Day out with mom

It's sad that today is the last full day of Spring Break. It went so fast. I got to spend my whole last day with my momma. We got up and went to Ottumwa to shop. My friends are rubbing off on me to much because I bought a dress. I know right :). It's casual nice and I found it at Target. Then mom and I went to the "mall" (what Ottumwa has left of a mall anyway). They finally got smart and built a Pizza Ranch which is one of mom and I's favorite places to eat at, so of course we had to go there. It was quite delicious if I may add. After getting groceries, we headed home. I started the first Hunger Games book today and so far its good. They do start out a little slow. When we got home I watched 102 Dalmatians until we left to go see Alice in Wonderland, the play that Putnam was putting on. Kaci told us it started at 6-silly girl- so we got there about 15 minutes early.Well it didn't end up starting until 7 so we had to kill a little time in the huge town of Unionville. We sat by these crazy Tade people jk they are pretty cool. The play was pretty good. I knew Sarah, Brett, Craig and Klayton in it. When the play was over, we came home and mom made us some sandwiches since we hadn't had supper. I put Mulan in. I finally played a good word in Words with Friends against Derrick :). I got some bible reading done as well. It was a good last day and I'm sort of ready to go back but then again I'm not. Tonight's question/statement is show a picture of your photography. Here are a couple of my favorites :) because I can't pick just one. The top one is of Jac and the bottom one is one of Joey's seniors pics I took for him.Well good night!

Zits don't kill people

Happy Friday!This morning I was actually productive and did some laundry as well as typing two pages on one of my papers. I watched a movie in between typing and folding. I headed to Kirksville in the afternoon so that I could get Nicola and I's movie tickets since Kaitlin figured they were going to sell out pretty quick and they did. I got to the movie theater and they didn't end up opening until 3:40 and there was already a line outside. I decided to go to U.S. Cellular and then come back. I have had my blackberry for over 3 years and now its getting to the point where it can't keep a charge and freezes all the time. I also have problems with it calling people so I decided that it had lived its life and was time to move on. As much as I didn't want to change, I ended up getting a touch screen android ascend. It's definitely hard to get used to the touch screen instead of typing the letters but I will figure it out eventually. When I got to U.S. Cellular,it was packed full of people so I thought it was going to take forever but it ended up, people were waiting to see the 2011 Cardinals' world series trophy that was there for the day. A lady ended up helping me pretty quick and get right out of there. I am happy that I was able to get a new phone for only a penny :). I made it back to theater just in time as Kaitlin was going inside. She let me jump in line with her instead of going all the way to the back. What a good roommate I have :). We got our tickets and then went and picked Gentry up. We came back and the seats were already over half full. We found 4 together and then I went back out to wait for Nicola to get there. The Hungers Games was really good. I haven't read the books yet but definitely want to start after watching the movie. After the movie, Nicola and I followed Ashley White to the tennis courts. We talked with her for a bit while her friends played tennis then I was starting to get chilly so I came home. It was nice to get to see them both after a long time. When I got home, I finally gave mom her present from Florida and then watched Lion King with her and dad for a bit. I turned on the Indiana/Kentucky game in my room which Kentucky is about to win which is what I picked in my bracket. So its sad to admit but I am losing majorly to Derrick in Words with Friends right now and I told him tonight that zits killed me. He was like zits don't kill people silly.They do when they are worth 99 points. I never really understood the auto correct messages until I got my phone today. I tried to text ku to Derrick and it ended up being krusty lol. I will definitely miss my blackberry not doing that.Tonight's question is what is your favorite band? This would have to be Relient K or Boys Like Girls. I have seen them both live and both equally great in my book. Well I am off. Good night!

Feels like home to me

Hello from good ole Missouri. It was so nice to sleep in my own bed last night and my cat was sure glad to have me back this morning. She didn't even go in to the kitchen when she heard mom cooking breakfast. She slept on my bed all morning then when dad got home, I brought her out to the living room and stood her on her feet. She flopped over and went back to sleep. It's a rough life for a cat. I just enjoyed my first morning at home and didn't do anything. After the movie I was watching got over, I went to school to see mom and catch up with some others. When I visit school, it should be assumed that I am going to be there for at least an hour because I have to make my rounds and say hi to everyone but I love catching up. All the teachers who talk to my mom or I am facebook friends with were like oh look who just got back from Florida :). I stayed for a couple hours then came home. I watched Tarzan- has one of the best movie soundtracks ever just sayin. Dad got home from work so he and I went to town and got some dinner from BP. It was some great father -daughter time since we got to cruise in his little black truck. After dinner, I went down to my grandma's. She wanted to see my Florida pictures so I showed them to her and we ended up talking for over 3 hours. It was much need and great. We used to have talks like that when I was younger but when I come home from college its hard to get over there all the time. We talked about everything and anything. I really thought about starting my paper for Race, Class, Gender but that didn't happen. Oh well there is always tomorrow. I turned on the Ohio st/Cincinnati game which was a good one until the end and then it was pretty much over for Cincinnati. Michigan St. lost today hahaha. It was funny driving today and seeing the camels and buffalo along the road. Not something you see everyday but you can in Northville :).Tonight's question/statement is show a picture of yourself taken at least 10 years ago. Look at that cute kid up there. That's like one of the few pictures I have of me when I was younger on my computer. Well I am off here for the night, good night!

