Shayes

LATEST ARTICLES ( 207 )

• He is Risen, Indeed!

  

  This Easter season was a little strange for me. If you followed my blog around this time last year, then you know that, historically, my church has always done ... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Financial Fridays: Using a Budget in Real Time.

  

  So now comes the big question…once you’ve set up a budget, how the heck do you make it actually work? How do you know that it’s realistic? How do you stick... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Balancing Act.

  

  I pulled my quad on Monday. I've spent the last two days limping on occasion, taking pain killers every so often, moving the wrong way and wincing, icing until... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost Along the Way.

  

  A couple of weeks ago, a few of the girls in my small group and I decided that we were going to do The Color Run in September. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Birthday, Baby Sister.

  

  My baby sister turns 18 today. This is strange for me for a variety of different reasons. She is not my only younger sibling, I have a brother as well, but he i... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Love and Encouragement.

  

  I've always been a word person. (Duh.) I love the beauty of words strung together. I love the pictures I create in my head from a detailed description. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Financial Fridays: Dealing with Debt.

  

  Okay, so we’ve talked about what a budget is, the basics of budgeting and how to start saving. So what’s next? Today we’re gonna talk about something that's a... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Forgetful Heart of Mine.

  

  At the beginning of the year, I decided to read through the Bible again, cover to cover. As such, for the past couple of months, I've been reading through the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding Community.

  

  I've always been a people person. Even though my severe dislike for change made me the military brat that hated to move, I was also the first person in my famil... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Night Dinner

  

  So a couple of weeks ago, I got an email from the lovely Emmy, asking if I'd be interested in participating in a new thing she's starting on her blog called... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Moment It's All Worth It.

  

  Coming into this week, I was feeling a big discouraged about my blogging. I got lots of encouragement a few weeks ago when I blogged about how discouraged I... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creativity and Mistakes.

  

  It's no secret to pretty much anybody that knows me that I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I've never been clinically diagnosed with OCD, but there are certain... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Financial Fridays: How to Start Saving.

  

  Now it's time to talk about saving. Everyone talks about it but not a lot of people seem to do it. Simply put, saving is important. It's not always fun, but it'... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Striving for Excellence.

  

  Yesterday, I wrote a post. It was good, for the most part. It articulated, in some ways, what I wanted to say. I published it at 11:57pm. And by 12:20am, I... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Once a Captain...

  

  There's a certain comfort you feel upon returning to a place you once called home. Everything has a familiar quality about it. You know where everything is,... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Gratitude and Entitlement.

  

  Yesterday wasn't exactly the greatest day in the world. I made the mistake of taking advantage of my day off and sleeping in until 11:30am on Monday. Which was... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Financial Fridays: The Basics of Budgeting.

  

  Alright, so now that we've discussed the basics of a budget (those include determining essentials and non-essentials and making it zero-based, by the way),... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Rejection.

  

  A few weeks ago I wrote about a crazy night where I went from an audition to a rehearsal for the show that closed on Sunday. After a couple of weeks of anxiousl... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Proposals: The Recap.

  

  My show closed yesterday. The closing of a show is always a bittersweet moment. It's nice because your life is somewhat free again. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Overcome and Enslaved.

  

  On Tuesday nights, I lead a small group with the young adult ministry in my church. We started by studying the book of 1 Peter, which is my favorite book in... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION