About Me :)

So I thought that I'd do a fun little blog with random tidbits about me that people may not know, or that people may know, but I'll share the information anyways... get it out there on the internet so anyone who wants it can find it! :)

My "Tidbits"
- I tend to be a bit OCD... no I'm obviously not diagnosed nor do I take medicine for it, but I definitely have a case of it! My clothes in my closet for example... are organized in color order and must all be hanging facing the same direction. As far as my other clothes that are not hanging? Well, let's just say I'm the only one who can fold my laundry. Everyone in my family knows this and even a few close friends, because if they offer to help me fold my laundry, I simply say "no" and inform them that I'll just refold it anyways. I'm extremely particular about how each item is folded and I am the only one that knows how :) haha.


See there's my closet... clearly i have WAAAAY too much black and white and need some more color. I'll work on it. But alas this is only the clothing version of my OCD :) I'm also particular about how my bed is made although I am a little bit more lenient about this one. I don't like it when other people write on my calendars/planners because then there are different types of handwriting on it and stuff. Other things also, but we'll leave it as those details for today :)

- I am an absolute sucker for sweets. I just cannot say no to candy. Well that is unless I just ate a ton of it and have a tummy ache, but even then, sometimes I still have a hard time saying no! Pathetic, right? Not only do I love candy, I also love those other sweets - like any type of dessert for instance :) Just a list of a few of the things that I love:
-Sour Cherry Balls (found at kwik trip)
-Zebra Cakes
-Chocolate Covered Raisins
-Swedish Fish
-Peanut M&Ms
-Oatmeal Creme Pies
-My momma's Chocolate Chip Cookies
-Coconut Cake
-Hershey's Symphony Bars (the Toffee one)
-Hershey Hugs
and well... you get the idea! I was just talking with my roomie, Katie, the other day about my self control problem, and how I hate those people who, when offered a piece of candy, say "No." I just can't do it. 9 times out of 10 I will say yes with no hesitation! I even sometimes take offense when I offer my candy or treat to others, and they say no, like they're better than me for not wanting sweets! haha, but I get over it and say, hey more for me right?

-I love Disney movies! And others of the like, for instance Pixar films, love those too! And when I say I love disney movies, I really really do. And it's not just limited to The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and Aladin. I also LOVE Disney CHANNEL movies! Yup. Those made for T.V. movies that most people my age find annoying, I live for them! Even High School Musical! and by "Even" I mean that's one of my all time favorites! I can't wait to see the third on in theaters! :) :)

-I'm a Concert Junkie! I absolutely 100% love going to concerts! I have always absolutely loved music, I am almost constantly listening to it! It's so much fun to go and see one of your favorite artists play their music live! There is just something about the passion of musicians that makes me happy! Concerts always put me in a good mood. Thus far my list includes: Rebecca St. James, Jars of Clay, Audio Adrenaline, David Crowder Band, John Mayer, Howie Day, Dashboard Confessional, Guster, Motion City Soundtrack, Anberlin, Metro Station, Quietdrive, Catchpenny, Hanson (twice I might add), Matt Wertz, Shawn McDonald, Phil Wickham, Jack Johnson, Josh Gracin, Aaron Shust, Mercy Me, Monk & Neagle, Brandon Heath, Sara Groves, Sandra McCracken, Charlie Peacock, and Derek Webb. Shortly I will add Jimmy Needham and Barlow Girl to the list! Other ones I HOPE to add to the list... Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, Five Times August, Bebo Norman, and Colbie Caillat!


Well that's all of the tidbits I can think of to share for now! I hope you enjoyed this little sharing time. It was great fun eh? And I do sincerely apologize for the lack of pictures... =/ I know blogs tend to be boring with out them so here, I'll add a few randos to the end just for fun! :)

This is my & my Roomies this year! :D From left to right it's Me, Katie, Kelsey, Shadia!


This is me... in a 1994 yearbook! You can do one yourself at www.yearbookyourself.com! it's great fun! :)


This is me & my sibs this summer in McCall Idaho! I found that quote and just found it all too true! :) From left to right it's Cara, Me & Nate.


This is a picture of me in Iowa City at University of Iowa from May 2008 when I went to go see Heidi and pick up some of her stuff with her Mom! Heidi was being creative with angles and color accenting and it turned out to be a fun picture that i've gotten lots of compliments on :)

Catch Up Time... Again!

