everything february.

january goals.   

 

have a mother daughter day.

 (double check. i had two.)

paint nails.

(success.)

get superman a killer anniversary gift.

(check. he loved it.)

have the best 2 year anniversary.

(checkcheckcheck. better than i imagined)

drink water daily.

(need to work on)

attend 3 of lukster's basketball games.

(triple check.)

spend more quality time with my family. 

(check. movie nights were wonderful.)

finish both my cadet portfolio & intern project.

(check x2)

tour at least two colleges.

(check. ncstate&meredith.)

after realizing that i almost completed every single on of my goals on first monthly goals, ive concluded that when you make your goals known to others it is more motivating to accomplish them. so that is why i have decided to countinve..so here is to february.

february goals.

1. get mom and dad great birthday presents

2. tour another college

3. get superman great valentines day gifts.

    (the third times a charm)

4. continue daily bible readings with superman.

5. finish my new devotional book

    becoming a women of simplicity

6. order & start a new book in the series

7. drink only one mountain dew per week

8. have zero snow days

9. help someone that needs a helping hand.

everything superman.

two years?

twenty four months?

seven hundred and thirty days?

seventeen thousand five hundred and twenty hours?
one million fifty one thousand and two hundred minutes?

no matter how you you put it it sounds like a lifetime.

but the past two years of my life have been a journey that
i will forever hold in my heart.

today january 31st is my 2 year anniversary with superman.
for five years ive called this boy my best friend.
it took us 3 years before we realized that what we had been
looking for had been right beside of us all this time.

two years ago was the day that i became the luckiest girl in the entire world.

everyday since then he has made me feel luckier and luckier.

just when i think i couldnt love this boy more he proves me wrong.

 

the one that is the best thing that has ever happened to me

the one i call my best friend

the one who taught me what love really means

the one who gave me my first kiss in spin the bottle in middle school

the one that sings all day every day

the one that i look up to

the one that makes me smile

the one i cannot get out of my head

the one that makes me whole

the one that cares for everyone around him

the one that loves kids

the one that gives me butterflies every time i see his face

the one with the gorgeous greenish blue eyes

the one that loves me for me

the one who loves his family more than the world

the one with the mile long eyelashes

the one i always say hello cutie to

the one that i am head over heels for

the one with the rock hard abs

the one that follows in the foot steps of Christ daily

the one that has the quick feet

the one that when i talk in circles he understands me

the one that has a spotless room

the one with the large lips and gorgeous teeth

the one who will change the world one day

the one that my family adores

the one that i cannot stop feeling thankful for

the one that i cannot imagine living without today, and tomorrow,

              and all the tomorrows after that 

the one that i love more than i can tell you 

the one that i would love to spend the rest of my life

              trying to be the best thing that ever happened to him

 

BUT if God happens to have other plans for superman and myself

then he will forever hold a place in my heart that no one could ever replace.

everything meredith.

Raleigh bound with my mother once again but this time just the two of us.

First stop. 5 minutes down the road. Mickey Ds for some grub and hot liquids..

Second stop. An hour later. Liquid for the car.

Third stop. Another hour later. Meredith College.

After parking, it was time for my scheduled tour.





of course my camera decides to die.

I had never stepped foot on merediths college before in my life.

The campus was gorgeous. And everyone was very friendly.

look for yourself..http://www.meredith.edu/about/virtual-tour/stop1.html

Last stop of the tour..freshman dorm rooms.

As soon as I saw them I was sold.

heilman hall. freshman dorms.

the freshman dorms are suites

& are just for freshman.

with four people to one bathroom.

with a sink in every room &

kitchens on each floor.

the dorms blew me away after seeing NC states

"nicest" dorms on campus last week comparing

them to merediths freshman dorms.

but dorms arent everything so i continued to stay

 with my open mind.

Next. Actual teaching fellows day begins.

Everything they told me made me like the school more and more.

First off i loved when they told me that they graduated 24 of their teaching fellows last year and all 24 had a job by this past august. which is awesome.

Then i loved to hear that you get to choose WHATEVER major and minors in which you would like and get your license in education. So you can customize your education to your exactly what would be best for you.

Meredith teaching fellows are required to study abroad which I had no clue about.

When the girls were telling their personal stories about how much they loved their experience and how it has changed their lives and how they view our world. At first I was thinking to myself that they all have to say this they are trying to get me to come here until one girl bust into tears and told a heart warming story about how she will never be the same after her experience.

There are over 10 countries in which meredith has study abroad sites.

I cannot even imagine that in two years i could possibly be in Iceland right now.

