Movie Quote Trivia

So I saw this done on a few blogs that I follow. I thought....well, why not!?

(1) Pick 20 of your favorite movies.

(2) Go to imdb.com and find a quote for each movie.

(3) Post them for everyone to guess.

(4) Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie title.

(5) NO CHEATING. Start guessing.....

I love watching films from many different genres so this should be very fun and interesting for you all! I have a lot of films which I absolutely LOVE so this will be difficult to pick out only 20 movie quotes from my favorite films for you all to guess....but here it goes...in no particular order of my fave movies:

#1 - Character 1: 'I feel terrible, like there's a heavy weight on my chest.' 

       Character 2: 'A heart's a heavy burden.'
'Howl's Moving Castle' / Howl & Sophie / Daughter of the King

#2 - 'Is it not enough, just to have a long and happy life with me?'
'Twilight' / Edward talking to Bella / Alaythea

#3 - 'Think of it! A secret engagement. Look, your future bride! Just think of it!'
'The Phantom of the Opera' / Christine to Raoul / Daughter of the King

#4 - 'A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.'
'Big Fish' / Will Bloom / Lynette

#5 - 'It smells like puke from a mule been 'ruminating on asparagus for two weeks.'
'Holes' / Mr. Pendanski / White Umbrella Photography (DeeAnna)

#6 - 'You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness.'
'Alice In Wonderland' / The Mad Hatter / Alaythea

#7 - Character 1: 'Tomorrow, Victoria, we are to be...mmmm...mmmm....mmmm...' 

       Character 2: '...married.'

       Character 1: 'Yes, married.'
'Corpse Bride' / Victor Van Dort & Victoria Everglott / Daughter of the King

#8 - Character 1: 'But I have nothing to give you. My hands are empty.' *entwines her hand with his*

       Character 2: 'Not empty now.'
'Little Women' / Friedrich Behr & Jo March / Lynette

#9 - Character 1: 'What is wrong with you? Why do you feel the need that you gotta "get" somebody all the    

       time?'

       Character 2: 'Well when you gettin' "got" and somebody done "got" you and you go "get" them, when 

       you get 'em everybody's gon' get got.' 

       Character 1: 'Yeah but your gettin' the gotters when they didn't do anything to even get you.'

       Character 2: 'Yea but if the gotters get me I'm gonna get my glock.'
'Madea Goes To Jail' / Dr. Phil & Madea / Lynette

#10 - Character 1: 'Promise me something.'

         Character 2: 'Anything, sir.'

         Character 1: 'Never try to save my life again.'
'Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets' / Harry & Dobby / White Umbrella Photography (DeeAnna)

#11 - Character 1: 'I think if you tried signaling, people would honk less.'

         Character 2: 'They don't need to know my business.'

         Character 1: '...It's not really a privacy issue.'
'Bandslam' / Will & Charlotte / Daughter of the King

#12 - 'Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.'
'Secondhand Lions' / Uncle Hub to Walter / White Umbrella Photography (DeeAnna) 

#13 - Character 1: 'What are you doing sitting in a corner Simon?'

            Character 2: 'Thinking about God.'

            Character 1: 'In a corner?'

            Character 2: 'Faith is not in a floor plan.'

'Simon Birch' / Reverend Russell & Simon / Daughter of the King

#14 - 'First we'll make snow angels for  two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of    Tollhouse Cookiedough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle.'
'Elf' / Buddy the Elf / White Umbrella Photography (DeeAnna)

#15 - Character 1: 'Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.'

           Character 2: 'And what is that?'

