midterms...

first of all heres a picture of what it looked like outside when i came to work a little bit before 5. thats actually exactly what it looked like. very gloomy. but it was nice out today. it was nice and warm out for this time of year. its been a pretty nice fall so im kinda scared to see what the winter will be like. anyways, we got our midterm grades back today. im ok with all of them except for two. systematic theology and old testament wisdom and poetic books. but i have one A+, 2 A's, one B, and a C, and a C+. that sounds kinda elementaryish, but thats the way it is. but get this! the class that is an A+ is Accounting, and I have a 100%!!! woo hoo!! im so excited about that! so thats good. Anyways, im gonna work really hard in those 2 classes to bring them up. im ok with A's and B's. The class i have a B in could actually be brought up so we'll see what its like at the end of the semester. so thats my good news for today. so im still praying about the study tour. the first $100 is due on friday. keep praying with me. i want to go so bad. but i want God's will too. i'll keep you updated. thanks for praying. well, i think im gonna go get started on homework. i love you all. holly

mundaneness continued....

so, i kinda cut myself off last time. i couldn't get anymore text under the pictures. so like i said before, ive been sick for a little while. well, on monday morning i got out of devos and chapel, because i dont have any classes until chapel. so i slept until 10:30. it was very needed. so i worked that nite, and slept well that nite too. actually a little too well, i slept until 7:30 which was great except i was supposed to work at 7. oopsy! my boss, mrs. patz, is so wonderful. she had talked to me the nite before and heard how horrible i sounded so she understood. and if youve read my other posts you know that i probably didnt miss any calls. ; ) tuesday was good. i went out for coffee with amy templeton shes a sophomore that transfered from bj. so i was just getting to know her. it was very nice. i like her alot. then on wednesday i got signed out of devos again and had an appointment at 8:30 with the nurse. see this whole time, ive just been trying to get alot of sleep and havent taken any medicine. doy i know. so they gave me medicine and it seems to have helped. im almost better, i just get coughing spells at times. this morning i was at work on time, classes went well. and now im at work till 11. anyways, im doing good. and i appreciate everyone whos been praying for me while ive been sick. keep praying about my europe trip. im praying believing...
oh tomorrow nite, is the first artist series. its the sms mens choir. AND I GET TO WORK! im very happy. first of all, that just isnt my favorite kind of music.
secondly, i dont have to get dressed up (this is the best one.)
im sure i could think of more reasons but i dont feel like it. and then after the artist series, is the first hockey game of the year. and we're playing a canadian team! they came up last year, and i guess they just loved it. i was gone that weekend but tj said they were so much fun. so im really excited about having them here and meeting them. most of them are unsaved, but i guess their coach told our coach that a couple of them are close to coming to Christ. so maybe this weekend! i guess they were just really impressed with northland, so we'll see. but since they're CANADIAN im sure it wont be much of a game, b/c they'll kick our butts, but it will be fun to watch.
phew...ok so once again, a super long post. sorry. i hope youre all doing well. love ya'll. holly

oh heres a pic of me and teej on his actual birthday. we were on the way to main street pizza.

mundaneness.....

well, its been a pretty decent week so far foks. nice and laid back, i like those kind. im at work right now, and i have a lot of homework in accounting to do but i wanted to get the pictures up from tjs birthday. so here they are.

this first one is just some friends....





there was lots of good food....


tj and his friend joe....

54 w.a.m. with 3 errors.....

it sounds so easy....but its not. im taking advanced keyboarding this semester, and for our midterm we had to have 2 timings done. we go for 3 miutes, and have to get at least 40 words a minute and 3 errors at the most. so i think i've tried doing it at least a hundred times.... well folks i just did it twice....not consecutively, but i did it!!! i cannot tell you how relieved i am. buh.... thank you jesus. so its a regular saturday afternoon here at northland. i didnt have to work today at all which was super nice. im sick so i got to sleep in. it was wonderful... today is tjs birthday. hes 22 now. i had a surprise party for him last nite. it went really well. there weren't as many people as i had hoped but i think it really meant alot to him. we might go into the big city of iron mountain tonite for supper. see if we can find a car. ; ) also, another wonderful thing from this week, was that dr. olson gave us a " day of rest" on thursday. he does that about once a semester. it is wonderful. just what we need. thats how you know that he cares about us. it was wonderful, because, i was getting sick so i got to sleep extra....hmm....i love sleep. so i had two tests on tuesday and i was pretty worried about them, but they went ok. i got an 80 on the one, and the teacher said there will be a curve, so thats good. and then i got a 98 on the other once. yay! oh and my systematic theology test from like 2 weeks ago? yeesh. i got a 79 with the curve....which was like 20 points. holy smokes eh? so i guess now i know they are really hard but thats what most everyone got. there were some smart ones who got like 114...buh....
so yeah right now, im sick. its fun coughing up your lungs. oh well. i know ill get better. i always do. i am thankful for how healthy i usually am. God is good. i took pics of tjs party hopefully ill have them up soon. i think it was a good time had by all. there was lots of good food. so that always makes for a good party. well ya'll i think im gonna go study my verses for my verse test in syst. on monday. have a good weekend.

