right now.

hey all. I haven't forgotten about this blog. life is really hard right now. physically. and of course that wears on you emotionally and mentally. We went to a new Dr. a few weeks ago and they helped us pull all my symptoms together and the cause is my messed up digestive/immune system. so I'm taking supplements and on a low carb/no dairy(in addition to being gluten and nut free) diet. I'm still feeling awful though. we are thinking its either my body detoxing or i'm allergic to one of the supplements. we are going to talk to the dr. tomorrow and see what they think.
its hard to keep going everyday. extremely hard. i'm discouraged and exhausted. God is faithful and full of love and strength which I rely on to get me through the next minute. There are happy moments....spending time with friends, my dad bringing home Redbox movies for me and sweet notes sent with chocolate. But like the Eleventh Doctor said, the good piles don't soften the bad piles very much. but they still count.
Also, I repeat Joshua 1:9 all day and night.
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified. Do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you may go."

There it is. Straight from Christ. Do not be discouraged. Be strong. The Creator of the universe has got my back. and He has yours too.

love,
marissa

p.s. a shout out to my new readers and followers! thank you :)

hello!

Hey all! Gah, its been forever since i've posted! I have no reason or excuses, i just haven't. which is okay :)

I have 1 question though, how did i still get hits and readers during the (almost) month i didn't blog?! haha ;)

hmm...the last time i posted, i mentioned that my family and i were going on a trip to visit my mom's family. We did and it was pretty nice! It was super hot, like over 100 everyday but it was fun nonetheless.
I learned how to drive the ATV and that's was pretty cool :) the only way I went outside during the day was taking rides/giving rides on it haha ;) 

favorite view on the farm

while i had such a nice relaxing time, i was so glad to get back home! all the hours in the car got to me and so the way home(8 hours) was a bit challenging. 

on my list of favorite things that happened during the trip, next to ATV driving and spending time with my hilarious great grandma, is my aunt got my a gorgeous white iPhone. and i looooove it. seriously, its so nice and has everything a phone and ipod has plus more and all in one place. I was planning to save up for one but my aunt wanted to get it for me. 

this was my desk on saturday. the cleanest i've ever seen it. like with actual desky stuff on it. and its still like that surprisingly. 

theeeennnnn on saturday afternoon I went to see The Amazing Spiderman with my dad and friends.
lets talk about andrew garfield playing the perfect Peter Parker and the plot and emma stone and action....in mt next blog post.

So last week I started this new workout regimen that was different than I had been doing and after 3 days I was SO sore. on friday my back hurt so bad I could hardly walk and my neck was aching. needless to say I didn't do it for a few days and yesterday I did one of my regular workouts and it felt sooo good. I did 2 miles on the treadmill while listening to Lecrae's pandora station(which is legit by the way)

PEOPLE. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES MOVIE COMES OUT THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. I JUST CANT.

what's up with you all? what's new in your lives?

happy wednesday :)

currently.

currently I am crashed on the couch from an awful headache that i've had since thursday. but yesterday evening and today it really ramped up. i stayed home from church this am and slept/watched The Two Towers in bed. then i dropped my computer from the top bunk but lets not talk about that.   lets talk about the lord of the rings for a moment. more specifically Aragorn. why is he so legit? im dead serious. every time i watch the movies im more baffled by it. He's just SO. SO. YOU KNOW. if you've watched the movies and/or read the books then you know and if you haven't, I don't know what to say. only that you're missing out on the one of THE most epic trilogies ever.

end thought: I need a ranger in my life asap.

 im currently thinking about how can it be June already, that bottle of cream soda in the fridge and the fact that I saw The Avengers for the 2nd time yesterday. ITS JUST AS AWESOME SO GO SEE IT AGAIN. NOW. and how to balance different things in life. yah, i've got all kinds of random thoughts in my head people. welcome to my brain. enter at your own risk.

im currently feeling extremely thankful for the friends I have. and for new friends. looking forward to getting my laptop case in the mail this week and excited about the fact that i pre ordered my copy of The Hunger Games on amazon! {eekkkk}. also, feeling a bit overwhelmed/frustrated/stressed about school. I need to get my books finished by the August if I want August off. but my health{i.e. headaches} have been making that very hard. praying that i will find ways to override the pain or that it would go away.

im currently listening to this and this. and this. and this.

to wrap this post up, lets go back to fangirl me for a moment. one sentence and one picture.
Loki is one of my TOP favorite characters. okay, two sentences. and yes, because its Tom Hiddleston.

