10 Blog Post in 10 Days....Saw this on Clueless With Cash , my friends blog, and thought I would give it a try as well!!! :)
Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself that most people don't know.
Day Three: Eight things you couldn't live without.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you could change or you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot to you.
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two words that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.
Background
9.30.2010
9.29.2010
New Website
Have you ever wanted to tell someone what you think without risking your relationship with them? If so, then you need to this site! This is a place where you are able to anonymously leave a short, CIVIL note reflecting your views and opinions as well as reading others from around the world! This is a great way to tell... People, Teachers, Celebrities, Athletes, Organizations, Local business and many others what you think without needing to be their “Friend” or “Follow” them and find out what others are thinking too!! Share YOUR thoughts on the Carolina Panthers, Your teacher/professor, Glee, Taylor Swift, The new restaurant in town and SO much more! Add your name today and spread the word to your friends to do the same so that you can tell them what is on your mind! It only takes a second to add your name but just warning you – it will take WAY longer than a second to pull yourself away from… www.fastnote.com !!!!!!
Enjoy!!
xoxo,
Faith
Enjoy!!
xoxo,
Faith
9.28.2010
Britney Spears AND Glee all in ONE night!!!
It is FINALLY here!! Britney Spears on Glee ...TONIGHT!! "It's gonna be Spears-tacular!!!!!"
SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!! :)
9.22.2010
Time goes as fast as a hurricane!!
21 YEARS AGO TODAY:
"On September 22 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall on Isle of Palms, South Carolina, as a Category 4...the winds were still at 140 mph. The storm continued inland, and weakened to a Category 3 hurricane in Charlotte."
"On September 22 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall on Isle of Palms, South Carolina, as a Category 4...the winds were still at 140 mph. The storm continued inland, and weakened to a Category 3 hurricane in Charlotte."
9.15.2010
"Cluck,Cluck"
So for those of US not scared of facing life, and the unknown future, WE can stop reading now. For all of YOU chickens out there -- continue... ;)
I was talking to a friend today about a past situation in their life...we were talking about taking chances in life and how "what could/might have been" is the worst feeling to look back and feel down the road.
Sometimes I think Life should be called "Unknown" instead of "Life"...that's what it is, completely unknown. I think that is the hardest part for me - wanting to know as much as possible about what is ahead rather than just sitting back and letting God do his thing! ("Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open." ~Corrie ten Boom) As soon as the madness seems to be "in control", whether for me or against me I always find someway to let my mind delve deeper into trying to guess what the next step is. Or I try to figure out why it is the way it is and then the "controlled madness" is shot! I feel like I need a reason for everything-why this?,why that?... but that is another blog entry in itself!!
So, I guess that is why I am writing this today - for my readers, me personally, I am huge on taking chances as long as I am 99.9% sure that it is the precisest chance possible of having things go MY way ;) I love change, I embrace change, again as longs as I have thought of, and of course over analyzed every possible angle known to man that I can fathom!!
OK so maybe I am a chicken too, maybe I am preaching to the choir on this one as I often find myself doing!
In the talk with the friend I had earlier we were going on about relationships and jobs and how often we stay in one of these positions simply because we are comfortable. It is easier to have a general idea of what life holds rather than to feel that uncertainty from day to day. Will I find another job? What if I am single forever? What if I move and do not know anyone? What if we get married and are unhappy? What if we do not get married and I realize I messed up?
Questions like these we often ask ourselves and a majority of the time a lot of us go with the easy, comfortable, predictable answer and just stay. Stagnant, not moving, no change at all, because we fear the unknown and of course failure. Wouldn't we rather be happy, fulfilled, people out in the world doing what we do best rather than just settling for mediocre relationships and jobs?! You would think so!
So let's do it - we need to go out and make those changes and take those chances...always hoping for the best but also understanding that the other alternative (ugh-failure) is always looming around the corner.
Be brave - be strong - be willing - be understanding - be passionate about EVERYTHING!!!
While talking today all of these thoughts were rolling through my mind and I began thinking of times that I can look back and regret that I didn't make a change because I was lacking some of the attributes mentioned. This thought came to mind....
"I just don't want to get to the end of my life and wish it had gone differently all because I once had a chance at something, got scared, and chickened out."
I googled this thinking that there is no way that such profound wisdom (to me anyway) just came from my brain! Such simple words yet so compound- I cannot seem to find a source, if you do let me know-I am guessing just all of the quotes I have read and experiences I have had through life brought me to that statement so until I hear otherwise I will claim it! :)
Anyway - it is as simple as that...Don't be skeeeeeered!! Figure out what it takes to be happy and DO IT(within legal boundaries of course)!!!
None of us want to look back with regrets...even if we do make a change and it comes to pass that maybe this decision was not for the best - Isn't it better to look back and think "I tried" rather than "What might have been?"!!!
