Realization

This will be the first Valentine's Day I'll spend with someone. (And by someone, I mean my boyfriend.) I can't think of anyone else I would rather spend it with. It will be perfect. I think I'll make him some cookies or cupcakes. Something thoughtful... maybe even those chocolate truffles... 'cause those looked really yummy :D



Anyway, my point is I wouldn't wanna spend Valentine's Day any other way than with Justin. I love him, and he loves me. And that makes it perfect. (:





"So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday." -The Notebook

Time For Some Change

As you all probably already know, I love change. I get bored extremely easy. Veryy veryyy short attention span, and all that jazz. So, I was growing tired of it. It was becoming boring to me and it was the same 'ol routine every.single.day. So, I wanted a little change. A little spice in my life. I said good-bye to the old boring Haley, and hello to the new. Have you guessed what it is yet?? Here's a little hint....

BEFORE....

AFTER!!!

I absolutely ADORE my new "hurrr" :) It has black and red in it and whole lot of short layers up top. It's so fun to play with and fix.

That's all for now. Until next time...

Hales* :)

"The key to change... is to let go of fear." -Rosanne Cash

Lack of Blogging...

Sorry for my lack of blogging here lately... October is a very busy month for me. Especially this year. Dad's test, trying to move, my birthday, vacation, and such.

But, on a happy note, I got the iPod i wanted for my birthday; my boyfriend is amazing :) I had an amazing birthday with all of my friends and family. It's kinda hard to believe I'll be 18 next year, but I'm excited :D

I'll put pictures up from my birthday soon. I'm swamped with homework this week.

Much love, Hales* :)

How To Avoid Making Me Mad, Birthdays, and iPods

Don't accuse me of doing wrong when I haven't done not one single thing to you. Especially since you aren't my parents... or God. Ya know? Leave that up to them. Thanks.

Anyway.

My birthday is in 14 days! And my party is in 12! :D I'm so excited! I really wanna buy an iPod touch. That thing has been taunting me for 2 weeks now. It'll just randomly pop up on my TV in a commercial. Then I start whining about how bad I want one. :P

We're leaving for vacation on the 19th. Super excited about that too. October is my favorite month of the year. (: Despite the coldness. Hate that.

I have a major headache so I'm gonna go to bed now.

Much love.

I...

I am: Haley.

I think: all the time. I'm sure my brain gets tired of all my thinking...

I know: what you did last Summer.

I have: the most amazing boyfriend on the planet. (:

I hate: fake people.

I wish: someone would buy our house!

I miss: the smell of Summer.

I fear: the things in the dark.

I feel: sleepy...

I hear: the A/C and running water.

I smell: the air?

I crave: cokeeee!

I search: for the answers to my problems... but never really find them.

I wonder: if we'll ever get out of this place.

I regret: telling certain people about my life/thoughts.

I love: you. :D

I am not: going there again.

I believe: in the power of sleep! Or not...

I dance: to music. Constantly. Because it's fun! And it makes me happy. (:

I sing: all the time.

I cry: when I'm sad. Or angry. But mostly when no one is watching.

I don't always: eat my veggies O_o Just kidding. I love vegitables :D

I fight: in my head.

I write: alomst never. Unless it's blogging... but that's not technically "writing."

I win: all the time! ...Not really.

I lose: the game. Dangit!

I never: tell anyone exactly what I feel.

I always: check facebook in the mornings.

I confuse: myself.

I listen: to music when I'm bored.

I can usually be found: sleeping, singing, eating, or talking to Justin.

I am scared: of the things in the dark! I already told you that! Now stop asking! :P

I need: to go finish cleaning...

I am happy: with life. Kidnasorta. Can we just move already?!?

I imagine: my life in the future. It will be amazing. (:

That is all for now.

Mucho amor. XoXo.

