Best Day Of My Life

Is it just me or have I really not blogged in 2 months? Wow! Some days I think about blogging, but then I realize that not everyone wants to hear all about my life. Maybe if I had kids I'd write more, but then I'd be that annoying mom. I already write about my dog enough, imagine if I had kids. So my life lately has been awesome. It took a lot of soul searching & time to get to where I am in my life right now, but I'm very thankful that I finally found the right path for myself. & now that I am genuinely happy I can't help, but to share it! If you follow me on twitter you probably know that. I've never been a fan of people always talking about how happy they are because I've always thought people were putting on a show, but for me personally I am so happy! I've been doing so many fun things with such great people that I literally come home almost every night & post about how amazing my night was. I've also started to go back to my own church :) In case you didn't know, I'm a Mormon. You can read all about what I believe at www.mormon.org ! Thanks to this amazing church & gospel I've come to make many new friends. Most of the people that I'm friends with now I wouldn't have ever imagined I'd be friends with. That's what the church does! It brings people together. Love that! I use to be that person to write tons of people off automatically, but I definitely learned my lesson these past 2 months. Yesterday I actually got up during our fast and testimony meeting ( it's where you go up to the stand & bear your testimony in front of everyone) & I bore my testimony! I can barely pray in front of people because I get so nervous, but I was prompted to go up there & that I did :) Thanksgiving showed me how blessed I was so I had to share that of course. Last year I spent Thanksgiving in Reno with my friends family so being down here with my entire family again was so special to me. Maybe one day I'll decide that I don't want to spend every holiday with my family, but I don't think that'll be anytime soon. So my brother's girlfriend Amanda will be moving down here this week all the way from Georgia! At first I was very skeptical because I wouldn't ever move to another state for a man I wasn't married to, but I really like Amanda so I'll let it slide this one time. Speaking of changes! I got a new job! After 4 years at JCP I made the switch! Finally! It was definitely a change to not work on Black Friday! I've also taken up piano lessons! I have always wanted to learn & I also think I'd be a lot of fun to play for my kids one day in the future. Well everyone, I have sort of run out of things to write. I have many funny stories I could share, but I think I'll keep those to myself for now! I'll share some pictures from some of the awesome times I've been having lately though :) 
                                                                             
                                                                       Until next time! Xoxo

Now Playing: Anything Imagine Dragons especially Bleeding Out & Tokyo!
Last Christmas & O Holy Night- Glee Cast
The Giving Tree- Plain White T's
Best Day Of My Life- American Authors

Material Girl

Every single night I make a deal with myself in my mind that I'll end up going to sleep at a decent time. 95% of the time that never happens. I miss the days when I was early to bed & early to rise. Although if I ever stay at someones house I'm up at the crack of dawn. I was the strange child who hated staying at other people's houses. I think it was a mix between missing my mom & not being in my own house. Plus you never knew how clean a person's house was. I have horror stories about some of my friends houses. You don't even want to know. Now back to the issue at hand. When I moved home I knew someone with bad money problems. Back in March I had barely any money saved & after finding out about how bad people struggled with their own money I changed my ways. My best friend Corey who is mentioned frequently had always told me to save my money. At least 30% of my paychecks. I'd do that from time to time, but something would always come up or I'd spend too much money & I'd pull the money from my savings. Looking back at how terribly I handled my money hurts my heart! Thankfully I've learned my lesson & I now usually save more than 30% :) I'm so proud of myself for saving my money. I leave myself 100 dollars every 2 weeks to spend after paying my bills & putting my savings away. Go me! & I now never touch my savings. I literally get chest pains when I have to take money out of my savings. My how 6 months will change ya! The reason I even brought up money is because lately I've been wanting to buy myself something nice. I already have nice clothes, nice jewelry, nice sunglasses, nice purses & tons of other nice things. I'm not a huge label girl thankfully, but I've been wanting a certain piece of jewelry since I could remember. A piece of jewelry from Tiffany & Co. I have a necklace that my dad had bought me when I was younger, but I've always wanted a bracelet. I'm not exactly sure why, but it's just something that's always been on my mind. With that being said I've been considering lately going out & buying myself something nice. My only problem is that I'm not sure what exactly it is that I want. So I've decided to post my couple of options & then see what you all think. Or maybe someone will just love me enough to buy this certain item for me :)

Tiffany & Co. Bracelet

Tiffany & Co. ring

Cute blue heart bracelet

Heart shaped Tiffany & Co. ring.