Have a nice unknown!!!!!
xoxo,
Faith
9.14.2010
The "Man in Black"
Johnny Cash passed away 7 years ago this past Sunday, Sept 12...so I figured I would do a little blog tribute to the "man in black". :)
"My arms are too short to box with God."
~Johnny Cash
"I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life. Life is—the way God has given it to me was just a platter—a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It's been beautiful."
~Johnny Cash
“Always go hard and fast enough so that when you hit the ditch you can pull out the other side.”
~Johnny Cash
"I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God."
~Johnny Cash
"When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too."
~Johnny Cash
“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.”~Johnny Cash
“Because you're mine.....I walk the line.” <3
~Johnny Cash
9.13.2010
Playing Beauty Shop!
Tonight, Amelia and I played around with my hair....just trying different products to see which one would make it "curl" the best without looking frizzy a few hours later. It felt so good when she was messing with my hair - if I ever win the lottery I will hire someone to play with my hair anytime I need to relax or fall asleep!! :) That has to be one of my most FAVORITE things in the world....having my head rubbed...ahhhh it is the SIMPLE things! :)
9.08.2010
9.07.2010
You say I am Human like it is a good thing!!!
cha·ot·ic
–adjective
completely confused or disordered: Faith Ramsey's life of the past few months.
Wow! I cannot seem to think of a better word than chaotic to describe this rollercoaster of life I have been experiencing the past few months. I have even mentioned it in a previous post that I have been "slack" in posting to my blog but unfortunately that is not all...I have been slack in pretty much every possible corner of my life that I could get away with.
I have been feeling this difference in my life and even used the word chaos when describing my current life standings as of lately to my roomie/friend Amber..."I just feel like I never stop, like I dont have time to breath--everything just seems like chaos with no order in sight!!" She nodded in agreeance, partly because she felt that way too, as we all do from time to time, but also because she was on the outside looking in and could SEE this downhill difference in me.
Things that seem so small to others and even to me, the things I have never really thought about but just knew I had to do them daily were the first to go...ok for example, washing my face before bed every night--this once second nature habit became "oh, ill be fine just for tonight" gross huh?!
Let's see, oh I know...I enrolled in an online summer class at Winthrop, Anthropology, I say enrolled because that's basically all I did...missed the first test because having a fun weekend with friends seemed more important than stopping the festivities and taking the test. By the end of the class I had missed 2 out of 3 test and never completed (or started) the project that was the majority of the grade...sooooo as you can guess I received an "F" as my grade. Yes, an "F" is horrible but they happen from time to time, my major problem with this F is not only the $980.00 that went down the drain or the effect it had on my GPA, or worrying about what type of student this teacher now thinks I am but my major problem is the nonchalant attitude I have had about this grade. "Oh well, I failed that class...let's go get dinner and drinks!" Now, I know it's not the end of the world to make an "F" but it is very irresponsible and shows a huge lacking in my potential that up until this point I felt I had...and I hate it has taken me a few weeks to remember this!
Now granted, in the last few months, I have moved to a new house, acquired two new roommates along the way, also had a new crush (which is dunzo), sent my little brother off to college, lost my grandfather to cancer, felt the oddness of an ex-boyfriend getting married, began a co-chair position for public relations in the Junior League, took a trip to Miami, accomplished a "B+" in my intensive writing Summer course, started a new semester, and many other things that I could go on about.
However non of my accomplishments or disappointments along the way the past few months can in any way justify my recent lack of enthusiasm for life as I have always had and shared as much as possible with those around me. When I say "lack of enthusiasm for life" I in no way mean I am sitting here holding a gun in my hand I am referring to my zest for daily adventures, my waking up with a smile and going to bed with a smile....no longer in effect.
It is one thing to feel these feelings and to brush them off as if everything is ok and tell yourself this is normal and will work itself out soon enough but in the meantime, live it up, everything and everyone will still be there once I get through this "time"....right?....But it is a completely another thing to have a friend bring this to your attention without even meaning to and leave you feeling like you have just been kicked in the gut and the "you" you've always known is gone not just to you but to others as well.
OH MY GOD...other people can tell that Faith is no longer the calm, constantly in control, "mother of the group". Or the girl who lights the world up with her smile (as I've been compared to in the Mary Tyler Moore theme song haha) they can SEE it. My feelings of confusion and chaos are EVIDENT to those OUTSIDE!!
"Ouch! Wow! He is right, he is so right." The exact words that ran through my mind last night when my friend Stephen said, "You are a cool chic! I always thought you had it 'all together', it's good to see that you are human too! And I must admit, chaotic Faith is fun to hang out with!!"
Now of course he wasn't being mean at all, he was in a way giving a compliment while at the same time crushing my little world into a trillion pieces. For the first time since the beginning of the new and improved "Chaotic Faith" I felt one of the worst feelings in the world...disappointment.
