confessions

lets get real. and in this post I will use gifs to express some of my feelings.

confession: I watched the first 2 seasons Merlin within a week give or take a few days. and of course on the 3rd to last episode of season 2 our Netflix trial ended so now im having a mental breakdown hanging in suspense till we get to the library.

confession: these songs are on serious repeat. stronger, people help the people and i am second.

confession: im in a funk. im feeling pretty crummy physically and have been the past week and its getting to me.

confession: I totally smuggled water and pretzels into the movie theater even after the guy at the front said you couldn't take food/water in. the benefits of a good size purse people. {but it can't be too big because then they get suspicious.}

confession: I was telling my little brother to get down off my bed and I guess I had been "mocking" Batman a little too much lately because my "get down right now" came out in a very well done Batman voice.

confession: I downed a tub of Cherry Cordial frozen yogurt in a few days by myself. its THE BEST EVER.

confession: I've watched this interview at least 5 times. within the past 2-3 weeks. and I laugh so hard every time.




confession: squeezed my friends hand till it was numb during the first 20 mins of the Avengers. then i composed myself and was better.

confession: it bugs me when girls refer to guys as 'yummy'. they are not food. cherry cordial frozen yogurt is yummy and men are handsome.
okay? okay.

confession: every night i say, " im going to be in bed by 11-11:30 tonight." pshhh it does not happen.

I love confession posts, they are one of my favorite kind of blog posts. i love being real and up front.

do you have any confessions? serious or comical?

He came like a winter snow

from Pinterest

Could’ve come like a mighty storm
with all the strength of a hurricane
You could’ve come like a forest fire
with the power of heaven in your flame

 

But He didn't. He came as a babe born to a virgin to save the world from their sins and really themselves. God sent his very own son to this earth to live a pure life, die a horrible death and rise again for US. So that we may have a chance at truly living and discovering and serving an amazing God. To see His glory and that its all about Him. The Creator of the Universe and the Son of God and how did he come to earth? As a baby. born in a stable. It was gentle and quiet yet so powerful and life changing. 

 

But you came like a winter snow
quiet and soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
to the earth below

 {Winter Snow by Audrey Assad}

 

That is the most amazing event to ever happen. And it is the reason why we celebrate Christmas. To remember just how much we are loved and how that saving grace came to earth. Those who have put our trust in Him have new life and serve an awesome and outstanding God who gives meaning to life!

 

Isaiah 9:6

(NIV)

⁶ For to us a child is born,
   to us a son is given,
   and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
   Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
   Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

from the Nativity Story. awesome and moving film portraying the story and events surrounding Christ' Birth.

 I hope you have a wonderful day! Mine will be spent my family, eating yummy food, opening presents and remembering the most precious, quiet yet powerful gift of all. 

much love♥

suitcases

You can't run when you're holding suitcases
It's a new day throw away your mistakes and open up your heart
Lay down your guard, you don't have to be afraid

Just breathe, your load can be lifted
There's a better way when you know you're forgiven
Open up your heart, lay down your guard
You don't have to be afraid

--Suitcases by Dara Maclean

listen to the song here. 


hope you all are having a good week! 


much love♥
Samarah

give me the faith to believe in these hard times.

 [i'm not writing this to get sympathy or "its gonna be ok"'s. this is my blog, my life journal, a place to share my real life and real life feelings and so i am.]

via

im struggling. we had a long stressful week and that has taken a toll on me[the reason why i haven't been blogging]. physically, emotionally and mentally, i have no energy. even sleep isn't cutting it. it feels like there's nothing left in me. i'm shot. its going to take me a few days of rest and no stress to get back to "normal" but i'm not sure what normal is anymore.

these songs have been on repeat today:








hope ya'll are having a good weekend :)

much love♥♥

a new band love: Royal Tailor

Royal Tailor

I've been craving some new tunes and as I was browsing the internet tonight I found this music video on the Air1 music blog. it has sweet dance moves, cool effects, catchy beat and its a great song and message. Watch it. :)



And of course, one youtube video leads to another video and you know what happens next, you find yourself buying some of the band's songs on iTunes. Okay that last part hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will ;)
They don't have any other songs on youtube from their album but here's the other one.

Can you hold me together? Without you holding my heart, I'm falling apart.

this band has got talent. and a unique name. and a sweet red theme going on.

i think my craving will be satisfied for a little bit ;)

hope you are having a great friday night!
much love♥♥

Sunday Sayings

thank you all for your sweet comments on my last post! ♥♥ I too am so glad we are safe! :] We haven't had anymore storms since then, Praise the LORD!! :) Its been overcast and then yesterday and today have been hot and sunny :)

*this photo is not from today*

This morning I was so darn sleepy. I went to bed late[around 1:30 or so] because I watched a movie with my mom and dad and got up around 8 or so and it took me forever to get out of bed and eat breakfast. i seriously could not keep my eyes open. and then at church i almost fell asleep. I had to keep moving my legs or arms or keep writing notes to keep me awake. The sermon was really good and I didn't want people to think that I was bored because I wasn't! I was just so tired. haha! I really need to learn not to stay up late on Saturday nights buuuttt being the person I am, a rebel I'll probably never learn. hehe ;]

Speaking of church, 2 of my friends got baptized and it was so amazing. Their testimonies, songs we sang, the sermon and everything was amazing. {despite the fact that i was so tired ;] I came home just in awe of Christ's love for us. and this beautiful life we have the privilege of giving to Him and living to the fullest. Here is a song we sang and I've had it in my head all day :)

Hallelujah
You have won the victory
Hallelujah
You have won it all for me

Sarahlynn [who has a pretty new blog design and you really should check it out here!] asked if this is my temporary or permanent design. This is my new temporary one. ;) The last one got really old and blah and I needed something fresh, clean and springy so I changed it :) Sky is still working on one for me and it will be coming =)

I've watched these 3 movies recently and I love them. posts about them with my thoughts, favorite quotes, scenes and photos are coming :)

Ok, well that's it for now! i'm off to clean up the house and enjoy the rest of the day :) 

oh, one more thing:

I'm in love with this picture. and that little girl. L.O.V.E.

much love♥

Samarah

how do you like my picture size? is it too big?? please let me know :)

♥my sin weighed upon Your shoulders♥

It just blows my mind of what Christ did for us. He loved us SO much that He DIED for us to save us from our 

sins. He endured great pain and agony for us. A crown of thorns on His head and nails in His hands. That should of

been my thorns and nails. But He loved us so much He took carried the cross for us. To redeem us. 

To make us new creations in Him. He gives us eternal life when we confess that we are sinners and that He is the 

King of Kings and He is the only way to way, truth and life. He endured great pain and agony for us. A crown of

thorns on His head and nails in His hands. All for us. Another thing that blows my mind is that He wants a

relationship with us. with YOU and ME. Sinners, dirty and unholy. Christ desires to be the Lord of our lives. 

We are called to live and strive to become more like Him even through the hard trials of this world. He will never 

leave us or forsake us.  Jesus Christ has overcome the world. I pray that everyday I would continue to give 

my life to Christ  and let Him mold me into the person HE wants me to be. His hope brings me joy. He showers me 

with  grace and mercy and loves me unconditionally.  that is amazing.  

I pray that I will never ever take for granted what Christ did for me. 

[This song is my absolute FAVORITE worship song and a top favorite of all songs]

You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours

 The Stand by Hillsong United 

 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 

Have a wonderful Easter thanking and praising Christ for the ultimate sacrifice He made. 

Much love,

Samarah♥

Don't get upset, sometimes my brain says no but my heart says yes :)

 {I started this post this morning but got distracted until now, details below}

hey all! I don't have a certain topic for this post and I have some random things I wanna post about :)  (and i bet you're thinking ok Samarah aren't all your posts random?! well if you think they are deal with it ;)

First of all my family and I have the allergy ick :( My sis Bethany is the worst, she is coughing and coughing and coughing. I am really tired and spent most of the day sleeping or watching something with Bethany or on my itouch. so basically its been a low key day ;] Also I'm really looking forward to tonight and the weekend because my dad is off after working 12 straight days! Praying we can relax and enjoy the nice weather (we are supposed to have) and be refueled and recharged for the coming week :)

ok onto the other miscellaneous things...

