Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.

There are so many things I wish I could forget. So I'm not going to post a picture,and I'm just going to summarize. I wish I could forget about my life before Gregg. Everything has been so much better since I met him and started dating him. So maybe I just want to say I wish I could forget about all the guys I dated , or had crushes on. Yeah. I'm going to go with that.

10 days left friends :)

Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.


I hate the fact that my computer won't let me upload a picture , so do this. Go to google. Click Images. Then type in Greek Isles in the search bar. Feast your eyes on my dream vacation :)

I had a lovely day with Gregg today. He watched a movie and I napped. Then we killed Nazi Zombies. Then we Ate KP's :) love this.

OH! p.s.

This is a p.s. to my introduction post.

I'm thinking about starting a new blog. I kind of want a new start with a blog that doesn't have me talking about my ex boyfriend for the first year and a half.

So here's my question. Should I get a new blog ? All of you can still follow it and recommend me as a funny, you-have-nothing-better-to-do blog. Also if I do get a new blog should I do it now as in when I get around to it because i'm not with boyfriend for about an hour or 2. Or should I start it when I'm engaged and about to start my own family, so When I print my blog into a book , I can just do it each year ? So many choices , and I'd like you guys , as my readers, to help me out. Ya'll know how to comment so hop to it !

oh p.p.s , do any of you guys know if I can arrange the pictures differently like maybe in a square format like the following dots ? :: ? anybody ? I just don't like the way my blog is laid out or the design or anything. Any suggestions on that front would be welcome as well.

Thanks so much you guys. I still am trying to figure out how to link. I've been told how , but apparently i'm dumb. So when I figure it out i'll be linking like CRAZYYY

Oh my word.

Today I realized I've been blogging for about 3 years and in my first post I never really introduced myself. Better late than never right ?

Let's see. My name is Afton Brooke Newberry. I was named after my Great-Grandmother Audrey Afton King. I was born on August 2nd 1988 ( which puts me at 22 ) in Lubbock, Texas. I was born to my parents James and Sabra Newberry as their first child out of 3 daughters. My middle sister Brett was born 3 years after me and my baby sister Colby 3 years after her.

I was raised between Texas and Georgia , but mostly in Georgia. I got "lucky" and became the ONLY person in my family to skip out on the Southern Accent. Although I've learned it comes out when I get really excited or really upset. I moved to Utah permanently about 14 months ago. I love it out here despite the cold weather.

In March of 2010 I met my current boyfriend. We started dating April 1st. Everyone asks if it's a joke. No. It's not. We started dating 12am of April 1st. We've been together for the last 10 almost 11 months. They have been the greatest months of my life. He's my best friend in the whole world and I feel super lucky to be dating him.

I'm planning on going to Utah Valley University in the summer and studying Visual Arts and Communication with an emphasis in photography. So if you want to make it easier to say, like me , you could just say i'm going into photography. Which is my passion. Took 22 years to figure this out , but i'm glad I did. Boyfriend hates it though.

Other things I love to do include, but aren't limited to : Reading , Singing , Dancing to music blasting in my room , coloring on the sidewalks with chalk, playing legos, coloring in general, and walking on sunny days with my boyfriend. Also beaches. I love going to beaches.

My greatest desire is to live in California. I need to be out in San Fransisco. I'm a Cali girl at heart. Now that you know me aren't you glad you blog stalk me ? Haha. I thought so :)

Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little. I'm changing today's challenge to : What to do with the rest of the 3Lb thing of hamburger meat your Roommate left when she moved.

Easy: Brown 1 and 1/2 pounds for your rice. What to do with the rest when It won't fit into the sandwich sized bag that you have only one of ? Stick it in your cool pans that you bought for thanksgiving that come with lids and throw it back in the freezer.

Who said I was a dumb blonde again ?

My Valentines

I know I promised it so here you go. My Gregg came over for Valentines day. We had already planned that we just wanted a low key Valentines day , So we settled for making Dinner at home. I couldn't decide what I wanted to eat so we just made everything that sounded good to us at the time. That consisted of A Papa Murphey's take n' bake pizza ( In the shape of a heart to top it off) A salad , which is DELICIOUS. seriously we made this once and have never looked back. The last bit was McDonald's fries and Maverick sodas. yummm. We made our pizza and salad then laid down a blanket and had a picnic . We also started to watch The Bounty Hunter. Cute.

