New Computer.

 

   I finally got a new laptop. I am using it right now. I missed having one. like whoa. I need a name for him. Or her. It’s a Dell.

 

hmmm.

Still alive

So i am still alive. Just so busy. But life is good. I will do an in depth update at some point in the future. For now enjoy this awesome pic of B and me before sherlock holmes :)

Empty breakfast room woes

You know you are up too early when the breakfast room in your hotel is empty and lacking breakfast. Dear holiday inn express davenport- feed me?

falling behind

I feel like I owe an apology to my blog. I've been M.I.A- blame school and 2 jobs. I gotta sleep sometimes, right??
Oh, and my trusty laptop died. RIP. you were good to me- guess he's going to join Alfred in computer heaven.
Iwill post more here in the near future, got some fun stuff coming up:

Saturday: S.P.A.C.E TOUR IN CHARLOTTE!!!! GRANGER DANGER!

Thursday: TURKEY DAY

Friday: 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH MY MAIN SQUEEZE!!!!!!!!!

Saturday: B and I are going to the UNC- DUKE football game. Cuz I'ma good girlfriend.

Until then....

Peace love and get me outta here

This is me and chanel in class. Boo. Its halloween and we are trapped until 9:45. Why, why, whyyyy??!!

living and loving

Update time:

1. went to the fair last week with B, so fun. We ate, we rode a ride, we ran into some of my peoples, we looked at cool things that people with lots of talent made, and we watched people. The state fair is an amazing place to people watch. Worth the 8 dollars. Totally.

2. Halfway through the school semester. Ugh. It's been a tough one. It's worth pushing myself though, because everyday I get done puts me closer to starting the future that I look forward to everyday

3. work. I no longer work at the preschool anymore. I miss my babies everyday. It was too much with my dance and school schedule though. So for now I'm back to Captain Stanley's, doing the hostessing thing. Can't say it inspires me, but it's money.

4. Yesterday. I loved yesterday. Because it was one of those days that I fell more in love with Bradley every time I looked at him. I always think to myself, "Self, how can you possibly love this man anymore than you already do?" but then I find myself loving him even deeper. Not complaining. I am the luckiest woman alive.

SO, that's purty much it. Life is crazy, not always fantastic. But I really am enjoying the ride.

ta-ta for now :)

Dear monday night class...

I hate you. Loathe you.

Wish you did not exist.

So bored.

Not learning.

And I have to sit here til 9:45...

WHY WHY WHY?

This is my crazzzy face

This is how school is making me feel. So much work. It's fall break right now, but there has been no break in my life. papers, projects, and powerpoints. That is all I do.

Halfway done with the semester. And registration for next semester starts in 2 weeks.

It. Never. Ends.

Going to go write some more papers and research some more stuff for psych I do not understand nor care about.

UGH

conference

This weekend was fantastic- getting to spend Sunday sitting on the couch, snuggled up with some yummy chili and my handsome boyfriend ,listening to the words of the prophets.. couldn't ask for more.

life's a beach.

So, B and I went to Wilmington on Thursday. Despite the fact that it was supposed to rain and storm all day. We braved the storm. Literally. Actually the cloud of doom and darkness followed us to the beach, and gave us about 10 minutes on the beach when we first got there. So we played on the beach for a bit. Got some lunch, it was pouring at this point. I almost lost my rainbow cuz it was so wet. I was slipping everywhere. haha. So we ate our lunch. Drove through downtown, went to the cotton exchange, saw a movie getting filmed on the streets, and it stopped raining so we went back to the beach for a bit. Walking around on the beach with B was wonderful, we picked up seashells, stuck our feet in the ocean, chased birds( well that was just me, but he laughed at me while I did it), I tried to push him in the ocean, took pics on the beach.. it was a good time. Then we drove back to his house and chilled there and the plan was for me to get up early and go to class but I woke up really sick so the plan changed and my incredible boyfriend got up with me at 6:45 and rubbed my back and took care of me all day. He's a keeper.

Check out the pics from the beach. Loves.

B really likes this one- so do I.

This was at the Cotton Exchange- I really love this one.

Haha, this sign made B so happy. It made me happy too. Run dude.

Ocean. Gorgeous

Shout out.

Last night my friends Amber and Chanel discovered my blog.

And wanted a shout out.

Here it is guys.

SHOUT OUTTTTTTTTTTT to AMBER AND CHANEL.

Thanks for making that god awful monday night class somewhat bearable.

somewhat.

even if we are going to get kicked out cause amber makes me get the giggles.

