Day #18

Day Eighteen ~ A picture of your biggest insecurity

Public Speaking. I have never liked it nor do I think I will ever like it. There is something about getting up in front of people and talking that just scares me to death. I don't even like speaking in class when I'm sitting at my desk. Whenever I do have to get up and talk in front of people, I get so flustered that I start stuttering and just look nervous all over. I don't know why! I think my problem is that I think about it too much and I get myself so worked up, so when the time comes for it to happen, I'm just done for. I always dread going to a class and reading the syllabus and realizing that at some point throughout the semester I am going to have to get up and do some type of presentation. I really need to get over this because I am most likely going to have to do many more presentations throughout my college career but I just hate it! Good thing I'm not going to school to be a teacher!!


On a another note, I really wish Matt would get to feeling better. :( His poor allergies are kicking his butt and I just wish I could make them all go away!! Poor thing has an earache now. Hopefully he can get some medicine at the doctor tomorrow and get to feeling better soon. I need to get going. I have soooo much stuff to do for school that I don't need to put off any longer!!

Hope everyone has a great week...maybe the warm weather will come back to stay! =)

Day #16 & Day #17

I just wrote a whole bunch for these 2 posts and pressed a wrong button and everything got deleted so I'm doing a shortened version now because I'm tired!!!!!!


Day Sixteen ~ A picture of someone who inspires you

Basically, Oprah is just an all around good person! She really cares about people and wants to help people in need. This is an example of someone who came from nothing and made it too the top! She grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, was abused and neglected, and now is one of the richest or might be the richest women in the world. If she isn't an inspiration to someone then I don't know who is!




Day seventeen ~ A picture of something that has made a huge impact in your life recently.

In the past couple of months, I have really realized what I want to do with my life and that's working with hospice patients. Through volunteering in assisted living facilities and getting to work with older people, I've found that they are some of the sweetest and most caring people to work with and I can't wait to finally get out of school and start working with them on a daily basis. Older people have a lot of wisdom and have been through so much in their lives and they are just fun to listen and talk too. I fully believe that I have found a area of work that suits my personality and what I like to do. =)

Day #15

Day Fifteen ~ A picture of something you want to do before you die

Not in this particular direction, but before I die I would LOVE to take a road trip from the east coast to the west coast. I think it would be awesome to stop in all the different places and see things that I have never seen before. I would love to stop and see the Grand Canyon and ride a camel...or is it a donkey? down to the bottom! I would also like to go to Yosemite National Park and make pit stops in Alabama, just because Sweet Home Alabama makes it look so pretty! I think it would be so cool to just stop in all of the small towns  I came across and just visit new places. I realize that in order for me to make this happen I would have to SAVE SAVE SAVE and I would have to find some willing participants to travel along on this journey. Who knows, maybe one day I will make this dream come true!! =)

Happy Thursday Everyone!   

Day # 14

Day fourteen ~ A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without

Man do I love this boy. From the first time Matt and me really ever talked I knew something was different. He is one of the most caring people I have ever met and I know without a doubt that he loves me unconditionally. He is also one of the most hardworking people I have ever met and I am so proud of him for doing what he wants to in life and being so good at it. He treats me the way a girl is supposed to be treated and I know that he would do anything in the world for me. I love how I am so comfortable around Matt and we can talk about anything and everything. I am so looking forward to making many more memories with my Matt and I cannot wait to see where life takes us. Love you Matthew!!!

Day # 13

Day Thirteen ~ A picture of your favorite band or artist

HELLO!!! Does this picture even need an explanation. Not only is Jason Aldean smokin', I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of his music. I will be at his concert in September and I will probably be acting like a little kid in a candy shop. So if anyone feels the need to get me back stage passes as well to meet this hunk I will certainly be glad to have them! =)

Day # 12

Day Twelve ~ A picture of something you love

                        

I don't know what it is, but fresh flowers always brighten my day! I love the springtime when everything starts to bloom. The world just seems so much fresher & nicer when there are flowers popping up everywhere and all of the different colors fill up the scenery. And it is always a plus when someone gives you fresh flowers just for the heck of it and just because he loves you (coughmattcough)! So here's to the start of springtime and the start of brightening up this cold, dreary world we have had to endure for the past couple of months!!

P.S....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, KAITLYN HUNTER AVERETTE!!! =)

Birthday!!!

