christmas time is here.

SANTA! I KNOW HIM!!! Well the most wonderful time of the year is about us! This has to be my favorite time of year. Not because of the presents, but because of the love that people are constantly over flowing with. People are very generous this season and it is outstanding. For Christmas Eve my family always watches Miracle on 34th Street. It is my favorite movie! That and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Linus, Lucy's brother, has a special little part in my heart. When all the children get a little too self-absorbed he takes a moment and tell the story of Jesus' birth. He shares what Christmas is really about. Which is a perfect reminder to not only the little kids but to all of us. Christmas is a time of love, giving, and out faith in others. "Faith is believing in things, when common sense tells you not to."- Fred Gailey. Believing not only in Santa Claus but believing in the love and good will of others.

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New Year's is just around to corner! Everyone is getting their resolutions in order. Which makes me think about what I want to do differently. Last year I tried doing a daily good thoughts so at the end of the year I could look back and remember all the things that were good the past year! Maybe this year I'll try again. It will be a constant reminder that there is always good in the world no matter how bad things may seem. Especially now during my first year of college. I'm already half way done, and I couldn't feel better! This was a hard semester and I'm grateful for all the lessons it has taught me. There has been lots I've learned over this past semester and over the year 2013. This year has treated me well! Lots of my friends I made over the past year are on their missions now and I do miss them dearly during this season but I'm so grateful for their example and all they have taught me throughout high school. I love them dearly and hope all their Christmases are fabulous! As I hope all of yours are too. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Until next year,

-O

phew.

I would like to apologize from my silence last week. It was Thanksgiving as you all know and the family was in for the holidays. So I wanted to spend time with them. Even though my family is very small in numbers, it is great with love.... (Yes I realize how cheesy that was, but it is true none the less.) Anywoo, on account of Thanksgiving! I want to thank everyone out there for just being you! Now on to what this is really about.....

Yes. NETFLIX! Actually it's really about..... FINALS WEEK

 The semester has flown by, and I cannot believe it. I feel so..... unprepared and I'm freaking out a little bit. But I'm relieved as well. I'm excited for the new classes I'll be taking and the new things I will start to do. All I need to do now is conquer the beast that is finals week. I might become a hermit and never take my nose out of a book for a full two weeks as I drown myself with studying. Maybe I'll live at the library under a pile of books. But all I'm saying is I have to be totally ready.... And I am very far from that. I feel no where near being ready. But I'm praying that I will feel somewhat ready and not as terrified that I feel now. Everyone just keep a prayer in your heart for me. It would be much appreciated. Well I know this is short because I don't want to bore you with my thoughts of inadequacy. I'll leave you with a happy thought- It's been snowing and it finally looks like Christmas! 

Until next time,

-O

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I don't know what has come over me lately, but I can't stop reading. Maybe it's the fact the 40 minute bus ride to school is very drab. I need something to spice up the mundane, everyday ride to school. And indeed reading has lent me that oh so helping hand. 

I do listen to my music and that is lovely, but sometimes my thoughts have the tendency to run away from me. Ranging from big dreams of travel or just circle the unknown. So I find that it is best, at least for right now, to not be left alone with my thoughts. To just take a break and be engulfed in a cheesy teenage romance or life changing story. something to tide me over and take me to another world, where my thoughts will be submerged in something other than school, work, boys, and the other random tandoms I experience. 

I think it's just me, but I love to actually hold the book. The kindle and other electronic devices are great, but I love to turn  the pages and experience the paper. The smell! I love the spell of freshly bought books. When the covers have beautiful artwork on them, it adds to the beauty of the whole novel entirely.  Which means I have to admit.... I do judge the books by the covers. Of course I read the inside to really get a feel for whats going on. But sometimes the cover says it all and I know from there that I'm not going to like it. I promise I'm not shallow though. The cover is like the cherry on top, with a little creativity the cover could tell the story. Like when I was at Barnes & Noble, I saw a wonderful cover for the classic Little Women. It gave the illusion like it was a needle artwork project that one of the girls would have done, and even on the inside of the sleeve it looked like what the back of needle work would have looked like as well. I thought that was brilliant. But not everyone agrees with a "fashionable/ modernized" cover. Some times a plain and simple cover is just as beautiful as one with the little details. 

I just think all books are beautiful. I love them, and hope that my children will be able to experience what it's like to hold an actually book and be able to sit in a Barnes & Noble, or local bookstore and feel how amazing and simple life can be at that very moment. Books can take you to places you have never been before and help you understand people more than you thought you ever could. I hope people find as much comfort in reading as I do.

Until next time.

-O

a fresh start.

I thought about starting a blog weeks ago, but never found the time being a busy college student and all. Then out of the blue on Monday of this week my writing professor decided to assign the class to start a blog. It was either that or do a presentation, and let's be honest- no one likes doing presentations! When he assigned this,at first I was like "yes!" then reality hit... I don't know what on earth to blog about. Lots of people blog to talk about their adventures in far off places. Others blog about what they know (or think they know). Then I thought about what I know, the places I go, and what dazzling adventures I've gotten myself into.

I'm not off in some far off place and my adventures are pretty small, but there are some things I do know. The possibility that you can make your dreams come true with a little hard work and dedication. That love can over come anything and that we are all loved. I know that with a little hope anything is possible. I know that laughter is the best medicine, and that mother does know best. Whether we like it or not. I know that I have the best friends in the entire world! And my family is pretty rad too. Music makes the world go round and softens a hard heart. I know that every single girl wants to be a Disney princess! Who doesn't!

In all lightness, this is just a typical teenage blog ranging from silliness to seriousness. Plus a big learning experience. So here we go!

 Until next time.

-O