Freshman 15, I laugh in your face.

Recently I have discovered the wonder of Pinterest. It's been two days and I think it's safe to say that I am addicted already. Tonight I saw a post for No-Bake Energy Bites, and I decided that since I didn't want to be a "look only" pinterester, I would get out my measuring cups and make a yummy snack for me to grab before heading off to Pilates. I am staying away from the Freshman 15 like the plague. So far, I think I've done pretty well for myself. I am proud to say that I eat veggies with every meal, save breakfast, and I keep myself hydrated with good liquids. I've stepped it up since I've been here, and I plan to completely smash to pieces any myth that says I will get fat this year.



This recipe was super easy. I didn't have all the ingredients that were on the original recipe, but it's an energy ball...you can throw almost anything in there.
1 c. Oats
1 c. Shredded Coconut
1/3 c. Honey
1/2 c. Peanut Butter
1/2 c. Mini Chocolate Chips
1/3 c. Chopped Cranberries
1 tsp Vanilla
Stit wet ingredients, then mix in all the dry ingredients and refrigerate. Pull out, roll into balls, wrap up and stick back in the refrigerator!
I'm SO excited to eat these. I wrapped them up like little Hershey's Kisses, so I'll be opening up a little treat whenever I grap one. Only it's way healthier, so I win:)

What a Great Weekend!

On Saturday morning we went to a nursery to get some great plants and trees so we can make our own garden and have plentiful fruits and vegetables:) Here are some pics of the morning!

Lizzy decided that she was Queen of the Nursery and made me the peasant girl who had to pull the heavy load of trees. I mean...it wasn't heavy at all, I'm pretty much Wonder Woman, so of course it was a piece of cake:)

You know, you'd think that being a tree hugger would please the trees, and make them happy, but this one just kept on poking me!

After all the hard work, I decided it would be wise to take a nice drink out of the magical fountain.

After we bought our load of new bushes and trees, I looked at some seeds. My garden is going to be ROCKIN'!

Alas, sophomore year has come to an end. With all of the soul eating stresses of finals week being over, I now feel like I can just sit and relax, and, oh, what a beautiful, beautiful thought that is!

It's as though my eyes have been opened to a whole other side of life. Reading is now a pleasure, each turn of the page striking curiosity as to what is coming next rather than for the reason being to merely finish the book for yet another awful assignment. Closing my eyes at night, having those sweet, "sugar plum" dreams, and waking up with a smile, ready to take on the great adventures of SUMMER 2009!

I couldn't tell you for sure what all of these adventures will entail, but they will likely be filled with 110% of that amazing spontaneous spontinuity that comes with being around those I get to call my friends. Though school has only been out for a couple of days, some of these adventures have already come to pass! I got to take a trip out to the Grand Lodge in Forest Grove to go frisbee golfing, where I didn't do too shabby, if I do say so myself:) But I did get hit in the leg by another malicious player, and I now have a nice little bruise.
I also went and played some baseball at Jackson Elementary, where I was reminded of why I don't play many sports other than lacrosse. Just watch the video and you'll see how incredibly athletically challenged almost all of us were:)


Along with the fun I plan to have, I am looking forward to accomplishing many goals this summer. I plan on making my very first quilt, reading plenty of books, keeping a garden, plentiful of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, going running for XC, working to earn myself some mula, finally getting my license, and learning how to decorate cakes with my mom!

As you can see, none of these include my sister, Elizabeth, as she will be leaving us all to live in Montana for the summer. Honestly, I have no idea what I will do. The dreams that I had to drive recklessly around town with windows down, and music blaring, have been ruined, shattered to pieces, all thanks to that little twerp of a girl. I will definitely miss her!

So since Lizzy has helped me to make a cute new page, I plan on logging in more often and keeping you all informed of all of the fun I have as it comes! For now, it's au revoir!

Lizzy Is In Control!

Sarah will kill me. I am helping her change all her passwords and usernames but I decided that before I end I should have a little fun. Now I am going to write a blog entry for her.

Hey everybody, Lizzy is the bestest sister ever. She is so nice to me and I will miss her when she is gone this summer. That's all I have to say.

Long Time No Write!

