well i am now a twenty-two year old

and that feels really weird to say. i literally feel like it was yesterday that i turned twenty-one and went to my birthday dinner at old chicago with my friends. i can tell you right now that i will probably be saying the same thing next year too.

it just feels so weird to me. i feel old. haha. that sounds so ridiculous but i really feel like im ... well that im old! im sure all of you people who are older than me are thinking "she is so absolutely nuts for thinking that." buttt thats just how i feel. im sure in a few days ill feel a little better about it.

anyways, this year i put together a list of things i want to accomplish and goals i have set for myself to achieve before i turn twenty three. i have three hundred sixty three days to do everything i came up with. its always nice to write your goals list down so that you can look back and be reminded of it.

being twenty-two list:

1. workout at least two times a week.

2. attend a yoga class at least one time a week.

3. be more frugal with my money by not eating out as much.

4. get to my ideal weight and maintain a healthy body image.

5. make sure i write at least four blogs a week.

6. find cupcake recipes to make that i love.

7. start developing my wedding planning business.

8. become a supervisor at sprinkles.

9. learn to love myself more so someone else can love me too.

10. learn more about fashion and the designer world.

11. pay off all my debt.

12. start a missions where i make one random person smile everyday

 and keep track of it in my blog

13. buy myself a macbook.

14. start saving up for a new car.

15. make new and more friends.

16. really push myself to go out and do new things.

17. start doing more DIY projects.

18. take more pictures.

19. really, truly take care of myself.

20. find more positives among the negatives.

21. better myself by learning to let go and be more patient with 

people and situations.

22. become more well-rounded by becoming more knowledgeable about current

events and different events in history.

23. start getting my nails done (part of taking care of myself)

i always feel better with pretty nails!

24. start school.

25. volunteer somewhere.

26. write letters to people.

27. smile more.

28. go see some movies by myself. do more things by myself in general.

29. keep in touch with my family more.

30. buy a canon rebel xs.

31. go to nyc

hopefully i can do all these things !! wish me luck. 

also to everyone who thought of me and took the time to wish me a happy birthday, i just want to say thank you very much. i am blessed to have each and everyone of you in my life. thank you.

im here ! :) helloooooooooo new home

im here :) im in tempe, arizona. and i am sooo so sooo excited. its beautiful here. it reminds me of boise, but hotter, prettier, and more of a desert (duh), but it also has a little bit of denver in it too AND some fort collins. so its like the best of all the worlds.

i took pictures of my last few days in boise, and i took some on the drive. so lookout the next few days and i promise i will get them up. now im off to enjoy some food and a drink with a friend of mine that i forgot lived here (SORRY FRIEND!). i hope everyone is having as fabulous a week as i am.

the apartment hunt is over

thats right. i got the apartment i wanted. i am so excited. it took what felt like forever...i cant imagine what it will feel like when i buy a house. that will take so extremely long but i cant wait for the day that i actually can.  okay ANYWAYS. i found an apartment. i applied for the apartment. i got approved for the apartment. so now all i have to do is get down there and move in. i am so excited. only one more week ! exactly one more week until i leave and only eight days until i get to arizona. how amazing is this?

i seriously always talk about moving. i always say im going to go somewhere. then it just never works out and i feel like no one will actually believe me next time i say im getting out of this place. but this time, that is not true at all. i will be FINALLY leaving boise. i will be FINALLY starting my life. FINALLY having a new adventure. i did it all by myself too. thats another reason why this feels so great.

the apartment i got is a one bedroom, so i will be living by myself. its big ! and i get to paint it however i want. so be expecting a few more posts with interior decorating ideas. if any of you have any ideas let me know :) i would LOVE to hear them.

anyways i will post pictures as soon as i get there. im getting my new phone this week which means that i will be able to upload them FINALLY to here and have all those neat effects everyone has. i am SO excited. i just wanted to give everybody the update though before i get a move on with my day. i have so much to do again. its almost overwhelming. i hope everyone has a great day!

what am i most excited about in my moving adventure ??

well...that is SUCH a hard question to answer. to be quite honest, there are too many things i am excited about. i cant just pick one.  lets start by me saying: moving to a new place, city, state, country can be terrifying in and of itself BUT i have been looking for jobs and apartments non-stop the past two weeks and doing any and all research that i can so i am so ready once i get there.  tonight i was hoping to stumble along a arizona blog of some sort. one that is like somewhat like mine or one that i have hope mine can be like someday.  i wanted to find a blog somewhat like "the rockstar diaries" because I love how she writes hers and I love what its about.  It doesn't have a fashion focus, or a "heres how to be a great mom" focus...its just her life and what she does everyday and the things that she enjoys. very simple.

