~On Friday morning, I headed up to Evangel for EU-24 (a glorified campus visit). It was better than I was expecting. It was non-stop and so much fun. I sat in on 2 classes, met several professors, ate in the cafeteria (ewws), tailgate party and football game, bonfire, taco bell at midnight and met TONS of people. I'm beginning to get a little excited!
~I need to balance my checkbook. It hasn't been done in 2 months. Fail
~I ordered my silver glitter TOMS last week. They are supposed to be here by Wednesday and I am SO excited!
~I'm obsessed with Instagram. I love that droid users can use it now too. I'm not a professional by any means, so I enjoy putting fun filters on my pictures and sharing them. If you are on IG, look me up (emilyduncan) and I'll follow you back!
~Branson's weather has been weird here. It is colder in April than it was in March. It was 80+ degrees then and now it's in the 50's. I'm ready for warmer weather, but not too hot because my AC still isn't fixed!
~Neely is hosting another giveaway! There are 18 ways to enter!
~I'm thinking about getting a blog re-design this summer, before I go to college. Maybe something a little more modern and changing my name to The Fate from Five 8. Who knows....
~Yesterday Briggs had his birthday party. He turned 5. I've mentioned him and his older brother before. I've known them since they were babies. In fact, their mom was our babysitter when we moved to Branson 10 years ago! He had a beach themed party and it was too fun! He requested cookies and red velvet cake! He is such a hoot!
~Graduation is in 11 days. Weeee!
I've got to go work on ACT prep, grad slideshows, party arrangements.......
If you don't hear from me in a while....send help!
Today, I'm linking up with Neely and Amber to show my favorite things about Spring! Spring is by far my FAVORITE season!
My color crush this spring is: Coral!
I love my Chacos. I'm heading to the park today with a friend and I can't wait to do some hiking and wading in the creek. Chacos are perfect for that!
I love weather that looks like this!
I love spring scarves. Remember my post here? If you need some handy dandy ways to tie scarves this is your post!!
I love this tweet from my friend Addie last night! I know it has nothing to do with spring but i thought I would share.
I'm so excited to be buying a hammock soon! Spring is the perfect weather for that!
I love these Tory Burch shoes for spring! Coral again...
I love spring drinks from Starbucks! I especially love passionfruit sweet tea lemonade.
I love spring because it means graduation in 38 days!!! I'm so excited!!! I will NEVER have to be in high school again.
Spring is a great reminder to get into shape for summer!! Speaking of which, I need to get back into running. I slipped a little bit while I was out of town!
I love spring nailpolish! There are so many bright, fun colors! I'm obsessed with the Essie spring2012 collection.
What about you? What are your spring favs! Is is weather, food, friends, clothes? Make sure to go link-up with Neely or Amber!
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.
It's OK that: *I'm still scared by the fact my town got hit by a tornado Tuesday pm. *I freaked and sent out "are you ok" text to about 20 people. *I cried when I found out everyone was safe and accounted for *My house was filled with people w/o electricity and water! party central last night :) *I'm a little weirded out by the fact that Tay Swift and Tim Tebow might be an item *I just made my packing list for Israel. I leave in 1 week! 1 week! *My toenails and fingernails never match *I can't wait for The Voice to begin competitions next Monday! whoop!! *I can't wait for a wedding of a childhood friend on Saturday! *I want spring to come right now! I'm ready for shorts and flip-flops!!
It's OK that: *I'm nervous about leaving for Israel in 2 WEEKS! *I haven't even started packing yet. *I haven't run 1 day this week because I've been super sick. Mama said the lungs have to rest! *I haven't colored my hair in over 3 months!! It's awful I know! *I activated Picket Fence Blogs last night! Feel free to click on my button on the right hand side. *I want spring to be here right now!! *I'll be working at least 60 hours a week this summer. *I'm wishing I was at Blissdom *I'm mentally checking out. I know it's only February, but I'm ready to graduate! 71 days my friends!! *
I started C25K on January 2nd! It was a New Year's Resolution of mine to get healthy and get in shape. I was tired of being tired and lazy all the time. I couldn't run around with my siblings outside or play outside with friends because I was always doubled over catching my breath. Awful I know. I wasn't overweight but I had put on some unhealthy weight over the summer eating fastfood twice a day and sitting at a desk all day. I just didn't feel healthy. Something had to change. Several of my bloggers friends started this last fall and so I began to pick their brains and get some inspiration and motivation. I got 2 of my closest friends together and we decided to go for it. I thought about getting new shoes or new running clothes but I needed to just do it. (thank-you Nike)
I started. I finished week 1 and thought holy cow. I did it! Then week 2, then 3, 4 and holy crap during week 5 I ran 9 minutes without stopping! 9 minutes is a loooong time for a couch potato let me tell you. I didn't stop. not once. I feel very proud of myself! :) I was doing this. I was completing a goal.