Labor Day, Doorbells, and a Blind Woman... Kinda

Today is a boring day. Since it's Labor Day my Dad is off work so we're all just chilling at the house. Mom and I have been cleaning today too. I woke up at 12:01 today and as soon as I opened my eyes the doorbell rang. I did a ninja leap out of bed and ran to the top of the stairs to peek around the corner to see who it was. Mom answered it and it was some lady asking about the house. She explained how she tried to call the 24-hour information number that's on the "for sale" sign but she couldn't get through because she didn't know the street number. (Hello lady, it was right on our mailbox and our house!) Anyway, so mom told her about it and gave her a paper and our realeastate agent's card. She told mom that she will be calling to set up an appointment to see the house so that's good news. :D

My 17th birthday is in 42 days!!

I need to go finish cleaning now... but, before that I wanna post a random question blog. 'Cause I'm random, ya'know?

Happy 5 Months to Justin and I. (:

Things I Am Loving/Disliking

Things I'm Loving


*Drinking chocolate milk in my big plastic Steak 'N Shake cups


*Waking up before everyone so I can do school work in peace.

*Wearing bronzer

*My long flowy skirts <3

*Plain Jane; a new tv show

*My new Sunday-School class

*Wearing the color purple

*Wearing my hair curly

*Headbands with bows on them

*Painting my nails odd colors. (Blue, silver, etc.)

*Singing harmony (Took me forever to learn how, finally got the hang of it.)

*Big purses

*Anything zebra print

*Writing blogs (when I actually have things worth writing about.) [This doesn't count, does it?]

*New "hairdo's"

*Wearing heels (:

*Dresses


Things I'm Disliking

*Exremely hot weather. (So hot you die as soon as you walk outside.)

*Not getting to see my boyfriend

*My face breaking out (Extremely dislike.)

*Having bad vision

*Still not having my license, or a job.

*Not having my license or a job all because we can't sell our house. :(


Anyone wanna buy a house? :D

OH! OH! Did anyone else notice the letter 'E' on the 'Hate' brick looks like pacman?


~Hales (:

Sickness, Sunburn, and Furnerals

I am sick. Yet again. I was sick all week last week too. Sore throat, stuffy nose and such. All this is getting rather annoying. I've started taking allergy medication again so hopefully that'll help some.

I washed the car on Saturday and it was like 98 degrees. I was out there for around 2 or 3 hours because it takes forever to wash that stupid car since it's white and you can see every little spec of dirt or bug guts (yuck.) Anyway, this Summer I've been dying to get tan. Before this Summer my skin hadn't seen the light of day in years. And I mean YEARS. After coming inside from washing the car I got up from the recliner and started walking toward the kitchen when my Mom gasped really loudly, covered her mouth and said, "OH MY GOSH."
I froze immediately ans said, "WHAT IS IT?!"
"You're sunburned."
"Really?? Yayyyyy!"

Yeah, that made me happy needless to say. A few hours later the burn was already brown. (:

My skin is all brown and glowy from laying out so much. Not as dark as I'd like it to be but I still have a few weeks to work on it.

Yesterday my grandparents told my family that one of our regular attenders at church had died. He was in his mid 50's I believe. Anyway, a few weeks before he died he told my dad and I that he wanted us to do the music for his funeral, so yesterday my dad, brother, Nana, and I spent hours recording music for it. We sang Heaven'll Be Worth The Journey, Funeral Plans, and Beulah Land. He had requested all three and had us sing them to him that day he told us he wanted us to do the music. I'm rather glad we recorded the songs instead of singing them live at the funeral because I know I wouldn't have been able to make it through the songs without crying. I have known him since I was about nine years old. He always gave me candy when he saw me at church. I will miss him dearly.

That's all I have on my mind for now.

Much love,
*Hales.

Random "Survey"? More like a poll I guess...

Question: If I had a big party for my 17th birthday in Chattanooga, would you come?

Comment below. :)

Muchas Gracias.

