The Friday Five - If you could have any 5 Best Friends

Happy Friday, loves!!! How happy is everyone that today is the start to the weekend?! I know I am!

I haven't been to the beach all summer (can you believe that??). Today I am taking a short weekend to the beach with Eric and his family and I am SO excited. It'll be a busy one full of travel, but so worth it!

Doing my little own "Friday Five" today!

If I could be friends with ANYONE  I would love to be friends with ...

1. Kate Middleton

Aside from being the Duchess and married to William, this girl is absolutely flawless. She is gorgeous, inside and out and seems to have the heart of an angel. Her smile makes me happy and she is always out supporting others and trying to make a difference. I'd love to be able to pick out stunning outfits to wear and have my hair done everyday. Not to mention, who wouldn't want to be a princess' best friend??? You could stay out of the spotlight sometimes and then be in it at other times!

2. Lauren Graham

She was amazing on Gilmore Girls, Broadway and now Parenthood. She's so witty on talk shows and always cracks me up. I think she would be a thrill to hang out with.

3. Taylor Swift

For obvious reasons. Not to mention she is rumored to be dating the grandson of JFK. I knew she was a classy person, but GET IT GIRL! She even supposedly bought a beach front house next to them. Let's hope this is all true. This girl is so legit.

4. Shawn Johnson

As my favorite athlete and Olympian, I'd love to spend any amount of time with this girl! She's so bubbly and happy all the time and has worked so hard to achieve her dreams. She also gets to travel the world and meet a ton of other people with press events.

5. Reese Witherspoon

How can you NOT love Reese? She has the hair and face of an angel and really seems like a genuine person. And her look a like daughter is precious.

Runner-Up:

Jennifer Anniston

Share your dream best friends with me!!

Thankful Thursday

Today I am linking up with Tracy from Then I Got To Thinking for Thankful Thursday!

First and foremost, I am thankful for this beautiful day. I am thankful for the opportunity to wake up in my beautiful, clean, organized and functional apartment. I'm blessed to put my feet on hardware floors and have a spacious area to get ready and eat breakfast. I'm thankful to have a (at the moment) functioning car that gets me from A to B and plays music (because that's important)!

My family. They are there for me regardless of my actions and attitude. I know if I ever truly needed them, they would always have my back and fill me with love and support as they always do.

Education. No one can ever take that away from me. I love my school and our beautiful campus and I'm thankful I have received a great experience there (and still 1 more year to go!) and won't come out with any student loans.

My job. With this ever changing economy, I'm thankful to have an internship that helps me grow and propser and teaches me valuable things while giving me a great experience to talk about. They also are a great company that provides many benefits even for those who are not full time employees.

My health. I'm so lucky to be healthy and happy and not have any pressing issues to deal with currently.

Music. It is the greatest outlet of stress, anger, happiness, sad times and any other feeling for me. It's nice to jam out to while cleaning, listen while at work, run to after a long day or just enjoy in the background on a normal basis. I always, always have music on unless people are talking or if the TV is on.

My boyfriend. For the laughs, the constant smiles and the butterflies I still get even to this day. He sets me back to reality when I need it and also lets me escape it with him every so often. He plans cute dates and is the only boy to ever truly surprise me.

These ended up being pretty standard. Pooo. But, I'm also oh so thankful for my beautiful friends and their wittty personality, antibiotic cream, emjoi icons, my DroidX that came back to life, colorful post its, clean water, winnnnnnneee, dates with best friends, & having a washer and dryer IN my apartment! :)

Have a thankful day everyone <3

PS I'm SO excited to start reading this!!!! So sad Shawn Johnson annouced her retirement, but proud of everything she's been through and has worked for her in life. She's such an inspiration and will always be my favorite gymnast!

Only Challenge Day #16 How Can That Be?!

I feel like I've been doing this "30 Day Photo Challenge" for longer than 16 days. I mean I've got to be more than halfway done, right? But, I am determined to finish it and not give up. Here goes:

Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you

Shawn Johnson

For those of you that don't know who this is, Shawn is a competitive gymnast who won the Silver medal for the All-Around event at the 2008 Olympics. She suffered a knee injury last year and is currently working to make it back big time! She is such a smiley girl with an addicting energy and optimistic mood! She works SO hard to do what she loves and the passion she has for gymnastics is so inspiring. You can tell her heart and soul are into this sport because she shines.