Little Ol' Me

After seeing a few family members follow in Funky Junk's footsteps and introduce themselves for the link up party, I thought I would play along too :)

Who I Am.

I am:

A determined college student, trying to keep my 4.0

A stubborn conservative who knows that socialism just doesn't work

A hard worker who works almost as hard to spend money as I do to make it

A little nut-case who loves to goof off with friends

A daughter of two amazing parents

A sister to two gorgeous young women

A girlfriend to one of the luckiest guys on the planet :P

And I am a follower of Christ.

Where I Live.

I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world: Southern Utah

This is my stomping ground

And this is my home!

I am so lucky to live in my apartment style dorm with 5 of the most amazing girls in the world. We are all crazy college students who listen to Eminem when we feel scandalous, and go to Walmart when we want to partyyyy :)

My Favorite Room.

My favorite room in my whole house is my bedroom. This was taken before I really settled in, but since then I have had a great time adding my own personal touches. This is where I read and study for hours, call my family, and have long-distance date nights watching House or Community over Hulu.

I share my room with another student from California, and we get along very well. My room isn't at all private or a place where I go to be alone, but I always feel relaxed cozied up in my bed :)

What I like to DIY.

I am a certified Zumba instructor, and I love to dance my heart out.

On good days, I spend hours choreographing and pumping the music!

Yes, I am aware this is super nerdy, but I love to make projects and things that help me get organized. This is a chore chart I made a month or so ago for my roommates and I. I suppose what my hobbie is, is to make daunting things seem fun.

I also love to create study tools. I never did well in school when I was a kid, but I think part of that was I never made effort to make myself enjoy it. I look forward to teaching so I can help kids  learn in ways that work for them.

One other thing I really love to do is play around with digital art. In the past I have made many handouts, school projects, desktop backrounds, and facebook pics all using Microsoft's Digital Image Suite. I have never really enjoyed sitting down to sketch with a pencil and paper, or painting things to give as gifts, but I love using colors, filters, and other computer effects :)

Here I had fun messing with saturation, shadows, and color, all to make things more interesting.

  

Talents I Wish I Had.

I absolutely love music, but I wish I were better at it. I wish I could play piano like Chopin, play the guitar like an ace, and sing like those amazing women on braodway. The truth is, I feel like these are all things that I have already developed at least a little talent in. The one talent I really wish I had, was being able to do or fix anything on the computer. Though having the smartest computer guy in the world for a father makes life easy, and does put my tech knowledge ahead of some of the other students out there, there is still so much I don't understand!

Why Blog?

At the very beginning, I started my blog so I could let other people know what I was up to while I was 1000 miles away from my old home. Now, my blog is so much more. I like to express myself. I like to write the silly and stupid things down so that months or years from now, I can look back and remember how amazing my life is. To me, what I write in my blog is proof that I am blessed. I could never ask for a better support system, a better school, or better college experiences.

Life is Beautiful :)