My favorite season

Out of all the seasons, it always feels as though fall takes the longest to get here. It's been a while since my last blog, I apologize. I want to try and keep it up, maybe even start making some vlogs. Since we last spoke, I have found my self a permanent home on the job market [which I am very thankful for, it's hard to come my a job these days], and am also moving into my very own apartment in two whole days. It's taken forever for that day to get here! I have recruited some friends to help me move, and will be starting a new chapter in my life that I am very excited about. I am hoping and praying that I will be carrying out the Lord's will in this upcoming chapter and getting back on the right path.

There is something about the fall that I just love. Maybe it's that crisp air, those incredible colors falling to the ground, and spending more time with my family and friends. I truly believe that fall is an artist's season, which is what I am! :) I really miss painting and can't wait to get back into that hobby and maybe start making a living out of it. That would be an amazing dream come true. Last weekend a friend and I decided to take my little pup [juno] to the park. We layed out a blanket and had a grand old time people watching, laughing at juno for barking at everything that was moving, and just being in each other's company. Here are some pictures from that fantastic day...

Hello Real World

Well, I've finally done it. I've graduated from College. YAY! But now I have find a 'real' job and learn how to support myself. But since graduation, what have i done? Well, absolutely nothing and quite a lot! Lol. The first couple days I sat around and did nothing which was kind of nice. That was the first time I've been able to do nothing since about 6 months. Then I finally got off my big butt and have done some freelance, had an interview and nabbed another freelance job that will hopefully bring in some big bucks.

On my 5th day of being out of college... I got sick. I think I am coming down with Strep Throat. But fortunately, the boy made me some soup and seems to be taking care of me. I guess he'll have to do since the real thing, my mother, can't be here to take care of me. Isn't it funny how whenever we get sick or don't feel good we always want our mothers? I wonder why that is; probably because they've always taken care of us and that is a tradition we want to keep. I know I always feel better when my mom takes care of me...

Best of the Best

Well, only six more days left. Five 1/2 really. This coming friday, the 19th, I will FINALLY be graduating from college. Thank the Lord!

I also got nominated for 'Best in Show'. Just wanted to tell everyone, I'll blerg more later! :)

I know I said I'm trying to enjoy the little things in life, but right now, that's just not possible. Every time I turn around there's some sort of small bug in my apartment. Small or not, I hate bugs and definitely don't want to live with them. My grandmother is having terrible health problems and is talking about 'being put in a box and having some one shoot me'. AND, my birthday was less than a month ago and I got a Victoria's Secret gift card, so i decided to go buy myself some new underwear. I now only have 1 pair left out of 5 because my dang little dog likes to eat them. I'm so upset about it I started to cry. I know, stupid to cry over underwear, but they were new and expensive.

Please Lord, give me something to be happy about.

Stupid Mistakes and Close Friends

I definitely had a lesson learned experience yesterday. Don't lock your keys in your car! Yes, everyone has done it at one point or another, but I guess I always thought, 'Oh, that will never happen to me.'

And if I really think about it, I'm surprised it's taken me this long. I can be pretty forgetful or A.D.D. Well, I was going to meet a good friend for dinner to catch up. We met at Barnes&Noble, walked around for about 1/2 an hour and then we decided to see a movie. Little did we know that plan went out the window a while ago.

I was so upset, we got security, I called so many people to try and get help. I called AAA from my grandmothers account and they wouldn't help me because I'm not her child or spouse. LAME! Unfortunately, I then had to resort to calling 911. This is how that conversation went...

"911 Emergency how can I help you?"
"Well, this isn't a major emergency but I've locked my keys in my car, can you send someone to come help us?"
"Do you have a pet or children in the car?"
"No."
"Then we can't help you. Call a locksmith."

Can you believe that?! The POLICE wouldn't even come help me! We pay they're dang salary! I was so upset. So after what was probably another hour, I finally called the locksmith. I about had a heart attack with his fee of 95 BUCKS!! I wanted to cry, because I do not have that kind of extra money. BUT, after waiting for him for an hour, letting him do his thing, we finally got in the car and got to go have dinner. The night definitely got better, Thank God!

A lesson learned though, lock my car with the keys from now on so I know where they are. All and all it was an interesting afternoon. :)

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! YAY!!

Wow. So after watching this video, it makes me want to be in love like this.

True love is definitely hard to come by these days. We watch movies like 'the notebook', 'hope floats', 'pretty woman', and 'when harry met sally', and wonder.... Does love like that really exist? I think to myself, of course it does. Somebody had to write it, right? So that person must be like that. But I guess unfortunately that's not necessarily true.

When I was a little girl, my mom used to read me the typical fairytale stories. "And they lived happily ever after..." Well what happened to that? I know growing up, every little girl wants to live 'happily ever after'. But yet, somehow, it seems there is no happily ever after anymore. Do we have our standards set too high? Or is it the men that can't seem to live up to our standards because they don't know the stories like us women?

It is upsetting to think that long-lasting true love is hard to come by these days. I hope that some day, a man will prove me totally wrong, sweep me off my feet and give me that fairytale ending i've always dreamed of.

My ingredients...

My birthday is in 6 days!! yay!!

Here's a funny video of Juno.
She's cracks me up.

Old friends and Birthdays

So I had dinner with an old friend last night. There's nothing like a good friend to get you back on track. My Birthday is in 12 days. I can't wait. If only I could have all my friends in one place, that would be the perfect birthday. That cliche saying is true, "You never know how much you love something until you've lost it." And thankfully I haven't lost any of my friends, but we don't get to visit as often as I would like, and I do miss them dearly.

I've been thinking more and more about how I'm ready to move on from this chapter of my life. Maybe move to another city and "start over". I feel as though I need it to find who I truly am. But that will come in God's timing I guess. I just get impatient.

My body is getting sick of this hot weather. I'm still pale, sweating all the time, and don't get to wear any scarves. This is no fun. Come on Fall. I'm ready for the colors to change, the wind to be crisp, and to break out those adorable coats out of my closet. But again, i'm impatient and it will come. Slowly but surely.

And I'm SOOO ready for this movie and a girls night...

Yep, I'm awesome. These were designed for me! :)

21 MISTAKES IN "THE DARK KNIGHT". Dang, you think they would have kept their eyes out for this kind of stuff...

thought...

You always hear about the actors "crossing over" to the music side or vice-versa. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are not as good as others. But who are we to judge them? At least they are trying and they are doing what they love. Unlike some of others who are sitting around doing the judging...

Here we go...

So many fun, interesting, and even ordinary things happen in life from day to day.

The French have a phrase they use, "Joie de Vivre," which means, "the joy of living," and that is how I want to live my life...finding joy in all things.

So this is the beginning, the start of writing about my daily life, family, friends, fun adventures, and the little joys in life.