Honesty Hour {Dreams and Pinterest}

Hey guys! We are back with another Honesty Hour! But before we jump into that, can I just get you guys to feast your eyes on the right sidebar...I'm going to brag about myself for a hot minute. I did those social icons all by myself...okay well a fabulous blog with design advice helped me but still. I'm real proud of myself.

Okay moving on! Welcome to Honesty Hour!

So for this week's honesty hour I was kind of at a loss as to what to talk about. So like any uninspired person, I got on Pinterest. And thus the idea of Dreams And Pinterest was born.

Pinterest is like the best gift to women ever created. No seriously. Its like a dream come true. (See what I did there?! Ha.) Its a place where we can look at beautiful things, try to to recreate them and fail miserably. I have never had a Pinterest crafting project turn out as pretty as it was in my head. Its devastating.

I believe that Pinterest is a place of dreams. Can I get an amen? Like those dreams that are so big you'll never reach them and if you do, they won't be exactly the way you want them. Don't get me wrong. I love love LOVE Pinterest. I really do. But I know that half of the things I pin, I will never accomplish. I don't have the time, money, or drive to accomplish it all. No matter how much I want to.

I think us women mainly pin the following 6 things. (Or at least this is all I pin and all I see most of the people I follow pin.)

Numero 1: DIY/Crafts. Like seriously. Why? I don't have the time to even DO half of these things nor do I have the money. I don't even know what half the materials are or where to find them. BUT they just look so dang cool I pin them anyway with the hope of being able to do them one day. I dream of being a pro at Pinterest Crafts/DIY. 

Numero 2: Food. This is probably the one that I do most often. I pin all these recipes while thinking "Oh I'll cook that for the roomies or for Tim" or "Oh wow that's awesome and cheap! I should do that!". But you see my friends. I don't know what half the ingredients are, the pictures just looks so dang good. I wish I could cook like the master chefs who come up with these recipes. I dream of being a master chef of Pinterest recipes.

 

Numero 3: ALL THINGS WEDDINGS. This one probably doesn't even need an explanation. EVERY girl has a "dream wedding" board on Pinterest. Every. Single. Girl. I dream of having the perfect Pinterest inspired wedding.

Numero 4: All things fashion. I don't do this often because I know that I am way too lazy to actually out those outfits together. I'm down with wearing jeans and tees. But I dream of being a Pinterest fashionista.

Numero 5: Decorating ideas. THIS. I probably pin more about decorating my future home that even food. Seriously. I'm obsessed. I pin all these decorating ideas and don't even think about the fact that most houses don't have those little nooks unless you build the house. But I love pinning those ideas anyway, like a junkie. I dream of having the perfect Pinterest decorated house

Numero 6: Health and fitness. This one gets me all the time. I will pin health tips for my body and eating, knowing that I will NEVER use or do any of them. I will also pin workout ideas...while I sit on my butt on the couch eating a bag of potato chips. I dream of being one of those toned Pinterest workout models. 

So there you have it. I love Pinterest but its like the grown-up version of Disney fairytales. 

Have a great weekend, guys. 

With love, Carly ♥

Cheesy Couple

I had a hard time figuring out what to write about today. So I naturally turned to Pinterest for inspiration. It worked. I was on Pinterest and I was looking through everything and I came across a few pins all in a row that were about things to do as a couple. Some were funny. Some were cute. So it got me thinking. Tim and I are both romantics but we are romantic in different ways. He's like the fairytale, loving, and storybook kind of romantic. Me? I'm cheesy. There are things that I wish Tim would participate in with me but he thinks they are way to cheesy. Let me explain via el listo. 

4 Cheesy Couple Things

#1: Ridiculously embarrassing pet names. I know, I know. Stupid. But I can't help it. There are times when I wish we had dumb nicknames for each other that only we used. I tried this once. Didn't go over well. He thought I was insane. Maybe I am?

#2: Halloween costumes for couples. I have been trying so hard to get him to dress up with me. It's not happening. I suggested a few last year. I wanted to be a Taco Bell sauce packet and for him to be a taco. He said no. I said I could be a nurse and he could be a doctor. Nope. I also thought we could be like Tarzan and Jane...definitely not. I'm going to keep trying though. Perseverance, my friends.

