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Country: United States
State: Florida
Gender: Female
Interests: My interests are reading, mostly.
My favorite author, although there are many that I love, is Ted Dekker. If you haven't read any of his books, I encourage you to do so.
I'm also a movie fiend. I love almost all categories of movies.
And I also have a huge variety of music. I LOVE music!! Again, I like a variety of music styles.
But to name a few of my favorites:
Todd Agnew, DavidCrowder*band, Robbie Seay band, Derek Webb, Casting Crowns, Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, Kutless, Barlow Girl, Warren Barfield, Jeremy Camp, FFH, Selah...Midiboy(just representing, Gregg. word.) trust me there's more, but I don't have the time nor the space.
Expertise: I got nunchuck skills, computer hacking skills, bo staff skills, wolverine hunting skills, bass fishing skills.. And I'm also training to become a cage fighter.
All lies! I have a very unhealthy obsession w/ Napoleon Dynamite. I'm taking medication. I hope to be better soon.
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AIM:  pelkeytm
Yahoo:  angelgrlpink
Member Since:
12/21/2005
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| What can I do to stay faithful with my blog? Any suggestions? So, anyway, let me just tell you about my weekend last week. It was awesome!! A couple of the girls and I drove to Georgia on Saturday, for the “Transformed” event, presented by Way of the Master. It was a seminar on How to get back on fire for God, and fighting the fear of sharing your faith. It was awesome!! The speakers were Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, and Emeal Zwayne, Ray Comfort’s son-in-law, who’s actually vice president of Way of the Master.
I just have to say, WOW! After that, all I want to do is share my faith and witness to people. It was exactly what I needed. I won’t go into depth with it, because that will take a while, but if you haven’t checked out Way of the Master, and the ministry of Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort, you need to! They both have incredible testimonies, and truly love the Lord, and want to serve Him.
You can go to www.wayofthemaster.com or www.livingwaters.com
Also, if you have itunes you can listen to The Way of the Master radio, with Todd Friel (who was also one of the speakers), through podcasts. Another way to listen is if you have Sirius satellite radio. I can’t remember which station, but that should be on the site.
It was really cool meeting Kirk Cameron, because I was a huge Growing Pains fan when I was younger, and still watch the re-runs every now and then, so to meet him up close was a little surreal. Once you get talking to him though, you see that he is just a normal person like the rest of us. He is a super sweet guy!
ALSO! The coach from “Facing the Giants” was there, and I met him as well! He drove from Albany just to check out the event. He wasn’t there as a speaker or anything. I just noticed him in the crowd and went up and started talking to him. Very nice guy! I had tons of questions for him, and he answered all of them. He said they will be making another movie, so keep an eye out! They have a movie called “Fly Wheel”, that you can get at Blockbuster, so I’m going to check that one out. I also met his brother, who helped write and produce “Facing the Giants”.
