Instagram

I have always been envious of everyone's Instagram posts on Twitter. Whenever they show up, I would check them out. There's something so awesome about pictures. You're capturing a moment. Something that you find to be individually special, and sharing it with the world. So the other day, after careful consideration I signed up for instagram! Naturally, I had to play with the filters and find the ones I like best. Some people, I've noticed stick with a few and I was excited to see all the possibilities!

This truly opened up the summer to a world full of possibilities. I love documenting events with tons and tons of pictures. It usually annoys those around me. But buckle up! Expect big things ahead!

Happy Summer!

xoxo

Jordan

Long Weekend

So I went with my mom to the grocery store today, and we were going around the store and she said something about this being "a long weekend." And I couldn't help but think that these last 2 weeks or so of being home from school, on my official summer break, while others are still in school, made me feel like I've been living an extremely long weekend. I mean think about it, little responsibility, tanning, reading, and hanging out. That is what summer is to me. My month of freedom from anything definite to do is almost over. And while I'm SOOOO extremely excited for everyone to come home and for the pool to open, so I can start working, I'm just the slightest upset, cause that means I'm just that much closer to going back to school & the stress. So while everyone is so excited for Memorial Day Weekend, I'm just a little bit not... But I guess that's what I'm gonna need to work on, I always say that, I'm a worrier. And I need to calm myself, cause I'm the one stressing myself out. I need to know that everything will happen in do time. God doesn't ever deal you something you can't handle. He doesn't make mistakes, so if he's given you an obstacle in your life, he knows that you can handle it and prosper from it. So I just need to keep that in mind.

Have a good & safe weekend!

Happy Memorial Day!

xoxo

Jordan

Summer Playlist #1

Best Love Song: T-Pain ft Chris Brown

Boyfriend: Justin Bieber

Call Me Maybe: Carly Rae Jepsen

Give Your Heart A Break: Demi Lovato

Headlines: Drake

Heart Attack: Trey Songz

Isn't She Lovely/California Gurls: Laykn Heperi

Lovin' You Is Fun: Easton Corbin

Make Love: Chris Brown ft TYGA

Make Me Proud: Drake ft Rihanna

Medusa: Chris Brown

Mirror: Lil Wayne ft Bruno Mars

Payphone: Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa

Right By My Side: Nicki Minaj ft Chris Brown

Songs Like This: Carrie Underwood

So Good: B.O.B.

Summer Girl: Leighton Meester

Super Bass: Nicki Minaj

Sweat: Bow Wow ft Lil Wayne

Til The Casket Drops: ZZ Ward

Turn All The Lights On: T-Pain ft Ne-Yo

Up: James Morrison ft Jessie J

We Own The Night: Lady Antebellum

Where Them Girls At: David Guetta ft Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj 

Summer 2012 Playlist

I feel like any event sound have a soundtrack. I'm a firm believer in music being able to hold memories from events in your life, and just hearing them can take you back. So I like whenever possible to make playlists. The song is as important as the placement. So here's what I have so far...

So Good- B.O.B

Eyes Open- Taylor Swift

Wobble

Call Me Maybe- Carly Rae Jepson

Payphone- Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalfia

Boyfriend- Justin Bieber

Turn Up The Music- Chris Brown

We Own The Night- Lady Antebellum

Til The Basket Drops- ZZ Ward

Up- James Morrison ft Jessie J

Smile Back- Mac Miller

Hear You Me- Jimmy Eat World

Give Your Heart A Break- Demi Lovato

Turn All The Lights On- T-Pain ft Ne-Yo

Wild Ones- Flo Rida

Paradise- Coldplay

Half Moon- Blind Pilot

Never Let Me Go- Florence + The Machine

Lovin' You Is Fun- Easton Corbin

Heart Attack- Trey Songz

Medusa- Chris Brown

xoxo,
Jordan

Fan Favorite

This is what I do, with some help from friends, I find YouTube videos and wind up doing it ALL day long! It's quite fun and then I share with my family when they come home.