Oh the places that i could possibly go..

This year im going to make some huge life changing decisions in my life and i cannot wait to see what God has planned for me.

worry about nothing.

the other day i was listening to klove and they were talking about their 30 day challenge(which i highly recommend) where they are challenging people to listen to only christian music for 30 straight days to see how it changes peoples lives.

when this man called in..

he said that instead of making new years resolutions he had decided to sit down and make a list of everything in which he was worrying about currently and everything he was worried about coming in the future. he sealed his envelope up. wrote dont open until december 31st, 2011 on the envelope & put it in a safe place where he knew he would not lose it.

he said he had been doing this for the past 5 years and each year he writes down less and less worries. this is because through this process when he opens the envelope at the end of the year he sees that God had took care of his worries.

and of course i got inspired. i started thinking about how much of my life i waste worrying for no reason. even though it is not january first i decided to do this anyways.

i took a total of ten minutes today and wrote down all the worries in my life.

when i picked up the pen and started writing my worries onto paper i instantly felt better.

i prayed and ask God to help me trust in him and worry less because i knew that he would take care of everything. i sealed it up. wrote on the outside of the envelope. put it in a safe place. and wrote on my calendar a little reminder.

i cannot wait to see how God is going to work in my life this year and wipe away my worries. i encourage you to sit down for 5-10 minutes and write down all the worries you have.

everything adventurous with mom.

last night my mom came into my room and asked me if i wanted to take a

 mother daughter day with her to winston tomorrow

to finish up my dads birthday present and run some other errands..

how could i say no to a mother daughter day?

(plus that is one of my monthly goals)

we planned everything and everywhere we were going to go today last night

and planned to leave the house this morning at 9:30 sharply.

i got up and ate breakfast,

quick random fact about myself--
i hate milk and the only thing food in which i will drink it with
 is with fruity pebbles and no other cereal

 took a shower, got dressed and was making my coffee to-go

 when the phone rang and displayed SCSchools at 9:28.

school was closing at 10:30 so in other words i had lost an hour of sleep

because we had to pick up lukster from school.

my mothers schedule was now messed up.

once we finally got to winston it was practically lunch time so we eat at

the best fast food burger and fries place ever..FIVE GUYS

after we were fueled up we hit to my mothers lists

& shopped til we wanted to drop until we made it to target..

our last stop of the day.

the woman rung up all our items when i noticed something wasnt quite right..

as my mom looked into her purse

she noticed that her wallet was nowhere to be found.

we asked the lady to hold our over filling cart &

told her we would hopefully be back soon.

after backtracking ourselves and praying a lot, we were lucky enough to find

that we had left it at the last store we had been in before..

all the way back at the mall.

the lady at the store had stuffed it in a locked drawer

after she realized that my mother had left it on the counter.

once we finally got back to target to pay for our cart full of items

we were ready to call it a day.

thank you mother for a fun-filled, heart racing, amazing day.

simplicity and nothing else.

this week is exam week

therefore i have no school all week.

after watching live with regis and kelly i decided to get off the couch

and walk to the mailbox.

once i realized that it was freezing outside..

i decided to sprint.

i was really hoping to find my online orders.

the whole way to the mailbox all i could think about was
 what if the mailman hasn't even came yet and i ran all this way for nothing.

as soon as i opened the mailbox i received instant gratification.
not only was one of my online orders there but both.
thanks to courtney i had ordered a book called
becoming a woman of simplicity.

as soon as i got back to the house i went through the mail
to find college letters,
bills,
magazines,
coupons,
 superman's anniversary present,
 the book,
and junk mail.

once i got warm again i turned off the television and set on the couch
in my empty house and started reading my new devotional book.
i read chapter one & didnt want to stop but i made myself.

this book is not what i was expecting..
it was so much more.
i cannot wait to keep reading and see how much it
helps my relationship with God grow more and more each day.

thank you so much courtney for requesting this book to me.

2 Corinthians 11:3

everything pack.

after having saturday school yesterday
i was not prepared to wake up early once again today.

today was the day of my first (of three) teaching fellows open house.

my mother, superman, and i hit the road and began our two hour drive to

the biggest university north carolina has to offer..

nc state.

less than 30 minutes into the trip superman was passed out in the back seat

this picture was taken on the way home.
hints the darkness & bad lighting.

  

and i was craving my morning coffee..

so we stopped at sheetz and then i was perfectly content for the whole day.

at around twelve o clock

we had arrived to the gorgeous city of raleigh

and our stomachs were growling..

bojangles was calling our name.

here we received the biggest fast food take out bag ive ever seen.

it was literally the length of my arm!

