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DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!..

2010-06-29T21:26:00.000-07:00

So.. LOTS of people have been asking for pictures and updated about my surgery.. I got so busy with all the wedding plan and everything I pretty much forgot it even happened! BUT I LOVE the outcome! The whole thing really wasn't to bad! Not much pain at all! The worst part was just getting sick from the pain meds other than that it was pretty easy! Dan took such good care of me! I was so excited about wedding stuff (remember the surgery was only 2 days after I got engaged!) that I pretty much just did wedding planning my whole recovery- I even went dress shopping with my cast still on!! I about passed out- pain killers+no food+tight dresses= BAD IDEA!! The after picture I've posted below was taken about a month and half ago and more swelling has gone down since. It normally takes about 6-12 month for it fully recover and for all of swelling to go away. I can definitely feel and see the swelling still, especially at the tip. But that should all be gone before to long! Anyway hope everyone is doing great!! Can't wait to see everyone in September or October ((whichever reception you can make it to))!! Hopefully by then more of the swelling will have gone down! LOTS of Loves!!

This is me with "Dr. Dan" - he proved again on Saturday how great he really is!!

This is me with my actual doctor, Dr. Lawton!! She's the BEST!! I would refer ANYONE to her anyday!! (I look hot in my little cap I know..)

This me right after I got home!! Fun right?

Alright and here's the before and after!!

I'm still here!!

2010-05-20T19:19:00.000-07:00

Wow.. We have been SO busy with wedding plans, every weekend seems packed with more and more things to do! The good thing is soon we will have all of the big stuff done and be able to just worry about the small stuff.. Last weekend we checked out rings and did one of our registrys.. After that we went to a dinner at one of Dan's old friends house. We were asked to bring a salad, and I was thinking how boring.. I LOVE to cook and try new things.. so anyway I was trying to think of a good salad to make and I remembered this salad I get from Ruby's down on the pier and it's call and APB salad (apple pecans and blue cheese) well I know a lot of people don't like blue cheese so I left that out.. but made my own version of it and it turned out SOOO good.. ((better than Ruby's I have to say!!)) So here's how I made it if you want to try it ((it's SUPER easy!!))

I used the spring mix salad from the store, then topped with chopped up Fuji apples, craisens, golden raisins, and chopped up praline pecans, and then I used a pomegranate blueberry vinaigrette for the topping..

It was OHHH sooo good!!
okay.. back to more wedding planning ;)
hope everyone is having a great week!! XOXO

The Damanda Wedding Blog!

2010-05-02T12:24:00.000-07:00

Dan and I put together a new wedding blog, providing information and details about our big day! Please check it out at damandasmith.blogspot.com! Thanks for checking it out!

*the best day yet!!..

2010-04-29T04:58:00.000-07:00

So as most everyone knows now, Dan and I are getting Married.. here's the little inside scoop on how it all went down :)

So after Dan and I had been dating for about a month, I had told him that I didn't want to know when whoever I marry purposes, I want it to be a complete surprise.. so 'just in case' I sent him a picture of a ring I found that I loved! I figured I would get something LIKE it.. not the EXACT one.. ((we'll get to that soon)) so, I didn't know this but he bought the ring 5 WEEKS ago!! I guess he went online looking for this ring I sent him a picture of and searched for the designer and then where you could buy the ring.. So he found this all out, he made some calls and found out it wasn't usually in the store but gave him the skew number for it and then he went to Robbins Brothers. He walked in and the woman (Marianne, Who I will soon meet, that's how Dan told the story) asked if she could help him, he said I'm here to get a ring, she went on to ask what does he think I would like, and he said well this ring actually, gives her a picture, says here's the skew, size 4 and half. haha well after a while at the store and looking at diamonds he found out it would be about 6-8 weeks, but Marianne put a rush on it to get it here sooner.. he really wanted to do it before my surgery. So 5 weeks later I am driving home from work talking to my mom, ((it was on speaker, don't worry)) and she goes, I gotta go I'll call you back CLICK.. then NEVER called me back.. I thought that was pretty weird.. Well a few days ago Dan and I had already planned on going to Fred's for dinner and it's just a few blocks up from my house and so we decided to walk along the beach. So he gets to my house and we start walking in the sand and he starts saying some stuff, like remember the first time we went to the beach, and that was your first time at the beach. and I am like what are you getting at??? hahaha well then we get down by the ocean and he says: I have a pre-surgery surprise for you!! remember when we went to the beach that first time and you wrote amanda and dan in sand? well I'm going to write something for you.. so he positioned me perfectly and I covered my eyes.. I had an IDEA what was going on.. but there has been a few times when I wondered if today was the day and it never was so I figured today wasn't either.. so then he keeps asking are they still closed don't peek then I open my eyes and see...

((only minus the hand)) and I am trying to figure out what it says and he's standing there next to it and then he said I had this look like I was starting to get it he got down on one knee and said "Amanda Lynn Hillman, Will you Marry me forever?" I just said NO WAY!! and then I was shaking my head yes and he was crying and I was crying, and then he put the ring on and we were hugging.. and then I remembered people saying they forgot to say yes and when I remembered that I started saying yes! hahaha and then I just kept smiling and I was jumping up and down and looking at my hand and kissing him.. hahaha I was SHOCKED! it was perfect.. then I look at this ring and I'm like, this is the EXACT ring I wanted!!

