Enter my friends' giveaways!

I pause 30 Days of Truth to share of TWO fellow bloggers of mine who are hosting giveaways. (It might even count as three.)

First, the lovely Angie at Living Aloha ended her 29 Days of Giving with hosting a giveaway for her readers. She has chosen to give a very beautiful necklace to one lucky winner that has a touch of the island within it. I will post a picture here  but you can also visit this post here.

What I love most about this necklace is the pretty bottle of black sand included in it. Overall it is such a beautiful piece of jewelry, and it would be perfect to remind the winner of warm sunshine.


The second friend (friends?) that is hosting a giveaway is Sam at Love Never Fails, with the assistance from the oh-so-talented Valerie from Threads and Thoughts and Things I Love. I have been following Sam pretty much since I started blogging consistently, and very soon after she mentioned Valerie a couple times in her blog, I fell in love with Threads and Thoughts Things I Love. Valerie is so amazingly talented, and she can sew so many things, not just clothes (although I'm not sure why she would ever want to stop sewing clothes). She even made her own pretty winter coat! She's so humble about her talent, and she even assists friends with sewing projects over skype!

Okay, anyways, here is the picture of the skirt (modeled by Valerie) that one lucky winner will receive, custom made from Val herself!

I love how cute and feminine it is, and it looks to be a skirt that can be pretty versatile in how you wear it! You can get the full details of the skirt giveaway here.

Both giveaways will be picked via random . org, but I just wanted to write a post dedicated to each of these giveaways because ONE I love both of these blogs and giveaways, and two, I want to encourage my readers to go check out both (or all three!) of these blogs. You're sure to be inspired by them all!


Don't forget to participate in this week's photo swap! This week we have a theme!

My Saturday adventure was quite fun :) hope all of yours have been as well!

Happy Weekend Friends!

Well, this post is a bust

Tonight was going to be a post reflecting on the past year, but I am taking a bit longer with the pictures than I had originally intended. I got a tip from my friend Sam at Love Never Fails to help out with saving a little bit of room on my photos, and it's taking a little longer than it should. I'm a newbie at this, but I'm working on trying to make everything a little bit more friendly to the eyes!

Look forward to my reflection post that is (hopefully) coming tomorrow!!

It seems I want a little bit of everything

Thanks to -Sam I Am- at Love Never Fails for the idea for this post!

Some honesty straight from the brain and the heart, and just in time for Christmas!

I like.

• I like the feeling of my freshly shaved legs when I cuddle up in my bed!
• I like my University. I actually kind of love it.
• I like my class ring.
• I like my major (even though it tends to be a little redundant).
• I like to laugh until my stomach hurts and I can't breathe.
• I like my family, no matter how much my brothers try to say I don't like them anymore.
• I like my friends who might as well be family.
• I like to take pictures as often as possible with friends.
• I like to dress up for special nights out (honestly).
• I like my short hair :D
• I like purple. Probably a little too much.
• I like plaid.  A lot.
• I like fall more than any other season, the colors are breathtaking.
• I like having the feeling of security.
• I like my dog, even though the little shit doesn't mind at all.
• I like my blog, even if I have few readers.
• I like making posts that people actually want to read.
• I like both my fraternities A LOT.
• I like running, even if I don't do it as often as I'd like to.
• I like a whole lot more than this. If I kept going on, I would never get to the next part . . .

 I want.

• I want to be as happy as I am now forever. If not as happy, even more!
• I want to see the world, but want to start with my "own back yard" and see the 50 states.
• I want to look back on my life with no regrets.
• I want to see the Sooners win a bowl game this year!
• I want to make a positive impact on just ONE person before I die.
• I want to be a good example for my 2 brothers and 4 cousins.
• I want my mom and I to regain the friendship we once had . . .
• I want to work in IHQ for Alpha Gam (or volunteer to be an advisor!)
• I want to adopt minority babies :)
• I want to do something like Teach for America!
• I want to love so much it hurts. And not necessarily a romantic love.
• I want those I love to be able to appreciate the love, and not abuse it.
• I want to love my career.
• I want people to look at my life, and say that I did everything that made me happy.
• I want to be 23 without acne problems. That's annoying.
• I want to see the lunar eclipse tonight :)

Anyone else, please feel free to join our little like/want list!

It's kind of cool to figure out what your deepest desires are!

You can make your own post and give me the link to your page,

You can comment 1 or 2 things on this post,

or

You can even tell Sam 1 or 2 things on her post here

(I promise she'll like to hear them all!)

She's a lovely lady who enjoys getting to know new people :D

So get to telling us!

SOONERS ARE BIG XII CHAMPS!

So just in case you don't follow college football (and you should), The University of Oklahoma beat The University of Nebraska Saturday night 23-20. I was there for it. I have a picture of it on my phone but I'm still trying to figure out how to blog from my phone. (I may go in later and edit this post to add the picture of my view. It was a great view!) I stayed in Flower Mound, TX with my friend Janelle and got to cheer on the Sooners. It was fantastic.

I'm thoroughly exhausted from little sleep tonight, so I just wanted to give a quick update about how much fun I had, and to leave you with this picture that I got from Sam at Love Never Fails from when I finished my half. I was so excited about it and I wanted to share how great I felt after I finished! I cannot express to you how grateful I was to have her there to be able to see a familiar face when I crossed the finish line.

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

I DID IT!

OH MY GOODNESS. So remember how I told you that I was running in my first ever half marathon on November 21, 2010? Well I FINISHED! I wasn't quite sure how well I would do, or if I would even finish, but I DID IT!! This was a huge accomplishment for me! I was so proud of myself for pushing myself that as soon as I crossed that finish line, I burst into tears of joy! A special thank you to this lovely lady for being there at the finish line and being my familiar face throughout the race. It makes you realize there are personal cheerleaders when you see someone you know cheering for you.

Not only did I finish the race, but I finished with a pace of 13:50 per mile. All I could say to that was "holy shit." (seriously) There's no way I should have been able to keep that pace with the horrible training I did, but somehow I accomplished it!

I'm looking forward to possibly running another half in the 11th annual OKC Memorial Marathon with my friend Heather Ping. Thank you so much to everyone who thought of me the morning of my race. It was such an exhilarating feeling that words cannot do it justice. I challenge everyone to go and run some type of race, even if it's a mile fun run. Crossing that finish line is remarkable.

I'm so sore today, but it was SO worth it!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Yesterday was perfect. I finished all of my assignments in time to pick Erika up from the airport. I was so anxious to see her that I left Norman AN HOUR before her flight landed...I pretty much was heading to the airport the time she was boarding her plane. I made a HUGE sign to welcome her! She laughed and loved it (even though she may not want to admit it)! We also watched HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. SO FREAKING AMAZING!!!! go see it! seriously!

right now, I'm waiting around to finish up laundry, then heading back home to prepare my mind for this HUGE thing I'm doing on Sunday. If you don't know what that is, here is the official page.

Also thank you SO MUCH to my friend Sam for constantly encouraging me. I can't remember if I told her or not, but her finishing a full last year was my reasoning for wanting to challenge myself.

I may update a little more this weekend, so be on the lookout! Wish me luck!

Have an AMAZING weekend!