A little cheese with your 'whine'...

Okay, so the title was a little cliche'. Today, my university program class all got together without any faculty present to basically get out on the table any issues, concerns, or problems anyone had whether with each other or the faculty. There were two mediators present from outside the university to help facilitate. Basically, everyone thought the program would be something different, and no one is happy. Of course, there are some that have personal problems with other people and others who are happily oblivious to any drama going on around them.
While I did have my 'pearls of wisdom' to expound upon the class, I basically had to come away from the session with a smile and a mindset that "it takes all people." In the game of life (yes, i see it in many ways as a game :), you will not like everybody. You will not get all the breaks you think you need or rather, deserve or feel you have worked towards. In the game of life, you may....just may,...find yourself in the midst of being manipulated, or dare I say,... find yourself manipulating someone else. It is at this point, that I am time and again grateful for God's grace in my life. When life gets hard and I need a 'whine session', God is there to listen, but it doesn't stop there. It does no good to 'stir up the toxins' if you have no intention of flushing them out. God continually reminds me of the blessings and fortune He has allowed to come my way. By the same token, He has a good way of reminding me that I make many decisions of my own free will. It is human nature to become discontented, but it should be the Christian's nature to learn to be content. I feel we should all learn this concept.

Anybody out there???......

Okay, here's a little run down on myself and what makes me tick.
I'm what people would consider a 'good girl'..."don't drink, smoke, or chew...or go with guys that do."
When I have children, I want to be a stay at home mom and raise my own kids. (imagine that)
I love to cook, crochet, and take walks through pastures with wildflowers.
I believe in creationism, I do not believe in any form of evolution.
I have a strong southern pride,
I plan to own a gun in the near future...heck, i might even join the NRA
I love Lynerd Skynerd
My 'comfort zone' is anything domestic...i.e. my place is in the kitchen :) (just kidding....sort of)

My point of all this is...I don't seem to find many people around me that have the same interests as me. In a group of girls i was with, we all asked each other if we wanted to have kids, and how we would raise them...everyone looked at me like i was Crazy that I actually wanted to stay home!. Of all the outlandish ideas! When i talk about planning to get a personal handgun, most girls i talk to are either 'yankee anti-gunners' or too afraid to look at them much less hold or shoot one. Don't even get me started on cooking. I actually know a girl that had never cooked bacon before in her life before a party we had a couple of months ago...like...she didn't know how. (she's older than me). I don't know, I just find it interesting sometimes. I find myself wondering what girls do all the time nowadays. Am I totally misinformed? Are there any girls left who aren't total 'girly-girl' about everything in their life?

Personal privacy or Public awareness...???

Gosh its been a long time since my last post. Sorry about that. Today I did something for the first time. I searched an online sex-offender registry. You know, to see if there were any living next door to me or whatever. Sure enough, the search came back with 26 offenders within 1 mile of my residence. I wasn't surprised so much that there were any, ....just that there were that many...that Close!! I mean, 1 mile ain't much... Anyway, while I was searching, I began thinking about all the controversy that has come up in the past and even now about predator registries. Personally, I feel a little torn on the issue. Being a private person myself...(yeah, and i have a blog :) I am all for 'rights to personal privacy' and all that, but as a single (well, engaged) white female of college age, my priorities are still shifted a little more to the 'my own personal safety' side. You see, on that side, I say "you forfeited your right to privacy when you did whatever you did to get on the registry in the first place." I don't know. Like I said...I was just thinking about both sides of the issue and thought it would make an interesting blog someone else just might have an opinion on. Thoughts mighty welcome :)