day 3...

First True Love

ha! This one should be interesting. Well where to begin? First let me say, I have not really ever had my first true love. I know, I know...I'm 21, how have I not fallen in love? Well I haven't with a guy yet. Let me explain.

Back in high school, I THOUGHT I found my first love and I loved him and we were going to get married and blah, blah, blah. Well I was not just wrong but WAY wrong. He was a crush--just a crush. I realized after he got married (ha!) that he wasn't who God had for me. That was fine. Because I know my first true love will be my last true love. I want my first love to be the man I marry. And I'm pretty sure that is how God has it planned.

You see, I pray everyday, sometimes more than once, about my future husband--my first love. I know God has someone special for me. This guy was made for me! I just know it. God really has been revealing things to me about what I should and should not want in a spouse. It's not all about what he drives, what he looks like, how he dresses, how he talks, or what he likes. I know the guy God has for me will be what I desire, because I desire what God wants for me.

"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart."--Psalm 37:4

So whoever my first love is will love me and love God, because that is what's most important. I want God to be my first love, and the man of my dreams to be who God has for me to be an honor to Him. Because truly, my first true love is God.

day 2...

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Okay, hang on I'm jumping ahead of myself.

This is day two of the thirty day challenge. Day 2 is "what's in a name?" It is about why you chose your blog name. My blog name is Blogfest at Tiffany's. Well first off, I'm Tiffany. ha! And besides, I LOVE tiffany's jewelry. That is where my future husband (if we are really meant to be) will get my engagement ring. I just know it. Anyways, my blog name was obviously inspired by the greatest movie alive (ok one of them)--Breakfast at Tiffany's. I love Audrey Hepburn and she does a superb job acting in this movie. It took me awhile to think of something creative and unique for my blog. I wanted it to be perfect and portray me. And this is how I got Blogfest at Tiffany's. So "what's in your name?" Blog name that is.

30 day blog challenge!

I have ran across this cute, fun blog session (10 DAYS LATE!), but i still want to participate. It is a 30 day blog challenge with each day having a certain topic to blog about. I found it at this cute little blog A Southern Belle's Tales. And I think she got it from someone too. But follow her and you can find out where she found this challenge.

Day One: Recent Picture. Introduce Yourself. 15 Facts.

This is my most recent picture. Yes, I'm looking a little rough and all-natural, but it's all part of hunting. Like before, sorry for the blood (ew. I know).

Now I must introduce myself. Well, I am a 21 year old college student (junior) at the University of Memphis--go tigers! I am an elementary education major and also a SPED major. I can't wait to graduate in December of 2011 and finally be a teacher. I do not have a job. Being a full time college student (in the education department) is a job within itself. I am not married nor in a relationship. I also do not have any kids. But one day (in the Lord's time), I will have all of that. And I can't wait for that day to come (as long as it's His time not mine). I am a Christian and proudly profess my faith. I am a southern belle--born and bred. I also am a die-hard baseball fan (go cardinals!). I try to live perfect, because we are supposed to live like Christ. But here is the one key idea, I am NOT perfect only He is. So although I try to live to be perfect, I will never reach it. And that's okay, because I try. I like failing (at perfection), because it makes my faith in Him that much stronger.

