Friday Favorites: from the week

happy friday people!

I'm having a hard day :/ i still have a really terrible headache and i'm having trouble getting school done and such and thus I am a bit discouraged and just...ugh feeling. trying to get keep going...

anywho, here are some random favorites from the week! :)

 this is so me sometimes. ;]

War Horse.

my mom and i went to see this on monday night and it was SO good. The acting was fantastic, the action, scenes, plot/story and time period was awesome. One of my things that I enjoyed about it was that is was believable and real. It wasn't too fantasy-ish. and I loved Tom Hiddleston in it, i really like his acting.  he was one of my favorite characters even though he{and a lot of other characters} didn't have a lot of screen time.


"Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name."
Revelation 3:12


I really like this office space and this sweater.

this score.




THIS Thor gif.

 this photo-- just wow.

 

 this song has encouraged me a lot.



My hope is in you Lord. all the day long.

watching I Love Lucy with my little sister and brother :)

and lastly this--




Oh and did I mention its snowing?? and 16 degrees? just the other day it was like 40 degrees. this weather is so crazy. anyway we are enjoying watch the snow fall :) but not liking having to go out in it ;)

have a great weekend!

♥Samarah

so that was Christmas and this is break. i like it.

just how can it be Decemeber 30th?? it was just Christmas like...5 days ago. And 2012 is literally right around the corner. well, I had a pretty great Christmas and this week has been pretty nice as well{aside from physically feeling crummy most of the time}. A break from babysitting kids(except for 2 days), school and the regular daily routine.
 lets start with Christmas :)
the day consisted of church, breakfast muffins, opening gifts, cinnamon rolls, spending the evening with friends, playing the wii and taking naps. oh and NO SNOW[just fyi]. at the end of the day this is how i summed it up-- (from my twitter)
 today was one of the best days ive had in a while. despite physically feeling bad i was happy :) i'm so blessed by my God, family & friends!

 It was SO fun to watch my family open their gifts especially my siblings. my sister freaked out when she opened her Jamie Grace CD I got her. freaked out i tell ya. ;)

I got some pretty cool things too! here are a few of them.

one of my favorites are...these boots. 

an armband for my ipod & The Dark Knight and RV movies from my dad. :)

yum.

as for this week-- I've been fighting a really bad headache. we're not sure the cause of it {like most of the time} and it will get really painful then will lessen up and so forth. its very frustrating to say the least. so that had taken a toll on my enjoying this break :3 a good thing is that I can rest and not do anything because I feel so bad and not feel guilty about not getting school done! haha ;)
The week has been spent relaxing, playing the Wii, lots of movie watching, ignoring the book that I really should be reading for school and other things like that ;)

Speaking of movies, in the past week and a half my dad and I have watched the first 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It was my first time seeing them and I really like them.  the first and second ones are my favorites. [the 1st one might very well rank as an all time favorite. whoa.]the third one wasn't as good in my opinion compared to the others.

yep.

and the music scores are so awesome. I love 'em. I've had "Singapore" stuck in my head. mmhmm.

on Wednesday my friend and I went on a spontaneous trip to the movies to see We Bought a Zoo.

 

It was really cute and a feel good movie. at times i was like okay where in the world is the plot to this movie and where are we going?? but I didn't think about it too hard ;) it was a good pick me up after a bad morning. :) plus, I love going to the theater. with friends.

now its friday. and i've spent the morning first watching Some little house on the prairie with my sister and then on the computer. I'm gonna go spend more time on the computer and later go do something useful ;)

what have you been up to this past week? :) 

whats up with me. {plus- a rant about clothes}

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hey all you faithful followers of this recently very quiet blog!
it feels like i haven't written a blog post in forever. i miss it and i've thought of blog topics and say "I'm gonna write a post next time i get on the computer" and when I do- nothing. it just doesn't come. I don't know if i'm just too distracted or what. anyway, I'm sitting down and writing one now right? it! its a start right?! ;)

 

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Okay so I think we've finally got fall around here! the highest in the last 2 weeks or so is 75/80 and the highest like in the 40s! i'm lovin' it. now i"m on the hunt for some fall clothes. Do you know how HARD it is to find jeans(or really any clothes for that matter) that you like, are your size and style and that don't cost an arm and a leg?! we went clothes shopping last night, we went to 3 stores and we couldn't find any jeans for me! there were either not my style, too skinny, too much or, 90% of the time, they didn't even have my size. we couldn't find anything over a size 11/13 and usually very skinny or they caved in at the thigh and went back out to the ends of the earth at the calves.  UM hello? they are people out here that aren't a size 11 and don't love clothes that are skin tight! ugh. do you girls have this problem?? BUT thankfully my awesome peeps on twitter gave me suggestions on where I might find some good jeans! so i'm on the hunt. :)

Ah I only have 1 more soccer game left! This season has gone by SO fast. It is my last one{i'll age out of our Rec league} and actually at the beginning of the season I wasn't too excited but then I got to know my team and got comfortable and I'm sad to see it go. I love the friendships you form from just 2 months of playing together on a soccer team.
speaking of sports, who's excited that its football season?! well i am.

