"Give thanks to the Lord; His love endures forever"- 1 Chronicles 16:34
2011 has come and past, and 2012 is here! This is something new that I'm going to try out, and I'm pretty excited about it. I've always liked to write, and blogging is going to give me a chance to do that. So! To start this adventure off, I am going to recap on my year. From the little things, to the bigger things, God has blessed me and I wanted to share how...warning...this will be long.
Jan 11- I started off my New Year in 2011 with a church service and a birthday. One of my best friends, Sarah, has a birthday that starts off the friendly fun for the year. Last year we didn't have a "party" per say, but if you ask her, she'll tell you that it was still fun. Sarah, Darcy, and I all went to Paducah. What did we do you ask? We went to eat, went to the Dollar Store, went to DQ for ice cream, and then ended up at the park. That may seem a bit lame, but it worked for us. Bigger isn't always better. Sometimes the simple things are just as fun. There was a lady and her kids that were at the park that day, and she had a conversation with us about "staying young". She thought that we were all still in high school and that we were skipping classes. When we informed her otherwise, she continued to tell us that we were awesome and that we should stay young at heart like we were doing that day.
Feb 11- In February of 2011 I had my 20th birthday. It was great. I didn't wanna do much, so I just had an extreme game night at my house. Megan, Sarah, Taylor, Kirsten, Josh, and I played games all night and had ice cream cake! That was good enough for me. I love it when we can all get together. It doesn't happen often because we all have jobs and lives, but when it does, it's always great. At the end of February something else exciting happened...I got to go with my sis Clarissa and the girls to get bridesmaids dresses for her upcoming wedding! That was an experience in itself, but in a good way...promise.
Mar 11- This was the month when my last spring show while being a student at SCC happened...Hairspray! What can I say about Hairspray except that the show was a way to go out with a bang. I remember wanting to do it, but not knowing if it would be possible because of our "ethnically challenged" casts. Me and a few others stressed to Tim that it could be done, and well...it happened! Oh! Something else about Hairspray...I was forced to find and push out some "black from within" because I was a Dynamite in the show, and I also had to dance on the black side! What do ya know ;)
Apr 11- This was the month that I went for a meeting at my new school, Southeast Missouri State University, and set up my classes for the fall. This was a bit of a nerve racking thing for me to do. I didn't want to think about leaving SCC just yet because I was comfortable. I'm only human, and I do admit that I get very comfortable after being in a place that I like for a while. Change is scary to some. I happen to be one of those. Then something fun followed that helped to get my mind off of my schooling for a while...Clarissa's bridal shower! It was also great. The stuff that we went through to make it as nice as possible was worth it in the end for sure. I just love to tell the story about how I have a Sams Club card today just because of this shower. Haha. It was the day before the shower, and one of the other bridesmaids informed me that we had no food at all ready for the party, even though we had planned. I had a little bit of a freak, called Kaeley, loaded up, and we went to get the food right then. I got a Sams Card that day, and the picture on the card is beautiful...not! Oh! I'm pretty sure that we made it in and out of Wal-Mart that day in 8min. How does that happen? Idk, but I could probably never do it again. The shower was beautiful, and Clarissa and Adrian were as happy as can be. Winning! AND! I still made it back that day in time to go to Vienna High School to see my little sister's musical ;)
May 11- This was the month when one of my journeys in life came to an end. I graduated from SCC with my Associates of Arts degree and over 32 hours worth of just music credits :) Mission. Accomplished. I was pretty stoked that I finished in 2 years with a 3.9 gpa while being a "music" student. It's just that many take 3 yrs...or more...to get all of the gen eds and music stuff finished. BUT, I owe this accomplishment to a few other people besides myself. The majority of my teachers at Shawnee were great. I was also given some advise from a few friends :) But even with the feeling of accomplishment came the feeling of grief. I even questioned myself..."Did I rush?"...That was just my nerves speaking. I didn't rush through; I just didn't think that I was ready to move on...that involved change. Without the SCC student worker job anymore, I was on the hunt for somewhere to work that was close to home. My first interview for the summer was at the Bluff's Family Restaurant at the Grand Chain Lodge. I didn't have any experience in food service, but I was willing to give it a shot...Right around this time, my friend Adrian started a youth program for Wednesday nights at Caledonia Community Church and he named it "Reach". This was the beginning of a great program...
