Battle Studies and Balloons

I got a CD for Christmas. I got the CD rather than just buying the songs on itunes, going old school, I know. I'm not the proud owner of John Mayer's latest piece of brilliance, "Battle Studies". Usually I'm lucky if I like 5 or 6 of the songs on a CD. Not surprisingly, John Mayer beats the odds. I'm currently in love with 11 of the 12 songs on the album. Since i'm not going to link all the songs from his wonderful creation to this post....you all will just have to settle with looking at the cover art, and JM's awesome hair. Don't you just want to run your fingers through it? haha..ok ok, too far.

Now totally off subject I watched "UP!" today. You know, the movie by Disney about the old guy with glasses, the dog that talks, and all those BALLOONS! Although I wish I could say that it was "beneath me" and I didn't enjoy it at all, I can't, because I loved it! The Characters were so cute. The old man was preciously grumpy and I wanted to hug the pudgy little Asian-looking boyscout. In the movie, the old man sets out to find the land of adventure him and his wife always wanted to visit. After his wife died, he stuck about a million balloons onto his house and floated off to find the land of his wife's dreams. It got me thinking. He waited until his wife was dead, and he could barely walk 'till he went on his adventure. I mean it was clear in the movie that because of house payments, car payments, and other things that he couldn't really have gone any earlier. But who wants to wait till they are too old to fully enjoy an adventure to go on one. I want to travel all over now, when I'm young (and can still walk without the help of a cane). But to the old guy's credit, he went. He didn't let the fact that he was old keep him from going on his adventure, he still went. I don't want to be the girl that watches everyone else go on their own adventures while I'm busy organizing, saving, and planning my life away. I want to have my own adventures too.

Plan an adventure...

Serendipity: word of the day

I was talking with someone about books we read as a kid and I really loved the "Serendipity" books. It got me thinking about what the word actually means.

Serendipity is defined as: "an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident; good luck."


........too bad serendipity doesn't exist.

so awhile back i wrote about how i felt like i was on the verge of a big change. i wasn't. no big changes happened. bummer.

Christmas is a time for joy. Joy that the Savior came to save us, for without Him we would be lost forever. Christmas isn't a time to be bummed about how other peoples lives seem more adventurous, or more meaningful, or more put together than mine. Christmas isn't a time to be disappointed that your timing isn't God's timing. So I'm not going to let it be. Let's be a little cliche and say "remember the reason for the season".

This is one of my new favorite Christmas songs...enjoy.

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Peace on earth...good will to men

One mistake I didn't make

Summer flings. So fun....but not always. This past summer I could have had a "fling" with this one guy I met through some mutual friends. He was from out of town so it really would have been a perfect random make-out opportunity. But I didn't. I decided to play the part of the good girl yet again and decided that we should be "facebook buddies" rather than "make-out buddies". I not going to pretend that there aren't days where I kinda wish I would have played the "not so nice-girl" but most of the time, I'm glad I made the decision I ended up making.

I was looking through his pictures the other day and if I would have said yes, I'm pretty sure I would have been one in a long long line of make-out partners. The kind of people he takes pictures with are the kind of people I DONT want to be. You know who i'm talking about, the too tan, too tight, too much make-up, too skinny, too trashy looking girls. Most of them have beer in hand and goofy grins on their faces. I would have been just another make-out, just another girl. As nice as he may have seemed, I don't want to be "just another girl" to him. I don't want to be "just another girl" to anyone.


Stay classy...always

And so it begins!

I'm done with finals and my Christmas break has started!!!!!!

I'm wish i could say i was kidding, but i'm kind of sad that my philosophy class is over. It was really interesting, I loved the prof., I loved the people in my class, and it made me think about a lot different aspects about my faith. But i'm on to bigger and better things.

This past weekend I had a really great time with my roommates, well 2 of them. Kellyn went home to be productive and study. Good for her, because everybody knows i didn't have a productive weekend. The lowlight of the weekend was being harassed by a guy in a little caesars costume. I HATE people in costumes. THEY SCARE ME!!!!!!! I can't see there faces, i don't know what gender they are, and they can pretty much hug you w/out getting in trouble, i mean for all i know they could be some pedifile, sex crazed pyscho hugging me. anyways, the highlight of the weekend occured right after that, we went to the Live Nativity in Huntington. It was AWESOME. we waited for almost 2 hours to get in, but it was awesome once we did. We played 20 questions, I have an awesome one and it took Beth and Carrie like half hour to figure it out. haha.

another thought for the day; moving on is hard. Leaving people is hard. Some of my friends either aren't coming back second semester or are going to be off campus. It makes me sad. I liked things the way they are, but change is a part of life. And i'm excited for the people that are going to be off campus, they will have awesome experiences. We'll see what happens.

Off to have wonderful adventures over Christmas break!

why, hello again...

so it's been awhile...i've been really busy. Experienced a good amount of stress. With the end of semester stuff all falling into a span of about 3 days it was touch and go there for awhile. Well i made it through the week, almost, and it's pretty smooth sailing till break. I've got two finals till break. The philosophy one is going to be annoying, since there's so much stuff to study.

oh well, in the spirit of looking forward to Christmas I'm going to honor you with a list of stuff I'm looking forward to doing over break.

-going to my home church
-singing christmas carols
-shopping
-watching "It's A Wonderful Life"
-watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
-baking Christmas cookies with my mom
-wrapping Christmas presents
-setting up the nativity scene
-watching snow fall at night
-reading "Pride and Prejudice"
-listening to my grandpa read the Christmas story
-seeing my cousins new baby!
and last but not least....
-eating way too much food.

At least New Year's Eve is getting closer so I can make some new year's resolutions to eat better (and less). Maybe if i'm lucky the resolutions this year will last until the end of February.

Happy weekend eve.