chronicles of chi o pt. 2

So this past week has been full of happenings at the Chi Omega house....beginning with our wonderful philanthropy! Chi O Cravings is our fall philanthropy that is basically a dessert buffet! We all bring two desserts and sell tickets for 4-5$ and all the money goes to Make a Wish. This year was such a success! We had a live band outside playing for people to listen to while in line, and by the way the line was LONG! And our dessert options were so yummy and we had so many! We had so many people show up that some of the girls had to go buy more desserts!

All the UHMAZING DESSERTS

oh ya know just the back up table!

Today was the day we have all been waiting for here at the 820, Slating! Slating is the process where we pick our new executive board members. The positions being voted upon in slating were President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, New Member Educator, Recruitment Chair, Panhellenic Delegate, Social Chair, and House Manager. This slating was so exciting. First thing first during our meeting at the beginning a mouse began running around the lights in the ceiling, so gross and dramatic with 200 girls. This year we had a lot of positive changes in our process and really the discussions over each position and girl nominated was so classy and sisterly, way to go Chi Omega. The tough part was when the slating committee had to actually develop a slate with our votes, comments, and nominations. We started the process at 2pm and did not get our first slate til almost 8! We have an opportunity to fail or pass the slate and luckily the majority passed the slate! Our new exec is such an amazing group of young women, and really everyone nominated was qualified. I know that these girls will represent Chi O so well and will lead our house to an amazing 2011-2012 year!

Inspiration and Motivation for All!

Thanksgiving favorites!

I have decided the fall semester of school is definitely my favorite. Football games, Fall leaves, Halloween, Weddings =], Birthdays, Thanksgiving, and the most important Christmas! I have lacked motivation this semester due to my easy peasy schedule, and now with the awesome holidays approaching I have reached a new low in the motivation department. So for anyone else who is needing a boost it's ONLY two weeks, that;s right, 14 days until Thanksgiving Break. Then it's ONLY 16 days until we all gain the Thanksgiving fifteen! And every OU student knows when we get back from Thanksgiving Break we ONLY have three weeks until the semester is over! I hope this countdown makes everyone smile because it does me!







This past weekend my bestest friend from college, Cindie, came home to see us for Kayla's 21st birthday. The proverbial 21st birthday shebang has been going on a lot around here and it's nice that everyone is finally catching up to my old age ( I turned 21 in June!) I was so glad I got to see Cindle since she went from being my roommate/confidante/soul mate to living all the way in Nebraska this school year. I guess that is what I get for introducing her to the boyfriend who then introduced her to his hometown which she fell in love with!

Me and Cindie!

Speaking of  someone's love of their life I also went to a beautiful fall wedding this weekend, as well as a funeral! You would think that those two things would be a happy occasion and a very sad one. Funny enough, I cried at the wedding and laughed at the funeral! The funeral was of my 95 year old Great Grandmother and she is now living the life that Revelation 21:4 describes, "He'll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good= tears gone, crying gone, pain gone=all the first order of things gone."  I am so happy for her, she is now reunited with her husband and one of her daughters, my Nanny Darlene. Her funeral was hilarious because everyone seemed to have an awesome story to tell about Grandma Lowrimore. She was very witty and blunt and never was afraid to set you straight, especially in regards to your faith. At her funeral, we were told of a vision she had of angels and how they told her about a very sad day coming for some, and a very happy day coming for others. This was the day the Lord was coming, and she knew her soul and heart loved the Lord so her day would be happy but that others did not have that luxury. She wanted everyone to know of that story.

My Beautiful Grandma Lowrimore

The wedding I went to was so beautiful, but it wasn't all the beautiful flowers that made me tear up, it was how awesome the idea of marriage is, and how it is based on the marriage between Christ and the Church. It also made me teary watching her walk down the aisle with her Dad. It was just too cute! Anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for anything having to do with weddings and I am so excited people I know are starting to get married. I know Mar Mar had been dreaming about that day for so long and I'm pretty sure it was everything she could have hoped for and more!

Marlissa walking down the aisle with her Dad

chronicles of chi o

Meg's Awesome Burn

When I started this blog about two weeks ago I said I was planning on chronicling the life of a sorority girl. I really haven't included many things that are related to Chi O. Chi O is a part of my life on a daily basis, mostly because I live there! Here's some interesting things that have happened at Chi O recently. Thursday night several of us went to a movie, and in keeping with the Halloween season we went to see Paranormal Activity 2. Lauren and I saw the first one last year so we weren't too terrified. I was literally attached to Lauren's legs the majority of the movie, I have never been more scared inside of a theater. We came home and I walked into the bathroom and our friend Megan was there. Before I even walked all the way up to her to say Hi, Lauren said, "Chelsea, wait a second." Megan had burned her hand and apparently it looked disgusting, and if you know me very well you know I love gross. Here is a pic of her awesome wound! And btw she is fine! And the mustard is supposed to help with the pain! 

