Award :)

I want to thank Short Southern Momma for this lovely award!

I've never received it so I'm especially thankful for it!

The rules are simple:

Thank the person who gave it to you and

pass it on to 6 others explaining why you give it to them.

1. Allison at A Little Bit of Everything. Her and I have been exchanging our progress for working out. We encourage each other and it's helpful to have someone doing it with you. Plus, she's a teacher and I'm going to school to become a teacher :)

2. Liz at Musing Experiences. She has become such a good friend of mine & definitely one of the nicest people I've met. She can relate to some things I'm going through right now and has offered a lot of advice to me. Thanks so much Liz! :)

3. Kelsey Claire at Lavender, Leopard and Lace. I just love reading her blog! She always has something interesting to say and it's even better she includes pictures with the posts! Plus, her pups are pretty darn cute!

4. Jax at The Roaring Twenties (Mine that is...). I just started following her blog. She enjoys working out like I do and just seems like a totally fun girl!

5. Brittany at Unexpected Surprises. Her little boy is just the cutest thing ever! Check out her blog and the video she posted of him saying the names of the Planets. She's always posting about him and seems like such a great mom!

6. P at *Insert My Blog Name Here*. Her blog is hilarious. I don't think I've ever not laughed when reading it. She doesn't live in the states but that's ok! She's still entertaining and always has something funny to say :)

I had an epiphany.

Ok, so tonight in class (Educational Diversity), I had an epiphany.The reason this happened is because our class had to do a presentation titled "Who Am I?". Each studenthad to either make a poster board containing pictures, words, etc. about their identity and interests or bring in artifacts and then talk about them to the class. I made a poster board containing pictures of my family, friends, Snuggles, a camera, treadmill, my job, etc. I also talked about more things when I went up to present. Well, I thought I did a nice job of talking about myself . . . that is until other people decided to show me up lol.

People in my class really inspired me tonight. 90% of them are involved in an organization somehow, whether it be Susan G. Komen, Invisible Children, or just walking for different causes, they all had something wonderful to talk about. They all want to make a difference somehow. That's when it hit me..

I need to make a difference in this world somehow. I wasn't put here just to take up space. I need to get out there and DO something. Yes, I donate to the USO and such, but in my eyes, money is materialistic. It does help, but when you get involved and actually put forth effort, it means more.

I really want to do good and make a difference somehow. That's where you, my lovely, fabulous blog friends come in. I want to know of any great organizations out there. Things that are close to my heart are animals, skin cancer, breast cancer, and children. It is my personal goal to join and help an organization. If you know of a great one, please let me know. (I live in Maryland so if you know of something local, that would be great).

Thank you so much bloggers! <33

Walking in a Winter Wonderland . . .

. . . A G A I N

I woke up to 6 inches of snow this morning.

 

Oh and guess what? We might get 2 feet this weekend.
Who wants to buy me a plane ticket out of here?!

I like snow but I've seen more than enough this season.

It seems like it snows EVERY weekend in Maryland.

Have a fabulous Wednesday!

Hair.

I finally got my hair done today. (I've been getting highlights for at least 5 years now.) It has been 2 months and my roots, in my opinion, were terrible. (I'm probably exaggerating but when it comes to my hair, I stay on top of things lol) I really enjoy getting my hair done. It's relaxing to me. I got my roots touched up and about 1 1/2 inches cut off.

Before:

Horrible!

After:

 

No roots :)

 

Please excuse my non-photogenic-ness (yes, I made up this word)

tonight. I really do take better pics, just not tonight lol.

And incase you wanted to see my with

brown hair (my natural hair color) here ya go:

(I decided to dye it back to normal for awhile)

Me and my friend Kristin, New Year's 2008

If you like me better with brown hair, that's ok.

I don't but we're all entitled to our opinions :)

I won! I won!

So, not only has blogger introduced me to amazing ladies across the country, it also allowed me to win prizes! I've been blogging for exactly 1 month today (Happy Birthday Blog!!) & this is the 2nd giveaway I've won. (I should play the lottery) I got an e-mail today stating I won a giveaway. The giveaway was hosted by Join The Gossip. This is what I won:

Cucumber Freshening Water

Cucumber Cleansing Milk

Passionfruit Facial Cleansing Gel

Carrot Moisture Cream

Dewberry Body Lotion

Fuzzy Peach Bath & Shower Gel

Dewberry Bath & Shower Gel

Green Apple Bath & Shower Gel

Banana Shampoo

Banana Conditioner

Ice Blue Shampoo

Over $100 worth of products!

Made my day :)

Have a great Monday night ladies!!

And the winner is ...

Taylor Swift

for Album of the Year!

Look how stunned she is!

She also won

Best Female Country Vocal Performance (White Horse),

Best Country Song (White Horse),
and Best Country Album.

I'm so glad she won :) She deserves it!

She was so appreciative too.

And I just had to mention Lady GaGa's outfits:

Made by Giorgio Armani

Look at those shoes!

She's still fabulous though :)

Then her performance outfit:

Her performance with Elton John was pretty good, in my opinion.

She's so different with her make up & outfit choices but such a great artist.

Great Giveaways!

Juliana at A Blonde Walks into a Blog is giving away a Burberry scarf!

Giveaways ends February 16, 2010

She is also giving away this lavendar eye pillow & dryer pillow set.

 

Giveaway ends February 13, 2010

JennyMac at Let's have a Cocktail is giving away a Jimmy Choo bag!

Giveaway ends February 10, 2010

Go Enter =)