Okay so I'm back! again... anyways!! i'll do my best to catch you up on my super exciting life! :P
so here goes... we left off with my birthday weekend, right? right. okay.

the FOLLOWING weekend... was wonderful! i drove up to the cities after class on friday with my roomie Kelsey who was along for the ride to go home for the weekend, since she lives in the cities. Now as for the reason i went...? Well i went because my dear friend, Aria, bought me tickets to the Hanson concert for that night!!! :D And about a week or 2 before the concert, Aria tore 2 ankle ligaments and ended up on crutches, but so graciously took me to the concert anyways! :)

^ Me & Aria at the concert! ^

After the concert we hung out for a bit at his and the boys' (Steven, Vince, & Mickey) apartment with Matt. Then around 3AM i headed back to winona cuz i had to leave to go on a field trip with my Science class at 7:30 AM :( so anyways. I made it back and spent all day in a cave and at some sinkholes. Then i came home and crashed from about 6-10:30... got up ate some food, talked to my mom and was back in bed by 11:30 and slept till 11 the next day! :)
So that was pretty much it for that weekend! The weekend after that there was more fun to be had!

Oct 2-5:

Thursday night i went to Olive Garden in La Crosse for dinner with my freshmen year roomies, Katie, Shadia, and Hillary! It was quite delicious and a lot of fun getting to hang out again! We talked and laughed and were quite loud and got some rude stairs from nearby tables, which made us laugh all the more! :)

^Hillary.Katie.Shadia.Me^

I headed home to Roch on friday after class w/nate. Friday i got to hang out with Megan which was so much fun! we went to the Mall and Target and closed both of em down :) then we stayed up late talking and catching up which was awesome! Then saturday i headed up to the cities again! Saturday night we hung out and i got to see a bunch of old friends from high school so that was really fun! Then sunday night we (cam, aria, cortney(cam's sister), kristin, and i) got to go to Northwestern to see Phil Wickham and Shawn McDonald! 2 Extremely talented artists and if given the opportunity to see them, you should! And until then, click on their names and check out their music on their myspace pages! :D

^Brit & Me!^^Steven & Me!^^Tony & Me!^^Me & Cam!^^Aria & Me!^^Caston & Me!^

^^All those black and whites are from saturday night in the cities! :)

The following weekend the fun continued! I had friday off of school so i headed back to roch thursday after class w/nate! Thursday night i got my hair done! (i'm back to brown! :) not quite my natural color yet.. it's a little lighter, but after next time it will be!) then hung out at home for a little bit and then hung out with aria for a little bit. Friday morning i got up and went to breakfast with Christian, a friend from high school! We went to Pannekoeken and had a good time catching up and talking about life! Then i went to caribou w/Kurt to grab some coffee! Was wonderful seeing him as well and catching up! Then it was off to panera for lunch with my Momma! :D after that i was finally on my way...
On my way to Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa to see my best friend kate! :D

Friday night the Art Music Justice Tour was at her school which was absolutely amazing!! The artists on the tour were Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Charlie Peacock, Sara Groves, and Brandon Heath. All amazing artists who you can check out just by clicking on their names! :D

So that was a lot of fun! then Saturday night we got dressed up and went to a bar dance! it was a Business theme hence our attire in the below photo! :)

^Me & Kate!^

Sunday I came home and got to see Brittany & Aria before they headed back up to the cities! Then i slept in my own bed and headed back to Winona w/Nate Monday morning. And here we are at another weekend! Only this one is a relaxing one! and it's so very nice! It's been waaaay too long since i've just sat around and had no obligations for a weekend! And i'm loving every second of it! I finally finished "Twilight" (which if you haven't read, you need to. No matter who you are, boy, girl, young, old, doesn't matter. Just read it!) and am on to book 2, "New Moon" and am already 120 pages in! And there's where i'm headed now! back to my book! It's SO addicting! :D gotta love a good read!

Hope you enjoyed another spastic update by me! :D

24 days later...

i'm back! :) i don't really have much to saaaay... cuz if i try to fill you in on everything... we'll be here for FOREVER!!! and not because i have a super exciting life that has lots going on to tell you about...but because i for some reason have to give EVERY LITTLE DETAIL which is obnoxious!!! so let's just focus on my birthday! :D

so my birthday was Friday September 19! I turned 20!!! can you believe it?! no more teens for my rents!