Destin was the destination

So that sad time finally came where we had to leave Destin. I am so glad to be home but I already miss those ocean waves.Never did I imagine that I would just get in a car and drive with 3 of my friends to Florida. God extremely blessed us on this trip and I can't thank him enough for it. We got up this morning and left a little after 6. Katie and I both slept for awhile then woke up in Alabama because Russ ended up getting pulled over for speeding. He was fortunate and got away with a warning. We were back on the road again. It was a really long trip but I can't complain to much since I got to sleep a bunch on the way home. We made it to back to Katie's house about 6:30. Her parents got Imo's pizza for us. My St. Louis experience is evidently complete according to Katie because when I visited in January she said I had to try it. We said goodbye to Katie then were off to Russ's to switch to my vehicle. We said good bye and loaded our stuff up. Thank you Russ's mom if you read this tonight for everything! Kaci and I made it back to my house a little before 11 which was great considering our estimated arrival time as we were leaving this morning was midnight. It's so funny when I have people text on my phone like I made Kaci text on the way home because they don't like to actually push the letters since my phone is not a touch screen. Kaci did a good job texting back people with no problems. My parents were already asleep when I got home so I woke up quick to let them know I was home and gave them each a hug then waited with Kaci until her mom and Brett got there. I gave Brett his birthday present which was the same thing he gave me for mine this year lol. If you recall back to Nov 5th's blog it was a box with random things including a packet of mustard X(. lol. So overall on my Florida trip I learned that Illinois still smells, adults in Florida are really nice however most college students there only care about themselves, Russ would be the funniest professional golfer ever, Kaci has white hair like a grandpa's (I didn't get to mention the story behind this last night but a little kid saw her with a towel on her head and told his grandpa that she had hair like his :P), Katie could tell you what calligraphy is but sometimes gets confused on punctuation and I probably act like a mom more than anyone in the group but this doesn't stop from jumping on the hotel bed and building a sand castle outside :). Tonight's question is what are you always carrying around with you? I usually always have my cell phone on me and a camera of some kind. If I am at school I am carrying my student id. I did get a lot of bible reading done as well today. Well I am off to bed, good night! :)

Dolphins!

Today was our last full day in Destin. Yesterday we agreed to going parasailing today so when I got up, I called to make reservations. It wasn't five minutes after making them that the lady called me right back to tell me that the wind was to strong and they couldn't take any boats out today.What a bummer! We got ready and ate lunch then headed to play mini golf. Kaci and I both got a hole in one on different holes. Russ decided he was going to hit his ball over the bricks on one hole to get it to the bottom. We were a very interesting crew golfing. We didn't keep score so I can't tell you who won. We had a little bit of time to kill so we went to another tourist beach shop. We then went on a dolphin cruise. It was a boat a little bit bigger then a pontoon boat and it carried at least 20 people on it and was 3 levels. The dolphins weren't right next to the boat but they were pretty close. We drove from the harbor to the gulf of mexico and went from salt to freshwater. The cruise was a lot of fun. Kaitlin told me that she wanted me to bring her a dolphin back but since Kaci or Derrick wouldn't let us keep it in their bath tub at school we don't have a place for it to swim, nor do I think it would survive the 15 hour ride home. Derrick suggested the multi so we could even go swimming with it but Kaitlin thought even that would be to toxic for it. After our cruise we came back and went down to the beach for a bit. The waves were soo big today. You would jump over one and the next one would knock you down. After wiping out a few times, I got out because I couldn't handle the waves. We saw a jellyfish washed up on the shore. It wasn't very big and it was gone the next time a wave came. I told the others that I could of been stung by a jellyfish and that they didn't even believe me. We came in and got ready to go eat. Russ's mom suggested the Boat House to eat at and it was a great choice. I saw that they had gator on the menu and wasn't sure if I should order it even though it was one of the main things I wanted to accomplish while in Florida. I did and it was good! It tastes like frog legs or for you who haven't tried them a mixture of fish and chicken. As we were getting in the car, Katie was like hey wouldn't it be funny if a coconut was in this palm tree and fell and hit me in the head. We were like no because you dying or being unconscious would not be funny. We got back here and talk to mom for a bit and now we are watching Abduction! Great way to end a great trip! Destin, you have been great! I got to see dolphins, eat gator, swim in the ocean and see a palm tree which were the main things I wanted to do while in Florida. I wish we could have went parasailing but that will have to wait for another time. Tonight's question is what songs do you enjoy when you are happy? O happy day is the number one! or party rock anthem, what makes you beautiful and probably a lot others. Well I am off! Later!

