My Weekend

Well, I had a great weekend!

This Saturday I was able to spend some much needed time with my friends! We went to dinner, and then spent the rest of the night talking and watching movies!

Thanks girls for an awesome time!

Us and Whitney's new car! *YAY!!*

*Just like old times :)*

L.s.R

What Shoes Should I Wear?

1. With a slim skirt--sleek pumps or princess heels with pointy toes. Flattering to the leg and comfortable enough for the office.

2. With Narrow Pants--pair with a delicate stiletto, which will create the most popular silhouette of today. Will make legs look leaner.

3. With Wide Trousers--it require shoes with medium to high heel; a flat will get lost under Hepburn-esque trousers. Choose a heel that is bulky, not spindly.

4. With A Full Skirt--if skirt is swingy, midcalf or shorter, stick with a fairly small heel, if your legs can handle the lack of contouring. Ballet flats look low-key and elegant. Full, summer skirts usually work better with wedges or open toe espadrilles. Steer clear of stilettos (too sexy).

--taken from Style101: What every stylish woman should know

L.s.R

Very Cool

I just came across a photography blog, and was looking through the pictures and came across a wedding cake that I did? How weird is that?
Under the Mr. and Mrs. Norris Wedding:

http://photographybychristen.com/blog/?m=200806

*people even mentioned it in the comments!*
L.s.R

My 20th BiRtHdAy!!

I just wanted to give a shout out to everyone that made my day special!

Thank you to everyone who partied with me, called me, or wished me

happy birthday!

I love you all!

A BIG thank you to my mom for cooking a wonderful meal and baking TWO cakes for me!

I love you, Mom!

L.s.R

Colombia Jackets and Stress

Only 12 more days until I leave for vacation! I am so ready for it. I have not had a break from school and work since March. If six days in the Colorado Rocky Mountains doesn’t rejuvenate me, than I’m a goner!

Colorado holds a very special place in my family’s and my heart. Estes Park, Colorado is were my dad grew up, and throughout my whole life, I have never had a real hometown, but Estes has always felt like it. Estes Park is my constant. It has never seemed to change throughout the years—I know it has though, just ask my dad—but it still feels homey and safe. My Grandpa is absolutely awesome too, so I love spending time with him.

Anyway, so I found out that they got 5 inches of snow on the pass, and I realized I don’t have a nice ‘in-between’ jacket (By ‘in-between,’ I mean somewhere in the middle of a sweat-shirt and a down coat). So I decided I needed to get one before the trip. I started looking around on-line ( I have been buying so many things on-line lately. I just don’t have time to go to the store anymore) and I knew I wanted one that said “Coloradan” when you saw it. I really wanted a Colombia jacket, because everyone in Colorado has one, but the brand is really expensive. However, I found an awesome website that sells really nice brands at inexpensive prices, so I got my Colombia jacket!

Anyway, am I a dork for sharing all of this with you? I am just happy about it! Thinking about the jacket, made me realize I could write an entire blog post about the differences of dress throughout the regions of our country. People from SoCal have an unique style, compared to people from Oklahoma or Colorado.
But to jump onto other things……I have been very emotional lately and have realized that I am under a lot of stress. I started to think why I was getting stressed out…..school is pretty much down hill from here….work is going fine……but it struck me that I have been worried about my future out of college. To be honest, I don’t know what type of career I want to get into. I have a lot of ideas, but I feel overwhelmed and don’t know how to sort through them to God’s will. I know God’s timing is perfect, and He his preparing my dream job (whatever it may be) right now. I just need to leave it to him. I am a planner though, and I hate not knowing, thus the stress. But I need to get over that and just be laid-back. I know God is trying to teach me something through this because the sermon last Sunday was on not worrying, in Organizational Behavior I am studying about stress in the workplace, and everyday in my Bible study has been about relying on the Lord. It was 2 days ago that I came across this verse:

“Search me, oh God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there be any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Psalms 139: 23-24.