It was just an awesome experience, for so many reasons. Like I said, definitely check out the ministry! This is a pic I took of Ray and Kirk role playing on witnessing 
Here's a pic of Kirk, speaking. Sorry it's a bit fuzzy 
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| It's about time to blog again. I know I say this a lot, but I am so bad at this!! I could never be faithful to my diary either. Some things never change. Well, thanks to all who sent their birthday wishes to me. I really appreciate it. My birthday was very nice. I just layed around and relaxed for the most part. The day before was my sisters' 18th birthday, and we threw her a surprise party. That was a lot of fun, but very stressful! I was so worried that only 3 people would show up. But everyone came, she was surprised, and she had a blast. That's all that matters. Needless to say, I was extremely tired the next day, which happened to be MY birthday. I'm exactly 4 years and 1 day older than my sister. :o) Sorry about the lack of pictures I've been promising. My computer went on the fritz, but it's all better now, so I should have those up soon. I mean it this time! So it's 2007! Who all made new years resolutions?? I try not to, just so I don't feel like a failure later. I do want to try to read my Bible all the way through again. Some of you may remember my blog last new years about that. I did make it to the New Testament, but I didn't make it much further. That's my own fault. I slacked off. Not good! So instead of making it my resolution this year, I'm making it a promise to myself and God. I believe I will feel more accountable that way. So, once again, I'm asking for your prayers, encouragement, and accountability to make sure I make it through this year. Also, you may remember me talking about my children's choir, that I teach. Well, after the end of this school year, I will be going to the adult choir. I feel that's where God wants me to serve right now. It wasn't an easy decision. I love those kids so much! They're awesome. But I will still see them, so it won't be completely depressing. :o) At the same time though, I am very excited about being a part of the choir! I'm really looking forward to it. So those are just some tid bits. Those of you who really know me, know that there's more! Now the blog really starts. I want to write about my greatest experiences in 2006. Emory, you've already heard all this, but I have yet to blog about it, so here I go. This past September, my dear friend Emory came to town. She was touring with Vicki Courtney, author of the book "Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World". Emory was the emcee for the Your Girl Conference. ( She also showed off her wonderful acting talents :o) .) So Em invited me to come check it out, and even though I am not yet a mother, it was an awesome, and enlightening experience. I sat and observed the conference for a while, and then Em came and got me to join her on a panel of young teens, for a Q & A session on anything the girls wanted to discuss. Dating, boys, etc… I thought I was just there to observe. I love teens, but I find them intimidating to work with. I felt that if I ever did work with them, I'd end up being just a buddy, and they wouldn't look at me as a leader. Anyway, I had a laundry list of reasons of reasons why I would never work with teens, so whenever she asked me to sit on the panel with her with the teen girls, all I could think is, "Ok, as long as I don't have to say anything!" :) Well, almost immediately after I got in there, I know God started working on me. Looking around that room, I kept seeing myself at that age. I was remembering all the things I wish I would have known at that age, and all the things I went through during that time.
Well, then they started asking the questions, and of course the first topic was dating, and Em was explaining how everyone's story is different, and before I even realized it, she had asked me to share my story! Much to my surprise, all that intimidation was gone. I WANTED to share with them, and WANTED to reach out and help them. I just didn't want them to make the same mistakes I did. And all of a sudden, I just got this huge burden for these girls. It was such an incredible experience for me. After I left that day, I could not get it off my mind, and I prayed and prayed about it. I really believe God wants me to work some how, some way with teenage girls. I believe that he had me there that day to show me that. And of course He would call me to do the one thing I said I would never do! I guess that's why it's called surrendering to His will. It's His will, not ours. So even the conference was for mother and daughters, God also used it to call me into a ministry to help young girls with the same issues. And who knows where God will take me. Maybe He will use me in the small setting of my own church youth group, or perhaps I will have my own ministry one day and travel to different churches like Vicki Courtney. Who knows! It's actually fun not knowing. I'm excited to see where God is going to take this, even though I am very scared! :) | | |
