small simple advice.

• it's very smart to wear a seat belt. very smart.
• cheesy chick flicks are great when you just want to giggle.
• don't eat at midnight.. even if you're craving food... don't give in.. 
• it's good to stop at stop signs.

i like quotes.

pinterest is taking over my life! 

what does yours look like?

voice lessons are great. not only because i'm learning to sing. kathryn always  gives me the best advice, and it's always something i needed to hear. it's either she reads peoples minds and always knows what to say to me. or she's a blessing from my father in heaven, inspiring her to say the things she does.

the lesson she taught me today has to do with a field.

forgive me now. for i will butcher her words. she said them beautifully.

but she said something along these lines..

everyone has a field. and in your own field, in places the grass is very long and hard to get through, so you have to work to make a path. but in other areas of you're field, the grass is easier to get through, and making the path takes hardly any effort at all. 

everyone's fields are different. the ruff parts are in different areas, and the easy parts are in different areas. 

the field symbolizing our life. 

some things come so naturally to us we hardly recognize them as talents. 

others are obstacles that we have to work hard for, but they can eventually become talents as well.

she then went on to say,

just because someone is better than you at something, doesn't mean you aren't as good as them. because there is bound to be something in your field that's an easy path, that in their's is an obstacle. 

i kid you not. i almost started to bawl. right there, and i may or may not be tearing up right now.

she said. "it's all about perspective. it helps with the coveting. and you become happy for those around you, instead of being envious and jealous. and saying ehhhh it's that person." 

thank you kathryn.  i really needed that peptalk. and not just because i was nervous about the recital on saturday. but because it's something i've been struggling with for a long time. 

vacation please?

get me out of pg.
away from the cold wintery days,
and the piles of homework waiting to be done.
and the dramas of high school.

take me to a place that's warm and sunny.

so i can lay on the beach and listen to the waves crash against the shore, and let the sun tickle my skin. forgetting the world i left behind. not having a care as to what that boy thinks of me. or worrying about if i fit in or not. or dwelling on hurtful things people have said to me. please take me there. i need to feel relaxed. and i wouldn't mind a tan either.











if only life was really that simple 

because you can't run away from the drama, the problems, the heartache, and the whatever else boils your blood. 

does it ever get easier? 

will people become nicer?

does the drama ever end?

if you answered yes to all these questions i'd be happy.

but i don't think that'll happen. 

because if life were easy it wouldn't be hard. and we wouldn't learn, and enjoy the blessings of learning.

not everyone is nice. and some people never change. it's a matter of deciding if you are going to be the kind of person who is kind, and christ like. or if you will choose to be in a sense a brat.

and the drama? the worst of all? people will continue to be offended at the most ridiculous things. so don't let it get to you. smile and move on. 

grinning from ear to ear

life is good.  i find myself just wanting to smile (:
 maybe you should smile too (: i hear it's contagious... (:


you heard me!

                                    s.m.i.l.e 

it will work you wonders! 

words of wisdom

a friend once wrote on facebook

hating yourself doesn't help.

thanks pal. i needed to hear that.

when you start saying girly things like cute.. you know you're in love.. and a few other things

how to know if the guy likes you.. (:

for starters...

"when he starts saying girly things like cute.. you know he's in love."
~ Newman

also my dear friend tori shared a list with me today at lunch of body gestures guys make when they like you (: we really got a kick out of that!!
so i thought i'd share it (:


1: pull up socks
2: hold eyes longer than necessary
3: accidental touch of girl by man
4: arrange sleeves or tie (fidget )
5: unbutton or take of jacket
6: fondling something
7: glancing at girl's body and letting her see the glance
8: moving in closer 

hahaa hope you had a great time making your own personal check list.. like i did (: