Delayed - Days 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14

Ugh. So I feel like such an awful blog challenge participant because I haven’t gotten to update ANYTHING on time. My sister and brother-in-law were in town from Michigan and brought with them some AMAZING new.


I’m going to be an AUNT!

I’m super excited. We haven’t had a baby in the family since my younger sister (who is turning 21 in less than a month). So obviously I have been spending as much time with them as I possibly could while they were in Orlando. My younger sister came into town from Tampa on Friday and we had a strictly family dinner where they told us about the little Peanut. The next day was the UCF Homecoming game (which they had been planning on coming down for since August (pre-baby). So we had a great time at the game…next Homecoming they’ll be coming with baby in tow! My brother-in-law, Adam, and I have a bet going I think it’s going to be a girl, he says boy. We’ll see!

Sooooo onto my attempt at catching up with the challenge!...

Day 10 – Something You’re Afraid Of

I used to have a lot of fears, over time I have definitely gotten over them.

I think my biggest ones are basically anything that stings – bee, wasp, spider, etc. But that isn’t anything epic. My other fear is of being struck by a car that is running a red light. I love driving and have no intense fear of driving, but just about every time I go through a green light at an intersection I think about a car running a red light and my chest like tenses up. It’s weird.

I used o have this epic fear of being alone for the rest of my life. Never falling in love, everyone dying and me being left along, blah blah blah. But I have definitely gotten over that. I’m not entirely sure how I got over that fear because it was definitely something that I thought about all the time but it’s not so much a big deal to me anymore. I’m not even sure if this fear actually makes any sense, or if the way I’m explaining it makes any sense, but whatever.

Day 11 – Favorite TV Shows

I do not have DVR so I feel like my list of TV shows that I consider a MUST WATCH is definitely a lot smaller than those who have DVR because they can basically watch anything. This list also includes some of my absolute favorites from growing up as well. Not in any particular order I kind of tried to go through networks that I watch frequently.

Grey’s Anatomy
Private Practice
Brothers & Sisters
House
South Park
Tosh.0
Boy Meets World
Gilmore Girls
All seasons of Real World (it is a very sick obsession with my roommates and I)
Jersey Shore
All of the Real Housewives (another sick obsession)
Top Chef
GLEE (I am a recent convert on this one. Never watched the first season but am loving the second season right now)
Secret Life of the American Teenager
Make It or Break It
Greek

Day 12 – What You Believe
Recently I have become a firm believer in learning to roll with the punches. You never know what type of balls Life is going to through at you and you just need to learn to live with I, good or bad. Planned or unplanned. You never know what tomorrow is going to have in store for you, and that is what makes life so interesting, the mystery.

Day 13 – Goals

I think my major short term goal right now is to finish my undergrad, which will probably be happening around May 2012, which is exciting and has definitely been something long in the making. Long term would definitely be getting into Grad school somewhere up in the Northeast so I can be closer to my family, and finding a job that allows me to do a lot of traveling. Yes, falling in love would fall in there somewhere, but it’s not necessarily something I have control over, I’ll meet That Guy someday whenever it is right for both him and I.

Day 14 – A Picture You Love

This is a picture of me and all of the active girls of my Kappa Kappa Gamma family. I am a Kappa Alumnae so it was so great to be able to get together with the active girls of the family.

Family 69!

Delayed - Days 4, 5 & 6

Day 4 – Your Parents

I absolutely adore my parents. They are the most supportive people that anyone could ever ask to be their parents. The past 2 years have been very rough, and I firmly believe that had I not had the support of my parents then I would never have gotten out of it alive. They seriously have no idea how much respect, admiration, and love I have for them. They are my entire world.

Day 5 – Your Siblings

I am a middle child. I have an older sister and a younger sister. We definitely all have very different personalities and ways of doing things, but in the end I know that they are definitely the people I can always go to for support.



