I think this song is so wonderful. I know my mom and brother do too.
Speaking of my mom and brother--I am so excited to see them in less than a month! And my sister, and other brother, and sis-in-law and bro-in-law and step dad and my NEPHEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry guys, the nephews win....
(mom you *might* tie ;) )
I am still in summer school but the end is in sight!
Two more weeks and then I am done (with classes...but we'll talk about the rest later)!
My desire to stay motivated and "finish strong" in this semester is waning fast but my reason for doing summer school is much more important than my laziness. So laziness be damned!
but it's summer!!! i'm supposed to be lazy and read in the sun right?
I am so very ready for my actual summer break to begin. I am very ready to see family and friends and to just be home for a minute.
While I'm home there are a few things I'd like to do--
1) Help out with the Down 'n' Out Diner dinner :)
2) Spend oodles of time with my nephews
3) Have breakfast/lunch with my grandparents and mom/john
4) Have movie/dinner nights with my siblings
5) Spend absurd amounts of time with my mother shopping, movie watching, closer watching and lunching
6) Go to the cabin
7) See my cousin Jessica
8) See my dear friends (in NO PARTICULAR ORDER): Kari, Taylor, Megan, Nicole, Serria, Ashley, ShaNae, and Annalisa
9) Go to dinner with Diane
10) Just enjoy my time home
That is just a rough idea of what I'd like to do when Abbey Comes Home. :)
June 22, 2012
June 12, 2012
"High and Dry"
I listened to this song this morning and I just really really enjoy it. :)
So I honestly try not to be a negative person. I really do want to stay positive and see the good in the life I am living. However, I am not perfect. I have days where it gets very hard for me to stay positive about what is going on in my life; in fact, I get down right brutal on myself. Negative talk doesn't help anything. Saying "my life sucks" sure doesn't make my life any better. I also want to be a positive influence on those around me and having reoccurring conversations about why x, y, and z make my life so awful isn't going to A) fix those things or B) inspire many people to want to be around me. So I am going to work my damnedest to change the negative talk in my life by "stealing" and tweaking an idea I got from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland while I was watching it the other day. In the movie, there is a part where Alice says that her dad used to think of six impossible things before breakfast. I liked the idea behind it--nothing is impossible. I am taking this and tweaking it to if I start the Negative talk, I am going to either write down (or say to myself) six positive things about myself and my life. Sometimes I will post them on here, but mostly I will keep them to myself. Today, however, I will post on here.
1) I have incredibly, beautiful curly hair
2) I am a person my friends can turn to for advice
3) I am a compassionate person
4) I have a great sense of humor
5) Instead of giving up on the pursuit of a college degree, I am working harder.
6) My life is filled with people who care about me.
I have recently decided that the quote "mind over matter" is so very applicable to my life.
So many things I want can be achieved if I get out of my own mind and focus on what matters.
Also, "mind over matter" works for me and this Six Positive things because if I start by just saying them, I will start hearing them, and then I will start believing them and then (potentially) I will be the positive person I honestly try to be. That is possibly a stretch, but it is a stretch worth reaching for.
So I honestly try not to be a negative person. I really do want to stay positive and see the good in the life I am living. However, I am not perfect. I have days where it gets very hard for me to stay positive about what is going on in my life; in fact, I get down right brutal on myself. Negative talk doesn't help anything. Saying "my life sucks" sure doesn't make my life any better. I also want to be a positive influence on those around me and having reoccurring conversations about why x, y, and z make my life so awful isn't going to A) fix those things or B) inspire many people to want to be around me. So I am going to work my damnedest to change the negative talk in my life by "stealing" and tweaking an idea I got from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland while I was watching it the other day. In the movie, there is a part where Alice says that her dad used to think of six impossible things before breakfast. I liked the idea behind it--nothing is impossible. I am taking this and tweaking it to if I start the Negative talk, I am going to either write down (or say to myself) six positive things about myself and my life. Sometimes I will post them on here, but mostly I will keep them to myself. Today, however, I will post on here.
1) I have incredibly, beautiful curly hair
2) I am a person my friends can turn to for advice
3) I am a compassionate person
4) I have a great sense of humor
5) Instead of giving up on the pursuit of a college degree, I am working harder.
6) My life is filled with people who care about me.
I have recently decided that the quote "mind over matter" is so very applicable to my life.
So many things I want can be achieved if I get out of my own mind and focus on what matters.
Also, "mind over matter" works for me and this Six Positive things because if I start by just saying them, I will start hearing them, and then I will start believing them and then (potentially) I will be the positive person I honestly try to be. That is possibly a stretch, but it is a stretch worth reaching for.
June 3, 2012
Bill Cosby's "Chocolate Cake"
No, it's not a song, but it is a damn funny skit.