Jun 11- June was a VERY eventful month. It started out with a trip to Chicago! The drama club at SCC took a trip to Chi-Town right when the month started. It was a highlight of my summer. I had never been to Chicago, even though I was born in Kankakee, IL. It was an adventure. My favorite parts were: Getting to see Peter Pan in the 360' theater (outside!), Going to a Second City comedy show with the group (hilarious), Eating a Ed Debevics (look it up), and Seeing Sue (the dinosaur). L.O.V.E.D it. The good news just continued to come as a came home. Right when I got back, I found out that I was hired on at the Lodge! That was another new adventure to come. Then I found out that a foreign exchanged student, who I last saw in 2004, was coming home! This was very exciting news for me. I love this girl, and we hadn't seen each other in years. I was 13 yrs old when she left and here I was 20 yrs old when I finally got to see her again. I spent some much needed time with her, and the highlight for that was taking her to see Bridesmaids in theater. THEN. Something very cool happened. I got to watch my big sister get married to the love of her life. These two are the perfect Christian example of how dating should be. If they only knew how many of their friends looked up to them for an example...well...that might scare them or make them nervous...or make them feel like their being watched...mwah ha ha. Just kidding. But yeah, great experience. I'll never forget June of 2011.
July 11- From June on the weddings began. I had 3 more couples that consisted of my friends get married throughout this year. Next was Lindsay and Brad's at the beginning of July. Right after that wedding, I went to my favorite summer spot...Beulah Jr High Alive Church Camp. I met one of best friends at that church camp 6 yrs earlier...Hannah. Hannah and I have been partners in crime at that camp since I met her when I was 14 yrs old. She's been around that camp since she was in dippers. In 2011, I got to be the Sr High Staff Director with the Girl's Dean Hannah as my right hand wo-man :) I had a great group of high school girls, who were there to help serve the Lord by helping to serve the Jr Highers. I was blessed with new friends, and fun times. I don't have favorites, but, Jessica and Bailey were a hit. These girls were fun to be around and good to work with. Bailey is actually an inspiration to me. She is actually deaf, but with her hearing assistance, and her awesome skills at reading lips, I went a full day without even noticing. The best part was probably my face when her and Jessica told me. Great! And to finish out the month, I got to go and visit Megan and Sarah in Florida! They went down 2 months earlier on a mission trip to help spread the word in Tampa, and I missed them so. It was a family trip/visit, and it was great!
Aug 11- I started off August with a Taylor Swift concert in St Louis. Why? Why would I go to see Taylor Swift when I barely listened to any of her music, and I kind of made fun of her most of the time...well...one of my best friends Taylor, she loves Taylor Swift. I mean LOVES her. She was determined that I gave her a chance. So. I went with her, and had hopes that I would at least enjoy a song of two. Turns out...I like Taylor Swift a lot more now. Yeah, yeah, I know. It's just that the concert was way better than expected. She's definitely a performer. So there was that, and then I had to come home and get ready to start my next step...SEMO. The orientation that I was required to go to for new students...it sucked. I literally hated the whole day. It was full of incoming freshman, thousands of them, and then like 40 transfer juniors. The day was crap for me and it made me even more nervous about starting school a few days after that. But! I did it, and it was fine. The first day was long and nerve racking, but it only got better from there.
Sept 11- This was my "Big House" adventure month. On Chrysalis Flight #25, I wasn't asked to work anywhere specific, so I decided to try out with Big House...along with one of my favorite people, Kirsten. Megan was asked to work in the conference room on this flight also, and I wanted to be around when she gave her testimony in the Prodigal Talk. It was definitely one of the best flight experiences that I've had. I got to serve like I've never had to do before, and I also had my own time to talk with God and ponder about a few things in my life. Yet another blessing.
