Fundraising Success!!! :)

So this past Saturday was our annual Special Olympics Montana (SOMT) Polar Plunge in association with the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), better known as the Super Grizzly Dip and we raised over $37,000! Our athletes who attended were so excited and we had such a great community turnout for the event! It made me so happy to know that in a time of limited giving to non-profits due to an economic lull that so much was raised to help a disadvantaged population of our society. I also plan to plunge myself next year instead of just helping plan and run the event; I'll do that too, but I want to plunge and put together a team next year! I think my sorority sisters would have fun doing this event because we're all so silly and outrageous in the funny things we do to amuse ourselves! I think it would fun to get other Greeks involved too, so we'll see!

What did y'all do this weekend? Anything fun?

it's a black & gold love affair ♥

HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!! Until today's match between Indianapolis and New Orlean's is over, we are still the World Champions! :)

I AM A T, I AM A T-H, I AM A T-H-E-T-A, AND I LOVE T-H-E-T-A WITH ALL MY H-E-A-R-T, WHICH IS WHY I F-L-Y MY K-I-T-E, AT THE U OF M!

MY MATERNAL GRANDPARENT'S FIRST DATE WAS TO A HOCKEY GAME, SO FOR GRAMMY & I THE PENGUINS ARE EXTRA SPECIAL! AND OH YEAH, THEY'RE THE CURRENT HOLDERS OF THE STANLEY CUP!

IT'S THE SAINTS FIRST TRIP TO THE SUPER BOWL, AND I DO BELIEVE THEY DESERVE TO NOT ONLY BE THERE, BUT TO WIN! THEY HAD ONE OF THE BEST SEASON'S THIS YEAR & I HOPE THAT TONIGHT BLACK & GOLD CONFETTI RAINS DOWN JUST AS IT DID LAST YEAR! FOR ALL Y'ALL TRUE BLUE SAINTS FANS OUT THERE, WHO DAT? & GEAUX SAINTS!!

Y'all our snow was almost all melted yesterday and today it is WHITE outside! The ground, the trees, the cars, the sky & the stuff falling from the sky! I'm kind of over the snow, especially since I'm not the biggest "snow bunny" :) It's beautiful, just inconvenient.

This weekend has just been spent hanging out with Matthew, running errands and doing homework - so much homework and we're only going into the second week of classes! I really enjoy each of my classes so far though, so that's good!

What have y'all been up to this weekend? How is the weather where y'all are?

lazy, but productive day

Today is all about homework (I have so much for only having one day of class!), laundry, finishing scholarship applications that are due February 1, working on my Congressional Leadership Program application and watching the State of the Union on television tonight.

I'm interested to hear the president's take on our country's current status, since we have such different political personalities and view points. Fox News is reporting the focus of the address tonight will be the economy, small business and employment/unemployment - rumor is that health care will barely be addressed if it comes up at all. Should be very interesting, I think. Will y'all be watching the State of the Union?

Spring 2010 is in session

School is back in session, which means I'm back to blogging! Since I landed in town on Saturday afternoon, it has been snowing almost consistently, with small and infrequent gaps of time of no snow. I'm freezing after the 50+ degree weather Colorado was having over winter break! I've already had to drop one of my classes, and I need to override my internship credit for my internship with Special Olympics, which will put me at 19 credits for the semester.

I'm going to give my opinion on each class based on the first day, and we'll see how my predictions ring for the rest of the semester.

Mondays, I only have class from 4:10-6:30 P.M. and it's my Advanced Nonprofit Administration class, which will be a lot of work. The class meets once a week, and is divided into four sections: Strategic Planning, Fund-raising, Grant Writing & Financial Management. With only 15 class periods and 4 separate "mini-classes", it's going to be intense!

Tuesdays I have four classes. The first class is Communication Research Methods from 9:40-11:00 A.M. This is a dry subject matter, but I think it will be more interesting as we delve into our group research projects. The teacher is also very interested in discussing with us his own research and helping us understand and become good researchers ourselves. He is also very young and fun & his wife teaches in the department too!

