Day 10.

Day 10. Most Proud Moment

I don't really have a most proud moment...I mean, the day when I got a 4.0 GPA (twice) have been exciting, in a way. Erm...the day I got my certificate saying I had finished the Children's Lit. course was exciting...the day when I graduate with my Associates will be an exciting day.

Nope, I don't really have a most proud moment. Sorry. :P

Day 9

Day 9. First Celebrity Crush

I don't know about a first celebrity crush, but I do know who was my first HUGE crush!
I was about eleven. Head ooover heels. ;) I first met the movie version...grew up seeing him. Then, at 11 I read the book version and had a MASSIVE crush. ;)

Bwuhaha, who else?? Gilbert Blythe of course! I'm assuming every young, homeschooled girl (almost every one) had a crush on him at some point. I mean, c'mon, who wouldn't? Tall, dark, handsome, good-looking, charming, funny? ;)

So okay, not every girl crushed on him (I still do to this day :P)...and if you didn't, then who did you crush on??

Day 8.

Day 8. Piercings & Tattoos

I got the piercings but not the tats yet. ;) I am seriously considering a tat, however. I know that I would want it on my left wrist. I just can't decide on what exactly I would want. Definitely some sort of phrase or word that has meaning to me. I have really liked "alis volat propriis" for some time. I'm told it means "She flies with her own wings" in latin, which I like. ;)

As for piercings...I looove piercings. I have 5 of them... just in my ears alone. Two each in each lobe, then one cartilage piercing in my right ear. I would like a second cartilage piercing and maybe even third lobe piercings. We'll see. ;) Might be a bit of an overkill. lol.

Looking at the pic, though, I'm thinking maybe not. One tiny stud above my 2nd stud? I think it'd look cah-ute!

I wanna hear about your piercings and tats? Especially tats...tell me the stories behind them, do they have any special meanings? How long ago did you get them? Do you regret it? Was it very painful?

Bucket List

I'm sure we all have a Bucket List of some sort...even if it's called "New Year's Resolutions" or is just a basic plan inside your head of what you would like to do/accomplish this New Year. 

I, however, call my list a Bucket List. Because I want to do it before I die. And I don't know when I'm going to die. :P And we all know how much I *love* lists! 

I tried to create a list that was both realistic, sensible, and life-changing as well as fun. 

What is on my list? 

- Secret ideas that I shall not reveal on here. :P Oh geez, some are private, people! You don't need to know them!

- Volunteer somewhere. A bestie and I have talked about this for ages. Maybe this year we will actually try it. 

- Try a new church. (Hopefully this comes about on the 5th)

- Get a pet (even if it's just a fish). It would probably be better to get something *alive* that I can name. Instead of just naming inanimate objects...

- Run 5 miles without stopping. (Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Not looking forward to it, but am at the same time! If there wasn't snow and it wasn't so cold, I would be out there running. Yes, I would.)

- Learn how to swim. I am DETERMINED this year. 

- Get up for an early morning photo shoot. What?? Doesn't sound impossible, right? But I can't begin to say how MUCH I HATE mornings. :P Especially early mornings. ;) 

- Go somewhere I've never been. 

- Make at least one new friend. 

- Dye my hair. 

- Get a tat. 

- Shoot a firearm. 

- Blog something very personal. 

What is on your bucket list? C'mon! You never know where 2013 is going to take you! 

Day 7.

Prepare yourselves for an over-load of posts today. I know how horrible that is...2 or more posts in one day. Ai yi yi, Sam, already! But it's a new year, I'm high on coffee, and I've just been reading Donald Miller (and anyone knows that when one reads Donald Miller, one simply feels like writing! And I don't know why I keep referring myself to "one".) So, please, bear with me...just go with it and enjoy. :P You can't stop me. ;) But first...let's keep up with the blog challenge!

Day 7. An Old & New Photo of Yourself

Old Photo

Baby-faced and all, this was 3 years ago. 

Geez! My claddagh actually FIT my finger back then. O_o

New Photo:

Taken on Dec. 31st, 2012. 

