101 in 1001

a couple of months ago. my friend kristin told me to look up this thing floating around the blog world called 101 in 1001. the goal of this project is to make a list of 101 things you want to do in 1001 days. (which is about 2.75 years) each time you complete a task you put 10$ into a savings account so by the end of the list you'll have $1,000 saved up! i thought about if i wanted to do this for a while, it really gave me anxiety to know that by the time i finished i will be 24/25ish and in a whole different life time than i am in right now but i decided to just have fun with it and see what happens!

so here is my list...

1. graduate from the University of Alabama
2. find a job
3. move to a new city
4. find a church community
5. make new friends
6. go to food trucks in the park
7. go to a concert in the park
8. go a weekend without technology
9. stop what i'm doing and watch the sunset for a week
10. do 10 acts of kindness for strangers
11. save money
12. mail more snail mail
13. wake up early enough to have "slow mornings" during a work week
14. go to an alabama game as an alumni
15. watch a sunset and a sunrise in the same day
16. write down something positive when i wake up every day for a month
17. go to pure barre every day for one month
18. read 25 new books
19. run a 5k
20. get an updated address book
21. go to a drive in movie
22. have a picnic in the park
23. go to a pumpkin patch
23. start a new tradition
24. go fruit picking
25. do something creative for myself (not early childhood related)
26. try paddle boarding
27. travel to 5 new places
28. visit my family members
29. go to a psychic
30. color my hair
31. try new food
32. cook an entire cook book
33. find a signature meal
34. become a regular at a new restaurant
35. visit ichiban when i'm an alumni
36. clean out belongings
37. write a letter to myself to open on my 25th birthday
38. learn more about my family's history
39. make a recipe box with family recipes
40. do one "must do atlanta" thing once a month for my first year living there
41. meet my goal weight
42. learn how to sew
43. have a photo shoot 
44. no junk food for one month
45. get a pen pal
46. go hiking
47. play hooky to spend a day with myself
48. do something that scares me
49. whiten my teeth
50. improve my posture
51. join a book club
52. have brunch with friends
53. learn to make sushi
54. bake a new pie every week for a month
55. find a signature scent
56. learn new quick go to hair styles
57. invest in quality make up brushes
58. buy fresh flowers every week for a month
59. surprise someone
60. take a pottery class
61. refresh my french
62. travel to europe
63. go to the beach
64. learn sign language
65. go to a wine tasting at a vineyard
66. go to a karaoke night and sing
67. make friendship bracelets
68. tie dye something
69. make s'mores
70. give a toast
71. show someone around my new city
72. donate $100 (0/100)
73. buy a piece of furniture
74. go antique shopping
75. go on a mother/daughter trip
76. go on a father/daughter trip
77. have a girls weekend
78. attend a festival atlanta summer beer fest
79. learn calligraphy/improve handwriting
80. drink recommended water a day
81. treat my parents to a meal
82. wear yoga pants/nike shorts/tshirts only when working out (ha this might last maybe a week)
83. teach someone how to do something new
84. be a bridesmaid in a wedding
85. go camping
86. complete 5 pinterest crafts
87. complement 20 strangers
88. wear make up every day for a week
89. do my hair everyday for a week
90. watch jaws and Jurassic park
91. throw an award show party
92. host a shower
93. become an aunt (to not furry animals)
94. complete a 100+ piece puzzle
95. fly a kite
96. build a ginger bread house
97. leave a note in a book at the bookstore/library
98. read a classic novel
99. take a picture completing every task
100. put $10 in an account for every task completed
101. complete a list of 101 things

my TWENTY SECOND birthday

i feel so old... but luckily all my friends and family treated me well!

^^ i got home from class and park had decorated for my birthday... she told me last night we should probably take it down and i said no because every morning i walk out and it makes me happy!

oh hey friday!

i'm linking up with the farmer's wife and september farm for oh hey friday!

i don't really have any exciting news from this past week but i still thought i'd grace you with my presence today ;)

1. this past monday i spent about an hour to two hours "fixing" my schedule so that now i only have tuesday/thursday classes with one wednesday class and an online class. yay for senior year :)

2. my roommate's dogs stayed at camp this week and though i'm not much of a dog person, i have to say that i've missed the big cuddle bug named winston

3. i'm working on a 101 in 1001 in one list for myself and am hoping to have it completed in the next few weeks. it's a major task considering that 1001 days is 2.75 years and that's like a whole lifetime away

4. i got my student teaching placement on thursday and i'm with a preschool class this semester, meaning that the classroom has old three year olds all the way up to old 5 year olds, so this should be an interesting semester with them. our first unit plan is literature so i'm starting to think of my 5 books i want to bring for them. i don't want to bring any of the "typical" classroom books that they read almost daily so if you have any suggestions comment below and it would be greatly appreciated!

