Goooood

Today was good. Finally! =)

Im thankful for good friends that care about me!

Hope everyone is good as well!

what to say..

I usually get myself in trouble at some point in time on these things because somewhere down the road I get so frustrated that it bubbles over and needs to come out. Bad thing is I want to shout it at the top of my lungs and post it on here. So how do you say what you want/need to say without saying it? If anyone can answer that question you are a genious!

Anyway, hope everyone is having a great week!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Welcome to the Holiday edition of getting to know your friends.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping.. even though after awhile i get bored with it!
2. Real tree or artificial? REAL TREE!!!! Artificial tree are and forever will be Disappointment in a box!
3. When do you put up the tree? Whenever the family decides to get a tree. This year we did it the weekend after T-day!
4. When do you take the tree down? I dont know. After New Years I guess
5. Do you like eggnog? Never had it.. but it doesnt sound appetizing.. eggs bleh!
6. What about Fruitcake? Never had it, but it could be good
7. Favorite gift received as a child? hmmmm... as a child.. my green bear from Grandy!!!!!
8. Do you have a nativity scene? Nope, im still under my parents wing, I do not have my own decorations.
9. Hardest person to buy for? I dont know.. I can usually think of something Im creative like that!
10. Easiest person to buy for? Katie Mo, she likes anything and everything I give her.. =)
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? a toolset from my uncle... lol at the time at least, now I use it all the time!
12. Mail or email Christmas cards? MAIL! Email is nice, but I never get mail anymore.
13. Favorite Christmas Movie? Home Alone!
14. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Once school is out!
15. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nah, im selfish and plus that would be weird
16. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? home cooking
17. Clear lights or colored on the tree? I like it all!!!! The more the merrier!
18. Favorite Christmas song? Rocking around the Christmas Tree, and most recently 12 Days of Christmas by Relient K... AMAZING CHRISTMAS CD!!!
19. Travel for Christmas or stay at home? Id prefer it to be home, with family, but if its just me and my parents a trip to Paris for Christmas wouldnt be bad at alll!!!
20. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? nope.. I know Rudolph, Prancer, Dixon and Donner, Blitzen, Comet, and thats about it
21. Angel on the tree top or a star? We have a star at the moment, but whatever.. as long as it glows is cool with me! I love lights and bright flashy things!
22. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?I always wanted to open one on Christmas Eve, but then thats one less on Christmas day... so def. Christmas day!!!
23. What is the one present you want most this year? CONTACTS THAT CORRECT YOUR VISION OVER NIGHT! and an xBox 360 with guitar hero!!! And a good time with family an thats about it!
24. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Nothing is annoying about Christmas time except when its over.
25. What I love most about Christmas? Being with family, giving and getting presents, getting out of school, christmas music and movies, the magic in the air, and still believing Santa Clause really exists! =)

I tag Mitch and Mom!!!

one week

So it has been quite awhile since I have written, woops. It have been so busy, I hardly know where to begin!

Thanksgiving went well overall. A few minor dramatic moments occured, but hey thats pretty good. Before I left for school we got to go and cut down our Christmas tree. We used to do this like every year when we were little, but as we got older and our parents got older it became more of a hassle. So mom has been using a fake tree, formally known as "Dissappointment in a Box". Well this year, I couldnt take it. I really wanted a REAL tree. The sticky sap, the fresh pine scent, even all the needles that fall, and all the other imperfections. I dont know why it was so important to me, but I family traditions are important, and while these next few years may be my last where I am still technically living at home, I just wanted them to be great because once I move out for good things will never be the same. Change is good, but there is nothing wrong with keeping an old family tradition alive. Plus it usually makes for GREAT stories. Like the fact that it was cold and RAINING when we went to cut the tree. lol.. We REALLY wanted that tree! =)

So yeah, Im back in Cookeville, and now I offically have ONE WEEK of this fall semester left! I am definitely ready! I have been so busy these past few weeks, its just been crazy! Next Wednesday I have a Psyc Statistics test, Adolescent Psyc test, and a Psyc Personality test, and then Thursday I have a photography portfolio due and a Child Psyc test that night. AHH its crazy! But ironically my semester started off this way minus the Photography project, so why not end it the same way! =) haha!