:D

Life as according to picnik

First things first- Lion King 3D was amazing. I cried. A whole lot. Especially when Mufasa died. But it is such a wonderful story. Favorite Disney movie. Hands down.

So my significant other is not big on taking pics, I on the the other hand LOVE to take pictures. Pictures freeze memories. On occasion B will satisfy my need for pictorial proof of our relationship and let me snap a few shots. Yesterday and his birthday were those occasional moments- so here are my 3 favorites- picniked to perfection. More pics will be here, cu we are going to the beach on thursday and well- I will be taking pics. Until then, here are the faves..

Ok, so I look asian in this one- but that is my "I'm so happpppy squint"

Hakuna Matata

I. AM. SO. EXCITED.
Lion king in 3D ..tonight!

out and about

Today was spend the day with boyfriend thursday- love those days :)

We decided to go on a sushi date at Kanki, deliciousness.

We just got some different stuff and shared- that's another thing that I love about B, he is really bringing out the adventurous side of me.

I am so excited for saturdays date though... he is taking me to see the lion king in 3D, I am going to be the happiest kid (adult) in that theater. I warned him I might sing, and I will cry when Mufasa dies. End of story.

Oh and he said we are going to take a day trip to the beach next thursday.

SCORE!

tomorrow is a special day..

IT'S BRADLEYS 22nd BIRTHDAY!!!!!

annnnnnnd I have the WHOLE. DAY. OFF.. ( well except for my 8/9 am classes, but they are early in the am, sooo they do not count)

As I was saying... I have the wholllllle day off to spend with the birthday boy.

So excited.

Love him so much.

I'm glad there is a day all about him :)

I am the blessed- you are the blessing.

Sometimes I waver. My strength starts to falter.

I cry until I can't possibly cry anymore.

Sometimes my world seems to be spiraling out of control. I feel left behind.

I feel lost. I feel confused. I feel hurt. I feel anger.

I make mistakes. I get mad at myself.

You pick me up. You remind me of my strengths.

You let me cry on your shoulder. You wipe my tears.

You stabilize my world. You bring me back to where I am supposed to be.

You help me find myself. You console me. You comfort me.

You remind me I'm not perfect. I don't have to be.

You tell me nothing will change how much you love me.

I am the blessed.

You are the blessing.

I love you.

Thank you.

<3

Date Night

Ugh. I've been bad at blogging.

I am so busy. 5 classes and 2 jobs is running me ragged.

But tonight will be a stress free- school/work free night.

its....DATE NIGHT.

I love date night. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

I love the opportunity to get all cute for Bradley and I love getting to go out together.

Tonight we are going to the local drive in movie theater. YAY for old school romantic dates!

I'm thinking black shirt dress and cute flats.

XOXO

21 months of memories

Today is mine and B's 21 month anniversary. Wow. 21 months. November will be 2 years. The best 2 years of my life. Honestly- I adore this man. I can't imagine my life without him, and when I tell him that he normally replies with "then it's a good thing you never will have too."

There is so much I am looking forward to sharing with him- so many adventures left for us to go on. For right now though, I am loving every minute of the one we are on. Dating him is a joy. He makes me feel so special, and not just on special occasions- but every. single. day.

I love our little routines- I look forward to them everyday- the good morning texts- where normally at least one of us is a little grumpy about facing the busy day ahead. I look forward to getting his texts sporadically through out the day when he gets a break at work, and then we have our nightly phone convo, where we discuss the happenings of the day, vent about bosses, people, children in my case, life, school- Ok, well maybe I do most of the venting, but he does a real good job listening :)- then we have our saying goodnight routine, which I never thought would mean as much as it does to me, but I find myself looking forward to it during the day.

Bradley is my rock. He keeps me sane, and focused on the long term.

I love him. and he loves me.

Life is good. better than good.

just an update.

nothing to exciting is going on- but I figured I would post a quick blurb anyway.

Dance went back last week, I am looking forward to getting to know all the new students and working on preparing the returning ones for the feis in september and then for Oireachtas in December.

I'm still teaching preschool- which is good stuff, except that I get sick all the time. Not fun. I figure eventually I will be immune to all sorts of fun diseases, right now Hand, foot, and mouth is going around. I got some form of it, I feel rotten but it is what it is.

School goes back on Wednesday, I think I am excited. I have a full load, 15 credit hours. We will see how that goes. I am looking forward to seeing all my friends from last semester though.