It was all so perfect, then I found out he had text my mom earlier and told her he was calling to ask a top secret question and he called while we were talking and that was why she never called me back because she was afraid she would spill the beans!! So.. there it is!! I am luckiest girl about to marry the most amazing, sweet, caring, giving, (oh man I'm getting choked up) most perfect man in the whole world. I really couldn't ask for anything more. He is everything I've ever dreamed of having and more.. I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with such an amazing person. I am truly so blessed!! I love you DAN SMITH!!

can i get a fry with that SHAKE!?..

2010-04-14T20:59:00.000-07:00

The best purchase of the Month:

Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender!!

A girl I worked with at Caribou spent her spring break with her friend here in California, and I let her stay at my place so as a thank you they gave me a gift card to Target!

Well I've been wanting a Magic Bullet for a while and they are like $55 almost so I just never brought myself to spending the money for one. Well I was at target and just wanted to see if they had something similar.. and they had this bad boy!!

It was only $15 but only come with one cup that's the only down side.. but I use it like at least twice a day! I usually make a breakfast smoothie and then a protein shake after my work out!

One of my new favorites I discovered today was like 1-2 tablespoons yogurt ((I like dannon lite vanilla)) then about 8 oz pure pineapple juice (( I am drinking pineapple juice like crazy right now- i was told it helps with swelling and bruising to help prepare for the surgery I have in 2 weeks)) and then a whole banana and about 1/3 a cup of spinach.. I know that sounds weird but you don't really even taste it!! but it's really good!!

Then for my protein shakes I do about 8-10 oz of either soy, skim or almond milk ((ps if you haven't had almond milk yet.. you should!! it's sooo yummy.. try the vanilla)) a scoop of protein ( I use chocolate Nu-Tek Pro 5) then I add a banana and about 1 1/2 tablespoons peanut butter.. soooo good!!

Hope everyone is doing well!! I haven't posted for a while but maybe I will again after my surgery.. I have had a lot of people want to see some before and afters!! I went to my pre-op yesterday and it made me SUPER excited and SUPER nervous at the same time!!

For those who don't know, I'm getting Rhinoplasty. I have wanted to for a long time and I am FINALLY able to do it! I found a great Dr. I really trust, her name is Dr. Tenley Lawton and her office in Newport Beach. She is shrinking my turbinates to help my breathing and then shaving off my little bump and narrowing the top and then taking the ball off the end and rotating it up so it doesn't droop anymore! So I will definitely update everyone after I am all healed!

Hope everyone has a good week!!

My week in a nutshell..

2010-02-17T17:29:00.000-08:00

No, this is me in a nutshell: "Help! I'm in a nutshell! How did I get into this bloody great big nutshell? What kind of shell has a nut like this?" ((austin powers)) ha!

*THURSDAY-Dan and I went to Cheesecake Factory to celebrate my new job.. he got the shepard's pie.. I got the chicken bow tie pasta w/ broccoli instead of peas and we got the ghirardelli brownie for dessert.. YUM!!

*FRIDAY- I started my new job, which went really well.. I totally love it!!..

* SATURDAY- Went to breakfast at this cute little place in Costa Mesa then.. Tom was in SO CAL working and stopped by for the day.. we took him to the beach and down to the pier and up main street.. had bar-b-q for lunch and Mo's and then he installed my car stereo ((which him and my mom got me for christmas and has been sitting in my closet..)) then we went to Fred's Mexican for dinner... SOOOOO good!!.. BEST Mexican salad ever!! YUM.. and it over looks the beach and ocean it's great!!

*SUNDAY- went to church and finished the blanket I started on thursday for Dan ((yup did it in THREE days.. don't even ask why I thought to attempt that.. but it all worked out and he loved it!!)) Dan brought me some beautiful orchids gave me some other sweet gifts and then we laid at the beach and then went to Outback -Fillet Mignon & Crab Legs.. DELISH!! and then a huge amazingly good cake ((we don't normally eat out this much i swear!!)) and then watched Love Happens.. good Valentine's Day movie

*MONDAY- worked again- Dan had the day off and made me a great Chicken Chow Mien dinner.. and watched the kite runner, I had just finished reading it so I did a lot of comparing but it was still really good

*TUESDAY- worked and then hung out with Dan.. watched figure skating for the Olympics and then received a Valentines massage it was FABULOUS!!. would have thought he was a professional if I didn't know any better

*TODAY- had the day off so I did some cleaning, walked to the beach with my roommate (AMANDA!) went to Jamba.. laid out for a few hours.. went shopping up main street and then later get to go watch Dan play in a basketball game...

EXCELLENT week if you ask me!! (I think we probably won't eat out again for a month or so tho haha)

Hope everyone else had wonderful week and an extra special Valentine's

*and the search is finally over!!..

2010-02-09T00:37:00.000-08:00

My new job!!..

So after months of searching and some crazy boring temp jobs, and lots of stress.. I got a job!!.. It was definitely worth the wait!