spirit week...

this is at sherry and troy's wedding.....

well, its spirit week here at northland and they actually picked some good days. today was geezer day, tomorrow is pioneer day, wednesday is pastel day, thursday is favorite cartoon character day, and friday is space day (like astronauts or planets etc.) today was really funny....i really wanted to dress up but im not creative enough to think of what i could turn my wardrobe into... so i was just normal. but alot of girls stuffed their dresses to make it look like they had big butts and then there was this skit put on by two "geezers" trying to outdo each other with how old they were. it was hilarious. and then they were saying that " any time now, i think theres going to be a elderly super hero coming forth." and then dr raske came running on stage with this skin tight like super man outfit thing on..like the whole spandex then with like the different colored underwear on top...then he was flexing and all that stuff...it was hilarious....i said to my friend....only at northland do we do stuff like this....it was great....if you dont know dr raske its not as good but just imagine an older, rounder teacher running out like i said. oh and if you were wondering me and my friends are wearing "billy bob teeth" in that last pic.
so i forgot to say last thursday nite around 12:30 we had a fire alarm. i hate those things...but this one wasn't so bad b/c we had a visitor staying in our room and i woke up to the alarm going off and her like wimpering...and i know this may sound sick but i was so out of it that i thought it just cracked me up that she was almost crying...it was so pathetic sounding...anyways, i DID NOT laugh to her face, but i still thought it was humorous. the whole thing was a lot better than last semester's drill. it was like 1:30 am on a monday, and ya know everyones tired from extension etc....well it starts going off and first i think its my alarm and then i thought it was the rapture...im not even kidding. i was like " Lord, if thats your trumpet, that is the most annoying thing ive ever head. Make it stop." then, i thought we were getting bombed, and those were the sirens. no joke that all went thru my head in like 3 seconds...then my roomie was yelling for us to get out b/c she was security and she know that they never do drills on sunday nites...so that was kinda freaky. so all of us girls were crammed in the fine arts (old library) basement for like 45 minutes...then we found out some girls came in late from extension and hit the fire alarm...and was too embarrassed to say anything. needless to say, we were not very impressed. this time we were only down there for like maybe 10 minutes...but it was freezing out. i think our visitor recovered quickly...at least she got the whole college experience...sorry this was such so long....

SNOW!!

me and my roomies from last year being dumb..
me and some friends last year.

i think i just posted one with black writing again...well, at least now i know how to fix it. ; ) so now i have pics up...no more complaining...
as you can see by the title, there is snow here now. not sure how i feel about that yet. we were supposed to have a foot of snow by now and it was supposed to stick, but so far it hasnt. on thursday, it was like bitterly cold. yesterday was better, but the wind was still pretty vicious. and then this morning when i got up there was snow on the ground. maybe like an inch. it makes me excite for christmas, and said that fall is over at the same time. i cant wait for my family to be all together again. it will be a year at christmas. we still dont know if sherry and troy will be able to come for christmas b/c her paper work is still pending, and im not sure if they even know how they want to do the whole holiday thing. so pray they will come to canada. ; ) love yu sherry. im at work and my daddy just called. so i got to talk to him for like a half hour. so that was nice, i dont usually get to talk to him. well, i better get going b/c i need to be doing homework. seeing as i only have 7 hours left in my shift to do homework. take care everyone...stay warm.

fall at northland....

i know im kinda late to be writing about this. but i just wanted to say that i love fall here!! its sooo beautiful! actually fall is my favorite season anywhere. if i ever get married it will be during this season. a friend and i went on a walk around reflection lake last week and she got some really good pictures...

