There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays!

So I have been home for 4 days and it has already been amazing! So much as been going on and it has been so busy! I love it!

12/18 We got home friday! I literally couldn't stop smiling as the plane came out from above the clouds and I could see the beach! I was so ready to just get off the plane! when we finally did it was the most amazing feeling to see my family again! Everyone is so grown up and it's funny that we are all almost the same height! :D On the way home we stopped by Chili's and ate dinner, which of course was amazing because it was basically the first real meal I have had in a very long time! Me and Chelsea went to the boys basketball game when we got home and I got to see kaity, ragan, ashley, alex, mallory, corinne, kirsten, bess and a bunch of people there! It was a lot of fun! Pretty much a great way to start off my christmas vacation!

12/19 The alumni game was saturday and boy was that an interesting experience! Not even half way into it I was starting to feel SO stinkin sore! It is funny how even though I have been going to the gym, I feel SO out of shape! I should have known it would be difficult! I mean in soccer you use so many different muscles it's insane! Muscles you didn't think it was possible to use! Those muscles are killing me right now, but I guess it is a good hurt! After the alumni game me and chelsea went to Pier Park for a little whil and then at 6 maggie came over, blind folded me and took me to red robin for a christmas present! Since I love red robin it was basically amazing! When we were finished there I went to Kaity's house! We basically just sat on her dock for about 4 hours and talked for forever! It was really nice though! Very relaxing and just shows how good of friends me and kaity have become! I mean we sat in the cold for 4 hours and talked non-stop! I love nights like that! When you can just sit with someone and talk! It's a great feeling to know that someone cares about every little thing that goes on in your life!

12/20 Emilee's baptism was sunday and it was so exciting! She has been waiting for it for so long it feels like and you could just tell she was excited! Im so glad that we could be here for it! After her baptism we went to Kaitlyn's 16th Birthday party! That was also so much fun! I think it is stuff like that, where a bunch of my friends are together at once and we just hang out and talk and have fun is what I miss most! I'm also glad that I was able to be here for her birthday party since for a while I didn't think I would be!

12/21 Yesterday I went to soccer practice with Chelsea! It is weird how much differnt it is from the last 4 years! It definately worked me hard though! Luckily the soreness went away for a while and it was awesome to finally bring back MEXICO! Playing world up reminded me of those good old soccer days! and it made me realize how much I really miss ragan! After soccer practice we hurried and got ready to go to Emilee's birthday party! She had her party at Pump It Up! and even thought a ton of little kids were there it was a lot of fun! Probabaly because all of the adorable kids from church were there! after her party me, jessie and chelsea went to Tropical Smoothie! YUMMMM! It was amazing as always! Literally right after I got home I left to go help Tori babysit the Fish's! It was definatly a fun experience! he Rileys were over too, and so that made a total of 5 kids running around everywhere! Althought it was pretty hectic at times, being able to hang out with Tori in the process was a lot of fun! And it kinda wore me out because by the end of the night I was dead tired!

12/22 Today was another early morning for soccer practice! But it was fun waking up and having cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate for breakfast! Maybe not the best thing to eat before soccer but I didn't care! We did more drills at soccer that will more than likely make me sore tomorrow, but it just shows me how much I need to keep up with all the soccer drills we do! No matter how hard they may be for me to do them by myself! After soccer I hurried and got ready and then headed over to Tori's to bake cookies! It was a lot of fun and I'm glad it gave me a chance to hang out with kaity again and rachel! I went to publix on the way home to get some stuff to make cookies for people, so im pretty excited about that! I was just informed that Corinne is on her way over, and that just made me even more happy than I already am right now! I love friends! Soon we are suppose to be leaving to do our traditional family Secret Santa thing. I guess it isn't really secret santa, we just pull names out of a hat and get presents for that person! It is fun, and I love doing it! Hopefully someone can come over tonight and can help me make cookies!

I basically just love being home! It is the most happy I have been in a long time! more fun florida adventures to come!

My Life Would Suck Without You

So this weeks season finale of Glee was SO stinkin good! Im almost positive that no one reads my blogs but since I have been replaying this scene in my head all day I figured I might as well put it up for people to see! That is if any kind soul stumbles across my blog and thinks it's worth checking out!


and. . . 6 days!!!!!