1. I have lived in Memphis (actually more or so the suburban areas of the city) my entire life. I was born and raised here. No, I have never been shot at or been to Elvis' house. Yes, I love our college basketball team, but not truly "bleeding blue and grey" (I don't really root for them in any other sport). That makes me a true Memphian. ha!
2. I love living in the South. I hope to raise my children one day in the South with a southern way of mind.
3. This leads me to say I believe the south is not a place to live--it is a way of life. Although, something intrigues me about a big city and a high-paced life, I know that truly is not me. I would rather be front porch rockin' with the big sun droppin' livin' part of life.
4. I love movies--old, new, black and white, color, romantic, comedy, drama, action. Anything but horror. I am a scaredy cat.
5. I love Cardinal baseball. No we did not make it to post season, but that's ok I still love my redbirds.
6. I am going to be an aunt (first time aunt) in December. I can't wait!
7. I LOVE family. I am very family-oriented and was raised that way. I seriously have thousands of cousins and hundreds of aunts and uncles. I love family reunions and get togethers. It is a time to reminisce and laugh and be merry.
8. I am high maintenance. I know how can you live in the south, HUNT, like baseball, and be high maintenance?! Well you can, because I am. I guess that's what makes me a southern belle and not a "redneck chick."
9. Which leads me to say I am not too fond of the word "redneck." It sounds, pardon my nose in the air, but trashy. Being from the south and saying things like, "I hunt. I drive a truck. I wear camo." People automatically classify you as redneck (ugh), hick, hillbilly, or some other terrible southern term. Now I am proud of my heritage and I love to hunt and wear camo (when I'm hunting!) and no I don't drive a truck, but just because you like those things doesn't make you the R word. It makes you a true southern gent or lady.
10. I want a black range rover or a white tahoe. I am fascinated.
11. I already have my future (FUTURE) children's names picked out.
12. I have found through the years that it's not about how many friends you have, but who truly is your friend. I only have a handful of true, real friends that I can trust and lean on. I love my handful of friends. I wouldn't want to have a bunch of fake friends rather than my 4 or 5 real friends.
13. I have one baby--my puppy baby. Jake addison is the love of my life for right now.
14. I spend money way too fast. This is one of my major downfalls. I know whomever God has for me will be great with money and finances, because I'm not.
15. I love nail polish and painting my nails and other peoples. Your nails should always be painted and always be presentable, in my opinion.

ten on tuesday

it's time for ten on tuesday again. if you want to play along simple copy and paste this picture into your blog and think of your ten things.

this week's topic is ten thing we shouldn't do/bad habits. oh boy! this should be interesting. here we go.

1. nail biting

i bite my nails continously. nervous-bite 'em. anxious-chewing away. excited- gnawing on them. frustrated- you guessed it. it's all i ever do. i do not know why or how i got started biting my nails, but i have done it since i was little (like 2). my mom tried everything when i was a child to stop me from biting my nails, but nothing worked! this is my worst (and most disgusting) habit. if anyone has some old remedies to help me quit, i'd be glad to listen.

2. cry

i know it's okay to cry and it's part of being emotional and a girl. but i cry about everything. i am sure everyone i know has seen me cry at least once. happy, sad, nervous, mad, excited--cry! movies, songs, stories, books, people, tv shows--cry! ha. now i sound like a moron who cries all the time. it's not like i cry everyday but at least once or twice a week. i think it's my therapy.

3. mountain dew obsession

i would love to say i only drink water and milk and occassionally a glass of sweet tea, but truth is i drink mountain dew constantly. it is by far the worst type of soda for you, i know. but i can't stop drinking it. it's like my drug. i mean i have an excuse--i'm a college student who needs energy. bad excuse, right? i love it and drink it like nobody's business.

4. pets

i love animals--all animals (except for scary ones). and i want them all for pets. every stray i see, i think i should take home and adopt them right away. i seriously think i will have a farm here soon (kidding, hopefully). i really should not want all these animals. i mean that can get gross and nasty and STINKY! let's just say i'm going to try to stick to my sweet jake addison for now. no more...i try to promise.

5. baby names

now i'm not pregnant nor plan on being pregnant for the next 2 or 20 years. but i love baby names and look at them all the time. i have an obsession with unique baby names. i think it's so cool to have a child's name that no one else has. i have picked out close to five names (first and middle) for each gender. ha! hopefully my future husband (whoever he is going to be) will like one of the ten names. this is in no way normal, i know.

6. procrastination

this is it! this is the worst of the worst. i procrastinate until procrastination is not an option. i wait until the last minute to do EVERYTHING! i hate that i procrastinate, but i can't stop doing it. it's like i do my best under pressure. it's terrible! i have to learn to do things before ten minutes to due time.

7. being late

i guess this goes along with my procrastination, but it's its own category. if i have to be somewhere at 11, tell me 10:30 because, i won't be there until 11 anyways. i am always one minute late to everything. i will even get up an extra hour or so to get ready so i won't be late, but somehow, some way, i still am late. i hate being late! i honestly do. but i always tend to do it.

8. eating out

i love to eat out. my motto is eating out is totally in and eating in is totally out. i would eat out every meal (if i had the money!) ha. it is so much more ideal to eat in at the kitchen table with family and discuss what you did that day. but i would much rather go to chili's or my local favorite mexican restaurant and enjoy a meal and talking with friends or family. but it's just too expensive to live this way. i need to learn to eat at home!

