Just felt compelled to share the lyrics to a song from Taylor Swift's new album that I've been listening to a lot lately that I feel like I've been able to relate to quite a bit. Not that I wish I hadn't grown up.. because I love where I am in my life, I wouldn't change it for anything. But as I get older, I understand more and more how beautiful, innocent and pure the life of a sweet little child is. And as I struggle with things like pulling money together to pay bills, sometimes I wish I could go back in time to 5-year-old me and tell her to enjoy every moment of being 5, being 6, being 7.. and on and on.. and not wish for adulthood to come faster. The view is so much more clear looking backwards than looking forwards.. but that's okay, because that's when we learn to place our utmost trust in God. (as a side note.. I am getting married in 3 WEEKS! Talk about being a big kid (: excited doesn't even begin to describe it!)
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on
Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
seven!
It has been 7 months.. yes.. SEVEN.. since I've blogged on here. Holy cow! I've been using the blog agent tumblr instead, but I think I'm going to switch back to blogger. Tumblr just doesn't have the crowd and ease of use that blogger has. And I also don't have the ability to forward my blog posts to my twitter from tumblr, which is a big thing for me since I'm real big on twitter. anyway, signing off for now! I'll be back. (:
Monday, March 1, 2010
post script..
P.S.-
I'd really like to start blogging more, even just short updates with little thoughts throughout my day. I do have an iPhone, after all, I should make good use of it. That is my goal for march.
Goodnight world!
xox annie
I'd really like to start blogging more, even just short updates with little thoughts throughout my day. I do have an iPhone, after all, I should make good use of it. That is my goal for march.
Goodnight world!
xox annie
tweet tweet tweet..
So lately I've become slightly obsessed with Twitter. Okay, more like totally obsessed. Why you ask? Well, let me enlighten you.
(for those of you who don't know what Twitter is, it's a social networking site like facebook, only without all of the extra stuff. basically, you have 140 characters to write a status update, much like on facebook. but that's all you do. you can tag people and reply to people in your status updates, and also send direct (private) messages. You "follow" someone, subscribe to their page, and then you see all of their tweets. Twitter is a great platform for holding conversation, it is very common to see people tweeting back and forth to each other).
Anyway, twitter is a platform that is used heavily by, for example, celebs, companies, news anchors.. and the latter is what makes me so drawn to it.
As you all should know by now, I am an absolute Fox News addict. It's like Fox News has become the soundtrack to my life. When I look back on the last year I can hardly remember a time without the quiet hum of news anchors in the background guiding me through my afternoon, along with the peppy, fun atmosphere of Fox & Friends in the morning and the exciting, intense atmosphere of the nighttime opinion shows. It's on.. all the time.. even when I'm not watching it.
So anyway, what does this have to do with twitter? Well, pretty much all of my favorite Fox News anchors have twitter pages that they update constantly, especially in the time right before they are on-air, and also during commercial breaks when they are on-air. My second favorite anchor Gretchen Carlson (second only to the fabulous Megyn Kelly), runs the twitter for Fox & Friends in the morning and is always tweeting often. Greta Van Susteren who hosts On The Record at 10pm on Fox News also has a twitter. Her twitter is hilarious.. she tweets all the time.. she asks questions, and just gives general comments and she is always responding to her followers (pretty much all of whom are her fans).
The reason that I mention these two anchors are because that I've actually gotten direct responses from these two women themselves on twitter in the last week. These two incredibly accomplished women, both of whom are anchors on largely popular cable news shows, have responded personally to me.. little me.. sitting at my computer in my little apartment in Charlotte. As a ridiculous Fox News fan this is literally rocking my world! I am like a little 12 year old fan girl all over again. The fact that I've received personal, direct message from these two women highlights two points for me. First of all, that they are incredibly gracious and down to earth women for taking the time to just talk with their fans and respond to what they have to say. And secondly, that twitter is an amazing new piece of technology. It takes things to a whole new level. Before, it was just the regular news experience: get the news read from the teleprompter by the anchor, watch some commercials, lather, rinse, repeat. (okay not really, but you get the point). But now the connection is so much more personal because I can read tweets that these anchors post during commercial breaks.. with questions or just general comments or insight into what they are thinking. It makes watching the news so much more personal, and for someone like me who is incredibly news-conscious and politically active, that is awesome.
