Today was going to suck...

...until my teacher cancelled my night class.

Now I have a free evening! This never happens :)

I can't stop daydreaming now about what to make for dinner. There are endless possibilities. I'm thinking that I'm not going to follow any recipes. I'm just gonna go straight up chopped-style and see what's in the pantry and go from there. Can't wait to see what I come up with!

My puppy

Today has been full of me dreaming about my future once I graduate. I can't wait to move back home and be close to all my friends and family there. I can't wait to start my new job and see where God takes me. I can't wait to move into my own place and begin to start my life out on my own. I'm especially excited about being around this little goober more.

This is from when we got her, Christmas Day 2007. Wasn't she the cutest puppy?

She loved trying to chew on the ornaments... She seriously stole my heart!

This is from this past summer 2011. She's only laying down because we'd been playing fetch nonstop for almost an hour!

And this picture is from this past Christmas Break. She still has the cutest face... and notice the stick she found over at Nana's that she wants me to throw...

Yes, she has way too much energy. Yes, she can be frustrating. Yes, she's a lot of work. But I love her and I can't wait to be back home with her again. There's something about a dog. She loves me no matter what. Even if I'm trying to teach her something and don't stay as calm as I should, she's always there, always wanting to play. She's such a good dog and she's so smart... probably too smart. But who couldn't look at that face and not love her? And see the way that her ears always perk up when she sees someone and not want to love on her? Or find it so funny watching her run because her back legs are a bit longer and she always seems to be leaning to one side or the other. And what's not to love about the way her tail is always curled up with that white tip in the air?

One of my favorite things when I still had my horse was to watch the two play together. She and Trouble (yes, that was his real name... and he lived up to it!) would chase each other around the pasture. I still remember taking her with me the first time I went to go feed them. I'm pretty sure it was Christmas day after I got her. She was terrified of the horses. I ended up having to pick her up and carry her over there to show her that they were OK. And then, of course, once she realized that the horses weren't out to kill her, it was pretty much impossible to keep her out of their pasture. The older mare, DeeDee, couldn't care less about her and would typically just ignore her, but Trouble couldn't get enough. They'd spend forever chasing each other, and then when Trouble did get tired and want to graze, Reveille would crouch on the ground, not far away from them, and try to herd them to keep them together.

Well, this post turned out to be much longer than I expected, but I guess I'd just never sat down to think about all of her little quirks I love.

End of January 2012!

I simply can't believe the last weekend of January is almost over now. This month has flown by! This is awesome, since I really can't wait for this semester to be over with. Not that I don't like being here, but I know that I'm so very close to graduating and I am now ready to go ahead and graduate and move on.

School is definitely back in full swing. I have my first test tomorrow morning. It is in Food Chemistry, which is probably my hardest class this semester. I've spent all day going over notes and I'm not even through them all yet.

I've been trying to get back in the habit of running again and so Amanda and I have been doing the couch to 5k program while Christina walks. It's been difficult waking up at 6 to go to the Sportsplex, but it is definitely getting easier. I also like that it makes my body form a routine, instead of having different times to wake up since my class schedule varies throughout the week.

Not much has been happening, but I started to feel bad about not having updated this in a while. Great news, though. Spring Break is only in 40 days... and I graduate in 103! I love having countdowns. It makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something sometimes, even though it's usually just because I've made it through another day of classes. I have no clue what it will be like this coming fall semester when I will be back home, working a full time job, and not having to go to school! It's pretty mind blowing to think about right now. School is all I've known for the past 17 years of my life!

I hope y'all have a great Sunday and enjoy the rest of January!

Christmas Eve!

I can hardly believe it's already Christmas eve!! It doesn't even feel like it's December yet. This year has flown by so quickly.

I've spent my day today baking cookies, sewing on my Toms, making brown sugar body scrub for presents, and helping mom make her tortilla cup dessert.

It's been a really nice day, being able to relax and spend time with my parents. (Poor Lin is having to work today)

I'm about to have to get ready to go to our Christmas Eve service at Grace tonight at 6:30. Most of our family will be going and I always enjoy this service.

Have a Merry Christmas! I know I won't post tomorrow, but hopefully I will soon after.

My Day

Today was a great day. I was able to take my time getting ready this morning since I didn't have any plans until 2. it was nice being able to lay in bed for a while, take a long & hot shower, eat a bite, and just relax a little.

Then I braved the crazy Tyler traffic to drive across town & meet with my best friend Macie at Starbucks. I hadn't seen her since this past summer and it was wonderful being able to catch up and just talk about what was going on in our lives. We stayed way longer than I thought we would and both of us ended up not being able to accomplish anything else in town for the day, but it was all well worth it.

It was raining ridiculously hard while I was driving home, but it has now slowed down to a nice and steady drizzle back home. I'm looking forward to crawling back in bed and enjoying listening to the rain as I fall asleep.

On a side note, here's a picture of my shoulder from this morning. I shot several different guns yesterday and didn't realize how much of a kick they had. My shoulder didn't hurt at all, but I still ended up bruising pretty bad. This picture doesn't really do justice to just how dark & large it is. Oh well, I guess it's just the price I pay for having so much fun yesterday!

Christmas Party

Today I attended a Christmas party hosted by Patti. I had such a fun time being around family and close friends right before the craziness of getting prepared for Christmas starts. During the party Naomi and I managed to sneak away to have a mini photo shoot. Her husband, John, was great and agreed to take the pictures. We really tested his patience I'm sure, with all of our silliness!

Here are a couple pictures that were taken today.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

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!