That's all for now- if anything fun happens, I'll post it here.

happy sunday :)

Ke$ha pic$$$

KE$HA

GLITTER CANNON

KE$HA

I love the effect of the middle finger- classy person in front of me- classy

LMFAO

New friendship pic-

waiting for ke$ha

OH MY GOD IT'S KE$HA

waiting by the road

still waiting

hair tinsel

lo loves hair tinsel

hottttt

how did Ke$ha get in sarah's bathroom??

ready. to. party

So much glitter.

KE$HA was amazing.

I am still in shock. Best party of my life.

Pictures later. Work now.

EW

Redundant I know..

but I am going to post it again....

KE$HA IS TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAHHHHHHHHHH.

GLITTER

Let the crazy out..

that is going to be my motto tomorrow night- cuz tomorrow...tomorrow is KE$HA NIGHT!

I. CANNOT. WAIT.

Ke$ha and LMFAO. That's a magical combination. I will be party rocking with no apologies all night tomorrow.

I CANNOT WAIT!!!

A wonderful weekend

I had a fabulous weekend, like one of the best ever. Nothing grand or spectacular happened.

I just got to spend it with my best friend.

I knew it was going to be great when I texted him about the plans and he replied " I'm going to make you dinner" SCORE. I love it when Bradley cooks for me. He's pretty darn good at it. :)

SO, I got to his house, we went to the Harris Teeter and bought some fresh veggies- and he got some steak- oh, and I got raspberry lemonade, cuz I REALLY wanted some.

Go back to his house- B hits the kitchen, makes everything smell wonderful. I sat there and looked pretty.

Fast forward a bit and we have a lovely dinner- rice- steamed broccoli, mushrooms, green onions, and asparagus. It was sooo good. Props to the boy- he can cook. Hence, I will be keeping him :)

Then we watched "arthur", I normally don't enjoy Russel Brand, but this movie is totally worth seeing- it had a great message. We both really liked it. After the movie, we just sat on the couch and talked and cuddled and enjoyed each others company.

Sunday was nice as well- I love getting to spend all day on sunday with B- he outdid himself and made me breakfast- eggs and mushrooms. Also Delicious, even though he tried to sneak some green onion in them, well he DID sneak them in, but I noticed right after he did. I should just trust him though- he knows what he's doing.

Oh, and we played Halo some more- I think I surprised him with my skillzzz-

Then we just chilled. Wonderful day. Wonderful Man.

Happy Girlfriend.

Sorry, there had to be a kissing picture-

I'm looking a little rough, B looks wide-eyed, probs cuz I just told him to open his eyes in pictures

Loves :)

I forgot to rotate it, but this was dinner. YUM

LOVE. THAT. SMILE.

proof I sat there and looked ...pretty?

cutting the veggies

....

LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGAN LOGANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.

She said I never talked about her here.

so there you go logan.

:p

Official Countdown...

ere is officially ONE WEEK til Sarah, Lo, and I get to go see KE$HA!!!!!!!

Really.

My house looks like someone set off a glitter bomb- there is glitter EVERYWHERE!

We made shirts.

We made glasses.

I made pants.

It's been a party. A glitterific ( new fave word) party.

I have been picking glitter out of my hair for the last 3 days.

Just think about what it will be like during/after the concert.

Rumor has it that there are HUGE glitter cannons at the concert.

Yes.

THIRD??

SO, I showed the BF my blog yesterday- first thing he says... "I'M THIRD???!!??"

I was like "What are you even talking about???"

Of course he is referring to the "Things I love" section located on the right side of my blog- where he is indeed...third. I was all like "dude, it's in alphabetical order" to which I got the "face", yea- that face. The yea, whateverrrrrrrrr face.

Oh well. I tried.

I did make it up to him by playing halo, for the first time as a team. Don't tell- but it was pretty much realllllly fun.

crap. I'm a sucker.

A letter of love

20 months.

That is how long I've been dating my amazing boyfriend.

