Seester Date!!

I have one full day left at home. That's so crazy!

I decided tonight that me and my little sis needed some time together. I picked her up from youth, and we headed out for her choice of treat (Andy's, Cold Stone, Starbucks, Orange Leaf)! She chose Cold Stone! 

isn't she cute? :)

She had a bunch of homework tonight, so it was a pretty quick trip. Ice cream, laughing, and TONS of dancing on the way home. I gave her my iPod and let her pick :) so.much.fun.

And I totally didn't turn at our stoplight and kept driving! down the highway with the windows rolled down and singing at the top of our lungs!! Homework could wait ;)


Making memories worth repeating!

oxox,

Emily 

Friday Letters

Dear Cold Stone:
You are making me fat. I have eaten you 6 times this week.


Dear Jared:
I can't wait till you come home next week. Have a blast in Africa, but I can't wait till you come home and I can hug your neck.


Dear Double Shifts:
You suck big time, but I'm thankful for the money.


Dear Oversized Tee's:
I love sleeping in you. Screw pants.


Dear Summer:
You aren't over and I won't dare talk about fall fashion before October


Dear Nikon 55-300:
You are beautiful. 


Dear Norts Nike Shorts:
Why are you so comfy and cute? I don't have any more money for more :(


Dear J Biebs:
Your new CD is fab, as i expected.


Dear Lovelies:
As always, I love all 224 of you and love your sweet comments.




PS: clutch giveaway here

It's OK Thursday

~It's OK to be grumpy when you have to wake up early

~It's OK to have a countdown going till your best friend gets back from Africa

~It's OK to facebook chat with said best friend everyday at 2pm (9pm Botswana time) like clockwork

~It's OK to be sad your giveaway ended on Neely's blog

~It's OK to chew gum 24/7

~It's OK to go into Cold Stone 3 times this week and buy ice cream, even though I work there

~It's OK to think it's weird that people are pinning fall outfits and halloween foods already.

~It's OK to be nervous/excited about lunch with my roomie on Saturday 

~It's OK to get an awful bikini tan line, because that really means that it was a successful pool trip with the bests.

~It's OK to have not had Starbucks in 3 weeks. I'm craving big time, but trying to save for college :(

~It's OK to dread summer coming to a close

~It's OK to hate talking on the phone. Texting>Talking

~It's OK to love payday!!!

~It's OK to obsessed with driving the company truck with the MASSIVE ziplines wrap on it :)


What's OK with you? Link-up! 


oxox,


Emily 

We're kind of famous

I met someone in a movie. Crazy right? In my little 'ole town of Branson.


Obviously, that makes me famous :)


I was working at Cold Stone and habitually we say "Hi, welcome to Cold Stone." As I turned to walk to the back, I knew I recognized this guy. Then he said hi back. 


I KNEW it was Nathan from Courageous. His voice, his chin line (don't judge) and his smile.


I ran to the backroom and yelled guys! It's the guy from Courageous and no one believed me! "Why would he be in Branson, Emily." I was persistent. I just knew.


Then, my manager walked out and said "ok, so we're all wondering are you the guy from Courageous? Nathan says "well people do tell me that and I get that alot". really? dang it. I was for sure it was him.


Then he goes, actually, I'm kidding. It's really me. I was in the movie!!


*insert childish squealing and jumping up and down here*


Morgan and I asked for a picture with him and decided we were now famous! :) 

and that is about how close I've gotten to meeting a celebrity! 


Happy Monday!


oxox,


Emily 

It's OK Thursday

It's OK:

~I'm so excited that i'm DONE high school! Graduation check :)

~That I've been sleeping in every single morning this week.

~I LOVE getting mail everyday especially if it means graduation money  cards!

~I'm doing another random giveaway!

~I'm nervous about my first shift leader shift at Cold Stone tomorrow!

~I want to be tan SO bad! I hate my white arms.

~To think paybacks are awesome!

~I'm still in a blogging funk and have a million posts to finish/publish!

