Fall To Do List:

drink apple cider with caramel

go to a pumpkin patch

host a halloween get together

wear warm fuzzy socks

bake a pie

attend a bonfire

watch football

have a scary-movie-a-thon

accomplish at least two Pinterest Fall crafts

start Christmas shopping early

Ghost Stories

I dont know about how boys get over a girl, but I surely know how girls get over boys. We cry ourselves to sleep, talk for hours with our besties, ask Momma for advice, and pretty much end up spending more time than not thinking about him. As screwed up as it sounds, thinking about an ex usually helps me get over him. By thinking about him its like he is still there, sort of phasing him out of your head until he is eventually gone for good.. but then girls also suffer from what I call "haunting"..

I dont mean that my exes stalk me, or show up in ghost form. I mean those random unexpected moments when you think about him. It may be a song that pops on your shuffle, the smell of his deodorant on someone you pass by, or even the taste of a food that reminds you of him... rude, I know. Can't these hauntings just disappear with him?!

These occurances are especially crappy when the relationship ended badly. The last thing I want to hear after a heartbreak is the one song he knows how to play on guitar.. or ANY Taylor Swift song.

Anyway, I hope that you gals can relate because I sometimes feel like a stage five clinger when I get haunted like twenty times a day. Maybe we could all invest in a fairy Godmother to erase our memories of exes.

Get out of here, frickin' ghosts.

Beautiful

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries or the way she combs her hair." -Audrey Hepburn

Recently I have been obsessing with the way my body looks. Ive been standing in front of the mirror far too long every day, picking out all my imperfections. Why is that girls feel the need to look perfect? Women feel the pressure to be gorgeous everyday. Every magazine cover, every billboard, every heroine in movies, every fashion model seem to portray women as these flawless creatures; women have no body fat, women eat very little and always wear lipstick.

 

Skin and Bones is not beauty. Beauty comes from the passion and love within the soul.

 Hips

 Children

 Poise

 God's Creations

 Love

Confidence

From now on, my reflection will not judge me.

Famous

I have so much running through my head and I don't know how to put it into words. So here are a few random thoughts that I need to vent:

One more year of

playing. dancing. singing.

laughing backstage.

putting up sets.

driving around.

listening to Janet Jackson.

babysitting.

feeling famous.

ripple bows.

costumes and props.

popcicle parties.

feeling apart of something bigger than myself.

Being the best of friends.

Hopefully these things will stay around forever. It is very likely that once I graduate they will slowly start to disappear. I suddenly felt very nostalgic this afternoon after realizing that there is only one more year before I graduate college and potentially join the rest of the adults in the workforce. I wish that these days when work feels like play could last forever. Nothing lasts forever, but I hope the next year will slow down so that I can enjoy it while it lasts. When something has been such a big part of your life for such a long time it makes it hard to grasp the idea of leaving it behind.

Hopefully I will always remember what it felt like to be seventeen and famous in a small town.

Im a Carrie

When I pass someone on the street and think "man that outfit is super cute and original", I always revert back to episodes of Sex and the City. Carrie Bradshaw is famous for having the most inventive wardrobe in New York and I cant help but be jealous of her closet. The hint to becoming a trend starter like Carrie is taking a trend and making it your own.

 Here are a few trends that I want to add some personal touch to:

<Peplum>

<Contrasting Lengths>

<Jumpsuits>

<Skirt with a long Sweater or Shirt>

<Loud Blouse with Statement pieces>

<Corset Crop Top>



I Wish I Could

This semester of college has been quite hectic. As much fun learning is, I often feel as if I am missing out of the rest of my life.

Here are the things I wish I could also be doing these days:



<learning to play guitar>

<learning to skateboard>

<spending time in NYC>

<having some girl fun>

<building a dream house>

<socializing>

<learning to tumble>

<enjoying the little things>

So there you have it, that is my "feel bad for me while I rot in a classroom" post. Maybe this post should really be entitled "My To Do While I'm Young List:"

Good, Bad, and the Stressful

Its one of those college nights filled with open text books, coffee, and highlighters. Final exams are fast approaching and I am frantically trying to cram for my last tests of the semester. Every study jam needs a few breaks, right? I would much rather be back in Key West with a few thousand strangers and my four girlfriends.

 <Best Friends Soaking Up Smathers Beach>

 <Mich Ultra. Columbias. Coozies. Bikinis>

 <Southermost Point>

 <Daquiri bottles we refilled about 30 times that week>

 <Typical Beach Gear>

<Five Gals Duval Crawlin'>

Needless to say, we had a great time. Its always nice to escape reality. Everyday life is filled with stressors like work and school, not to mention trying to keep up an adequate social life. Hows a girl supposed to date when she is consumed in notecards and lectures?

