Graduation is a little over two months away, but I got a present a little earlier!
My parents bought me a Dell Inspiron 1525 for my graduation present! It's awesome!
The kiddos checkin' it out:
Hello all!
I've come to my neglected blog to ask for your prayers.
Last night we found out that my grandma(my mother's mom) will be having open heart surgery today.
As some of you may know, my grandma has been dealing with health issues in regards to her kidneys. She is on dialysis and sometimes that can cause complications.
They found some blockage in one of her arteries and unable to clear it by other means, they decided to operate.
Please pray for the surgery today and her recovery!
Thank you loads!
much love,
Adrienne Renea
EDIT(3/1):The surgery has been moved to this Monday. Thanks for your prayers!
I've been tagged by Mrs. Melissa to share five places I want to see/want to see again.
I want to see:
1: London (this has been my dream vacation for several years, hopefully I'll get to go before long!)
2: Bath (site of many Jane Austen scenes!)
3: New York City( I would love to see Rockefeller Center!)
4: California( what a beautiful state and the beaches aren't too bad either!)
5: Farmington, NM ( I want to visit Grace!)
I would like to see again:
1. My grandparent's farm/house in Arkansas( My favorite vacation place!)
2. Chicago( I would like to do some more shopping and attend a taping of Oprah :c))
3. The banks of the Mississippi river in Memphis, Tenn. (big, beautiful water!)
4. San Antonio (the River Walk is so pretty and it's a nice historical city)
5. The Grand Canyon( I haven't been here in years...now that I'm older, I'm sure my prospective would be different.)
Now I tag:
Anna, Mrs. Sweigart, Jessica, and Elizabeth
The Girl Talk Blog has a great article on preaching the gospel to yourself, taken from C.J. Mahaney's Living The Cross Centered Life.
How to Preach the Gospel to Yourself
I plan on posting this list on the wall in my room!
Love,
Adrienne Renea
After two weeks of school, I think I've finally got the hang of my schedule. Honors English is making me rethink my studying/ homework scheduling, but other than that, it feels a lot like last semester!
This semester, I have a new Spanish teacher. I end up being very disappointed with the teacher I had last semester, she was very passionate about the Spanish language, but wasn't a patient teacher. Over the last couple of weeks I've been able to observe the methods and teaching ideas of my new teacher and I'm really excited about learning Spanish in the less-stressful environment of her class. Spanish is her second language and she's a lot more understanding when you don't immediately "get it". We did some review from last semester and I really was happy about how much I still understood after almost a month of not studying it. Another neat thing is my class mates: a friend from my history co-op is also in the class, Allison(not to be confused with my sister!) is also a dual-credit student, I'm so excited to have her to hang out with! Also there are another girl that I was friends with from last semester who is also in the class.
Honors English is lots of homework, but I LOVE the in-class discussions! We've been working through some essays on education and I'm learning so much. The class is very small, only 9 students and it's really motivating to be in a class where I'm challenged! The most surprising part of class is the fact that there are 2 other dual-credit home schooled students! 1/3 of the class is home schooled! Needless to say I'm very comfortable in the class. :c)
Chris is also doing well in his class. He has the same teacher as I did last semester and he's already starting to work on his first major paper!
In other things...
Allyson is training for the Rodeo Run. This race is one of the events that kicks off the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She'll be running the 5K, we also have some friends from church( including Melissa!) running in the 10K! Good luck guys!
Track season is starting up for Allyson, so she plans on doing a lot of running this spring!
Today, Chris informed me that they were planning to build a Starbucks in the Randalls were he works! I'm soooo excited. Right now, there is no Starbucks on the way to school and I would have to go waaaay out of my way to get to one. This is very convenient!
Starbucks is a favorite of mines, but I try not indulge too often.
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalm 103:12
Be blessed!
Love, Adrienne Renea
Update: Dad came home from the hospital last night. He's feeling well and is looking forward to getting back to work. He has medication that is working to regulate his blood pressure and lower his thyroid levels. Thanks for your prayers!
Much Love,
Adrienne Renea
To all my fellow Jane Austen Fans,
Love, Adrienne Renea
On Thursday, Dad had a doctor appointment and they checked his heart rate, found it really high and admitted him to the hospital. He's still there. Most of the day yesterday, we went to help at a debate tournament and later that evening we went to visit him and his heart rate was much lower. He really wants to come home. He feeling fine, but the doctors want to continue to monitor him until Monday. Hopeful the doctors will be able to find out what caused the irregularities and Dad will be back to the usual early next week! Your prayers are much appreciated!