I shall leave you now, with that smile to go chat some more with Sky and finish The Two Towers and figure out what to do with myself and this headache.

happy sunday! <3

mia

just popping in to say that i might be a little mia for a while. there's a lot going on right now and blogging is going to be on the back burner. my great grandfather passed away this morning and so sometime this week we will be making an 8 hour trip to the funeral and such. then next week our friends are coming for spring break which i am SO pumped for. so the rest of this week will be tiring and a bit stressful. but it is what it is. i wanted to schedule picture posts of India from my mom's trip during next week but i'm not sure if that will happen. also, I've been feeling pretty crummy the past week or so. prayers would be appreciated.

real quick, in other news, I finished reading The Hunger Games. oh my word. LOVE IT. so much! I'm on Catching Fire and can't put it down!! I'm so excited to see the movie next week with my friends. I'll post more about that later. along with that, i haven't been on my tumblr dashboard because of all the movie spoilers!! i won't get back on till after i see it, i think i should get an award. i've gotten on my dashboard since sunday afternoon. i'm still posting a little bit and its spoiler free! ;)

that's its for now.
here's some bits of lovely that i've been enjoying. (because what's a post by me without some pictures? ;)

this is how i felt after i read The Hunger Games 

~Samarah

{30 Days of Mind and Body} Challenge

hey all!

I'm linking up with Betsy at A Wanderers Soul  for 30 Days of Mind and Body.

This really came at the perfect time because I just started doing Yoga, its said to help headaches. I got a beginners DVD from the library and have done it twice and I'm really enjoying it! While I love running and high cardio workouts, this has its benefits too. it helps relieve stress and just helps me breathe. ;)  I'm also learning that pushing my body so hard like that with Jillian Michael's dvds might not be the best thing overall. Anywho, I'm looking forward to doing this challenge which will really be a challenge because I'm still real sick. I'm feeling pretty much miserable actually. my head aches so bad and my sinuses are a mess. but i know i can do an hour{the DVD practice is an hour and so my goal is to do the whole thing but if i simply cannot I'll just do half or something.} of yoga everyday starting today.

 

i encourage you to join me, if not yoga then another sort of workout or healthy commitment.

happy wednesday♥
Samarah

thor and tumblr.

yep. I caved. I got a tumblr [titled the shadow proves the sunshine]. and i'm loving it. Yes its a bit addictive and yes its just one more thing to distract me from what I probably should be doing. but its fun and is a happy place. and life is short so why not get a tumblr? ;)
Also this has been a rough week for me. I'm having symptoms of not taking my headache medication anymore and its no fun at all :3  I've been having trouble sleeping, nasueous and dizzy and miserable headaches. although yesterday was a better day and I was feeling a little bit better which is good since i've felt sick since friday. Today I'm babysitting away from the house and I'm praying for energy and wellness. I'm hoping to get school done and then later tonight i want to crash on the couch and watch Thor{i've been waiting for it for a month+ from the library, yes i'm faithful. and it finally came in a few days ago and I was so excited. i need to own that movie. anyway...} 
I hope you all are having a good week :)

So without further ado here is my very first tumblr thursday! {and posts after this will probably not have as many photos as this one does}

Captain Jack Sparrow. that is all.

travel

lets have a cup of tea

one of my most favorite characters and scene

cannot wait

 

that would be kick.

i hope those made ya smile :)

Feel free to check out my tumblr here :) do you have one? Please post your favorite tumblr images from the week and share the link with me :)

much love♥

*all photos taken from my tumblr- overcometwelve.tumblr.com

2012.

its 2012. whoa. I really can't believe it.

When I look back at 2011 I see pain, frustration, growing, the love of family and friends, little things that I love, God's strength and grace and my realization that this is my journey, my life that God has given me. I am called to serve and love Him right where I am.
I have met some of the most sweetest girls who have become friends through this blog and through twitter. Some of them are going through similar things as I am and we've been able to encourage and strengthen one another. I'm so thankful for them. they are amazing. 


