SNHU: Elizabeth White http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:53:24 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss cake OVERLOAD! Great huh?? OK OK I swear I have a point and here it is... Internships are an amazing way for you to not only have a job during the summer but also get fabulous work experience in the field of your choice. My advice would definitely be to research and choose an internship that you believe you can get the most out of. BELIEVE ME..its worth it! Well that's all for now. TTYS!! Liz ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/04/cake_overload_1.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/04/cake_overload_1.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:53:24 -0500 SPRING BREAK!!!.........................................in NJ?? Spring Break is finally here!!! As much as I love school, I desperately needed a break from all the work and drama that comes with living with a bunch of 20-somethings. When Spring Break is discussed earlier in the year, everyone has very high expectations. This happened to us this year. My 4 roommates and I were so excited about planning a trip for the week we had off. We had all the ideas and plans in the making and then we realized there was one thing we didnt plan out....where all this money was going to come from. Spring Break plans really put the funds in your bank account into perspective. We finally decided on going to the only place that we could all afford.........home. Even though we were bummed that we couldn't go away for Spring Break, I am absolutely thrilled to be home in NJ. I haven't seen my parents since Christmas break so I am very excited that I get to spend some quality time with them before I go back to New Hampshire. My Spring Break plans aren't very exciting but they consist of work, being with my family and friends, and making sure that I have a job for this summer. Not all that thrilling I know, but it's still nice to be able to be in my own town again even if it's only for a week. Easter was amazing this year because I was actually home for it. Last year, since Easter was so late I ended up having to go to my friend's house in NH. I had a lot of fun last year but it wasn't the same because I wasn't with my family. So this year, even though I had to work on Easter sunday and the day before (I work in a bakery...it comes with the territory), Easter was traditional and really heartwarming. Being with my entire family just makes it feel even more like a holiday :) Well that's all for now. I'm definitely going to enjoy my Spring Break at home. Hope all is well with everyone. Liz :) http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/03/spring_breakin_nj.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/03/spring_breakin_nj.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:59:47 -0500 It's been a busy couple of weeks Ok..so when people tell you that college is going to take up a lot of your time......they aren't kidding!! It's the middle of my last semester of sophmore year and I have literally not had any time to stop and think. This past month has been filled with work, school, and my friends. I am a Teacher's Assistant for one of my chefs in the Hospitality building so I help out with one of the freshman bakeshop labs every Monday morning at 7am (Believe me, if your thinking about being a culinary major, you get used to the waking up at 7am thing). I have also been spending a lot of time focusing on my schoolwork so I can keep up the amazing GPA I got first semester. Now don't get me wrong, even though I've been working hard doesnt mean I've set up a tent in the library. My best friend, Ash's, birthday was this past weekend and we had an amazing time! I made her a pink gift box cake (I will put a picture up as soon as I can get it to work ) which she absolutely loved and we all took her out to dinner at a Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse which was soooooo good! As much as I love being at school, I do miss home at this point. I haven't seen my parents since winter break which is a long time for us so it's a little difficult but I'm going home on Friday for Spring Break so I'm pretty excited. I just have to get through midterms and I'll be home free! Well tomorrow is ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!! I'll definitely post again tomorrow because I'm Irish and I have to represent :) Talk to you all then! Liz :) http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/03/its_been_a_busy_couple_of_week.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/03/its_been_a_busy_couple_of_week.html Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:23:29 -0500 Best alternative to the gym ever!! Hey everyone! So I can't say I've ever been an avid "gym" person. I could never get motivated to actually go for a long enough period of time to get any real workouts accomplished. However, I have found the best alternative ever! Some of my really good friends live upstairs from me and have become avid rock climbers. There is a indoor rock climbing and bouldering place right in Manchester in the Mills. I got invited to go a couple of weeks ago on a Tuesday because Tuesday and Thursdays are half price for bouldering for college girls. I thought I was going to be HORRIBLE at it. (I'm not exactly what you would call an athletic girl) Well, let's just say, IT'S AMAZING! I loved it. I wasn't as horrible at it as I thought I was going to be and it was a way better work out then a bunch of ill-placed crunches at the gym. Don't get me wrong, the gym at SNHU is great. Fully equiped with plenty of machines and places to do all kinds of workouts. (Actually there is even a small rock climbing wall right in the gym) But if you want a different atmostphere, at least go try it out. I love it! Basically that's the most interesting thing thats been happening to me over the past couple of weeks. Hope all is well with all of you. Talk to you soon. Liz :) PS. I'm going to a Secondhand Serenade concert tonight. It's a really good band. You should definitely check it out :) http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/02/best_alternative_to_the_gym_ev.