5. lastly, i arrived in sunny florida (actually it was raining yesterday when i got here) for a nice, relaxing, long weekend with my parents

hope you all have a great weekend, see you here next week!

tale of the hushpuppies

i got attacked. i got a attacked by birds at a restaurant we frequent often in FWB while strangers laughed and video taped me. i got attacked by birds who stole and ate my hush puppies, stepped in my coleslaw, and then followed me around and touched me.

i will never not be scared of this experience. let me set the scene for you and share with you this disgusting story.

it was a lovely day, beautiful weather, i had just finished my semester and mother and i were having a wonderful lunch with her old high school pal. unfortunately, said friend's father had just passed away so we had just finished putting the final touches on her father's funeral plans and were trying to have a nice lunch on the beach to relax. the birds did not get the memo. 

we have been going to this restaurant for as long as i can remember. the food has gotten worse and the prices have gotten higher and yet we still go all the time. i was minding my own business, counting down the bites i had left of my salad until i could eat the best and final part of my meal - the hush puppies; all of a sudden i feel a soft brush touch my cheek, it all happened so quickly, i had no time to think or react. there were dozens, it felt like hundreds of birds attacking me and my meal. i duck and run across the porch, look up and see a grown man with his iPhone LAUGHING and RECORDING the experience. i look back at the table in time to see mother and her friend running from the table and to see the final bird, pick my giant hush puppy up in its tiny little beak and fly away. i could've cried.

our waitress returned from inside, "that's so weird, i've never seen that happen before" she said. "cool. BRING ME SOME MORE HUSH PUPPIES"

the rest of the meal i sat indian style in my seat, spraying any bird that came within 10 feet of me with some squirt bottle the waitress handed me. those birds would not let up. eventually we left and i almost wanted to burn my clothes but rest assured, i washed them and myself immediately.

the rest of the relaxing break in florida was just that- relaxing. this is a photo of mother and i at another one of her high school friend's condo. this picture doesn't do this view justice.

summertime blogging

well i officially stink at blogging in the summer... i'm really not any better at it during the school year but i am officially bad at it in the summer. to give you a quick brief of what i have been up to is that...

i am still taking my online class, however i am taking my final this friday!! i finished the class about two weeks early so that's nice.

i went to atlanta a couple of weeks ago to visit my brother and we went to the aquarium! it was really fun and i wouldn't mind going back one day.

after atlanta i made a pit stop for a night in tuscaloosa to check on our apartment and cat, needless to say i think she missed me :)

most of my family made it to florida for the 4th, we have celebrated the 4th in florida for many summers. we go to a park and eat at yummy food trucks until the fireworks go off and we are back home about 10 minutes after they stop, perks of a small town with not a lot of traffic.

since the 4th i have been at home just working on my class and soaking up my last few weeks of summer. we have had a few stressful days here though, my cat got very sick very quickly. he had to stay in the hospital for two nights and then was discharged the third day. the catch is that he now has a feeding tube for who knows how long, but he has shown A LOT of improvement so us and his doctor are crossing our fingers for a quick removal of it (as long as he is 100% healthy and won't need it at all anymore).

in a couple weeks im driving up to charlotte to see MILEY!! i was supposed to see her in april but we were the first concert she cancelled of her many cancelled tour dates. luckily i have awesome parents who waited for them to come back on sale and got me them again! YAY! so excited!! right after the concert i drive back to atlanta for a relay conference and i am almost as excited for that as i am the concert.

so after that recap, i hope to stick with a better blogging schedule, i've missed it!

hey, i'm alive

... so sorry i went off the grid for a while.

it all started with just wanting to take a week for spring break, then the week i got back to school was filled with lots of assignments, that weekend i flew to charlotte for a reason i will explain in a later blog post, i got back to school this past tuesday and then that week just flew by. but no more excuses i will try my best to have 5 posts for y'all this week. i have three case studies due this week and two tests, but no worries i will survive because i am heading to the beach for a long weekend this weekend. seems like all i do is travel, but i promise i really don't!

anyway, let's have a spring break recap!

my parent's picked me up in alabama on the thursday before spring break and we set off for a long weekend in florida before heading back to tennessee for the rest of my spring break.

we kicked off my birthday week with a birthday dinner at one of my favorite italian restaurants and treated ourselves to a yummy dessert prepared table side

we of course hung out in the driveway and soaked up some sun at the beach

then we headed back up to tennessee to really start the birthday festivities! 

be back tomorrow with an inside look into my 21st birthday!! happy monday everyone!