Days in the Life of a Blonde Superhero

Baby Names: Animated Characters

2012-01-29T08:25:00.021-07:00

It is time for another baby name poll party! The name Jake won the last poll. With 6 of the other names all tied for second. Interesting. For the next two weeks the theme will be animated characters. Check out the names below and then vote for your favorite in the poll to the side! Also please remember that there are actually names on the list that Ross and I are considering and we want to see how well they do. Party! So vote well! The names are in alphabetical order, enjoy. :)

1. Doug

Do you remember that awesome Saturday morning cartoon, Doug? I sure do. I loved that show! And so did Ross. So naturally, Doug had to make it onto the list of animated characters' names. He is a fun character who enjoys hanging out with his friends Skeeter and Patty Mayonaise. My son will have some awesome friends, too.

2. Flynn

Everyone knows and loves Flynn Rider! From the movie, Tangled, he's the handsomest animated character I've ever seen. And he marries a princess. Which is pretty cool. Not to mention that smoulder of his that he can use to make a woman's heart melt. ;) Naturally, my son will be a ladies man.

3. Gaston

Now if we are looking for the most manly name in the world, Gaston would probably win. Gaston comes from the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast. As said in the song he sings, every last inch of him is covered with hair. Not sure how I would feel about a hairy son, but it is quite manly I guess. And I would be ok having a very manly son.

4. Gus

Coming from another Disney classic, Cinderella, Gus is just a cute little mouse. My favorite line of his: "Duh... Happy Birt-day!" Love it! He may not be very smart, but he sure is a friendly and happy little dude. And he loves food. I hope my son likes the food I cook. He had better.

5. Hamilton

If my son turns out being anything like me, he will also be similar to this lovable little squirrel, Hammy. This character comes from one of my favorite animated films, Over the Hedge. Don't give him caffeine. Just like you should not give me caffeine. I do love this squirrel, though. He makes me laugh, just as my son will.

6. Hudson

As in, Doc Hudson from the Disney/Pixar film, Cars. This old race car can be a grouch, but he means well. He loves his friends and does everything he can to keep them safe. Also, he has three Piston Cups! (He did what in his cup?) And I would not complain if my son grew up to be a doctor. That would me most impressive, indeed.

7. Jasper

This hilarious character comes from 101 Dalmatians. That movie was one of my favorites growing up because it has a lot of dogs in it, and we all know how much I love dogs. Jasper is always found with his companion, Horace, who's name will be on a different list, just to give you a heads up. These two characters are not to bright and drive an old beaten up car. But Jasper gets to tell Cruela DeVil to shut up at the end. Way to go, Jasper!

8. Jim

This would be Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet, which is another of my favorite animated films. (Yes, I have a lot of them.) He's a rambunctious youth because his dad left when he was a kid. Poor guy. But in the head he learns the value of hard work and using your talents to save the lives of your friends. Not too shabby. I would not be ashamed to have a kid like Jim Hawkins.

9. Megamind

Megamind: "incredibly handsome super-genius and master of all villainy." From his self-titled film, Megamind is freaking hilarious. It is a Ross and Melanie favorite for sure. We love this movie! Although Megamind begins as a bad guy, he has a good heart and learns that anyone can be a hero in the end. I would be ok with a super-genius son, though probably not if he was a master of all villainy.

10. Navine

This would be Prince Navine from the Princess and the Frog. And it was practically impossible to find a good picture of him not as a frog, so there he is as a frog. He's a cocky man who loves to party and have fun. But he learns how to mince and work hard to accomplish goals. Not to mention that he is handsome, and my son will be very handsome.

So there you have it! Ten more names to vote for. Voting will go for two weeks, the last day to vote being February 11th. Have a wonderful day!

Birthday Celebration

2012-01-25T13:36:00.012-07:00

So my birthday was like a week and a half ago. And it was awesome. My family came up and we had quite the celebration.

Leslie, my dearest little sister, made me this freaking awesome cake. She is so talented.

Here's me with all the awesome gifts my family brought me. I do enjoy being spoiled, yes, yes I do.

My siblings and Dad designed these pictures and cut out the fabric and everything. Then my mom sewed them onto the onesies. Naturally, Daniel did a picture of Perry the Platypus.

Me on my birthday. Ross and I went to Arby's because it is my favorite fast food place. And it is pretty cheap. And we are cheap people. :)

On my birthday Ross let me pick out a new rifle online and he ordered it for me. It came in the mail today! I'm excited to spin it like crazy. It will be most spectacular. :)

Also, I got an adorable pet fish. He is about an inch long right now. I named him Minion after the fish from Megamind. Ross and I love that movie. And Minion is quite the adorable little fish.

Baby Names: Famous Actors

2012-01-15T12:32:00.020-07:00

So for the third trimester of my pregnancy, I will be making a post every two weeks with baby boy names. There are going to be different themes with each one. I will also make a poll on the right side of the blog. Please vote for your favorite name. Also, consider this, there are ten names on each list. A few of the names on each list are names that Ross and I are actually considering. This means that your opinions are important to us. However, also be aware that we will make our own decision on a name, but are also going to be appreciative of outside input to help us decide. We won't tell you what names on each list we are thinking of, just to make it a little more fun. So yes. We just want to see how well those names do.

For the next two weeks the baby name list of ten will come from names of famous actors. Or actors who have nice names that Ross and I like. Pretty much yeah. So without further ado, here we go, names in alphabetical order:

1. Chris

Like Chris Evans! This guy is my favorite super hero actor. He is in Fantastic Four, where he is the Human Torch. He's hot both ways in that movie. He also plays Captain America in that new movie. It was good. I'm excited to see Captain America again in The Avengers, which comes out later this year. If I name my son after him, then he would probably be a super hero one day. :)

2. Heath

Heath Ledger is dead. And that is so sad. He was a very beautiful man. He was great in A Knight's Tale, and pretty much amazingly spectacular with his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Totally a creepy role, but he did it most magnificently.

3. Hugh

As in Hugh Jackman. Most commonly known for his role as Wolverine in X-men. Which is a pretty awesome character. He's been in a variety of films throughout the years. I really like him as an actor. He's also very muscular. Perhaps if I name my son Hugh, he will grow up to be totally ripped. That would be awesome. I'd be one proud mama!

4. Jake

Like Jake Gyllenhaal. Another of my favorite actors, but mostly just because he is fair to look upon. But he does a really good job in Source Code. That was a really good movie.

5. Jason

As in Jason Statham. He's an action hero actor. And he's pretty hard core. My favorite would be him playing Handsome Rob in the Italian Job. yes, a very good movie. Anyway, this guy is just hard core. It was pretty much impossible to find a good picture of him smiling. So if I name my son after him, he'd be one pretty hard core dude.

6. Jude

Jude Law, or Mr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes. He's a pretty good actor, but mostly he's just good looking. So my son would be good looking if I named him Jude. Most likely anyway.

7. Michael

Like Michael Caine, who is one of my most all time favorite actors. Ross really likes this guy, too. He is quite awesome, mostly known for playing well-to-do gentlemen. Very classy folk. And he has a freaking awesome accent. I would not be ashamed to name my son after this guy.

8. Patrick

Such as Patrick Dempsey. Photographed here as Dr. McDreamy from Grey's Anatomy where he is a brain surgeon. He is also in one of my all time favorite Disney movies, Enchanted. He's also quite the stud muffin, perhaps my son will also be so studly if I name him Patrick.

9. Sean

As in Sean Connery, the suave original James Bond. And also Indiana Jones's dad. He's just such an awesome guy, his name had to make it onto the list. If I name my son after this famous guy, he'll probably have a cool accent and be really good at shooting a gun. Yup.

10. Tom

Like Tom Cruiz. I had a dream about Tom Cruiz the other night. And no, he did not take my breath away. He was a game show host. In my dream. Anyway, this actor is in movies such as Top Gun, Mission Impossible, Knight and Day, and other such action flicks.

And there we go. Please vote for your favorite name in the poll to the right! Go team!!!

Third Trimester!!!

2012-01-14T11:57:00.003-07:00

So tomorrow marks the day that I will enter the third trimester of my pregnancy. I am so excited! Not so much excited to get even bigger than I already am, but excited to be done with this pregnancy. Let me tell you, pregnancy is a beast! Yes, yes it is. But I am happy to have a little baby around.

It is amazing to me how much happiness knowing that I will be bringing a new life into the world brings to me. It is amazing. I know the little boy isn't here yet, but I just really feel peaceful when I know that I'm going to have a baby. I know that this is the purpose of life, to live righteously and create new little bodies for God's children. It makes me very joyful when I feel my little man kicking around inside of me. Sometimes it gets pretty uncomfortable, but just knowing that there is a living baby inside, that Ross and I created, is a wonderful feeling. I have to say that it is probably the most wonderful feeling I've felt. I strongly believe that our Heavenly Father truly has commanded us to "multiply and replenish the Earth." No doubt about it. Even though I'm not officially a parent yet, I firmly believe that it is an outstanding experience that everyone should have.

I am so excited to welcome my new little boy to the family. I was kind of shocked when I realized that technically I could have the baby any day now, and he would most likely survive. I really hope he doesn't come early, because that would be scary and very difficult. But if he does come early, everything will be alright. I love my little boy and I am so excited to meet him in three-ish months!

CHOP!!!

2012-01-09T20:31:00.004-07:00

My hair has been getting really really long. I was going to grow it out and sell it, then I got pregnant, and now it is just driving me crazy. Or it was. I got a haircut this morning and now it is all gone! Just kidding, I am not bald, but it is really short now. I love it! It is so nice not to have my long hair getting in the way all the time. And here's a before and after picture:

Goodbye Chuck

2012-01-07T18:54:00.006-07:00

So Ross and I have been discussing for a while what it is we were going to do with our guinea pig once the baby came. Seeing as Chuck is really noisy, especially late at night and early in the morning, we didn't really want him around when the baby got here. We also are in need of a little more space to fit the baby and his supplies. Ya, babies need lots of stuff. Sheesh. So we came to the conclusion that we would sell Chuck.

Today I put him up on KSL.com. I didn't really think he would sell that fast, so I thought I'd put him up now. Ya, three hours after I posted the ad I got a call. These people were from a small town I'd never heard of that is by Tremonton. They were in Logan and wanted to come and see Chuck. I said, 'Sure!' so they came by. It was a teenage girl who is deaf who wanted Chuck. Her foster mom and interpreter/neighbor came along. They were really nice people. I'm really happy that Chuck is so well behaved. I let the girl hold him and he just cuddled up against her and squeaked his little heart out. It was really cute. She really liked him because he was so calm. Turns out they had just been to PetsMart and the baby guinea pigs were nuts and wouldn't hold still. I'm so proud of my little Chuck. Well, they loved him. I sold them him, his cage, and all his supplies, as well as what we had left of his food and treats all for 25 bucks. I think that was pretty awesome. They were excited to get such a good deal because just the guinea pigs at PetsMart are 35 bucks. Anyway, they paid for him and took him away.

I'm sort of sad about it, I'm gonna miss that little rodent. I did not expect him to be gone so soon, but he's gonna get a whole lot of attention. I was also worried when the baby came that Chuck would just not get any attention at all, but he will be very loved in his new home. He's a good little guinea pig and I hope he has a wonderful life with his new owners. I sure am gonna miss his little squeaks though.

Now I'm trying to talk Ross into letting me get a goldfish....

Birthday List 2012!!!

2012-01-05T14:54:00.022-07:00

My birthday is coming! Hip hip hooray! I think that my birthday is kind of my favorite day in the whole year. Probably because it is awesome. My birthday lands on a Tuesday this year. It will rock. I decided to put together a birthday list in case any of you want to get me something totally awesome!!! Or just something. ;) Mostly I just like thinking about things that I want. I should stop being such a covetous person... I'll work on that....

1. iTunes Gift Card

I freaking love music. I am slightly obsessed with it. An iTunes gift card would basically give me money to buy music, which would be totally hard core. I LOVE iTunes gift cards.

2. Maternity Support Belt

My back is killing me. Yes, thanks little son of mine. I've heard really good things about this one particular belt from Target. It's only available online. Here's the link to it if you want to order me one: http://www.target.com/p/Gabrialla-Medium-Support-Elastic-Maternity-Belt-With-Pocket-Assorted-Colors/-/A-13788543 I would probably need a size Medium.

3. A Cocomotion

These things are freaking amazing. They make hot chocolate. And it is the best hot chocolate EVER! I've always wanted one. So it would be an excellent choice of a gift for me.

4. Titanic DVD

This movie was on my list last year as well. I freaking love this movie. It is probably the best movie I have ever seen in my life. And I want to own it. Boo ya.

5. Star Wars Original Trilogy DVD

I have the prequel trilogy, but not the original! What's up with that? The picture there is of the same type of the prequel ones that I have. Unfortunately, I can't find them cheap anywhere, and that really sucks. I love these movies.

6. Brother Bear DVD

One of my favorite Disney movies of all time!!! It is wonderful, and I think I need it for my collection. And soon I'll have a kid, and I want him to get to watch awesome good Disney movies, so we'll need this one eventually for sure.

7. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

My sister Sarah let me borrow her copy of this book last year. I read it. And it was amazing. So amazing, in fact, that I want to add it to my collection of books. One day I'm gonna have a freaking awesome library full of great books. Until then, I just have to collect the books one at a time. :)

8. East by Edith Pattou

This is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it three times, I think. It is amazing. I strongly recommend it. But what's this? I don't own it! Ridiculous. I think I need this one for shizzle for my library.

9. A Real Live Pikachu

If you can accomplish that, you'll pretty much be my best friend forever. Ross thinks I'm ridiculous, but I am not afraid to say that I am still a Pokemon Master. Hard core. I have dreams all the time with Pokemon in them, and they are fantastic. Sometimes, a lot of the time, I wish Pokemon was real. Oh, well.

10. Nintendo 3DS, Blue

I want one of these so bad. I figure it will be nice to have something that I love to do around when the baby is here and sleeping and I really just need a break or something. Not gonna lie, Pokemon battles are a great way to vent out energy. That or fighting games, which are pretty much awesome. :)

Well, that's all I'll put up here. 10 things isn't too bad. Ya, I'll be 22 on the 17th. Crazy stuff to think about. I really don't feel like I'm that old at all. And now I'm gonna be having a kid. Oh, in 10 days I will start my third trimester. Freaky! But also exciting. Woot! I'm also happy because I got the pictures to be able to post again. Which is excellent news indeed!

2011 Book List

2012-01-01T08:36:00.003-07:00

So last year, meaning 2010, my awesome sister, Sarah, read 100 books in the year. I decided that was a pretty awesome goal and I would try it out. I almost made it! Not really. I read 27 books. :) When I realized about in June there was no way I could make it to 100, I decided just to expand my reading horizons and re-read a bunch of books while throwing in a bunch of new one's as well. So here's the list in order. Books with stars in front are books I read for the first time.
1.Eragon by Christopher Paolini
2. Eldest by Christopher Paolini
3. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
4. *The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (most boring book I've ever read)
5. *Moloka'I by Alan Brennert
6. *Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (another dull book)
7. *Beyonders by Brandon Mull
8. *Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
9. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
10. *Until We Meet Again by Michael Korenblit
11. *Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
12. *Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst
13. Holes by Louis Sachar
14. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
15. *Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
16. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
17. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
18. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
19. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
20. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
21. *The Last Lecture by Randy Pauche (everyone should read this)
22. *Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
23. *Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
24. *The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
25. *Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
26. *Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
27. Time and Eternity by E. M. Tippetts
Not too bad of a list. I'm proud of myself. My goal this year is to read at least 28 books to make a new record. I have a long list of books to read, and most of them I haven't read before. But I will still read books I have read, but didn't read in the year 2011. Hooray for 2012! Happy new year!

Let's Talk About Chirstmas

2011-12-27T12:20:00.015-07:00

Last weekend, the 16th through the 20th was spent in Kaysville with my awesome sauce parentals and siblings. It was a lot of fun. On the Saturday we had a Pitt family Christmas party at Golden Corral. It's an ongoing tradition of sorts. And the food was awesome. Sunday we had church with the family and that was nice. My dad gave the sunday school lesson. Go Dad! Monday morning my Dad was Santa for the preschool. Later on Monday Ross had a check up with his doctor at the Primary Children Hospital. He is alive and his aorta has not exploded. Thank goodness. The doctor told us that we would probably want to get an in depth ultra sound of our baby's heart to make sure it is not like Ross's. So we may be doing that in the next month or two or so. I have an appointment with my OB/GYN on Thursday and I will ask him what he thinks. After Ross was done at the doctor we went to the Gateway and had a party there for a few hours. Just walked around and looked at stuff and enjoyed each others' company. It was really nice. We had dinner at the food court because I wanted Chinese and Ross wanted Subway. Hooray for food courts! It was lovely. After dinner we went and looked at the lights on Temple Square. They were beautiful. It was a nice day spent together for sure. We left and came back up to Logan on Tuesday.
On the 23rd we headed up to Afton, WY for Christmas. Ross got pulled over on our way up and got a ticket. Tee hee! He always gives me a hard time because I've gotten two tickets since we've known each other and this was his first. Awesome. Well, when we arrived at Ross's parents' house it was 13 degrees below 0. Brr. ya, it was really cold there. Saturday was just a fun day around the house. My brother-in-law, Jason was there with his wife Shalee and kids Eli, Elsie, and Archer. Those kids are stinkin' adorable. sister-in-law, Lark was also there. Grandma Lark and Uncle Pete also showed up on Christmas Eve. I spent a few hours at the Cottage, which is a fabric/craft/party store my mother-in-law owns. We spent a lot of time looking through a big bin of buttons, which I enjoyed saying. I had a lot of fun just chatting with her and getting to know her better. She is awesome!
Christmas Day was also a lot of fun. Ross and I got up around 7:30. I went downstairs to where the presents were and Elsie came running out in the nude screaming excitedly and pointing at the presents. I have no idea what she was saying, but she sure was excited! (she's 2 years old) I told her she should probably get some clothes on and she rushed off to do so. We had church at 9, so we didn't open the presents until after church, but we did go through our stockings! It was really awesome because Santa came! I had put a candy bar in my stocking and also Ross's, but in the morning there was all sorts of goodies! I got a really cute ty brand beanie baby. Ross was not impressed, but I sure was excited. It was really fun to see Eli and Elsie get ecstatic about their goodies and gifts. That was probably my favorite part, seeing how happy and thrilled they were about everything. That makes me really excited for when I have a bunch of kids that will get excited, too. :)After sacrament meeting was over we opened presents. And boy was that epic! Ross and I got a good haul. We got a big box and a little box of diapers. It is good to start getting prepared I guess. We also got some little things for the baby as well as a pack-n-play playpen thing for the kid. Oh, and a hiking backpack/child carrier. It will be epic. We also got a new digital camera so that we can take pictures of our son once he is here. We got clothes, candy, and some photo albums. It was a pretty spectacular Christmas! The rest of the day was spent relaxing for the adults and playing with the toys for the kids.
Monday morning came and Ross was sick. He gets really bad migraines a few times a year and he feels like he's gonna throw up and such. So he slept in a whole lot. I did most of the packing of the car and such and we left that afternoon. It was a wonderful weekend in Wyoming! I sure do love my in-laws. They are wonderful!
And that is my Christmas post. Woot! Sorry there aren't more pictures. Ross and I are just starting to use our new camera, and then we will have lots of pictures of our adventures that I can use. :D
OH, sorry no pictures again, blogger thing is being retarded still. I'm trying to work it out. Lame sauce.

The Glow

2011-12-16T10:22:00.003-07:00

So apparently pregnant women have a special glow about them. I've never really seen it. But I guess I'm one of those women that glow when pregnant. We had a ward member mention it to Ross on Sunday that I was all aglow in pregnancy. And then color guard girls at practice last night were all bubbly and giddy about how I was glowing. And they all had to rub my tummy. At least they asked first. That is a good thing.
On another note, I finished a blanket for my son. It's pretty awesome. And it will keep him toasty and warm in the cold winters of Logan. I tried to upload a picture, but it keeps putting the HTML version up, which is just letters and stuff. Lame sauce.

The Little Baby

2011-12-03T10:22:00.006-07:00

Yesterday I had my 20 week ultra sound. Ultra sounds are amazing. I just think it is so cool that they put this thing on my belly and I can see my baby on a tv screen. Technology astounds me. The baby is totally healthy! This first picture is of the little one's face. You can see the nose and lips, there's an arrow pointing at them in case you are confused. :) Such a cutie pie!

