Lauren Swafford and I were in a group for our final web design website. Check out The Cup and tell us what you think. We spent a lot of time on this website, so comments (positive ones of course) are appreciated.
My dad’s stepfather, my grandfather, has been such an inspiration to my life. When my dad was 4 years old his father died in a water skiing accident. My dad and his 3 brothers where in the boat that my grandmother was driving. Another boat hit my dad’s father while he was water skiing. It was tragic.
My grandmother remarried Joe Foote, who had 4 boys of his own. They had another boy together and adopted a little girl. The only grandfather I have know is my grandpa Foote. He adopted by dad and his brothers and have taken care of them their own life.
He has also been a hero in my eyes. My grandpa Foote always had such interesting stories. He is a family doctor who would make house calls and was well known and like in my grandparents small town in upstate New York.
Unfortunately, my grandfather was diagnosed with prostate cancer over two years ago. It slow progressed, but he got better. Then he fell and broke his neck. When doing x-rays, the doctors found tumors on his chest. It has been a constant struggle. He gets better and worse, but he has been pushing through. On Monday, I received an email from my aunt saying he has stopped eating and is not doing well. But on Wednesday, I received another email saying he was playing games. He has good days and bad days.
My prayer is that he can make it for one more week. As soon as I am done with my finals, I am going up to New York to see him and say my final good byes. I haven’t seen him since last Christmas and I thought I was saving my final good bye then.
We will see what happens. But I know it won’t be long and I have come to grips with that. I just also want to pray for my grandma. This is here second husband dying before her. That is just terrible. I told her that after everything, her and I would go travel the world. She said that was a good idea.
One of his favorite bible verses is Micah 6: 8, “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously” (The Message).
My favorite Christmas song is “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” by the Carpenters. It is my favorite because it plays every time I am on my way home to Pennsylvania for Christmas break. It usually place right as I am leaving and it makes me so happy.
There is one verse in the chorus that says, “I met a man you lives in Tennessee and he was headed for Pennsylvania and some home made pumpkin pie.” And that is what makes me happy, because that it what I am doing. I am heading from Tennessee to Pennsylvania for Christmas, and there is No place like home for the holidays.
So below is the song, and I encourage you to listen to it. If it does not bring a smile to your face, you can be mad at me. But truly this song is Christmas to me.
Yes, you heard me. I know guys say that girls are confusing, but guys you make no sense! Most girls will tell you how it is, but you just need to ask. Guys are beat around the bush too much.
My biggest problem with guys these days is how they expect girls to plan things and put more effort than they do. What ever happened to the good old days when guys would ask the girl out?!? Come on guys, grow a pair!
Another problem of mine with guys is don’t send mixed signals. If you like us, let us know. If you don’t like us, don’t act like you might. Seriously! Girl read into every action a guy does, so if you don’t want us to think you like us, don’t give a something to read into. If you treat us normal, than we will know that you don’t like us. But if you want to hang out and be close and do stuff together, than we think you like us. Stop!
And guys, if you do like us, make a move. I know I said it before, but I’ll say it 50 times over. Do something! It is not that hard. Even if it is as simple as lets hang out tonight and then we plan something together. Or lets watch football or anything. Even group things. Small steps are key, but make the move!
Obviously, there is a guy in my life who I am just friends with, but it may be more than friends. He is sending me mixed signals. It is confusing and annoying. I would rather just know if you didn’t like me so I wasn’t in this state of confusion and I wouldn’t put effort into something that is not going to be more than friends. I will not be heart broken, I will not hate you, I just want to know where this is going.
So I realized it has been a while since I wrote on my blog… so I am going to write an update on my life. The the last I talked about the prayer and not relying completely on it. So since then a lot as happened.
I applied for an internship at the Ooltewah/Collegedale Chamber of Commerce Council. I am a little unsure about the internship and it took some convincing to even apply. Finally, I did apply and within the hour the director responded to me. We set up and interview for the next two weeks. I felt like this was going fast, but I was ok. I was knocking on a door, seeing what God wanted to happen. I went to my interview, and it was a group interview. Intimidation!!! This was my first panel interview, where four council members where asking me questions and I had to tell about myself. It was nerve racking, but at the end of it I felt like I did my best and was continuing to leave it in God’s hands. It took them weeks to respond, which made me nervous, but they finally emailed be and extended me the internship position. I accepted, so now I am the first intern of the Ooltewah/Collegedale Chamber of Commerce Council. I go to my first meeting December 6(this Wednesday)!!!!