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't exactly kep you all up to date with everything. Not that you all even really care what I've been up to anyways haha. Alright let's see. Last weekend I went to the Liberty High School Homecoming for the first time. My two best friends kind of had to drag me. After being to enough church dances I had decided to never go to any more dances. For some who attend church dances, you know what I mean. but I, being the great person that I am :P decided to do this for them. So, we all got read yover at Kaitlyn's house and headed over! For the first 15 minutes, the longest 15 minutes ever, I was thinking of all the things I would have rather been doing. which at that point was just about anything. but we finally found some people we knew and I got a thought in my pretty little head. Maybe if i start going crazy and just dancing to the music, I can trick my mind into thinking this is fun! So I did just that! And you know what? I don't think it tricked my mind al all, I actually did end up having a blast! The only down side was that everyone is all sweatiy and gross and your feet and calves hurt really really bad from jumping up and down for 3 hours strait. but the pros definitely outweighed the cons that night and I can't wait for next year!

Suggestions Wanted!

So I have decided that I really want to write a book. I have no clue what about though so I have come to the conclusion that I could ask the few readers of this blog for any suggestions they may have. I think I want something funny, but a real kind of funny. That everyone can relate to. And don't worry, if I end up writing anything it would be better written in ideas and content and with spelling and punctuation than I have written these blogs in. So if anyone has any ideas for me feel free to send them to me. My email address is livluvlax22@comcast.net Thanks!

Surprise!

I wake up, it's about 9. I go downstairs. Eat breakfast. Go on the computer. Watch some TV. As you can tell, this is a boring day. It's weird, something just seems...odd. I can't tell what it is though, which bugs me even more! I even text Kaitlyn and tell her that something is up, I'm probably just paranoid but something is just fishy and I can't drop the feeling! I had been out of the house with my older brother and when I got home i had the strange feeling that there was a presence inside my house. For a second i thought, did my mom throw me a surprise party? It's like a week past my birthday. So i get inside and no one is there. Huh, must be something else that's bugging me then. It gets to dinner time and we make little individual pizzas. As i am eating mine, suddenly a furry cover goes over my eyes. "AAAHHH! What are you doing?!" I hear the giggles and laughs of 3 girls. I know who it is now. My three best friends Kaitlyn, Mckinna, and Shayna. They begin to drag me and I fall out of my chair with a mouth full of food still. "At least let me finish my dinner!" I say. "Nope!" They say, and continue the dragging. I had no clue what the heck was going on and i would not make it easy for them to do whatever it was they were planning on doing with me. We get into the car and go on our way. I forget to pay attention to what direction we are going so I'm not able to tell where we are. Dang it! "Umm, what is all this about?" I ask. "It was your 16th birthday! We have to take you somewhere!" Kaitlyn says. "Umm, my 16th birthday was a week ago guys, why is this happening now?" I question. They tell me to shut up and just go with it. Ugh, fine. The car stops. I'm really scared now. We get out and I hear a ton of cars and shopping carts. Winco was the first place that popped into my mind for some reason. "Are we going grocery shopping?" I ask. "Just wait!" They answer. I hear a person walking by and I say, "Help! They are kidnapping me!" What a jerk, they didn't do anything about these impostors! We enter into our destination and my blindfold is taken of. We are in Baskin Robins. "Pick an ice cream!" Mckinna says. Ok, this isn't bad, i think, i had nothing to be scared about. So we all pick an ice cream and sit down at a table where they sing happy birthday loud and obnoxiously enough to kill all the people within a 50 foot radius. After they are done i apologize to all that are near us. They hand me a box that contains a super cute book bag and the amazing Boys Like Girls CD! Yess! I love these girls. We finish our ice cream and this is when Kaitlyn says, "Ok, put the blindfold back on!" No. Not again. "Isn't this it? You took me out to ice cream and now we get to be done." "We might be done, we might not. Just put it back on" Obviously there is more. Dang it. We get back into the car and are on our way again. the whole way i try to decide what places they would take me to. We stop and get out of the car and walk over some grass. Where the heck are we? I wonder. Someones house, odd. They are smart, it was my house and they had just taken a different way to get to the door. They lead me inside where they take me into a room and slide off my blindfold. "SURPRISE!" Is what about 10 people yell. My eyes almost popped out of my head and i can feel my face getting red. "I knew it!" I say, "This is what has been bugging me all day! I knew something was fishy!" I decided that that was a super power i had. The ability to tell when something was going to happen. Which could definitely come in handy! We all played games, watched a movie, went to some other places and had a blast all night long. I've never had a surprise birthday party before, and I will always remember this one.