(in the moment i didnt even think to take a picture)

after finally finding the parking deck we needed to park in

there where a future teaching fellow every 50 feet telling you which way to go.

after following from fellow to fellow or the "breadcrumbs" as superman called them.

we had arrived finally to the open house.

after registering we immediately took a tour of syme hall..

where teaching fellows stay.

as soon as the tour guide told me that this was one of the oldest dorms

on campus i instantly thought this is going to be a horrible dorm.

oh was i in for a surprise.. the dorm rooms were huge.

the tour guide said that this dorm is home to the biggest dorms on campus.

 the smallest dorms in the building were not small at all. 

she also said that the smallest dorms were the average size the largest dorms in the other halls.

next we set through four very informational sessions.

all the current fellows were extremely nice

as well as the faculty and staff.

my mother, superman, and myself decided to tour on our own.

while i was walking around i thought to myself

i could definitely see myself calling

nc state my home in just a few short months. 

but there are two more open houses to go

so who really knows where i will be.

meredith and charlotte here i come.

everything canceled.

this morning i woke up to

an unexpected but common

phone call from scs saying there would once again be

no school today.

at that moment i started thinking.

when was the last day i was in school?

january seventh..

a day that has long past

two weekends,

one holiday,

and six snow days ago.

i never thought i would say this

but im so sick of snow days.

i just want to go back to school.

everything tragic.

today i took the time to skim my previous post

and i noticed something that they all had in common..

they are all about good happy positive events that have occurred in my life.

even though i totally believe that you should share

the joys and blessing in your lives with others.

live isnt always full of joy...

this past november..

it was a normal monday in which i woke up to

my 12 1/2 year old dog named sally laying right beside me just like every morning.

she was licking my hand and wagging her tail.

i rubbed her for a minute before i realized that i was running late for school.

i rushed to get ready, grabbed my granola bar, to-go cup of coffee & was off to school.

(and of course i was listening to klove the whole way to school)

school was school.

nothing special..just another monday.

after school i decided to go to superman's house but i decided to run home first.

when i was at home i sat down for a about 15 minutes

 to talk to my mother & grab a quick snack.

it just happened to be sally's favorite..popcorn.

sally jumped up and set in my lap and we shared the bag.

one for her.

one for me.

one for her.

one for me.

then i headed to superman's for the afternoon.

superman and i were working on calculus when my cellphone rang.

i was sitting in the kitchen floor when i got the worst phone call of my life.

it was my mother and the first thing she said was..

"Hunny you need to come home now."

i had been at kyles for maybe a total of 30 minutes so i knew something was wrong.

i got butterflies in my stomach & quickly asked why?

"Its sally..."

at that moment my heart sank into my stomach.

"..she has been hit by and car and didnt make it"

i quickly told superman and his mother everything and sped home.

as soon i i pulled out of superman's driveway

my eyes poured tears.

sally was more than the average dog.

she actually was more than a dog.

she was a member of the family.

everyone that knew her loved her.

she yes was a red wiener dog.

the cutest thing in the world.

she was my 5 year old birthday present.

i had had her longer than ive had lukster.

she has been the one "person" that has always been there for me,

made me feel better when i was down,

the one that i could tell anything to

who says a dogs a mans best friend?

she was my best friend.

she was my sister.

i love you sally forever & always.

everything scholarship.

yesterday superman arrived at my house around lunch time &

is still hadnt realized  that today was a very special day.

well first off it was

1/11/11

which does make today special,

 but that still wasnt it.

superman asked me if i had check my mailbox today.

& i answered no not knowing why that was relevant.

then he told me his super news..

he had been selected as a regional finalist

for the teaching fellows scholarship.

i was stocked for him & had totally forgot that today was the day

the letter were to be mail to our houses to let us know whether or not

we were a regional finalist.

immediately my mom sent lukster to check the mailbox.
as soon as he returned he handed me a letter
with this on the cover..

