saturday musings.

hey all! I hope you all are having a great weekend so far :)
i'm glad to have some down time. this past week was full. lots of babysitting, (attempting to ;) do school, working out,etc. but its all good.

So on thursday night i decided to bring some changes to my blog. i tried to make it a bit fall-ish. i made a new header, changed some colors/fonts and got rid of some things on the sidebar. what do you think? and before you ask, no that's not me in photo in the header. i wish it was. BUT actually i've been wanting dreadlocks for a while now and so my mom and i are gonna check around and see if we can find someone who can do it :) i'm excited about it. my hair is so tough to deal with and i wanted something new and different. anyway. :)

my sister had her last soccer game this morning. her team did well this year and i think they had fun :)
her game was at 10am and we were there around 9:30ish, the sunlight was so lovely and everything was pretty wet from the dew so I got these photos :)

and tonight I'm getting together with my friend and watch Soul Surfer! neither of us has seen it so we are excited :)

have a fabulous weekend!

♥Samarah

happy friday! {some tunes, update, fall walks}

are ya guys glad its friday?! I am. :)
first things first--
 i had my last soccer practice on monday and then my last game on tuesday. practice was a causal fun one which i love those :) and we won our game. i think it was one of our best ones too, plus i got my first and only goal of the season. it went up and over and in. it was nice. anyway... ;) So yeah. Soccer is over. I'm having a love/hate relationship with that fact. I'm kinda glad its over but it feels weird not playing soccer almost everyday of the week and not seeing my team. AND this is my last year.  but i've learned a lot and had tons of fun. i'm satsified with it all :)
As for my goals....

be in bed by 11pm . with babysitting and soccer its a really big help to get good sleep! ;] --okay so I didn't meet this one. I went to bed every night around midnight or so.But some of that was due to staying up and watching a movie with my folks :)
workout {30 Day Shred and/or 1 mile run} on thursday. - i didn't do it yesterday because i thought we would go to my sisters soccer practice but it got rained out. SO i'm doing it tonight :)
getting my school done before getting on the computer for pleasure{blog, twitter, pinterest etc.} - school is hard enough already with my health issues and such so most of the time taking away the distraction of the computer is good. --I think i did pretty good on this one! somedays I didn't even get on the computer at all. :) and its really helped me get my school done.
have patience. I think that one is pretty self explanatory. -- ehhh....

We've had some rainy chilly days around here. and we've had some pretty nice days too. and then some where it will be rain for about 20 mins then get all blue sky and sunny for 20 mins. like today. weird weather. but I'm thankful its not somethering hot.
Here are pictures from our walks :)

over the past few weeks there are been some great tunes released. here are some of my recent favorites :)



[did you like "Drifting"? You can get it for FREE at air1.com]






welp, I'm outta here. I hope you all have a great weekend! We have my sister's soccer game and my end of the season soccer party tomorrow...fun stuff :)

much love♥

P.S. Are my photos too big? are they overwhelming?

whats up with me. {plus- a rant about clothes}

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hey all you faithful followers of this recently very quiet blog!
it feels like i haven't written a blog post in forever. i miss it and i've thought of blog topics and say "I'm gonna write a post next time i get on the computer" and when I do- nothing. it just doesn't come. I don't know if i'm just too distracted or what. anyway, I'm sitting down and writing one now right? it! its a start right?! ;)

 

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Okay so I think we've finally got fall around here! the highest in the last 2 weeks or so is 75/80 and the highest like in the 40s! i'm lovin' it. now i"m on the hunt for some fall clothes. Do you know how HARD it is to find jeans(or really any clothes for that matter) that you like, are your size and style and that don't cost an arm and a leg?! we went clothes shopping last night, we went to 3 stores and we couldn't find any jeans for me! there were either not my style, too skinny, too much or, 90% of the time, they didn't even have my size. we couldn't find anything over a size 11/13 and usually very skinny or they caved in at the thigh and went back out to the ends of the earth at the calves.  UM hello? they are people out here that aren't a size 11 and don't love clothes that are skin tight! ugh. do you girls have this problem?? BUT thankfully my awesome peeps on twitter gave me suggestions on where I might find some good jeans! so i'm on the hunt. :)

Ah I only have 1 more soccer game left! This season has gone by SO fast. It is my last one{i'll age out of our Rec league} and actually at the beginning of the season I wasn't too excited but then I got to know my team and got comfortable and I'm sad to see it go. I love the friendships you form from just 2 months of playing together on a soccer team.
speaking of sports, who's excited that its football season?! well i am.

