it's been a long day

A girl from my high school was killed in a car accident recently. She, her twin sister, and their roommate were all in the car and were hit head on.

I still cannot believe this has happened. It doesn't feel like it is real. Seeing her smiling face show up on the news is unreal. I don't know why such horrible things have to happen to such wonderful people. She had a bright, amazing future ahead of her.

She wasn't in my tight circle of friends but I was involved in a few of the same organizations with her and she attended my church. She was always positive and either smiling or laughing. And she was always nice to me. Everyone loved her.

When these kind of things hit close to home it just makes you appreciate everything in your life so much more. It made me want to tell all of my friends that I love them. I even apologized to one of my friends for being a jerk to him recently. It had for been hanging over my head for the past two days. And if you don't know me, I'm absolutely horrible at saying, "I'm sorry".

You can't live your life with regrets.

Suddenly the little things in life don't seem so important anymore. Or do they matter even more? I guess it depends on what the little things are.

I can't even begin to imagine what her sister is going through. They were sooo close, best friends, a lot like my brother and I. So I know it's going to be a long healing process for her and the family.


Just a few quotes..

"The minute you think you're going to lose something, it suddenly becomes the most important thing in your life."

"There will be two dates on your tombstone
everyone will read them, but the only thing
that matters is the little dash between them."

"Sometimes you'll never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."

"Everyone knows we are all going to die, but I don't think that anyone believes it.
I think if they did, they would be doing things a whole lot differently."

You may never know how much you mean to another person..So let people know how much you care about them.

Scrapbooking

I'm living in the past, it's true. I've been wanting to make a scrapbook of my senior year in high school FOREVER. I don't know why I've never gotten around to it, but I finally did today. I've laid out all of the pages except for Senior trip, NHS trip, and graduation.

Look at my room! The pages are taking over.




























I have Saturday and Sunday off of work for sure! I'm pumped...Now what am I going to do with those two days? Not a clue.

Family Vacation

I have the best family. Now, I know everybody says that but I really think that I do! Ha. I don't want to brag or anything...I may not have the best car, or the best job but I do have the best family!


We had soooo much fun. I won't go into too much detail because I'd bore you all. There were lots of bonding times out on the deck talking about life. I found out that I'm a lot more like my Nana than I realized. We talked about marriage and boys. She told me, "I would always find boys that I would like but then after I found one flaw I was finished." I'm exactly like that! So great.


We did a lot of shopping and eating. Ellen, Addie, and I got an old time photo for $45. Ouch...none of us even ended up liking it! At one time us four wanted to order pizza but Pizza Hut wouldn't deliver to us! We were upset! We went hungry that night..

The lake was great times for all. We went tubing and played Blokus. I enjoy the water a lot..but I don't think I'm adventurous enough to live by it! Ha!

But my family, they're adorable. All the spouses end up wearing the same color of shirt on most days. I don't even think they plan it. My uncle and aunt that we rode with are ADORABLE. I want a marriage just like them. They laugh and joke a lot and are just cute!

I wish I live closer to all of them. Spending the holidays with them just isn't enough. I never realize how much I truly miss each and every one until I am with them.

When we were getting ready to leave on Sunday Nan said, "It's so sweet to see all of you kids together." And she started to cry! It was horribly sad.

It's nice to be home I suppose. Vacations are great. They really do take your mind off of everything. My cousins and I kept saying stuff like,
"If your boyfriend cheated on you back home, everything is fine here!"
"If you're pale at home, you're tan here!"
"If you are taken at home, you're single here!"

Loved it. Every single minute.

I am a SLACKER! Sorry. I really say that I've been busy, because I haven't! I've been being a lazy bum with the family and it's been lovely! I still have holes in my gums but the wisdoms don't hurt whatsoever! I'm still hoping for no scary dry sockets and such.

Fourth of July was lame. I just hung out with these two guys.

We partied hard. Not. HA. We missed like three firework shows and ended up getting ice cream..good times though I suppose.

Life's been a little rough for the past week though with things going on. I'm never one for conflicts and like to fix things and this time it doesn't look like it's happening.

I haven't been depressed but I haven't been happy lately. I think I'm just going through the motions right now. Sad summer is about over and that I haven't done anything this summer.

We leave for vacation with the extended fam soon so that'll be SUPER nice. I'm sooo ready!

20 days until my birthday that I have no idea what I am doing

Things I'm lacking this summer:
Beach bod
summer romance

It's sad because I don't have the motivation or drive to pursue either of these things! haha!