Breakfast for 2 (Million?)

So many heart-shaped, chocolate chip pancakes.

You'd swear with all of this food we weren't just feeding the two of us but an army or small country.

GOBBLES!!!

An after Thanksgiving fried turkey. Yum.

Listening to: "3" by Britney Spears
Quote of the Day: "That's Gobbles, the physically challenged turkey." -Cartman from South Park

Living Healthy and it's Finally Showing

I'm officially down to a size 4 in jeans! I had tried on the same pants the other week and they didn't fit but my size 6 jeans were starting to get a little baggy. Today I noticed I could hide a diaper in my jeans if I had to wear one so I figured it was time to try those pesky size 4s again. THEY FIT!!!! This is the smallest I've been since I started wearing adult clothes and it feels great. I don't want to or plan to lose anymore weight because I think getting down to a size 2 would be a little too much weight lost. I feel great and I owe it all to not drinking any alcohol or soda since my birthday. Now I just want to grow out my hair so I can have it back to the length it was when I was in Spain.

Graduation is a little more than 2 weeks away and I can't wait for this semester to be over and to enjoy being a college graduate.


Listening to: "Starlight" by Muse
Quote of the Day: "Beauty- in projection and perceiving- is 99.9% attitude." -Grey Livingston

Bridge to Nowhere

Taken on a very foggy drive to my parents house this Thanksgiving morning...

It's difficult to see anything in the fog.

Listening to: "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga

Quote of the Day: "Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night." -Irving Berlin

Please Sir I want... S'mores

This s'mores pizza thing from Bottoms Up was amazing.

Listening to: "The Quiet Thing that No One Ever Knows" by Brand New

Quote of the Day: "Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Your Pretty Music can Brighten the Day

I love when it rains in the city it makes me feel so calm.

Listeing to:  "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden

Quote of the Day: "Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." -Langston Hughes

My Loves

I'm not even home for 5 minutes and these two are already begging for my food.

Listening to: "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Quote of the Day: "Passion spins around love and I am dizzy always around you." Albany Bach Reid

The Best Things in Life are Created on Accident

yummy chicken tenders that I made myself :)

 Ingredients:

garlic

olive oil

chicken

egg whites

bread crumbs

red pepper flakes

dill weed

basil

Instructions:

I took a garlic clove and put it through a garlic press then threw it into a pan with some olive oil and let it simmer on the lowest heat.

I started by slicing some chicken into smaller pieces.

Then I dipped them in egg whites.

Rolled them around in bred crumbs.

I placed the tenders in the garlic olive oil pan and added more olive oil, red pepper flakes, basil, and dill weed. I cooked them until the were dark like they are in the picture on both sides.

Then I served and enjoyed them.

Listening to: "Ignorance" by Paramore

Old People are Funny

I think he's wearing pink PJs

Listening to: "Breakdown in the Key of Happy" by Four Year Strong

This Life would be Frightfully Dull without You

If you were a fish then I'd want to be a fish and if you were a bird well then I'd want to be a bird too.


Listening to: "You Wouldn't Like Me" by Tegan and Sara
Quote of the Day: "When you heart speaks take good notes" -Judith Campbell

My Question of the Week

Are my titties weapons of mass destruction or massive weapons of destruction?

Listening to: "To the Moon & Back" by Savage Garden

Maybe being Stubborn is Genetic

Today... rough day. Not going to drag things down by really talking about it but thanks to the people who knew and were just there to bring me up. You know who you are.

Random tangent: I hate the way my hair feels when it's dry after using my apartment shower.


 Listening to: "Saint and Sailors" by Dashboard Confessional
Quote of the Day: "Magenta is all kinds of feelings tumbling all over themselves. You're not quite blue cause you're not really sad, and although you're a bit jealous you wouldn't say you're green with envy, and every now and then you realize you're a little bit scared but you wouldn't call yourself yellow." -Blanche from Golden Girls

Sun Dress and Boots

This is probably the last day of weather nice enough to wear a cute dress.

Listening to: "Sideways" by Dierks Bentley

Another Update on my Apartment

The dishwasher appears to be broken which will probably not make my parents all that happy when I tell them. I tried reseting all the breakers in the apartment and letting it rest for the night but when I push any of the buttons on the outside nothing happens at all.

I'm thinking today I'm going to finally head over to Walmart and print some photos for all the different picture frames I have to put up around here. 

