"Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."-Jules Renard

first of all, i won this awesome award from christina at finally healthy!

10 things that make me happy?

1. jeff! :) i guess dating someone for going on four years makes them special haha.
2. reading blogs...go figure.
3. laughing so hard i can't breathe.
4. visits to n.c. state!
5. the feeling after a good workout.
6. the feeling after a good nap.
7. when the temperature and weather outside is perfect and the air is crisp...you know what i'm talking about ;)
8. my favorite song comes on the radio when i'm in the shower
9. animals...bella, my puppy :)
10. it makes me happy that i can find something special in the simplest things in life.

sorry i'm lame and i don't have anything fun to put up there haha...guess i'm slightly boring :)

anyways, i suppose i have to pass this on! i would pass it on to everyone, but i don't want to be even more boring, so i'll just randomly choose :)

becca at a day in the life
eleanor at pieces of her
emily at secret doors
amy at amy askew
jessica at dairy free betty
karina at like some cat from japan
heather at health, happiness, and hope
coco at hot coco(a)
kirsten at island girl eats
and maggie at my breakfast blog

i'm sorry if you've already been tagged, but i guess that just means you are double loved haha.

this weekend at state was another awesome one of course :) except i suppose i wasn't supposed to leave today or something.  i woke up around 11:40, got dressed and walked to lunch with jeff, and then it started raining.  i was packed to leave when we got a call from jeff's brother because their car wouldn't start.  so we drove over to his dorm and spent about an hour trying to jump his car because it wouldn't charge enough to run.  between all of that, my mom kept calling me to pick up wings from sammy's that she had ordered in.  apparently the car not starting was less imporant than some dang wings that could wait.  not to mention, jeff had to drive home too.  haha sooo today was stressful, but i eventually made it home.  about a mile from my house, the sky turned from nasty to this

ok, so the picture isn't that great (driving!), but it was neat looking :)

the weekend consisted of walks around campus, food, a basketball game, bonding time :), and three movies (zach and miri make a porno, angels and demons, and darkness falls.)  the first was funny, the second was awesome, but i'm probably biased because it's my favorite book, and the third was hilariously awful.  it's about a killer tooth fairy :)

here are basketball pictures

  final score:  clemson, 73 n.c. state, 70

but the game was so close at the end!

stressful faces...

but we were happy...

 gotta have faith :)

i miss him already!  we had a really good walk last night to find my potential dorms...ahh i'm so torn...i know i like a suite style better, which is a small hall with only four rooms in each.  but the dorm i really like is syme, which is a hall style.  i'm just not sure i want like 30 people sharing a bathroom and a hall with me.  any input?

my mom and brother actually came with me friday, but they left me at jeff's place to stay over the weekend.  we went shopping and i came out with

dark chocolate sea salt bat from lindt [gasm :)], two be nourished high fiber cookies from the gmc store, and a pumpkin spice cliff bar.

the man at the gmc store actually bought my cliff bar and cookies for me!  it actually made my day, he was so nice.  it didn't seem creepy to me at all, but my mom thought otherwise when i told her. 

i also bought a new outfit from delias while i was in raleigh, so maybe i'll model it and see if it even looks decent...i have no fashion sense :)

oh, and before i left for state, i made this banana apple bread, which was amazing, but next time i would probably add honey or agave.  nothing a little peanut butter couldn't fix!

 sorry for the lighting, but check out that apple chunk sticking out of the side.

no school for another week, so i'm going to watch t.v. and catch up on more of you guys' blogs tonight and sleep wayy in :)

ciao bella