well.. that's all from my little corner of the world tonight!
to all who stumble upon my little blog, many blessings to you and I wish for you a wonderful week!
xox annie
(for those of you who don't know what Twitter is, it's a social networking site like facebook, only without all of the extra stuff. basically, you have 140 characters to write a status update, much like on facebook. but that's all you do. you can tag people and reply to people in your status updates, and also send direct (private) messages. You "follow" someone, subscribe to their page, and then you see all of their tweets. Twitter is a great platform for holding conversation, it is very common to see people tweeting back and forth to each other).
Anyway, twitter is a platform that is used heavily by, for example, celebs, companies, news anchors.. and the latter is what makes me so drawn to it.
As you all should know by now, I am an absolute Fox News addict. It's like Fox News has become the soundtrack to my life. When I look back on the last year I can hardly remember a time without the quiet hum of news anchors in the background guiding me through my afternoon, along with the peppy, fun atmosphere of Fox & Friends in the morning and the exciting, intense atmosphere of the nighttime opinion shows. It's on.. all the time.. even when I'm not watching it.
So anyway, what does this have to do with twitter? Well, pretty much all of my favorite Fox News anchors have twitter pages that they update constantly, especially in the time right before they are on-air, and also during commercial breaks when they are on-air. My second favorite anchor Gretchen Carlson (second only to the fabulous Megyn Kelly), runs the twitter for Fox & Friends in the morning and is always tweeting often. Greta Van Susteren who hosts On The Record at 10pm on Fox News also has a twitter. Her twitter is hilarious.. she tweets all the time.. she asks questions, and just gives general comments and she is always responding to her followers (pretty much all of whom are her fans).
The reason that I mention these two anchors are because that I've actually gotten direct responses from these two women themselves on twitter in the last week. These two incredibly accomplished women, both of whom are anchors on largely popular cable news shows, have responded personally to me.. little me.. sitting at my computer in my little apartment in Charlotte. As a ridiculous Fox News fan this is literally rocking my world! I am like a little 12 year old fan girl all over again. The fact that I've received personal, direct message from these two women highlights two points for me. First of all, that they are incredibly gracious and down to earth women for taking the time to just talk with their fans and respond to what they have to say. And secondly, that twitter is an amazing new piece of technology. It takes things to a whole new level. Before, it was just the regular news experience: get the news read from the teleprompter by the anchor, watch some commercials, lather, rinse, repeat. (okay not really, but you get the point). But now the connection is so much more personal because I can read tweets that these anchors post during commercial breaks.. with questions or just general comments or insight into what they are thinking. It makes watching the news so much more personal, and for someone like me who is incredibly news-conscious and politically active, that is awesome.
well.. that's all from my little corner of the world tonight!
to all who stumble upon my little blog, many blessings to you and I wish for you a wonderful week!
xox annie
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
my fairytale ending. (:
I'm alive! and not just alive, but I am the happiest girl in the whole wide world!