4 months shy of 2 years. What a ride it has been. I'm going to get a little bit mushy here, so if you don't like bloggings about L.O.V.E then don't keep reading :p

I adore my boyfriend. I love everything about him. I love the way that he makes me feel. I love the way he laughs. I love it when he gets super serious. I love listening to him talk, his voice can calm me down in a heartbeat. I love the way our hands fit perfectly together. I love knowing that there is one person out there who knows me better then I know myself. I love making him laugh. I love it when his eyes light up. I love his spectacular smile. I love it when he makes me feel like the only girl in the world. I love it when he holds me and I know that everything will be ok. I love looking into his eyes and seeing myself in them. I love the way he calls me darling. I love that he cooks for me. I love that he goes out of his way to take care of me. I love that we can finish each others sentences, or know exactly what the other is trying to say with just a look. I love days spend sitting on the couch together, just being in each others company. I love that I have some one to people watch with, who understands how much fun it is. I love that he will dance with me when it's just the 2 of us and an I-pod. I love being in love with such an amazing man. I never realized that I would be made complete by somebody, I never knew that I could love someone like I love him. When he leaves, a piece of me always leaves with him. Every time he kisses me, I still get butterflies, and it's like our first kiss all over again. Every time he tells me that he loves me, I still get such a thrill, and I feel so blessed that I have some one like him to lift me up when I'm down, to be there when I need a shoulder to cry on, to laugh with, to hold, to love. I am so lucky that I have found my best friend. He means EVERYTHING to me. I would give him the world if I could, lord knows he has my whole heart.

So to you my love- happy 20 months. You are my rock. My everything.

I love you. Forever.

Looking fab..

Let me just say I am looking my very best right now...

I was super cute earlier, like real cute- colorful maxi dress from target, cute black cardi, black braided belt for some kickback style, and TOTALLY AMAZING purple heels. I looked like the coolest primary teacher ever. I think that's why my kids sat so quietly and reverently during sharing time, they were thinking " wow, Sister Walser is ROCKING that outfit today."

Hey, I can dream right??

So, now that I have said I looked..key word LOOKED awesome- let me tell you what I'm rocking now... My bf's gym shorts and Tar Heels Tee- yep. I traded my fabulous dress for collegiate men's wear.

This is what went down... I left my keys in B's car yesterday, long story- don't ask. I go to his house after church today to retrieve said keys, I get a text from my mom saying that I need to feed my horses tonight...

Picture this... Alli (me) carrying 2 buckets full of horse feed, hay in her hair, maxi dress blowing in the breeze, tottering on huge purple heels... yea- NOT HAPPENING.

So, wonderful BF comes to the rescue ( as always) and offers me some of his clothes.

That is my story. I'm Sticking to it!

Look at me, what a baller. But, hey- I smell like my Bf- which is goooood stuff.

Dumb webcam- cutting off the top of my head. lame

Congress pics!

Here are the pics from the photobooth from Congress....

Old and new memories

I got to go to NC 4-H Congress yesterday, it was amazing to be back. It's always so flattering when you walk in and everyone wants to talk to you. I forget that I made such a large impact on so many people when I was in office. It was so great to be reunited with my officer team, we laughed about old memories and made some new ones of course...PHOTOBOOTH! I am waiting for some pics that got taken to be posted and I will add them here.

Then today I got to spend the WHOLE DAY with Bradley... it was awesome. We just chilled for a while, watched tv, he played xbox, I took a nap, we talked about live, and then we got lunch at Jason's and then saw Harry Potter in IMAX 3D, it was everything I wanted it to be. I seriously cried for the last half of it. poor B, he had to comfort me the whole time. It kinda felt like the end of my childhood- I grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Weird to be old.

Now I'm going to go take my final for EDU 261. oh goody. last class and then I'm done til August 18th...

nostalgic..

hmmm. I don't really know what is on my mind.. I've been working myself silly the past few days. They finally hired a new teacher, so now at least work will be a little less stressful. I hope. I have a final this week for my summer class. Hopefully that goes well.

Tomorrow night I get to go visit some of my best and oldest friends at 4-H Congress at NC State. Oh, how I miss those days...being a state officer was so amazing. I would go back and do it all over again if I could. I miss the whole atmosphere of 4-H, I miss public speaking competitions, going to national events, meeting people from all over the world, sharing my passion with hundreds of people. 4-H was so good to me. I gained so much confidence from participating in the things I did. I don't think I would be the way I am today if I had not had it in my life. Oh, and the people. I miss the people. I miss the leaders, my friends, my co-council, everybody. We shared some amazing times together. I'm looking forward to laughing and probably crying over some of them tomorrow night... I guess I'm feeling nostalgic, so I started looking at pictures on Tumblr, the ones below made an impression on me, so that's why they are here. enjoy.

I want this coat, if anyone ever finds it, please. Let me know.

All I can say to this is, AMEN

I would have a cardigan in every color of the rainbow if I could.

If only life was this simple?

Ah, another real good one... thanks E.E Cummings, that says it all..

We all need to love ourselves more, myself included.