So the original plan:
kate & brittany come down friday and we go out to dinner with my roommates and some other friends from school and then aria and cam were supposed to come down on saturday and at some point on saturday kate & brit were gonna head back to roch to see their families! so that WAS the plan... but here's what ACTUALLY happened:

Friday: kate & brittany arrive around 4-4:30 ish and we all start getting ready... which is clearly a 2 hour process b/c we're goofing off and putzing around the whole time! so anyways we're getting ready and sheila came over and the house is full with me, kate, brittany, katie, shadia, kelsey, and sheila! so i'm just about ready... got my outfit on, got my make-up on and hair almost done... just teasing left to do, so i'm in the bathroom teasing my hair when i suddenly see my MOM in the mirror behind me! and i FREAKED! i turned around saying "oh my gosh! what are you doing here?!?!" and hugged her then asked if my dad was there too and she said yup! so i ran downstairs and hugged him too!

so my parents and brother arrived... and this was at about 6:30 and they had "brought the party" my mom brought dinner and dessert and PRESENTS! :D they had decided to surprise me and come down for my bday and told kate that day so she knew she had to keep me at the house just long enough for them to get there so we wouldn't go out to eat! so anyways we all eat up the delicious food... pizza burgers, frog-eyes salad, snickers salad, and chips! then it was time for presents! i got.... "Step Up" on DVD, "Made of Honor" on DVD, Michael Buble's CD "Call Me Irresponsible," a 4-pack of mocha frappuccino(sp?), a 3pack of cinnamint Orbit gum, the brother/sister willow tree from my brudda, and a Ralph Lauren 3 pack of perfume, "Ralph"(my favorite), "Wild" and "Hot"! ... Earlier in the day when Kate arrived she gave me a Northwestern sweatshirt! :D

So a little after presents were done with Jaden and his soccer buddy Bobby came over! and then we had cake... my favorite, Coconut Cake which my momma made for me and was delicious! :D and shortly after that my rents and brother took off. Then steve (katie my roommate's boyfriend) came over, jaden went and picked up katelyn(his friend from St. Mary's who i've also become friends with) and we all headed out! We were at a party at some house for a while when i noticed that brit, kate, jay, and bobby were all missing so i gave them a call and brit said they had to run to kwik trip and i was like alright sweet! then about 5 minutes later kate called saying they were back but couldn't get in! (the house was VERY crowded and they were trying to keep it under control) so she asked if i would come get them.. so i go outside and who is waiting there for me? not just kate, brittany, jay and bobby... but i look over and see Aria, Steven, and Cam!!! i was beside myself with excitement!!! So i hugged them all and we all went back inside :)

About 20 minutes later we decided to leave cuz it was just too crowded and hot so we took off. Kate, Brittany, Jaden, Aria, Steven, Cam and i all headed back to my house after we dropped sheila, bobby and katelyn off. (katie & steve had left about an hour before so they were already gone). Once back at my place we hung out, people made t-bell and wendy's runs and then we settled into the living room for a movie... "Made of Honor" to be exact! Aria brought out his guitar and sang me "a" song for my b-day! which was actually a "collaboration" as he would say... it consisted of 3 songs... "Be Like That" by 3 Doors Down, "Come On Get Higher" by Matt Nathanson, and "Better With You" by Five Times August! (the 3rd one is one that i had suggested he learn a few weeks earlier.. so he did for my bday!)

SOOOOO now that this is getting long and boring anyways since i can't seem to just give an overall story and have to give every freaking detail! I'll continue! :D

We watched the movie and went to bed! Then at 9:30 the next morning Steven, Aria, Cam, and Brittany all left and headed back to roch and then kate and i went back to bed! Well kate did anyways... i couldn't get back to sleep so i showered and got ready for the day! when she woke up around 11:30 she did the same. Then her and i had a lovely afternoon of best friend bonding time :) we went to Acoustic Cafe for lunch and then took a 3.6 mile walk around beautiful Lake Winona! Then around 3:45 she took off and headed home too!! And that's pretty much all i feel like writing for now! so i guess i'll put up some pictures now!!! :D everyone's favorite part right?! i know i know, mine too!!!

^Ladies! Kate, Sheila, Me, Katie, & Brit! ^

^^Us girlies and Natey Boy^^

Family! (minus cara :( )

^me blowing out bday candles!^

^me & my big brother! ^

^ me & jay!! ^

Well that's all folks!!!

ps. SOOOORRY this was a novel. but if you read it all... i'm impressed! :)

peace out girl scout :)

Labor Day Weekend!

