ding dong the bells are gonna ring!

(currently listening to : get me to the church on time from my fair lady)

Well, it's done! My mother is now married to a wonderful man. The wedding was so beautiful, and I was happy to be able to be part of such a happy day. Sit back and enjoy a fairytale story.

Once upon a time a princess met her prince, and they set a date to be wed. The princesses daughter flew to Lubbock, Texas with a few other friends of the princess to help prepare for the magical day. She made her own beautiful white wedding cake, and a chocolate four-layer for the groom while her helpers made decorations and goodies for the guests.

Family and close, supportive friends gathered in the town of Post, Texas at the Hotel Garza downtown. The day before the precious ceremony, all the princesses friends went shopping and sight-seeing without a care in the world. Later that evening, they all decorated, rehearsed, and ate.

At last, the big day had come. There was music, dancing, a white dress, a black suit, family, laughter, tears, and this west Texas bride and groom toasted to their new wonderful life with a cold glass of corona.

It was a wonderful wedding, and will be a wonderful life. I wish the best to both of you.

and they lived happily ever after.

More photos can be found on flickr as of midnight on 8/16/11.

Travel blog coming soon!

Love to all!

-the fickle chicken.

let's not and say we did.

(currently listening to: my mother's carpet being cleaned)

Hello All,

So it's true, I'm not using facebook anymore. I mean the fickle chicken page is still there, but I personally won't be posting life updates or pictures. All of that can be found here. Remember when we were little and there was a whole bunch of "he said/she said" business going on and everyone got their feelings hurt over it. That's how facebook is for adults, if you ask me. There is no way in hell you can truly grasp who a person is just by looking at their facebook. So I'm in the process of deleting every post and every picture. I must say, going through all of these statuses have made me realize how far I've come. I've gone from this rebellious annoying child, to a (slightly) sophisticated woman with drive, ambition, and passion. I'm really glad I made the decision to not have a facebook. My best friend, Joe, doesn't have one. And he's still alive. Don't worry, friends, I still have all my important links at the bottom of this blog post.

On another note...
I'm on vacation right now for several reasons:

-I lost my job.
-I miss my family in west texas.
-My mom's getting married.
-I miss my family in new mexico.

So I took about three weeks off to spend time with all these people. My plan was to take my cosmetology state board the day I left for vacation, so I would have my cosmetology license when I got back from vacation and would be able to start working in a salon immediately. Well that crap didn't work. The testing center didn't have running water, so the exam was cancelled and I had to re-schedule to take it when I get back to Austin on the 18th.

However, I did apply for several jobs on Craigslist anddddd.... (drum roll, please) I am getting hired at Sports Clips as soon as I get my license! Now, I know some of you may be thinking... "sports clips, really??" But I know what I'm doing.

-There will be a LOT of foot traffic, so I'll get tons of experience right off the bat.
-The pay is hourly, not commission, so I'll have a steady paycheck no matter what...
-PLUS retail commission and my hourly goes up based on productivity.
-There will be plenty of opportunity for management so I will be able to learn how to run a salon and eventually (hopefully, maybe) start my own salon in a couple of years.
-The hours will be super flexible.
-I will get to be around men all day.

What could be better than all that???

Anywho, I will be posting pictures from the wedding next week. Don't forget to go "like" the fickle chicken on facebook, and check out all my other websites.

www.youtube.com/ficklechicken
www.flickr.com/ficklechicken
I don't have a link to the facebook page yet, but if you go here : www.facebook.com/theficklechicken and click on the "Fickle Chicken" tag in the status posted on the page, you should get there!

Thanks for your support, everyone! Stay fickle!

-theficklechicken.

blessings in disguise

(currently listening to: blessings by laura story)

Hello all,

If you follow me on facebook, you probably already know I was "let go" from my job at the restaurant. And if you know me personally, then you know that I feel like my whole world has ended. Again, I spent a day or two crying hysterically, cursing the world, cursing the stupid manager that made it all happen, cursing myself, and wanting to move back home to momma.