Jordan, Aurora, Me (L - R)

My older sister, Jordan, is awesome. She is recently married to a great guy, Adam (I’ve always wanted an older brother!). I remember when we were both in high school together (me a freshman, her a senior) we had our scuffles. She always wanted to listen to NPR in the morning on the drive to school, I always wanted to listen to hard rock. But once college came around we were completely different. Her freshman year she rushed Kappa Kappa Gamma…my freshman I rushed Kappa Kappa Gamma and we had that instant bond that pulled us together. Since then not only have we been sisters by chance, but sisters by choice as well. Even now, 3 years after her graduation from University of Central Florida I still think about our weekly sushi lunches in the Student Union that we had, every time I walk through the building.

Aurora, my younger sister, is the wild child. But she is so inspiring at the same time. She has such an outgoing personality and makes friends easily to matter where she goes. She is an amazing artist. She is kind of like my in the fact that she has no idea what she wants to do with her life but both her and I realize that it’s a perfectly acceptable thing.

Day 6 – A Picture Of Something That Makes You Happy

Obviously, I could go on and on gushing in yet another post about how much I love my family and about how they make me so happy, and about how they are my entire world, but alas, I shall not.

One of the other things that make me so happy is being outdoors, at the beach, on the water. I love it. It is so peaceful and serene I just wish that I had more time available to do such things.

Photo I took from outside of my parents house in Crisfield, Maryland

Okay, so I'm going to cheat a little a put two pictures. I also like to draw.

Love is a many splendid thing....

...Love lifts us up where we belong.

Day 3-Your first love


I have never been “in love.”

Sure, I love: my parents, my sisters, my family, my faith, my friends. But the experience of being “in love” is definitely foreign to me.

That being said, I also consider myself a classic romantic at heart. Sure my past has been riddled with minor crushes and insignificant boyfriends, but never love, and I’m okay with that. I used to think that love was all I ever wanted, and I still do, but at this point in my life I have no desire to be in a relationship. I have so many things that I would like to experience in my life and for some reason I have this notion n my head that being in a relationship will hold me back from accomplishing all of these things. I know that shouldn’t be the case, that the person who I am meant to fall in love with will be there not to hold me back, but to stand next to me and help me in accomplishing all of my dreams. But right now, I see so many people around me in relationships instantly sucked into the whole realm of marriage and babies and “adulthood” and I don’t want to be there yet, it scares me. When I hear people around me talking about “oh our next car has to be big so we can fit a bunch of babies in it” it truly scares me. I just want to say to them, you’re only 22 years old, what’s the rush?

I know this all may make me sound very cynical, but I swear I’m not. I do honestly believe that there is the perfect soul mate out there for everyone, and yes, some day my prince will come. But right now I am completely content being single and not in love.

#1 always in my heart

My parents have never really been big sports people, sure they brought me and my sisters to our softball, swimming, or volleyball games/meets, but when it comes to cheering on some big NFL, MLB, or NBA team they are clueless. I get my love of watching sports from my grandfather (a.k.a Poppy). I remember when I was younger (and still today) whenever I would visit him and my grandmother (a.k.a. Nana) up in Philly, no matter what sport we would always be watching the game. I grew up with GO PHILLIES, GO EAGLES, GO FLYERS, GO 76ERS! It’s just natural.


With that being said, I leave you with GO PHILLIES, as they are taking on the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of the NLDS! Have a great weekend!

Completely unrelated:

...Beauty and the Beast was released from the Disney Vault October 5th. I just bought it today, and they gave me free Beauty and the Beast silly bands.

...I have yet to see the 6th Harry Potter movie (epic failure of a Harry Potter fan) I went out and purchased it today. Now I'm having a tought time deciding if I want to watch Harry Potter or Beauty and the Beast when the Phillies game is over.

Bridal shower fun!

Yesterday we had my older sister’s bridal shower at Springfield Country Club. Some of the highlights:

…The venue was absolutely beautiful. The grounds for the golf course were a perfect backdrop for photographs, and the staff that worked out event was phenomenal. The food was delicious. I wish I could have gotten to go inside their kitchen though. Since I work at a country club in Orlando in the dining room and banquet departments, I simply love seeing how other kitchens are designed and run. The tables looked exactly as I had hoped, and our own little touches of potted plants and cupcake dishes in the center fit in great. We got many complements on what a perfect bridal shower it was.