In this next picture you can see the four chambers of the heart. How amazing that I got to see the heart pumping in my little one! Cool stuff for sure.

This is a picture of the baby's spine. A very healthy little spine if I do say so myself.

And this last picture is of what makes the little baby a man. :) It's a boy! And Ross and I are very excited to meet the little fellow in April.

I Don't Like Doctor Appointments

2011-12-01T10:02:00.002-07:00

So back in October when I had my first ever doctor appointment for the baby, I set up another appointment for this Friday, the 2nd. I put it in my phone so I wouldn't forget. I put it in my phone as being at 9:00 AM. Cool stuff, right? But for some reason when they reminded me of this appointment when I had my November check up, they said it was at 10:00. I guess that is ok. Just an hour, right? So today I get a reminder call for the appointment. The computer said that the appointment is at 10:45. Do we seriously need to do that? I don't know. I thought it was ridiculous. Why this would happen, I have no idea. But that is why I don't like doctor appointments right now. At least I get to find out the gender of my baby tomorrow. Supposing it reveals its genitalia.

Thanksgiving Weekend

2011-11-28T15:22:00.012-07:00

This year Ross and I spent Thanksgiving at home in Logan. Just me and him. In the morning we just hung out for a while. After lunch we went for a drive. Ross really wanted to. We found a pretty cool old house in Wellsville, I think, not really sure where we were, very West though. Ross wanted to stop and look at it. It was a remake of some historical guys house. So naturally, we had to stop and look at it. Instances like this make Ross remind me very much of my sister Sarah.

After getting home from our drive we started working on our Thanksgiving dinner. I was going to make a chicken pot pie. Ross helped me out by cutting the chicken and cooking it. I made the filling and the crust. We added the chicken, filled the pie, and cooked it. And it was super duper delicious! Hooray! It was a very nice dinner. Ross also made some rolls. They came from one of those can things that explode open. I made jello, but I forgot about it in the fridge until that night. But here's a picture of Ross and our lovely meal!

On Friday Ross had work in the afternoon, but had no school in the morning. so what does he do? Plays nintendo. Hadn't even had breakfast and I got this lovely picture of him playing his 007 Golden Eye game with a sucker in his mouth. And he beat the game for the first time in his life! I'm so proud. :) He was very excited to beat a level he never had before, then it started showing the credits. He was a little upset to find out that that was all he had left of the game all this time. Poor guy. We also did a little bit of black Friday shopping. Got something nice for ourselves for Christmas. Woot!

Friday night when Ross got off work we headed down to Kaysville. Saturday my awesome cousin, Alison got married! It was a party. We went to the Bountiful Temple to see her and her new husband Kendall come out. She was so beautiful! It was fun. We also got to go to a luncheon for them and hear her Uncle Andy recite his famous 'Thong' poem. Hooray for cowboy poetry. And in the evening was the reception, where this picture was taken. Woot.

Now Ross and I are back in Logan. We set up our little Christmas Tree today. It is so little and cute. I really wanted to buy a bigger one, Ross wasn't so keen on that idea, so no new bigger tree for us this year. Maybe I can talk him into it next year. We shall see
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Institute!!!

2011-11-21T15:23:00.003-07:00

So I just registered for institute classes next semester. :) I haven't gone to institute in a very long time, so I'm really excited. I'm taking two classes. One, Doctrines of the Gospel Part 2, I already took part one quite a while ago. That class is for just me while Ross is at another class for school. Then, when Ross is done, we are both going to a class. That one is Book of Mormon Part 2. Goes from Alma 30-Moroni 10. I'm really excited to take those classes!!!

A Reading Party

2011-11-16T14:21:00.003-07:00

I have been reading a whole lot of books this year, and that has been wonderful! The past three days I have been reading like crazy. The final book of The Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini, has come out. I wanted to borrow it from my parents and read it. I read the first three books at the beginning of this year. When I was down in Kaysville this weekend I told Leslie I was taking the book, my mom already said it was ok. Leslie was not pleased. But she was still on the second book at the time. Still has one more to read. Party. I read half the book on Monday, which would be about 400 pages. Yes. Yesterday I only read about 100, but today I have to finish it so that my awesome sister Sarah can take it down to Leslie so she won't kill me for taking the book. It is really fantastic and I have loved reading it!

After I'm done with this one I'm going to read The Hunger Games. I've not heard anything bad about it, so it should be good. I'm hoping to read that and the two other books in the series before the year is done. Then I shall post a list of all the books I've read this year! What a party. I was originally shooting for 100 books in a year, and I'm not even close, but honestly, I'm at about 25 and that is still a whole lot of books to read in a year. So ya. :)

Seriously?

2011-11-08T20:47:00.006-07:00

I guess so. Ya know how life just kind of sucks sometimes? That's the boat I'm in right now. I just want to know that I have a purpose. I just have this parasite sucking the life out of me and that's really all I feel good for. Making a baby. And I'm frustrated with Pandora Radio at the moment. It keeps playing stupid songs that I don't want to listen to. Lame sauce. Another issue, I have been writing a book. Haven't worked on it in a while because I got stuck. That was six months ago. Still stuck. So much for that idea. Or maybe not. I'm gonna just try writing and see where that gets me. Some random ideas are better than none, I guess.

So I have been on a leave of absence from my Convergys job for a while. But somewhere along the way the paperwork was misplaced. And that sucks. So I'm trying to get that all figured out, but to be honest, I really don't want to go back to work there. I should probably just quit. Ugh. I hate that job. Which is a reason Ross has been pushing me to work on my book, because he thinks I could get it published eventually. And make money for us and our kid. It's nice to have a supportive husband. I sure do love that guy.

Fetus

2011-11-01T12:21:00.001-06:00

My dear little fetus child is growing. And that has me pretty happy! I've got a little baby bump, which is fantastic. So this morning at about 10:25 AM the little critter rolled over and I FELT IT! It was lovely and wonderful. It felt really weird though, but I was really happy to feel it. I sure do love my little critter. :)

Apparently I'm Stupid

2011-10-24T13:08:00.008-06:00

This has been a long time coming, but today I just feel stupid. Ross hasn't helped that at all. Ross asked me what I was going to do today. I said I was going to clean the apartment. He said that I should also apply for WIC and MediCaid stuff. I asked him to make sure I knew where all our financial stuff was. Then I told him that I was worried I would mess it up because I am stupid. What Ross should have said was: "You're not stupid, it's ok to be worried about messing up. If it would make you feel better we can apply for those things together later." Instead he stood in the hallway for a second, then busted out laughing, then said: "I'm sorry you're stupid." Thanks Ross. Then I told him what he should have said and then he said that, but it didn't mean anything because he was laughing all the way through it. Gosh.

So then I was reading my awesome sister-in-law's blog. That would be Candi. And she was talking about a party plan that was in the back of some book her daughter was reading. (sorry Candi, I didn't get through the whole post yet, and you will see why shortly) This book is about a mouse by the name of Geronimo. Ross asked me to read the post out loud so he could hear. I pronounced the mouse's name Gair-(rhymes with chair)-oh-nemo(like the fish). Ross busted out laughing again. "Um," he said, "That Geronimo." Which he pronounced Ger-(like the beginning of German)-on-im-oh. Well don't I look like a dunce. Thanks again husband for making me feel stupid. I still love the guy though. And then I was too upset to finish reading so I just closed out of it. Oh, and there's a picture of the mouse Geronimo

This reminded me of a time when I was on a first date with my ex, Tanner. (Who, as my father-in-law would be happy to know, is the son of Ross's second cousin.) We were going to see a movie. Woot. There was a poster for the movie Penelope. I said, "Hey look, Penelope!" Which I pronounced Penn-elle-ope(rhyming with nope). My kind date said, "Um, that's Penelope." Which he pronounced Penn-elle-oh-pee. My bad. That's actually a really great movie, by the way. Just saying. And there's a picture of the movie poster, too. .

So apparently I can't read and I'm kind of stupid. But don't worry, I got the last laugh. Ross couldn't open the door this afternoon on his way to work. "Who's stupid now?!" I shouted and laughed. It's sure a good thing we love each other, me and that Ross.

Productivity

2011-10-21T20:36:00.006-06:00

I am trying so hard to be productive through my day. And that is ridiculously harder than it sounds. I've really been feeling crappy the past few days. I've been nauseated, but thankfully haven't thrown up in a while. My head gets all dizzy when I'm standing for too long, which my doctor says is due to my body getting used to pumping more blood through itself for the pregnancy. Lovely. I really hate feeling all lazy and unproductive, as I have felt for the past two months. Yes. That is how long I've been sick. And it is gross and lame and I hate it.

I did clean the toilet today, that was good. It was really gross. I only did the inside, the outside is also pretty nasty. I wiped it down pretty quick today, but it needs to be scrubbed. It is also just hard to be productive when I am so exhausted. This baby is really wiping me out. I had no idea that so much energy had to go toward making a baby. Goodness. It is a little ridiculous. needs to be done, too. Lame. I really need to clean the whole bathroom and living room. They're pretty messy. Oh, and I'll have to do the laundry again soon. Lame sauce. And poor Chuck needs a cage cleaning. He also needs a bath and to have his nails trimmed. Poor baby. I really need to get on this stuff.

On the bright side, I'm almost at 15 weeks. Within the next month or so I should be able to feel the baby. And that is a pretty exciting thought! It sure is crazy to think that I'm gonna be a mom. I doubt that I will ever feel like I'm ready for this, but who knows. Everything will work out for the best.

On another note, marching band has been fantastic. I freaking love being involved at Mountain Crest. The band has done really well this year. We were the only Utah band at the Idaho State competition this year and we got all of the captions and first place in our 5A division. I'm really proud of those kids. I started to realize the other day that I pray for them. I sure must love those kids a lot. And I do. The picture is of (in order from left to right) Allycia, Chris, Jamie, Angie, and Laisha. They would be the guard captains and the drum majors. That picture is from ISU. What a party that was.

What Is That Thing?

2011-10-17T19:09:00.002-06:00

I realized the other day that I couldn't button up one of my pairs of pants. I looked down and poked my tummy. Blubber. The whole thing. Just kidding. Apparently the fetus is growing! Right now it is just pushing my insides all around so that is what is poking out, not baby yet, but a lot of innards. And it is quite the belly indeed. Woot. It is nice to see the effects of pregnancy, such as my freaking huge boobs. Just saying. It is nice because it helps me know that this morning sickness and exhaustion is really for a purpose. I'M HAVING A BABY! I tend to say that a lot. It surprises me every time. Holy crap, I'm gonna be a mom. Yikes.

Truth About Pregnancy

2011-10-02T19:31:00.005-06:00

So it is true. I am pregnant. To be honest, I hate it. I don't hate that I'm having a child, what I hate is that I am nauseated all the time, throw up pretty much every day, have sore chesticles, can smell EVERYTHING for the first time in my life, have terrible breath, am completely exhausted all the time, can only keep down a few different foods, and my mind is way more scattered than it was before. The other day Ross had dropped some papers on the kitchen floor and I didn't notice until he was at work. But I didn't pick them up because I thought he wanted them there. He laughed when I told him that when he was home. The food at the moment that is staying down best is Eggo waffles. Yum. Usually with lots of butter and a little bit of powdered sugar. Today I tried it with cinnamon sugar, it has stayed down, but was not as good as the powdered sugar.

Tomorrow I go to the doctor for the first time which will be very nice. Then I can learn stuff and know that all this gunk I'm going through really is worth it. I just pretty much feel bloated and fat all the time, like I'm about to start my period, though I haven't had that in two and a half months. It'll just be nice to see the little fetus on a monitor. Woot. It will also be nice to get a more affirmative due date. Then I can know how much longer I'm supposed to be having this dreaded mourning sickness. Which is what I am calling it because it lasts all blasted day long.

Ross's Birthday

2011-09-22T14:07:00.007-06:00

So Ross's birthday is coming up in about a week. And I just realized nobody knows what to get him!!! So here's a quick list. To be honest, he doesn't really want much at all. He's such a pansy. And he won't let me spend lots of money on him for his birthday, but he always spends tons of money on me. No fair. Maybe.

Ross would like, and also needs, some new black socks. He likes the ones that go up his calves. They keep him warm. He also does not like really thin socks because they don't last very long. So he needs thicker ones to be happy.

Ross is also in need of some white socks. He prefers the ones that go up his calf as well, and those would be fine. But he is also in need of some white ankle socks so that I will let him go out in public. So yes, white socks of either length would be nice. Oh, and same as the black socks, he likes thicker ones.

Ross would like some casual button down shirts. He says that he would like more short sleeve ones, but I'm sure long sleeve ones would be fine as well.

One of Ross's favorite candies is Peanut Butter M&M's. So if you don't know what else to get him, you can get him some candy. He also likes Twixes, Snickers, and Peanut Butter Cups.

Ross does NOT want any movies. I'm a movie person and always want them, but Ross does not. He thinks our collection is fine as it is. Posh.

I Hate Being Sick

2011-09-09T20:32:00.004-06:00

Being sick is the worst thing ever. I've been home sick for the past three days. And it sucks. Just saying. I've been throwing up and sleeping all day. Bleck.

Ross has started a new semester of school. He is only taking a few classes, so that he can still survive working full time. What an amazing husband I have. He sure is a hard worker. And he takes such good care of me since I'm so sick. He is fantastic.

And color guard is going splendidly. Unfortunately I haven't been to the last few practices because I've been throwing up. Gross. At least I'm not the only person working with the guard, because then I would have to go anyway. Thank goodness.

1 Year Anniversary

2011-08-14T08:25:00.004-06:00

So I am a little behind in my posting, but that is ok. So on July 31st Ross and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary. Pretty much freaking awesome sauce! Yes, I do think so. It was on a Sunday so we went on a date on Saturday. We went to the Logan Aquatic Center in the afternoon. The picture is us after eating out lunch at the water place. It was a pretty fun little swimming pool and play area and slides and such. We liked the kid pool best because it was way warmer than the other pool. Heck yes.

After the Aquatic Center we came home and took a nap after which we did laundry. I don't like doing laundry, but it sure does need to be done.

In the evening we went to the batting cages and hit some baseballs around. This was where I learned that I am much more sporty than my husband. It had really been a while since I had hit a baseball or a softball or anything, it was fantastic!!!

It has been a wonderful year together. We discussed what we had learned, the thing that both of us said first was that we learned to watch what we say. Pretty good stuff to learn if I do say so myself. :) I sure do love my husband!

Insurance Sucks, But Harry Potter Does Not

2011-07-21T18:22:00.004-06:00

I hate insurance. That is all there is to it. I can get covered anywhere, because I am all healthy and stuff. But Ross is another story. I have this great job where I am able to get benefits. We signed up for medical and vision insurance. Got information about it in the mail yesterday. Due to Ross's pre-existing condition, he can't be covered by the insurance for another year. Stupid? Yes, I do think so. And Ross even needs it more than I do. Pa-thet-ick. yes indeed.

Well, last Saturday Ross and I traveled down to Kaysville. My parents, who are awesome, took us to see the new Harry Potter movie. Unfortunately, it is the last Harry Potter movie. The movie was intense and awesome. They did a good job with it. Sorry Julie, we did not see the 3D version. But I was ok with that because 3D movies give me a retched headache. But the movie was good. I think they made the beginning scenes too short, and everything else too long. Just saying. It was a good movie, but I was expecting quite a bit more from the finale. Oh, well. It was still really good.

Friends At Work

2011-07-06T12:51:00.005-06:00

I'm sorry that there aren't any pictures with this post, but I don't really have any pictures that would work for it. I hope you all like to read...

Summertime is surely fantastic. I love the sunshine! Life has been going pretty great for me. I am really enjoying my new job at Convergys. I'm making a lot of really good friends in my training group. Here's a little something about the friends I've made.

Becky is a really awesome girl. She is a little shy, but a lot of fun once you get her out of her shell. She went to Layton High School and didn't like Davis very much. I felt the same way about her school. She's a year younger than me.

Camie is totally crazy and tons of fun. She always has something sarcastic to say, and I do love sarcastic people. She is engaged, but the ring isn't finished yet. The ring is is going to cost her lover $22,000 dollars. Absolutely ridiculous. The maid diamond is 3.5 karots. Wow. She's a lot of fun to goof off with.

Taylor is a really awesome girl who is also married to Carson, another of my fiends in class. Taylor is in the army, which I think is pretty kick butt awesome. She loves to quote movies. Carson has a goatee because, as he says, he looks like a twelve year old when he doesn't have facial hair. Which is unfortunate.

Alex is this freaking hilarious guy. He's 29 and only has about half of his hair left on his head. He is really tall and has a great sense of humor. He plays the guitar and is majoring in Computer Science at USU.

Tom is a middle aged man with two kids and a wife that makes great desserts, or so he says. He's a really nice guy and is also very smart. We like to crack jokes together, and that is pretty much cool beans.

Another of my buddies is Joe. He actually lives in Layton but is trying to find a place in Logan for his family. So he commutes over an hour to and from work each day. Crazy. He used to fly Thunderbirds in the military. And he has gotten to shake President Obama's hand. He has two little daughters that are stinking adorable, he showed me pictures, so I know.

Amanda is one of my trainers. I haven't seen her for a week because she's been out of town. She loves sports and has a 5 year old step-daughter who she loves very much. She is proud of herself because she used to be really over-weight and now only weighs half of what she used to weigh. Way to go, Amanda.

JD is the other trainer and he is freaking hilarious. His favorite color is pink and he has a wife and son named Owen. He loves to brag about his family, which I think is pretty cute. He loves shoes and when I asked him how many pairs of shoes he had his reply was: "About 52 pairs." Holy crap.

Anyway, that's just a little about my friends at work. I really enjoy it. I think I will probably stick around this company for a while. I would like to be a trainer eventually. I told JD and he said that I should work really hard to be really great at everything we're learning. And he said to remind him and he would introduce me to the right people. Woot!

Convergys

2011-06-24T16:48:00.007-06:00

So yesterday I saw on ldsjobs.org, which is a fabulous website by the way, that the call center place called Convergys was hiring. Naturally, as a person looking for a job, I applied. Last night I got an email from them with some assessments they wanted me to take and also a typing test. Dude, I totally typed that thing's face off. Anyway, it all went well and I finished the assessments.

This morning I got a call from a man by the name of Richard who works at Convergys. And he wanted to set up a phone interview for this afternoon. I said yes. And had my interview at 3:50 pm. Woot. We chatted, he asked me about my schedule and about myself and I rocked. Half an hour from the beginning of our conversation and him asking me all sorts of interview-ish questions he offered me a job. And I said yes.

And that is the story of how I got a job in two days. :) So here's a little bit about Convergys. It is located behind Lee's Marketplace in Logan. And it is a call center, as I mentioned earlier. So I get to be one of the people like those in this here picture. Yes, yes I do. And I'm gonna be the best phone answering person EVER. So Convergys has some basic goals and values within the company. The main goal is to have a strong relationship with the customers and to help them fix problems. The Convergys here in Logan works with Comcast, so I can help people with their tv problems. Woot! Quote from their website: "Convergys has approximately 70,000 employees in 67 customer contact centers and other facilities in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and our global headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio." That's a lot of employees. And now I am one of them! Party. I think mostly I am excited to have a job so I can start making money for Ross's school. Woot!

Woes of a Retainer

2011-06-23T09:38:00.003-06:00

So I have a permanent retainer on the bottom row of my teeth connected to my canines then running across the back of my incisors. I also have one on the top of my mouth. This one is connected to all four of my top incisors. When I went to the dentist last month, the dentist told me that the top retainer was broken between my two right side insiders, but it didn't seem to be a problem. Hooray! So then last night, Ross and I were eating corn dogs. I felt the retainer crunch against something and it disconnected from my right front tooth. So I just had this wire hanging there and it was bothersome, so then I put on my retainer that comes in and out so I wouldn't feel an annoying wire. Things seemed to be alright today until I just a little after 2:00 pm brushed my teeth. Yikes. The toothbrush got caught on the loosely hanging wire and ripped the whole thing off of my other two teeth! Ouch, that freaking hurt a lot. So now there is no wire there, except the little piece that I guess is still connected to my right tooth next to the canine. Sad day. So I have my other retainer on now. Woot. All this trouble over trying to keep my teeth strait and clean. Sheesh.

