May 8th's reasons to smile

• I'm about to bake a chocolate cake. I love baking and cooking, it never fails to make me happy.
• I'm also about to make potato salad because it's one of my mom's favorite dishes, that I can successfully cook. I tend to stay away from cooking her most favorite dishes because I don't want to mess them up :)
• I went to a psychology study session today. I love studying in a group, I like to learn and laugh at the same time so that's always good.
• I love saturday mornings because we usually don't have to rush to go anywhere. I can come into my mom's room, wake up my little brother and sister and play with them. I usually attack them with tickles and questions and it's always a lot of fun until they start getting mad because they don't approve of what is on tv. It's all very cute.
• did some online window shopping. I always have fun doing that. I find so many cute things.
• I'm currently wearing two socks that don't match, one is white and gray and the other is pink and black, zebra striped! I really wanted to wear socks but I couldn't find the other zebra print one so I took one of my brother's socks. :)
• I was thinking about all my friends from New York that I've known since the 4th grade and the ones I've known since preschool and I think it's so awesome how were all growing up and going away to college soon! We were just little kids not too long ago but we're growing and we're on to bigger things. it's so exciting.

I've been looking forward to seeing Betty White on SNL tonight! I'm prepared to totally enjoy watching SNL tonight, too many people I love to watch are going to be on my screen at once. It will be amazing!

and I love...

10 of my favorite things in picture form. It was really fun to do. Iza =] posted one and it was really interesting so I wanted to try it out for myself. These are a few of my favorite things....

Favorite Hobby: Jewelry making. It relaxes me.

Favorite TV Show: Golden Girls =]

Favorite Restaurant Food: Friday's cajun chicken and shrimp with pasta. yum!

Favorite thing to shop for: accessories :)

Favorite Animal: Zebras!!

Favorite Song: hard to pick but Ooh Child by The Five Stairsteps. I have tons of favorites of course

Favorite Word: PEACE

Favorite Youtube Video: True Colors

Favorite Movie: Juno or Pretty Woman or August Rush or...I have too many favorites!

Favorite Childhood Memory: spending time with family

that's me and my mommy. I don't remember that of course but it's one of my favorite pictures!

make the most of all the stress?

stress: physical or emotional tension; emphasis; pressure.

People always say that "dealing with stress makes you stonger." It may be true that stress makes us stronger but why does it have to be so hard to handle sometimes. When it makes us feel like there is a mountain on our backs and we feel like giving up because we can't see the point anymore, we need to keep going. We can't give up. I think there just may be a reason for all of our stress problems. I think we go under so much stress so that we can appreciate it more when our lives are going "normal" and things are going "smoothly." Apparently, everything is a lesson and the "stress lesson" teaches us that we can get out of those dark days and that there are better days are ahead. I'd still like to know why is has to be so hard but I understand that it can show us strong and powerful we can be.

"It Always Rains the Hardest on the People Who Deserve the Sun"

Clearly, a lot of stress and hard times means that we're special. Overcoming it and finding a way to smile makes us more powerful that we've ever known ourselves to be before. We can get through the dark days. It's possible. We just have to know that we can never give up hope!


These are somethings I look to when I'm stressed:

and MUSIC =]

It may be silly but they do relax me a lot and I love them.
listen to Faith by Jordin Sparks

"when the sky is darkest, you can see the stars. when you fall the hardest, you find how strong you are. Close your eyes rest a while, it's been a long long day. So come on baby baby, have a little faith."

-Jordin Sparks