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/02/best_alternative_to_the_gym_ev.html Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:32:53 -0500 LET'S GO BIG BLUE! NY GIANTS ARE SUPERBOWL XLII CHAMPS!!!!!!!! :-) 35194785.jpg sorry i have to represent my New Jersey roots!! My days back at school have been a whirlwind. I have been getting used to 7am classes again after being able to sleep late over break. (Remember not everyone has 7am classes but culinary/baking majors definitely do.) It's kind of weird but I actually think I missed my set schedule when I was home. Getting back into the swing of things has been taking up most of my time recently (well other than watching the GIANTS WIN THE SUPERBOWL [sorry i had to do it again]) Its really unbelievable how the friends you make at school really do become like a second family. I never realized how much I was going to miss everyone until it actually happened. Its really a strange feeling but its pretty fabulous when you think about it. Well thats all for now. Talk to you all soon! Liz :)]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/02/lets_go_big_blue.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/02/lets_go_big_blue.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:00:25 -0500 Winter Break in New Jersey New Year's was just as fun in my hometown. I got to spend it with all of my high school friends who I dont get to see or even talk to very often during the school year. It felt like old times and sometimes you really need that when you get back from college. I definitely miss all of my friends that I have at SNHU but there's something about rekindling old friendships at home that help give you a reality check. We had a really great time just reminising and catching up with each other's lives. I definitely recommend hanging out with your old friends when you are home for break (even though I know the temptation of sleeping and lounging around doing nothing is very very strong). new%20years.jpg These girls are my friends from home. I've known them for a VERY long time!! My next big adventure over the winter break was taking one of my friends to New York City. He'd never been there before and I just couldn't let him go through life without experiencing it. I've lived about 30 minutes by train (20 minutes by car) from the city my whole life and really take advantage of it. I dont go nearly as much as I should but when I do I LOVE IT!! The lights, the sounds, the places, the restaurants, the people..everythin about the city is definitely an experience and if you haven't been my advice is GO!! and if you can go when the tree is up in Rockefeller Center...it's definitely a cool thing to see. I'll even put a picture up of it just as a preview...tree.jpg I get to go to the city again at the end of this week which i'm VERY EXCITED about. My family got free tickets to any Broadway musical for Christmas so we are going to see the newly opened The Little Mermaid. Its going to be amazing. I've loved the story since I was little and i'm kind of a sucker for Broadway shows. (Don't judge me until you go see one...they really are amazing) Well I believe that's the latest update in the life of Liz. TTYS!! Byezz :) PS....GO SEE JUNO!!! the movie is sarcastic and new and hysterical. Pay close attention to the conversation Juno has with her dad at the kitchen table towards the end of the movie..what her dad has to say is relatively insightful. ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/01/winter_break_in_new_jersey_1.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2008/01/winter_break_in_new_jersey_1.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:07:12 -0500 another semester done! This year I live in one of the apartments on campus with 4 of my best friends in the world (one of these girls just happens to be my sister). Our apartment is great. We decorate it for every season and it actually has quite a "home-y" vibe. If you get the chance at one point in your SNHU career, you should definitely try to keep your grades up and get into the apartments. Although the dorms are definitely a nice place to live, the apartments give you a sense of home that you dont have with a dorm room. Well, it's that time of year where I pack up most of my stuff and make the long drive back home to Jersey for CHRISTMAS and winter break. I hope you all have a great holiday and I'll definitely keep posting so KEEP READING! :-) That's all for now! Cya! Liz :) PS here's a quote from one of my favorite songs...it has a relatively good message and I'm just in love with John Mayer :)
Walkin like a one man army Fightin with the shadows in your head Living out the same old moment Knowing you’d be better off instead If you could only Say what you need to say
]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/12/another_semester_done_.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/12/another_semester_done_.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:46:12 -0500 Exam time!! As you can probably tell, I am EXTREMELY excited!! Anyway, I hope that that picture of the beach heightened your excitement for summer. But, on a more serious note, exams are definitely a big part of the college experience. As long as you don't procrastinate and get all of your work in on time, you will avoid the "stressed out college kid" stereotype. I PROMISE! :) Well, thats it for me today..I'll keep you updated on how those exams go :) I'll leave you with a very exciting tidbit of information...well exciting for me anyway...I'm going to a John Mayer concert this summer!! He is soo amazing at the guitar and his voice is pretty good too. If you ever need a relaxing CD to listen to, invest in John Mayer "Room for Squares". Its fabulous! room_for_squares_b00005oaie.jpg Talk to you guys soon! Cya! :) Liz "The college undergraduate is a lot of things--many of them as familiar, predictable and responsible as the bounce of a basketball, and others as startling (and occasionally disastrous) as the bounce of a football." - John Sloan Dickey ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/04/exam_time.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/04/exam_time.