I have to say that I am very fortunate to have so many people in my life that care about me and love me! I had the absolute BEST birthday ever!! Thank you to my parents and for Matt for throwing me a great party and thank you to Katie for letting me have my party at the saddle club. Also, I have to thank my Mema and Grandad, Joni and Gary, and Burnie for cooking for everyone and also thanks to Tiffany for my beautiful & yummy birthday cake!! I had such a good time last night and I think everyone else did too! Thanks to everyone who made my day special! I love you all =)

My sweet parents got me a kindle for my birthday and I love it! I'm gunna have a hard time getting stuff done for school with this little baby handy all of the time! Thanks Mom & Dad! =)

Matt's sweet mom made me this scrapbook for my birthday. Being the picture-taking queen she is she had a ton saved and made this scrapbook look awesome!! Thanks Charmin!

My dear friend April got me this new panini maker and grill! She always keeps an ear out and remembers me saying what I would love to have! So this week I will be practicing my panini making skills and I will let you know how it all works out, me being the best cook and all I am! ;) Thanks April!!!

And thank you to everyone else that gave me giftcards, my new wallet, & of course money that I am going to be putting away for my cruise in August!!

Without a doubt this has been the best birthday ever!! =)

Day 10 & Day 11

Day Ten ~ A picture of the person you do the most crazy stuff with

I LOVE my roommates. It's hard to find people to live with in college, but I have to say I have the best roommates ever, which I am also proud to call some of my best friends in the whole wide world!! Me, Courtney, & Kaitlyn never experience a dull moment. We can just sit around doing the stupidest stuff and get entertained by it. We all know what each person's habits are and we all know what ticks each person off. We know each other's napping habits and we all know what shows to watch at a certain time on a certain day. And If someone comes in and has had a bad day, all it takes is a little humor from one of us to get the other person laughing again! Kaitlyn, Courtney, & myself have experienced so much together in college and I can't wait to make more fun and crazy memories as each of us follows the path that life is taking us! Love you Guys!!


Day Eleven ~ A picture of something you hate

Most of you are probably asking yourselves why in the heck do I hate doritos. Before you judge me, first listen to the reason WHY I hate them so much. When I was younger, like before the age of 10, I loved doritos. I could sit and finish a whole bag. Now...here's the story. One weekend, we were camping at Kerr Lake. I don't know why but when you go to the lake you, or at least I am, are hungry all the time and feel like you need to be snacking constantly. Well, Will's snack of choice was doritos. He didn't just "snack", he basically ate the whole bag. So night time rolls around and it's time to go to sleep. My mom and dad put me and Will in a tent together and said night night. I go to sleep only to be woken up a few hours later by Will THROWING UP DORITOS ALL OVER ME!!!!! I guess he got to hott and just started not feeling well. So yes, I probably started screaming and woke the whole campground up but at least I had a good reason. To this day I have never put another dorito in my mouth, nor will I ever because that is something I never can get over!!! I did eventually forgive Will because I figured he couldn't help it if he didn't feel good, but he could have at least turned the other way!!!

Day #9

Day Nine ~ A picture of the person that has gotten you through the most

A lot of these pictures have the same people in them because the same people fit in a lot of categories!! I put this picture up of my Mom, Dad, & Will because they are the people that have gotten me through everything I have had to face in my life. My Mom and Dad were there when I was young and got a "boo-boo" and would kiss everything and make it better. They were also the ones to tell me everything was going to be OK when I was crying the first day of college and telling them that I wanted to go back home. Will has always been there to talk to and now that he's gotten older I think we have gotten a lot closer. My family is the most important thing to me and I love them so much! I just wished they lived closer to me so that I could see them a lot more, but maybe in the NEAR future they will (hint-hint/cough-cough)!!

Day #8

Day Eight ~ A picture that makes you laugh

Really this picture brings nothing but bad memories, but you can't help but laugh. This was taken last summer at the Brooks and Dunn Concert and they were dubbed TPT (trailer park trash) of our section. HAHA. At first these guys were friendly, as you can see in the above picture. Later on they would be the cause of a huge fight that got Katie punched in the jaw, me getting thrown to the ground and losing my sunglasses and then being sent to "medical", Brent and all the guys just swinging at whoever came our way, Matt and Dusty walking around clueless with their shirts off tied around their head, just basically one big mess!!! And poor Holly, Emily, and Ashleigh...I know they will NEVER want to go anywhere with us again! I really couldn't tell you exactly what caused this fight, but I can certainly tell you that I lost an expensive pair of sunglasses and looked like an idiot crawling around on the lawn trying to find them! Next time we go to a concert, we all just have to remember not to next next to pole # 2!!!!

Prayers Please!!!