Here's a little look back on 2011:

having one of the best twitter conversations late at night on birthday with the lovelies Kinsey and Sky.

We discovered I have several allergies/intolerance's and I officially became gluten free and nut free and all the other kinds of free.


I played my last season of soccer.


spent one of the best 2 weeks of my life with Sarahlynn.


really got serious about working out and taking charge. I lost 20+ lbs. my official goal wasn't to lose weight but to tone so i was surprised! I'll take it ;) 

discovered I really enjoy superhero movies  


Thor came out.


My mom went to India. {look out for photos!}

went to the amazing Make a Difference Tour


aspirations for 2012:

My only resolution is having deeper intimacy with Jesus. All other goals/resolutions flow from there. -Lecrae's twitter

to try my best to have a positive and fresh outlook on things. especially when it comes to my health. take more photos. to have more grace and patience. to love people unconditionally. enjoy the little things. make wise choices even in the small things. don't sweat the small things. practice healthy habits. give Christ my all.

{now i know all that is not going to happen over night and I will have days when i say "what in the world was I thinking? i can't do that. but they are aspirations--A hope or ambition of achieving something-- so I will live day to day. striving to do my best. and there will be some days when I am bummed about my health and such but that's when I remember these verses and drink lots of tea and watch Monk}

here's some things I'm looking forward to this year--

--the Avengers movie coming out in May!! so excited.

--Getting to see Sarahlynn and her family in the summer. CANNOT WAIT.

--the Dark Knight Rises coming out in the summer

--continuing to save up for a laptop 

--the OLYMPICS
--leap year

what are some of your goals? what are you looking forward to this year?? :]

 

♥Samarah

so that was Christmas and this is break. i like it.

just how can it be Decemeber 30th?? it was just Christmas like...5 days ago. And 2012 is literally right around the corner. well, I had a pretty great Christmas and this week has been pretty nice as well{aside from physically feeling crummy most of the time}. A break from babysitting kids(except for 2 days), school and the regular daily routine.
 lets start with Christmas :)
the day consisted of church, breakfast muffins, opening gifts, cinnamon rolls, spending the evening with friends, playing the wii and taking naps. oh and NO SNOW[just fyi]. at the end of the day this is how i summed it up-- (from my twitter)
 today was one of the best days ive had in a while. despite physically feeling bad i was happy :) i'm so blessed by my God, family & friends!

 It was SO fun to watch my family open their gifts especially my siblings. my sister freaked out when she opened her Jamie Grace CD I got her. freaked out i tell ya. ;)

I got some pretty cool things too! here are a few of them.

one of my favorites are...these boots. 

an armband for my ipod & The Dark Knight and RV movies from my dad. :)

yum.

as for this week-- I've been fighting a really bad headache. we're not sure the cause of it {like most of the time} and it will get really painful then will lessen up and so forth. its very frustrating to say the least. so that had taken a toll on my enjoying this break :3 a good thing is that I can rest and not do anything because I feel so bad and not feel guilty about not getting school done! haha ;)
The week has been spent relaxing, playing the Wii, lots of movie watching, ignoring the book that I really should be reading for school and other things like that ;)

Speaking of movies, in the past week and a half my dad and I have watched the first 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It was my first time seeing them and I really like them.  the first and second ones are my favorites. [the 1st one might very well rank as an all time favorite. whoa.]the third one wasn't as good in my opinion compared to the others.

yep.

and the music scores are so awesome. I love 'em. I've had "Singapore" stuck in my head. mmhmm.

on Wednesday my friend and I went on a spontaneous trip to the movies to see We Bought a Zoo.

 

It was really cute and a feel good movie. at times i was like okay where in the world is the plot to this movie and where are we going?? but I didn't think about it too hard ;) it was a good pick me up after a bad morning. :) plus, I love going to the theater. with friends.

now its friday. and i've spent the morning first watching Some little house on the prairie with my sister and then on the computer. I'm gonna go spend more time on the computer and later go do something useful ;)

what have you been up to this past week? :)