Earn some...Spend some....Save some!!!

So I have been blog jumping which I find extremely fun and in my blog jumping I have been inspired! Every amazing blog has button. So I went out looking for how to make a button! I found it and I've got a button, I just don't know how to put it on my blog! If any of you know, would you care to tell me!? And that was just a part of my inspiration, I've also been inspired to post more than once a month! I'm going to try but I just can never figure out what to post about!

Today is going on almost a month that I haven't been to school, and as strange as it sounds, it's killing me! On New Year's day I was so excited, 5 months till I graduate then the snow storm of the century,as my friends call it, came through and I'm snowed in and who knows when we'll be able to make back to school. I really wanted to graduate as early as possible because I'm taking a class to get my CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant). And what's so great about getting my CNA is that I will be able to work starting out at $9 an hour and that is just at the nursing home. If I work at the hospital I can start out at $11 an hour. Which is really good for me because I have lots of things that I need to buy and most of them are big ticket items. I don't have a car and since I'm staying home for the first year of school I will defintely need a car because the closetest campus is in town which is 20 minutes from my house and sometimes you have to travel to the next city which is 30 minutes from home. And I talked to my sister and she is going to be getting a new car in July, and she told me that I could just buy hers from her. Which is good, great actually because I wanted to get a vehical that was 4 wheel drive so that I could still get around in the winter and I know that I couldn't get one in the price range that I want. And a major plus is that her truck (Ford Explorer) has a sunroof, and I've always wanted a sunroof!! Oh man that is so exciting!! And I will spend about $4,000 less on a vehical by getting hers which mean I can buy a laptop, stress-free, and I can I have money to put towards book for school. And of course do what I do best...SAVE!!!! My friends tell me all the time that I need to live a little because I don't spend very much money, for instance; instead of going to the movies, I will rent a movie from the red box ($1) and then buy popcorn(not microwave, air pop) and I make that and then have a movie night! I save about 5 dollars by doing that!! And when I save I am really happy!! But sometimes I just have spend a little!

Which brings me back to laptops, does anybody know of a really good laptop? I really wanted a Lennova. The kind you write on. I don't know what it's called but you can write your notes on it and it makes them into text.(touch screen) Any ideas on good laptops???

Big changes on the homefront!

Since it's the month of January I have really been trying to get on the ball with my BYU-I application! The deadline is Feburary 1st!! And for the past month or month and a half everytime I think about that silly application I want to cry and just breakdown and give up! So I decided to do what I always do when I am stuck and I don't know what I should do...I called my best friend, Elaine. She is the greatest and she always knows how to help me! After I told her my problem she told me that I should just pray about it and she told me that I was a smart person and she was pretty sure that whatever I decided the Lord would be ok with! So After we talked for a little bit, the answer was clear to me! Well, first I will tell you my two options; first, it was to just apply to BYU-I and hope that I get in (no back-up plan) and second, attend the local community college for a semester or two and then transfer to BYU in Provo (this option would allow me to work and add to my $15 savings).Now going to BYU in Provo has always been my dream and after I got a 21 on my ACT I didn't think that was possible so my focus was shifted to BYU-I. But Elaine and I talked about it and I decided that I'm going to go to the local community college for a semester or two and then transfer to BYU. That makes me super excited. See that is where Elaine will be going to school and she and I have lived 1200 miles away from each other for the last 2 years and we are pretty much sisters. So this is absolutely amazing!

And here lately it's been so strange, I've always wanted to be an adult. But here lately I've been struggling. People don't tell you what to do anymore, it's your life, if you don't make decisions nobody will and you'll be stuck in the same spot.

This past Monday I bought my prom dress and it isn't my mom's favorite. But I love it, so I've had to come to terms with the fact that sometimes I'm going to love things that my mom isn't going to love as much as me! And my mom has been wigging out about my decision to go to the community college for a semester or two then go to BYU. She's afraid that the credits won't transfer. But I called today and they do! Which means I won't have to get my assosiates before I transfer!! I'm really excited to get on with all this stuff but it seems like I will be in high school forever because of this silly snow. We haven't even gone to school in January yet. And it looks like we might make 2 out of 14 days! I hope! This staying at home is killing me!

Do you guys have any suggestions on things I could do?? I'm snowed in and I live way out 20 minutes from town! I'm so bored of being inside!

Starting with a bang...

So it's 2010...I remember in 6th grade I used to think that this year would never get here. I graduate in 5 months and I remember thinking that it would never get here! To think it's so close and it's only getting closer is just amazing!!

And it's a new year! I'm really excited about that! I have some things I want to accomplish; I want to ask this guy I out that I like, I want to get into BYU-I, and I want to do everything that I want to(live without regrets). I have a tendency to over-think things and not do them for fear of what is going to happen! But this year I want to do things without thinking about them so much! I want to truly live by the seat of my pants. I have lots of plans and I'm excited to make them happen!

What are some things you want to do this year!?