Tonight we are young.

Well the semester is OVER!!! can you believe it?!?! It's OVER!!!! well at least for 4 weeks :)  I did wonderful this semester: meaning that thanks to all my hard work, hours of reading and working in the clinic and also working a part-time job I pulled off a 4.0!!!!  I know that I really shouldn't brag but I am one proud lady =].  It's amazing how a simple number can make me smile, dance, and realize once again that it's all going to be worth it!

I was finished with my finals as of last Monday and to celebrate a bunch of us went down to 3rd street!  It was such a fun ending to the semester.  I enjoy the friendships I have made and the new friendships that are forming within my cohort.  here are a few pictures from our adventure at 3rd:

 here are the lovely Char and Dianna =]  I just LOVE them both :)

 These 3 are so woderful =]  That big smile you see on my face is there EVERYDAY thanks to these 3!!

here is my wonderful g-hub/future business partner/ one of the best guys I know =]  

After 3rd we made our way to the Library for some dinner and dancing.  It is great when you can just let your hair down and enjoy the time you have with friends.

It's nights like this that remind me how happy I am with where my life has taken me.  I sometimes find myself thinking and wondering if I am on the right track since I am still single, in school, and have never had a real "big girl" job and then I remember that I am just 24 and still have my WHOLE life ahead of me.  Remembering that I am young and am capable of anything that I choose is a wonderful feeling =]

 I will miss all these faces since most of us are either gone or will be leaving in the next few days to enjoy our break from school.  

For my break I plan on: reading lots of books (just finished Hunger Games; awesome book and can not wait to read the next 2 in the series) that have nothing to do with school!!!  Making holiday treats, and crocheting, I am also going to make a rag quilt (wish me luck), spend time with family and best friends, and enjoy sleeping in as LATE as I want!!!

I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday!

-shelley

Giving thanks.

So Thanksgiving was last Thursday.  Yummy turkey, stuffing, pumpkin cheesecake and the list goes on and on. Since it was a holiday about giving thanks  I wanted to make a list of the things that I am thankful for in my life and more recent events that deserve thanks since I feel as if I have been so blessed with so many great things...

•  I am thankful for my heavenly father and the faith and blessings he has bestowed upon me.

• I am thankful for the air in my lungs, the food in my pantry, and the roof over my head.  I may complain that I am a poor college student but I have worked hard to make sure all these things are available to me in good amounts.   
• I am thankful for my parents.  They both have taught me so many things and have always supported me in my decisions.  Couldn't ask for more from them :)
• I am thankful for my internal drive.  I don't think I would be able to keep going to school and working if I didn't have this.  So many times I want to give up but then that little voice clicks and reminds me that I can't....so thank you little voice. (that didn't sound creepy at all)
• I am thankful that I made the choice to go into counseling.  Life gives twists and turns and sometimes I felt like I was in a constant "twist" and by entering grad school for counseling I have made the correct "turn".
• I am thankful for the new friendships I have created since entering college and grad school.  I have met so many wonderful people who have taught me so many things.  
• I am thankful for the friendships I created back in high school and thankful for being able to maintain those friendships.
• I am thankful for holidays where I can go home and visit family and friends.  I do not make it home as often as I would like.
• I am thankful that even though best friends live far away we can still keep in contact and be part of each others lives.
• I am thankful that I got to see Brooke and Duncan this past week.  It is amazing to see that little guy grow and I wish I was closer so I could see both of them more.
• I am thankful that it is almost Christmas break which means 4 weeks of NO school work, 2 weeks of NO work, and time spent with family and friends.

There are so many more things I am thankful for but I think this list explains most of them :)  I have only 1 more in class final, one written final, and paperwork in the clinic to complete and then I am done with my 2nd semester of grad school.  And for that I am  THANKFUL :)
-Shelley

Who loves orange soda? Wikipedia sure does!

 I can't explain how lucky I feel to have made such great friends since I started grad school.  They make every moment wonderful and even through the most trying/want to rip your hair out moments they still make me smile :)

As stated in my last post it is getting harder for me to stay focused on school so instead of forcing myself to do things that would get me ahead I ended up spending most of my nights with friends :)  I went to get a "bucket of wings" with Charlotte and April....20 hot wings crammed into a little metal bucket...it's what dreams are made of :).   I feel so manly when I talk about getting a "bucket of wings" but anyone who knows me should know how much I LOVE hot wings...so this was right up my alley!