Listening to: "Ride the Sky II" by Revolution Mother

Quote of the Day: "They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time." -Anchorman

The Perfect Song for Right Now

To see you when I wake up

Is a gift I didn't think could be real.

To know that you feel the same as I do

Is a three-fold, Utopian dream.

You do something to me that I can't explain.

So would I be out of line if I said "I miss you"?

I see your picture.

I smell your skin on

The empty pillow next to mine.

You have only been gone ten days,

But already I'm wasting away.

I know I'll see you again

Whether far or soon.

But I need you to know that I care,

And I miss you.

This song by Incubus is what I'm currently listening to and my quote of the day...

<3

Look Out for Jason

Happy Friday the 13th!!!

P.S. Christmas is exactly six weeks away...

Listening to: "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada

Quote of the Day: "And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come frin a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more." -Dr. Seuss

Mini Apartment Update

My apartment is starting to really come together and look really awesome. I do get lonely sometimes living on my own, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. If I could have a tiny dog or a kitty even it might not feel so lonely. The building will only allow residents here to have birds which to me seem like they are nastier and noisier than kittens and other animals that aren't allowed. Silly old people and their love of birds.

It is nice though to have my own space and not feel like my parents are constantly breathing over my shoulder and watching everything I do. Living at home wasn't all bad, and I was always glad to have the dogs with me; it was so comforting. The unpacking is almost done and it will be nice to be completely settled in when that is done.

The next month is going to be super busy for me with the end of semester quickly creeping nearer and graduation looming over it with it's long dark shadow. I'm also going to host my first apartment party the day before graduation so I can celebrate my new apartment, graduation, and the holidays. There will of course be other things peppered in there that I'm doing like volunteer work among other things. I do like being busy I just hope I can handle exams, work, and preparing for my own party all at the same time. I have an idea of what to do on the top of my cap for graduation so I'm looking forward to executing that.

Listening to: "Dead and Gone" by T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake

Quote of the Day: "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind." -A Midsummer Night's Dream

My Christmas Wishlist

(I hope people can forgive me for looking at Urban Outfitters)
1. a giftcard to Sephora
2. a giftcard to Target
3. a bagless vacuum cleaner
4. a dinosaur table runner
5. a dinosaur sandwich cutter
6. an eagles jersey
7. Left 4 Dead 2
8. a book on craft type stuff
9. anything from For the Love of Chocolate in Carytown
10. many of the wicked cool pieces of jewelry from here (wish list to follow soon)
11. this cute vase set
12. this cute piece of artwork
13. or this piece even
14. a Ouija board
15. this necklace (I have a weird thing for cool looking keys)
16. these earings (or any jewelry from need supply co.)
17. this ring size 7 in gold ( I usually hate gold jewelry but I love this)

Most of this stuff is probably stuff I really don't want, but anyone who reads this and actually wants to buy me something can get an idea of things I like. So seriously most of this I don't want I just think it's cool.

Listening to: "Halo" by Beyoncé
Quote of the Day: "You never know the biggest day of your life is the biggest day. Not until it's happening. You don't recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you're right in the middle of it. The day you commit to something or someone. The day you get your heart broken. The day you meet your soul mate. The day you realize there's not enough time, because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days. You know?" -Grey's Anatomy

A Little Secret Between Me & You

He told me he missed me last night... and I missed him too even though I got to see him earlier on campus and he spent the night Saturday.

Listening to: "Down" by Jay Sean

Quote of the Day: "Hey, if you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?" - SNL Will Ferrel playing Harry Caray

Finding the Light in the Dark

I was somewhat stressed over the book report I'm currently writing that's due tomorrow. I won't lie I haven't read that much of the book; I read the first chapter and then a few sections here and there to get some information. Now that I'm almost a full five pages in I'm definitely not as stressed over it anymore. It seems that just when I think the world is falling apart around from under me and I'm about to fall something catches me pulls all the pieces together.

I have the internet being set up tomorrow. My paper is almost complete it just needs to be a total of seven pages. I emailed my group some ads I found on youtube for my group project. My apartment is starting to look somewhat liveable now (just have about half the kitchen to clean). I've purchased a few good things for my apartment that I needed (I still have a few things to get). Paul might be coming over tonight at some point after he gets out of class. Gelati Celest had my favorite ice cream flavor last night so honestly I can't complain much at this exact moment.

Listening to: Blood and Peanut Butter" by BC Camplight

Quote of the Day: "I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life than the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satelite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life." -Calendar Girls

My Life Reduced to Living in Boxes

This is what my apartment looks like right now. Pictures hopefully soon to follow of what it looks like when I'm done.

