My attempt at craftiness....

Yet again... I have been inspired!!!

I have been in the mood lately to be crafty after I've been looking at all these random blogs of people who are so creative like Emery, Ashley and Shannon... it is still weird for me to post about people who I have NO IDEA who they are! LOL! I told my mom something when I was home about one of my "blog friends" and she was like.. "Katy!!! You better not do that! You're probably talking to some old pervert guy!" I was like... "Mom, you are crazy! It's not like I talk to them or give them my social security number!!! We just share ideas and stories and stuff... calm down!" HAHA! Moms.... so overprotective... HEHE!

So.... back to the point!!!! I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED!!!!

Awhile ago Emery posted about an idea she had to get a cheap journal and to make it your own.

Well... I decided when I was home that I wanted to get rid of all of my old journals from middle and high school. Everytime I read them.. I just get depressed. Honestly... everyday was about some boy or something so stupid and petty... I decided I want to get rid of all that old stuff... and get a new journal and just start over with a new "mature" prayer journal. I havn't gotten rid of my old ones yet... I'm still trying to decide if I will regret it.. but I did get a new journal today!

I got it on sale at Target for $2.98 to be exact! It looks so plain and kind of like my books in high school when we had to cover them and my dad used grocery bags! (Anyone else remember those days or have to do that?!?!)

So I printed off some black and white photos from the internet... it may be breaking some sort of copyright law or something by putting the picture on here of the pictures... probably... somehow... but I'm gonna do it anyways!

So here is my ATTEMPT at being crafty...

Front View

I tried to print things that were symbolic to me in some way or in something that I am going through in my life right now...BACK VIEW

So that is my attempt at being crafty.... I am pretty happy with the results and that it what matters I guess right?! HAHA! I still need to cover it in clear packing tape but I have to get it from my roommate later.

To the crafty people out there.... let me know what you think and what I could have done differently to make it look better...

In the meantime... check out the new post below for my second post of Ashley's Embarrassing Childhood Photo Contest! HEHE! It makes for a great laugh!

Embarrassing Child Photo Contest #2 & the love story....

Well, I don't really have anymore childhood photos on my computer.... but to be honest... I still kind of feel young and like a kid. LOL!

So... here is the second most youngest picture I have on my computer... I decided I would get Matt involved as well! HAHAHA! He might hate me for this... but this is a pretty embarrassing photo.

.... are you ready for this?!??!!....

Prepare yourselves.....






WHOA!!!! look at those WHITE thighs my man is rockin'.... HAHAHAHA!!!

This is a good story actually.... this is pretty much the beginning of Matt and I's story together... LOL!

This picture was taken at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's 80's Jam Session at West Virginia University.

This was my freshman year of college... like in October. I had just been in college for a few months. I met Matt my senior year of high school and we became kind of friends.. kind of acquaintances. We met at my church when InterVarsity was having an overnight retreat. I immediately fell head over heels for him... but he was a freshman in college and I was just a senior in high school. I was way out of my element at this retreat, but I went to meet people I would be going to college with the next year and people from my church. It was fun. Matt got out his guitar and we had a bonfire.. *swoon* All I did was stare at him and wish he would notice me! He was way out of my league.

So... we occasionally chatted on the internet.. but every time I saw Matt in person he would barely talk to me. Instead of using my head and just thinking that "maybe he's just shy" I thought "wow... he really doesn't like me..." HAHA! *side note* (why are girls so naive and self-doubters? or is that just me?!?!)

Matt and I continued to talk and be friends and both dated other people for about a year.

When I started college, my boyfriend at the time and I were having our falling outs and I was beginning to become a different person as I started the new chapter of my life. Matt and I began talking more and more in person as I started to attend InterVarsity again. I just kept running into Matt everywhere. I felt as though God was calling me to pursue something with Matt.

I ended things with my boyfriend at the time... and Matt and I hung out and got to know each other more as friends.

