Woop Woop

Ok so I have just one thing left to do before I am officially done with my sophomore year. I am really excited to be done but it is still a lil bittersweet. Im gonna miss all my friends here over the summer... but hopefully we will visit. I have had a lot of great memories this year. Basketball was extremely challenging this year but it just makes me that much more excited about turning it all around next season.

Im not exactly the neatest person and my room is an absolute mess...which is going to make it miserable to move out. Thank goodness my parents are coming to help. My dad is even bringing a u-haul to take my couch and stuff back. Geez. Well goodbye sophomore year...looking forward to all the new memories to make next year ; )

My Girls!!

So one of the main reasons I am so excited to be home for the summer is my two bestest friends in the whole world...Sarah and Laura. Sarah plays basketball at Hanover(ugh i guess i still love her) and Laura goes to IU. We have all known each other since before kindergarten and I love both of them so much. We played sports together all through school and basically became inseperable. I know some girls who change best friends everyother day...but not us. We have been apart for so long but as soon as we get back together its like we never left. We can talk about anything without being embarrassed. They are basically the best friends anyone could have. I love them and cant wait for summer!!!!!!

After college

So im technically going to be a junior in like a week and I just cant help but think about what I am going to do after college. Not only about a job, but where am i gonna live? I have always thought that I would eventually move back home and have my kids in the same high school i went to cause i absolutely love where I grew up. But now thats it is actually becoming reality I have realized that what I have always thought might not be the best thing for me. Cincinnati is an awesome city and there are is so much more opportunity here for careers. I just cant imagine being away from my family like that. Welcome to life i guess...ugh

This summer

Summertime is finally here
That old ballpark, man, is back in gear
Out on 49
Man I can see the lights

School's out and the nights roll in
Man, just like a long lost friend
You ain't seen in a while
And can't help but smile

And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle on the floorboard

Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime


And that is all I have to say haha!!
Gotta love Kenny!

Mother's day

So This coming Sunday is Mother's day and I cannot wait to spend it with my awesome momma!! She is seriously the best mom ever. It has been reallt hard lately to be so far away from her and I am really looking forward to being home for the summer. (of course I love my daddy too but this is bout mother's day ha) But anyway this past year has been pretty tough for my family but especially for my mom. Like I said earlier...we lost my Papaw last September and it has really put a toll on my mom. I know that she is happy to know that he has moved on to a better place but I can just tell sometimes that she misses him greatly. I love my mom so much...we have been through it all together...and I cant wait to see what the years ahead have for us!

I want a puppy!!!!!!!

So Gina and me are wantin to live together next year...either a house or an apartment. And if we get a house i totally want to get a puppy. O I think that it would be so much fun. I love my dog from home but I am 3 hours away and never get to see her : ( I cant decide exactly what kind of dog I want but definitely a small one. One type of dog i have thought about is a Chi-poo. Its a chihuaha and poodle mix and even though i think both of those dogs are so ugly, a chi-poo is absolutely adorable. I hope so much that I can get one.

Im almost a Junior!! Ahh

I cannot believe I am going to be a junior next year! The past two years have flown by soooo fast. It seems like yesterday I was movin into my 100 degree dorm room and meeting my roommate for the first time. It is crazy how things have changed from last year to this year. from the people I hang out with to my relationships with friends from home...everything has changed so much. It is so scary to think that in just two years I will finally be out in the "real world"

Missin High School

I always hear people talk about how much they hated high school but im the total opposite...i love high school! My high school was real small, my class was only bout 80 people, so we all pretty much knew everything about each other. Which that could be good and bad. It was awesome knowing everyone and having so many friends around. I played lots of sports which took up all of my time, but it also gave me some of the best friends in the world. The thing i miss most though about high school was just how care free we all were. For most of us our biggest problem was the math test in next hour or who was "goin out" with who. Even though it was major then it all seems stupid compared to some of the stuff I have to deal with now. I dont wanna say I wanna go back to high school but I would certainly take a couple more years of that lifestyle again.

The Lottery

I know this is real dumb but I have always thought about what I would do if I won the lottery. I know other people do too ha. But anyway if I ever won the lottery, the first thing I would do would be to build my parents their dream house. They have always done everything for me so of course im gonna return the favor. This also prolly sounds dumb but I have always dreamed of taking my closest friends on a round the world shopping trip. lol. We would take a private jet and I would give them each like 10,000 bucks and they would have to spend it on that trip. Of course after that I wanna say I would save up for my future but I dont know how long that would last : )

SPRING BREAK

I would do almost anything to be back on the beach right now. I went to Panama City Beach for spring break and it was ablsolutely amazing! I went with some girls from school and I was lucky enough to be able to take my parents SUV so it fit all 8 of us. As soon as we got down there we went straight to the beach. It was so beautiful and amazing with the 80 degree weather. Since we are all pretty much poor, we lived on eating either Taco Bell or Wendy's just once a day. That was all our budget could handle. We had so much fun and I can't wait to go back next year. : )

Papaw's Miracles (Cont'd)

Another and probably the most amazing thing that happened after he passed happened the day of the funeral. The family was sitting in the living room when suddenly my aunt noticed a single, pure white dove sitting in their back yard. This amazed us all because not only do doves almost always travel in pairs, but none of us had ever seen a white dove just out in nature like that. But thats not even the best part...

