DayDreaming Diva

This week is my last week of classes as an undergraduate student....wow. I want to take a few moments to reflect and document some of my thoughts during this last week.  I am having conflicting emotions over this fact. On one hand I am SO over school and am SO ready to be done and move on to the next chapter of my life. But on the other hand I am not ready to be done and go out into the real "real world". My college experience has been absolutely amazing. I have been blessed with getting to know and become roommates and best friends with three wonderful girls. I have learned so much about myself, I have grown in my faith and gained a deeper understanding and love for God. I have gained a greater appreciation for family and understand how important support from family means to a individual. I have been fortunate (yes, you read that correctly) to study, read, and write many papers that have expanded my knowledge. Despite my frequent complaints, I have been truly blessed wit...

This is one of the easiest, healthiest, and most delicious ways to prepare breakfast!   I love to eat a good breakfast, it is the most important meal of the day, but sometimes I just do not feel like preparing it. So, I'll grab a bowl of cereal. Not the worst option but also not the best and my stomach is usually growling by the time I get to school... Making these breakfast muffins helps me get protein and veggies in the morning and I'll usually eat some fruit with it... Perfect breakfast! I used half an onion about 2 cups(ish) of chopped broccoli and about a cup and a half of spinach and 8 eggs. I didn't use exact measurements so I'm totally guessing. I warmed the veggies up in a pan (just enough to make sure they were cooked thoroughly before putting them in the oven), whisked the eggs, then poured the mixture into a muffin tin.  And...... Viola!!

School is stressful, relationships are stressful, work is stressful...life is stressful. I have typically not been very good at coping with stress. When I get stressed, I tend to push my feelings and emotions aside in order to get things accomplished. This causes my emotions to build up inside until they explode at very inconvenient times. In a way this can be a good thing, the fact that I am able to avoid thinking about certain things and avoid reacting  emotionally as some people would. However, like I said, I tend to push the emotions away and then deal with them at inappropriate times or take them out on people that are not deserving. Typically when I am overwhelmed I will eat. I don’t know why but when something is bothering me I feel like I have to have food in my mouth. I also have a tendency to go shopping and spend money on things I don’t necessarily need. I used to do this all of the time. If I had a stressful day at work I would swing by Target and just go crazy. T...

I am so impressed/happy/proud/ excited about my herbs!! This is the growth after just one week! It has rained almost everyday or every night since I planted them so they have gotten PLENTY of water. I'm getting tired of the rain but it is nice to not have to worry about my herbs getting enough water... it's also nice that the rain is washing all of that nasty pollen away :) Basil- impressive! Dill-WOW more basil....not so impressive Cilantro and Parsley...you guys need to get it together It hasn't been too difficult on me since it has been raining so much. I am so excited about them so I don't think it would be a burden to take care of them anyway. Hopefully the sun will come out soon then my herbs will really be poppin'. I can't wait to see next week's progress :)

"Sometimes He calms the storm...other times He calms the child..." When I was young girl I used to be terrified of storms. I was afraid that my family and I would be hurt and that my house and all of my sentimental belongings would be destroyed. What really frightened me was the unpredictability of the storm. I like to be in control, I like to know what's going on and what is going to happen in the future. You can imagine what being in the middle of an unpredictable storm was like for me...not good. ...And this is why I was so terrified I remember my mother always telling me and sometimes singing to me the lyrics of a popular christian song, "Sometimes He calms the storm...other times He calms the child..." When she first said this to me I didn't find much comfort in it... I thought "Mama..really?? That is not very helpful..You must not know how scary this is for me?" I would pray that God would stop the storms because I was so afraid of ...

I love getting fresh fruits and vegetables in the summer time and I really want to have a "real" garden so I thought I would test out my green thumb with something small... so my daddy and I planted an herb garden Monday evening. I have been wanting to do this for a while but I had absolutely no idea where to start. I loooove cooking with fresh herbs but they can get kind of pricey and I never use all that I buy before they go bad. I thought this would be a good way to have fresh ingredients on hand and try out a new hobby. I told my daddy about it and naturally, he got all of the stuff for me ( I have him wrapped around my finger haha). He got everything I needed and it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought, probably because daddy had everything ready for me! All we had to do was put the soil in the planters and dump the seeds in!  Italian leaf Parsley and Slow Bolt Cilantro Garden Sage Basil and Dill.. the dill seeds smelled so good! I hope tha...