From 11:10-12:30 I have Rhetoric of Women's Activism 1960-Present with my advisor and one of my favorite professors. This class will be really interesting, as it is discussion based, involves a lot of writing and we'll be using a history text as well as primary documents and rhetorical analysis of these documents. The word feminism scares me, since I'm such a traditional girl, and don't identify with many of the feminist stereotypes; I'm pro-life, straight, think women should stay at home for at least the child's first year of life, and many other things that go against my limited view and opinion of feminists - I'm excited to challenge my beliefs and make myself uncomfortable and learn something new!

2:00-3:30 is my class on Gender & Communication with the same professor I have for my 11:10-12:30 class. This class is larger and less discussion based, but there is till value to discussions in the class. This class should be easy to get an A in, which is reassuring to me. We'll see how I do.

3:40-5:00 P.M. is my last class of the day on Tuesday and Thursday and is called Communication & Conflict. The professor sounds a bit like the "dry eyes" guy, but the class will focus on defining conflict and analyzing how it impacts communication. We also have to write a conflict analysis of a publicized conflict - if y'all have any suggestions, please pass it on to me - I'd be so appreciative!

Wednesday and Friday I don't have classes and Thursdays I have one additional class at 8:00 A.M. and it's my Communication Research Methods Lab, where we work with our group on on research project.

I'll hopefully have interesting topics from my classes to blog from and I look forward to being back and hearing from y'all!

Have a wonderful Tuesday night & Wednesday!

XOXO ♥

My Current Obsession

Hank Williams sang it

Number 3 drove it

Chuck Berry twanged it

Will Faulkner wrote it

Aretha Franklin sold it

Dolly Parton graced it

Rosa Parks rode it

Scarlett O chased it



Smooth as the hickory wind

That blows from Memphis

Down to Apalachicola

It's hi ya'll did ya eat well

Come on in I'm

Sure glad to know ya

Don't let this old gold cross

And this Allman Brothers t-shirt throw ya

It's cicadas making noise

With a southern voice



Hank Aaron smacked it

Michael Jordan dunked it

Pocahantas tracked it

Jack Daniels drunk it

Tom Petty rocked it

Dr. King paved it

Bear Bryant won it

Billy Graham saved it



Smooth as the hickory wind

That blows from Memphis down to Apalachicola

It's hi ya'll did ya eat well

Come on in I'm sure glad to know ya

Don't let this old gold cross

And this Crimson Tide t-shirt throw ya

It's cicadas making noise

With a southern voice



Jesus is my friend

America is my home

Sweet iced tea and Jerry Lee

Daytona Beach

That's what gets to me

I can feel it in my bones



Smooth as the hickory wind

That blows from Memphis

Down to Apalachicola

It's hi ya'll did ya eat well

Come on in child

I'm sure glad to know ya

Don't let this old gold cross

And this Charlie Daniels t-shirt throw ya

We're just boys making noise

With a southern voice



Southern Voice

I got a southern voice

A southern voice


This song encompasses so much that I L-O-V-E about the South & what makes it so special to me! I love the fact that this song is my favorite movie, not just of this year, but honestly of all time The Blind Side (it passed up Steel Magnolias y'all - that's HUGE!) I also love that the official video was filmed at the NFL kick-off party in Pittsburgh & everyone is waving Terrible Towels! There is so much I just LOVE about this song, video, artist, etc. and I hope y'all love it too! What is your current obsession?

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ♥

My favorite football team since I was a little girl, the school I always thought I would go to & the school I now dream of doing post-grad work at is the new national champion! We beat a very strong, very skilled Texas team, whom my boyfriend has held the same sentiments that I have for Alabama for since he was a little boy. We were a split house and now that Colt McCoy got hurt, he won't speak to me. Had Texas been playing anyone but Alabama, I would have loved for them to win; but they weren't - they played my boys, and my boys won! I am on cloud 10 (Sabrina the teenage with shoutout) right now and so excited and proud to be a Crimson Tide fan!