Popcorn!

Random fact of the day:

I could diet from any food in the world -EXCEPT- ...

Movie theatre popcorn, with extra butter. Hellooooo! It's the whole reason I go see movies in the theatre in the first place!! It's SO expensive but it's so so SO good! :)

A Thousand Years.

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

- Christina Perri -


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Vegetables.

Tonight I, without even planning it, spent all my time in the kitchen--and it was SO wonderful. I swear it is now officially my favourite room in the house...especially when sweat pants & country music is involved.

I conquered a recipe of honey-glazed carrots, and it was delicious! I have such a sweet tooth and this was just the dish for me!

Still feelin' ambitious, I chopped off some florets of broccoli, cauliflower, & garlic and roasted them to perfection!

Scratch that--it wasn't perfect until I sprinkled some cheddar & mozzarella cheese on top. Mmm! I practically inhaled this dish.

I know these dishes are nothing elaborate/complex or terribly difficult, but I can't even describe how happy cooking makes me. I used to stick strictly to baking, but now my horizons have been broadened...to cooking! I'm pretty sure it causes me to release endorphins or something because I just get so happy! I even spend my spare time studying culinary terminology of various knives, chopping techniques, and how to get the most nutritional value out of certain styles of cooking.

I'm SOO excited for my Culinary Arts & Design course in the fall!!

Salvation Army!

Two words for you: Salvation Army.

+ Two more words: LOVE IT.

My original plan was to drive to Forever 21 and see what I could find, and then I came across a Salvation Army and thought, hey, why not? I've never been here before, so why not?

The moment I walk in I stumble across the DVD shelf and find two movies for $2.99 each--an old Ewan McGregor & Renee Zellweger one, and an old Meg Ryan movie. Awesome! I'm beginning to like this place...

Then I stumbled upon the aisle labelled "Blouses" and found an ADORABLE baby blue and pink pin-striped blouse. It took me like two seconds to find this shirt...I'd better grab a cart!!

Practically an hour and a half later I have tried on tonnes of clothes and am in a dilemma...pretty much all of these clothes fit me perfectly! This isn't good! I don't want to buy out the whole store!! (but don't get me wrong, there were also MANY things that didn't look good on me. Ha!)

So after like half an hour of sorting through my cart and fighting battles & wars in my mind, I settle with 2 dresses, 1 pair of shorts, 2 skirts, 1 romper (YES, I bought a FLORAL romper!!!), 2 dresses, 1 blouse, 1 blazer, 1 tank top, 1 blanket (the softest thing EVER), and 2 movies... -as seen below in my neatly organized homemade picture collage-

...all for $60.30. (!!!!)

With a price like that, who needs Forever 21 anymore? Who needs shopping malls for that matter?!

I highly recommend Salvation Army for all your clothing needs...but at the same time I don't wanna "mainstream" it so it loses its inexpensive charm. ;)

-Me sportin' my one and only romper! I don't know if I'm fashionably bold enough to wear this in public though...haha

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Inslee Haynes.

Beautiful strawberry blonde hair!

States.

Someone, remind me to travel each and every single State one day!

That would be AMAZING.

Especially a road trip through all the East Coast States,

down to the Southern States.

AH! I'm craving me some sweet tea!!

Love Yourself.

It's been a tough evening...mostly consisting of praying to God and asking Him all the "why" questions. You know, those questions that He doesn't usually answer in the way we want Him to. But, that's the beauty of faith, isn't it? Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see, as said in Hebrews 11. And that's precisely how God answers me every time...just have FAITH in me and trust in my PERFECT timing.

My lack of faith seems to have an effect on the way I view myself. So the pictures below, along with prayer to God, have offered me with some encouragement...that there is hope for tomorrow!!

...wish this was me.

Fourwheelin

My fave picture of my broski and I fourwheelin' the country!!

Keep the faith.

Keep the faith.

Keep the faith.

God has it all under control.