On another note, I was voted Historian of my Sorority for next semester. Not sure how that happened, lol but it will be fun. And it will also keep me busy which is ok. The job's biggest responsibility is making the scrapboook, and shoot I can always use another reason to scrapbook! =)

Well, thats about it. Oh, except the Univ. Bookstore has this book all about the years of Tech and how it got started and how it became what it is today, and I bought it and read it like in 30 min. Its really interesting. I look at the school totally different now! Anyway, random fact for the day I guess. Hope everyone has a great rest of their semester!

ahhhhhhhhh...

Ok, so here is something about myself that drives me insane! --I am pulling into my apartment and see a dog with a chain, I thought one of the neighbors just had him chained up so he could run a while outside. So as im puting my key in the door the dog runs over a little skittish like and I realize he must have gotten lose from wherever he was chained up. So I call him over and he is really sweet (a little nervous) but let me pet him and check his collar. No name tag. AHHH! I wish people would put name tag on their pets. It just broke my heart. So I called the animal shelter in town to see if anyone had lost a dog or if I could bring him in so he didn't get killed by a car. No answer. What now? I couldn't stay outside with the dog forever. Still no answer from the shelter. Im totallly heart broken. The poor dog had little scratched on his face and nose. I just wanted to cry. I would have taken him to the shelter and if no one claimed him I would have adopted him. SERIOUSLY I would have. He ran off the the other apartments a little while ago and I wish I had a house where I could have taken care of him til he could be taken to the shelter. Man it just breaks my heart that he is running around with a huge chain. He could get stuck or run over or something. I hate being tender hearted! So I will now try to push the feelings out of my mind until I forget about it. I tried to help, but I probably could have done better.

Anyway, these past few days have not been the greatest of days. I am so busy with school and sorority and church and friend stuff, I am ready for Thanksgiving! Everyone cant believe how fast its come and I cant believe it hasnt come sooner! Anyway, I will stop my ranting.. I am off to do some laundry and maybe clean my room, or maybe just watch some movies! =) Have a great week everyone!

A means to an ends...

So I have been contemplating changing my major for a while now. I honestly feel that changing is what I want to do. I had to get advised this week and had planned on talking with my current advisor about my options and what he thought would be best. Well, I was in there like 10 minutes and people kept coming in and asking him questions and then two girls came in and wanted to meet with him about their thesis papers and he said we were finished and asked if I needed anything else, and I was like Are you SERIOUS!? Im not going to try and talk to you about my life when there are two girls waiting in the room for you!!! So I said no and walked out. So great that was no help at all! I was really disappointed that my time I waited for all week was cut short by others who just walked in!

I have been doing a lot of research on different majors and Interdisciplinary seems the best way to go. Psychology will of course be one concentration, but I am looking into Human Ecology Child and Family Studies or seeing if I can get permission to take 6000 and 7000 level classes of Educational Psychology as my other concentration. Several of my current teachers teach some of the counseling classes I would take if I got permission and plus its all about counseling and group therapy, EXACTLY what I want to study!!! If I can get permission for that I will definitely do it! But I will just have to see. What I hate is I know I want to help people whether its counseling at Youth Villages for example, at a school, from home, or in a rehab center, BUT I have no idea what the best way to get there is. A Psychology major is just not for me. I am not hard core enough. I like learning new things but I dont like school. I like being around people too much and I day dream. I know I am smart and as much as I would like to prove that to people on paper and in my GPA or test scores I have come to terms with the fact that I just will never be on top scholastically. NOT because I am not smart enough but because deep down I dont have the desire. I care about my relationships with people and people in general. Making the best grade in my class is not what is important in life. My relationship with God and others will always come first. I am going to meet with the Interdisciplinary advisor Monday to talk with her about getting permission and making sure I can still graduate on time and then I will go from there.

I just pray that God will lead me in the right direction and that I make the best choice according to His will and not my own. So anyway, I guess that is what is going on right now. I am so ready for Thanksgiving as are all my friends. We are in need of a break! And I am ready to be home for a while to regroup!!! Hope everyone is well!!!! I think Christmas comes earlier every year!

Here I am...