| Ok, I am trying to be better about posting. I always drift away for a while during the holiday season. Sorry. Well, as I told all of you before, I was in the Christmas drama at my church a couple of weeks ago. It went very well, I must say! The stinky part though is, I was majorly sick both nights. Thursday night was dress rehearsal, and Thursday morning I woke up with a major fever and chills. I attempted to go to work, because my co-worker was out on vacation, and I didn't want to leave my supervisor in a bind. Yeah, I made it through most of the day, but barely! I had a blanket over me the whole time, and my head was resting on my desk, instead of working. My supervisor finally made me go home. I figured if I was going to get better for the play, then I better stay home and rest instead of go to dress rehearsal. I knew all my lines, and my part wasn't too big, so I didn't think it was a big deal. The next morning, I felt even worse. I was throwing up, and all that good stuff! Nice, huh? I still went and did the play though. I mean, if I didn't what would they have done? I had to have a baby! lol. As soon as my part was over, I left and went home. I didn't stick around for anything. The next night, I thought I was feeling better. I didn't remember anything from the previous night! haha.. So anyway, I thought I was doing better, so I stayed afterwards, because they were going to feed the cast dinner. I was starving! I hadn't eaten for 2 days! Once the food got in front of me, I realized that I still didn't have an appetite. I didn't touch it. The only thing I had was the tea. I chugged that junk! I was so dehydrated, and it tasted so good! Yeah, not a good idea. I got home and threw up all the tea, and my fever was the highest it's ever been. And that happened to be the worst night! I kept waking up and throwing up, but the thing was, there was nothing in my body to throw up, so it was more like dry heaving, but I couldn't control it. I know this is really gross, guys, but this is what I went through. Anyway, this whole time I thought I had the flu, but something told me that it was more, when I wasn't getting any better. I actually seemed to be getting worse. Plus, I've had the flu before, and this is the first time I have ever been this sick! It was the worst! So Sunday morning, all dr's offices are closed, so I called my pharmacist, because I didn't know what else to do! They advised me to go ahead and go to the ER, so that's what I did. I got there about 12:30 pm, they called me back about 30-45 minutes later, and asked what was wrong with me, gave me a couple of Tylenol, and sent me back out to the waiting room... where I proceeded to sit for 3 more hours. They were slammed that day. I told Jeff that if they haven't called me back yet, then I must not be that bad, and maybe we should just leave. I had no idea how much longer I would be sitting there. I truly thought that they may even forgot about me. As soon as I started to get up, they called me back. Thank you Lord! They put me in the gown and put me in bed, and stuck an IV in my arm. And then I waited for probably 10 more hours before the dr. came in, with nurses going in and out in between. When the dr. finally came, I was shocked at what she had to say! "Tracy, we need to check your appendix. You're going in for a cat scan." What?? I thought I had the flu! lol. About 2 hours later, I had my cat scan, and my appendix were fine, but my colon wasn't.  It was inflamed, caused by bacteria from who knows where. They told me they were going to admit me, and that's just what they did about 3 more hours later. I was in the ER for 16 hours total. I got there at 12:30 PM, Sunday afternoon, and was admitted 5 AM, Monday Morning. At least I got to lay down though. Poor Jeff sat up in a chair the whole time. Monday afternoon, I saw the doc who said they were going to do a colonoscopy on me, and they would continue to keep me on the antibiotics. My favorite part was definitely the morphine though! That stuff rocked big time!  I even asked for more. haha. The nurse was like okay, what is your pain level on a scale from 1-10. I was like, uhh, I'm good. No pain. Just want some morphine!  heehee. The nurse was like, yeah, next time tell me your pain is a 10 on a scale from 1-10, and you might have a shot at getting more. haha. So, I made it through Monday. The night was rough though. I couldn't sleep, and every time I got close, they had to get my vitals, or give me pills, etc. Plus Jeff refused to go home, and it was so hard trying to sleep when he's sleeping in that chair, and he looks so uncomfortable.  