sorry....

sorry everyone. see im new at this and all. and i thought that if i typed my last post in black then it would turn up white on the blue background. well, now i know. so, how is everyone? i am good. i just finished this dumb project for my word processing class. lately ive been feeling kinda shakey about my major. see, i dont really know that much about computers to start with so alot of my classes are about them and i just feel dumb alot. oh well, i guess im learning. well, nothing exciting has really happened in my life lately. im learning lots though about myself and how i so dont measure up to God. sometimes its not very fun being under preaching all the time and always being convicted about something. ; ) but God is good and He will finish the work he has begun in me. well, i have to go to supper now. but everyone take care until next time. holly

europe trip

so i have a huge prayer request. i know ive talked to some of you about this, but ill explain anyways. so every spring break northland goes on a study tour with Dr. Jim Bennett, and this year they are going to Greece and Italy. since last year when i heard thats where they were going ive been wanting to go really bad. so yesterday there was an informational meeting abou it.
here ill give you a summary of our itinerary:
day 1: depart USA for Greece
day 2: Athens
day 3: Ancient Athens
day 4: Corinth
day 5: Pompeii
day 6: Rome
day 7: Vatican City
day 8: Florence
day 9: Journey Home
so last year i asked Dr. Bennett about it and he said that the trips are usually around 1800. so thats what ive been planning on. Well, with everything going up, we're looking at about 2000 a person. anyways, i might be able to make that much over christmas, but it will be pretty close. so i need you to pray that God will show me if i should go and attempt to raise the money b/c we have a nonrefundable 100 due on november 3 and 400 on december 6. and you can also pray that God would supply the money. let me know if you think of any schemes. ; ) thank you for praying. and sherry, jolene, and brandy, i would still love for you guys to come...that would be sooo fun. think about it.

happy thanksgiving!

so yesterday was canadian thanksgiving, so all us canadians got together for our annual shindig. it was good. tj really wanted to be there but he was travelling with his singing group. i made my sister sherry's recipe for cream cheese brownies, and they turned out marvelous. i think everyone was very impressed. anyways, i just wanted to list some things that im thankful for.

my amazing wouldnt trade 'em for anything family
my friends
a relationship with the God of heaven, who died for me
Christ's unchanging love and forgiveness and patience
Dr. Olson
the Northland heart
music
my health
that i can move and breathe and enjoy life
pizza
coffee
food in general
the Daily Grind
life.

i hope each of you had a good day yesterday , especially you canadians out there. happy thanksgiving everyone!

it is 7:01 a.m. and i am at work. i worked till 11 last nite too. i am exhausted. all i want to do is run away and sleep for forever. i drag my butt out of bed on tuesday and thursday mornings and the phone rings maybe twice. oh well. so how is everybody? i am good besides the obvious. today after my classes i am going into iron mountain to try and get my hair fixed. im going all by myself, and i am soo looking forward to it. just being alone with noone watching me. im just gonna wander around town. it will be great.
it is freezing out. we are supposed to have snow by the end of this week and its supposed to stay. boo hoo. im not ready for winter. im wearing a white skirt today cuz i know this will probably be my last chance to wear it.
how do i put a title on my post? i cant figure that out? i got to talk to my friend joy the other nite for a bit, so that was great. shes in st. vincent...i miss her so much. but she's coming back next semester.
well, im gonna sign off now. i want to write two other posts. just because.

so, this is my first blog. oh wait "post." im excited about it, but with school and all i really dont see how i can be very consistent with it. well, right now im at work. i work at northland's switchboard. so if you ever call here you might talk to me. we had a kampus kids activity tonite, those of you who have gone to northland probably have fond and some not so fond memories of those required activities. i actually enjoy my family. we're a good balance. we had pizza and pop and pie. i wonder if mrs. yager was trying to alliterate the menu. hmm... so, i got my hair cut today. it was just supposed to be a trim. does this happen to anyone else or just me? you ask for a trim and then 3 inches of your hair is on the floor. i dont know. i think hair dressers have bitterness issues or something. anyways, it will grow. i have yet to see what it looks like done, maybe ill just love it. ill let you know. well, im gonna go type out systematic theology 3 notes. i have my first dr. lamansky test on monday....buh...so i better get crackin. have a good nite whoever is reading this. take care.