewis. My mischevious brother. (Only certain people should get this so if you are lost it's all good)
 11. Basketball/laughing so hard it hurts (Trying to play with dad and mom without laughing doesnt work :) )
 12. My bible. One day I want it to be completely highlighted/underlined and falling appart.
 13. Compostions on the piano (i'm trying my hand...and i'm actually pretty happy with it)
 14. BABIES!! Trust me, at my church we are in no short supply and I LOVE it :)
 15. New mercies every morning...
 16. Bananna/chocolate smoothies for breakfast. Oh yeah :)
 17. Old pictures
 18. Memories of a beloved uncle...
 19. "King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles
 20. The fact that God gives me grace to be thankful for anything :)

  -Bailey

Thankfulness...

Ollo,

   Those are the words of Megamind coming to you from a geek. Yah...anyway!

   I've decided to, as many have done before me (Melanie thanks for the idea :) ), start listing things that I am thankful for. I think that I will aim for 100 things. Which should be pretty easy considering all that God has given me to be thankful for. And this will also give you a little insight to my life and what I love :) Yay! So here goes:

   1. Jesus Christ (I will always be most thankful for Him)
   2. the piano in my living room
   3. my ipod (which I could never live without jk)
   4. my Dad...my Mom...my bro...my sis
   5. Hot tea (This is how I am still alive peeps...gotta love ya some)

   Five every post is how I would like to do this...but some days maybe I will just open up and write out 20 at one time. Oh how much God has given me to be thankful for!!!

   -Bailey

  P.S. I'm also really, really thankful for spell check. 6!

Commenting

Hey Ya'll,

    So....I've wanted to say this for a while. It's not illegal to comment on my blog. I know shocking right? Some of you have but only when it's directed at you. Just so you know, I LOVE reading comments. Knowing that something I wrote amuses or touches you makes my day. Seriously, if you have any comments, questions, stories, or random knock-knock jokes, feel free to put them in a comment :) Or send them here if they are super long or you don't want the world seeing them: littlepurpleipod@gmail.com

  Happy commenting (yes, I expect some of you to start commenting)! -Bailey

New Years...Let it all out!

I have officially decided....that I will not have any New Year's resolutions. I can never keep them, and why should you make resolutions every year for things you should have been doing anyway? So, I have nothing more than to live life louder (Hawk Nelson fans holla ;) ). Why hold it all in, when you can let it all out?! I'm just gonna live life to the fullest, and for God's glory. Let's see what happens :) See ya'll next year! -Bailey

December Randomness...

 It's December. AHHHHH!!!!! Where did my year go?! Anyway since I dont have anything to post about, here's some random pictures I just happen to have on my computer. Enjoy and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

 -Bailey :)

My sunglasses :)

                                                                       Me and Hugh Jackman

Uhhhh....

                                                                      Hairnet....nuff' said. They is spicy, right?

A little word...

To my dear friends,

Most of you probably won't read this but I don't care. This is for you! Each of you will get a little word that expresses a lot. If the reader doesn't get it, then it's probably for the best and you will most likely get it. If not...blonde moment. Here goes!

Alex: I will catch up to you!! (I would drive for a while once I get my permit!)

Alyssa: I will vote for you.

Arianna: No touchy!! Just kidding ;)

Alalisa: :P

Kaitlin: CALL ME!!

Kendall: I really should write a novel shouldn't I?

Neeley: Remember to bring the white cheddar cheese it's and smoothies flavored jelly beans!

Brianna: Carryin' the banner home free all!!

Abbie: If I'm not dead then I'm there for you.

Blaise: He is very pudgy.

Melanie K: You have no idea how much you encourage me :)

Now for the guys:

Grant: I'm still faster :)

Jack: I don't care if you are a year and a day older!!

Dennis: Spicy? Really?

Josh: the king's speech. We need to watch it soon.

Henry: You make a terrible public schooler

Brient: The preying mantis you ate is endangered. Well it was.

To anyone I missed, terribly sorry but maybe I wanted to give you your small word in person :)

I'm back (maybe)

Oh goodness it's been a long time, friends. I miss writing out whatever I want and having people read it from all over the world. It's great to see the views from germany and Russia and all those othe places! And getting new followers to share my life with. So let's start with an update. Well I'm finishing up my first semester of 10th grade and it has been so much fun!! I really love learning about everything I can get my hands on...except for maybe math. Anywho, I promised to tell you about meeting a movie star so here's the story: Real Steel was just coming out an there was a benefit screening (charity) of te movie with an appearance from Hugh Jackman!So we went, hoping to see him and at best talk to him. He got out of his car and beat feet over to say hello to all the people waiting to see him...including me!! He was really nice and even took a picture with me! And that's my little story of well, startstruck wonder :p I'll post the pictures later since I'm on my iPod now and can't get to it.

Farewell children! I've missed you and hopefully I will return! And don't forget that you are all in my prayers :)

-Bailey

As you've probably guessed :)

Hello Peoples.


  As you have probably figured out, I haven't been blogging lately. Haha yah that's not obvious. I am just SUPER busy with swimming, school, and everything in between. Nothing major has changed and nothing exciting has happened...except for I met Hugh Jackman, but that's another story. Just want you to know that for a little while longer my posts will probably be few and far between. I feel bad not putting anything up here, but what can I do? Thanks for understanding, and maybe (if I can finish my homework :)) I'll post the story about my movie star meeting. 
  -Bailey

Just Until I Have Something More Interesting...

