2014 In Review

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

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I'm not a 100% sure why but 2014 really was one of my best years of my life. I found a major that I really like. I have made new friends and gotten closer with some old friends. I went on some super cool adventures. And overall I was happy more then I was sad. I was relaxed more then I was stressed. And I felt positive more then I felt negative. Now I want to take a look back on some of the cool things I did in 2014.

-In January I went to see Saving Mr. Banks (Review Here)

- Started and completed Spring Semester 2014

-At the end of January my family experienced a miracle

-In February I played in the snow with my friends.

LtoR: Mandi and me

-I also saw the movie That Awkward Moment (movie review here)

-I had my first article published, which crossed something off my bucket list!

- One of my best friends, Tori, came to visit at me at college!

LtoR; Tori and Me

-I went to my cousin's wedding

LtoR: me and Mama J

-I turned 20 years old! (birthday post here)

-Enjoyed my sophomore year spring break

-I went and saw Wicked

-I step down from being the Future Teacher's Club secretary

-Went to the annual Future Teacher's club Apple Banquet

With the Spring Semester Officers (LtoR: Me, Lauren, Deanna, Heather and Cyndi)

-Particpate in my school's Relay for Life

The Theme was Super Heroes and my team made capes.

-My blog turned 1 Year Old

-Changed my major

- Saw Hunter Hayes, Dan+Shay and Danielle Bradbury

-Went on a Disney Cruise

-Went to the beach with Tori

-Went and saw 22 Jump Street (movie review here)

-Went and saw The Fault in our Stars (movie review here)

-Went to a Red Sox Game

-And spent the night in Boston

-Spent a day in Mystic, CT and went to Mystic Pizza

-Spent a day in Newport, RI

-I visited family in New Hampshire

-Dyed my hair for the first time

-Moved back to school for Junior year

-I went to the Maze Runner (movie review here)

-I went to see Maze Runner (movie review here)

-Homecoming 2014 with the lack of pictures

-I went to see Big Hero 6 (Movie Review Here)

-I went to see Wicked with my cousin

plus did my first fashion post

-Went to Disney with Mama J

And that was my year in review. Until I did this post I didn't realize just how busy my year has been! It was fun and crazy and I loved every minute of it. I can't wait to see what happens in 2015!

I hope everyone had a great New Year however you celebrate! 

P.S. As many of you know I'm a huge Gilmore Girls fan. I just want to send my condolences out to the family and friends of Edward Hermann after his death yesterday. Richard Gilmore has always been one of my favorite TV characters and it breaks my heart to know that he has passed away. 

What I Love Wednesday....Hunter Hayes' Invisible

Hello All,

Happy Wednesday, happy hump day, happy the week is almost over. Except when your on summer break, then your weeks aren't as specific. Which is amazing! 

This week I'm feeling a What I Love Wednesday...

I'm not a huge fan of listening to the radio, I don't like all the talking and the commercials, so I often buy CD's from my favorite artists and bands. Over the past couple of weeks I have been non-stop listening to every time I drive to Hunter Hayes' new CD, Invisible and I must say, I am in love. 

To me its rare that when listening to a CD that each time a song comes on I go, "OMG this my favorite song!"

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Although I love all the songs on the CD I want to share with you guys my top 5. So, relax, enjoy and let your ears listen to this beautiful music!

Still Fallin'

Tattoo

You Think You Know Somebody

When Did You Stop Loving Me

If Its Just Me

And those are just some of my favorite songs on the Story Line. I've been rocking out and maybe you found some new songs to rock out to as well. Have a great day!

-P.S. Check out this week's video on my Youtube which features all my May Favorites

Dan, Shay, Danielle and Hunter!

Hello All,

Over a month ago I went to a concert with Hannah and I'm just now getting to writing about, but I hope the post was worth the wait.

The concert was Hunter Hayes (cue the drooling) with Dan+Shay and Danielle Bradbury as openers. And the concert was so much fun. Before I start telling you about concert itself, let me tell you about how we found out about the concert. One day, I was scrolling through my facebook page, when I saw a status about the concert and told Hannah. We agreed that we HAD to see it. 

The first performers were Dan+Shay. If you have been around these parts for a long time you may remember that Hannah and I first saw Dan+Shay when we saw Hunter Hayes at the Big E and fell in love with them. 

They went on stage right on time and Hannah and I missed the first song because we were waiting in line for Merch. But the parts that we did see were ah-mazing! They had a great stage presences, the songs were good and they really vibed off the audience. 

A little while later, Danielle Bradbury came on. I didn't really know much about her. I mean I knew she won the voice and that she was young. I also knew her first single, Heart of Dixie which I really liked.

She was okay, she had a good stage presence and has a bright future as a performer but I personally didn't like her. I might listen to her songs from time to time but I don't know if I'll ever go to a concert where she's the headliner but I won't avoid a concert she's part of. Hannah on the other hand loved her and thought she was great. 

