pictures with danielle {part 2}

see part 1 here!

my sister and i are really, really different.

case in point, we got in a fight yesterday about towels. 

i'm the kind of person

that doesn't really think twice about using whatever clean towels are on the

towel rack when i get out of the shower, but she is. 

i'm the kind of person who is pretty easy going and free flowing,

i don't have much of a personal space bubble at home, but she does.
her room is her room, her stuff is her stuff.

i'm really, really bad sometimes at being considerate of these things because
our mindsets are so different that i don't think
about the fact that someone else will be upset if i do something
differently than they do.
it's pretty much the only thing that ever causes fights. and they almost
always start that way.
i feel bad, i really do.

i think one of the most interesting things about humanity
is the way people see themselves.
i think i'm an easy person to live with because of how well my roommates
and i mesh at school. at school, i've learned to be very conscious
of my actions and how they affect others.
but at home, i'm comfortable. and i've realized that i do
make terrible messes and i do push buttons, even if it isn't intentionally done.
i clean when i want to but not always when i need to.
i really do want to be better but to do that i'm realizing
i really do have to place those thoughts into priorities in my head
like i do at school.

it's one thing to grow up and excel at being on my own
(i'm still not always perfect there, either) while i'm at school,
but if i haven't learned that at home then what have i accomplished
really?

 i think that's what my sister has been saying all along...
and i should probably start to listen to her.

pictures with danielle {part 1}

earlier this week, my sister and i went out for a little photo adventure with our very talented friend danielle.

danielle is awesome. really, really awesome. she reads my blog and her whole family likes it and that's just the coolest thing ever because i love them!!! it's a really great feeling when people you like so much like something that's so near and dear to your heart. truly. i love their family and danielle could be a Modcloth Model herself (as you know, only people really high in my book get that nickname). these pictures were a blast to take and i was laughing so hard. she's taking pictures of niklaas&i and then we're taking pictures of her and her also gorgeous sister on friday so YAY! enjoy (because i sure do).

*more to come soon*
you can tell danielle how awesome she is here.