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a quick update on my health--I had an allergy test done last friday and that was an adventure. [a blog post coming about it.] I'm still battling with headaches most everyday, some that just knock me out. i get super tired and can't do school which is not very good. another than all the allergies, i think headaches are the biggest thing right now.


SO. its a beginning of a new week. {the last one of September. um just where did that month go? seriously!}. a fresh start. i'm setting some goals out there that I want to reach. not a bunch. i don't want to overwhelm myself but I don't want to cheat myself either. i'm going to keep track of how I do and i'll blog about it at the end of the week! motivation... :)


be in bed by 11pm . with babysitting and soccer its a really big help to get good sleep! ;]
workout {30 Day Shred and/or 1 mile run} on thursday.
getting my school done before getting on the computer for pleasure{blog, twitter, pinterest etc.} - school is hard enough already with my health issues and such so most of the time taking away the distraction of the computer is good.
have patience. I think that one is pretty self explanatory.

Do YOU have any goals for the week?

here are some photos from pinterest that have inspired me. i hope they inspire you too! :)

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i hope you have a great start to the week friends! :) 

much love♥Samarah

random post...cuz I feel like blogging about random things.

hey! just thought i'd do a post blogging about some random things and hopefully it will take my mind of my headache that i've had since last sunday/monday that won't go away even though i'm resting, drinking, moving, eating, sleeping that i'm supposed to. is <--- that a run on sentence? yeah I think it is. ;)

 this is how i feel about this headache. 

+at the beginning of the summer, my dad, sibs and I were wandering around yard sales on saturday and I wasn't finding any good finds and then i found this for $2 at the last sale we went to.

yep. it looked like it had just been bought and watched once or twice. for 2 bucks. i was happy. :)


+i'm really looking forward to football.  I miss crashing on the couch after church and cheering for
my team :)

+ this song and this song.

+ reminding myself of this...

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i struggle with comparing myself to other bloggers. i think we all do. so and so gets more comments than me or so and so have more followers or so and so's posts are so much more enjoyable. i let those thoughts and more steal my joy for blogging. blogging is a place where i can be myself and share my thoughts about life. it should be a joy. share your heart and blog about what you want to. don't base your blog on what others want or what you think will get you the most comments. just be you and people will come :)

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 + my team and i won our first game on saturday! it was hot{we were in the direct sun. no shade} and were really tired afterwards but we did it :) Now that we have our first game under our cleats ;) i'm looking forward to future practices/games.
Though, the 4th quarter, I had to sit out because my head had starting getting worse with the pain. it really put a dent in my playing. I have a game tomorrow and I'm hoping I can give it my all. That the pain won't be too overbearing.

+ I cannot spell  especially to save my life. --so I have to google the word to get the correct spelling and i did it just now. and of course I spelled it right. haha ;)

+ i want to see this movie--

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+and finally these lyrics--

 It's clear enough to me The ugliness I see Is evidence of who I need

 -Needtobreathe

hope you have a great rest of the night and good start to the week! mine is going to be full for sure :)

much love♥
Samarah

its friday!! we made it! :]

 hey friends! its friday! that means i've made it through another week and if you are reading this, you have too! hope you are having a good one :)
man, this past week was a busy one. it feels like I haven't been home all week. babysitting monday, tuesday, wednesday and yesterday[ thursday]. soccer on monday, [ soccer pictures on tuesday], wednesday and thursday. a lot of coming and going. and I've had a bad headache all week and cannot get rid of it. i've tried most everything. and my back is not loving soccer right now ;/ wednesday's soccer practice was not a pretty sight[ like hardly being able to walk] . so i'm learning to get a balance between pushing myself but not killing my back. other than my back, soccer is going good! my coaches and teammates have been really encouraging, understanding and kind through all my back issues. so thankful! Opening Day[all the teams play their first game] is tomorrow and I'm excited! We've got the makings of a strong and determined team :)

