Celebrate the holidays with us.......Christmas 2016

My Christmas started out as soon as I got home from college. I started making Christmas cookies and Christmas gifts and of course listening to Christmas music. As for actual Christmas celebration that started on Christmas Eve. My Deaf Sunday School class had its Christmas party from 3-4:45 where we just hung out, had hot chocolate, played games, and decorated cookies. Then at 5:00 we had our Christmas Eve service where I helped interpret some of the songs for the Deaf. When my family got home we watched ‘The Nativity Story’ and read ‘Christmas: On This Holy Night’ as we do every year. Not long after we went to bed.

My First Horse Show on Campus

As many of you know, I am an equestrian student at my college. I am taking a hunter/jumper class and a dressage class (trust me when I say double seating is not an easy task). In the number of years I have been riding, which is only about five, I have only competed in one dressage show. That is another story. However, it was a good experience for getting me into the show ring. The story I would like to share is the story of my first horse show on-campus. (By the way, both of the shows I have competed I have been schooling shows, which means they are not recognized shows.)

For those who aren’t familiar with dressage, I will take a few moments to explain how showing works. 

College 4 Realz...... Finals Week

After a lot of hard work, new experiences and a lot of fun, we have officially finished our first semester of college and now blissfully retreat to recuperate over a month long winter break. Also, now we have a good idea of what the dreaded Finals Week involves. When you think of college finals the first thing that comes to mind is stress, coffee and energy drinks, and pulling lots of all-nighters.

Celebrate the Holidays with us……..A College Christmas

Hey guys! I mentioned in the last celebrate the holidays with us that we had a Friendsgiving and that we knew we would have a Christmas party. We had this party on the 2^nd of December because that was the Friday before finals. Now this was a pretty big event for us and we wanted to share it with you!

Celebrate the Holidays with us.......Thanksgiving

FRIENDSGIVING

A few weeks ago I brought up to one of our friends that I thought it would be cool to have a Christmas party before finals week to help de-stress. She said that her and her roommate were thinking along those lines but that they were actually thinking more like secret Santa. So we decided to combine both of them into one having a party and secret Santa. I will post telling everyone how that went later this week but for now I am going to tell you about the Friendsgiving we had before thanksgiving break to celebrate that and to organize the secret Santa.

College 4 Realz...... Myth Vs. Reality

There are a lot of common sayings or facts about college that simply are not true, or are exaggerated. Keep in mind that it totally depends on the size of the college, atmosphere and the people you hang around, but in my particular experience, here are 5 facts I have discovered:

 

1. You CAN balance your sleep, studying and social life.

Fighting The Flu

Hello Internet World! There are two things that a college kid living in the dorms fear, Finals Week and Flu Season. (Well really I could do an entire post on things that we ‘fear’ but that is for another day.) Unfortunately they seem to hit near the same time too. While I can’t help you avoid Finals Week (I’m sorry I wish I could) I can help you avoid getting the flu. While this is NOT a foolproof method, it may help a bit.

A Weekend At My House

Hi friends!  This post is about this past weekend when my friends, Jennah, Lacey, and Alyssa, all came to my house the first time.  I made the one-hour trip home at 11:00 o-clock as normal, and my friends came home later because some of them had classes during the afternoon. They met up my mom in Jefferson City and followed her home.  When they got there, we all went down to my horses to feed them. My friends were excited to finally see the horses that I have been talking about since day one. They loved them, although Lacey was a little shy around them. She hasn’t really been around horse before so that was normal. After that,

How We Met

Hi guys! My friends and I have started this wonderful blog.  We all come from different backgrounds with a wide range of interests and hobbies. So how did we all meet?

Alyssa and I go way back, about six years back around the time we both started high school. At the time, we were both attending the same homeschool co-op in Illinois.

College 4 realz....If I Can Do It Anyone Can!

Hey everyone!            

            College is a short period in your life where you have an opportunity to easily try new things and be involved in projects you know nothing about. A few months ago, I would be shocked if I was told I would be deeply involved in a collegiate theater production.