A damn funny skit that is super relevant to my post.
I just made the BEST--BEST--chocolate cake of my life.
From. Scratch.
Yes, true I had a recipe but it was not a from a box recipe. It was melt in your mouth fantastic.
I love to bake the basics--cookies, brownies, and cakes, but I normally stick to the basic recipes as well; aka the box stuff. They are all fine and good but it has clearly been far too long since I have had a GOOD cake.
I will now grace you all with the recipe that will put all other cake recipes to shame. It is called "Hot" Chocolate Cake. It is supposed to represent Mexican Hot Chocolate and boy does it. It's amazing. Truly. I can't explain enough. So I'll stop. It's easy to make too.
*p.s. My friend Madison helped make and eat. :D
A damn funny skit that is super relevant to my post.
I just made the BEST--BEST--chocolate cake of my life.
From. Scratch.
Yes, true I had a recipe but it was not a from a box recipe. It was melt in your mouth fantastic.
I love to bake the basics--cookies, brownies, and cakes, but I normally stick to the basic recipes as well; aka the box stuff. They are all fine and good but it has clearly been far too long since I have had a GOOD cake.
*p.s. My friend Madison helped make and eat. :D
June 1, 2012
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
I picked this song for this post because, well, come on. How can you NOT feel pumped up and powerful after listening to this song?
Well, well. The whirlwind class that was Spring Intersession is over. And triumphantly so. I got an A. *brush off the shoulder* haha :)
But let me tell you the drama behind my final. Boy, howdy.
*backstory--the class was 2.5 wks long and it is 6 days a week for 3 hours a day. This teacher has a no make-up policy unless under extreme circumstances I did not miss one class, I sat in the front and was all participatory and stuff. I was a good student. A's or B's on all the tests/assignments (mostly A's to be honest).
The morning of my final (Wednesday), some construction workers knocked out the power on my WHOLE street. This meant my alarm did not go off, which meant that I woke up at 10. My final was at 9. With a whole bunch of curse words flowing while I did the bare minimum to get appropriately ready (clothes, brush teeth, shoes). I sped (bad yes, necessary though) to campus begging everyone to get out of my way and pleading to God my teacher was still in the classroom and she would take pity on a good non-slacking student. I got to campus, parked in the first available spot (ticket be damned) and RAN to my classroom. God was clearly listening or something because she was still there. Once I was in the classroom, before I could say anything my teacher gave me a hug and said "I waited because I had a feeling you'd come." I told her what happened and she basically said that if it were any other student, she wouldn't have worked with them to make up the test but she knew I was a good student (for all the back story reasons) so she and I made accommodations for me to take the test a few hours later because she had meetings. I sighed a sigh of relief and said thank you so gratefully and genuinely. I kept my composure the entire time--NO tears. And for me that is a very big deal. I don't handle test anxiety in general when I'm calm and ready but damn, that threw me. For me keeping it together is a big deal.
the important thing though--I got an A in the class! :)
Now I have until Monday off before summer school starts.
June 4-July 7! I CAN DO IT!!!
Well, well. The whirlwind class that was Spring Intersession is over. And triumphantly so. I got an A. *brush off the shoulder* haha :)
But let me tell you the drama behind my final. Boy, howdy.
*backstory--the class was 2.5 wks long and it is 6 days a week for 3 hours a day. This teacher has a no make-up policy unless under extreme circumstances I did not miss one class, I sat in the front and was all participatory and stuff. I was a good student. A's or B's on all the tests/assignments (mostly A's to be honest).
The morning of my final (Wednesday), some construction workers knocked out the power on my WHOLE street. This meant my alarm did not go off, which meant that I woke up at 10. My final was at 9. With a whole bunch of curse words flowing while I did the bare minimum to get appropriately ready (clothes, brush teeth, shoes). I sped (bad yes, necessary though) to campus begging everyone to get out of my way and pleading to God my teacher was still in the classroom and she would take pity on a good non-slacking student. I got to campus, parked in the first available spot (ticket be damned) and RAN to my classroom. God was clearly listening or something because she was still there. Once I was in the classroom, before I could say anything my teacher gave me a hug and said "I waited because I had a feeling you'd come." I told her what happened and she basically said that if it were any other student, she wouldn't have worked with them to make up the test but she knew I was a good student (for all the back story reasons) so she and I made accommodations for me to take the test a few hours later because she had meetings. I sighed a sigh of relief and said thank you so gratefully and genuinely. I kept my composure the entire time--NO tears. And for me that is a very big deal. I don't handle test anxiety in general when I'm calm and ready but damn, that threw me. For me keeping it together is a big deal.
the important thing though--I got an A in the class! :)
Now I have until Monday off before summer school starts.
June 4-July 7! I CAN DO IT!!!
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