Schindler's List

2011-06-17T10:59:00.003-06:00

So last night Ross and I watched the movie Schindler's List. We had found it edited at the Books of Yesterday, which also rents out movies for 1 dollar a week. Woot! Anyway, the movie was all done in black and white, except for the occasional color. Which only happened about 4 times and it was only specific things, like the flame in a fire or a little girl's jacket.

Anyway, it was a good movie. The movie wasn't really what I expected at all, which is fine. Ross really enjoyed it. I felt like it didn't quite live up to my expectations, but it was still a really good movie. And of course, John Williams wrote some amazing music for it. I also enjoyed seeing a much younger Liam Neeson. Yes. Anyway, I think that it is a movie that everyone should see sometime in their lives. Yup, that's what I think. :)

Eat, Sleep, Guard

2011-06-10T11:26:00.003-06:00

Basically, that's how my last four days went. Practice for the Mountain Crest Marching Band was on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8-11; but the guard went from 7:30-11. Then on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening there was practice again from 6-8, but again, the guard started early at 5. Woot! The color guard adviser, Kacie, is in California for the summer where her husband got a summer job. She hired Bryan Berger, who I have spun with before, to lead the practices. I got in touch with her and I am going to get paid and I get to stay around through fall season and even into the winter. Woot!

So yes. I got up and ate breakfast, went to color guard, came home and ate lunch then took a nap, then headed back to the school early to work on organizing the color guard closet, then got home and made dinner for me and Ross when he got home. Then I went to bed and started over again. Holy cow, what an exhausting week! But it was really great to be so busy. Practices are slowing down now, it was just so busy for this first week to learn a lot of basic marching stuff. Woo hoo!

Anyway, I'm totally worn out from the week. Thankfully, there wasn't practice today. But I still woke up at 7 without an alarm clock. Wow. But then I just snoozed until 8 because I wanted to sleep in. Yes, yes I did.

CELEBRATION!!!

2011-06-02T13:12:00.004-06:00

I had contacted Jason Petrovich, the band director at Mountain Crest High School. He talked with the guard director and they want me there to help with guard!!! I'M SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!! I start on Monday. Woot! Fast stuff, I'm uber duber excited for this! I never thought I'd be lucky enough to have such an opportunity after leaving Lone Peak. Huzzah!

Top Ten Favorite Actors

2011-06-01T16:35:00.018-06:00

So now I am going to do a post of my top ten most favorite actors. Ross did not like my actress post, he did not agree with anything I said in it. But that is ok, I still love him. So here goes:

10. Ashton Kutcher

What a stud! But that is not how he made the list. I actually enjoy the characters he plays in movies he's been in. I especially liked his parts in The Guardian and Cheaper By The Dozen. Ya, he is definitely not my all time favorite actor, but was able to make it to number 10. Here's a quote from this guy: "I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working."

9. Harrison Ford

Han Solo, Indana Jones, what a spectacular actor! Those would be my favorite movies that he is in. And he was such a hunk back in the day. But again, that is not why he made the list. He is just an outstanding actor, if I do say so myself. And I do! He's done a lot of incredible movies and I think he is awesome sauce. Here's a Harrison Ford quote: "Whoever had the bright idea of putting Indiana Jones in a leather jacket and a fedora in the jungle ought to be dragged into the street and shot."

8. Tom Hanks

Mr. Hanks, someone that I have noticed a lot of people really love. I have to say I am on that list, though I'm not a fanatic. From Forest Gump to the Davinci Code, this guy can play almost any part, in my opinion. And that's really all I have to say about this awesome dude. But here's a quote: "If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay."

7. Liam Neeson

Aslan! Qui-Gon Jinn! That one guy in Batman Begins! And even Jean Valjean! Oh, and also the dad in Taken! Holy cow, this guy is amazing. I absolutely love his work and he pretty much kicks butt. He takes every part he gets and basically rocks the world with it. Yes, indeed. And here is a quote: "I never did think of myself as handsome--terribly attractive, yes, but not handsome."

6. Alan Rickman

Snape, Snape, Severus Snape. And my, what a fantastic Snape he is! I absolutely love this guy. He's awesome. I totally freaking love when he is that guy, Alex, in Galaxy Quest. Awesome movie. Yes. And he's even the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. Anyway, I think he is awesome sauce. Here's a quote: "I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously."

5. Will Smith

Will Smith kicks butt, 'nuff said. I love that he can play a variety of characters. From I Am Legend to Hitch, holy cow he's amazing. And really funny and really good at what he does. I actually won a Will Smith Look-Alike Contest once. I was dressed as Hancock. And I've never seen the movie, but my roommate had. I guess I'm good at pretending to be black. Here's a Will Smith quote: "I really believe that a man and a woman together, raising a family, is the purest form of happiness we can experience."

4. James Marsden

This man has a nice smile, no? And I love his versatility with film! And he can sing. I think he was absolutely phenomenal in Enchanted! I freaking love that movie. But Ross doesn't, but I don't care. Anyway, this actor rocks my socks. And here's a quote from him: "If you're an attractive guy, everyone thinks you're successful just because of the way you look. I hate that."

3. Hugh Jackman

Wolverine!!! And kick butt awesome and a very attractive man. I recently saw Kate and Leopold, loved Mr. Jackman in that movie! He's got style. I also love him in the Prestige. Great movie. I just totally love his talent, and he sure does have talent! And here's a quote: "Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely

satisfying."

2. Ewan Mcgreggor

Did you know that his name is actually pronounced "you-an?" ya, I didn't. It's amazing what you can learn on IMDB. Holy cow, this guy is probably the most handsome actor out there! And is fantastic with a light saber. I am so amazed by his work! I mean Big Fish, Star Wars, Moulin Rouge, The Island; he's kind of amazing. This guy is a very talented man. I wish I could meet him one day. Here's a quote from him: "I've been waiting nearly twenty years to have my own light saber. Nothing's cooler than being a Jedi Knight."

1. Michael Caine

I FREAKING LOVE THIS ACTOR! I think the first movie I ever saw him in was the Muppet Christmas Carol. I sure loved that movie! And now he's in all of these fantastic films. The Prestige, Batman, Secondhand Lions, even Inception. He is by far my favorite actor of all time. He was born in 1933, and I hope he doesn't die anytime soon, I will surely miss him. I love his accent, and he has such an impressive talent for acting. He's great. Here's a quote: "Be like a duck, my mother used to tell me. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath."

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

2011-05-28T17:18:00.002-06:00

And I'm moving back to Logan, hoping that another color guard opportunity will come up in the near future.

My Top Ten Favorite Actresses

2011-05-26T09:33:00.032-06:00

I had the idea the other day to post about who my to ten favorite actresses are. If there's one thing I love, it would be movies. I freaking love movies!

So heres a list of my most favorite actresses ever. :)

10. Scarlett Johansson

Miss Johansson, mostly known for how sexy she is. I do think that she is very beautiful, but I like her more as an actress than a pretty girl. And I think that she is a talented actress. I just hope that she doesn't get too caught up in her good looks. Here's a quote from her: "It's a great thing to get older and learn. I don't feel bound in any way by how many years I've lived. I identify just as much with my 86-year-old grandmother as I do with my sister."

9. Audrey Hepburn

I honestly wasn't a fan of Audrey Hepburn for the longest time. Then I saw the movie 'Wait Until Dark.' Holy crap she was amazing in that one. I was amazed and

in awe at her talent at playing a blind woman. Yes, indeed. To be honest I haven't seen very many of her movies. But I am definitely wanting to see more of them. Here is a quote form this popular actress: "Success is like reaching an important bi

rthday and finding you're exactly the same."

8. Julie Andrews

Ah, Merry Poppins! I love Julie Andrews! She is an incredibly amazing actress. She has so much talent and beauty and grace. Naturally, I chose a younger picture of her. Not that I don't like her older, but I just always remember the younger her when I think of her. She's cool beans for sure! Here is a quote from her: "Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it."

7. Jenna Fischer

Pam Beesly, yes indeed! To be honest I've only ever seen Jenna Fischer in the Office, which is one of my favorite tv shows ever. But it is a good show and Miss Fischer does a fantastic job with it! She's my favorite character, aside from Dwight that is. ;) And here is a quote: "Honestly it would be great to get to play Pam for a long, long time...I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role."

6. Emma Watson

Holy crap Hermione is amazing. And that is who Emma Watson

will always be to me. We are the same age, but I am three months and two days older. Woot! I have loved watching the Harry Potter movies and Emma Watson is the best! It was great to see how much she could improve her acting ability from the first movie to the last. She's totally my hero. Here's a quote from Miss Watson: "I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my feet on the ground, stick to friends and family and try and lead a normal life."

5. Natalie Portman

My thing for Miss Portman began with Star Wars Episode 1, naturally. She made a fantastic Padme Amidala. I love to see her in other movies because I think she is a great actress. She has a beautiful smile. But she will always be Padme to me. :) Here's a quote from her: "I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruined my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star."

4. Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman is a person that took me some getting used to. She is so different and unique, but I have grown to admire and respect her work. She is a fantastic actress. Oh, and she can sing, too; as was seen in Moulin Rouge. And for a Nicole Kidman Quote: "Regrets are ridiculous, so I don't regret, no."

3. Sigourney Weaver

Ah, this actress became my hero back when Galaxy Quest came out. And that is a fantastic movie. I admire her ability to portray such a variety of characters. I enjoyed seeing her as a 'navi' in Avatar, that was pretty cool. But yes, I do like Sigourney Weaver. And for a quote from her: "I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about."

2. Gwyneth Paltrow

This actress is awesome! I absolutely love her in the movie Emma. And she is awesome because she is in Iron Man. Yes indeed she is. And she also has an amazing singing voice! It was when she was on an episode of Glee that I came to love this actress. Yes. I think she is beautiful and very talented. She is an amazing person! And her is a quote from Miss Paltrow: "The simpler things are, the happier they are."

1. Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter is my absolute favorite actress ever!!! I have always been impressed by her skills in acting. I think she is a uniquely beautiful woman who is full of spunk and personality. I admire her ability to take any character and make them her own. She is so talented and can play any variety of characters without flaw. Oh, and today is also her birthday! Happy birthday! And a quote by Helena Bonham Carter: "I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life." Ya, there wasn't really anything superb that she said, but that is ok. She is still my favorite.

Interview Thursday

2011-05-25T14:18:00.002-06:00

So I have an interview at the Ribbonwood Vet Clinic tomorrow. And today I got a call from Wendy's, the fast food place, and now I have an interview there as well. I hope one of these work out! Preferably the vet one, but I'm pretty much good with anything at this point. :) Pray for me!

The Job Search

2011-05-24T17:54:00.003-06:00

This entire month my searching for a job has not gone well at all. I've been trying to be productive and stay positive. It's hard not to get discouraged. I've gotten this amazing opportunity to work with the Lone Peak Guard, and I freaking love it. I just feel like I belong there. I love the girls and I love teaching them. I always dreamed of being a guard director for the rest of my life, and now that I've done it, I can actually see myself doing it and loving it for all of my life. Unfortunately, if I haven't found a job down here by this week, then I am going to be moving back to Logan with Ross. I don't know when another color guard opportunity will come up for me, and that makes me sad to think about leaving.

At church on Sunday I made a new friend, Lorraine. She is this really old lady that is full of spunk. She can't walk very well, and uses a walker. She's really outspoken and is not afraid to speak her mind. I bet she drove men crazy back in the day. Anyway, she is a widow and basically thinks that I'm the best thing ever, which, of course, I am. Not really. But I was talking to her about the whole job thing and she said, "Have you put your name on the prayer roll?" I said, "I didn't know you could put your own name on that." She then said, "Gah!" and then she grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down the number for the Provo Temple and told me to call them and leave my name to be on the prayer roll.

So that's what I did. Got my name on the roll. And ya know what? I think it may have worked! I was talking to Darilyn and Joanne, the other guard director folk, yesterday and that was awesome. Joanne works at a senior living home and said that they were gonna be looking to hire someone really soon. I went by and applied today and that was totally awesome. I presented myself well and feel really good about it. So then, when I got home, I got a call from one of the many vet clinics I have applied at. And I have an interview there on Thursday morning!! Hooray! I hope that something works out. I also applied at Blockbuster Video today. They are hiring. And I went by and talked to the manager. We'll see about that, too.

Oh, and the picture is of my friend, Miles. He likes to follow me around. He sure boosts my self esteem!

My Long Weekend

2011-05-18T09:16:00.011-06:00

So I still don't have a job, and that is starting to really stress me out. I really need one! But that is ok, I'm trying to stay positive and productive and I'm still applying to tons of places. Woot!

So this past weekend was pretty awesome for me. On Thursday, Ross came down to Orem after getting an MRI in Salt Lake. He spent the night. It was a lot of fun to see him and cuddle with him in bed. Woot! He left Friday morning so he could get to work up in Logan.

On Saturday afternoon-ish, I headed up to Kaysville to chill with my family. I mostly just hung around until the evening when my awesome brother Matt had his Eagle Court of Honor thing. I'm so proud of that kid! Way to be, Matt, for officially becoming an Eagle Scout!!! The picture is a of a really cool eagle statue thing my parents got for Matt. Lucky kid. I didn't get anything that cool when I got my Young Womanhood Recognition. Sheesh. Oh, well. We all ate lots of s'mores and such. Well, I only had two s'mores. After going off sugar in April, I have a hard time eating too much sugar at once and I get a headache. So ya, that's good for my health!

Sunday was great. I went to chur

ch with my family and Ross, w

ho was supposed to be coming down in the evening, surprised us all by showing up at the end of Sacrament meeting. I guess he got there during the opening hymn, but didn't know where we were sitting. But that is ok. I sure love that man! It was fun to have him down there with my family. He sure is a fantastic husband!!!

On Monday, which was still part of my weekend, I went to the dentist. I thought I was going to have at least 5 cavities. But by a complete miracle, I didn't have any! Woo hoo! That was wonderful. But the dentist asked me how often I floss my teeth to which I replied: "Um... Like... Once a month?" I got in trouble. He said that my gums are getting swollen and if I didn't start flossing once a day that I would have to have deep and painful teeth cleaning done to save my teeth. Darn. But I've flossed every day thus far. Woot! The dentist also discovered that my jaw opens crooked. I had always thought it looked a little funny, but now I know why. So when the jaw opens, the hinges are supposed to open up and then release to open wide. The left side of my jaw does this correctly, but my right side doesn't release, so my jaw swings to the side be

cause of the unevenness of the opening. Weird. But kind of interesting. And that is also why that side of my mouth always hurts when I sing too much, like at church, or when I am at the dentist and am holing my mouth open for a long time. If you look at any picture of me with my mouth open wide, you can tell my jaw is crooked.

On Monday Ross also had some more tests done on his heart. I got there shortly after he had begun his echo-cardiogram. We were there for a while and got to watch all of Megamind. What a fantastic movie!!! We both love it. After Ross's echo, we went into another room and he had an EKG done. I don't know what that stands for, but the picture is of him getting it. He's got all those wires hooked up to him and it measures his heart's rhythm and such. The nurse didn't think I was very funny when I whistled at Ross when he took off his shirt. I thought I was pretty funny. Whatever. After that Dr. Su came in and checked some stuff on Ross and then chatted with us for a while. Oh, and there was also a resident there. She has disected a kadaver, I asked, naturally. Well, the verdict was good! Ross does not need open heart surgery this year. His aorta has actually not swollen at all in the past year and a half! What a relief. It's the same size it was in November 2009. So that is good. When it gets too big, he's gonna need surgery. I hope that is a while away.

Also on Monday, Ross and I went to see The King's Speech at the Kaysville Theatre with Shelby and her practically fiancee, Dan. The movie was edited, so not rated R. Woot! It was PG-13, which was good. The movie was fantastic! I got excited because I recognized tons of the actors from other movies such as Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the original Pride and Prejudice. ya, an amazing cast. It definitely deserved all the awards it got!

On Tuesday morning we all got up early to get to the Bountiful Temple. My brother Matt, went through the temple for the first time! Ross and I were both very happy to be there to support him. I'm so proud of my brother! That was also my first time doing a session at the Bountiful Temple. It was beautiful! And pretty much just like the Mount Timpanogas Temple, which I have been to. Woot! It was wonderful to be in the temple with my family. I love those guys.

After the temple I drove Ross back up to Logan so he could get to work and then drove all the way down to Orem for color guard practice. Practice was really good, except that I was super tired and kind of out of energy. Sad day, but that's alright.

And it was nice to be back in Orem as well. My kitty friend, Miles, really missed me. He was following me all over the place when I got home. What a silly cat. But I learned that he is terrified of hair dryers. Poor fella.

Gur....

2011-05-10T19:18:00.002-06:00

I am having a hard time. On the one hand, I am absolutely loving working with the Lone Peak Color Guard. It is so much fun and I freaking love it! On the other hand... I miss my Ross! I knew that this would be hard, but goodness I miss that man. Every night, when Ross gets home from work, he calls me and we talk for about an hour. It is spectacular and probably my favorite part of the day. I do miss cuddling with my husband. He's just so handsome and cuddly! And I have discovered that I talk about him all the time. Probably because he is my favorite person ever. But that is hard because then I miss him.

Another thing that has me upset is this whole job situation. I had a job interview at the Banfield Vet Clinic, which is inside of PetsMart. The working interview was not so good. And I still haven't heard back from them, so I figure I didn't get the job. Lame sauce. I did get a job working for Vector Marketing, to sell Cutco products. Ya.... I decided not to do that. Partially because my husband said not to because it would suck and I would be bad at it. But mostly because I didn't think I would enjoy it at all. So I've applied at tons of places at the University Mall. They are all hiring because now all the students are gone. Woot. I had an interview at Buckle yesterday. That did not go well at all. I thought that I was presenting myself well and answering the questions good. But she kept repeating the exact same question wanting a different answer. And she asked dumb questions such as: "What makes you think you're an outgoing person?" or "Why should I hire you? You don't have any sales experience." or "Why do you think you are good with people?" I could answer all three with: "Because I'm awesome." But I didn't. But I did my best. I should hear back from them on Wednesday for whether to come in for a second interview or if they are not gonna talk to me again. Sheesh.

I am totally exhausted today! I was color guarding for six hours. Three of those hours were at an actual guard practice. The other half was at the Mountain Ridge Middle School where JoAnn and I taught flag stuff to students in gym class. This is our attempt to get more people on the color guard. I had so much fun at guard practice, but can I just say that middle school kids show no respect to anyone at all? Crazy hooligan children.... And also, one of the girls on the guard didn't show up to practice today. Her mom wrote her a note saying that she wouldn't make it to practice because she was working on a research paper. Most pathetic excuse for missing marching band ever. Those of you who have been in band should agree.

Anyway, that is me venting and all that. I guess I need to do it every now and again. Woot. Oh, and there's a really cute Pikachu shirt at Hot Topic that I totally want to buy. But I also don't want to spend 20 bucks on a t-shirt. Sheesh.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

2011-04-28T09:14:00.004-06:00

Basically I am freaking excited for the second part to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie to come out. I watched a fantastical trailer for it last night and I was pretty much freaking out through the whole thing. Here is the link to watch it:

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi137338137/

BAH!!! I'm so excited!!!

And in honor of this movie I have added another poll to the side of my blog. That would be to see which book from the Harry Potter series is the most popular. Please feel free to vote in the poll, or not if you are lame sauce. :)

Easter Eggs and Happy Babies

2011-04-22T09:28:00.026-06:00

Last Sunday Ross and I dyed easter eggs. We had three eggs each to dye and it was awesome. Here are some pictures from our first time dying eggs as a married couple!

Ross dying an egg.

My first time being able to write the last name Bateman on my egg.

Ross's cool egg.

My cool egg.

Ross eating another awesome egg. Actually, I think he just wanted to see if he could fit it in his mouth.

Ross and me together!

So something that I learned about my husband is that he does not

like to eat the yolks of hard boiled eggs. So we have finally found something that I will e

at but Ross will not. I don't know if there is anything else that I eat but Ross won't. Aside from mustard and ketchup sandwiches, that is. :)

Oh, and here is a picture of my dear guinea pig, Chuck. Just because I love him.

