TAG! I'm It!

So after reading countless blogs about being tagged and the writers writing seven random things about themselves I, Natalie, was finally tagged. So here it goes, seven random or weird things you may or may not know about me.

1. I can memorize things pretty fast. Whether its a random fact, phone number, birthday, the twelve disciples, sixty-six books of the Bible, the 10 Commandments, it doesn't really seem to matter I will memorize it. I think I blame some of this on Ange because when I was in grade school she was my mid-week leader and had a list of things to memorize. When you memorized something she would give you a little reward thing and a candy bar.

2. I love music. The only kind of music I just can't seem to stand is rap. I love getting a new song for my iPod from a friend. The best ones are the songs that have helped them through a hard time and they pass it on to help someone else.

3. My room is organized chaos. I know where everything is despite the fact that it looks like a tornado came through. But the funny thing is, at work everything has to be in it's designated place if its not I sort of freak out. I guess that it's because its bottles and pacifiers things that if it went to the wrong kid that would be a bad thing.

4. I can recite from beginning to end The Wizard of Oz.

5. I have every single note that was ever written to me in High School. Even if it was bad and the person was telling me off. And from time to time I like to pull the shoe box out of my closet and read them. I can usually remember the incident that the note is talking about. I blame this on random fact number one where I remember random stuff.

6. I can relate almost anything to The Wizard of Oz. That is probably obvious, but I really don't care too much. I love how tonight at the 'Think Tank' I could relate the Follow lesson to the part of the movie where Dorothy is leaving Munchkinland.

7. Most of my friends are either way older than me or younger than I am. I think that this is mainly because my priorities are not the same as people that are my age. Those don't need to be said on this blog, if you are interested in what those reasons are then please ask me when you see me.

Now, I have to tag, and I tag
Kelly , Kaitlyn, my Mom, Alissa, the Edge, Ayla, Amber

Sometimes The Hardest Thing to Believe is the Truth

It's a world full of cynics.
Who say "to stay alive in it,
you gotta stick with what you know."
But the soul is always aching,
for the heart to start taking,
a chance by letting go.
So let go, let go.
Sometimes the hardest thing to believe is the truth.

So here's a moment truth.
I think my heart has finally healed from last year. I honestly did think that it would take this long, but I am grateful all the same. Now I am pretty sure that my heart is ready to have feelings for someone again when the right person comes along. Or maybe with my 'luck', I say that because it never seems to work for me, its someone that I already know and i just see them differently.

And now for a moment of awareness.

I am pretty sure that everyone around me is involved with a member of the opposite sex. I could go down and list all the people I know and the people that they are in a relationship with, but that would take too long and most people don't know who all those people are anyways. And I'm not making this up either. I can though honestly think of three young ladies off hand that aren't in a relationship, but thats it.

It makes me feel lonely.

I guess it all sorta hit me when I read another friends blog and bulletin they posted.

I seriously don't understand how girls can just gloss over the good guys. I know a lot of them, and pretty much all of them are taken for granted. It makes me so irritated with listening to girls complain about not finding the right guy when the whole time the right guy is the one sitting on the other side of her listening to her complaints.

JM, I think you are awesome, and any girl that doesn't see that is lame and just not right for you. You'll make a great boyfriend to a girl someday I promise.

I know that I have probably done it too, but just UGH.

So another closing thought and moment of truth.
I'm a sometimes a cynic.
that says "to stay alive ,
I gotta stick with what I know."
But my soul is aching,
for my heart to start taking,
a chance by letting go.
So I'm letting go, letting go.
Sometimes the hardest thing to believe is the truth.

I Am So Over Your Drama

Time
13. leisure time; sufficient or spare time: to have time for a vacation; I have no time to stop now.

Grace
8. Theology.
a. the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.
b. the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.



But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair
Relient K
Be My Escape


Thank you Austin for reminding me of this.

Ahhh!

i need to learn

To trust my gut and not what others say.