Same as the blue one, just a

different heart.

 

 

Now after seeing all of these cute things which do you like the most! I am probably the most indecisive person when it comes to everything in my life so I need help picking! Hopefully my aunt J will check this blog post out & help a sista out on a pick! She got a Louis Vuitton for her birthday. BOUGIE ;)

 

Well guys, I have to be up early tomorrow. I have to prepare for my little weekend road trip :) I will share more details & pictures sometime next week. Between school & work I only get 2 days to myself these days. & also please pray for my aunt Anne. I found out tonight that she's battling cancer & they're thinking she's not going to make it. She's one of the sweetest women I know, plus we share a birthday. Thank you all in advance!

 

Xoxo, Sydney

 



 

 



My friend Alex left to the air force Monday & I'm very sad. Love that guy! Everyone at work things we're secretly in love with each other & that's what the above conversation is about. I can't help, but laugh every time I read these texts. It's just like that song from Grease. As you can see I referenced it. In case you don't know the song it's title is "Summer Nights." I prefer the Glee version, but that's because I'm too much of a Glee fanatic!

Let Her Go

Things around here have been pretty great. School started and even though I'm only taking 4 classes I feel like all I ever do is read! My ethnic studies class has got to be the most interesting class I've ever encountered. I love it, but there's this kid in there that likes to get everyone mad. I swear one day he's going to get slapped by someone. I'm just waiting patiently for that to happen. Luckily I get to take a history class this semester and I am SO excited :) History was my favorite subject in middle school and high school. It may have been thanks to my favorite high school teacher Mr. Ringler. We had to write a paper about our high school history teachers & of course I had to write about the Ring! I had him my sophomore year & then I was his aide my junior year. Senior year he begged for me to be an aide again which wasn't allowed, but they made the exception. Such a cool guy! I also loved my government teacher my senior year. He was pretty attractive, plus my dad use to be his coach. Good ol' small town Henderson <3 Like I stated last week I also have a NSC stalker who just happens to be my bff Corey. I feel as if every time I walk out of a class he somehow just bumps into me. Last Wednesday I was sitting at the tables waiting on my next class to start & of course who ends up finding me...Corey! He then told me that he had seen me in my last class. He was going to text me that he liked my headband, but he didn't want to sound creepy. Saying it after the fact didn't make it any less creepy, but hilarious. Love that guy! Some of you may know that my brother just went through a divorce, I wish he wouldn't have had to go through that, but it made him happier and he's way better off now :) It's so nice having my old brother back. I missed that guy. He texted me the other night to add his new girlfriend on Instagram. Well I've always hated girls that try to be best friends with their siblings new boyfriend/ girlfriend. I refused for a little bit, but I ended up adding her. The day after I went over to his house to drop off some pictures that I had printed him & he was skyping with the new girlfriend. I'm the type of person that can tell the first time I meet you if I like you or I don't. This girl I happen to actually like. Now I know meeting in real life is way different & I'm kind of excited to meet her next week! We're all going to Disneyland together! I've not been to Disneyland in 2 years and lately I've been getting the itch to go so I just can't wait! She'll be out here for 10 days & we've already planned on getting our noses pierced together, she's getting a new tattoo, & we're having a Kardashian marathon! Plus she's bringing me a turquoise ring from Georgia :) I've been looking for one out here, but I've been having no luck unfortunately. I also got some more good news on my traveling front. My dad invited me to Reno with him because he's going to meet a friend up there & go fishing, but I'll just get to hangout with my Reno friends instead :) & I'll be up there for the Unlv, Unr game. Cannot wait! I miss Reno so much some days, but I'm happy with where I am :) Surrounded by my family, friends, I'm where I'm suppose to be. Now only if my aunt would move back here( that'll never happen, but a girl can dream!) I'm now going to go grab myself a pumpkin spice iced latte & curl up to read a little before my long day at school. After I get to go attend a fun bible session with some awesome girls! I get to break out my new bible that the amazing Kelly Hicks sent me all the way from Minnesota! :)
Have an amazing day guys! I'll update this little baby later this week!

