40 Things You May or May Not Miss About Luther College

I was reading The Life of Bon last week one day and she did a post about things you would miss if you went to BYU. I had fun reading it (even though I didn't go to BYU) and reminiscing about the things I missed about Luther. Because I've been missing it a lot lately! It's been almost one whole year since I've been to Decorah - the longest stretch of not being there.

So I know this list doesn't really apply to or resonate with anyone who reads this blog (except maybe my fellow MN Blogger and Luther alum, Katie!), but I hope this makes you reminisce back on college.

1. Whippy Dip tornadoes. Better than any other ice cream.

2. The big tree in the center of campus lit up for Christmas.

3. Figuring out the perfect dinner time to beat the rush of choir students -- especially during Christmas at Luther rehearsals.

4. Going down to the Miller/Dieseth lounge to print something only to find the printer broken, jammed, or out of paper and having to trek all the way to the library.

5. Having to barricade yourself in the corner desk in the basement of the library to get anything accomplished come April.

6. "Studying on the library lawn" aka bringing your books and a blanket and gossiping with your friends while tanning.

7. Nutty Irishmen & Marty's cookies = sugar. rush.

8. Someone is always singing no matter where you go.

9. Avoiding the SPO on Valentine's Day.

10. Saturday nights may consist of Roscoe's and Subway.

11. Knowing not to wear nice shoes to 'scoes.

12. Naked Soccer. It still exists.

13. Corner Bar Long Islands + darts

14. Dorian = avoid campus like the plague

15. Choose your seat in the Koren 2nd floor classroom wisely when it is sunny out - the blinds never work.

16. Old School Luther grads: the ramps in Valders. Enough said.

17. Sneaking food out of the caf and handing it to your friend who's waiting outside the gate.

18. Waffle cone + hot fudge + crushed oreos + mint soft serve ice cream = best caf night

19. Living in the ice cream room in Ylvi = always a mess.

20. Trout Fry: you know exactly what to bring.

21. Hint: it isn't fish, french fries, or anything used to fry food.

22. Sunnyside = best cinnamon rolls. 8am classes aren't so bad if they're in the CFA.

23. Caf trays = more than just for holding food. Even college students like sledding.

24. Hanging out at your prof's house for lefse making/grill outs/babysitting their kids.

25. Willing to wait in line for 45 minutes for a fancy brunch on Sundays.

26. You'll probably never live anywhere called "Dirty D" ever again. At least I hope not.

27. Going shopping either means a trip to Walmart or traveling an hour and a half up to Rochester.

28. If you're friends with a freshman nursing major, basically don't talk to them until January.

29. J-term = hanging out with friends and having fun....oh and going to a 2-3 hour class everyday.

30. "The Bench" - no explanation needed.

31. Orange Day in the caf.

32. T-bocks for beers and a peanut butter cheeseburger on a Friday night.

33. Never will you see a more beautiful sight while watching a football game.

34. Deer & "Nubby" the tail-less squirrel = everyone's pets.

35. Main is always giving you the middle finger.

36. Wishing Main would burn down in another fire. Hey - it happened twice already!

37. Going to Olsen in the icy winter months requires great skill.

38. Paideia. We all feel for you, freshman.

39. Comedy Sportz, Jim Wand the hypnotist, and a movie on the library lawn = first week back to school tradition.

40. Being serenaded by cute boys singing acapella.

Man, I really miss Luther!!

These are a few of my favorite things.

TV Shows
- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
- Glee
- New Girl
- Most reality TV shows
- One Tree Hill
- E.R.
- Orange is the New Black

Songs at the moment

- "All of Me" by John Legend

-  "Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson

-  "Story of My Life" by One Direction

-  "Still Into You" by Paramore

- "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake

- "On This Winter's Night" by Lady Antebellum

- "And the Radio Played" by Lady Antebellum

- "Compass" by Lady Antebellum

- "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus

- "Clarity" by Zedd

- "Sweet Annie" by Zac Brown Band

- "Glass" by Thompson Square

Restaurants
- Wildwood
- T-bock's
- Glynner's
- Ground Round

Movies

- Any and all Nicholas Sparks movies

- Crossroads (aka the Britney Spears movie cause it's awesome)

- Pretty Woman

- Elf

- Life As We Know It

- Pitch Perfect

Blogs
- I Wore Yoga Pants to Work
- Sunny with a Chance of Sprinkles
- Fal Finds Happiness
- Becoming Autumn
- Helene in Between
- Life: Oceanside
- Not Entirely Perfect
- Two Thirds Hazel

Little bit of everything

- a good cup of coffee

- fulfilling a Starbucks/Caribou/Moka craving

- crawling in to freshly washed sheets

- lots and lots of Christmas lights

- reading a really good book

- Christmas Eve (you'll see why tomorrow!)

- writing a blog post & you feel better after writing it

- boots + skinny jeans or leggings + oversized flowly button-ups

- Netflix marathons

- puppy cuddles

- baby cuddles

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Happy (Early) Thanksgiving!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving readers!! I'll be back to posting on Monday!

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Things Making Me Happy

I've been slacking the past few days on blogging. I just haven't been motivated to turn the computer on lately. But I have a few things I really wanted to blog about because they are making me incredibly happy.

