everybody's working for the weekend!

The president of my college wears TOMS.

Dr. J and Denise are doing a lot to help promote Blake Mycoskie's lecture.

They agreed to wear TOMS.

Talk in a promo commercial.

And tweet when they have their TOMS on.

AND ...

Denise is hosting the dinner event in their house before the lecture.

Call me cheesy, but since my freshman year it has been a goal to attend a dinner event in the president's house before I graduate.

Guess I can check that one off my list.

Here are a few pictures from filming on Friday.

Saturday was my friend Danielle's formal for her sorority.

Natalie and I helped her get ready. She came over to our house as a blank canvas and we made her a masterpiece.

The girl is already naturally beautiful but with hair and makeup she looked lovely!

Here is her sweet mom, Lisa and her little sister (future Bearcat) Makayla.

Last night a group of us went to The Outback (it is a bar, not a steakhouse)

It was gorgeous outside, so of course I had to wear a sundress. Looks like I spilt something on myself in this picture...

I found $100 last night.

No joke.

Well, technically my friend Brad and I did. We gave it to the bartender and told him that if anyone claimed it they could have it, if not we would pick it up at the end of the night and donate it to Special Olympics.

Someone claimed it.

They better not be lying.

Enjoy your week! :)

Happy Birthday Jessica!

My baby sister turns 20 today!

Yes, we are only 18 months apart.

I love her so much and can't wait until she visits me next weekend (with Maddie and Lauren)

...the birthday celebrations will continue!

Happy Birthday Jessica! Enjoy your special day.

That's a wrap!

Just finished my group talk show for my broadcast operations class.

Notice the ratio of guys to girls.

7:1

(Our teacher picked our groups)

Yep.

My college has a top of the line TV studio. It has over a half a million dollars of equipment, and they let amateur students like me touch it.

The other night, I hosted a group talk show for a different group. After it was over, I wanted to change my major to broadcasting.

Could you see me taking over Katie Couric's position? I head that she might be leaving and taking over Oprah's time...

25¢ Lemonade

Today after class I jumped in my car and drove past five little munchkins.

They were hollering at cars to stop and buy from their lemonade stand.

I drove past them and then turned back around. I thought about all the times my sisters and I used to sit at the end of our driveway selling lemonade.

We were always unsuccessful. (Probably because we lived in rural Iowa)

I pulled up to their stand and they actually brought the lemonade to my car.

Since it was such great service, I gave them a tip.

I think that God puts occurrences like this in my life to remind me to slow down and appreciate others around me, especially children. Children live in the moment, something I should try to do more often.

Happy Wednesday!

One Day Without Shoes

I did it!

I went without shoes today.

By about 11:00 a.m. my feet were starting to hurt.

Then I thought about how many people in the world walk barefoot daily because they don't own shoes.

My pain suddenly seemed selfish.

I would like to say that I am blessed (which I am), but I think spoiled is the better term.

Shoe count for Angela = 31 pairs at college.

Time to focus more on giving to others rather than always purchasing things for myself.

Enjoy my dirty feet picture.

Chalking it up for one day w/o shoes!

Tomorrow is TOMS Shoes - One Day Without Shoes

The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child's life.

TOMS Shoes is a "one for one" movement...remember this post? All across America people will be going shoe-less and I will be one of them.

Tonight we chalked up the sidewalks on campus to promote "One Day without Shoes" and of course the founder of TOMS lecture on campus April 18th at 7:00 p.m.

I can't wait for students to follow the chalked footprints around campus tomorrow.

I've decided that...

I've decided that weekends should include:

Playing hill billy golf with friends after church.

Fishing on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

Watching your two friends dance in their dance performance.

Admiring the beautiful sky that God provides.

Hair masks/painting your nails with friends while eating lots of Starburst jelly beans.

Brunch.

Landscaping, so you have a flower bed to fill with flowers.

Spending time with friends that are visiting for the weekend.

Life is busy. Life is short. Life is awesome.