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:40:35 -0500 Easter :) Easter Crew!!!! The girls I went with and I got to go over a day eary and make desserts and dye eggs which was tons of fun. We all felt like little kids again and of course I made a cake. We had soo much fun. Most recently, the most exciting thing thats happened is that my friends and I r all playing Intramural Volleyball. We aren't horrible but we're by no means good lol. Intermural sports are a great way to play a competitive sport on campus (ie. basketball, volleyball, flag football, etc) without actually have any athleticism whatsoever. lol I'll leave you with some of the most recent pics from our first game ( we won once match and lost two match)... volleyball%201.jpg volleyball%20two.jpg Well thats it for me this time...Ttys!! Liz :) PS here's my favorite quote of the past week...I've made it an away message a BUNCH of times "Life's too short so kiss slowly, forgive quickly, forget the past, but remember what it taught you!" ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/04/easter.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/04/easter.html Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:14:07 -0500 Back at SNHU! It took me 2 and 1/2 hours to do but I was sooo proud of it :) Well now i'm back to regular life at SNHU...but i will leave u with a helpful hint if your looking for an AMAZING movie to buy....HAPPY FEET!!! i know i know it may seem like a kids movie but its FABULOUS!! definitely worth seeing Well thats all for now.... Byezz :) ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/04/back_at_snhu.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/04/back_at_snhu.html Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:47:06 -0500 wow..what a week! Hey everyone!! So for my second blog I figured I'd fill you in on how absolutely stressed I was the past week and how I eventually talked myself out of it. So, because I am a culinary arts major I am required to do a Co-Op job over the summer. (Basically, this is a paid internship that you have to work at a job that you interview for for the entire summer and do assignments about that job and your experience and at the end of the summer you will get a grade for your internship. In all actuallity, it can benefit your GPA if you do a really good job.) John Knorr, the Dean of the Hospitality Program (really nice guy btw), sets up employers to come to SNHU and interview students for various jobs. There is only one problem with that...most of the employers are from NH or MA...and I'm from NJ. Now, a lot of my friends are just getting a job away from home and (since housing is sometimes available at the jobs) living away from home this summer. I would do this...but I really didn't want to lol..so basically I started on a major online search of reputable Wedding Cake decorators in NJ or NYC so that I could do my Co-Op job and get to see my family this summer. This process COMPLETELY stressed me out. I was terrified that no one would answer my emails and I would have no idea what to do. Luckily, many employers contacted me and I have a bunch of interviews set up for when I go home for spring break (which is in TWO WEEKS!! i'm very excited!) one stressful situation averted :)....for now..i'll keep you updated This week consists of Practical Exam after Practical Exam after Midterm. I have SOOO many exams this week. I had my nutrition practical exam today, which basically means that we had to cook for our exam rather than write (which is kinda awesome if you think about it)..it went really well today so I wasn't too stressed. Tomorrow is my baking practical exam...That should be interesting lol I, then, round out my week with an English Midterm which should not be fun at all. O well, you gotta put up with all the bad things before you can get to the AMAZING weekend!..I'm planning on going to Northeastern University to visit one of my very best friends from high school and spend St. Patty's Day in Boston for the first time ever! I'm very excited!! well i think that it for today. So I will leave you with a litte tidbit from my daily life... if you are desperately craving a good "guy movie", go see 300!! It was actually pretty good considering it was a war movie. That's all for now! See ya! :) Liz http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/03/wowwhat_a_week.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/03/wowwhat_a_week.html Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:55:30 -0500 Get to know me :) Where, may you ask, is "home"? Well, I call Bayonne, NJ home. Bayonne is an extremely small city which is HUGELY overpopulated for its size. I am very used to living about 20 minutes away from THE city (New York City to be exact) so going to school in NH was a major change for me but I'm LOVING it! SNHU is home to some of the best people so I very rarely ever feel homesick. One more interesting tidbit about myself...I happen to be a twin! One of the other bloggers to be exact. Emily and I are as close as close can get. We share a dorm room in Washington Hall (which is probably my FAVORITE dorm on campus) and are loving every minute of it. Yes, we do have a tendency to argue but its just an expression of our sisterly love (or thats what our friends tell us at least :) ) We are planning on living with four of our other friends next year in an apartment or pod setting which should be quite interesting (6 girls + 1 bathroom = probably not the best idea!) Well, I believe thats all the information I can give about myself in one blog posting without overwhelming you. We had a snow day today so I figured it would be the perfect time to jot down some quick facts about myself. Oh, by the way, I have a feeling that I will end my entries with random facts that I've heard or movies that I like or quotes that I make away messages out of lol well i'm off but i'll leave you with one of the better quotes I've heard. It's by Mitch Hedberg (a stand-up comic MASTERMIND) Check out some of his stuff on comedycentral.com See ya! :) Liz "I hate turtlenecks! Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy. All Day! Like, if you wear a turtleneck and a backpack, it's like a weak midget trying to BRING YOU DOWN!" :)]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/03/get_to_know_me_.html http://blogs.targetx.com/snhu/ElizabethWhite/2007/03/get_to_know_me_.html Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:53:07 -0500