Happy Thursday!

monday randoms

yes. i need to do a braindump. i have alot going on. expect random blog posts this month week. heck i have a graduation party to plan, invites to design, and all the little nitty details. fun. 


~The AC is still out in my car. expect to see me have wind-blown hair the rest of the summer.


~I'm heading to Evangel for a campus visit this weekend. Pray I fall-in-love with the campus because there will be serious problems if I don't. Heck I'm paying alot of money to go there and I want to love my dorm, campus, fill in the blank. 


~I nannied on saturday all day. I haven't babysat or nannied in about a year. long story. anyways we had a blast. we ziplinined (perks of being the bosses kids and working at a zipline), ate Cold Stone, and I learned how to play Halo on xbox360. I was died mutilated.


~Over the weekend, we had 15 people staying at our house. I had 7 girls in my room. It seems like we have people in my house all the time. probably because we do.


~I have 4 new blog followers this week and I'm very excited! It brings my grand total to 69 lovely loyals. 


~I have a tattoo idea up my sleeve (not literally, well yet anyways) and I am SO PUMPED!!! I'm thinking white ink but not totally sure yet. 


~I'm so in love with my senior pictures and keep looking at them over and over.


~I'm working about 20 hours a week at Cold Stone. I was trained to be a shift leader. Minor details


~Whenever a friend randomly texts me and asks how she can pray for me, well it pretty much makes my month morning! Thank-you Addie for that today :) 


~18 days till graduation!! Oh and I just ordered my grad invites yesterday. judge away.


~My little broske turned 16 last week. I can't believe it. We had a blast ziplining, eating and celebrating all day. He is one of my best friends and we are so stupid together. I'm going to miss him.


I am always random which means my random brain dump could go on. and on. and on.


Happy Monday!


E


~

Tweetable Tuesday

      I'm obsessed with Twitter. End of story. Follow me "emilytheduncan"


      This week I thought I'd share some of my favorite tweets from people I follow. Some are serious, some funny, and some downright obnoxious. 


     My current favorites come from all the Willy Wonka accounts. seriously hilarious!!

What are your funny tweets you've read this week?!

Happy Tuesday Lovelies!

Emily 

It's OK Thursday

It's OK that:

*I have M-A-J-O-R- senioritus! 

*I'm obsessed with my senior pictures. I can't stop looking at them! More sneaks coming soon!

*I'm saving my pennies Cold Stone tips for an ENO hammock.

*I just colored my hair and it's only been 5 months!!

*I'm freaking out/so excited/slightly nervous because I graduate in exactly 1 MONTH!!!!!!

*I'm overly excited to be registering for classes at Evangel! 

*To be SO excited to meet Emily and love her sweet blog! She shares my name and we are the same age!! That rarely happens!

*I'm white. as in no tan at all whatsoever. I'm working on it.

*I want AC back in my car so bad!

*I'm still working on Israel recap posts! Will be up shortly as well as a slew of other blog posts!

Happy Thursday!

Emily 

It's OK Thursday

It's ok that:

*I'm frantically looking for a new phone because I dropped my phone i water last night at work. Tweet me if you wanna reach me!!

*I'm a little bit nervous but super excited about becoming a shift leader at Cold Stone!!!!!!! 

*I haven't blogged much in the past 3 weeks. Israel, spring break/work, and school/work this week. 

*I'm having my senior pictures taken next Tuesday and STILL don't have my dresses yet.

*I'm working doubles all.the.time.

*My AC went out in my car, I will learn something from this experience, I just haven't decided what yet...

*I am NOT a morning person

*I STILL haven't colored my hair since November (actually i'm not ok with it, i just have been too crazy busy to sit down and do it)

*I snort laugh when something is really funny. I'm talking snort like a dying fat pig.

*I haven't pinned hardly anything on Pinterest in 1 month.

*I'm obsessed with the birds that chirp outside my window every morning

*I'm upset gas is almost $4 a gallon :( thankfully I get 30mpg

*I have the absolute BEST april fool's day trick planned. Blog post Monday am! It's like awful and SO funny! 

