graduate with kate.

It finally happened. #6 on my 101 in 1001 days is officially completed!

All the handwork paid off and I wanted to just say thank you to everyone who stood by me. You listened to my trials and errors, you held me accountable, and you helped me reach my goals and I am so so thankful to you. 

Not everyone could make it to Augusta for the day, but Mom and one of my besties from 3rd grade came to support me :)

My best friends from school who've shared in the craziness over the past 16 months

My lovely Ma!

She was the one who pinned me during my nursing graduation Sunday morning. We got to choose someone important to us to present us with our nursing pins at the College of Nursing ceremony.

Feeling so thankful and relieved that it's finally done!!

decorate with kate

I don't particularly like to decorate. Or I guess, I don't like to take down decorations. 

exhibit a: 

In undergrad, my roommates and I left our fake Christmas tree up until June of the next year…now given it was only like 4 feet tall and the decorations were just neon poof balls, so it was year round…so to say…

exhibit b:

We had a halloween party after we moved in, which was about four months later…we got a 10ft black bat (that was made from black trash bags and balloons that filled the body) to decorate. We hung it in the corners of the vault ceilings above the television. I named him Gilbert. He became our 5th roommate. He moved out when we did…2 years later…

Anyhow, last year I got a real tree, which you have to get rid of in a timely fashion…otherwise it just makes a huge mess. This year, I'm debating about doing the same thing or doing something completely different. So to pinterest and google I went for inspiration…

 

For Fake Trees: I love the white look with bright ornaments!

For Real Trees: I love burlap and white for decorations.

This one caught my attention, but seriously…never gonna happen. It's hard enough trying to put up a Christmas tree the regular way with one person…(thankfully my landlord is amazing and helps with random things like bringing in and putting my Christmas tree in its stand)

Now this, this is me, to a T. I love this, minus the branch wings…

Seeing these totally made me want to create my own version…so here is what I came up with...

What do ya think?

xoxo, kate

12.1.13

It's going to be a big month…5 more days to the last day of the semester and then graduation (let's keep our fingers crossed on that one) 

xoxo, Kate

What I Know Now. Book Review.

What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self

Edited by Ellyn Spragins

 

I really enjoyed this book. It was an easy read. I could pick it up and put it down in between letters/stories. I picked out some of my favorite quotes and thought I'd share them with you all. Maybe they'll strike a cord with you as well. 

“Don’t be so quick to dismiss another human being.”

–     Barbara Boxer

“The rhythm of life runs in cycles. There are times in the darkness and times in the light.”

-      Olympia Dukakis aka Oly

“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of felling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words but to pour them all out, just as it is, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keeping what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”

-      Ann Curry

“Please yourself first…Everything else follows.”

-      Macy Gray

“Learn to say no.”

-      Heather Mills McCartney

“Sometimes nothing is better than just anything.”

-      Shelley Morrison

“Seven Things You Need to Know

1.  The way you look matters far less than you think

2.  Asking permission to speak is never a good idea at all

3.  Don’t speak too fast because you’re afraid of wasting your listener’s time. Listening to what you have to say is the highest and best use of anyone’s time.

4.  Don’t edit what you say before you say it.

5.  Don’t hang out with anyone who doesn’t understand why you’re so wonderful, or who needs to be told, or who doesn’t tell you at regular intervals or when you forget.

6.  That little voice you keep ignoring is the only one you should ever listen to.

7.  Love.”

-      Lisa Scottoline

“Always follow your heart. If something feels wrong, it probably it.”

-      Vanna White

“ Don’t gossip; it makes you untrustworthy.”

-      Naomi Wolf

“Trust that if you take care of yourself on the inside, follow your instincts, and let yourself evolve naturally, your potential for happiness will be so much greater.”

-      Trisha Yearwood

xoxo, kate

11.1.13

It's nice to see you.

Get in my Belly.

Those of you that know me, or have met me just once...you know I don't cook. Or, in other words, cooking is not my forte. I am much better in other rooms of the house, the closet with insane amounts of clothing, being my primary place of choice.

However, pinterest showed me a recipe and it just seemed so carefree and easy that I figured what the hey, I'll try it. It was so simple to make and a lady at work actually saw me eating it and wanted to recipe. She loved it too when she made it the other night! I felt like a cook and it was actually kinda fun!

Anyhow, super simple, and tasty and I'll share the place I got the recipe with y'all too :)

Here's the proof that I actually did make it...

Looks pretty darn close to this...

Here's the recipe if you'd like to try it.

xoxo, kate

let me know how it turns out!!

Instruction Manual.

Some days I just really need an instruction manual.

[source]

1. don't fall back asleep.

2. get out of bed.

3. put clothes on.

3 steps...they are simple...

but really I just want to go back to sleep for a few more hours, you?

xoxo, kate