Alert!!!

haha alright ya'll prepare yourselves for my next few sets of posts! they will be saying a lot of things about babies...remind yourself that I AM NOT pregnant or a mother haha but have received a flour bag baby for Anatomy!!! he is TOO CUTE! (sean edward salter) haha and i can only imagine i will be talking about it ALOT on here haha...picture of my bundle of joy to come! :)

Weekend Updateee

Hey Ya'll! so since my last update i've had a few things going on! on friday night i went and saw my little cousins play. "belles on their toes", the sequel to cheaper by the dozen. it was so adorable! she will be a star and i know it! 


Colt came over friday night to stay with me :) and then on saturday we went to his house and got ready for his cousins wedding in Macon. Mary Rae was absolutely gorgeous, as was the rest of the wedding. we had the most fun! I LOVE weddings! and oh my goodness was hers a pretty one...her colors were green and brown and every last detail was perfect. she had magnolias everywhere and pearl accents every place she could stick em. her dress was so beautiful, had it not been rude, i would have snapped a picture for ya'll...


which bring me to my next thought...i am SO ready for my wedding! i pray im not a bridezilla...but if i am, its my day! haha...i have all of my details basically planned out already haha..all i need is the man to stick in the tux! after i saw bride wars, i fell in LOVE with the Vera Wang..dress kate hudson wore! i would die to have it! 

Remember: "You don't alter Vera to fit you, you alter yourself to fit Vera.." Hope i will be able to suck it in!!!

and after i got to looking for it, i may love the green even more! Lace overlay is GORGEOUS!

and i WILL wear cowgirl boots with my dress! :) OF COURSE!


xoxo lovely bloggers...Alli <3

You Might be a Southern Belle if:

A Southern Belle...
1. Dresses like a lady, not a lady of the night.
2. Keeps a smile on her face that could melt the heart of an IRS agent.
3. Is always ready to share the news (but keeps the family secrets).
4. Keeps everything shipshape: penmanship, fellowship, stewardship.
5. Lets a gentleman be a gentleman by allowing him to open a door for her, thank you very much.

Rule #6 is that every Southern Hostess knows that a pitcher of iced tea is a MUST for all occasions. I like iced tea, but I have never kept it on hand to serve, and I guess I need to start!

7. “A Southern Lady, the most interesting ones anyway, know that rules are made to be broken.”

And then rule #8 – “The only correct and acceptable way to criticize anyone is to add ‘bless his/her heart!’ and then, anything goes!”

9. Keep at least one koozie in each purse, in your bookbag, in your car, and everywhere else you can fit one.  Do you want to get caught without one?  Didn’t think so.

10. "Remember to be very careful of who you talk about around here. Everybody in the South is kin to each other. No matter who you bring up, you're bound to be insulting somebody's aunt, uncle, or third cousin twice removed."

11. -Charm, Charm, Charm.

12. A southern Belle can sing your praises to the sky or slash you completely apart with the sweetest smile and the nicest sounding words you could ever hope to hear.

13. a southern ladies vocabulary: "Lovely"- She comes from a lovely family.  Her people are lovely

"Precious" - A high compliment.
You're so precious to think of me.
Aren't you just the most precious thing.

"Darlin'" - Also a high compliment, to be used a long with precious for better emphasis.
Your daughter is darlin' and she wears the most precious clothes.

"Cute"- Not a high compliment but not a complete put-down either.
Don't you look cute. (This means you still have an outide chance of making Kappa Kappa Gamma, but you're not as solid as you would be if you looked precious or darlin')

"Sweet" - the kiss of death
Who's that sweet little thing in the corner.  Just look at that sweet little dress she's wearing!

"Nice" - the kiss of death with the coffin sealed
Well, I don't know her well, but she does seem nice.

Thursday Madnesssss

hello, hello, my lovely people! so sorry i haven't filled ya'll in since i got home but i was so exhausted after we got home, it was suchhhh a long ride..state went well but sadly i did not win. ha shocker right? "---no ma'am i don't sing italian opera....nope spanish either...?"--"oh you don't give people a chance if they sing songs from the broadway musical wicked???...okay then my bad!"..ha i loved my rendition of "Popular" even if they weren't so keen on it. it was fun! and i got to ACT a bit :)  --fast forward to today: we had sooo much makeup work, and im STILL trying to catch up! off to type a ten page paper over The Crucible! PRAY FOR ME..xo!

