Gumption.

The Holiday.

My favorite quote from any movie ever made : 

I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love. Of that I am an expert. Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space! -Iris Simpkins

What a dialogue, eh?

(Try and imagine Kate Winslet's voice.)

Gets to me every time. 

Especially with the music.

I feel like Kate should have won an award or something for this movie... I mean just watch this clip.

Honestly, if you haven't seen this movie... rent it NOW.

Always makes me feel good. 

Well this is pretty much what I wanted to share with the world.

My favorite movie.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Harry Potter. The Boy Who Lived.

3 Days.

Oh. My. Word.

Gonna be a great weekend!

Heading up on Thursday with Mr. Kyle Nelson.

Meeting with Kaylee.

Eating dinner with the newly weds: Tim and Cara.

Standing in line at the theater for a few hours.

Watching most likely one of the most anticipated movies of my life.

Eh... that might be stretching it...

Told you it would be a great weekend.

I would talk about what I expect for the movie but I don't want to ruin it for anyone.

So I might do that after.

So I will leave you with my favorite quote from the book.

"Not my daughter, you .....!"

Mrs. Weasley

(I bet you can fill in the blank)

They better have that in the movie or it is completely ruined for me.

McCurtain County

I don't think people seem to realize how unique McCurtain County can be.

And by unique I mean completely weird.

Yes I do love Idabel with all my heart...

Just not so much the people.

Tonight at my daily trip to the wonderful Wal-Mart of Idabel,

I realized...

every trip is the same.

I get there

immediately see someone I don't want to see,

try and hide before they notice me,

only to run into them somewhere else around town.

Ohh small towns.

Sigh.

At least there is always that one rare occasion when you do see someone
you actually want to see.
Those are the good days.

Well that is pretty much what is on my mind right now.

At least it's something new. :)

Bye Cupcake.

The Final Stretch!

Two tests, one essay, and four finals away from summer.

That is all I have left of my freshman year!

What an experience.

And I have loved every minute of it!

I cannot believe it is almost over.

Wow.

I just wanna recap my freshman year with some photos. :)

Yup. Thats most of it.

Have I ever mentioned that I love picnik?

Hooray. :)

I love it!

I should probably get this in a frame.

I have soo many things to look forward to this summer!

Okay my so many I mean like one... or two.

But one major one...

These two are getting mawwied!! 

Probably the event of the summer.

So excited.

Also...

AAAAHHHHH!!

I can't handle this.

I just can't!

I have read this book twice and it is the 

most intense movie I am ever going to see.

Ever.

I get knots in my stomach every time I watch the trailer.

BAH.

So so so so so so excited.

And one last thing...

My birthday! Woo!

I have realized lately that I do love having my birthday in the summer.

I used to not think that.

But having parties are just more fun when you can enjoy them outside.

Bonfire. Pool. Grill.

Best time ever.

So... this next part is mainly for my parents...

Or anyone else that might be extremely generous.

:D

But. This is kinda my wishlist for my birthday!

1. Toms Botas. I adore these shoes. I love them so much! And the soles of the shoes wont wear off like the two pairs of classics I have now!

2. LOTS of Baking Utensils. I have realized that I have hardly anything to bake with at college. And believe me... next year, I am going to be baking a LOT. 

OH! Did I mention I get to suite with 

JORDAN MCBRIDE and LAUREN WHITTINGTON?!?! 

How awesome is that?

Here is an example of a little handy-dandy tool:

I've kinda been needing this for a while.
But it levels the cake for you!
Very Handy.

3. Cookbooks, of course. Not just baking books, but also actual meals. :)

Hooray for Birthdays!

:)

Hopefully this post has filled you up with

joy and laughter... which I'm sure it did. ;)

Until next time,

Bye Cupcake!

Cake cake cake cake. :D

Oh hey.

I should really think about becoming better at this whole blogging thing.

Sowwy. :)

Anyways.

I should probably be studying for Psychology right now...

But I am too busy looking at baking blogs.

I kinda want to start my own.

If only I had my own kitchen.

But in a week and a half I will be home for the summer!

I can probably start my cooking blog then. :)

I just want to share with you some of the things that I am

planning on attempting this summer.