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a quick update on my health--I had an allergy test done last friday and that was an adventure. [a blog post coming about it.] I'm still battling with headaches most everyday, some that just knock me out. i get super tired and can't do school which is not very good. another than all the allergies, i think headaches are the biggest thing right now.


SO. its a beginning of a new week. {the last one of September. um just where did that month go? seriously!}. a fresh start. i'm setting some goals out there that I want to reach. not a bunch. i don't want to overwhelm myself but I don't want to cheat myself either. i'm going to keep track of how I do and i'll blog about it at the end of the week! motivation... :)


be in bed by 11pm . with babysitting and soccer its a really big help to get good sleep! ;]
workout {30 Day Shred and/or 1 mile run} on thursday.
getting my school done before getting on the computer for pleasure{blog, twitter, pinterest etc.} - school is hard enough already with my health issues and such so most of the time taking away the distraction of the computer is good.
have patience. I think that one is pretty self explanatory.

Do YOU have any goals for the week?

here are some photos from pinterest that have inspired me. i hope they inspire you too! :)

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i hope you have a great start to the week friends! :) 

much love♥Samarah

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

beautiful scarf and jewelry giveaway!

Ashley and Gabrielle over at Bramblewood Fashion ( i just love their blog title!) are having 2 really neat giveaways! Go over to this post and enter to win this gorgeous necklace!

and go to this post to enter to win this lovely scarf! I really like the color of this one. I've really gotten into scarfs this fall and winter, they are a great little extra to spice up any outfit :)

I have 76 followers according to my dashboard. 76 wonderful followers! :) I can't believe it! many thanks to my faithful readers and commenters!!

Love in Christ,
Samarah

my picks for fall/winter fashion :) ( updated ;)

 Nov. 21.10-I added some more items and little bits here and there to the post I published on Nov.20.10 ;)

I'm still not feeling very well ( thanks for the prayers :) today so I'm looking at clothes online and putting some of them on my Christmas list ;) and I thought I'd post my picks :) 
I haven't posted about fashion or clothes before on here so this should be fun!

I just got a pair of these today. I had worn out mine last year and was bummed that I didn't have a pair for this fall and winter but then we found them today at the mall on sale for $15!! I so excited :D  I've been wearing these kinds of shoes for a few years now and I LOVE them. They are great for me, I can wear them to church or with some sweatpants :)
Mine are a different brand and I could not find them online anywhere but these are very similiar :)
Payless.com Clogs

And tonight I was talking to SarahLynn and we were talking about shoes and how she wants a pair of boots and of course I went on a boot hunt ;) I found these and I think they are SO cool! I love boots ( in case you didn't notice ;) I think I like the gray ones the best.

Journee Collection Jester Knee-High Boots from Kohls.com

These items are at Kohls.com

I saw these on Marie Loves this morning and I thought they were so cute and oh so cozy looking! i would love these for our cold winter days!

Simply Vera Vera Wang Slouch Boot Slippers 

 (click the pictures to go to view the item)

I can't decide if I like the black ones or gray ones

Bengals Lounge Pants!

These might look ugly but they are really cool if you see the picture bigger :)
Wouldn't these look cute with the black slippers ;)

 

love this!  something I could wear to church...

Takeout Emma Toggle Crochet Sweater Coat

maybe with these jeans :) 

SO Crosshatch Flare Jeans

 Ok on to Old Navy :)
ahh classic sweatshirts and i love the color of that green one but they don't have it in my size :(  but they had my size in the cream colored one :-)


Women's Logo Pullover Sweatshirts                                           Women's French Terry Logo Tees

                                               

 

                                                  Women's French Terry Logo Tees

I like these kind of pants a lot, they would go with the brown sweater from Kohl's

Women's Boot-Cut "Citizen Surplus" Cargos

everyday shirts... 

Crew neck jersey                                                                                                  Lightweight V-neck Tee

and lastly these outerwear items from Aeropostale.com

I absolutely love vests!!                                                                             and this coat! isn't cute?!
        Fur Lined Puffer Vest                                                                  Solid Hooded Utility Jacket         

                                                                                                            

What do you think?

Hope you all are having a great weekend!
:)Samarah