Thursday, May 19, 2011

Let You Go (Because I Love You)

I have written a song!! And I hope you like it!! I may make a video later so you can hear the tune, but until then, Enjoy! :D


This is the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
I can't stand the thought of losing you
You were so perfect to me
And if it weren't for you
I don't know who'd I'd be

It makes me sick to think
You won't be in my life anymore
I'm almost not sure what I'm doing this for
Because I love you and don't want you to go
But because I love you baby
I have to save us you know

Chorus:
Please don't go
Is what you say to me
I don't want you to go
Is what I wanna say to you

We have to work together
And things will get better
I wish could believe that
But because I love you
I have to let you go

You don't know how many tears
I keep crying right now
I wish there was another way
To fix this somehow

Because I love you
And I can't let you go
Oh Oh Oh
But because I love you
I have to save us you know

Chorus:
Please don't go
Is what you say to me
I don't want you to go
Is what I wanna say to you
We have to work together
And things will get better
I wish could believe that
But because I love you
I have to let you go

Bridge:
Believe me, it's not my decision
It's just the way it is
I'm just as hurt as you are
And believe me, I don't want it to be this way

Chorus:
Please don't go
Is what you say to me
I don't want you to go
Is what I wanna say to you
We have to work together
And things will get better
I wish could believe that
But because I love you
I have to let you go

I don't wanna let you go baby
It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do
But because I love you
I have to

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sing! Sing! SING!

I haven't written on here in a while.....

Anyways, I've decided to write to you all today because I've been thinking about my love for singing and decided to share my feelings on it.

I have been singing since before I could even remember. I've been told I've perfect pitch since then. I would sing all the right notes and in the LDS Children's Songbook I knew the exact key to every song without using a piano! Crazy right?!

Since I was young, I've participated in several talent shows, been in choir classes, and been part of show choir groups, and in high school, I made it into Madrigals (select a'cappella singing group). But surprisingly, I have never taken voice lessons!

Even when I'm not in class or performing, I always need to be singing something and I do!

Nothing makes me happier than singing a song!

I love it and I will never stop! :D



Friday, April 1, 2011

Who I Want To Win American Idol Season 10

For those of you following American Idol like I have been, you know that there are SEVERAL good people this year!!! WAY WAY better than last year for sure!!! And I am amazed by many of their voices and I'm gonna have a hard time deciding who should be in the Top 5!!!

However....

There is one person I'd love to see as the winner.

Her name is Pia Toscano.

She's a 22-year-old make-up artist from Howard Beach, New York.

And she is amazing.

She's the only contestant on the show so far, that the judges have not made really any judgements on. She the one that Randy claims, "Knows how to do it!"

What I love about her is that she has incredible voice that doesn't sound exactly like another singer! She has her own really nice voice! And that's hard for many artists to do! Plus, I think she is one of the most gorgeous women alive and I LOVE seeing her next outfit on the show!

I would also like her to win because American Idol has not had a girl winner in the LONGEST time and it is about time they did! And she's the perfect candidate!!!

Also, she seems really nice too. Why not have a nice American Idol? :P

So yeah, my votes totally go to Pia Toscano for Season 10's American Idol!!




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St. George Celebrity??

I take it that I am VERY well-known by many especially in the town of St. George, Utah, where I have resided since 1994.


Since dwelling here, I have lived in 3 different LDS wards within the Bloomington Stake where I have gotten to know many people and 10 months ago, I joined the biggest Young Single Adult ward in the St. George YSA 1st Stake. So I figure people simply know me by attending at those places.


I also attended Dixie Middle and Dixie High all the years I was supposed to go and Dixie has the biggest student body out of all the other schools and for some reason, it was impossible for me not to know just about everyone there and apparently, they knew ME too since I was voted for Most Dramatic in my senior year! Plus, I participated in almost all the school plays and I was a Madrigal (select a'cappella singing group) for 2 years and we performed throughout much of St. George.


I was also very well-known at Snow Canyon High because of my friend's cousin. I often attended parties that her friends were having and eventually, I knew much of the class of 2010!


So yeah, I made myself pretty well-known to people growing up and after high school and I didn't think it would really be like that anymore because a lot of people moved and everything.

But NO....

The day I met my boyfriend (way back in November), he told I looked really familliar and that he knows he has seen me around town before. I thought that was pretty coincidental.

But then months later, my family and I went to In-N-Out Burger to use our gift cards we got from Christmas and I was going to get ketchup, I hear someone yell in the kitchen, "It's Haley Serage!!!" followed by several "Hi Haley!" 's!