& when i opened it up this is what i found..

i was happy to find this letter that i had been waiting for.

meridith college was one of my top three colleges that i hope to attend this fall.

but without this scholarship i feel that i would not be able to ask

my parents to attend meridith due to the money difference of a private & public school.

since the letter mean that all three options were still open to me i was very pleased.

today was a good day.

also a special congrats to allie for also being a regional finalist!

everything nat.

today this gorgeous, talented & funny girl

that i call nat joined the blog world.

she is my neighbor.

she truly is one of my best friends.

she has an unbelievable family
that superman and i visit frequently.. we have fallen in love.

age is just a number when it comes to our relationship.

i know that she would do anything in the world for me.

we talk about anything & everything.

i am lucky to have such a beautiful all around person in my life. 

i love you nat.
welcome to the blog world.

everything he does for me.

for six months now my radio has stayed on the same station

94.1 KLOVE

klove truly has changed my relationship with God.

the songs are empowering and actually a few months ago
i had to pull off on the side of the road because one song had touched me

to the point that i was crying so much i couldn't see the road.
here is that one song inparticular..

i was your average christian before

who went to church every sunday, read my bible, 

had devotional time & prayed every night.

but now God is on my mind twenty four seven.

klove helped take my relationship with God to the next level.

the other night while i was driving

& talking with a girl that means a lot to me.

 she asked me about the radio station we were listening to
(& of course it was klove).

we started talking about klove and then 
i just starting taking to her about God

& the amazing ways he has worked in my life

i told her to look up this song.

yesturday she sent me a message on facebook that said..

"I've listen to christian radio music since that day in your car.
I know half the songs on there from where i used to listen to it.
Thank you for the reintroduction of christ through music:). "

2 corinthians 5:21

everything twothousandeleven.

2011

the year ive been dreaming about for thirteen years.

this is going to be..

the biggest

most life changing

most bitter sweet

most memorable

most emotional

most unbelievable

year of my life.

Just a few expected adventures coming my way this year are..

2 years.
in only a few weeks being about to celebrate the past twenty four months
of my life with the one that i call my bestfriend.
better known to the blog world as superman. 
choosing a college.
making a decision solely by & for myself
that will determine the place i will call my second home.
graduating.
being about to call call myself an alumni of ESHS.
senior week.
the last week of my life with the people that i owe a thank you to
for making the past four years of my life beyong amazing.
summer.
family vactions, pool, shopping & planning for college,
spending quaility time with my friends & family
and making it one to remember. 
turning 18.
becoming a legal adult..
ugh that word will take a little while to get used to
college life.
starting a new chapter of my life that i have a feeling
i am going to beyond love. starting "the best years of my life"
home for holidays.
for the first time i will experience coming home
for the holidays & to see my high school friends & family.

most of all i cannot wait to see what God has planned for my life this year..
tomorrows blog is going to be about how he already has started.

everyhing is better in fours.

who says that christmas can only last for one day?

last wednesday night was the night of the fantastic four christmas gift exchange.

after the basketball game we all went our separate ways before reuniting at mi casa.

around nine fifteen everyone had arrived & we were ready to begin.

but before we torn the paper off the first gift,

we realized that they only christmas decorations left in the basement
were the hanging from the many deer, bear, and the elk on the walls around us..

 

photo was taken before the santa hat was added.
photo credit to my father.

 we saw the scrawny tree in the corner & decided that it was its time to shine.

it was its lucky day.

it was our charlie brown christmas tree.

after admiring our homemade christmas tree..

i was time to exchange from oldest to youngest.

first was fall.

she received..

a book, pajama pants, candy, ice cream maker, candle, lotion, sticker for her car.

second was chris.
she got..

an earth friendly coffee traveling mug, pajama pants, earrings, sweat shirt, lotion, candy.

third was myself.
i received..

a yellow and black scarf,  watch, wallet, a personalized book, candy, lotion.

i am so loved. they each know me so well.

fourth was allie.

she got...
an umbrella, beanie, necklace, pajama pants, robe. 

after exchanging gifts,

taking a thousand pictures on skype,

making cookies,

eating junk food,

watching going the distance twice,

 

catching up with each other,

& having a wonderful girls night..

we finally hit the hay & called it a night.

everything flashback.

flashback to two thousand and ten.

two thousand and ten was a year that was so good to me

and one that i will never forget.

during the past year of my life i...

celebrated one year with superman.

attended my first prom.

had a killer junior year.
& officially became a senior.



won a state championship in softball.

traveled to california.

       

brother got three baseballs at all three mlb parks.

he caught a home run ball from his favorite player.

(everyone in the stadium that saw it was clapping & yelling)

beach trip with superman's family.

 

celebrated superman's 17th birthday.

 

3 days later i turned the big ONE SEVEN.

 

my brother started middle school!

senior pictures by the lovely & talented courtsimms.

last high school football season.

homecoming court.

superman's first senior night.

lost my best friend of 12.5 years.

my best friend turned 18.

last basketball season.

boys basketball--undefeated in the 1st half of the season.

white christmas. 

         

thank you 2010
for the many life long memories you have provided for me.