Oh did I mention my gifts ? No , well there is a back story to this. Before Gregg and I had even gone on our first date we somehow got on the topic of our favorite flowers.( we being my roommates and Gregg and I ) I had mentioned how I like either the pink roses with like red tips or orange roses. Guess what Gregg brought for me after our 2nd or 3rd date ? A mix of those two colors of roses. He remembered. To this day whenever he brings me roses, they're orange. My favorite. So for Valentines day I got Orange roses, See's Chocolate , and LOTION !! From Bath and Body works !!!! He knows me all too well. Although I partially think it's just because he loves walking in and smelling the place. I kid you not. The boy loves me. Oh he also taught me how to play poker.

All in all I had the most perfect first Valentines with Gregg I could have asked for.
So there you have it folks. A true love story.

Self Discovery

Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.

There you have it folks. I'm very insecure about the size of my thighs...and the way they look. Pretty much everything about them. That's not what I want to blog about though.

What I want to blog about are the things I've discovered about myself recently. First of all , I've come to realize how strong I am. Seriously i've been put through some tough stuff this year that would make most people want to give up. Well , tough for me , I'd like to think i'm not the only one who has my problems though. I've also realized exactly what I will and won't put up with from people. I've learned what I can deal with and what is just unacceptable. This has made me happier and less stressed lately. Good for me I say.

Also I've realized that i'm more environmentally conscious. I recycle more often.. I'm not perfect, but I'm getting there. I also have one of those reusable shopping bags. Silly ? Maybe, but it's a LOT nicer than having an overflowing amount of plastic bags under my sink. Also ( I won't have to worry about this for a few years but still) I'm going to use re-usable diapers with my children. The more I think about it the smarter it seems.

Something I'm still trying to figure out for myself? What exactly my clothing style is. I love bright colors, but i'm so afraid to wear bright clothes. Also that whole mix and match thing freaks me out. I want to try it because I just KNOW i'll love it if I do , but it scares me. On the other hand I love vintage clothes. I mean ADORE them. Plus it's a style I already know looks good on me , but that I don't really have anything in that particular area. It's conflicting. I feel like I need a style. Oh well.

As far as my day goes. I wake up super exhausted , Gregg comes over and I tell him ." Gregg, I don't want to ruin your plans, i'm just so tired. can we not give blood today and kind of take it easy?" He finally agrees and we clean out his car, vacuum it , and play Roller Coaster Tycoon. I start to get a little fever right NOW. The fever goes away so we go and walk around the mall. After the mall we go grocery shopping for Gregg. This is where it gets sad. I start feeling super sick. Like stomach sick and light headed and just out of it. We go get ice cream , but realize that I have a burning fever.

I really want to cuddle though, So we settle for 2 TV episodes then Gregg takes me home. Where I am currently fighting off an intense fever that came on suddenly and does not want to leave. I hate it you know. Anyways. I hope you enjoyed my blog of the day.

Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Slim Fast : This has made an impact on my life recently simply because HEY I'M LOSING WEIGHT. Or I was. Until I ran out of the good stuff. I have no money to buy more, and I have a boyfriend who likes to tempt me into chocolate pie... and a best friend who tempts me into Cocoa Bean EVERY Friday. So I said adieu to the diet , i'm still losing weight. Just the starve my poor body because ALL my money is going to rent and bills and I can't afford to eat diet route. Meh , at least the weight is going away. Oh and add one pinch of Stress to that diet and you've got a sure fire way to lose weight. ( and if you're like me get a face full of stress acne. bleh)

Also On the list is MONEY : Or should I say lack thereof. Meaning I have bills to pay and such and barely enough money to pay those bills. Gross huh ? I'm just destined to be broke I think. I seriously don't see that changing soon. If it's not one thing it's going to be another. Right now ? It's phone being broken , and T-Mobile. Okay and a little bit VS. Okay and Rent. Those are the one thing. The other will be when Gregg decides to marry me ( It's going to happen I PROMISE ) Then i'll have married people bills. Which let's face it aren't any cooler than College , I live on my own and do whatever I want bills.

I promise I'll blog about Valentines day tomorrow.