I interviewed last Tuesday at Orange Coast Orthodontics/ Jungle of Smiles- Pediatric Dentistry and was invited back for a working interview on Wednesday afternoon. It went really well and loved the place.. It's decorated like a Jungle with monkeys and the big tree you see in the picture, paintings on the walls of zebras and tigers and elephants.. it's really cute. Also I really like everyone that worked there. It seems like such a great environment.. it's kind of in an upscale area of Orange County and they describe it as the 'Nordstoms' of dental offices ((meaning there are a lot of really rich patients)) :) I really really wanted the job and he emailed me Sunday saying I would hear from him on or before Wednesday.. Then I got home and had an email offering me the position!! I am sooo excited!!

I don't know a lot of information yet I should be talking to the Dr. tomorrow and hopefully meeting with him this week sometime to discuss the details!

The coolest thing about it is I worked really hard to get this job and it all totally paid off in the end!!

I can't wait to start and update on how it is actually working there but I am sure I will love it!!

*it's a beautiful life!!..

2010-01-25T15:33:00.000-08:00

Last Monday I received a phone call from the employment agency I am working with to find a job. I am working with their perm and temp departments to find something permanent, while doing a few temporary jobs here and there. The call was for a temporary 3 day job (Monday-Wednesday) to cover for a receptionist at an Advertising/PR firm in Newport Beach. I was very excited to get back into working and the company and all of the people are very great!

On my last day (Wednesday) they asked me if I could stay a little longer, the woman I was covering for's husband was very ill, and has been for the past few months. So I am now working here until the end of this week. (My 3 day project turned into a 2 week project) She came in on Friday and looked very sad. Someone I worked with mentioned that she looked like she had lost a lot of weight in her face. Someone asked her how she was doing and she responded, "My husband is dying." It broke my heart! I can't even imagine how that must feel. They took him off all of his meds and put him on morphine and they were pretty much just waiting.. I received a call this morning from her family saying her husband had passed away this morning. My prayers are with this sweet lady and her family at this time.

Sitting here at her desk I noticed a little quote she has posted up:

Practice noticing the beauty in your life. Start now. Wherever you are, look around and make a mental note of what you find beautiful in this very moment. Do this 3 times a day until it becomes a habit.

Last Tuesday, my second day on the job, I woke a little early just to be safe and I had a little extra time, so I found out what time the sun rises and went the patio on the roof of my house and watched the sunrise. I took a picture to send to my mom and dad. I can't even remember the last time I did that. It's been way to long. But I loved that little quote she has sitting here. I look around sometime and am amazed by the beautiful things that God has given us. Some we see and some we don't. I have challenged myself to follow that quote and 3 times a day find the beauty in the world around me until it's a habit. We are so lucky and so blessed to live in such a beautiful world.

I hope everyone has a good week, and god bless the Astarabadi family at this time.

The rest of the pictures are all ones I have taken on my phone over the past few months of living in California..

It is definitely very easy to find beauty here!

*and so the seach continues..

2010-01-13T17:00:00.001-08:00

Can I just tell everyone how much FUN job searching is.. It feels like your running in a circle really REALLY fast.. the problem is with running in a circle.. you don't get ANYWHERE..

I found this and thought it was pretty funny.. maybe I should take some tips from this kid.. only problem is that McDonald's probably IS the only place that actually would hire someone that filled out an app this way..

This is an actual job application a 17 year old boy submitted at a McDonald's fast-food establishment in Florida... and they hired him because he was so honest and funny!

NAME: Greg Bulmash

SEX: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.

DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place.

DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.

EDUCATION: Yes.

LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.

SALARY: Less than I'm worth.

MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes.

REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.

HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any.

PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment.

MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?

DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UP TO 50 LBS?: Of what?

DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the more appropriate question here would be "Do you have a car that runs?"

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearing house Sweepstakes.

DO YOU SMOKE?: On the job no, on my breaks yes.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb sexy blonde super model who thinks I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now.

DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Yes. Absolutely.

SIGN HERE: Aries.

Anyway.. I know most of you that look at my blog didn't live IN or even AROUND Orange County.. but if you know of anyone out here hiring.. that would be awesome to let me know!!.. Til then.. the search continues..

*XOXO

2010-01-12T11:06:00.000-08:00

<3

2010-01-09T15:42:00.000-08:00

*all moved in!!..

2009-11-11T15:00:00.000-08:00

So.. I made it to California!!.. It feels like I've been here so much longer than the week and half it's been.. but I've had a blast and am finally getting all settled in.. it's been a busy week and half!!..

Last weekend ((halloween)) Dan and I carved pumpkins.. we waited until LAST minute to go get them, because I had to go over to my new house and meet my new roommates and then it was REALLY nice out so we decided to make a picnic ((which was really good.. we made a fruit salad, chicken salad sandwiches, and there was a bunch of other stuff but we got full on the fruit salad before we got to the other stuff..)) and then when we got out to go looking for pumpkins almost every place was sold out!!.. So we ended up going to this pumpkin patch place that had all the leftover ones no one wanted.. I made mine a goofy face and Dan made his scar face.. nice..