          Character 1: 'I...am a Librarian.'
'The Mummy' / Evelyn Carnahan & Rick O'Connell / Daughter of the King

#16 - 'You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun! Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!'
'The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring' / Gandalf / Caroline

#17 - 'You know, there's a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed by the long shadow that is cast by my accomplishments.'
'A Series of Unfortunate Events' / Count Olaf to the Baudelaire Orphans / White Umbrella Photography (DeeAnna)

#18 - ' I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky...'
'Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade' / Professor Henry Jones / Daughter of the King

#19 - 'Okay, you know what? I don't feel protected. You try living for 15 years thinking that you're one person, and then in five minutes, you find out you're a princess. Just in case I wasn't enough of a freak already, let's add a tiara!'
'The Princess Diaries' / Mia Thermopolis / Alaythea

#20 - 'Answers without evidence are useless.'
'Young Sherlock Holmes' / Sherlock Holmes / Daughter of the King


I hope you all have fun deciphering! I'll add in the movie titles/characters when you all start guessing in the comments section! :)
-Daughter of the King


*THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO PLAYED MY SILLY MOVIE QUOTE TRIVIA GAME! LOL!!!*

Living it out....stands to gain

~Lord, forgive me for not realizing what You have given me daily. I don't want to worry needlessly. I want to give all of myself...worries included...over to You. I want to be a reflection. I want to have a zest for life....and have a deep appreciation for all of the beauty which I see around me daily, trying to understand why it is beautiful, but do not take it into account. I want to begin to understand what it is that you see within me. Show me today...something beautiful. Love, Your Daughter ~

I am really trying to not worry about a lot of things that are going on in my life right now. For me, not worrying, well it's like telling me not to breathe. In scripture it says that worrying is not of the Lord, but if I am of the Lord and I worry then what does all this worry business mean for me?

Today I am going to choose to look past all of my fears and anxieties, laying them at the feet of Jesus. I choose to focus on all of the good that has happened in my life in the past and what possibilities may lie ahead of me. I choose to believe that the Lord will take care of me no matter what happens in my life.....good, bad or both intermingled together. I choose to believe that He speaks through the welcomed daily occurrences as well as the not so welcomed ones. I know He speaks...

I choose to look forward to the start of my week this morning, instead of just anxiously awaiting the weekend, like I usually do. God doesn't only just use our weekends to further us in our walk. He uses all days....all hours....every storm and every tear....every smile and every laugh. In Him I will find rest, peace, security, love, grace, forgiveness, courage and hope to live today to the fullest...to live this week to the fullest. I want to take every moment as a blessing....not  a hinderance.

I choose to thank Him for....
Quiet time and prayer with Him this morning.
My family...who love me to the moon and back without a second thought.
Jared...who is my best friend and the one I hope will be my 'forever friend and love.'
My hands to work with as a teacher at the Preschool...that hold those little ones daily.
My wonderful piano students, whom I love to teach more than anything in the world!
For this week and all of the fun things that I get to do with my friends.
For the freedom that I have to pray, read the Bible and Worship Him...endlessly.
......and so many more things.

It seems a little silly now...almost completely silly really at this point....to worry about the things I cannot control and change. Lord I thank you for today....even though I do not know what I stand to gain from living it out just quite yet.
-Daughter of the King

Restless...

I went out all by myself yesterday and I survived and actually I had a pretty good time with me, myself, and I! *smile* I usually hate being alone. Everyone who is a close friend to me knows this about me. I don't mind being alone in my room when my family is home, but I do not like being completely alone. If I were to be honest with myself, about why I don't like being alone, I would say that the reason being is that when I am alone by myself that means at long last I must finally think through some hard stuff that's been on my mind, and I must at last face myself. I know it sounds hokey, but really I am dead serious.

Well I was restless, and I needed new clothes and none of my family would go out with me so I grabbed my cd case and hit the road to go find myself and some new clothes. I decided to put in a cd that I've never really listened to but had been meaning to, and surprise surprise I absolutely loved the cd. I listened to Sixpence None The Richer all the way to my destination and all the way back home yesterday. What was really weird was that as I was driving along, mind thinking over everything wildly, ready to relive myself of my restlessness these lyrics sung aloud by Leigh Nash hit me strongly and they were exactly what I was feeling like all of this past week and at that very moment......

"Brighten My Heart" by: Sixpence None The Richer

My heart is as dark as the soil sodden with winter rains. 

