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May 30, 2009
more goofy quizzes
(Originally published by Nattie on November 28, 2005)
These things always make me laugh...
| Your Brain's Pattern |
 You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy. |
You Are 20% Boyish and 80% Girlish |
Even if you're not a girl, you're very feminine. You're in touch with your feelings, and your heart rules you. A bit of a emotional roller coaster, one moment you're up and the next you're down. But no matter what, you try to be as cute and perky as possible. |
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 29, 2009
spot on
(Originally published by Nattie on November 26, 2005)
| You Are Likely an Only Child |
 At work and school, you do best when you're organizing. When you love someone, you tend to worry about them. In friendship, you are emotional and sympathetic. Your ideal careers are: radio announcer, finance, teaching, ministry, and management. You will leave your mark on the world with organizational leadership, maybe as the author of self-help books. |
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 28, 2009
God Will Make A Way
(Originally published by Nattie on November 26, 2005)
God Will Make A Way
by Don Moen
God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way....
He will make a way
Oh God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way.....
He will make a way
By a roadway in the wilderness
He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
And He will do something new today
Oh God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way...
He will make a way
Oh God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way....
He will make a way
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way....
He will make a way
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 27, 2009
old farmers tales
(Originally published by Nattie on November 23, 2005)
Like old wives, old farmer's have tales. And an old farmer once told me that the number of the day of the season's first snow would be the number of days it would snow that season. I tend to trust old farmers especially since I live in the midwestish area. If they are even close to being right that would mean that we would have TWENTY THREE days of snow this season?! Heh. That's a lot of shnowin'. Just sayin.
~ Anna mucking up the first snowfall. ~
It's so purty coming down, but I loathe driving in it. I had to remind her not to eat any yellow snow, but we both caught some snow flakes on our tongues surely that isn't deadly. ;-)
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 26, 2009
nonsensical
(Originally published by Nattie on November 22, 2005)
some of the girls and I were having fun goofing off at this site this weekend. This is one warning label that I think I should wear...
dana gave me this warning label...LOL
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 25, 2009
breaking the mold
(Originally published by Nattie on November 21, 2005)
***warning: if any parental like figures (that would be you, daddy and/or aunt anne) are reading this blog today they may want to skip this entry. there is going to be some sharing of my sordid past that might make ya'll uncomfy***
I used to be a good girl. I prided myself on the fact that I was a good girl. I could have been Josie from "Never Been Kissed" except I wasn't 23. I was 15 when I had my first kiss, but unlike Josie it wasn't that "thing." You know...love or anything closely resembling it. It was more of a matter of getting it over with because I was behind most other girls and their first kisses.
I could have been kissed before then, but I had wanted it to be love. Let's just say, I wish I had waited. It was so horrible that I was 17 before I allowed any boy to touch these rosebud lips again. Do I sound like Scarlett O'Hara or what? And that was closer to love and dangerous for a 17-year-old girl who wanted to be a good girl for all the wrong reasons full of raging hormones.
What are the wrong reasons for wanting to be a good girl? Because people impressed upon me that if I was a good girl I would be more loved. Then there are the boys "impressing" upon you that they will love you more if you, well, you know.
So it went too far one time. The good girl was in a hot and heavy situation. Only 17. I said, "No." He says I said, "Yes." To this day I really don't care who was right or wrong. But even in those days it was called date rape, but I call it the day that I decided to truly break the mold. I wasn't going to be the good girl anymore. I'd lost my virginity so why stay pure. Who cared. I forgot that God did. It took a long time for God to reach me. In fact, six years, 2222 miles, at least three broken hearts (all mine), who knows how many emotional scars and a baby.
I found out that no matter how hard you try to break the mold and that no matter how hard you try to run away from your past that your past will find you until you deal with it the right way. Hiding them in the sand doesn't help. Only revealing them to God's redeeming grace and allowing him to heal them will actually get rid of them. And after reading Captivating did I realize why I was so haunted by these kinds of sins. Satan doesn't want women to flourish and prosper. We might actually be healthy then. Heh.
Now I break the mold in a new kind of way. That to be a woman of God you don't have to be the cookie-cutter church lady of the 1950s. You can wear jeans and a doo-rag and still have a heart for God. You can have a tattoo and be pierced and still have a heart for worship. You can be imperfect and still be 100% sold out for God and be used by God. I like that broken mold. Which is the way God wants us for he is truly strong in our weakness. He works better with moldable clay.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 23, 2009
Mirror, Mirror on the wall
(Originally published by Nattie on November 20, 2005)
*** Some of you may not understand my blogging style lately, but this is a lot like my real paper journal...a smattering of this and that...song lyrics that move me, pictures, poems I write, streams of consciousness and you are getting a little heavy on the song lyrics lately because I've not had a lot of words that I can say without being horribly bitter, sappy, or insane. so today you get a picture and song lyrics. ***
"Mirror"
by Barlow Girls
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Have I got it?
