Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! I am here in Marshall this Easter, my family wasn't doing anything special for Easter and I have to go home in 2 weeks for my sisters conformation.  So my mom just told me to stay here and save my money.  But the Easter Bunny did send my basket down here!! I was fun to get a package from home since I haven't really had one this year yet.  Thanks Easter Bunny!! here is a picture of what i got-

a new fun scarf to wear, new makeup, an iTunes card, and my favorite jelly beans of all time!  Otherwise it was a really quiet weekend here on campus.  Almost everyone went home, and I was okay with that.  I love having weekends where you don't have to do anything, and after the week that I just had, it was very much needed.  Clean the apartment a bit, and to catch up on sleep was really all I had planned. And I checked both of those off my list!! 

Anyways, I hope you all had a great Easter weekend!! 

House hunting...

Who knew looking for a place to live was so hard.  Next year I will be living off campus, and finally have found somewhere to live with friends.  My friend Lexi and I will be living in a duplex next year with a few of our other teammates.  It should be really fun!! Now, we just have to furnish the place... I am staying here in Marshall over the summer, so it can kind of be a work in progress project, but I still want a couch to sit on! But, it will all turn out fine! I just have to worry about getting a job for the summer and next year now, and getting all my hours done before I can apply to grad school.  Ah so much to do!! Growing up is hard sometimes. But I am excited to see where life takes me.

Also, if anyone is interested in getting a new SMSU sweatshirt  Students Today Alumni Tomorrow is selling these cool full zip-ups for $50!! I know, kinda spendy, but they are really nice quality and the design is embroidered on rather than screen-printed.

Puzzling thought...

So while everyone was all warm in the sun on the beach over break, I was at home.  Doing puzzles, with my grandma.  But, I really enjoyed it! I would rather do a puzzle than play a video game any day, and I got to have some quality time with my grandma.  I went to Target on Monday and bought a 1000 piece puzzle, and we almost finished it!! We were soo darn close and it kinda ticks me off that we didn't finish it, but it will be there next time that I am home.  We have this cool puzzle mat thing, that you do your puzzle on and can just roll it up when you are finished! Its a very slick thing, and my mom likes it so the puzzle doesn't have to lay out all the time.

This summer, my job was pretty boring so I had to entertain myself somehow, so I found this website- Jidigi.  Its a cool site where you can do jigsaw puzzles online and even create your own! I love it and it was awesome to pass the time at work when it was slow.  I love colorful puzzles, ones that have a lot going on and the more pieces the better! I could sit and do these for hours if the day allowed it.  

My grandma says I should just get puzzles from the goodwill or thrift shop, but what if they are missing pieces? That would throw me off big time.  Looking for that one edge piece the whole time to come to find out that it is missing? I would be pretty mad. But it is a good idea, in theory   

I hope I like doing puzzles for a long time.  They are  good for the brain and I hope that it helps later in life! 

Awesome Cupcakes

Well, back to reality once again as we close out another spring break.  Mine was pretty uneventful as I didnt go anywhere warm to get a nice tan.  Very jealous of all that did, and I hope to next year!!

On Friday, we had all of the ladies that are joining us for the NYC trip in May over for dinner and to plan out what we wanted to do.  So I made these awesome cupcakes (if I do say so myself :] ) and they were a hit!! They were salted caramel cupcakes that were dripping with caramel and frosted with a caramel butter-cream!! Soo delicious.  Here is the recipe! Salted Caramel Cupcakes!  This recipe makes so much caramel that we saved the extra and it is awesome on ice cream later.  And it is really easy to make! No burnt or super thick caramel! And then when you sprinkle the sea salt on top, ohhhh that's even better! Here is what the cupcakes look like

My mom also made these really good fish tacos, and the fish wasn't fried.  I didn't think that i would like them because it was just marinated fish, but they were really good! With a corn salsa, it was very tasty 

I am actually kind of excited to get back into the swing of things here and finish this year off strong.  I hope you all had a wonderful break and have a good week back at school!

Lets go to the movies!

Has anyone seen any good movies lately? I am dying to see a movie in theaters. I love the popcorn and how loud the theater is, I could go to a movie everyday if my budget allowed it! But sadly it doesn't, so I will just have to go when on discount nights.  I am really wanting to see the new Nicolas Sparks movie Safe Haven.  I have heard that it is super good, so I am hoping to see it over break here when we have a little free time. In the theater my favorite snack is the ICEE.  I want the biggest one you can get because they are the best part of the movie! No need for candy when you have a slushy and salty popcorn, but if I were to choose it would be either Junior Mints or Butterfinger Minis.  So good! It is making me want to go now!!

I am really wanting to see Lincoln, Identity Theft, Silver Linings Playbook, and a few others.  If they are good, let me know! Hopefully they will be at the discount theater back at home so I can see multiple :]

One of my favorite movies is the Music Man.  I love musicals (I probably have mentioned it many times before, sorry!) and this one is a classic.  I loved watching it with my grandpa because we would sing along like we were in the movie!! I also like the sappy movies like any other girl, the lucky one, p.s. I love you- you catch my drift.  I also am really enjoying the movie Pitch Perfect.  It is hilarious if you haven't seen it yet.  It is one that everyone (if they are old enough) should see. Fat Amy makes the movie and the musical numbers are fabulous as well.  They need to make a sequel to pitch perfect just because it is that funny. 

What is your favorite movie? 

is spring around the corner?

I feel like we have been in this winter wonderland for about 14 years!! Is spring ever going to come? Its supposed to snow 3-9 inches today, thats a little extreme for this time of year if you are to ask me.  I want sunshine and daisies and time out on the lake to be here because winter is taking too long!! Everything goes so much slower in the winter- school, driving, walking, you name it.  I am a girl on the move and it slows me down!! But winter is very pretty I must say.

I love painting my nails. It is like my therapy.  Not sure if I have talked about this before, but, I am in love with polish.  I would say I have over 100 different polishes that I love very dearly.  I wish I could do fun designs on them like the manicurists at the salon do, but I am not that talented with my left hand.  I just like a lot of sparkles and fun colors to go with the seasons or not sometimes! I love wearing a bight color in the winter when you the color trend is darker and warmer colors.  Like  today! I have painted them a bright blue waiting for the warmth of the sun to arrive!!

I hope you all are staying warm in this chilly snowy weather!!