Then because all I had was whatever I could take on the plane with me ((one 51 lb suitcase, a 49 lb box, a 32 lb carry on, and a personal bag)) I needed to get a computer desk and a dresser.. so I found a cheap desk and walmart and then I found a dresser on craigslist for $40!!.. it was really nice to it was big and has 6 drawers and a big mirror on it and it was in great condition.. the only thing it was a light brown which didn't really go with anything else I had so we painted it black and mod podged this material on the drawers and it turned out AWESOME.. neither of us expected to turn out as cool as it did.. i love it!!.. We may start our own dresser decorating business.. we'll see ;)

Also I needed to get a new car, so I had sold mine for $1500 before I left and decided to look for one that same amount, so we found this 99 Mitsubishi Mirage, it seemed like it was in good condition only it had a funny smell to it, but there were bags of clothes in the back so we thought it might be the clothes and that it would go away after they took the bags out.. it didn't!!.. So we took it in to get smog checked ((required in CA to get registered)) and turns out the check engine light SHOULD have been on... only he had taken out the bulb and put it in the glove compartment!!.. This guy was sooo sneaky!!.. it has been problem after problem with this car.. but I think after we get it all cleaned out and fixed up it will be a good car.. I hope..

And also I went to get my CA drivers license so I could get residency and turns out my birth certificate was missing.. so I had to order a new one and have it 2 dayed to me, because I can't even get a job until I have it. But throuh all the problems it has been awesome being here!!.. The weather has been amazing.. we went and laid out on the beach in Corona Del Mar yesterday which was sooo beautiful!!..

Then today I started looking for jobs so as soon as I get my BC I can start working.. So it's been amazing.. I know I definitely made the right choice moving here!!.. :)

hope everyone is doing well!!

*NEW & EXCITING THINGS!!..

2009-10-26T08:12:00.000-07:00

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

Soo.. as most everyone knows by now I'm moving to California on Friday.. yes it's kind of like me to do something like that but I honestly didn't see this coming. But, I am VERY excited about this opportunity!!.. I did a lot of thinking and praying about it to know I was making the right choice and I have not felt better about any other choice I've made in my life. I am moving to Huntington Beach on Friday the 30th.. yep 4 days, into a house with a couple of LDS girls about a block and half up from the beach.. 2 weeks ago I had never been to the beach and now I will be able to walk to it.. life is full of many beautiful surprises!!.. I found out that my credits are not going to transfer to the school I would be going to there so I decided not to finish the semester and just move there and work on getting residency and then start school up next fall. Also I will only live a mile and a half from my amazing boyfriend!!.. He has done so much to help me with this move and with a lot of other things, I don't think he will ever know how truly grateful I am for that, and also to have him in my life. That was another thing I did not see coming, but I am soooo glad it did!! Ü I will start posting more once I get there and keep everyone updated on all the new things that are happening between finding a new job, living in a new place, and having new love.. all very fun and exciting things!!.. I feel so blessed right now, I feel like life couldn't get any better!!..

*muh poker face..

2009-10-09T13:57:00.000-07:00

I am taking a class right now that ends on tuesday. It's a 'get ya back into school' type class called On Course, it's an easy, 2 day a week, 50 min, 1 credit class, that they suggest that every new student takes. So I did.. Well yesterday, we had a motivational speaker come in to, well motivate us of course!. and can i just say how much i LOVE motivational speakers?!.. i love any kinda of motivation i can get from anyone and if it's coming from a professional that's even better! Well let me just tell you a little bit about this guy. He came in and you could tell right away that the left side of his face didn't work. His eye wondered a little, and the left side of his mouth didn't move when the right did while he was talking. Also his right hand, "nubby" as he called it, was alot smaller and his fingers weren't all there. He started off by explaining why he looked that way. When his mom, who was on her 4th child in i think he said 4 years, had him she was VERY under weight and she smoked, he thinks this helps to explain his 'nubby', also when she went into labor with him they thought her water broke and wrapped her in a blanket. When they got to hospital and removed the blanket they realized it was covered in blood, it was actually the placenta that had broke. The doctors had to go in right away and pull him out in order to save his life, because he was loosing so much oxygen. So when they reached in with the forceps they squeezed to hard on the left side of his face and temple area it caused it the permanent damage, which is why he looked the way he did. Okay so on to his motivation!

He told us something that really stuck out to me.. he asked who played poker, a few hands went up. He then said that life is like a game of poker. Sometimes we are dealt good cards, but sometimes we are dealt bad ones, and there is nothing we can do about the bad cards but just continue to play that hand. He talked about the bad cards that had been dealt to him, and how even though he was given these bad things and sometimes people told him he couldn't do different things in life because of his disability he still did it anyway. After class I was talking to a friend and told him about what this guy had said and he then mentioned, which stuck out to me even more, that even when we are dealt these bad cards, sometimes no matter how bad they are we can come out on top and still win the game anyway.

Life is such a crazy thing.. it continually blows me away.. sometimes we are dealt good cards and sometimes the worst hand in the whole deck.. we just need to choose how we play and if we can

come out on top!!

*wait.. where did the week go?!