*I haven't used my debit card in 3 weeks except for gas. I've gotta save, save, save!!

*I'm so over high school and want to graduate right now! #35days

Happy Things

Even after a long week, I'm happy about so much today!

*I'm finally getting back on B-town time after all my jet-lag from Israel. 

*I'm at work right now. I love my jobs and I'm SO thankful for them! I'm gearing up to work doubles, which I don't mind!

*I'm at the ziplines right now, which means I'm with an all-guy crew. This means one thing. I pick the Pandora station. Winning

*Katy Perry came out with her new music video, Part of Me. I'm so obsessed. Watch it.

*Last November, I rode the motorized zipline, The Sky Surfer. Our marketing guy took some video/picture footage for the Chamber of Commerce. I didn't think anything of it, or that my pictures would get used. I came into work yesterday and saw my picture on the front of the main brochure. I felt so uhh famous. random and weird i know. whatere

i had to post. cheesy pix! 

*Tonight, there will be at LEAST 50 college kids at my house. We are having a Two for 22 birthday party for my brother and his girlfriend, who have birthdays 4 days apart. The theme is Dr. Seuss. The decor/ideas are coming along and I think it will be SO fun! pictures/blog post to follow!

*I'm in shorts right now. This makes me happy

*Spring started this week. It is my favorite season because it means summer is right around the corner. Boating, swimming, kayaking, work, ice cream, suntans/burns, shorts, flip-flops. 

*I'm just beginning to watch SMASH. What are y'all's thoughts? like, love?

*I'm obsessed with The Voice. the end

*I skyped with some of the kids from my Israel trip. I miss them so much and it's only been 5 days. I'm pathetic

*I worked at Cold Stone for the first time since September. I'd forgotten how much i LOVE their ice cream. 

*My new CHI came in the mail yesterday and I used it this morning!!! My first one melted in Israel because of a problem with the converter :(. I'll be blogging about it in my recap posts.

*I'm happy when I can defend myself, especially because I HATE being wrong. Blog story coming soon!

*I'm happy because I'm getting back into the swing of running. I took a break because I was sick. I'm excited to be training again!

*I'm scheduled a campus visit to Evangel. Let's pray and hope I fall in love with the campus.  

Happy Friday! The weekend is here!! 

Meet Me

I'm SO excited to be linking up with Neely from A Complete Waste of Makeup today! I've linked up with Neely before because she co-hosts the fun It's OK Thursday link-up! I thought I would share a little bit about me and hopefully get to meet some new bloggy friends in the process!

1. Tell us why you blog

I started blogging right around a year ago. I wanted my family and friends to be able to read about my life (if they wanted to of course). I took a big blogging break over the summer, but started back again full swing in the Fall. Most importantly, I've loved meeting blog friends and finding out that we all have alot in common. I've loved the support system I've gotten, most recently for my efforts in running a 5K! I've loved all the fun link-ups I've participated in and the giveaways I've won too! :)

2. Tell us about your blog

My blog is called a Beautiful Beginning. (I'm guessing you saw that already tho). My blog designer, Jenn, helped me pick this out and I love it! I'm about to graduate high school and go to college. I'm on the beginning of becoming my own person and branching out. I'm in the middle of figuring out who I really am. I love what we came up with!

My blog is a little big of everything. I blogged about Pinterest, friends, music, coffee (hello Starbucks), running, and everything in between. I don't have just one "type" of thing that I talk about. Queen of random! :)

3. Tell us about you

I'm 18 years old and I'm a Senior in High School!!! whoop whoop! I'm almost done! Graduation is on May 5th! My family is very close. I'm a daddy's girl through and through! I have 3 siblings. I love to have fun and be crazy! I'm not a morning person. I love staying up late with a cup of coffee or tea and watching TV, blogging, or reading a book! I dream of being a big name blogger. A girl can dream right??!

* I LOVE Target. and i can spend alot of money there in a short amount of time. It's a weakness. I walk in to buy 1 thing and walk out with $116 worth of stuff. True story.

* I love random. I am random.