• Some of you may know that my family had a huge garage sale this past Friday and Saturday. We made almost $700!! It was a huge success and we got rid of a good portion of all we had. With that being said, my "shop my closet" sales on here, Tradesy, Threadflip, and Tracey's Closet are all closed because the clothes have all been purchased. We spent 6:30-5:00 out in the sun each day. We pigged out on Starbucks, Moka, Costco muffins, Jimmy John's, & Chipotle throughout the course of those two days. I'm slightly sunburned. But it was so worth it!

• My sister & I are throwing a pizza party for our nanny kids today. They are so excited and so am I.

•  I didn't watch the Teen Choice Awards last night, but I checked Twitter after the show last night & I read a tweet about Lea Michele's acceptance speech & I instantly YouTube-d the video. I am amazed at the strength this lady is able to show amidst tragedy. That she consistently goes out of her way to comfort others during the past few weeks is astounding. I bawled like a baby with practically everyone else who saw this speech.

• My first monthly sponsor giveaway will go live on Thursday! There's some pretty great prizes, so you don't want to miss out!

Playing Favorites

I was commenting on a blog post for a giveaway & it asked you to name your 5 favorite things. I typed them in & then it occurred to me....why haven't I wrote a blog post about this? So here we are. I'm a little desperate for topic ideas at the moment. I always go through ups & downs with figuring out what to write (like most bloggers tend to do). I'll have a week or two where I am on and cranking out some awesome posts practically every day. Then I'll have two weeks of pointless rants.

This can probably be considered a pointless rant. I nanny on Thursday & Friday this week, so maybe I'll have motivation, inspiration, or fun content on those days, who knows!

So, without further ado, here are some of my favorite things (an extended list because I can't exclude these!). Also, this is really just an excuse to use a bunch of pictures. I like pictures.

1. Country Music

Seriously, is there anything better than country music festivals? Sitting in an open field in shorts, a tank top, & cowboy boots or flip flops. Soaking up the sun, eating greasy food, drinking copious amounts of booze. Rocking out to multiple country music acts. One of the funnest things I can think of! Unfortunately, I'm not going to any this summer because I can't afford it.

 
 

 Regular concerts will also do it for me. Heck, sitting around drinking & listening to country music works too!

2. Sparkles

Definitely my real favorite color. If it has glitter or sparkles, I usually want it. Everytime I do my nails, it has some sort of glitter or glittery looking part. When I was in junior high & high school, I used to buy those little pots of Bonne Bell baby blue glitter & apply it to my upper lash line on my eyes for dances, football games, etc. I used to glitter all the time.

3. Coffee

You probably know this if you follow me on Instagram. I think half of my pictures are my dog and the other half are coffee cups. I used to only occasionally drink the Frappucinos I would get from Starbucks & that was the extent of my coffee consumption. Enter nursing school. I started drinking it occasionally with a lot of creamer and ice and flavoring for a pick-me-up if I was tired. That soon progressed to pouring it, black & strong, into a travel mug, throwing a little milk and creamer in and guzzling it down. Oh and I am now addicted to Starbucks & am 6 or 7 stars away from gold status. And want to know something cool? I haven't paid out of pocket for Starbucks since October 2012. Yep, 9 months of free coffee. Thank you, generous blog giveaways!





 

 

 

4. Shopping

Even if I don't buy anything, going to Target or a clothing store or really anywhere except Walmart makes me happy. This will probably be a problem when I have a steady income coming in. Online shopping is also a problem because I love getting packages in the mail. Just yesterday, I bought a liter of Chi Infra shampoo, Ultimate Blonde conditioner, and Moroccan Argan Oil travel size from Ulta (in my defense there was a sale, a $3.50 coupon, & I had a $10 gift card so I paid less than $20 for all that!) and a phone cover from Amazon (hey, I had a gift card there too & it was less than $7!). See? Problem.

5. Summer Thunderstorms at night

We had one on Sunday night! But it was really just more like a light shower. I like when you can hear rumbles of thunder. Not any tornados or hail or anything. But I like a thunderstorm on a warm night.

6. Hanging out with family & friends

I have the best friends & family and I bet they rival yours.

7. Nashville

This could never be excluded from a list of my favorite things. I don't know if I ever said this on here before, but being there, I felt more like "myself" if that makes any sense. I submitted a general application to Vanderbilt (if you have followed my blog for awhile, I applied to their nurse residency program back in September, but didn't get in) just to see. I can't wait to go back!

8. Ford

I'm obsessed with my puppy dog. Kisses, morning & evening cuddles. I even give him hugs! He's my little Ferdy Bird!

9. Luther College

LU-LU-LUTH-TH-TH-THER! L-U-T-H-E-R! LUTHER! LUTHER! LUTHER!

 

 

 

10. Blogging

Despite my writers block every once in a while, I love blogging. It calms me down & helps me relax. And I enjoy writing about things I love. I can tell the difference between when I first started blogging versus now. My older posts seem like I'm writing to impress someone. Now, I love if people like my post & leave comments (read Helene's post on commenting) or if I get a lot of pageviews (I've recently discovered Pinterest has done wonders to up my pageviews!), but, as long as my post interests me, I'm okay.

What are some of your favorite things?