Then on Thursday April, Michaela, Charlotte, and I went to the midnight showing of New Moon!!!! Since I am a crazy "twi-hard" (that really is a ridicouls name for it) we got to the theater at 11 thinking there was going to be a huge line but we were surprised to find that they had 3 theater's showing the movie...  So since we had an hour to wait it was a great time to snap some photo's:

 This is the wonderful Charlotte and I doing are best impressions from a great movie bridesmaids.  If anyone has seen the movie they know exactly what we are doing.  All I am going to say is "I can't make accurate ones because I have elbows"

"Don't look at it head on.  It's really aggressive."

we decided that we needed to take a picture of us at the theater's while we were waiting for the movie...thats the movie man worker in the background.  He was not very friendly.  Then it looks like Hitler is behind us on the screen, but I'm thinking that's incorrect..

The movie was SO good!  I didn't really like where they ended it but that's ok.  I will def. go see it again!  I got home at like 2:30 that morning and woke up at 7am to talk to my good friend Kelsey who was staying at my house.  It was good to see her for about 50 mins.

Then on Saturday it was FOOTBALL TIME!!! Which means Breakfast at the Buck with the girls :)  I was sad that it was the last breakfast at the buck for the season, but also happy because now I can sleep in on Saturday mornings!!!  I decided that April needed someone to do her hair at the Buck because she needed to be looking more fly, however she thought that I needed the same...picture below :

As you can see neither of us are very happy with the turn-out of our new do's....haha!

I was also super lucky because my good friend Brit came into town from Nebraska and we got to spend most of the day together!  She came to the football game with us and it was SO much fun....SO COLD but so much fun...since we are true fans we stayed the entire game (thanks to April and Brit telling me we can't leave) and it was a good thing becaus we are bowl eligible!!! Way to go POKES!!!

Here is Brit and I FREEZING our toes off...literally!  

Then for the rest of the evening we all just hung out and had a great time being lazy and enjoy each other company.  Once again i am thankful for good times with friends and making new friends everyday.

Here is a picture of April, me, Charlotte, and Michaela last night...seriously I can't stop smiling when I look at this photo...there are some creepers in it but just ignore them.  

Well I am off to do some homework...only 2 days left until thanksgiving break!  I couldn't be more excited because that means that in less than 3ish days I get to see my 2 best friend!  I can not wait to see Brooke and Duncan.  I have missed seeing her SO much!  I also can't wait to see how big Duncan has gotten!  I am so lucky that she posts pictures of him so that I can see all of the fun moments in that adorable lil' guy's life!!

Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday!

-Shelley

it's good to be a dolinar.

I am finding it harder and harder to motivate myself to get things done for my classes.  One would think that since I love what I do it would make it easier to accomplish things....well whoever said that was DEAD wrong!  Maybe it is because in less than 3ish weeks I will be done with the semester, or because it's snowy outside and there is a Harry Potter marathon...or maybe because we were assigned a 74 page article for one class that isn't a deep skim I am finding it harder and harder to concentrate this Sunday evening.  So  my solution to this problem of not being able to concentrate.....BLOGGING! 

Well before this blogging started I was trying to convince myself that 74 pages is not that many and that I can knock that out in like 2 hours then my father called to talk to me.  He wanted to check up on me and make sure I was doing well (meaning he was bored and my mom was probably off doing some sewing or something :) ).  I was telling him about how hard it is for me to focus and how much I would love if someone would just read my homework to me.  He then told me this "well dear, you need to remember that you are a Dolinar, and we men don't let things like not having someone read our homework get in the way of doing our work.  So either tape record yourself reading it and listen back to it or just read it in the first place".  O my father, what a wise, wise man :).  Well needless to say I attempted to read the article and got through 45 pages of it before I started to feel like my head was going to explode!!!