Love, Adrienne Renea
Love,
Greg, Brenda, Adrienne, Allyson, Chris, Taylor and Michael
Melissa tagged me and I'm suppose to share 12 Christmas facts about me:
1. I don't have 12 Christmas facts :c)
2. My favorite Christmas movie of all time is White Christmas, then comes Charlie Brown Christmas
3. My favorite Christmas album is Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas
4. My favorite Christmas carols are Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and Oh Come All Ye Faithful; my favorite Christmas songs are
Last Christmas, (and coincidentally! ) This Christmas, and All I Want For Christmas
5.We always set up our Christmas tree on Thanksgiving or the day after.
6. I have never seen real snow, we had some light white stuff fall a few years ago around Christmas, but seriously...it was nothing!
7. Every year, we have sweet potato pies and coconut cake
8. This year I baked a cheesecake and German chocolate cake. My mom is baking the pies and coconut cake.
9. I have never seen A Christmas Story .
10. My favorite part of Christmas are the parties
11. I didn't help set up the Christmas tree this year.
12. One year, our outdoor Christmas lights stayed up 'til April :c)
So there are my 12 (erh..11?) Christmas facts. I'm tagging Anna,
Elizabeth and Jessica!
Lots of Chocolate and artistic creativity was revealed!
We sang Christmas carols, chatted over hot stew and ate lots of yummy goodies!
As you can see our care group is pretty small. Our small group has grown and then diminished at various times and seems to be ever changing! I really enjoy the families we get to relate to in our care group.
Friday:
We couldn't let the Christmas season get by without getting together! Though our history co-op no longer meets, we joined together for a reunion of sorts and had a Christmas party!
Exchanging Gifts:
Ornament Exchange:
Oh wow, it was fun. The guys seemed to end up with more feminine gifts: Daniel got a shoe, Logan a "Red Hat Society" snowman, and Michael a hulaing santa( or was it a snowman?) Needless to say, there was a lot of exchanging going on! The girls always exchange presents and I got a lot of nifty gifts and a extraordinary amount of chocolate.
I love people! Christmas make it a lot easier to gather with people I haven't seen in awhile!
I hope you've got all your shopping done and don't have to venture out in the Christmas Eve rush. Tomorrow morning we start baking all our Christmas desserts!
Much Love and Merry Christmas,
Adrienne Renea
It's been awhile:
1. Finals have come and gone! English was easy and no studying was necessary. Spanish involved a lot of studying and I'm sure I didn't study enough! The exams themselves were not that hard. In the end, I have an A in English and a B in Spanish. I'm hoping to get the Spanish grade up to an A next semester!
2. We're registered for spring '08 classes...yes, you heard correctly, "we"! Chris will be joining me at Cy-Fair in the spring to take English 1301! He's registered and eager to work! I will be taking Honors English 1302 and Beginning Spanish II. I'm really looking forward to the Honors English class. The instructor is really nice and it looks to be a interesting class! The way my class schedule is structure, I'll be going from school,and straight to work. Tuesday and Thursday will be busy days!
3. Christmas is here!
Our Christmas Tree:
The Nativity
Allyson and I attended a Christmas Party last Wednesday:
Alison and Allyson:
I so enjoy relating to many of my friends who I haven't seen much of since school started. We've got a couple of more parties coming up, so look forward to more pictures!
I always use the holiday break as an excuse to catch up on movies I haven't had time to see at the theater and on DVD. Last Saturday I went to see August Rush with Sarah and Mrs. Myers. It was a really good. Music lovers would appreciate it, especially. I'm looking forward to seeing National Treasure: Book of Secrets and The Great Debaters. Movies are always a great time to eat an extraordinary amount of candy :c)
I'm really excited about seeing the
Fraziers this Sunday! It will be so wonderful to see how big the boys have grown and hear more about living in India.
I hope everyone is enjoying all the excitements of Christmas!
Love much,
Adrienne Renea
Yesterday was my parent's 25th anniversary! YaY!
They celebrated with a nice dinner at Babin's Seafood House.
Congratulations Mom and Dad!
1 Corinthians 13
Love is patient; love is kind.
Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way: it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
And now faith, hope, and love abide,
and the greatest of these is love.
How well do you know Charlie Brown?
A Charlie Brown Christmas Quiz
Want to know more about one of the most popular Christmas movies ever?
How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass: The unlikely beginnings of a holiday classic
Christmas time is here;
we'll be drawing near;
oh that we
could always see
such spirit through the year
I'm excited about Christmas! Can you tell?
Love, Adrienne Renea
"Light's Please"
Luke 2:8-14
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and Saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.(from http://oldghostshome.com/holiday.html)
This is one of the things that we must only dream about here in South Texas.
I always watch this movie at Thanksgiving, it's a great way to kick off the Christmas cheer!
The Christmas tree has been put in place, but not decorated.