 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is releasing on DVD, Blu-Ray and whatever else tomorrow! (I think, I know its sometime! ha ;) I'm hoping they have a collector's edition with 3 discs!! (1-movie, 2-special features and 3-digital copy) really hoping! :) I own the 2 other Narnia movies and this one is amazing so I'm looking forward to adding this one to my collection :)

A week or so ago I had to come face to face with some startling facts. I had 468 unread emails in my inbox, I followed 466 blogs and 564 peoples on twitter. I know its shocking. the number of unread emails really got me because I used to never have just 1 or 2 unread emails in my inbox for a day! I'm not sure what happened there. and then 466 blogs?! seriously, I'm blog happy or something. I was getting overwhelmed when I went to my blogger dashboard because they were SO many new posts and I don't have time to read each one. Don't get my wrong I love blogging and blogs but almost 500 blogs to keep up with?! I don't think so. As for the 564 tweeps I just like clicking the Follow button. I don't have an genuine interest in everyone I follow and I don't like that. To be honest sometimes I just follow people to rack up the numbers or just to say I follow that person, that applies to blogger too. so this is my project this weekend:

• Go through ALL the emails in my gmail account and only keep ones are from a friend or something and they are special or important. All the others are going to be deleted forever.
• Go through the list of people I follow on twitter and only follow people I'm genuinely interested in. 
• Go through all the blogs I follow and if I don't recognize the name or haven't read them in the last month or so out they go. 

I don't have time to read tweets and blogs from people I don't really care about. I want to give my love and support to people who I want to give it to and who God wants me to give it to :)


here are some of my favorite pictures of  my Cupcake from the past week♥

she one of THE most gorgeous babies.ever.

These lashes are all natural!! her 4 y.o. sister, Muffins has eye lashes like this also. yes actresses out there, be jealous.

She turned 1 on March 24. she is growing and changing everyday.

my favorite!! I love this girl and her sister so much♥

This is song is awesome. It rocked my week. Don't you leave this blog until you give it a listen ;)



(ok so you hated it? well its your loss, ha ;)

I'm looking forward to watching this movie this weekend! I've read and heard so many good things about it. Didn't it win an award for movie of the year or something?? I don't keep up with stuff like that. anyways, it seems like it has a good plot and action and such and I think I'll like it :)  I'll let ya know what I think of it though! ;)

Alrighty well I'm off to start my project, hope you have a good weekend! :)

much love,

Samarah♥

P.S. I can't thank you all enough for following and commenting on my lil' blog! You all rock my world♥

shakin' the funk, workout mix, spring and followers♥

Please note that I'm not trying to brag about myself and my accomplishments, I want to share my life and I hope to inspire you!

I was in funk last night and this morning. I really don't know how to explain but I felt blah and far away. This morning I'd had enough of myself and decided to work out. I wasn't going to even though it was my day to do it. I got done about 20 mins ago or so and I'm so glad I did! I think I shook that funk :) Even though I thought I was going to keel over I made it! :] Here is my tweet a few minutes after I finished:

sweat running down my face & arms,clothes sticking to my body,cheers from my dad and skillet in the background. #sightsandsoundsofworkingout

Yep, there's nothing like a good work out to sweat out whatever funk you're in :] And you see the results in no time! But I AM struggling in my eating. Being gluten free is awesome and beneficial but you can still over eat gluten free food! ;) I'm going to start keeping track of what I consume, how many calories I eat because I know this working out thing isn't gonna work so well if I keep putting the calories back on :P I might even start back on livestrong.com. The temptation to eat all those yummy cookies or whatever is very strong but my God is stronger and He will give me the perseverance :] Are you going through the same thing??