Listening to: "Catalyst" by  Anna Nalick

My Hands are So Dry

The kitchen in my apartment is filthy. I spent a good part of this afternoon cleaning it out. Used up half a bottle of multi-surface cleaner in the process. Now I'm working on the cabinets eventually I'll clean the counters and then the floor. I thought my mom said my grandfather did such a nice job cleaning it for me.


Listening to: "Wishful Thinking" by The Ditty Bops

Trying Something New

My alter-ego needs a last name.

Lydia _______

Listening to: "The Police and the Private" by Metric

Sleeping Beauty

My last morning in my parent's house and I got to wake up next to this guy. I can't think of anything better.

Listening to: the sound of him breathing and my parents moving around
Quote of the Day: Quote of the Day: "A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon." -Arnold Haultain

Herro Rover

my two favorite guys <3

Listening to: egg rolls cooking

Quote of the Day: "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." -Ben Williams

A Glimpse at Summer '07

Today I've been getting ready to move on Sunday. I'm looking through all the old photos on my computer so I can print some off and fill up the empty frames I have collected. I forgot I used to look like this. I must say I had great legs. This is a rare photo of me in a pair of shorts. I now have a goal after the move to work out my legs until they look like that again!

Listening to: "Portions of Foxes" by Rilo Kiley

My Grade Update!

Violence Against Women: 90.5 A
Gender & the Body: 96 A
Women & the Bible: 81.3 B
Sociology of Mental Disorders: 87.5 B
Sociological Research Methods: 92.7 A

I actually have all A's & B's right now! Hopefully, I can keep this up for the rest of the semester. This makes my current GPA a 3.6 and I must say that makes me a happy college student. I wouldn't mind pulling up my sociology of mental disorders grade up to an A, but I'm more going to focus on keeping those grades where they are.

I'm not out of the woods though completely on this yet though. Someone recently made acusations about students cheating in the sociology department on their online exams so now we all have to take them in the classroom instead of online. I also have a book report to write, methodologies to work on for part of a group project, and another group project where we have to write a paper and do a final project, some volunteer work, and a short three page paper along with the final exams I have to take.

I just need to focus on one thing at a time instead of looking at the bigger picture and allowing myself to get stressed out and then having my grades slip because of my stress. 

Listening to: "I Love the Rain the Most" by Joe Purdy

Quote of the Day: "Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear and not bothering." -Pooh's Little Instruction Book

Early Mornings aren't so Rough with the Dog I Love

One of the best ways to wake up the morning is sunshine and puppy kisses :)

Listening to:  "One of These Days" by Kraak and Smaak

Remember, Remember

 Remember, Remember the fifth of November,

The gunpowder treason and plot,

I know of no reason

Why the gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.

Have a happy fifth of November!

Listening to: "Maps" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Quote of the Day: "No one will ever forget that night and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me." -V for Vendetta

Not Exactly Sure What to Say...

... except I'm going to bed happy tonight when I get off the phone :)

I know how lame I'm being right now just so whoever reads this knows. Just stop assuming I care what anyone else thinks right now.

Listening to: "Everyday is a Holiday" by Esthero

Quote of the Day: "I don't wish to be everything to someone, but I would like to be something to someone." -Javan

What do You see when You Stop and Take Notice

Saw this at John Tyler when I was waiting to talk to an advisor on which classes to take in the spring.

Movin' on Up... To a Delux Apartment in the Sky!

I just found out I'll be able to sign the deed tomorrow for the condo I'm moving into this weekend! So excited right now and a little scared too, but mostly excited.

Listening to: "Don't Dream it's Over" by Crowded House

Quote of the Day: "I ran up the door, opened the stairs, said my pajamas and put on my prayers - turned off my bed, tumbled into my light, and all because he kissed me goodnight." -Author Unkown

Love is All Around Us

These days it seems everywhere I look I see happy couples young and old who look absolutely inlove with each other. It has caused me to pause and take a moment to look back at my own history in relationships and reasses the things that worked and didn't. I've also been taking an inward look at the relationship I'm in now and making sure I'm not repeating history and making similar mistakes.

Looking back on the past I think I used to be so childish/naive and selfish about love. I expected it and felt like I was deserving of it because I was with someone, but it's something that you have to earn by doing and being a good person. Love doesn't come easy nor does it seem to come cheap. I don't mean cheap as in a monetary thing I mean it in the sense of giving your heart and time to another person and not expecting anything back.

