Haircuts and Tea

Well guys 2 years and 10 months ago I vowed that I would never cut. CUT. My hair until I was married (don't ask me why) and then I went home last weekend and I was so sick of my hair e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. that I called Reflections Salon  and made an appointment for 20 minutes later. I sped over to the salon and well, see for yourself..........

4 Days before getting it cut....... 

After :)

So there I did it. I cut my hair! SEVEN7 inches off baby! I didn't cry, I wasn't mortified, I actually quite enjoyed it and now my hair is so much more manageable! Goodness gracious it feels short, but wonderful!!

Now for nostalgia and a few musings by yours truly.......... but first I need tea:

Okay, I'm ready ;)

So this semester in college has been really rough! I am drained and I still have four more weeks! FOUR MORE WEEKS!! I can do this! Any who, so as I look back I realize that more than a year ago I graduated from high school and now I am about to be a sophomore in COLLEGE! It is truly amazing how time just flies by, your lucky if you get to see everything as it passes, you know! I had to sign up for fall classes and it's always the most stressful time of the year because you have to wake up at 5:45 am. and sign in and make sure everything is working and then enter the system at 6:00 am. and scramble to grab all the classes you need. It's like Hunger Games for college classes! Luckily I was able to get into everything I planned for, lucky me!!

So for next fall as a *sophomore* I am taking:

Creative Writing

Children's Literature 

Advanced Writing/ Critical Writing (online)

Family Foundations

And...

The American Epidemic

I am so totally stoked for fall, I feel I will love ALL my classes! It's so great, my schedule is perfect, teachers I hear are pretty good so I am almost too excited but seriously I am extremely excited!!

I love writing!!

Can I just say that I love writing! Like, you don't even get it, i LOVE writing! The fact that I get to wake up every morning and go to english classes and talk about how to write better, and read poetry and write papers on fascinating topics that I love is the best! In one of my english classes we are writing a research paper on fairytales! Yes, you read that right, FAIRYTALES! It is amazing, I am in a group of all girls, and all we ever talk about is disney's Tangled and how fairytales were before disney! I love it! Our paper has to be close to 12-14 pages long, but we are so excited about our topic it is already about 19 and a 1/2 pages and we are not done and it's about the stories, Cinderella and Rapunzel!! It is a lot of fun too because the four of us girls are not all the same major, one girl is emphasizing in English Education, another in professional writing (she wants to work in forensics, so she always talks about how she knows how to fight bad guys off and kill them* with her bare hand. Then the last girl is in creative writing, like me! So to put those four heads together gets really fun to work with.

TANGENT: Good News! I finally decided what my exact educational plan is! FINALLY! no more switching back and forth between "ideas." I have decided that I will Major in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing (obviously). BUT!! then I am going to Minor in Art with an Emphasis in Illustration and Photography!! I am so happy! they are all the things I absolutely love and I can put them all to use in my career! So I am set with the rest of my future, well......as long as I pass my Math** Class!

Also, I started yet another blog, so now I am managing 4 total blogs, but they each have a specific purpose. This last one though is technically a secret, no one knows about this one because I decided that I needed an outlet where I could put my work and practice making my writing a daily (really trying) habit. So I am putting my writing, art, and photography there. Maybe one day I will tell you guys what the URL is if you are interested. But for now I want this to be where I can go and I know no one is reading my "actual" work.

*She is really nice, really she is, I promise!
**Math hates me, so we'll see!!

"...these are a few of my favorite things..."

Today has been one of those days that you seem to experience every emotion within seconds of each other. So to calm my self down I stuck my headphones in my ears, out of habit, and pushed play with my whole library on shuffle. Ten minutes in the song My Favorite Things from the soundtrack The Sound of Music, comes on and it gave me today's idea for a post!

So here are a few of my favorite things:

Favorite Fruit: 

Blueberries

They are so yummy! I could eat them all day!

The best though is blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and creme!! 

 Favorite Hobby: 

Reading & 

Writing &

 More Reading &

Even More Writing ;)

Most Favorite of Stories:

Winnie the Pooh

(Yes, I am 18 and still ADORE Winnie the Pooh)

One of Many Favorite Quotes:

"Because I'm a lady, that's why."

Favorite Dream:

I had magic, and was chums with the Potter posse! hehe

(aka Harry, Ron, Hermione)

Favorite Activity:

Being Outdoors, Enjoying Fresh Air, Walking.

Favorite Buggie-Bug:

Butterflies.

Definitely.

Favorite Animals:

Alaskan Klee Kai

&

Bunnies!!!

Favorite Language:

French

Naturally! 

(Wish I was fluent, though)

Favorite Drink:

TEA!!!!!

I'm crazy about my tea, I drink it religiously.

Favorite Phrase:

"Oh Gosh."

I might say it too much

But it's my natural reaction to e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g!

Favorite...uh...Object??

LETTERS!

Especially when I am up at school. 

They always make my day, even if all it says is,

"Thinking of You" or "Hope Everything is Well."

Favorite Belief:

Wishing. on. Everything.

I love making wishes on stars, candles, dandelions, etc.

It gives me a sense of "magical" hope.

Which everyone needs sometimes, in a rational world.

Favorite Dessert:

French Macaroons from Laduree!

They are to die for! If you visit France, you MUST get one :)

Well there you have it folks! Some of my favorites of favorites. I hope you enjoyed my list!

Growing Up In Slow Motion Series

Sitting at a table in the Manwarring Center on the Brigham Young University-Idaho Campus looking around the Crossroads listening to "Hey Pretty Girl" by Kip Moore, I realized that life can get to be super hectic but that every once in a while there is a moment that you feel like time has frozen and you are suspended in the air feeling peace sooth deep in your soul and you realize that no matter what happens that there is happiness in the smallest of gifts from God. I find that in this life we allot only seconds to think of the now and hours on the future. Sitting here I figure that that habit needs to change. We don't know if we have a tomorrow but we know we have a now, a today, what are we to do with it? I pledge to  take control of my life and go for my dreams! What about you?