Technically speaking, I do wear contacts now, but I just took my glasses off for this shot. :P

I wanted to show more of a difference in how I look from 3 years ago. 

I *do* still wear those same glasses from 3 years ago. lol. 

But it's creepy-scary how similar I still am to that gal 3 years ago: shoulder-length hair, glasses...cuh-reepy. ;) 

And yet, I'm completely different. Well on my way to an Associates Degree, drinking champagne, double piercings, contacts, skinnier, poorer, not quite sure about the happier part...I'm less naive, hopefully a bit wiser, and hopefully smarter. 

Happy New Year. ;) 

Details. 

I have a problem with anxiety...where I stress out so much that I literally 

cannot think straight sometimes. That my mind will just not focus. 

My mind will fly a million miles a  minute, never actually settling on one thing or object...

just bouncing from general idea to general idea. 

It's like being high on caffeine and talking fast. 

First you're talking about how much you love dolphins, the next how you 

NEED a notebook, and a cookie, and how lambs are fluffy, and

monkey-monkey underpants. 

To continue to quote the everwise Lorelai Gilmore:

"Focus, please."

"I am a camera."

Someone wise told me to focus on details. Especially when I'm stressed.

By zoning in on one particular object, I will be calming my mind. 

Instead of my mind racing a million miles a minute, it is 

being forced to slow down to just one mile a minute. 

Notice the details. 

This is how our world works, isn't it? We race through, a million miles a minute. 

We never see the details. 

We constantly force our minds to zoom about, and there's always SOMETHING

to see. 

Our mind doesn't know how to stop on its own. There's something on the right

something on the left. 

But what about the details? 

Details like, the lines in your skin. 

The chipped nail polish on my fingers. 

The drops of water on the inside of a water bottle. 

Icicles hanging from the roof. 

The sound of your best friend laughing. 

I have a board on Pinterest labeled: Magical

It's for anything that seems magical to me. And most of the time, it's little things. 

Like the picture of a baby laughing. 

A photo of a marine father holding his baby. 

Dishes in soapy water. 

Yarn wrapped in a ball. 

The tattered spines of old books. 

Coffee being poured into a cup. 

It's all magical, and it's all little details that we never notice because our mind

is much too busy to stop and notice. 

Maybe if we did stop to notice the details more often, we wouldn't be as 

stressed. 

Happy New Year's Eve and may 2013 be magical. 

Day 6

Day 6. Ten Favorite Foods

Reaaaaaaaaady, set, go! :P In no particular order...

1. Chocolate. Nom nom nom. Dark, milk, candy bar, sometimes with peanut butter, but never white chocolate (unless it's those peppermint white chocolate kisses), and NEVER with coconut. Bleeeeegh.

2. Mac'n'cheese. Mmmmmmm, comfort food. Don't care if it's from the box either. ;)

3. Cookies! Chewy, soft, chocolate chip cookies. With a glass of milk. (Kid at heart here!)

4. Chicken Spaghetti...best casserole meal eveeeeeeeer. Creamy spaghetti with chicken and veggies.  Nom nom nom nom. I loooooooove you, Pioneer Woman! *heartheart*

5. Butter. Haha, I know it's not really a "food" but omg. Butter is the best. It makes food taste sooo much better. I looooove hot bread with butter. Mmmhmm.

6. Tater tots. "Hey, Napoleon, gimme some of your tots!" "No, go get your own!" ;) Haha, I looove tater tots. And french fries. ;) And mashed potatoes! Gosh, I love potatoes. lol.

7. Pineapple. Best fruit EVEH. That and oranges. And cherries. And watermelon. And strawberries. Dang, I just love fruit!

8. Cinnamon rolls. Just stuff me and kill me now. I loooooove the gooey, buttery, sugary, cinnamony goodness of cinnamon rolls.

9. Broccoli covered in cheese. Aaah, nomnom. :)

10. Chili. Haha, another comfort food. I luuuuuuurve it when my sis makes chili for girls' night. Curl up with your chili covered with cheese, watching a movie? Mmm.

And now I'm wondering how the hell I'm not fat. ;) I'm such a healthy eater, am I. :P At least I like fruit, right? :P