Moments like that (talking to my dad on the phone) really make me grateful for my parents.  Even though my dad may not know how to say things in the best ways I know that he is always there for me and supporting me in all things that I do.  It's nice to know that I can call someone and have them tell me what to do even though I am 24 years old.  I am sure he will call me tomorrow or Tuesday to see how my homework is going and see if he can provide anymore motivational advice. 

Well off to finish (or at least attempt) the rest of my readings.

 

-Shelley

P.S. Speaking of parents, they were down here about a week ago for the UW vs. TCU game and brought me a special visitor....I just love this little creature.

why hello Nov. 2nd.

I can't believe that it is already November!  It is so crazy how fast time goes these days.  I swear that just yesterday it was September and I was just starting to get into my courses for the semester....and now its 5 weeks until I am done with my 2nd semester of grad school.  Where does the time go!

Since I last wrote I have started seeing actual clients (not fake ones!) and wrote millions of papers (ok only like 3ish but it feels like a million) and enjoyed my new life as a graduate student.

here are some highlights from the past couple months:

at a FB game with 2 wonderful girls!!!

I have attended every home game for the cowboys!!! (I love college football!)  GO POKES!!!

Got to see one of my favorite girls!!! she moved to NE about 8 months ago and I miss her dearly!! College isn't the same without her!

Had some Halloween fun with some of the most wonderful people I know.  Here I am with Diego and Nate!!  I love these boys...

  

This is the beautiful April....she looks lovely as a blond....we have a problem with doing kissy faces :)  but i sure do love it!!!

Michaela and I looking wonderful on halloween...this girl is simply amazing!  

In between these fun moments of life I have wrote countless papers, read hundreds of pages, and researched counseling theories, techniques, and interventions....I would show you pictures of that, but I am sure you can live without seeing those fun things....

Well off to go work on a play therapy paper!

Lots of love and snow sent your way!!
-Shelley

pumpkin spice and changing leaves.

Today I was woken up by the clanking, hissing, and other bizarre noises of my basements heating system.  The apartment I live in now has a steam heating system, meaning it makes all sorts of delightful noise (I hope you are reading that last part in a sarcastic tone :) ).  I knew it was going to be noisy but i think that this noise is going to get out of control!  Thank goodness for ear plugs :). 

It woke me up at 4am and I was half asleep at the time so I seriously thought someone was in my apartment and I was going to be stolen away.  It's so funny how your mind comes up with these crazy things when really its nothing big.  When I thought I was going to be stolen I hid under my covers and the thing I was concerned about was not if I was going to make it out alive or not, or what was going to happen to me, but the fact that I just finished paying off my tuition for this semester of grad school and I didn't think that they would give my money back....as you can see grad school has COMPLETELY taken over my life and brain!  haha...o well.  Thank goodness it was simply the heater.

Since I survived my horrific event this morning I treated myself to a pumpkin spice latte and a walk in the rain. I am going to need the caffeine since I was unable to get back to sleep and have a LONG day ahead of me. I really wish that days were longer than 24 hours...somehow everyday that amount of time isn't enough!!! I am sure that most would agree with that idea :)

On a happier note we are now going into my favorite season! I love fall and all the colors, smells, and changes, college football and other wonderful things it brings.  Every time I see a pile of leaves all I want to do is go and jump in them and lay in the orange, red, yellow pile of beauty.   I hope that Wyoming  decides to have a long fall this year instead of the snow coming in October.  crossing my fingers!

Lots of love and changing leaves,

-Shelley

Life comes at you fast when your eyes are closed

It seems like I just started taking class for grad school a day ago, and that I just started packing to move into my new apartment, and that I just spent the last hours laughing with old friends in college.  Then I open my eyes and EVERYTHING has changed.  Fall semester has started and grad school is going to consume my life even more than I expected, I am all moved in to my own apartment, and all my close friends from college have moved on to get jobs, go to school else where and simply start the next exciting chapters in there lives.

Life comes at your fast when your eyes are closed and your not expecting it.  However sometimes I think those are the best moments to take a step back and look at yourself, your opportunities, and your life as a whole and be thankful.  I am excited to start this new chapter in my life full of lots of classes and clinic hours, having my own apartment where I can do whatever I want, and the joy and excitement of making new friends. 

