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3. A calendar/planner.

4. A small notebook.

     -make sure it's compact so that it will fit in your purse or book bag.

     -Bible College lectures are JAM PACKED with gold nuggets that don't necessarily belong in your class notes, so this is where you'll put those.

     -it's also where you'll write down all your class notes when you forget your binder.

     -this will help with the lack of iPhone storage that everyone seems to be facing these days

     -less iPhone notes = more pictures of the coffee shop you found on Yelp.  Win/Win.

5. A weekender bag.

Winter.  A splendid time to wish that you were a bear.  Because if you were a bear, hibernation would be socially acceptable.  Apparently our society isn't stable enough yet to shut down and let us all hibernate with wifi and chocolate for a few months out of the year (You'd think we should have progressed that far by now).  Someday, but not today.  No, today we just need to tough it out.  I, for one, am very weak when it comes to bitter coldness.  I'm a sore loser.  So here's to you, people who actually remember to heat their cars up before they go to work!  May you always own a car with seat warmers.  Here's to you, people with the gloves that let you text while wearing them!  May you never be unable to reply to an important text or email because you can't feel your fingers.  Here's to you, people who don't work at places with a drive-thru window!  May you always be able to work without snow blowing in your face and people yelling at you through intercoms.  CONGRATS, you all win at winter.  Unfortunately, we can't all be winners.  So here's to you, people who slip on ice every time they walk out the door!  Here's to you, people who get their cars stuck in the snow on a regular basis!  Here's to you, people who want to punch those who love the cold in the face!  You can do this.  I believe in you.  Just a few more months of denial and anger, and it will be over before you know it!  Until then, try really hard to remember to warm your car up beforehand, or better yet, avoid making unnecessary plans that force you to leave the house, take one big trip to the library and renew your books every month until winter's over, buy a big warm scarf that could possibly also pass for a blanket, maybe enter all those online raffles for a beach house, maintain your Starbucks Gold Level for another year, invest in a Netflix account and some store-bought cookies, cozy up next to a fireplace (if you don't have one, you can always temporarily move in with someone who does...I'm sure they'll be fine with it), purchase a sleeping bag you can walk around in (you can find that here) and a good selection of fuzzy socks, and attempt to get your winter-loving co-workers to work the drive-thru window for you.  Good luck.

(t-shirt from Old Navy: $8.97)

The New Year and the new week have two things in common: 1) They don't go as smoothly as you'd like them to; 2) Nothing good happens without a plan and some coffee.

1. Not everyone looks like they do in their profile picture.  Sometimes, the more accurate version of a person might be found in the pictures posted by others.
2. Just because that super cute guy "liked" your picture does NOT always mean he likes you.
3. People seem (for the most part) emotionally stable...that is, until you see their Twitter profile.
4. If you want a bajillion likes, I suggest posting a picture of a baby or an animal...or better yet, a baby animal!  (Seriously, how heartless do you have to be to not like this picture?)
   
5. Proper spelling and good grammar are not necessary to have friends.
6. Just because they put that as their middle name on their profile, does not mean that is their legal middle name.
7. Don't know what to post as a status?  A deep quote or passage of Scripture will ALWAYS do.
8. There is no such thing as a private moment.
9. If you didn't Instagram your Starbucks cup, you shouldn't have even gone.
10. You can't donate to a charity without dumping something cold on your head or doing something else that's equally as stupid.
11. Peace signs and duck faces can jazz up any selfie.
12. Emojis r lyfe
13. If you accidentally click on a Christian Mingle advertisement, they will send you emails for the rest of eternity.
14. Everything can kill you.
15. You have to take BuzzFeed quizzes to figure out who you are, who you're going to marry, how happy you are, how many kids you should have, what kind of car you should have, how old you are, how old you will be when you die, etc.
16. If you didn't post a picture on your first day back to school, it didn't really happen.
17. Ten Things You Didn't Know About (insert any celebrity name here).

Please feel free to add onto this list or just leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of this post!  Thanks for reading!

-Brielle

     Hello there!  Recently, there's been a blog post going around about what Pastors wish people knew about their kids. (http://thomrainer.com/2013/06/05/seven-things-pastors-would-like-church-members-to-know-about-their-children/) So I decided to write about 10 things PKs wish people knew about themselves.  Please feel free to comment on or add onto this list!

2) We speak normal English..not King James.  We're not spiritual all the time.  We know how to talk about things other than the Bible.

3) Yes, we are somewhat sheltered, but that's actually a good thing.  If being "sheltered" means not having to look at Miley Cyrus's butt and hearing about the horrible, disgusting things happening, then I will volunteer as tribute.

4) We hear more than you think.  I'm just going to leave that at that.

5) We're not party poopers.  We like to have fun, too.  We don't spend all day every day praying and reading our Bibles.  We have lives.

6) We don't like fasting either.  Seriously.  We do it because it's biblical.  It's not meant to be enjoyed.

7) We work for positions.  Just because our dads are in charge doesn't mean we get anything we want.  I took piano lessons for 9 years before I ever played in a Sunday service.  Don't tell me we're handed things.

8) We don't always live comfortably.  If a pastor's family has nice things, it's not because we're taking all of the church's money; it's because we saved what bit of money we received and spent it wisely.  We have to say no to things, too.  We used to live in a dump.  We've worked hard to get where we are.  I have a job and both of my parents have side jobs to keep us going.

9) Some of us actually enjoy going to church.  We're not all ready to turn 18 and backslide, but please don't give us a reason to want to backslide.

10) We give more than you think.  The whole glass house thing really is real, but there's even more behind the scenes.  When there's not a cleaning crew, we're the cleaning crew.  When there's not anybody to go outreach, we go reach people.  We visit sick people on a regular basis.  We're at weeknight prayer praying for you even when we could've easily just gone home due to the lack of people.  We get stuck at the church for countless hours while our parents are in meetings.  We love so much and give so much to see you saved and happy.  We really do want what's best for you even though sometimes it's hard to show it.

I hope you all understand where I'm coming from.  I'm not tryin to portray us as victims at all, because we're not.  We just wish you knew a few things about us.  Please feel free to add your thoughts!

Love,

Brielle