I apologize for the lengthy gap in blog updates, but the past two months (wow has it really been two months since my last update??) have been crazy!! Things are just as crazy now if not more crazy, but I am making time because it is important to me to stay in touch with all of you. It was so wonderful to be home and see everyone! I am so blessed and grateful that Garrett gave me the opportunity to spend a weekend with my family and share with you guys my wonderful news and happiness. Speaking of news and happiness, I am pretty sure (at least I hope!) that all of you know my news by now, which is that Garrett and I got engaged on January 23rd! (: I am, like I said, the happiest girl in the whole world, and for those who don't know, I would like to share with you the story of our proposal:
On Friday, January 22nd, Garrett and I headed to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with four of our close friends Steve, Mike, Charliann and Kristen. Steve and Charliann have been dating for 2 and a half years and Mike and Kristen actually became an "official" couple the night that Garrett and I got engaged. Anyway, we rented this AMAZING cabin up in the beautiful mountains. It had a sauna, hot tub, pool & foosball tables, and three bedrooms. The funniest part about it is that between the three bedrooms and pull out couches, there were three king size beds and two queen sized beds.. and yet all three of us girls ended up in one king bed together, and (hilariously) all three boys ended up in one king bed together. It was like two giant sleepovers. But it was definitely a lot of fun.
On the afternoon of Saturday the 23rd, we drove into downtown Gatlinburg. We spent some time just walking around through the shops and having a good time. We sat down to dinner at a delicious restaurant and enjoyed great food. When our waitress brings out dessert, she hands me this little packet of papers. I looked down at the papers and see that it is the first three pages of a story of some sort. I read the pages and it turns out to be a fairytale about a girl named "Anneastalla". Along with the three pages there is a small paper that has directions on it, telling me that the rest of the pages are hidden throughout downtown and that I have to find them. Garrett tells me that this is my present for our three year anniversary which was January 4th (though I am secretly hoping that it might be leading up to a proposal). I end up going on a scavenger hunt all through downtown which takes me places like up the gondola to an ice rink, to a candy shop, and to a little river that runs through the town, receiving more pages of the fairytale at each place.
The fairytale tells the story of a girl named Anneastalla who is chosen as the next princess of "Chicagdria", signified by an old shoe of Anneastalla's being turned into a pink glass slipper in the middle of the night. Before Anneastalla sees the pink glass slipper and realizes that she is the new princess, the evil Lord Vicis steals the glass slipper. The kingdom has no idea who the new princess is, and by default, Vicis becomes king. One day Anneastalla meets Garricus, who is the prince of the nearby kingdom (though he does not reveal this to Anneastalla). They spend the day together and fall in love. Anneastalla has to return to Chicagdria and her and Prince Garricus must say goodbye, though they continue writing letters to each other every day. Prince Garricus discovers that King Vicis has stolen the pink glass slipper from Anneastalla and he sets out to go tell her. Before he can reach her, King Vicis kidnaps Anneastalla and locks her up in the castle. Prince Garricus rides to the castle to rescue her and when he gets there, King Vicis reveals his true form, a dragon. Prince Garricus slays the dragon and then frees Anneastalla and they live happily ever after. (the fairytale is much more complex and longer, this is just the summary version)
We reached the end of the scavenger hunt and the last few pages were sitting on a blanket near the small river. Garrett asked if I had liked it, and I told him that I loved it and tried to act so happy about it, although I was secretly totally disappointed, as at this point I had definitely been expecting a proposal at the end (later I found out that I had done a terrible job of acting happy, because Garrett could tell I was totally disappointed!). We got in his car and headed out on the 20 minute drive back to our cabin, and in my mind I had the slightest hope that maybe there would be a surprise back at the cabin and that really wasn't the end, but I pushed that thought out of my mind. We arrived back at the house and as soon as we pulled up, Mike came out and told Garrett that our pipes had froze and we had no water, so Mike and Garrett disappeared together. (at this point I knew that there was definitely something going on, because I didn't believe the whole we-have-no-water gimmick). I head up the front steps to the door and I see a sign that says "Alternate Ending - Anneastalla" and there's an arrow pointing to the right, to the pathway that leads to the balcony in the back. My heart started pounding like crazy and I followed a trail of rose petals and votive candles around to the lower balcony, up through the house, and out to the upper balcony which was covered in rose petals and light strands. On the floor of the balcony I see a pink glass slipper along with a beautiful book that is the fairytale Garrett had written, and it is opened to the last two pages. I read the ending and it is different this time, it says that Prince Garricus and Princess Anneastalla not just live happily ever after, but that they get married, uniting their two kingdoms, and live happily ever after. I am shaking like crazy and my heart is nearly pounding out of my chest. Garrett comes up behind me, turns me around, and then gets down on one knee and asks me to marry him. I said yes, of course, and cried (a good cry). It was the most magical and beautiful night of my life, and I am the most blessed girl in the whole world to have a man who loves me so much that he would plan this incredible proposal for me. I loved that he wrote our story into a fairytale, especially because he is my prince and he truly makes me feel like a princess. I know that I have found my prince charming who will take care of me and love me my whole life, and who I know I will spend happily forever and ever after with.
