tuesday

So I am new to the blog world, but I am already trying to follow some really fun blogs! One of my favorites so far is the undomestic momma! If you aren't following her you should check it! This is my first Top 2 Tuesday so here we go!

Top Two Names:

Girl Name: Natalie Marie

Boy Name: Campbell Kane (but call him Camp)

I know this are pretty old fashion/not hip and cool like many of the popular names nowadays, but I love them! I have always loved the name Natalie, and my middle name is Marie, so I like that. My boyfriend's middle name is Campbell and I sometimes wish I could just call Camp (but I like Taylor too). Kane is my younger brother's middle name my Grandmother's maiden name, so I am hoping I can help carry that on,and I just love the way it sounds with Campbell!

Just as an fyi/get excited. I am working on another post for today all about my summer camp! I started talking about camp with my friend Katie (who's blog is awesome!), and I just wanted to explain the whole thing, the traditions, the heat, the friends, the memories, the whole ordeal. SO, get excited all you friendly campers, because it'll be here soon!

oh em gee!

So I know that almost everybody knows that the OSCARS were on last night, and I am sure so many people will talk about the gorgeous (and not so gorgeous) dresses, but I just HAVE to as well! I LOVED so many of them, but I will keep it to a Top 5...errr.....Top 7?...Ok Ok...Top 10!
Number 10: Sarah Jessica Parker in Yellow!

I LOVE this yellow! And it is so unique!

Number 9: Demi Moore

She is soooo beautiful! I love this dress, I just wish it was a different color!

Number 8: Helen Mirren - so classy for all ages, I hope to be as beautiful as her when I am her age!

Number 7: Kate Winslet

I love how simple this looks, yet so elegant. Just gorgeous!

Number 6: Cameron Diaz
I LOVE glitter! And this dress was just enough glitter and glam. And her red lips...just all great!

Number 5: Anna Kendrick
I had heard so much about how well she dressed...and then I saw it! This dress is just classic to me! I love off the shoulder and it is so goddess to me!

Number 4: Sandra Bullock (but only on here, FAVE actress ever)
She just looked stunning. There is no other word for it! And I love how she isn't PIN THIN!

Number 3: Cannot believe I am saying this..Miley Cyrus
First of all, I won't get in a rant about how I feel about her, but I LOVED her dress last night. I was so impressed with how beautiful she looked. I would wear this dress in a heartbeat...if I hadn't eaten in two years.

Number 2: Rachel McAdams
She just blew everybody out of the water. This is just gorgeous. The hair, the make-up, the dress, HER! Love love love it! The only reason it isn't number one is because...well you'll see!

Number 1: Penelope Cruz
It isn't HER that is number one, it is this dress. I wish I could have this dress and wear it everyday of my life. I LOVE it! It is so flattering, such a gorgeous color, the right length. Perfection in a dress. Wish it was mine!

I would love to hear some of your favorites! I have some not so favorites either, but I think the stars get enough trash talk from the fashion police. I'll let them alone. These stars just looked marvelous and I had to share! Hope you all had a marvelous weekend!!! Happy Monday to you all!

FRIDAY!

So I didn't get to post yesterday because the Internet was being silly and being very anti-blogspot.com, but no worries! I am back and it is FRIDAY! Which was very much to my surprise this morning when I woke up at 6:55 and told myself it was Saturday. Why did I do this? Oh because last night I tried to be a college student again and went out. Needless to say I left at 10:30 (got there at like 8:30) , but none the less, I went out. It wasn't until..umm...7:25 that I woke myself back up and realized that this in fact could not be Saturday because I didn't have jean Friday this week. I know you are laughing...but that is how I can tell what day of the week it is....jean Friday. Needless to say I made it to work on time (and in my jeans), but was very disappointed that it was not Saturday. That will teach me to try and go out on a Thursday night!

Why did I attempt to go out on a Thursday night? Well the fact that I still have quite a few friends in college never helps. Nor does the fact I have a boyfriend who is still in college either. Not that I do not LOVE those friends and my boyfriend, I DO! I just have a hard time remembering that I am not able to sleep in, skip class, or take naps anymore. They have tried to get me to go out before this semester on a Thursday night and I have always passed, but last night was a special night.