My soul is as heavy as the peat freshly dug from the bog. 

My thoughts swirl like willow branches caught in autumn winds. 

My body is as tense as a cat's as it stalks its prey. 

Help me open my heart to You. 

Help me open my heart to You. 

Help me open my heart to You, oh Jesus. 

It's what I long to do.

"I am a very deep person...who only understands what she is truly feeling when she writes her heart down on notebook paper. I am an idealist. I am REALLY impatient. I want to move out. I want to move on with my adult life and settle down already. I want to move out of this town. God why in the world did you move me HERE of all places? What about mine and Jared's relationship...is it going in the direction you would have us go together Lord? Should I pursue studying towards getting my teaching credentials or not...? How am I gonna afford my now increased car insurance, because of the accident...with the low paying job I have?"

These are some of the many things/questions that came to my mind yesterday when it was just me, God and the open road. I only went off for about 3 hours by myself, but keep in mind that I usually don't go ANYWHERE by myself. I don't even like running to the grocery store or to the bank by myself, much less going clothes shopping for myself, which is what I did yesterday. Going out all by myself yesterday was a HUGE thing for me, and I found that the company wasn't that disagreeable after all!

I guess the real reason I hate being alone by myself is that I think way too much into things...which usually either upsets me and/or makes me get physically sick...and stressed out. Although I usually react in a manner of stress after thinking a lot and being by myself...when I was with the Lord yesterday I didn't. I felt liberated. I felt free, and like it didn't matter that I had so many questions after all. I realized that if I came to the Lord with all of my problems and questions He alone would be the one to free me from my mind and restlessness.

At this moment I am not cured. I am still thinking about all of those things above, and more, truth be told. I am still restless, but I know that God has never let me go astray and He has never not taken care of me or lead me to where He would have me be in my life. In this I find comfort. In this I find strength. In this I think I might be able to make it through.....to a brighter heart.

Well, after all of that has been said I feel a little bit better. I think I will have to go off by myself more often. I've definitely come to the realization that being alone for a while is not a bad thing. I got to do some soul searching and some major thinking. I may not have had all of my questions answered yet, but I do know that the Lord most definitely heard my heart's cry and was right there alongside me the entire time I was alone yesterday. 

I'm still struggling with trying to feel okay, to say goodbye to being restless and to let Him lead my way...

-Daughter of the King

Are You The Happy Go Lucky Type?

"Who out there has a zest for life? Can't wait each day to come upon beauty."

~Psalm 34:12~

Well, guys, I think I have officially found a Bible verse that is really befitting of my personality and character. I am always the type of girl who tries her best to be the happy go lucky one. I am usually pretty easy going and laid back....a real zest for life one could say. I love things of beauty....going for long walks and shooting pics of everything I see. I love long car rides, watching lightning/thunder storms from my front porch, swimming in the rain, reading books while laying in the middle of my trampoline "sunny side up" as my sister and I like to say. 

I am an adventurer at heart, the constant friend, the listener, the reflection minded, the one who constantly glimpses intricate beauty, and the young woman who lives in the here and now but constantly has her head stuck in the Victorian era. I am me. I am full of zest. I am full of music. I am full, eyes opened wide to see all that my King is doing in the here in now...in me.....in others. I am the teacher, the idealist and dreamer, the poet, the daughter, the sister, the love of a man, the friend........and so many more things. 

I love living life to the fullest daily, taking the good with the bad, the lessons that are glimpsed and taken to heart. I hear the voice of HIM that is spoken in my every day life. Are you the happy go lucky type? The person who sees God daily through beauty and hears HIS calling? 

I love. I dream. I listen constantly...constantly. I reflect upon my heart and mind. I have a great hope...all wrapped within my true faith. The most simplest of things sets my heart right at Home, and I hope that they always will. I think I've found my zest and passion...and I am beginning to see myself as b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l!

-Daughter of the King

(This is my 200th post on DOTK!)