9. answering the phone

here's the problem. i DON'T answer the phone. i HATE talking on the phone! i would much rather text or facebook (sad, i know). write me a letter and i'm good to go. give me a call and i probably won't answer. i need to learn to answer the phone. you never know when it is going to be an emergency or important.

10. reality tv

i'm addicted. name it, i watch it! it's really not a good thing at all. i love all reality shows. but it takes up way too much of my time. i need to learn to spend my time on quality things rather than wasting it watching teen mom or biggest loser or big brother (which i seriously need to have rehab for, because i miss it too much) or jersey shore. or anything reality!

What are your ten thing you should not do or your ten bad habits? i'm sure they are not as bad as mine!

Is it Christmas yet?

I am getting so excited about Christmas already and Thanksgiving hasn't even come yet. This Christmas is going to be very fun and special for us. Here are my reasons to be so excited about Christmas.

1. Hopefully Santa is bringing me these boots. ha! It's a good thing I still live at home and Santa still visits. I already have a few pair of boots but I want more (something for the outdoors instead of fashion boots.)

2. I can't wait to decorate. I have so many fun and cute ideas for my Christmas table. I already want to decorate! I also can't wait to decorate the living room and bathroom. It's always so much fun! Here is a few of my ideas for this year's decorations. I like the table decorations but probably will do more christmas-y colors. and I adore the wreath.

3. Baby Caysen will be here. She is due to be born Christmas day. She is going to be the greatest Christmas present ever. I can't wait to be an aunt. She is already spoiled rotten and not even born yet. ha! I am so excited to see her in cutesy dresses and bows! She is going to be a doll baby.

I can hardly wait for Christmas. Can you?

third time's a charm...

So I've been hunting several times this year already (bow season opened in TN two weeks ago). Anyways, I have one stand that I claim as my own--we all do. I have already hunted my stand twice this year and haven't seen anything. So I have ventured into hunting some of the other spots. Well yesterday afternoon, Dad wanted to go with me to video in case I killed something, so we opted for my stand. So this would be the third time I've hunted this stand. And well, I killed a deer. Woo hoo! Third time really is a charm!

Quick story: Me and one of my friends made a fun little $5 bet that I would/wouldn't kill a deer this (yesterday) afternoon. Me being on the optimistic side of course! Well my dad said that isn't fair, because you might not see a deer. So we decided it would be $5 if I see one and $5 if I kill one. My friend for sure thought we weren't going to see anything, and if we happened to, it wouldn't get close enough for me to shoot. Well sure enough I won $10. ha!



This small spike (2 horns) stepped out in the field about 35 yds. I put my bow on him and shot. I was so excited, because I have never bow hunted before (this is my first year). So this is my first kill with a bow! I was overly excited.

Here I am with my little spike. I was so stoked. It was dark out when we found him--pitch black. The coyotes were howling and I was SO scared. They were laughing at me, because I'm a major scaredy cat when it comes to the dark and weird noises in the dark! Who wouldn't be?!

Well anyways I had to share my "good luck" hunting trip. Sorry for the blood in the pictures. Kinda gross, i know!

not me monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

It was not me who ate the big chewy sweetart candies in the deer woods yesterday for dinner. NO! I would never eat so unhealthy and in an inappropriate place. ever! I always eat green beans and spinach and grilled chicken at the kitchen table every night at 7.

It was not me who bit off my fake nails, because I was tired of the red and wanted to paint my real nails purple. I would have went to the nail place to have them removed or just had them fill and paint my nails for me.

And it was definitely not me who (after not biting off my nails and not painting them purple) only wore the purple for a day and then changed my polish to a pretty pink. No way. I would never change my polish color a day after I just painted them. That is way too high maintenance for me!

It's not me who started vigorously working on an assignment I thought was due today and then looked at the schedule and seen it was due next week, so I quit right away. I would first never procrastinate until the night before to work on an assignment. And if I might have accidentally forgot until the night before then seen it wasn't due until next week, I would have continued to work on it so I could be finished with it a week before it's due.

It's not me who did not feel like fixing my hair so through it up in a pony tail. I always fix my hair to go out, especially to school. I would never get dressed, put some cute earrings on, and put my make up on just throw my hair up in a pony. My hair is always perfect before leaving the house.