In my Organizational Behavior textbook it says that a lot of organizations are urging their employees, when they feel stressed, to lay on their backs and do ‘belly breathing’ while reciting something that calms them. So I decided to try it. Whenever I start getting overloaded or stressed out, or just need a break, I lay on the floor and recite Psalms 139: 23-24. I know this ritual is not going to make the stress go magically away, but I want to turn my focus on God and rely on Him. I just need to get the ‘belly breathing’ down! :)
I give it all to you, God!
L.s.R

A year ago today......

Excerpt from my travel journal:

August 18, 2007........Virginia Beach, VA................

" We started out the day deciding to go to Monticello. We originally got on 95 North, but it was completely backed up, so we decided to take the back roads. It took us a long time, but we got to see a lot of the countryside. We got to Monticello at around 2:30. As we waited for the house tour, that started at 4:20, we walked all around the gardens and outer buildings. They were beautiful gardens, and it was an amazing day. It was sunny, but cool and balmy. The house tour was only 20 minutes long, but very good. The house was the most beautiful house I have ever seen and it is cozy and homey. The furnishings were all original and in the same places as during Jefferson’s time. The house was sunny with skylights and beautiful rooms. You could pictures yourself living there. After Monticello, we went to Charlottesville and ate in the historic old town at a place call The Nook. It was very good. The old town reminded us a lot of Europe. It had vendors selling wares in the street and it looked like a lot of locals were there, talking with friends. We had gelato—real, I might add. I got Stratchitella, what I always got in Italy. The whole day was a lot of fun. "

A year ago today, we were in Virginia, towards the end of trip out east. We started in Washington D.C. and then went to Virgina Beach, VA. The entire trip was full of good food, good memories, interesting experiences, new sites and surroundings.

L.s.R

Happy Birthday, Mom!

It was just Mom and I this evening, so I took her out to Old Navy to shop and then to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. We had a lot of fun together. We realized that a year ago today, her and I were sitting in Washington D.C. for her birthday dinner at Old Ebbits Grill.

Do we look different?

Then and Now

I love you, Mom!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy!

L.s.R

I want FALL!

I want:

to drink hot cocoa

to see fall colors in the trees

to wear a scarf

to be able to wear my red pea coat

to walk and not die of a heat stroke

to see Ruby in her little walking sweater

to have dark-blond low lights

to go shopping for fall clothes

to be wrapped in a blanket while reading a book

to drink Mandarin orange tea

to watch football on a cold day

to go to Colorado to see the aspens turn colors

to put my flannel sheets on my bed

to eat chili and cornbread!

Am I the only one that is excited about fall coming? And why doesn't anyone say 'autumn' instead of fall? I think it sounds prettier.

L.s.R

My Weekend

I can't believe that it is time for "My Weekend" post already! Time flies when you are busy!
This weekend I:

Passed my Personal Finance Final

Started my last semester of my Junior year in college

Ate homemade peach cobbler

Watched the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics

Got up at 5 am to go to work on Saturday

Had a stressful/busy day at work

Survived 7 wedding cakes (including a 6 tiered mambajamba!)

Walked 3 miles

Went to church

Walked 3 miles

Watched the Olympics

Took a nap

Ate a Rocky-Road ice cream cone

Read

Did a lot of thinking/praying about my future

On Thursday we received the much anticipated t-shirts for work.

This one needs some explanation. The bakery is know for its amazing sugar cookies, and our customers say they are addicting because we put crack in them. We don't.
Let this be a warning!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

L.s.R

My name is Lydia. I have blonde hair and brown eyes. I am 19 (almost 20) years old and stand at 5’7 in my socks.

I like bubbles, chocolate, make-up, blue eyes, mini dachshunds, looking at pictures, Instyle, diet blackberry sprite, cake decorating, drawing, listening to music, Forever 21, dried cherries and crasins, all the seasons. I like “Pocket Full of Sunshine.”

I believe in Christ, in love, that exercising makes you feel better, that someday I will live in London. I believe in jeans that ‘fit-you-to-a-T.’

I am young, shy around people I don’t know, confident in Christ, tall, unorganized, sarcastic at times, a planner. I am good at making cookies.

I have a passion for shoes with heels higher than 3'', the coolest parents, and a 6th sense.

I hope in true love, that I can make a difference and that I can see the Holy Land. I hope someday to have a maid.