                                                                  - Sydney :)
Now Playing:
Let Her Go- Parachute...AMAZING!
I Miss You, Stupid, & Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgraves
Beware- Big Sean

 My NSC stalker

 Amazing bible & card from such a

lovely lady!

 Reno love bugs :)

 I love this!

 A little family bonding

I love the view of the strip so much

I always know I'm home when I see

this amazing view <3

Soundtrack to My Life

So as I mentioned in my last post this was the first week of school for me. Well and most of Nevada. This semester I'm taking 4 classes & I just happen to end up with Ethnic Studies as one of my chosen courses. I've never taken an Ethnic Studies class so I was very unsure of what to think, but Corey assured me it would be okay. Plus his good friend is the professor. I feel like I mentioned that last week, but I'll mention it again. Today was the 2nd day of class & we've already gotten our first big project. We're suppose to do a soundtrack of life. You pick 5 different topics from a list and pick a song that you think relates to that topic & your own life. So here I am at 11 o'clock at night trying to figure out what topics to choose. Who knew I'd almost find a song for every topic on this sheet? I think my love for lyrics in songs has a little something to do with that :) Thank you blogging for helping me out with this school assignment! I've decided to share the topics with you guys & the songs that I picked. Maybe you all can help me pick my 5. Along with the song we have to write a little paragraph to explain to the class as to why we chose the topic & song.

Category A (minimum of 2 choices form this list)

• What’s a song in your library that reminds you of your family, or person in your family?  Don't Forget to Remember Me - Carrie Underwood
• What’s a song that reminds you of your childhood? Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye.
• What song makes you want to dance? 22- Taylor Swift.
• What song do you love to get ready to in the morning? Total Eclipse of The Heart- Glee Cast.
• What song makes you want to cry? For this one I picked Crazy by K-Ci and JoJo.
• What song chills you out?! Amber- 311

 
Category B (minimum of 2 choices from this list)

• What’s a song in your library that describes where you’d like the world to go? Hey World( Remote Control Version) - Michael Franti.
• What song describes your ideals regarding love? More Than Words- Extreme. If you know me well you know this is my future wedding song. So don't steal it!
•  What song do you associate with your dreams? Pursuit of Happiness- Kid Cudi.
• What’s a song that talks about an issue or problem in the world that you think we don’t talk about enough? Um this one I have no clue....

• What’s a song that offends you? This one either....
• What’s a song in your library that defines what your gender should be like? Destiny's Child - Survivor.
• What’s a song that makes you feel empowered? Eye of the Tiger- Survivor
• What’s a song that you feel, “keeps you going?” Treasure- Bruno Mars

Now if you guys could give me any feedback that would be great :) I think I already have my choices picked out in my head, but I want to see what you guys think as well! It's so funny to me to see how varied my taste in music is. & this is only a few songs. I have hundreds. Picking just a few was hard.

                                                            Xoxo, Syd

 Lola taking a second to smell the roses.

They're really not roses though...

First day of school :)

