Monday, April 23, 2012

Pretend this is a paperclip

I heard this song and immediately thought of the letter a couple posts down that I wrote. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. YAY! Listen to it, or don't. I don't really care. Okay, I kind of care a little bit. But not enough to do more than tell you I like the song.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

New Name

I have felt for a little while that the name "In Pursuit of Domestic Awesomeness" wasn't really fitting with me or my blog anymore. Tango agreed and so, being the genius that he is, he is the one that came up with the new name which I feel truly fits me right now. THAT, my friends, is why Tango is awesome...well that and a bajillion other things.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

I heart....

....many things, but today I heart Zachary Levi, especially in this song:

Confession: Sometimes I watch Tangled just to hear his voice. Ha ha ha, actually I LOVE that movie because it is AWESOME. but, I do love that he can actually sing quite well. CRAZY, I know. PLUS, in the music video he doesn't have a beard! that's pretty awesome because he almost always has a beard, as you can see in the picture George sent me a few months back.

I also heart my Changing Tyde soundtrack playlist that I will now share with all of you!!! HOORAY!!! K, so the layout is this: Song Title, Artist, Album. ENJOY!!!


Breathe In Breathe Out, Mat Kearney, Nothing Left to Lose
Rainy Zurich, The Fray, Scars & Stories (Deluxe Version)
All We Are, Matt Nathanson, Some Mad Hope
Black & Gold, Sam Sparro, Black & Gold
Look After You, The Fray, How To Save A Life
Down, Jason Walker, Jason Walker
Movie Screens, Meese, Broadcast
Everybody Hurts, Avril Lavigne, Goodbye Lullaby
Stitch By Stitch, Javier Colon, Stitch By Stitch
Make Me Believe, Angel Taylor, Love Travels
Wrong Side of Love, Augustana, Augustana
I'm Ready, Jack's Mannequin, Everything In Transit
Jump Then Fall, Taylor Swift, Fearless (Platinum Edition)
Say You're Mine, Kate Voegele, Gravity Happens (Deluxe Edition)
Stars Falling Down, Kina Grannis, Stairwells
Runaway, Maroon 5, Hands All Over
Run, Snow Patrol, Final Straw
Real, The Goo Goo Dolls, Real
Love Comes Tumbling Down ,Matt Nathanson, Modern Love
Where You Are, Gavin DeGraw, Sweeter
All This Time, OneRepublic, Waking Up
The Only Exception, Paramore, Brand New Eyes
Now Comes the Night [Live], Rob Thomas, Something to Be
Let Love In, The Goo Goo Dolls, Let Love In
With You Around, Yellowcard, When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Acoustic Version)
Unsaid (EP Ver.), The Fray, Reason [EP]
The Man Who Can't Be Moved, The Script, The Script
A Twist in My Story, Secondhand Serenade, A Twist in My Story
Come Home, OneRepublic & Sara Bareilles, Come Home - Single
My Sundown, Jimmy Eat World, Bleed American
More Than Anyone, Gavin DeGraw, Chariot
Be Still, The Fray, Scars & Stories (Deluxe Version)
God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton, Red River Blue
Ours, Taylor Swift, Ours - Single

Also, the goal is set. I will have my first draft of my book done in a month. I am almost done with finals (hallelujah!!!) and will now be able to spend even more time WRITING!!! YAY! Everyone should be happy about that!!! 

Any way, have a great week! I love you all!!

Dean Carmichael

I am taking a dating and courtship class, and for the "final" I am supposed to write a letter to my future husband. Well, since I don't need this class for credit of any kind really, I decided to do it any way, but post it on here because I love all of you so much. So, enjoy. I hope you learn something about me.

Dear Dean Carmichael,
    Let me begin by saying I think you're a loser. I know that sounds harsh, but I can't seem to figure out what could be so important that you don't have time to include me in your life. That being said, forever is a REALLY long time, and if we're going to spend it together, I hope you get all your ducks in a row before we meet too. I'm working on the same thing.
    Funny thing happened the other day. I was writing (like I always do) and I was writing about Jason Tyde and how he is trying to figure out what his next move should be because he's kind of at a cross roads, and I thought of you and me. I kind of feel like I am coming to a cross roads in my life and I have to make some decisions. Its tough trying to figure out my future all by myself. I struggle with knowing what will be my best option for the future, for meeting you, for plans that we haven't made yet because we aren't in each others lives yet.
     For not knowing who you are, you do carry a lot of weight on my decisions. You also take up a lot of my free time when I'm not focusing on Jason and Kyla, or killing off Nick. He's died like 3 times this week. Poor guy, he never had a chance. But for real, I care a lot about you and what you are doing in your life. I care about who your friends are, I care if the girls you hang out with/date are nice to you. I don't want to meet you and find out girls were jerks, I also don't want to find out they are super awesome either. Because you're going to fall in love with me...well its true, you are.
     I have had a series of dreams lately that I wake from smiling about and thinking of you. I wish you were around so I could tell you about them. I wish for so many things, but what this all comes down to is that I have faith in my Heavenly Father that He is guiding your life as much as He is guiding mine and that when He knows that the time is right, He will guide us to each other. So, it doesn't matter how impatient I am, or how much I think you're a loser (even though I really don't think you are a loser because I'm actually in love with you.) because no matter how much either of us wants to find each other, there is a reason we're not together. There's a reason I am left to wonder if you're doing alright, or what our future holds, but know this: I am doing everything I can to be the girl of your dreams. I am trying not to be too cheesy and hope and dream of our life together. It will happen exactly when its supposed to.

I feel dumb saying this, but its true,
I love you,
Soozee

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The Stress Cycle

When I'm stressed, I bake. You can always tell the level of which I am stressed based on the amount of baking I am doing. When I bake, I have a lot of food, when I have a lot of food, I like to share. When I share, it makes people happy. When people are happy they pass it on. Therefore, its probably a good thing I am stressed. Right? Ha ha.
     This semester is quickly coming to a close and with it is an added desire to write my little heart out. Jason Tyde is doing really really good right now and has my undivided attention for at least 30 minutes every day right now. Last Wednesday I sat down and wrote 20 single spaced pages, which equals close to 40 double spaced (which is the proper way to submit a manuscript) and I finally feel like I am making progress again! HOORAY!!!! Be so happy! The story has taken a turn I was not anticipating, but I think it is an AMAZING turn of events that will work out best for everyone.

    So, the last three nights I have had a similar dream. I keep having this dream that I am dating this really great guy and we do everything together, and then I wake up and it takes me a minute to shift back to reality. Although I do like these dreams, they also frustrate me. But, Dean is somewhere and sooner or later he will show up and we'll run off to the sunset together. ha ha. That will be a fun adventure, I am sure.

   I went and saw The Hunger Games after I finished the reading them. I love Peeta. AND, not only that, but the guy that plays Peeta in the movie (Josh Hutcherson) would be the PERFECT Nick if my book ever gets made into a movie. Seriously. Just look at him. PERFECT. Okay, he looks a little young, but that's good because by the time my book gets made into a movie he'll look like he's in his mid twenties. One day....one day my book will be done and we will make it into a movie and everyone will remember today when I was randomly talking about baking and dreaming.

    Um, so my BFF at my morning job, lets call him Tango, asked me to put together a soundtrack for Changing Tyde and I took my 150 song playlist down to 35 songs because he wanted to hear what I hear when I write. It has been an AMAZING tool to keep the story in mind. Its just been a FANTASTIC week. I will post the list later, I promise. Then you can hear what I hear when I look at the world...or at least the world of Jason and Kyla.