I seem to have weird obsessions, that if I start, I can't stop. For example: When I get it into my mind that I want to paint my nails, I can't stop thinking about it, until it actually happens. YouTube videos are the same, I won't stop searching until I am satisfied, which usually means I'm at it for hours.

That's what my summer has consisted of so far. I have gone to see one of my friends off to prom, I have gone to school with my mom. I took the family to get pedicures, I've put in my 4 volunteer hours at my job. I've read 2 books. I've unpacked and cleaned my room. I've been tanning in the backyard. Doing chores around the house. Simply just enjoying the time...

Now comes the problem, at night right before I would fall asleep, I get anxious. I have yet to find the reason, but it's upsetting, I have the worst anxiety, when it hits, it  really hits. I have to concentrate on my breathing and then just try and keep my head clear. I have an ever present difficulty with living in the moment and not obsessing over the past and the future. Memories keep me stuck and fear keeps me stuck. I just need to learn not to look too far forward, and just enjoy and live in the moment. Goal for the summer!

Goals:
1.) learn to relax
2.) learn to cook
3.) lose weight
4.) write, write, write

xoxo,

Jordan 

SUMMER!!!!!

I wish there was a good explanation for my absence, but.... IT'S SUMMER! So  sue me :) I have been thoroughly enjoying just being home. No stress of roommates, no more school stress. Simply just enjoying being home with my mom and sister! And boy oh boy, have we been having fun!!! We've been watching my favorite show , The Vampire Diaries, and having mini adventures. Not to mention, while they're at school, I sleep, tan and unpack! I've been slowly dwindling down my DVR recordings. Yes! Big things! My past school year was so tremendously unpsetting, I need this little down time! But I do miss my sisters, and friends from school. But as soon as everyone comes home for the summer, it'll be a blast!

xoxo,

Jordan

Finals Week

Finals Week, is the week where all the stress that you feel throughout the semester comes to stay. You never relieve the stress, it's just hiding and waiting for you. Last Thursday I took my first final, I hope it went well. Today, I took my Humanities final, boy oh boy, I don't need to ace the final, but I would like to do as well as I have been all semester. On Wednesday, I have a HUGE exam! It'll make or break my grade, Marketing Principles. Lucky me! I've been studying for hours and days, until after all this. It's in God's hands. And I truly believe that! I have faith that anything that happens is meant to happen, and it'll make me a better person. On Friday, I have my last final. History of Fashion, I'll start studying for that when Marketing has been taken care of. And then after that, I'll be a JUNIOR! I can't believe these last 2 years have gone by this fast! Like where has the time gone?! I feel like it was just yesterday that my mom was leaving me up here and I was starting college. Honestly, I can't believe that I graduated high school, let alone that my college graduation is nearing. WOAH! One GREAT thing comes at the end of this week! I GET TO GO HOME! YAY! I've been waiting for summer since it ended! And it's finally here! YAY! For those of you taking finals: Good Luck! For those of you not: Good Luck when they come around.

xoxo,

Best Wishes & Have a Great Summer!

Jordan

#TeamBreezy

LOVE!

Love when he smiles towards the end.

Absolutely love! Cry every time the bride comes in.

Want this played when my hubby proposes...

p.s. he says my name.

xoxo
#TeamBreezy

Jordan

Tattoo

 The faith tattoo I will get I hope on the inside of my left arm, cause it's the same arm as my tattoo for my grandpa. And honestly, faith is what got me to where I am now. I went through a dark period, when my grandpa died, that most people don't know about, but I think this tattoo would be a good representation of my journey.

 This tattoo, is so amazing because it's Psalm 23, which was my grandpa's favorite, he memorized it when he went through conformation, and it was read at his funeral. And my grandma was given a blanket at his funeral with it stitched into it. I don't think I'd ever actually get this, and definitely not this placement, but I absolutely love this.

 This simply because I'm obsessed with Harry Potter! And Snape's chapter is seriously my favorite part of the entire 7th book. It's just so strong. And it talks about the power of love. I want this on my left forearm. The same as the two I have in honor of my grandpa.