I remember our Christmas cabin in Allenspark, CO; The 2-day flight to Italy, watching the 2000 Super Bowl in the Azores, going to the Grand ‘Ole Opry, feeling the Eiffel Tower sway, getting my driver’s license, cleaning houses with the Ruckels, Camp Roth, seeing Phantom of the Opera in London, and cross-country skiing on Christmas Day in Oberammergau, Germany. I remember the Blizzard of ’99.

I love traveling, Colorado, Burberry London Perfume, Johnny Depp, my family, London, Bella Zoe and Ruby Sinatra, to walk, café sitting, Christmas, bright bikinis, rainy days, my birthday, fashion, shopping, diamonds, watching movies, BMWs and reading. I love peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough cheese cake from the Cheesecake Factory.

I don’t want to be discontent, mediocre, or judgmental.

I wish to be on vacation, I had money to go shopping and that I could drink orange ice tea on the Isle of Capri again. I wish to relive some of my favorite memories.

I strive to have ambitions, to live my life to the fullest. I strive to follow God’s will.

I forget to go to Christ first when I am in trouble, that Frank Sinatra is dead, to brush my teeth, not to slouch, and to journal. I forget to drink water.

I try to be less negative, think the best of everyone, not to make snap judgments. I try to not beat myself up for eating dessert.

I need a bubble bath, pedicure, a new hair style and aviators. I need a change of scenery.

I think David Cook is hot, Michael Buble is right up there and Josh Groban looks like a cute, impish elf.

I want to be done with college, to own a Beamer, to dress up and have cocktails at Nonna’s, and to go to NYC for New Year’s Eve. I want to learn Italian.

I will be finished with college in 10 months, walk a marathon, take ball-room dance, see an Indian pow-wow, ride in a hot air balloon, build a house. I will see the Great Pyramids.

Most of all….I am beyond-grateful for the country and family that God put me in and the experiences that He has allowed me to enjoy. Most of all I desire to see what He has next for me.

L.s.R

My Weekend

Again, I had another great weekend!

*On Friday, I finished studying at 10am and Amy came over right before lunch! Sorry, that I didn't get any pics, I forgot. We had a great time catching up. It was a perfect day to sit outside under the umbrella, eat and swim. We had chicken salad for lunch and a really good puff pastry with strawberries and homemade whipping cream for dessert. I can't believe that her and Jon have been married almost a year! It is crazy how fast my life is going.

*Saturday went great at the Bakery. We were running around like chickens with our heads cut off at some points. Between having to make two trips to the gas station to get the delivery van running and an event planner that wanted the most expensive cake possible for an oil tycoons' daughter who was turning 16 (they are having the Jonas Brothers playing at the party *sigh*), we were really busy! That night, I got home and went on my 3 mile walk. I walk a total of 36 miles a week. I want to walk a marathon someday, and was disappointed when I found out that Memorial Marathon does not allow walkers do the full marathon, just the half. Oh, well, someday I will do it. It is REALLY hot out! I feel so much better after I do it, though. After getting home and taking a shower, we had dinner and watched The Quiet Man. That is one of my favorite John Wayne's. I love him so much!

* Today, we went to the late service at church, and then came home. While Hannah and Mom got in the pool, Dad and I ran out to Braums and got ice cream, and then he and I walked together. I enjoy walking with Dad, we always seem to talk about what we want to do, our dreams. I like doing that. Well, the pics below are from today....

Our pool. It is relaxing!
I am reading Louis L'Amour's The Empty Land. It is a Roth-thing to read his westerns. But they are so much more then western novels. L'Amour is an amazing writer, and I have really gotten into them. I love starting a new book in general, though. It is like going on a trip.
We are letting Ruby get in the pool, spurts at a time. She likes it, but I think she gets a little scared. When you pick her up out of the water, her little paws keep pattling! She is so cute!


Me, taking those stupid 'profile pic' shots :)

Finally, to finish this novel :), I have started a new Bible study about Bible personalities. So far, I have studied Jacob and Moses. I have found a lot of new insights about them. I now am studying Samuel. I liked this prologue about him.

I hope you all had a great weekend! Have a great week!

L.s.R