Every day for about three months that dove came back to my mamaw's house and just flew around her yard. Every day. I saw it with my own eyes. This really touched my heart because I just saw how much it comforted my Mamaw and how much peace it gave her. Even after he was gone my Papaw still found ways to show his love to us. He was and still is one of the best people I have ever known. I miss him greatly and love him much.

Papaw's Miracles

After Papaw passed, some amazing things started happening. A couple of days before his death when my mom was visiting her mom and dad at their house...my papaw looked at my mom out of no where and told her that the life insurance policy was downstairs in his desk. My mom didn't think anything of it. After he died my mom went down to get the policy and there along with it were letters to eaach and every one of us in the family, even the son in laws. This was very emotional to all of us but at the same time very inspiring. It showed us even more how selfless he was and all of the love he had for his family.

Miss you Papaw <3 (2)

Papaw bought a brand new car for my Mamaw and even installed a security system in the house to keep her safe. At the time we all thought he was just doing these things cause he wanted to but we would realize later that it was all done for a reason. My Papaw even made sure that all the little projects around the home were taken care so my Mamaw would not have to deal with it. He had the porch resurfaced and even had my Mamaw get new furniture that she had wanted.
After he was sure that everything was taken care of my Papaw decided that it was his time to go. One day he told my Mamaw that he wanted to be taken to the doctor so that they could turn off the device on his heart that was keeping him alive. I will never forget the night my Mom called me here at school to tell me that he did not have much time left. I prayed that night that he would last until I got there the next morning so that I could say my final goodbye but when my dad showed up at my school 3 hours away from home without telling me the next morning...i knew that it was too late.
My Papaw died that morning with his wife of 55 years and three daughters by his side. He told them moments before not to worry and that he was going to heaven to be with his daughter that he had lost when she was only sixteen. He told them that he would see them again someday.

Miss you Papaw <3 (1)

This past september my family and I had to go through something that was the most tragic thing in all our lives. My Papaw (mom's dad) passed away. We lost a grandfather, dad, and husband. I had never lost anyone that close to me before and when I found out that he was not doing well I wasn't sure how I was going to deal with it. But somehow my Papaw, being the amazing man that he was, did things without us even knowing before he passed that made things a little easier for us.

Papaw Jim had something put on his heart a couple years ago that helped regulate his heartbeats. It made him better at first but after a while he started to get even worse and soon got to the point that he could not do much more than sit in his recliner. This discouraged my Papaw incredibly because he has always been someone who loved to be up and doing things, especially playing his guitar. He was getting very frustrated with how dependent he had come and it got to the point that he realized that he did not want to live like that anymore. And without us knowing, he started making some changes that assure him his family would be taken care of after he passed. (Continue next post)

My Collage

So I made this collage out of some people that mean a whooole lot to me. : )

There are a couple pics of me with my bf Rob...we have been together for about ten months and he is awesome! He always knows how to make me laugh! <3 him

There is also a pic of me and my mom. She is amazzzing and is always there for me. I love her and my dad so much. I have no idea what I would do without them.

There are a couple pics of me and my cousins. We are all so close and I miss them so much when I am away for school.

Then there is a pic of me and my two VERY BEST FRIENDS!! Sarah and Laura...We have been best friends since we were babies and will be forever! I love and miss them

wow...so bball season is over now.
I can't really explain just how hard this season has been. I guess to wrap it up in one statement: we set a school record for most losses in a season...yeah.
So now it's time to just forget about what happened this year and focus on the next. It's just so dang frustrating because I see how much talent each one of us has and how hard we work. Not to mention all of the freakin running we do. I really wish I could pinpoint the problem that caused all of the losses but I can't. And I think that is what is bugging me the most.

But anyway

I have no idea what to do with all of my freetime. I don't think a lot of people really realize just how much time goes into playing a sport. So now I have to figure out what the heck to do all the time. I would love to believe that I will work out a lot but I just dont know ha.

Valentine Weekend!!