Then came week 6 last week, aka, run for 20 minutes without stopping. I got sick to make that worse. I think week 6 needs a re-do this week! But, I will finish and I WILL run a 5K this Spring! I will. In the mean time, I'm going to leave you with some cheesy motivational Pinterest pictures. You can thank me later! and PS if y'all have any tips for running, 5K's, exercise, etc please pass my way!!
***Remember, this is the last day to enter the Christmas Ornament Exchange! There is already over 100 participants. It is going to be so much fun! I will post partners on Wednesday
~Last Monday, we went to the EU at CofO basketball game. CofO played awesome. Evangel did not. Of course I would be wearing my EU hoodie. Walk.of.shame.
~Youth last Wednesday was incredible! Keith Chancey spoke from Kanakuk Institute and it was on trusting the Lord through our struggles. That.really.hit.home. I'll be sharing in my part 2 of to trust Him more.
~The weather here today is gorgeous. It is about 70 degrees and sunny! Feels like spring. I took a nap with the windows open yesterday. Perfection.
~This weekend we had our youth fall retreat, SHINE! Our guest speaker was Jeremy "Bub" Thomas, and we had an amazing guest band lead us in worship every session. The food was yummy, the friends and the small group talks were a blessing, paintball was slightly painful, but a blast! (I DO have some nasty welts to prove it), and our leaders/host homes were awesome!! There were many points to take home. My favorite three were: 1-Remove your old, dirty clothes. 2-Put your sin to death, once and for all and 3-Clothe yourself with righteousness, kindness, humility, and compassion. Colossians 3:12. This was probably my most memorable fall retreat, and my last :(
Here is our group!
This was for a photo content on 11/11/11 at 11:11pm
~Today is my grandpa's birthday. I sure love him :)
~I'm SO excited about Thanksgiving. Only 10 more days! I can't wait to have our house filled with college kids, family, and friends. It is one of my favorite times of year!!
~Speaking of counting down, only 40 days till Christmas, 38 days till my 18th birthday, and 173 days till graduation!!! Can u tell I'm excited?!
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!!
Well, I did it! I finally paid to have somebody re-do my blog. Jenn over at In Munchkin Land did a wonderful job!! I absolutely LOVE it!!
I started blogging last winter/spring, and designed what I could by myself. I used free templates, designs, and post "pretties". (I used Shabby Blogs) It was a great way for me to write, and journal my life on the web for family and friends. It was cold and icy outside, so it seemed like a perfect way to spend my time. Then summer came, I worked 50-60 hours a week, at two jobs, and free time was little to none. If there was any it was catching up on sleep, not blogging! :) The summer came to an end, and I started my senior year of high school! I worked about 10 hours a week, and my schedule really slowed down, well sorta! All that to say, I've picked back up blogging, and I love it! But, what I didn't love was the plain-ness of my blog. I wanted something new and fresh, cute and girly! I think Jenn did a wonderful job!
To back it up, I heard about Jenn through Callie. Callie had just redone her blog with Jenn. I found Jenn's website and I began to email her, and she had tons of ideas! We emailed back and forth about 30 different times. She helped me come up with a Title and Tag Line. Then we started working on colors, patterns, etc. I chose the Basic package for now. :) I added the $5 Post divider too. We got the basics figured out. I paid Jenn half of the total. She designed it, and put it up on a "test site". I looked over it, critiqued it, and let her know what I wanted to change. She did everything exactly how I wanted. I could not have been more happy! I paid the final half, and she implemented it onto my blog today! I'm in love. I smile everytime I look at it! I really, really love it! If you ever decide to use Jenn, let her know I sent you :) You will not be disappointed!
I love Mighty Mini Camp! This has been my 3rd year to help and I just love them! I was with 1st and 2nd grade this year; I taught Session 2 (day 2) on Sin! I have a pretty awesome and crazy team to work with :) Enjoy!