Whew, okay, I know that is really long but I really wanted to share the story of our proposal with you guys because it is so special and magical and amazing!! I am truly the luckiest girl in the world. I had so much fun that weekend with our friends, and January 23rd was an incredible night!! Because of our proposal of course, and also because as I said above, Garrett's best friend Mike asked Kristen to be his girlfriend that night (and what makes it even neater is that we found out he asked her to be his girlfriend pretty much at the exact same time as Garrett was asking me to marry him. cool huh!?).
Well anyway, we don't have any big details set yet, all we know is that the wedding will be on January 1st, 2011. (1/1/11, kinda neat huh?) We of course will keep you all updated as we make more decisions.
I will update soon with more of the details of what's going on in my life in general in school and work and all. As of tonight, I was up last night until 2am doing homework, so I am going to enjoy a cup of hot tea, some relaxation, and a good night's sleep!
Hope everyone has a blessed week! (:
xoxo annie
I apologize for the lengthy gap in blog updates, but the past two months (wow has it really been two months since my last update??) have been crazy!! Things are just as crazy now if not more crazy, but I am making time because it is important to me to stay in touch with all of you. It was so wonderful to be home and see everyone! I am so blessed and grateful that Garrett gave me the opportunity to spend a weekend with my family and share with you guys my wonderful news and happiness. Speaking of news and happiness, I am pretty sure (at least I hope!) that all of you know my news by now, which is that Garrett and I got engaged on January 23rd! (: I am, like I said, the happiest girl in the whole world, and for those who don't know, I would like to share with you the story of our proposal:
On Friday, January 22nd, Garrett and I headed to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with four of our close friends Steve, Mike, Charliann and Kristen. Steve and Charliann have been dating for 2 and a half years and Mike and Kristen actually became an "official" couple the night that Garrett and I got engaged. Anyway, we rented this AMAZING cabin up in the beautiful mountains. It had a sauna, hot tub, pool & foosball tables, and three bedrooms. The funniest part about it is that between the three bedrooms and pull out couches, there were three king size beds and two queen sized beds.. and yet all three of us girls ended up in one king bed together, and (hilariously) all three boys ended up in one king bed together. It was like two giant sleepovers. But it was definitely a lot of fun.
On the afternoon of Saturday the 23rd, we drove into downtown Gatlinburg. We spent some time just walking around through the shops and having a good time. We sat down to dinner at a delicious restaurant and enjoyed great food. When our waitress brings out dessert, she hands me this little packet of papers. I looked down at the papers and see that it is the first three pages of a story of some sort. I read the pages and it turns out to be a fairytale about a girl named "Anneastalla". Along with the three pages there is a small paper that has directions on it, telling me that the rest of the pages are hidden throughout downtown and that I have to find them. Garrett tells me that this is my present for our three year anniversary which was January 4th (though I am secretly hoping that it might be leading up to a proposal). I end up going on a scavenger hunt all through downtown which takes me places like up the gondola to an ice rink, to a candy shop, and to a little river that runs through the town, receiving more pages of the fairytale at each place.
