New blog!

As promised, here is the link to my new blog!

http://annasfavs.blogspot.com

It still needs some work, but you can see what I've got of it so far.

ALSO, if you read my blog, please go ahead and "follow" me-- I'm debating whether or not to make it private, and if I do, then it will be easier for me to give you access to it if you're a follower. We'll see... thanks to my friends at Google Analytics, I was able to keep track of who read this blog, and it was mostly people I knew/ was facebook friends with, but I did have a few random people. ANYWAY, hope you enjoy the new blog, and hope everyone is having a fabulous summer!!

xoxo

The end.

Well. I've been putting off writing this post because it is just so sad to me that my senior year is over! Graduation was Saturday, so I'm now officially an alum. WEIRD. I'm not going to lie, leaving A3 was pretty sad. It's just so crazy to me that I'm not going to be moving back into PC housing in the fall with my best friends!!

Night before graduation

Oh, but before I graduated, the whole fam came to see me be inducted as a teacher!

Anyway, I think that PC has the best graduation ever. Just like I think that they have the best everything else (bid day, etc.) It's outside, and all the graduates come out of Neville, following behind bagpipes. I'm pretty sure that everyone who has gone to PC gets chills whenever they hear bagpipes now.

Thanks for the picture, Liz, although I'm pretty sure you stole it off the PC website. PS- sweet blog!

One last diamond fam pic! Kate's the oldest now!

Well, it's been fun, PC. Thanks for the best four years that I could have had! Despite the fact that leaving/ graduating is terrible, I know that I've made friends that I'll have for the rest of my life! Can't wait for homecoming :)

Also, as my senior year/ college has come to an end, this is also sadly the end of my blog! Thanks to all my loyal readers (all 20 of you, ha!) that followed me through my senior year! If I get any great future blogging ideas, I'll be sure to post the link here. And now, to quote Lupe Fiasco, the show goes on... If you know anyone with public school connections in SC, please tell them what a fabulous teacher I would be. And that I'd seriously do anything for a job right now. Really, anything. Peace and love, followers. And to the PC class of 2015, get excited for four years that are going to surpass your expectations! I hope you love it half as much as I did!

Oh my goodness

A3 is done, done, done with college FOREVER! Our house is so lonely and empty. Most of our stuff is packed up, with the exception of our bedding and our Lil Wayne poster in the laundry room. The cute curtains, all the frames, Nancy's huge bed is GONE! So sad.

Anyway, with one week and two days til graduation, here are some junior year pictures:

Junior year was fun because it was the year that SARAH came to join me at PC. Here we are moving her into 4th floor Clinton. Special times and short hair...

That time we dragged our (pumped) diamond families to the ADPi house at USC.

KG especially loved it.

As much as these two hated on my bump-its, they were more than willing to wear them. Y'all look pretty :)

Now here's a random picture that I found that really has no explanation. Roommates before Dukes of Hazzard. Not sure what all is going on here, BUT it does feature our sweet adjoining rooms in Grotnes!

(Normal one)

So much excitement for Sarah to join ADPi!

And my protege, Callie, became an ADPi as well. Exciting!!

A few things to say about this picture: 1. That's a LOT of brown and blue. 2. This picture is the only reason why I know that Nancy owns/ has ever worn a pair of khakis. 3. That face!! (and 4. Sorry.)

Spring break. Also, as I was going through my SB10 pictures, here's something I noticed:

Note how Nancy's white button down that she wore on the first day evolved into her jacket for the entire trip. SPECIAL.

Lots of Lilly at Carolina Cup

MD Tea

Black Diamond. I did Link's hair. I prefer this picture to...

The ebony and ivory-ness of this picture. Although the quality's not as good on the blog, rest assured that Sarah's 30234908 trips to the tanning bed made me look pretty pasty at the function. Obnoxious.

To everyone whose current facebook status is something like: "DONE with junior year! Not ready to be a senior!!" or "Junior year's over :(" or "Not liking the fact that I'm a senior" all I have to say is, at least you have one year left!!!! So, I'll leave you with this:

Here's to our prettiest year at PC! Happy beach week everyone!

Blog stalking

So who doesn't love a good blog to stalk? Especially if it's funny. I thought I'd share two that I appreciate, and I'm sure you will too.

First of all, Cake Wrecks has been one of my favorites for awhile. This blog basically consists of pictures of terrible bakery cakes. I promise it's really funny. I guess I can especially appreciate this blog as a former cake decorator myself. Ha... that may be a stretch, but my first job was at Nestle Tollhouse Cafe, and I did decorate cookie cakes for a little over a year. So I know how tricky it can be to spell things (like "birthday" and "congratulations") correctly and draw good pictures (such as NASCAR cars and assorted pokemon characters) with icing and all.

Also, I just found Chelsea Handler's Blog at E! This one's pretty self-explanatory. She's funny, and so are her comments on this blog.

Hope that this helps everyone waste some time during exam week! Happy Almost Easter!

Normal

Sooo my family went to the TCBY drive thru tonight (I'm pretty sure we're the only people who do that... as a family) and naturally, my dad got raspberry yogurt in a cone. You know, despite the fact that he was driving. And despite the fact that we had to stop for gas. But don't worry, the whole getting gas thing didn't stop him from enjoying his cone!!

Tis the season!

