Life is Good :)

First off i would like to say that i finally went out :) It was longggg over do and much needed! I use to go out every thursday... but this semester i have been slammed with school work that i havent been able to go to g-hill or anywhere. But the girls and i headed to the brewery...i actually have only been there once. I had some awesome beer called strawberry fields.. pretty delicious :)

Janelle & Jaime.

My Roomie Ash and I :)

Now onto the good news :) Janelle and I both finally received our e mails about North Carolina and we both got accepted to student teach over the summer :) I am so excited.. yet nervous! Ahh i am so glad i have Jay going with me. We will both still be walking in graduation in May but we wont technically graduate till August! Here are some pics of the place we will be living:

Wolf Village Apartments

Raleigh :)

This is Wrights beach, i read online only 1.5 hrs away :)

Okay enough of being excited :) Now onto the weekend. We have another competition in Pittsburgh. Luke is coming to this one so i cant wait to see him :) then we are more than likely going to go out in pitt sat night and then have lunch/dinner sunday :) Sounds like a pretty good weekend to me, except today (fri) i should do lots of hw, cleaning, and laundry... boo!

Lyss :)

The beauty of being a twin!

It all started in the tiny womb of my mama. There wasn't much room, that's because i had to share with another baby. Yes a baby that was stealing all of MY room and MY food. She would probably insist that I was stealing all of her room and food. Maybe i was, she was the first born. Janelle and i were 3months premature. She entered the world weighing around 3lb and i entered the world (backwards) weighing a whole 2lb 8oz. (i told you she ate all of the food). Unfortunately i was not breathing.. or "dead" i like to say. Janelle, the older mean sister she is, always says that she enjoyed being an only child for one minute. Yup right up until the minute the doctors brought me back to life. We spent days in the hospital named Twin A and Twin B. Mother would not name one if us without naming the other. But we even spent more time in the hospital being sick. But eventually we both ventured home to our tiny closet like bedroom.

Growing up a twin has been a blessing and i honestly could not imagine not being one. We constantly had each other to play with. Well... she constantly told me what to play, how to play it, and when and where to move, speak, and talk....but honestly once again i didn't know any better and heck most of the time i didn't mind. Until the age of about 7.... i just thought i had a constant play buddy. But eventually i would realize it is truly much more than that.

As we started getting older, we would do everything together...inseparable id say. We went to school together (different classes except 5th grade). Played basketball together, did cheer leading together, played softball together, twirled baton together, had the same friends, did the same activities, and enjoyed each others company. (most of the time).

Once we got to high school.. not much changed. We still participated in the same activities and even had some classes together. I would hang out with her and her bf and she would hang out with me and my bf. ( i mean i only thought it was normal.. until later i realized i guess i could of given them some alone time). Then it was time for college. We decided on SRU together. If i didn't have my sister, i probably wouldn't have gone away to college... and i am def glad i did. Once we got to college, janelle knew she wanted to be a teacher and i was unsure. I changed my mind a few times and finally decided on.... you guessed it.. a teacher. To this day we still enjoy and do the a lot of the same activities and i wouldn't want it any other way.

The benefits of being a twin is indescribable. A constant BEST friend, someone i know i can always depend on, someone to share my ups and downs with. Someone to party, play, and relax with. Someone who can understand me when i talk reallllyyy fast. Someone who i trust 100%. Someone that i know no matter what will always have my back and kick any ones ass that says or does a mean thing to me. Someone who knows im hurt or sad when i lie about it. Someone who knows every single one of my inside jokes.

Life without my sister would be scary and although we have our ups and downs we will always be sisters and i couldn't imagine her not being my neighbor. I can see us raising our kids together and going on vacations together! If she would ever move away, a huge part of me would be missing.

My one issue (well 2) When people think we are the SAME person. No we are not the SAME person. A matter of fact we are very different. Number two when people refer to us as "the twins" I mean i know we are the BEST twins you know.... but we do have names... do i refer to anyone as the "only child" or "the middle child" Nope i dont think so.

Love you jay, your the best :)

"A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams."



At a later date ill post pictures of us throughout the years :)


Lyss

Tv Shows From When I Was Little :)

First off, I want to say i am in a MUCH better mood than before! Thank goodness. I got an 87 on my stat exam.. pretty good to me :) Also, we rocked our competition (1st place) and i did not drop at all :) If you want to check the video out look at my facebook. Although i did have fun, it was a long tiring day and i was glad to sleep in my bed!

Now, I should be studying for my 2 exams i have Tuesday and Wednesday I decided to write about my favorite TV shows from when i was little :)

1st up. Mystery files of Shelby Wool! How i loved this show. I remember watching it in my playroom with the lights off with my sis and sometimes my step brothers. I think I enjoyed the show so much because i have been convinced since i was 3 that i should be a detective. I wish this show was still on today... because i would still watch it!