So my labor day weekend is unfortunately drawing to an end :( that's okay though! it was a very nice relaxing weekend! i truely didn't do much of... anything at all!! watched some movies, sat around, slept in, went to the beach, went to lunch, sat around some more, made monkey bread... and yea... that's pretty much what i did ALL weekend... but it was amazing!!! :D sooooo being that that's all there was.... i guess i'll share pictures now! :D

This is me w/2 of my roomies... shadia and katie... at the beach! :D

Me and Katie wading :) hahaha
shad & me catching some rays :)

the monkey bread katie and i made that for the first time in my life i didn't screw up!!! :D it was delicious!!!! :D

well, that's all for now! later!

I'M BACK!

Well maybe... i can't promise i'll continue to post regularly but i was inspired by my sister's update so that's exactly what this will be! just a quick update... all pictures and in no particular order... okay that's a lie... since they're in my computer in order, they'll probably be in order! :D hahaha so here goes:

^^Grandma.Cara.Me.Bailey.Becca.Kenzie.Molly^^
This is grandma and her grand-girls minus Brigs and Jersti -- we all met in illinois for a "girls weekend" and had an absolute blast! >>not pictured are the momma's/4 sisters - Cheri, Deedee, Barb, and Amy


^^Heidi & Me ^^
i went to visit heidi with her momma, Sandy, the 3rd weekend in may cuz sandy was going to pick up some of her stuff so i said, HEY! i'll go! and it was wonderful!


^^Nick, Me & Alex ^^
i went to see my babies at their senior prom grand march! everyone looked so good and it for sure made me miss my senior prom which was perfect!

^^Me & Kate on Navy Pier ^^
mid-June my best friend kate and i drove to Crystal Lake, Illinois for a weekend to spend some time with my Auntie Deedee and Auntie Amy and their families and to go into Chi-Town for a day which was a blast and it was a gorgeous day!

^^ Tony, Brittany, Aria, Me, Mike ^^
at the end of June i road tripped to somerset, wisconsin with Brittany and Aria, picked up tony & mike on the way to see, that's right JACK JOHNSON in concert! we went for a whole weekend and spent the day before and the day of the concert tubing down Apple River! It was an amazing weekend!^^The man himself, Mr Jack Johnson, up on stage singin away! :D ^^

^^ Cara & Me ^^
Cara graduated from college at the end of june!! aaaaannnnnd then just about a week ago? 2 weeks ago... SHE PASSED HER BOARDS!!!! she's a real person now! she's legit! :D way to go cara!!!! i love you!!!

^^ me & megan ^^
i got to spend probably about 10 days by the pool this summer due to my ridiculously busy work schedule... but this was one of the best pool days... day after 4th of july just all day relaxing by the pool ending with a late night pool "party" with a few friends!
^^Jay & I - Our tongues say "HI" ^^
we made cupcakes at heidi's house on megan's birthday EVE! we quickly discovered how to entertain ourselves by writing out messages on our tongues with the gel frosting!
^^Megan Kate & I... our tongues say "I (heart) U"
^^ Megan & I on her birthday! :)

^^Megan, Brittany, Abbie, Me, and Megan ^^
Quietdrive came to town to the St. John's blockparty as the surprise guest! The girls and i hit it up and stood "front row" and then met the band and got our t's autographed afterwards!


^^Leadsinger, Kevin, of Quietdrive rockin out!

^^Brittany, Julia, Victoria, Emily, Mickey, Shane, Kate, Megan, Megan, & Heidi!
we did an 80's bowling night... we got all dressed up in 80's gear and then headed to the bowling alley!
Cara, Nate & I at our cousin Drew's wedding in McCall, Idaho!^^Cara, Me & Nate at Artist Point in Yellowstone ... we spent 4 days there after the wedding!


^^Me & Kate^^
one night at kate's house i decided i wanted to see if her prom dress would fit me... turns out it did... and well the dressing up and picture taking just went from there! :)

Beej, Me and Colin at their going away party before they headed back to california!

^^Me, Shane, Kate, Josh, Aria, & Brittany ^^
these guys came to surprise me after i came back to winona before i even started school! i love em! :) ... and josh just doesn't like having his picture taken hence the rude face!

That's it for now! kinda long i know but it's just a picture summary! there's sooo much more and soo many more pictures! but you get the idea! i'll do my best to keep postin! but i hope you enjoyed the update! later!