Also, things have been crazy with yearbook. I am finally starting to feel the pressure. Thankfully, the pressure should only last for the next week and than I will be good until the book comes out. We had a 60 page deadline before Thanksgiving, that I didn’t have the senior portraits for, but the printer said they wouldn’t charge me for that. But now I have another deadline of 50 pages due next week. That only gave us two school weeks to do this. I know impossible!! But my team is great, and I think we will get it done.
Next, I didn’t go home for Thanksgiving break. Yes, it was stupid of me. I tried to be sensible and say I needed to work and do homework. Unfortunately, sensibility doesn’t bring happiness. I cried every night. I wanted to go home so badly, I even looked up tickets and considered flying out the night before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving day! But I didn’t, too sensible I guess.
Luckily, I am going home in one week though. I just need to get through this next week and then I can go home. Christmas break is four weeks long this year and I am so excited!
Well thats all my updates. I will try to post more often now.
In our Web Design class our final project is a group project to create a company and make a website for it. Lauren Swafford and myself are a group and we made the coffee house The Cup Coffeehouse. Check out the website design below and let me know what you think.
This is the home page.
This is the contact info page.
This is our menu page.
This is our fun events page.
This is our photo gallery that will have actual photos in it later.
I always find myself praying to God for things that I need or things that I want. My prayers usually consist of things like watch over and protect my family, keep us safe, and help me find a job or be successful in my career
I know God will keep me save and has the best interest for my family and myself. I am not worried that He would just leave me hanging. I know that God has a plan and everything will work according to that. But I do worry about my future and how my life will unfold. I am always worried about graduating and getting a good job that I enjoy.
Because of my apprehensions, I am a strong believer in the power of prayer. Talking with God and knowing Him, is the foundation to a good, strong relationship. Talking with God helps you to not have to go through things on your own. You are able to have guidance to make decisions. That’s why I pray and talk with God.
Even though prayer is important, I want to challenge those who believe that all problems can be settled just through prayer. What do I mean by this? I mean that people think they can just pray and all their worries and cares will go away. Sorry that is not going to happen. It takes more than that. And as influential faith is, I believe it takes even more.
I always say, “If I want God to open a door, I’m going to have to knock.” If I want God to answer my prayers, I’m going to need to make it possible for him to do that. It is as simple as when we pray to do well on a test. We can pray as much as we want, but if we don’t study, we will not do well. That’s a pretty obvious example, but take my grand father. He is suffering from cancer. My entire family could be in constant prayer and have more faith, but if we do not take him to a doctor to get help, God can not heal him. I know God can perform miracles, and I think that God healing my grand father with the help of doctors is a miracle.
The example that is most pertinent to my life is with my future career. I always pray for God’s help with decisions about jobs and helping me get an actual big girl job. And I can pray until the cows come home, but if I don’t fill out applications and look for jobs, God can not just give me a job.
I don’t want this is sound like I do not have faith. Trust me I have so much faith in God, and I talk with Him everyday. I just think that we need to help God out. So remember if you want God to open a door, you need to knock first.
Being a double major I have taken a wide varied of classes. Having my majors being from two different departments, I have learned to use both sides of my brain. To show everyone what I mean by this, I am going to compare and contrast my business classes and my communication classes.
Business Classes
- A lot of math and accounting
- Teachers all just teach from a PowerPoint
- Organized and Structured
- Teachers seem confused all the time
- Teachers do not know how to use technology
- Boring
- Teacher just talks to students, students barely say anything
- Your only graded on how correct your homework is and test
- Papers seem unnecessary becomes it seems that they do not read it or know how to grade it
- Teachers do not make themselves available to students outside of class
- There are no student – teacher relationship
- Teachers tie in spiritual aspect into teaching
- Bring in outside professions
Communication Classes
- More talking
- Group participation of the whole class
- Students are involved in the class and learning process
- Hands on learning
- Play games
- Fun
- More innovative
- Teachers build a relationship with their students
- Teacher go above and beyond for students to actually learn
- Get to know peers
- More opportunities to get involved in department and field
- Too casual
- Sometimes classes are not taken seriously
I know it means like there are a lot more negatives in business classes, but this is just my opinion. My brain likes communication classes better There are pros and cons of every class, but this is how I interpret my classes. It is clear to see I love the communication department and that’s why I want to go into Public Relations instead of business.