So on Wednesday, the 20th, Ross and I headed down to Orem where I am now residing. We stopped in Kaysville to visit my family and to give Daniel his birthday present, which was awesome, by the way. I also took my dog Sparky on a walk. Ross and I also had a wonderful time joining my mom's preschool for a while. We got to paint some egg shaped paper and also to sing some dinosaur songs with the kids. Those kids are crazy. Yes indeed they are.

I asked Sparky to pose on the walk and this is what I got.

Here is Sparky on his stool that he loves. I do love that cutie puppy!

After Kaysville Ross and I traveled to Tooele to visit his brother, Jason, and his family. Shalee just had a new baby. His name is Archer Dunn Bateman. And he is stinkin' cute. They were great to feed Ross and I dineras well. I really do love that family. Eli did have a hard time though, he wasn't very happy at dinner time, but Elsie sure was a chatter box. But all she really said was: "Da da da da da da da!" But that is ok, she is still cute.

Here is a picture of Elsie, she wouldn't smile, but that is ok.

Here is Eli on Ross's shoulders, I know it's blurry, but I don't really care.

Here is baby Archer! I think maybe I will nickname him Legolas, because Legolas is awesome and also an archer, although mostly he is a handsome elf.

Here is me holding baby Archer.

Here is Ross holding baby Archer.

Baby Archer isn't sure what he thinks of Ross.

After Tooele, Ross and I went on our way to Orem. It was a nice drive that we went on and it was really fun just to talk for a while. Oh, and hold hands, too. :) We made it to my Aunt Stacie's and Uncle Bill's house around 8:00 and then moved my stuff inside. They sure are fantastic for letting me stay at their place for a while. Their house is gorgeous. They also have a crazy cat named Miles. He is ridiculous and likes to randomly attack my legs. At least he is de-clawed. :) Well, Ross left to head back to Logan around 9 and made it back safely. I really do miss that guy, but I'm also very excited to get started working with the Lone Peak color guard next week! The orientation for try-outs is on Monday, and then clinics and try outs are throughout next week. I'm super excited and I hope I can also find another job. I'm a little nervous, but also excited, for my job interview at a vet clinic on Tuesday. Wish me luck!

Here is a picture of Miles.

Lone Peak

2011-04-15T10:08:00.004-06:00

After much prayer, fasting, pondering, etc, Ross and I came to the decision that I should go down to Highland and work with the Lone Peak color guard. And that is what I am going to do. The plan is that Ross will stay up here in Logan to complete this semester and to continue his job, as it is very nice that he has a full time job right now. I am moving down on the 20th of this month, which is coming very quickly indeed. I will be living with my awesome Uncle Bill and Aunt Stacie for the first little while as I search for a job and another place to live.

I talked to Darilyn and we are both very excited for me to help out. I am super excited for this amazing opportunity! On a slight side note, I already have a job interview at the Veterinary clinic in the PetsMart in American Fork. Woo hoo! That interview is on the 26th. Pray for me! It would be so cool to be doing color guard and also working with animals at the same time. What a great blessing that would be! It would be absolutely perfect and I would love every second of it!

The plan for Ross to join me is thus: After he finishes his semester here at USU, he is going to begin the process of figuring out transferring schools. That man is amazing, and he does way too much for me, but he is totally happy and willing to do this so that I can fulfill my dreams. At UVU they also have an aviation program and that is where Ross would be going to school. Once I have found an apartment for us and have settled down in it, Ross will come and join me and it will be awesome sauce!

I am really going to miss my ward, but I know that this is what I'm supposed to be doing now in my life. I'm very blessed to have a husband that supports me and believes in me. He is such an amazing man and I am happy to know that I get to be sealed to him for forever. He is my everything and I absolutely adore him. I love my husband!

Decisions, Decisions

2011-04-05T13:02:00.002-06:00

Life has been going splendidly well as of late. Ross and I are still trying to figure out whether or not we should move down to Utah Valley where he can continue his schooling and I can be a color guard advisor. But all will be well and we will figure it out.

General Conference was fantastic, as it usually is. I hope that those of you that watched it enjoyed it as much as I did. I felt like there were a lot of talks that were meant just for me. And Elder Holland even discussed how talks are meant for us, what a great talk.

That's really all that I have to say, but I just wanted to post a little something. Woot!

Color Guard

2011-03-28T20:07:00.004-06:00

So this past Saturday my awesome sister, Sarah, and I traveled down to Kaysville to watch the winter color guard competition at Davis High School. It was a lot of fun, but we were sitting on those hard bleachers for over 5 hours. That was really the only downside I think. I sure do miss guard. Indeed I do.

I am still waiting to hear back from the Mountain Crest guard advisor to see if I can help out there to stay involved. However, my old guard advisor, Darilyn has offered me a job as the guard advisor of the Lone Peak guard. I would absolutely love to take this opportunity, but it's all the way down in Highland, which is by American Fork, which is by Orem, which is by Provo. Anyway, it's kind of far from Logan.

Ross says that I should follow my dreams no matter what, because I may not get an opportunity like this again. But if I do go down there, Ross will still be here in Logan for three years to complete his schooling. I think he should transfer to UVU, where there is also an aviation program. But Ross says that that program sucks. I don't know, perhaps it is. But I can's expect my husband to just move down there for me either.

Anyway, I talked to Daril this morning and if I can find a place down there, I might go down just for the summer and fall band season, and if things work out maybe I can stay longer. We will just have to see how it all goes if I do go down and can be away from Ross so much.

SCHOOL IS OVER!!!

2011-03-22T11:49:00.004-06:00

I have now completed my program at the BATC!! I should be getting my certificate of completion in 2-3 weeks. As a memoir for my program, here are some of the wonderful quotes I've heard from my hear in the Veterinary Assisting/Pre Vet Tech program. Note that some of these are inside jokes. So there. :)

Me: "Oh, Hello, Vulva!"

Me: "I'm gonna earth bend you!"

Ashlyn: "Not if I fire bend you first!"

Erin: "Is there like, some sort of secret to growing a 5:00 shadow?"

Susan: "Come back in 5 years and ask me that again."

Erin: "That won't help, there has to be a secret to it."

Kendall: "Yes, my dog is a butt-licker."

Katelyn: "When we pass by this car, I'm gonna pretend to have a seizure, just to see what they do!"

Me: "And now I will cut it open to see its insides..." The new students all gasp and some start to cry.

Tamera: "Oh, my gosh. It's all because of my stupid boyfriend!"

Danelle: "Really, can you blame me?"

Ashlyn: "Oh, the key was in my pocket the entire time."

Susan: "Who wants to be the student of the month?"

Danelle: "ME!!"

Me: "Darn, I was not fast enough!"

Julie: "Its a ball of fascia!"

Me: "Holy crap!!! That emu is psychotic!!"

Susan: "Yes it is, but don't be afraid of it."

Erin: "Hey, Lee, would you be prepared for a zombie apocalypse?"

Lee: "I don't expect that to happen, but if it did, I have seven hidden weapons ready."

That's all I could think of. Good times. :)

Going to Wyoming!!!!

2011-03-06T16:38:00.001-07:00

This Thursday, when I'm done with class, Ross and I will be heading up to Afton, Wyoming!!! Hooray! I sure do miss my in-laws. We haven't been up there since our open house, which was a week before our wedding. Wowie! I'm really excited. They have a ton of snow up there and I'm super pumped to play in it!

FINALLY!!!!

2011-03-01T16:05:00.005-07:00

So I am finally getting a Nintendo DS!!!!! I am so freaking excited!!!! I found one on KSL.com for only 75 bucks and I'm getting it! Hooray! It's blue. And black. It is like unto the picture there. :) I'm so happy! Now I only need to save up some more money to get a game. Phooey. But I guess that is ok. I just really want to get the new Pokemon White Version that is coming out next week!!! Gah! Then I can get a rare pokemon, Victini! Who is cute. There's a picture. Victini is the first fire and psychic type. Which is pretty much awesome. :)Unfortunately, Victini is only available up until April 10. So I need to get the game before then to get it. Phooey. It probably won't happen, which would be unfortunate. But I'm sure I will get over it.....

Also, my poll about which Disney princess is best is now over. The winner was Belle, from Beauty and the Beast. She won by a landslide, so I guess she really must be the best. :)

My Life

2011-02-17T22:13:00.004-07:00

My life is basically confusing and I'm pretty lost. Pretty much I don't know what I'm going to do with my life. So here I am, being bored out of my mind at my internship, being worried about my husband's school, not knowing when I'll get a job to pay for his school, and still dreaming about my dream of being a color guard advisor. That dream slips further away every day. And that really sucks.

Baby Guinea Pig

2011-02-08T14:30:00.003-07:00

So Ross, my fantastical husband, brought up an interesting subject this past Friday. He said, "I feel bad for Chuck, he is so lonely. I kind of think we should get another guinea pig so that he has a friend." I didn't like, get all excited, because I knew he would change his mind. So I asked him later if he was serious, and he said yes! So now I've been looking all over finding a larger cage that can fit two guineas. And it is actually pretty hard to find! Nice cages are at least 35 dollars. so I'll probably end up getting a bin-type thing from Wal-Mart and some chicken wire. Woot!

I have also looked on KSL.com for guinea pigs. I want to get a younger one so that Chuck can be the dominant pig. I've found some really cute male piggies that are adorable, the picture is of them, but they are 24 dollars, which is kind of a lot, but is still better than the 34 dollars to get one from Petsmart. We'll see how everything turns out there. I'm excited to get another guinea pig!

Princess Poll

2011-01-25T20:18:00.013-07:00

I have now added a new poll to the side of my blog. Please feel free to vote for your favorite Disney princess! I will also now post pictures of each princess, just in case you need to actually see them.

Snow White

Cinderella

Aurora

Ariel

Belle

Jasmine

Tiana

Rapunzel

The New Princess

2011-01-25T13:51:00.003-07:00

On Saturday, Ross and I went to see the new movie Tangled. It was pretty spectacular. I did feel that there was too much singing, though. The songs were fun, but too much of it indeed. Ross and I both wish that chameleons were really like Pascal, because if they were we would totally get one. Alas, it cannot be.So now Disney has a new princess, Rapunzel. A lovely princess with 70 feet of hair. I wonder how much shampoo it takes her to wash it? Probably a lot. It sure is pretty blonde hair though. I really miss having blonde hair. I would dye it again, but I'm growing out my hair to cut it off and sell it. And that can't be done if it isn't the natural color. Poo.

Well, that's all I've got for today, hopefully I can have something exciting happen in my life soon so I can make an awesome sauce post. :)

A Real Adult

2011-01-19T14:09:00.003-07:00

My birthday was this past Monday. So now I am 21 years old! That means that I am a real adult. Ross and I are probably going to a bar, the Owl, this Saturday to get hamburgers. I've heard their burgers are fantastic. :)

Ross got me some great movies for my birthday: A Bug's Life and Sherlock Holmes. I'm really excited to watch them.

Also, the poll on the side of my blog has ended. The verdict is that Hermione Granger is the best character from Harry Potter, hence the picture. Woot! I'll probably do another poll in the near future.

The Beyonders

2011-01-13T14:54:00.004-07:00

Many of you know that my favorite books are those of the Fablehaven series. The author, Brandon Mull, is pretty much an amazing writer. Now that he finished the Fablehaven story, he's been working on another new series: The Beyonders. The first book of this series comes out on March 15! I am really excited. I think I'm gonna have to get it. I really hope that this book is as good as the Fablehaven ones, because I freaking love those.

My Birthday

2011-01-03T16:54:00.024-07:00

My family spent the last week in Solvang, California which was totally fun. But since I am lame, I am not going to talk much about it because I just don't feel like it. I feel like making a birthday list! My birthday is in two weeks and it is important to let people know what I want so that I can get lots of presents. :) Mostly all I want are DVDs to expand the collection Ross and I have going, but there is one other specific thing....

I want a Blue Nintendo DS i XL! I've wanted one for a while. As Ross said in December of 2009, "By this time next year, you won't even want one anymore." Sadly, I want one even more.

I also want the outstanding Disney/Pixar film Cars. This movie is hilarious and awesome, enough said.

Another great movie that I want is Sherlock Holmes. Fantastic movie with excellent music by Hans Zimmer, one of my favorite composers.

One of my all-time-favorite movies must be on my list! Alas, Ross does not like the movie Enchanted, I think if is freaking hilarious! And spectacular, and enchanted. :)

The next movie on the list is a fantastical one. When I saw Avatar in theaters, holy cow, I couldn't get over how amazing it was! Definitely one that I must own.

Another Disney/Pixar movie, A Bug's Life. I love this movie! It is one that I've wanted to own for a really long time, but haven't gotten around to getting it I guess.

Titanic, this movie is amazing. I don't know that I've ever cried this hard in a movie that wasn't Charly. It is a spectacular film.

Last, but absolutely not least, Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl. I only really want the first movie of the trilogy, I wasn't a big fan of the second or third... And I'm upset they are making a fourth...

Well, that is my birthday list! I hope you all have a great January and can do well with your resolutions and such. :)

Another Nephew!!!

2010-12-12T14:50:00.003-07:00

Today I found out that my brother-in-law, Jason, and his wife, Shalee, have learned the gender of their little fetus. :) It's a boy! I'm excited to have another little nephew. :) He's gonna be such a cutie! He'll have his big brother, Eli, and little Elsie to pick on him. I'm super duper excited!!!

Mouse in my House

2010-12-01T20:57:00.006-07:00

Well, technically it is a mouse in my apartment. I came home from running errands today, sat down on the couch and got on Facebook. All was hunky dory. I heard a soft scratching sound, looked up, and there was this cute little mouse stiffing my snow boots over by the door. At first, I just watched it for a while, trying to think of what to do. I thought back to a lovely memory of when there was a mouse in my Merrill Hall apartment. I set down my computer and the mouse ran off and hid under the drawers Chuck's cage is on. Problematic? Yes.

I promptly called my father, the person I call when Ross is at work and I need a man's advice. My dad's advice was that when Ross gets home to tell him that I saw a mouse. He also told me that "if you see one mouse, there are ten more there." Thanks, Dad.

So I began to think about what to do about this mouse problem. There is the obvious option of a mouse trap, or two, or three. I don't want to ki

ll the poor little things, but as I told my dad, I don't want a mouse to get into Chuck's cage and bite him and give him rabies or something. So killing them might have to be the option, even though I don't want to.

But what if I can thing of another option? I should definitely consider getting a cat. :) A cute little kitten! The kitty could be a good mouser. It can hunt the little critters and then eat them. They still die, but I don't have to see the guts because the cat will eat them. Hopefully. But if it doesn't, and just kills the mice then leaves them around, that would be a problem. I'll have to ask Ross.

Harry Potter

2010-11-20T21:05:00.003-07:00

So today Ross and I went with Sarah and Andrew to see the new Harry Potter movie. It was absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!! I absolutely loved it! I was impressed with the acting in this one. The chemistry between Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint is great. They work well together as Harry, Hermione, and Ron. I really like that they are doing the movie in two parts. It helped because they were able to use a lot more from the books in the movie. The other movies I thought felt rushed from beginning to end. This one just worked out a lot better. There was time to explain things and expound on characters. It was great.

I would highly suggest seeing this movie!! Although, I do have to say that if you have children that don't know about the "birds and bees" that you probably don't want to bring them to this movie; unless you feel like answering a lot of questions later. Ross disagrees. He says kids won't care. Whatever.

Ross and I just finished a conversation about opinions. He's a great guy. Sometimes we have really different opinions on things. It is cool to be able to talk to him about those things. I'm really loving being married to him. He is fantastic! :)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2010-11-14T22:08:00.004-07:00

I am so freaking excited to go and see the 7th Harry Potter movie this upcoming Saturday! Ross, Sarah, and Andrew are all coming with and it is going to be AMAZING!!! I love going to see movies! I feel like I haven't been to see one in the longest time. And I really love the Harry Potter movies. They are cheesy, and a bit ridiculous, but I love them all the same. Sorry this post is so short, I'm just a little bored.

Oh, and also I have put up another poll. If you would vote for your favorite Harry Potter character, it would be awesome. Also, the poll ends on my birthday. :)

Bored at Home

2010-11-03T18:41:00.005-06:00

So Ross picked up a full-time shift at work. Hooray! Now I don't have to be quite as worried about our meager finances. Ross is now eligible for health insurance through his work which is totally awesome! It is quite exciting. Ross is going to be needing the car all the time now so he can get from school to work in a flash, as well as to his flight lessons. Thus, I am now no longer working at Pizza Hut. So now I am just at home all day after school. It's been three days and I'm already bored. lame sauce. I try to keep myself entertained, but there is only so much you can do when you are home by yourself with no one but your guinea pig. I really wish I had my Sparky dog here with me. Yes, that would be great. :) So here I am, at home all by myself, blogging about my boredom. Woot.

Camping

2010-10-16T17:00:00.010-06:00

Last night Ross and I went camping. And it was awesome. A member of our stake presidency recommended this awesome place up Logan canyon that is secluded... And free. :) So we went there to use our brand new tent and air mattress, both of which we got as wedding gifts. Hooray!

We roasted hot dogs for our dinner and then were planning

on having s'mores for dessert! But then we realized that we forgot the marshmallows. So we had melted chocolate on gram crackers, which isn't too bad, but definitely needed marshmallows.

It was really cold last night. Ross and I had our pajamas, hoodie

s, thick blankets, extra socks, and all inside of mummy bags that were tightly closed. It was cozy, but I still got a little cold in the middle of the night. But that's ok.

In the morning we made eggs and hot chocolate. It was awesome and delicious. This little camp area was pretty awesome. The only downside was that there wasn't a bathroom so I just had to squat to go, Ross thought it was funny. That man..... Anyway, here's some pictures from our adventure!

This is Ross and the tent!

This is me in the tent!

Oh, we realized that our air pump only charges when hooked up to the car adapter thing, and alas, our car adapter things DO NOT WORK!!! So we got to blow up the air mattress with our own lung air. This is Ross in the tent blowing up our bed.

Here is Ross prior to us making the fire. That huge log covered in sticks is what we dragged over to use as firewood.

Here is our fire.

Here's Ross in the morning, drinkin' hot chocolate!

Here is me and my hot chocolate. :)

Guinea Halloween

2010-10-02T16:11:00.004-06:00

So for my awesome class in school, we are having a Halloween costume party. But the people don't dress up, we dress up our pets! I'm trying to decide what to dress my dear guinea pig Chuck up as and have found a few ideas. The costume party will be judged, and the winning animal's owner will get 100% on a test, which would be awesome. So here's three ideas I think are great. Let me know what you think! I'll put up a poll on the side of my blog so you can vote for your favorite! And if anyone has any other good ideas, feel free to share!

Spiderman Guinea Pig

Superman Guinea Pig

Dinosaur Guinea Pig

I'm Married

2010-09-10T13:49:00.008-06:00

Well, I know I haven't blogged in a while, but mostly because I've been lazy because so much has happened. To recap: On July 31st 2010 I got sealed to Ross in the Logan, UT temple. It was awesome. We stayed at the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake that night. It was pretty much the nicest hotel I've ever been in. It was gorgeous and the bed was super duper comfy. We stayed in the Grand Bridal Suite. Woot! After that we headed off to Las Vegas for our honeymoon. It was awesome! I had so much fun just being with Ross for an entire week.

Now we are livi

ng in a tiny apartment with our guinea pig, Chuck. Ross got his First Class Medical certificate so he gets to fly! He has started the Fall semester at USU doing his ground school for flying. He starts flying with his instructor on Monday! He is really excited, and I am really excited for him.

That's my recap. So now since I can write about whatever I want, as this is my blog, I must say that I want a kitty. Just a little kitten to play with. Danelle, who is one of my best friends in my class, got a way cute kitten from Susan,

(someone left a kitten on Susan's doorstep with a sign that said, "Love me." And Danelle wanted it.) and since then I've wanted a Kitten. Danelle's little kitty's name is Coon. He is hilarious, except when he's grumpy. Coon is the white and black kitty. And it doesn't help that people keep bringing little kittens to class! One of the new girls, I think her name is Amanda, brought this adorable little gray kitten yesterday. Not good for me. I just want a kitty so bad! After volunteering at the Humane Society last Friday, I looked at the kittens for a while. They are so cute! And so funny. And soft and fuzzy and all that. And I want one.