…I loved getting to so much of the family that lives up here since I never get to see them, being so far away in Florida. My grandmother got to see her older sister whom she rarely sees – they both cried upon seeing each other. It was priceless. Speaking of family, we all got to meet AGN (sister’s fiancé) parents for the first time. They were absolutely amazing.

…The weather was amazing. We could not have asked for a more perfect day. Breezy, in the 80’s, with a light sprinkling of clouds in the sky. This astounded me, seeing as the day that we arrived in Philly it was in the 50’s midday (pretty much freezing for all us Floridians). Today, I woke up and it was back in the 50’s again. I definitely didn’t pack for that type of weather.

…Most importantly, the surprise aspect of the whole bridal shower was successful! I was so sure that JAH (sister) would get suspicious of something and start begging her fiancé for information but he said that the entire time she had no idea. My baby sister, the two other bridesmaids, and myself all pegged that she was going to cry, which she did.

The golf course

The table setting. With homemade flower pot party favors and cupcake centerpiece.

The bride (middle) with her 4 bridesmaids.

Close up of the party favors and cupcakes.

Me (right), my mom, and my sisters.

Let me introduce myself...

I like to consider myself a regular when it comes to blogging. Blogger, LiveJournal, Teen Open Diary (yeah, way old school…seriously if you remember it mad props to you), you name it, I’ve had one. I’ve grown up and always had a passion for writing, why I never thought about making it some type of career, I have no idea. My most recent excursion into the blogging world didn’t necessarily fail, but I got tired of getting so much flack from people about what I wrote (typically personal things) that I just ended up blocking it from everyone. I still keep up my personal blog for myself – you know, diary style – but I am the only person who will ever see it. That being said, I have missed writing for an audience to see, read, and relate to my emotions and opinions, so I’m venturing back into the public world of blogging with Southern Belle With A Jersey Girl Attitude, in hopes that it will satisfy my love of writing for an audience.


Now, what better way to start off the beginning of a new blog with a proper introduction…

I’m not your typical 22 year old, I have had many ups and downs in my life that not many people have had to experience, and I am happy to say that I am finally finding the path that I am meant to be traveling in this life. Born just outside of Atlantic City, NJ, and moved to Fort Lauderdale, FL when I was 4 years old, I currently reside in Orlando, FL for college but hope to be moving back up north within the next 3 years.

I simply love the fact that I am from New Jersey, I’ve loved ‘the Jersey Shore’ long before there was ever a Guido filled MTV show about it. I have spent many a vacations down at the shore with family, walking the boardwalk with my sisters as my parents and grandparents played in the casinos, laying out on the beaches, but never going into the water because it was way too cold for us Florida gals. I know I can’t consider myself a true Jersey girl, because the minute I moved down south I was listening to country music and talking with a slight southern twang like the best of them, but I do believe that the Jersey in me definitely comes off in my attitude. I ain’t no quite, demure southern belle, I’ll be the first to call people on their bullshit, especially in the workplace, yeah, ask anyone I work with on that one.

There are a few things that I am very passionate about, God, my family, my friends, traveling, art, and the ocean. Specifically, in that order. The first three are pretty self explanatory; I am very loyal to my faith, family, and friends. I am currently an Art History major and looking to graduate with my Bachelor’s degree in December of 2012. On completion of my Bachelor’s I plan on studying Architecture for my Master’s degree. If there is one thing I could pick to do for the rest of my life it would be studying and restoring historic architecture and art (leaning mostly towards architecture) all around the world. Now, the ocean, random I know. I have grown up always being by the water. My dad loves boats, and naturally that has rubbed off on me – after all, when I was born I was brought home from the hospital to a sailboat – it’s only fitting that I love anything involving the ocean.