Current obsessions

Here are some of my current style obsessions...

For some reason I adore her style here... just started following her blog over at lovemaegan.com --You should check it out!

such a cute tattoo

LOVING braided hair!

and I adore the funky braids here

I love the wavy long hair here!

LOVE IT!

I'm also obsessing over leg warmers... even though I don't really have any boots like this!

Well, that's about it... I have a lot more that I pinned tonight on Pinterest... you should click on the link & follow me!

'Night!

Grandma's Baptism

I've kept putting off updating this about Grandma's Baptism, but here I am! I'm just so lazy when it comes to finally getting on here to write something down and post pictures... things that are pretty basic and easy!

Anyways, my Grandma was baptized this past Sunday by my Daddy. It was a really awesome experience to witness. Grandma wrote out her testimony and dad ended up reading it out loud for her. Grandma's a crier, so she knew she wouldn't be able to get through all of it. This was expected, but it really hit me when Dad started to get a little choked up while he read. Even Naomi and I started to tear up! I took as many pictures as I could, but all I had was my iPhone... so I apologize for the crappy quality. The lighting was not very forgiving, and Dad's white shirt practically glows in all of them, but here they are!

My favorite picture is the one at the bottom in the middle where Grandma turned to the audience and raised her hands up in the air while the audience whooped & yee-hawed & hollered! It was really awesome.

Yesterday's Post

I'm sorry if my last post was depressing, but I really needed to get all of that off my chest. I know that I only have a few readers, so I'm sorry that y'all will have to deal with the moodiness I'll sometimes leak out.

Anyways, today I have an eye appointment for a check up in Tyler this afternoon and then I'll come back home. I'm going to try to meet with someone about working over the break & figuring all that out, but I'm not sure about all that yet.

Tomorrow should be busier since all of the family will be home. Mom has a lot of things she wants to get done, mainly going to go try to find a Christmas tree out at nana & papa's place. Apparently we threw away our Christmas tree last year and didn't realize it until we started looking for it again this year.

We are also supposed to be making Christmas candy sometime soon. I think that if we don't get to make some Saturday that we're supposed to be try to next week on Tuesday or Thursday. Sad thing is, I don't know if I'll be able to help then since I'll most likely be working. 

Oh well, at least I'll be pulling in more money than I'd get from just giving plasma.

Dream Job

I don't want to have to work at Brookshires over the break. Yet I know how badly we need the extra money & I definitely do not want to add to the burdens mom & dad have.

All I want is to open my bakery. It's the dream job I've always wanted. I didn't even want to go to State... I wanted to go to culinary school instead, but mom & dad wanted me to get a bachelors degree in something (hence the food science degree!).

I know that opening my own bakery will be hard. It will take a lot of time, patience, sweat, tears, maybe even blood, and a whole lotta money. But that's all I've kept thinking about this past year, especially since I'm so close to graduating.

I keep dreaming up recipes & menus, designs & the layout, uniforms & cleaning, etc etc. Boring things that only I would think about this far in advance & get excited about. I yearn for the tiredness I'll feel, the pain in my feet from standing all day, the stress in having to make decisions & deal with day to day operations. All weird things that most people would normally shy away from, but it's something I genuinely want.

I almost feel like there's an emptiness in me since I know that I'm nowhere near seeing this dream of mine come true. I know I'll have to work at Brookshires, or a bunch of other jobs I won't like. I know that I have student loans I need to pay off once I graduate. I know I have hardly any credit and will have one heck of a time if I want to get a business loan. I know that I'll need even more money to start up the joint and will be lucky if I start seeing ends meet & maybe making a little extra in five years. I know all of these hard things and so it makes me sad. And it makes me upset. And I stay up thinking about all this and so it makes me tired.

But it's time for me to grow up and just deal with all these facts. I'll need to suck it up and just do the things I don't want to do and try to be happy about it.

Home for Christmas Break

My fall semester is over & so I was able to get home this past Friday. I was only back at school for a couple days, but it was weird how it felt like much longer.

Today is a super rainy & cold Sunday, so I'm just spending the day with my family.

I'll try to post something more interesting later!

Going back

I postponed my drive back to tomorrow morning. I'll leave around 7 when dad & Lin also leave to go to work/school.

Hope I can get a good night's sleep!

Semi-Finals game

The Cougars lost today to Midland Christian 49-7. The loss hurt, but we were the first team to score against them since the playoffs started! They will most likely end up winning State next Saturday.

In other news, Mississippi State won against Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl 31-3. I'm sad I missed it, but I'm way more happy with my decision to stay here & cheer on my brother.

I'm going to church tomorrow morning with my family & then I'll head out afterwards to go back to State. I only have one week of classes left & one final so I'll be back home in about a week. I don't wanna leave, but at least I won't be gone long!

Before I go, here's a pic of Lin putting his stuff on the bus this morning when they left at 7:30. It was awesome sending them off, standing in the pouring rain!

And here's another picture of Naomi & me. We made matching hats & wore crazy blue eyeshadow & eye liner to cheer our Cougars on! (this pic is courtesy of Naomi. Once I put on my gloves I couldn't use my iPhone!) Aren't we adorable? :)