My 2012 Resolution: BIG NEWS

Hey guys!
     So if you remember, at the beginning of this year, I made a promise to eat clean, exercise, etc, for a year and see how it goes. Well, I am still going pretty strong don't you worry!
     But what I wanted to let you guys know was that I am transferring all of my health and fitness stuff onto it's own blog called The Food Scientists!! I started it a few months ago and haven't done much with it yet, but I would love it if you would check it out and follow that blog as well. I will be adding a lot more stuff onto it really soon! Stuff like recipes, tips, tricks, advice, etc, so please please please check it out. I have become crazy obsessed with everything healthy since the beginning of the year. My sister calls me a health nut, and I feel a lot of people will really like what I will be posting.
     Also if you haven't started following this blog, you should, it means a lot to me. I wish I had more followers but I don't really know how to get the word out so if you guys could help me out that would be great!
    Don't forget to check out my health blog! I love you guys! xoxoHUGS&LOVESxoxo

Lots to Say...Not Enough Time

              Wow, there has been so much that has happened over the last several months that I don't even know where to start! Life has been amazing! I have learned the true meaning of happiness, and that the only one who decides how I feel each day is me. Yes, I still experience trials but they seem to be much easier to handle when I wake every morning with the attitude that I will be happy and my life is blessed. I think to myself, that I will love life and live it to the fullest. No more pessimist here!! I wish I could share everything that has happened to me since my last blog post but there are HUNDREDS of things.
               But I will tell you that I have done quite well in my online classes (I had my first final in Humanities yesterday, I-AM-SO-CLOSE-TO-BEING-DONE), I have had a pretty good experience with the classes, but it did make me appreciate an actual classroom setting. So I'm pretty excited about moving back to Rexburg in two weeks to start the Spring Semester!
               Also, work has been so fun! I love working at Xango, I wish I could take work with me when I move but unfortunately I can't. It makes me sad to leave, and this time I don't know if I will be able to come back for a minimum of a year, or never (SO SAD), I have loved working with everyone there, they are all the greatest people, they have become family to me and to say goodbye for a long time is incredibly hard for me. On Tuesday I had HR come to the mailroom to get my manager's approval to start looking for someone to take my spot and they said the sweetest things to me that when I left to take the mail to the post office, I started crying because I couldn't bear to think that I was leaving soon and would have to leave all of the nicest people I knew behind. I have today, tomorrow, and Monday-Thursday next week and then I am done.
               I can't believe it's already time to leave again, and this time for a long, long time. But I am still excited for school don't you worry, I have a very full schedule but I can't contain how happy I am about how involved I am going to be! I want to come home at the end of everyday and just collapse from exhaustion, knowing that I worked my hardest, did my best, and loved every minute!! It won't be easy, but who wants easy?? If life wasn't meant to be easy then wanting it easy means you really aren't living. I want to live, I want to learn, I want to grow.
             The last thing I want to mention is that I have a friend, Nathan, who the two of us have gotten really close the last two or so months, NO we are not dating (even though everyone teases me that he is my boyfriend, BUT HE IS NOT, I promise you) He has just become one of my best friends, honestly I couldn't see us getting in a relationship anyways, but because he has become one of my very best friends, we do a lot together and I have been so grateful to him, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't get out of the house as much as I have. And I have had a blast, but it's kind of sad that he is leaving for his mission though (26 days left), But I am so proud of his decision to go. He is going to the Porto Alegre South, Brazil Mission. So for his Birthday on March 25th I gave him three Books Of Mormon in Portuguese with my testimony (also in portuguese) in the inside and a picture of Christ and a picture of Christ with a group of children. He loves them, he says that he will give all three away the first month out in the field, haha. I love his enthusiasm, seriously Brazil is in for a treat!
****OH! By the way, I have some surprising news for you, that will be posted next friday, so stay tuned!!****
xoxoLOVES&HUGSxoxo

Time for Change....

You know I have been thinking a lot about my future, my life, and everything else that isn't included in those two previously mentioned categories. I feel I have sat back for too long. It's about time I start discovering myself, exploring life and creating the pathway for my future. I dream big, but this is something bigger. I want to be able to tell my children and my grandchildren all the wonderful things I accomplished at such a young age and that it didn't stop there but that I never stop progressing and building until the day I die. I want to be someone's role model, hero, mother, teacher, inspiration, love, comedian, listener, confidence booster, etc. I want to pave my own way and inspire others to do the same. It's my turn to take flight and I hope you are ready to join me on this journey. And invite all friends and acquaintances to join in on my adventure. I can't wait to find out where it takes us. I will grow and build from the ground up, and you aren't going to want to miss a beat!

The Beginning of Library Lover's Month!! pt.2

Hey guys! So I posted a playlist down below of 5 songs that are based off of books. The songs go in order from first to fifth so I will list what books the songs are based on:

1. Alice in Wonderland

2. 1984

3. The Little Prince*

4. Any book really, about werewolves :)

5. Wuthering Heights

Hope you enjoy listening and celebrating Library Lover's Month with me!

*My personal favorite from when I was in middle school! (plus regina spektor is one of my very favorite artists!)

The Beginning of Library Lover's Month!!

Create a playlist at MixPod.com

The stronger you are, the better you feel! (Pic Post)

Why live in the tomorrows when you could live in the todays? Don't wait for anything, make time because your health is the most important thing! And it proves to God that you can take care of his most precious gift to you-- your BODY!