Candid Room Tag

I was tagged for the 'Candid Room Tag', along with 68 other people, by Chris of My Ink Spot. I thought since I got tagged I might as well show you what my room looks like...most of the time. Warning: I am usually an organized neat freak. I have friends and family that can back me on this...seriously. I fold my socks and color code my clothes in my closet... okay I swear I am SANE! :)

Yep, this is my BEDroom *emphasis on the bed there cuz it's HUGE.* I am usually a pretty neat person, if it is a bit messy it's usually just my laptop laying out on my bed, my bed being unmade, and a few other oddities lying in neat piles on my bed. 

Let's see if you can spy: My quilts on the quilt rack my great grandfather made. Then there's my i-pod/dock. I have a lot of my favorite books sitting beside my bed, like The Inheritance Series books as well as the Twilight Saga books. There's my tea cup in this shot, as well as my lovely tea pot. I love tea pots and things like that! That board above my quilt rack houses random to-do-lists, photos, random quotes and movie stubs that I collect and save.

So here is my guitar, named Amaranth, that I swore I'd be able to play one day.....never have been able to though....because I am the one who is out of tune! You'd think being able to play piano I'd be able to pick up the guitar easy, but NO I've not been able to thus far. Here's my bookshelf that is loaded to full capacity with only about half of my books. The other books are stored behind my bed, in all of the drawers of my bed, at the sides of my bed on my nightstand thingies, in my closet, and some are even in the attic in boxes waiting for my future children to arrive someday.

Here's the 'mess' that was lying on my bed today: House of Wolves by: Matt Bronleewe, Pure by: Rebecca St. James, my NIV Bible, my child to teacher ratio chart for my work (blue paper), my poetry notebooks, my special pen *hands off people*, my reading glasses, and my Young Sherlock Holmes dvd which has yet to be put away in my movie case.....which is organized alphabetically by title. (I've still got to organize that again...eek....at least I won't have to re-organize my movies too much, cuz that movie starts with a "Y" not an "A"...whoohoo!) If you look carefully you can see that what is on my compy screen is what tmrw's blog entry will be..... I know it's weird that what I call my 'chaotic mess' is actually pretty neat, and really just my stuff lying in their neat little piles on my bed, right?

Yep, that is my teddy bear name 'Ty Blue-Berrington' and sitting next to Ty is my Jack Skellington pillow that my boyfriend (Jared Fisher) got me for Christmas last year. Don't ask why I love 'Jack the Pumpkin King' and the movie Nightmare Before Christmas okay.....I just DO! A dear friend of mine ordered me a year subscription to EVERY DAY RACHAEL RAY for my 21st birthday, because she knows how much I love to cook! 

All of these special things to me are laying on something that is even more precious and special to me...my beautiful quilt that my momma made for me. My quilt pattern is called 'Lucky Stars' and it is really uber special to me because when I was a little girl my momma used to read me a book called Stars For Sarah....so when I got older she made this quilt for me and we call it the "Stars For Sarah" quilt now. ;)

See there are more tea pots on top of my bed unit.....and my little owl's which are tiny antique liquor/brandy jars...weird and unique, but I love them! This is my dvd collection....which you are only currently seeing about half of how many dvds I actually have in this photo. There are 4 large drawers underneath my bed and they house all of my blankets, quilts, and yes you've guessed it.....more movies. Well, at least they (the drawers under my bed) hold all of my 100 plus VHS movies from the 70's and 80's era. It's official I am a BIG TIME movie watcher! 

My radio works, but the cd player is broken, so my daddy and I rigged an old dvd player up to it and I play my cd's through that. Now my radio/dvd-cd player works great. I have a large cd collection, again these shown in this pic are only about half of what I actually have cd-wise. I alphabetize all of my cd's too. Here's my Anberlin poster.......and my New Moon poster on the back of my door. Anberlin is my all time, numero uno, favorite band! Ah........Fossil bag.....'nough said.

Well, this is my room and how it looks 95% of the time.

