Just another rainy day

AHHHHHaoiberogwnoiaosbauifdhgnsga - What does that mean you might ask? That's what came out of my mouth about thirty minutes ago when I sent off my paperwork to start taking the CPA exam. Can't believe it's actually time to start! It seems like ever since I have been in college we have been talking about what we need to do to take the exam, and now it's time to actually take it!

On a more fun note, today has been kind of rainy and I saw this on a friend's facebook. Hope you are having a good day even if it is a rainy one!

Excuse me...does that mean I'm actually graduating?!

I just picked up my graduation robe, stole, hat and tassel. WHAT. THE. CRAP?! I can't believe I graduate in 81 days with my Master of Accountancy. 81 seems like a big number, but take out weekends and spring break and it's down to 54, then take into account I don't have classes on Fridays and it's down to 43. Seriously. FORTY-THREE DAYS OF CLASSES?!?! Please excuse my disbelief, but I really never comprehended that this was actually happening until now apparently. One more thing, what crazy person decided that DRAB (yes that's the official, gross tan-like color) should be the color for the business college stole and tassel? Obviously not a girl ;)

Now, on to some other exciting news. Last Thursday I had the privilege of attending the FarmHouse Sweetheart dinner where Kara was named Sweetheart for this year! Considering I don't keep secrets from her and if I do it comes out eventually anyway, it was REALLY hard to keep this from her! I think she was a little stunned when she walked in the room! I am so happy for her! Congratulations Kara!

 With some of the guys after dinner

Kaitlin (2009-2010) Kara (2011-2012) and Me (2010-2011)

Now off for a much needed workout. I think my body is about to hate me!





I'm Feeling Creative - Ribbon Wreath!

After much inspiration from my big sis, I decided that I needed to make a ribbon wreath for my house. A lot of my friends who have seen it have asked for me to post how to make them, so I am taking these directions from Shannon and sharing them. Please check out her two gorgeous wreaths on her blog. Thank you for giving me an idea of something to do and to occupy my (and Kara's) time!

Here is what you need:

12" styrofoam wreath form (Shannon used a 14", Kara used a 10" on one of hers, it just depends on what you want!)

Straight pins - I bought one big package (750) and probably used about half of them.

Ribbon! - You can use skinny or thick, whatever you want! I used mostly skinny so it took more, Kara used all thick so it didn't take as much, but both were really cute! I bought about 10 yards of 9 different kinds of ribbon, but only used a little over half of that.

Rhinestone pics from the bridal department at Hobby Lobby - So cute!

Ruler

Scissors

Step 1:
Cut the ribbon into about 4.5" strips. This takes quite a while,  Kara had a great idea to use the length of her phone (we have iPhones) to approximate the length.

Step 2:

Take a piece of ribbon and form a loop with each piece. The ends should overlap by about 1/2". Place a straight pin through the ribbon, from the inside out, to hold ends together. If your ribbon is one sided, make sure that your design is on the outside. It should look like this:

Step 3:

Attach the ribbons to the styrofoam form by pushing the pins into it.

I'm a little OCD about things being even, so I started by evenly spacing (somewhat) each ribbon. As it gets fuller you just have to randomly push them in and keep going until you can't see the styrofoam anymore.

Step 4: Once you have gotten it as full as you want it, you can put the rhinestones onto pins and push those into the styrofoam.

Step 5: Finally, add a loop of ribbon to the back (I just used a few pins to hold it in place) so that you can hang it on a door.

DONE! Awesome snow day project :) Thanks Shannon for the inspiration! She added wooden letters to hers which is also really cute! Below are Kara's wreaths (the first is for her mom and the second is for her house!)



Overall I am quite pleased with the results! Very excited to have something fun on my front door for the spring.

...it just keeps SNOWING

I have officially had SEVEN full snow days this semester. On top of that we have had two late start days because of the ice on the roads! Craziness! Especially because we should have had 19 days of class. 12 v 19...oh well! The good thing is that we don't have to make those up! The first grouping of snow days I pretty much slept the whole time because I didn't feel well at all, but this week I was out in it. Luckily, I have an amazing boyfriend who drove me around and kept me company the whole time! Below you can see some pictures from the "snowcalypse" of 2011.

Crazy guy walking through the foot + of snow! (about 2 pm)

These guys had the right idea about how to get around town!

Had to take this...I LOVE this barn and old barns in general and it looked so beautiful in the snow!

Idea of what the roads looked like

Mailboxes on Ryan's street...gives you an idea of how deep it was!

Love him!

Jumping around :)

I have NEVER had snow up to my knees before!

Ryan in front of his house...once again DEEP!

Gabby and me in front of Ryan's that night...so much snow!

Kylie decided that sitting in it was more fun than standing in it.



I never thought I would say this, but I am SO ready for this snow to go away completely! At least the main roads are cleared now! I did have fun this time around, but let's hope it's done for the year!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I'm going to a sale at riffraff in celebration of their birthday with Shannon tomorrow and will be doing LOTS of homework over the next couple of days!

Until next time,

I can't sleep so I blog

Last week we were out of school (and therefore I was out of work) for three days! I would like to say that it was nice and fun, but I was sick/really didn't feel well and ended up utilizing that time to sleep! Thankfully I have an amazing boyfriend who took care of me and chauffeured me around when the roads were bad (it's cute when he's so protective!). Since the temperature kept getting closer and closer to zero degrees, I decided (with a little help) that I needed a new coat. Hopefully it will be here tomorrow! Ryan likes to point out that I have an addiction to the North Face, but they are so warm and fit so well! Below is the jacket that I am getting (it should be of no surprise to those of you who know me that it is pink).

I am planning on putting up pictures of things I have been up to, especially cooking and crafts! Most of these pictures will come from my nice camera, but I bet a bunch end up coming from my iPhone. I bought a Sony Cyber-Shot HX1 last summer and have yet to be disappointed with it's pictures. It is one of the few purchases that I have made in my life that I have had really bad buyers remorse with, but it ended up being completely worth it! If anyone is looking for a camera to "bridge" between a SLR and a point and shoot, this is an awesome choice. If you are interested in any specs or in buying it you can find it here.



I am ready for it to get warm outside! It is supposed to snow again this Wednesday (100% chance too). I never thought I would say this, but I really wish it would just pass over us! Last Saturday it got into the upper sixties and I got to go running without putting on a hundred layers of clothes. There were both negatives and positives of that run. Positives = it was warm, the sun was out, lots of people had their dogs playing in the front yard, I got to use my new ipod shuffle. Negative = I am REALLY out of shape! Running is such a different workout than using the elliptical (don't let anyone tell you otherwise)! It's going to be a longggggg road to that half marathon! Another thing that I am currently loving is my running shoes. They are lighter and have more support than any pair that I have had in a while! The New Balance store in Tulsa honestly had the best customer service I have experienced in a long time and I felt like they were really listening to what I needed and wanted, not just what would make them more money. Below you will see my shoes (once again pink...I know, I know). Hoping to put these to much more use than using a treadmill or elliptical though so bring on the spring weather PLEASEEEEE!

I guess that's it for now. It's approximately 2:45 am and I have to be up by 7. Hmm....sounds like tomorrow may be a rough one! Hope everyone has a great week!