Here is a link to the song i sang if you are interested! super cute! I LOVEEEE WICKED!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNIwSYp4N-Y

State Literary

Soooooo, today we left school a little early and made the haul down to Valdosta for State Literary! whoo-hoo! yeahhhh its not that great ha. but we DO get a day out of school, and some of us really might have a shot at this thang...me?...not so much. i did alright at region and placed well enough to advance to state, but at the moment i feel like i've got barbed wire in my throat! its KILLING me ya'll. you gotta do what you gotta do though, right? Right. Anywho...after getting all settled into our hotel (SWANKY!), me and sydney hit up the mall for a little "Time Wasting"..haha we got a few goodies :) and came back to meet everyone else...we went to Outback for supper...can you say blooming onion?? :) Yummmm...gotta get some rest for the competition tomorrow! we'll be getting up earlyyyyyyy... xo

Morning Thoughts...

This is Where I Am.

This is Where I want to Be.

I have the WORST case of senioritis today! i'm so ready for Spring Break!  only a few more weeks.....we had to get up earlier for school than usual this morning to pack for state literary..we are leaving this afternoon..i have to sing girls solo (fingers crossed!), and Sydney is doing duo oral interpretation with our friend Katy :) It is going to be a LONGGGGG RIDEEEEE there so i'm sure ill be venting to yawl to pass the time! :) xoxo

Got blogger to go on the iPhone so if anything happens, you'll know! :)

Pessimism.

I am such a pessimist today i swear. it has been THE worst day! this is me writing in anger ya'll, please don't take my ranting into consideration. to begin with: i was NOT suppose to have school today. it was a holiday, but the SATAN snow from earlier this year caused us to have to make up for lost days. so their is my "grrrrrrrrrr beginning" to this day. immediately following came bad news about our exams/previous grades for this 9 weeks, as well as speeches from our teachers, ultimately revolving around the fact that, well..... we all suck at life. in response, we received not only assignment upon assignment from all of our teachers, but also the news that the final 9 weeks of my senior year would be the most miserable thus-far in my existence. Thanks Life. thanks a lot. report cards go home on friday. (AKA: life ends then.) i am beyond ready for Spring Break and some FREEDOM! that is, assuming i'm not grounded as hell by then, in which case ill be ready for the GOOD LORD to take me home!

"Don't Waste Your Cancer" by John Piper

This is a section from an article I heard about...it really hits home if you take a second to read it..

"I write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in God’s power to heal—by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. He gets the glory and that is why cancer exists. So not to pray for healing may waste your cancer. But healing is not God’s plan for everyone. And there are many other ways to waste your cancer. I am praying for myself and for you that we will not waste this pain.

1. You will waste your cancer if you do not believe it is designed for you by God.

It will not do to say that God only uses our cancer but does not design it. What God permits, he permits for a reason. And that reason is his design. If God foresees molecular developments becoming cancer, he can stop it or not. If he does not, he has a purpose. Since he is infinitely wise, it is right to call this purpose a design. Satan is real and causes many pleasures and pains. But he is not ultimate. So when he strikes Job with boils (Job 2:7), Job attributes it ultimately to God (2:10) and the inspired writer agrees: “They . . . comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him” (Job 42:11). If you don’t believe your cancer is designed for you by God, you will waste it.

2. You will waste your cancer if you believe it is a curse and not a gift.

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). “There is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel” (Numbers 23:23). “The LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).

3. You will waste your cancer if you seek comfort from your odds rather than from God.

The design of God in your cancer is not to train you in the rationalistic, human calculation of odds. The world gets comfort from their odds. Not Christians. Some count their chariots (percentages of survival) and some count their horses (side effects of treatment), but we trust in the name of the LORD our God (Psalm 20:7). God’s design is clear from 2 Corinthians 1:9, “We felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.” The aim of God in your cancer (among a thousand other good things) is to knock props out from under our hearts so that we rely utterly on him.

