free write [what is on my mind]

well first off i just want to say i am cold. my body is warm, but my feet are cold. i would turn the heat on, but shannon is napping and well, heat rises and would just toast her up in her loft, and i don't want to do that. but back to what is on my mind. i like things that are organic and fair trade and responsible. why? because i do. i mean, i think about how much God has given me, like this futon i am laying on that is such a luxury or this computer that cost me nothing and then i think about all the people who don't have these luxuries. and i think that when i go to walmart and kohls and the gap and buy clothes there that the people who made those clothes are underpaid and treated like crap-- the old testament would call that oppression. and i think that it is not fair. how do those companies get away with that? is it really gonna make a difference if i don't buy their stuff. like really? heck if i know. all i know is that ive been reading in proverbs lately about wisdom and boy do i NOT have that. but i really have been trying to learn and the proverbs are like jam packed with instructions on living. and i stumbled upon this verse that says "speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." [prov 31:8-9] and i read that verse and i think that maybe thats what i am supposed to be doing. and i am not just talking about in my life with my friends and bla bla bla, i am talking about for the rest of my life. or at least for some part of my life. and i would love that. i just recently needed to buy socks and i had to go to satan's mart [walmart] to pick some up. and honestly, like i just didn't want to buy them from there. i did, b/c of the need of warm feet [hey maybe i should put some socks on to make my feet warm up...good thought stephanie] but i really just don't like it. i just want to walk down the street and go buy socks from the lady that sewed them up herself. like thats the kind of lifestyle i want. i want community and support. and on those lines, i want to be able to buy my fruits and veggies from people too. not people at the grocery store, but like my grandma kind of people. i mean, the whole organic thing is not as necessary as the local thing. idk. i think i was born to live like in the little house on the prairie or some junk. i just like it. and really i wouldn't mind the dresses either. i dunno. i just like this stuff and i feel like it takes part in defining me.

GIGATT
-steph

Come See this. I am in it. I on the first row, second to last person :)

Yea, you should come see it:)

ps/ if you click on the pic it gets bigger and closer up, dad :)

AHHHH

Back to school! SO i wanted everyone to know what my room looks like this year [everyone being you dad, the only person who reads my blog] and so here are the pics i took...

Our Doorway Room 223

Here is my island paradise bed and couch.

Shannon's side of the room, WARNING, objects in picture are smaller than they appear, aka, our room..

The reason we chose our room...the VIEW

My mirror, all thanks to Clementine Brown

PENGUINSSSSSSS...just a few
The Best roomate in the world! Shannon Brooke

This is me and shannon cleaning our our moldy air conditioner

that is the end of my room. if you are reading this it must mean that either your are bored, or you care about me. SOOO, if either applies to you, go right now and write me a letter b/c i have got NOTHING from home! here is my school address

PO BOX 6053, GWU

Boiling Springs NC 28017

thank you. i will be expecting your care packages, money donations and cards:)

LOVEE!

So over Easter Break I went to NEW YORK CITY. Here is a little glimpse of the fun we had...


I love her!


Spring Awakening ROCKS..love broadway

3 story Disney Store

walking around gets really tiring

beautiful city!

hats!

Easter Bunny!

me changing the tire on the way back::)

well thats a short little glimpse into NY. It was amazing.!

sick

Hello all.

well i just wanted to share a story with you. Beware, view discretion is advised...

Last night I got sick. And for the first time in 10 years, i threw up! Oh no, not just once, THREE TIMES... oh man it was horrible... but the worst part, and i mean WORST part, is the one time i didn't make it to the bathroom. Yea, thats right, throw up all over the hallway. and throw up all over me. oh, it was horrible!

but let me tell you what. THis was the worst part for me. 4 girls on my hall got on their hands and knees and cleaned it up. I mean WOW...these girls aren't even the ones who i spend most of my time with (other than my roomie shannon). So it just showed me so much love. i felt so bad, but felt so loved. So praise the Lord for those girls. I hope one day i can clean their throw up!

so today i woke up and thought i was ok, untill i started feeling like our room was a tanning bed slowing baking my insides... yep, ive got a fever. So here ive been all day, feverish and yucky. And let me tell u another stinky part..the one and only DECKER family came today to show a decker child around and i was stuck up in this room. Do you know how hard it is to get decker to come here...i mean ive been trying for a year and a half. So anyways, that was frustrating.

But, in spite of all of that, i am ok. I am never sick, so i am learning to deal with it. i am learning maybe this is God's way of telling me to take a rest. so thats what im doing. but in the meantime, i really wish my daddy was here...

this is stephanie..signing out.

yee for snow. just one night, it started snowing at about 12, and so we went outside and we played till like 2 am...











i heart snow

1980s

This is a photo story of our back to school dance...

me and tara

this is me. all items purchased at goodwill:)

this is the gang...

we had an 80s blast