Next, Are you afraid of the dark? I loved this show! A few years back i watched a few episodes are an Internet site. They seemed much scarier when i was little, yet again i would still watch it to this day!

Saved By the Bell. Okay so who didn't like this show? I thank my older sis for this one. I remember watching this all my life, and a few years back for Christmas my mom bought me seasons 1 and 2 i think. I am sad that the show is over, but it did last a long time :)

Finally, Boy Meets World. I picked this because i just recently watched an episode of this with my friend jam and it brought back memories of watching it all the time when i was younger. Who doesn't love Cory and Tapanga?

okay, back to studying history and philosophy of education. hmm maybe i could find some of these on you-tube instead ;)

Lyss!

One rough week down.. another to go!

This week, for me was beyond stressful! I had a lot of school work to complete and a pretty big exam to study for. First Stat 2 exam of the semester. I studied like crazy and i hope i did good, if not well i tried my best. All of this stress caused me to be a little grumpy and mean towards people i love. I do this often, and im trying to work on it. But now onto the weekend. I wish i had an AWESOME weekend planned.... but i dont.

Friday: Yup im prob going to do laundry and homework --lameo! i know. but it needs done.

Saturday: Competition all day. I wish i could say im excited for this, but im not. im actually nervous and dont feel ready to compete. Actually i dont think i ever feel ready. A lot of people enjoy competing.. but i dont.. so why i twirl on a competitive team? i dont know. I put to much pressure on myself, taking the fun out of it. Okay have fun... thats my goal for the weekend :) Sat night might consist of going to a party! much needed drinkkkk time :)

Sunday- im not sure what sunday brings but im sure nothing exciting. More homework im sure and lot of studying for my 2 exam this week.

Okay so i really wish i had a pick-me-up weekend.. but i dont. I could really use a awesome spring break trip... but thats not happening. Lack of funds and friends funds= NO spring break :( boo

Okay enough complaining.

Things I Need To Learn To Love

There are so many things in the world that if i just loved them, life would a happier better place (for me).

1. Coffee. I heard this is every person's BFF. But coffee and I are not buds. I love waking up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning (thanks to the roomie) but i just cannot drink it. I tried adding massive amounts of sugar and milk... but then that shoots up the calories. Ugh coffee i will learn to love you some day... because morning and i are worst buds. So maybe someday we can help each other out and i can enjoy you and you can get me awake and keep me awake all day :)

2. Gym. Dear gym, why are you so difficult to love. The gym and I have a love hate relationship. I love to hate it. If i could just enjoy the gym and want to go to the gym, then i could say goodbye weight and hello bikini :) However it is a daily struggle to get to the gym, but the one good thing is once i am at the gym, i kind of just a little may enjoy it.

3. Vegtables/ Healthy food. This is somewhat grouped with the gym. However healthy foods are just not as delicious as bad food. If i could just learn to like healthy foods, once again i could maybe be skinny again and in shape? Why cant healthy foods taste like chocolate, cheese, burgers, and wings. Everything that taste good is horrible for you. Ugh

4. Pressure/stress. Don't we all wish that stress and pressure did not bother us. If i learned to love stress, id be one happy girl 24/7. Well i better get use to it because as i get older im sure the stress and pressure is only going to get worse. My future job as a teacher will be extremely stressful (def at the beginning) and the amount of pressure of teachers is redic. Wonder if there is a way to turn stress into a positive thing.. hmm let me know.

5. Snow. If i have said it once i have said it a million times. I. Hate. The. Snow. I could honestly say that i do not think i would care if i never saw another snowflake in my life. The reasons why i hate snow: driving in it, wet pants which leads to wet socks and cold feet. salt ruining my pants and shoes, puddles of water everywhere, oh and the fact that its FREEZING! I need to learn to love the snow because more than likely i will be living in central PA for most of my life.. therefore that means 5 months of winter.. every year. Bring on the global warming... i wont mind :)

Okay so if i can just learn to love these 5 things.... :)

Valentines Day Weekend!

This weekend was GREAT :) Friday i worked for a few hours and worked on some hw (blah). Once Luke arrived here I made us (and my friend Danielle) tacos! I accidentally burn the taco shells because i forgot that they were in the oven. opps. So Luke had to run to the store and pick some more up.. but the second round of taco shells were delicious. Luke and I then laid around relaxed and watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics!