Now for the embarrassment.... one evening I was hanging out with one of my girlfriends. We had the urge to play Halo and I knew that Matt had the game at his house. I had heard him talking about it before. So, I messaged Matt on the internet and pretty much told him we were coming over to play. At this time I had already began realizing that Matt was kind of interested. So... my friend and I went over to his house. We played Halo and cards for a few hours. It was early morning when we left his house and when I went to get in my car.. Kristy would not leave until I went back into his house and told Matt that I liked him. The issue here is that Kristy was parked behind my car and she literally would not move her car until I did this crazy thing she was asking me to do.

SO... I called Matt's cell phone and told him I needed to talk to him and asked him if I could come back inside. Kristy watched me go back inside and told me to call her as soon as I left. This literally may have been the most awkward... most nerve wracking situation in my entire life. Here is the dialogue:

Matt: "So what's going on?!"
Me: "well.. I just um... well.. kind of um.... wanted to talk to you about something."
Matt: "okay... "
Me: (silence) "well... I THINK I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU!"
Matt: "yeah... I kind of knew that"
Me:" oh was I that obvious?!"
Matt: "well... yes."
Me: "okay, well soo... what then?"
Matt: "well I don't really know how I feel?!"
Me: *crushed... doubtful... gut sinking... heart pounding...* "oh..."
Matt: "but I'd like to hang out more and get to know each other better"
Me: *huge smile* "YEAH! Sounds great... me too... I don't want to rush into anything"...

HAHA!!!!!!!!
After a couple months of hanging out.. we began to realize how much we liked each other.
I guess you could say that it was the booty shorts that did it to me... those hott outfits you saw above started it all.

Now... we've been dating for over 2 years and everything is so happy! :-) even though we don't see each other all that often now.... it makes it so happy and so much better when we do.

So that is just a little about my love story so far and some embarrassing moments as well to make up for my lack of embarrassing childhood photos. :-)This is the most recent picture of both of us.... LOL! Sorry that we both look kind of out of it. Matt's hair is buzzed now and my bangs are different... we need to take more pictures next time we're together. HAHA!

Embarrassing Child Photo Contest

So my blog friend Ashley, that I have talked about before... is starting an embarrassing childhood photo contest. Here is my entry.. not too embarrassing... but it's the only childhood photo I had on my computer. LOL! I mean.. it's a little embarrassing, I thought I was hot stuff! LOL! Look at me rockin' the little mermaid umbrella and the bob haircut... I think I just got my hair cut pretty much the same way. HAHA!!! Too funny...

Well, I just got back to school... so I'm gonna get back to unpacking and seeing friends.

I WANT TO MAKE THEM VISIBLE!!!!!

WHERE DID THIS WEEK GO!?!?!?!?!?!

So my spring break is winding down. I honestly have NO IDEA where all the time went! It has been a good week though.

Starting where the last post left off....

Tuesday night was amazing. My friend Tiffany was in town with Invisible Children. My heart was hurting so much after the video of Sunday.

His story broke my heart. I have such a passion for this after seeing this movie. I have become more aware of the fact that I take my life for granted so much. Everyday we go about our lives buying our expensive Starbuck's coffees, playing on our expensive laptops, eating junk food whenever we want wherever we want, spending ridiculous amounts of money on things we don't need. It breaks my heart. I almost want to just sell all of what I own... and live like this. But instead of being that drastic... I bought a bracelet like that talked about in the clip I posted.

My friend Tara (Tiffany's sister) asked me to go to Uganda with her this summer on a medical mission trip. I would LOVE to go. I have started praying about it... we'll see where God takes that decision.

In other news...

Wednesday I had my annual doctor's appointment in Pittsburgh. Nothing new... just back in 6 months. Always nice to hear good news from the doctor. My mom went with me to my appointment. We had some mother/daughter bonding time. We went to lunch and went shopping at the mall in Pittsburgh. I got some cute stuff from Delia's, my favorite store EVER! Once we got back Wednesday night I went to the second showing of Invisible Children with friends and then we all went out to Texas Roadhouse for half price appetizers. it was a lot of fun to catch up with Tiffany and hear about the lifestyle she has been living on tour with Invisible Children.

