Nicknames You Have And Why You Have Them...

Em- It's shortened... Emily.

Auntie Em- Obviously, my nieces and nephews call me that.

Becks- One of my friends from online gave me this nickname because my middle name is Rebecca, so she came up with that.

Emmeline-Friends from home have called me Emmeline.

Emdawg13- My online alias. (You can also take the 13 off so its just Emdawg)

Em Em-Jenny calls me this.

I can't think of any other nicknames I have, but if you think of some... post them in the comments. :)

Plans/Dreams/Goals I Have Are....

Someday I plan to be married in the house of the Lord to my best friend. I dream that it will be wonderful and magical. I've seen my older siblings get married but it's not the same as seeing it as in actually doing it. They were happy and it was probably wonderful and magical to them. For me, it was just another day. A day to get out of school and go to the temple and sit there and wait while they did their thing. My temple marriage will be so special and I can't wait for it to happen.

Some goals I have to make my plans happen are:

1. Surrounding myself around good people who have the same goals as me and only want me to be happy. I haven't had the best influences in my life but I've also had some great ones. My family, my besties from high school, Jenny, Leah, and Chris... just to name a few.

2. Going to church and getting a stronger testimony. I'm already doing that. :)

3. Reading the scriptures, praying, serving others, being a member missionary, being honest, being a good example to others, choosing the right, etc, etc. I know that if I do all these things, I will be blessed and will someday be able to enter the house of the Lord and be married to my true and trusted companion, my earth best friend and my eternal best friend.

Someone You Would Want To Switch Lives With For One Day And Why...

I would switch with someone who is famous probably, not entirely sure WHO I would pick but someone who was famous and had a good life. If I switched with someone famous, I would blow all their money on expensive things but of course, I would be able to keep the things at the end of the day. They could just go make a movie or a music video to pay for all the money that I blew. Yup, thats who I would switch lives with. It would do them a lot of good too, they would realize how good they have it with money and how they wish they had money when they are me.

Another Picture Of Yourself...

Ok, so I really hate that this pic is SO dark but I just love this one of me. Let me do a break down of what is going on if you can't see it. Evan is pulling my braid... Ashlyn is crying like a little baby... and I am just smiling and loving all of it.... I'm not sure what Mom is doing. Oh well... so fun!

FAIL!!!!

So, my parents scanner doesn't work, so that means I can't scan the family picture we have tonight, so that means I am going to SKIP the family picture day BUT I am going to do it when I can scan the picture on Bobbie's scanner when I go to her house next Saturday. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. :/ Onto, blogging now. :)

Put Your iPod On Shuffle... Write The First 10 Songs...

All Along- Remedy Drive

Time To Say Goodbye-Andre Bocheli & Sarah Brightman

The Way I Loved You-Taylor Swift

Family Affairs-Mary J Blige

U SMILE- Justin Bieber (eeeep! :) )

Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)- All Time Low

I Want To Hold Your Hand- Glee Version

My Band-D12

With You-Chris Brown

AND.....

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!- Vengaboys

A Letter To Someone Who Has Hurt You Recently...

I couldn't really think of who I wanted to send this letter to more than one but I didn't really know how to express my thoughts without going too personal so I looked up online and found this. It was so great and I have to give credit to whomever wrote it.

Satan,

I must say it's been a while since we've been together...hasn't it? I thought I'd write though so as to let you know why I've not been hanging out in the usual places. You see I prayed...I know you told me not to but...I was lonely and you were not there as usual...I prayed and God listened...something you said He wouldn't do. You lied to me...you said that being a Christian would remove any fun in life...YOU LIED! I went to church even though you told me it would be boring...everyone there welcomed me. Your people used me; Christ's people respected me- so much for your promise of popularity. I'll make you regret lying to me. All this time that has passed I could have lived...I could have lived. Instead I was blinded and followed you instead, so instead of fun I found despair, hatred, and pain...why didn't you tell me, why did you lie? The Lord tells me that you fear the weakest of all saints on their knees in prayer. So then are you afraid? How's it feel then Satan? I was afraid for so long...how does it feel to be afraid? It's hard changing from evil to good, but through Christ I can. One of my sins is hatred. So now then monster have some of your own medicine.

