well, my two best friends (lauren & sparta) made blogs, and they are making me conform. i've had a few blogs before, but i always stopped after a while... hopefully they'll make me keep writing. well here it goes:

my name is holly holt. i'm a very optimistic person. i like to look on the brightside of every situation that comes my way. i can't stand being around negative people. what an awful way to live. i am a christian & in the past few months my faith has grown so much, it's crazy. i took one of the lowest parts of my life & made it into a praise instead of a burden. if you are so curious that you have to know, this low part was a heartbreak. my ex and i broke up in october. i was devastated. i thought i would marry the kid. turns out, God knew what he was doing all along--as he always does. God picked me up & shook me. i opened my eyes and realized that even though God was so important in my life already, he wasn't the MOST important thing to me. He wanted me to put Him at the center of my life. it just took a while to realize it. i am happier than i ever was being in that relationship. yes, i do get a little sad still thinking back & realizing that that part of my life is over. however, i get so happy when i realize where i am now & when i think of all the possibilities that God has in store for me. i know that he will bless me far more than i ever expected. i have an amazing family & group of close friends that i do not know what i would do without them!

let's see what else about me... well my favorite food is macaroni and cheese, my favorite color is yellow. i'm a sucker for yellow roses & if you know me well enough you know why. i already have my realistic dream car: red 5 speed honda del sol, yes: i love driving a manual way more than an automatic! i love to read & i have been reading a lot lately! my favorite series of books is harry potter. i have yet to read twilight... shocking, i know. i just finished dear john & the last song.. AMAZING books if you haven't read them yet. i'm in the middle of reading the lovely bones. i have so many books lined up that i have to read next. i love finding new things in the bible too, though i don't think i could do the whole reading straight through it.

anyways, i'm not a tomboy or an extreme girly girl. i'm definitely a happy medium. i'm a southern girl for sure. i love everything about the south. summer is my favorite season for sure. i am so sick of winter & snow right now! i can't wait to drive around with the top of my car off! i love doing anything outside like hiking or swimming. i love to watch sports, even though i'm not very coordinated when i play them... i'm not horrible though & i'll take a challenge! basketball is definitely my favorite sport, but i also love football & starting to love hockey (thanks lauren & sparta). my teams: basketball: UT, football: titans, hockey: preds! yes i am a close to home fan (= i guess i dislike the usual things that most people dislike: liars, fake people, cheaters. the norm. it's funny how many people dislike those characteristics, but who act that way that they hate. i've definitely had my share of backstabbing & crap talking from my closest friends, but it's definitely made me a stronger person. i count those experiences as blessings because it shows me how i don't want to be.

i'm currently single.. & will be for at least another 40 days because lent started today. i'm not catholic so don't even try that! i just felt like it'd be a good break from certain things. so for lent i'm giving up boys & sweets. yes, i've been single for a few months, but that doesn't mean that i haven't had my emotions messed with & screwed over again. cause i have. but it's all a learning experience. i like to think that if i can't seem to find the good in it, it'll just be another story that i can tell my kids to help them through their tough times.

i love music so much. it's an amazing outlet & i have such a random ipod, it's crazy.

this is so unorganized & rambling & if you have made it this far in reading then you must be something crazy or special for caring enough to read all this nonsense haha.

lauren has this for her blog & i did this in my old xanga blog, so i'll throw some lyrics or a verse in each blog somewhere...

"at the cross i bow my knee, where your blood was shed for me, there's no greater love than this. you have overcome the grave, glory fills the highest place, what can separate me now?"

basically here's me in a nutshell: i'm holly: the happy southern girl, servant of God, who strives to be the best person she can be & loves to live, laugh, and love.