2009-09-11T21:16:00.000-07:00

This week went by SOOOO fast!!.. holy cow i can't believe it's already almost saturday!!.. what happened?!.. So here's a little update.. I wasn't getting hardly any hours at Caribou so I started kinda looking for a new job.. okay and by that i mean Brit told me a lady was hiring and i sent her an email.. well.. it was for Bella's Bridal in woodbury ((very cute place)) so i interviewed with her thursday and she said she'd give me a call by next week and let me know.. she called me later that night and offered me the job.. yup i'm THAT good ;) anyway.. I had interviewed with Anytime Fitness awhile back and then she started emailing this week wanting to talk to me about a possible position.. so i went and met with her today and she offered me a job doing alot of marketing for the maplewood gym.. ps i just found out i started getting more hours at Caribou.. so rite now.. i have a wide range of possibilities i know for sure that i am going to do the bridal shop but i can't decide between anytime and caribou.. the thing with anytime is that it's alot of generating leads and going out in the community and stuff ((and by that i mean maplewood.. so not to close)) and caribou is fun and close and i wouldn't have to do a ton of driving.. and then part of me thinks i should try doing all 3 and then narrow it down that way.. but going to school full time on top of all that makes a little difficult.. i think i need input?!..

*the most beautiful things..

2009-09-07T20:51:00.000-07:00

soo.. i feel like lately i have had a little bit of a bad attitude about where i am in life.. i think the biggest thing is rite after high school i thought i had it all figured out.. i jumped around between jobs and made enough to get me what i wanted right then and there and didn't think i needed school and now everyone my age it seems like is graduating and i am JUST starting school.. i think i've felt a little bad about that.. and that i used to drive a nice car and have money to do my hair whenever and go tanning and all that stuff.. and now i truly know what it means to be a broke college student.. and all i ever would think about is how i am just ready to be done with this phase of my life and be able to 'start' my life.. and i said that out loud and then it hit me.. this IS my life.. it's started it has been for almost 23 years now.. and it all goes by so fast.. i just need to soak it all in.. and embrace and love each new phase because this IS my life.. and sometime ((maybe soon maybe in like 15 years.. who even knows?!)) i will be married and have a family to take care of & right now it's just me that i have to worry about.. so i am ready to be selfish and soak it up and focus on me.. and getting thru school and loving it!!.. the whole phase!!.. and when the next one comes i really i hope i remember this and don't get sick of the little times anymore and just love where i am cuz this moment IS my life..

hope everyone had a good labor day!!.. i had way to much fun!!..

ps.. HAPPY birthday des!!..

*<3

2009-09-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

*WAiT i'm not ready for you to leave yet..

2009-08-18T16:22:00.000-07:00

HOLY MOLY!!.. summer is almost over!!.. what happened?!

i don't think i'm ready yet.. even tho i did have a VERY amazing summer!!.. it was seriously soo fun.. I LOVED texas and hope i can move back someday.. most of my days ((there and back here in minnesota)) have been spent at the pool.. i LOVE laying out in the sun and playing in the water.. although san antonio was better at the pool ((oh and night was the best to sneak in at like midnight and go swimming and it was still hot out.. i loved it)) it's still fun here especially playin with my adorable little nephew brecken play in the water.. he grows up so much everyday it seems like.. it blows me away!!..

so now i'm just trying to get ready for school to start.. i can't believe i start in 6 DAYS!!.. it's super stressful to think about.. but also kinda exciting.. and i started working at caribou again.. i really liked working there a few years ago and figured it would be a pretty easy stress free job.. i interviewed with anytime and i totally wanted the job and they wanted me but the schedules would not work for either of us.. so she said she'd keep my resume and call me if something opened up that had a better schedule for me.. but i'm really liking working at caribou.. for those who don't know what it is it's like starbucks only waaaayyy better.. it's more of midwest thing i think.. and they have the BEST smoothies EVER!!..

oh one more thing i just had to post cuz it makes me laugh ohhh so hard.. okay so over the past year sense i moved out to provo i dated alot of different guys and had 3 actual boyfriends.. anways you know the movie good luck chuck?! don't watch it!! it's suppperrr naughty.. not what i expected anyways.. thats not the point anyways it's about this guy that sleeps with a girl and then she marrys the next guy she dates.. i'm that guy!!!.. only girl!! ((and i don't sleep with them.. just date them..)) hahaha so those 3 boyfriends i had.. they all have gotten engaged in the past like month!!!.. hahahahaha isn't that nuts?!.. sooo if you know of a guy that wants to get married.. just send him my way.. i personally won't marry him.. i just have to date him.. then he will marry the next girl he dates... C R A Z Y!!..

*Vote!!..

2009-08-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=ADE534E12A48CFA0373754602D05EF4A

heeeyy.. my friend mandy entered her adorable dog lexi ((she really is the cutest sweetest dog ever)) into this cutest dog competition and asked for help!!.. so if you can go to the link above and vote for her that would be awesome!!..

THANKS!!

*too cool for school..