* I use exclamation points and capitals for no special reason at all.

* I love coffee, especially if it's Starbucks! * I love all things Vera Bradley. I especially love Hope Garden.

* I love spring. fresh starts, warm weathers, shorts, work, flowers!

* I love loud. I shout almost everything I say. I have no shame. I love to be fun and I love to be loud!

* I try to be real, especially on my blog.

* I love shoes

* I could eat blackolives by the can. Oh wait! I already do that! I think I'm secretly Italian!

4. Tell us about your job

I have two jobs actually. Because I'm still in high school, I do most of my work in the summer/fall. I work about 50 hours a week in the summer! I've worked at Cold Stone Creamery for 2 years! World's best ice cream not that I'm biased! Last May, I started a job for Adventure Ziplines. I'm a photog, front-desk girl, ATV driver, you name it I've probably done it (besides being an actual guide because you have to be a guy and you have to be strong. two things I am not :) I love it there! I've said it before but they are def my 2nd fam!

5. Tell us about your city

I live in Branson, Missouri! The "show-capital" of the world! I LOVE it here. Summer is my favorite season, probably because "the strip" (Hwy 76) is packed full of tourists. Cold Stone is out the door with customers and the ziplines take full tours every 15 minutes. I work all day and then hang out with friends/co-workers until 2am at McDonalds after we close! Branson's weather is SO weird. It snowed last night but it was 65 deg. the entire month of January! It's so unpredictable but i LOVE it! There is so many fun things to do here too! I've lived here for 8 years now, the longest I've ever lived anywhere! It really is a great little town!

6. Tell us about your favorite activities/hobbies/things to do.

I love hanging out with friends. I love cooking/baking. I have a HUGE sweet-tooth! I love taking pictures and posting them all over facebook :) social media queen right here! Recently, I've loved running, especially outside! I love my church and my smallgroup I'm in. I love blogging: reading and finding blogs, as well as writing my own.

I just started a new link-up on Tuesdays called Top 10 Tuesday! We've done food, music, and tomorrow with be the Top 10 things on your bucket list!

I can't wait to meet some new bloggers in Neely's link-up today! Thanks for letting me share a little about me!

Happy Monday!

Monday Randoms

~I am SO excited today! I met yesterday afternoon with the founders and the leaders for my Israel trip, which by the way is in 32 days!!! I leave for Israel in 32 days! Like I fly out of the country on 3 different flights and will be in Israel 10 entire days! Yesterday we talked about everything. All of the little details like packing, food, clothes, travel/security, roommates etc! I can't believe that out of all of the Seniors that go, I'm going with 12 other people, from all over the country, one of them being my best friend! :) I'm starting to make a list of what to pack etc! I'm sure you will be hearing alot about this trip this month!

~Speaking of which, if y'all have any packing/travel suggestions for international travel please do share! The last time I was on a plane was when I was 6 and I don't remember a thing. clearly.

~My 1 year blogoversary is in 3 days! cray cray!

~My friend Molly had her bridal shower on Saturday night! It was SO fun! She is the first friend that is my age to get married. I can't believe it. March 3rd is coming up quick!

~Speaking of which, I'm taking my ACT, again, on Saturday. fail. i don't ever want to take it again. ever. but i am. so please pray for me. and send me good vibes.

~I'm on week 6 of C25K! I'm doing it! baby steps. 20 minute runs begin all this week.

~After a paperwork mess-up on my FAFSA, and some new paperwork from CofO, my paperwork is finally all turned in. Waiting really is the hardest part. I just want answers asap.

~The weather is back to typical winter weather again. 30's-40's today. We got spoiled with it being in the 60's last week. :( boo!!

~My friend Arielle from CofO took me to Cold Stone last week! we had some much needed girl time and catching up to do. annnnd we ordered the same thing: cake batter with cookie dough. boom.

~I gave my 4 minute narrative speech in class on Friday. I didn't faint but I was super nervous! 2 speeches down, 4 to go! I mean i love people and all, but standing up in front of everybody giving a speech is not my cup of tea.

