Words of Wisdom Wednesday

surprise, you get two words of wisdom today since it's my first week of school and i feel like tons of encouragement is needed (: enjoy!

 plus they both use a font I happen to love... new life mottos? I think yes.

what to pick, what to pick..

so my momma has kindly offered, perhaps after some begging on my part, to make me new bedding! wahooooooooooo! i've been using the same target comforter since freshman year in high school. time for an update I'd say.

not so cute right? except for the throw pillows, those buggers are staying

anyways, the plan is for my momma to recreate a quilt from either Urban Outfitters or Anthropologie and save me a bunch of money. she's the best. I have it narrowed down to four promising prospects but need some help deciding.  what to pick?

#1

#2

#3

#4

 I think I'm leaning towards #2, but let me know your thoughts (:

Weekend Recap + First day of school!

oh man, these past couple of days have been jam-packed! I've been trying to get ready for this school year/attempt to get ahead (keyword:attempt.) didn't quite reach that goal but I did have a wonderful weekend anyways (: 

I got to work and meet a lot of the new freshman on campus on Friday by helping out with the Library scavenger hunt (they could win a kindle, score!). it's always fun to see how excited they are to start but after only 2 hours of sleep, I wasn't feeling the whole being peppy and encouraging thing..ooops.  but I got a ton of free food and found out my boss's boyfriend flew her and her family out to New York to propose! I was slightly confused when I showed up to work and she wasn't there but that's a pretty good excuse if you ask me...

and then I came home to two packages! and suddenly it's the best.friday.ever.

care package from my momma!

and new kicks! (maybe I'll actually go to the gym now? here's to hoping)

the rest of the weekend was pretty chill, mostly just tons of time hanging out with friends, cleaning/laundry, going downtown (finally got my u-pass, no more paying $2.25 for CTA!), napping, and reading books not pertaining to school.

and then sunday night rolled around and I acted like a 5 year old off to kindergarten and picked out my first day of school outfit, packed a lunch (no longer in a Disney Princess lunchbox at least), baked cookies to bring, and packed my bag. (:  and you know what? I had a great day today. who knew acting like a 5 year old would be so responsible?

but I do have one interesting find of the day.....apparently butt cheeks are in style these days?! I have nothing against wearing a cute short dress or cute shorts, but if you can feel a breeze, you're probably hanging out a bit too much and will scare the Jesuits on campus.

 

I have roommates again!

 my roommate Courtney moved in today! she's a pretty cool girl and she can fit into a box (an important skill ya know).

 I met Courtney my second day on campus freshman year and we've been friends ever since.  people always thought we were roommates since that's generally who you hang around the first week, but we fooled them.  we also have this tradition of going out together during welcome week every year (not that we don't go out any other time of the year, but welcome week is craaaazy and has been our favorite).  since courtney is gone this weekend, i thought we'd have to skip the tradition. oh no, court got this all figured out so we're going out tonight instead. gotta love summer!

 and for good measure, a picture from welcome week last year

have you guys heard of the site called 8 Tracks? It's a lot like Pandora, but like it's cooler older cousin. instead of choosing an artist or genre, you choose from playlists complied by others called "songs to lay in bed and cry to," "a smile is a girl's best accessorize" or "songs to start your day to." new obsession for sure.  http://8tracks.com -check it out

 

Words of Wisdom Wednesday

i also want to do a series on here called "Words of Wisdom Wednesday"
here's the first one!

hope you enjoyed it (:

My very first post!

Oh my lanta, this is kind of a scary moment..thoughts running through my head: write a blog? am i crazy? oh boy. but it's almost the start of a new school year and that always feels like a completely fresh start to me. and what better way to have a fresh start than to start a blog? (time will tell if this holds true)

so. much. has happened this summer. 


what i did this summer:
i moved into my very first real apartment ("apartment-style" dorms do not count)
took trips to San Francisco, Texas (twice!), and last but not least France!
making tons of new friends
volunteered
started crafting and thrifting
danced in the rain
read so many books (The Help and One Day were amazing if you need some reading material)
went camping
set up my mom's wedding veil business (http://www.etsy.com/shop/MartiMaginnis?ref=si_shop-just in case you want to check it out)
overall just had a good time (:


and....there's pictures!

 a wonderful person baked my roommates and I a welcome cake for our move-in party!

i took a lot of naps...but this was during my mission trip to El Paso, Texas so it's ok, right?

a new favorite photo of my momma and I taken in San Fran

two photos from France...beautiful views, wonderful people, and the Mediterranean.

excuse the quality, it was a HUGE downpour, but yay for dancing in the rain!

we helped paint a house!

and now that i have successfully overwhelmed you with pictures, I'll let you in on two more of my little obsessions lately: the book The Hunger Games (i thought it was a children's book at first....false, completely false) and the tv show Heavy on A&E.  There's something inspiring about both of them.

-kelli

p.s. alis volat propriis means "she flys with her own wings" which is my new lie motto ad also the motto of the state of Oregon..who knew?