New Years Eve 2011

This year I am spending the New Year in Ellijay, GA with a group of college friends. Since almost everyone has graduated and moved away from Orlando the only time we ever get to see each other are for big events like weddings, UCF homecoming football games, holiday vacations, and I'm sure sometime in the future baby shower. We've headed up to Ellijay once before for a spring break in the mountains and it was a blast - we went horseback riding, climbed a mountain, had bonfires in the back yard, and watched Deliverance (a "horror/thriller/utter-crap" movie that was filmed on the same river that the house we stay in is on).

We still have no official plans for New Years, but me and the girls have decided we want to dress up - even if we do just end up hanging out at the house.

This would be such an adorable outfit to wear for the occassion!

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Merry Christmas!!

I hope that everyone has a very merry and blessed Christmas!

This year December 25th is going to be a quite day for my family beause my dad is out of the states for work. It will just me, my mom, and my grandfather, and we will be going to church and then having a small dinner.

We will be celebrating a late Christmas in the beginning of January once my dad is home - my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew will be in town from Michigan, and my younger sister will be in town as well. We will be celebrating Baby O's (my nephew) first Christmas with lots of presents!



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Secret Santa Pays Off KMART Layaway Accounts

This story is just so inspiring. It makes me truly believe that amidst all of the selfishness, conceitedness, and greediness, there really is some good still in the world.

Being a broke college student doesn’t allow me to do something like the man in this story did, but I try and do the best that I can. During high school I organized canned food drives for Thanksgiving, and now I donate money whenever I can – mostly involves dropping a few dollars into the Salvation Army buckets in front of stores this time of year.

Someday I would love to be able to do something like the man did by paying off peoples layaway bills.