4. You will waste your cancer if you refuse to think about death.

We will all die, if Jesus postpones his return. Not to think about what it will be like to leave this life and meet God is folly. Ecclesiastes 7:2 says, “It is better to go to the house of mourning [a funeral] than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.” How can you lay it to heart if you won’t think about it? Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Numbering your days means thinking about how few there are and that they will end. How will you get a heart of wisdom if you refuse to think about this? What a waste, if we do not think about death.

5. You will waste your cancer if you think that “beating” cancer means staying alive rather than cherishing Christ.

Satan’s and God’s designs in your cancer are not the same. Satan designs to destroy your love for Christ. God designs to deepen your love for Christ. Cancer does not win if you die. It wins if you fail to cherish Christ. God’s design is to wean you off the breast of the world and feast you on the sufficiency of Christ. It is meant to help you say and feel, “I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” And to know that therefore, “To live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 3:8; 1:21).

6. You will waste your cancer if you spend too much time reading about cancer and not enough time reading about God.

It is not wrong to know about cancer. Ignorance is not a virtue. But the lure to know more and more and the lack of zeal to know God more and more is symptomatic of unbelief. Cancer is meant to waken us to the reality of God. It is meant to put feeling and force behind the command, “Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD” (Hosea 6:3). It is meant to waken us to the truth of Daniel 11:32, “The people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.” It is meant to make unshakable, indestructible oak trees out of us: “His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers” (Psalm 1:2). What a waste of cancer if we read day and night about cancer and not about God.

7. You will waste your cancer if you let it drive you into solitude instead of deepen your relationships with manifest affection.

When Epaphroditus brought the gifts to Paul sent by the Philippian church he became ill and almost died. Paul tells the Philippians, “He has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill” (Philippians 2:26-27). What an amazing response! It does not say they were distressed that he was ill, but that he was distressed because they heard he was ill. That is the kind of heart God is aiming to create with cancer: a deeply affectionate, caring heart for people. Don’t waste your cancer by retreating into yourself.

8. You will waste your cancer if you grieve as those who have no hope.

Paul used this phrase in relation to those whose loved ones had died: “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). There is a grief at death. Even for the believer who dies, there is temporary loss—loss of body, and loss of loved ones here, and loss of earthly ministry. But the grief is different—it is permeated with hope. “We would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). Don’t waste your cancer grieving as those who don’t have this hope.

9. You will waste your cancer if you treat sin as casually as before.

Are your besetting sins as attractive as they were before you had cancer? If so you are wasting your cancer. Cancer is designed to destroy the appetite for sin. Pride, greed, lust, hatred, unforgiveness, impatience, laziness, procrastination—all these are the adversaries that cancer is meant to attack. Don’t just think of battling against cancer. Also think of battling with cancer. All these things are worse enemies than cancer. Don’t waste the power of cancer to crush these foes. Let the presence of eternity make the sins of time look as futile as they really are. “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?” (Luke 9:25).

10. You will waste your cancer if you fail to use it as a means of witness to the truth and glory of Christ.

Christians are never anywhere by divine accident. There are reasons for why we wind up where we do. Consider what Jesus said about painful, unplanned circumstances: “They will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake. This will be your opportunity to bear witness” (Luke 21:12 -13). So it is with cancer. This will be an opportunity to bear witness. Christ is infinitely worthy. Here is a golden opportunity to show that he is worth more than life. Don’t waste it.

Remember you are not left alone. You will have the help you need. “My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19)."

Excuse My Negativity.

        Be a Dear for the next few minutes and listen while i vent...today has been a pretty crappy day to say the least and the Oh So Excellent thing about my blog is that i can pretty much say what ever the hell i want to on it. first off, young women should not go about subjects at hand in the manner that they have, as of late, if they wish to be called "young ladies". ladies are classy, especially southern ones, and i don't know what your mama's been up to lately but she hasn't been paying you much attention if your tongue is really wagging as much as it has been..keep YOUR opinions to YOURSELF. or IF you feel the need to share them, do so in the presence of the person you are trying to start things with. The End on that one.

