It's gonna be really silly, ridiculous, corny, deep. . . all of that that makes me, me. So here we go.
It's also on my facebook, and my twitter (@COREelixir).
Oh, and if you wanna join, here it is:
31 Day Picture Challenge
Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show
Day 04 - A picture of your night
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the craziest things with
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity
Day 19 - A picture and a letter
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change
Day 25 - A picture of your day
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss
Day 31 - A picture of yourself
This is a pic of me at my friend Emily's softball game. I was posing with her bat and helmet, bc I'm a beast.
1. I hate mornings. It's a Biblical thing. (A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse! Proverbs 27:14.)
2. I like doing unexpected things.
3. I can eat. And will. If you buy me food, watch how our relationship blossoms.
4. I get excited when people buy me books.
5. I get excited every time I get a new Bible. Summin bout the fresh pages. . .
6. I love children.
7. I make lists upon lists upon lists. (bet)
8. My guilty pleasures are TV series. Once I'm in, I'm hooked. Netflix'n it up.
9. I don't like talking about myself. But Denise made me do this, and I love her.
10. I'm stronger than I look. I'm also smarter than I sound. I am a book whose cover is incapable of being judged.
Bonus fact: I have a really smart mouth. For example, the instructions for today said "a picture of yourself with 10 facts" and I had an urge to just write 10 random facts. Like the time of year penguins mate.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
It's been a very busy day, but I didn't forget!
my beautiful sister, Gabe! who couldnt wait to meet me, so she decided to jump out BEFORE my 1st birthday just to spend it with me! bc we are both silly and almost the same age (MY TWIN) we have done too much together!
a collage, for you. WHERES MY TWIN?
Day 3
If you read my 10 facts from day 1, then you know that I love series. Once they do something to reel me in, I have to watch to see what happens! I netflix past and previous episodes. Therefore, it's hard for me to say what my favorite shows are because I'm indecisive. Once I finish one show, all seasons, I find another one! Currently I'm on Switched at Birth and Heroes (I just finished Being Human, US and UK versions). Then I realized, my all time favorite show, excluding FOOD NETWORK shows (Chopped and Iron Chef America to name the top two) is
BONES!
This show is just...I just love it. Lol I can talk about it all day so instead I'm just going to say that you should watch it. The end.
Day 04 - A picture of your night
FUN. Last night I had a dinner party. It was so so fun, even though a lot of people didn't make it (the threat of a snowstorm was too much for them). At the end of the night, we roasted marshmallows and made S'MORES. So good.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory
I can't really choose a favorite memory. I have lots of good memories. But this picture makes me smile all the time. These women I became so close with in a short amount of time. I do miss them.
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day
I don't know how many of you know this, but my goal in life is to become an event planner.
I love planning things. It just...I don't know. It makes me happy. It gives me something to look forward to, I love the planning process, I love having the visions, I love to see people enjoying themselves. I'm in the process of starting my own event management/graphic design business. Check me out in about 2 years, and you will see the greatness, I promise. I feel like it is my calling to make things easier for other people, and to help make them feel wonderful about the big and small things in their lives. Showing them that it is possible to have a wonderful celebration without breaking the bank and doing it in excellence [which should be the only way children of God do things. Is He not excellent? And as His reflection, should I not be reflecting His excellence?].
Anyway, I would LOVE to trade places with David Tutera for a day. David is the BOMB planner; He truly makes dreams come true. He knows how to execute the vision, which is crucial. If I could trade places with him, I wouldn't even have to film his show, My Fair Wedding. Just his normal day would be great. I just want to meet the people he meets, connect with the amazing vendors, see how happy people are with how their events/weddings turned out. It would be a dream come true.
