Summer 2010

Okay, so it's been awhile. I've been so busy this summer!! I'm back in school for the summer and about half way thru this quarter. My break was great I was able to be home for about a month and spent most of it on the Lake with Matt. :) And we took a trip to Vegas with Matt's parents! t was awesome but 3 days there is plenty for me!! Anyways, I was ready to get back to school. We are finally in our new building which is about a block from my apartment!! Very busy this quarter in my classes and loving it!! Can't believe summer is almost over though, taking one more vacation to Destin at the end of the month with Matt, Mom, and Tim!! I can't wait!! I will get some summer pictures up soon!!

21 TODAY!!

Finally... I have turned 21! :) I have a big weekend planned... well I have class today til 2! And then Matt, Heather, Probsty, Mom, and Tim are all going out to dinner with me and then out from there!! Friday my whole family is going to the firefly for dinner and drinks and then after that Heather and Probsty have planned for a party bus to take all of my friends out!!! I'm so excited! And then of course, gotta keep up with the tradition so we are having a party on Saturday!! It's going to be a great weekend!!! Starting NOW!!

It's been awhile...

I have not been doing a very good job posting lately. Been busy I guess.... So since the last time, I have started my new job. I am teaching swimming lessons again at an indoor pool. I'm really enjoying it! My second quarter of school just ended this past Wednesday! Crazy to think that I'm already done with that! It was a great quarter, and I'm very excited to start CAD in my next quarter! I think I will enjoy it alot more than hand drafting... but we will see!

I have no pictures to post.... :( because my camara broke. But a couple Saturdays ago I went to Indy with Clay to his formal! We had a great time!! All of my other friends were arriving in PCB that day! I was talking to Matt on Sunday when I got home, he was trying to convince me to just fly down there. And he did... ha! My mom searched all evening sunday for a plane ticket down there and we finally found one. So on monday Matt flew me down to PCB! :) We actually couldn't find a flight directly into Panama City Beach so I flew in Fort Walton, which was about an hour and a half away. I was suppose to arrive at 4 and that included a layover in Memphis BUT of course we got delayed so I didn't get there till about 6:30! It was a great time though and I'm so glad I got to go!!

Thats about all there is to catch up on now!

Mardi Gras 2010!

I know its been awhile, new years has past, school starting back up (which is going great by the way), Valentines day... I spent with Heather this year! Great time! :) I got a new job!! AND MARDI GRAS... lets just talk about that! This past weekend a few friends from back home traveled over here to celebrate! Trev, Wade, Kaleb, Probsty, and Brian came over friday and we started the events then. Saturday morning Trev and Wade made us all breakfast then we headed to the parade! It was actually a really nice day and we had a blast! Brian figured out that if you asked for your hurricane drink with no ice and then just poured it in your old cup that you got alot more to drink! ha He was pretty proud of himself! A few more joined us throughout the day and we ended the night downtown at Flannerys! It was a great weekend, many memories!!

Time to Catch Up!

Okay.... so I haven't been keeping up very good while I've been home on break. but here we go... first things first... I got my grades in... straight A's and a 4.0 gpa!! Woohoo!!

Wednesday night before Christmas I had some friends for HS come over!! We had such a great time, it's always good to catch up! Ended the night up at the WSL. Great to see everyone!! This is just a picture of us girls! The guys wanted nothing to do with picture taking! lol Christmas Eve I traveled to my Grandma Normas to have Christmas with the Cummins' side! We had a really great time! This quilt was made for my Grandma of my Uncle Marks old football jersey and some of his favorite tshirts from Newton! It was really amazing!

My beautiful goddaughter Charlotte Jo!

Kaydo and one of his Christmas gifts!! Isn't he a cutie!!

And drakey butt playin with the wrapping paper!! He had a great first Christmas!

The Cummins' girls! Sydney, Samantha, Susanne, and Me! Love these girls!!

Christmas Day we had family at our house but I didn't take any pictures!! :( I didn't do a very good job of that this year! Anywho then Christmas Night we went out to Kent and Sandras for Farley side!! Cole and Ross in their new sweatshirts!

Me and Lukey! He is so adorable!

Then after that I went out with some people for Brian Biermans 21st birthday!! I was the DD! :) We had a really good time and I was glad I got to go!!

This past Saturday about 32 of us went out on a party bus for Ryan Probst 21st birthday!! Freakin blast!! We had so much fun, I think we are doing it again this Saturday! haha

Me and Heather on the bus!!

So as of now... thats about it! It has been a great break so far!! Hope everyone has a great New Years!!!

1 down... alot to go!!

I am officially done with my first quarter of school here in STL!! :) It went by really fast, maybe because I was actually enjoying myself. I have recieved my grade for my Textiles class... its an A!! Whoop Whoop! Haven't recieved the others yet but I will get them in the mail within the next week or so. I'm pretty confident with my projects in the rest of my classes though, so I'm hoping for A's as well!!! Let Christmas break begin!!!