I will admit it's hard to put yourself out like that and then turn around and ask for nothing in return from that person. If you think about it though it's your choice to do what you do in terms of your own heart and who you give it to. The person you gave it to didn't hold a gun to your head and demand that you rip it out of your chest for them. Everyone decides who they want to love and no one makes that choice for them.

I also think it's rather selfish to say those three words that we expect so much of and then turn around and insist the upon the other person to say them right then and there. For me I'd rather be given the chance to say them when it feels right for me, and the time I decide to could be the same moment or not.

With love what's always scared me is admitting my feelings at exactly the wrong moment and just ruining everything that I had worked so hard to accomplish. That to me is the ultimate failure; giving your heart to someone and before they are ready to allow themselves to accept something of that degree scaring them off.

We make so much of this four lettered word it makes it almost impossible to be the first person to say it. As a girl it's almost as if you're obsessive if you say it first and maybe for guys it's a showing of weakness or being whipped by the girl and so they don't want to be the first. Maybe if we as a society weren't so afraid of such a wonderful word as love we'd be better off. To me it seems we are such a backwards group of people fearing something so wonderful and not being free to express it as we openly feel it.

Maybe it's time we turned our world upside down and took a chance and jumped off the edge and told those around us that we love them. What if there were no more tomorrows or chances for us to tell someone we appreciated them and today was your last chance. Who would you want to say those three small words to and let them know that without them your life might not have been the same?


Listening to: "Vindicated" -Dashboard Confessionals

Pale Lips & Paper-White Skin

Caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I was looking pretty pale with near matching lips. Atleast Monday's are easy for me since I only have one class. My hands were almost the color of paper so that's not a good thing.

The Eagles won their game yesterday so I can't be too down on myself for being cold. It would've been awesome to have been at that game and then gone over to watch the Yankees and the Phillies play game 4. One can dream and maybe eventually that will happen.

Listening to: "It Won't be Long" from Across the Universe

Quote of the Day: "We accept the love we think we deserve." -Stephen Chbosky from The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I Wish I was Cuddling with a Polar Bear

Brrrrr... super cold tonight. My temp is around 94.5 degrees. Not such a good thing.

Maybe if I had a pair of these awesome bunny slippers I wouldn't be so freezing cold.

Listening to: "Irish Dream" by Eddie from Ohio

We Rove Harroween!!!

For Halloween Paul and I had a few different ideas before we settled on zombie versions of each other. We were also tossing around being Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World, Ali G. and his girlfriend, and Taylor Swift and Kanye West. We would've done Kanye West and Taylor Swift but that would've taken a lot more time and effort. Even if it would have been worth it in the end our costumes came out pretty awesome.

We went to two parties this weekend and had a nice double date with Carol Ann and Chris at Julep's on Halloween night. I wanted to go to dinner dressed up but Paul chickened out so we went looking normal.

I made being zombie Paul look good. Just saying I think dressing up like that, blood and all, on a normal basis would be somewhat fun.

The zombies are coming to get you!!!

Such a tender zombie moment....

Really I saw a piece of brain dangling from his chin and I wanted it

We decided boobs might actually taste better.

We wondered what we tasted like so we decided to take a nibble.

Dancing with a nutcracker, that guy..., a pedophile, and a white trash pregnant chick.

We decided to eat our hostess's brains...

This one looks yummy!

Hanging out with Poe

I'm a pretty awesome zombie...

Still Awesome.

Poe's brains taste so good.... YUM

I'm such a glutten for brains.

Wouldn't really be a gathering with these assholes unless we played the Sugarhill Gang's "Jump on it"

We really do love this song probably more than is natural

I love these guys.

Paul and I are constantly being haunted by the ghost of Michael Jackson. Thank goodness we're not little boys and he's only haunting us in musical form.

I'm about to eat Kit... YUM!

Edgar Allan Poe with his raven, a zombie, a witch, Fonzie, and Happy Gilmore.

I either like brains or boobs...

I just can't seem to make up my mind.

I think we did a really good job on our costumes.

This is what Paul's hair looked like when he took off the wig... and after he got some jizz in his eye.

I just really wanted a bite of my boyfriend that night... RAWR

Listening to: "Ten Speed" by Coheed and Cambria

Quote of the Day: "Who died and made you fucking king of the zombies?" -Shaun of the Dead