2009-07-29T23:22:00.000-07:00

HOLY-FREAKiN-KAMOLY!!..
soo.. i hate school already.. i know remember why i never went..
so i go in for my test last week that way i get placed in the right english and math classes ect.. it took for freakin ever!!.. annddd.. i'm in like 6th grade everything!!.. ((not for real)) but pretty close.. anyways so i go to register today and we are there for like 3 hours all i had eaten was a clemetine ((yup the miniture orange which is like like having 2 acutal orange slices)) and i was starving.. and then it's like an hour and a half of lecture about all this junk you need to know about going to school.. and then 2 hours of registering for classes.. want to know why it took 2 hours?!.. cuz it's sooo freakin hard!!.. when we got there ((i went with my brother kole cuz he's goin to the same school i am)) there were all these people there with thier parents and jokingly i turn to kole and am like.. oh why didn't we bring our mom with us.. and he said it was because we were too old for that.. well half way thru trying to register i'm practically in tears and wishing my mom was there!!.. i had to call her for moral support.. i think the biggest problem was that i am trying to get this job at anytime fitness ((i have a 2nd interview tomorrow)) and i really really want it buttt the hours are 11-7 so i was trying to get all my classes in before 11 and she said they could work with me but all the classes i needed to take on tues and thurs were in the afternoon.. so i was like i don't even care about the job!!.. ((mostly cuz i got hired at caribou.. it's like starbucks only a million times better)) but i called the lady at anytime and told her i could only get afternoon classes tues and thurs and she told me to still come in to the interview and she'll talk to the head guy and see if they can work around it.. sooo the interveiw is tomorrow and hopefully i get it!!.. it'll be ALOT of work ((way more the caribou)) buttt.. i would be the main manager of the woodbury anytime fitness so she said it would pretty much be MY gym.. i would completely in charge of everything there.. sooooo.. hopefully the whole scheduling thing works.. we'll see!!..

*WHOA.. HERE i AM!!..

2009-07-25T22:54:00.000-07:00

UPDATE::

so.. i never-ever-ever wanted to go to school.. but when i was starting to figure out what i wanted to do at the end of the summer ever single job i could find paid like $10 an hour.. unless you had a degree.. soo.. after lots of pondering i decided to head back to school.. i looked at going down in texas & for out of state tuition and to get residency and to pay rent and have a job and blah blah blah it started to turn into me finishing school when i was abour 39 1/2 so not quite 40 but pretty freakin close.. sooo i decided to move back up to minnesota with the family and go to school there ((where it would be like.. close to a million dollars cheaper)) so i left san antonio.. ((which by the way was sooo super hard!!)) and went up to dallas for a few days.. i had a friend from minnesota that had flown in for work and so we went to 6 flags and stuff it was fun then i hung out with a friend that i hadn't seen for about 3 years and was living there.. then my old roommate from provo had just moved there so i stayed with her for a few days!!.. mucho fun!!..

then i left and drove up thru oklahoma and kansas and missouri and iowa to des moinse where i stayed with a friend from utah that was working there for the summer.. and we went out to this local bar/ dance place.. it was like the funnest thing i had ever done.. hahaha it was the definition of a HICKTOWN joint it was called uncle bucks.. there was lots of entertainment there.. then i came back up to minnesota.. it's been fun hangin with the family again and seeing my cute little nephew ((who by the way wasn't even walkin last time i saw him and now he's running around everywhere!!)) but i miss texas alot alot!!.. i am ready to move back!!.. but i guess just 2 more years and i can!!.. i'm working on getting my associates in fine art and then as of right now i want to transfer to a 4 year college and get a bachlors in advertising.. we'll see tho!!.. hope everyone is doin good!!..

<3 LiFE!!..

2009-07-05T12:36:00.000-07:00

*LOVE YO-SELF!!.. <3

2009-06-12T05:36:00.000-07:00

So.. i had to go over to the office of the apartment complex i live in & the lady that works over there has a white board at her desk she puts new quotes on everyday & one day when i went over there was a quote up that said:

Love who you are because that's the person that YOU chose to be!!..

i loved that i even came home and wrote it on my white board.. because it's so true.. i've heard alot of people say and i've even said it myself sometimes that uglh i hate that i am like this or i hate that i do this or whatever.. but if you think about it YOU chose to do that.. you can CHOOSE *WHO you want to be, the things you do.. the places you go!!..

just makes sure the choices you make are the ones that make *YOU happy!!..

*STAND OUT!!..

2009-06-12T05:26:00.000-07:00

hope everyone had a great week & has an even fabulous-er weekend!!.. Ü

i'm still alive!!..

2009-06-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

whoa.. i've been like mia for a few days--ish.. SOO.. here's a little update..
1. i had to give Max back.. i liked him lots & he was a really good dog but he was scared of EVERYTHING to the point he wouldn't even go outside.. i had to DRAG him and then he was so scared of everything out there he wouldn't poop so to avoid alot of messes i sadly returned him..
2. i'm finally starting to get warmed up to my job.. yesterday i was #1 in the entire company in scheduled and #2 in serviced!!.. i've done better this last week then i did all last month.. cRaZy!!..
3. i can not wait for kole to get here!!.. he just graduated today ((CONGRATS!!)) and flys in on next monday the 15 and is workin with me for the summer!!..
4. i LOST my debit card and id for a WEEK!!.. not having one you realise how much you need both of those things to do anything in the world today..
5. i haven't worked out for about 2 weeks now!!.. its amazing how at my age you loose and gain weight so fast ((gain alot faster then loose))
6. i 100% gave up on dating.. i bailed on 3 dates this week.. awful i know.. but i just don't have the time.. the energy.. the patience.. ect. ect. for any of that type of shinanigans at this point.
7. i still have no idea what i am doing at the end of the summer.. i REALLY want to stay here.. but i also feel like i should go on a mission and part of me thinks i should move home and go to school.. buttttt i love it here so much i don't wanna leave.. ahhh decisions!!..
ps.. my hair grows tooooo fast.. i have major roots!!.. i HATE that!!..

*called ta serve?!..