CRAZY right???!!

After about 2 months or so of dating Travis, almost everywhere we went, at least 1 person I knew was always there and said "hi" to me! There wasn't anywhere we went where someone didn't know me!

AND almost everyday while working at Target, people check out  at Travis's lane and almost everyday, he gets the question, "Are you dating Haley Serage?"

AND the other night at Village Inn, someone payed for Travis and I's drinks and they didn't tell us who they were!!!

AND now lately, almost everywhere me and Travis go, people I've never met in my life, tell me that I look really familliar or ask if they know me from somewhere!

Coincidence? I think NOT!!

Somehow, I have become an accidental St. George celebrity!!

And I don't know why! I mean, it's not like I've done anything special.

I'm not rich or anything.

And I'm only 19!

I will admit that it's pretty flattering and also really weird, but I don't want to come of as conceited because now that I know I have a big rep, I don't want to make it a bad one :D Love you all!!! :D

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Talking to God

NOTE: I know some of you that are reading this may have different beliefs than me and such and I just wanted to let you know that I don't think any of you are crazy or stupid and I'm definately not trying to offend. This is kind of one of those blogs where if the shoe fits, wear it.

So last night I stayed up really late simply because I couldn't sleep and I just felt really wide awake. I ended up going to my bed at around 2:45 AM and I felt stupid about that because I don't like staying up late sometimes, because I've always been counseled not to for health reasons, plus I didn't want my parents to walk in and get mad at me :/.

So right as I was going to bed, I kneeled down and said my usual nighttime prayer, but this time it was different. Maybe I was just delirious or something, but I didn't feel like saying the same old usual stuff. I decided to have a real conversation with Him. I talked to Him like I talk to my best friends. I told Him pretty much everything that was on my mind. I asked Him for help with things I struggle with. I thanked Him for things I really appreciated in my life at the moment. And I just simply talked. I had never felt more close with God in my life! I felt the Spirit and everything and I also knew that He was my ultimate and very best friend.

I talked with Him for about an hour (which is probably the longest prayer I've said) and the next morning (today) I woke up at 11:00 AM with a cough (which I hate), but strangely enough, I felt positive. Things feel absolutely great today and nothing special has even happened yet! It's AMAZING!

I encourage all of you if can (or simply choose) to have a conversation with God. It sounds kind of silly at first because you can't see or hear Him so you don't know what He'll say back, but I promise it will bring you closer to His presence :D.

Will Ferrell on "The Office": My Thoughts

I am a DIE-HARD fan of the NBC comedy The Office. I had heard of the show before and everyone made it seem pretty funny, but I didn't get into it until about 2 years ago when I had my wisdom teeth pulled out and all I could do was lay around. We just barely got Netflix at the time and I saw that all of the seasons of The Office were on instant play and I decided to watch and ever since then, I got hooked up until I caught up with the currently airing episodes. Now I've seen every single one to this day.

Because I am a fan of the show, I like to read about the actors and what will happen in the future episodes.

When the current season started (Season 7), I read a bunch information about what will be coming to the show and I discovered something very shocking: According to Steve Carell's (who plays Michael Scott)  contract, season 7 was listed as his last season and he decided to NOT renew his contract, so after this season, he will NOT be returning to the show (however, the producers said that Carell is totally welcome to guest-appear in future episodes if he wishes)! When I read this, I was like, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?! WHYYYY????!!!!" Michael Scott is pretty much the main character!!! He MAKES the show what it is! I couldn't believe Steve Carell was willing to give it up!
To this day, I highly doubt the show will be the same. I'm still gonna watch it, but MAN!!! I'm gonna miss "The World's Best Boss" WAY too much!!!



So now some of you may ask, Is there someone replacing him? The answer is possibly.

In the most recent episode, Garage Sale, that premiered on March 24, 2011, Michael proposes to Holly Flax, the woman he's been in love with since Season 5. And in the show, after proposing to her, he decides to move to Colorado with Holly so she can take care of her dad (thus making an excuse for Carell's character to leave the show). And according to commercials and stuff I read, the famous comedic actor many of us love, Will Ferrell, will be guest-starring as the temoporary regional manager covering for Michael. Steve Carell's last episodes and Will Ferrell's first episodes will premire on April 21 and April 28 in Goodbye Michael: Part 1 and Part 2. After those episodes, the season won't be quite finished, but Carell will be gone anyway and Ferrell will stay the rest of the season and possibly be a permanent character!