She rarely looked toward our side of the stadium so I don't have any pictures of her

And then Hunter Hayes came on. I don't know enough positive adjectives to describe his performance. For one he was on stage for a whole 2 hours. No costume changes (not that guys really do that lol). He dances and sings and always seems to have a great time while on stage! 

The most amazing part of watching him perform was to see just how much he loves his fans. He thanked us so many times for being there and asked to have him back many, many more times. In my opinion, yes Hunter you can come back as many times as you want, because you are just that amazing. 

He's in the right corner

The stage in the audience that he sang on

Singing with Danielle

Singing Wanted! I'm in love

Here are some tweets from that night.

I bought their CD and listened to for like a week straight. Right now I'm on Hunter's new CD Kick right now

Still #Dying

Sorry for the typo lol

And that was the Hunter Hayes concert!

10 Ten Moments of Sophomore Year

Hello All,

Although this year as been one of the hardest year by far I feel like I had a lot of great moments this year and I want to celebrate that as much as I want to celebrate the fact that i survived. I did a post like this last year which you can check out here.

Through the ups and downs of semester I am grateful for everything I got to experience. So, find out which moments/events were my favorite.

10. Being an officer of my Future Teacher's Club

It was a lot of work and sometimes a lot of stress but it was a lot of fun and I'm grateful that I got to work those two lovely ladies pictured above for the whole year and the 4 others who only serviced a semester. I learned a lot about myself and how to work as a team.

9. Relay for Life 2014

Relay for Life is one of the most awarding moments that my college does. I love that the future teacher club has a team each year. This event is always fun!

8. Homecoming

This year was my first year of going to homecoming, either at college or high school. At my college they have parade that different organization has the opportunity to take part in, they also have a tailgate and of course the game. It was so much fun and I can't wait to go again next year.

7. Found Out I Was Going on My Cruise

Although my cruise isn't until next week and didn't actually take place during my sophomore year. Finding out that I was going on this cruise got me through this past semester by having something fun to look forward to.

6. Apple Banquet

This event was so much fun because everyone who went got a chance to celebrate all the hard work we put into our club this year and we got to celebrate all our accomplishments.

5. Big E
 This was my first year attending the Big E and all the food was yummy and we got to see some awesome exhibits.

4. Hunter Hayes (Both Concerts)

Yup, that's right I went to two Hunter Hayes concerts this year. The other was just a couple a weekends ago. But I have to say Hunter Hayes is one of the best performers I have ever seen life! Hannah and I both had so much fun together.

3. My bestie, Tori, came to visit me!
Tori is one my best and most trusted friends. It was great to get to see her especially because when I see her I can tell her anything and that weekend I had a much needed rant session/ Plus I always love seeing her, we always have bundles of fun no matter we do.

2. Wicked!

My amazing roommate brought me to see Wicked for my 20th birthday. It was probably one of the most creative gifts I've ever been given. Plus seeing Wicked was on my bucket list and I got to cross it off!

1. My First Byline!

Seeing my name in print was probably one of the most exciting things I've ever done. I got to cross getting something off my bucket list and in all honesty I never thought that it would actually happen. EVER!

Although life isn't always easy I am hopeful for what this summer will bring and I can't wait to see what happens in Junior year.

Also much like last year I made my Sophomore year video with all the pictures and videos from sophomore year. I encourage you to check it out! You do so by clicking here.

SEMESTER REWIND: Spring 2014

Hello All,

I can finally breath again because this semester this whole school year is over and let me tell you it has been the hardest years of my life but more on that in a different post. This is the first of three different end of the school wrap-up posts, sorry it might get a little repetitive for you guys but its my blog and I want to document my life to the best of my abilities. 

With that being said I'm going to rewind this semester and take a look back at what I've done in the Spring 2014 version of...

-I learned about what Hold Up That is Whack is all about

-I started a new semester motivated and ready to go

-I found out that I was going on a Disney Cruise with my family!

-I took at look back at who I thought I'd be

-I got nominated for my first Liebster Award (and few more after that)

-I had an event that helped me re-evaluate my faith...in the best way possible!

-Had a few really awesome snow days

LtoR: Mandi and me

-And tried some new things on snow days

Yummy!

-I got my first Byline! 

Holding the front page from my paper!

-Tori FINALLY came to visit

LtoR: Tori and me

-I got to go to my cousin's wedding!

At my cousin's wedding
LtoR: Me and Mama J

-I went to see Wicked with Hannah! (Part 1, part 2)

LtoR: me and Hannah

-Stepping Down from my position as an officer of the Future Teacher's Club

-Apple Banquet

LtoR: Me, Lauren, Deanna, Heather and Cyndi

-Relay for Life 2014

The Team (LtoR: Me, Heather, Becca, Deanna, Jaime, center Cyndi)

- Seeing Hunter Hayes, Danielle Bradbery and Dan + Shay in concert (post about this coming up post cruise)

-Finals obvi but who wants to think about that!

And that was the rewind of Spring Semester 2014. I can't believe how much I did and was able to accomplish. Hell I crossed two things off my bucket list! I am looking forward to junior year but I'm ready for the much need summer break!