I thought of that.

On my constant quest for internet inspiration, also known as procrastination, I stumbled upon a new website last month.  Not just any website, I like to think of it as a kind of virtual scrapbook.  Because it is.  It's a springboard for anything you want to collect, from any website, from any genre.  And the thing that gets me is that I thought of this.  I've thought of it many times, actually.  Since I have become a blog-hound, I've often had this inkling: "I wish I could cut and paste this, or that, save it somewhere cohesive where I can go back and look at it whenever."  But placing everything I like on a daily basis into some sort of word document hodgepodge of cut and paste just seemed too messy, and I never took action.  It seems someone else had similar thoughts and created one of the best internet sites ever.  Honestly, I think this will be the next big thing.  Right now it's in the start-up stage, to join you have to apply and be accepted.  And that's just what I did.  I received my acceptance letter last week and finally, yesterday, I took the plunge, and it's bad.  Now, I am head-over-heals in love, completely addicted to this site and it's simplistic set-up, grab-and-go mentality, it's ease of use, and it's layout: it's all of my favorite things finally in one place.  I control what goes up, how I label it, and when I use it.  It's awesome and I highly recommend checking it out if, like me, you have a habit of searching blogs and falling in love with ideas and inspirations you want to use sometime in this lifetime, even if it is 5 or 10 years from now.  At least those beauties are catalogued somewhere, somewhere lovely, somewhere easy, and somewhere, I predict, will be a very hot spot in the future.  It's called Pinterest and you can see my starting block here. <3     

A Few Of My Favorite Things This Very Instant:

1. It's Easter week, do these need anymore of an introduction or explanation?  I'm making them soon and I can't wait! http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2011/04/easter-bunny-buns-yummy-easter-treat.html

2. "Never Grow Up" by Taylor Swift.  I cry. Every. Time.  Maybe it's because I'm moving to a city soon where I will know no one, but I'm extra sentimental lately.  Don't know what the big deal is? Listen to it: Never Grow Up

3. Light purple matte nail polish.  Go find yourself some.  It does wonders for making hands look tan ;)

4. Personal blog decorating stories.  I have started following a lot of new blogs about this lately and I can't get enough.

5. Easter lilies.  Seriously, what smells better?

It's been a while... but it's been good.

Almost one month since I last posted. Bad. Very bad.  The good news?  My first semester of grad school is coming to a close, and in the month I have been missing in action I have found more of my niche in school.  I picked an emphasis - organizational and community change - went on a graduate research trip to Miami, made new friends, joined new organizations, finished a lot of projects AND received "As" on all of them.  Oh yeah, and you know that ONE thing I was most stressed about a month ago- that mandatory internship I have to complete to graduate, the one for which I was scared I was dreaming too big by sending my resume to top employers around the Nation hoping someone would take a look?  Well...... I GOT ONE!  And it's not just any internship.  I'm moving to MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE for the whole summer to work for one of the best hospitals in the world, not to mention one of the top-rated employers in the country.  I. AM. SO. LUCKY!  I have so much I want to say about everything I have done in the last month, but I think the most important thing I have realized is (warning: this is going to sound unbelievably corny) that staying positive and believing in yourself actually works.  In the last six months I have significantly changed the way I view my life.  Yesterday I took a super lazy "personal day", and as I was on my couch my mind drifted back to where I was, in say, November, and I don't even know that person anymore.  It was like one day I finally realized that my own happiness isn't determined by anything other than how much I am willing to grab its reins and steer it in the right direction.  Sometimes I'm a control freak and it surprises me how long it took me to realize I have control over how I feel, and I refuse to feel anything other than great.  Right now I'm on the porch, the sun is shining, Olive the cat is pretending to be a stealth predator, I'm reading a good book, and next month I get to cross off a dream I've had since I was 15 on my first visit, I'm moving to Tennessee.  Life is good.