Friday, July 8, 2011

encourage my soul to the maximum

hey guys,
so yeah the video says it all - wow it cut out early haha you didn't get to see my bungalow dance move! Today was one of the best days of my life, just seeing firsthand how God works and how trusting in Him paid off so well with today's events. He's teaching me how essential prayer is, and I can feel Him strengthening my faith - I believe a lot more now the extent of God's power and how limitless it is.
It's starting to set in that I'm really not going to see these people for a long time, and I'm becoming extremely sentimental and ponder-ful (?) about the whole thing. There are so many lasts to come, but also so many firsts :) This whole bittersweet thing is interesting, it's like my emotions are playing Pong. :P


I better get some rest for a long day of..sleeping in and packing and cheelin :D tomorrow haha I haven't had a chill day since last friday! woot woot! Let's hope people don't schedule a showing for my house (since it's for sale) and i don't have to clean up and leave for hours at end. Crossing my fingers!


much love,


- meg


Psalm 1:1-3
 "1 Blessed is the man
   who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
   or sit in the seat of mockers. 
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
   and on his law he meditates day and night. 
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
   which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
   Whatever he does prospers."

our home and native land

hey yall, i'm super cool with my intense video effects aren't i?! :P i forgot to post this last week, but yeah time's just flyin by. The fireworks were a-maaazing, it felt like a 3-D movie when things pop out at you - only it was 3D..because it was real life...

ANYWAYSS ciao for noww :)

- meg

lol.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

time may change me, but i can't chase time

Thought I'd start my video blogs (vlogs?) since very soon i'll be jetting off to the land down unda! Hopefully I'll still have these videos when i'm 40 and I can look back at those good ol' days of youth :P

peace outt!

Imogen Heap - Speeding Cars

I'm growing up too fast and not fast enough at the same time.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

speaking of nuggets...

today was the best day EVER!!
slash not THE best, but quite a delightful one.
why may you ask? weeell, my wonderful friend Ronnie trekked it to ma crib and we had a jammin time!
Last night she was the special guest at my bible talk which was a barrel of monkeys (minus the monkeys plus laughs and hummus). Then, we ate more food (naturally) and did what girls do best - nuttin! haha just kidding. We talked and chilled and laughed, the usual. I came home from school to the aroma of PANCAKES, gosh gotta love friends.

We danced around in the kitchen and made fools of ourselves on film. Oh and while I was walking home, I spied one of those wooden chair thingys on the side of the road, and after a couple minutes of contemplation, i decided to snipe it.

Who wouldn't want a rattan swivel chair?! Well apparently my parents who dismissed it as junk. rudee. It's honestly the most comfy thing of life and I tanned a little and read Nicholas Sparks' "Message in a Bottle" before coming upstairs and painting our nailz.

Off to midweek soonsies and we're gonna cook up some dindins before. sweetness.

i'm in a rand mood, feeling nonsensical :P

tata for now!

meg.

Monday, April 25, 2011

squeak squeak squeak

hey yall, guess who?! :D
haha i have pretty well extinguished my blog the past, erm, millenium?
but i just got inspired by the lovely chelsea-rebecca and her kooky blog! 
so i decided to let the creative juices fuhh-loww again, it actually feels quite nice, THERAPEUTIC even!


i just had multiple stare-downs with a not-so-friendly little critter that decided to scamper under my tv set :S. I still don't fully understand how humans (a.k.a me) can be afraid of an animal an 100th of my size which can never harm me - unless it decides to bite and give me rabies - yess i just unintentionally alluded to the office, the best show evurr {rabies is a very serious disease which affects 4 Americans every year! Raise your hand if you know someone with rabies} 
It's quite humourous actually, every couple minutes the little mouse will stick it's head from under the console, as if it's trying to stealthily get past me on the couch. I look back, and the staring contest begins. So far, I'm 3 for 3!


In other news, my senior year is slowly but rapidly coming to a close - only 7 more weeks of my high school career! It's a weird feeling. I go through stages - right now I just can't wait for it to be over so I won't have to think about homework and I can git on down to Australia! But then other times I'm like: "I need to savour every last moment! Why is it ending so fast?!" It's been great having my college-boy brother back home from his first year at universitayy! We've surprisingly got along well, haven't gotten into any arguments as of yet! (it's only been 3 days...) But it's awesome having the fam back together once again :)


God's been teaching me a lot lately too, just how I need to draw my strength from Him and not base my worth on how other's view me, but on God alone - or else I become an insecure and emotional wreck --aaannd jerry's back again, giving me the stink eye - hehe a little fake remote throw put him back in the dark.
So hopefully I'll keep this writing and posting thing up, maybe you'll be hearing from me down unda!


ciaoo for noww,


meg.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

convert

hey yall, it's been a mighty long time!

i've recently discovered the not-so-secret TUMBLR and am quite hooked on it, like phonics ;)

http://meaganshantz.tumblr.com/

check it out! all 11 of you! haha... who am I kidding

peace out,

meg.

Monday, January 3, 2011

CROIKY!

....i got some news.... :)


GUESS WHERE I AM GOING THIS SUMMER?!!


(..where?)


AUSTRALIA, THE LAND DOWN UNDER! 


Melbourne, to be exact. 


So I applied to this church campus internship in Melbourne for six weeks this summer to work with their campus ministry and share my faith and grow in leadership, it sounds like an amazing opportunity. Not to mention that Australia has been my dream destination for EVER! Well, since I saw "The Boys are Back" movie which wasn't even that great, but the cinematography and scenic views won me over! I applied on a whim and did not fathom that this dream could actually become reality. First, I had to convince the parentals - it took some time, but they eventually warmed up to the idea (my mom getting over the fact that I might "go there and fall in love and never come home" according to her haha like THAT'S gonna happen). We figured out that the flight is paid for by airmiles, and I can take exams a week early to get there on time! Ahh this is so exciting, God is good. 


However, I haven't officially confirmed yet. Mom and Dad still need to "discuss things and find out more details" before I sign the dotted lines. What more is there that needs to be known? It's Australia! hahaa.


What a great way to start off the new year. Until I get to witness this beautiful and unique country, I guess a couple pictures will suffice :)


sydney, absolutely gorgeous

quiet time spot? i think so!

this is where I'll mainly be - in Melbourne

but in my free time maybe i'll give surfing a spin !

or enjoy a meal i've never tried - i hear it tastes like chicken! ...

not to mention the Great Barrier Reef - a.k.a setting of Finding Nemo :) duuudeee

cheers! I mean.. G'day mate!