They look really easy... but I don't want to say that

cause every time I say something looks easy...

It definitely is NOT.

Well I found these cakes on a website called

"I am Baker"

This girl is legit.

She says she is a beginner but I highly doubt that.

Just go look at a few of the things she has made.

Like this.

I kinda fell in love with this when I first saw it.

Also, this.

Bah.

This makes me so excited to actually start baking.

Okay. So since I don't want to make this post too long...

I am gonna make two.

See you soon, Cupcake.

Oops.

Well, I was gonna blog but I think I might do that tomorrow.

Goodnight.

What I would give to have my own kitchen.

Oh man.

If only you knew how much I want my own kitchen right now.

I would make dinner every night.

Well maybe not EVERY night but I would make dinner A LOT.

I am so obsessed with recipes right now.

Living in a dorm is not helping me.

:/

This summer I think I might just possible turn this into a cooking blog.

You know.

Cook things.

Blog about it. 

Share the recipes.

I wanna pull a Julie & Julia.

I would do this now but it's too much of a hassle in Stephen's kitchen.

Oh well.

If I do make something, though.

I will be sure to tell you about it. 

Look at this awesome cake sketch that I made in psychology.

I'm pretty proud of it.

Now only if I could make it. :)

THAT is when a kitchen would come in handy.

Oh well. Patience is key.

Bye Cupcake.

Hello. 

Its been about a month or two now since I have posted.

I guess I should probably blog now.

Yeah. Good idea.

Well...

Happy Valentines Day.

Wait.

It's 12.

Nevermind.

Happy Late Valentines Day.

:)

Today might have been one of the craziest days of my life.

Okay maybe not the craziest but it was pretty crazy.

Mainly because it was just Valentines Day.

I never knew this but Valentines seems to hit you like a ton of bricks when you are at college.

It is seriously EVERYWHERE.

It's sickening.

Just kidding. 

Seeing some of my friends with their Valentines was pretty cute. :)

But seriously. Its everywhere.

I could not walk anywhere on campus without seeing flowers or couples all over each other.

*sigh*

Whatevs. NBD.

I had a good day overall. :D

This is my one and only Valentines present from the ChiO Sunshine girls.

Thank goodness for them :)

BUUUUUT- I also got this little thing in the mail!

Tim & Cara's save the date woo!

Also, Harry Potter number dos in the back. :)

Me and Rooms are trying to watch them all the way through.

Surprisingly she hasn't seen all of them and we are still roommates.

I can't believe it.

Oh well. I guess my hate for Demetri Martin cancels it all out.

But I hope this doesn't mean that I have to start enjoying Demetri Martin.

Cause that is NOT going to happen.

I have realized today that no matter what kind of day I am having,

ChiO meetings ALWAYS make me feel better. :)

I love them so much!

Well with a day full of Valentine craziness.

It's time for bed.

Until next time my dear readers. 

(if you are out there)

Bye Cupcake!

Harvard Sailing Team

Have you heard about the amazing Harvard Sailing Team?

Well. They're not a sailing team.

And not from Harvard.

They're a comedy group.

From New York.

And they are

HILARIOUS.

I seriously have become a YouTube addict just because of their videos.

They've got some genius stuff.

I just thought I would share with you some of my favorite videos of them :)

This next one is kinda sad.

But sooo funny. :)

Hope you enjoy. :)

You can look them up on YouTube to see the rest of their videos.

That's it for now! :)

Bye Cupcake!

Christmas is here! Christmas is here! Christmas is finally here... I've been waiting all year!

It's almost that time of year.

I feel like I've got more Christmas spirit this year than I have in a LOONG time.

It's wonderful. 

I do believe that Harding is the main reason for having this Christmas spirit.

They just make it special. :)

Ain't it pretty? :)

It would probably look better if I had a better camera.

Along with the lights, Harding will put on special events

with Christmas music, carriage rides, and lots of hot cocoa. :)

Perfect.

I even watched the first half of "It's a Wonderful Life".

I should probably finish it sometime soon.

I got a Christmas card from our ChiO beaux today. :)

Made my day.

Love them!

