As promised...

Here's what you've all been waiting for...

The Thing 1 and Thing 2 footie pajamas

+  the new addition of our christmas-eve presents:

PILLOW PETS!

(p.s. ignore my retarded thumb)

Merry Christmas! 

Fa La La La La....

{ Merry Christmas! }

   ....in five days

I don't know about you guys but I'm super excited for Christmas. For the first time in a long time I don't have a clue what I'm getting  this year...with the exception of clothes I picked out. Also: me and my sister may have picked out matching Thing 1 and Thing 2 footie pajamas...I'll be uploading that picture on Christmas-Eve. be excited.

Maybe it's the Christmas in the air but I've recently been obsessed with all things red. Shoes, fingernail polish, lipstick...you name it, I'll buy it. 14 days until my 16th birthday...the plan is officially hanging out by myself in pajamas as stated in a previous post. 

{Merry Christmas}

Happy Hannukah

Happy Quanza 

...and whatever else is out there this time of year.  

one of those days...

Yesterday was one of those days.

The days where when arriving home from school you take 45 minutes worth of a hot shower then proceed to get re-ready for the day only to find out that you have to be somewhere in an hour. 

A charity event for my cute neighbor Kaidence, please click the link to her blog to read her heart-transplant story.

I didn't do any homework yesterday, and you probably couldn't convince me to anyway. Following the charity event I went straight to Target, shopping for 'Sub for Santa' gifts with my mom. After browsing the aisles for approximately and hour and a half we finally decided on two appropriate presents, a skateboard for the boy, and a stuffed puppy that barks for the girl.

 While leaving the parking lot of Target I noticed that it was now 10:15. Lovely, I had accomplished absolutely nothing and to top it off I didn't even care. Of course it would go to say that I hadn't eaten dinner yet so after a stop for junk-food my night was completed. 

Absolutely exhausted I dragged myself to bed at around 11:30 completely dreading the fact that my alarm would go off at 5:30. Then I realized...tomorrow's Tuesday, late start. Oh blessed day.

What's in your bag..

Day 12
wow. this could get a bit scary. Since i usually carry around a purse with absolutely nothing in it we'll do my backpack instead...dumping out bag..here we go.

In the smallish pockets in the front:

• 4 blue pens
• shoelaces
• camera
• dead sharpie
• chapstick
• change
• gum wrappers
• twix wrapper
• 2 notes
• 7 eraser-less pencils
• jump-drive
• ring
• 5 Gum
• 2 lipglosses (one completely empty)
• 1 more chapstick
• 1 red pen
• mints
• and an eraser

gross. maybe i'm hiding a landfill? looks like it's time to clean out the backpack!

main section:

• twistables
• calculator
• 5 notes
• chemistry notes
• computer tech notes
• world civ packet
• planner
• 2 different notebooks
• B-day binder
• math binder
• 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
• almonds
• random papers

I'm starting to feel like maybe I should pay more attention to what I just shove. They say that a girl's purse reflects her life..well that's comforting? Apologies for the pointless post.

Food for Thought....

be pretty if you can, be witty if you must,
but be gracious if it kills you -elsie de wolfe

If you want your children to be intelligent,
read them fairty tales. -einstein

she was an artist and

her life was her canvas

take what you need.



what a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness



beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a napkin

also: listen to this. 

The Fear you won't Fall- Joshua Radin

you'll die.

Tis The Season....

...to build a snowman(:

an upside-down snowman that is. 

While I don't exactly enjoy the snow I thought a snowman would  be very festive. Yes I am still thinking that if I build snowmen, drink hot-chocolate, and listen to Christmas music that it will make Christmas come faster. Hey, one can only try.

I would like to say that I have been shamelessly listening to the Justin Bieber Christmas album for the past 72 hours. I highly recommend it, really, go buy it...right now.

Just thought I'd share my over-enthusiasm with you.

Happy Holidays! 