-Daughter of the King

*I tag all of my readers!*

Amazon Blitz TMRW

Hey there guys 'n gals! Tmrw is the Amazon blitz! So let's get together and support Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper's new book "Venom & Song" tmrw, June 22nd at 7pm EST. Need more info on the blitz? Got to: The Door Within Blog

~The Stylish Blogger Award~

I have been awarded the "Stylish Blogger Award" by Nathan R. Petrie of Whispered Roars. 

Thanks Nathan! So my blog is seemingly stylish huh? lolz 

Now I am supposed to list 5 random things:

(1) I've been on the Rhine River...via train and bridge.

(2) I can't stand Mayonnaise....blech!

(3) I can hear the Steer call from my front porch.

(4) I love feeding my dog Abby Pop Rocks...she loves them! hehe

(5) I want to be a wife/mother/homeschooling momma one day.

I shall now tag some Stylish bloggers...and believe you me these bloggers I am about to list have some very stylish 'n' hip looking blogs (sorry guys the word stylish just doesn't scream masculine to me, so I am gonna award only gals.):

Alaythea of Rock 'N' Roll Hideaway

DeeAnna of White Umbrella Photography

Chelsey of The Life and Happenings of...

Maggie of Bliss

Emily of Practically Pink

Caroline of Standing in the Sunlight

Lillian of Nothing To Fear

Mylena of Beautiful Girlhood

Miss Raquel of God's Daughter

Ashley of  Live For Today
Jen & Kat of Love Unawakened 
Hannah Nicole of Aspire
Livvy of A Daughters Heart
Mia of Aspiring Homemaker
Miss Raquel, Miss Laura, Miss Allison, and Miss Susannah of The Christian Fashionista

True Faith (Button/Blog Award)

So a few weeks ago, when I had received the 'Beautiful Blogger Award',  I noticed something quite odd. I noticed that there aren't really very many blog awards, or buttons, that are 'unisex' or even ones for just the guys for that matter. So I had an 'idea spark' happen. I thought "Well, I can surely come up with a few blog awards or buttons to share with my blogger buddies, male and female alike...right?" So, I was inspired to do it....and I did it with the help of my bf, Jared Fisher. I came up with the graphic image idea, and the texted phrase, and Jared executed and designed the button/blog award on his drawing tablet....beautifully I might add...for me. 

You can find the award/button on my sidebar. I really see this particular one that Jared and I designed as more of a button....so feel free to use it as you will (just don't crop the logo off the side cuz it's J's!). 


Having TRUE FAITH is so important to me. I seek and strive daily to remain faithful to Him, and to walk blamelessly even though I am not always successful, and it surely isn't always easy. I want so desperately for my faith to shine and reign TRUE...always...for Him! 


The inspiration for the design partially came from a lyric, in the cover song 'True Faith,' by the band Anberlin. The lyric goes like this: "I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun." Plus, there is something magical about seeing the sun rise and set over the mountain ranges, that just captivates my thoughts and heart alike.


...and here are my thoughts on the lyrics and TRUE FAITH:  As we arise from out of the shade, into delight of growing into our faith...and striving to serve our King daily we will become Christians who have a strong meaningful TRUE FAITH.

Here are a few fellow 'Sons & Daughter's of the King/bloggers' who I believe are striving and seeking daily to exude and live out their TRUE FAITH (like I mentioned in the italicized highlighted portion above):

Jared of This Red Thread

Lynette of Invited to the King's Table

Alaythea of Rock 'N' Roll Hideaway

DeeAnna of White Umbrella Photography

Nathan of Whispered Roars

Chris of My Ink Spot

Caroline of Standing in the Sunlight

Lillian of Nothing To Fear

Raquel of God's Daughter

Maggie of Bliss

(I'd post more blogger's and blog names, but I am running out of time to post today!)

Hope you all enjoyed seeing my idea come to fruition, 

-Daughter of the King

PS- Thanks you so much Jared for doing the graphic design for me! *You can find Jared's blog HERE and his DeviantArt page HERE.*

The Blitz Draws Nearer...