Sadly, Ross isn't really up to the idea of a cat. I asked him if I could have one if I saved up my own money and got one. He's reply was that I could, but he would rather I waited until we had a house. Lame. But I guess it makes sense, he doesn't want to have to find a place that allows cats when we move, because that could be pretty hard. I don't know, but I sure do want a little kitten. I guess we'll just have to see what happens. That last picture is me with the teeny little baby kitty that Amanda brought.

Sparky's Walk

2010-07-20T17:10:00.002-06:00

Always make sure your dog is excited to go on a walk before taking him on one. :)

The Love Nest

2010-07-19T16:32:00.013-06:00

Ross and I have an apartment now! We've begun moving things in, and Ross will move himself in the week of the wedding. I won't live there until after we get back from the honeymoon. Woo hoo! It is a nice little place that used to be a garage. It is just right for two, I think. :)

This first picture is the view when you walk in the door. The kitchen and living room are connected, as you can see.
This is a view from the corner of the kitchen.
This one is the bedroom from one corner.
And here is the bedroom from the other corner.
Here's Ross in the hallway.This is the bathroom.
This is me and Ross in the shower!
We sure love our little place!

My School is Better Than Yours

2010-06-23T16:38:00.013-06:00

This is Pepper on the left and Toby on the right. Pepper is the teacher, Susan's dog. Pepper is a wonderful labrador/heeler mix. She is the most obedient dog I have ever met. She always holds still so she's a pretty good practice dog. Because of this, she gets lots of shots and blood drawn on the days we do that. Poor, Pepper, but amazingly she's ok with it. Toby is another story, he belongs to Kaitlyn, another student in the class. He loves to run around as fast as he can, but he slips a lot on the floor, so he doesn't get very far or very fast.
This lovely bird is Chloe. She is a cockatoo and is our class pet. She lives at the school, except for weekends where she goes home with Susan. She was adopted by Susan when her family couldn't keep her, she has been through 7 different families. She gets pretty loud sometimes, but you get used to it. She would bite a lot when we first got her, but she's been trained really well here at our school. Me and her are buds.
This is Ladybug, another of Susan's dogs. She is only 10 weeks old and is a very intelligent little border collie. Did you know that border collies are the smartest dogs in the world? Well, now you do. Bug is definitely a puppy, which you can tell as she books it around the classroom. She also tries to "herd" the cats, other dogs, or us students to entertain herself. She's gonna be a working dog on Susan's farm.
This macaw is awesome. I don't know his real name because everyone calls him Big Bird. I just know that that isn't his real name. He belongs to Susan. I felt pretty cool having him on my arm, it's kind of scary having something that big so close to you. He likes to laugh at people, but he doesn't talk much, which is too bad.
Farmer Susan had a farm and on that farm she had some emus and those emus had some fun and made baby emus and Susan brought them to class. These are the baby emus! They were really cute, but made a ton of noise. I guess that's just a baby thing though... ;) This picture was about a month ago and Susan says now they are the size of turkeys and still have their stripes.
This is me and my guinea pig, Chuck! My brothers have so kindly named him Chuck Norris. Lame. I adopted him from the Cache Humane Society, which is awesome. He was really people shy and quiet when I first got him a little over a month ago, but I've got him to come out if his little piggy shell. I love my piggy! He gets to come to class with me once a week and he loves all the attention he gets.
This is Natty, the cat that hates the world. She loves to be petted, but if any other animal comes close while she's being stroked, she attacks them. Sometimes this is another person. She's weird. Well, here she is in a cat back hanging from a grooming stand. Wow. It was pretty hilarious! The new kids were learning how to restrain a cat, including getting them into cat bags. Justin, a student that recently finished the program, put Natty in a bag real quick and hung her up. Sadly, no one felt sorry for the cat. She was there for at least 20 minutes.
So today in class I got injured. We were popping the anal glands of a miniature pincher in class, he was a really fat dog named Trucker. His claws had just been trimmed, but were still very long because his owners don't take good care of his nails. (the more often you trim a dog's nails, the shorter you can cut them without drawing blood.) But he really didn't like his anal sacs getting popped, they were really bad, and I was the unlucky one restraining him. My arm was scratched up really bad. Susan told me to go use the first aid kit in her office to take care of myself. I couldn't find any just normal big band-aids, so I improvised. I got made fun of a lot after that. And all this happened in the first half hour of class.
I love my school.

Computer Lameness

2010-05-27T15:23:00.004-06:00

My computer has been being really ridiculous as of late, and I was going to do this post about my school with lots of pictures and things, but my computer won't let me add pictures to it. Pathetic. ya, it took me an hour to get my computer to turn on today. Lame on a lame stick. And thus, this will be all that I will post. :(

Miley Cyrus = Brittany Spears

2010-05-09T19:03:00.006-06:00

Once upon a time, Disney came out with a show called Hannah Montana. It's about a girl named Miley, played by Miley Cyrus, who is secretly a rock star. Her rock star identity was Hannah Montana. This show was such a big hit (I have no idea why, it was pretty lame) that many girls began to greatly admire her. As Miley went on her own to become an independent singer, Wal Mart came out with an entire line of Miley clothing. Everything in Wal Mart for a while was plastered with Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus. "The fools," I thought, "Miley Cyrus is gonna just be a little fad. She's not a great role model for all of these girlies. She's not that great anyway, just another Teeny Bopper." Then she kept getting bigger and bigger. lThis past fall, Miss Cyrus came out with a new CD that has a few songs I actually enjoyed on it. She recently starred in a movie, Last Song, which I've heard is actually a fantastic movie.But this all would not last. I knew that eventually she would do something really stupid and it would all go downhill from there. It started when she performed a concert and danced around a pole. I guess you could say she was a pole-dancer at this concert. Lousy woman. Then she just barely wrote a new song, Can't Be Tamed. In this song she sings about how no matter how many men want her, she will never be tamed. I looked up the music video. Not gonna lie, the entire time I was thinking it looked just like something Brittany Spears had done in the past. It is a very dark music video, not much light in it. It wasn't really as skanky as Brittany's more recent music videos, but it definitely had its moments. This cute, innocent, role model (as she was, even if I didn't agree with it) quickly became a dirty, skanky, nincompoop. Pathetic. She went from the picture at the top, to this picture:And to this:And this:All of which are pictures from her new music video. Loser. I am ashamed of her. Pa-thet-ick. If you want to watch her music video, here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSG6z_13-Q

Patches

2010-05-06T20:58:00.005-06:00

On Friday I went to do clinics at the Humane Society and we had a scary experience while spaying a dog. She was pregnant, and about two thirds of the way through the pregnancy. The puppies were pretty big, the mother was a heeler by the name of Patches. So I was prepping a labrador puppy for a spay when I heard the vet, Dr. Manning, say "S***!" I turned around to see Patches, hooked up to the anesthesia machine, waking up. I ran over and held her front legs down, the tracheal tube was getting pushed out of her throat, so I held it in. Another volunteer turned the machine up to 5, which is the highest, and the dog calmed down.
The he vet started cussing again because blood started to pour out of the incision. The six different "lumps" of the uterus were out, the puppies not-so-safely inside, and the uterus began to turn purple. We knew this meant the mother wasn't getting enough oxygen. We checked the machine and all looked well. Dr. Manning was placing clamps all over where he had made a cut into the uterine horn, the blood kept coming and he soon ran out of clamps. After shouting a naughty word, the doc yelled for someone to grab another sterile kit because he needed more clamps. A woman there who is preparing for vet school grabbed the items and put on a pair of sterile gloves to help out.
Dr. Manning put more clamps in place, he re-situated the uterus to find why the blood hadn't stopped yet. As soon as he moved the uterus, blood squirted strait out of the dog's body and all over the wall. It was now that the dog decided to start waking up again. No bueno. Clamps, clamps, clamps; hold down the open dog; what's wrong with the anesthesia machine?
After a lot of stress, Dr. Manning was able to get the bleeding to stop. He sutured up the insides and then the three layers of skin. We took out the trachea tube and put Patches on a towel on the floor and cleaned her up. Kendyll, another girl from my class, and I got to clean up all the blood on the table and floor. I have never seen so much blood in my life, nor had I heard so much swearing in such a short span of time. It was then that I realized how amazing it would be to be a veterinarian and be able to save a life like that.
So now I'm all sorts of confused with what I want to do with my life. I have always dreamed of being a stay-at-home mom. But now I have another dream. I talked to Susan, the instructor for my Vet Tech program, about the education required to be a vet. I would have to get a Bachelor degree in Pre-Vet science, which is offered at USU, then get accepted into a vet school. This would all take about seven years to accomplish. And I don't know how possible that is, especially with Ross going to school. If he can be a pilot, he's gonna be one, and flying school is not cheap at all. I have decided, for the moment anyway, to just continue with my program and see how I feel later.
(The picture at the top is the kind of dog that Patches is.)

FINALLY!!!

2010-04-27T17:26:00.004-06:00

After looking for a job and applying for one or two jobs every week day for the past four months, I have finally achieved getting a job interview!!!!!! HOORAY!! I am pretty ecstatic. In case you couldn't tell.
Yesterday I got online and applied at Pizza Hut. Woot. I love their pizza! It is spectacular. Anyway, today the Pizza Hut in Smithfield called me and I have an interview on Thursday!!! Yipee! I hope I get the job. I just really need money. And I just want a job because I feel useless having no job. I'm not making a difference in the world. Well, maybe I am. I'm sure I'm making a difference in Ross's world. Tee hee! :)
So basically my life is going pretty great right now. I'm loving school. On Friday I get to go to my second day of clinicals. Those are super duper fun. I am learning so much and am doing amazing in the classwork. I got at 88% on the test I took yesterday. Woot!

Plasma

2010-04-15T16:31:00.003-06:00

Yesterday I donated plasma. Basically, that's how desperate I am for money. I went in, filled out some paperwork because I was new, and then they did a quick check of my blood pressure, temperature, and weight. Ya, my weight keeps going up! I'm getting heavier and heavier every time I get weighed. Pathetic. I should work out. But I'm too lazy to, which is probably why I'm getting fat in the first place.
Anyway, since it was my first time I had to have a little physical then they took me to the donating room. Woot. They poked me in the left arm with a 16 G needle and unlike donating blood, they didn't cover it up so I could see the thing stabbing into me. It actually wasn't that bad. It is probably good for me as I have a little bit of a blood drawing problem. I was doing pretty good until about half way though my donating when everything started going black over my eyes and I thought I was gonna pass out. A few of the workers came over and gave me water and kept me talking and put an ice pack behind my neck. Wow. After about 10 minutes I was ok and then continued to finish my plasma donating. I got paid 25 bucks. Hooray! It's all gone now because I had to go grocery shopping. Oh, well. I think I'll go again on Saturday though. Party.The picture shows what parts are in the blood. The plasma is the watery stuff that everything else floats in. That's what they took out of me. Gross.

Easter

2010-04-05T11:03:00.003-06:00

So yesterday was Easter, as well as General Conference. Woot! It was quite a spectacular day. Ross and I came down do Kaysville which was super fun. I'm still here because I've got Spring Break! Party! Anyway.... The Easter Bunny hides our baskets during the night, so when we wake up we have to find them. This year, I found mine faster than I ever have before!!! Usually I find everybody's baskets before I find my own, this year I found mine second! Woot! It was awesome sauce.
Me and Ross also got to play Easter bunny with the eggs. We hid them out in the back yard for everyone to find. It was fun. But me, being clumsy, dropped three eggs so they were a little cracked. Oh, well. :) It was still fun. Poor Leslie, her egg was totally crunched.
Ross and I cuddled during conference, and cuddling is the best!!! I fell asleep. I woke up early, like we're talking 6:30. I just woke up then and couldn't get back to sleep so I got up. Then I was really tired for the afternoon session. Anyway, I have decided that the best feeling in the world is waking up in the arms of your best friend. :) It was fantastical mucho much. Gah! I'm so in love!

Discecting a Snake

2010-03-23T17:00:00.015-06:00

If you had a hard time with the picture on my previous post, then you may not want to read this one. The first picture(s) are ok. But I wouldn't recommend any more than that if you have a hard time with blood or innards of any sort. Just a heads up.
So in class yesterday, these policemen brought in a dog that they had recently adopted and were going to train for duty. It was a freaking huge German Shepherd mix. And I got to bathe it. That was quite messy. It wouldn't fit in the bathing bin, so another student and I had to do it in the horse cleaning area, which is basically one big empty room with hose. Oh, and a drain in the middle. Woot. Anyway, after that exciting ordeal, I was pretty much soaked from the knees down. And I have provided a picture of my wetness. I didn't get one of the dog though, darn.
After that I decided that little dogs are fan-freaking-tastic! This one girl that comes to class has a teeny little puppy. It has been dehydrated for a while and it gets hydrating shots every time it comes, poor thing. It's about as big as my foot, which is a size 5 and a half. Here is a picture of me and that little puppy. It is super cute. If I'm remembering correctly it is a Yorkshire terrier/poodle mix.
So as with dogs, snakes come in all sorts of sizes. Another girl in my class, who is very pregnant and her belly button is poking out a ton, caught a little snake in St. George this past weekend. It is kind of like a worm in size, but it isn't slimy like a worm. I haven't held it, but I kind of want to. It is weird, and definitely not an anaconda.
Today in class we had a snake that was about a bazillion times bigger than the little snake. It was a 25 year old Boa. Yikes. The poor girl was in the process of dying and was pregnant. The owner breeds snakes. He wasn't sure how far developed the babies were, so he brought in the snake so we could kill it and see if it was possible to save the baby snakes. ya, that was a gruesome ordeal. I asked my teacher if it would hurt the snake when we killed it, her reply was, "It will hurt a little, but she's already dying and death would be a relief to her." So ya, Susan, my teacher, took a tool and stabbed right into the back of the snakes skull and into the bran. And that is how it died. Poor thing.
So after that we had to cut it open. I would advise never cutting open a snake because it is completely disgustingly stinky inside. Bleck. I was breathing through my mouth a lot. This picture is of another student cutting open the snake.
This is the snake's awesome vein that went all the way down it's body. That was pretty cool to see.
When we got to the place the baby snakes would be, we found them to be hardly developed at all. There were tons of eggs though. Boas give live births to their babies, but they develop inside of these little gooey egg things. In the picture you can tell which eggs are fertilized and which aren't. The white ones are the ones that are fertilized, the yellow ones are not. We even cut one open and found the little fetus, it would probably fit on half of my pinky fingernail. It was really small.
In this picture you can see the trachea of the snake. That's the part that the food goes down. It was really cool, it went all the way down until you got to all the other crazy insides. It was awesome!
We then proceeded to take apart the snake. The owner wanted us to skin it so that he could hang the skin on his wall. Gross. I did quite a bit of skinning, it was nasty. I did think it was cool to see the ribs though, and that's what's shown in this picture. And most of the innards are taken out here. Gross.
This picture is of all the insides of a snake in one big pile. Gross.
I am really enjoying my class. Although we don't have exciting things come in every day, it is nice that there's randomness to it. I like that you never know what's going to happen in a day. It's great!

School!

2010-03-13T22:47:00.007-07:00

I have now successfully completed two weeks of school at the Bridgerland Applied Technology College. Woot! On my second day of school, I was able to observe the dissection of a cat's uterus, which had two dead fetuses inside. It was really cool. There was a lot of blood and gross amniotic fluid there, but it didn't bother me, which is good. I took a picture on my phone and there it is. Sorry if you have a weak stomach. You'll get over it. :)
On this past Monday, the class was going up to my teacher's home to help prepare her pregnant goats to give birth. I was so pumped to go, but then my car broke down. I could shift into first, third, and fifth gear; reverse, second, and fourth were not working at all. Lame. So I ended up not going to class because I missed the carpool up and I was afraid to drive my car all the way to Preston, Idaho. I picked up my car all fixed this morning, but that's another story that I will get to later.
So on Thursday I had a little bit of a predicament in class. We were going to be drawing blood from dogs and cats. It is always important to have practice, right? Well, I have always kind of had a thing with needles. It's not like I pass out when I get a shot, but I can't watch the needle go in. And when I'm donating blood, I can't look at it when I have this needle inside of my arm. So anyway, we students are watching a veterinarian who came in to instruct us, and I pretty much almost passed out. I got super light headed and had to sit down. Ya, it never really got better. I would come close to watch drawing blood from a different area, but as soon as that needle went in and filled with blood, I had to sit down. ya, this could be a bad sign for my veterinary career.

ENGAGED!!!!

2010-02-25T10:26:00.005-07:00

On Tuesday of this week, Ross proposed to me! Finally! Now I'm gonna be getting married. Woo hoo! I took a ton of pictures of the ring, trying to get a good one. This one is the best I could get. Blah. I did my best!
Here's how it went. The day was a spectacular one. I got my federal tax refund back in the morning, and in the afternoon I sold my old Oakridge apartment contract! Hooray! It was quite a fantastical day for sure. When I got home from all my doings, Ross asked me if I would like to go for a walk. Of course, I said yes because I love to walk and talk to Ross, as well as to hold his hand. Woot! So we walked to Adam's park which is where Ross and I shared our first kiss together. :) We played on the playground a little bit, then climbed on the rock climby thingy. That was fun. We ended up just sitting on top of the rock-climber-ma-jigger and our hands were getting really cold. Then, Ross took my hand in his. The ring was in his hand! I felt it and got all jittery. Ross then asked me to marry him. With a classic Melanie squeal of delight, I said yes. Then Ross put the ring on my finger and we kissed. Oh yes, that was one of the best days thus far in my life.

Kaysville Days

2010-02-06T21:56:00.013-07:00

This past week I had the opportunity to go home to Kaysville for a few days and spend time with my awesome family. Monday night my cousin, Scott, proposed to Ariane Stevens. There was a huge party at Scott's house afterward. It was super fun and there was tons of food. Cookies, pie, shrimp, smokeys, soda; pretty much just a bunch of yummy stuff. Here's a picture of the happy couple. :) Matt is in an adult roles class at Davis High and had a little robot baby thing. It was crying a lot at the party, and Matt had a hard time keeping it quiet. He named the baby Debbie, after my aunt. It was really funny to see Matt with the baby. We all would take turns holding little Debbie. It was pretty fun. Leslie and Daniel never really left the table. They were eating the refreshments the entire time. Silly little children.
At home I was able to get help on the quilt I am making. My mom is a master quilter. She has made so freaking many quilts in her life, it was only obvious that I would go to her for help. Pretty much all day Tuesday I was working on my quilt. Which was too bad that I couldn't be with Ross because it was the 8 month anniversary of our first kiss. But that's ok, because I love my family and being home with them. Here's a picture of my quilt thus far. It's now in strips. I just have to sew them together and then put on the border then the top will be done! Woo hoo! I'm excited for that.
On Wednesday I helped my mom out in the preschool, but not really. I just got Patrick the bearded dragon out of his cage and took him down for the preschool kids to see. They were learning the letter 'L' and Patrick is a lizard, which starts with 'L', hence I touched the nasty thing. You see, Patrick and I don't get along very well. A few years ago I was holding him on my stomach while I was laying on the couch watching tv. Out of nowhere he jumped, with his mouth open, to my throat. Bearded dragons are not the friendliest looking lizards, not even close. I put my hands under Patrick and threw him away, he booked it back at me. It is pretty terrifying when a huge, horn-covered lizard is attacking you. Matt caught him and he was put back in his cage. Since then, I've never touched Patrick. But on Wednesday I did. And here's a picture to show it.
Now I'm back in Logan and it is so freaking much colder than down in Kaysville. Which is kind of lame.