Update On Life

*Justin and I have been dating 4 months as of today. (4/27/10)
*He starts college in August
*That fact kinda scares me
*I'm offically a Junior
*Only 2 more years of High School left (Thank God)
*I'm taking Algebra 2 & Chemistry this year. And alot of other classes but I don't feel like naming them all.
*When I get a job I can count it for a highschool credit. I think that's awesome.
*Math confuses me greatly.
*I really wanna move.
*I love our new real estate agent. She's nice.
*I plan to have a job and my license by my 17th birthday
*I also plan on having a big party for my 17th birthday. With all of my family and friends and tons of decorations and food. And DANCING! the electric slide is the bomb xD
*I want an Ipod Touch for my birthday.
*And a teacup chihuahua or teacup yorkie
*Despicable Me was the cutest movie ever.
*This Summer I finally taught myself how to do an underwater hand stand in the pool

~Hales

Back When Things Were Simple...

I found some old videos of me, my old best friend, and my brother. Thought they were funny. Pointless, but funny. (: Back when everything was simple....

Pieces of Me

Justin got a car today. It's a '97 Honda Accord. He picked it up at 3:00 today. He ALWAYS texts me when he gets off work until he calls me. Today, I've talked to him for about an hour in all. He's been driving, buying stuff for his car, and hanging with his friends from school. AND he's going to the movies with Thomas and Stony (2 of his friends) right now. So, that means I won't get to talk to him until about 12 or so tonight. For some reason this really saddens me. I feel all left out and junk. This brings me to my next point.

I NEED SOME FRIENDS!!! It's been almost a year since I hung out with someone other than my family or my boyfriend. I haven't had a "girl's night" in years. This makes me very sad. Life just isn't as glorious without girl (space) friends. *Friends that are girls rather. It makes me wanna... No. I will not cry. I. Will. Not. Cry. I've done to much of that today anyway. I just wanna move and get a job. Then I won't have tome to sit around and sulk about my sad life. Perfect solution don't cha think?

Anyway. I'm done being emo for now. I'm gonna go eat some junk food and watch a chick flick now.

Peace, love, and ... BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM!! :D

*Side Note: I have no clue what the title of this has to do with the actual post. I just thought it went well with the picture. (:

new blog to come soon. (:

XoXo,
-Hales

He Has My Heart

Ruby and Jentz are over. Holden is playing with Jentz and my mom is teaching Ruby how to coupon. So, I decided I'd write a blog while I have a little time to myself.

Life has been all crazy, weird, and confusing here lately. Alot of things are going on and there's alot of confusion in my brain just because I over-think everything and because I'm weird like that. Justin and I have been having some confusing moments here lately. Not like arguments or anything, we've just been going through alot together. He got back from Flordia on Saturday and brought me back a necklace, bracelet, sunglasses, and some shells (atleast I can kinda think I was there, right?). I missed him so much. We spent all Saturday together. Kinda. I had to babysit 3 kids and he "helped" me. Actually he just kinda sat there. But it was good for us because we had time to talk and be together.

Our three months is coming up in a few weeks. (6/27/10) It's hard to believe we've been dating this long. We "talked" for a month before he actually asked me out. And, he wanted to ask my Dad too. (He's so sweet.) So we've been talking for almost 4 months, but only actually been dating for three. It's amazing how much happier I am now. He walked into my life at the perfect time. God could have not had more perfect timing. I was at my lowest point in my life; I was ready to just throw in the towel and give up. I was going through depression, sadness, and alot of other things. My parents didn't know what to do. After I started talking to Justin things just fell into place. We just clicked. And EVERYONE knew it. There was no hiding this one. He was (and is) everything I needed. I needed to be shown how to love again, how to trust people, and how to learn to lean on people when I needed someone just to help me get through the day. I needed a best friend, someone to listen to me, and someone just to talk to. He gave me ALL of that. And more. He's everything I could ever want and I couldn't ask for anything better. We've never had an argument or fight. He's never hurt me or made me cry (other than when he's wayyy to sweet.) He has my heart and he always will.