A little girl that Courtney babysits all of the time needs your prayers! Her name is Brynley Stokes and last week doctors found a brain tumor. She had surgery yesterday to remove the tumor which was found to be benign. Today she has had some trouble breathing and doctors found that she has a collapsed lung now. She is in surgery right now to put in a chest tube. Please pray that she will start breathing better and come out of this thing good as new!!

Day #7

Day seven ~ A picture of your most treasured item

TEDDY!!! If anyone knows me even the slightest bit, you probably know that I still sleep with a teddy bear and would be lost without him. Teddy just celebrated a birthday too this week. Twenty-one years old!! Doesn't look to bad for his age if I do say so myself. Some gracious lady that my Dad worked with gave me teddy the day I was born. I really don't know who this lady is but if I ever got the chance to meet her I would give her a big ol' hug!! Teddy goes everywhere with me. He's been to Hawaii, New York, and the beach, just to name a few. He's also accidentally been in the toilet (long story and I was about 3 or 4) and thrown in the washing machine when I didn't want him to go in there because I thought he was going to fall apart. Basically, wherever Meg goes, Teddy goes! I really don't know if I would be able to sleep with at night if I didn't have him. It sounds kind of stupid that I'm 21 years old and a junior in college but Teddy is my little security blanket and I will most likely still be sleeping with Teddy when I'm married with kids! He had to under go some re-constructive surgery this past year on his paws and thanks to my wonderful Aunt Sharron, he is good as new!! Without a doubt, Teddy is my most treasured item and I love him!! =)  

Day #6

Day Six ~ A picture of someone that you would want to trade places with for a day

I don't think this picture needs a caption written for it! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to trade places with Carrie Underwood for a day. It would be amazing to be as pretty as she is and to have a wonderful voice like hers and preform in front of millions of people would be awesome. Oh, and the paycheck wouldn't be too bad either... ;)

Day #5

Day Five ~A picture of your favorite memory.

Again, like on day four, I have too many favorite memories!! It's hard to pick which one is my favorite so I am going to do one that is fresh in my mind!

This summer I was fortunate enough to be able to go to Hawaii with the best cousins in the world! While in Hawaii, we got the chance to do the Dolphin Adventure and swim with dolphins! It was one of the most fun 30 minutes I've ever had! We were able to feed & swim all over the pool with them. We had to be very careful while petting them because their skin is very sensitive. It was so cool to be able to get up close and personal with these dolphins and I will always remember how much fun I had with them!

I also have to say how loved I feel today! Everyone already has gone out of their way to make me feel special on my birthday and I just love everyone so much!! =)

Day #4

Day four~A picture of your favorite night

I have so many favorite nights and it's really hard to pick the best one, so I am just going to pick one that sticks out as being funny, and memorable.

When I graduated high school, my family and my cousins family all went down to St. Thomas for a week. One afternoon, after laying by the pool all day and drinking Voodoo juice out of a bucket (as seen above with my dad), we all decided to go to this place called Duffy's Love Shack for supper. This place set's up your supper tables in the parking lot because it's such a small place theres not room for everyone inside the actual restaurant. My dad was, let's just say, feeling like he was on cloud nine before we even left the hotel. After being at Duffy's and having a few more drinks, he then proceeded to walk over to a store and buy 150 dollar flip flips, of which he probably has no recollection of!! Now you're probably wondering what the first picture is about. Those buses are the taxis in St. Thomas. To get back to our hotel, we had to go down these long, narrow, windy roads and I kid you not, our taxi driver was going probably 70 mph going down these streets. We were all holding on for dear life, with my dad and Grant (the other dad with us) were yelling obscenities at the top of their lungs. When we finally got back to the hotel, my dad literally fell out of the taxi, was able to get back up and take a picture with all of us and the cab driver, then he walked/crawled into the hotel lobby and was layed out on the hotel couch when we all found him. I thought I was going to pee my pants I have never laughed so hard in my life! I have the picture somewhere of my dad but I can't find it right now. But this night was definitely one of my favorites! =) 

Day #3

Day Three ~ A picture of your favorite TV cast.

As you may have guessed, my favorite TV show is criminal minds! When I moved in with Kaitlyn and Courtney this year I had never even heard of this show and then one night Kaitlyn made me watch an episode with her and I was hooked! I love this show and I have been known to watch hours and hours of it because it comes on all the time on ion at school and sometimes this isn't so good because I have more important stuff that I need to do (like homework)! Criminal minds is the type of show too keep you on the edge of your seat and things play out like you would never imagine them too. I love all of the characters because they all have something unique about them and they are always making things interesting. I'm not gunna lie, this show can be scary, and I mean scary! Whenever it comes on and we are all sitting in the living room we automatically look and make sure the door is locked! Some people that know me well know that I don't like being by myself so they might be wondering why I watch this show if it's so scary. I will only watch it if someone else is in the room/apartment/house with me and I will watch it by myself during daylight hours. Haha. I usually fall asleep to it at night but I'm a peace knowing that Kaitlyn is on one side of me and Courtney is on the other side of me. =)

Day #2

Day Two ~ A picture of yourself with the person you have been the closest with.

