achoo!

There is a little saying in Punjabi which, translated, means someone is thinking of you. And it's like when we say "Bless you." Apparently, whenever you sneeze, it means someone is thinking of you. I've been sneezing because of stress. Not even joking. It's weird but when I get stressed I breakout and sneeze. Soooo attractive. So It makes me a little happy in this trying time of chaos because whether it's God or someone else, If I was in India right now, someone would tell me that someone else is thinking of me. Here, people just say Bless you. or eww. mostly the first one though.
I decided to delete my facebook today because it was my boredom click. I would be in the middle of a big assignment and I 'd say, I  need a break, so I'd check facebook knowing that it was gonna all be the same. But I did it. And you know what? I don't even miss it. It's been a whole 4 hours. maybe 3. still. I'm impressed. If I was really gung ho about the school thing I should probably put a hold on my blog. I thought about it and I just cant bring myself to do it. Besides, I'm checking everyday for baby updates from some ladies I follow and I just couldn't bear to miss those :)

It begins

So I've spent the last year and a half living in an 8 ft by 12ft attic with three walls and two boards overlooking my little sisters room. I love it. It was cozy and I got over any claustrophobia real quick. Now after I leave for the summer my family is hoping to put up the fourth wall, knock down the 12 ft wall already in place and extend the room over the other half of the house. the roof slopes so it probably won't go all the way but it does sound cool. So I did my mother's bidding and packed all my room into 7 banker boxes. All  my musicals and dvds are in an old sunkist orange box and my books took up an entire big box almost twice the size of a bankers box. And after that was closed and stacked upon, I found a pile of other books. That made me happy. I love books and I have a dream of one day living on an Island in a little cabin where the top attic room has a window seat surrounded by the most beautiful collection of books. Romantic eh? :) I have a plan to make all my clothes fit into an old army rucksack and everything that I don't get in and don't particularly care about can go to my sisters. I honsetly fully expect to come home to the same room I left and some other part of the house renovated and I think I could be fine with that :) I like my little alcove.
I really hope that I can be faithful to blogging about my summer. I want to write at least every second day but I think if I can do it every day I will sort things out better. Plus that way my family can stalk me with out needing to call me and use all my cell minutes :P
Anyway, Onward to my English assignment and then off to work. Canucks play tonight :S

Lord, Please please pretty please with a cherry and mustard on top let the Canucks win the Stanley Cup. I might be asking out of a selfish heart but I like to think that I'm also praying for the safety of the Bruins fans. If Bruins win the cup.... There will be an angry country coming after them. So, Your will be done but it would just be the most amazing thing ever if the cup could come home to Canada. All my love,
Your hockey fanatic daughter,
Sarah

June...6?!?!?!?!

uh...... where are my last month going? why are calandar pages flying off the wall? NOOOO!!! I'm not ready to go! I have school to finish and people to see and myself to figure out! I need my country! Who's bright idea was it to send this girl to the CITY for 2 MONTHS?! and who decided that it should happen in 17 days?
oh wait... it was mine.
Why is it that the older you get the longer your days seem to be yet months fly by in a blur? There is no way I can finish all my school before I go, I'm going to be leaving a debt behind to come home to because of dance, I'm kinda freaking out. Also Canucks play tonight at BOSTON so that might add o the nervous stampede of cattle in my tummy right now. Go CANUCKS :)
Trust in the Lord. man i need some help and to start trusting. yay. so I'm gonna continue with my math. And English.

Sisters and Brothers

I have a confusing family tree. I may or may not have gone into it in past blog posts but I will just try and lay out the sibling plan so far.
I have an older Sister, Cory, and an older brother, Rob. These are half siblings from my dad. I have a sister 14 months younger then me, Elena. She is my one full sister. I have two younger brothers, Seth and Nathaneal, and two younger sisters, Lizzy and Anja. These are half siblings from my mom. I also have so ex-step brothers who I still count as my brothers even though our paretns divorced ages ago. Garret is older then me, younger then Rob. Mason is 4 months younger then me. Konner is the youngest by about 10 months I guess.
So I have always been surrounded by kids of all ages and as if my dysfunctional family wasn't insane enough, my best friend is the second oldest of 13 kids. (Her mom is actually expecting baby number 14!!!!) All those kids form one marriage, one set of parents. So thankfully I got to see that big families do work out and it isn't always chaos. Movies that bug me the most are the "big crazy family" movies. Like Cheaper By The Dozen, or Yours, Mine and Ours. Movies like those always portray big families as the most chaotic scene with absolutely no discipline in the house and no respect until the end where everyone grudgingly tells the others that they do love them. At my moms I saw the Christian family picture, 8 people in the truck in dresses and Sunday clothes on our way to church. At my dad's I saw the secular 16 year old doing her make up and trying to talk to her homeschooled, sheltered 10 year old sister. I lived with 4 boys, 3 of which were ADHD and probably FAS although the mother won't admit it, either way, It was truly chaos. Maybe that's why we live out in the middle of no where. If someone started a fight, take a walk. If it's to hot inside, jump in the lake. If it's a Sunny Saturday and you're watching TV, get outside and build another tree fort. (seriously we have like 8 tree forts or remnants of forts in the back 40)
Life has had it's crazy moments in big families, but from what I remember, I have always respected my parents, I have never flat out talked back to my dad, I never hung upside down from the railings or slid down the bannister (although one winter we did open the front door and sled down the foyer stairs out onto the porch...) We fought but it was over in a couple minutes. The one time I remember us ever calling each other names and having them stick was when we got into a name calling war and basically it was 4 weekends of kids 9-13 trying to see who could be the meanest just cause. Feelings were hurt, Words were learned, but overall, that wasn't such a bad 4 weekends.
I'm 6 and 3 years younger then Cory and Rob, and 10 years older then Anja. I think the hardest part about big families and the age difference is that eventually the younger kids start to look up to the older ones and the older ones don't really know what to do. Anja is always asking to have a sleepover in my room or if we can go jump on the trampoline. I try to say yes but it's so frustrating because I live in the mind of an 18 year old no longer an 8 year old. As the kids get older I can talk to them and hang out with them easier. But  liked them little. They were so cute and submissive and now all of a sudden they talk back and decide that they don't have to listen to me because I'm not the mom. And boy do I remember when I did that. :)
I have to say, I feel sorry for the only child.