Back to it...Day 28

Day 28- Your Aspirations

aww man i love this day(:

I guess this is really to entertain all those about to laugh in my face. My aspirations are what you would call...far fetched. So i picked my top three in range from most realistic and also least desirable to most wanted and also most unattainable. Buckle your seatbelts...

  ONE: PLASTIC SURGEON aka COSMETIC SURGEON

This would be the most realistic of my goals. It's also the one that although I would enjoy it, I would enjoy it the least.If that made sense. Anytime I bring this up people think I'm joking, but hey people I'm not. It's good pay, you choose your own hours and i guess it 'improves the quality of life' for the general public. 

TWO: INTERIOR DESIGN

I think this would be such an amazing job. Being paid to do something you absolutely love. Two of my sisters have taken this class in college and they hated it. They hated the elements and principles of design, learning the architecture, textures, color schemes. I love it, I've been enthralled with all the 'principles' since seventh grade art. There's something about picking stuff out and trying to make things work in a space that seems very satisfying. Also a plus, think of how amazing your own house would look. Also a well paying job and in fairly high demand depending on your 'decorating style'

THREE: FASHION DESIGN

Here it is...my most far fetched 'aspiration'

I know this is possibly the most unrealistic and unnattainable job on the planet. Quite possibly in the whole universe. Success rates are almost null unless you have a huge talent ability that can be recognized by the 'high fashion' population. I'm taking a fashion strategies class at my school right now and it's absolutely fantastic. We're learning the rules, and how to break them(: we get to design our own clothes and find out what works and what doesn't. So here it is. The thing i would absolutely kill to do..no not really. Let's just let this dream go shall we?

I know what all of you are thinking, yes I'm aware that all three of the above mentioned 'aspirations' are well...unrealistic. Let's just face it in all reality i will probably go to a year or two of college and then end up getting married. So i guess you could say where i really would like to be is married with kids, a stay at home mom if at all possible. 

And if all of the above career options didn't work out...well then ^^^this would suit me fine.

When Life gets in the way...

So apparently i'm a major slacker cuz i haven't blogged in... i don't know how long and i certainly don't care to count. Life's been moderately busy i guess..or i've been extrememly lazy. who knows..

Highschool's good i guess...Friday night football games and bonfires in the backyard...football season is ending soon..what a bummer. What are we supposed to do every Friday now? Build snow forts and have snowball wars? i don't think so. I hate winter. really. It sucks bad. Hot chocolate is fantastic though so i guess that's one of the very many perks to winter...and Christmas.

I love Christmas..i can't believe i'm saying this, but yes I want to put up the Christmas tree in my room and play Christmas music. Yes call me crazy, point out the fact that it's still October..but i don't care. I'm going to load Christmas music on my i-pod right now. (: bring it on. 69 days until my birthday....that's cool i guess. I have no idea what i'm going to do for it..maybe i'll just hang out with myself and some pajamas.

For those who wondered how...

Ultimate Class

This is how i spent my labor day...

i love..

i love. highschool.

i love. life.

i love. football games.

i love. fall.

i love.

Your definition of LOVE

haven't blogged for a spell...for which i apologize

back to it then.

today: your definition of love

this could be entertaining(:

love

 noun, verb, loved, lov·ing.

noun

1.

a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person

well that was deep...let's try this

LOVE MEANS...

first dates.. 

first kisses...

                 

i do's...

                                                                                             

..and a wedding. 
 

The real question isn't the definition of love but what love means to you. To me love means family and friends. It means mistakes, commitment, respect, fairytale endings. Love means forgive and forget no matter what. It means imperfections. Love is an object, a thought, a feeling, a four letter word, a definition, a smile. Love is love.

...

i'm a slacker i know.

be quiet.

started highschool today.

it was awful.

the end.