Surprise Surprise!!

So... yesterday at like 5 or so Eric text me and said he was coming to visit me! I texted Heather and told her that if she wasn't doing anything she should come too!! And this is where these two started getting tricky... lol Heather texted me back and said that she wasn't going to be able to get to Erics in time that he was getting ready to leave, so she would just come next time. This was at about 6 or 6:30. So I'm getting ready and my phone goes off and it's Heather askin how far Vandalia is from me. I told her and asked why she was asking! She said she was looking at jobs there, which made total since because she has been looking for jobs! So I thought nothing of it! Then about 8:30 rolls around, and I'm thinking where the hell is Eric he should be here by now, so I text him and he said he was just cruisin along he'd be here soon. lol I was ok... whatever! So about 9 he calls and is like "Ok WE are on Washington, blah blah blah"..... I was giving him directions... and he kept responding with WE.... again... didn't think anything of it! Next thing I know Eric turns the corner and Heather is in the passenger seat!! She surprised me!!! I was so excited to see them both! We ended up going down the street to an Irish Pub called The Dubliner! We had dinner there, and ended up stayin there all night listening to the live band!! My friend Cinzia also came and joined us! It was a great surprise and a great night!! :)

Pioneer Woman Tomorrow!!

Tomorrow Ree Drummond aka The Pioneer Woman will be at her book signing stop right her in St. Louis. AND right by my apartment here! I am so excited to meet her!! My cookbook is ready now I just have to wait till tomorrow evening! :) Can't Wait!

Spice Up Your Life!!

Okay so today at PSC we could dress up for Halloween which is fun for us cause then we don't have to dress up so professional like we do everyday!! So last night I was out with the girls and we decided to dress up as Spice Girls! lol We threw all of our costumes together last minute and I think we look pretty damn good! Our friend Jeremey is also in this picture... but it was the best group picture we had!
Left to Right: Sporty Spice (aka. Ashley), Scary Spice (Shannon), Ginger Spice (ME!), Posh Spice (Cinzia), Baby Spice (Brittney)... and then our angel up top is Jeremey! :)
AND TO OUR SURPRISE... we had a contest at lunch time and prizes were awarded for scariest, funniest, and best overal... AND WE WON BEST OVERALL!!! woohoo!

Pat on the back...

Okay, so I'm going to brag a little bit on myself! :) I have taken 3 tests so far and got A's on all of them!! And on all of my assignments so far this quarter! I'm pretty proud of myself! I have a project due Thursday so I'm hoping I can keep my streak up!! I'm also working on my first floor plan and have hands down came to the conclusion that I need a GOOD drafting table at my place! But anywho... things are going great with school! Hope everyone has a great Halloween Weekend!!!

Suggestions Please!!!

So I'm working on my first project for school, and basically I have to get my "own" interior design business set up. So first off I need to come up with a name and logo to put on all of my paperwork... I was trying to think of something with my name or initials??? But I want something catchy and unique... I'm at a stand still!! Let me know if you can think of anything!! THanks!

HarvestFest!!

This past Saturday, was first off Trevor Scott's 21st birthday! So about 14 of us traveled in Dave Geltz van to the Berryville Wine Festival! It was such a nice day outside and we had a great time. After we left there we went and ate at Vic's and then spent the rest of the evening in T-town!! :) Anyways, this week is my second week of school!! I absolutely love it! I'm attending my first ASID meeting tomorrow night at DALTILE! I'm so excited! :) That's all for now... Everyone have a great week!!!

New Home... In the works!!

Here are some pictures of my new place. Still have some things to do like recover the pillows on the sofa below and hang pictures. But once everything is done I will post new pictures just wanted to get some on of what we have done so far!! This is looking down the hall from my kitchen table! And a view of the closet my mom and grandpa made out of old doors! It's pretty neat and it gives me a little more privacy in my room!

Bedroom!! Still don't have a dresser or anything hung on the wall yet!

Bathroom... obviously! lol

View from hall looking into living area.

Looking at kitchen area and hall from living room.

Living area! Thank god my grandparents had so much furniture! I just went shopping there! haha and then mom repainted everything!!! Still need to recover the kitchen table chairs as well! We picked out some really awesome fabric!!

Sofa and Rug in living area!!

View from other corner in living room, where my drafting table will be! And thats about it so far!!

Off to the Ozarks!

Well.... I've been on the go since I arrived in Stl Tuesday! I love it here! A big thanks to Dan Matson for pulling his trailer full of my things and helping us move in. And my Uncle Mike deserves a huge thanks as well he also helped us move in and keep trying to introduce me to people on the elevator... lol It was a little embarrassing! Mom and Tim have spent the week with me doing ALOT of shopping which we all know I don't mind! :) I still have so much to do it seems like but so far so good!