So Valentine's day was this past weekend and i had so much fun. I feel kind of bad because I had all these plans about what to get my bf but I never had time to do any of it : ( So I took the easy way out and took him to dinner. ha! We went to the Cheesecake Factory on friday...yum!! we had to wait like an hour and a half but it was still really fun. So then Saturday I had a bball game at Franklin which is only bout an hour from my house and almost my whole family and my boyfriend surprised me by coming. I was so happy because I am so close to my fam and I hadn't seen them since Christmas. : ) So that was amazing. Later that night we tried to go out to eat but since it was Vday every place had like a three hour wait...so me and my bf spent our valentine's day dinner at steak and shake with my fam lol...and I wouldn't have had it any other way. : ) Sunday we went to church and just spent the whole day bein lazy and eatin mom's cookin(which is amazzzin)
So basically i had an awesome weekend and can't wait till I can go home again!

My Wreck : (

So all of this snow on the roads constantly makes me remember what happened about four years ago. Something that has ended up having both good and bad consequences. Just about a month after getting my license i had an accident on the way to school one morning. My tire got into the slush on the side of the road and i ended up completely flipping my car twice before stopping. I remember opening my eyes while this was happening and seeing all of my stuff spinning like a tornado. I also remember screaming at the top of my lungs the whole time. During the accident my side window busted open. And as i flipped my hand flew out and smashed against the pavement, ripping three of my fingernails completely off and tearing off the skin on half of my middle finger. I have been told a lot that I am lucky that my hand was the only thing that was hurt and i completely believe that if I hadn't had my seat belt on then my injury would have been much worse. Something that I observed later after the whole thing was that even with two windows busted out and glass being spread all over the car, there was not a single piece on me. It literally looked like there was a line drawn around my body to where the glass did not touch me. If that can't make someone believe that someone was watching over me, I don't know what could.

More Bout Me :)

Since the first post got cut off kinda early im gonna talk more about myself. ha. So like I said Im a sophomore at the College of Mount St Joseph and im studying sport management. A lot of people that go to this school are from around here and even commute. Not me. I live three hours away in a tiny town in Indiana called Solsberry (we used to think that the nasty salisbury steak in the elem cafeteria was named after us haha). But yea to give you an idea of how small the town is...we have a gas station, a bank, a diner, one stop light, and our school. My school's name is Eastern Greene...I graduated with about 80 people and at the time was the largest class to graduate from there. Basketball is by far the main sport there (we didnt even have a football team until I was in junior high) A boys basketball game at my school can remind you of the movie hoosiers with how loud and packed the small gym is every time. A school that we played was actually one of the opponents in the movie (Oolitic). I was very involved in high school. I played volleyball, basketball, softball, was the class vice-president every year, and was involved in many clubs. I loved high school and at times I even miss it.

Lovin the snowww!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE SNOWDAYS!!! :)

The past few days have been crazy here around Cincy with all the snow and ice but i have loved every bit of it. I think everything looks so beautiful covered in white...especially all the trees. I just wish it would have looked like this on Christmas. It doesnt feel the same when its not a white Christmas. But anyway. We didnt have school for two days and even our basketball game in Anderson Indiana was postponed.

It snowed again a little last night but we still have school : ( Im hopin it keeps comin...the more snow days the better!!

So its monday (ugh!) and us girls are finally bout to have all the plans for spring break done and im soooo excited!! : ) I have never been on a trip where its just me and my friends...its always been for sports or with family or whatever. I just want to get to the beach, thats all i need. We are driving down which kinda sucks but whatever to save money lol. I have two new swimsuits which is probably all ill need...if i spend the whole time layin out thats totally fine with me : )
Ahh im soo excited!

Ok so its after midnight and the team just got back from our game at Transy (Lexington)... In case you don't know our team isn't doin the greatest this year but we have been workin our butts off to turn it around. We played one of the worst teams in the conference last Saturday and lost by over ten, then tonight we play the top team and lose by TWO!!! Its sooo frustrating. But whatev. Im sure ill have lots more to say bout bball but I just had to get this out before bed....goodnight : )

When I Grow Up...

So I don't know about everyone else but I have had a lot of trouble deciding what I want to do with my life. I was kind of hoping that it would just come to me but it never really did until just recently. Even though I am studying Sport Management right now in school, I have decided that I want to be an event planner after college. Over the summer was my parent's 30th anniversary and I decided to throw them a surprise party. I arranged everything and really liked it so im gonna go with it and hopefully it works out : ) So if you need help plannin anything hit me up ha!

So, i don't really know exactly what to talk about for my first post so I guess I will just talk about myself : ) yay. ha. So I am a sophomore at the College of Mount st Joseph and am a player for the basketball team. I am studying Sport Management with a minor in Business. Ill tell more in the next one (im in class) : (