10 Day You Challenge: 9 Loves

9. Sundays. 

I love Sundays because I get to go to  Summit Church and worship the Lord with some amazing friends. Afterwards we usually go somewhere for a delicious lunch. Even though the afternoon calls for lots of homework, it's a great day overall. I also loves Sundays because this is the day I do my grocery shopping!

8. Hot Pink.

While pink is an all around great color, Hot Pink is my favorite shade of any color. How do I know Hot Pink is my favorite color? Simple. If something is Hot Pink, I get ten times more excited about it than if it was any other color!

7. Sleeping with my Window Open.

...Especially when it's raining and it smells like fall outside. I get so excited on nights when it's cool enough to sleep with my window up so when I wake up it smells like fall inside my room! If it's raining that night, my excitement just triples.

6. Hello Kitty

I always loved Hello Kitty as a little girl. My MeMe used to always take me to the Sanrio store at Crabtree Valley Mall and my eyes would just light up at all the Hello Kitty goodness. I still use my Hello Kitty hairdryer from the 5th grade that is partially broken and my most recent Hello Kitty purchase has been a toaster!

5. Panera Mac N' Cheese

Simply put, if you've never had Panera Mac N' Cheese , you need to rush to your neighborhood Panera before you even read number four. It's amazing! While you're at it, make sure you get a MyPanera card if you don't already have one. Who doesn't love free pastries and smoothies?!

4. Watching Regis & Kelly

I love my schedule this semester because most mornings I get to watch Regis and Kelly.I am pretty bummed though because Regis is leaving in November and I know it will never be the same. My grandparents got me hooked on the show when I was a little girl because they would record it every morning and watch it together at night. They still do... precious!

3. Spending time with my friends and family without the stress of school.

Spending time with the ones I love is a blessing any day but...spending time with them when I don't have schoolwork  to do is the most exciting feeling. Because it's hard to fully enjoy myself when I have a paper or test in the back of my mind, I love getting my work done before hanging out!

2. Cleaning

This will shock my Mama. Before coming to college, I never enjoyed vacuuming, cleaning windows, dusting, or doing laundry. Now that I am "living on my own," I love keeping things neat and clean! I thank my Mama for always being this way because little did I know, she was instilling this love in me. :) Now I need her to teach me how to cook!

1. Gerbera Daisies

...and not just any Gerbera Daises, PINK Gerbera Daises. I love grocery shopping at Harris Teeter because they usually have small bouquets for only $4!

10 Day You Challenge: 10 Secrets

I've had a hard time being a consistent blogger lately so I've decided to try a "10 Day You Challenge" I found on this blog I follow. I hope she won't mind me copying! Today I am supposed to tell you 10 secrets! I don't feel very secretive but I'll give it a shot....

10. Sometimes I wish I was in kindergarten again so I could appreciate nap time more than I did back then. This reminds me...When I was in kindergarten, my teacher, Mrs. Mangum had a leopard Beanie Baby she would give to the student who "took the best nap." This was a problem for me because I could never fall asleep and I really wanted the Beanie Baby to sit on my desk for a whole day. What did I do? Well, I kept my eyes closed for the entire nap time one day to pretend I was asleep and guess who got the Beanie Baby?!

9. I like eating snacks way too much, which usually includes Wheat Thins or Pretzel M&Ms. (Jocelyn got me hooked on these :) In fact...Within the past couple days, I have eaten a whole bag (not the snack size!) of Pretzel M & Ms and nearly a whole box of Wheat Thins. I'm glad they're not called "Wheat Larges" because then I  would feel guilty for eating them. Actually... probably not.


8. I've been more homesick for my family this year than I was my freshman year. I guess I just love them more than ever! Confession: I saw my sister Kateleigh at the Brad Paisley concert this weekend and it made me want to hop in the car and go home with her afterwards. Even though I wish I didn't get homesick, I am so thankful we have become so close recently!


7. I'm having a hard time coming up with these secrets! I'm realizing most of these aren't necessarily "secrets" because I feel like there's at least one person who knew each of these "secrets" already.


6. I wish I had enjoyed high school more. I love college so much but there are time times when I wish I had of gone to more football games and enjoyed my days at HCHS more than I did. Looking back, everything seemed so "simple" compared to the stress of college, but I know I will look back one day saying how simple life was in college. It's the circle of life, right? :)


5. I struggle with prayer. A lot. I am so embarrassed that I do not go to God in prayer as often as I should to share with Him my every need and lift others up in prayer. Even though He already knows these things, it shows I have forgotten He is the source of my every need when I fail to pray.


4. I went inside the library this morning and came right back out because I much rather study in my room. I told myself all morning that today would be the day for a successful library trip, but I just couldn't bare that quiet and boring dungeon!


3. I still sleep with a Teddy Bear...Unashamedly. This is not just any Teddy Bear... his name is "Daddy Bear" (because my daddy gave him to me for Valentine's Day) and he has a story. I was so excited because when I arrived at the packaging center they handed me a huge box! As soon as I got outside, I sat down at a picnic table to open the package. Out came the largest teddy bear I had ever seen. I was so excited but figured I shouldn't walk all the way back to my dorm with a giant teddy bear in my hands so I put him back in his house until I got back to my room!


2.  I am a procrastinator at heart. Okay...that's probably not a secret at all but I have been realizing lately how much better I need to become at managing my time. It's something I am really trying to work on!


1. I've been trying to finish this post for two days. Yes, I am not very good at thinking of secrets!