I am thankful for everything that I have been given and the many opportunities that still lie ahead and am still excited every morning for the journey that I am on right now.

-Shelley

Were just genie's in bottles....

So today while I was in class we listened to a very interesting tape that told a story that basically went along with all the different concepts and theories that we are learning  in Lifespan and Development.

To attempt to make a long story short: a man saves money for years so his son can go get an education, he is able to send him off to University, the child can only go for 2 years because the money runs out, he then goes home to work with his dad who is a wood cutter.  He is out cutting wood then takes a break and decides to go into the forest to look at trees, his dad says that's a bad idea because they should rest but the boy does not listen.  He then hears a tiny voice saying "let me out".  He see the bottle where the voice is coming from and he opens the bottle and a genie comes out.  The genie then tells the boy that he is going to kill him because he has been in this bottle for thousands of years.  The boy isn't to found of this (who would be!!) so he decides that he is going to trick the genie back into the bottle...well the genie ends up going back into the bottle and asked to be let out again.  The boy says he will only let him out if he gives him the reward he should of gotten in the first place.  The genie agrees and is let out and ends up giving the boy a claw that will fix anything that is wounded and it also changes things to silver.  He then ends up touching his ax with it and it crumbles into a pile of silver and he fixes some of the trees.  He takes the silver to town and gets lots of money for it.  He then proceeds to give his father half the money and using the rest to go to college and finish school.

That was a long story!  But anywho... after the story was told the narrator explained how this story applies to our everyday life and situations.  How taking chances we never thought we could and believing in our inner self can be the best thing to do in times of confusion.  This made me think, do I really have some sort of a "genie" inside of me that is waiting to be released?

By allowing our inner genie's to be released we may find ourselves in a situation where things are not so great, much as this boy found out after letting him out the first time and he was then facing his death.  But then there are times where we take the chance and that leads us to something bigger and better.  Something so great that we didn't even know it was possible.  The decisions we make shape us and allow us moments of growth, understanding, and sometimes frustration.

I can think back to times in the past year where I allowed this "genie" to come out and it wasn't necessarily the best time for it...I then forced it back in but ended up wanting to take another chance and letting it be released.  These are moments that are ingrained in my memory...these are moments where things started to work out and amazing outcomes were seen.

I feel like I have recently released my own genie in just the past couple weeks.  I made a huge decision to change my education plan and go into counseling instead of waiting to see if any of the schools that wait listed me for speech pathology would admit me.  On top of this I had people who were not as supportive as I thought they would be and who would regularly ask me if I was really making the right decision, and at times even advise me against my current choice.  Making this final decision was tough but I felt like it was the thing I was suppose to do at that moment.  On the outside I told everyone how excited I was and how great I thought I would be at it, but on the inside I really was just a scared little girl praying that my decision was the right one.

Well after being in grad school for 2 weeks, writing countless papers, reading 100's of pages from textbooks, and getting up to make it class on time each morning to sit and learn for 3 hours I can gladly say that I am happy.  I enjoy what I am learning and am understanding how I can use this new knowledge in my future as a professional.  By allowing my "genie" to be released and let out into the universe it has presented me with such an incredible opportunity.  It was scary and nerve racking but I feel like it was all worth it.  I needed to not listen to everyone else and instead listen to myself and do what was right for me.

So the next time you are presented with an opportunity that may seem foreign or out of your norm, listen to that little "genie" that is bottled up inside of you and allow it to be released....you may be surprised with where it will take you!

P.S. it is FINALLY nice out and I am soaking up as much sun as possible!  I wish I could be outside more but with the crazy mosquito's we are having it is impossible to be outside unless you want to be become a human connect the dots game! I hope you aren't getting eaten alive by these little pests like we are!

wishing you warm summer days!!

-Shelley

Springing into Summer

It's slowly starting to feel like summer here in Laramie.  Meaning, there isn't snow on the ground everyday and sometimes the sun even peaks out from under the clouds!  I am excited for long hot summer days :) sadly due to my choice of grad school I don't think I will be getting much of a summer.  But I am totally ok with this!  Lots of things have been happening the past few weeks.  Friends have come to visit, family has come to help start the endless task of packing, and work is starting to slow down due to the kiddo's almost being done with school.  Here is a small recap of what's been going on the past couple weeks ( since i am sure you are all dieing to know).