Baby It's Cold Outside

So the cold weather has finally arrived in Utah! I was beginning to think it might never come, but boy was I wrong! Pretty much all week the highs have been in the high teens and the lows have been in the single digits! It is definately different from Florida weather but I'm getting use to it!

I really like the snow! It may be cold and wet, but it makes everything look SO stinkin pretty! and it makes it feel a lot more like the christmas season!!

Christmas season is a magical time of year! It is my favorite!!! and lately I have thought a lot about service! Yes, this time of year usually brings out the giving side of people and I just love it! It makes everyone happy, especially me!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS! I LOVE CHRISTMAS! I LOVE CHRISTMAS! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

I also love the fact that in one week I will be back in Florida! Back home!!!!! I cannot wait to be home with my family and be able to hang out with friends and just be worry free from school and worrying about money and just everything!! It will be most fabulous christmas ever!

Christmas Movie Countdown Begins!!!

So we are doing all we can to have the most jolly christmas ever!! One way of doing so is to watch as many christmas movies as we can! We have 10 movies to watch and 19 days to watch them!!!

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Elf

Just Friends

The Holiday

The OC/ Friends


Jack Frost

Serendipity

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Eight Crazy Nights

The Grinch

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Thanksgiving is over!

You know what that means! It is time for my most favorite holiday!!

CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

So Jessie and I were driving home from a great thanksgiving dinner at out cousins home, when we decided Christmas had to begin as soon as possible! We blasted the christmas music and flew to walmart! We were going to wait to get a tree in the morning, but we just couldnt do it! We ended up getting a tree and some awesome ornaments to go with it! We got home and once again blasted the christmas music and started decorating. With lights we had gotten earlier in the day we lit up the tree along with the walls of our apartment! We literally sat there and couldn't stop smiling! This is what christmas does to you! Somehow it is filled with so much joy and love, that I don't see how anyone could possibly be unhappy during this time of the year?!?!

The next morning: BLACK FRIDAY
So we didn't get to target by 5 like we wanted to. 5 turned into 7ish, but it surpisngly wasn't too bad. The funny thing was that the only thing we ended up buying was more stuff to decorate our apartment. We also stopped by the mall and old navy. When we got home we finished ecorating and I must say it turned out great! There is no way you can't feel the christmas spirit in our living room!

Since I have had nothing else to do today, I have basically spent all day sitting on the couch, listening to christmas music and chillin with our new snowman stuffed animal. He has kept me company while all of my roommates are off living there lives at work and with family. Im not complaining though. I LOVE christmas and this is a great way to start off the season!

I'm so happy!

gotta love it

From THE VILLAGE. I love good movie quotes!

Ivy Walker: When we are married, will you dance with me? I find dancing very agreeable. Why can you not say what is in your head?

Lucius Hunt: Why can you not stop saying what is in yours? Why must you lead, when I want to lead? If I want to dance I will ask you to dance. If I want to speak I will open my mouth and speak. Everyone is forever plaguing me to speak further. Why? What good is it to tell you, you are in my every thought from the time I wake? What good can come from my saying that I sometimes cannot think clearly or do my work properly? What gain can rise of my telling you the only time I feel fear as others do is when I think of you in harm? That is why I am on this porch, Ivy Walker. I fear for your safety before all others. And yes, I will dance with you on our wedding night.

In the spirit of thanksgiving. . .

So I am guilty of being home sick.

It seems that my goal of finishing all of my homework for the rest of the semester was a success in helping me have plenty of time to relax, BUT having all that time made me no longer distracted, which has made me think of nothing else but home and how much I miss everything about it! So in a way, my brilliant plan back fired because it is never fun to dwell on things that you miss.

This morning I had a nice long talk with a good friend. Since moving to Provo she has definately been the most help in listening to me when I need it or just randomly calling at the most perfect times. While talking to her I went on and on about how much I miss home and blah blah blah. Her response to my whining was not what I expected it to be. Not the sympathetic "It will all be okay" answer I wanted but more of a "Suck it up and deal" attitude. Sure this may sound harsh, but it surpringly wasn't at all. It made me start to think.

I don't want to be this downer person! I chose to move far away from my family and friends. I chose to start this "new" life. I knew it would be hard for me and a completely different experience than I have ever been through. I knew what I was getting myself into.

When my friend told me that I needed to "suck it up" I realized that it is up to me to be happy. This experience can be a good or bad one and it all depends on me! I can honestly say that this experience thus far as been a lot of fun! I have enjoyed every thing about it, even the many nights of undecisiveness!