Along with all that Harding does to get me in the Christmas spirit,

I also have some awesome friends who celebrate the holidays with me!!

Elf, decorating Christmas cookies, and ChiO sisters.

Best. Time. Ever.

Here's just a summary of our process with our cookies. :)

The coolest looking cookies ever.

Delicious too. :)

Final product. Delicious.

And finally, our cutout cookies.

Roomies! (just thought I would add this in here)

Lauren's beautiful snowman cookie.

Lauren drawing my face on a cookie!

(That's supposed to be me)

Me and Lauren's cookies :)

Mere's stocking!

Our "cookie log"... yeah... looks like pizza.

So we just made a cookie monster :)

Agh. So much fun.

Bye Cupcake.

Almost forgot about this thing.

Oh hello.

Remember me? Yeah.
It's been quite a while since I've written a new post.
While sitting trying to study for my American History final,
I finally remembered: Hey, I have a blog!
Random? Yes.

Well a lot has happened since I blogged last.

For example... I am now a ChiO. :)

Yes. I survived club week and I enjoyed every minute of it!

I have made soo many new friends and I love each and every one of them!

I feel so proud wearing my (Addie's) club jersey every Friday.

I feel so important. :)

p.s. I pretty much had the BEST big sisters ever!! 

Heather Bloomster and Addie Loeffler are so awesome! :)

Lets see... OH! I also traveled a bunch by myself. :)
Drove all the way home and had a BLAST.

Broken Bow lake with Kaylee, Kim, Karissa, and Laura.

Yummy fudge. :)

Birthdays.

And of course a bonfire with some of the besties from high school.

The very next weekend I drove all 6 hours to Oklahoma City to
see McKenzie, Tim, Austin, and this wonderful lady!

                                   2010                                                                                2006

Probably my favorite picture ever.
Love this girl! :)
She is graduating in 9 DAYS!
And I get to see her!
Pumped.

Well since there were fifty other things that happened since I wrote you last...
Maybe I should just start all over.
*Ahem* Here we go:

Hi. I'm Megan.
This is my blog.

Yeah. That sounds good.

ANYWAYS.
This is my very first dead week in college... I must say.
It's not very dead.
I have my first Spring Sing meeting this week!!!!
Can't you tell I'm excited?
This is the reason I went to college. :)
Just kidding... but really.

I am SO ready for this semester to be over. You know why?
I'm gonna be moving in with THIS girl! :)

This was at the oh so awesome... Broomball!

We were "spinning" each other around.

It didn't work out so well. :) 

I am suuuper excited for her to be my roomie!
We are already making plans for next semester...
like renting a puppy for a weekend.
Yes. A puppy.
And did I mention that there already 9 other ChiOs down my HALL? :)
And even MORE great girls upstairs!
I hope you understand my excitement.

This looks like a long enough post. :)
Maybe I'll keep it up next time!

Oh. And deleted Twitter account.
Surprisingly I haven't missed it.

Ok.
Bye Cupcake.

Geek in the Pink

Tomorrow.

So excited.

And guess who else I get to see!?

We're gonna party like there is no tomorrow.

Well, at least till 1... Because that is curfew. 

After a week full of mixers, tests, and loads of laundry, I need this weekend.

I had two mixers this week: Iota Chi and Chi Omega Pi.

For the Iota chi mixer, we had to dress up as rockers while the members wore nerdy outfits.

It was fun. met a lot of people. Not sure if it's for me though.

Chi Omega Pi, however, seemed to suit me very well. 

We dressed up as geeks. 

I seemed to relate more to the girls in this club.

I met like 5 girls who wanted to be a pastry chef.

Even met one who had their own "underground bakery" at Harding.

Awesome idea.

Well the third mixer for both of these groups aren't until the weekend after next.

I have yet to receive the invitations in the mail but I believe I am going to get them next week.

I'm pretty excited to see the theme for the next Chi Omega Pi mixer!

Thats it for now! 

Bye Cupcake.

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes.