Your Favorite Place

well..once again we're skipping around. i'm gonna go ahead and hazard a guess that i won't be following the schedule...at all

Day 26- your favorite place
and after some thought...i think we're gonna go ahead and combine it with
Day 27- something you miss
{ireland}

since i've only been out of the country once i think it's fair to say that ireland is my favorite country. my favorite place too..i've been out of state before, so i think this one even tops the U.S. my mom, my dad, me, and my sister all went last august. it was by far the most beautiful and cold place i have ever been. i think i literally froze to death when i walked off the plane. which i'm actually pretty surprised i survived. I am terrified of flying. it's the worst thing you could have me do, "we're flying how high up in the air over how deep of an ocean?" yeah no thank you. It's a three hour flight from the Salt Lake City airport to Atlanta where we had a two hour layover. From there it was an eight hour overnight flight to the Dublin airport. Complete with turbulance(: As mentioned in the above paragraphs as soon as i stepped off the plane i froze to death. Here's the thing about Dublin...it's gray and it rains about 99.9% of the time. Don't get me wrong, it's the most amazing place..but still..you think it could stop raining. Schoolhouse Lane...this was the street (more like an alleyway) that our apartment was on. Grafton Street. it's a pedestrianized street much like gateway...but a bit more irish(: Notice the sadly gray sky in the background. St. Stephen's Green is a huge park in the middle of dublin. it's amazingly green and there are tons of flowers and swans. For those of you who have seen the movie Leap Year this is the park they are walking around in after they get to dublin. we went to this park about three times the week we were there. The day we got there we decided to walk around it for a few minutes..right as we got lost in the center of the park it started to pour. it was our own little 'welcome to ireland'. Then my dear friends..we went to Dublin Castle, which is bizarre because it doesn't look like a castle very much. There's about one tower and the rest is a red brick victorian style mansion that was built when the British invaded Ireland, knocked down the part of the castle, and then rebuilt it for their own use. When we went there were people building huge sand sculptures in the courtyard. they had chisels and paintbrushes and squirt bottles and they were climbing all over them.

That's just a few things we did that week..obviously i can't write about them all since it's taken me about 2 days to write this post and it's already epically long.. (epically is not a word...i know).

what you wore today...

so...we're gonna {mix things up} a bit...

i'm not feeling the whole write about your 'first love' today
so we're gonna skip all the way to no.14

this is my coke shirt. well...okay my Coca-Cola shirt, and yes i am perfectly aware that there is a male model in my picture. Guy t-shirts are comfy, enough said. thank you Target.












these
are my AE boyfriend shorts. comfy as heck and cute as well.














the classic summer staple{flip flops} i think this is literally the only footwear (if any) that i wear in the summer. Black. I have an issue with wearing colored flip-flops..don't know why.























and {don't forget}...
the yellow sunglasses
insanely classy..i know.







so i'll admit...i'm not quite sure why this is on the list. since i'm pretty sure you guys aren't too interested in what i wear. but oh well i'll happily oblige....enjoy? i guess?

This. Is. Me.

THIS IS {ME}

THIS IS MY {FAMILY}

{those still at home}

from the left:

-me

-momma

-dad

-mik



THESE ARE THE {SISTERS}

from the left:

{top} chels mik britt

{bottom} mandi granny momma me

THESE ARE MY {FRIENDS}

Challange Me

Day 01 – Introduce yourself with pictures and words

Day 02 – Your first love


Day 03 – Your parents


Day 04 – What you ate today 


Day 05 – Your definition of love


Day 06 – Your day

Day 07 – Your best friend


Day 08 – A moment


Day 09 – Your beliefs

Day 10 – What you wore today 


Day 11 – Your siblings


Day 12 – What’s in your bag


Day 13 – This week

Day 14 – What you wore today

Day 15 – Your dreams

Day 16 – Your favorite memory


Day 17 – Your favorite birthday

Day 18 – Something you regret


Day 19 – This month


Day 20 – Another moment


Day 21 – Something that upsets you

Day 22 – Something that makes you feel better


Day 23 – Something that makes you cry

Day 24 – A first

Day 25 – Your fears

Day 26 – Your favorite place


Day 27 – Something that you miss


Day 28 – Your aspirations


Day 29 – One last moment