my mind is overflowing with thoughts...

for those of you who read robshep.com ( which you should read it...) are very use to him doing a "mind dump" well this is mine...

~Life is all about timing...it is God's timing. It isnt' when we want things...it is when we alow God to live through us = making it His time.
~I am so excited that fall is here. I wore my north face jacket and a scarf the other night...i was so happy.
~For those who like sweets (like myself) you should try out the frozen yogurt place in jefferson commons. when i went to california theses places are everywhere...but they are SO good. my friend Laura told me about this one. I went and YUMMY :) the place was great and the service was awesome. ( it is right down from moe's)
~Speaking of California, it was beautiful. Everyone should take the time to make a trip out there. ( ill be posting pics soon...)
~I love being an aunt. If you know me i say this all the time. But when i am not around my nephew...i really miss him. I was away for him for like 6 days...when i came back...i just got so happy. that kid bring such JOY to my life.
~ Grad school anyone? yup im gonna go back...it is now or never right?! im making my way to head that way...prayers welcomed :)
~the Nascar season is almost done....this makes me super sad...but when it comes back guess whos birthday it is?! oh yeah it is me :)
~I got to see Britney ( my old co-leader) last week. i miss her in my life oh so much. im going to see her in lynchburg in like 3 weeks. watch out 434 here i come :)
~My friend sara introduced me to a new band - Gungor....um yes. go check them out as fast as you can :) there song Beautiful Things...i swear i have listened to like 100 times. they are a great Christian band with awesome lyrics.
~At church on sunday we learned about being toxic. ( i really thought they were going to do something with britney spears...cuz it was the first thing i thought of :)) it was a really hard thing for me to swallow. im afraid im being toxic to people around me. family and friends and even my best friends. i felt really sad when leaving church on sunday. God just showed me that he can turn my toxicness into wine :) ( if you were there at church Stu was talking about the mircle of Jesus turning water into wine) i know that God can help me not be toxic to those around me. i hope and pray that he uses me for this and changes me so i can have another chance to show them. hey im not toxic :)
~I love my community group. they prayed over me last night. we spent a lot of time in prayer...it was so nice. we have a great group. great people.
~I have have kinda fallen off the blogging...life has kinda taken a front row seat...
~I miss my best friend.

until next time...

the sun and the moon.

when i was in college i was introduced to a band named MAE. i fell in love, really it was love at first song. it was weird that all my friends had been listening to them for awhile. but if you know me...you know i love to find new good music. and well i just fell in love with them. i have seen them a handful of times. and each time they just get better and better. the last time i saw them was about a year and a half ago. :). so i follow them on facebook, twitter and all that jazz. so i found out that they were going on tour again...YES. plus with all 5 of the orignal people :) awooohoooo :) i was pumped. but then...i read more and found out this is the last tour :( oh my i am SO sad. it is so bittersweet. this is one of my favorite bands...they have great songs, great lyrics...so there tour starts out on Friday in Richmond, VA at the canal club. and it is ending here in norfolk, va ( at the NorVa). im so sad to see them ending....it is so bittersweet. im happy to have them bless my life with such great music. :) im super sad to see them go :(

"We've got all night just to make it all right
Would you take a walk with me?
I'll give you all I've got, just spare me your time
And I promise you won't want to leave" ~ MAE :)

turn it off

I scraped my knees while I was praying
And found a demon in my safest haven
Seems like it's getting harder to believe in anything
Than just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts

I wanna know what it'd be like
To find perfection in the pride
To see nothing in the light
But turn it off in all my spite, in all my spite
I'll turn it off

And the worst part is, before it gets any better
We're headed for a cliff
Then in the free fall I will realize
I'm better off when I hit the bottom

The tragedy it seems unending
I'm watching everyone I looked up to breaking, bending
Taking shortcuts and false solutions
Just to come out the hero

Well I can see behind the curtain
The wheels are cranking turning
It's all wrong the way we're working
Towards a goal, that's nonexistent, it's nonexistent
But we just keep believing

And the worst part is, before it gets any better
We're headed for a cliff
And in the free fall I will realize
I'm better off when I hit the bottom

I wanna know what it'd be like
To find perfection in my pride
To see nothing in the light
And turn it off in all my spite, in all my spite
I'll turn it off
Just turn it off

Again
Again, again

And the worst part is, before it gets any better
We're headed for a cliff
And in the free fall I will realize
I'm better off when I hit the bottom

And the worst part is, before it gets any better
We're headed for a cliff
And in the free fall I will realize
I'm better off when I hit the bottom
~Turn it off - Paramore

looks like love.

