30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 1

I have decided, after realizing that I should blog more, that I should do what I've seen on a good many blogs: A 30 day blog challenge. Yes, yes, I know it's like those chain letters people send in emails, and many people can't stand those, but fortunately, this is only on here and is not going out to 15 recipients. And I thought it would be fun. So here goes....

Day 1: Introduce, recent picture, and 15 interesting facts

My name is Laura Kate. Kate is not my middle name. It is part of my first name which is a double name. There is a space between both names. Not a hyphen like so many people want to put. I am 23 years old. I will graduate May 7 (20 days! Yikes!) from Mississippi University for Women.

Interesting Facts:

1. I am named after my great-great grandmother Kate who was a full blood Cherokee Indian.

2. I have a sister who is 21. She is one of my best friends.

3. I am the spitting image of my mother, except for the redhair.

4. I am not very good at math, and did not inherit the "math gene" from my father, instead I inherited a big and loving heart like his.

5. I played softball for 11 years.

6. I have a scar on the inside of my left ankle from scraping it on the corner of a shower door freshman year of college.

7. I color code my M&M's before eating them.

8. I love the profession I have chosen: Teaching.

9. After years of waiting and watching my friends get married, God put the most amazing man in my life at just the right time, and I love him with all my heart and thank God for him everyday.

10. My little cousins Evvy, Clara, and Caroline mean the world to me and constantly remind me how simple childhood is and how every now and then, adults should try and go back to the simplicity of it all.

11. I hate jelly beans, raisins (except for oatmeal raisin cookies), and grape flavored things. I'm also scared of clowns.

12. I love Mississippi State Football!!!! Really just Mississippi State in general.

13. I am addicted to those Mini Cadbury Eggs. Thank goodness they are only available at Easter.

14. It brings me joy to help others, and to see other people helping others. It shows me how God can work in such wonderful ways, when complete strangers come together to help out one another.

15. I love to clean. It gives me a sense of order and relieves my stress.