Rivers!

Tomorrow I have a midterm paper due. Have I started it? No. Am I worried about it? Not yet. Will I get it done? Absolutely!
Okay now that we have that established, we all know why I'm writing this blog...avoidance! But anyways, in 30 minutes I will be 19 years old. Now I know I've only lived just under two decades, but it's been long enough to have learned some very important things. Right now I want to talk about happiness.
Every morning we all wake up to a clean slate. There are a million things that could happen in our day...some we can control, and others we can't (such as this ridiculous snow Bozeman got today!). Now some days things just seem to be working with us...like your life is a river and your destination is just down the bend. Other days it seems as if we have to paddle upstream all day just so we don't move backwards!
Those lazy river floating down in a tube days are easy to enjoy. But the doggy paddling, stuck in the same spot days...those are the days that tell us most about who we are.
We've all had our fair share of paddle days. Heck, the past three months have been loaded with paddle days for me! But I think there is a secret to getting through those days, whether it is a random occurance, or you're stuck in paddle-mode for a good while.
The secret is to let those paddle days build the muscles of your soul. Yeah, the lazy floating days are great!But we don't have to improve anything about ourselves to get through those days because they are already just how we'd like them to be. The paddle days are the days where we "work out" and grow as people. Complaining and griping about paddling is just like eating 3 happy meals after running a mile...TOTALLY negates the hard work you've just done for yourself!
I think we know we are on the right track when at the end of a rough day we can: 1. Still clearly see the blessings in our lives and easily thank God for them. 2. Laugh about the little mishaps that may have felt like a huge deal at the time. and 3. Reflect on what was rough about the day, think about what "muscle" of our soul it exercised, and not necessarily know for sure, but look for the positive reasoning behind the paddle day.
So whether today is a floating day or a paddle day, we all have great things in our lives to acknowledge!
Wishing you infinity plus one happy days,
Your Sparkle Blogger :) <3

Not Plural

Those of you who know me well, or are my facebook friends at least, know that I have been as single as a frying pan for such a long time. Sometimes I get annoyed with it, but mostly I'm perfectly content with it...FOR NOW. The other day my lovely Jordyn and I were laughing about my unfortunate luck with boys when I was inspired to create this blog....19 because I will be that many years in just a few short days!
19 Reasons Why I'm Single
1. I spend many Saturday nights doing homework, cleaning my room, and squirting reddi whip into my mouth.
2. To this day any guy that I've ever even had a slight crush on has a code name. Examples: Plaidy, Lezzy, Retainer, Crunchy Grass, Red, Toddler, Captain Underpants...I could go on forever.
3. I have a baby pink and purple unicorn pillow pet sitting on my bed right next to my huge rainbow unicorn pillow pet.
4. Most websites I'm a member of (ie:facebook, blogger, pinterest, etc.) have the word peace, happy, or sparkles in my user name...
5. I'd rather spend my days associating with humans under the age of 8 than ones my own age.
6. I have an inhaler that I use daily....
7. 98% percent of my waking moments are spent either singing, dancing, jumping, laughing, sitting on the ground, or eating.
8. My heart likes me to be interested in guys that either have girlfriends, are not interested in me, or are sassy.
9. I am terrible at texting back.
10. I'm not okay with pre mature physical activity...if ya know what I mean...
11. My brain likes to create little scenarios and movies in my head about the type of guy that will sweep me off my feet and the cute things he will do to swoon me....turns out my brain is bad at picking a dream guy because I have not found one yet...!
12. I have a cough that sounds like a seal/dog/old man.
13. Sometimes I have a lisp when I get excited and talk fast.
14. I tell everyone everything about myself...therefore, I do not have the sexy mysterious thing going for me...at all.
15. I use more of my free time to browse pinterest, creep on facebook, and take naps, than I do to go to social events that may allow me to actually meet a nice singling.
16. I get confused easily and the confusion usually ruins crucial things. Example: Last time I made brownies I mixed up the water and oil measurements and ended up with pizza hut grease brownies. (Also right now I just got confused on how to spell grease...."grease? no that's like the movie. okay...greece...??...no that's a country...oh okay grease.")
17. Murphy's law loves me.
18. 98% of people think I'm the weirdest person they know the second they get a glimpse of uncensored Ronnie...."I just wanna sit under the table right now."
19. Because this is the picture of me when I go to bed at night: Hair on top of head, no makeup, double retainer metal mouth, and clothes 8 sizes too big for me....cute....