Little Things

So I stumbled across this blog called "little things." She describes her blog as "a list of all the simple things I have come to appreciate," and that's exactly what it is. After going through about ten pages of all the little things, I decided to make a list of the top ten simple things I have come to appreciate today. 

10. A fresh lab coat.

9. Hot chocolate chip pancakes.

8. My boyfriend's t-shirt that he never should've let me borrow.

(Because he probably won't be getting it back.)

7. A fluffy Build-A-Bear with a pink flower headband and glittery pink shoes.

6. A song that perfectly describes how you're feeling.

5. Sweet picture comments on Facebook.

4. Phone calls from my Mama.

3. Failed romances.

(Learning from your past.)

2. The fear of losing something.

(Having something you don't wanna lose.) 

1. A best friend with big curly hair, a bigger personality, and the biggest heart.

Thank You...

These last couple days, I have been consumed with overwhelming gratitude for the many blessings that God has placed in my life. I truly believe that I am one of the luckiest girls in the world, but I'm not sure if I've ever really taken the time to thank the people who mean the most to me. This may be cliche, and you may find this boring. If you do then feel free to exit out. I mean, really, very few people read this blog, and the people I'm about to thank will probably never see this, but if I had the time to actually thank each of these people, this is what I'd say....

Mom

Thank you for giving me your eyes. Thank you for leaving the light on downstairs and tucking me in every night growing up. Thank you for giving me a reason to be homesick when I came to college. Thank you for being the strongest woman I know. Thank you for instilling in me a firm sense of independence and a fiery determination. Thank you for raising two teenage girls basically on your own. Thank you for being my hero.

Gary

Thank you for making my breakfast and coffee in the mornings before school. Thank you for buying me the Rascal Flatts CD at midnight so that I wouldn't have to go. Thank you for bringing me bobby pins at school when I thought my hair looked bad. Thank you for loving my mom. Thank you for coming into our lives just when we needed you most. Thank you for making me a better person each and every day. 

Emily

Thank you for being my little sister. Thank you for sleeping in my room with me until I wasn't scared to sleep alone. Thank you for stealing my clothes. Thank you for never wanting to be in pictures and making me force you. Thank you for calling me when someone is mean to you. Thank you for letting me take up for you. Thank you for calling me every time you got your ACT scores back. Thank you for making me so proud. 

Whitney

Thank you for calling me your big sister. Thank you for calling me when you need someone to talk to. Thank you for having such a beautiful voice. Thank you for playing your guitar for me and calling when you learn a new song. Thank you for trying out all the mascaras for me. Thank you for being a better person than I'll ever be. Thank you for letting God's light shine through you each and every day. Thank you for looking up to me. Thank you for never giving up on me.

Brock

Thank you for helping me carry my Rice Krispies inside on National Honor Society inductions day my senior year. Thank you for being my best friend ever since. Thank you for going shoe shopping with me. Thank you for riding around town with me, flipping coins to see which way we should turn. Thank you for answering my calls no matter what time it is and listening to me cry. Thank you for reassuring me that I am beautiful and smart whenever I start to doubt myself. 

Sarah Beth

Thank you for letting me sit on you before you were born. :) Thank you for being a best friend since birth. Thank you for putting on scary make-up with me and dressing up like Grandma and Pop. Thank you for visiting Scottsboro every summer. Thank you for moving in with me this year. Thank you for fixing me dinner when I've had a long day. Thank you for helping me pick out my clothes and for letting me steal yours. Thank you for being my mom away from home.

Leah

Thank you for being my long lost cousin. Thank you for becoming a ZTA and being in my bump group. Thank you for being a big ray of sunshine every single day. Thank you for calling me when you're crying and letting me help. Thank you for letting me give you devotionals and talk about God.Thank you for singing Shania Twain and Dixie Chicks at the top of your lungs with me. Thank you for visiting Scottsboro and Stevarinos, even though you got lost. Thank you for coming to pick me up whenever I need you (even when I lay on the gear shift.) Thank you for always putting me in my place when I need it most. Thank you for being exactly who I wish I could be. 

Brooke

Thank you for living across the street. Thank you for turning all of Bellefonte Estates into our own magical world growing up. Thank you for riding bikes, scooters, and golfcarts with me. Thank you for coming over every Christmas morning. Thank you for being such a good writer. Thank you for making me sob at your Memory Day thinking about how much I was gonna miss you. Thank you for being another little sister to me.

Holley

Thank you for being my best friend since fifth grade. Thank you for having a secret Zac Efron notebook for our notes in high school. Thank you for driving me everywhere before I had a car. Thank you for letting me practically live with you and claim your mother as my second mom. Thank you for dating best friends with me...twice. Thank you for being there for me through every single breakdown I've ever had. Thank you for having every class with me this year. Thank you for knowing all my secrets and being the only person I can talk to about anything and everything.

Riley

Thank you for starting a blog with me. Thank you for loving quotes and songs just as much as I do. Thank you for being such a good cook. Thank you for jamming out to Avril Lavigne in the car with me. Thank you for having tons and tons of long conversations with me. Thank you for throwing rocks with me. Thank you for doing Taebo. Thank you for wanting to go on a mission trip. Thank you for being wise beyond your years. Thank you for being one of the bravest, strongest people I know.

Lauren

Thank you for being my first new best friend at Auburn. Thank you for being that weird girl on the bus at New Member Retreat, only to become my roommate and soulmate. Thank you for bringing me flowers when I'm sad. Thank you for being just as random and odd as I am. Thank you for hating mushy gushy couples and people who walk around smiling all the time. Thank you for always being willing to go out and have a good time. Thank you for being willing to do absolutely anything for me. Thank you for giving me enough reasons to love you that I could make a list that's quickly approaching 100.

