Walking on Sunshine....:)

I'm walking on sunshine....woah :)
Wow things are moving along pretty well here in SC. I find myself talking different than I used to lol. I actually didn't notice until my mom mentioned it the other night. We started cutting and coloring hair in class, with actual color lol not the cholestoral stuff. At first I have to admit I was very nervous, as I think other people were as well. Yesterday we started with the actual lightener, and today I did coloring and lightening and tomorrow I will do my hilighting and lowlighting. I am very excited to see the final product! I will post pictures when I get home tomorrow....if I remember lol. I am not doing very well at this whole blogging thing, I suppose that would be because I don't really have much to tell. I don't really have a life lol. I go to school, come home, do homework, eat, sometimes go to bed, then start again the next day. My days usually look very similar if not identical lol. I am very pleased to say though I do bake a lot. I love baking and I am happy to share my creations with people at school as well as my sisters here at home. It is weird saying home and being so far from home at the same time. But I have learned home is where the heart is and my heart is definatly here in SC at the moment. Eventually I am sure it will find it's way somewhere else. I hope so at least. My heart needs to travel some. :) I have made a couple of friends, which is nice. It is refreshing to know there are people I can call friends, people who are real with me, even if I might not like what they say, they are real. *sigh* well I am unsure of whatelse to say. Oh and someone needs to seriously come and get this cat that is outside our apartment, it is satan...in fur. She is stalking me I am sure of it. Well I am off to Applebees with my sisters. :)

Toodles

Because I said so! (P.S. Happy New Year)

Well I have decided 2012 has to be better than 2011. So much has happened this year! Life lessons, broken promises, and disappointing decisons. Which I suppose equal the same. The end of 2011 was the best part I do believe. Which is hard to swallow because I was away from my family at that time. I think moving and starting over is the biggest thing I have ever done in all my life. The best thing. I made many mistakes in 2011 and I am ready for this new year. I have made a list of resolutions. A bucket list of sorts, things I want to accomplish before the end of the year. Some are very personal and some are very cliche. In the end though, it is a promise to myself. My #1 resolution is to love myself. Something I have definatly had a problem with in the past. But starting today the critic inside of me is taking a vacation. I believe if I accomplish this everyday, loving myself, then all of my other resolutions and goals will fall into place. Hating myself made it very difficult to follow my dreams. Second guessing myself, doubt, fear. All of this is going to change this year. Also completing all assignments and tests with top scores and being top of my classes, which in turn accomplishes graduating. Going to the gym as much as possible. This year is different, you know why? Because I said so. This year is my year to prove to myself that I am not just the Amanda people want to see. I am Amanda- The person I want to be. This year I will overcome my fears, I will rise to the top. I will be more than I ever dreamed of. This year I will make myself proud.

It's been a while!

It has definatly been a busy week for me! School has been jammed packed and I have been real busy with homework. It all payed off as the first mod of school is over! It is a great feeling to be able to move on to the second mod. There was a graduation on Friday for three girls. It is weird to think that in 11 months I will be up there talking about my Remington/cosmetology adventures. I am very excited about that :). Y'all know I love talking lol. Ok well this last week we learned and performed on each other, manicures, pedicures, and shampoo and styles. It was a lot of fun. I had a hard time having my pedicure done, I don't like people touching my feet, but it all worked out and I survived haha. I was very excited about getting our first kits on Friday. It includes our first manikins (her name is Miss Anna), combs and brushes, roller sets, clips, and the little carrying tote bag. I was very excited! :) Yesterday we went toFlorence to Alicia and Cassie's church for a Christmas party, it was a lot of fun. Everyone was real nice and the food was good, I loved the singing and the message from the Christmas story. Two ladies sang Mary did you know. It was beautiful! Being the Christmas season I knew we would be missing out on some traditions from home (like christmas trees, christmas eve party, the night before christmas book, etc) and I knew we were going to be making our own traditions, but I have to say that I really miss our family traditions. Things are so very different from home. A christmas tree here is $50! and they aren't the real ones like we have at home. Back home you know it's Christmas time just by the smell. It smells like Christmas, the trees, the food, everything. Here it smells like.....well it doesn't smell like Christmas. I guess I am just a bit homesick. Anywho, today I have some homework to finish and church to get to and then maybe a good Sunday movie with my sisters. (making our own traditions) :) take care everyone and remember to say Merry Christmas to someone, it may be the one thing that makes their day better. Maybe they are homesick, or have family away, or they could just use a smile and Merry Christmas.
Toodles