So we all love Fantasy books, and think that they are totally awesome right? Did I just hear you say...YES? Great, cuz I totally agree with you! I am getting ready to stoke the Amazon Blitz fires, along with my Tribe, Silvertree, to promote Wayne Thomas Batson & Christopher Hopper's newest book 'Venom & Song.' Wanna join in on the Amazon Blitz with me and Tribe Silvertree? We stoke those Blitz fires on June 22nd, at 7pm EST. Need more details about the Blitz? Go to: Enter The Door Within

I think I've got the Blitz Fever! :-P-Daughter of the King
P.S.- ANYONE can join our Tribe, Silvertree, to help in getting the word out about Venom & Song while also working alongside some pretty awesome Tribe-mates by doing different quests and tasks along with your tribe towards earning some sawesome prizes! Please e-mail me and let me know if you are interested in joining our Tribe!

Venom & Song....and Many Waters

Today I had a day date with the guy I love.We went to Mickey D's for lunch and then I went to one of my favorite places in my town...the music store. I got two new piano books for one of my students and then I also bought the scoring for 'New Moon' for myself. 

After lunch and the music store we headed on down the road to our ultimate destination...

We went to the sword shoppe and looked at all of the cool swords, and other various epic weaponry. We also went into a gem store and checked out all of the various collected curiosities. Then we headed to sit by the river in the mountains to sit on the rocks together...there we sat as we watched the many waters passing us by. :)

This is my boyfriend 'Farmer Fisher.' Goofing off in one of the many stores we graced with our lovely presence today...lol!

At the end of our (mine and J's) date day we drove back into my town and headed to the Family Christian Bookstore where I took a picture with a very nice lady, who was also very accommodating as well as super friendly. I bet you all were wondering why I have been posting things about the Amazon Blitz for 'Venom & Song' a lot lately weren't you? Well, I joined Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper's Tribe Building II and the Amazon Blitz to help get the word out about their newest book....and to help my Tribe, Tribe Silvertree, out towards getting the word out about the books and also possibly gaining some cool prizes.

You can find more info about the Amazon Blitz and Wayne Thomas Batson HERE.

Reminiscing.....of many waters.....

-Daughter of the King

Need something to read? Then check out the Amazon Blitz!

So Fantasy books are awesome right? Yes, you said? Great, cuz I totally agree with you! I am getting ready to stoke the Amazon Blitz fires and join in with countless others in the 'Blitz Fest' to promote Wayne Thomas Batson & Christopher Hopper's newest book, 'Venom & Song.' Wanna join in on the Amazon Blitz? We stoke those Blitz fires on June 22nd, at 7pm EST. Need more details about the Blitz? Go to: Enter The Door Within

 

I hope you'll join me in the Blitz!

-Daughter of the King

~EISLEY~

This Texan family group quintet, known as Eisley,  has some HUGE musical artistry abilities, about as big as the state they hail from. Eisley, made up of three sisters, one brother, and one cousin (their younger sister, Christie DuPree is also involved with the family affair of Eisley, by doing the artwork for most of their merch and albums) are a smashing dynamic British rock/pop inspired Indie/Rock/Pop quintet who just so happen to be what I call REAL ARTISTS. There are musicians, and performers, and then there are ARTISTS! *Please don't ask into this any further.....you may regret doing so later when I have talked your head off about what makes a true artist set apart from all of the cookie cutter pop and hip-hop performer's of today's culture in the music world......told you I could get righteously indignant and long winded...seriously! lol

How in the world did they come up with their band name you may ask? Well, their band name was actually named after 'Mos Eisley' a town in the Star Wars films of all things. Yesiree, I bet if you have ever ran around your back yard pretending you were Princess Leia waiting to be rescued from Jabba the Hut's Palace, or have pretended to be Luke Skywalker dueling against Darth Vader with your light saber...*ahem, tree limb*...you probably just gave the band Eisley a bazillion cool points for the origin of their band name right away! :-)

I have only recently started listening to Eisley....try like recently as in only having listened to them the last 3-4 days recently. I am in love with them already! It is not often enough that you find a band of family members are driven by melodic harmonies, keys, subtle brilliant percussion, and soaring vocals likened to that of fellow Texan Leigh Nash of Sixpence None The Richer.....and HELLO! they play the LYRE! haha 

Like I said before there are musicians and performers, and when you meld those two groups together you enter the realm of pure transparent refined artists. 

