We are Schwinning !!!

What a nice day to go out bike riding. I was so excited my boyfriend got us bikes to ride around with. Today was our first day testing out our new rides and they were sweet. My boyfriends bike a Schwinn Legacy in a royal blue and my bike is a Schwinn Windwood;both bikes are cruisers so one speed. So we decided to take our bikes out for a spin around the neighborhood. We are planning to customize are bikes. Hopefully joining a bike ride around Waikiki on Thursday.

Maxi's are my new friend

I like wearing easy to wear outfits. I wasn't really a fan of the maxi dress because my height and usually having to have these maxi dress hemmed to my size. I did find another way to keep the dress the way it is by accessorizing with a belt. I took a skinny belt and pulled the the fabric over the belt to adjust the length of the dress. Maxi dress can be dressed causally and dressed up. I just accessorized with a belt and a long necklace. This a fun little outfit for the summer or fall.

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Cleaning Out Closet II

Cleaning Out my Closet!!

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Making a Difference and Putting into Action

In order to make a difference, I feel that I need to start with my self. The one thing that I learned in my Social Work classes is in order to help a client you need to put your self in their shoes.I know it seems very selfish to be thinking about myself when your trying to make a difference in other peoples lives;although to have a better outlook on things you need to be able critique your self. So this year I thought I should start my new years resolution early. The only difference is my resolution will be:1)Measurable goals, 2)to make a goal every month 3)Do monthly recaps on my accomplishments. This bright idea was inspired by a book that I happened to stumble on while I was at Boarders Book Store. This book is called the "THE HAPPINESS PROJECT," by Gretchen Rubin. What is the Happiness Project you ask,its basically creating your own project to take specific steps to boost your happiness.

So starting December 1 I will start with getting back into my exercise routine and staying positive.Wish me luck! Oh yah... If anyone was interested in creating their own happiness project there is a website that will give you more of an insight to how to go about with your very own happiness project.www.happiness-project.com Check it out.

THE MOVEMENT

I went to my Humanities class yesterday with my mind set of " another day of school," although it may have been another day I was affected by the topic of class. It was about poverty, we see poverty all around the world but don't realize how poverty is caused. My professor gave me a new perspective to a unaware type of poverty. Terrorism plays a big part in poverty especially in the country of Uganda. This is where it all started,my professor asked us if we had " HEROES?" Many of us have our family we look up too or even a idol of a sports figure. My professor said his hero was a boy named Sunday, he is a very intelligent child from Uganda. An orphan from such a young age,he lives in a displacement camp and lives his life struggling to survive from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria. Minus all the war and poverty happening around him, he lives his life to the fullest. An attitude that many of us take for granted,in fact we don't even think about it. He farms the land to pay for school, he wants to be a doctor one to help his people from very preventable diseases. I just wanted to urge everyone that we can make a difference to help these kids. There are many ways you can help to rebuild schools, petitions. donations of books or money. They also have items for sale such as videos of an invisible child and 100% of the proceeds go back to these children. So do your part to help I know its not much but every helping hand counts.