HELLO!!!!!

So I haven't updated in a while so i figured what a better time to do it than when i'm at work!?!?! :) So here's whats been happening in my life here at the University of Mary Hardin - Baylor since August 24th. :)


To start things off, I got a new job this semester at Campus Rec! I love it because it involves sports, my best friends, and wearing whatever i want to work. :) Flag football season just ended and soccer and indoor volleyball just began. My best friend Spencer and my really good friends Jason and Levi work with me. Our good friend Kelsey is the Intramural Coordinator. She's a junior... and I want her job when she graduates... ie. I suck up and do anything her or Sue (Kelsey's boss) tell me too. Plus i get paid for everything i work. :)


Classes are going GREAT!!! My favorite is strangely Financial Accounting. It's actually not as hard as it looks!!! And the prof is a great guy who works with us and is making sure we learn the things we need to learn. Here's the schedule for this semester... even though it's about 9/17ths over with. :)


Being in an apartment and having a semi-constant flow of income has allowed me to learn how to buy and save my money a lot better than relying-on-the-rents Andy. I got an account at Chase, save with coupons and sales, and limit myself to 3 movies a month. :) But every now and then i do impulse buy and this little guy has got to be my greatest buy yet this semester. :)


UMHB inaugurated it's newest president, Randy O'Rear! We went even though we WEREN'T REQUIRED TO GO. :) Such dedication... And its not everyday you get to see a university president inaugurated. :) And being a Sophomore... you already know... it's Sophomore Bell time... :)



Oh yeah, I'm still with my gf, Ashton. :)


I wonder why she puts up with me most of the time... :) Lol...


So that's whats up in my world! Registration for Spring 2010 starts tomorrow so i'll be updating with a copy of next semesters schedule. :) Mom, Dad, the GPA is at a commanding 3.65. No worries about that scholarship ;) Miss everyone and i'll be back in the 817/972 next weekend for Jesse's 13th! See ya'll then...

-Andy

The Apartment.

So we're finally all moved into the apartment...



Mine and Corey's room!!!! :)

Our bathroom...

Laundry room...


Living room... with Ryan's head.... :)

The kitchen and Corey. :)

We've been cooking and yes, i even vacuumed Mom... :) The surround sound was finished just a few minutes ago without many holes in the wall. My classes are great, i'm done by noon every day... and loving it. :) I start work tomorrow and plan on having a GREAT semester... :)

It's Like Coming Home...

Ahhhhh, home sweet home...


My move in is August 16th, Welcome week training is the 17th, and the 18th I become the proud uncle of 20+ freshmen... :)

That's the way we get down... in a Hicktown.

Ashton came to visit this past weekend so we traveled up to the Ballpark to watch my 19th and 20th games of the season, both against the Minnesota Twins. (We lost both games, 3-1 and 6-2) Friday night was a fireworks show...

Section 208, Row 11, Seats 8 & 9

And Saturday was the Casey Donahew Band concert after the game. We also met a few friends from school and got tickets with them... Nick and Colton if you were at the Fourth... as well as a few others... :)

Section 321, Row 10, Seats 12, 13, 14, & 15

And hailing from Burleson, Texas.... Live at the Ballpark in Arlington.... The Casey Donahew Band!!!



It was a GREAT weekend, had a blast... Madison, Dalton, and Brighton were also in this weekend... and we got to hang out and play with them as well. Ashton also took pictures with every kind of livestock we saw. :)

That's the way we get down... in a Hicktown. :)

I'm A Working Man...

This is what I do. :) I love it. That is all.

"STICKKERRRSSS!!!" @ Camp Zephyr

Youth camp was this past week! A slightly different experience for me since I was a counselor for the 7th and 8th grade boys this year and not a camper myself. We took 95 youth and 15 adults down to Sandia, Texas for Camp Zephyr. Brad Fogarty was the camp pastor with Bob Smiley providing comical relief. All in all it was a GREAT week and we had 7 youth come to Christ!!! Here's some pictures from the week.

The first picture is of rec one day, the next one is of me and one of our 7th grade boys, Abraham. He's from Ethiopia and was adopted by a family in Maypearl. Coolest little guy I know!! The last one is of the entire church group that went. GREAT WEEK!!! :)

Also... find me on Twitter and Facebook! I realize I update those a whole lot more than I update this thing so for more updates about the life of Andy, find me there.

Andy's Hair...

After a record 8 months without a legitimate haircut, only trims, I, Andy Pipes have received a haircut. :)

Before...


After...

I can now hear and move my head quickly. :) Life is good... Check out the life and times of Andy's Hair @ http://twitter.com/AndysHair.... or follow Me @ http://twitter.com/AndyPipes. That's all for now... :)

PS. I get to go back to UMHB next semester... HUZZAH!!!!!!! :P

For Your Listening Pleasure...

So who DOESNT enjoy an AMAZING arrangement every now and then??? :) Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' and Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida' mixed by this guy for his daughter... amazing. :) Mad kudos here... :) Enjoy!!

Last post from Spring '09...

