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What are you waiting for?! 

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I'm still here!!

Yeah you probably thought I fell off a cliff or something, but no. I'm just finding it hard to blog between working at JCP, moving and organizing the apartment, and studying for finals. I'm running on very few hours of sleep right now and I have 4 finals left to take/turn in. 

Shoot me now. 

On a happier note though, the apartment is AMAZING! I'll post before and after pics as soon as the after is finished. Jenn still has to live in the dorm so she won't be moving in till Friday. We still have a pile of boxes as tall as me and a table and shelves to assemble, but overall it's coming together perfectly! I'm completely in love with our new little home :)

Plus, I got an iPHONE!!!!!!!!!! I still haven't had time to play with it a lot, but blogging will certainly be done through it. Amazing. 

Besides the lack of sleep, stress of finals, and the weird bruises I've gotten from working/moving, I'd say this has been a fantastic week... and it's only Wednesday!.... it is Wednesday right?

And since a post really isn't a post without pictures, here's a diy pop-up card picture tutorial from Oh Happy Day that I just LOVE and it's super easy! Have a wonderful rest of the week!!!!

GOT THE KEYS!!!!

Jenn and I officially signed our lease and now are legitimate renters!!!! We were suppose to get them tomorrow, but they were able to let us in a day earlier so SURPRISE!!!!
So yeah, we're kinda excited.... (YAY!!!!!!)

Due to it being a surprise, we forgot a camera, but Jenn got several pictures with her phone. You know, the whole getting the keys, signing the lease, using the toilet....   jk. Maybe.
But we do have some sweet action shots of us dancing around the living room! Once I get them I'll show ya. Tomorrow I'll move some stuff, but furniture won't come until Saturday with my parents so it's just a bunch of waiting now.I'll be sure to take some shots tomorrow with it empty. You know I love a good before and after :) I keep bursting into song and squealing with joy (that's common, right?)

(here comes the segway) Speaking of apartments, you should definitely go over to Apartment Therapy and check out the Small/Cool 2011 competition. People submit pictures of their little apartments or homes and let people vote which one is the best. The majority of the voting is done so the finalists are all that's left. Here's a few pictures of my favorite of the finalists.

You can check out the whole apartment HERE.

I love the mix of the soft velvet couch and industrial coffee table.

 And I'm always a fan of huge paintings :)

Day trip

So yesterday Kevin, Jonathan, Jenn, and I decided to go on a little trip to Fayetteville for the Arkansas Spring Football game. Honestly, I didn't know we were going to a football game until we were halfway there. It's baseball season, so naturally I was very confused. We got up early so we could be at the stadium 3 hours before kick-off (??!!!) to get a good seat. We all had a good time...

But really I only went for the food.

Hello funnel cakes :)

 That's me with Jenn, my funnel cake partner/future roomie

 Kevin was so excited! He's wanted to watch a game here his whole life. 

Life-long dream: Accomplished.

 Jenn and Jonathan (my cousin)

So cute :)

"We so excited. We, we so excited."

Harding Uprooted

 A major storm went through last night bringing straight-line winds and hail. I'm just shocked at the damage. The grounds crew has been working so hard at getting the campus beautiful for Spring Sing (Harding's huge money-maker) which is in a week, and now it's an absolute wreck. Keep those who were affected by this storm in your prayers because what was done to Harding is nothing compared to some other places hit by the storm.

JCP

Guess who got a job at JC Penney for the summer??!!

ME!!!

I'm so excited!! Sure, I'll just be a cashier, but it's my first legitimate job outside of Harding. 

And the store is right next to my soon-to-be apartment complex so talk about convenience!

Can this get any better?!

Oh, it can. 20% discount. Boo-ya! :)

I Love Chi Omega Pi! WHOO!

Tonight I was elected to be President for my social club, Chi Omega Pi!!!

I cannot wait to serve these girls with everything that I have and I hope to glorify God in everything that I say and do for this club. These girls are so amazing and I wish all of you readers could meet them! They are truly the best people I've ever known!  

I literally can't stop smiling :) :) :)

My first night as a ChiO 

"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves, 

a cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12

I am an adult.

Last fall I was asked what rite of passage would make me feel like an adult.
I'm 22 so that puts me in the adult range, but of course I never felt like a big girl.
Mostly because I still get asked "What grade are you in?" 

Would buying my first home make me feel grown up? Marriage? Babies? 

None of the above.

I actually responded with "Buying a couch."

...Yep. 

Couch, meet blog. Blog, meet couch. 

Technically I'm still not an adult since my parents actually bought it for me; however we did a sort of trade. The only things my parents were ever sure to get me for Christmas and birthdays were furniture pieces so over the years I've collected a lot of furniture. But since a lot of it looks so good in my parents' home, they've decided to keep some pieces and bought me this couch instead! 

I totally got the better deal :)

I did a little happy jig right there in the store and 

wallowed all over the floor model like it was actually mine. 

No shame. 

And for those of you who are wondering, I got it at 

HANKS fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine furniture.

I'll never make fun of those commercials again.

The End.

Well. The show is over. All the paintings are packed up, the walls have been spackled and painted, and the mobile is no longer hanging from the rafters. It was so depressing because it reminded me that my college career, as I know it, is about to end. Sure, I still have one more semester, but I'll be off campus and student teaching. I won't even have a real reason to step into the art building anymore. I was so ready to leave when I graduated from high school that I never went through this depressing transition so this is hitting me really hard. I guess it just gives me all the more reason to enjoy it while it lasts :) As my friend Tripp always says,
"This too shall pass."

Sorry if that's really depressing, but I know a lot of you can relate to that. 

Well, here's to the show!
And on to the next!