Black Friday

Hey hey hey! Today is Black Friday! No, I'm not out shopping.....I'm actually doing the opposite, hiding from those crazy Black Friday shoppers! I just don't get the point of it! You eat a big family meal (well, part of it so you can get in long lines of shoppers early), then you rush to a store and realize you should've been there hours earlier. Then you stand in a line of cranky people all night, so you can be one of the first HUNDRED to get in whatever store you want to go to. THEN you rush in the doors of the store with an angry mob,  get trampled and run over with people and shopping carts. By the time you actually make it in the store, you're beat-up, tired, frustrated, and pretty much everything is already gone. Don't you agree? :) :) :)

Love this! So true!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! 

I hope you all have a hap-hap-happy thanksgiving!!!!

Beautiful

Hey guys! I was just listening to my tunes and one of my favorites came on. It's called "Beautiful" and it's by Bethany Dillon. I was very inspired to put it on my blog, so here are the lyrics:

I was so unique 
Now I feel skin deep 
I count on the make-up to cover it all 
Crying myself to sleep cause I cannot keep their attention 
I thought I could be strong 
But it's killing me 

Does someone hear my cry? 
I'm dying for new life 

[Chorus]
I want to be beautiful 
Make you stand in awe 
Look inside my heart, 
and be amazed 
I want to hear you say 
Who I am is quite enough 
Just want to be worthy of love 
And beautiful 

Sometimes I wish I was someone other than me 
Fighting to make the mirror happy 
Trying to find whatever is missing 
Won't you help me back to glory 

[Chorus]

You make me beautiful 
You make me stand in awe 
You step inside my heart, and I am amazed 
I love to hear You say 
Who I am is quite enough 
You make me worthy of love and beautiful

I just love this song! It's a perfect "teenage girl song!" I just love how it talks about all of the problems and things that girls, especially teen girls, feel. I also love how Bethany then sings about not just being beautiful on the outside, but on the inside too. We should all just focus more on the beauty on the inside, and less on the outside. Every time I hear this song, I just want to tell everyone about it, and the message it gives. What an awesome song!

My Relationship with My Parents

Here's another one of those blogging ideas that I got from "the list." There is a link to "the list" post at the bottom of this post.....☺ (if you haven't already read "the list" you may want to do that first)

If I could put my relationship status with my parents on a scale of 1-10 (ten being absolutely perfect and 1 being really bad), I would put it between a 7.5 and an 8.5 (it really depends...... I guess you could say an 8) Why? Well, of course, our relationship isn't perfect, because no one's is. But we are pretty tight☺. But that doesn't mean we don't have room to grow and make it better and better. I know that there will be times when I feel closer to them, and times I feel less close, but thats the way relationships are, right?

I love my parents SOOOOOOOOO much! They are the absolute best!!!

Dear Mom and Dad,

        I know that sometimes we don't always feel very close to each other, and that we go through hard times where we don't feel like things will get better. I also know that I can be very stubborn (☺) and I don't always like or agree with what you want, but I trust you. I know that you are doing what's best, and though I may give you a hard time about it sometimes, I want you to know that I know that what you want is best. I'm a stubborn kid......yes I finally admitted it, and I'm sure you guys are high-fiving each other right now, because I finally said it! I admit that I'm not always the most easy kid to discipline either, and I don't like to take "no" for an answer (another high-five! I can already hear it!) and I am really trying to work on it. Please forgive me for not always being a great daughter. I truly love you and I don't ever want you to doubt that. You are amazing parents and I trust you to do what's best for me, even when it's hard. ("Yes!" *high-five*) Though it doesn't always show, I want you to know that I'm truly striving to be a better daughter. I always want you to think of me as your little girl, no matter how old I am, because I always will be your little girl- your little "madison-bear"☺. I love you!

Your loving daughter, 

Madison♥

Link: The List

T-Swizzle Quote

I found this quote today and LOVED it! Plus, it's by Taylor Swift! Who doesn't love one of her quotes?!?!

So true! Everyone should live by this! 

I Love My Readers/Followers!

Today, I was just checking the "stats" on my blog, and just happened to look at the audience from around the world for my blog.......and I was awe-struck at the number of people that had ever viewed  it, and lots of them weren't even from the United States! 174 people from Russia, 119 from Malaysia, 80 from Germany, 24 from the United Kingdom, 20 from France, 9 from Australia, Canada, China, and Ukraine, and not to mention, 1,756 people from the US!!! I was very happy to know that so many people (2,209 total) had actually viewed my blog! I was honored! I just want all of you who are reading this to know how thankful I am for you! I love you all! Thank you so much for even taking time out of you busy lives to look at my blog! I truly do appreciate my followers (private followers, too!) and my readers! 

Sometimes, I feel like giving up on this blog. I get frustrated, and I just don't feel inspired. I keep saying, "I can do it later..." or "Naaaaa not right now" and stuff like that. I just can't stop putting it off. Seeing this today made me feel so much better, and knowing that not only people from my country, but lots and lots of other people from all around the world read my blog, helped me to have that desire to never give up, which is something that I desperately needed.

So to thank you, I would like to dedicate this post just to you!

Like I said before....thank you! I love you guys! You are what keeps me going when I feel like giving up. From now on I will try to be better about posting things.......at least until I need to reassure myself like this again......☺

Fall!

Fall is here! Yaaaaaaaaaay!!! I love love love fall! Here are some awesome nature photos that were taken by yours truly;)

Pic of a tree that fell down

Acorns!

Fallen leaves.

Turning red and orange!

Here is random one that I took and wanted to throw in just because I think its really awesome:) 

Goodreads

I am one of those people who can go through books faster than I can tell someone the title of it. One problem that I've always had with that, is the amount of time it actually takes to purchase the book. First of all, my mom likes to read about the book and see its reviews before I can read it.......which, trust me, is not a very fast process. Finding those things are pretty hard, because its really difficult to find a good website. I FINALLY found a good website where you can read book descriptions and reviews, called Goodreads! 

I love love love Goodreads, and I strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a good book. If you sign up (it's free!), you can give reviews, and depending on the book that you reviewed, you will be given recommendations for other books similar that you may find interesting! You can also share what you're reading with friends! It's truly an AWESOME website!

( and just so you know, for those of you with an electronic device, you can get the Goodreads app!)

I just wanted to share this with you all, just as someone shared it with me! I hope you like it!

(this link will take you to the Goodreads website: Goodreads)

(and you can follow me here: Madison L's Goodreads Profile)

Its a........BOY!!!!!

Its a boy! Its a boy! Its a boy! Did I mention that its a boy? Im going to have a new little brother! YAY! SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!

The new baby's name will be Isaac! Isaac James!

Here is a picture of him!

He's getting so big! he's the size of an avocado with arms and legs this week!

I love you little Isaac! I can't wait to meet you! 

-madi

Happy All Saints Day!!!

Happy All Saints Day!!!! 

Saint Dorothy, please pray for me!

(she is my patron saint....)

Also, if you all can, please pray for the baby today as we find out his/her gender! I will post the gender asap!!!