 Life is pretty boring at the moment, soooo here's a video...just cuz I have nothing to post. Me and Brianna are working on a segment on a volunteering job we did, which turned out to be hilarious and really fun. Enjoy, and know that I miss you guys!! I will be back soon. Promise.

-Bailey

Poems, Co-ops, and Daily Naps

    I know it's been forever since I have posted, but you can't blame me! I have officially started my sophomore year in high school. And have school up to my nose. Time management has not included blogging for a while.

    Doing chores is a time to (for my family) be silly. We turn the radio on and dance nearly every day. And last week I wrote, or made up, a poem. About my favorite things. Here it is.

  Batman, soda pop, driving in the parking lot,
  I wish I could go swimming every day.
 
  Taking pictures, singing songs,
  Eating chocolate all day long.
  I'll play some notes and then I'll turn the page.

  Hanging out with friends, and laughing with the fam,
  Learning more about my God, and worshipping the Lamb

  Living life with all I've got, and dancing randomly,
  These are the things I love to do, that help me to be me.


  Hold your applause :) Just kidding. Anyway, co-ops have started. Which means that I will be super busy, and less blogging will happen.

 And just something to laugh at...I am back to the days of kindergarten. Taking a nap almost every day. I am such a baby. But getting up at 6 every morning (sarcasm...I've tried every morning. Yah, it doesn't work.) is hard! That or I just miss the days when things were simple. OH well. Off to do more school! -Bailey

 



 
 

I'm Back :p

   If you were wondering if I fell off the side of the world...I didn't. Haha I have just been so busy that I haven't had time to post! One thing I would like to post about would be Sunday's sermon at my church. It was about walking in integrity. So convicting and encouraging. If you are interested in listening to it here's a link to the website: Cornerstone Church of Knoxville. You can usually download the messages from the site. Well, I am off to finish a very busy day! -Bailey

  P.S. I am very excited about my birthday tomorrow :) I will be of legal age to drive!!

Randomness...again.

 I am done with school. YES.

Whenever I tell someone I'm home schooled, they usually look like they have been slapped by a leprechaun.

Advance is in 5 days. OMIGOSH. It seems like we just came back from last years.

My friend Arianna has a gift. Whenever she listens to Christmas music...it gets cold. Or snows. That post where I said it was 50 degrees? Yah that was after she listened to Christmas music.

I had candy for breakfast (NOT USUAL!! I have never had candy for breakfast before, nor do I plan to.)

I am not planning on playing any sports in the summer. Man I will stink for the  regular season swimming!

My family and I went to a really beautiful wedding last night. It was a lot of fun :)

I am so bored, I can't think straight! It's a Saturday when my family doesn't want to do anything.

I had a dream last night that I went to San Fransisco. It was really awesome.

I am going to get off now...but I will leave you with an awesome music video. Enjoy.

 -Bailey

ps. It's 5 days to Advance XI. Just to remind you ;)

  

Weekends...yes.

   Ahhh....do you hear that? That's right. I hear nothing. No children screaming, stressful moaning, and no pen/pencil on paper. Oh yah, and just to say: I was the one making all of those noises this week. It was the last official week of school, and I turn in all my finals on Tuesday. Then it's off to 3 class parties to celebrate! Yep, life is good. And what makes it better is that I have been introduced to hazelnut spread (aka Nutella). OHMIGOSH. It is amazing! I really don't know how I had never tryed it until like, 3 minutes ago!

   The weekends are an awesome time to just relax, and reflect on the week. Nah, I'd rather not reflect. I didn't really do anything but stress over my persuasive essay that is due Tuesday. YIKES! I just finished it...on a Saturday. Yet, it felt easier that on any week day. Hmm. Odd. Anyway, I will still have math over the summer, but that really doesn't bother me. If I only have math. And math is what you always forget over summer anyway!

   I officialy have 3 days until beautiful, radiant, much needed summer comes. Then I can sleep until noon (maybe not :p) and swim all I want! I miss the swim season. Which I never thought I would say. But I really want to swim this summer. Swimming is hard, but amazing. Well, I am going to go and enjoy the rest of my lovely weekend (Thank you, God. For weekends.). I recommend you do the same. Enjoy! -Bailey

   P.S. Sorry if I complained about school...but you know that freshman year was hard. Admit it :)
  P.S.S. I just realized that I am 3 days away from being done with my first year of high school!!!!! I survived!!!! Ok. I am actually going now.

A Few Random Things In Life: Snow!

Well it has been a' snowin' in Tennessee! It was gorgeous! A white Christmas was the one gift that I hadn't even thought of. Now its melting which will just make mud, then it will freeze and everything will be ice. Oh boy. Well I don't really like the cold if you can't tell, but i do like the snow! What I thought was very strange was learning about snow in science. The conditions have to be just right to make flakes. Also something that everyone knows is that no two flakes are alike! Oh the thoughtfulness of the Lord! That is what I find so amazing about snow! The Lord it truly good! Well, that's all the rambling I can do for now on snow :) I will try and post some pictures soon! Happy Blogging! -Bailey