42 degrees

I woke up shivering this morning and LOVED it. I pulled my covers up over my head and stayed in bed an extra 30 minutes before getting up to pour some Dunkin Donuts pumpkin spice coffee. Yum x 100!

I wanted to share my Top 10 Fall Favorites. Some are traditional and some are new for 2012 for me.

1. Football. Philadelphia Eagles (what the heck happened yesterday?)

2. Fall Fashion Color - Maroon.

3. Fall Show I can't WAIT for - Revenge - Season 2. 9/30/12. Missed season 1? Get a recap from the main character, Emily Thorne, below. 

4. Fall beverage - Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Spice Coffee. I'm drinking and blogging right meow. 

5. Knitting! Last year, I made an infinity scarf like the one below. I LOVE it and can't wait to wear it this season.

6. Fall Scenery. Especially in Lancaster, PA. I love visiting my hometown in the fall. Its beautiful. Truly God's masterpiece.

7. Fall boots. I can't afford these purty thangs, but they rock. Givenchy boots 2012.

8. BAKING. I'm excited to try these sweet potato cupcakes that I found on Pinterest!

9. Cozy nights in with my love, family and pets. Watching a movie. Being COVERED in blankets. Warm tea. Ah, love it. 

10. My Birthday! I get to dress up and don't have to feel like a weirdo since its the day before Halloween ;)

Wednesday Walk: Our Life Is To Be Discovered

I haven't posted in way too long. My goal was to AT LEAST continue to write my Wednesday Walk's since they are most important for me to share. After tonight's bible study, I felt the urge.

I LOVE my bible study. Miss Diane Woerner leads us each week chapter by chapter from a series she has written herself. Tonight's chapter was called, "Why Does God Let Us Suffer?"

Here are some bullet point notes I took tonight. I'll go into detail on the one that REALLY hit home for me (although everything Diane says enlightens me to be honest).

- We reach for God's love and grace MOST when we are desperately seeking relief from pain. How else do we find this unless we are suffering?
- God brings suffering not to hurt us, but to keep us from what is NOT us (like letting go of what we shouldn't be doing/holding on to/sin).
- We need to come face to face with our own weakness to fully receive the strength for the plan God has created for us.
- Embrace your pain and see if you can find God in the middle of it. Its God's problem, not ours.
- Many relate what is evil to suffering when they are actually opposite of the other. Diane's definition of evil is, "Evil is that which contradicts the nature of God." Suffering can be the consequence of something evil but not a direct connection.
- Don't worry about what is to come, for it has already been decided for us. We get to live our lives by discovering it, not creating it. God has already created it for us. 

I have never looked at life that way before. I know God is the one who has made a plan for me, but I always felt that He would give me the tools I needed and I then would go and create it. Knowing that my life here on earth is meant to be a discovery of God's plan takes A LOT of pressure off. This hit me hard. In a good way!

I'm looking forward to going to sleep tonight knowing I get to wake up to a new adventure tomorrow. Its a JOURNEY. I need not worry about the destination. I know my fate already. How about you?

What I've Been Up To...

How does one start a blog just four months ago and already start to slip and let a month and a half go by without writing? Simple... DIY projects.

I started a web series with my friend, Ashlyne Huff, called The Attempters DIY. To learn more, click here theattemptersdiy.blogspot.com and read our first blog entry.

Why this is important to me...

I have a lot of interests that I want to test out. Music is my life, but I do not let it consume all of me. The music industry has led me down a bumpy road and I'm ready to coast a bit (for a little while). The idea for this new project (The Attempters) is FUN and REFRESHING! It lets me explore my creative energy in a new and enlightening way. I feel revived. I would love for all of you to support and pray for Ashlyne and me as we pursue this new project. Thank you. =)

In other news...

I am happy to announce that you will FINALLY get to purchase music by yours truly later this year! I wrote a song with songwriter/producer, Simon Illa, called Right Now that is going to be featured on his new compilation album for his charity, Mind for Music. SOON you will be able to purchase a song of mine for a wonderful cause! I will update everyone with a release date soon!

Promising to post more...

Lindsey

Kristina Cornell

I was recently asked a favor of my dear friend, Kristina Cornell. A simple one for her growing ministry. After all of the things she's done for me, I am honored, but I can't just write a quick little testimonial for her... I'm sorry, Kristina, but I'm going to have to embarrass you by writing a whole blog.

I met Kristina in the middle of NOWHERE Georgia after a show I performed with a country artist. She was the most beautiful, smiley, giggly person I think I have ever met and I INSTANTLY loved her and was drawn to her. She was full of praise for my performance and insisted that we write together. We got together the following week and clicked right away! We wrote a song in less than an hour and spent the rest of the time getting to know each other and having "girl talk". It was wonderful. I wanted to spend every second with this lovely lady. Not just because she was so awesome, but she has an AMAZING voice and killer piano skills!!!!

