Happy Working Song

"In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. Find the fun and SNAP the job's a game!" Mary  Poppins

I underestimated the difficulty level of making so many bows in one night. It just couldn't be done without help. My friend Brandi dropped by today and we crafted for four hours to finish all of the bows. Four hours. Eighty something bows. My shoulders and hands haven't hurt this bad since I decided to take twin littles and make all of their presents in two days. 

Having Brandi here made the project much more entertaining and the workload was a lot smaller rather than having one person making so many bows. She also volunteered to help me clean my kitchen which is why she is an angel. She shouldn't have needed to help clean my kitchen but let's just say it looks as though there are only two people who were going to clean it anyways.  Yea. That could be a bad assumption. Who knows but its just the feeling I get. Anyway, we cleaned the kitchen after we got back form the grocery store and then we crafted bows and jammed out bad (read really awesome ) 90's music. I think that was a pretty great way to spend my Saturday if I do say so myself.

Blogs and Bows

"Wish it. Dream it. Do it."-No author provided

I did not good things today. I missed class, ate pizza, and generally wasn't very positive. However, I made up for this by completing my tasks as an officer in my sorority (I tabled and worked on our blog newsletter) and now I am making bows for my other sisters.

I made bows the other day for one of our posters and I just had the urge to go buy more ribbon and make more of those. And buy Disney's Tangled but that's another story. I've wanted to craft things for a while but 'm not very good at crafting things that aren't paddles. Bows I'm fairly good and and I'm excited to make my own. I buy bows like no one' business. I have soooo mmmaaannnnyyyyy its ridiculous but it can't hurt anyone so I refuse to stop. I'm hoping I can come up with some interesting and fun designs and pairing out of the ribbons I have. I went I a little crazy with supplies... especially because I have glittery puffy paint to put on them as well. 

Confidence is Key

"I am a princess. I am brave sometimes, I am scared sometime. Sometimes I am brave even when I’m scared. I believe in loyalty and trust. I believe loyalty is built on trust. I try to be kind. I try to be generous. I am kind even when others are not so generous. I am a princess. I think standing up for myself is important. I think standing up for others is more important but standing with others is most important. I am a princess. I believe compassion makes me strong. I believe kindness is power. And family is the tightest bond of all. I have heard I am beautiful. I know I am strong. “I promise and when I promise something, I never ever break that promise.” I am a princess, long may I reign." I am a Princess- Disney Commercial

After multiple tests to my patience (between last night and today) and a few other, less significant frustrations today, I won a contest for a free princess bow from a shoppe (Taylor'sThingamabobs) on Etsy. I follow Taylor on twitter and I won't lie, sometimes she drives me insane without flat out full of her self she can be however, the girl practically lives by the quote "I am a princess. Long may I reign" from the commercial script posted above. I commend her for that. 

It takes a strong and confident individual to not let themselves be effected by name calling and negativity. She's received a ton of it for reasons I understand and reasons I don't. But she doesn't let it get to her as much as it would most people. As much as it would bother me. I like to think and act as though I'm a pretty tough individual. For the most part I am. Constant negativity and constant bullying however would ruin me in a matter of days. There's no need for that kind if behavior in the world. It just not something that should exist and I plan on being there to lessen it as much as possible this semester with the kids that I will be working with starting next week. I will be walking in to my internship with my head held high ready to behave like the princess I am. Like the princess (or prince) we all are.