Take another step
Don't give up on me just yet
We could take a chance
We could find a child's romance
At least we'd love until we can't

I won't run
When it looks like love
I won't hide beneath the fear of our past that's come undone
I won't run
When it looks like love
I can't spend another night alone regretting what I've done
So I won't run

A breeze can only be
When she overcomes the heat
Our hearts can only shade
When there's risk that they could break
That's the chance that I will take

So I won't run
When it looks like love
I don't hide beneath the fear of our past that's come undone
I won't run
When it looks like love
I can't spent another night alone regretting what I've done

Raise your hands
It's time to say those words that I left unsaid
I've slept through the sunrise
And I turned away every time it got bright

So I won't run
When it looks like love
needtobreathe - looks like love

why yes i am a redneck...

this past weekend i got to go to the RICHMOND RACE :) the richmond race you are wondering....im talking about NASCAR here :) hints the title of the blog...people say NASCAR = Redneck ( um...yeah...) there are people there that really are then there are others that really are normal and love the smell of burning tires, the love of speed. like me and my family. this year : my aunt, uncle, cousin, my bro-in-law, my sister and my family from KY came in and we all went. i love going to the races, to see what drivers we can see, look at the merch, and get free samples ( major plus here!!).

pics from the weekend :)
the track :)


me and the sister


the bro in law - he like biffy!!! :)


me and Kasey <3 i love me some kasey :)


saw sam hornish jr.


matt kenseth


oh and i saw KASEY <3


he signed my hat - this is pic of him signing others...but you get the point.


raceday on speed :) i wanted to hard hat....i didnt get one :(


kasey's car :)


fireworks anyone?


who doesn't love a saturday night race?


sorry if it was picture overload...but hey i love me some races. so yes...i am a redneck :)

until next time...

im going where?!

i love to travel,to see places that i have never seen or just hop in the car and go and see where it takes me. well, never ever did i think i would be hoping in a plane and heading out to the WEST COAST :). its so true...in 30 days i will be hoping on a plane and heading towards California( insert any california song you would like here :)) so pretty right?!

why am i going you ask? well sara lives out there now. she found love and moved on out to california. jordan and her got married 8/14/2010 :) i want to go out there and hang out with them. they are great enough to take me in for a few days show me the sights but i miss her. her craziness and just the silliness that we get into when were together.

i am so pumped. i had some time off and well i was like dude lets just go for it!!! so i am :) i booked my flight already...now just waiting for the days to come so i can have a great vacation! :) get me outta the 757 for awhile and go have some fun on the west coast. i really never ever thought that this would ever happen....but im so blessed that i can go :) woot woot. dont worry tons of pictures will be taken. i hear we are going to DISNEYLAND :) and knotts berry farm and the beach shopping and all that good stuff :) i am so pumped. really...things are going to be busy this fall for me :) which i am so ok with :) happy travels for me.

disneyland :)

knotts berry farm :)

until next time...

earls gonna die.

there is nothing more in my life than the fact that i HATE and i mean HATE bad weather. like...thunderstorms. heavy rain. lighting. hail. wind. i mean everything...i think that the Lord was really looking out for me when...this thing hit.

i was so lucky that i was at school. i mean i have just heard all the stories and what not...um. SO glad that i wasn't here.

my weird family. LOVES hurricanes. the whole wind the rain. they say " oh casey it will be so much fun..." um...wind, death and destruction....not so much fun. it freaks me out the thought of a BIG hurricane coming this way...i love my house, my bed, my room, my jeep. i think it would be flipping awesome to have all those things intact! just saying...

my examples : hurricane before and after pictures.

we all love nags head right? hmm...


gulfport, MS
at my old church we went down and helped with the clean up of hurricane katrina. it was crazy to see all the destruction even years after....



hurricane andrew.
i really dont think there are words for that.




i am totally not trying to make light of these bad hurricanes....just saying...that i dont like them at all. they make me so nervous that something like this could happen.

i am hoping and praying that Earl doesn't hit us...he just stay out to sea...

so for that...

earl's gonna die.

until next time...

3.3.3

So for those of you that go to waters edge church...know we do this in community group. well i am speaking tonight in group...so i wanted to share my. 3 people. 3 places. 3 events.

3 people.

1. my dad. he is awesome. i love him. he passed his love of life on to me and my family. for me he passed his love of history to me ( hello he was a middle school teacher for over 30 years and that is what i wanna do :)) his love of music. his fight. he is the BEST. we are so alike so that is why we get a long great.

2. harald. um he is like my 2nd dad. he just really is awesome and i can talk to him about anything and everything and i know he isn't going too judge me ( he might tell me what he thinks...) he is going to love me of me. he gives the best advice and is such a great example in my life. if he wasnt there in my life...who knows where i would have ended up!

3. brendan( my nephew). um he is the coolest kid ever. like really. he has totally changed my life. i know what unconditional love is.well i understand what love is because of him. i would do anything for him. he makes me laugh all the time. i miss him when he isnt around.i love love love him.


3 places.
1. lynchburg, va - or the 434 i like to call it. the home of the lovely liberty university which i went to. what up class of 2006. lynchburg is such a great town. great memories had there. i will always look back at lynchburg with a smile. i love that place. it will always be my second home!

