Girl Scout

I now have my own personal girl scout to order cookies from! haha. Isabelle joined girl scouts this year and called the other day to take our order. I love girl scout cookies, and now I get to order them from my adorable Isabelle :)



Anyone else want some girl scout cookies? You should order them from Isabelle, cuz she's cute ;) lol.

Pinks

So I'm re-doing my room... kind of doing a "shabby-chic" look. I have my fabric for my duvet cover that my mom is going to make, so next step is to paint! I picked up some paint chips today, and there are so many choices!


(The blue fabric will be my duvet and the ivory fabric will be my bed skirt)

So many pinks to choose from....

Dreamland...?


Ballgown Pink maybe?


Hydrangea Bud perhaps?


Or Candid Pink?


Or maybe Pink Thread...


Sweet Blush? Hmmm...


Well, I've got 5 choices taped to my wall, so we'll see how long it takes me to decide! haha

P.S.- I love the names of paint chips lol. Wouldn't that be a fun job? To just name paint colors? haha

The Truth Is

So I'm just sitting here thinking...which I've been doing a lot of lately. It's actually pretty much all I've been doing lately. Since I've moved back home, I've been kind of down. Don't get me wrong, I'm SO happy to be back here, and I don't regret any decision I've made for a second. But life is just so much different here now. Before I left, I had just graduated so I was still in that "high school mode", if you know what I mean. I had all my high school friends, and did so many high school activities, and was so full of dreams. But then I left and started moving away from that "high school life"... and so did everyone else here. Reality is, all of my friends have moved on without me, because I wasn't here. And that's okay, I get it...high school doesn't last forever. But even though I understand it, I've still been really struggling with it since I've been back. Loneliness was something that I had a really hard time with in NC, and now I still feel really lonely. I mean, it's not as bad as it was there, because at least now I have all of my family...but it's still really hard to come home and realize that I don't really have any friends anymore. Then add on the fact that I have NO idea what I want to do with my life. So I sit at home, missing my friends that I don't have anymore, having nothing to do, and not even knowing what I WANT to do! It's depressing. And I hate that. I HATE being depressing. It makes me feel so pathetic. And I don't want anyone else to know that I'm pathetic. I guess if I really think about it, that's probably part of the reason why I don't have friends anymore. Because truth is, I could probably call up one of my old friends and tell them all of this, and they would probably be there for me... but I don't want them to feel bad for me. I don't want them to see me depressed. They've all moved on, and I don't want to bring anyone down. But at the same time I just LONG for someone to talk to. See what I mean? I'm pathetic lol. I'm really trying to work through all these problems. It's a daily struggle. Some moments I'm able to talk myself into feeling that everything is going to be okay... and then other times I feel useless and pathetic. And I hate that I feel that way, because I know I have so much to be thankful for, but that's just the truth, and I can't really hide it. I've never really been the kind of person that could easily hide how they feel ;) Anyways... this actually isn't even what I was thinking about when I first started this post, but this is what came out when I started typing haha. So if anyone actually read this post... sorry it was depressing! But it made me feel a little better letting it all out.

Bucket List

Well, I finally have a full, permanent bucket list. I've always had one, but I've always been adding things to it, or taking things off haha. I was trying to make it a list of 100 things, but I couldn't think of that many, so I cut it down to 50 ;) So, here is my list! And I've even already accomplished a couple of things :)

1. Go Skydiving
2. Go Bungee Jumping
3. Go on a cruise
4. Go on a road trip
5. Go TP'ing
6. Ride a motorcycle
7. Go to all 50 states
8. Go to Paris
9. Go to Australia
10. Go to New Zealand
11. Go to Europe
12. Go to Africa
13. Fall in love and get married
14. Have kids
15. Meet Taylor Swift
16. Ride in a hot air balloon
17. Go parasailing
18. Go zip lining
19. Go to a Chicago Bears game
20. Learn to dance
21. Name a star
22. Get a tattoo
23. Swim with dolphins
24. Go to a Super Bowl
25. Spend New Year's in Times Square
26. Sleep under the stars
27. See the Grand Canyon
28. Drive a convertible
29. Donate lots of money to a charity
30. Go ice-skating
31. Ride a horse
32. Take a cake decorating class
33. Learn to play piano
34. Go to Disney World
35. See Mount Rushmore
36. See a real castle
37. Go to a fashion show in New York
38. Drive from coast to coast
39. Go to a movie premiere
40. Drive a dune buggy
41. Ride in a race car
42. Go on a mission’s trip
43. Fly first class
44. Go skiing/snowboarding
45. Hike half Dome
46. Have my photography published in a magazine
47. Stay in the Bellagio Hotel in Vegas
48. Plant a garden
49. Go to the Mall of America
50. Read through the whole Bible

