New Year, New Site!

This blogging thing has really taken off for me! I love posting on topics I find important or fun.

The link to my new blog is: http://joelyatchison.wix.com/collegegirlspearls

After posting to social media about updating my old blog page, my sweet cousin Megan asked if she could help and make a new site for me. Of course I accepted and she created the page you see before you! I am in LOVE with the new look and could not be happier that it has come at the perfect time, a NEW year and that I will be able to start on my Wednesday posting dates again.

I will work hard to post weekly, but I am a college student first so I may miss a few posts or be late. However, I am doing my best to keep things up and be super organized. That was in fact one of my goals for the year, organization.

Quick update on what is happening: 

I am starting my Spring semester at UF today and am stoked about my courses. I have Biology for Non-Majors, Popular Music in American History, Statistics, and Spanish. I actually like all the subjects and can not wait to start. Also, I am happily still at Ulta. I got to take 2 weeks off to spend the holidays with my favorite group of people in the world, my family, but am so happy to be back. I love my job!

I also used one of my favorite Christmas gifts for the first time last night, my crockpot!! I made monkey bread from a recipe I found on Pinterest. It was super simple and I made it in the wee hours of the morning, since I am always up at 3 am and it was done for breakfast this morning. And just incase you were wondering it goes great with coffee! The perfect way to statr off this chilly morning in Gainesville.

Here is the link to the reciepe for anyone interested: 

http://www.tammileetips.com/2013/03/crock-pot-monkey-bread/

Hope you all love the new site as much as I do, and let me know if there is anything you would like to see posted about!

xoxo, 

Joels

Cheers to a New Year!

Happy New Year!!! 2016 is going to be an amazing year.

Recapping 2015, I realized it was such a growing year for me. I turned 18, graduated high school, started college at my dream school, and have kept and made many life long friendships. I moved away from my hometown and family, which made me grow as an individual and learn to deal with different people. 

In 2016 I don't want to make resolutions that I know I will later break; instead I am going to set goals to work towards. My 2016 goals are:

-Pass all my classes with A's and B's

-Learn more cooking skills

-Expand my vocabulary

-Start working out more

-Improve my organization

-Try more new things

-Go on different adventures

-Work on doing more things outside of my comfort zone

-Find an apartment

-Find a new church in Gainesville

-Have my faith grow

-Post to my blog more often

I hope you all reach your goals in 2016 as well!!!

Cheers to 2016!