'Cause Mirror you've always told me who I am
I'm finding it's not easy to be perfect
So sorry you won't define me
Sorry you don't own me
Who are you to tell me
That I'm less than what I should be?
Who are you? Who are you?
I don't need to listen
To the list of things I should do
I won't try, I won't try
Mirror I am seeing a new reflection
I'm looking into the eyes of He who made me
And to Him I have beauty beyond compare
I know He defines me
You don't define me, you don't define me
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 22, 2009
to betray
(Originally published by Nattie on November 16, 2005)
just in case you don't have a good grasp of the English language and need a refresher course...
Main Entry: be·tray
Pronunciation: bi-'trA
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from be- + trayen to betray, from Old French traïr, from Latin tradere—more at TRAITOR
transitive senses
1 : to lead astray; especially : SEDUCE
2 : to deliver to an enemy by treachery
3 : to fail or desert especially in time of need
4 a : to reveal unintentionally b : SHOW, INDICATE c : to disclose in violation of confidence
intransitive senses : to prove false
It did not say that you were betrayed if you made some one own up to their responsibilities six months after they left them. Just sayin.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 21, 2009
Strong Enough
(Originally published by Nattie on November 14, 2005)
Strong Enough
by Stacie Orrico
Will you criticize me as I sit and cry?
I had fought so hard and thought that all my battles had been won
Only to find the war had just begun
Chorus:
Is He not strong enough?
Is He not pure enough?
To break me, pour me out and start again?
Is He not brave enough?
To take one chance with me
Please can I have one chance to start again
Will my weakness fall and and now make me suffer for a lifetime?
Is there any way to be made whole again
If I be renewed and find forgiveness by the strength I've never had
Will my scars forever ruin all God's plans?
Chorus:
Is He not strong enough?
Is He not pure enough?
To break me, pour me out and start again?
Is He not brave enough?
To take one chance with me
Please can I have one chance to start again
He took my life into His hands
And turned it all around
In my most desperate circumstance, is where I'm finally found
That You are strong enough
That You are pure enough
To break me, pour me out and start again
That You are brave enough
To take one chance on me,
Oh thank You for my chance to start again
Copyright Natalie Rose York
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 08:24 AM | Comments (1)
May 20, 2009
I so agree with the first one
(Originally published by Nattie on November 14, 2005)
| You Are 70% Weird |
 But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks! |
| The Movie Of Your Life Is A Cult Classic |
 But if someone's obsessed with you, look out! Your fans are downright freaky. Your best movie matches: Office Space, Showgirls, The Big Lebowski |
movies I've never seen..heh
| You Should Learn French |
 You are definitely a Parisian at heart. You just need your tongue to catch up... |
And does watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in French count?
Copyright Natalie Rose York
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 09:09 AM | Comments (0)
May 19, 2009
My Irreplaceable Role
(Originally published by Nattie on November 12, 2005)
To be Queen Elizabeth within a definite area,
deciding sales, banquets, labors and holidays; to be Whiteley
within a certain area, providing toys, boots, sheets, cakes
and books, to be Aristotle within a certain area, teaching morals,
manners, theology, and hygiene; I can understand how this might
exhaust the mind, but I cannot imagine how it could narrow it.
How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about
the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children
about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing
to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No; a woman's
function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute.
~ G.K. Chesterton from What Is Wrong With The World quoted in Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 18, 2009
the pattern of my days
(Originally published by Nattie on November 08, 2005)
exists around parenting through a daze
a thick fog
of thoughts that threaten to strangle
divorce
there is a message on the answering machine from the school
lawyers
"Your rent is past due."
doctors
Asperger's Syndrome
"I have no money to give you this month."
the pattern of my days
dances around situations out of my control
there is a light at the end of the tunnel
I do see a break in the clouds
my one constant
who promised, "I will never leave you
nor forsake you."
And the fog blows away
scattered like leaves in the wind
the pattern of my days
falls into place again
by N.R.Y.
11/08/05
(Daddy's note: It was on this date two years ago that we learned the seriousness of Natalie's illness. We did not know that we had but 21 more days to share with her. Last year I re-posted her entries from those final three weeks. At this time I have no plans to do that again. But we still have the Relay For Life coimng in three weeks, and if you wish to write "Letters to Nattie," again, I will post them on June 7, the date of her passing. {{{{{Y'all!}}}}})
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 09:52 AM | Comments (1)
May 16, 2009
donations being accepted
(Originally published by Nattie on November 03, 2005)
for my legal fund.
just sayin.
heh.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 08:40 PM | Comments (0)
May 15, 2009
I am a typical british beauty...heh.