Julia

Thank you for looking like Barbie. Thank you for being my partner at Camp War Eagle. Thank you for running up to me at rush. Thank you for pledging the same sorority. Thank you for having sleepovers with me once a week last year. Thank you for letting me drive you everywhere while you didn't have a car. Thank you for taking me to the Cumming fair and showing me around your big ole town. Thank you for being my roommate and sharing our own little cubby this year. Thank you for letting me steal your clothes. Thank you for having a devil cat. Thank you for being the most caring, sweet, crazy diva I have ever met. ;)

Kasey

Thank you for being my random roommate from Guntersville. Thank you for being such a good dancer. Thank you for making my first year at Auburn WONDERFUL. Thank you for having family dinners with me. Thank you for laying out in the grass to the side of our apartment. Thank you for always listening to my whining and complaining. Thank you for still wanting to be my roommate for another year. Thank you for fighting with me then making up. Thank you for being one of the most genuine, helpful people I've ever met.

Robert

Thank you for being my football crush before we ever met. Thank you for letting me be that creepy girl who knew you were in her chemistry class and really wanted to meet you. Thank you for txting me on Maegan's 21st birthday. Thank you for coming to the Halloween party with me. Thank you for being a bad txter ever since. Thank you for making me give up on not dating anyone. Thank you for showing me that not all guys are jerks. Thank you for letting me be a weird, pouty, princess. Thank you for letting me be me.

Pencil Me In

Where do your priorities lie?

Is it in your schoolwork? Social life? Boyfriend? Work? God?

God is so good at convicting me of putting so many other things before him. Tonight, after writing things down in my planner for the week, I laid down my pen and reached over to turn out the light, suddenly realizing what I'd laid my pen on top of- my Bible and Bible study, quietly resting on my nightstand, ignored, again. 

So where in my busy schedule did I find a few minutes to spend some quality time with my Father? Where did I set aside a few minutes to read His word, to study it, or simply to pray?

He is a jealous God. "Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so she cannot find her way. She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them." (Hosea 2:6-7) Time and time again, God has grown a bit impatient with me. He has taken the things that I place above him and twisted them. He has tied a little misfortune into the things that occupy all of my time, only because God is a jealous God. He doesn't do these things to hurt me, but to rescue me. His only hope is to show me that He is the only one I should turn to, the only one I should put my trust in, that He should be my number one.

It's so easy to plan for a big party, a hot date, or some study time. It's so easy to put so many things before God. We become increasingly preoccupied with all these earthly things that matter so little, forgetting about the one who matters most. All the while, He waits, hoping that in our busy lives we can find some time to pencil Him in.

"To me, “FEARLESS” is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you’ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again… even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost. It’s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can’t breathe without them. I think it’s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he’s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they’ll never stop doing, I think it’s FEARLESS to stop believing them. It’s FEARLESS to say “you’re NOT sorry”, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS. Then, moving on and being alright…That’s FEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That’s why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS."

This is why Taylor Swift is brilliant.

This is why this quote and album will NEVER get old.

This is why I love her. 

She is my idol.

She's so right...

And this time around, I'm fearless. :)

All We Do Is Win

But really....all we do really is WIN!!!

2011 National Champions, babyyy!!!!

Last night was probably the single most memorable night of my life. 

It was the perfect end to the perfect season.

I'm more thankful than ever to be a part of such an amazing family. This was the best year to be a Tigerette, and I'm so glad that such a wonderful group of guys and coaches were able to bring home the hardware. Not only that, I'm so thankful for the classy, fun fans that make the Auburn experience that much better. Needless to say, I cried after Wes made that game-winning field goal, and I cried again as we ran to Toomer's to roll the tree for my first time ever. 

I love Auburn traditions. I love Auburn football. I love Auburn fans. 

And most of all, I love Auburn University. 

WAR DAMN EAGLE.

WAR DAMN BEAT BAMA.

WAR DAMN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP.

WAR DAMN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!

Say hello to my body idol for 2011.

Adriana Lima.

My favorite Victoria's Secret model...

and my inspiration.

Let the long workouts and the Diet Coke diets begin.

See you on Spring Break. :)

Begin Again

I don't know about you, but I feel like 2010 flew by.

I had such an amazing year. I'm pleased to say that it was an improvement upon 2009, and I wasn't quite sure that was possible. 

Last year...

I lost a very dear friend.

I totalled my old car.

I got a new one.

I got a hamster.

I went through a few more fish.

I spent the summer waiting tables at Stevarinos.

I moved into a new apartment with two more roomies.

I experienced by very first rush and welcomed the very BEST Zeta babies into our chapter.

I got rid of the things in my life that were holding me back.

I went out more.

I made countless new friends and a couple new best friends that I don't know how I ever lived without.

I was a Tigerette for a perfect football season.

I made my first B.

I fell even deeper in love with Auburn.

And I had a whole lotta fun.

This year...

1. Above all else, I will put God first.

2. I'm gonna get my abs back and make my old body jealous of my new one this summer.

3. I'm going to stop worrying about the small stuff.

4. I'm going to stop letting people take advantage me and learn to stand up for myself.

5. I'm going to sing karaoke.

6. I'm going on a mission trip.

7. I'm gonna give up on my whole "I don't date" philosophy.

8. I'm gonna complain less and smile more.

9. I'm going to stop being so uptight and learn to go with the flow.

10. I'm gonna live like the world really is going to end in 2012.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!