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Sunday, 13 December 2009
slaking in best of 09...
i've been crazy busy since i've been home and even before that, but it is so nice to be DONE with school for a little bit. i went to aiden's christmas concert on friday and then out to breakfast with kenzie and my aunt d, then got my hair highlighted..hahaha. then saturday i went out and got a christmas tree with my daddy and brudder. and then went to camp and saw bailey and squid! yayy. and then spent the day in milford with my grandma and momma. =) and now i am cleaning the house//decorating for christmas and took a break and well, here i am! haha sorry i've been slaking on these, so here is an update on all of them....
#best09
the best of 09 for the last few days...
December 10 Album of the year. What's rocking your world?
taylor swiftttt. and my summer mix including: chicken fried, all the above, knocks you down, wagon wheel, right round, i know you want me, 1,2,3,4 and many more. these 2 cds=my life this year.
December 11 The best place. A coffee shop? A pub? A retreat center? A cubicle? A nook?
i'd have to say the porch swing. or camp, for obvious reasons..but the porch swing was most definitely where i spent some of the greatest times this year. =)
December 12 New food. You're now in love with Lebanese food and you didn't even know what it was in January of this year.
chili. i had never had it until this summer at camp. and i love it. haha. it is one of my new favorites out there. mmm, i want some right now.!!
#best09
the best of 09 for the last few days...
December 10 Album of the year. What's rocking your world?
taylor swiftttt. and my summer mix including: chicken fried, all the above, knocks you down, wagon wheel, right round, i know you want me, 1,2,3,4 and many more. these 2 cds=my life this year.
December 11 The best place. A coffee shop? A pub? A retreat center? A cubicle? A nook?
i'd have to say the porch swing. or camp, for obvious reasons..but the porch swing was most definitely where i spent some of the greatest times this year. =)
December 12 New food. You're now in love with Lebanese food and you didn't even know what it was in January of this year.
chili. i had never had it until this summer at camp. and i love it. haha. it is one of my new favorites out there. mmm, i want some right now.!!
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
challenge in 09
2 finals down, 1 to go and 6 pages done on the paper!
so here is the #best09 for today:
December 9 Challenge. Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you?
so...my challenge of 2009 was Will dying. i mean it is completely terrible and devastating, but it really and truly made me grow as a person. it made me realize that people you love are incredibly important to your life and that you never know when they are going to not be there anymore. it was one of the hardest things i've ever experienced in my life. but it really made me step back and look at my life and the people in it and try to let them know at every chance i get how much i love them and how much they mean to me. he has been in my life since 2nd grade. that was 15 years ago. and he isn't here anymore. and there are some days i just want to have our legendary 3 hour talks at 1 in the morning about everything big and small. and it breaks my heart still to think that he did everything he did. but it has taught me so much and has also brought me closer to friends from Green who know how life feels like something is missing now...
so here is the #best09 for today:
December 9 Challenge. Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you?
so...my challenge of 2009 was Will dying. i mean it is completely terrible and devastating, but it really and truly made me grow as a person. it made me realize that people you love are incredibly important to your life and that you never know when they are going to not be there anymore. it was one of the hardest things i've ever experienced in my life. but it really made me step back and look at my life and the people in it and try to let them know at every chance i get how much i love them and how much they mean to me. he has been in my life since 2nd grade. that was 15 years ago. and he isn't here anymore. and there are some days i just want to have our legendary 3 hour talks at 1 in the morning about everything big and small. and it breaks my heart still to think that he did everything he did. but it has taught me so much and has also brought me closer to friends from Green who know how life feels like something is missing now...
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
solitude.
tadaaaa. the #best09 today is :
December 8 Moment of peace. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your mind? How did you get there?
easy peasyy. i know this one no doubt. well, there are 2 things which is my answer, but they both involve summer time. and they both involve my favorite things.
the very very first one which is my all time favorite thing in the whole world where i feel like i dont have a care, like i am the only one there, like nothing could ever go wrong and there is not a bad thing in the world....canoeing on the delaware. but more specific would be when i wake up and get out of the tent and see the fog on the river and you know that the sun is there, but you just can't see it yet and the fog is rolling down the river and all you can hear is birds chirping and the sound of the river flowing over the rocks. sighhh. that is where i want to be right now. i mean, if you know me, you know things can go wrong on this trip, but it is the one time during the day when i know everything is okay. and all i care about is that moment. i just feel so peaceful. like i can not even describe this feeling to anyone. it is just my favorite moment. and my moment of peace. and i get to experience it 3 mornings in a row one time a year.
then the second one is when i am sitting in a sailboat, maybe even the new baby..haha, all by myself and there is just so much wind and you are tacking across the lake and there are no other boats and no other worries. it is just you and the boat. it is perfect. those are the two moments where i am just in complete peace. and yeah, when i am doing both i am usually not totally alone, but at the river in the morning i always get away for a few minutes and take it all in. and when i am sailing, i just feel so at peace with myself. and i feel so calm. and i just i don't know...
i dont know if i really answered that question the way other people do, but to me those are the two most peaceful moments.