2009-05-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

Soo.. where i was working today was like 2 blocks from my apartment complex.. which just so happens to be right across from the temple!!.. ((how lucky am i to be 2 blocks from the temple!?..)) so i was takin a little break & sat looking at the temple and thinking about all the blessings i have in my life, my family, my friends, my job, my amazing grandma & grandpa, & the most important blessing i have is the Gospel.. i meet so many people every single day that don't have that & that may never have it in the life time & it is soo sad.. because these are such amazing people but are missing out on sooo much. Well in church yesterday this guy gave a talk and he said close your eyes.. now picture your favorite dessert in front of you.. okay now you take a bite.. and its the best tasting dessert you've ever had.. what's the first thing you say.. ((i was thinking mmm...)) but he said prob the next think i would say 'dude!!.. you gotta try this!!' & why aren't we like that with the Gospel.. we have the most amazing blessing we can have & it's sooo amazing & makes us feel so good but why don't we tell people 'dude!!.. you gotta try this!! you gotta check this out' ??.. well over the past couple weeks I've begun to think about what i want to do when the summer is up.. & the thought of a mission keeps creepin it's way in.. it probably has something to do with all of the guys here trying to get me to go too.. sooo.. i've been prayting alot about it & the other morning i sat down and read my patriarchal blessing, & in it it says that i will serve a mission.. and many other things that now make me feel like this is when i should be going on one but i've always thought it was for way down the road ya know when i'm all old and married.. but everyday i begin more and more to think that it's supposed to be now.. and right now i can't think of any other thing i SHOULD do then go on a mission.. so I guess over the next couple months i will do alot of praying and pondering and working with my bishop and preparing and hopefully be putting in my papers.. it's kinda scary to think about but at the same time sooo-- exciting!!..

*REAL texan nites..

2009-05-16T00:08:00.000-07:00

Soo.. we had quite the adventure tonight.. WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO!!.. ha one of the techs that i work with that is from here ((richard)) told us about this singles dance at the church so me & dustin decided we'd get the group together ((me, JB, travis, nick, dustin, & tyler)) & go.. so we get all ready jam us all in 'the beast' and drive out to this dance.. we get there and they are playing 'i'm yours' by jason mraz.. don't get me wrong i love the song.. but not to dance to.. & we were all pumped up for dancin.. so richard tells us about this place called cowboys & we decide to go there.. we pile back in the beast & away we go.. well we get there and it's PACKED.. like no where to even park packed.. we are like okay this place is legit texas club.. sooo.. we get to the door and JB doesn't have his id so he leaves and we all head in to find out it's actually a concert going on there tonight.. and jason aldean is who it's for.. ps none of us even knew who he was buttt we head in aways...

he was actually really good he played some 80s stuff & we just jammed out and had a good time.. until.. they decided we need to make our way to the front.. well they keep trying and cant get thru.. so sense i'm the only girl they (let) me try.. by let me try i mean pretty much told me to get up there.. sooooo i start makin my way up and travis is close behind and we get right next to this girl and she starts FREAKING out.. like the point she is yelling at me and i'm laughing so hard cuz it was just sooo funny.. and then she kept telling me it wasn't funny which made me laugh more and i'm so glad travis was in front of me cuz i knew she would have kicked my trash for sure.. but so i experienced my first real texas night ha country dancing.. cowboys.. wranglers.. boot and hats and spurs and shaps.. big girls in little tops.. the whole nine yards!!.. butttt.. we had a good time and i love my guys!!..

Travis, Nick, Me, & Tyler

((we're missing JB & Dustin here tho))

*i <3 SA!!..

2009-05-13T08:10:00.001-07:00

So.. i'm sure everyone is *SICK of hearing how much i love it here in San Antonio but for real.. it's like the *PERFECT place for me!!.. i'm sooo glad i moved here!!..

1. the palm trees!!.. i LOVE palm trees & there aren't a TON of them but they are around and they make me so happy!!..

2. allllll the *SUNSHINE!!.. it's sooo nice and warm and sunny here!!.. sometimes the clouds come out.. but usually its SUNNY!!.. ((&& very hot!!..)

3. FREE TANNING!!.. you never have to pay for a tan here!! ((unless you don't want lines..)) but i'm okay with looking like i alway have a swimsuit on..

4. SWIMMING!!.. you can go swimming in April.. or at 11:00 and not FREEZE!!..

5. everyone is SOOOO nice here!!.. you make a new friend almost every where you go cuz everyone is sooo friendly!!..

bombmom.com

2009-05-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

So anyone that knows my mom, knows that she's like *THE COOLEST* best mom EVER!!.. so i just wanna tell her Happy Mother's Day!!.. i miss you so much & wish i could have spent it with you!!.. You aren't just my mom but one of my best friends you have been there for me and belived in me thru so much!!.. you always know i can keep going even when i don't think i can!!.. i love you so much!!.. thanks for everything!! you really are the best!!

how it all turned out..

2009-05-06T20:43:00.000-07:00

Soo.. I've been in San Antonio for about week now.. & i *LOVE it!!.. it's soo beautiful here.. there's lots of trees, it's very green and everyone is *SUPER nice.. the weather has been in the 90s and today it hit 102.. i was layin by the pool for a little over an hour and FRIED my chest.. work has been LONG & HARD!!.. it may be the death of me.. but it's going pretty good so far.. not alot of time for other things right now.. but i've met alot of friends & i think i found my new home!!.. i hope to be here for a LONG time!!.. it's great!!.. hope everyone else is doing well!!.. I miss ya'll!!..