Skyla came to visit for a few days.  It was so good seeing her and spending time with one of my best friends. This sort of thing doesn't happen anymore since we live so far away from each other and also have real jobs.  When she came up we decided to go to a place called "Jump World"....here is a glimpse of what it is:

 Here is Skyla and I...after jumping for like 20 minutes straight...it is so intense!!!

 It is a place with wall to wall tramps...so all you do is jump..they also have dodgeball areas and other fun things...We think that this place may be better suited for little kids, but it was still SO much fun.

 This is me, Eric, Skyla and Dorin....us girls like to document everything so they were forced to take pictures with us :)

We then went to the Old Spagehtti Factory for dinner then back to Laramie.  It was a great day!

The rest of the time that Skyla was here we just spent it hanging out and seeing friends that she hasn't seen in a long time.  We also finally decided on where we are going for our senior trip!!!  I am so excited to say that in August we will be going to Cancun for 6 days!  It's going to be so fun and warm, and well needed after all the grad school classes I will be taking this summer!!!

After Skyla left my mom came to visit and help me pack up about 1/3 of my things so that I can be better prepared for when I have to move.  I am going to have to move while I am taking a grad school course so its going to be a stressful few days at the end of July, but it will all work out.  I am so happy to have such supportive parents that are so willing to help me move so that I can focus on my education and keep succeeding.

My mom left on Saturday and for the rest of the weekend I spent it visiting with my friends Kelsey and Dorin.  Kelsey came to visit from NE since Dorin will be moving to Indiana in a week.

Here we are earlier in the year at the bowling alley. Kelsey is a wonderful positive person.  I admire her for that!

Well thats all I have to say for now.  I hope all of you are having a lovely Monday afternoon and that you are enjoying the begining of summer!

love- shelley

Things are finally falling together

Hi there!  So I can finally say that I am starting to feel like my future is officially starting to fall into place.  I start grad school in a little over a month (SO EXCITED!!), I finally found a place to live, and life just seems to be great.  I love the feeling you get after those long extended moments of not knowing what your future holds for you and then one day you wake up and all the sudden it all falls into place.  

As hard as it is for me to follow my own words of advice I always try to go by this: Sometimes you just have to let all your worries, and fears, and doubts out into the universe and in time they will all be figured out.  There is always someone out there looking out for me and thanks to them I am feeling much more confident in my future!  I hope whoever is reading this has a wonderful weekend....I'm off to celebrate with friends who graduated college this afternoon!

 

Before I go, here is a little sign I found while browsing StumbleUpon today (this is such an addictive website).  enjoy =) I hope it brightens your day!

Wishing happiness to you!
-Shelley

growing up is hard to do.

It's crazy to think how fast life goes past us.  It's like one minutes its the beginning of a month and the next thing I know its the start of another....where does the time go!  It's one week until a bunch of my friends graduate college and are moving on to do amazing things with their lives.  As happy as I am for them, it also makes me sad. I don't want them to leave!! They all mean the world to me and I so enjoy all the time and memories we have shared over the past couple years.   I wish there were moments in time I could freeze forever and be able to revisit them whenever I felt like it.

 For example I would love to freeze moments with my best friends.  The times we laugh so hard tears come to our eyes, or the times where we do nothing at all but are completely content with the situation.  I have so many cherished memories and so many more memories I can not wait to cherish....

So even though I feel as if life is moving at the speed of light I am thankful everyday for the moments I have to share with the people I love.  I wish all my friends who are graduating this next week the best of luck for their lives and for their futures...you will all do great things and are amazing people!

lots of love and cherished memories-

Shelley

ps...this blog took me almost an hour to write...not because it was hard, but because my home is FREEZING! My fingers don't want to work because they are so cold!!!  Its going to be May 1st tomorrow and its still snowing here!!!! gotta love the WYO!

Time to give thanks.