December 8 Moment of peace. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your mind? How did you get there?
easy peasyy. i know this one no doubt. well, there are 2 things which is my answer, but they both involve summer time. and they both involve my favorite things.
the very very first one which is my all time favorite thing in the whole world where i feel like i dont have a care, like i am the only one there, like nothing could ever go wrong and there is not a bad thing in the world....canoeing on the delaware. but more specific would be when i wake up and get out of the tent and see the fog on the river and you know that the sun is there, but you just can't see it yet and the fog is rolling down the river and all you can hear is birds chirping and the sound of the river flowing over the rocks. sighhh. that is where i want to be right now. i mean, if you know me, you know things can go wrong on this trip, but it is the one time during the day when i know everything is okay. and all i care about is that moment. i just feel so peaceful. like i can not even describe this feeling to anyone. it is just my favorite moment. and my moment of peace. and i get to experience it 3 mornings in a row one time a year.
then the second one is when i am sitting in a sailboat, maybe even the new baby..haha, all by myself and there is just so much wind and you are tacking across the lake and there are no other boats and no other worries. it is just you and the boat. it is perfect. those are the two moments where i am just in complete peace. and yeah, when i am doing both i am usually not totally alone, but at the river in the morning i always get away for a few minutes and take it all in. and when i am sailing, i just feel so at peace with myself. and i feel so calm. and i just i don't know...
i dont know if i really answered that question the way other people do, but to me those are the two most peaceful moments.
Monday, 7 December 2009
best of 09 & a quote.
Dreams aren't meant to be understood any more than tragedies can be avoided. Life happens to us... the only certainty in all of it is that it just keeps happening..
i reallllly like that quote...
ok, so #best09 today and yesterday (i was doing work/was a sad&bad day..):
December 6 Workshop or conference. Was there a conference or workshop you attended that was especially beneficial? Where was it? What did you learn?
December 7 Blog find of the year. That gem of a blog you can't believe you didn't know about until this year.
ok, so the conference//workshop one...
well, i am not all that important and don't have an important job. so i didn't really go to a conference or workshop really, but at camp we had a few awesome new workshops and i really decided i enjoyed running them and being in charge of them. this summer, during pre pre camp when all the UL's were there, we did a workshop and we had to make a poster to display how camp was good for kids, and we drew one with a compass on it and had a catchy slogan on it about how no matter what direction we came from camp is good because it brings in people from everywhere and such, and i really enjoyed doing that because sometimes things get really monotonous at camp during training for us and it was something new!
ok and for blog find of the year, well i really don't read any except for my friends because i am weird, although i'd love to start reading more...so i am going to do website of the year because that isn't a question...
website of the year: sporacle. hands down the best website i've ever come along. this semester in my politics class we needed to know all the countries of South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia and without it i would have failed! i love that in sporacle you need to know how to spell because we would get it wrong if it was spelled wrong. and i just like seeing how much i know. like, i can name all 50 states in 2:37 second. and i know 38/44 presidents the majority of the time. and i can name all the NFL teams. haha. i just love it..plus i feel smart when i get them all right and it is SO fun!
in other news: first exam tomorrow in politics! eeeeeeekkkkk. i am so nervous! and i am working on my paper. but me and kirstin had a fabulous study date in Panera tonight! oh and SO jealous because it is snowing TONS in Flagstaff and i miss it when it snows there. it was always such a fun time and i just loved it. ok, need to study more! home in 3 and new orleans in 8!!!
i reallllly like that quote...
ok, so #best09 today and yesterday (i was doing work/was a sad&bad day..):
December 6 Workshop or conference. Was there a conference or workshop you attended that was especially beneficial? Where was it? What did you learn?