(Originally published by Nattie on November 02, 2005)
You have the Reynolds girl look. Reynolds girls had the typical British beauty. The 18th Century British portrait painters would have been attracted by your brilliant complexion and your classical features. Sir Joshua Reynolds loved to paint girls like you in white dresses with blue satin sashes. Reynolds and other portrait painters of his time also portraye blue-eyed, dark-haired girls, and golden-haired ones too, plus the occasional redhead. The following painters would have painted you; Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Thomas Lawrence.
'Pretty As A Picture' - Which Artist Would Paint You?
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Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 14, 2009
Dear God
(Originally published by Nattie on November 1, 2005)
I am tired of only praying when I want or need something from you. I want (there is that word again) something more. I need *sigh* something more. I desire a deeper relationship with you that is not driven by wants, but is spurned by a need to just be with you and talk to you and share. Now how do I get there?
Love,
Your Child.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 09:28 AM | Comments (0)
May 13, 2009
drama
(Originally published by Nattie on October 31, 2005)
there is drama and then there is drama. I guess I'm a passionate person and I can be a smidge dramatic. My deoderant breaking can be comedic, tragic and, yes, dramatic. BUT that drama is the spice of life. Seeing the drama in the mundane is fun, IMO. The people who feel the lowest lows also feel the highest highs. Ask Anne Shirley.
But when people who shall not be named keep my life in constant turmoil because they can't fulfill their roles and responsibilities, well, that's not the drama I'm looking for. That drama can just take a flying leap off the nearest building, the taller the better. That drama isn't necessary to fuel life.
I have enough passion for God and family and the mundane to find adventure in the corner of my living room. I don't need this brand of drama. Thankyouverymuch.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 12, 2009
a time to mourn
(Originally published by Nattie on October 28, 2005)
Homesick
by Mercy Me
You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times
And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you
But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways
The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know
But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same
Cause I'm still here so far away from home
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
In Christ, there are no goodbye
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again
To see you again
And I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 11, 2009
Trunk or Treat
(Originally published by Nattie on October 27, 2005)
Last night was the annual Trunk or Treat celebration at my church. My kids like me to dress up so I was a mouseketeer. Not minnie mouse. Not mickey mouse. A mouseketeer from the mickey mouse club. Like that thing that we used to watch on Disney before Britney, Justine and Jessica were on. LOL
Anna was a pink puppy dog...
And Jonathan stayed home because he has been in trouble at school three days in a row, but he will be spiderman for halloween if he can ever stay out of trouble.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 09, 2009
I'm such a sucker
(Originally published by Nattie on October 24, 2005)
I am such a sucker for sappy love songs, especially country ones.
And Jojo introduced me to one I hadn't heard before. I love Terri Clark. I saw her in concert years ago with George Strait.
Oh, she said this song made her think of me. The romantic in me hopes so some day...
She Didn't Have Time
by Terri Clark
He said goodbye from the edge of the porch
like she'd been some casual friend
he said "you're better off without me
i'm not what you need"
like her momma had said about him
he started the car
pulled out of the drive
didn't waste any time lookin' back
she watched him go
thinkin' even a stranger
would show more compassion than that
she could've cried but she didn't have time
she had a baby to feed
a pink blanket to find
to rock their little one to sleep
she could've laid in bed for hours
giving misery the power
but she didn't have time
she got a sitter, she got a job
'cause she had a promise to keep
her day was a factory and evening survival
at night was exhaustion and sleep
sometimes she felt life was passing her by
and watching was all she could do
her friends said "you gotta get outta the house
and maybe you'll meet someone new"
she could've tried
but she didn't have time
she had a five year old to feed
she had ballet class, piano lessons
and t-ball little league
she could've laid awake for hours
giving lonely nights the power
but she didn't have the time
not time where would she find the time
to trust a man again
not time for that flat tire
a crowded parking lot and then
not time to just have coffee with the man
who got her tired fixed
she was thinking gosh he's handsome
when he asked do you have kids
she could've lied
but she didnt have time
all she said was "she's five"
he said "i saw the car seat I love kids
does she have your eyes?"
and they sat and talked for hours giving destiny it's power
she could've been afraid
to fall in love that night
but she didn't have time
she could've been afraid
to fall in love that night
but she didn't have time
Copyright Natalie Rose York
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 01:47 PM | Comments (0)
May 08, 2009
Coach Nattie and a little soccer star
(Originally published by Nattie on October 21, 2005)
I am not actually coaching Anna's soccer team. I am coaching Jonathan's team, but he rarely sits still long enough for me to take a picture of him. I'll try again tomorrow.
We won our first game 5 to 3. And I have...no. idea. what. I'm. doing.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 07, 2009
Tomorrow I start a new adventure
(Originally published by Nattie on October 14, 2005)
I am not just a soccer mom any more. I'm a soccer coach.
