cards and claire

i had a pretty free wednesday and decided to go down to michael's and pick up some supplies for card making...then claire came home and we decided to have a little "martha stewart" time and made all of these (plus more) cards...i think we made about 25

for my favorite professor (claire inspired)

made by claire:

for claire's g-ma

for our italian teacher

for claire's professor

for claire's professor

made by shannon:

Then and Now...after 4 years

freshmen year 2006

senior year 2010

i went on a nice 6 mile run today and i had a lot on my mind. most of the time i was thinking about how much i have changed/ how much pepperdine has made me find out more about myself. here are a few things:

- i can complete a triathlon (junior year i was in a triathlon class, and though i did not really train for it except for the once a week classes, i was able to complete it and place 2nd amongst the girls)

- i am passionate about service (i owe this to the volunteer center and also the mission of pepperdine)

- i value all the friendships i have made over my 4 years at pepperdine.

- it takes a lot for me to fall for someone but when i do i will do anything for them

- i am an extravert (who would have ever thought?!?!)

-i can fall asleep anywhere (class, parties, restaurants, interviews) just sit me down and i will pass out

- i love country music

- i love running when it is cold outside in a nice long sleeve shirt and my nike shorts

- i like to kill two birds with one stone (working out while reading/studying, listening to a lecture while facebooking)

- even though i have taken 3 semesters of italian the only thing i can say is "ciao"

- shopping is therapeutic

- i can't have it my way even though i try so hard

- i hate being alone, though i know i need to save some time for myself

- i love being busy. just look at my schedule monday-friday leave home at 7am, arrive back at home at 12am or later

- i can pull an all-nighter (not for studying but for talking with friends)

- i value my education and know that i am so blessed to be able to receive one

- when i am stress or sad or frustrated i can't eat but i can run for hours and hours

- i owe so much to many of my professors. i have learned so much from them and i wouldn't be the person i am today if it wasn't for them

- i can play basketball in uggs (freshmen year co-ed intramural bball game)

- i love my 4 year roommate with all my heart! she has taught be so much and has really given my a new insight on life

- my family is amazing, i owe everything to them

- my friends are wonderful and i am sooo blessed to know each and everyone of them

i probably could go on forever...thank you pepperdine for all that you have done to make me the person i am today...

thoughts...

birthday celebration (thank you all my friends who made my special day special!)

so lately i have been living on less than 3 hours of sleep a night due to trying to get everything in before i graduate. i don't want to waste any time. i want to spend as much time with my friends as possible!

here are some quotes from the past week that i felt were blog/life worthy:

"basically right now class is a waiting room for all the other really fun stuff that we're doing we just go, sit there, don't get too engaged, don't really pay attention, chat on facebook, send some texts, etc and wait for the bell to ring to set us free" -appleby

"yeah make sure you do it when you are senior again" -diana (i have already used this one a few times, and it works everytime!)

"i am going to invest in the friendships i know are going to last past college"

"i can sleep next year"

countdown: 3 more weeks that i need to fill with as much friend time as possible! vegas this weekend should be AMAZING!

friday started off wonderful...woke up and went to trader joe's to pick up some lovely flowers for the senior prom. this year i was not able to attend the senior citizen's dance that is always so fun. i was able to make the centerpieces for the ball. it was so much fun. maybe that is my calling??? a florist???hmm...

after my presentation for my non-profit class, my friends and i decided to go and eat & drink some yummy night snacks. appleby knew of this great place in santa monica called "urth caffe"

here are some pictures of the yummy food and drinks we indulged ourselves in:

soups: tomato&rice, manhattan clam chowder, veggie chili

drinks: forgot their names but sooo yummy! and they all came with a little piece of artwork

sandwiches: turkey panini, tomato&mozzarella

the girls <3

easter eggs...continued...

pictures from easter with my new camera! (at my house)

carrot cake from aunt linda

at matt's home. christi made pretty and yummy eggs! next year i need to make them! they are made from rice crispy treats!

Easter eggs...cupcakes

today was a lovely day. woke up @ 5am sleeping on the couch, since i guess i passed out last night once i got home from malibu. once i went back to bed for a few hours i got up and my mommy and i had our weekly saturday shopping adventure (costco, michael's, kirkland's, etc). at mikey's we found a lot of sweet decorations for my graduation party. soo excited!

since i seem to make cupcakes for every occasion i decided to make them for the family easter get together we will be having at our home tomorrow. i decided (well really my mommy bought them) to make lemon and red velvet. though the cake part was from a box (one of these days i will make them from scratch) the frosting was from scratch, topped with easter colored sprinkles.

p.s. happy 5 years and 11 months to matty and i <3