Let me just tell you about Gregg. This guy is super awesome. He stays up and let's me cry to him. When i'm stressed out. Which believe it or not , is actually a lot more frequent than usual lately. Does that sentence even WORK ? No clue. Don't care. You get the point. Then he gives me tips on how to not be so stressed out. He tells me to stress about one thing at a time instead of everything at once. He's a genius I tell you. Also he tells me it's okay that I can't buy him things. I'll make it up to him one day. When I'm rich. When i'm buying all you guys that thing that you want. ( Which nobody commented on. Surely one of you wants to go on the spa trip with me and Gin...) Oh well He's amazing. That's my boyfriend all right. Anyways. I'm going to go. Yeah. Love ya'll!!

Happy Valentines ya'll !!!

Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.

I'm really having a hard time of finding people who just inspire me. There are lots of qualities in certain people I admire , but not one person who completely inspires me. So I'm going to have to go with the Cliche because honestly , this man should inspire us ALL. He Inspires me because seriously. I want to become better to deserve him. He's the ONLY person I want to be 100% proud of me at the end of the day. Do I always deserve that 100% ? No. He's the only person I want to try to get to that 100% for though. Who is he ? Jesus Christ. My Savior and Redeemer. My rock.

As for Valentines Day ?! Well you'll just have to check back later for pictures and stories on what me and my love did :)

Warning, It's long :)

Okay Folks, Today's challenge is...Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die. I decided to just get pictures of my bucket list. Well my Long Term bucket list. I'll go in order from first to last .

Get Married: As a matter of fact I want to do it in the temple shown. Can anybody guess which temple that is ? If you guessed Manti you ARE correct ! It's just so pretty. I also want to get married there because A) I don't really like the Provo temple. B) I don't like the Atlanta temple. C) I don't want to be cliche and get married in the Salt Lake temple ( No offense to those of you who got married there ) So Manti seemed like a logical choice. My mom wanted to get married there ( apparently) and Gregg got his endowments out there. So why not right ?

Have some little guys: By little guys I mean I want 4-6 little Greggs and Afton's running around. But seriously 4 or 6. I have this Anti-Odd number of kids thing. If we have 4 kids I want 3 boys and a girl. If we have 6 , I want 2 girls and 4 boys. Yeah i've come up with names too. I'll share them later. They're cute though.

* Meet the current Prophet*

Travel the World : By the world I mean all of the USA, Greek Isles, and South America. I'd say Jerusalem and Egypt , but those places are getting SUPER dangerous, and I don't want to die.

Skydive : Gregg and I want to do this together. We're both afraid of heights and I don't know why he want's to go , but I figure if i'm going to make a bucket list I might as well do SOMETHING crazy. So I decided to go skydiving with Gregg.

On to my day. Today I woke up and did cleaning checks. Then I helped Jamie move her stuff to her dad's truck. Then I hung out with Gregg. I promise you we are not boring people to hang out with. We went to subway for lunch/dinner. We then went to his Apartment to eat , and so he could shave. The weather was SUPER nice ,41 degrees F. So we decided to go on a walk. We walk for a bit then go to some really small restraunt. I got nachos and he got some fried beef junk. Then we walk back to his apartment and realize HEY we're locked out!!! So we walk around for a little while and go back. Still locked out.

So we decide to go to Office Depot to see if TJ is there. Takes an hour . plus it's dark by this point and MUCH colder. We didn't have jackets on when we left because it was so warm. So while we're walking there, i'm freezing off my butt. It's about 8pm at this point. We get to office depot around 9pm. We go into best buy to warm up then begin our trek back. We get back to his Apartment at 10pm. It's seriously cold by this point and all gregg is doing is apologizing, telling me how pretty I am , and telling me what a brave and tough girl I am for walking in the freezing cold in terrible shoes in a t-shirt. He also mentioned how he thought I was going to be way more upset than I was.

We finally find a way into his apartment, which involved climbing through a window. We snuggled up to warm up and watched Easy A. Funniest movie ever. Then watched the Green Lantern. Which was actually pretty good. Once I was home, I started to move my stuff into my new,old room. I get Jamie's old,new room. Which includes a big bed. I'M SO EXCITED. So tomorrow i'm taking the vacuum to that room and washing sheets. Anyways, that was my exciting day.