We continued to write many GREAT songs together and she is still to this day my favorite person to write songs with. She is also the first person I wrote a gospel song with. I don't think she even knows this, but that was the most emotional cowrite of my life. I felt so full of God's love that day and felt so incredibly blessed to have been given this wonderful friend to share it and create it with. The song is called, "You Were There". Now I'm thinking I want to make a youtube video for it. Maybe when I visit her next or when Kristina makes her way down to Nashville again, we can make that happen! =)

Kristina is not only one of the coolest ladies I have met but she has the most refreshing spirit. She will "shoot it to ya straight" about any situation you might be going through and at the end of the conversation, it goes back to God's plan. God truly shines through her eyes. She is the most uplifting and loving friend, mother, daughter, aunt, teacher, writer, and singer I know! 


It has made me so happy to see God work in her life and give her the opportunities to share her love of Christ with others. I KNOW God has SO much more in store for her and even though we don't live close as of now, she's never too far away. 


I LOVE YOU KRISTINA! Thank you with all of my heart for being my friend and always helping and loving me. 


Do yourself a favor and google her! Haha! Or you can go to
www.kristinacornell.com

What Have You Got To Lose?

I've been asking myself that question a lot lately.

For most of my life I've been a very cautious person. I've kept my mouth shut so I refrain from saying the wrong thing... I've avoided opportunities because I was scared and nervous that if I failed, it could jeopardize my career... Well, I'm done with all of that nonsense. ;)

I'm ready to approach life in such a way that if I lost everything, at least I would know I truly LIVED. I didn't hold back. I couldn't regret NOT trying something. I now have a very "just go for it" kind of attitude. It suits me well. I'm enjoying this freedom!

It also helps me avoid building up so much anxious and nervous energy over a long period of time. EVERY time I let my emotions build up without releasing them and confronting a problem, I end up BLOWING up at someone or something. Whew! That's a lot of "ups" that have been bringing me down. I'm ready to look UP and be lifted UP by a promising future.

Hello, World. Its me, Lindsey. Been awhile since I took you on. Get ready.

25 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me

1. If I was forced to eat just one thing for the rest of my life it would be avocado.

2. My recent favorite animal is a duck.

3. My celeb crush is Zac Efron.

4. I dislike playing the guitar.

5. I wish I didn't dislike playing the guitar.

6. I really need a teleportation device.

7. My dream car is the 1989 batmobile.

8. I know what it feels like to realize you have found "the one".

9. I was obsessed with Shirley Temple as a child.

10. I took ballet, tap and jazz from age 3-15 even though I realized by the age of 6 that I really just liked the shoes.

11. You know I'm reeeeeally happy and in a good place in most aspects of my life when I either look super thin and fit or when I'm a few pounds too heavy. The in between is when you should worry. Haha! Just kiddin. Kinda.

12. My first "dream" was to be a broadway star and live in New York City.

13. My longest relationship was almost 7 years.

14. I have now lived in Nashville, TN for almost 7 years.

15. I now feel old after writing #13 and #14.

16. I finished high school a semester early to be able to perform productions at The Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre and to further learn and get serious about songwriting and develop myself as a recording artist.

17. My first car was a 1996 Chevy Cavalier Z24. I cried when I traded it in for a new car. I still miss it.

18. My favorite feature is my booty.

19. My least favorite are my arms.

20. I learned what good music sounds like from my Dad.

21. I learned what unconditional love feels like from my Mom.

22. My favorite person in the whole wide world is Andrew Charles Hager.

23. My 2 main goals for 2012 are to read the bible all the way through and to present myself in such a way that when others are around me, they see that Christ is my life.

24. There are days I forget and don't think about #23.

25. No matter what life throws at me, I have always always ALWAYS been given enough and I know that I know that I KNOW I am never forgotten.

Sweet Home Pennsylvania

Gosh, I miss home. Thank God I can always go back. I miss the simplicity of life in Lancaster, PA. I miss my family. I miss MOST things about PA (except Amish horse poop on the side of the road). Needless to say, I had an AMAZING visit this past week!

Visiting my cousins Brady and Brandon in Bel Air, MD first 

AND... My lovely Aunt Cindy!

Aunt C, me and David in Bel Air, MD

Its a bird! ... Its a plane! ... Oh, wait... Its just David climbing trees.

Night out with our friends Holly and Derrick. What a great couple =)

Holly and I have been friends since we were 13!

Spring House Beer at Taproom in downtown Lancaster at The Hager Arcade Mall

David. The cow whisperer. (at Pine View Dairy in Conestoga)

You. Can. NOT. Beat. Capt Gus. 

My cousin Katie's first time at Capt Gus and she's lived there ALL HER LIFE!!! I was shocked.