Way Back {When}sday!

Hello!

Today I decided to snap a few pictures from my freshman year scrapbook to share with you. These pictures are all from pledging! I was 18! It was fun to look through all of the pictures and think back to those crazy days.

So fun!

I'm linking up with Rachel from Can't Google Everything today.

Have a good one!

Weekend Update!

How is the weekend over already? It just isn't fair.
I started the weekend with a sore throat, which turned into a nasty cold. Wah. Andrew and I still made our trip to Ohio, though! A little cold won't keep me from Theta Nu's 95th Anniversary and Callie's Birthday! Nosiree! 
On our trip we stopped in Richmond, Indiana. More on that tomorrow because I loved it so much!
Here's my first of two collages of our weekend:

Top: It rained a little bit as we crossed into Ohio but it only made the trees look that much prettier to me! The skies were sunny for the remainder of the trip! When we got in on Friday my mom had some homemade Chicken Noodle Soup for us, which made coming home that much sweeter.

Middle Left: My parents have a cat named Fluffy. She is beautiful but wow is she mean! She WILL NOT let you touch her. I told Colonel Meow he should meet her (ps please go look at that Facebook account! HILARIOUS!). 

Middle Right: Andrew and I took a picture on the porch before going out on Saturday night. My family always takes pictures on the porch, like it's the first day of school. Lucky for Andrew, right?

Bottom Left: We stocked up on Conn's Chips and Yuengling since we can't get either in Chicago.

Bottom Right: Finally, the Porsche driver on our way home yesterday was apparently a C student.

Now on to Theta Nu!

We didn't make the parade and meeting Saturday morning. Sniffling in sweatpants while watching football were far more appealing for us than standing in the cold. I was sad to miss it, but really wasn't up for it!

That night, though, we went out! I saw some ladies I haven't seen in YEARS! It was great to catch up, reminisce, and give hug after hug. It was a pretty good turnout, especially since an entirely different group went to the parade in the morning. Yay Violets! 

(Yes, Violets are our sorority flower, and that is one of our nicknames).

The pictures above are from the Theta Nu event as well as later on that evening out for Callie's Birthday. We had soooo much fun! I can't wait for the 100th celebration!!!
The quote is from when I pledged, and was one of the many reasons why I pledged Theta Nu. I joined because they let me be me! It was awesome to be around a group of strong women who loved each other for who we are rather than what we look like. But, let's be honest, we are all very beautiful, too :)
P.S. recognize Callie and Holly? Yep, I have two awesome blogger sisters!
How was your weekend?
Today I linked up with Dana, Leeann, and Sami!

Way Back {When}sday!

Happy Wednesday!

Today I'm linking up with Rachel from Can't Google Everything to dedicate this post to my best friend, Callie. It's her Birthday today, too, so please go send her some love and enter her giveaway!

I sadly don't have any digital pictures from our pledging days, but here are a few from back when.

haha the top two pictures are pre-highlights days. Annnnd a couple of others are from my spray tan days. Ohhh memories.

The most recent is the bottom left, from my 26th Birthday/Grad School Graduation in DC when Callie came to visit!

Recent pictures will be here on Monday! Can't wait to see the Birthday Girl and our Theta Nu gals at Otterbein Homecoming this weekend! 

Way Back When Wednesday

Happy Hump Day, folks!

Today I'm nostalgic for Otterbein, my undergrad alma mater. 

I recently wrote a letter to prospective students about how I got to where I am because of Otterbein. Plus, I just saw my Big, Cat, this past weekend. And I also recall Taylor's sweet post about missing her sisters. So yeah, I picked a couple throw back shots from Fall Formal senior year...which wasn't really formal, no one really brought guys (I brought a recent grad from our chapter!), and it was at one of my sister's apartments, so basically it was a girls' night where we wore LBDs...and had a couple dudes there to take our pictures.

Anyway, are you feeling nostalgic these days as school is about to start?

Back When Wednesday!

Good morning!

Rachel from Can't Google Everything introduced my new favorite blog theme: "Back When Wednesdays." This is a chance to share some pictures from my younger, sassier, sillier days. The second I read her first post I knew I had to link up the next time! 

But then I forgot about it.

So unfortunately my pictures are not from my teen or even pre-teen years. Yet. Those will come for sure. I have yet to grow out of my awkward stage (fingers crossed it happens before I hit 30!), and the pictures today are from my very first Facebook photo album, dating back to 2005. You will see that not much has changed. In these pictures I was a sophomore at Otterbein College. I lived in my sorority house. I was 19 and 20. This flashback is going to be fun :)

Let's start this off in the most ridiculous way possible. Here my Little and I are sampling the headwear at a Niagra Falls gift shop.

Here I am celebrating my 20th birthday with one of my signature dance moves accompanied by four extra chins and an ill-fitting shirt.

Laura, Carmen, and I at the Sphinx Formal. 

"Little in the middle!!"

[At Otterbein we have local chapters. Sphinx is Sigma Delta Phi.]

Some of my best gals at the Rascal Flatts concert. One of many!

In the picture below, some of my friends and I were in Canada, legally allowed to drink at 20 years old. Sometimes pillow fights just happen. The matching jerseys were a plus.

Greek Week...this was the year Theta Nu couldn't participate because we got in too much trouble. Naturally we caused a ruckus in the front by the stage. Yours truly was front and center.

And, finally, my two best friends! Look how young!!!

I can't wait to share more from back when! Thanks, Rachel!