For some reason I can't find a picture right with my mom, dad, and me together so this will have to do. And I'm bending the rules a little bit because I have been equally close to my mommy and daddy so i couldn't pick just one! I don't know what I would do without my parents! They have always provided for me, they are currently putting me through college with no financial help at all, and they are just all around wonderful people! My mom and dad are always there when I need them and I love them very, very much!

P.S- GO TARHEELS!! =)

30 Day Challenge-Day #1

I suck at coming up with things to blog about so I've decided to do this 30 day challenge. I don't know if I'll be able to do 30 consecutive days because I do get slack on my blog but we will try it out and see! Also, I had a little makeover done to my blog! I tried to do it myself and after a couple of tries and a few bad words later I decided to ask April for her help and of course she came running! She's the best! =)

Day One ~ A picture of yourself with ten facts

Me in Hawaii =)

1. I am really close with my family and I love them so much. Don't know what I would do without them!!

2. I've slept with the same teddy bear since the day I was born. He goes everywhere with me and I am not ashamed that I am almost 21 years old and still sleep with a stuffed animal.

3. I am OCD about having things clean and organized. Just ask the people who have had to live with me!

4. Dr. Pepper is like a little piece of heaven.

5. I always like to have something sweet to go along with whatever I am eating.

6. LOVE to go to the beach and sit all day and look out at the ocean.

7. I secretly am a nerd and love to read.

8. I let things bother me too much and I worry about things that I shouldn't worry about at all!

9. Not a morning person AT ALL!! I defiantly get that from my mom.

10. There is nothing better than a rainy Sunday afternoon, snuggled under covers watching lifetime movies. =) 

Wandering Mind

 Someone recently told me that blogging was a way to release your feelings without having to actually talk to anybody. I think I hold things in and let them bottle up, then all of a sudden everything comes out in tears, not words. I've had a lot on my mind these past few days and my mind has just been one big mess. I still cannot wrap my head around the passing of such a sweet, caring, strong-willed young girl who had her whole life ahead of her. It makes me stop and think about everything important in my life. In times like these, little stuff that bothers me just seems to go away. But it shouldn't just be "times like this" that make you stop and think that the little things that bother you shouldn't. Life is so precious and I wish everyone would just slow down and appreciate what all they have. No one ever knows when it's going to be their time to leave this earth and everyday should be a blessing, no matter if you are having a crappy day or a wonderful one. It's so stupid to sweat the small stuff when people around you are going through such a harder time than you  might be. I guess what I am really trying to say is please don't take advantage of your life. We all live such fast-paced lives these days and sometimes we all just need to sit down and breathe. Please continue to keep the Edwards family in your prayers as they are saying their final goodbyes these next two days.

Also, if you get a chance, click on the Pray for Lucy button on my blog. I don't know this little girl, just read about her on another blog I read. Shes a five year old girl battling cancer so if you could, say a little prayer for her.

Sometimes I just don't understand...

Today was a sad, sad day. Niki Edwards, who was involved in a four-wheeling accident Friday night passed away this morning. Please keep her family in your prayers as they are going through such a hard time right now. I couldn't even begin to imagine how they feel. Niki was such a strong willed girl and from what I can remember from the times I had the opportunity to be around her, she always had a smile on her face and she was just an all-around wonderful person. She will truly be missed.

I believe in God. I also believe that everything happens for a reason. What I can't understand sometimes is why tragedy's like this have to happen to such good people. Niki didn't deserve this. She was only 22 years old and had her whole life ahead of her. I guess in times like this you just have to put your faith in God and know that he needed someone special and it was time for her to leave us. I fully believe that Niki became an angel today and now is watching over everyone that loves her and misses her. And someday, maybe not tomorrow, or the next day, or even the day after that her family and friends will begin to understand that she is in such a better place, in no more pain, having the time of her life. God knew she was special and I bet he just couldn't wait to get her home.

Life can change in an instant. So hug the people you care about extra hard, forgive old enemy's, and live your life to the fullest, because you never know when life is going to throw you a curve ball.

Please continue to keep the Edwards family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead.

Rest Easy Niki