To Calm Me Down now will require ice cream.

     Secondly, I absolutely, positively, HATE 9 weeks exams. And furthermore i am SO very excited that i have roughly 7 more for the remainder of my high school career. can i get an Amen? (angelic choirs begin).

This is Less than Fun.

Ha as much as I hate to say it Ya'll, the 30 day challenge was less than boring. it was awful. so I'm Stopping on day 6. Ha so like me to procrastinate and quit!!! Today we start our 3rd 9 weeks exams, meaning I only have one more set until I am finished with high school, and 79 more days until I GRADUATE! How silly is that?? 79 days and I have to leave whether I like it or not?? It's just too much for me to comprehend right now...and to add to my depression of what is to come?...It's supposed to rain all week. SNORE.

Day Five.

 A picture of your favorite memory

Every Year, my family goes to Daytona Beach in the month of June...No other time throughout the year do I have that much fun. I ADORE it.

Day Four.

A picture of your night

I've been so lazy today besides getting in the tanning bed!! Yeah, i'm cool.

Day Three.

A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day Two.

A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.

Thanks Hank...

Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It's more than where you're born, it's an idea and state of mind that seems imparted at birth. Its more than loving fried chicken, football, beer, and country music. Its being hospitable and devoted to screen porches, sweet tea, magnolias, red velvet cake, Coca-Cola... and each other. We don't become Southern- we're born that way." - Hank Jr.

Day One.

A Picture of yourself with 10 Facts:

1. I am completely obsessed with fingernail polish. Nothing grosses me out more than unpainted nails, and i'll keep it that way until I roll over in my grave.
2. I have the biggest jewelry collection of anyone I know...I make it a point to buy a piece (or two) every time I go shopping and it has DEFINITELY built up. I LOVE it, though.
3. Speckled Strawberry Lemonade from Bubba Gumps I swear could revive me from a coma. I LOVE the stuff!
4. I am so horrible at math they should excuse me from the subject, altogether, as an act of kindness.
5. My Aunt Amy makes the best Sweet Tea known to mankind, I don't care what you say.
6. Nothin' makes me madder than to waste a perfectly good outfit on a lousy occasion, or for weather to ruin it otherwise.
7. I LOVE weddings. I swear I could go to one every weekend. They are beautiful, everything about them is gorgeous, and besides the occasional cranky old person and bad kid runnin' around, you have to look REALLY hard to find someone not having a good time at the reception.
8. My friends are my rocks. Where in the world would I be without them???
9. I am going to Georgia Southern University in the Summer, and I CANNOT WAIT! We'll see how long this excitement lasts..
10. I believe that cowgirl boots go with every single outfit, no matter what you've got on.

30 Day Blog Challenge

So this is Everywhere on Facebook! But iv'e decided it would be more interesting to do it on here....sooooo blogger, here goes nothing!

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show
Day 04 - A picture of your night
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most ****** up things with
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity
Day 19 - A picture and a letter
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change
Day 25 - A picture of your day
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss

A bad day of fishing beats a good day of anything else...

Crickets :)

 Worms :)

 Colt was messin' with Sydney, Threatening to push her in haha...Meanie.

 Me and Colton :) We can't take ANYTHING seriously :)

 Just Climbin' Trees haha

 Muddboggin'

Pistol Pete wanted to get in the Mud SO BAD.

I am such a let-down.

I'm really sorry I haven't been updating AT ALL. My apologies y'all. I'll do my best to recap.....

• We won the region championship in basketball! First time in like 20 something years?
• We went all the way through to the second round of state, but lost :(
• I'm not playing any spring sports, which means that I am FINISHED with sports, bummer.
• I had a GREAT Valentine's Day with my Boyfriend Colt :) he got me the big bear I wanted so much!!  and of course added some of his own flavor with some Duck Hunting T-shirts haha
• let's see.....Oh, We Got A HOT TUB! :)

Those are the major points you've missed out on. Other than that, its been life as usual around here...School, Tanning for PROM :), homework, and enjoying these last few months at home with my family. I CAN'T BELIEVE I only have 40 days left of school before graduation. It's Crazy! It is so strange how quickly time flies!