So how does this relate to Thanksgiving you may ask??? Well, I have so much to be thankful for in my life, and I really have no good reason to be a "downer" about certain things. Sure, I may not get to talk to some of my friends as much as I would like to, and I may be too far from home to where I can't go home for every holiday like a lot of my other friends, but at least I have friends who care about me. At least there are some people who actually care to call and talk, even if it isn't super often. At least I was able to come out here and start this new adventure with some of my family and friends! I'm thankful for even being able to come out here to this amazing place and meet the people I have met! I'm so thankful for the gospel that is in my life, because I know that without it I would not be able to be strong in situations like this. It is the gospel that lets me know I am never alone! Whether it be comfort from the spirit or through those people who touch our lives that are sent to us by the spirit.


My new goal is to look at everything in my life with as positive of an attitude as I can!!! I want to be one of those people who others can look at and say "She always seems happy."!

I Honestly Don't Know How to Live Without You

24 hours ago we had this crazy idea. . .

"Let's go to the New Moon showing at 5 AM!" and "Let's not sleep until we get home from the movie!"

The night officially began at 6:00pm! I was finished with my night class and me and Jessie headed to the mall. We had an interesting encounter with some guys in the parking lot and then we went into the mall and walked around. After an hour or so we decided to check out the movie theatre to see if any die hard New Moon fan were out there waiting in line for their midnight movie!

I couldn't believe how many peole were out there! There were lines of people in the parkig lot with chairs, blankets and food! It was insane! It was only 7 o clock!!!

Before going home we stopped by the gas station to pick up some Mt.Dew to help keep us awake! Then we got home and fo course watched Twilight, and basically just hung out! We played around with Leesh's card board cut out of Edward, and just enjoyed the night!

It was definately a lot harder than I thought it would be to stay awake. And I will admit that I feel asleep for probably about an hour, but at 4 o clock it was time to head out! When we got there, there was a small line already and I seriously surprised! I didn't realize that some people are as crazy as we are, although Im sure a lot of them woke up for it and didn't stay up all night.

By the time the movie started I was so tired, but it was definately worth it! New Moon was so much better than Twilght! It may be becasue of the fact that I actually read this one before it came out, but either way it was amazing!!! I want to go see it again!!!

A Life Like the Movies

So I have decided that although I would consider musicals my favorite genre of movie, I have found that romance and romantic comedies tend to stick out in my mind very often.
It is one of those things where I sit there and watch a movie. Fall in love with the "love story" and wish that someday I will have that movie moment. The relationship where people go, "wow! you're so lucky!".
Not only are the stories in movies perfect, but the music played during those moments make them even more amazing! Most of my favorite songs come from those perfect movie moments.
What was my inspiration for writing this blog? Well I'm sitting here watching Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and it reminded me of all the movie romances I love so much! The real question I have, and that I think about almost everyday, is when will I have that moment? Or i guess a better question is, will I ever have that movie moment that I dream about? Where I get swept off my feet and fall in love!
Well who knows what the future has in store for me. Even though as of right now it feels like it will never happen, I will never lose hope that it will. I guess you can call me a hopeless romantic.

so no one told you life was gonna be this way. . .

My day consisted of. . .
-waking up at 9:30
-did homework for 8 hours straight
-ate chinese food
-watched about 3 hours of FRIENDS

and now im sitting here wondering how someone could possibly come up with a show that I could watch every day and never get tired of???

anyway, since my day was filled with multiple choice questions, scientific journal articles and video reports I dont have much to say except, it should be lots of fun doing basically the same exact thing tomorrow! My current goal is to finish all of my psychology homework for the rest of the semester, and Im SO determined to do just that!!!

The Start of Something New

So my first blog, how exciting! In this first year of independence I have found myself constantly being lost in thought. So I figured a blog would be a good way to let everyone know whats going on in the mind of Lissa.
Well, even though most people who will read this already know me I feel like writing a quick summary of my more recent life.
We moved to Florida the summer before my 8th grade year. I thought my life was over, but moving here turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me. I started playing soccer for a traveling team and that team became my best friends! With soccer, church, school and everything else Florida became home and the 5 years I had there were filled with memory after memory.
As much as I miss my family and friends, Im excited about this new beginning, or this "start of something new". Yes, that is a high school musical reference and yes, I love high school musical.