Hopefully I can cross a few more things off this year :)

Catch Up

Well, once again I have fallen WAY behind on my blog and I need to catch up. I'm just going to keep this post short and sweet, and I'll try to not let myself get so far behind again ;)

Spent Thanksgiving at my grandma and grandpa's house, and then celebrated my great grandma Loretta's 92nd birthday the day after Thanksgiving, like we do every year :)



I went to Disneyland in December with my mom, Mrs. Puglia, and Becca and Adam met up with us after they got off work :) I love Disneyland at Christmas time, and I got to see World of Color for the first time!




Spent Christmas at my aunt Jill and uncle Scott's house, like we do every year :)




It snowed on January 2nd; a fun way to start off the New Year!



I also went to my aunt Jill and uncle Scott's 25th wedding anniversary party last weekend, but I didn't take any pictures.

Also, I went to the fabric district in LA yesterday with my mom and cousin Becca and got fabric for my mom to make me a new duvet cover for my bed :) I'm re-doing my room and so I'm going to be doing a lot of DIY projects soon, so I'll post all of those as I go! :)

The Girls

I took some pictures of the girls for my aunt Stephanie for their Christmas card. I love these girls so much!

Pilgrim's Place

I couldn't wait to see the girls when I got home! Just a few days after getting home, I went to their house and surprised them :) It was so cute, they were both so surprised! I stayed the night, and the next day we went to Pilgrim's Place. It's like a little fair that happens this time every year. A bunch of old people dress up in pilgrim outfits and have crafts, and a train ride, a Mayflower ride, face painting, and all that fun stuff! It was cute and the girls love it! :)



Isabelle and Caroline and some of their friends with the train conductor and a pilgrim lol.

My aunt Stephanie, her friend Heather, and all the kids.

Coast to Coast

November 5- Day 1: Left Wilmington NC at 6:00 AM, had a break in Raleigh NC, had lunch in Asheville NC, another break in Knoxville TN, and then stopped for the night in Nashville TN.


November 6- Day 2: Left Nashville at 6:00 AM, had a break in Memphis TN, lunch in Little Rock AR, then stopped for the night in Oklahoma City OK. Didn't get pictures of either of the state signs this day :( The Arkansas border is the Mississippi River, so the sign was on a bridge, so we couldn't stop. And we couldn't get to the Oklahoma state sign because they were doing construction! :(

November 7- Day 3: We left Oklahoma City at 5:30 AM, had a break in Amarillo TX, had lunch in Santa Rosa NM, another break in Gallup NM, and then stopped for the night in Flagstaff AZ.



November 8- Day 4: Left Flagstaff at 8:00 AM, had lunch in Barstow CA, and then made it HOME at around 2:00 PM!! :)

Last Days in Wilmington

Ashley flew in to Wilmington and spent my last few days there with me before we started our drive back home!













As hard as it was for me living in North Carolina, I am still very thankful for the experience. I learned so many life lessons that I never would have learned had I not gone. I went, gave it a try, and now I'll never have to regret not going and wonder what would have been. :)And I'm so thankful to my aunt for letting me stay with her. It's definitely an experience I'll never forget! :)

Home Sweet Home

So, as everyone now knows, I'm home! After grandma and grandpa's trip, I decided to move back home. I just missed everyone too much. I missed my family, my friends. I missed California! I'm a TOTAL California girl! haha. So Ashley, who had booked a flight to come visit me November 1-8, changed her flight to a one-way ticket, came to Wilmington on November 1st, and then we drove back home November 5-8! I'm SO happy to be home! I kept it a secret from everyone, except most of my family, since it was such short notice I decided it would be fun to surprise some people! haha. Well, I'll blog more about everything later, and post pictures of the road trip- too lazy to post pictures tonight :P I'm off to bed!