Today was a good day. :)

1. Got out of New Testament early for everyone naming 25 of Jesus's parables.
2. Muffin Chapel. Yes.
3. Most likely aced my test in statistics... then got out early.
4. Don't have Wellness on Fridays.
5. Made a delicious bacon, egg, and biscut combination thing. So good.
6. Bought a t-shirt to tie dye for the Iota Chi mixer.
7. Worked out with Alyssa.
8. OH... also made brownies. :)
9. Watched When in Rome with Alyssa and Vanessa.
10. And finally raised my bed up high. Hopefully it won't fall in the middle of the night.
11. Also... finally found the best coffee for my new coffee pot. Hallelujah.

Sad news...
1. Kaley doesn't get to come in this weekend. :/
    Maybe sometime soon though. :) I miss her!

I went to the meetings for all of the clubs this weekend. There are so many to pick from! But out of all of the ones that I visited, I would have to say my two favorites are Chi Omega Pi and Iota Chi. I am still going to visit more mixers though just incase I might like another one.
Pretty exciting. I'm so ready to make more friends, you have no idea.

Well my room is FINALLY coming together. Maybe when I get a job it will be like I want it to but now its just... eh. Me and Vanessa spent about 45 minutes to an hour trying to figure out what to do. No doubt it will change later.

Thats it for now.
Bye Cupcake.

 So. Since cooler weather is here and Summer is coming to a close, I thought I would share some fond memories of this summer:

1. Graduation, of course.
    \
2. Wicked
    
3. MFCC
    
4. 18th Birthday!
     
5. Nights with Friends
    
6. Work Camp
    
7. San Antonio
    
8. And finally... SKILLET! :) :) :)
    

Ah. What a summer.

"Witty Title"

So after numerous suggestions of writing another post, I finally gave in. The bad part: I don't know what to talk about.

So... Just listen to this. :) Not the whole song... Start at around 5:02

Aren't you glad that we don't sing like that in church? I sure am. :) Though it would give me a good laugh.

Anyways. I guess I'll tell you about classes now.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are heaven. I have one class in the morning before chapel and that is it. I have the rest of the day to just hang out, do laundry, go to Wal-Mart. All the good stuff. :) Although, I did find out that going to Wal-Mart earlier in the day does not keep you from all the creepy people. I went at around 10 am the other day and there were just as many old creepy men as if I had gone in the middle of the night. Maybe this is worse than Idabel... maybe.

Well, I have a full day of classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

8 am - New Testament (every morning)

9 am - Chapel (every morning)

10 am - Elementary Statistics (MWF)

11 am - Wellness (MW)

12 pm - Lunch (ever day... duh)

1 pm - Composition 1 (MWF)

2 pm - American History (MWF)

So... I don't get out till 3. Its pretty much high school except I have to walk farther and I get to skip every Tuesday and Thursday.

Well I've started making some friends. No doubt if I join a club I will get more. But Jaime, Weston, and Cara have been a big help in introducing me to people! I can ALMOST remember everyone's name that usually sits with us at lunch when I'm there. :)

Random note: I seriously miss my puppy.

I know I will regret saying that when I visit home but she is just too cuddly!

Other random note: My desk chair allows me to lean back without worry of breaking it. :) I love it.

Ok. Thats it.

Bye cupcake.

Never Thought This Day Would Come.

So. I'm here. FINALLY. 13 years of hard work finally pays off... to do even more work. But this is going to be the time of my life and I am ready to experience more than the awesome adventures of Idabel, Oklahoma. I know, its such an interesting town, right?

So here's my day:

Packed my bags.

Said "peace out". 

Mom cried.

Dad cried harder.

Said goodbye to the old place...

And said hello to the new.

I'm pretty sure that closet is bigger than mine.

(Sorry Kaylee, I can't find a place big enough to hang it yet!)

Well of course not everything is in its correct spot yet. We still have a few things to buy. I'm sure by the time classes actually start it will look awesome. :) I'm excited.

Sadly, I arrived late to registration so I wasn't able to make it this morning. So I have no idea what I'm doing. Hopefully I'm registering for Impact in the morning so I can get my t-shirt? My roomie said I get one and we're supposed to wear it tomorrow. Hopefully they give me one! 

Well thats it for today!

Bye Cupcake. 

Oh. And once I got here... I realized I probably have too many movies to keep in their cases. Should probably think about investing in a cd holder.