i saw a sneak preview today for New Moon and stopped everything i was doing. november 20, 2009: my life automatically gets better.

get your tickets and get excited :)

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So I am so ready for the holidays!!

Tomorrow is the first day of November, and I am so excited!! I officially start playing Christmas music tomorrow...I cannot wait!! I love November because the weather starts to get colder and the stores have all of their Christmas decorations out. I love to go Christmas shopping and I just love the season of the holidays. Thanksgiving is AMAZING...my mom and my grandma cook sooooo much good food!! This year, we're having alot of people over so I'm so excited to go home and hang out! I love watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as well. One day I'm going to go to New York to see the parade live!

I'm thinking of watching a Christmas movie today, But I don't know which one! Ahhh time to get in the Christmas Spirit!! :) :)

Make it a great week yall!
-Nina

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Hey Y'all!!

So this past Saturday HBU had it's fall All-Campus Service Day. Basically it is an opportunity for students on campus to get involved and serve within the community. It was a GREAT turn-out, over 300 students showed up to participate. There were freshman year seminar (FYS) groups and other campus organizations that had signed up to volunteer. I signed up with A-Chi-O to participate.

We went to the YMCA with the Lion's Club and HSO to play with kids and clean up. It was so much fun and the weather outside was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!! At first, we were mainly cleaning because there weren't very many kids there. We cleaned the playground equipment and organized their indoor games. I put 5 puzzles back together...it was quite an accomplishment! ;)

Slowly the kids started to trickle in though. I met this little boy named Kevin, and we raced like 10 times. I was on foot, and he was on a bike. He beat me 9 out of those 10 times!! (Let's just say I let him win lol) Then we met some little girls on the swings--Cassandra, Alynn, and Alejandra. Cassandra and Alejandra were sisters and they could swing SO high! Cassandra tried to teach me how to jump off the swing, but I couldn't do it. Isn't that sad? A 21 year old college student too afraid to jump off a swing, when a 9 year old girl is flying high! HAHA.

All in all it was a very productive and fun day. The kids are so unbelievably sweet and just love to play and hang out with us. Everytime I go to the YMCA, I always leave feeling blessed. Y'all should definitely check it out sometime!!

Here are a couple pics of us at the Y!

Ashley and Megan wiping down the slide. Chuy!! :)

One of my sisters Raquel, kicking the ball with Alynn.

Alpha Chi Sisters Serving the Community!! :)

Galations 5:13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.

Make it a great week!!
-Nina <3

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One word. GLEE. What is it some may ask? My answer, perhaps one of the greatest shows to come on tv since Friends. Glee is a comedic satire that brings the light to what glee club is about. It is HILARIOUS!!

Basically the show follows several teenagers who are going through high school unnoticed and deemed "weird" by their peers for being talented and nerdy. The only kids in glee club at first are weird, but then gradually more of the "popular" kids eventually join. Glee finds a way to address some of the issues that kids really do face in high school, but at the same time it finds a way to include dry humor and good music.

Let's just talk about the music for a moment....can we say AMAZING? LIFE-CHANGING?! Hahaha, I literally have downloaded the music before the new episodes premiere so that I'm jamming out when I watch the show! Ha! Let's see, they've done "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, they've done "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood. They've also performed "Somebody to Love" by Queen as well as "Hate On Me" by Jill Scott. The football players did Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dance as well and that was just fabulous! HAHA!

Glee is overtaking HBU too. I've seen people with their own glee shirts, I hear kids singing the songs across campus. Yes, I am one of them ;) It's really cool to talk to my friends as well as other people about what's been happening on the show. Oh you can't even imagine how EXCITED we were when kristin chenoweth appeared on the show! I almost fell out of my seat! Next up, I'm waiting for Idina!!! :)

Anyway, Glee is definitely amazing. If you haven't seen it, you really should check it out!

Make it a great week!!
-Nina <3

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Hello friends!!

So i've decided to blog my past week in pictures!! I've done a ton of stuff this week, it seems. First on Monday, we had PAJAMA NIGHT for A-Chi-O Meeting! It was so much fun to have all of us in our PJ's :o)

This is my pretty, pretty sister Shaida and me!! My robe is so soft! Lol, everyone kept trying to pet me! Hahaha

These are some of my super SWEET seesters...Tania, Lesley, and Leanna :o)

Rachie and Me...this pretty much sums up our relationship...FUN AND CRAZY!! :o) I love her!

So those are some pics from our super fun pajama night. It was great to see everyone so relaxed and comfy...some people even had matching pajamas from HEAD-to-TOE (including slippers...*cough cough* Christa *cough*) ;)

On Tuesday, it was my friend Kelly's birthday and so some of her AMAZING suitemates threw her a little party in their suite in the Lakehouse...

The birthday girl, Kelly and Me! :) Happy Birthdayyyy!

This is Angela and myself..I love her!

Look Kelly! Christa and I brought you flowers!!! ;)

My friends are CRAZY! Hahah do you see the creepers in the background? Nice work, guys ;)

Overall, we had a TON of fun celebrating Kelly's day of birth. Good music, good friends, good fun-what more could a girl ask for?? :o)

Some other night this week-let's say Wednesday- some friends and I took over one of the study rooms above the Baugh to have a homework party! Haha yes, those can actually be quite fun. LOL It's really nice to have a place to go study where you can chat with your friends...especially when you're working on a project or something like that, and the Baugh is the perfect place to go!

Here are a couple pics of us procrastinating:

Christa and Rachel attempting (key word--attempting) to work on their Geography hw ;)

Dee and me :) That pen is seriously the BEST! I think it's a little lucky too!!

Anyway, this has been my past week in pictures so far! Hope you've enjoyed seeing how silly my friends and I can be!! This weekend, we're going on our SISTERHOOD RETREAT for A-Chi-O and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STINKING EXCITED!!! We're going camping, so it's gonna be a blast!!! :) :) :)

Make it a great week!!
-Nina <3

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