The wind is blowing, the leaves are changing color, and let’s face it, school is in full swing. You know what that means, its fall! Yes, fall. The part of the year between summer and winter, where it is cold enough to go outside and not melt, but not warm enough to wear a t-shirt. The time of the year that is ok to rock the long-sleeve/short-sleeve combo. I know we are all going to miss the warm sunny weather, wearing flip-flops, swimming in the pool, and grilling out back, but don’t forget about all the joys that fall brings.
With the cooler weather coming in, clothing choices are changes. Scarves, boots, hats and jackets are becoming the normal go to before leaving the dorm. I love seeing people layering their clothes and looking cute while staying warm. Girls wearing tights under their skirts, while guys wearing sweaters over their dress shirts. And pretty soon we will all look like lumbar jacks in our flannel shirts.
Another great thing about autumn is the food. Bye bye burgers, hello potato soup. Fall also brings pumpkin pie, banana bread, caramel apples, pecan pie and apple crisp. Don’t forget about warming up with a cup of hot chocolate, apple cider or Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Latte. The fall foods give you that cozy feeling that remind you trips to your grandparent’s house.
Fall also means new fun things to do. Hayrides, pumpkin carving and bonfires are soon to be filling up your calendar. Also, your Sunday will be a balancing act between homework and your favorite NFL football team’s big game. Weekend plans will no longer be relaxing in Coolidge park, but instead going to the Fall Festivals all over Southeast Tennessee. Finally, Southern fall events include football intramurals and SA Fall Festival.
The best part of fall that everyone should be looking forward to is the breaks from school. Mid-term break is right around the corner, and before we know it, it will be Thanksgiving.
There you have it. We don’t need to be afraid of fall, but rather embrace it. With the great fashion, delicious foods, exciting activities and school break, autumn is really quite wonderfall.
Southern Adventist University holds a pretty strict dress code. Some of the specifics are no shorts, no jewelry, shirts must have sleeves, and the list goes on. But with changing times and new styles I think a new dress code should be made. Or everyone needs to go through their closest and create a personal dress code.
First things first, we are in college. We are no longer teenagers, so do not dress like one. Put a little effort into what you wear. Sweat pants or pajamas to class everyday are not ok. I can understand if you overslept, but throw some jeans on then. Fact: I have a girl in my class who you can clearly tell takes a shower and puts make-up on, yet still comes to class in sweats and a t-shirt. Really? Sweat pants are not even flattering. The first rule in your personal dress code needs to be NO sweat pants, pajamas or anything of the sorts to anyplace besides the gym or your room.
Second rule needs to address the lack of coverage. This rule goes for both girls and guys. Yes girl you need to cover up your cleavage, but guys I also do not want to see your butt hanging out of your pants. It does not look good. It does not make me want to check out your butt and get to know you. I feel like I need to cover my eyes when someone else’s body parts are showing. It makes everyone feel uncomfortable when they can see more than they need to.
This rule also applies to undergarments. Like I said before, guys I do not want to know if you wear boxers or briefs. Ladies, I know you go out and buy cute bras and underwear, but I do not need to know that. I don’t want to see your pink bra sticking out under your shirt or your leopard print underwear through your white pants.
The third rule is say NO to clothes that are too tight! If it does not fit, do not wear it. Tight v-neck shirts on guys are not attractive. Neither are tight skinny jeans. I really do not want to know that your legs are skinnier than mine. Girls, tight clothes are a no, no for you too. Tights cloths do not make you look better or more attractive, they make you look worse. I don’t even mean clothes that do not fit; I am also talking about leggings. Yes leggings are cute under a skirt or dress, but NOT by themselves. I do not care how thick they are or the color, you can not wear them with just a shirt or a sweater. Even if you are skinny minnie, it doesn’t look good on anyone. When wearing leggings, make your entire backside is covered.
I really hope you take these personal dress code rules to heart. I am not the only one you thinks these things, so maybe you should change your wardrobe. Remember, dress professional, cover up, and let your clothes be loose and you will do well in life.
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