Except more tasteful girl costume :)

#3: Professional pictures. I this is becoming a thing and I definitely want in. Tim seems to think that this would be conceited. You know, like us showing off how cute we are. So he says he won't participate unless we are taking engagement pictures. I just want good pictures where he isn't acting crazy or making weird faces. I also want one of those super cute pictures where you're kissing and the girl pops her foot and its at sunset so its just a silhouette. Wow, I might be a little neurotic. Moving on.

#4: Sing for me. So my amazing beau has a beautiful voice and is super talented. No, I'm not just saying that because I love him. It's totes true. He's been in countless choirs and musicals and singing groups. We sing together all the time like in the car and stuff. So fun. But I've asked him probably a thousand times if he would sing to me and he won't. I don't know why. It's super frustrating though. I love hearing him sing! I wish he would like record a video of him singing and then randomly show up. Like in this commercial! (Cheesy, I know!)

I tried for 30 minutes to get the video on here so you would have to go to a new page but it didn't work. So instead click here to see the video before reading on. Sorry peeps. 

Those are the biggest things that I can think of right now that I wish Tim would participate in or do for me. Don't get me wrong. He's amazing and I wouldn't trade him for the tastiest piece of cake in the world. But I'm a sucker for the cheesy things. I think he'll come around though. ;)

*What's something cheesy you and your man have done/do?*

With love, Carly ♥

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That Fork In The Road...

Okay guys! I'm writing to you today with such excitement that I can barely contain myself. I hope you guys will share my excitement. So here we go. I'm going to tell you a story, but if you stick with me until I get to the end, you will learn some truly exciting news. I PROMISE.

I can still remember the first time I danced on a stage. I was 4. I remember wearing a pink tutu and pink tights and pink leotard and pink ballet shoes. Totally girly. So I danced for a few years after that. Then I discovered Hot Wheels and Barbies and I stopped going to dance classes. 

Can you handle the cuteness? ;)

So when I was about 9 years old, I picked back up with the dance classes. I did a combination class for three years that was Jazz, Ballet, and Tap. I fell in love with ballet. It was honestly about the only time I was graceful and had good balance. Seriously. I'm a clutzo. Still. So because I loved ballet, I continued to take that until I graduated high school and I took Pointe which is when the pretty girls dance up on their toes. I did the Pointe for 5 years along with the ballet. I also took Hip-Hop. That was a lot of fun. Okay so I know that I just hit you with a lot of information. But here is a picture from my senior year. 

So I graduated high school and went off to college. I became an Appalachian State University Mountaineer. I was an undecided major. I loved dance but I knew I would never make it as a performer. So I figured I would find something I loved just as much. So my Sophomore year in college I declared a Psychology major. I had no clue what I was going to do with it but I knew that I wanted to help people.

Fast forward to this past Spring. I was a Junior and by this point I had taken 5 or 6 dance classes up here. I was in Modern 1 at the time and my teacher told me that she thought I would make a great dance teacher. I was like, uh scuse me. Say what?! I thought about it for a little while then just kind of pushed it out of mind thinking it was too late to do anything about it now. 

I met with my psychology advisor a few weeks later and he made me realize I didn't have a real passion or drive for psychology. I liked it and it interested me, but it didn't excite me or make me want to work hard in my classes. But I figured I would just finish the degree and worry about the rest later. 

One day, I was talking to my lovely beau and he told me that he just couldn't see me listening to people's problems all day. He said he could definitely see me doing something dance related. But mind you he hasn't seen me dance. So I began to mull this over more and more. Finally a couple weeks ago I talked to my sister about it. She told me to go for it. She said that mom and dad would understand and that I need to do what is best for me.

So 2 weeks ago, I went to the Dean's office in the College of Fine and Applied Arts and got a change of major form. I then emailed the Chairperson of the Dance department and she told me to email an advisor. So I did. I met with her last week. We discussed the process and what classes I would need and when I would graduate. I told her I would talk to my parents then let her know what was going to happen. 

I talked to my parents on Sunday and they told me to go ahead and that they were excited. Mostly excited that I finally figured out what I wanted to do. ;) 

So friends, today I turned in my change of major form. I changed my schedule for the second summer session and the fall. Guys. I'm a Dance Studies major and I am going to teach people to love dance as much as I do. I am so excited to start this journey. I will graduate a semester late but who cares. I have direction and I have plans. I made a choice at the fork and I know I chose correctly.

The two above pictures are from this past Spring.

With love, Carly ♥