Of course, I'm not the average soccer mom since I don't have a minivan, so I won't be the average soccer coach either. And that's putting it lightly.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 06, 2009
more stuff and nonsense
(Originally published by Nattie on October 10, 2005)
| Your Band Name is: |
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| You Are an Indie Rocker! |
 And you couldn't care less about being signed by a big label. You're all about loving and supporting music - not commercial success. You may not have the fame and glory, but you have complete control of your career. |
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 05, 2009
our family has a new shape
(Originally published by Nattie on October 09, 2005)
My daughter has a project for school called star of the day and she has to fill out a form about herself. Stuff like: my name is... I like to... I want to be .... when I grow up, etc.
Then there is a blank for this is my family...
and you are supposed to send pictures.
For one thing I have very few prints because of the digital age and for another thing the shape of our family has shifted a little. It has changed. There is a hole where someone used to be. So I've been taking pictures over the last week to match this new shape. There are pictures of the kids with their dad and pictures of me with them. Last year I sent pictures of the four of us together. Who knew that one little preschool project could make me so sad.
Here are some of the better pictures that I copied at CVS today...
Anna ~ five years old and adorable when she wants to be
Mommy and Anna
Jonathan (7) and Anna (5)...pretending to like each other
...the new shape of our family
...and Jonathan goofing off no matter what shape the family is.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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May 04, 2009
more silly quizzes
(Originally published by Nattie on October 07, 2005)
| You Are Changing Leaves |
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| Your Musical Tastes Match: Jennifer Garner |
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| You Should Get a PhD in Liberal Arts (like political science, literature, or philosophy) |
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Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 08:24 AM | Comments (0)
May 02, 2009
Relay for Life
As previously stated, this year’s Relay for Life will be on Saturday, June 6. I renewed the team "Remembering Natalie Rose York," but I seem to be unable to adequately handle more than one thing at a time and have let arrangements slide. Consequently, we now have barely one month remaining and I have done virtually nothing about it in the past two. So we're back to the old familiar mode of stamping out fires.
Pattie made these luminaries for her hometown Relay for Life. Thanks for sharing, Pattie.
First fire: I need T-shirt sizes ASAP. In March I promised to send a "Relay for Life" shirt to anyone who donated a minimum of $20 to the American Cancer Society at our team site. Then I lost track of time. Now I need to turn in shirt sizes and I haven't even asked for your money yet. So here it is.
Please go to the "Team Nattie" site and donate as you are able.
Nobody is keeping score. I don't know if anyone other than I can see the amount of individual gifts. If for some reason you cannot make your donation now, but intend to before the event, please email your size to geoffc AT gearanon DOT com and I will go ahead and add it to the list. If you are completely undecided, shirts are always available at the event, but I can't guarantee your size selection.
Second Fire: I also promised to mail a luminary to anyone requesting one with a $10 donation. The idea is that you will decorate it in any way you wish, and return it to me before June 5.
Then I will put sand and a candle in it for the Luminaria Ceremony at the end of the Relay. And, if I don't lose track of where it is, I will email you a photo of your luminaria illuminated and in place after dark at the event site.
So, let's say, I need those requests as soon as possible, too. I was able to pick up only a dozen luminaria sacks at the meeting this week, so let me know ASAP if I need to call in and ask for more.
In both cases, I need your snail mailing addresses. You may be asked for this information when you visit the site, but I can't find it, so please email it to geoffc AT gearanon DOT com, too.
Finally, this is almost irrelevant at this point, but maybe I should mention it. Next year, the word from on high is that the minimum donation for anyone requesting a T-shirt will be $50. For what it's worth.
Also, don't forget the dedication of the library being constructed in Nattie's honor at her Alexandria Nazarene Church on May 31.
Is that enough information for now? If you have any questions, either put them in the Comments to this entry or email them to the address above. Just change "AT" and "DOT" to the appropriate symbols. I'm sure you figured that out already, but didn't want anyone to have a problem and think I had no idea what I was talking about. I mean, I don't, but I try not to make i that obvious!
I'll be talking to you again, soon! (((((Y'all)))))
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at 02:52 PM | Comments (2)
May 01, 2009
Friday Felicities 10/7
(Originally published by Nattie on October 07, 2005)
1. Fall
2. Little Debbie Pumpkin Delight Cookies because I'm too lazy to make my own cookies
3. Did you know that Yankee Candle has a Mocha Nut Lattee scent?! I just discovered it this week. Do you think that our local Hallmark would notice if I hung around sniffing their candles?
4. Field Trips to Pumpkin Patchs
5. Temporary jobs
6. Inside jokes like Vomit the frog
7. Flickr
8. That Lydia is back home
9. That CJ is back in her home town even if she can't live in her home
10. That Sayruh is brave enough to video herself doing the cabbage patch
Copyright Natalie Rose York
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