Satan! I'm coming for you, with God in the lead, and there's no way out! You tricked me...WAR...I declare WAR. I may be weak, you might kill my children, you might kill my wife, burn my home, and make me deathly sick, but I will never leave Christ. You hear me Satan...never will I leave Christ. I've begun telling the ones you've lied to the truth...truth, ha back when you controlled my speech truth was a bad word...It's going to take some work but I'll become a warrior for Christ...a warrior, not a gimp like your followers. I've decided to follow Christ. You will never be more than second best and as we all know, second best is the first loser.

It's time for me to go now...do understand that everything you showed me is not forgotten, no none of it, not in the slightest. Now the war begins and in it I will use your powers you taught me of destroying souls, only through Christ I will save them instead of destroying them, instead of death metal it's Christian heavy metal, instead of my dress promoting beer it promotes Christ, instead of hating everyone now I comfort them. As for the hate, well, you gave it to me...you can have it back...in your face. Goodbye!

Sincerely, The Weakened Saint

I am the weakened saint, I believe we all are. Satan has all of us under his grasp and once we realize that we are not in control of our own lives, it might be too late. There is hope, Christ is that hope. We can be saved from our pains, sins, afflictions, sorrows, and imperfectness by following the Savior and not following Satan. I have no regrets because the things that I've done have shaped and molded me into the woman that I am now. A strong, LDS woman who knows without a shadow of a doubt that Christ did suffer for me and Satan cannot have power over me if I know these things and just come unto Christ. That is our main goal in life, that is the ONLY way back to our Heavenly Father. I love what I know. The Church is true and I'm thankful for it in my life.

How You Found Out About Blogger And Why You Have One...

I found out about blogger from my sister Bobbie Murphy. She had a blog and I decided why not do a blog. It started out as an online journal and pretty much stayed as an online journal. I had a hard time keeping up with it and most of my posts are "updates", but I'm sure with this 30 day challenge I will be able to update more and more often as well. I shared a few personal experiences in my blog, shared my testimony many times, have told people off, and told people that I loved them. I'm happy I started a blog because for so long, I kept things bottled up inside and had no passage way to let my thoughts run free. Ever since I started blogging, I've had an easier time to let my thoughts flow more freely.

Another Picture Of You And Your Friends...

MY BEST FRIEND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!! CHRIS VANDERKOOI

Madelyn and I

Hiett and I

Kolby and I

Kaylin and I

Caleb and I

Kord and I

Evan and I

Ashlyn and I

Songs You Listen To When You Are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad...

I'm a big music person and I love finding new songs and listening to the lyrics. Some are, heartfelt, sad, crazy, sometimes innappropriate, and unforgettable. I just love music, all different types.

Sometimes when I am HAPPY I will listen to songs from GLEE or songs that remind me of times I had with my friends. There is one song that sticks out the most to me when I had a fun time with a friend and that song is "Boom Boom Pow" by Black Eyed Peas. I remember this moment so clearly, it was one of the first times I heard that song and Jenny and I were driving in her car and we were dancing and we pulled up to this car and saw this car of kids and they all had weird sunglasses on and we just stopped and looked at them, then drove away and kept dancing. It was totally random but I remember it.

Sometimes when I am SAD I will listen to country songs or some rock music. Taylor Swift mostly, Theory of a Deadman, and this other band called Safetysuit. Taylor Swift has lyrics that just apply so well to my age group and the things I am going through. I love it! I don't know why I really like those bands because they DON'T have lyrics that apply to my life but they do play sad songs that will try to make me feel better.

BORED and HYPED... I don't know what I listen to. I listen to any music when I'm bored.

MAD...I mostly listen the same songs that make me sad.

Music is a big part of my life and I'm so thankful for talented people to share their gifts of music with me, so I can be happy, sad, bored, hyped, and mad.

Also...

To go along with today's update of doing something in the last week that I'm proud of. I made Bobbie's bean dip. Yes, for those of you who know... it's really not that hard to make. But I felt pretty proud. I actually cooked, well... made something! To all you doubters, that say I cannot cook! I say.... click the link!!!! :)