It meant so much to me that he didn't want to leave me. He's the bestest husband in the world, he truly is. He's just so sweet, and always takes such good care of me. Every time they had to give me a shot, he would do everything he could to make me laugh. Tuesday the doc said that they weren't going to do the colonoscopy, but they were going to keep me on the antibiotics for a couple more weeks, and I was to follow up with my primary dr, and then follow up with the gastro-intestinal dr. and we'll take it from there. So that wasn't too bad, and plus they told me I only had to stay one more night, so that was exciting. It felt like I had been there for months! The bad part of that day is when the vain that my IV was in, stopped giving anything, so they had to take it out and put a new one in. They stuck me about 5 times in my left arm with no success. I usually hide pain well when I'm at the dr, but I just couldn't do it this time. It was the most painful thing I've ever gone through. They finally called a specialist, and she got it on her second try in my right arm, but I was blubbering by the time it was all over, and I had to go through that all by myself. Jeff had to go into work for a little bit that day. It kind of freaked him out when he came back, and I had bruises all over my arms. I told him everything the dr told me, and I said he can stay and watch TV. with me for a while, but he had to go home and sleep that night. He fought me over it, but I told him that I couldn't sleep well knowing he was sleeping in that chair, and it was okay because it was my last night, and he finally gave in and went home. So now it's Wednesday, going on my 4th day in the hospital, and I had this huge fear that they were going to tell me that they had to keep me another night, but they didn't. I was released a little after noon, praise the Lord! Ever since then, I've been recovering, and I still have to go for both of my follow up appointments, so pray all goes well there. I just never want to be sick like that ever again. It was horrific. The day went to the ER is the same day I was supposed to go to the Christmas Hope Tour too, so I was a bit bummed over that, but I'm glad I wasn't stupid and still tried to go. It is my character to do something like that. I would have regretted that decision for sure. But still bummed I missed it. It's alright though. Like I've said before, everything happens for a reason.  This all happened a week after we got our new puppy, a Siberian husky. He's our Christmas present. So my next blog will most likely be about my puppy, and I'll probably have pics. Plus I'll post on how my Christmas was.. And I just realized, I never posted on the Crowder concert from like, a month ago! I'll post on that too... Later. This blog is past too long! | | |
| I haven't really posted in a while, so this is just a general update of what's going on in the world of Tracy... Well, our Christmas drama is next weekend. We're performing on the 8th and the 9th. I'll be playing Marian, the present day version of Mary, and I must say, it is an honor to be a representation of Mary. I don't feel worthy. We've been having so much fun rehearsing for this, and I've learned so much. The play is called "A Smokey Mountain Christmas", and it's to raise money for our radio station( WJBC-FM 91.7, Fernandina Beach, Northeast Florida, Southeast Georgia  ), and tickets are $15. It will be a dinner theatre setting. So, for anyone who lives near by, feel free to come check it out!
Also, I'm learning how to use a sewing machine! I just bought one, and my friend and I are going to start learning together. Our first "class" is this Saturday. My mom and I are going to throw my sister a surprise 18th birthday party in a couple of months, and the theme is "The 1950's", and we're going to try to get everyone to dress 50's style, so for my first sewing project, I want to make my sis a poodle skirt to change into once she gets to the party. We both love the 1950's. It's our favorite generation, and we have both always wanted a poodle skirt, so I am going to attempt to make it!  Wish me luck!
Oh, and my Christmas tree is up, and it's so very pretty. And I even got some of my Christmas shopping done! And for me, that's a huge deal! I usually wait until the week before. I'm actually going to take a day off of work in a few weeks, just to bake all day. I'm going to make fudge and truffles, and gingerbread men (except they'll be chocolate instead, because I hate the taste of gingerbread), and lots of other goodies.
It's one of my traditions. I go to Michael's and buy a bunch of gift boxes, and fill them up with all goodies that I bake, and give them out as gifts. It's usually a hit, and I enjoy doing it. And the biggest news... ok, it's not major news, but to me it was a huge deal! I uhh.. chopped all of my hair off! It's pretty dang short, but I'm learning to deal with it. I thought I wanted to be daring and try something extremely different. Now that I did, I wish I hadn't. LOL! It's not completely hopeless, but I'm definitely anxious for it to grow back. Maybe, just maybe, I'll post some pics later. :) What else, What else? I didn't think I've posted since I got a promotion at work, so... Hey everyone, guess what? I got promoted at work! lol. I love it. Much better than what I was doing before, It definitely has it's stressful moments, but I'm sure every job does. Other than that, I think everything else is the same... I can't really think of anything else at the moment. And I know I haven't been commenting on any yall's posts, but I promise, I do read every single one! I read all of my xanga subscriptions. :) I just have times where it's extremely diffucult to find time to update my xanga, ya know? Well, I guess this is all for now. I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving, and I pray you all have a safe and VERY Merry CHRISTmas!!!!!! ~Tracy
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