FALL!

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the feeling of fall and winter. I am thrilled.

I know that Florida really misses out on the whole "fall/winter" thing... but it's what I know and I love it.

Here's a list of what I LOVE about the upcoming seasons! Just fall for now..

--Cute clothes -- I just love me some sweaters!

--Apple Cider (the smell is almost as good as the taste!)

--Pumpkin Spice Lattes

--Pumpkin carving

--Pumpkin patches and fall festivals

--Pumpkin pie

    (Clearly I am into pumpkins lol...)

--The wonderful FOOD, does it get better than Thanksgiving? I think not.
--The day-after-Thanksgiving SHOPPING. I've already planned where we're going.

--Christmas music.

    (Let me explain this one. In Florida, I consider it fall until December, when it KIND OF starts getting cold. Christmas music starts on Thanksgiving, which is in November, therefore it can be included =D )

--The wonderful fall colors

 Who cares that I can't see it in Florida... I can still wear the colors and look at pictures :)

--Decorations

 This is a pic from a fellow blogger that I follow. She has the most adorable decorations!!

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--Halloween. I am not really one for Halloween, but for some reason, you can make the CUTEST Halloween pastries! And looking at Halloween pics are always priceless.)

10-30-09 by insidemypumpkin featuring halloween jewelry

(Made by Mary! , isn't she so talented and creative?! 

(The pic above, not the food!)

TOO CUTE!

--Holiday Candles

--Cinnamon Brooms, you know... The smelly good ones from Publix!

Oh, I just LoVe Fall!

Jesse

I have a Jeep Liberty. A FABULOUS Jeep Liberty; it's name is Jesse. Yes, I named my car Jesse. My car pulled a MIRACLE today. Here's what happened.

When I was a junior in high school, I wore two rings every single day.  I loved them. One was a pretty pearl one and was was a pretty black heart.  The contrast of them both was pretty awesome.  Here's a picture :)

Sorry this isn't a good picture...

Anyways. I, for some reason that I can't fathom, took off my rings and put them in little holder in the door of my Jeep.  I went to get them again later that day, and it was GONE -- just the black heart one.  I was SoOo sad. I accepted the fact that my ring was gone, after searching and searching my Jeep for it.  I figured that it must've fallen out of the holder when I opened the door. 

This evening, after coming home from church, I looked in my cup holders and somehow (I have NO clue how it they got there), but somehow there was a whole bunch of pennies, bobby pins, and MY RING!!!!!!! As said, I have absolutely no clue how it got there, where it came from, but I am ecstatic. I have my ring back. Yippie. I thank Jesse, my beloved Jeep. 

Another quick story about my Jeep. The weekend Mary came to visit, my Jeep window broke. I have awful luck with my windows. Once, on fourth of July weekend, I was driving a few girls back from Red, White, and Boom and the girl in the back thought it would be funny to flirt with the guys in the next car and then role the window up and speed away really quick.  The plan backfired.  She flirted, embarassingly, and tried to open the window and it wouldn't go up!!! On top of that, the light was still red, so we were just sitting there. SO the car of boys next to us laughed at us :-\ 

Anyways, back to the weekend.  My window broke, and since I live in an apartment complex, I was paranoid like mad that someone would take my car and that it would rain. Well, I didn't fix the fact that someone could steal my car, but I fix it if it rained. And for your viewing pleasure, my ghetto car:

Nobody stole my car and it didn't rain :)

A Change

I have changed my blog design and name. I haven't changed the domain though, cuz that'd be confusing. :)

I finally finished the semester, with an A and a B, thankfully.  I am just about finished with CASPA, the online physician assistant application. I have to request my transcripts, finish my essay (which I'll post on here for you to read), wait for one more reference, and take the GRE. I plan on taking the GRE on September 14th, so I'm studying, studying, studying...

During my two week break I will take a small break from the GRE to go on a cruise with my mom. Yes, another cruise. We found one for super cheap leaving from Port Canaveral, which is only 45 minutes away, so we jumped on board (hehe) and snatched up the deal.  We are going to the Bahamas. Although I have been on this exact cruise 3 other times, I have never been to the Atlantis Resort... you know, this one....

Anyways, we book an all day excursion playing in this Resort, so we're hoping that those hurricanes and rain stay far, far away...

A few weeks ago, my friend Mary came and stayed with me in Fort Myers. We made it over to Sanibel and had some good food and girl time. It was extremely pleasant and fun. 

In other news, my wonderful friend, Elise, got MARRIED!!!! She was absolutely beautiful. It was a small wedding, with about 40ish people with a home reception at the pastor's house.  She had all those she loved and the food and company was great. I am so happy for her and Jason. <3

Elise was a stunning bride

Also, my BEAUTIFUL niece, Katelynn, started PRESCHOOL!!!!!!!!! Oh man, it was so exciting. She's growing up so fast, it's not fair!! She's such a cutie!!!

Her first day!!!

I wish I had something more blog worthy, which is perhaps the reason I haven't written anything in a while.  Hopefully when I get back to Ft. Myers and I have nothing to do but study, I'll write more :)

Hope you had a good summer!!

Distraction Please

I just needed to take a quick moment (real quick) to take a break from studying. I am exhausted from driving this morning.. which is something I do every week so should be used to it by now... but, I'm not. I have a test this evening and am studying....Blah.

The good news is that I get to go on a mini 2 day vacation next week to Maryland. I am super excited. And then the even better news is that next week starts the month of August, and August means that school ends for the summer, and that means that I get a 2 week break!!!!!!

Of course, after the 2 week break, I come back with Microbiology, Research Methods in Healthcare, Human Resources in Healthcare, Medical Terminology, and Intro to Diagnostic Testing. Phew. I'm tired already...

2 week break, here we come. :)

1...2..3!!!!!!!!

My beautiful niece is turning 3!!!!

Katelynn Grace is turning 3 years old on Sunday and we are having her birthday tomorrow. 

I will be making her cake -- it will be Yellow because that is her favorite color, and the party will be princess themed, because that is her favorite...well, everything. Her world revolves around princesses. 

In honor of her, here are pictures :) 

<3  It's love. <3

FUTURE!

In February 2011, I will have a new sister-in-law, and I am absolutely THRILLED. I can't wait.

Anyways, in November-ish, I will hosting a BRIDAL SHOWER for Kim. I have never thrown a bridal shower, but I am super duper excited. So, I was wondering if the readers of this blog would please give me advice or tips or ideas about the bridal shower. Anything would be helpful :)

This is their website, if you care to know a bit about them.

My Bucket List

There's been a few things that I've always wanted to do, not all practical, I want far too much :)

-Visit Italy
-Visit Greece
-Hopefully, I"ll achieve the above by taking a Mediterranean cruise
-Live in a small town (think Gilmore Girls)
-Live in New York City
-Backpack Europe
-Be a missionary

Sorry that I've seriously lacked blogging recently; my life is pretty repetitive lately :)