Saturday morning i woke up to find Lukas making breakfast. He made chocolate chip pancakes and bacon (AWESOME!) i did promise that i wouldn't tell anyone he burnt the first 2 pancakes ;) but the rest were delicious! I had to snap a picture of him in action:


Then the illusions (my dance/ twirl team) performed at the SRU basketball game. We did a pretty good job for how many people were missing. After the game Luke and I decided to go out to eat for our early v-day lunch :) We went to Rachel's Roadhouse. Luke and I usually have a great meal here, however Luke did not luck out with his meal. (i felt bad) Then we came home and spent time together and ate some ICE CREAM! (yumm). Luke bought me a beautiful heart necklace....even though we said we werent doing gifts!!! lol

Before going to lunch :)

Sunday my parents came to visit my sis and I at school since i have not seen them since christmas break. Once they arrived we of course headed straight to the outlets :) (oh the poor boys, they should know by now) My mama treated me well:) I got a jacket at AE (on sale $20 originally like $120) a flannel shirt (luke got one too). I also purchased some things at Arie. I also got a red Tommy zip up (on sale $13). Camis from Aero and a black short sleeve sweater from Gap! So i am def thinking the outlets were a total success! We then headed to Texas Road house for a yummy dinner!

Also today, mine and lukes engagement announcement/ picture was in the paper! How perfect, on Valentines Day!

What a great weekend :) Spending it with the people i love!

Student Teaching in North Carolina...Please :)

First, 730AM and i are not friends! But this morning Sis and I attended a meeting about student teaching this summer in NC. Our college does a program every summer that they select about 20 students to teach over the summer. This can be teachers in Elementary, Secondary, and Physical Education. Therefore they only select 7ish people from each department (AHHH) But fingers are crossed and if it happens i think it will be a great experience. Something completely new and different :) I am glad that i have Jay doing this with me, i dont think i could do it alone. But the trip will last 12 weeks. We will live in Apts near NC state. We are responsible for transportation and food. etc. So its going to be expensive, but well worth it. The Beach is 2 hrs away and there is a lake about 30 mins away. I mean who wouldn't want to grade papers with this as your view:

But we will see. We should find out within the next 2 weeks. Fingers crossed. But if it doesn't work out ill get to come back to slippery rock for a semester!

Lyss :)

Half a Snow Day

The snow has been redic this past week. But the one good thing about bad weather is canceled classes. My night class was canceled last night by the professor. (SWEET) then my practice was also canceled. So i had a relaxing evening. More snow rolled in over night, but no SRU doesn't cancel classes. So i cleaned off my car and headed to class. I then found out all classes after 3 pm are canceled! (score no night class again tonight). Therefore my rommies and I decided to partake in some drinks, a dance party, and playing in the snow. It was so much fun! After playing outside for a while, we came in and ordered some pizza :) I really needed a relaxing evening. ( i only have to look over some notes for my quiz tomorrow). Here are some pics of our college snow day:




What a fun day :)

Lyss.

My Bestfriend

Ooh you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you you're all i see
Ooo you make me live now honey
Ooo you make me live

Ooh you're the best friend that i ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine and i want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
Oh you're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

Ooh i've been wandering round
But i still come back to you
In rain or shine
You've stood by me girl
I'm happy at home
You're my best friend

Ooo you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooo you make me live now honey
Ooo you make me live

You're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know i'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And i love the things
I really love the things that you do
You're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

I'm happy at home
You're my best friend
Oh you're my best friend
Ooo you make me live
You you're my best friend



This song from Tim Mcgraw describes Luke and I perfectly!



An old fav pic of babes and i being goofy :)


Download this song or listen to it on youtube, its the best!

Lyss :)

The Bachelor

The Bachelor is my guilty pleasure. I do not know what it is about this show that draws me in...wait yes i do. Doesn't every girl want to find that one guy (i already did) that you can fall in love with in amazing places around the world? One may ask if the show is real. I have a problem i think all reality TV is real.... but i honestly think MOST of the show is lagit. Then again i wonder.. i think i could fall in love with a serial killer with all of these romantic places and dates they go on. But im a true believer in finding the one, and although A LOT of the couples on these shows have not lasted in the "real world" its worth a shot. I mean you never know where, when, or how the person of yours dreams is going to enter your life.

Trista and Ryan are a couple from a few years back. Trista was the bachelorette and Ryan was one of many guys. He obviously proposed and she said yes. They made it in the real world and now have a beautiful family:

I have been watching the show since the 1st season (many years ago) but not as faithfully as i have been the past 3 seasons. If you haven't watched the show here is a mini recap Deanna was the Bachelorette and she sent Jason home (a single dad):

She let him get on his knee, then said no... HOW RUDE!

Then Jason became the bachelor and he proposed to the public's favorite: Melissa

She was my fav :)

But then Jason changed his mind by the time the reunion show and decided he made a mistake and wanted to date molly (the runner up) So he broke up with Melissa and asked Molly out. Molly and him are now engaged (just recently) and Melissa ended up marrying her ex.

The 3rd runner up Jillian was the Bachelorette last season. She ended up with Ed. Now recently after the show there were rumors he was cheating on her, but she was going to stick by him. I am not 100% sure IF they are still together or not.