It didnt occur to me when two of my friends recently told me I had a different attitude lately...(exact words were something along the lines of calling me a Bitch) or when another friend told me I am pushing everyone away....it didnt occur to me a couple of days ago when I woke up to a text from my mom telling me that she misses me and wishes that I would answer her calls and not just text her and that she wishes she didnt have to look on Facebook to see whats happening in my life, getting an "F" in a class or having acne for the first time in my life, or knowing that I wanted to go entire days and not speak to a soul....none of this did not even shake up these emotions inside of me---But hearing what I was feeling and thought nobody knew being spoken aloud and to my face from the mouth of a friend....telling me that I, FAITH RAMSEY AM HUMAN AND DONT HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER....that did it!!!
Yes, I know I am human, everyone knows I am human, but I have always been the one that sucked it up, helped others with problems-sometimes far less than what I felt mine were all the while never mentioning mine, enthusiastically said yes to every task I was given, known as dependable-a person that could be counted on and even better all of this with a smile. Not just any smile but a sincere smile, I was smiling because it was the display of the emotion that overcame me in 99.9% of situations-it was a genuine smile. And now even though I am smiling those around me who KNOW me can see the frown in my smile and this absolutely breaks my heart!!
Yes,I am human and yes I have bad days and yes people know this....but to be able to reflect the image of someone who has it all together even on the days I may feel like I don't is something that is so important to me.
So, my plan is....I have no plan--I just know that I have some relationships to mend, some
self-centeredness to cut back on, a few attitude adjustments to work on and some respect to gain back. So no real plan, just alot to do!!
I am Ready to finish the books I have been reading for months, read and share quotes again, skim through the newspaper to see whats going on in the world, mail out cards to friends/family for no reason at all, update my blog WAY more often, give advice...even better have people ask for advice as I have always had until recently, pray more often and listen even more, I am ready to stop pushing people away....I am ready to be me again!!
I know these seem like insignificant things but these things , or lack of things is where the chaos started so getting them back is where I will start to stop the chaos! Maybe, I do have a plan!! ;) See there - I am already getting control back without even realizing it haha!!
So Stephen, if you ever see this....Thank you SO MUCH for saying what others were thinking and being an honest and true friend. Even if you had no clue you were saying monumental words- (in my life anyway) you did- Thanks for keeping me on track buddy!!
Stephen is right Chaotic Faith is fun but it is time for Captain Chaos to take a back seat and for "Have to be In-Control Freak Faith" (haha!!) to get back to the person that has not let me down in the last 27 years--and to let her "Shine Out Loud" as my little brother says to do about anything you do in life!
I can still have fun but just understand there is more to life than fun....ummmm like an entire world going on around me that I need to step back in to and join!!!! :)
Step#1 Be on time for work in the morning (hahaha Chaotic life or Worry free ME being on time would be more of a concern to those around me than anything I have mentioned in this post!!)
xoxo,
Faith
–adjective
completely confused or disordered: Faith Ramsey's life of the past few months.
Wow! I cannot seem to think of a better word than chaotic to describe this rollercoaster of life I have been experiencing the past few months. I have even mentioned it in a previous post that I have been "slack" in posting to my blog but unfortunately that is not all...I have been slack in pretty much every possible corner of my life that I could get away with.
I have been feeling this difference in my life and even used the word chaos when describing my current life standings as of lately to my roomie/friend Amber..."I just feel like I never stop, like I dont have time to breath--everything just seems like chaos with no order in sight!!" She nodded in agreeance, partly because she felt that way too, as we all do from time to time, but also because she was on the outside looking in and could SEE this downhill difference in me.
Things that seem so small to others and even to me, the things I have never really thought about but just knew I had to do them daily were the first to go...ok for example, washing my face before bed every night--this once second nature habit became "oh, ill be fine just for tonight" gross huh?!
Let's see, oh I know...I enrolled in an online summer class at Winthrop, Anthropology, I say enrolled because that's basically all I did...missed the first test because having a fun weekend with friends seemed more important than stopping the festivities and taking the test. By the end of the class I had missed 2 out of 3 test and never completed (or started) the project that was the majority of the grade...sooooo as you can guess I received an "F" as my grade. Yes, an "F" is horrible but they happen from time to time, my major problem with this F is not only the $980.00 that went down the drain or the effect it had on my GPA, or worrying about what type of student this teacher now thinks I am but my major problem is the nonchalant attitude I have had about this grade. "Oh well, I failed that class...let's go get dinner and drinks!" Now, I know it's not the end of the world to make an "F" but it is very irresponsible and shows a huge lacking in my potential that up until this point I felt I had...and I hate it has taken me a few weeks to remember this!
Now granted, in the last few months, I have moved to a new house, acquired two new roommates along the way, also had a new crush (which is dunzo), sent my little brother off to college, lost my grandfather to cancer, felt the oddness of an ex-boyfriend getting married, began a co-chair position for public relations in the Junior League, took a trip to Miami, accomplished a "B+" in my intensive writing Summer course, started a new semester, and many other things that I could go on about.
However non of my accomplishments or disappointments along the way the past few months can in any way justify my recent lack of enthusiasm for life as I have always had and shared as much as possible with those around me. When I say "lack of enthusiasm for life" I in no way mean I am sitting here holding a gun in my hand I am referring to my zest for daily adventures, my waking up with a smile and going to bed with a smile....no longer in effect.
It is one thing to feel these feelings and to brush them off as if everything is ok and tell yourself this is normal and will work itself out soon enough but in the meantime, live it up, everything and everyone will still be there once I get through this "time"....right?....But it is a completely another thing to have a friend bring this to your attention without even meaning to and leave you feeling like you have just been kicked in the gut and the "you" you've always known is gone not just to you but to others as well.
OH MY GOD...other people can tell that Faith is no longer the calm, constantly in control, "mother of the group". Or the girl who lights the world up with her smile (as I've been compared to in the Mary Tyler Moore theme song haha) they can SEE it. My feelings of confusion and chaos are EVIDENT to those OUTSIDE!!
"Ouch! Wow! He is right, he is so right." The exact words that ran through my mind last night when my friend Stephen said, "You are a cool chic! I always thought you had it 'all together', it's good to see that you are human too! And I must admit, chaotic Faith is fun to hang out with!!"
Now of course he wasn't being mean at all, he was in a way giving a compliment while at the same time crushing my little world into a trillion pieces. For the first time since the beginning of the new and improved "Chaotic Faith" I felt one of the worst feelings in the world...disappointment.
It didnt occur to me when two of my friends recently told me I had a different attitude lately...(exact words were something along the lines of calling me a Bitch) or when another friend told me I am pushing everyone away....it didnt occur to me a couple of days ago when I woke up to a text from my mom telling me that she misses me and wishes that I would answer her calls and not just text her and that she wishes she didnt have to look on Facebook to see whats happening in my life, getting an "F" in a class or having acne for the first time in my life, or knowing that I wanted to go entire days and not speak to a soul....none of this did not even shake up these emotions inside of me---But hearing what I was feeling and thought nobody knew being spoken aloud and to my face from the mouth of a friend....telling me that I, FAITH RAMSEY AM HUMAN AND DONT HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER....that did it!!!
Yes, I know I am human, everyone knows I am human, but I have always been the one that sucked it up, helped others with problems-sometimes far less than what I felt mine were all the while never mentioning mine, enthusiastically said yes to every task I was given, known as dependable-a person that could be counted on and even better all of this with a smile. Not just any smile but a sincere smile, I was smiling because it was the display of the emotion that overcame me in 99.9% of situations-it was a genuine smile. And now even though I am smiling those around me who KNOW me can see the frown in my smile and this absolutely breaks my heart!!
Yes,I am human and yes I have bad days and yes people know this....but to be able to reflect the image of someone who has it all together even on the days I may feel like I don't is something that is so important to me.
So, my plan is....I have no plan--I just know that I have some relationships to mend, some
self-centeredness to cut back on, a few attitude adjustments to work on and some respect to gain back. So no real plan, just alot to do!!
I am Ready to finish the books I have been reading for months, read and share quotes again, skim through the newspaper to see whats going on in the world, mail out cards to friends/family for no reason at all, update my blog WAY more often, give advice...even better have people ask for advice as I have always had until recently, pray more often and listen even more, I am ready to stop pushing people away....I am ready to be me again!!
I know these seem like insignificant things but these things , or lack of things is where the chaos started so getting them back is where I will start to stop the chaos! Maybe, I do have a plan!! ;) See there - I am already getting control back without even realizing it haha!!
So Stephen, if you ever see this....Thank you SO MUCH for saying what others were thinking and being an honest and true friend. Even if you had no clue you were saying monumental words- (in my life anyway) you did- Thanks for keeping me on track buddy!!
Stephen is right Chaotic Faith is fun but it is time for Captain Chaos to take a back seat and for "Have to be In-Control Freak Faith" (haha!!) to get back to the person that has not let me down in the last 27 years--and to let her "Shine Out Loud" as my little brother says to do about anything you do in life!
I can still have fun but just understand there is more to life than fun....ummmm like an entire world going on around me that I need to step back in to and join!!!! :)
Step#1 Be on time for work in the morning (hahaha Chaotic life or Worry free ME being on time would be more of a concern to those around me than anything I have mentioned in this post!!)
xoxo,
Faith
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