See at Texas A&M we have these five handsome men we like to call, yell leaders:

(These are my boys as I like to call them. My first group that I helped get elected with being a campaign manager)
And last night marked the night that annoucements were made for who won the yell leader posistions this year! See at Texas A&M, the Student Body President (SBP) and Yell Leader elections are a big time in the spring. There is a week of full out campaigning. This is the main way they campaign:

These are called sheet signs! ALL OVER CAMPUS! At differnt locations with 2-4 people "manning" them! Telling everybody "Howdy!" and "Vote 5forYell!" (that's our slogan) And yes I still say our, because I still support them and I put a LOT of my college time into it, so I still care a lot! (if you weren't sure) They also hold these signs on the corners of campus, these are pretty big intersections in town so a lot of people see them! That was always my favorite thing to do, so I actually have this campaign season. I get off at 4 and then I head to the corners of campus and do some sign holding and jumping around. It really is great! So the point of all of this was...well there were two points.

1. To show you something that I had such a passion for while I was in school. AND 2. To explain why in the world I would go out on a work night!

Well I went out BECAUSE (drumroll please)..................the results were last night!!!! So we have five boys that we represent (5forYell), for five spots. Two junior yell boys, and three senior yell boys. Of course the two former junior yell boys are part of our five, so really we are mainly concerned for the other three. I mean its like when people vote in a state/national election, the incumbent gets a certain amount of votes just because everybody knows their name. The real hard race though is that third spot for senior yell. We call that "The Third Wheel", original, I know haha. So, I know I've talked a lot already, but let me set this up for you. It is 8:00 pm on campus, at Sully (a statue of Sul Ross). We are all crowded around the statue, there are hundreds of people out there waiting to hear the results for yell leader, sbp, class presidents, senators, class agents..all sorts of things. The election comissioner stands on top of the statue...well kind of. Anyway, and begins announcing. The smaller races first, all the senators, then class agents, then class presidents, THEN...yell leaders... He says (I really hope you are as excited and nervous as I am haha)

"For junior yell we have....AUSTIN" (THAT'S ONE OF OURS!!!) "and for the other junior yell leader...we will have a run-off. (this is sad/scary). "The run-off will be between... DAVID with 46% (OUR GUY AGAIN!) and this other guy 23%." Austin had 52%, that is why he won right off. It is amazing that he did win and that David did so well, considering there were EIGHT guys running for TWO spots...CRAZY! Then the election commsioner went on.

"For senior yell, we will NOT have a run-off. We have....Travis (incumbent) John (incumbent) and..........(this is where I can't breathe...this was a close race...we lost this race last year.....and heard the exact thing about no run off....I seriously still am not breathing)....BRETT!!!!"

OH MY GOODNESS I could not believe it! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! So exciting! So, even though we got 4 out of 5, we still have a lot of work to do. BUT we were still very excited to have our 4 out of 5 and to have David in the run-offs, so that is where we are now. They are campaigning today and Monday. The student body will vote on Tuesday & Wednesday, and we will find out at 10:00 pm on Wednesday. So next Thursday I will be out again late....hopefully.

Needless to say that has woken me up, made my heart start racing faster. Just what I needed on a Friday at noon when I was becoming pretty sleepy! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!I know I will...sleeping in, on the actual Saturday! ALSO, if you want to see these wonderful boys that I am speaking of, you can check them out at 5foryell.com!

all about me!

So last night I went home and thought about my blog. I told my boyfriend, Taylor, about how I finally started it and how excited I was. The more I thought about it, the more I began to wonder what all I would write about. I do want to do some of the fun day themes I have read in other blogs but not quite yet. I am all about starting fresh with the week, so next week I will try some of those out (which I am really really excited about).

For this week I am going to do what I think is what I will do most days and that is just talk. Since my blog is so new, those of you reading, don't really know me quite yet. I don't think it is very fair that I have been able to read about you and your life and kind of get a sense of who you are, but you don't really know that much about me. For those of you who are close to me and do know a lot about me, you might even learn something new!

