Sheltered

         Greetings from the College of St. Benedict!! Thats right folks I'm officially a Bennie :) I moved into my teeny tiny dorm on Sunday, Spent the next two days having orientation, meeting the Jonnies ;) slack lining, (It's kinda lame but addicting) listening to speakers, comedians, the very formal presidents dinner and 2 college dances. 

          Now onto why my post is called sheltered!! I'm sure most of my readers went to the same high school as me and are very familiar with how our small faith based community runs. I'm gonna warn ya college is an eye opener!! I've been made fun of for saying "jeepers", not knowing what slack lining is, graduating with only 60 kids, and not many people can not quite grasp that I've never partied!! With in my first hour here I was called un-tarnished and then sheltered. Listening to christian music, reading my devos and just prayer have been holding me together and helping me stay rooted in who I really am, and giving me the strength to share with others of who I am :) Just a Catholic girl from a small town living the dream!!

        This is all I have to express tonight but I'm making friends!! And have my second day of classes tomorrow wish me luck!!

PS. My All-Time Favorite Bible verse once again has guided me :) 

1 Timothy 4:12 

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.  

I'm Letting Go

Hello again!! It's been a while since my last post. It as been quite a summer. I would like to just give a shout out to my royal friends!! Thats right :) My friends Katie, Paige and were crowned to represent our wonderful home town as the 2012-2013 royalty!! We are having an incredible time together. I'm so incredibly blessed to get to share this experience with some of the closest girls to me. Love you girls!!

Now for what this post is really about, I would like to start by saying I'm not doing this to offend anybody. I've just began to realize who I really am this past summer. I had a great high school life, amazing friends (seriously couldn't have been better), an AMAZING boy (still got him) and of course a family, that held me up through it all.

Now in exactly 1 month 30 days, I will be moved into my college dorm room. I couldn't be more excited!! Roommate CHECK, bedding CHECK, schedule CHECK, futon/loft CHECK. Ok you get the point I would move in tomorrow if I could!! I've never been more ready to start the next chapter of my life, I'm walking away from high school and never looking back. Like I said I had a great time but... I'm SOOO over it!! Over the drama, over the gossip, over the "OMG GOTTA TELL YOU WHAT _______ SAID!" and most of all the fakers.

So lets load up that truck and get me to CSB!! I love my town and I'm proud to grow up where I did :) But I hope you all can see that there is so much more past high school!! Don't try to hold on to if forever. Spread your wings and fly!!

Pale The New Tan

A face without freckles is like a sky without stars. Wonderful quote may I say. Good evening and for those followers of mine that didnt know i'm COVERED with freckles, and quite pale. So i never tan. This is probably my biggest insecurity. Spray tans are my best friends. Shout out to GLO!! I recently had to get a physical for college and my doctor told me I have abnormal skin, because of my pale skin and freckles. It was a stab to the heart. All you pale girls IT IS NOT ABNORMAL. I am very blessed to have an incredible boyfriend who can look at the sun and turn dark brown. Yet he has a thing for pale, freckled, red head girls, (even though i'm not a red head), he is begging me to dye my hair.

So after that i guess i'm trying to get at insecurities. I have tons of them, to name a few i'm extremely non athletic,and most of my high school friends were superstarts on the court, i cannot walk into any social event alone, i dont have a ripped body and flat abs, or small hips... ugh, and of course i'm pale. I'm thinking i have all these insecurites because of wonderful high school. Great place... i'm hoping in college nobody cares about this stuff and i can just start new. I have had some incredible people in my life (HEYY WE'RE FOUR GIRLS) that have helped me through the last four years, and i couldnt have done it without them.

Girls, find those friends in highschool that can get you through any sticky situation, and keep God in your heart always. Just the simplest prayer can change your day. Lastly 1 Tim 4:12, tape it in your locker.

Being a Bennie

Hello to all. So here I go!! My first blog post :) I would like to take this time to explain to you all... who ever you are, what my blog is all about. I will be venturing off to college this fall, to the wonderful school of St. Bens, College of St. Benedicts, CSB. CSB is a private Catholic school located in St. Joesph, near St. Cloud, I know, alot of Saints. Just one more, CSB is an all girls campus and University of St. Johns is the boys campus. Ever since I was a freshman i have been in love with this school. I honestly have no idea why but i feel that this was the place God had planned for me. I got my acceptence letter in November over Thanksgiving. It was the most incredable moment, my whole family was there to listen to my sister read my letter, I was crying way to hard to read.  I've never wanted anything more than to become a Bennie. (a name used refering to the girls that attend CSB).  My blog is going to be about my journey. My journey as a Bennie in the next four years. Thank you for reading I promise you this is going to be interesting.