Taking "Poor" To The Next Level

OKAY SO, i love iHop and all but it's starting to kill my bank account (not as much as before thanks to my generous boyfriend) and obviously I'm not the only one. My friend Brandon did the most awesome thing ever today that totally took the word "poor" up a notch. He actually took the left over food off the table next to us and ate it as his own meal. He scored a coke, a pancake, and some fries. Sick, but it was free...Brandon Lang is my hero today.

The Candle Take Two, Psych Tests, & Snowing Sideways

Today totally sucked.
1. my candle got spilled again.
2. It's snowing like a beast outside.
3. I got a C on my psych test.

Lets start with the candle...I have never spilled any of our candles, the candle is on my side, plugged into my outlet. i plug stuff in there EVERY SINGLE MORNING and never have an issue. if everyone else does why are you plugging in your crap in my room! i really don't get it.
this time among the list of casualties are:
my straightener, the side of my printer, my valentines day card from john, my favorite old navy pull over, my calendar, the candle warmer, and last but not least our poor carpet.

Moving on, the weather totally sucks, and there is ice everywhere...enough said.

Lastly, I studied like crazy for this test, and not just the night before! I just think that a C is unacceptable, i have to at least get a B next time.

Barbie Has Everything Else...Why Not A Blog

how about this, i went to Walmart with Amanda and we saw the most disturbing thing ever. I was in the toy section when i came across the holiday barbie. I was shocked, this Barbie had a dress that was cut all the way down to her belly button. i mean i know its not real but these are little girls we're talking about. I don't know maybe I'm being a little bit prudish but what are we teaching the litte girls in our lives when we hand them a toy like this, that you have to show off your boobs, have a flat stomach and perfect face to be beautiful. I know thats how i used to think. Lately the Lord has been teaching me about modesty, and how crucial it is to women.



1st Timothy 2:9-10 "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God"

God says we don't need to show off our bodies or dress really slutty to be beautiful.

Big Exciting Super Duper Fantasic News!!

Okay so how about I got this email form our Chorale Conductor (Dr Donaldson) and it said:

I know we have a lot to do this year yet but I just got off the phone with my travel agent and we have started talking about the chorale tour to Europe scheduled for next year. How about Germany, Austria and Prague. All three places have incredible food, and oh yes, fantastic churches and cathedrals to sing in.

UMMM YEAH I'M GOING TO GERMANY NEXT YEAR. :)

Valentines Day Stuff

I hate Valentines Day. I think it's stupid.
1. Patrick and I's anniversary...totally gay
2. Made by Card Companies
3. If my man wants to show me his love, it should be because he wants to.

BUT John wanted to celebrate, and i quote "Kelly I've waited 19 years to have a girl like you on Valentines Day, we're celebrating!!"

So we went to Macaroni Grill (delicious), then exchanged gifts...his was definitely more thoughtful:


































OR WAS IT!?



















(yes this is an automatic Nerf gun...BATTERY OPERATED BABY!)

The Serious Blog

OKAY SO...last night was celebration (once again for those of you who aren't at Malone it's a giant worship service) and God totally rocked my face off. Not only was the worship so incredible but what Cory had to say shot me straight in the heart, i needed to hear it so bad.
I struggle with staying faithful to God, like all of us, but when i mess up, sometimes i just feel so overwhelmed, like there is no way i can ask for forgiveness again. there is no way I can bow before God and ask Him to forgive me again, when i just asked for this same grace yesterday. So instead of taking my sins and struggles to God, i run. What God really told me, is that its okay to come to Him for forgiveness especially when you mess up, if you are sincere in your confession, God will always have open arms for you. That's how i felt last night, that with all of the pain, and all of the sin that I'm so attached to, God still loves me, and wants to be close to me.
I also really wanted to share this video that i find really cool. I'm sure everyone has heard by now that Brian Welch (the lead singer of Korn) turned Christian, i just think his testimony is so totally awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEc5wodqu4g

The Prank

OKAY SO...john, jd, and almost all of U.B. (Upper Barclay for those of you not Malone Affiliated) went to the Cav's game last night, leaving us alone and bored. I always look forward to playing Dr. Mario with John when we have visiting hours (mostly because it is the only game i can beat him at...and i only win because he's colorblind). ANYWAY, so he gave me the key to his room so we could hang out and play video games while they were gone...little did they know...after they left I had the brilliant idea, playing a harmless prank. Abby Carr gave us the idea...i'll let the pictures to the rest of the talking.
If you can't tell we took 15 phone books (donated by the boys of UB, the girls of Whitt 2, and Myers Lounge) and crumpled them up page by page. the result: a room filled knee high with page of phone books. it started very small but then everyone started bringing more and more phone books, and more and more people came to help. It took about two hours.

