http://morgancollins.blogsome.com I'm just sayin' Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:10:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m just gonna break this down and give you the facts. It’s difficult to articulate the experience of being in a third world country so I’ll just give you the itinerary and we’ll go from there. And I know this is turbo late…sorry bout it.  Day One: (well, day one after ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/11/05/part-one/ Hanging out with Juma…one of the boys from the street:) He likes macs too:)     http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/10/22/juma/ You may or may not know that my mom got really sick about a month ago. I’ll spare you the details…mostly because my mom gets on to me when I tell everyone her business:)…but suffice it to say things got pretty scary for a while there. The following is a small ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/09/23/10-things-i-learned-from-my-moms-kidney/ you ate a lil red barn biscuit like I did this morning:) http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/09/18/in-case/ I have a confession to make. I used to resent people who went to Africa. It seemed so cliché.  Like there was some unwritten rule that in order to be a good Christian you had to go to Africa…or at least want to go to Africa. Of course this was also when I ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/09/17/one-month/ making a cake…actually making anything for one of the most important days in someone’s life might be a little more stress than I’m prepared to handle.                    http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/09/16/my-first-wedding-cake/ I know I’ve mentioned this a time or two, but my bff and I have known each other our entire lives. This has been a huge blessing through the years; however, it’s also lead to certain events that would be better left forgotten.  But instead of pushing those to the back of my psyche ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/09/15/just-call-me-bette/ http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/08/20/recent-cakes/ …to say I told you so.  Cause yall were SO right…I had such a good time at the reunion!  Who knew:) I would love to say that I took lots of pictures so I could tell yall all about the night…but you know better than that.  I didn’t take a single ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/08/04/you-all-have-my-permission/ Off to the reunion.  If it goes bad I’m holding each of you personally responsible:)  http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/08/01/welp/ of our waiter at a restaurant way the heck down 78 being a CGHS alumni? We had a girls night on Monday and our sweet little waiter went to Central too!  I’m telling you…it’s all about high school this month. He wanted to know what teachers we had when we were at ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/07/22/what-are-the-odds/ Let’s all take a nice stroll down memory lane. 10 years ago I had dome bangs, blonde hair and eyebrows the likes of which I hope to never see again. And just for fun this is me and B.Green at our freshman homecoming. Sorry Brian…you’re bearing the brunt of my ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/07/20/in-honor-of-my-10-year-high-school-reunion/ I give.  It would appear that my fear of missing out on something supersedes my fear of awkward conversation.  http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/07/17/uncle/ Sooooo…..apparently my 10 year high school reunion is coming up.  I currently have no plans to go.  It’s not that I don’t like the people I went to high school with…I do.  It’s just that…well…I’m shy people!  Social situations are not my strong suit.  Small talk is not my forte.  Cramming ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/07/16/to-reunion-or-not-to-reunion/ Last week me and my mom went to the Fox to see The Jersey Boys.  I got her tickets to the show for Christmas…I’m all about deferred gratification.  The show was SO good and we had such a good time!  It’s still showing…you should take someone for an early Christmas ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/06/01/merry-christmasin-may/ the worst picture taker on the face of the earth! I spent most of Memorial Day weekend hanging out in South Carolina with Amanda, David and the fam.  We had tons o’ fun.  Went to a little festival in downtown Seneca, went to their cool church, rode jet skis.  But do I ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/05/28/i-hereby-crown-myself/ I just saw some app on facebook that reminded me of something I used to LOVE when I was a kid…garbage pail kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I collected these in my sticker book right along side my unicorn and Lisa Frank stickers.  Interesting dichotomy there, but we’ll save that therapy session for another time. ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/05/20/garbage-pail-kids/ when I used to update my blog everyday?  Those were the good ole days huh? I went to see one of my friends last night who just had a precious little girl.  Actually she had her a few weeks ago, but I’m a bad friend and just got over there to ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/05/19/member/ I’ve told yall my story before, but here it is again…in a different way.  Wandering in the darkwondering who caredcowering in the cornera child scared. So I put on my maskplayed the parta perfect cheerleaderwith a hidden and bleeding heart. Blind but not knowingcause I’d never seendead but not caringcause I’d never breathed. Drink it downsmoke it uptryingjust to be cool enough. Dating this boy and that boyon down the linegiving away piecesof something that wasn’t mine. Don’t get me wrongit was all great funbut at the end of the dayI just wanted life to be done. And then it wasnot for me but for herand somethinginside of me started to stir. Slowlybut all at oncein an instantbut taking months.   A light broke throughI could seefirst his perfectionthen my need. Compared to himI was so uncleanwhat made me thinkI could stand before a king? So I knelt before himeven that not from methen he did somethinginteresting. He stepped down from his throneput his robe on my backinstantly filling upeverything I lacked. Amazing gracethat I can’t put into wordssomething I’d been toldyet never heard. From that point onthings were differentnot easierbut now I was confident.  I knew what I was here forknew who’s I wasI knew he loved mecause his word says he does. I love to think about that timeso many years agoand when the darkness tries to sneak back inthis I know I was chosenbefore the foundation of the earthand neither my works nor my sanitygive me my worth. The king gives me my worththe one from back thenand he’ll always because he’s always been.      http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/05/12/wandering/ For Mother’s Day my mom wanted red velvet cupcakes.  I’ve tried ten million different recipes and they all end up being pretty dry.  I’ve added more oil and that helps, but then after about a day they taste…oily.  What to do?  What to do? Although, I’m sure it would make my ... http://morgancollins.blogsome.com/2009/05/11/red-velvet-cupcakes/