With God we will last forever.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Mark 10:9

More Prom Pictures

http://www.mpix.com/SharedAlbum.aspx?aid=3618971&key=mkn5twY9DovVFAJw4Rjq

There's a link to look at some more pictures from prom. My cousin took them so they're a little better quality than the ones from my camera that I posted a month or so ago. Check em out, tell me whacha think. Love. Hales.

Justin, Being Lame, and Froot Loops

Nothing exciting has been going on here lately. Justin and I celebrated our 2 months last Thursday (5/27/2010) This Saturday he's coming with me to GA to meet the rest of my Dad's side of the family. (2ND, 3rd cousins, great aunts and such.) He hates meeting people. He says it makes him nervous. But, he really does worry too much. It's kinda cute though, I dunno. He's spending all day Saturday with me because the next day he's leaving to go to Florida for a week. Without me. How sad. :( I'll miss him. A lot. Like I almost died when he went to Gatlinburg so I cant imagine how I'm gonna handle him being in Florida.

I've been talking to Racheal again. I've missed her. She might be spending the night next week since we're both outta school and junk.

This is a very random blog, huh? I just finished giving Abi her piano lesson about an hour ago. I actually like giving lessons. It's pretty cool. And now I'm texting Justin and listening to it thunder outside as I type this. I love how every time I write a blog I end up changing the title because I just find random junk to talk about. Ha. Ha. I really need a job. Because I have no life. But, my parent s wont let me get one until we move. How lame. Almost as lame as not having my licence and I'm about to turn 17. Yeah. Lame.

OH! I have found a new love for Froot Loops. I've been eating a whole 17 oz. box and drinking a gallon of whole milk (because it's way better than nasty skim milk.) in less than a week. By myself I might add. It's pretty awesome seeing as I usually never eat alot. But I'm working on gaining some weight so hopefully that'll help.

I've really been loving candles here lately. They make my room smell all good. They kinda make me sleepy of the evening though. This week I've realized that tea is the reason I've been having migraines every day. I dunno why, I guess just something in it.

I've been dying to go swimming the past few weeks. I hate not having a pool. Summer = swimming. No pool = No swimming. No swimming = Sad Haley :(

That is all for now I suppose. P,L, & C!

XoXo, Hales.

What is Wrong With Me??

Here lately I have been VERY emotional. It's kinda starting to scare me. I'll go back to when I first started to notice it...

Sunday; May 9Th, 2010 -Mother's Day
On Mother's Day we didn't have church on Sunday night so everyone could spend time with their Mom. Naturally, I invited my boyfriend to come with me to my Nana's house to eat dinner. And of course, he couldn't come. I mean, it was Mother's Day. Hello. Anyway, I was all upset that he couldn't come. I didn't cry or anything but I was still upset because I usually only get to see him once a week since we live an hour apart, and the one day I get to see him, I only got to spend a few hours with him. But, I lived. I texted him all day since I was having withdraws.

Later that day...
After we got to my Nana's house we were all sitting down eating dinner and I suddenly realized that I was the only girl/lady/woman (whatever you wanna say) there who wasn't a mother. And that, of course, made me sad. I know what you're thinking. You're only 16, why are you thinking about that? My answer is simple: I'm a girl. I have maternal instincts. I LOVE kids and hope to have a few of my own in the future. No, I'm not gonna run off and have a baby just so I can be a mom. I can wait. it just made me kinda sad.

A few hours later...
My Nana brings out this DVD of some pictures/video of part of our family. Mostly of my Poppa's family. (His parents, siblings, and cousins.) Usually I can handle stuff like that but today I was just all torn apart. As it started playing and I saw all of these people from my family who I had never had the chance to meet, tears started welling up in my eyes. Thankfully I held them back ( really don't like to cry in front of people.) I mean, c'mon! I didn't even know these people and I almost cried!

Wednesday; May 19, 2010

Last Friday I went to Mkays and had traded some stuff in so I could get some money. I had been dying to read the book The Last Song. I had looked for it there a few weeks ago but couldn't find a paperback and I refused o buy the $13 hardback. That day mom came up to me and handed me a PAPERBACK version of the book. i was SOOO happy! It was like $7 which was awesome! I started reading it as soon as I got in the car. At first it didn't really spark my interest but later that week I got really into it. I was reading atleast 100 pages a day. (It had 400 something pages.) So yesterday I was finally getting to the end -the good parts. I was laying out on my front porch getting some sun and finishing up the book when all-of-the-sudden I noticed myself start to cry. The last few chapters of the book made me cry so hard I couldn't breathe through my nose. It was pretty traumatic. But, the book was REALLYYY good. I can't wait to see the movie!

Later on that night...
My boyfriend always calls me around 8:00 at night after he gets off work. So I wasn't surprised when he called. Our conversation started off like usual. How was your day? and stuff like that. "I have something I really need to tell you," he said. And immediately my mind started racing. What did I do? What's wrong? Who died? Is he in trouble?
"What is it?? Is it bad??" i asked.
"Well, it just depends on how you take it," he replied.
I hated when he said anything like this to me. "Okay, what is it? Just tell me."
"I won't be at church Sunday morning."

I was devastated. Ever since we started going there he was there, by my side every waking moment. Even when we weren't dating.
"Okay," I said. I noticed the break in my voice and he did too. Dangit.
"Please don't cry, baby."
I didn't say anything as I layed there and began to cry. He sat there in silence and I could tell he was trying to think of what to say.
"It'll be okay, I'll see you that night..."
"It's not fair," I said, breaking into more tears, "I only get to see you once a week and the one day I do, you won't be there! It just isn't fair!"
As I sat there and cried he tried to comfort me. I put on a happy face for him because he says he can't ever sleep if he knows I'm upset. So i put on a fake happy face and changed the subject.
"You promise you're okay?" he asked.
"I'll be fine."

As we said our goodbyes and hung up the phone , reality set in and I began to cry again. I won't tell him because I know he'll worry about me the whole time he's gone. I might tell him after, or I might not. We'll see.

I'm sure I can live a few hours without him... but it'll be hard. I've never spent a Sunday morning without him. We always sit upstairs while I drink my coffee and we talk while we watch my brother and our friend Devin play pool. I'll miss him, but he'll be back soon. I just need to be slapped. I'll be fine. I think...

Anyway, see how emotional I've been lately? It scares me. I'm sure it's just a phase or something but I figured I'd blog about it just so I could have somewhere to vent about it.

I'll be fine...

Peace, love, and coffee.

*Hales

If I Only Had A Gun...

So, it's summer. (Well, not technically but since I'm out of school I'm just gonna say it's summer.) And you know what summer means... SLEEPING IN! My favorite! This month I've been SO busy! I'm always doing something on Saturdays and I give piano lessons on Wednesdays. I always go to my hometown on Fridays and of course I'm there on Sundays for church.

Anyway, I always wake up around 7 every morning so I can talk to my boyfriend before he goes to work. (I usually fall asleep on him but I try to talk as long as I can.) One day last week I woke up, talked to Justin, went back to sleep, and was later awakened by the most annoying sound in the world. A WOODPECKER. It was outside my window hanging on the gutter, making the loudest, most annoying sound to wake up to. I was furious. So I try to scare him (or her?) away but it cant hear me since it's outside and all. And that just so happened to be the window that I can't open in my room. So I just layed there. Eventually it went around to my other window and started pecking on the house then it flew away after a few min. FINALLY.

A week later (this Monday)... I woke up to talk to Justin, fell back asleep, and was awakened by the stupid woodpecker AGAIN! This time my mom heard it (thankfully.) Mom and Dad thought I was a crazy person after I told them about it the first time.

It hasn't been back since Monday and I hope it doesn't come back. I'm ready to shoot it. Hence the title of this blog. It better not come back if it knows what's good for it... Ha ha just kidding.

Hope everyone is having an awesome summer! Will post again soon. Peace, love, and coffee.

*Hales.

Prom 2010