So Long Sweet Summer

Before I even begin writing anything new I just want to say that I'm probably the worst "blogger" out there. I've started 3 posts in the last few weeks, but I seem to never finish them. Terrible I know. Looking back on the last post I posted blows my mind. Since then a few things have changed, but not everything is meant to be ya know? My last post was back in June & since then I've had a birthday & also I've gone on vacation! 22 has been a good age for me so far, plus there's a catchy Taylor Swift song about being 22! For my birthday my mom & I ventured up to Colorado. Now everyone asks why I picked Colorado. Well I have this list that I made once upon a time & Colorado was on it. Also my mom, brother, grandma, cousins, & Corey have all been there this year which made me want to go even more. I got the opportunity to go to Denver & Glenwood Springs. I was so excited to go to Denver because my brother had told me about how much he loved Denver which is stranger. My brother & I are both in love with sweet ol' Henderson so I was surprised to hear that. One thing I can say that I didn't like about Colorado was their damn airport! Las Vegas & Reno both have simple airports & DIA made me nuts. The second I stepped off of the plane I was surrounded by cowboy hats & hippies. That sentence alone explains Colorado. The day after we got in we drove to downtown Denver & we got stuck in the worst traffic! I will never complain about the traffic on the strip again. I got to do a bit of shopping before we headed over to the Rockies baseball game. Thankfully I only bought a few little things. I even got to take my first pedi cab ride in downtown Denver. Now I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but I grew up around it thanks to my dad. My dad coached baseball & softball almost my entire life so I'm use to attending games. I don't have my own team, but I favor the Dodgers because of my family & the Yankees because of Corey. The weather was beautiful & the game was a lot of fun.  After the game was over we walked out & there was a horse waiting for me! My mom's best friend had arranged for a horse drawn carriage to pick us up. It was definitely fun to ride around downtown Denver with a horse leading the way. The next day we set out early en route to Glenwood Springs. Now this place was AMAZING! I had decided that I wanted to go rafting while I was in Colorado & Mike picked Glenwood Springs & I now know why. That place is so beautiful. The second we got there we went into the Hotel Colorado & signed in for our rafting group. While we waited we got to explore a little further. Apparently the Hotel Colorado is haunted! How amazing is that! This hotel is old & definitely beautiful. Plus Teddy Roosevelt use to stay there. How amazing is that? Glenwood Springs was definitely the highlight of my trip. My friends & I may even make a trip back up that way for Spring Break! Exciting :) Another update on my life is that I've been going to church again! Not the LDS church, but I've been going with my sweet co worker Skyler. I've already made a couple of new friends. One of them is my soul twin. We have so many things in common! She even use to live on my street! Monday I start school... Seriously where has this summer gone? I've got Corey checking in on me every day to make sure that I'm in all of my classes & one of his co workers is one of my professors. I will get away with nothing this semester. Wish me luck! In honor of this upcoming school semester I've dubbed this weekend my "turnt up" weekend. My co worker Mike is always telling me to go out & get crazy so that's what I fully intend to do. Starting tomorrow night! Might as well before I become a school zombie. As a matter of fact tonight I went on a gondola ride with this guy. It was 18 dollars a person & it only lasted about 10 minutes, but hey it had to be scratched off of my bucket list. Plus we met a very nice couple from Canada. Plus something hilarious happened right before our ride! We had finally found some parking & as soon as we got into the hotel this young guy stuck his arm out & tried to touch my face! It was one of the weirdest things to ever happen to me. Having that guy in Reno lick my hand is still #1 on my list. Speaking of Reno, I was there this time last year! That makes me kind of sad, but I know it all happened for a reason. Plus now I get to go up in October with some of my friends & watch the wolf pack kill the rebels yet again. It'll be my 4th year in a row at the rivalry game.  Reno in October is beautiful! They have a real Fall. & in case you didn't know, Fall is my FAVORITE season of the year :) Now I'm going to end my little update blog post because I'm going to try to wake up at 7 tomorrow morning. I've been trying to go running with my dog in the morning & since I'm no longer a morning person I need the extra sleep. I hope you all had an amazing summer! I know that I did :) It was full of amazing friends, good times, nights I don't remember, & memories that I won't ever forget. I know you will all have a fantastic first day back to school on Monday. I will for sure let you all know how mine goes :)
                           
                                                                        Xoxo,
                                                                                  Sydney :)

Got a tattoo with my mom :)

Las Vegas lightning! Amazing!

The Coffee Cup with my mom & brother :)

Stuck in traffic in BC

Gondola ride

Amazing view of the valley tonight

 

My brother always takes pictures with the Indian

at Disneyland. I had to do the same with the

Glenwood Springs Indian & send it to him.