Now since Easter Sunday has passed and we have once again seen the sacrifice our Lord made for us I feel as if its time to reflect and give thanks for a few things in my life....(this may seem corny, but I just feel extremley blessed today :) ).

Things I am thankful for:

• First and foremost I am thankful for my heavenly father always watching over me and guiding me into the right direction.
• For my amazing parents, who even though we don't always see eye to eye, they still love, accept, and support me in my decisions in life.
• For my amazing best friends (you know who you are)...you are both a blessing and a gift.
• For being able to go to grad school and fulfill my dream of helping others and hopefully working for a non-profit organization (crossing my fingers)
• For the air in my lungs and the food in my belly.  
• For the ability to laugh, dance, touch, and experience the world.  
• For the amazing experience this life has brought to me and for the many experiences to come
• For my independence
• For the ability to know that everything happens for a reason.

I am thankful to be alive and to be able to share my thoughts and life with the ones I love.  Hope whoever is reading this is having a great day!  Lots of love and thanks sent your way

-Shelley

Day 15

Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.

I want to travel the world.  I want to go to every continent and experience all the different cultures and exciting thing that this world has to offer me =).  I have been lucky enough to slowly start this adventure by already going to Buenos Aries, Argentina and to London and surroundings areas.  I can't wait to travel more once I have graduated college.  I plan on going on a back packing trip around Europe once I graduate with my Masters in 2 years...anyone is welcome to join!

Have a lovely Monday afternoon!

The power of words

Sometimes I forget how powerful words can be.  This video really touched my heart and really put me into a positive state of mind....I hope to be able to do simple gestures (as seen in this video) through out my life and make a difference. 

It makes me want to figure out ways that I can use my words to make the world a better place....are there better things I can say...can I be more positive with the comments and conversations that I have?

I want to always try to make this world a better place and I guess a good place to start would be with my words =) (I feel like I sound repetitive, but maybe by typing the same thing a million times I will actually do it!).

Day 14

Day 14 - A picture of your favorite pastime.

I love doing lots of things and enjoy doing them with my friends, family, and sometimes doing things just by myself.  I have a couple favorite past times that I love doing as much as possible, however sometimes I don't get to do it as much as I would want to.  So here goes:

....I love crafty things such as crocheting, needle point, painting, knitting etc...

 ...I love traveling and would love to do it as lots more.  It is a past time I can't wait to actually be able to enjoy and do .  I hope to be able to travel more once I graduate with my Masters and start to actually make money rather than spend it haha....

....I love spending time with my friends.  We could be doing anything thing and it would be a great time!  Its def. one of my favorite past times....

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  Have a great start to your week =)

Day 13

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Now I can't just pick one artist.  I love music and would not know what to do without it in my life...anyone who knows me knows that I always have my pod (short for ipod) on me.  I get sucked up into the music and it just makes me happy...below you will find some of my favorite singers/artist.  All of these artists are people that I have been lucky enough to go and see in concert in the past year...All are amazing and I LOVE their music!!!

I LOVE Lady Gaga and everything she stands for...I know that she does seem a little odd, but the thing that I enjoy about her is she is not allowing what people say to affect her and she is living the life that she wants to live....she has some pretty good tunes as well =)

 I love One Republic...there songs just make me so happy and always put me into a good mood.  Listen to "Good Life" if you haven't already....such an awesome feel good song that will make your frown turn into a smile =)

  

I love 30 Seconds to Mars...I got to see them in concert this past January and they were great!  I got all up in it and my friend Alysa and I charged are way into the mosh pits because we were determined to get close to Jared Leto...there music is awesome =)

I LOVE Drake.. enough said.

Have a lovely day/night =)

Day 12

Day 12 - A picture of something you love

I love lots and lots of things so I am unable to post just one thing....so hear is a little glimpse into things that I LOVE =)

...I love the smell of  fresh rain, especially the smell it makes after it make the concrete wet...

....I love talking about memories and reminiscing with old friends....

....I love singing to the top of my lungs to the radio while driving in the car....

....I love baking...

...I love helping others...

....I love fireworks....

...I love my kitty....

....I love school and learning....

Finally,

....I love my life....

Have a great day!

Day 11

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.