Oct 11- This was another month of weddings ;) Sheena and Ronnie had a beautiful wedding that I was blessed to be at, and then Rachel and Shane had another. It's something else to see a big group of your friends all get married in one year...it's also something else when a new baby comes, and that is what happened next. On Oct 26th, Samuel Aaron Frizzell was born. The next day, I went to see him and his parents. This baby boy is a perfect fit into an awesome family, and I'm super excited to be able to spend time with him, like i've been able to do with his sisters and parents. Oh, and I also went to a Miranda Lambert concert with Taylor in October. That was fun, but nothing beats the baby ;) haha. Something else that may seem small, but was super exciting for me was being able to take my Abby to a Disney Princess show. Taylor and I had just as much fun, or maybe more, watching Abby watch the show. She loved it!
Nov 11- November seemed slow compared to all the stuff that happened throughout the rest of the year. I did get the chance to help lead the music for a Rekindling Service at a church outside of Goreville. That was fun. Of course I had back-up ;) Adrian, Josh, Cham, and Ferf were right there to help me out when I needed it. I can always count on my "reach" fam to help a sista out. Thanksgiving was the normal family dinner and we even had a few new family members added in this year.
Dec 11- December was full of visiting time. Right when I went on break, I started my visits. I visited The Frizzells, My Grandparents, Clarissa & Adrian, went to look at apartments in Cape with Taylor, Josh, and Kirsten, visited and talked with Sheena, hung out with Megan and Clarissa, and did some shopping. All of which was much needed. Christmas time was good. I went on little rants about how people are crazy during the holidays, and how Jesus is the reason for the season but people forget, but besides those, things went well :)
"God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others" -2 Corinthians 9:8
I need to work more throughout this next year on just what that verse says...I had way more than enough in 2011, but how many times did I do good things for others? I'm embarrassed to say, not many at all. So, that is part of something I wanna do. I would also like to spend more time in the word. That is a big one too.
That is what...
Breelynn Believes
2011 has come and past, and 2012 is here! This is something new that I'm going to try out, and I'm pretty excited about it. I've always liked to write, and blogging is going to give me a chance to do that. So! To start this adventure off, I am going to recap on my year. From the little things, to the bigger things, God has blessed me and I wanted to share how...warning...this will be long.
Jan 11- I started off my New Year in 2011 with a church service and a birthday. One of my best friends, Sarah, has a birthday that starts off the friendly fun for the year. Last year we didn't have a "party" per say, but if you ask her, she'll tell you that it was still fun. Sarah, Darcy, and I all went to Paducah. What did we do you ask? We went to eat, went to the Dollar Store, went to DQ for ice cream, and then ended up at the park. That may seem a bit lame, but it worked for us. Bigger isn't always better. Sometimes the simple things are just as fun. There was a lady and her kids that were at the park that day, and she had a conversation with us about "staying young". She thought that we were all still in high school and that we were skipping classes. When we informed her otherwise, she continued to tell us that we were awesome and that we should stay young at heart like we were doing that day.
Feb 11- In February of 2011 I had my 20th birthday. It was great. I didn't wanna do much, so I just had an extreme game night at my house. Megan, Sarah, Taylor, Kirsten, Josh, and I played games all night and had ice cream cake! That was good enough for me. I love it when we can all get together. It doesn't happen often because we all have jobs and lives, but when it does, it's always great. At the end of February something else exciting happened...I got to go with my sis Clarissa and the girls to get bridesmaids dresses for her upcoming wedding! That was an experience in itself, but in a good way...promise.
Mar 11- This was the month when my last spring show while being a student at SCC happened...Hairspray! What can I say about Hairspray except that the show was a way to go out with a bang. I remember wanting to do it, but not knowing if it would be possible because of our "ethnically challenged" casts. Me and a few others stressed to Tim that it could be done, and well...it happened! Oh! Something else about Hairspray...I was forced to find and push out some "black from within" because I was a Dynamite in the show, and I also had to dance on the black side! What do ya know ;)
Apr 11- This was the month that I went for a meeting at my new school, Southeast Missouri State University, and set up my classes for the fall. This was a bit of a nerve racking thing for me to do. I didn't want to think about leaving SCC just yet because I was comfortable. I'm only human, and I do admit that I get very comfortable after being in a place that I like for a while. Change is scary to some. I happen to be one of those. Then something fun followed that helped to get my mind off of my schooling for a while...Clarissa's bridal shower! It was also great. The stuff that we went through to make it as nice as possible was worth it in the end for sure. I just love to tell the story about how I have a Sams Club card today just because of this shower. Haha. It was the day before the shower, and one of the other bridesmaids informed me that we had no food at all ready for the party, even though we had planned. I had a little bit of a freak, called Kaeley, loaded up, and we went to get the food right then. I got a Sams Card that day, and the picture on the card is beautiful...not! Oh! I'm pretty sure that we made it in and out of Wal-Mart that day in 8min. How does that happen? Idk, but I could probably never do it again. The shower was beautiful, and Clarissa and Adrian were as happy as can be. Winning! AND! I still made it back that day in time to go to Vienna High School to see my little sister's musical ;)
May 11- This was the month when one of my journeys in life came to an end. I graduated from SCC with my Associates of Arts degree and over 32 hours worth of just music credits :) Mission. Accomplished. I was pretty stoked that I finished in 2 years with a 3.9 gpa while being a "music" student. It's just that many take 3 yrs...or more...to get all of the gen eds and music stuff finished. BUT, I owe this accomplishment to a few other people besides myself. The majority of my teachers at Shawnee were great. I was also given some advise from a few friends :) But even with the feeling of accomplishment came the feeling of grief. I even questioned myself..."Did I rush?"...That was just my nerves speaking. I didn't rush through; I just didn't think that I was ready to move on...that involved change. Without the SCC student worker job anymore, I was on the hunt for somewhere to work that was close to home. My first interview for the summer was at the Bluff's Family Restaurant at the Grand Chain Lodge. I didn't have any experience in food service, but I was willing to give it a shot...Right around this time, my friend Adrian started a youth program for Wednesday nights at Caledonia Community Church and he named it "Reach". This was the beginning of a great program...
Jun 11- June was a VERY eventful month. It started out with a trip to Chicago! The drama club at SCC took a trip to Chi-Town right when the month started. It was a highlight of my summer. I had never been to Chicago, even though I was born in Kankakee, IL. It was an adventure. My favorite parts were: Getting to see Peter Pan in the 360' theater (outside!), Going to a Second City comedy show with the group (hilarious), Eating a Ed Debevics (look it up), and Seeing Sue (the dinosaur). L.O.V.E.D it. The good news just continued to come as a came home. Right when I got back, I found out that I was hired on at the Lodge! That was another new adventure to come. Then I found out that a foreign exchanged student, who I last saw in 2004, was coming home! This was very exciting news for me. I love this girl, and we hadn't seen each other in years. I was 13 yrs old when she left and here I was 20 yrs old when I finally got to see her again. I spent some much needed time with her, and the highlight for that was taking her to see Bridesmaids in theater. THEN. Something very cool happened. I got to watch my big sister get married to the love of her life. These two are the perfect Christian example of how dating should be. If they only knew how many of their friends looked up to them for an example...well...that might scare them or make them nervous...or make them feel like their being watched...mwah ha ha. Just kidding. But yeah, great experience. I'll never forget June of 2011.
July 11- From June on the weddings began. I had 3 more couples that consisted of my friends get married throughout this year. Next was Lindsay and Brad's at the beginning of July. Right after that wedding, I went to my favorite summer spot...Beulah Jr High Alive Church Camp. I met one of best friends at that church camp 6 yrs earlier...Hannah. Hannah and I have been partners in crime at that camp since I met her when I was 14 yrs old. She's been around that camp since she was in dippers. In 2011, I got to be the Sr High Staff Director with the Girl's Dean Hannah as my right hand wo-man :) I had a great group of high school girls, who were there to help serve the Lord by helping to serve the Jr Highers. I was blessed with new friends, and fun times. I don't have favorites, but, Jessica and Bailey were a hit. These girls were fun to be around and good to work with. Bailey is actually an inspiration to me. She is actually deaf, but with her hearing assistance, and her awesome skills at reading lips, I went a full day without even noticing. The best part was probably my face when her and Jessica told me. Great! And to finish out the month, I got to go and visit Megan and Sarah in Florida! They went down 2 months earlier on a mission trip to help spread the word in Tampa, and I missed them so. It was a family trip/visit, and it was great!
Aug 11- I started off August with a Taylor Swift concert in St Louis. Why? Why would I go to see Taylor Swift when I barely listened to any of her music, and I kind of made fun of her most of the time...well...one of my best friends Taylor, she loves Taylor Swift. I mean LOVES her. She was determined that I gave her a chance. So. I went with her, and had hopes that I would at least enjoy a song of two. Turns out...I like Taylor Swift a lot more now. Yeah, yeah, I know. It's just that the concert was way better than expected. She's definitely a performer. So there was that, and then I had to come home and get ready to start my next step...SEMO. The orientation that I was required to go to for new students...it sucked. I literally hated the whole day. It was full of incoming freshman, thousands of them, and then like 40 transfer juniors. The day was crap for me and it made me even more nervous about starting school a few days after that. But! I did it, and it was fine. The first day was long and nerve racking, but it only got better from there.
Sept 11- This was my "Big House" adventure month. On Chrysalis Flight #25, I wasn't asked to work anywhere specific, so I decided to try out with Big House...along with one of my favorite people, Kirsten. Megan was asked to work in the conference room on this flight also, and I wanted to be around when she gave her testimony in the Prodigal Talk. It was definitely one of the best flight experiences that I've had. I got to serve like I've never had to do before, and I also had my own time to talk with God and ponder about a few things in my life. Yet another blessing.
Oct 11- This was another month of weddings ;) Sheena and Ronnie had a beautiful wedding that I was blessed to be at, and then Rachel and Shane had another. It's something else to see a big group of your friends all get married in one year...it's also something else when a new baby comes, and that is what happened next. On Oct 26th, Samuel Aaron Frizzell was born. The next day, I went to see him and his parents. This baby boy is a perfect fit into an awesome family, and I'm super excited to be able to spend time with him, like i've been able to do with his sisters and parents. Oh, and I also went to a Miranda Lambert concert with Taylor in October. That was fun, but nothing beats the baby ;) haha. Something else that may seem small, but was super exciting for me was being able to take my Abby to a Disney Princess show. Taylor and I had just as much fun, or maybe more, watching Abby watch the show. She loved it!
Nov 11- November seemed slow compared to all the stuff that happened throughout the rest of the year. I did get the chance to help lead the music for a Rekindling Service at a church outside of Goreville. That was fun. Of course I had back-up ;) Adrian, Josh, Cham, and Ferf were right there to help me out when I needed it. I can always count on my "reach" fam to help a sista out. Thanksgiving was the normal family dinner and we even had a few new family members added in this year.
Dec 11- December was full of visiting time. Right when I went on break, I started my visits. I visited The Frizzells, My Grandparents, Clarissa & Adrian, went to look at apartments in Cape with Taylor, Josh, and Kirsten, visited and talked with Sheena, hung out with Megan and Clarissa, and did some shopping. All of which was much needed. Christmas time was good. I went on little rants about how people are crazy during the holidays, and how Jesus is the reason for the season but people forget, but besides those, things went well :)
"God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others" -2 Corinthians 9:8
I need to work more throughout this next year on just what that verse says...I had way more than enough in 2011, but how many times did I do good things for others? I'm embarrassed to say, not many at all. So, that is part of something I wanna do. I would also like to spend more time in the word. That is a big one too.
That is what...
Breelynn Believes
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