thankful

Some days I feel like this:

...but then I remember that I live here...

...and I remind myself to be thankful.

happy...

give me something to think about...

You ask me what I thought about
Before we were lovers.
The answer is easy.
Before I met you
I didn’t have anything to think about.

-Kennith Rexroth

little letters

Dear OneRepublic, thanks for being my personal soundtrack today. Every single thing in life could be going wrong and Good Life can still bring a smile to my face. 

Dear Sleep, I cant wait to see you!

Dear History Mid-Term, why do I always wait till the last minute to spend so much time on you... Sleep is getting jealous. 

Dear Library, I love you, but I think we need a break. 

Dear India Internship, why have you not e-mailed me back? I'm getting so excited at the prospect of you, been reading travel books during my free time all day. 

Dear Salad, I'm sorry I cheated on you with Ice Cream. He wasn't as good for me as I thought.

Dear Running Shoes, yeah I know it's been forever. 

Dear Weekend, can you come in 2 days instead of 4. Thanks. 

Dear Moon, goodnight.

inspire me

Ever since I was a little girl my big brother would play Jon Schmidt's music on the piano.

Every time I hear the mezmorizing melodies I'm taken back. 

To a time when school was done curled up on a couch, books splayed across the floor. 

When jumping on the tramp, climbing trees, and making forts we're encouraged. 

When the cares of the world slipped by unnoticed. 

When anything was possible. 

And I become inspired. 

...to find reality

"To the desert go prophets and hermits; through deserts go pilgrims and exiles. Here the leaders of the great religions have sought the therapeutic and spiritual values of retreat, not to escape but to find reality."

 -Paul Shepard 

Into the Wild by: Jon Krakauer

He Is We

I am obsessed.

So obsessed.

Hitch-Hiking Sparks Geniusness

     So I've come up with this bomb idea for a book I want to write. I'm not guna explain it quite yet cuz I dont want it to get stolen... yeah it's that bomb! But I decided to go for it when I went hitch-hiking for the first time yesterday. I know crazy huh???

     It was great though. Me, my new roomie Allison, and McKenzie got picked up my this guy who was about in his late 30's maybe 40's (I'm not very good with telling age) and his son who was about 12 or 13. They were so nice, he chatted with us all the way from Laie to Sunset about life, love, and surfin. It was in the middle of him telling us his super darling love story, when I came up with the idea.

So stay tuned... there's a super genius idea in the making here.

Saying Goodbye to Winter

Bringin' in the New Year Right

We're Gonna Party Like it's  

2012!!!

Happy New Years!!!

     New Years has always been one of my favorite holidays. It's filled with gratitude for the good and bad times experienced the year before, and for the hope of an even better year to come. We have the blessing of living one more day. To right our wrongs, to show more love, to follow our unimaginable dreams, to hug more, smile more, laugh more. So here's to our wonderfully magical year ahead.

     Every year I make a HUGE list of my New Year's resolutions and just like most people, I forget all about it by the time the second week in January rolls around. But, I figure posting them might motivate me to actually get a few done. 

Goals for 2012

Academic:

-Get all A's and B's in WINTER, SPRING, and FALL.

-Complete Internship (HELP International, Project 7, Invisible Children).

-Get homework done WAY before its due (DONT Procrastinate).

Spiritual:

-Read the Book of Mormon in 90 days.

-Study Preach My Gospel.

-Fulfill my calling of being the Best Ward Missionary I possibly can. 

Physical Health:

-Workout at least twice a week (Yoga, Jogging, Zumba).

-Plan and stick to a healthy diet (lower the sugar intake).

-Smile and Laugh more... life is good.

Financial:

-Pay off credit card and loan.

-Save for Paris and Robert's WEDDING in April!!!!

-Raise $$ for Internship.

-Save for a new phone and laptop

Personal:

-Write in my journal atleast twice a week.

-Start my Novel.

-Go Skydiving.

-Travel Write.
-Become a Morning Person

-Be Creative!

-Write Songs Often.

-Learn a full song on the Piano (Like the Movies, If it Kills Me, Three Cheers for Five Years).

-Take a picture a day... McKae Bre'a Photography

-Read 30 books: (Any suggestions??? I'd love to hear them)

1. Specials- Scott Westerfeld
2. Extras- Scott Westerfeld
3. Gathering Blue- Lois Lowry
4. Messenger- Lois Lowry
5. Just Listen- Sarah Dessen
6. Along for the Ride- Sarah Dessen
7. Chosen- P.C. Cast
8. Untamed- P.C. Cast
9. Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
10. Life of Pi- Yann Martel
11. Into the Wild- Jon Krakauer
12. Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
13. Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
14. Eat Pray Love- Elizabeth Gilbert
15. The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne
16. Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte
17. Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
18. Lord of the Flies- William Golding
19. The Host- Stephenie Meyer
20. Speaker for the Dead- Orson Scott Card
21. Xenocide- Orson Scott Card
22. 17 Lies That Are Holding You Back- Steve Chandler
23. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself- Steve Chandler
24. The Curse of the Blue Tattoo- L.A. Meyer
25. Work and the Glory: Pillar of Light- Gerald N. Lund
26. Whisperings From Within- Cheri McDonald
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Wish me luck ;)