While life is turning me in seventeen different directions right now, I am thankful for every single day. This week marks a significant ending of a chapter in my life. A huge weight that my family and I have been carrying around for twelve years is being lifting, just in time for some Easter weekend celebrations (stay tuned). One of my favorite sayings is "what doesnt kill you makes you stronger". Its no coincidence that Kelly Clarkson has a new single entitled just that. Little things remind me every day to rejoice the life you are handed, be thankful for what you have, and love the people in your life.

So this one goes out to my parents, two sisters, big brother, and all of the people who have stood by us these long years.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Put some Spring in your step

Today is the first official day of Spring 2012! Already my Facebook is exploding with event invitations which include the first Bear Paw river trip, BBQs, the annual Spring time parade in Tallahassee, and other outdoor extravaganzas. With Spring comes lots of green, flowers, and chirping birds. This week in Tallahassee has been the first with warmth and tons of sunshine, a week that instantly puts everyone in a good mood... Unless you are one of the fortunate people with those notorious North Florida allergies.
Here are a few things im loving about Spring time:

<Switching Wardobes>

<matching neutrals and brights>

<healthier Pina Coladas for poolside>

<pretty days for back porchin'>

<Pastels are great for when you are still working on a tan>

<Dolce Vita wedges in melon. Hello Happy Hour>

Here's to you, Spring time in Tallahassee.. I gladly welcome back the weather, the birds, my tan, and twirly skirts.

Bye Bye, Twenty One

Well, its official. I am in my last twenty four hours of being twenty one. Wednesday I will be turning 22 on 2-22-12. I have tons of mixed feelings about it. Twenty one is the one age that younger adults cant wait for, and older adults seem to wish they could return to. Its also a year all about having fun, living free, and being young! And oh, what a great year it was! Here are a few highlights:

<first legal grown up drink>

 <beautiful way to celebrate 4th of July with lovely friends and family>

 <going to see Taylor Swift with good friends>

 <first trip to Gorgeous South Beach>

 <Redneck'ing with old friends>

 <meeting our fave, Luke Bryan in PCB over SB>

 <cheering on the NOLES at every home game>

<embraced a winter full of love, family, and Christmas lights>

While the past year has been great, I still anticipate twenty two. I fear that ill feel "old". I loved twenty one! Had a blast living up to the twenty one year old ways of life.

My plans for the next couple of years include finishing my first degree at FSU then working towards a nursing degree. I predict that twenty two will be a stressful, yet productive year. Hopefully the year will bring new love, luck, passion, and adventures!

Bring it on, twenty two.

Spring Break

In twelve days my four gal pals and I will be on the way to Key West for an amazing Spring Break experience!

One thing about me that you must understand is that I LOVE to craft! Having said, I took it upon myself to create some really great beach "gear" for each girl. These items include personalized drinking jugs, glittery coozies, crazy straws, and personalized foam visors with cute fake flowers on top! (picture to come). Ill probably add a few other items like candy, a few magazines, gum, and mini liquor bottles like you would get on an airplane. I figure that since we will all five be spending a total of twenty five hours in the same car over six days we could use a few fun items like that.

Another thing about me is that I LOVE spring break! Take notice: I do not enjoy people falling off balconies, getting too friendly with strangers, or "girls gone wild".. I do enjoy laying on the beach with a mixed drink, hanging with my gals, and letting off steam on a beautiful island! The excitement alone is part of the fun. Stay tuned to see pictures from the trip!

<cannot wait to get away>

Smathers Beach, Key West

Children are flowers

There are moments in life that establish who you will become. There are also people in your life that will shape the thoughts you will have. When I was seventeen I realized that without even knowing it, I had blossomed into an adult. Suddenly, I was thinking more about the kind of role model I was to children rather than the who I wanted to model. I firmly believe that children are the future and it is our job as adults to mold them into responsible loving people. On that note, it makes me extremely angry when young stars (who have thousands of youngsters watching their every move) make a fool of themselves. There is just something about the headline "Disney star pregnant" that is creepy and unsettling to me. Scandals like these make me all the more happy to read articles about celebrities who acknowledge the fact that there are small eyes watching them. After all, the media is everywhere. I certainly hope that my children (who do not exist yet) can find a role model that doesn't contradict the premise of "childhood".

Flowers need water to blossom.