Today I'm going to tell more about me in the format of those surveys we used to get when we were younger over email that was so cool!To me it was cool. The only difference is, back then I would have had the black background with all the different neon colors for my font...today we'll keep it simple with one of my favorite colors: black.

Facts:
Name: Paige Marie
Nickname: Paigers, Padge, Boots
Age: 23 and loving it!
Birthday: September 18th!
Location: Aggieland! Whoop!
Occupation: That's complicated...I do HR in a sense, but not technically...haha.
Favorites:
Color: Pink, Maroon & Black
Meal: Steak with Mac & Cheese and something yummy for dessert
Drink: Sweet Tea
Place: Admin buildling on Texas A&M Campus
Movie: Pride & Prejudice
Disney Movie: Cinderella
TV Show: Reality - The Biggest Loser, Drama - Grey's Anatomy, Crime/Drama - Law & Order SVU
Way to communicate: face-to-face
Fast food restaraunt: Chick fila
Sit down restaraunt: Pappa's Steakhouse
Scripture: James 1: 2-3
Way to be lazy: Cuddling on the couch watching what I've DVR'd
Way to spend a Saturday: With some of my best friends just having a good time!
Sport: To play - Volleyball To watch - Football
Team: Aggies, Spurs, Cowboys, Saints, Astros, USA
Animal: Puppies!!!
Day of the week: Saturday!
Month: September (my birthday month)
Holiday: 4th of July/My birthday...yes I consider it a holiday

OR's
Chocolate or Vanilla: Swirl please!
Dogs or Cats: Dogs
Facebook or Twitter: Facebook...but I'm loving the BLOG too!
Text or Call: depends...but I do love to text...
Early Bird or Night Owl: Night Owl....which is not fun when you work at 8 am
Flip flops or High heels: High heels
Dressed up or Dressed down: LOVE to dress up!
Mountains or The ocean: MOUNTAINS PLEASE!
Texas or anywhere else in the world: Texas! (I do realize my last question doesn't match..haha) Movies or TV shows: This is tough (and I came up with it)....hard to say.

Well I hope you learned a little something about me, and for those of you who already know me, hope you learned a little something extra.
I love blogging already!

Howdy!

I have been contemplating writing a blog for some time now. I have a couple that I love to read and I always think to myself, "I really would enjoy writing one of my own", but I've never had the time or the self discipline to do so. I know that a blog doesn't have to be written on everyday, but I was almost sure that it wouldn't get more than one post a month. BUT now that I am graduated and have more free time on my hands, I think this is the perfect time to start one. There are many reasons I want to start a blog, and for those of you reading, I would love to share!

1. I LOVE TO WRITE. It is as simple as that. In college people would HATE when they had 10 page papers due...I thrived on it. That isn't to say that I didnt' wait until the night or weeeknd before it was due...that part is even more fun, FAST WRITING! Ha.
2. I want to eventually write for the world to read. I mean this is technically for the world to read, but I want to write books. Lots of books. I want to tell the stories of my life and share my life and my love with the whole world. So this is how I plan to begin. I know the more I write the better I can be at it, and hopefully that will help me finally start writing the main book I have been trying to start for so long now.
3. I have heard from others it helps when trying to keep in touch with family and friends, so I am hoping that my family and friends will be able to read mine, and maybe even start one of their own. I know I have family and friends who have amazing lives and so many words of wisdom that they could share...hopefully something will come about!
4. I want to blog. It doesn't get much simplier than that. I want to write down what I'm thinking, what is going on in my life, what I'm learning, who I am...all of the above!

As for the title of my blog, well you will just have to decide for yourself why I choose that title and what that title means. I cannot wait to embark on this journey (yes I am calling starting a blog a journey...I really believe it will be) and I cannot wait to see what comes of it.

This is a warning: There might be days I post more than once, and there might be days I don't post at all. There might be posts that you feel are tmi, there might be some posts that leave you with a million questions. There might be some posts that make you cry, and a lot more others that might make you laugh (even you who is reading this and saying that I'm not that funny....haha). The point is that I hope you never know what to expect but that you always enjoy and have an open mind and open heart to what I have to say. I am rambling now, but beware, I do that as well.

We will see where this blog takes us. Thanks & Gig'em for reading!