Playlists.

In The Plane
 1. People in Planes - Lee Brice
2. Baby Girl - Sugarland
3. She's Country - Jason Aldean
4. Call You When I Get There - Tara Oram
5. Country Comes to Town - Toby Kieth
6. This is our Moment - Kenny Chesney
7. Good Day to get Gone - Jason Blaine
8. How we Roll - Britt Nicole
9. A Little bit Country, a Little bit Rock n Roll - Donny and Marie
10. Second Hand Car - The Higgins. 
11. People Know You By Your First Name - Dean Brody


Sunday
1. Awesome God - Hillsong
2. Everytime I Breathe - Big Daddy Weave
3. Trust You - Brandon Heath
4. Savior Please - Josh Wilson
5. Strong Tower - Kutless
6. Hold Fast - Mercy Me
7. Let My Words Be Few - Rebecca St. James
8. Faith is Living - John Waller
9. Can't Get Away - Rush Of Fools
10. Whatever You're Doing - Sanctus Real
11. While I'm Waiting - John Waller
12. Sunday Drive - Dean Brody




Country Dance That I will Use to Convert my City Slicker Sister
1. Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton/ Trace Adkins
2. Firecracker - Josh Turner
3. Thank God I'm a Country Boy - The Road Hammers
4. We're Young and Beautiful - Carrie Underwood
 5. Loud - Big and Rich
 6. Four on the Floor - Lee Brice
7. Country Girl ( Shake it for me) - Luke Bryan 
8. Rockin' into the Night - 38 Special
9. Miss Saturday Night - Molly Hatchet

Sunny days that I don't have to work
1. Falling Apart Together - Lee Brice
2. Hot Grease and Zydeco - George Strait
3. Can't Take my Eyes off You - Lady Antebellum
4. Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen
5. Georgia Clay - Josh Kelley
6. I'm in - Keith Urban
7. Summertime - Kenny Chesney
8.  Didn't Even See The Dust - Paul Brandt
9. Watch the Wind Blow By - Time McGraw
10.  That kind of Beautiful - Emerson Drive
11. Sunshine and Summertime - Faith Hill
12. Roll With it - Easton Corbin
13. Roll that Barrel Out - Dean Brody 

Let the countdown begin

23 days and one sleep before I depart from my little hometown and into the city life. I'll leave Smithers in my skinny jeans and John Deere Girl belt buckle, my gray tank top covered by my new favorite little plaid button down shirt, bottomed off with my love-able comfortable cowboy boots. I'll have my travel bag/ purse with some plane stuff and maybe a suitcase 3 quarters full of clothes. an ipod loaded down with southern rock and country, and of course some Hillsong United.my well worn Bible in my bag. My heart full f hugs I just received from all my family and wonderful friends. My legs will be sore as heck from a three day dance recital. I'll climb on that plane, sit down, and pray harder then I've ever prayed in my life that God uses this summer for his glory and that whatever I do, I stay true to Him. And then I'll put in my headphones and start listening to "People on Planes" by Lee Brice just because. An hour and a half I'll land at the Vancouver Air Terminal which is about 20x plus three floors bigger then the terminal I left from, I'll see my brother and sister come collect me. I'll remain calm and casual as my sister gushes about all the things we will do together and fills me in on when I start work. We'll get back to the apartment and I'll set my stuff down. I'll breathe in tell my self, to stop being a wimp and to cowboy up, and then eventually I'll sit down at the computer, open up my blog and write about how it really happened. probably a boring flight, a family pretending to miss me, my older siblings trying to take me out for sushi (YUCK) and then a nap. I'll let you know. :)
One thing I'll miss this summer, the country radio station. One thing I hope for this summer, The chance to catch glimpses of all the Canadian country singers who reside in Vancouver.
Have a happy day!

Just a few reasons why God is AwEsOmE!

1. He gave me a "yes" answer when I prayed for the canucks to score those last two goals on Tuesdays game.
2. He's making miracles happen, I mean, CANUCKS ARE IN THE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS!!!
3. He's helping my teacher refrain from expelling me for lack of assigments being submitted.
4. He showed me this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k60n61zFrms
5. He constantly loves me even when I fall into the same sins over and over and over again.
6. He let me be born in one of the most beautiful, strongest, all around wonderful countries in the world: CANADA!
7. He made coffee beans.
8. He has a sense of humour and I think I must make him smile a lot with my klutziness.
9. He's taken over my guy problems and it's taken so much pressure off of me.
10. He just is. :)

Go have an awesome productive day and listen to some jukebox oldies. They always make me smile, maybe they'll do the same for you :)