The part of the day that seems to be the most tiring and exhausting. You get home from work/school, collapse on the first piece of furniture that you see, and muffle a couple of incoherent words. That's what I do at least. You want it to be night so you can finally pass out while watching a movie, but then again, you don't want it to be night because that means the next day you're going to have to wake up and do it all over again. If I'm wrong, then sue me. Well, actually don't sue me. I'm just stating the obvious. 

Stomach pains are making a fierce comeback. Blah. If they last one more day, another trip to the doctors. Pray for me please.

I found this type of poem a while back and I found it very inspiring. It's by a man named Jim Elliot who is a Christian missionary and he explains his motivation to go to a headhunter tribe to share the Gospel. Sadly they killed him, but the tribe later heard the Gospel, received Christ, and was totally transformed.

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. 
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed Anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they maybe be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be good enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway."

I wish I could write more, but I just can't for today. I hope you all had a wonderful day filled with happiness and joy. If you didn't, rejoice in the fact that you have it better than a lot of people here in this world. Give thanks to God for that! Listen to a great song, watch a fantastic movie, eat tons of carbs, learn how to use your sewing machine. You can do anything.

Ciao,
Tabs <3

Those little things can be evil.

Okay so if you do own a chihuahua, this might be a little offending. I'm not saying yours is mean or anything, but it seems like every one I run into seems to hate me. They're mean little buggers. As small as they are, they have a very menacing growl. And they can seem to chase people for a while. How do I know this little known fact? It has happened to me numerous times. 

Our neighbor has one of these little murderer's (three of them actually) which likes to chase me to and from the mailbox. He frighten's me to no end. My trip usually begins with a well thought out plan on how to avoid him. First, I scour the perimeter. I make mental notes of all the exits the spastic creature has to attack me from. From these mental notes, I can decide on where will be the safest way to go get the mail. This includes hiding behind certain garbage cans, trees, cars, or soccer balls. Secondly, I wear my running shoes. For obvious reasons. Third, I cautiously make my way out of the house. When I don't see him, I sprint my way to the mailbox, fumble nervously with the key as I frighteningly stare at my neighbors backyard, finally snatch my mail, and run for my life back to my door. Sometimes this plan works, other times it doesn't. When it doesn't, all I can hear are the screechingly loud yapping sounds, the pattering run of its little feet towards me, and my brain yelling RUN! These encounters have been getting less frequent, but they still scare me when they do happen.

On another note, I'm graduating early and this rather excites me. I can already see myself, diploma in hand, standing on my teachers desk, throwing my hands up in the air with a lot of enthusiasm, and screaming at the top of my lungs, "I'M GOING TO DISNEYLAND!" while balloons and confetti fall everywhere around me and then Mat Karney decides to make a musical debut as soon I eat my well deserved congrats cake. Sure, this is only my view on graduating. They might just give me my diploma and tell me to get out. What would be the fun in that though?

Tea and a great book coming into my view. I hope you all had a wonderful day and took some time to take a slow deep breathe. Calm your nerves tonight. Relax. Calm. Enjoy.

Good Night,
Tabs <3

You know those days where right when you get out of bed, something just doesn't feel right? When you sigh at the spectacular pancakes that are awaiting you on the table along with maple syrup, and the amazing hot chocolate right when you wake up? Do you know that feeling? As if you were just told you won a million dollars and then, out of nowhere, a film crew comes out with one of those spiffy guys that can't stop smiling and he yells "GOTCHA!" right in your face? I usually refer to it as having "One of those days." Every one of us has had them every now and again, and let me just say, they really are not fun. You feel like punching everyone in the face. Everything seems to be turning against you. Your toaster decides to break down. You grab your favorite Christmas socks, and find out the left one is missing. You realize that you missed last nights episode of Chopped. Just that kind of stuff. 


"One of those days" can't typically be referred to as a disease, although it should be. It can create some pretty bad side effects. Sighing, unusual rashes, deliberately sitting on your roof eating a sandwich while it's pouring rain outside, etc. Things that seem to be unexplainable. However, that's life and these days do seem to come whether we like them or not (I don't think anyone likes them though so scratch that). Here are some ways that you might be able to cure your downside for the day.

- Sing a song. Yes, singing does in fact calm the nerves. Not a terrible depressing song either. Something fun and bouncy. Like the alphabet or the rubber ducky song. Definitely winners. Songs that glorify God always puts me in a fantastic mood. Avoid songs that have the words "die" and "kill". They will just condone you to doing just those things and give you bad thoughts. Smile while singing also. Plaster that fascinating creepy smile on and sing like there is no tomorrow!

- Cook something. I'm not talking about the box stuff that's already pre-made for you. No. Bad. Dislike. Get your butt up off that couch of yours (sighing is acceptable while getting up), pull out that pan that you never use, and spontaneously turn into Julia Child. Make scrambled eggs, pasta, cupcakes on the stove, whatever your heart desires. However, try not incinerating everything that the pan comes in contact with. Yes, burning a few things will be inevitable, but let your house/apartment not be one of them. 

Those are just two simple things, but there are a ton more. I'll probably try them both in a little bit. In fact, i'll do the singing one right now! And actually it's called "Sing Along" by Sixteen Cities. Very good song. Very inspiring. 

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened."
Take courage.
1 Peter 3:14

That's a fantastic verse to go by. Always have courage and faith in the Lord! When you're having "One of those days," don't get too discouraged. Pray to the Lord continuously and rejoice in Him. He will give you happiness and joy through any type of discouragement your going through. 

Happy Sunday and take your vitamins,
Tabs <3

Oh how wondrous and magnificent it is. So many mysteries it contains, and so many secrets. There are very few in this world who can actually interpret these said secrets. Most might call them "Freaks" or "Nerds". It's true. I have been called one many times and I actually take it as a compliment. These secrets are amazing and each one tells it's own story. Whether it be about how it was created, or a plant that it saw the other day, each one is astounding. We don't give the sky enough credit these days. It lights up our path with its beautiful blue color on a spring day, it gets gray and cloudy letting us know that rain is on the way and that all the dirt and grime that has been built up over the year will be cleaned out and replaced with a new type of beauty that no one can seem to explain. Of course, we give all this appreciation to God who indeed created the sky and its wonderfulness. He created everything that is amazing in this world. Like the colors we get across the sky when the sun goes down, or the different color of blue in the sky after a big storm. He deserves our thanks. Thank you God!

Me and blogging seem to be falling out of line lately, as you might be able to tell. I haven't posted in a while. Again. Bad tabby. I'll be getting my laptop back soon though so hopefully I'll be on more bugging you guys with my boring posts. You'll get so sick of me that you're face will screw up into a warhead sourness look and you'll shout to the world on your rooftop, "Dang you Tabby and your posts! I shall get my revenge on you for telling me things that I needn't know!" Revenge? Indeed not. You will think about revenge, I'm not saying you won't, but then you'll feel bad and smile all while saying, "Ohh poo. Who needs revenge!" Who knows. Maybe you guys actually like my posts and I'm just rambling on for absolutely no reason and now you're saying to yourself, "She is very odd." Yes, yes I am. 


It's a beautiful day out and it would be a shame to waste it indoors. So outside I will go and be bored out there. Maybe even make my way to a used book sale later. Who knows where the world will decide to take me today.

Have a wonderful afternoon,
Tabs <3