The fairytale tells the story of a girl named Anneastalla who is chosen as the next princess of "Chicagdria", signified by an old shoe of Anneastalla's being turned into a pink glass slipper in the middle of the night. Before Anneastalla sees the pink glass slipper and realizes that she is the new princess, the evil Lord Vicis steals the glass slipper. The kingdom has no idea who the new princess is, and by default, Vicis becomes king. One day Anneastalla meets Garricus, who is the prince of the nearby kingdom (though he does not reveal this to Anneastalla). They spend the day together and fall in love. Anneastalla has to return to Chicagdria and her and Prince Garricus must say goodbye, though they continue writing letters to each other every day. Prince Garricus discovers that King Vicis has stolen the pink glass slipper from Anneastalla and he sets out to go tell her. Before he can reach her, King Vicis kidnaps Anneastalla and locks her up in the castle. Prince Garricus rides to the castle to rescue her and when he gets there, King Vicis reveals his true form, a dragon. Prince Garricus slays the dragon and then frees Anneastalla and they live happily ever after. (the fairytale is much more complex and longer, this is just the summary version)
We reached the end of the scavenger hunt and the last few pages were sitting on a blanket near the small river. Garrett asked if I had liked it, and I told him that I loved it and tried to act so happy about it, although I was secretly totally disappointed, as at this point I had definitely been expecting a proposal at the end (later I found out that I had done a terrible job of acting happy, because Garrett could tell I was totally disappointed!). We got in his car and headed out on the 20 minute drive back to our cabin, and in my mind I had the slightest hope that maybe there would be a surprise back at the cabin and that really wasn't the end, but I pushed that thought out of my mind. We arrived back at the house and as soon as we pulled up, Mike came out and told Garrett that our pipes had froze and we had no water, so Mike and Garrett disappeared together. (at this point I knew that there was definitely something going on, because I didn't believe the whole we-have-no-water gimmick). I head up the front steps to the door and I see a sign that says "Alternate Ending - Anneastalla" and there's an arrow pointing to the right, to the pathway that leads to the balcony in the back. My heart started pounding like crazy and I followed a trail of rose petals and votive candles around to the lower balcony, up through the house, and out to the upper balcony which was covered in rose petals and light strands. On the floor of the balcony I see a pink glass slipper along with a beautiful book that is the fairytale Garrett had written, and it is opened to the last two pages. I read the ending and it is different this time, it says that Prince Garricus and Princess Anneastalla not just live happily ever after, but that they get married, uniting their two kingdoms, and live happily ever after. I am shaking like crazy and my heart is nearly pounding out of my chest. Garrett comes up behind me, turns me around, and then gets down on one knee and asks me to marry him. I said yes, of course, and cried (a good cry). It was the most magical and beautiful night of my life, and I am the most blessed girl in the whole world to have a man who loves me so much that he would plan this incredible proposal for me. I loved that he wrote our story into a fairytale, especially because he is my prince and he truly makes me feel like a princess. I know that I have found my prince charming who will take care of me and love me my whole life, and who I know I will spend happily forever and ever after with.
Whew, okay, I know that is really long but I really wanted to share the story of our proposal with you guys because it is so special and magical and amazing!! I am truly the luckiest girl in the world. I had so much fun that weekend with our friends, and January 23rd was an incredible night!! Because of our proposal of course, and also because as I said above, Garrett's best friend Mike asked Kristen to be his girlfriend that night (and what makes it even neater is that we found out he asked her to be his girlfriend pretty much at the exact same time as Garrett was asking me to marry him. cool huh!?).
Well anyway, we don't have any big details set yet, all we know is that the wedding will be on January 1st, 2011. (1/1/11, kinda neat huh?) We of course will keep you all updated as we make more decisions.
I will update soon with more of the details of what's going on in my life in general in school and work and all. As of tonight, I was up last night until 2am doing homework, so I am going to enjoy a cup of hot tea, some relaxation, and a good night's sleep!
Hope everyone has a blessed week! (:
xoxo annie
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