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. 

Things I'll Leave In Sophomore Year

Hello All,

Last Week my bloggy Bestie, Natalie wrote this awesome post all about things she's going to leave in last semester. Well today I'm going to kind of copy that idea but instead of things I'd like to leave in last semester I'm going to talk about all the things I'm going to leave in sophomore year.

As many of people know sophomore year was probably one of the hardest years I've had in school like ever! But I'm ready for a super stellar junior year because my summer has been just what I needed so I'm hoping this school year will follow.

So, the things I'm going to leave in last year is...

...The negative energy that nothing is going as planned

...Hell the need to have anything/everything planned, I'm going live life as it goes

...I'm going to leave unneeded stress behind.

...the guilt of getting people who make me feel negative out of my life

...the second guessing about changing my major

...the shyness, I'm going to talk to everyone and anyone

What are you leaving behind as you move onto a new chapter? Let me know in the comments below.

-P.S. My bloggy is going on hiatus. On Friday I found that I was going away from Monday-Thursday of this week and didn't have enough time to write this week's post. Thank you for understanding and know that I have some awesome post coming in the coming weeks. See you guys Saturday for the Big Brother Recap. xoxo

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!

Summer Goals 2014

Hello All,

I'm back!

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I had a fantastic time on my cruise and can't wait to tell you all about it! I have some ideas for post pertaining to the cruise and can't wait to share. I just got back last night and I'm in the process of unpacking, getting back to reality and edit my pictures to share.With that being said it will be a few days before I start completely bombarding you with Disney Cruise related posts!

Also before I beginning today's post I want to thank all my fabulous guest poster who took over my blog while I was away. I hope you all enjoy reading from them as well as found a few new blogs to read.

The week before I left on my cruise was a lot of wrap up for my sophomore year of college and I wanted to get it all out of the way before my cruise. As I mentioned in one of the post this past school year has been the hardest year of school yet. So, I wanted to be done with those icky wrap-up post before I left now we can focus on summer and the results of my trip.

Sorry, that was a bit a tagent but the whole reason I share it was because one of those post were the results of my Sophomore Year goals. That made me realize that by sharing my goals at the beginning and then going back and sharing how did, held me accountable. 

So, I decided there was somethings I wanted to get done this summer so why not create Summer 2014 goals!

1. Redecorate and Reorganize my Home Bedroom

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Even though I spend about 8 months a year in a college dorm, I really want my home bedroom to show my personality. I feel as if I have never had a bedroom at home do that. But 2 factors made it a little easier, 1. last summer I moved into basement at Mama J's house and 2. For my birthday Mama J got me some accersory to help decorate my room at go along with the theme I want. As for the theme you'll have to wait and see if and when I finish the room. 

2. Read & Review on the Bloggy 3 Different Books

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One of my New Years Resolution was to read 7 books this year and before my cruise I had not completed one. I just don't have time during the school year but I'm thinking if I read most nights before I go to sleep I should be able to read 1 book a month. And of course when i finally finish a book I till tell all you wonderful people out there in internet world what I thought of the book. 

3. Try a New Food Each Week

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So, I'm a really picky eater. But this summer I want to try a different food each week so that I can expand my palate. What are you some of your favorite interesting foods you like? Let me know in the comments, maybe I'll try them.

4. Go on 4 Different Cool Day Trips or Adventures

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This summer is going to be different then any other because this summer I will have a job, a car, money to put in a gas tank and some amazing friends. So, this year I really want to go on some awesome day trips so places I don't normally go.

5. Get Back into Shape

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Although I've never really been in really good shape but this pas year while I was dealing with everything else working out was put on the way back burner and now I am so out of shape, I am ashamed of myself. But this summer I'm going to get back into it and maybe one even be able to cross some running goals off my bucket list.

6. Visit My Different College Friends

I have made some amazing friends this year and last year but when I go home I feel like I never get to see them. This year though I'm not going to let that happen and go and visit or invite people over. 

7. Relax, Renew and Prepare for Junior Year

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After this last semester all I can think about is sleeping all day, everyday but that isn't going to work. Instead all of the things above are in some way going to help me have a great summer and that is exactly what I need. 

Do you have any goals for the summer? Let me know in the comments below!

Sophomore Year Goals Wrap-Up

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I know that over the last week I have been bombarding all of you with end of Sophomore Year wrap up! But this one is going to be last one, at least from what I see now. This one is the one that I have sort of been looking forward to because I want to see how I did on my goals. (You can see where I started here and where I was after fall semester here)

As I said many times over the last few days I feel as if I have grown leaps and bounds the past year. But a lot of the growing up I did over the past few months are in places I didn't even realize I would grow up. But I do know having goals helped me this year. I always knew I would share how I did with all of you and that help me stay accountable to myself. Now that I said all of that let's see how I did with all of that.

Work in progress

Not Even Attempted

Completed!

1. Get My G.P.A. Up!

I did a really good job fall semester getting my GPA up and I came in for the spring semester ready to work my ass off and keep getting my GPA up. But I had two classes that I just was struggling in. I'm not ready to give up and this goal is one that I will bring back for my junior year goals.

2.Stay Organized

Looking at my room at the end of the semester you probably never would have guessed that the organization had improved at all but it had I swear. I also found a way to organize my planner that I think I like, plus I might have found a way to organize my notebooks that I like. Much like my GPA I think this goal will follow through to my junior year goals. 

3. Make a To-Do List

This semester I really tried to make to do list but I really only did it when I was stress. So much like the other two I will continue to try this junior year.

4. Be the best officer I can be

As you all probably know I have decided to step down from being the secretary of my future teacher club mainly because I am no longer an education major. I know that I had my ups and downs as an officer but I think that I did the best job I could do and no way regret anything that I did.

5. Create a Budget

I really wanted to be good and create a budget but I never got around to it.

6. Eat Healthier and Get In Shape

I did so bad on this goal I don't even want to talk about it.

7. Have a Friend Come to Visit from Back Home

One of my best friends Tori came to visit. You can read about it here.

8. Make a big life decision

This goal was already crossed out at the end of last semester. But for those of you who don't know, I decided to no longer be an education major. I just want to thank again all those people who helped me make this decision and have supported me since.

9. Become More Social

I am so proud of how social I have become this year and can't wait to see what the next year will be as I know I will become even more social.

10. Keep Up With This Blog

I must say that I did a great job keep up with this blog. I create a traditional that I go blogging hiatus when finals come around and I took one other week off when I need it. So, thanks for the support and for reading my blog. 

And that's how I did on my goals this year. I think 5 out 10 complete, 3 out of 10 in progress and only 2 our of 10 not never attempted isn't too bad. I'm ready for a break from school and I have some ideas of what I want to work on for next year. 

And right now or later this afternoon, depending on what time you read this I am flying to Florida for my cruise! I'm so excited but I will miss you guys while I'm gone. Make sure you come back here Monday-Friday and the Monday after to see all my awesome guest post that will happening. 

10 Ten Moments of Sophomore Year

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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!