My Last Day as a Teen

and as you can see, I am SO immature. Ugh, teenagers. AMIRIGHT?! 

At the stroke of midnight, I will transform into a poised 20-yeard old (actually, I'm turning into a Princess)

Goodbye Adolescence!

I'm only going to be a teenager for a few more days and I feel oddly sentimental about it. I really am excited to not be a teenager anymore though, I feel older than that and being called a "teen" just doesn't sound right to me anymore.

But, it is kind of weird to think that I'm growing up. To people reading this who are in their 20's and on up, I bet this sounds really silly to you but, I'm just kind of a sentimental person! I can honestly say though, that I appreciated my teen years and soaked it all up. I learned those "pivotal" lessons (how to drive, how yelling & screaming will not make your parents let you go somewhere, how to pluck eyebrows...etc.) and I know I still have growing up to do...but now it's the BIG stuff. What career path should I take? Where should I move after college? How should I handle x/y/z?  

As much as I'm excited to grow up (I never really will though), there are times when I'm facing more "big girl" decisions where I wish my only worries were about who will ask me to Prom or who I'll hang out with next weekend.  

So, as a proper send off to my teen years, lets re-live some moments. The good, the bad and the ugly. 

Kind of hard to see but this was my 8th grade birthday party...

 

Me with my darling car when I was newly 16...

Me and my mom in NYC...

The beginning of my senior year of highschool...

Me and one of my dearest friends, Christine, at Senior Prom...

I graduated Highschool!...

Outside of my dorm at Mizzou (oh the horror, the HORROR!)...

Sarah and I at bid day this year! (she's the same redhead from the 1st picture) I'd say we have both grown up nicely...

And finally, this is (not) me now...

 

ahh, I love her 

 Toot-a-loo teens and hello twenties!

*Today I'm grateful for the smell of laundry fresh out of the dryer*

What Can I Say?

The Royal Wedding is over, I laughed, I cried, I did a little jig when Prince William said, "You look beautiful" to Kate and when Kate said, "I'm so happy!" to William after the ceremony.  

So far, these are the best pictures I've found.

My friend Sarah and I decided it was all we could think about today.

But now, finals are approaching and I have lots of studying to do this weekend. However, my birthday is in FOUR days and I'm going to see Arcade Fire in FIVE days!

*Today I'm grateful ABC streamed the Royal Wedding live online so I never had to get out of bed*

I've Succumbed to The Royal Wedding Hype.

Isn't it funny how many people (including me, most likely) will happily wake up at 4 am to watch the Royal Wedding, but if asked to wake up at 4 am for any other occasion would probably gripe?

I just think it's funny, but all in good fun!

I don't care if people don't "care" about the Royal Wedding. Despite the criticism, I'm excited about watching it! It is a small part of history, but I think many people can relate to their romance in a way. On top of that, who doesn't like a good wedding?? I'm sure it would be more cultured of me to be a cynic about all this but I honestly like all this Royal Wedding hype. Hey, at least this is a joyous event to look forward to when many other terrible things are happening in the world!

Also, if you were marrying into royalty wouldn't you want to have a kick-ass wedding too? I would.

So cousin Kate, I wish you and Wills a lovely wedding, I'll be in my dorm room, eating cereal bars and wearing pajama pants thousands of miles away, but I WILL be watching!

(Is it weird that I kinda hope she cries at her wedding?)

 

*Today I'm grateful for triscuits and cheddar cheese slices, yum*

Happy East-over (Easter/Passover)

I have absolutely no pictures but that is ok, for I feel very, very fat and do not want my chubby bod posted on the interweb. 

So this weekend at home has been glorious, lots of family & food...and then more food. 

I celebrated Passover on Saturday night and ate my weight in brisket & carrot mold (it's good, I swear). 

Then today I celebrated Easter for the first time! Growing up we had the "Passover Lamb" who brought us eggs but I've never had a traditional Easter before and it was so fun!  

I was lucky enough to spend both holidays with my favorite people. Today's Easter lunch was at a Lake house and it was so nice to be by the water. I threw the football around with Travis & then we rode the segway. 

This evening was spent watching Bravo and eating chocolate while a storm rumbled outside my house. I feel so very blubbery. I usually do not stress too much about weight, I've been there, done that, but my goodness, my arms feel like sausages hanging out of my shoulders and I've been pregnant with a food baby since Thursday night. I don't even remember what vegetables taste like. 

Enough of boring posts without real pictures. I hope everyone had a happy holiday weekend, no matter what religion, we are all blessed to be on this earth! 

*Today, I am grateful for love from friends & family*

I Really Hope I'm Related to Kate Middleton.

 

Image from People Magazine 

I'll admit it, I love Kate Middleton. Who doesn't? She's gorgeous, seems relatively normal and she's marrying a Prince! Here's the thing though, I think I may be related to her and I'm not even joking! 

You see, my Grandmother's maiden name is Middleton and her family came to the U.S from Great Britain so obviously, we must be cousins! 

And seriously, our resemblance is uncanny: 

This is me, on a windy day:

 
Image from the NY Daily News

Ok lame joke (that's not me for those of you who didn't get that) I know but I really do want to find out if we are distantly related. I will definitely be one of those people watching the live coverage of the Royal Wedding on TV. 

*Today I'm grateful for homemade gnat traps*

Attack of the Gnats.

For some reason or another, I am having a gnat "issue" in my place. 

It started out as a few annoying little buggers but now, I see as many as six of them in my room. 

It was time to take action. 

I tried a couple of things like putting honey on the rim of a bottle to attract them to it and then drown. But, no, no luck was had. So now I've pulled out the big guns. I haven't taken a picture of it but basically, I filled a cup with apple cider vinegar and some dish-soap. Then I covered the cup with cling wrap and poked holes in it so the gnats can fly in but not out. They will hopefully drop into the vinegar-soap pool where the gooey soap will trap them and the vinegar will singe them. I. Can't. Wait.   

Then, I poured bleach down my drains and let it sit for about 20 minutes (this is safe, I looked it up) just in case they laid eggs in mah sink. EWWWWW.

All of this was found on the internet by the way. I don't want to use chemicals so lets all cross our fingers and say a prayer (because gnats are very annoying) that in the morning, I will wake up to floating dead gnats. It will just start my day off right. 

*Today I'm grateful for a good cheeseburger and curly fries from "Fatburger"*