Fields of Life

As the end of March rolls around the month comes to an end, so does my being 18. Which although that sound nostalgic, I am actually both excited and sad to be 19! Part of me likes it because I can be more independent, but part of me wishes I never had to grow up. Things change for a reason I know that and I also understand that we have to grow up to fully live our life's. My Birthday is on Thursday, and I am excited for it. I think everyone no matter who you are is excited for there birthday. This year has been full of exciting and memorable things. I started my blog. I graduated high school. started college. made friends.  found who my true friends from high school days are. I moved out. I traveled the world ( one of my favorites...eight different countries in Europe) I have begun to find what I want to do with my life and the kind of person I want to be. Hundreds of other things that have happend but overall, I feel free!


I finally have an outfit post over spring break last week, Julia and I went to this field to hang out. We had a fun photo shoot, but did not expect that when we got in the car our legs would be itching and have little red bumps on them. Luckily that went away but eeekkkkk!!!! 

Hat- H&M 

dress- Rags.
 Belt- Norstroms.
Brown chestnut boots- Reflections.
 Tan Blazer- H&M

As I am laying on my bed next to the window eating popcorn I say goodbye eighteen, hello nineteen! 

           P.S. I am crazy for doing what I did, but it makes for a fun post comming up!  

Sincerely Sophie

Hometown

Its all so familiar again. This week is spring break of freshman year, it is hard to believe that I am already so far into my first year of college! eeekkk. it is crazy.I love the feeling of driving and driving... and then looking around and recognizing everything... then the one and only feeling of beeing home in your city. So I have been home for a few days now, and I've gotten to hangout with Julia a lot, which is so good. She recently broke up with her boyfriend, so my spring break came at an exceptional time. Its only one week, and then I have seven weeks until summer time! I am vary excited for summer, even though I need to find a job. I started just looking to make a list of different places, but then I ended up getting distracted. I guess that's what I get when I have such a short attention span. oh well.

 Today, I went to Bible study with Julia. I liked it a lot it was tiny and close, which can be a positive thing + there is always room to grow! Then we took a trip to the mall, and I realized how expensive clothes can be... yikes because I am addicted to clothes and accessories. Today I managed to have self control and savor my money for mor important things like gas, school, and food.


I cooked dinner with my dad tonight, this is one of my favorite things that I miss now not living at home. After cleaning up, we watched national geographic on Russia's wildlife! (okay, okay, you don't need to say it I am fully aware that i just sounded like the biggest nerd ever... ) Anyway I painted my toe nails and now I'm sitting on my bed with my homemade quilt waiting for them to dry, and not fall asleep while I am tying this. hehe :D 

Sincerely, xoxo 

Sophie 

Loafers, poppyseeds, and coffee

I was sitting in my room and I thought that I would it would be relaxing to sit down and enjoy a poppy seed muffin and a peppermint cafe latte. So I changed the good thought to a reality and went and got one. Which turned out to be a good idea because I have been stressing all day about a math (staits) test that I sadly must take in the morning. I need to not be stressed out... uhhhgh mmm. 

my oh so nutristious lucnh
Shoes ( loafers)- forever 21 [of course hehe]

 Lately I have been obsessed with the Bachelor and watching it every Tuesday ( because I don't have cable so I watch it from Hulu.com) the next night! Brad is not my favorite but I still love it my favorite girl is Emily, but sadly I have a feeling he is going to pick the other girl Chantal. Oh so I have also been loving Pretty Little Liars, a ABC family show. It is a teen mystery/drama/romantic I'm not quit sure what it is exactly but it is so very intriguing. 




Anyhow I must apologize again for no new outfit posts I really have been lackin in that department, I really wish I hadn't. But Luckily Spring Break is just over a week away and I will have to stock up on good outfit  photo shoots for all of you! But actually I did do a outfit shoot yesterday, but it was with film not digital so I probably will not be able to put them up... boo! Ill try tho! 
 loafers 

Sincerely Sophie

Romeo, Romeo where art tho Romeo?

No, I did not die! I'm alive and well. I am sorry for slacking on the blogging lately... I suppose I've just been really busy. Even with that, I have not had any real new photo shoots or fun pictures to post. But I want to tell you guys about something for a while... and since Valentines day was yesterday I figured it would be most appropriate!

Verona Italy

Last summer I went to Europe with about 35 people from my senior class for 19 days, Crazy? yes I know its hard to believe I was actually there. Well while we were there we had the chance to go visit Verona Italy; specifically Via Galilei, n. 3-37133 VERONA. For those of you who do not know the love story of Romeo and Juliet, this is where the were said to have lived. It is a story of two young lovers, who have to overcome struggles. There parents both equally hated the other family, in other words rival families.  Well I got to go to the place where Juliet's balcony, her statue, and grave is. Well at this court yard there is a wall full of letter with people with broken hearts or couples whom are in love. But there is another unique thing about this place aside from how much you can feel the broken hearts the sadness, but also the joy and the hope. 

The writings of the hearts of the visitors from all over the world

Juliet's balcony 

There are these Lady's; Juliet's secretary's.

Well I wrote Juliet a letter just asking about love, life and a way to find hope that one day I just might find my Romeo. Little did I know when I walked out to the mail box just three short months later I would receive a letter from Verona Italy.

 I opened it and she basically told me to be patient and follow my heart. 

Even though it was a short letter, it meant the world to me! I hold that letter so tightly it is really moving. It gave me hope for love again. Something that I lost before.Even though I still have not found my Romeo I know because of her that he is out there and I will find him.

                                      

I hope that this will encourage you who have not found your Romeo or Juliet, that they are out there and just follow your heart! 