And I cannot wait until that is what my life consists of: waking up, getting the kids ready, meeting with clients, coming up with visions, making lists, coordinating with vendors, putting together rooms, overseeing events, seeing smiles, laughter, and tears, then coming home, making dinner, time with the kids and the husband, then thanking God that I have another day to look forward to in the morning.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
My "living water for those who thirst" New Living Translation Living Water Bible
My line sister bought this Bible for me (you know we're close when she knows what my favorite translation is!). First, let me say that I love the New Living Translation...I once wrote a blog about Bible translations here. Read that and you will understand how I feel.
I love this Bible. I carry it with me EVERYWHERE. It has some very nice features, like the "drink deeply index" where it lists scriptures for different situations. Packs a lot in a small package.
Thanks Tre!
I admit it. I'm a very corny person. (If you don't believe me, go to my wall photos facebook album.) But I love my sense of humor (pretty much everything makes me laugh) because I love to laugh. It's good for the soul.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
There is a man out there who was there for me during one of the toughest and darkest times of my life. That time is actually the reason I started this blog. Anyways, I'd rather not put him out there...but he has done much more for me than he would ever know. Thank you.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the craziest things with
These two people....I love them more than they know. I have truly done the craziest mess with them! If we all lived in the same city, there is no telling what would happen. . .which is probably why God didn't allow that to happen lol. I miss them.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
Spiders. I just...I freeze up.
However, being a grown woman, and previously living in an old house where spiders and centipedes (another thing I hate) come out in the summer time, I have learned how to hold my breath and kill them. I hold in my fear and kill them suckas! Then after I clean it up, I can let out my breath, maybe shed a tear, then go about my business.
HATE EM.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
Since I love a lot of things, I decided to take this very literal. What is a THING that I LOVE? Anyone who knows me, knows that this picture is true. BACON. If you are buying food for me at a restaurant or summin, and don't know what to get, anything on the menu that has bacon in it is a GOOD CHOICE. I love pork bacon (bc I LOVE pork) but turkey bacon is good too. Gots to be crispy tho.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
So, I've been called old because of some of the music I listen to. But hey, good music is good music! And JAZZ is one of my favorite music genres [I like a variety of music tho]. Jazz has such an attitude about it, always, no matter what the mood of the song. Jazz can be soothing, sad, sexy, saucy, funny...I just love it, with or without vocals. As a matter of fact, when I was younger, I told someone that when I grew up I was gonna marry a saxophone. Not a sax player, the actual instrument. LOL. [I'm sure I must have meant a person who plays saxophone, but then again I've always been special. And most times I say what I mean, so even tho I was young I'll assume that I meant the instrument]. But since I now know that is impossible, I must say that I do notice that I show a pattern of being attracted to men who are musically inclined . . .
Anyways. I have a hard time choosing favorites, but what I DO know is my FAVORITE song of all time, of ALL genres, is "So What" by Miles Davis (&John Coltrane)...so it follows that one of my all time favorite artists is MILES DAVIS.
sexy.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
This lil challenge tryna get deep on me!
I love a lot of people, and I kept going back and forth on who deserved this picture. Then I thought long and hard and realized that if someone, anyone I knew now, would leave my life, I would survive [not diminishing anyone's importance]. It's true. If I don't have you, I will make it. I can imagine my life without people in it, although it would be sad. However, the one person I cannot imagine my life without makes me feel like this picture. Beautiful, whole, satisfied, ecstatic, strong...because He's holding me up! His arms never get tired of holding me and [look at Him!] He never gets tired of looking at me. He can lift me up and any position, spin me around to any direction, lower me all the way to the ground and never drop me. Whole time, I don't need to be anxious because I know the pas de deux will be beautiful if I just trust Him.
I love you, Lord.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
I have so much life left, so of course there are numerous things I want to do before I die or before Christ comes back...
And one of those things is to travel. A LOT. I love the beauty of this earth. One place I cannot wait to visit is Egypt (and Ethiopia & India. My top three kind of fluctuate between those lol. Egypt for some reason just won out today).
[My future husband should have us honeymoon in one of these spots...or maybe we could wait for these three places. I think my honeymoon may havta be somewhere I don't mind not seeing everything on that visit ha.]