A few of Eisley's songs that I am in love with right now are:

"Telescope Eyes"

"Lost At Sea"

"The Valley"

"Invasion"

"Marvelous Things"

Discography:

The Band Members:

Chauntelle DuPree - Lead Guitarist

Sherri DuPree - Vocals, Guitar, Lyre

Weston DuPree - Drums

Stacy DuPree - Keyboard, Vocals, Guitar

Garron DuPree - Bass Guitar

Well, I am really excited to be able to listen to this new band! (Thanks Alaythea for bringing them to my attention!) Can you tell that I love discovering new music artists? I hope I didn't bore all of you to death with my musical rantings! Maybe you'll be intrigued enough by them to give 'em a good listen....come on they named themselves after a town in the Star Wars Saga for crying out loud! So in my book that makes them worth giving a listen to...

-Daughter of the King

Amazon Blitz!

Do you love reading Fantasy books as much as I do? Yes, you say very emphatically? Great, because I am getting ready to stoke the Amazon Blitz fires! Wanna join in on the Amazon Blitz? We stoke those Blitz fires on June 22nd, at 7pm EST, to check out Wayne Thomas Batson & Christopher Hopper's new book 'Venom & Song'. Need more details about the Blitz? Go to: Enter The Door Within

Let's Stoke Those Blitz Fire's!

-Daughter of the King

~Britt Nicole~

Britt Nicole... Christian Music Artist. Beautiful Young Woman of God. Modest 'n' Trendy. A Fellow Daughter of the King And North-Carolinian.

I am not a total complete fan of every one of Britt Nicole's songs, but I do love quite a few of her songs. I love how her dress, talk and walk seek to glorify God in all that she does. Yep, she is pretty cool and she has a pretty cool voice too! 

Some Songs 'n' Discography:

Britt Nicole's songs off of her album Say It that Imma lovin':

'Believe'

'Ready'

'You'

'Don't Worry Now'

{This is a cover for the Single, I believe...but it's coloration is sooo much cooler than the actual cover}

Britt Nicole's songs off of her album The Lost Get Found that Imma lovin' too:

'The Lost Get Found'

'How We Roll'

'Safe'

'Headphones'

'Walk On The Water'

'Glow'

'Have Your Way'

I love finding new music talents to lend my ear to!

-Daughter of the King

Abide. In. Me.

"Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can't bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are joined with me."

- John 15:4 (The Message)


I love it when God grabs a hold of our attention, don't you? What is a sad fact in most of our lives is that sometimes God has to practically 'knock down the door' to get our attention, when we as Christians should come to Him and commune with Him daily. 


Heaven knows that I am not perfect, even though sometimes I wish I was! I do not read my Bible every day like I know I should (did I just confess that, as a Christian young woman, on my blog!?). There always seems to be a 'legitimate' excuse as to why spending time in the Word can wait over and over again. I know I have written about all of this before on my blog...how I am needing to get back into my daily devotions, but I am gonna say it again and again until it sticks and reading my Bible becomes an everyday occurrence for me.


This morning I woke up as usual, made myself a chocolate protein shake, went and told my momma good morning, and then I headed to my room, but this time instead of pulling out my laptop first I pulled out my Bible first. Today's devotion, June 14th, in Oswald Chambers' book My Utmost For His Highest read this: "Abide in Me..." (John 15:4) at the top of the page, and those three little words rung in my ears loud and clear.