Well... it's finals week. That time of year where every college student in the nation freaks out cuz "Freak! I Never Actually Learned this Stuff". But at the same time, it's a chance for us to reminisce and remember everything you've gone through over the past semester and year. There's also two dead days in there for you to go do whatever your heart feels like... i mean, study of course... :)
Welcome week stuff is all set for next year, I'm an uncle for our family group and i also get to help head the event group which is where we put together the Phil Wickham concert, comedian, and dance throughout the week. This also means I get to move in a week before everyone else is allowed in. :) Melody and LindsayMeg. are also aunts, Pancho the dad, and Lindsay Adam is the mom. :)
The football team, after a great 12-2 season and run to the national semifinals, recieved their rings this past week. Just like to point out that we beat Hardin Simmons TWICE to get this thing... :)
Dr. Baucom, after 18 years of service as President of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, is stepping down from that position and retiring, to become Chancellor. SearchCru put together a photo album to thank him for his service to the school.
And of course as finals DO apporach rapidly, you've GOT to go to the lake to relax a bit! This is us jumping off some smaller boulders, maybe 20 feet up. There's another cliff that's 45-50 feet high that we jump off of. SCARIEST thing EVER!!! But WAY worth it... :)
So as my last post as a Crusader Freshman... it's been a blast. I've learned a lot, experienced so much, grown to love some many people that i'll know for the rest of my life, gotten in trouble, swam in Burt Pond, failed a test or 2, gotten on the dean's list, been an intramural champion, come home really really REALLY late on a school night, pulled all-nighters, danced until my feet hurt, spent more money than i had, and had quite possibly the greatest experience of any college student in the world this past year. Thank you Mary-Hardin Baylor... and i'll see you next August. :)

Invisible Children

On April 25th, 2009... hundreds of thousands of young people and adults... people like you and me... will gather in over 140 cities in over 16 countries worldwide... and unite together to free the innocent from Joseph Kony's reign of terror and ensure that he is brought to justice... by being symbolically abducted... and waiting for the rescue.



What will you do to help the thousands who die everyday? What will you do to help the child abducted in his sleep and forced to kill his entire family and fight for a terrorist? What will you do to help? WHAT WILL YOU DO TO CHANGE THE WORLD? What will you do?

Sole to Soul

Children in Haiti are walking around with no shoes on... why can't we look past ourselves for one day... ONE DAY... and do the same? April 15th, 2009.



Look past yourself. For just one day.

Fall '09 Schedule

So it's that time of the semester again... advising and registration! :) Yes, with only 4 weeks left in the semester, I have received my schedule for next fall and it is.........

Intermediate Spanish II - Dr. Pardue - MW - 9:00am to 10:40am
Business Computer Information Systems (BCIS) - Dr. Harper - TH - 8:ooam to 9:20am
EXSS Conditioning (B) - Coach Johnston - TH - 11:00am to 12:20pm
Financial Accounting - Dr. Fischer - TH - 9:30am to 10:50am
Communicating in Business - Dr. Byrd - MWF - 12:00pm to 12:20pm
Chapel - Dr. Loutherback - W - 11:00am to 11:50am

Yes. I only have ONE class on friday :) True that! Double True!

Spring Formal!

Every year hundreds of decked out college students head to a grand night boldly entitled: Spring Formal. FYC puts this gala on, this year being held at Tenrock Ranch in Salado, Texas. With a dinner, dance, and dessert what could go wrong but a tablecloth catching on fire? That seemed to be the least of our worries as we danced the night away and had an absolute blast.

Our group who rode together, from left to right... Me, Spencer, Bryan... and our dates... Nicolette, Kelsey, and Megan. :)

Me and Nicolette, my date :). She's a freshmen too and she plays volleyball for the school. Like Pancho, she's from brownsville. Also in this pic you can tell we spent the entire morning and afternoon at the ballpark... and I should of wore a red tie instead of orange... :) So there's her bio for you mom... ;)

The boys, with the exception of Pancho who was off chasing girls... ;) Me, Corey (Roommate for next semester), Spencer (Also a roommate), and Joe. Not a roommate, but still a great guy and friend! :)
Our whole group again... without Corey and Jessica... :) Bryan, Megan, Spencer, Kelsey, Nicolette, Me, Meghan, Brooke (W/out date Joe) ;), Hannah, and Alex. All in all formal was a HUGE success, FYC was highly lauded, Spencer ended up with a girlfriend, and I got a cute date and a free milkshake at chilis. :) The End.

New Sadermail!!!

UMHB has finally moved up in the world of inter-collegiate email! After 3 years of the outdated, sluggish old sadermail, UMHB's tech department partnered with Google to build the new Sadermail. With 8 gigs of storage space (as compared to the minute 256mb they gave us with the last sadermail) I can now recieve all the pictures and sports updates I want! My email will still stay the same and i'm rearing and ready to go. Thanks UMHB, the new Sadermail rocks! :)
This was not an advertisement for Google, G-Mail, Sadermail, or UMHB for that matter. Paid for by the republican party of Bell County. ;)

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