29 Thangs!

29 Things about me!

8 TV shows I watch:
1. Private Practice
2. Family Guy
3.Grey's Anatomy
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Paranormal State
6. Ghost Adventures
7. Entourage
8. Californication

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Olive Garden
2. Alcapoco's
3.Choo Choo
4. Mama Rosas
5. Applebees
6. Fuji (in Auburn)
7.New Light
8. Longhorn

8 Things that happened this week:
1. I worked till 12am everynight except one!
2. Gave zoe a bath
3. Studied till 8am
4. Had a party at my house when i wasnt there (yeah wasn't happy)
5. Had another party while i was there!
6. Cleaned the house
7.Did a TON of laundry
8. Made some important decisions!

8 Things I look forward to:
1. Going home for Christmas and seeing everyone!
2. Seeing Brittan!
3. A new semester and new classes
4. Seeing that special someone..
5. New Years
6. Spring Break
7. having my dream job
8. Love :)

8 Things I wish for/pray for:
1. Mine and my friends and families safety
2. Zoe
3. Good grades!
4. To lose weight!
5. A good job
6. To be happy
7. Forgiveness
8. Love:)

29 RANDOM THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU.
1.	I love to watch scary movies :)
2.	....actually I just love to watch movies in general
3.	i like being at home during a thunderstorm
4.	I love music.. I like to find people i've never heard of and listen to their tunes to see if I like em'
5.	I really love my dog Zoe... I would be a different person without her
6.	I know its really cliche to say this but I love my friends.. I have the best friends I could ask for
7.	I also have the best family I could ask for..
8.	I love spending time with my family.. and I love that I can tell them anything
9.	My brother is my best friend, my room mate, my coworker, and my rock. He keeps me grounded.
10.	I really like traveling and seeing new places.. I've seen 8 countries so far and I wanna make that many more hopefully!
11.	I have high expectations for my next relationship
12.	Family Guy makes me happy.
13.	So do oreos..
14.	...or any candy for that matter. My name is Hillary Ivey and I am a candy addict.
15.	My major is Human Development and Family Studies... and I wanna go on to be a Marriage and Family Therapist.
16.	I should mention i'm a good listener.. which will come in handy with my career ;) (good planning i know)
17.	I love Christmas time.. the decorations and the movies.. and going to Scott's on Christmas Eve :)
18.	I actually like my job for once
19.	I engrave jewelry... RANDOM i know.. but cool none the less.
20.	I've had the same best friend since preschool.
21.	Brittan, I couldn't live without you :)
22.	I've been in love twice
23.	I have A LOT of regrets
24.	I love quotes... I have a book I keep in my living room for when I come across one I like.. I write it down
25.	I really like to read.. but once I start reading something I can't put it down.
26.	I have to listen to music when I go to bed.
27.	I like perfumes
28.	I miss my grandmothers.
29.	I'm happy.

A Penny for your thought

In the last several months I have discovered a new love of scary movies, shows, or anything to do with ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Yes I know this is kind of strange, but I started watching show on A&E called "Paranormal State" and fell in love with it. The show is about a group of students from Penn State who go to different families houses and investigate any paranormal activity. For example, witnessing apparitions or objects flying across the room, and even possesions! I myself have never been one to believe in such a thing, I was the "I'll believe it when I see it" type of person. This show completely changed the way I perceived the whole spirit world all together. It's kind of hard to explain but it really furthered my belief in God and an afterlife. My dad and I were watching an episode of "Paranormal State" and he asked me did this make me believe in God more or less, and without a doubt my answer was definitely MORE. It's weird.. the first time a saw the show was the day after my grandmother died, we always were pretty close.. maybe it was a sign that she wanted me to know she's with me. ;) None the less a show you should really check out when you get the chance, surely won't be one you forget!
After I saw this show I became obsessed with watching other scary movies and shows that had to do with hauntings and such. Things like "Ghost Adventures" on the travel channel and any movie I could find. I just finished reading a book called The Myrtles Plantation and it was GREAT! I strongly recommend it to those who enjoy reading and a good thrill. It's amazing what all the author went through. I'm not exactly sure what the point of this blog was except to share something that doesn't always get talked about, something you may not see anywhere else, hey aren't your parents always telling you, you need to expand your horizons? Mine always did :)

My First Blog!

So, yesterday was Thanksgiving and I am so happy to have got to spend it with the people I love the most, my family. I would like to think my family is pretty close knit, we all try to keep in touch pretty well and everytime we see each other it's like we were never apart! We ate at my Aunt and Uncle's house and the food was delicious! (of course)
Anyway, I guess the purpose of this blog is to give thanks to my family for being so awesome and caring, and my friends for always being there. I could not ask for a better life or better people in it! It's hard to not take things for granted sometimes but Thanksgiving is definitely a holiday that brings us back to reality to realize how lucky we are.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I hope you have more happy holidays to come! Remember to take time to slow down and enjoy yourself, your life, what you have, because remember it could ALWAYS be worse! ;)