I've been wanting to do this for a while but haven't gotten around to it till now. When I work out I have to have music. Have to. because A: I love music. I love it with a passion. B: When I'm workout it helps keep my mind off the fact that my body is on fire and it keeps me motivated.
So here's my workout mix. It needs some updating because I'm getting tired of the songs. Some of the songs aren't my favorite and kinda of annoy which I put on there on purpose. A song that aggravates me keeps me going... I know its weird. anywho here's the list :)

The Comeback kid by B. Reith 

Your Love by Brandon Heath 

The Lost Get Found (remix) by Britt Nicole 

Dear X, You don't own Me by Disciple 

Get Back Up by tobyMac 

Tonight(feat. John Cooper) by tobyMac 

Lift up Your Face by Third Day 

Awake and Alive by Skillet 

Whoa Whoa! by Soul.P 

He Did That by KJ-52 

Stuck in the 80s by KJ-52 

Wake Up(feat. Toby Morell) by KJ-52 

Fuego (feat. Funky) by KJ-52 

Comatose by Skillet 

Feel It In Your Heart by Abandon 

Movin' by Group1Crew 

Gimme That Funk by Group1Crew 

Depending on the intensity of the present work out I'm doing I put a "heavier" song on. I usually start at Awake and Alive by Skillet when I begin my workout.
Do you have a work out mix?? Whats on yours? Do you have any suggestions for good workout songs? :]

I think Spring is here!! We've had nice warm sunny weather yesterday and today! like 50-60 degrees! :) There is a slight breeze and it just perfect :) That has lifted my spirits :)

Thank you all SO much for all your lovely comments on my last post! thank you for praying for my mom :) it means a lot to me! you all are THE best followers and friends a girl could have :] ♥♥

Hope you all are having fabulous weekend!

Much love,

Samarah

♫ i wanna be in the background♫ & baby Lily ♥

Ok, so I wasn't gonna post any tonight but I heard this song on Air1 and I was hooked so of course I had to share with y'all ;) I've had it on repeat all night and its stuck in my head ;] Please take a listen, please. This song has a nice clean beat, not overwhelming busy vocals and noises, and a powerful message. I really like hip hop/rap but I get really annoyed and tired of the irritating beats and overwhelming voices/rhymes. This a perfect one for me =)
Its Background by Lecrae featuring C-Lite.

I could play the background

I could play the background

'Cause I know sometimes I get in the way

So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?

So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?

And I could play the background, background

And you could take the lead

Also, the lovely Mandy over at She Breathes Deeply is bringing sweet Lily into the world! Earlier, her hubby Kyle posted that she was in labor! :] I'm so excited for them to meet their precious baby girl :) Please pray for them during this joyful(but also painful) time! You can leave them so love here. 

much love,

Samarah 

catching up :] ♥

I'm taking a minute and sitting down and writing a blog post. I should be working on school but I'm missing blogging and you guys a lot! I will get school done though tonight ;] Most days, I'm hoping to get my school done during the day and then I can blog at night :)

Also, I've worked out 3 times since Wednesday! :) I'm not eating bread or a lot of dairy and trying to stick to gluten free foods. and I'm feeling great! I'm seeing the results of doing Jillian Michael's 30 day shred and I'm loving that! ;) I finally feel like I'm in control of my body and I'm not just eating anything and everything and going weeks without exercising. I'm quite proud of myself! If you are feeling bad about your body/health and you feel too tired and unmotivated to start eating healthy and exercising, here's my advice: just do it. its kinda simple. you don't have to go out of the house. do a dvd, run, walk, go to the gym or do sits ups and push ups in your bedroom. it doesn't have to be high intensity. do something. don't agonize over it and even if you feel like the time isn't right. just do it. you won't regret it ;)

over the past week around 10 more lovely people have pushed that follow button on my sidebar! sooo...

I am so blessed. I appreciate each and every one of you! A little over a year ago, one night I started a lil' blog called "samarah's sayings" and I never imagined that my blog would have 103 followers. I've loved "meeting" girls from all around the world and finding lots of soul sisters ;] You leave some pretty sweet comments too! Thank you so much! I pray that my blog would encourage and inspire you to embrace who you are in Christ :)
Thew new design is coming soon!!