End of a fantastic week

hello again! It has been a few days! Well let's see here....So much going on. On thursday I got a 98% on my test woooo. Then I started learning how to do corn rows! I was excited! Yesterday I got a 97% on my assignment. I know they are good scores, I just can't help but wish they were higher...maybe 100% haha. Anyways, yesterday I finished the corn rows on my maniquin and they looked pretty good I thought. But everyone elses looked amazing so I need to practice more, Alicia said I can do corn rows on her hair tonight. Today Alicia and Cassie have a Christmas Party at their church so I curled/pinned alicia's hair and braided cassie's. I am posting those pics on here. Oh and also I am posting a picture of the gas prices. They are amazingly low! They are lower now considering this picture is from a couple days ago but WOW! I think I am making friends with some people in my class. :) Which is nice. It is hard being way over here and not knowing anyone. Back home it wasnt like this, it seems I am home sick a little. I am very happy here though. I am glad to be here, just missing friends and family back home. I hope I won't forget what y'all look like lol. I have discovered just about how different things are here. Couple nights ago we had a "visitor". Haha too bad it wasn't for us. It was about 11:30pm and Alicia and I were in the living room, she just finished helping me study for my test and she was studying for her test. I had started to fall asleep on the couch and we heard a BANGING on the door. Not a knocking, no not knocking, BANGING. Like when the cops come to the door and bang. Scared the pee outta me almost. Alicia and I were both like "is that our door?" and sure enough it was. So I went over and looked out the peep hole, but I couldn't make out who it was (mind you my brain was still on the couch trying to wake up still) so I opened the door a tad and this girl pushed it all the way open and said "who are you?" and started taking her shoes off! I said uh, who are you!?! Then she looked up and Alicia and I and said, "where's Steve?" So Alicia said you have the wrong house, and she didn't believe her. She said "are you sure??" I said "yeah this is our house, no one named Steve lives here" and she said "well I have been here with him before outside....I work with him"(I suppose maybe she thought if she mentioned she worked with him I might change my mind and decide Steve lives here and i was hiding him the whole time. *rolls eyes*) So I said well he doesn't live here sorry wrong house. And she said "he drives a big white truck,& lives here." Then it registered she was talking about the guy who always parks his big white truck in front of the dumpster blocking us in our spaces. So we said OH that guy! He lives under us. and she said "are you sure?" Uh no I lied he lives in my pantry...."Yes I am sure" And then haha she said...."well how do I get down there?" I just looked at Alicia, like did she really just ask that? So I said, "go down the ramp and down the stairs." So she put her shoes back on and left. Alicia and I just sat there for a couple minutes and I looked at her and said That JUST happened....for real. I wasnt dreaming right? Nope I wasn't. *sigh* That was pretty entertaining. Anyways I have lots of homework chapter 11 is a beast. I am fixin to pull my books out so I'll be back another day!
Toodles

cookies and milk

So today went really well! I was able to get ahold of the lady at the no kill shelter here and she is sending me some information on how to get this kitty a home! YAY! Then at school today I had two assignments graded and I got a 95% on one and the 100% on another! I am so happy! I have a test tomorrow, and I am pretty ready for it. We are working on braids on the maniquins right now and I am just having the toughest time with them because they have to be so small, but I am managing. I am almost done with the full head of box braids so tomorrow I will take a picture and post it when I get home. I am pretty proud of them even though they don't look like everyone else's in the class. The majority of them have been braiding like that for years and years with their family and friends. There was one girl who was whipping them out like nobodys business! And she only using two fingers its crazy!! I made cookies tonight for class tomorrow and I tried a new recipe, I am not really sure I will use this one again.....idk maybe I am just too critical sometimes. If anyone has any good recipes please share! :) well now I am off to bed I am WIPED!
Toodles

Sunday Sunday Sunday!

IT'S SUNDAY! Yay! Today was pretty much the shortest day ever!! I was up until 5:30 this morning doing homework then I fell asleep until 8 then remembered church doesn't start until 1 so I fell back asleep and didn't wake up until 3! I missed church all together! I felt terrible! So I finished my homework and called some family and spent some time talking to them. I tried to get facebook video chat to work, and I am pretty sure it works accept there was no one available to test it with me. So if anyone is available soon just let me know so I can test it. It's funny because we were planning on video chatting with family on thanksgiving and we were preparing for it and then we realized we dont have a web cam haha. And then I remembered I have a web cam on my computer, the only problem is my computer won't charge unless I hold the cord in, for 1.5-2 hours haha and at the moment it keeps jumping in and out, hopefully it will work on Christmas! Today I started to really feel homesick for family. I suppose it's mostly because I am seeing the neighbors with their families and such, coming and going from thanksgiving. *sigh* I guess I am on a bit of a pity party today. Well that's all for tonight.

Toodles

homework, new movie, funny show, spilled milk

*sigh* Soooooo much homework! It's so funny, everyone in class was so happy to hear that we were doing chaper 5 only. Last time we did chapter 1 and 2 homework together and I spose that seemed like a heavy load. Well let me tell ya after I realized chapter 5 has 331 questions to answer (most of which are long sentence answers) I was not as excited. ha. well needless to say I am striving to be top of my class so I will NOT complain. Complainers don't get top of their class....i dont think so at least. lol. Alicia got a new movie from netflix called Post Grad. It was really good. Very funny. We had chicken enchiladas for supper. :) Very Very delicious. Then I watched some really funny clips from the Ellen Show. She cracks me up! Whenever I feel a little down or just grumpy I find I can always laugh with her show clips. :) Lets see....spilled milk (well actually spilled wax) I was closing my curtains and bumped the cord to my scentsy burner and it fell off my desk and spilled BRIGHT PURPLE wax onto the CREAM/OFF WHITE carpet....yeah that made my heart drop. I quickly picked it up and grabbed a cloth and started scrubbing, of course it didn't all come up (that would of course just be too easy). I spose this is why we payed a redecorating fee and deposit when we moved in, to cover things like this. Still I feel terrible and I am thinking of how to cover it so I don't have to see it everyday lol. I am still working on my painting but I am finding homework is just a little more important right now, as soon as I finish an assignment though, I do pick the brush up. :) I will finish it one of these days. I promise myself that. Monday I will be able to call the no kill animal shelter for the kitty outside our apartment. Hopefully they will have room, if not I am not sure what I'll do. I don't want her to go somewhere where they will put her down if she doesn't find a home. Anyone want a cat? lol. Well wish me luck for that. I am off now, finish homework and maybe even sleep tonight. :) I have slept real good the last couple nights. :)

Toodles