 I always wanted to get this with "alis volat propiis" and "alis grave nil" intertwined throughout the picture. I wanted to get it for my 21st, next year. "She flies with her own wings", "Nothing is heavy to those who have wings". I still will get that script, I just don't know if it'll come with this big artwork. I've just been toying with the idea of putting it along the top of my shoulder.

This made me really want a foot tattoo,I'm considering getting it this summer, "Les tumps sont durs pour les reveurs" "Times are hard for dreamers". Because if you know me, you'll realize I have big dreams, and since I've come to college, I've had a hard time with them, but I'm not giving up, and this is kinda the cementing detail.

I want to get a sun on the nape of my neck that matches my mom's sun tattoo on her ankle, she got it when we moved from California to Ohio, I'd get it to honor her, she's my rock, she's my best friend. I have no clue what I would do without her. I'd also get the words 'sale el sol' across the top. Meaning "the sun will rise" again a reminder that no matter how bad things get, it'll get better. Not to mention, something signifying my 4 years spent in Spanish.

I plan on getting a tattoo on the top of my foot as well as long the side because I've always wanted a pink or red, probably red heart with a 13 infused in. I've absolutley obsessed with my birthday which wouldn't be hard to figure out. So why not?!

My Big & I have toyed with the idea of getting a matching tattoo, perhaps a silhoutte of a squirrel, and holding a heart. Who knows, we share a birthday, so it might just happen!

xoxo,
Tattoo Lover
Jordan 

This Isn't Goodbye, It's Just See You SOON!

So with the school ending, and of course the summer fast approaching, of course I'm over the moon excited about it! But I can't help but see it as a bittersweet arrival, I've waited all year for it to be over, but of course, 8 of my favorite people are graduating. Which is really upsetting. Naturally since high school I have realized that my favorite people seem to graduate when I'm sophomore. So there's just enough time to spend with them, that makes them very influential in my life, but not enough so that I don't take this event as a catastrophe. Graduating is such an exciting time! And terrifying all at the same time. And with them graduating, it shows that college truly does have a shelf life. I was and still am upset that high school is over (yeah, go ahead and judge) but to think that there is gonna be a time when college is over, and I'm going to be expected to be a legitimate adult. Now that is terrifying! I've yet to come to terms with my high school graduation, I'm just gonna be in denial when 2014 comes around, I may just have to become a professional student!

Anyways, of course, 7 out of the 8 seniors are sisters. I'm so very happy that I got to know them and spend time with them, but I've really sad that it wasn't much time. And some may say why are you sad, and I'd answer that I'm not just sad for myself but for others, cause I can see how their involvement has touched my other sisters and how much their absence will be felt. And all I can hope for with my membership in Alpha Gamma Delta is that when my time comes that I've impacted someone's left the way my fleeting time with them has colored my experience and my goals for my life. I hope to one day to have the same grace and poise as all of them!

xoxo,

Lifelong Chum
Jordan

Well, hello there!

I see that it's been so long since my last post that the layout of everything has changed, so bare with me as I do my best.

The other day, I was sitting in class, it was an absolutely gorgeous day (and if you live in Ohio you know how sporadic those have been), and all I could think about was how much I missed writing. I'm sure you're thinking, you tweet and blog, how could you miss writing. Well, I miss writing in the sense of an English class. There's just something so great about your teacher giving you a prompt of some sort and you just writing whatever and however you take it. And I have yet to shake the feeling. Yes, I journal, tweet, and blog, but it's not quite the same. Having a set reason to write and knowing it has to be the best because at the end you're getting a grade.

Even more ironic, my friend the other day told me to write about her break up with her boyfriend. What makes this ironic is that in 7th and 8th grade I had a group of friends that were the stars of my never-ending stories. I still have the folder of all these stories. It turned into their birthday present as we got older. Throughout high school, I would write them each a story and I would make them copies and it just became a fun way to celebrate their birthdays. But I haven't written a story like that since senior year, and even though that feels like it was just yesterday, it was such a weird thought, almost like it was in a previous life. Which I guess it kinda was. 

So ultimately, I've realized in the past week as school is winding down, I truly miss writing. And with that I hope to be posting a lot more frequently.

xoxo,

Jordan