Now I don't like the word hate.  I think that it is such a strong word and has such a deep meaning that I try not to use it as much as possible.  It is used so lightly in so many different situations that people don't understand how serious it is to say such a harsh word....so today I am not going to tell you something that I "hate"  I am going to tell you somethings that I really dislike instead. 

Now I couldn't find a picture that would really justify what I was trying to say that I dislike.  I really dislike people who seem or act close minded.  It is so easy to be set in your ways and so easy to not be open minded to the world around us.  I pride myself on being so open to new things and people and I honestly think that has helped me in my life.  Now it's not bad to have your own beliefs, actually I think its a great thing, but it does get bad when you allow those beliefs to completely sway you and be unable to understand another persons view point or choices.

Well now on a lighter note....haha....there are a few things that I dislike besides close mindedness:

I dislike moss...its is gross and icky and slimy and I just dislike it so so so so much!

I dislike olives...they are also icky and slimy and just something that should never enter someone's mouth

I dislike pants...I know that I am suppose to wear them all the time and they are to protect me and shield some parts of me that I don't want the world to see but I find them so confining.

Have a lovely Wed. everyone who reads this =)

Day 10

Day 10 - A picture of someone you see yourself marrying in the future.

This is a questions that I think about every once in a while.  I honestly do not have an answer to this questions and probably won't know until it stares me straight in the face and he is on one knee with a ring.  I sometimes think that I am the odd one of all my friends due to the fact they have boyfriends, fiances, spouses, and now some even have children. 

I sometimes get into the mind set that I will never find someone who is right for me and that I just wish finding that one person would be as easy as snapping my fingers.

However then I remind myself that I will one day (cross my fingers) find someone to be with and it will be wonderful.  I guess I'm just doing it at my own speed.  

I recently found a quote by a romance novelist named Lisa Kleypas that I found to be quite powerful and semi explain the position and feelings towards this question at this time in my life:

"I no longer believe in the idea of soul mates or love at first sight.  But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you.  Not because he was perfect, or that you were, but because of your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together"

 

Day 9

Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.

I know it says person, but there are 2 people that helped me out more than they will ever know.  These two lovely ladies are Skyla and Brooke.  These two girls are such wonderful, beautiful, amazing, (the list could go on and on) people.  They have helped me out through some of the toughest times in my life, and some of these times I don't even know if they knew they were helping.  Simply by always being there and always making me smile they have forever changed my life =).  I love both of them to pieces and am so happy that they have and always will be a part of my life!

Day 8

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.

I have developed a love for football (now that I actually understand it) and especially when I am able to cheer for the home team.  Alysa and I were trying to show off how tough we were during the first  football game of the season.  However as you can tell during this serious picture there just so happens to be a chip above my head...I guess Eric thought that I needed something extra to make this picture better...this whole night was so funny and a great time.... now if only my tough guy stance in this picture was actually convincing haha =)

Day 7

Day 07 - A picture that shows your true self.

When attempting to find a picture of my true self I couldn't choose just one....so many things show me as my true self...so for your viewing pleasure =)


                                                            My True Self is........

                





....someone who loves to have a fun time and surrounds herself with wonderful people =)  (these are just a few of the wonderful people in my life).....

                           




   ....someone who doesn't take herself to seriously...life's to short to do that ......

          





   .........someone who attempts
to ride bicycles as
a queen at 2am........

            







.......someone who enjoys doing new things and experiences them with amazing people.....

         






  ..........someone who finds far to much enjoyment when she see's cats' that look like hers.....

                                      




.....someone who finds happiness in the small moments and short visits......

......someone who is able to keep connections and relationships with the most important people in her life.....

When I think of my true self I want to be the best person I can be. These pictures encompasses the true me....someone who loves her family, friends, and every moment in her life =) and her kitty too....

Day 6

Day 06 - A picture of somewhere you've been.

 I was lucky enough to get to go to London a few years back and it was such a fun trip.  I LOVE traveling the world and wish I could do it more.  I was able to do lots of fun things while I was there like go and see Stonehenge, The Tower of London, The London Eye and so much more.  I hope to travel the world much more once I graduate and actually get some money haha!