December 7 Blog find of the year. That gem of a blog you can't believe you didn't know about until this year.
ok, so the conference//workshop one...
well, i am not all that important and don't have an important job. so i didn't really go to a conference or workshop really, but at camp we had a few awesome new workshops and i really decided i enjoyed running them and being in charge of them. this summer, during pre pre camp when all the UL's were there, we did a workshop and we had to make a poster to display how camp was good for kids, and we drew one with a compass on it and had a catchy slogan on it about how no matter what direction we came from camp is good because it brings in people from everywhere and such, and i really enjoyed doing that because sometimes things get really monotonous at camp during training for us and it was something new!
ok and for blog find of the year, well i really don't read any except for my friends because i am weird, although i'd love to start reading more...so i am going to do website of the year because that isn't a question...
website of the year: sporacle. hands down the best website i've ever come along. this semester in my politics class we needed to know all the countries of South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia and without it i would have failed! i love that in sporacle you need to know how to spell because we would get it wrong if it was spelled wrong. and i just like seeing how much i know. like, i can name all 50 states in 2:37 second. and i know 38/44 presidents the majority of the time. and i can name all the NFL teams. haha. i just love it..plus i feel smart when i get them all right and it is SO fun!
in other news: first exam tomorrow in politics! eeeeeeekkkkk. i am so nervous! and i am working on my paper. but me and kirstin had a fabulous study date in Panera tonight! oh and SO jealous because it is snowing TONS in Flagstaff and i miss it when it snows there. it was always such a fun time and i just loved it. ok, need to study more! home in 3 and new orleans in 8!!!
Sunday, 6 December 2009
happy birthday will..
Dear Will,
Happy Birthday!
it's been really hard lately. really really hard. i literally think about you at least seven times a day. all i need right now is to talk to you about everything going on in my life. it's been really hard. i finally got more pictures of us printed out. since having a digital camera I've been terrible at printing out pictures. i have one from graduation, one from Disney, one from the plane home [do you remember sitting with me and we talked the whole plane ride and we snuggled?] every single time i think of your birthday, i inevitably think of the one birthday when we were little, it was at your house and you had fruit punch and my silly mother dressed me in something white and someone spilled fruit punch ALL over me and i cried and you took me into your room and gave me a new shirt. that is when i knew you were the greatest guy in the world. or the birthday parties at the hackettstwon roller rink! ha, we thought we were so cool. and we would "slow skate" with who we liked. gosh, we were so weird when we were little! and we always played in that like crazy jungle gym thing inside the roller rink! haha, i would do absolutely anything to be back there with you right now. it's been really hard down here without you. i check in on your facebook all the time and see who has been talking to you. so many people have been too. did i tell you me and june and maria got together in october? we want to get people together around christmas or in may after school is out again. like everyone from green and a few from high school and do something fun. the 3 of us talk a bit and we all really miss you. i wonder what you are doing up there on your birthday..i hope it is more fun than mine was! haha :) i want so badly to talk to you about so many things. i talk to you a lot when i drive... but you already knew that. i miss you more than i ever knew i would miss someone. i feel so old being 22. no more exciting birthdays. you know, i even got told i was old the other night!! how crazy is that. i just hope you know that i love you more that i was ever able to tell you. you were always the best person i knew and i think you always will be. i hope you have the best birthday ever. and i miss you more and more every day. i can't believe it's been 5 months either. just know that you are with me in everything i do.
Love forever and ever,
Kelly.
ps, thanks for telling me i'd be okay when i cried at your birthday party. you always knew how to make me feel better. love you buddy :)
Happy Birthday!
it's been really hard lately. really really hard. i literally think about you at least seven times a day. all i need right now is to talk to you about everything going on in my life. it's been really hard. i finally got more pictures of us printed out. since having a digital camera I've been terrible at printing out pictures. i have one from graduation, one from Disney, one from the plane home [do you remember sitting with me and we talked the whole plane ride and we snuggled?] every single time i think of your birthday, i inevitably think of the one birthday when we were little, it was at your house and you had fruit punch and my silly mother dressed me in something white and someone spilled fruit punch ALL over me and i cried and you took me into your room and gave me a new shirt. that is when i knew you were the greatest guy in the world. or the birthday parties at the hackettstwon roller rink! ha, we thought we were so cool. and we would "slow skate" with who we liked. gosh, we were so weird when we were little! and we always played in that like crazy jungle gym thing inside the roller rink! haha, i would do absolutely anything to be back there with you right now. it's been really hard down here without you. i check in on your facebook all the time and see who has been talking to you. so many people have been too. did i tell you me and june and maria got together in october? we want to get people together around christmas or in may after school is out again. like everyone from green and a few from high school and do something fun. the 3 of us talk a bit and we all really miss you. i wonder what you are doing up there on your birthday..i hope it is more fun than mine was! haha :) i want so badly to talk to you about so many things. i talk to you a lot when i drive... but you already knew that. i miss you more than i ever knew i would miss someone. i feel so old being 22. no more exciting birthdays. you know, i even got told i was old the other night!! how crazy is that. i just hope you know that i love you more that i was ever able to tell you. you were always the best person i knew and i think you always will be. i hope you have the best birthday ever. and i miss you more and more every day. i can't believe it's been 5 months either. just know that you are with me in everything i do.
Love forever and ever,
Kelly.
ps, thanks for telling me i'd be okay when i cried at your birthday party. you always knew how to make me feel better. love you buddy :)
Friday, 4 December 2009
best book!
best of 09!
ok, so best of 09 today::
December 4 Book. What book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies?
umm, i would have to say it was: Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. my sister gave it to me this summer to read when i asked for a boook, and it has to be the best book everrrrr. i hate hate hate to read. i usually only read when i am tanning outside, at the beach, or in the pool. or when it is really snowy and cold outside and i sit by the xmas tree :) i read this book at camp this summer and at WILDWOOD! haha. <3 and then when i was supposed to be working at camp but didn't have anything to do! haha
on another note, tonight was the pm christmas party at jeter's house! yayyy. it is always fun. i love my sisters so so much. for the present thingy i got a blanket [PINKKK one!!!!] and some ferrero rocher candy! mmm my favorite! and yayyy for another blanket! haha. :)
all i have between me and freedom:: tuesday-politics exam 2-5 wednesday-geography exam 2-5 thursday-Econ exam 3:45-5 and then my egypt paper is due whenever between now and friday at 11:30 but i am leaving thursday so I NEED to finish by then! eeeep. i can not wait for break and new orleans!! only 11 days left! :) yippieeee!
ok, so best of 09 today::
December 4 Book. What book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies?
umm, i would have to say it was: Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. my sister gave it to me this summer to read when i asked for a boook, and it has to be the best book everrrrr. i hate hate hate to read. i usually only read when i am tanning outside, at the beach, or in the pool. or when it is really snowy and cold outside and i sit by the xmas tree :) i read this book at camp this summer and at WILDWOOD! haha. <3 and then when i was supposed to be working at camp but didn't have anything to do! haha
on another note, tonight was the pm christmas party at jeter's house! yayyy. it is always fun. i love my sisters so so much. for the present thingy i got a blanket [PINKKK one!!!!] and some ferrero rocher candy! mmm my favorite! and yayyy for another blanket! haha. :)
all i have between me and freedom:: tuesday-politics exam 2-5 wednesday-geography exam 2-5 thursday-Econ exam 3:45-5 and then my egypt paper is due whenever between now and friday at 11:30 but i am leaving thursday so I NEED to finish by then! eeeep. i can not wait for break and new orleans!! only 11 days left! :) yippieeee!
Thursday, 3 December 2009
best restaurant..best of 09
Share the best restaurant experience you had this year. Who was there? What made it amazing? What taste stands out in your mind? best of 09
hmm, this questions would be 10x easier if it was last year! haha. being in america again i feel like there isn't anything like the foods i had in Europe. so trying to pinpoint a good restaurant experience is kinda blahh. but i will say that i went to a few good places...and had a few good/new meals.
first is the cheesecake factory. i had never been and me and kirstin and her mom went shopping, literally all day long and it was for her mom, and she took us out to dinner. it was in early September and it was still warm out and we got to sit outside. i had a fabbb glass of wine and we just had a really good time. i love her mom and obvi i like her a lot, she is my roommate. the food was amazing i had some sort of pasta with shrimp in it. so good. and then cheesecake, mmmmm...delicious. it was just a great end to a good day too.
the second would be to a mexican restaurant at school. i went with my pledge sisters the beginning of the school year and it was just so good to be with them again. the 5 of us can't seem to get together very often, so it was good to just be together and have delicious mexican food :) [although not as good as la fonda's in az....] but it was just being with them good food and sitting there for like 2 hours. :)
hmm, this questions would be 10x easier if it was last year! haha. being in america again i feel like there isn't anything like the foods i had in Europe. so trying to pinpoint a good restaurant experience is kinda blahh. but i will say that i went to a few good places...and had a few good/new meals.
first is the cheesecake factory. i had never been and me and kirstin and her mom went shopping, literally all day long and it was for her mom, and she took us out to dinner. it was in early September and it was still warm out and we got to sit outside. i had a fabbb glass of wine and we just had a really good time. i love her mom and obvi i like her a lot, she is my roommate. the food was amazing i had some sort of pasta with shrimp in it. so good. and then cheesecake, mmmmm...delicious. it was just a great end to a good day too.
the second would be to a mexican restaurant at school. i went with my pledge sisters the beginning of the school year and it was just so good to be with them again. the 5 of us can't seem to get together very often, so it was good to just be together and have delicious mexican food :) [although not as good as la fonda's in az....] but it was just being with them good food and sitting there for like 2 hours. :)
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