Between babysitting, soccer and my health, this week has been draining and busy. a lot of running here, there and yonder. late nights and early mornings. lots of prayers for strength and patience. it was good but I'm so glad I don't have anything to do today outside of the house :) I did some cleaning{ the week was very hard on my room. it was mess.y.} this am and now my sibs and i are just chilling :)

as i think about the past week here are some things that I'm thankful for:

*I don't know about where you live but the past 2 days, the weather has been fabulous! like in the 70s/80s, NOT humid and breezy! Its like the weather we should of had in the spring. you can actually go outside and not feel like you're going to melt. I hope it stays around for a while :)

*Young Love has been on repeat, seriously since I got it. a few times at soccer practice , I'd start randomly singing 'Ships in the Night' or 'Count on Me'  or 'Down' in my head ;D oh and i've discovered that listening to 'Ships in the Night' at night is epic. because I know you've been wanting to know that. ;] My 6 year old brother's favorite song is 'Hey Mama' and my little sister's favorite is 'She Got the Honey'. so.cute. :)

*tweeting with my dear friends. those girls are such a blessing. they are such an encouragement on those hard days. Who knew that twitter could bring such special people into my life!

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* last but not least, lovely light and raindrops which made for these kinds of photos that i'm loving-

 {the rest coming SOON!} 

What are some little things that YOU are thankful for this friday?! :) 

much love♥
Samarah

lots of things

I'm so sorry for neglecting my blog. we've been busy. i've been busy. life has kept me busy. and because i've been busy I've decided that I can't blog as often as I'd like to. I have lots of school work to do and I need to have the least amount of other things to do! So I will probably post about 1 or twice a week if that instead of like 3 or 4 times. Maybe when I get more in the rhythm of school I can blog more but for now I can't. I will still get on and read blogs and comment :)

Speaking of blogs, my dear friend ( in real life! :) Sarahlynn, starting blogging again! yay! So please check out her blog HERE and become a follower and leave her a comment! :)

Here's what I'm listening to :)

Something to Say by Matthew West
Live It Up by Group 1 Crew
Fuego and Broken People by KJ-52
She Colors My Day by Amy Grant
Rock What You Got,Cross The Line, Alive, Anthem by Superchick
NY2LA and Getcha Hands Up by Press Play
MIghty to Save and From the Inside Out by Seventh Day Slumber
Eggshells, The Meaning of Life and Alive by Hawk Nelson

I encourage you to check out this great songs! :) and let me know what you think!

Also I saw this on Michelle's blog and thought it was cool :)









So feel free to re blog those if they apply to you ;)

hmmm... something that's going on in my life right. soccer!! my team is undefeated and our last game in on Tuesday. I'll miss playing it and seeing my teammates. Every year I strive to love my teammates ( not a romantic love mind you, a Christ-like love) and not ignore or treat someone badly because of their size, ability, or race which is not something a lot fo people try to do! but we need to try. they're are people around us that are lonely and hurt because someone has neglected them because they are different. I try to make sure that doesn't happen to people when im around them :) anyway, i kinda got distracted off the subject.. umm what was the subject of this part? oh yeah soccer ;) so i was saying that i will miss playing soccer dearly, even the running in 90 degree weather and sweating buckets ;)Soccer is a great motivator for me during the year to get in shape so I can play hardest and my best. and its a good way to meet other kids who love soccer and have fun playing it together! but I'm kinda glad its going to be over so I can have more time for school and other things that I need to do :)

Last but not least, thank you SO much Anna Gray, Shaynie, Sierra, and Annie who left comments saying that they were praying for Mrs. V and her family. Please continue to pray for her husband and kids as they adjust to life without her. thanks again!

Okey Dokey hope this post wasn't terribly boring for you ;)

Hope you all had a great weekend!
Love in Christ,
Samarah