~Graduation plans are getting finalized! we have a location, colors, and a speaker (i think)! yay! 88 days! whoop!! I'm trying not to be too excited but I'm ready! I'm trying to enjoy life and take in every single moment but sometimes I really do want time to fly. I have to remind my self to treasure each moment.

Monday Randoms

I haven't done one of these posts in a looooong time! my apologies. So, here we go! Get ready for this, it's going to be long!

~Christmas Break. It's finally here. I can't believe my last fall semester of high school is done! Time flies.

~2011 is coming to a close. It's the 19th of December. Time flying by again. But honestly, I'm ok with it. I'm ready to be done with High School.

~I picked up my final check at the ziplines today. I can't believe that the 2011 season is coming to a close. I won't be working there again until Spring of 2012. I will miss it for sure! I'm blessed with wonderful bosses and I've made some of the best friends, and big brothers that a girl can ask for. It was a highlight of my summer/fall/2011 for sure!

~Tonight, we went to Dixie Stampede for their Christmas Show. The show is good but the food is incredible. I ate all of my food, plus some of my siblings. I enjoy food, what can I say :)

~Speaking of food, I eat alot and that being said, I need to get in shape. I'm tired of being tired. I'm tried of being out of breath and having awful cardio. I just wanna feel better and get fit. I bought the C25K app this summer and did nothing with it. It sat on my iPhone. I looked at it and refused to try it. But, after talking with multiple poeple and reading blogs (Dawn, Mary-Kay, and Katie) I've decided to give it a go! It's a 8-9 week program, so hopefully by Spring I'll be running a 5K!

~I had coffee with Addie last night! literally love the girl! O and she agreed to run a 5K with me. She'll push me and that's what I need.

~This week I found out that one of my guy friends in going to Israel with me. That means my friend Emily, myself, and Malachi will be going! I am SO excited! There is also a group on facebook for Israel2012, and I got to connect with some of the other High School seniors who will be going. I can't wait!!!

~I love Christmas break because it means staying up late, sleeping in, drinking hot chocolate, coffee, and watching Christmas movies!

~On Friday I turn 18. I'm old. I don't plan on doing anything crazy.

~NBA starts in 6 days.

~Because my birthday is this week, my inbox has been flooded with all my free offers for Starbucks, Cold Stone, Fuddruckers etc etc etc. More reasons that I need to run a 5K

~I bought my first pair of Miss Me's last night at Apricot Lane! I've been wearing them today and I LOVE them!! They were totally worth the money I spent. I also love the back pockets and the way that they sparkle. Butt bling ha!

~My car is almost to 90,000 miles. Random fact from the queen of random.

~I only asked for 3 things for Christmas/Birthday combined. They were 3 pairs of shoes. One of my favorite quotes is from Marilyn Monroe. "If you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world"

Happy Monday!

Love,

E

Ten Truths for Tuesday

1-I'm hungry all the time. I mean it's bad. I eat breakfast, then I want a snack. I eat lunch. I'm hungry at 2 again. Time for another snack! Dinner time, I eat alot. I usually have a snack before dinner. If I stay up really late, I have a 4th meal. It's a vicious cycle.

2-I love rain. I hate thunder. It's raining today. It's so peaceful sitting here listening to the rain. Then all of the sudden CRACK! BOOM! SHAKE! It thunders really loudly, and I cover my ears.

3-I really dislike making my bed. I really do. I'd rather vacuum my room. But even that does not happen often enough.

4- I have a slight obsession with Ebay. I recently cleaned out my closet, and listed a bunch of stuff on Ebay. I made alot of money, which meant I spent alot of money, and time looking.

5-Remember how I said I eat a lot? Well, Saturday at work I packed my lunch. I actually packed my lunch, and remembered to take it. Score! I packed a hot pocket actually. I get to work, and I'm hungry. Surprise! I'm given a piece of pizza (meat lovers, the kind with bacon, sausage, pepperoni, ham, extra cheese), a large fry from Wendy's and a bunch of leftover Halloween candy. I ate it all. All of it.