I wish that all of you had a wonderful Valentines day! 

                     xoxo Sincerely, 

Sophie

Silhouette Bicycle Rides

    After working at the church pre-school it was a beautiful day and I knew we just had to do something really fun outside! So Marina Brielle and I went for a bike ride. We road for a few miles up some streets and down some. Till we ended up at Henry's to get some lunches. I was being really indecisive about what I wanted to eat. And it helped that the deli man was really cute ( dark with blue blue eyes!). Marina was in love... So in the end I choose some potato salad ( so we could talk to him) and a juice drink, it was satisfying.

Fish tale braid! 

My Lunch

   We continued our ride and we ended up at the local park. I sat there laying in the sun and letting its rays hit my skin. It was good to just soak up the sun and the friendship. I danced around till I fell over! ha I don't know why but I was feeling so much like a child! 

floral tights: Forever21
Converse: converse store

Spinning spinning spinning.....

I was really dizzy! 

cream purse: goodwill

   As we sat there we heard a police helicopter saying they were searching for a man and they went on to continue the description. Marina looks over her solder to see the man she was describing we got up, grabbed our bikes and ran down the grassy hill. I found a cop and told her about the guy..... and me and the other girls were super freaked out, I was thinking how he could be some big criminal or kidnapper and I was all flustered! Then I was especially worried I think because I was feeling like a little girl all day.... But anyways When we told the woman police it turned out he was mentally handicapped and had a mental capacity of a five year old and he had run away. She then went on and said they just had to find him to keep him from accidentally harming himself or others. feewwwwf  : / that was a relief!
So that was the most exciting part of the day!

We got back on the bikes and headed back to school. 

~Sincerely Sophie 

Arm and Arm with Tea and Coffee

      As of now, I have been back at school for a week. I have spent the week going to new classes, dropping and adding classes, and figuring out my new schedule for this semester. I'm taking a whopping seventeen units... so I will be extremely busy for the next few months. But this week was not only books and brains, I also got to hangout with my friends whom I had not seen all of winter break! 

        The first couple days back, it almost felt sereal as if it was not real. It was enjoyable to be with all of my new friends from college. This week we just did fun things like Brielle, Ashlee and I got to have tea when we both had break from classes. Another morning this week, I painted as the sun was streaming in through the window cile. It was so enjoyable to have the warm sun hit my hair in the rather chilly dorm room. 

Red sweater- Forever21 

Gray socks hand-me-down from my dads sock drawer

    On thursday, I got a lovely visit from Jesslan and Nicole. Jess had class and Nicole hungout with me and went to our Arobics class ( which apparently is a hip-hop class they just forgot to tell us when we signed up) But she got to watch me be incredibly awkward and embarrassing trying to dance the moonwalk and do the wave across my body from finger tip to finger tip. Then I gave her a tour of the campus. Once Jesslan and Brielle were out of class the four of us went to a local coffee shop. I got a cafe mocha it was simply delicious. 

dancing in the wind

Shoes- Christmas present from my beautiful sister Olivia

     After having a salad for dinner, we went to the men's basketball game for a while. As we sat in the dorm room I was talking about cutting bangs into my hair... and after some peer pressure I went out on a limb and cut my hair! I know crazy right! I still can't believe that I did it! Previously I had been growing out my side bangs for about a year and they were almost the length of my first layer... I'm glad I put a little change in my look for this new year and new semester! 

Crazy Crazy!


Sincerely, Sophie 

A Farewell to 2010

An Interesting evening of sorts.... 
Last night was new years eve, and most eighteen year olds probably.... go to a dance party, a club, have a party of there own, hangout with their boy friend, set off fire works, basically party hearty. But I suppose I am not a typical teenager because my New Years did not exactly consist of these things. But I did start my countdown to the new year around three in the afternoon. Luckily I was not alone on my lame end of 2010. My friend Nicole and I did a various of different things, we walked from her house to a mall of sorta called the Forum and went to Anthropology. Then on our way back we decided to drive down by the beach and go to the Panikain (a local coffee shop). By now it was around 5:30 ish, but we still had some time before 2011 finally arrived. So we decided to go driving we went and watched the ocean for a while. Around 7ish we were getting hungry so we ventured over to Coco's randomly and we got free bread and a side of vegetables...But as we walked in the man who was about to seat us says "Lauren?" asking me if that was who I was, I was taken so off guard and confused. The rest of the meal was more uncomfortable our waitress was just kinda strange and Nicole and i decided she didn't like us.

New Years Eve Dinner! 

Coco's 

mustered at Coco's 

 Finally time was passing and it was around 9 when Nicole remembered a girl from her church was having a party, and before I knew it we were there. Just to fill you in (There is this guy named Luke who in high school I always thought he was cute. But I never talked to him before. But now over three years later I don't find him quite as intriguing although now he talks to me alot on Facebook, and over texting but not in person. I don't respond a ton, just because a relationship should not be just on the Internet.) Any who, he was also randomly at this party for new years. Nicole and I really didn't know anyone but each other and a few others so we were awkwardly there, but Luke did not even say a thing in person! Which personally to me seems childish or wimpy. Its not that I like the guy, I just find it weird that I don't even know the kid. Well the night went on and I just socialised and as we all brought in the new year we cheered and drank sparkling cider. Wanting to leave as soon as possible we headed for the door. So as we were leaving he (Luke) shouts out after I walked past him in a group of people "Hi Sophie" really fast and short almost a mumble. Over the music I said hello as I was walking out the door. Then Nicole and i got in the car, we just looked at each other and laughed at out super fun, awkward, strange eventful night that ended a wonderful year! Goodbye 2010  

Sincerely, Sophie