Fat Burning Dance Party

2010-01-28T18:13:00.004-07:00

So I have been getting some fat to accumulate upon my midsection. I decided that I need to get in shape. Not just because of the fat, but because I have so little energy, and energy is important. I need to be able to climb two flights of stairs without being winded. I am pathetic. In my search for exercise routine, I contacted my elder sister, Sarah. She is wise in the ways of staying fit. I have admired her for quite some time because she is so healthy and awesome. Anyway, she suggested that I do yoga then pilates. And she also said that instead of buying a dvd or something, I should get a library card and check something out of the library.
So I got a library card for the Logan City Library. Woo hoo! I couldn't find a picture of the library, but here is the post office. The library is just north east of it. Woot. It is a pretty nice library, I like it anyway. So I was looking at their exercise dvd's and couldn't find any power yoga ones. Pretty much I'm just wanting to burn fat for a bit, then tone my body. I think it is a good idea. Anyway, most of the stuff was like Pilates for Dummies or Yoga for Men (which Ross says would be like, "Now see if you are able to reach down past your knees. Don't worry if you can't, this is normal.") So I found one that I thought sounded good: Fat Burning Dance Party. My thoughts were that I love to dance, and I need to burn fat. So woot! I checked it out.
This morning I tried out my Dance Party, and I'm pretty sure I did burn fat. So Jennifer Galardi, who was the wonderful dance teacher on the dvd, is pretty much just as cheesy as every single teacher on any fitness movie you will ever find. Although I felt like a fool for pretty much the entire workout, it was fun and I could feel my body working hard. Yes. You are probably thinking I'm an idiot, just because you can see the cover of this dvd here, but hey, I think it's gonna help me out. Next week I'll get a different exercise movie. I showed Ross some of the moves I learned and he couldn't stop laughing. Obviously, I was wise to do my dancing when none of my roommates were home.

Great Movies, Great Music

2010-01-05T22:48:00.007-07:00

So I've had the great opportunity to see two new movies this past week, both of which had excellent music. The first one that I went to see was with my family, Avatar. This movie was absolutely incredible! As my dad said, "It's a movie for Melanie because none of it is real." That may be true, but I think it makes a spectacular sci-fi! Many people have said that if you've seen the preview, you've seen the movie; *cough *Ross... But I say otherwise. After watching the preview, you can know what the plot is. However, there are many more characters and twists in the story that aren't revealed until you watch the entire film. The music was written by James Horner. Woot woot! I thought the musical score was great! I might buy the soundtrack. But I don't know. The music really added to the feel of the movie. I loved it! I strongly recommend seeing Avatar!
Today I got to see another movie I've been wanting to see: Sherlock Holmes. This movie was also quite spectacular! I do have to say that it was a little dark at times, but I really enjoyed it. It didn't catch my taste as well as Avatar did, but it was really good. I would say that my dear sister Sarah would probably freaking love it. It was done very well and the acting was amazing. I was really impressed with Robert Downy Jr. Although, when he was shirtless I was a little shocked not to see him with a big light in the middle of his chest like in Iron Man. Oh, well... The music from this movie was composed by Hans Zimmer, one of my favorite composers! And it is marvelous music. This soundtrack I bought today. And actually, I'm listening to it right now. :) It's super good. I recommend this movie as well.

Christmas Break

2010-01-01T08:38:00.016-07:00

Ross and I had our own gift exchange prior to Christmas because we had to do it before we left to our own families. I had a ton of fun shopping for Ross! I've never had anyone to spoil before, so I went a little nuts. But only a little. And I think Ross went a little nuts, too. Well, not as much as me. But still. Here is a picture of the pile of presents that I got Ross. Hooray! I made him a blanket and got him two shirts, a sweater, and five movies: Iron Man, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Mystery Men, and Kung Fu Panda. :) All great movies! Ross got me the Leven Thumps book series, which I have never read but have wanted to, tennis balls so I can learn to juggle, the X-men trilogy, the Star Wars Prequel trilogy, Iron Man, Batman Begins, the Dark Knight, the board game Sorry, and some Milky Way candy bars. :) Ya, we must both have great taste in movies since we both got each other three of the same movies! Bwahahaha! We sure had a good laugh about that. But it's all good. Woot. Oh, so also here is a picture of my handsome true love Ross wearing one of the shirts and the sweater that I got him! He is such a freaking stud muffin! :) And I had so much fun buying Ross the clothes I got him! I spent a good penny at Khol's, but I think overall we spent about the same amount of money on each other. It was really fun! I sure did enjoy that.
So on Christmas Eve the Bredthauer family had our annual dinner and talent show. It was pretty great this year. My cousin Scott, who's wife, Lariann, died in May, is now dating this really great woman name Ariane, who came to the family talent show. She is so freaking cool! I know Ariane from when I was in marching band at Davis High. She was one of the adult leaders. She was in charge of woodwinds, I believe. She's a freaking awesome person. And now she's dating my cousin! Wowie. I have to say that every since Lariann was diagnosed with cancer, Scott could be happy, but you could always tell there was something there stressing him out. And now, I have to say that I don't remember a time that I have seen Scott this happy. It's been about three years since Lariann was diagnosed and it is so amazing to me how happy Scott is now. Seeing him and Ariane together is so amazing. They are such a happy little couple! I'm really happy that they have each other. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to see Scott so happy, as well as Ariane. They deserve it. So with the great variety of talents that my extended family has, it's always quite a fun experience to see what each family comes up with. My family usually does something silly, but still talented. We are pretty talented folk. This year, because Sarah and Andrew were in Hawaii, we all dressed in Hawaii outfits and sang Mele kaliki maka. I probably totally slaughtered the spelling, but we were pretty awesome. :)
So Christmas was pretty good this year. Santa was a little lacking in money this year so the presents weren't as spectacular or plentiful as they usually are. But it was still a good day. The picture is of all of the gifts I got from Santa. Woot! It was nice to just be with my siblings and to play games and all that. My dear dog Sparky got a snake toy that has a squeaker in each segment. He really likes it. It is a good tug-of-war toy for him.

Movies

2009-12-25T11:21:00.006-07:00

So basically, I am going to do a Christmas post. But I'm wanting to put up pictures from Christmas and all that. I have my camera, but I forgot to bring my cord to get the pictures on my computer. So the beginning of next week that post should be up. But I really really wanted to post some things on here. So you will all just have to be patient as I have to be before I can put up my Christmas stuff. :)
So basically there are a lot of freaking awesome super hero movies coming out soon! At least, I think they are going to be AMAZING! Those of you that know me know that I am obsessed with superheroes. Hence, my blog title. So a particular movie that is coming out next year I am now completely determined to see when it comes out at midnight on May 7, 2010. Gah! It is Iron Man 2!!!!! Oh, my freaking crap. I'm so freaking excited!!! It's gonna be great! Iron Man the first has been probably the best super hero movie I have ever seen in my life. It is amazing! I really hope that the sequel turns out well. Did you know that there is a movie set for this film in Park City? Bwahahaha! So awesome. Yay! I bet it is going to be amazing!
Coming in 2011 are Thor, May 20, and Captain America, July 22. BWAHAHAHA!!!!! I'm really excited. Just in case you couldn't tell. I'm gonna have to see those movies at midnight as well. I have also found that in 2012, all these super hero movies will be put together, including the Incredible Hulk, for The Avengers!!!!!! Wowie!!!! I'm like, going crazy with excitement. :)

Glee Finale

2009-12-09T21:38:00.006-07:00

Tonight marked the night of the finale of my favorite tv show, Glee. It was FANTASTICAL!!! It's a musical that takes place in a high school. But it's not high school musical. It's about a glee club. And they sing and perform and it is amazing. I believe I have mentioned it before, but only because it is freaking awesome! I love it. Anyway, I decided to put up my favorite song that Glee does here because it's fantastic and I think y'all should watch it! I sure wish I could sing like that. Sheesh. Here's the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XLkP0KBmZc
it is most fantastic. Anyway, today I had my first final. I studied with my buddy Emily Armstrong last night. Well, both of us ended up doing really bad on the exam. Lame on a lame stick. I'm pretty upset about that, but I did manage to pass. That's better than failing completely, I guess. Poop. Oh, well.
So basically I'm super duper excited for the Christmas break! I'm going to be moving out of Oakridge apartments and moving into Bridgerland apartments. I'll be in Ross's ward. Woot! I'm pretty pumped about that. I'm really sad to be leaving my ward though, it's a really great one. The bishopric is great. Maybe I'll stay in the same ward even though I'm moving. Ross said that it wouldn't be against the rules, it's just frowned upon. That whole phrase "frowned upon" makes me think of the tv show, Friends. Particularly the season when Ross Geller is dating one of his students and says that it isn't against the rules, it's just frowned upon. Then he learns later that it actually is against the rules and it turns into this whole secret affair going on thing. That show is hilarious. Anyway....
I have one more final exam tomorrow in Biology. I sure hope it goes well. I should probably be studying for it right now. I'm pretty sure I'll be ok though. I like the subject and know the stuff really well. Party! I don't really have anything else to say, so I hope everyone has a great week!

Thanksgiving

2009-12-01T17:45:00.013-07:00

Thanksgiving was awesome. Pretty much. It was really nice to take a break from everything and spend time with my kick but awesome family. And my dog, Sparky. That's one of the things I like most about going home. Sparky simply adores me! He follows me everywhere and always has his little doggy smile on his face. He had recently gotten a haircut when I got home. He is such a handsome little puppy! And he keeps me warm at night. Dogs are good for that.
So Sparky, like most dogs, likes lots of attention and to be rubbed all over the place. I forget how crazy high school boys are until I go home. My dear brother Matt has his own way of petting Sparky that, strangely enough, the poor dog doesn't mind at all. That's one thing I don't like about going home; I find out how abused my poor dog is. I don't know why my family teases him so much. At least I can get my siblings to take him for walks, don't want Sparky to get fat.
Thanksgiving dinner was at my Uncle Bill's house in Orem this year. It was pretty intense. Me and my siblings most enjoyed that Guitar Hero was set up downstairs. We rocked like there was no tomorrow! I rocked the hardest. No one could compete with my awesomeness. Of course, none of us could play on a higher level than medium, but I was still the best with that. Woot! It was funny to watch my dad try to play, he didn't get it. "No, dad, strum and push the buttons at the same time!" "What?! That is so much to do at once!" Yup. That's my dad.
This weekend, my dad and Matt put up the Christmas lights. That's pretty exciting stuff. So I had to get a picture of Matt hanging out on the roof. I sure do love my family! Leslie, Daniel, and I also traded Pokemon cards. (I do not care what you think. I know people older than me who are way more obsessed with Pokemon.) I have now managed to have almost the entire original 151 Pokemon. I am very close. And someday I will triumph!
Anyway, now I'm back in Logan and back to school. But next week are Finals. Hooray!

New Moon

2009-11-21T15:55:00.008-07:00

I have the best boyfriend in the world! He was nice enough to get a few hours off of work to go and see the new Twilight movie, New Moon, yesterday afternoon. :) He's so awesome. The first thing I have to say about the movie is: HOLY JACOB BLACK!!! He has an eight pack, as both Ross and I counted. What a stud. I kind of have a crush on him. Edward is pretty much ugly in comparison to this tan, muscular, studly man. Poor pale hairy Edward. I must say I'm not a very big fan of chest hair, and Jacob's beautiful lack of chest hair is very appealing to my eyes. Basically, Jacob Black is fair to look upon. Woot. The second thing I have to say about the movie is: HOLY SPECIAL EFFECTS!!! In comparison to the pathetic special effects due to a lack of budget with the first film, this one is awesome. I got really excited with two parts where the effects are just kick butt awesome! Ross was probably really annoyed by me at the end of the film. I got excited a lot. And angry a lot. The third thing I have to say about the movie is: HOLY BETTER THAN THE FIRST!!! I'll admit that it wasn't exactly alongside the book, but it was a lot better than the first movie. Oh, by golly it was. I was really impressed by it. Woot!

Blah Blah Blah

2009-11-18T14:48:00.016-07:00

So life has been going pretty good lately. Although nothing too intense is happening. I have begun to get Christmas presents for my family and Ross. Woot! So far I have gotten him five gifts. But I won't say what they are because I don't want Ross to find out! I don't know how frequently he reads my blog, but I know it isn't much. Bwahahaha!
My dear roommate Sandra has this HUGE tv. It was at her home in Provo for a while, but her brother brought it up a little while ago! So now it is in our living room and it is beautiful. It's a really nice tv. I love it! We didn't have a dvd player, so I bought one. It's basically the cheapest nice dvd player. I want to make sure it will last. Woot! So now Sandra and I love to watch movies on this amazing tv. Although, the place where you connect the cord that makes it so we can watch cable has broken. So we can't just watch tv on it, which is sad. I would have watched Animal Planet in awesome bigness! And that would be awesome.
Here is my roommate, Sandra. She is a very good dresser, she has a ton of really cute clothes. It's kind of funny because she has about five times as many shirts as I do. And three times as many pants. But it's all good. I just think it's interesting to see how different our lifestyles are. We get along for most of the time, but everyone has their moments when you're just sick of roommates. Sandra is really fun. She makes me laugh a lot. It's good that we have fun together. Woot! She thinks I'm pretty hilarious, too. Probably because I am. Party! I'm enjoying being her personal aide. Yup, that's my job! It is a lot of work. It's hard to take care of someone as well as myself. And while also going to school, it's a little stressful. But all is well. It's working out great! And I feel so good having a paycheck coming twice a month. It feels so awesome to make money all by myself!
So this past weekend, I invited Sarah and Andrew to come over and watch Remember the Titans with Ross and I. It was really fun. I love my sister and her husband! And I also love Ross. :) I really enjoy spending time with my family. They are great. After the movie, Sarah was half awake. Then she and Andrew cuddled up on our rug. Then I just had to take a picture of them, because they're cute I guess. Sheesh. Married people. I'm really excited to go home for Thanksgiving break and spend a lot of time with my family! And my little Sparky dog. I sure love that puppy. He turned 6 years old last week. He's getting big! And I love his little furry face. :)
Well, I guess that is all that I have to say now. I'll keep you posted on anything exciting that may be happening in my life. Frankly, nothing very exciting has happened in a really long time. Oh, well. Go me!

The Grudge

2009-11-07T16:01:00.007-07:00

Ok. So yesterday I decided that I wanted to watch the movie The Grudge. So I watched it on YouTube. Hooray for the internet. It was an absolutely ridiculous movie. A mother and her son get murdered by the husband and then their evil dead spirits haunt this creepy house. Anyone that enters the house will then be killed. It was a very creepy movie, but just really dumb. The ending was the worst. The main character's boyfriend goes to the house to find her then the grudge people kill him, then the girl sets the house on fire. In the hospital later you find out that the fire was put out and the house saved and then the grudge woman comes to the hospital to find the main lady. The end. Absolutely ridonkulous. No ending to that movie. Just everyone dying. Humph. It was dumb. So basically, now I have a grudge against that movie.
So later that night, Ross and I went on a double date with Sandra and my friend Harrison. It was a lot of fun. We went out to eat at the Bluebird and then went to the institute dance! Ross and I were being very silly. But we tend to do that. I love that I can be so crazy around him, and that he is crazy too! Love is amazing. So totally yes! And Ross and I are in love! :)
So ya, I know this one is short, but I just wanted to let everyone know how dumb The Grudge was. Woot.

A New Month

2009-11-03T16:51:00.013-07:00

October is over! But that is ok. Sandra and I watched the movie Wait Until Dark. It has Audrey Hepburn, who Sandra is totally obsessed with. It was an ok movie. I thought that it was really boring the entire time until the last 15 minutes. Then it was actually good. It was just silly, I think. But I watched it. Woot.
On Halloween, Ross and I went to the marching band competition here at USU. It was really fun! I only got to see three bands, but it was still really fun. It made me miss marching band, but that's ok. So along those lines of color guard, I was invited to try out for the WSU winter guard, Fusion. And I really want to do it, but I don't have the time. I'm not able to due to my job. But I'll get over it. Maybe I can do it next year. I sure hope so! I miss being a part of a team. Perhaps my chances fare over for that now. If so, I will be ok. I'll get over it.
So things with Ross have been going great! I'm so freaking in love. I don't even know how to describe it, it's just so miraculous! He's my very best friend in the whole wide world! We went to a Halloween party that night at Emily Armstrong's house. It was really fun! I like to party. :) Then we came back to my place and went hot tubbing. Woot! I really love sitting in a hot tub. It is very relaxing. And Ross has a six pack, which is just awesome.
Oh, my goodness! The CES Fireside on Sunday was amazing! President Uchtdorf spoke and did such a great job! I feel like his talk was geared toward me personally. It was so cool! He talked about "The Ugly Duckling" and how we don't always see our true potential because of how people treat us. We need to look at our reflections and see the glorious children of God that we truly are, just like the ugly duckling looked at his reflection and saw a beautiful swan. Then he went off of that and discussed a few topics. It was really amazing. He's probably my favorite speaker, and it was just a really great fireside! I recommend that you get online and watch it!
If you haven't heard of the tv show, Glee, then now you will! My roommate Sandra got me addicted to this wicked awesome show! It is about a bunch of kids in the glee club at their school. It is basically a musical, which is so freaking awesome! I love the music that they sing in it. The teacher who is in charge of the glee club is very attractive, he can sing and dance, too, which makes him a dream. So it's all crazy because there are football players, cheerleaders, nerds, minorities, and all sorts of cliques in the club. They all learn to work together and be friends. Oh, man, I cried in one of the episodes. I'm so pathetic. But basically, music really gets to me. And when the characters sing a song that is really inspirational, especially considering what is happening at the moment, I just teared right up. It is an amazing show. I highly recommend it.
Well, that's all that's going on with me at the moment. My life just isn't all that intense. I will have to go on an adventure sometime soon. Woot!

A Boring College Student

2009-10-20T13:40:00.027-06:00

It is true, I am simply a boring college student. Which is pretty much why I haven't put up a post in a while. I have nothing very exciting to talk about. My days are all pretty similar. I wake up and go to school. After my classes I go home and eat lunch. Then I take my roommate Sandra to her afternoon class. Then I take her home from that. Then we do homework for a while. Then in the evenings I either hang out with Ross, read, hang out on facebook, play pocket tanks, or watch a movie with Sandra. Evenings are about the only time that my life has variety. And that is why I put a picture of a sunset here. Party! Oh, and I like Tuesdays, which are date days for me and Ross. We make sure to go on a date every Tuesday. Woot.
So I guess my life isn't completely dull, I did get to go to Lagoon last weekend. That was really fun. I went with Ross, naturally, and my cousins and their lovers. Oh, and a girl named Cammie who was on a date with a guy named Mike. I didn't know them. But it was really fun. I like hanging out with Alison and Greg. And Stacey, who comes with Greg. And Ren, who comes with Alison. It was a lot of fun. We didn't go into any of the spook alleys which was probably a good thing because I might have peed my pants, as I did many years ago with Laurianne. She was awesome. Anyway, it was super duper fun! My favorite ride is probably Wicked. I didn't like it the first time I went on it a year or so ago, but now I like it. I like that it is actually a smooth roller coaster, unlike pretty much all the rest of the roller coasters at Lagoon. And there's a picture of it. Ross totally loved that ride. He was shouting that during our roller coaster adventure on it. What a fun outing! And the next morning Daniel and Ross had a rubber band war. I'm so happy my boyfriend gets along so well with my youngest brother. Woot.
This past weekend I got to go home for Fall Break. It was awesome. I really like spending time with my family. I came down this past Thursday night and stayed until Saturday evening. Friday was pretty great. Mom, Sarah, and I went out for lunch. We had Chinese food. I sure do love that stuff. It was really nice to spend time with my mom and older sister. I like those guys. After that Mom and I went fabric shopping with my Gramma. She's awesome. Sarah came to say hi before returning to her husband, and Gramma said that she wants great-grandkids from us so we should "get crackin'." Sheesh. I picked out some beautiful blue and brown fabric for a quilt that Gramma wants to make for me. I sure do love fabric shopping. I'm so indecisive though, so it took a while. But it was still fun. And of course, there's a picture of fabric.
That afternoon, I took my two youngest siblings to a movie. Technically, I just drove and made them pay for themselves. Life is expensive! But it was fun. We went to see the movie 9. It is by Tim Burton. It was a pretty good movie, not as good as I thought it would be. I think that it was a clever concept, but a lot more could be done with it. Daniel didn't get scared, even though it was PG-13, and Leslie thought it was really cool. It was only and hour and 10 or so minutes, which was kind of nuts. All the sudden it was just over. But whatever. I still enjoyed it. Mostly I just liked Elijah Wood's voice coming out of the main character, but that is unimportant. I have a crush on Elijah Wood. Anyway.....
In the evening of Friday, I was also able to talk with my parents about my future. That's always scary. It's hard to talk my parents because I never know how they will react. But I survived. Phew! And then I played Battleship with Leslie! She won once and I won once. And then I was tired so I went to bed. Party. The picture of battleship is to show the game Leslie and I played, as well as to symbolize how sometimes talking with parents is a battle. ;)
Saturday was pretty interesting. My family all went over to the Fassmann's house, Sarah's in-laws. We made homemade apple juice! It was pretty fun, but I also had homework to work on there. Lame. And my hands got really sticky working the apple juicer. Bleck. But it tasted really yummy! Hooray for apple juice!
Monday night, Sandra and I watched a scary movie, When a Stranger Calls. She kept gasping really loud and that would make me jump a lot more than the movie. It was an ok movie. I don't know that I liked it much, but that may have had to do with that I couldn't sleep very well that night. I kept hearing, "We traced the call! It's coming from inside the house! It's coming from inside the house!" And then I couldn't sleep. It's too bad I get a thrill out of scary movies.
Yesterday was Date Day! I love Tuesdays because I get to spend a lot of time with Ross, and basically I'm totally in love with him. Oh, and he's totally in love with me, too. :) Yesterday we played nintendo and then carved pumpkins! I don't like the gooey insides of the pumpkins, but whatever, Ross loves that part. It was fun just to be together. In the picture, my pumpkin is on the left and Ross' is on the right. We made hamburger helper for dinner. It wasn't the best kind, but it was still good. I love hamburger helper! It is the best. Ross and I also just sat and talked for a long time. I really like that we can talk for so long together. It makes me happy to have someone like Ross in my life. He's my best friend!
Well, that's all for know. I've been trying to wait until there's something exciting happening to write about, but my life isn't necessarily the most exciting life on the planet. Oh, well. ;)