anyways, i wanted to find an arizona blog like that (or at least a phoenix based one) AND I COULDNT ! do you know what this means? either a) I used very poor google searching skills (highly doubtful because i somehow can end up finding anything and everything) or b) there REALLY just is no blog like that.  EITHER WAY...i couldn't find one and this means that i, kaileigh elizabeth, will just have to be the first one to create a blog like this for arizona. i am SO excited.  this will give me a little more focus in this blog because instead of strongly disliking the place i currently reside, i can post pictures of myself actually going out and doing things and sharing that with you in a place i can call home that i LOVE.

enough about that though...after giving up my search, i decided to look up some things that i am so excited to do when i get there in two weeks. of course, i will have to get settled in and find a job before i can actually start going out and doing things (money will be tight for a little while).  but, i did find some things to do that i am just so seriously, incredibly, highly anticipating !

1. sprinkles cupcakes : there is a sprinkles in scottsdale !! hello cupcakes. hello heaven. okay okay so i have yet to try sprinkles (i did try magnolias and crumbs) but i am very excited to do so.

2. RA sushi : have any of you eaten here? this place is delicious. i went here two years ago with my best friend in the entire world jaemi botero and my other best friend sara rodriguez when we went to California. We ate at the RA in huntington beach. So DELICIOUS !

3. as seen in "the rockstar diaries", she and her husband go on a hunt around dc for the best burger. HELLO i love hamburgers ! "the grind" won "best burger" this year for arizona best so you can bet ill definitely be trying this place.  i dont want to copy her idea of hamburgers so i am going to go on a hunt for the best...something. what it is, i dont know yet. but im going to go on a hunt of some sort.

4. there are about 2039482039 shopping centers. need i say more ?

5. i get to paint my own apartment. its overwhelming the amount of possibilities there are for wall colors. ill make sure to post pictures when i do.

6. two pools at the complex i am going to rent from (cross your fingers !) ...as i said about the shopping centers...need i say more ?

7. new job. new life. new friends. new adventures. new city. new state. new everything. i cant wait. new new new. this seriously will be the time for me to show people the real me. they will get to know me for me and not based off what they have heard from someone else because i dont know anyone.

8. music venues...gah i cant wait for the endless options of shows to go see.

9. as i was saying before with a "hunt for the best hamburger", apparenty "the main ingredient" has the best hot dogs. i love hot dogs. i know theyre for some and not for others but im really excited to tree these.

10. the main street art walk : all i know is its in mesa and it sounds neat !! why not go try it right?

11 the scottsdale art festival : i love any and all things art (paintings, theater, etc.) so i think this is right up my alley.

12. indie craft festival: diy and vintage...what else is there to say. anyone who knows me knows i love crafts. i also REALLY adore vintage too.

anyways theres not much right there...only twelve things. but i must be going to bed. ill show you other things im excited about tomorrow. i hope everyone has had a fabulous start to their week.

can anyone guess where im considering moving :)

these two are the top options on my list of places to move. its warm all the time, sunny all the time, and no one has a blog based out of this place. ive been there once before with my best friend jaemi and i fell in love with it. i have a couple of friends in both places already and i honestly, deep down in my heart, feel like either of these would be such an amazing fit for me, as well as an incredible adventure.

wouldn't you love to pick up and start all over and get a fresh start? i mean...i don't even have the first idea about either of these places as far as shopping, restaurants, the road system, or anything of that sort. thats kind of the fun part of it though, right?

im thinking of this place for my own personal reasons. im not doing it for anyone but myself. i need out of idaho. out of boise. i know that wherever you go, you will most likely know somebody on the street, somehow, in someway, after you have lived there for a bit, but I JUST DONT WANT IT TO BE LIKE BOISE. i could walk around and pick out somebody i see and be connected to them in some way. its ridiculous. i want to go some place where i can show people who i am without them having heard or seen something or knowing things about me (whether theyre negative or positive!). i want to be myself and have people form their own opinions of me in the very beginning of me moving there, based on what i have shown them. so this is why i want to be somewhere where i hardly know anyone. it will push me to go out and make new friends, meet new people, find new experiences, and grow so much as a person and as a woman. i cannot wait. i need to make this happen. i have to make this happen. no excuses this time. 

if you think you know where  either of these are and you have any advice about living here PLEASE leave me some of your feedback. it will be very much appreciated.

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