update on my life

Hi fellow blog friends...Sorry I've been slacking lately!! But I have just been SO BUSY these days!

-Sips n Strokes with Elizabeth was FUN!! We had a fun time with our really nice teacher and we both made some awesome paintings!!



-Then I've gone to the lake and we did some work and tried out our new wave runners, they are AWESOME!!!

-Then some of my friends got together and watched the finale of 24!!! It was epic and I think it was a good ending...afterward Katie, me, PJ, Robert, and Ben went to the Gates!! Robert and Ben are from Huntsville so PJ and I took them to see a gorgeous night view of Birmingham...I love the Gates!!! P.S. the Gates is just someone yards that overlooks downtown Birmingham...




-The SEC baseball tourney has been going on at Regions Park and I've been to both the Alabama games!! It's been fun watching Bama beat both Auburn and Ole Miss with my friends Katie, Andy, and PJ...

-Now I'm heading to Cape San Blas, Florida for the next few days with some family...It's going to be a relaxing beach trip and I can't wait!!

Oh Summer....

I submitted by final essay on WWII for my history class this morning...it's FINALLY official summertime now!! Now that my class is over my summer actually begins, it will consists of these fun times I've got planned so far...

* I'm going shopping soon to celebrate and I've got a few things in mind I'm looking for like white pants, some new black sandals, new planner, and a few presents for my cousins and uncles birthday

* I'm also heading to the library to get Lauren Conrad's second book...I read her first one in a day...I just didn't want to put it down!!!

* Tomorrow I'm doing dinner and Sips N Strokes with Elizabeth!! I'm super excited to see her and paint funky trees together!!!

* This weekend my family and PJ are going to the lake. We have to do some work but I'm excited to go test out our two new toys we just got Sunday...



* Monday night is the season finale of 24!! Ahh it's going to be so intense, I can't wait!! A few of us regular 24 watchers are going over to my friend, Katie Smith's house to watch it, then we are going bowling!! I can't wait to see some of my Tuscaloosa friends again!!

Hope everyone else is having a wonderful summer!!

SUMMERTIME!!!

it's been an exciting summer so far...
-finished junior year last Thursday night
-starting an online history class as I type
-Mother's Day yesterday consisted of church, eating at my cousins, hanging up my art work, and hanging with PJ
-I got a 99 on my econ final!!!
-Elizabeth and I are going to sips n strokes to celebrate!!!
-Mom and I might go to Atlanta next week for a shopping trip!!!

My mother's day present to mom was actually Saturday. We went on the "Glorious gardens" tour hosted by Botanical Gardens. We got to see 5 residential gardens and 2 public gardens. It was perfect weather and we had an awesome time enjoying nature!!
here are a few pics from our Saturday garden adventure!


this was a huge recycled grasshopper the Southern Environmental Center made at BSC


taking the time to stop and smell the roses at Mr and Mrs. Grenier's house off Altamont Road


we saw bee keepers at Botanical Gardens...HAHAHA!!!


I didn't even notice this ladybug until I was looking through all the pictures after we got home!!


mom smelling the roses at Botanical Gardens

Mom and I on the garden tour

here's a few more pics of my artwork from an art class I took this semester. This was the only project we had all semester and I got an A in the class. Mom decided she loved it and wanted to hang it up so we hung up in our living room...




I'll post more pictures on my facebook!!

blog number 2!!!

So it's the second post...I've already thought of multiple lists to add to this but it is finals week of my junior year at Alabama, so I should probably try to study some. Since it is finals week, that means that summer is approaching quickly! I have lots of stuff I would like to get accomplished this summer including:

1. I would love to start hiking at Oak Mtn State Park. I will be living at home this summer and that's about 5 minutes from this awesome place! I have recently decided I want to hike more and why not a better place to start; I can also put my new Keen shoes I got for Easter to use!!

2. Catch up with old friends

3. Continue hanging out with friends from school...AKA K. Smith, Stacey, Courtney, Dustin, Nate, etc.

4. Spend a full day at Botanical Gardens looking at all the flowers, picnicking, and just enjoying nature. I've seen this fountain multiple times due to the fact that we used to take dance team pictures here, but that was the last time I have been here.

5. Go to a movie in the park...lots of cities around Birmingham have movies and I would love to go to a few

6. Learn a new craft. My mom and I have contemplated taking all kinds of classes like pottery, painting, and such. Hopefully, we find something we both enjoy. I would love to take photography lessons!!

7. Learn how to play the piano. I took piano lessons in 6th grade for about a month. Haha, that didn't work out. I really want to learn again. Mom said she would teach me so we'll see if it actually happens. This is kind of the same as above but oh well!!

8. Run a 5K. Completely. I could finish a 5K tomorrow, but not running the entire way. This is more of a goal, but still is something I want to do this summer!

9. Actually complete this list...I am great at making lists, but not so great at doing everything on the list.

10. There is tons more I would love to do this summer, but I am going to try to accomplish all these first then if I actually have extra time I want to go to the beach, and my lake house and just enjoy summertime!!

First Post

Well hello! I've caved and decided to join to blogging world.
1. I don't really know what I'm doing yet.
2. I probably will never be good at this.
3. My blog is going to be all about lists like places I want to go, things I want to do, people I want to see, things I want to learn, etc.
4. Hopefully it won't be too boring!!