Saturday was Dad's Day at the Chi Omega house and all of OU's campus so Kendall, and my Dad both came up for the game. We ate at In The Raw Sushi, and shopped around campus corner. Kendall was convinced by several sale girls to buy "jeggings," which only a select few skinny legged girls can pull off! We went to the game but only stayed til half time because our old man of a Dad was dozing off during the game. And another perk to Chi O Dad's weekend was that our freshman competed in University Sing this weekend and won FIRST PLACE! I wasn't able to get tickets to the show but have heard so many awesome things and my Grand Little was in it so I'm a super proud Grannie! Congrats!!!

Dad's Day

Spiderella and Sacajawea

Sunday was Halloween and I didn't really partake in any festivities but Lauren, Emily and I did have a nice little dinner at Victoria's and finished the evening with Hocus Pocus, which Lauren and I have already watched once this Halloween season. I am also adding some really precious pics of my baby sisters trick or treating. I wasn't there to watch them get all jazzed up, but they went as Spiderella and Sacajawea. Funny story about Gracen this weekend. I had heard about an app called TextFreePlus which is a free texting app for the Ipod Touch. She got it and started texting Kendall and I on Sunday. She hasn't really figured out texting etiquette because she politely asked us, "I want to go now, can I please?" So cute!

He is SO good!

I just had to do a quick post about how AWESOME the Lord is. This past week it's just been amazing to see the little ways that God moves in our lives. Lifestream was amazing as usual and the worship experience I've had the last few weeks has been phenomenal, just constantly becoming more intimate with the Lord and realizing more of His truths.


Yesterday I got the opportunity to meet with a fellow Chi Omega, Kristin Bernard, and it was such an amazing little meeting! We both talked about how our mission trips this past summer affected our lives and how we both have been realizing just how powerful and real spiritual warfare is. Thats something that I never really understood until I read Beth Moore's book, "When Godly People Do Ungodly Things." It's so real and powerful to acknowledge when you are feeling fear, discouragement, and negativity that those things are from the enemy and the only way to conquer them is to give them to the Lord and to pray about them intensely. I pray daily for the people in this country and all over the globe that don't know Jesus and don't have the ammunition we have in those situations. I am so thankful to have older girls in my life that can share their stories about their walk with God and encourage me in mine. Needless to say I left that meeting inspired to be the same positive influence in my friends lives.


I also had an amazing chat with my roomie about life last night and we had very good intentions of going to bed at a decent hour, that definitely did not happen! I love Lauren and how we both seem to be on the same page about so many things in our life! The only downside to our friendship is we both have a knack for putting off shopping for some really good causes such as shopping, movies, and TEA cafe. Next year in Nursing school we are definitely going to have to buckle down!

Perfect Fall Weekend

I had the luxury the past weekend to bask in many of my fall favorites all in a span of two days. My fall favorites include: Football, Family, Friends, Rain, and Scary Movies! On Friday I rode home from Norman to Sallisaw with my cousin Audra. We got to have a nice chat as well as visit her family when we got into town. That night I watched my baby sister cheer at the same field I cheered at all four years of high school as well as see the kids I babysit/love. Saturday morning at 9am, which is ridiculously early for youth league games, I watched my 8 year old sister cheer and dance her team on to...well.....a good attempt at winning! I rode to that game with my stepmom and my dad told us he would meet us there because Tori had to be there so early. We were anxiously waiting for dad because we were afraid he would miss Tori's halftime routine. Finally my dad arrives, and my sister Gracen (10 years old) says "Oh my goodness there's Daddy, and he has overalls on!" I wasn't really surprised by my dad showing up in overalls, not because he's a farmer, but because he loves any opportunity he can take to try to embarrass his girls. It was hilarious. The best part was when Gracen added some optimism to the mix and said, "Well, at least he has a shirt on underneath them." =] Here are some pics from my awesome weekend!

Eye Opener

Today I experienced so much spiritual growth that I have to share it with the WORLD! Everyone needs a little background on my life before I start though. I grew up in a small town in OK, and went to a typical southern baptist church. That being said our worship on Sunday mornings usually consisted of hymnals and a piano, none of this crazy rock band worship. Since I came to college I have really grown to love the rock band style of worship. I love how freeing the loud drums and guitars are, I love how with the lights down you can fully engage in honoring the most High King. Today I experienced a new type of worship. I had a really rough night last night, my confidence was shaken, I was being attacked by the enemy with lies only the enemy could have been feeding my mind. I began intensely praying and listening to the oh so awesome Hillsong United. I wish I could explain the peace that I felt from this experience. I have been trying for the last year to really give my worries to Christ, to let him take the burden because that is what he came to the earth to do. I do not think until last night I really had ever fully given my worries completely to him. I woke up this morning with a peace I can't describe, and a confidence in myself and my faith that I have never known before. My prayers today were full of thanksgiving and amazement at the new side of Christ that had been revealed to me. I read a verse during my quiet time today that really opened my eyes to exactly what happened to me last night while I was praying with all my might.


"But he said to me, ' My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs power may rest on me. That is why for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses , in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak then I am strong. " 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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