01.26.15 - UPDATE

It seems like I haven’t had a new post in forever!  I recently spent 3 weeks in New York freezing my butt off visiting my boyfriend and a few friends.  It’s hard getting back into the routine of being back in Missouri and I’m also starting a new job so I’m busy getting things in order for that.  No worries though I’ll still be posting blog posts, mainly on weekends.  I have written out a schedule so I have some sort of game plan and won’t leave you all hanging!  

My visit to New York was so great.  It was much needed time spent with my boyfriend, there’s never a dull moment when we’re together.  We saw American Sniper and I recommend everyone and anyone to spend the 8$ to go see it.  My dad has done several tours in Irag/Afghanistan and it really shows what goes on over there and how it effects the soldiers and what they see.  It’s a tear jerker just for a warning!  It also snowed a bit, of course it’s New York what else does it do there.  It was great reuniting with the snow after a year of being without it all.

Tomorrow I’m saying goodbye to my long hair and chopping it all off!  Pictures will be posted soon after.  I’m so nervous but very excited because this long hair has been too much to handle.  It’ll be hard to get use to and I might regret it, but it’s just hair, it’ll grow back by next year.

That’s really all that’s new with me, I hope everyone’s new year is going as planned and is filled with happiness. Much love.

Xoxo, Kelly

01.04.15 - 60 THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY

1. Road trips
2. Early morning coffee
3. Good hair days
4. Fresh scents
5. New clothes
6. Freshly washed face
7. Sleeping in
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Getting lost in TV shows
10. Cuddling
11. Sitting in airports
12. Meeting new people
13. Hearing peoples dreams
14. Slippers
15. Sweatpants
16. Making lists
17. Writing
18. A clean room
19. Accomplishing a goal
20. Hockey games
21. Walks
22. Pictures
23. Coffee mugs
24. Soft blankets
25. Sunshine
26. Dogs
27. French Fries
28. Rainy Sundays
29. When water taste good
30. Chips & salsa
31. YouTube
32. Bathrobes 
33. Hearing people say ‘I love you’
34. Bonfires
35. My best friends
36. Christmas lights
37. Getting things in the mail
38. Finding new music
39. Country music
40. Picnics
41. The beach
42. Traveling
43. Dance parties
44. Bubble baths
45. The moon
46. Lava lamps
47. Making bracelets
48. Baking
49. Sunsets
50. Learning
51. Kids
52. Laughing til I cry
53. Chocolate
54. Cute notebooks
55. Psychology 
56. Animals
57. Surprises
58. Turquoise 
59. Honest people
60. Decorating

01.02.15 - OPEN YOUR EYES

One reason why I love working with kids is because they’re all so innocent.  Their imagination is endless and their outlook on life makes me smile.  They believe they can be anything they wish to be and are so joyful.  One thing I wish for every kid is that they stay that way.  Stay true to themselves and always believe they can do anything they want if they put their mind to it.  I hope no one, child or adult, ever has to go through this dark never ending tunnel of loneliness and hurt.  Although I can hope and pray for hours that this will never happen to anyone, the cold hard truth is, it can happen to anybody.  It breaks my heart.  Growing up I was always shy and quiet, I’d sit back and watch everyone else play on the play ground and have these amazing friendships with their classmates, but I would sit back and watch.  For as long as I can remember I’ve always been sensitive, to everything.  When I put my feelings into something it truly means something to me and for things to be ripped away from me or people turn their backs on me, it breaks me down.  It makes me feel like I mean nothing and from all my experience, I always believe there’s someone out their better for my best friend/siblings/parents, etc.  It saddens me because these little children that I watch, their so happy, but when they reach middle school I’m so scared that they will fall into this hole because their peers make them feel like they are’t good enough.  This world is cruel and I believe we need to teach children that it doesn’t matter what size you are, if you like boys or girls, if you have acne, if you’re taller/shorter than most, it’s OK.  Most importantly we need to teach acceptance.  Just because someone doesn’t do something or believe in something that you do, doesn’t mean they have less self worth than you.  From not teaching children these things we have lost so many innocent kids who are just trying to be themselves and be happy.  From not teaching children these things we’ve taught them that it’s OK to bully the girl who may not be a size 3 or the boy sitting alone at lunch sorting out his Pokemon cards.  We have taught people that it’s not ‘cool’ to be nice to those who you wouldn’t normally see yourself hanging out with on a Friday night.  Why can’t we all realize how amazing it is that each and everyone of us has something so special that makes us so unique.  Life would be so boring if we all stuck to this imaginary list of things that make you ‘cool.’  We need to start encouraging people to love who they are and love their interests.  Every single person is going through a struggle, cut people a break.  Accept people for their creative personality, see how much love and commitment they put into the things that love and enjoy doing.  It will open your eyes to so many great things.  Don’t be afraid to start that one thing that you’ve been wanting to do for months/years just because you’re afraid of what people will think and say.  If you want it and you will enjoy it, and it brings happiness into your life, do it.  Put your everything into it and love every second of it, if you don’t at least try you will never know what opportunities that may have come from it and mostly you’ll miss out on the feeling of being proud of yourself.  You’ll look at your accomplishment and think why didn’t I do this sooner.

Xoxo, Kelly

01.01.15 - HAPPY NEW YEAR

Everyone always says “new year, new me!” and I think that’s so lame.  You can change who you are any day, a new year doesn’t change that.  I usual set goals for myself, things I want to accomplish throughout the year.  Becoming a better you is something I think everyone should try every single day, not just for a couple days into the new year and forget about it.  So my goals aren’t going to be ‘be nicer’ ‘be a better friend’ nothing like that.  These are big things that I want to accomplish, on top of continuing to be care free and happy throughout all the ups and downs that I may go through this year.  Now at the end of this year I’m going to look back on this post and make another post and see what I actually accomplished and if I didn’t accomplish something I’ll explain why.  I think this will give me more courage to go after what goals I set.

The first thing I want to do is purchase my first semester of college.  I’m going online because I personally prefer.  I finally have enough money so I plan on starting this when I return from New York at the end of January.

My second goal ties into my first goal, but I’m hoping to at least finish half my degree by June, which may be hard because I’m starting a job and I’ll be moving so my Internet and things will be shut off in May and I’ll be on the road for a couple days to get to Texas, but if I don’t finish by then I hope to be half way done by August.

My third goal is to make a healthy transition back to Texas.  Going to place where I don’t know anybody is difficult, but I’ve moved twice in 1 year so hopefully third time is a charm and it’s easier for me.

My fourth goal is to save up money and really pay attention to what I spend my money on.  I want to be able to still afford to visit New York every few months and still be able to afford my schooling. 

My fifth goal is to get a job with USAA.  I’m going to be studying child development in school so working at their daycare will be such a great experience and a plus is they might help pay for my schooling which would be such an ideal situation for me.

So those are my 5 big goals I hope to accomplish this year.  I know things won’t come easy and I’ll work hard for what I want and study even harder.  We’ll see where this year takes me and see if I’m strong enough to conquer all the battles.  I wish everyone a happy new year and I hope this year doesn’t disappoint!  What are some of your goals for 2015?

Xoxo, Kelly