So in a few hours I will be on my way to the Lake of the Ozarks for Labor Day weekend with a bunch of my good friends!! I'm very excited and ready for a little vacation!!

I'll put some pictures up of my place as soon as its all put together and in order!
Everyone have a great Labor Day weekend!!

Moving Day!

Tomorrow is officially moving day! I'm excited but feel like I don't have everything ready... Guess I'll find out when I get over there and am missing something! ha I'm so ready to get all of my furniture in my place finally instead of just picturing it in my head! As soon as everything is in place I'll post some pictures! Bye Bye Jasper County!

Oh the Windy City....

This past weekend, Stacey, Mark and Myself traveled to Chicago for a friend of Marks Wedding! I was Stacey's date since Mark was in the wedding.... and who just doesn't love weddings anyway! lol We stayed at the Westin and the reception was right at the hotel in a huge air conditioned tent outside. It was gorgeous! The wedding however was about an hour away and the church was so old it wasn't air conditioned.... it freakin sucked! The bridal party had to be about ready to pass out! lol But anyways had a great time at the reception, food was great, music was great, and met alot of new people! Thanks Emily for the amazing dress!!! I loved it and had a great time wearing it! :) Stac, Mark, amd Me!!

Sweet Summer Time!!

It's been such a great summer!! Just thought I'd add some pictures from throughout the summer. This is most recent. Nikki, Shana, and I getting ready to leave for a Wedding in St. Marie. Of course there was alot of time spent at the lake this year!!

Mitch Addis had his big party again this year and it was so good to see everyone!!!

Especially these two!!! Clay, Me, and Doug!!

Had to post a picture of the party crew!! These were the people I was with about 100% of the time this summer!! Love them!! Tyler, me, Nikki, and Shayne

Me and Stacey at Jessica and Derek's Wedding!

Me and Brooke at Josh and Stefani's Wedding!

A bunch of us traveled to Champaign for Amber's Birthday!! This is just us girls but all together I would say there was probably about 20 or 25 of us! It was a great time!!

Us girls at the last bar before closing time!!

More time at the Lake!! :) Me and Nikki!!

Oddly Enough...

So today was my last day at Wright's with "everyone". I work tomorrow also but there are only 4 of us here. I was so excited to be done and be an irresponsible 20 year old for the next few weeks before I had to put it all behind me. But as my responsibities here get smaller and smaller because I can't take on anymore jobs obviously because I can't finish them, I'm a little bit sad. Sitting at the computer today doing some flooring pricing (flooring is my baby here!), John walks by and pats me on the shoulder and tells me "Good luck Lea, we are going to miss you!" It honestly made me sad! I loved what I did here.... most of the time ha! I can really say that I will miss this place. I would have never guessed when I first started working here that I would have the responsibility that I am leaving with, but I am so happy that I got to experience that! I remember in the first few weeks of working here I'm pretty sure John made me cry a couple times! lol But I have honestly built some pretty good relationships with my co-workers and I will miss them!!! But I guess there comes a time when you have to move on from things.... I've learned that alot lately. And I am def. ready to!! St. Louis here I come!!

It's Official... Fashion Square - Floor 7

Okay so yesterday we traveled back to Stl. to look at more lofts because my friend nikki decided to no longer move over there with me.... so sad! So I was thinking that there was no way I was going to be able to live in Fashion Square... the building I had my heart set on. But me and mom decided to just pop in and double check to see if they had any 1 bedrooms coming open, because they originally did not. She said that there was a possibility for one and she would know by Friday at the latest! So for the rest of the day I was pretty closed minded about any other places cause I just knew Fashion Square is where I wanted to be! And Jen, from Fashion Square, called this morning and IT IS GOING TO BE OPEN!!! I officially know exactly what loft I will be moving into! Mom and Tim will be signing the lease on Friday.... though my move in date has been pushed back because the people in there now will not be moving out as soon. Thats okay more time to spend in the good ol' JC!! :) I'm so excited!!! I'll get some good pictures of my actual place on eventuallY!! Yay me!! :)

Crunch Time....

So last Tuesday I took off work and headed to Stl again to look at a few more lofts and show Nikki the one I absolutely love. There is a possibility she may be moving with me which would be great!! We found a perfect loft in Fashion Square for the two of us, and this was the building I fell in love with in the first place. So I'm getting pretty excited!! We are going to have to sign a lease by August 1st which means I could very possibly be moving over there in less than a month. Which wasn't my original plan....... I wanted to spend the summer here with all my friends.... but the time has come where I think it's just best that I move and get settled in over in Stl. I know mom is worrying because I'm a big procrasinator :) I think i get it from her though so it really isn't my fault!! But anyways.... Summer is going by fast.... I'm excited and ready to start packing things up and moving!!! This picture is the front of the Fashion Square Lofts from Washington Street. It really is a neat place!! Can't wait to call it home!!!