Never enough pictures

So I thought I was going to go to sleep after blogging but little did I know that two of my best friends would start dating-Kaci and Russ!!!We couldn't just go to sleep after that. I told another one of my infamous ghost stories. Katie's quote of the night, "can you tell me what this is, o wait never mind it's a question mark" Gotta love that girl anyway :P Finally we made it to sleep. This morning we just relaxed after we got up until we got ready and went outside and took a bunch of pictures. We ate some lunch and then set out for the outlet mall. We started going out into like every store but then just started going into the ones we liked. We really didn't buy to much after all we are poor college students. We finished our trip off with some cold stone. Ice cream was very much needed. Katie found something that could have been peanut butter in her ice cream so me being worried about her all the time, went and got a new spoon and scooped it out so that we would not be making a hospital run in Destin. We have found out that a huge majority of the Florida locals are so nice and welcoming. When we asked a lady to take our picture at the mall, she was asking us about our trip and if it was our first time to Destin. At Bass Pro there was a giant shark outside so we took our pictures sticking our head inside it's mouth. We went to Wal-Mart after and got some aloe for the sun burns.When we made it back to the hotel, we were beach bound. It was really nice because there weren't very many people out there out that time and the sun wasn't directly over us. There were dolphins in the distance that we could see jumping today which was so cool! Katie and I were trying to get pictures and this lady came over and started talking to us about it. We found out that she was from Des Moines and she was talking about how her son was going to some college called UCM and we were like thats where we go. She couldn't believe it and she was asking us if we were Christians because her son was and was looking to get sort of involved next year. So of course we had to tell her about the campus house. It's such a small. It was really cool and I really believe that God sends certain people into your life for a reason so they can help you and maybe you can help them. The waves were big then. It is so cool to float on your back on the waves because it feels like they are tossing you in the other and then they catch you again. One time when a wave came, something rubbed against my arm and made my whole arm sting. I got out of the water and I had bumps and redness all around my right arm. I tried to convince the others I got stung by a jellyfish since my mom was like don't go and get stung by one. Katie gave me some benadryl and it felt a lot better. Katie and I got our cameras out so we could capture the sun going down. There is no sight quite like the sun setting over the ocean. God is pretty amazing creating that. By the time we left, there was almost nobody on the beach. We came upstairs and ordered pizza for dinner. I uploaded a bunch of the pictures from today to facebook and it didn't take the mommas long to go through and comment on them ;). Now we are watching a movie and just hanging out. Tonight's question is what is your favorite type of music? If you know me very well, you know that I like almost everything except most country and heavy metal. My favorites are pop and christian. The only country I actually like are Rascal Flatts and Lady Antebellum. Another great day in Florida!Well I am off.Later!

Because red eyes aren't pretty

There is nothing quite like walking up with the beach less then 100 feet from your door. Not that we could see it this morning since it was so foggy. We got up and went to the Village Baptist church. This church was huge. There were a lot of older aged people there and hardly any teenagers or children but what do you expect when all the old folk go to Florida to retire. The church had even a full on band including a violin and trombone. We sang I have a friend in God, great is thy faithfulness and my chains are gone so not all old hymnals. After church, we came back and ate our subs from last night. Then we wasted no time getting to the beach. The water was cold at first but it didn't long getting used to it. I love the waves and the clear/green water (sounds like an oxymoron). The water does not taste good though lol. It's so weird being so used to the either chlorine or lake water. We spent much of the time in the water and some laying out. After we left the beach, we got ready to go eat. We decided to try Joe's Crab Shack for supper. It was pretty good. I got popcorn shrimp and Katie got shrimp alfredo and we shared half of our food with each other. A guy played guitar in the restaurant while we ate so we listened and sang along. We stopped at one of those touristy beach stores on the way back. I got Mr. Worth his post card since those were the conditions on him telling mom that it was ok for me to go on this trip lol. I didn't think I got very burnt but now that its been a few hours I am red on my shoulders. I am also sore from failing epically at trying to put Katie on my shoulders with the waves knocking me down until we finally did it and then she hung on to my back while I swam a ways through the water. We buried Russ in the sand. Katie informed me that I must not like tanning that much and I told her I was a fish in another life since I love the water so much.We had one free rental from the hotel so we got Real Steel. It was really good. They have a coloring table for kids in the lobby so us being the kids we are in this trip, stop and colored for a while. Russ colored a princess but gave it red eyes and it was not cute. Katie kept giving him a hard time for it. I colored Zoe from Sesame Street because of my niece Zoe :). If any of you are still keeping track of your bracket, Obama is like the 99.3 percentile while I am sitting in the 66th lol. When I told Derrick this, he decided that I should run the country and Obama should make brackets. Say hello to your new president :). Ku barely won it unfortunately ;) It has been a gorgeous day in Florida. Tonight's question is what is one thing many people don't know about you? hm I guess it would be that I have a birth mark on my chin. It usually takes people a year after knowing me that they notice it. Well I promised Russ's mom some pictures so here are a couple for tonight. Well I am more tired than I was last night so good night!