Book List

So, as you can see, I have a list of
100 things to do before I die
on my blog.
The other day I was thinking,
why not make a list of 100 books I want to read as well?
I started on this list and got stuck.
Many places online have lists of the Best Books
and I got a lot of ideas from there.
But, I need more!
What are some of your favorite books?

An obession to confess:

I love being a girl and because I love being a girl it is unavoidably innate in me to

love love love shopping.
I am a college student with only a part-time job and this is not a good habit. I keep track of everything that I spend, but this is still not eliminating this wonderful/horrible obsession. As bad as this is, I thought all you bloggers would like to know
my secret to obsessed shopping on a budget:

1. This wonderful website: http://www.freebies2deals.com/ It is seriously amazing. I believe it is done by a lady in the Salt Lake area, but she goes to soooo much work to let us all know where the great deals are! Check it out. It's great!
2. By using the above website, last week I got this necklace online at Forever 21 for $4.50 and free shipping! I am wearing it today and I love it!
3. Also from the above website, I got jeans at JC Penny for only $18.99 after using the code GO4TEN to get $10 off an item over $10. You can also use the code CARING4U to get free shipping on a shopping cart with over $49 worth of items. (I think that promo only goes for a few more days.) And today, I got new leggings for only $4.75 after using the code FORUONLY to get 20% off any clearanced or regular item and SHIPFREE to get free shipping.
   
4. Last week I obtained a coupon for 25% off any item at Bealls from the website http://www.grocerysmarts.com/ . This website password for Utah is g84cjt. I mostly use this website to find all the great grocery shopping deals and print coupons all for free and no registration! I came across the coupon for Bealls and went and hit the store on Saturday. I found a few great things in the clearance racks that were discounted 65%. When I went up to the register, the clearance items were discounted another 20%. Plus, I had my coupon for one item 25% off which made one of my items almost free! Wahoo!
5. Like I mentioned, I use the website http://www.grocerysmarts.com/ to do all my grocery shopping. It takes a little bit of time to go through but I save over $25 a month, at least, on groceries. (Yes, I know, it's kind of weird to be so obsessed with it, but it's kind of a fun game to see how much you can save!)
6. I also use other websites such as http://couponcravings.com/http://www.cellfire.com/deals.php http://shortcuts.com/ to get more coupon savings as well.
   

Clearly, I need some help. But when I find great deals, it's hard to resist. If you have any suggestions (preferably not more great sites or deals to tempt me) to help me curb this habit, please share so my wallet does not end up looking like this by the time I am 21!

In love with the SUN and WATER

When Saturday rolled around, we decided that it was an absolutely beautiful day to take a trip to

Sand Hollow!

Sand Hollow is almost like a mini-Lake Powell. On this wonderful day, I finally got (back) up on a wakeboard again! Wahoo! It has been almost 6 years since I have been up on a wakeboard. All that time inbetween, I would rather save my evergy to waterski--my most favorite thing in the world! Although my wakeboarding adventure only lasted for 5 seconds, it was a pretty comical 5 seconds. But I was up!

This is Darci, my bestest friend, almost wakeboarder, the most amazing sweetheart in the world and a fellow lover of sun and water.

As the sun was setting on the lake, i couldn't resist trying to capture an

incredible moment.

Like usual, these pictures really don't do it justice, but the day was incredibly fun and beautiful!

I am, and always will be, in love with the sun and water!

A Season of Changes

A little bit ago, my calendar on my phone went off. This is what the saved event said:
September 2, 2010: What am I doing 1 year from 9-2-09? I have no recollection of putting this in my phone. Sometime last year I must have had some experience where someone asked what I thought I would be doing one year from that day. I have no idea what I said but after glancing back through papers and my journal, this is what I was doing one year ago:

• I was just starting my first year at Southern Utah University. I was scared out of my mind to be "starting over" again in a brand new city with very few friends.
• Cedar City felt big to me.
  
• I was 19 years old.
• I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
• I had no job and no source of income other than scholarships.
  
• I had decided to be a communications major with emphasis in Communication Studies and Public Relations.
• I had just moved in to a new apartment with complete strangers who have turned out to be wonderful friends! These are those wonderful girls!

One year from September 2, 2009 (aka: today) seemed like such a long ways away. And yet, this day came so quickly. So many many things have happened in the last year that have changed and shaped me and helped me to grow. It wasn't easy but it was well worth it. However, they were so many wonderful and fun times too!

Today, this is what I'm doing:

• I am starting my senior year as a college student at Southern Utah University.
• I am still a Communications major but changed my emphasis to Communication Studies and Advertising.
• I still have no idea what to do with my life but I am trying to figure it out and look at all my options for after I graduate in May.
• I again moved into a new apartment with all new girls and we are becoming pretty good friends.
• I have an amazing job on SUU campus as an office assistant in the Vice President's Office.
  
• I know what I am doing and where I am going and I don't have to constantly look at a map or ask people to figure out where I'm at.
• I know a ton of people and have tons of friends around here already! (Definite plus!)
• I am now 20 years old. No longer a teenager.
• And life is wonderful!

It is kind of weird to be writing something like this in the fall. Usually these kind of feelings come in January or May. But I love this time of year! I love feeling of change in the air as it starts to get colder and the leaves start to change. Fall is my favorite season! It really is a time for changing and growing and becoming better. It will be great to see where this next year brings me but honestly I have absolutely no idea where that will be! But it is definitely a season in my life for change!
So to all you bloggers out there- what will YOU be doing one year from now?