FEBRUARY SNOW DAYS AND SAMOA ICE CREAM

OH, 'tis February. The month of love. I will be honest...February is typically my LEAST favorite month of the year. Why, you may ask? A few reasons in no particular order:

a) the holidays have passed and I have typically gained my holiday ten
b) My skin is officially pasty
c) Valentine's Day is thrown into the mix
c) It is cold, and I am aching for warmer days

PLAYING IN THE SNOW

HOWEVER, this February has started off on a good note and I have not been afflicted by my typical February Blues. I will update you at the end of February and let you know if they stayed at bay for the whole month. Since the second month of the year has begun, I feel that it is necessary to update you about my New Year initiatives and where I stand in accomplishing them. After all, it is you who hold me accountable :) I will be honest. My long term goals are coming along okay. This consists of continuing writing, loving, doing things I typically would not do aka being more adventurous, trusting God, and eating more vegetables. Unfortunately, I will not get a sticker until the end of year. But all of the initiatives that could be easily accomplished in one evening have not. These include: taking some time to look at the stars and making a homemade pie. The year is already slipping away. So, my goal for February is to atleast accomplish two of my "could be completed in one night" initiatives by the 28th! I will update you!

On another note, I have recently had many adventures. Last weekend consisted of Nashville's version of the Ice Age. Not kidding. If you know me well, you know that I CRAVE snow and ice. Not because I particularly love cold, because I hate it. But if I am going to endure cold weather then nothing could be more exciting than being snowed in and being made to relax and play with my friends. One of my favorite snowed in memories is from Little Rock four years ago (also in February!). I was living with my two best friends Elizabeth and Courtney and we got snowed into our apartment. We had recently graduated from college and moved to Little Rock with each other. There were three of us in a two bedroomm apartment and we were LOVING it. The ice storm prevented any of us from going to work and we spent the weekend in Valentine's Day themed "pajamas", watched Sex and the City, and ate Edy's Girl Scouts Samoas Cookie ice cream. If you haven't had Samoa Ice Cream before, then you should. It might change your life. (After further research on Edy's website it looks like this flavor is NOT available at ANY store within 50 miles of Nashville! SAD DAY!)

EDY'S GIRL SCOUTS SAMOA COOKIE ICE CREAM

Nashville's snow storm provided everything I could desire given the situation. First of all, BFF Lauren moved in with me two weeks ago from Little Rock so she was around for the fun. On top of that, Paris Hilton's BFF Janae came over and spent the weekend with me. DISCLAIMER: Janae is not REALLY Paris Hilton's BFF, however if Paris met her then it would probably happen. So, the weekend consisted of lots of bad-for-you foods, sappy movies, dance parties, snow fights, laughter, and a hike to Las Palmas for margaritas. Janae and I had one adventurous outing consisting of a drive to buy some wine, Starbucks, and food and ended in a stalled car and a walk home with groceries in hand. ANOTHER exciting initiative for the year? Janae and I decided we are not romantic enough....or atleast educated in the department of romantic movies.

ROMANCE MOVIES LIST

CONFESSION: I have never seen Casablanca, Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, Gone With the Wind.....and the list goes on.

So, we made a list of romantic movies that we feel like we should see before we die. There are a few that we have seen, but should probably watch again. Our goal is to watch all of them by the end of the year. I'm not going to lie- Janae and I together equal two hopeless romantics who like crafts, so we made lists to put on my refrigerator....and, yes, we do receive stickers as soon as we finish each movie! ****BTW, I ALSO MADE A LIST OF MY NEW YEAR INITIATIVES**** We managed to knock a few off of the list when we were trapped inside. We finished Sleepless in Seattle, Steel Magnolias, The Graduate, and Serendipity over the weekend. I have seen Serendipity before and own it, but was reminded of how much I LOVE IT. And the soundtrack! Please go to ITUNES and buy Moonlight Kiss by Bap Kennedy immediately.

DANCE PARTY

God's daily revelations

my new vanity I bought on Craigslist. I really enjoy sitting and doing my makeup somewhere other than my bathroom

starting Beth Moore's new book "So Long, Insecurity" and getting to meet her NEXT THURSDAY!

my guilty pleasure- Justin Bieber's new song "Baby"

contentment

my community group....LOVE THESE GIRLS!

The Bachelor... I am still in limbo on whether it should be Ali or Tenley....

my curtains I got in for my kitchen from Urban Outfitters. They make me smile every morning when I see them

my new gold headband/wrap that was a Christmas present from Lauren. It allows me to pin my hair up and look like I tried to look presentable when it is quite the opposite....

my new bangs!

Scholarships....YES!

My professor, Dr. Alyson Bass- too bad all teacher's aren't that awesome.

Usher, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, and Smokey Robinson's MJ Tribute at the Grammy Awards. OMG. Who thought of that?

NOT THE BEST PICTURE....BUT MY PRETTY KITCHEN CURTAINS

HOPEFULLY I will have a picture of me and Beth Moore to post NEXT WEEK. And I shall update you about my (hopeful!) lack of the February Blues!!!

Here are a few other recent pictures from life as well!!!

Lauren's "Welcome to Her New Home!" Party

SOMETIMES I FORGET TO TAKE CERTAIN ITEMS OUT OF MY FREEZER

MORE SNOW!!!!! WITH JANAE AND LAUREN!!!

XOXO