So its pretty obvious that I'm a bit (ok like 6 days) behind on the 28 day challenge ;] I'm going to do days 16,17,18, & 19 and tomorrow I'll do days20, 21, & 22 :)

here goes....

Day 16- a song that makes you cry-

Ok I'm not really a person that cries during songs or movies etc. its rare that I do. but here's a song that makes me sad because its reality to some ladies.
Carrie Underwood- Just a Dream
you can listen to it on my playlist at the bottom of the page.

Day 17- An art piece-

hmm... this is a hard one. This is one is the only one I can think of right now. There might be another but oh well ;)

Open Hearts by Jane Seymour

Day 18- a time when you feel passionate and alive-

well this is a deep question :)
the time when I feel passionate and alive is when I'm a concert. Coming together with hundreds of other people praising and worshiping Christ straight from my soul. and just having a down right good and fun time :)

from weheartit.com

Day 19- a talent of yours-

I'm good with little kids. Like baby to 2 or 3 years old :) not that I don't like kids that are older but I do much better with littler chillens ;) I "work" with the 1 year olds (and also almost 1 year olds) in the nursery at my church. work meaning playing with them, helping them down the slide, reading books and doing puzzles. fun work! ;) The other ladies that work in the there say that I seem to know what I'm doing because I have lots of experience :) Other people have said that and I really appreciate it. I love lil' people.We watch a 7 month old and an almost 1 year old and they.are.so.much.fun. I also babysit for some friends who have a 1 & half-ish y.o. and she is so funny and cute! aannnddd she is going to have a sister in the next few weeks! I'm so excited!! plus we live in the same neighborhood so thats even better! ;)
I think children are one of God's greatest blessings. Life is beautiful and kids remind me of that :)

My mom and I watched The Blind Side a few nights ago and it was really good.

its an amazing touching story and I want to read the book now :) they could of done without some of the language in the movie but I would give it 4 1/2 stars :) and SJ was so adorable and funny! :]

welp, that's all for now! I'm off to do some latin homework :/ I've got a headache and I'm praying that it goes away!

hope you are having a fabulous day! 

by the way, this is my anthem right now. post a bit about that in the near future!

much love,

Samarah♥

Day 12: A song that you want played at your wedding.

Day 12: A song that you want played at your wedding-

honestly I've been kinda stressing over this, during this morning because I couldn't really think of a song. sooo I'm not going to make it a big deal.  just gonna give you these 2 songs and that's it ;] 

I really like Say Won't You Say by Jennifer Knapp. I remember singing that song with my dad when I was little but I can't find a video for it :/ bummer! You could google it or whatever and see if you find something :) its a great song.  

Jessica posted this song today and I really like it! so go here and listen to it :) 


Well we are taking my dad out to Chick-Fil-A tonight for his birthday :] hope you are having a great weekend ♥

with love,

Samarah


{and there is a special crazy love post for Valentine's Day coming up in the next few days!}

28 day challenge Day 1 and 2

Jessica, Lily, Anna and a few others are doing a 28 day challenge where you post something everyday answering these questions:

Day 1: A favorite song.
Day 2: A favorite movie.
Day 3: A favorite book.
Day 4: A favorite band.
Day 5: A favorite quote.
Day 6: A moment you wish you could relive.
Day 7: Five things you couldn't possibly live without.
Day 8: A thank you letter to someone who has changed your life.
Day 9: A photo you took.
Day 10: A photo of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 11: A photo of you taken recently.
Day 12: A song that you want played at your wedding.
Day 13: A pastime favorite.
Day 14: A vacation you would like to take.
Day 15: A person you admire.
Day 16: A song that makes you cry.
Day 17: An art piece.
Day 18: A time when you felt passionate and alive.
Day 19: A talent of yours.
Day 20: A hobby of yours.
Day 21: Something you know you do differently than most people.
Day 22: A website.
Day 23: A way in which you want to be remembered.
Day 24: A movie no one would expect you to love.
Day 25: A recipe.
Day 26: A childhood memory.
Day 27: A physical feature you love.
Day 28: Hopes, Dreams and plans you have for the next 365 days