A Weekend in Wyoming

2009-09-26T12:41:00.026-06:00

This past weekend, the 18th-20th, I got to go up to Wyoming to stay with Ross's parents. On the ride up, Ross drove. He kind of had a hard time getting the care to go. He's not that used to driving stick, but it's all good. Once we got going there wasn't a problem.We were behind this thing for the longest time! And it reminded me of my last year of marching band because our field show was Four Winds. So I just had to take a picture.
I got to go to a reception for Ross's high school best friend, Brent, and his wife, Jessica, who I have gotten to know really well. The reception was pretty awesome. It was very simple, and that was nice. I got to help decorate the car. It was nowhere near as intense as Sarah and Andrew's was, but hey, it's Wyoming. ;) JK, but seriously.... We had a lot of fun there. Ross didn't catch the garter and I wasn't paying attention for the time when they threw the bouquet. Actually, I don't even know if they did throw it. But still, I guess we're not the next to get married...
The next morning led to a great day. It started out with Ross's mom, Cathy, giving us both haircuts. Ross got more of the cut, and I just got a trim. It was very nice of Cathy to do that for us both. Woot! And there's a picture of Ross getting his hair cut. It was ridiculous how long his hair had gotten! I was surprised how much hair was on the floor when she was done, crazy.
After our hair fest, Ross went outside to mow the lawn. It was really funny because as soon as Cathy saw him outside on the riding lawn mower, she said, "Ross is mowing the lawn! I have to get the video camera!" And she did. And she recorded Ross mowing the lawn. So obviously as soon as Ross knew he was being taped, he started acting all cool on the mower. It was pretty hilarious.
So while Ross was mowing the lawn, I was pulling weeds. Woot! I like pulling weeds. It is fun. I was done pulling the weeds before Ross was done with the lawn, which is pretty big, so I decided to go on a kitten hunt. About a week before Ross and I got there, Cathy's cat, Pearl, had kittens. Nobody knew where they were because she would always just sneak off and disappear to feed them and such. I went to look in the shed in the back yard. I heard a scuffle, looked up on a shelf, and out came the mommy cat from a big box. As soon as she was gone I went and looked in the box and found the baby kitties! There are four: two black, one white, and one that is black and gray striped. They were so cute! I got them out of the box where they were all piled on top of each other, as there wasn't a lot of space in there. I put a towel on the bottom of a kennel and put the kittens in there. The momma cat liked it. Cathy put the kennel in the garage so that the mom could be closer to her food and not have to leave her kids as much. They are cute kittens! Sorry, the picture isn't very good, I was shaking with excitement at finding the kitties!
After we had finished working in the yard and making kitties comfy, Ross wanted me to see a cattle drive because I had never seen one before. It wasn't as exciting as I had expected because the people were only moving about twenty-five at a time. Lame sauce. But it was still cool. I moo-ed at the cows and they all gave me funny looks. Cows are weird. They always have the exact same expression on their faces. Oh, well. It was fun to see all the mama cows walking and the baby cows getting excited to be going somewhere.
After lunch I wanted to go up to "downtown" Afton. It's not really all that intense because there isn't much up there. But I wanted to get a souvaneir spoon because I collect those. And Afton has the world's largest elk-horn arch. Which is pretty intense. The picture is me standing in front of it. It was pretty cool. So I was pretty bummed because the gift shop was closed by the time Ross and I got there. Lame sauce, so I didn't get a spoon. I guess I"ll have to go back some other time. Sheesh. But I wouldn't mind because it is really beautiful in Star Valley.
So mostly Ross and I just walked around and looked at stuff and I got a ton of pictures. But I don't want to put them all up here so I'll just do a few. Here's me on an Afton, Wyoming bench. They had like ten of these all over the place. And here's Ross with a wooden penguin. That was in a bookstore that we looked around in. The selection was not nearly as much as is in the Books of Yesterday in Logan. Woot. Then there's us both with a mama bear and baby bear. Don't worry, they're fake. I think it was just really fun to walk around and be silly with Ross. I totally love that man! He's so amazing. I like that I can be my crazy self and he doesn't care because he is crazy, too. :) I love him, a lot!
After our adventure around Afton, Ross and I went on a hike to the Intermittent Spring. It was awesome because last time I went, it was too early in the year so it wasn't stopping. But this time, the water stopped! And then it started again! It was so cool! I really enjoyed the hike, too. It was beautiful up there! I really love to hike. And it was fun to get to know some of Ross's friends. It was some people from his high school group of friends that we hiked with. It was a lot of fun!
That evening we had yummy pizza with Ross's parentals. I freaking love pizza! It was from Pizza Hut. Amazing! I really like Ross's parents. His dad is a pretty cool guy. He works at the dump. I'll admit I was kind of scared of him for a while, but once I got to know him he was good. And his mom is so freaking awesome! She reminds me a whole lot of my mom. They both like to sew, quilt, buy glass nick-knacks, and are both someone disorganized. But in a good way. I think that if they ever meet each other they would be good friends. Anyway, after the pizza Ross and I went out with his friends again and we watched Hook on a big screen tv. I love that movie! As we were getting ready to go out, Ross dressed like a gangsta. He's such a stud muffin... :)
The next day was Sunday and I went to church with Ross and his parents. It was a lot of fun to meet neighbors. They all were talking about what a good guy Ross is and how lucky I am to have someone like him. :) I think he's a great man. I love him so freaking much!
Well, that's the end of my adventures in Wyoming. It was a great weekend! And it ended well. Ross's parents hugged me goodbye. That's a good sign. I really like those guys. And I can't wait to go back up!

Squirrels

2009-09-09T18:28:00.021-06:00

So what's with squirrels? There's always romping around campus, making loud chirpy squeaks to each other, and leaping from tree to tree with food in their mouths. I have witnessed all of these incidents. Which is pretty cool. Then I got scolded by my roommates for slamming on the brakes when I was driving and a squirrel decided to bolt out into the road! I didn't want to hit the little critter, but then my roomies were upset. Humph. And the squirrel just sat there in the middle of the road and I honked at it. Then it moved. So I got to thinking, there are so many more squirrels in the world than just Logan, Utah squirrels. And thus I went to the internet to find all sorts of squirrels!Baby squirrels.Toddler squirrels.Adult squirrels.Flying squirrels.
White squirrels.Black squirrels.Pirate squirrels.
Army squirrels.Russian sniper squirrels.Super squirrels.

Jedi squirrels.Sith squirrels.

Wowie! What awesome squirrels! Well, in all honesty, I was just thinking about the squirrel that I almost hit with the car, and I looked up squirrels on google and found a bunch of fun pictures that I wanted to put on my blog! That and I don't want to work on my homework. :)

First Week of School

2009-08-27T18:19:00.006-06:00

The first week of school is slowly going by, and I am taking a moment to write a short post. I am living in the Oakridge apartments and they are awesome. Pool, hot tub, basketball court, sand volleyball court, 24 hour fitness room, and free laundry are just a few of the benefits of living here. It was really expensive, mostly because of the free laundry fact, but now that I'm working, I have figured it out and I should have all the money back within three months. Woot.
And about working, I'm enjoying it. The only real downside is that I'm super duper tired. Taking care of Sandra isn't hard or anything, it's just that she can't to anything for herself, so I get to do all of that for her. Which is good. I enjoy it, she's a great person, just doing things for two people instead of just myself is wearing me out. But I'm sure my body will get used to it and I will be fine in a couple weeks. Just my body is all like, "Ah! What's going on! Need more energy!" And sometimes I wish I was a dog so I could just crash on the couch and sleep all day...
As for my classes, I am enjoying them. All three. I'm especially excited about my Introduction to Modern Dance class. That one is gonna be fun. I'm really excited for that. The teacher is awesome. The picture here is of modern dancers. It's pretty interesing, there's a lot of freedom in it. You don't have to follow any rules like all the rest of the kinds of dancing. Then there's my biology class. It's ok. The teacher is a pretty crazy person, but what can ya do. And in my Balancing Work and Family class, there are three units, each with their own teacher. Woot. Right now we're on the 'marriage' section about how to balance marriage with work and family. Party, right? Maybe.
Well, I'm still madly in love with Ross. Probably even more so that the last time I mentioned him. I just keep falling more and more in love with that guy! It is a most excellent and amazing feeling. :)

SCHOOL!!!!

2009-08-11T09:12:00.007-06:00

Oh, my goodness! School starts in two weeks! And to be honest, I'm pretty excited! Now that my dad has a job, (HOORAY!) I'm able to take three classes this Fall semester. Not a huge load, but I'm still pretty darn excited. And also I will be starting my job as a personal aide for Sandra, who is paralyzed and in a wheelchair. I think that a large part of it is just that I'm excited not to be sitting around all day with nothing to do. Oh, school is such a blessing!!!
Basically, I'm just taking two general classes and then a dance class. How fun! So I was going to be majoring in art, but after taking an art class last semester, I'm not really sure if that's what I want to do. I really hated sitting there drawing for 3 strait hours. So I think that maybe drawing is more of a hobby for me. I'm not really sure though. I'm taking a class in the Fall called Balancing Work and Family. It is a general class for a Child Development major. I've been looking into it and I might change my major to this. And it would also be very easy for me to double major in Child Development and Family and Community Services. The second major would open the job area from only children to all ages. And for only four more classes! Wowie! Anyway, I'm still not sure if that's what I'm gonna do. It's a tough decision.
The dance class that I'm taking is Introduction to Modern Dance. I'm really excited! I love to dance! And it will be good exercise as well. I'm not sure how well this will work with my job, but I'm also wanting to go swimming in the mornings. Probably, like, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings is what I'm thinking. It's important to stay in shape! So I'm hoping I will be able to go swimming. Also, Ross doesn't know how to swim. So I need to teach him! Tee hee!
I'm also taking Biology 1010. It's just to fill out one of my lame generals. It should be pretty simple, but that's ok. I am really gonna work to get an awesome GPA this semester! It's gonna be awesome!!! I can do it!

Anacondas

2009-08-01T19:35:00.014-06:00

Yesterday morning Ross and I watched the movie "Anaconda." It was made in 1997. At the beginning of the film, it had some very false statements about these snakes. A few include "up to 40 feet in length" and that these snakes only desire to kill things. Even if they are full after a meal, they want to hunt and will regurgitate what they have eaten to continue hunting and killing. This is completely false. I did some research and will basically do this post as a bit of information that is true about anacondas. I will compare them to the snakes in the movie. Bwahahaha!
First, there are two major snakes in the movie. There are lots of little baby snakes, but two main gigantic ones. It starts out with just a guy on a boat. Then out of nowhere, comes a freaking anaconda that is basically bored and decides that the best thing to do is to eat this guy. So it does. In my research I found that anacondas are very shy snakes. They will flee quickly if they are attacked. They are solitary creatures that are actually hard to find. They avoid boats and people.
Second, as this snake in the movie starts to eat people, it chooses Owen Wilson as lucky meal number two. After he is eaten and his girlfriend is in hysterics, the scene ends showing the anaconda swimming underneath the boat with it's belly all large from eating a man. You even get to see the expression on the guys face! Yes, it shows through the snake's entire stomach and muscles and you can see an imprint of his face on the inside of the snake. Pathetic. I don't know who came up with the idea of putting that freaking face-of-person-eaten-by-snake in the movie, but they should be shot. Yes, it is true that after a snake eats, you can see a "lump" or bulge in their body. But no, you cannot see any facial details of the eaten creature.
Third, the snake should not be following the freaking boat. These snakes have a territory that they hang out in. They do not thirst for human blood as this movie claims they do. Anacondas diet consists of fish, other snakes, deer, kangaroos, cappybaras, and caimans which are similar to alligators. But they do not people. Nor do they thirst for blood. They just eat when they're hungry. If they're not hungry, they just chill where they're at and enjoy themselves doing nothing.
Fourth, at the final scene of the movie, Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube are in an abandoned building having a battle with an anaconda. And while this is going on, John Voight who plays a maniac snake hunter, is trying to catch the snake and uses the two others as bait. Jerk face. So the snake is all slithering about in this place freaking all the people out. What is wrong with this, you ask? Anacondas are water snakes. They rarely come onto land. They spend most of their time in water. But for a fun relaxing time, they will slither up a small tree and soak in the sun.
Fifth, the snake ends up eating dear John Voight. He deserved it. But ya, the snake just snarfs him down like me eating chocolate cake. Ridiculous. Anacondas do not eat very fast. It actually takes them 6 hours to ingest a cappybara. Not to digest, to ingest. To get the freaking thing into it's stomach takes 6 hours! Very slow eaters, eh? And as John Voight was regurgitated so that the snake could continue killing and eating, I just have to add that anacondas do not regurgitate their food on purpose. Sometimes, of course, all animals regurgitate things. And anacondas don't do it just to eat more. They eat, then they stop. This picture, by the way, is of the anaconda's mouth in the movie. It is really different from what a real anaconda's mouth looks like. There's a picture of a real one a bit further down.
Number six! After regurgitating it's meal, the anaconda continues to chase JLo. She's booking it away, and the snake is just freaking slithering like a maniac and is right on her heels! Will she get away? If this film were realistic, she probably would! Mostly because the snake wouldn't be chasing her, but if it were, it would have a tough time keeping up. Anacondas are very slow snakes. To catch prey, they rely more on stealth and camaflauge to sneak up on their prey. They have to be pretty smart to plan ahead to get a meal. None of that chasing down women stuff for them.
Seven. So it's saying, and showing, throughout the movie that the anacondas are freaking ginormous. 40 feet or longer, it says. However, anacondas never get to be that long. Yes, it is true that anacondas are the biggest snakes recorded. That is due to mass, not length. The longest snake ever recorded was actually a reticulated python at 33 feet long. Anacondas can get to be that long, but it doesn't happen very often. Their mass is so large because their bodies can be extremely wide around. Sometimes even as wide as a grown man's shoulders. Crazy sauce! This one just ate a meal, so he's pretty fat.
Well, I don't really have anything else to say about anacondas other than that the movie was very silly and not very nice to these snakes. Poor guys, they're just shy. Oh, and here's the picture of what their mouth actually looks like. The teeth are angled backward so that when an anaconda bites it's prey, it can't escape. Pulling out of the mouth would only get you more stuck in it. The teeth are not poisonous. Anacondas rely on their powerful jaws and muscles to squeeze their prey to kill them. No poison involved.
If you want to go to the website that I got all this information from, it is http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestSnake.htm

Sick and Tired

2009-07-21T15:54:00.003-06:00

I am not going to be putting any pictures on this post because I am way too exhausted to do so. So on Sunday the 12 I started getting sick. Bleck. I don't like being sick. And then on that Wednesday I went to the doctor to see if I had strep throat. Nope. But the doctor was thinking it looked a great deal like mono. However, I wasn't far enough along in the phases of the illness for a blood test or anything. Lame. But still ok.
So this past Friday I went on a trip to Star Valley Wyoming to meet Ross's parentals. I also met some more siblings as well as two of his nephews. Woot. Friday I was tired, but not feeling too sick. I got to meet Ross's grandma on the way up to Star Valley. She was a really sweet woman. She fed us nuts, normal M&M's, and peanut butter M&M's. Yum! She was really nice and also a huge fan of the Utah Jazz. I liked meeting her. Well, were going to go on a hike in the Tetons on Saturday, but I wasn't feeling well enough. So Ross and I went four wheeling! By golly it was fun! I learned how to drive a four wheeler. Woot! I'm cool. Then we went on a leisurely hike with Tyson, who is Ross's oldest nephew at 11 years. It was fun, but exhausting for little me. But I got over it. I just have to say that Ross's mom is awesome!!! She is a really cool lady. She has all sorts of dolls and knick-knacks all over, and I love that sort of thing. She also reminded me a lot of my mom. I bet they would be really good friends if they met. Anyway, the house was beautiful! Everything was all decorated and it was just a really homey place. I loved it. I also loved the guest room because I got to sleep on a queen bed that also had really soft pillows! :) I didn't really get to talk to Ross's dad much because he was at work on Friday and Saturday and on Sunday I got really sick so I was asleep for most of the day. I was upset that I didn't get to talk to him more, he seemed like a pretty interesting guy. But that's ok, I'm sure I will get another chance in the future. OK, so Tyson, the nephew, is freaking hilarious. He's a lot like my brother Daniel, probably because they are only a year apart in age. But still, once Tyson found out that I knew a whole bunch about Pokemon, that was all he would talk to me about. And that was ok, because I take pride in my knowledge of the Pokemon world. Go me! Tyson is a cute kid, he's a hoot. Well, Ross is basically amazing. Since I was sick, a lot of his family was avoiding me, either because they didn't want to get sick or because they just wanted to give me privacy, probably the first one though. But Ross darn sure never left me alone for too long. Except when I was alseep, but he would come check on me every once in a while. I didn't go to church with his family because I was so sick, and Ross stayed home too just in case I needed anything. What a cutie! He's adorable.
So when I got home to Logan on Sunday I called my mom. I was so sick I just wanted to go home to Kaysville. So my awesome parents came up and got me. I sure love those guys. So ya, now they're trying to nurse me back to health. On Monday I went to my pediatrician again. He's a really sarcastic guy, and he said that the world is overpopulated, so it would be best that I died. Humph. Well, I got a blood test, but I won't find out until tomorrow if it is mono. The doctor said it might just be something similar to mono, but if so I will just get better faster. I sure hope so. My tonsils are so freaking swollen it is difficult for me to breathe. And I've been sleeping so freaking much. What a waste of time. At least I don't have school or work to worry about. Yay, blessings!

Independance Day!!!

2009-07-02T15:21:00.009-06:00

Fireworks are awesome! I sure wish that Utah were more like Wyoming, then I could set off all sorts of fireworks on any day of the year! Baha! And that would be most exhilarating! I'm pretty excited for the 4th. Ya know, how come more people say "Happy 4th of July!" instead of "Happy Independence Day"? Ridiculous. It's like, "let's celebrate some random day! Because we are crazy! Woot!" I think that is ridiculous. It is a holiday to celebrate the birth of our country! A day to celebrate our freedom! Hence, Independance Day. Humph. Some people are just weird I guess. Oh, well.
I had a dream last night that there was this huge cricket in my room and I couldn't get it out! It was about as big as both my hands put together. Bleck! I hate crickets! They are gross. But ya. It had these two foot long antennae, too. Sick. (As in disgusting, not slang for awesome.)
Well, guess what? My poll for which band/artist is best is done! So I shall now be posting about the three-way tie that we had. Wowie! The tie was between Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, and Paramore. All three are most fantastical. :)Here's Jack Johnson! He's such a chill dude. I really like to listen to his music because it's fun but also relaxing. It's just pretty sweet!Here is Jason Mraz! Oh, my grapes... He is a freaking stud muffin. I really like Jason Mraz because his music is so fun! I totally love Jason Mraz!
This is the band Paramore. I freaking love them! At the moment, they are probably my favorite of all time. It's pretty hard core stuff! My plan for a while has been to buy their CD "Riot" when I got a job. That's been my plan for about four months. And still, no CD. Darn.
I had a job interview today! I think it went really well. It was for a job that would be during the school year. I think it woudl be awesome! The job is to be a Personal Aide for a girl named Sandra who is paralyzed and in a wheelchair. What an amazing experience that would be! I would be living with her, and have my own room! I miss having my own room, so that would be most splendifferous. I hope I get the job!