6-Fries. I love french fries. I love dipping them in BBQ sauce or ranch. My favorite fries are from Fuddruckers or the natural cut with sea salt from Wendy's! But fries are not good for me and I shouldn't eat them.

7-Because I eat all of this wonderful err awful food, I have to go to the gym. I should go more often, but I don't. I don't like walking on the treadmill or elliptical. We have a love-hate relationship. Stronger on the hate, than the love.

8-I have a countdown to graduation. Several of them actually. 1-7-9 days! SO excited.

9- I really am craving some Cold Stone ice cream right now. Coffee with Heath Bar or Cake Batter with Cookie Dough. I miss it. I miss summer.

10-Last night I went to the Evangel at CofO basketball game. Here is my dilemma. My dad went to Evangel. My mom went to Evangel. My brother goes to Evangel. Almost my entire family goes to Evangel. I just got accepted to Evangel!! Naturally, I would be an EU fan. But, I really like CofO. I really would like to go to college there. But I have NO Bobcat/CofO clothes. So, I wore my EU hoodie. I think I was the only one there with an EU hoodie. And wouldn't you know? Evangel played awful and lost by a whole lotta points. FAIL.

What about you? Tell me your truths for Tuesday.

Sunday Randoms!

~Ladies and Gentleman! Drumroll please...... I have a graduation date!!!!! I could not be more excited! Details SOON :) lots and lots of details soon!

~My friend, Emily, had her wisdom teeth taken out this week. :( this obviously called for multiple trips to Starbucks and McDonalds for shakes and frappes! I of course, shared in the splurging.

~My friends left for Israel on Friday. I am SO excited for them! They get back next Sunday. Can't wait to hear the reports and stories.

~Friday night, I spent the night with Caitlyn! I carved pumpkins for the 1st time. I made an absolute mess. My pumpkin fell apart, literally in pieces. But hey, it was fun!

~Saturday I worked with at the Ziplines all day with Caitlyn! It was gorgeous weather, and perfect lighting!

~Today I'm enjoying my family, catching up, napping, cleaning, and good music!

~Speaking of good music, Justin Biebers new Christmas album comes out on Tuesday!!! Yea, I have the "fever"!

~I had my 1st Cold Stone in over a month yesterday. Cake Batter, my favorite kind!

~All of the leaves are changing in my backyard and in Branson! Beautiful!! I really love Fall.

~This morning, at our church is Mission&Me Sunday. We have various ministries, and pastors from our area, our state, nation etc come and represent and speak. I was able to talk to Pastor Prowell and Julius from 15th Street Baptist Church in E. St. Louis. Made my morning!! Mission Trip is a highlight of my year. I LOVE those kids SO much! I don't know if I can wait 200+ days to see them again!

Summer 2011

~ Remember to enter my giveaway!

Happy Sunday!

Love,

Wallet: Lost and Found

I mentioned yesterday that I had lost my wallet on Friday night at Starbucks. I realized it later that night, about 15 minutes after Starbucks/Target had closed :(. I was at church and needed something out of it, went to grab it, and it was gone! It was too dark to go back and look, and Target was closed.

Saturday morning, I wake up extra early, and called them 1st thing. The lady was very sweet but explained that they had found nothing at either place, but I was welcome to come by and look for myself.

Meanwhile, I called the bank and canceled my cards, and stopped by to order new ones. Kind of a hassle to be totally honest. I showed up and retraced my steps. I checked the parking lot, the lobby, Starbucks seating area, everywhere!! It was nowhere to be found. :( *Insert whining here*

But, before I had left the house that morning, my dad offered to pray with me. We prayed that I would be able to find it, and that nothing had gotten stolen. So, I thought of course we will find it. We prayed, and I thought it'll happen right away......wrong.

My dad reminded me of two stories from his past. The 1st one, was when he was a little boy. He and his father had lost an expensive tool in the woods (sledgehammer I think). They looked everywhere and couldn't find it. They didn't have the money to replace it either. They prayed that night that God would help them find it. The next morning, they went back out, and lone and behold, it was sitting up next to a tree, in plain sight, right by where they had looked before. Pretty cool huh?