sounds fun right?! feel free to join us :)

here's yesterday's
Day 1-a favorite song

As most of you know, its really difficult for me to pick just ONE song! but I will try. *determined look on face*
this is a song that I will never get tired of hearing. its by a group that will always be loved and remembered by millions. they were an extraordinary group and they've imprinted Christian music forever. its a song that causes us to stop, think and not be afraid to say, "I don't really care if they label me as a Jesus Freak, there ain't no disguising the truth"  {i found a dcTalk shirt at a goodwill for a few bucks, score! ;) it says "freak for life" on the front and " Jesus Freak" on the back :) i just love it, I'll try to post some pics of it sometime} 

today's

Day 2- a favorite movie

oh here we go again! im so bad at just choosing one! :/
I really really love The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Its my favorite Narnia movie. Even though PC and VDT are really good, nothing can beat the first one :)  its such a wonderful movie: fantastic storyline, great actors, beautiful scenery, awesome battles between good and evil and of course Aslan ;) . its a reminder of what Christ did for us and how we are fighting in the battle against the world. and with Christ we can have victory! I especially like watching it in the winter :)

this dude is my favorite... :)

hope you are having a great, safe and warm day! :)

till tomorrow,
Samarah

I won another giveaway! and a free album you do not want to miss! (edited)

 I won yet another giveaway! I've won 3 giveaways in the past few weeks. It must be because of my birthday or somebody really loves me ;)

The lovely Lucia (From Under My Little Umbrella) hosted a huge giveaway and I won this awesome tote bag from BuckToothBunny!

 it has the word love translated in all the languages. I love it! Sponsors from Etsy gave away lots of great prizes! Go to Lucia's blog to see if you've won!

Thank you so much Lucia for hosting the wonderful giveaway! :)

I spoke too soon because I just realized that not only do you get the title track, you get the whole album "We are the Echo of Love" from Noise Trade!!! all for free :) I'm so excited! :) so go here now and get! im already loving it ♥

well our power might go out because the weather is so nasty I better get going! ;]

;)Samarah

gluten free girl,what I'm listening to and blog design!

 {yes I keep adding songs after I published it ;)}

wow, February 1st is tomorrow! Wasn't it just January 1st? well I really want to be in good health by birthday at the end of this month. the best gift I could receive would be my health. and I'm going to work hard to do that. I'm not making any promises but i will try. and I took the first step towards that today!

Today I officially became a gluten free girl :) and its feeling great!

(soon I'll be doing some blog posts about going gluten free, recipes etc.)

I haven't done a "What I'm Listening To" post in a long time! :/ my bad...anyway, here's whats rockin' my world ;)
(I'm not going to post the videos on here but I'll post the link to the video)

ok seriously I'll stop adding songs ;) 

love love love this song!! such a catchy song and its an awesome song to start your day off with! i am posting the video to this one because its soo good! please take a listen :D 

No Plan B by Manafest

I'm not a huge fan of Manafest and some of his songs are a bit too much but I like this one. it really applies to my life right now. I have changes I need to make and I'm not looking back :] 

music video here

Closer by Shawn McDonald
I've heard this song a lot on Air1 and its been stuck in my head for past few days. and its such a good song so I think I'm gonna buy it so it can be stuck in my head all the time ;) this is my prayer-

{chorus}

I just want to be closer to you

I just want to be closer, I am yours

You can have all of me anything, everything

I just want to be closer

listen to it and see the lyrics here

Echo of Love by An Epic No Less
ok seriously. this is one beautiful song. this is what I want my life to be. an echo of love. Go here to watch the music video.

{chorus}

I hear an echo of love
We are the echo of love
I feel an echo of love
We are the echo of love

{verse 2}
You are the strength when we are weak
You are the breath inside of me
You are the love that pierces hearts
You are the light thats shown into our darkest parts

A powerful song right?!