2.ok this is a strech...but Paris, France <3. love this place....i know i have never been but i will get there one day! but that place just makes me so happy when i hear or think about it. one thing my mom does every christmas she always gets me a paris book.i love this place <3.

3.concerts. - me i am always down for a good concert. live show. there is nothing like it and well. you will always find me at shows. i love them for me. summer = concerts. <3.


3 events.
1. graduating collge. again what up class of 2006. college was great. best time of my life really. i want to always look back at college with the great people i met. the fun i had. and really what i learned about myself. it was GREEEEATT!!!

2. becoming an aunt. being an aunt has got to be the coolest thing in the whole world. that kid ( brendan) has totally changed my life. it will never ever be the same again. he makes me laugh and bring such joy to my life. i love him so much. <3 thanks brendan for making me an aunt.

3. um can you say NASCAR!! :) um i love nascar. it has always been on in my house as long as i can remember. i got to go to my first race when i was 18!! it was a gift from my parents ( really coolest gift ever?) and ever since then my love of nascar has just grown. it was a GREAT race and a great thing that i can share with my family.


well that is a little about me. i love my life. glad that i am here and so very blessed.

until next time...

im sick...in the summer?!

yes it is true...sick. sick as a dog. but yet i have to go to work, and do my daily things...because people except me to hold up my responsibilities (being an adult is no fun...).Remember when you were little and you got to stay home from school with your parents, or for me it was my grandmother. She always gave you what you wanted. You could watch the shows that you wanted to watch, because she wanted to make me feel better...um where is that now?! Being sick turns me into the biggest baby ever. All I wanna do is be held and told me it gonna be better soon. ( im so sappy right?!). Then on the other side I get moody, and cranky,etc., because I am sick, there is no happy medium here. Then when your sick, aren't you suppose to eat like soup, and warm stuff, um it is hot outside who wants that?! Not me...so I am going to do my best with keeping my chin up, and try not to be a baby about it...

until next time...

um...that is really corny...

For those of you that know me....you know I love music....all kinds, rap, country,rock, pop etc. but even some songs...are WAAAYYY corny. no not the jonas brothers, or miley cyrus ( is it bad that i like them? :) hehe..) but i would like to draw your attention to a GREAT song from a GREAT 80s band...everytime i hear this song i do nothing but chuckle...LOL :) hehe.

REO SPEEDWAGON - Can't fight this feeling.
You may be wondering...um casey what the crap?! this is a great song, i have listened to this song so many times, or jammed in my car so many times...or this is my favorite song...well i hate to break it to you. CORNY....really have you really listened to the song? read the lyrics? well let me tell you my friend....this is cornyville and this song is population 1!

Please read listen and read :) corny corny corny...hehe...




i couldn't even put the video up it was so creepy... really. bring the ship into the shore and throw away the oars forever? really... come on...

this song is just pure corny at its finest :) and i just wanted to share it with you :)

until next time..

why hello blog...its been awhile

i was talking this weekend about how much i like to blog. get my feelings out etc...and then well i havent in FOREVER. i read people's blogs all day...but you think i could keep up with my own blogg....geeze casey get it together....

randomness...
-im in a new community group ( i do miss my old one...)but we are on week three and i feel so good about it already. it seems that everyone has something to bring to the table and i love that :)
-summer is almost over, i mean really where did it go? i now understand what my parents mean by life going so fast after school.
-summer being over means the summer concert season is coming to an end. i got to see a lot of great shows this summer!
-im gonna go back to school. ODU here I come...I would love to be a teacher. I went to school to do that...so im gonna go do that. ODU here I come :) im hoping spring...praying that it all works out :)
-speaking of school...my friend Britney went off to Liberty University last week. i have talked to her a few times...she is liking it so far :) i miss college is that ok to say?! :)
-church was so good on sunday. like so good. if you missed it or you wanna watch it. go to watersedgechurch.net - click on sundays talk. 8/22/2010. it was great. i was in tears by the end!
-im planning a trip out to cali to see Sara and Jordan ( they just got married <3)i have never been out to the west coast. i mean why dont i do it while i can ya know? i am very excited :) i hope that all works out as well :)
-why do people think it is ok to try and get involved in peoples lives if they don't know them?! um people...if you dont know a person. then step off. ok :)
-i like the new Hanson song. it is a lot of fun. :)here is the video :)



-im going to the richmond race in like 2 weeks! im so pumped. GO KASEY KAHNE :)
-i am so ready for fall. bring on the sweaters,leaves changing etc. and college football:):):):):)...NC State first game is NEXT weekend. i am a happy camper. GO PACK!
-i have to get my jeep inspected sometime this week...i hate doing this more than anything ever!!!!!

i think that is enough randomness for today...until next time. which im hoping will be tomorrow :) hehehe