Thursday... I spent ALL DAY with Matt! :-) It was a blast. We went to lunch at Black Bear (i love that place so much!) then we went and did some shopping as well. We went to Target and Old Navy and a couple other random places :-) . HEHE! It was a lot of fun. We came back and hung out at my house. Then last night I went to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at WVU. I miss all of my friends there. The speaker was really good. We talked about the book Blue Like Jazz. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone! It is a fabulous book!

Today I woke up to my mom calling me. It was 11:00!!! I miss sleeping in! LOL! It was so nice! I wish I could do it more often. I woke up and went to lunch with her at the Mediterranean Deli. I also miss all the awesome variety of restaurants that are in Morgantown. We just don't have that in Buckhannon. LOL! Then I went and got my hair trimmed and NEW BANGS!!! :-) I was very tempted to take the risk and CUT THEM MYSELF like my blog friend Emery but unfortunately I know mine would not turn out as cute as hers! Pictures to come soon... my chord for my digital camera is at school.

I also did some more baking today. I tried a recipe for Peanut Butter Whole Wheat Muffins. They smelled and looked so good.... but looks can be deceiving. My mom and I took a bite into one and both made an awful face. They didn't taste like ANYTHING... maybe just a hunk of flour. We ended up throwing them down the garbage disposal... my heart broke again when we did.. because even though those muffins tasted AWFUL... there are starving children out there who have nothing.

Matt is coming up tonight after he gets off work at 8. I rented American Gangster and Paris Je'Taime (something like that....). I'll let you know how they are in the next post.

For now... I'm off to do a little more homework before Matt gets here and realizing more and more that it's back to the grind here in just a couple days....

COULD IT REALLY BE?!?!

Now it's sunny with the high... of 65... HAHA!! YAY!!! I wore a SKIRT today and ballet shoes and I was WARM!!! It was fabulous!! :-)

I had an interview today at HealthSouth Rehab Center for a Rehab Nurse Tech position. It went well and I'm hoping to get the job. Hopefully I will hear from them within the next couple days.

Also, tonight I went to ZUMBA here in Morgantown to the really big group they have at a church. It was INTENSE!!!! I've done Zumba quite a few times now and have never felt THAT burnt out afterwards. I loved it! I highly recommend everyone try Zumba. It's a GREAT workout!

AWESOME!

Spring break has been GREAT so far. I've just relaxed. I've been cooking a lot. I made tuna salad Saturday for lunch on toast for my parents and I. Then I made those rocky road brownies I talked about in the last post. They were SOOOOO good. I helped my mom make dinner Saturday. We made salmon cakes with pepper salsa, with roasted veggies and wild rice. It is so nice to be able to cook healthy while I'm at home. I can't wait until I can do it every night. Tonight after Zumba I made some FABULOUS smoothies for my parents and I. They were soooo good!

Saturday night I went to Fairmont to see Matt. We went with a couple friends to see Semi-Pro. It was pretty funny. I just stayed at his house and went to church with him and his family Sunday morning. After church we went to lunch with his sisters and parents. It was a lot of fun. We talked about what we would be doing in 4 years from now (on Leap Year...) LOL! It was interesting to think about. Hopefully, I will be working as a full time nurse. It would be great if I were in a children's hospital, or working in maternity. I still havn't decided which I want to do yet. I will probably end up doing both in my career. Anyways... LOL! Hopefully I will be married :-) and working full time while Matt goes to classes to get his masters (he'll be almost done by then hopefully....). Guess we'll just see where God takes us...

Back to the reality.. Last night I went to the movies with my very best friend Laura. We went to see Definitely, Maybe. It was pretty cute. We both liked it. I would recommend seeing it. Afterwards we went to Applebee's for dessert with a bunch of silly boys. It was a good time. I miss all my friends when I'm at school. I love getting to catch up with everyone when I come home!

Right now I am just watching WVU beat Pitt!!! WAHOOOO! (there is still time left in the game though and we could potentially lose... but I"m happy we're winning right now!)

Tomorrow I am really excited because my friend Tiffany is going to be in town. She is on tour with InvisibleChildren right now. I'm really excited to see the video and hear about her adventures. We really need to help those in Darfur!
Updates on how the rest of spring break is going later this week....