This is the Stuff by Francesca Battistelli

a fun, catchy song and oh so true :)

listen and see the lyrics here

Outcast by Kerrie Roberts 

kinda reminds me of Jesus Freak by dcTalk. same idea, I don't care if people cast me out because I know who I am in Christ. Let no one stop you from loving Christ with all your heart and living for Him :) 

video with lyrics here

Ground Zero by Mr. Talkbox{aka Byron Chambers}

sadly there isn't video or anything for this song. so you can only listen to it by hearing it on the radio or buying it. its such a good song and I gave in and bought it ;) which is saying a lot because I don't spend itunes money on any 'ole song! ;)

Hope you check out those songs and enjoy them :)

Also, I'm working with Lulu from Polka Dot Blog Design on a new look for my blog! so be on the look out :)

Hope you are having a nice start to the week :)

with love,

Samarah

and I'm proud to say that there a quite a few of you that are cheering for my Packs! thank you very much ;]

Confessions

I was inspired by the lovely Carlotta to do a Confessions post. I'm not perfect and I want to be real about my life and myself :)

confession- I feel like crud today. I woke up around 11:30 this morning, feeling terrible. ugh

confession- I'm really failing my "working out everyday" and "eating gluten free"New Years Resolutions.

I haven't worked out since Friday and I've eaten more food with gluten in it than food that's gluten free.I'm.so.unmotivated. and that ice cream was really good ;)

confession-I really love my skinny jeans.When they first became popular, I said to my family and friends, I will never wear those! they are hideous.(skinny jeans are "tightest" jeans i will wear, jeggings are over the top) but when SarahLynn was visiting, we went shopping with my mom because I was in dire need of jeans and I just tried on a pair of skinny jeans for laughs. but the more I had them on, the more i liked them! they weren't skin tight, if they were tight there's no way they would passed the Dad test ;) and they make look more slender which is nice ;) I wear them 3-5 days out of the week. you should really try them :) 

confession- twitter my 3rd favoritest online hangout. You can find me at @overcome1496. my tweets are protected and I'm trying to keep my followers, people that I know fairly well either through blogger or in real life. so if I don't know you through through blogging or real life and basically you're a stranger wanting to read my personal tweets, sorry no can do. 

confession- I love Carrie Underwood's There's a Place for Us from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. love.it. Its such a beautiful song and Carrie's voice is one of the best and powerful voices out there. seriously go on itunes and buy it. 

confession- As I read other girl's blogs I sometimes feel like my blog is so small and well boring. I know I'm not supposed to compare my blog to others but I do and I am. I mean, some of these girls have like 200 followers and get 25 comments per post. I'm not all saying that I'm not thankful for my followers and comments, I love you all and love your comments! but I still feel like my blog is blah. Is there something I'm missing?? Do you girls feel like my blog is boring? Are there subjects that I could post about more? please be honest :)

confession- My room needs some organizing. Going into the 2011 school year with an organized room with be great. but I really don't want to go through my school books,notebooks,papers,ring binders etc. and throw away old stuff etc. I wish I was Mary Poppins and I could just snap my fingers and everything would have a place and my room would be clean.

confession- Etsy is dangerous. seriously it sucks you in. There are so many cute and lovely things to look at. 

Confession- I really want to like Taylor Swift.

 

and she does have a few songs that I enjoy and she's "ok". but most of her songs are about boys, breakups, you belong with me, yada yada etc. I don't my head filled with those type of songs, not that they're bad but they're about young love, crying because of a broken heart and then maybe getting revenge on a boy that broke your heart or something. I really like her voice and the way she writes her lyrics but I wish she would write more songs not about boys and love. Because I really want to like Taylor Swift.

Confession- I love history, I especially love the World Wars and the Depression.

 

I love reading and learning more about the Depression. I know that my sound mean, that I "love" the Depression, such a sad and extremely hard time in history. But I love reading about how people lived through such a terrible time and got through it. I know tons of people suffered and died but I just love that time period.

well as Carlotta said, that felt very freeing :) Do you have any confessions? Don't worry I won't judge you ;)

with love,

Samarah