aBubblyLife

Man… practically every word in this book spoke deeply to me. it’s a memoir from an ex-model who did runways for armani & other top names. she speaks candidly about the behind-the-scenes life regarding eating disorders, drugs, men, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, pressure to look perfect, etc. She writes about how she find true healing & true freedom in only Jesus, not from this empty world. Awesome book. I’d definitely recommend for every girl/woman out there. Actually, for the men too if they want to understand the core of us women.

1. finished the school!
2. teacher said im def ready for test
3. will turn in my hw by wednesday
4. turn in final exam by saturday
5. Q&A session next wk
6. take the REAL TEST by next saturday!

I’ve traveled the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners,
I’ve been where no-one’s been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket
To the wonderful world of books.
~ Anonymous ~

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. (1873)
~ Louisa May Alcott ~

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

To read is to empower
To empower is to write
To write is to influence
To Influence is to change
To change is to live.
~ Jane Evershed ~

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader

Choose an author as you choose a friend

God wants me to focus on Him and my fears/worries will disappear. “There is no fear in perfect love.” This hits home. I have so many fears, especially as someone in recovery. Fears like: What will ppl think of me? What if I’m just wasting my time pursuing this goal? Whens my next relapse coming up? etc. But focus on God- His power, His strength, His peace, His love, His availability thru prayer, His word- and He will quiet my anxious heart.

Time to sharpen up my Korean! I’m going to be a translator/real estate agent, so this is an important goal for me. I havent read a korean book in 10+ yrs! I can speak korean, but its becoming americanized. I need to polish up my pronunciation, learn vocabulary, improve my reading/writing skills.

I bought a book called “Winds Daughter, From Our Land.” It’s non-fiction, a woman writing about her travels across Korea. 300+ pgs. Great way to learn the language, the people, the culture, and the geography.

1. Start a new book!! :)
2. Joyce Meyer CH on independence
3. Study real estate
4. Study korean (by watching korean dramas hehe)
5. Eat healthy
6. Hang my clothes up

whats going on these days

1. scrapbook page
2. teach sunday school & play games
3. no eating after 5pm
4. study low carb diet
5. read beyond this moment
6. study joyce meyer
7. write grocery list

1. Teach angeline
2. Clean for B’s
3. Study real estate
4. Healthy meals
5. Read Beyond this moment
6. Hangout w/ michelle and friends
7. Laundry

Signing up for mykut classes in the next week.

by Jodi Picoult

1. Go running
2. Lunch w/ eugenia
3. Teach Leo
4. Teach the Kim’s
5. Buy a shirt
6. C.group at 7:30
7. Read Beyond This Moment
8. Study Joyce Meyer

1. Study Joyce Meyer’s book
2. Send mail to BBBS3. RD group at 7pm
4. Read ‘Beyond This Moment’
5. Run outside
6. Jillian Michaels DVD7. Study fitness/health
8. Work on my collage
9. Send letter to grace
10. Tell michelle thanks! for camera

invites

I’m in the middle of my trip to Baltimore right now. It’s been busy & activity & friend filled, which I love. But I’m taking the day today to relax and re-charge. I woke up at 12pm, went to the pizzeria w/ iris, and now im back at her place alone. I blogged online, updating my 43things, caught up on emails. I have 3-4 more hours to kill. I’ll finish my book (The Pact by Jodi Picoult, soo good), and do my abs workout :)

1. if he were bitter or confrontational, she would’ve immediately clammed up
2. good and valid question
3. i’d hyped her up in my head to be so much more than what she really was
4. trying to run backward in my mind for a memory of us
5. ventured into his room
6. the mess was actually contained
7. instinctively checking under the bed
8. before her mind could consciously register what she’d stumbled across
9. saw the silhouette of Michael
10. poster was blown up to an obscene size
11. it was implicitly assumed
12. the emotion he’d been concealing began to leak out
13. I was a basket case
14. the voice seemed stupified
15. swallowing convulsively
16. commotion in the dining room
17. wasnt even marginally okay
18. he got brownie points for good behavior
19. “spring cleaning” of their lives
20. poor self-control is not conducive to living an optimal life.
21. gain momentum
22. get the wheels rollin
23. She wasnt a great actress, her character was one-dimensional.
24. you just eulogized him before his funeral

1. trying to sound flippant
2. flipped the chopsticks w/ his fingers with dexterity
3. concrete answers came easily to her; nonchalance didnt
4. their company, which is awful under the best of circumstances
5. Needless to say
6. my community group is my virtual family
7. He arrived in a matter of minutes
8. he had hypothetically wondered
9. could say anything w/o fear of repercussions
10. stunned at the audacity of the statement
11. they stepped forward simultaneously
12. “im very sorry” the doctor began, the only words that Melanie could not rework into anything but what they signified
13. wondered what protocol was in this part of the country
14. w/ her credentials, it wasnt difficult to secure a position as a librarian
15. devoured these novels
16. too bookish for a social life
17. instead of her exuberance overshadowing melanie’s reserve, they complemented each other
18. we’re in the same boat
19. it was more unnerving
20. she sat stone-faced through the discussion
21. I can vouch for Chris; he didnt kill her
22. exhibiting any outward symptoms of depression
23. a plan that got botched
24. it’s a blight on the family name
25. she came awake sporadically
26. bland food
27. exhausted and brain-fried
28. gives the hand in my face
29. a touchy subject
30. somethings fishy, youre too cooperative

1. First time visit to Third Place Bookstore. Love discovering more and more bookstores!

2. Bought 2 used books: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union & The Pact

3. Hungout with my sister today- a bit awkward but we’re starting to get closer :]

4. Daily facebook fun, lol

5. I get to sleep in tmrw morning :]

6. The book “Calm My Anxious Heart” – great especially for today

7. 3 more days until Baltimore to visit friends

1. im back after having fallen off the face of the earth
2. It was nice living under a rock
3. school gives me immense masochistic satisfaction
4. i always have the last say
5. i overlooked something

This guy “X” and i flirted for 3 months & we finally went out on a date. I keep switching back from being very attracted & annoyed by his pursuing. I turned him down twice. We’re back to being sort of acquaintance style, but I really miss him… not sure as a boyfriend or a friend.

Have you ever went back & forth like this again and again? What happened?