Well, I just got back from Red Boiling Springs, and had a blast! Kendra's family reminds me so much of my own. I love it! And I love her and am so happy to have her in my life! She introduced me to Billy Currington's song Here I am, and I absolutely LOVE it!!! This is my fairy tale! Just want everyone to know! =) Hope everyone is having a good weekend.. enjoy the lyrics to the song...

Here I am...

Walks in the rain, talks in the dark
Old black and white movies, a day at the park
On a blanket on the ground on a Sunday afternoon
Hangin' with friends or off by ourselves
Drivin' around yard sale to yard sale
Droppin' by the county fair, winnin' you a bear poppin' balloons


If you're lookin' for someone to do that with, here I am
Someone to be the other half of your plans
Don't look any further than in my eyes
It you're lookin' for that man, here I am


December nights all cuddled up
Warmed by the fire and sharin' a cup
Of hot cocoa laughin' at old photos
Spanish guitars, sand and the sea
A quiet little table just you and me
Sippin' margaritas in a little cantina in Old Mexico

If you're lookin' for someone to do that with, here I am
Someone to be the other half of your plans
Don't look any further than in my eyes
It you're lookin' for that man, here I am


Talkin' 'bout life and talkin' 'bout babies
Talkin' bout us still in love when we're eighty


If you're lookin' for someone to do that with, here I am
Someone to be the other half of your plans
Don't look any further than in my eyes
It you're lookin' for that man, here I am


Here I am
Baby, here I am

So at the moment...

So, I splurged the other day and bought Transformers and Meet the Robinsons. Both were excellent movies!!! I highly recommend them!!

Today, I have a short service project with Student Ambassadors and an OPA pledge meeting then class at 6. I actually love this class because it is Child Psyc and the teacher is extremely interesting! I really feel like I am learning a lot from her. And it doesn't hurt that I am making goooood grades in her class! =)

So I had my YV interview Tuesday, and I feel that it went pretty well. I don't have anything to compare it too, but thats ok. It is in God's hands anyway, so I just continue to pray that whatever happens He knows best. I will know by January if I got the job. Kendra also interviewed Wednesday and I hope she gets the job as well.

This weekend I am going to a Ladies retreat in Red Boiling Springs(Spaaangs) with Kendra. Im excited. It is fun going home with her, and I love her family! She is turning out to be one of my best friends here at Tech, and I appreciate her greatly!

Well, I guess for one final thought, everyone please keep my friend Matt in your prayers because he has been serving our country in Iraq for more than year and he is supposed to come home by the end of the month. So pray that everything goes well and that he and his troop make it home safe and sound!

BTW.. Taylor Swift is definitely becoming one of my favorite artists... You all should listen to her songs because she has great lyrics.(maybe it's a girl thing!) =) Have a great day everyone!

Well I caved.......

Im a follower...... who knew? lol!

I have been convinced by my loving Big Bro to conform and join the majority in creating a blog. Well here is it. It probably won't be anything too exciting by any means.

First of all, I should be in bed, but now I am distracted by Blogger! haha. I have a Child Psych Test tomorrow, and if I am not in bed I should be studying, but as we all can see that is not happening either!

So on another note, my mom and I went to Cadiz, KY not too long ago, and bought the most amazing candle EVER! It is called Hot Maple Toffee. Man, is it amazing. I had it burning earlier, and our whole apartment is smelling like we have been baking goodies all day. I love it! Though if also makes me want to eat sweets! That's bad!

I have been attempting to change my eating and working out habits, and I was doing so well, but now I am stuck and struggling to make it back up to where I was. When I go back to my nutritionist he will not be very happy. Halloween is not good holiday! haha Which reminds me, I am dressing up this year. First time in I don't even know how long! How much fun is that! haha.

So for one final thought, I am seriously considering changing my major. WOAH don't freak out! It would just be to Interdisciplinary Studies, ok don't say what you're thinking, it is a real major! I have to declare concentrations. For example.. Psychology(duh) and then education or art. I am not interested in the research/statistics/experiments/senior thesis aspect of the Psychology major. If I was going on to get my Masters in Psych then that would be one thing, but I am not. I am going to get my masters in counceling. I could be in a school setting or a place like Youth Villages and have some education classes and art classes might be a useful tool. We will see, I still have time to decide and information to learn! I will keep everyone posted.

Ok, that is all for now folks! Here is a quote I stumbled upon that I like, and will leave y'all with....

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin