We have a Winner! :)

I'd like to share with you the...

cutest

little

thing

alive!!!

HE IS SO CUTE!!!!!!

I wish wish wish I knew him!!!

Babies are the cutest things...

and this little guy,

well,

we have a winner! :)

(photos via Rebekah Westover Photography)

Another Lil' Pup

Brian wants one of these puppies...

A bull dog is his dream puppy.

Just like how I want a baby Yorkie puppy,

and his name will be Toast...

Baby bull dog puppy's name is Pete.

Aww! :)

I wasn't sold on the idea until I saw this picture (the photo above.)

He's so cute!!!

My aunt Melissa follows rockstar diaries. I came across it once-upon-a-time, but after she mentioned it a few days ago on her blog, I decided to take another look.

and because of my looking again, I found this cute puppy...and I fell in love! :)

I love puppies! I want a real one!

Just a Little Jumbled

Do you ever find yourself continuously clicking on other people's links and you end up reading people's blogs that you don't even know??

For me, that's basically everyday.

There are a few blogs and that always go back to, and I don't even know these people in real life!

I know them through their blogs.

They're my blog friends...

...which are sadly similar Imaginary Friends...

I read them and most of the time get ideas of how I'd like to organize my blog, and my life!

Most of the time they just make me smile.

They live cute lives!

I am not a stalker! :(

They don't know me...I don't know them.

They're writing on a blog so people anywhere can read it.

And I suppose that is what happens!

Makes me wonder who reads my blog....

.A.N.Y.W.A.Y.

I got my second letter from my good friend Seth over the weekend. He's so funny.

He is on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in North Carolina.

And he is doing awesome!

It makes me so happy to see my friends leave on missions. Right now I go to a lot of farewells and in two years and I will be attending a lot of homecomings!

So busy!

I may be happy, but then again, I am sad because I don't get to see them. But it's okay in the end, because they're gone for a good reason, which I'm okay with! :)

Brian will leave soon...that'll be a bitter.sweet day for sure!

:'(

{SCHOOL}--Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy...sometimes I try, sometimes I don't.

Will I ever be one of those students who is is good EVERY day?

*I better hurry up and change my ways, I only have a few years left!!!*

Me and Kim and our bud Jillian are taking an African Dance class together. It is a blast...most days. We have so much fun and it is definitely a work out. I'm not one to exercise regularly, so my body is kind of mocking me since I started this class at the beginning of the semester. Every tuesday after class I eat and eat and eat. It continues to amaze me! The class is only on tuesdays and it is at night, so when we get back I eat and watch American Idol (which by the way is the first complete season I have watched since it started 8 years ago.) Last night I ate half a can of corn, a large bowl of mini penne noodles with sauce, a whole sandwich and some ice cream. WOAH! And to think, all that and I still wasn't uncomfortably full...it's truly crazy. BUT, besides the nonstop hungry after the class, I enjoy it most days. Yesterday, not so much; I wasn't in the mood. Other days, it rocks-my-socks it's so fun! I have no regrets so far! :)

[I just want you to

know that while I've

been writing this post

I have been listening to

Classical music.

I can feel myself

getting smarter! ;)]

"Smiling is the best currency."

Sometimes, I get this overwhelming urge to be cooler than I am. It's not like I'm bragging, saying, "Wow, I'm so cool," but it's not like I'm boring, either...

ANYWAY...

Really, though.

I have this book called Sark's New Creative Companion: Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit...my Mom (Jen) gave it to me a while back. Every time I look at it I am reminded of how I want to be more creative and more easy going in life. I want to LIVE my LIFE! We can all admit that sometimes it gets hard to be spontaneous and to think out of the box; I wish it wasn't hard.

If I just wish, it's not going to happen. I have to make it happen.

I was following different links that I found on some blogs that I read and reading about random people's lives and I came across someone's that I absolutely fell in love with. I thought, "Good Gravy. How do people get so cool?" It made me a little jealous, yes, but it is also what brought on this urge I'm having. I want to be free and exciting.

Just For One Day:

GO on your travels with just one dollar in your pocket. include walking, nature, relaxation and smiling. smiling is the best currency.

THINK of an advertisement for something you want and put it in a newspaper or up on a tree.

SPEND two hours in a library for pleasure only.

DO everything with your least dominant hand. if you are ambidextrous, do handstands.

"Send love to your fears. welcome your fears! invite

them in, entertain them, and then send them home!"

HOW TO REALLY BE ALIVE!

Live juicy. Stamp out conformity. Stay in bed all day.

Dream of gypsy wagons. Find snails. Develop an astounding

appetite for books. Drink sunsets. Draw out your feelings.

Amaze yourself. Be ridiculous. Stop worrying. NOW. If now

now, then when? Make yes your favorite word. Marry yourself.

Dry your clothes in the sun. Eat mangoes naked. Keep toys

in the bathtub. spin yourself dizzy. Hang upside down. Follow

a child. Celebrate an old person. Send a love letter to yourself.

Be advanced. Try endearing. Invent new ways to love. Transform

negatives. Delight someone. Wear pajamas to a drive in movie.

Allow yourself to feel rich without money. be who you truly are

and the money with follow. Believe in everything. You are always

on your way to a miracle...The miracle is you!

Each day is a new day, but sometimes I don't treat it like one. I'm not the best at getting over things quickly and I'm not perfect at always being cheerful and optimistic. Both are total bummers because, things like that, slow my life down and don't make it as awesome as it could be. I want to be happy, positive and advanced all the time. I don't want to look back at my life and WISH I had done this, or that...I never want to regret.

I'm going to Live.

I am now ALIVE!

Let's do it together!

...I dare you! ;)