Rockies game

My birthday :)

Downtown Denver

Glenwood Springs <3

My ride for the night

 

Songs I can't stop listening to:

This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding

Your Side Of The Bed- Little Big Town

Demons- Imagine Dragons

Holy Grail- Jay-Z

Every Night - Imagine Dragons

Summer Girl- Jessica Andrews

Searchin For The Thrill of It

Can I just say that I graduated 4 years ago? This is probably one of the craziest things to me. I feel like it was just yesterday that I was at Foothill roaming the hallways. That school will always house some of my craziest, best memories. I remember leaving every day at lunch to go grab food with a group of friends, I remember sitting in my car eating lunch my junior year, being Mr. Ringler's 1st hour aide, taking advantage of the bathroom passes to go see guys, my group of friends, my parking spot. I remember it all. The thing I remember most from high school has got to be my group of friends. We were definitely wild ones. You know they say that however bad you were to your parents when you were younger is how your own kids will be to you. If that's the case I'm NEVER having any! The day I graduated from high school is a day that I will always remember very well. Alexis & I had decided that I'd drive us to the Orleans. Worst idea ever! I'm literally the worst at directions! Never trust me to get you somewhere! Well anyways we got lost! Thankfully we ran into a guy named Marcus that we knew & we followed him down there. After taking just a few pictures with friends Alexis & I went to join our friends. We finally began to walk out into the arena & I got to walk with one of my friends named Matt. Well as I sat down I looked up & saw my entire family waving at me from their box seats at the top of the arena. My mom had pulled a few strings through her work & got them to give up their box for that day. It was amazing to look up & see my baby cousins waving at me non stop. At that time I was dating the same guy & of course we got seated right across from each other. I was also surrounded by people that I had shared a homeroom with since the 6th grade. Graduation was one amazing day! Even though that graduation felt like it dragged on forever I loved every minute of it. I found out later that my family got to enjoy the whole thing on tv's & they got to sit in reclining seats. I'm still jealous. As soon as the whole thing was over I stepped outside & was hounded by family. After the 1,000 of pictures I took I grabbed Alexis & one of her other best friends Kayla & we left. Well as soon as we were leaving I saw a girl that was secretly dating the guy I was seeing at the time & her best friend had said something to me. Well back then like I always say I had the worst temper! So of course I turned around & let the girl have it. Thankfully I've calmed down a lot these past years. No one that has met me within the past year and a half can imagine me getting crazy with anyone. I don't let too much get to me the way it use to, but that side of me is still around, I just never show it. After my own graduation party that night at Johnny Mac's I ventured over to Alexis's house. That's something that I love about our families. We both come from huge families. My mom's side is Italian & my dad's side is Mexican. You get the picture. Alexis's party was awesome. At the end of the night Kyle, Alexis, & I passed out on the couch. That summer was probably one of the best summers of my life. Alexis & I have had our differences, but every memory I have in high school involve her. Whether it be our crazy videos or crying at 2 in the morning at the park over a guy. She has helped me through the hardest times of my life & still does to this day. Today as we were sitting at her apartment getting ready to go out we were laughing over a crazy day we had together back in 2009 right after we graduated. All I'm going to say is that it involved her hiding in my dad's truck at Lotus to her being squashed after a guy jumped through a window & landed on us. I'd love to share some more memories, but I think I'll hold them back. That's the best thing about memories, they never change. No matter how much things have changed since those days you will always have the memories. :) The day I graduated I had my Aunt Dollie say something to me that I shared with my friend Autumn tonight. Once you graduate high school life flies past you. I never believed it, but I truly do now. I can't believe how much has changed in these 4 years, but what's meant to be will be. You've got to live life as if there was no tomorrow. No regrets. Xoxo

Here are a few videos Alexis & I made back in high school. We literally spent all of our senior year in my room goofing around. Enjoy my little throwback <3 :)

http://s12.photobucket.com/user/sydneyness/media/003-4.mp4.html

http://s12.photobucket.com/user/sydneyness/media/bres%20visit/006-6.mp4.html

http://s12.photobucket.com/user/sydneyness/media/Alexis/Coronaandlime.mp4.html

http://s12.photobucket.com/user/sydneyness/media/Alexis/Crazy.mp4.html

 

& Alexis's baby brother Eric graduated

from Foothill last night. I remember

him as just a freshman & now he's grown

I'm so proud!

Love this lil tyke :) 

Now playing: This Is What Makes Us Girls- Lana Del Rey....reminds me of high school
& Diet Mountain Dew- Lana as well. Love her songs!