Now Jake is the new bachelor (he was #4 left with Jillian) He is down to 4 girls. The girls are Tenely: My fav. She is divorced, but still believes in love and is so sweet and cute. Alli: Shes fun but a little jealous. Vieanna: Alot of the girls don't like her because she says how it is. Gia: She is a model that is shy. My FAV is Tenely! I love her! I hope she wins and they can make it work :) Tonight are the home town dates. This is when Jake gets to meet the families. But someone goes home tonight willingly. I wonder who it is....Hmmm. (This has never happened before this late into the game before) YIKES! I'm super excited for the show tonight :)

My fav: Tenely and Jake.

Okay enough about the Bachelor!

My other fav show is on tonight OTH!

We are suppose to get MORE snow tonight and tomorrow (NO!) We have already gotten about 1.5 FEET already :( Summer or even Spring where are you?!?!

Lyss :)

Just a thought...

Soo recently i have been thinking... what about a destination wedding. I have seen pictures of people who got married on the beach and it is so BEAUTIFUL. Dont ya think?



Pros of a beach wedding:

• BEAUTIFUL
• Our colors would match perfectly
• Luke and I got engaged on the beach
• Only close family could attend

Cons of a beach wedding:

• Only a few members of our family could probably afford to attend, therefore leaving out a "few" people who i couldnt imagine not being at my wedding.
  
• Missing out on the traditional "church wedding"
• What if the weather is bad?

Pros of a church wedding:

• Get that traditional church wedding
• All family members and friends can attend
• Weather is not a factor
  

Cons of a church wedding:

• I dont think there are any cons except if i had family i didn't want to attend (haha)

Money is not a factor i think depending on the planning either one would be more expensive than the other. However, if we did do the beach wedding.. there would still be some sort of party after for everyone to attend.

I was thinking of white sand and crystal blue water somewhere in the Caribbean maybe, but we could always do a beach closer to home that more family could drive to.. this way we could still have a beach wedding, but more family would attend... this is a thought!


Here is a pic i found on the OCNJ website. Its not AS pretty as the previous picture... but i blame some of that due to the fact that neither the bridal party or flowers have any pop of color!

hmm decisions decisions... We ALL know i am horrible with making up my mind. Thank goodness i have a few more months to think about it all :)

Lyss :)

Tyra Banks

I have been watching talk shows since i was 3. Okay maybe not 3, but for a long time. I do not know what drew me into them. I would watch Montel , Maury, Jerry Springer, Oprah, and many more. But eventually they all ended up being on the same few topics "Whos my baby daddy" or " 1 man 5 women, are you all these babies daddy". Okay have to admit once in awhile these are funny to watch. Love the ones when the women are 150% sure they know their baby daddy, and the test is "he is not the father". But every day all day? Whats this world coming to? Doesnt anyone know who the daddy to their baby is?

On to the a talk show that i actually ENJOY watching: Tyra Bank show! This has been by far my favorite talk show to watch. The topics are interesting, fun, unique. They can be anything from fashion to misconceptions about diversity, culture, and race. I feel that shes educated on her topics and is passionate about her show.

I recently heard sad news that this is the last season of the Tyra Show. Although she is no longer filming more shows, she will still be working on several projects. I am going to miss your show Tyra :(



Lyss :)

SCHWETTTTNESS!

Short sweet to the point- i passed my praxis 2 :) After graduating from SRU i can officially teach my little heart out :) This has been the best news all day! It feels like a huge amount of weight has been lifted off my shoulders! I am still taking one more (middle school math) i have a minor in elementary math and if i pass the middle school math praxis i can technically teach middle school math (i dont really want to) But i figured i have to try and market myself the best i can. If i dont pass it no worries... just trying to build up my resume!

Tomorrow = lots of hw, classes, practice, and work. BOOO So much for my good news being followed by a crappy day :[


Lyss :)

A Successful Weekend!

I had a great much needed weekend :) Luke arrived and i had dinner ready on the table :) Aren't i the BEST fiance EVER. Out of everything in the world, he wanted hot open face turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and corn... so that's what i made! And if i had to say so myself it was mighty delicious :)

After dinner Luke and I decided to stay in and watch a movie. We watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a good movie. I do not think i would watch it again.. but i would give it a B+. Luke half fixed my computer and i am still waiting for Microsoft to call me back about the other part.. so we shall see.

Saturday night Luke, Jay, Jaime, and her friends headed out to Pittsburgh for a night of fun for Jaime's Birthday :) We went to the Hofbraughaus then to a few bars in Oakland. It was a great time!

The girls before going out :)

Here starts another long week of classes and a lot of homework and studying. My parents landed safely today in the Dominican Republic where they will be enjoying the warm air and drinks... im jealous.

Tonight my fav shows OTH & Bachelor :)

Lyss :)