I think it is funny, and quite amazing to me, how God uses small every day occurrences in our lives to try to grasp our attention. Lemme detour my train of thought for a second.... *I for one am stubborn, impatient and struggle with focusing on anything half of the time (I think I am ADD...never been medically proven, but I struggle sooo much with focusing and being so random in my thought patterns that honestly I aggravate myself and get frustrated with myself at times) so I struggle to hear Him and to sit still long enough to read God's Word and comprehend it and take it to heart.*


 Today God spoke through a tiny little devotional book, and last week He spoke through me getting in a car accident (yes, my God is great enough that He can even speak through an unfortunate event). I know it sounds crazy at times, but the way God chooses to speak into me in my daily life typically is very random, and it's usually either from one spectrum to the far side of the other, never the middle ground for me nosiree! He speaks to me in LOUD roars or quiet whispers......a car accident being the former.....and my finding that verse in a devotional book this morning being the latter. I guess the Lord is random in the ways He chooses to speak to me daily because He knows that I His child am random and will best glimpse Him if He shows His face to me or speaks to me in the ways of randomness! lol


There was a really great passage in the devotional this morning that I'd like to share with all of you.


Think of the things that take you out of the position of abiding in Christ. You say, "Yes, Lord, just a minute...I still have this to do. Yes, I will abide as soon as this is finished, or as soon as this week is over. It will be all right, Lord. I will abide then." Get moving...begin to abide now. In the initial stages it will be a continual effort to abide, but as you continue, it will become so much a part of your life that you will abide in Him without any conscious effort. Make the determination to abide in Jesus wherever you are now or wherever you may be placed in the future.


I have realized that just because I don't have a church home right now doesn't mean that I should cease to grow  in Christ, to seek to abide in Him daily with the utmost determination. If I am determined enough I can do all things because of Him that is within me...even staying focused can be done I am sure of it! Yes, it does help to have a church family, which I do not at this time in my life, to hold you accountable and to fellowship with during the week, but being all alone just me and God...well, that can be a way to commune and grow stronger too. 


Just some random thoughts as I abide in Him...
-Daughter of the King

I am musical, therefore I love musicals

So something everyone might not know about me is that I love musicals. Today I was listening to some old musical songs from my past. I don't know why exactly I have always been drawn towards musicals, but I do know the feeling they emote within me. That feeling of which I speak is nothing short of being totally 'enchanted.' I love the soaring anthems of the downtrodden and the love struck. I love to hear the voices of the uprising citizens that stand for truth, the magical talking candelabra, the old  cat who reminisces about her past as a young one, and the governess spinning around on top of a mountain.....where better to find these characters at than in a musical?

I have never been to see a production of 'Phantom of the Opera' but I would love to do so one day. My favorite movie just so happens to be..........'Phantom of the Opera!' lol

Could there be any musical more feel good than 'The Sound of Music?' I think not. A story of family, trials, and love.....and 'Edelweiss' is a lovely simple song and it just so happens to be my favorite from this musical....love love love it!

My Grandpa taped this musical for me a long time ago off of tv and I have since practically worn that old tape out. I have NO clue as to why a bunch of cats singing and dancing around has always captivated my attention, but it has nevertheless. I remember going to a concert with my momma one time.....as I was going to the restroom during intermission I heard music from 'Cats' playing in another auditorium....yes, 'Cats' was there at the Colosseum and so was I but I was not there for 'Cats' much to my utter dismay.

I had the pleasure of attending a production of 'Les Miserables' over ten years ago with my momma and my Aunt Nancy. I had the best time ever at the theatre...honestly I wish I could have stayed in that theatre and watched them perform over and over again! 

Actually one of my last field trips was going to see a theatre production of 'Beauty & The Beast.' The production was wonderful and I wouldn't trade the memory of sitting in the theatre seat in total awe of the performance for anything! I love the story, and after all Belle is the Disney character I am most like! 

So I guess I am a bit of a musical nut...

-Daughter of the King