So, as most people know, Easter is by FAR my absolute favorite holiday. I love everything about it... I love church on Easter Sunday, with lilies lining the front. I love all my memories of Easter Sundays-- the years that I was in youth group and had to get to church at 6:00 (which, at the time seemed ridiculously early) to help make the "Sonrise" (haha) breakfast. I love Easter dresses, the ability to finally wear white (yes, I follow that rule very carefully), and the promise of summer just around the corner. I love all the flowers that are in bloom. I absolutely love Easter Egg hunts. Sarah and I have been known to do them at other times throughout the year, just for fun. And, I really, really, really love Easter candy. Seriously, the way to my heart is through Easter candy. Luckily, my roommates have consistently provided me with these treats throughout the weeks leading up to Easter (until the Easter bunny brings me some on Easter morning) all four years at PC. There's a reason right there why I'm going to miss them all so much!!!

Anyway, I just figured I'd share a few of my favorite Easter treats (I have lots):

1. Cadbury Mini Eggs. I have Megan to thank for these becoming my favorite Easter candy!

2. Reese's Eggs... amazing.

3. Peeps. I know lots of people think they're "gross" but come on... marshmallows and sugar? Sounds like a great combo to me. Plus, they're fat free.

mmm... this is what I found when I googled "peeps." Not going to lie, my ideal husband would totally go for this...

I also enjoy the normal Cadbury eggs (you know, the ones filled with whatever that stuff is, as well as the caramel ones), Sour Patch bunnies, and Starburst jelly beans.

In case anyone is wondering, I was not able to follow through with my hopes of giving up sweets for Lent. Maybe next year...

Also, who doesn't love a good Easter story? (No, this isn't "The Easter Story" although it does involve church.) So, as everyone knows, my dad used to be the pastor at our church throughout my childhood and until I graduated from high school. Everyone who has been around my father for at least 5 minutes also knows that my dad has a flair for the dramatics. Well, this dramatic flair used to flourish around Lent/ Easter. Every year, he would get into character before the "Sonrise" service... i.e., he would wear his hooded robe and paint his palms red (I'm assuming to channel Jesus) and walk up from the graveyard to perform the service. As if the Easter performance weren't enough, one year he decided to do a series of monologues for our Lenten services. Instead of a sermon, he dressed up and delivered a monologue that he had written himself from the perspective of a certain Biblical character involved in the Easter story. My personal fav was the week that he dressed up as a Jewish tax collector (I think?) and he put on lots of bracelets/ jewelry, wore his robe and this headdress thing, and GLUED these curled tendrils (who knows where those came from) to his temples. Well, he got so into his monologue that when he shook his head, one of his curls fell off. I really thought my mom was going to kill my sister and me for laughing so hard. Tears were just falling down our faces as we tried to stay serious. That is probably by far my weirdest Easter memory... anyway, hope everyone has a good Holy week and a FABULOUS Easter on Sunday!!

Live your life

You're gonna be a shinin' star

Fancy clothes and fancy cars

And then you'll see you're gonna go far

Cause everyone knows just who you are

I figured it was appropriate to start my sophomore year flashback post with one of my fav songs from sophomore year. Yeah, I know it's weird for someone who wears cardigans every day and loves monograms and OPI's "Isn't It Romantic?" to also love TI as much as I do, but whatev. With GRADUATION only 18 days away, I figured it was appropriate to relive sophomore year in photos... enjoy.

Trusty HOSE leaders out at the houses after orientation

Our first Mallard Ball! Probably my one of my fav ADPi parties ever.

The year Emily was the lion for Bid Day... her red hair just blended right in with that Lion suit!! Good times.

Ohhh, Biker's Ball...

This diamond fam has always loved a good tier pic at functions... sophomore semi!

At the townhouses before the infamous Buffett Bash.

(That time I thought I could pull off the braid) Getting ready to go out for...

Emily and Nancy's birthdays, where, not surprisingly, Nancy demonstrated her love for karaoke and made some of the "regulars" mad by stealing the stage the ENTIRE night.

And, of course, who can forget the time that all of my best friends went to IRELAND for Maymester?!

(They all hated me that day for bringing that umbrella on our tour of the castle, which, in retrospect, was probably a little big and obnoxious and in everyone's way. But that cute blue spring coat does not have a hood!)

Sophomore year was probably, definitely, our most eventful year at PC. Not pictured are the vampire pictures (you're welcome, Nance!), ADPi's and Polo Guys (you're welcome, everyone) and the Miyabi's birthday pictures (you're welcome, Emily.) Sophomore year was mine and Megan's first year as roomies in CLINTON, which means that it was also the year that our room was infested with spiders so large that even Megan could see them without her contacts in! (Which, if you know Megan, is saying a LOT.) Sophomore year was the year that we all got little sisters in ADPi...

... and made quality crafts, such as the one pictured above. (Thanks, Nance!) It was the year that most of our pledge class lived on one floor, which always made for interesting times. It was the year that Nancy got her car stuck on top of the fire hydrant and had to get a bulldozer to pull her off of it. It was the year that the majority of my friend group made at least one visit to the ER in good old Laurens (hives, broken bones, etc... never again.) It was the year that someone mistakenly put some of Nancy and I in charge of directing the RMH Fun Run, and we accidentally added like 1.8 extra miles by directing the runners in the wrong direction. Oops. But for real, sophomore year was so much fun, and pictures like this one

will always make me miss that year and PC!