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you
You ever heard of Ben Carson? Read up on him. He inspires me because he shows that with determination (and faith) you can accomplish your dreams.
#bet
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
but then I looked at this picture and started thinking of things, other things that we weren't even talking about!
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity
I am a self-professed perfectionist. Which is a bad thing to be when you're a human and thus imperfect. I beat myself up more than anyone can.
My biggest insecurity is not being good enough. That applies to all areas of life.
Day 19 - A picture and a letter
A beautiful picture. And the letter is "λ". ANΩ is something that will forever be a part of me, and I especially owe this to my Lambda sisters (and brothers too).
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
As I stated before in a previous picture, I want to travel. A LOT. I love the beauty of this earth. This is one of the places I mentioned (India) but more specifically I want to see the Taj Mahal at night.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget
This is something that I actually had forgotten. I talked on my blog about how I was taken advantage of sexually when I was younger and how that affected me. But I always thought I was uncomfortable calling it rape because it wasn't full out, vaginal sex rape.
Then one day during my reflections (a thing I do now after I stopped going to counseling) a sort of flashback came to me, and God showed me something that revealed a lot about my life, personality, emotions, etc. to me. I remembered everything that happened that night, I actually lived through it second by second, again.
I understand why I wanted to forget it, why I did forget and repress it for so long. And I guess I needed to remember it to start healing and move away from it and grow.
But now that I remember, I wish that I could forget.
Then one day during my reflections (a thing I do now after I stopped going to counseling) a sort of flashback came to me, and God showed me something that revealed a lot about my life, personality, emotions, etc. to me. I remembered everything that happened that night, I actually lived through it second by second, again.
I understand why I wanted to forget it, why I did forget and repress it for so long. And I guess I needed to remember it to start healing and move away from it and grow.
But now that I remember, I wish that I could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at
I want to sing. I LOVE to sing, but I cannot hold a note...I don't sound good in any way lol. But I guess God made me this way because He knew I would be a little too conceited if I could sang.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book
I read a LOT. and I read fast. So I read several books a month. I can't choose a favorite, because it changes so frequently.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change
I want to control my life. Manipulate all my situations. So something I wish I could change: my life.
But I'm not God. He allowed certain stuff to build me up, teach me things, make me grow. So it doesn't matter what I WANT to change. I wouldn't change it for that reason.
Day 25 - A picture of your day
On this day, I was chillin on a bus or other mode of transportation for the better part of the day (after hanging with my sisters, that is!).
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you
RELATIONSHIPS are things that are very important to me. God, family, friends, sisters & brothers in Christ, mentors, mentees, and my significant other (!) . . . relationships are necessary for my growth and my spirit (because I'm a relational person).
If you think we are close, then we probably are. And I am very sensitive to your needs, wants, opinions, and attitudes. Be careful with my heart, yall.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member
Me and the woman who's been there for me the longest (minus Dixie) - my oldest sissy Brandi (and my nephew, her son Daveon, who steals the picture lol).
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of
I am terrified of needles. You would think as much as I've had to get shot up that I'd be a pro by now. I'd take em like they were nothing. NO. Needles still cause me to panic inside, even just looking at them *shudders*
lol and I have a lot of funny needle stories too, because of my fear (they're funny now that they are over lol)
lol and I have a lot of funny needle stories too, because of my fear (they're funny now that they are over lol)
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile
Every time I see a picture of myself when I was small, it makes me smile. I look the same! (Check out my Day 31 picture if you think I'm lyiing). It makes me look forward to having little girls.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss
This is the #1 man in my life: my brother Dbo. I MISS HIM SO MUCH. It's crazy how we used to hang out, just talking. Or having WWE matches with a mattress on the floor...or playing Jaws on the bunk bed...and even now, as adults talking to each other, it's so much better. So much deeper. I love my brother so much. And I know he loves me. I can't wait to see him again.
Day 31 - A picture of yourself
And here I am. The end. I hope you all enjoyed getting to know me a little bit better!
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