Procrastination with Amanda

last night we didn't feel like doing our work yet. so instead of being responsible we did all of the following.

1. shaved our legs
2. did dishes
3. pleasure reading (kelly)
4. got on facebook
5. painted our toenails
6. flipped a penny trying to see how many times it landed on heads
7. visited with Angela
8. put up my new DMB poster

ahhhh a wonderful night well wasted. :)

a note to my family: don't worry i got my work done...it just took a long time.

Kelly's 20 Little Known Facts

1. I love soup spoons, since we don't have one at my house the sugar spoon is my favorite.

2. I have this beautiful cross from Jerusalem and i don't remember who gave it to me.

3. I have two or three shoe boxes at home filled with old letters, pictures and cards.

4. One of my favorite scripture verses is Romans 8:38-39

5. I love the song Space Oddity, its the only David Bowie song i know (with the exception of Under Pressure).

6. I used to think a "ham" was it's own animal.

7. Out of any other body part i hate my feet the most.

8. At school i always use the same toilet stall.

9. All the DVDs i own are alphabetized.

10. I've discovered a love for classical music.

11. One time in high school me, Kelsey and Krystin laid in the middle of Prospect Rd and waited for cars come...it was really stupid in retrospect

12. My roommate and I are trying to see how many things we can "borrow" from the cafeteria by the end of the year.

13. My favorite is a cardboard cut out of Babe Ruth (it was a short but sweet temporary addition to the room)

14. My second favorite is our napkin dispenser.

15. I really want to go on a mission trip to Africa

16. My favorite thing to get at Ihop is Blueberry Pancakes...or Chicken Finger Basket. :)

17. One time i walked in on my dad naked...eww

18. Sledding kind of scares me.

19. I have this bad habit of reading about serial killers online, then i get scared and regret it.

20. whenever i couldn't find my mom as a kid, i thought we'd been raptured and I'd been left behind.

The 8th Wonder of the World

today i found this massive chex in my cheddar chex mix.

Floor Bonding

I love the girls on my floor. we had so much fun last night. someone had the great idea that we should work out together. so Miriah went and got a palates DVD, we all got changed and worked out in our lounge. it was pretty funny to watch. enjoy the humerus photos. :)

Road Trips, HCS, Townies & Other Weekend Adventures

This weekend was totally awesome. On Friday our gang set out to Youngstown (or the little suburbs near Youngstown anyway) for the Heartland Christian Schools' homecoming basketball game (where Amanda, Angela, and Erin went to high school). basically there's a huge joke at Heartland that its a school for gays, (everywhere in their gym are slogans like"Purple Pride" and "The Purple Palace" and of course their colors are black and purple) i think it's a little immature but when i was a freshman or a sophomore i probably would have thought it was funny too =) We also got the tour of the building where John and I found ANOTHER ladder in the wall (i know it's not all that uncommon but they just keep popping up in the weirdest spots, also please note John showing his Heartland pride). moving on, after the game we all went to Erin's house, where Aaron tried to climb up the stairs upside down, and we all vacuumed ourselves into trash bags (at least we're not doing drugs). That was all Friday, on Saturday we took a road trip out to East Palestine (this little town is basically Americas butt hole) to visit Angela. We played a very intense game of spoons (only we used markers), watched Tropic Thunder (haven't decided how i feel about the movie yet), and went out on the town and walked to McDonald's where we spied on the local townies, (in case you didn't know townies are those kids that graduate and never leave, they are known to loiter in establishments, walk around town, spike their hair, wear wife beaters, and deal pot, their are lot of these folks in E.P.) Here is a great example, (the quality is really bad because i was taking this picture secretly). when we got back to Angela's house we met her family friend Dan, who used to be a UFC cage fighter...I MET A CAGE FIGHTER! then we left to go home and found that John got a parking tickett for parking against traffic, oops. and THAT was my weekend. hope i didn't forget anything...