Michael Jackson Dies :(

2009-06-25T16:10:00.016-06:00

TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest. Paramedics were called to his home this afternoon after the singer stopped breathing. When they arrived, he had no pulse and after repeated attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead.

That is probably one of the most interesting news reports I have ever read. Here's the article I got it from if you don't believe me, punks: http://www.cinematical.com/2009/06/25/breaking-michael-jackson-dies/
So basically, mixed feelings about this. I don't really like him at all as a person, but his music is just so awesomely unique! I loved it! Such good stuff to dance to, it was. For this post, I will just be putting up a bunch of pictures of that great pop star, Michael Jackson. But not any pictures from his recent years, because I don't want to scare anyone. :)Here we see Mr. Jackson doing that sweet thing he does on his toes.Michael Jackson's song Bad. One of my favorites for sure!Here he is dancing to Thriller. Another excellent song.Michael Jackson was a pretty awesome pop singer, I have to admit. Just look at that pose!Another of my favorite songs by Michael Jackson, Beat It.And here's just a picture. Says it's the special edition of Thriller.Here he is doing a cool lean thing. And also wearing a hat. He sure likes those hats...

An Adventure with Ross

2009-06-18T13:06:00.005-06:00

So last week, I didn't write about this. But Ross and I had quite an exciting adventure! We had been at institute and that was over, so we were just walking around campus for a bit. Between the TSC and the ESLC there were these two manholes that were open. Of course, we had to go check it out. We looked down in one. Of course, I really wanted to climb down in it! How cool would it be to say that I've climbed into a manhole? I told Ross and he was like, "Ok! Let's do it!" Then I said, "What if we get caught?" And he said, "What are they gonna do? Yell at us?" Nobody at all was around, and Ross just got down and started climbing down the manhole! Holy cow! He's so brave! I was terrified. I was also thinking that there might be a monster down there or something. maybe I should watch less tv... Anyway, he yelled up to me when he was down that it was just a room. Nothing too exciting. But I still had to go down. I looked all around and still there was nobody. so I climbed down into the manhole. How awesome! I was so scared that someone was gonna come and totally chew us out! But we just hung out down there for a while and nothing happened. It was really hot down there. There were these huge pipes and stuff and that was pretty cool. Up at the top of my post is the picture I took on my phone of me looking back up the hole that I came down! It's pretty much awesome! And here's another picture. This one is of Ross climbing back out of the other manhole. The two were connected! I'll have to see if I can get some of the pictures that Ross took so that I can post some of me! :) Tee hee! We're so sneaky...
I'm really enjoying my institute class! It's really amazing. It's Book of Mormon 1. That one is from 1 Nephi to Alma 29. Woot! But the teacher is really great. Brother Blake is his name. He is really great at bringing the Spirit into the classroom so that the students' hearts are open to learn from the Spirit. It's really great. I love to learn! And learning from the Holy Ghost is so amazingly wonderful! I love it! Poor Ross wasn't feeling well in class this week. He basically just put his head on his desk and I rubbed his back. Poor guy. But he's feeling better now! Woot!
Last night Ross and I went bowling with his roommate, Sam. It was Sam's birthday. Sam's a pretty cool guy. He's funny. Anyway, all three of us really stink at bowling. Ross got the high score out of all of us at 101 points. wow. I got 75 the first game and 76 the second game. At least that shows improvement! But I was sad because usually I'm able to break 100... Oh, well! When we got home we played Parcheesi! That is probably my favorite game of all time! I totally love it! I should register for it when I'm getting married.... Anyway, Ross won, but I was really close. Humph. Oh, well. After that vigorous game, we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a very interesting movie. I liked it, it was good, just kind of weird at the same time. It was just a really interesting idea, the story was. But it was really long. That's really my only complaint. I think that it should have shown more of the end of Benjamin's life and less about the beginning. But whatever.
Well, I think that basically I'm just posting every Thursday. That's the trend that's been going on. Awesome! I guess I will write again next Thursday!

Partying it up in Logan

2009-06-11T19:15:00.010-06:00

Yes, basically I am doing my best to party it up here. I still don't have a job, and that makes it difficult. I'm doing my best though. I've called most of the places that I have applied to, but not all of them gave me much help. Ross, the store not the person, said that if I got past the application process then I would be called for an interview. pfft. Duh. But that's about all they would do for me was tell me that. Absolutely Ridonkulous.
Oh, so I have decided to do something pretty exciting. Whenever I'm on the computer, I'm most likely going to be listening to my music on iTunes. Which is pretty hard core awesome, if you ask me. Anyway, I have decided that since I have so much time on my hands, and I usually just listen to my music on random, I'm gonna not put it on random and listen to every single song that I have on my computer! How exciting! It's gonna take a really long time, because I'm not constantly listening to the music, but still. I'm pretty darn excited. There's songs on here that I haven't listened to yet and also ones that I don't listen to very often. So it'll be a party! I really like music. Woot. Oh, and that picture is gonna be me partying it up! Well, mostly I just wanted to put up a picture of an iTunes person because I think it's pretty cool stuff!
I got a letter from Elder Cline today. I sure do love to get mail! He's doing really great! He actually set up a baptism date with someone being taught. He just transferred, so it's not like he did all of the teaching for her, but still. I think that it is pretty awesome! He had the flu a while back, and that was probably really hard. He did say that he kept going out and working even though he was sick. Hooray! What a great missionary! I'm really happy to have a friend like Jared. He's just so powerful in spirit and it is awesome! I should write more of my friends that just left. Woot! I will have to do that!
So basically things are going great with Ross, the person not the store. ;) He's so freaking adorable! Last night we went country swing dancing which was really fun. I'm not the biggest fan of country, I like it but it's not my favorite. Anyway, I sure got to hear a lot of it last night! And I'll have to admit that it is actually pretty fun! Or maybe it's just because I'm so twitterpated that it was fun... Either way, I had a blast! Ross is hilarious. And handsome. And silly. And sweet. And charitable. And just plain darn amazing! I'm crazy about that punk. :) Oh, and the picture is the Statue of Liberty because Ross went to New York on his mission! :) :)

Oops.... I Did it Again

2009-06-04T15:28:00.004-06:00

I totally just found out from one of those random Facebook quizzes that the song by Britney Spears that I am most like is "Oops... I Did It Again." I'm not sure how I feel about that. I do totally love that song, though! It's a fun one. Woot! I guess that is pretty awesome. It said, when it was explaining why that is the song I am most like, that I like to do my own thing. And if someone tells me not to do something, I will usually just go ahead and do it anyway. That sure sounds like me. :) Basically, I have decided that it should be my theme song. Woot! That's pretty awesome. Yes. Yes, it is. I also took a quiz for which female Disney character I am most like, and I ended up being Alice. As in, Alice in Wonderland. Which I think is absolutely ridonkulous. That movie... I don't even like it! Silly quiz. Oh, well. It was fun. I guess.
So, basically, I has a boyfriend!!! He is so adorable. His name is Ross Bateman. Ah! He's so darn handsome, I can't stand it! He always says these really cheesy, really adorable things to me. I just can't help but smile when I'm around that man! He is so amazing. I really really like that kid a lot! Oh, and here's a picture of us. :) He's such a stud muffin! Awe, just looking at that picture is making me smile! Gah! Apparently, I am twitterpated!!! And I don't even care!!! Oh, we've been going out for about a week and a half now. Fun, sauce! He's so cute.... He has a motorcycle that we ride every now and again. To be honest, I'm kind of scared of the thing, but it gives me an excellent excuse to cuddle with him. And he is a most spectacular cuddler! He's a really sweet guy. Sigh... He's amazing.
Sarah and Andrew come home from their honeymoon to Disneyland tonight. But I won't see them until tomorrow. I miss those punks! And I want Sarah to meet Ross, because I am crazy about that punk. ;) Anyway, Sarah and Andrew are gonna be living only about two blocks away from me! Maybe three... I don't know. But still, I can just walk right over and bug them! Not that I would, but it's just if I need anything, they're really close! And they live by a tree with a butt. Which is pretty much one of the most awesomest things ever. Except I went by the tree with a butt last week, and it's but was all covered with leaves. Crazy! But also pretty cool. I guess it was tired of being immodest so it grew a little speedo! Tee hee!

I Have a Brother-In-Law!

2009-06-01T11:02:00.004-06:00

How crazy that I have a brother-in-law. Weird. But also pretty cool. It's interesting, I kind of feel old, but not like age old, just like now my family is in a completely different stage of life. Sarah's married! Ah! And everyone at the reception was asking me when I was gonna be married. Absolutely Ridonkulous. But the wedding, luncheon, and reception all went really well! Dude, my sister is so beautiful! Sarah and Andrew were so happy, those silly lovers. :)
So the poll is finished that I did about which high school mascot was worse. The worst high school mascot is the Beetdiggers. Poor guys. But they were followed by the Darts. And no one voted for anything else so they must both be pretty pathetic. Which is ok. Because the students that go the schools are still proud to be Beetdiggers or Darts. So, power to them, I guess...
Anyway, I don't have much to say today. But that's all good. I just thought I should write a little something since I haven't posted anything in a while. But I'll post something more exciting later. Woot!

Boy Trouble + No Job + Where to Live + GAH!!! = me

2009-05-23T10:46:00.005-06:00

Basically, I'm making that sad little Puss in Boots face! I'm so freaking stressed out and depressed and basically just out of it. Ridonkulous. Life is basically completely hectic. And that really stinks. Humph. So this fall I was planning on living in the Old Farm Townhouses. But that idea has been a little flopped as I really don't have any money, literally, no money, and to live there I have to have paid for both semesters by the end of the summer. That's nuts in my opinion. I freaking don't have money!!! Gah! I really need a job! Ok, taking a deep breath.... I am turning in an application for Hobby Lobby today. Hooray. Woot. They're hiring. So here's a little something random, how come boys/men are so freaking ridiculous? Gosh. One minute they're all flirtatious and awesome and sweet, the next they're just like I don't even know, crazy? Weird? Not seeming to care? Gah! Boys are dumb. That is what I have concluded.
Ok, we're gonna switch to a more positive and exciting note here for a jiffy. So at Seagull Book yesterday there was basically a gargantuan sale. Party. So the thing that I bought, was basically amazing. It was a set. A Chronicles of Narnia set. What it had was one huge book that has all the novels in it, and then all seven books on cd. Woot! Pretty awesome set. I can listen to the books and also be productive at the same time! Anyway, so this set was normally 100 bucks, BUT the wet was 80% off!!! Holy cow pie! So I got this amazing thing for only 20 dollars. Par-tay. I'm definitely gonna have to start listening/reading them today. Woot sauce. Those there books are basically awesome.
So if you haven't been able to pick it up, I'm basically ridiculously stressed out and I am freaking out. Basically. I was even crying last night, so much freaking stuff is going on! I just can't take all this ridiculousness!!! Sigh. I guess I will get over it eventually. Party. Woot. Ya....

Life

2009-05-11T21:47:00.010-06:00

All sorts of different people have come into my life. Many of them I will never hear from again. Others are family members that have passed on to the next life. Today I want to share memories about a very close friend and family member of mine.
I remember when my cousin Scott began dating Laurianne. Right from the moment I met her I fell in love with her. She was witty, clever, beautiful, and could always make me laugh. I was so happy when the two got married. I know that my family is sealed together for eternity. I got so excited that Laurianne became a member of my eternal family. I loved family parties. I would usually just go sit and talk with Laurianne. She was so fun to talk to. She would tease, but was never rude. I really looked up to her. Although I had never heard her share it, from being around her I knew that she had a firm testimony of the Gospel. She was surrounded by a certain glow that people have when they know the truth. She did know.
Laurianne was so supportive of me. I remember that she came to a color guard perfomance of mine. I was so excited! I was so thrilled that she would come and watch me. Laurianne was always such an amazing person like that. Wherever she was, she was happy to be there.
Years passed and everyone in the family was wondering when Scott and Laurianne were gonna start having kids. I had been hanging out with Laurianne, one of my favorite things, and she was driving me home. We were just chatting and I said, "I know you are probably really sick of people asking you this, but are you and Scott gonna have kids anytime soon?" She laughed and said, "As of last night, who knows?" Oh, man. I couldn't stop laughing! It was much more humorous when a month or so later she came to my house with Scott and an ultra sound. She was pregnant. It was such an exciting experience! I remember that in the ultra sound picture, the baby looked, well, weird. It wasn't all that developed yet, and Laurianne said, "I'm gonna have a peanut!" She was like that. Always making me giggle.
A few months later, I got some devastating news. Laurianne was in the hospital. Doctors had found a cancerous tumor on her brain. (This was about 2 and a half years ago.) I remember asking why God would let this happen. It was a very scary thing, everyone was worried about Laurianne and the baby in her womb. She was going to go into surgery. If I am recalling correctly, there was a 60% chance that Laurianne wouldn't make it. I got excused from marching band the day before the surgery so that I could go and see my dear friend. I really wanted to see her one last time just in case she didn't make it. She looked so frail, so weak, so ill. I was crying. I was so scared. I don't remember exactly what she said, but I remember she said something witty to me that made me smile. She was always so positive. The entire extended Bredthauer family got together and started a fast. I have never felt the Spirit so strongly with my extended family before. It was so amazing. Laurianne just had to make it through. The next day I was fasting and praying like crazy. School was a blur, I was constantly thinking about Laurianne. While I was at marching band, my mom came and brought me a sandwich. Laurianne's surgery was over, and both she and the baby were fine. My heart had a little party inside of my chest. I thought it was gonna explode. My eyes were all teared up.
After that Laurianne began chemotherapy. I know that that was really rough on her. It was also hard because doctors had to keep the baby safe as well. The first time after that that I saw Lauri take off a hat, I wanted to scream. Her beautiful hair was gone. But only in the front. It was really shocking to me. She had such long, gorgeous hair. And it was half gone. But Laurianne retained her jovial personality. She would talk about her hair as a mullet. Business in the front, party in the back. I was always amazed by how happy she could be through this difficult trial. It was so inspiring to me. I learned that no matter how bad life gets, having a positive attitude changes everything. What a blessing that Laurianne had such a great outlook on everything.
In the late winter, I can't remember exactly what month, Laurianne gave birth to a beautiful little girl. She and Scott named her Lucy. What an adorable little girl she is! I remember holding little Lucy at the hospital. She was so small, so teeny weeny. And Laurianne and Scott were so happy to have such a healthy, beautiful baby. It was awesome.
Time passed, Lucy grew, and Laurianne continued her chemotherapy. Scott was working hard for his family. What a great father he was and is. Family first. I have concluded that I would be a very lucky woman indeed to marry a man as great as Scott. He was always so sweet to his beautiful wife and he was never afraid to have fun. And he loves his daughter so darn much. What an amazing man. I'm sure proud of my cousin.
So around January of 2009, I think that's when it was, Scott and Laurianne shared the exciting news that the cancer was gone! What a miracle that was! But it didn't last. When Laurianne went in for a check-up, the cancer was back again. I was devastated and so upset. My parents said that Scott and Laurianne were going to be trying to have another baby. Now, they weren't. Lucy was almost 2 years old at this point. She's been growing so much. I got really mad. Why would God make this beautiful little family suffer like that? Didn't he care? It was a really big struggle for me to take that blow. My dear friend Laurianne was not doing well at all.
I don't think I ever saw her again after that. She was really sick so stayed at home, unable to come to family parties. But this past Saturday, the 9th of May, brought on a day that I will never forget. I was home with my family, just working in the yard. My sister, Sarah, is getting married at the end of the month, and the yard needed to be perfect. I was planting flowers and my mom came over to me. She said, "Laurianne isn't doing well. She got rushed to the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dad is going to get Lucy from the hospital." I couldn't speak. What? Had I just not been up to date on things? It is hard to get information when you live away from your family, but I had no idea that Laurianne was even close to being that bad. Everything from that day was only things I heard from the parents speaking. They didn't want to scare or worry my younger siblings, but I was usually allowed to hear the conversations. I mostly just picked up little things, my mind was wondering a lot. I was so worried. Water in Laurianne's brain, she gets rushed to surgery so that doctors can drill a hole in her skull and get out the water. Water in Laurianne's lungs, have to drain those too. Now Laurianne is in a coma, nobody knows if she will even wake up. I don't think I have ever been that scared before in my life. Why was this happening?
Well, while all of this was happening, Lucy was at my family's house. I took her to the park to play. She is so adorable. It was really hard for me, spending time with Lucy while her mother was in the hospital dying. But in a way it was nice that I could make Lucy happy. She didn't really understand what was going on with her mom. It was really fun to play with her at the park. She was really fun. And we also went for a walk around the park. Lucy held my hand sometimes. Children are so amazing. They are surrounded by a beautiful spirit of peace and joy. They are never afraid to laugh or speak there mind. I think everyone could learn something from spending a day with a child.
Greg, Scott's brother, and his wife Stacie came over to our house to get Lucy in the evening. Greg said that Laurianne was still on life support and in a coma. He said that she had had a lot of brain damage, if she made it through she would probably not be able to do very much and wouldn't be able to talk. He said that Scott was going to have to "pull the plug", take Laurianne off of life support. Greg said that if Scott didn't do it tonight, he would do it in the morning. Have you ever been hit in the head so hard that you black out? I felt like that, only in my stomach. Lucy went with Greg and Stacie.
Later that evening, I was out Mother's Day shopping with my family, and my dad got a call. I heard only his half of the conversation. "Hello... Yes... I'm sorry to hear that... How is Scott doing?... I can imagine... Ok... Bye." He hung up the phone and turned to me. Laurianne was dead. After 2 and a half years of fighting cancer, my friend was dead. My hero that I looked up to so much... Gone... I didn't know what to think. I didn't even feel like I could think anymore.
I went with my parents to see Scott that night. I just didn't know how I was supposed to feel. I've never lost someone so close to me before. What was I supposed to be feeling? I could tell that Scott was really out of it. Obviously, as he had just lost his wife. I had never seen him cry before. I was very impressed by him. He's a goof ball, and I love it. Even though he's going through such a large trial, he managed to tease me like always. I saw him depending on his family. It really strengthened my testimony of the power of family. Scott really is an amazing man.
Today, three days later, I'm still not sure how to feel about the situation. I know that I can't sit and mope around. There are things that I need to do and get done. I've been thinking in the positive to keep myself from crying. I know that Laurianne is in a much better place now. She is in Spirit Paradise. She has no more pain, no more suffering, no more cancer. Although this is a happy thought, I know that the loss of someone so close will be a difficult trial in my family for a a while.
Some people that enter our lives are easily forgotten, but I know that I will never forget Laurianne. She was a light to me in the darkness, and she set an example to me of how to live. I truly hope that someday I can be as great of a woman as she was. I will truly miss that outstanding woman and daughter of God. Scott and Lucy are in my prayers. I love you guys.

New Experiences Sometimes Suck

2009-05-06T13:37:00.003-06:00

Kind of like a leech. Kind of like a nasty leech. Kind of like the one in this picture. Bleck. So I moved into a new apartment on Monday. Party! It is nice. Pretty old, and the bedrooms are small, but it is nice. My bedroom roommate is Sam Watt. She is super awesome. I met her in Merrill Hall this past school year. She really likes to talk boys, and so do I! So I'm thinking that is a good arrangement. Then one other roommate is here, her name is Jacie. She is ridiculous. Like, basically she is me on steroids. That should give you a good idea of how she is. She is 20 and a music major. She thinks she's better than the rest of us because she is a year older and has her Associate Degree. Absolutely ridiculous. That doesn't make her better than anyone. Humph. And my allergies are killing me! They are so much worse up here than they ever were in Kaysville! One nostril is clogged up completely and the other has boogers running out of it and I have to blow my nose every five minutes. Lame! Oh, and my tonsils are super swollen so it is even harder to breathe with those honkin things clogging up my windpipe. Not to mention that my whole head feels like it is about to explode. Grr... And every now and again I sneeze. man, I just feel like crap! But I must keep going. Aye, that I must.