The second story was similar. My brother had lost his knife when he was little. Obviously it was small, and it was fall-time, which meant finding a knife in our backyard would be next to impossible. It was small, dark, and the ground was covered in leaves. They searched everywhere that night, and nothing. They prayed hard that night, and the next morning after some searching they found it! Crazy!

So, Saturday morning, after all of my searching, and not finding, I was upset. I had canceled my cards, looked everywhere, and prayed alot. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

After searching at Target, I had a crew meeting at Cold Stone from 10-12. I came home to do some chores, and had to run out to my car to grab my keys. THERE.IT.WAS.

Tucked away, between my seat, and the car door. It wasn't there when I checked before. Now it was! Crazy? Cool? Both I think!

Happy Monday,

Love,

Sunday Randoms

~Monday night, Aaron brought down a group of kids from Evangel. We had a blast! too fun! games, stories, youtube videos, laughing, and a big dinner!

~This week, the weather has been miserable! Upper 30's was the high on Tuesday/Wednesday. We finally got some pretty weather the past 3 days! 70's and sunny. More like how fall should be :)

~We had a Cold Stone crew meeting yesterday morning. I made $10 for answering Cold Stone trivia questions :) score!!

~I lost my wallet Friday night. Loooong story short, I found it Saturday afternoon, after I had canceled my cards, and check Target, Starbucks, and the parking lots for it. I will be writing about that tomorrow! Cool Story.

~I've had 3 Starbucks coffee's this week. Good therapy right? :)

~I worked at the Ziplines yesterday night. About 8pm, I got to ride with a tour for the last 5 lines. It was dark, windy, and a BLAST!!! Seriously love the people I work with. It would be safe to say they are like big brothers!

~I've sold over $100 worth of stuff on Ebay this week! I'm cleaning out my closest and making money! Win Win!!

~Because I sold so much, I treated myself to a little shopping spree yesterday :)

~Today, I'm working on cleaning and washing my car! Much needed!

I'm off to enjoy this beautiful weather with my family!

Happy Sunday!

Love,

Thankful Thursday!

Yesterday, was not a good day! Cold, rainy, and miserable. You could probably tell in my blog rant, yesterday. But today, I thought I would make a list of things I'm thankful for to cheer me up, and for a great reminder. :)

* Sunshine! It's 50 degrees right now! Must better than the 30 degree weather yesterday

* Heat! We turned the heat on last night to break the chill. I'm thankful that it works!

* My car with heat! double blessing

* Hot Chocolate. Daily.

* I'm healthy. Not battling the flu, a cold/cough, at the moment. *knock on wood*

* Making almost $100 on Ebay last night! Win!!

* New Music that came out. Perfect for fall relaxation.

* Starbucks Mochas and Lattes. I wish these were daily. But alas, I have a budget.

* My jobs (Cold Stone and the Ziplines). Thankful for the hours I get.

* Time with Kyle today. Just the two of us, hanging out! :)

Thankful for this day,

E

Today, well it's cold!

Today: *Excuse my Rant*

It's freezing cold. It was 29 degrees when I woke up this morning. It was 79 on Sunday. I feel like we skipped fall and went straight to winter. Hello, Missouri weather. I'm in 5 different layers, socks, boots, and a pea-coat, and still cold. I've been drinking coffee, tea, hot chocolate, anything that will warm me up! Did i mention wearing a scarf?

Winter seems to put me in a sad mood. It's cold, school started, my seasonal jobs ended, (or severely slowed down), and I just don't like it!!

Trying

to

think

happy

thoughts....

64 days till my #18th birthday

66 days till Christmas

140 days till S-P-R-I-N-G break!!

205 till graduation.

You will be seeing these numbers often!

Happy Wednesday,

Love,

Cold Stone!

I love my job! I started almost a year ago, and it is one of the b-e-s-t things that has ever happened to me :)

Yesterday, I worked with some of my favorite people!

Enjoy the pictures!!