Then I talked to some people and really thought about the situation, and I'm going about this in a different sense from here on out. I know that God has something so much bigger planned for me now, and I never would have had the strength to walk away from this job. I can gurantee that if this had not happened, I would probably still be there in five years working as a manager. My mental capacity goes so much further beyond a stupid corporate restaurant.

So instead of going to college (because I now can not afford it), I am in the process of finding a job in the salon world. That's the only thing I can do right now. Trust me, I've looked at ALL other options.

i don't think it's ironic that "in God we trust" is on all of our forms of money.
all i can do right now is trust Him with my finances.

I've really found a lot of peace in reading Romans 8. You can read the whole chapter for yourself, but here are a few that stand out to me:

"...if God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one... Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?... For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the PRESENT, nor the FUTURE, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:31-39

I'm really not trying to make this blog all about religion as I want it to be able to relate and reach out to people of all types. But when you literally have been stripped naked and have nothing but your faith, it's a little easy to post it everywhere.

Another verse that helps me a lot is this:

"trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. in all your ways submit to Him and HE will make your paths straight." -proverbs 3:5-6

I know that only good will come out of this, I just have to keep my head up. Life is like one big puzzle. Every moment is a tiny piece that doesn't really make sense. Once the puzzle is complete and I have no more moments left, I will finally understand what the big picture is all about. And it will be a wonderful beautiful masterpiece that my gracious God has created for me. I just have to have faith.

Until next time,

-the fickle chicken.

for the love of art.

(currently listening to : womanizer by lily allen)

Heeeeey.

Just showing you how I've been channeling my crazy mind over the past 72 hours of heart brokenness.


"you look better with the lights off"

There is apparently a song that says "you look better with the lights off." So I took a picture with the lights off. I haven't heard this song. But everyone puts it as their status. I'm not full of myself, but I love taking pictures of myself like this lol.

...More like love me for a moment longer. I know I already showed you guys this one, but I added the words. It looked too naked. I really like this one. :)

 

"what are we?"

This one is in honor of a philosophy one of my good friends told me about. That we were all once trees. Good theory, but he explains it better.

Anyway. That's the end of that. My apartment reeks of beer. However, I don't recall drinking any. Weird.

Love.

-the fickle chicken.

understanding.

(currently listening to : multiply the heartaches by cake)

Hello friends,

Thank you for putting up with my depressing rant yesterday. It's just amazing how much love one heart can generate. But alas, I think I have come to an understanding. This man simply was not who I need in my life.

I don't want to go all "Jesus" on you, but I do love my Lord and I believe that everything happens for a reason. God has something special lined up for me. I can't doubt Him simply because I did not get my way. It will all make sense one day, all I can do right now is have faith and live my life.

Living my life is the part I'm struggling with. Let me give you a timeline here:
Thursday: got the heart break. stayed up until 6am crying. went to bed and woke up at 2:30 pm.
Friday: after waking up at 2:30pm went to san marcos and got my hair all chopped off. came back to have dinner with a friend, went out and got drunk. went home and went to bed.
Saturday: hungover, reluctantly went to work at 10:15am, had someone come in early at 3:00p, so i could leave and avoid said heart breaker. went home and went to bed at 5pm and didn't wake up until
Sunday: 10:30am i wake up and go to church. which was amazing and surprisingly about "surviving the storm". God never fails to slap you in the face. went home and went to bed and here i am.

Oh, and I painted this:

Anywho, I'm sure said heart breaker is not all worked up and upset about this, so I should probably just get over it. I'm sure he already has someone else lined up anyway.

Also, I think I probably pay Ben and Jerry's electric bill. They really know how to mend a broken heart. Speaking of... I am out of ice cream, so I'm off to CVS to feed my addiction.

Love to all of you,

-the fickle chicken.