I actually skipped the annual early-morning Black Friday shopping. Allyson and Mom got up early and visited a few stores. I had a wonderful time sleeping in! Later I went out with Taylor, Allyson and Mom to visit a few other stores. I didn't buy anything on sale, but I had a eggnog latte @ Starbucks! YUM!
Our dryer is broken so we finished up our trip with a stop at Conn's to buy a new dryer.
It's cold! But that doesn't automatically mean I bundle up! I like to enjoy the cold, so though I keep warm, I don't wear heavy, wintry clothes.
Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Love, Adrienne Renea
'Tis almost Thanksgiving!
I really like the term "Thanksgiving" vs. "Turkey Day". "Thanksgiving" make you focus on God and his blessings:
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
-Psalm 107:1
Today is my first day of Thanksgiving break! Last night I went over to Sarah's house and this morning we went shopping in
Rice Village. We went with a plan to start some Christmas shopping, but ...weelll...no, wait...Sarah did get a few gifts, YaY Sarah! We found some really good deals! Oh, well...we had a great time navigating the streets. I'm now home and mom's baking some sweet potato pies.
We are having Thanksgiving dinner with the Yohe's and I'm going to bake a German Chocolate cake! I love all the food of thanksgiving! We always start eating pies the day before Thanksgiving, so we are currently indulging in mom's pies.
Then there's Friday..."Black Friday"
We usually strike out early in Friday morning and get a few deals. Kohl's and Target have some interesting sales.
What are your Thanksgiving plans? Are you going shopping in Friday?
Have a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving!!!
Love, Adrienne Renea
This is my mini-library of books I borrowed from the library regarding the United Nations. Some are more helpful that others, but I've been learning loads!
This song brings me close to the Cross and Christ's sacrifice!
Come close, listen to the story
About a love more faithful than the morning
The Father gave his only Son just to save us
The earth was shaking in the dark
All creation felt the Fathers broken heart
Tears were filling heavens eyes
The day that true love died,
The day that true love died
When blood and water hit the ground
Walls we couldn’t move came crashing down
We were free and made alive
The day that true love died,
The day that true love died
Search your hearts
You know you can’t deny it
Lose your life just so you can find it
The Father gave his only son just to save us
Jesus is alive
He rose again
-"True Love" by Phil Wickham
Earlier this week, I got to vote for the first time in the State Election! I enjoyed reading about the issues and giving an informative vote for the state constitutional amendments up for election. There were also some bonds up for passing in our county. I truly believe in few taxes and states rights. So I voted against all tax increases and all other unnecessary money allotments. Sadly, the voter turnout was only 10%. I hope you took advantage of your right as a American citizen and voted on Tuesday!
This weekend Dad and Chris went to
The Pursuit: Every Mans Call to Biblical Masculinity in Gilbert, Arizona. They will be returning this evening. I wish they'd taken a camera! Oh well, we'll just have to hear a verbal recounting of the conference.
I've been reading these two books as I get ready to write my last major paper for English class. I'm writing a position research paper on U.S. Relations with the U.N., I'm taking the position of U.S. pullout of the U.N. I really like learning about this kind of stuff, but as I'm getting ready to write my draft...I'm finding that it's a tad bit more difficult than I thought. I know I can do it, but it'll definitely be an learning experience for me!
I found of this week that my English teacher is nominating me for the Honors Program English, Rhetoric and Composition II course next semester. That was pretty cool, so now I have to wait until I hear back from the honors program to find out whether or not I've been accepted!
I hope you're enjoy your weekend, so far! I'm afraid mines will be full of the aforementioned research paper. I'm really looking forward to going to church tomorrow!
Love, Adrienne Renea
I've been tagged by Mrs. Sweigart so I'm to list 8 random facts about myself.
So here's how it goes...
Once tagged, you must link to the person who tagged you. Then post the rules before your list, and list 8 random things about yourself. At the end of the post, you must tag and link to 8 other people( hmm..we'll see how that goes!), visit their sites, and leave a comment letting them know they’ve been tagged.
Ze Facts...
1. I read like I breathe...
2.I'm crazy about national and international politics!
3.I plan on majoring in Political Science and Public Policy
4.I drive a White Yukon Suburban
5.I have the same middle name as my mom: Renea
6.I've gone to Sovereign Grace Church of Pearland since I was 3
7.I attend Cy-Fair College as a dual credit student and I work at Kumon as an assistant instructor.
8.My favorite Sports teams are the Houston Astros, Florida Gators Basketball, Texas Longhorns Football, and Memphis Tigers Basketball( my Mom's alma mater!)
So there you go... Did you learn anything new?? :c)
So now I tag....
Elizabeth, Jessica, Suite Jessma, Melissa, Mrs. Van Essen , and Jessica Miller
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