When I found out all of this, I was again shocked! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Will Ferrell and I think he's hilarious and stuff, but I just can't picture him being on The Office! It's way too weird and I may have a hard time getting used to it! In my opinion, the show TOTALLY belonged to Steve Carell and without him, the show simply won't be the same. And I believe I totally have a point by saying this since I am a die-hard fan of both The Office and Will Ferrell.






This reminds me of Blue's Clues, that old show many of us watched as kids. Blue's owner, Steve, pretty much made the show come alive in a sense, and then when his character went to "college", he was replaced by his "brother", Joe. And ever since that change, the show was simply not the same. Joe was more annoying and didn't have quite the same charm that Steve brought to the show. And I think many of us would agree!








Ironic that in both situations the person leaving the show was named Steve :P




Anyway, I know I could go on forever about this subject, but I know none of you people have all day to read my blabber, so I'm gonna end this by saying, I hope Will Ferrell will somehow be able to change my mind!


Monday, March 28, 2011

Living in the Present

Those of you who know me pretty well know that my life has almost dramatically changed within the last few months. I graduated high school last May and at first, it didn't seem like my life was really any different. I kept in contact with and saw many of the same people I went to high school with for much of the summer.


But then as the new school year started, I decided to skip this semester and just go to the next one....I've regretted it ever since. I spent too much time at home and I was unemployed. I rarely saw my buddies from high school and even when I did, I didn't really feel the same just because the kids still in high school were too into each other and same with the kids going to college. I was in neither. So I felt pretty alone.


Months passed by, and I got my first job at Target. That was a brief, but VERY exciting time in my life! I knew what it was like to be excited about making your own money and not feeling like a free-loader. I noticed that everytime I was really busy, my thoughts of the outside world COMPLETELY disappared! Anything I was upset about never crossed my mind! It was amazing! And also from that experience, I made a new friend that ended up becoming special and very close to my heart. He is now my everything and we've been keeping it strong for almost 4 months now. And being with him, I don't see all my friends that often and sometimes I miss the good old times we had, but I'm grateful for moving on because my life has changed in SO many good ways that my other friends couldn't have done.


I bring all of that up because, now, I'm starting to make very big life-changing decisions because of all of that. I want to go to school, be married someday, and learn to be more independent. And I admit that it's scary, because I'm still young and I want to make sure I'm doing the right things so I don't feeli like I screwed up. That is probably my biggest fear. And sometimes I concentrate too much on how my future should be and it makes me feel confused and insecure. But lately I've been told many times to not worry so much about the future. Instead, I need to live day by day, almost as if there isn't a future, 'cause deep down, what really matters is what you do to today rather than what you did yesterday or you're going to. Today determines the person you really are. So if any of you also struggle with this, I advice you to relax and enjoy the happiness of each day that comes :D



Oh and one last thing! This is song that probably everyone knows, but I feel like it TOTALLY relates to what I just said. Enjoy!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

My Travis :D

So I decided to post a blog about my sweetheart :D

I met Travis Whitney while working a seasonal job at Target and ever since then, I've always thought he was awesome and I totally wanted to be his friend!
We decided to become a couple on December 11, 2010 (the day after my AWESOME birthday party!) and since then life has been SO awesome! Life is definately different than it was a few months ago, but I'm grateful for it 'cause Travis is just amazing!!! He's a great worker, an excellent cook, and I love that he likes to scrapbook with me! :D Plus, he doesn't mind taking pics with me :D Plus, he's my best friend and I always come to him when I need even just a hug :D I'm SO lucky to have him around! I love you SOOO much babe!!! :D Muah! :D



New Favorite Album

So I've always "liked" Ne-Yo and I had 2 songs from this album before ("Closer" and "Mad"). But a couple weeks ago when me and my boyfriend Travis were scrapbooking, he decided to turn on this album, Year Of The Gentleman and WOW! I hardly ever like EVERY SINGLE song in an album!! I LOVE it!!! And recently I downloaded the rest of the songs I didn't have and now I've been listening to them ever since :D Ne-Yo is the BEST!!

New Blog 2011

Hey everyone! I joined this thing about 2 years ago when my brother Scott left on his mission (he comes home in May btw!) and I had a few posts and all and recently I tried to log back into it because some of my friends are getting blogs and they wanted me to follow them. But unfortunately the email for my old blog (one I don't use anymore anyway) has been HACKED! And now it's impossible to fix it and I have no way to update my old blog :/ so I made this blog to continue and also start over. Fortunately though I have the URL to my old blog in case anyone's interested in my 17-year-old self: haleyowh.blogspot.com. But if not, you can enjoy my brand new blog I plan to update A LOT more than the other one! :D