March 16th-21st

Coffee and Cigarettes

This image is not me. Although I wish it was. I found it at theinspirationroom.com It was taken by Heiko Waechter in Melbourne and I love it. This is exactly what I want to be doing right now. Drinking coffee that was not made by me, enjoying a cigarette and wearing cute clothes. Sadly my life today is extremely drab compared to this. My current location is on my bed(makeshift desk) trying to write a paper, study for a midterm, and complete a project proposal. I am drinking homemade coffee and my word processing page remains blank. Once all is accomplished however it will be well worth it. I will soon be whisked away to Philadelphia to visit my brother Drew.

But for now I will try to remain focused on this.

15 again

If you ever need a refresher course on how to be an awkward teenager, go mini golfing. Last week I went with a couple girls from work to Golf N' Stuff. This experience made me so appreciative of growing out of my EXTREMELY(i know everyone says that) awkward years. I am thankful, That I got my braces off. That I don't try to straighten curly hair with a curling iron. That my boyfriend can drive, we don't need Mom and Dad to be the taxi. That I am not embarrassed to be terrible at something (many things, like mini golfing). That I am not afraid to eat a lot in front of the opposite sex. And the list goes on and on. It was very entertaining for us to take a trip down memory lane. And even more entertaining for us to invision these awkward little ducklings as beautiful adults that know how to do hair and make up. Our golf experience eventually just turned into a photo shoot on all the miniature houses, pirate ships, and windmills? BUT, I did get one HOLE IN ONE!!! On the very first hole I just hit the ball as hard as I could and it went in! I think that is the trick at these places...if the bumpers are tall.
Sara captured my emotion from the first shot perfectly

Believable Indians


(we are holding up how many tries it took us... Stephany's ball landed in some bush and we never found it again)

Wigs For Kids

The last grand event that went on this winter was the hair donation! I donated to an organization called Wigs For Kids. They make wigs specifically for kids with cancer. And their website has a ton of information with no details left out, which I really liked. I know there are some other hair donation organizations that make a very large profit for themselves while only giving about five percent of the hair to the kids. Many organizations have been caught selling the hair as expensive hair extensions to beauty salons. I wanted to make sure I did not give to a company like this. It is so important to do your research when making any kind of investment in a company!

The lovely Becca Bishop gave me the haircut and did a wonderful job despite my changing of heart midway. And Levi took the pictures and surprisingly stayed strong and made me continue to go through with it even when I had doubts! This is shocking. Here are the photos Levi took.

These first two pictures the before pictures Levi took.



This is the before picture on dooms day.(the trash bag ensemble reminded Levi of the fashion blogs I look at. We had to take a picture)

Starting the Process:

ALL GONE


The Final Product: (This is typically how you would see me wearing it)

This is a really poor representation of what it looks like down because this photo was taken after a full day of travel. But, you get the point.

And lastly, this is the reason I do this. This picture was taken from the Wigs For Kids website

Winter Re-Visited

So, I wanted to finish telling about my winter break. Considering it is almost spring break.. I think I need to do this now. It is not my fault that this is so late! I was waiting for pictures from Levi :)

Before we went to Zion and Lake Powell we went to Pine Top and stayed in Becca's cabin with an amazing group of people. We were there for about four days including New Years. The day we arrived we all relaxed and hung around the cabin. I then realized Mal and Ryan were up there! So they came over and we all enjoyed each others company. Levi and Ari drove up later that night and were expected to arrive by midnight. However, somehow..they forgot to pay attention to where they were driving and ended up in New Mexico!!! I still don't understand how this happened. Anyway, the rest of the trip was filled with incredible conversations and of course pleasant trips to the almost completely frozen lake. On New Years Eve we walked down to the lake for the midnight cellebration. We then went back to the house to have fun with some explosives. It is also tradition every year for me and Bec to be the dummies of the group and walk on the extremely thin ice. This is the very first year we didnt break through and fall in! I am very proud of us. Here are some picture Levi took of us during this adventure. (He joined in out there too).