Miss Me Yet?!..

2009-04-22T17:13:00.000-07:00

Ha.. try not to too much!!..

i leave in the morning!! blah!!.. i'm gettin nervous!!..

i LOVE ya'll and will miss ya so much!!..

((i'm practicin my ya'll for when i get to texas!! :D))

2009-04-21T12:27:00.000-07:00

soo.. I've been moving around alot lately.. as of saturday i will have lived in 4 diffrent states in 1 year.. may i moved from minnesota to utah, then in january i moved to idaho, and on friday i'm moving to texas!!.. i'm *SUPER excited but way nervous at the same time.. BUT i've come to find out i'm getting good at just picking up & moving to random places.. i'm going to be a pro!!.. (( i dunno if that's a good thing or not?! ))
*BUT one good thing i've come to realize is that you lose alot of friends moving around.. which sucks.. but at the same time you realize who your *TRUE friends are.. & that's what matters.. that you can leave for a year & come home and know that there are certain people that are there for you no matter what!!.. those special people that will still text you everyday or every week or even every 3 months to see how you are doing.. or just say hi!!.. Coming back to minnesota for the past 2 weeks has been *SOOO awesome I LOVE.LOVE.LOVE it here.. ((i'd prob live here forever if it wasn't for those dang winters.. BARF!!)) I haven't hung out with a TON of my old friends.. but I hung out with the ones that really matter.. the ones that i know i will always have and will be there for everything!!.. I love you guyz!!.. & also my family!!.. I never used to spend alot of time with my family.. but they are sooo awesome!! i seriously have *THE-BEST family ever!!.. they are super crazy and sometimes do things that make me wonder how the heck we are related but they are all so amazing & so special in thier own ways!!..
butttt.. i'm getting kinda nervous about Texas.. like i was nervous about moving to utah.. but i had been there before and i was only a few hours from some family.. & now i will have NOTHING!!.. ha i don't know *ANYONE & have never been to San Antonio!!.. so i have quite the adventure ahead of me!!.. wish me luck!!..

.MOVIES!!

2009-04-05T21:35:00.000-07:00

Everything in this room is eatable, even I'M eatable! But that is called "cannibalism," my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.

What is this? A center for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building? I don't wanna hear your excuses! The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!

Francisco! That's fun to say! Francisco... Frannncisco... Franciscooo...

Did you just stick your gum under my coffee table?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know? You think you're at an Arbys right now?

You know what? I WISH I was at an Arbys cuz theres better food and cooler people there!

Did you stick all this gum under here?

I DON'T KNOW! Maybe you stuck some of it under there!

Yeah, actually you might be right cuz sometimes when I work a really long day I like to come home and chew a huge wad of bubbilicious gum and stick it under my reclaimed barnwood coffee table!

B*&%$, I don't know your life!

.allah my favorite things..

2009-03-29T23:55:00.000-07:00

I got tagged!! fill this out with YOUR favorite things and post a picture (from photobucket)! Then tag 5 of your friends!

ColoR:

CandY:

DrinK:

SeasoN:

ShoeS:

AnimaL:

WorD:

CaR:

((LEXUS SC430))

SmelL:

((flowerbomb))

StorE:

Historical figurE:

QuotE:

Life isn't about waiting for the Storms to Pass..

It's about learning to Dance in the Rain..

School subjecT:

Tv shoW:

ActoR:

ActresS:

((charlize theron))

MoviE:

Board gamE:

SodA:

((i don't really drink soda.. but if i do it's either orange or grape))

ActivitY:

((painting))
Classic disney moviE:

ohh.. all of them.. you can't pick just one..

Kind of chiP:

Shoe branD:

CereaL:

TagS:

1. brittney c
2. brittany y
3. rozalynn r
4. ali a
5. my madre

texas!!!

2009-03-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

so... most people know i was moving back to minnesota for the summer.. well that changed.. soo im going to minnesota from april 8-22nd as planned but then i get back and 2 days later i leave to dallas texas!!

when Bo & i were dating he was lookin at doing summer sales for a company and i signed up to go with him but in san antonio.. well when we broke up i just figured i wouldn't go.. but then they kept calling me and said i could go to whichever office i wanted but that they had girls in dallas and so cal.. so kinda to pick between those two.. soooo i move to dallas for the summer!! i'm sooo super excited cuz i wanted to live in texas anyways and figure this will be a good way to kinda 'get my foot in the door'.. but i'm super duper nervous too!! ahh wish me luck!!

[MANDA-OLOGY]

2009-03-24T02:30:00.000-07:00

Do this so I will know a little more about you! Re-post this as your name followed by "ology"

***********FOODOLOGY***************

What is your salad dressing of choice? RANCH&FRENCH TOGETHER!!
What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? CAFE RIO- TEXAS ROADHOUSE- OR OUTBACK..
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? PINEAPPLE! OR BROCCOLI WITH BUTTER AND LEMON ON IT!
What are your pizza toppings of choice?EITHER EVERYTHING OR PLAIN CHEESE NO IN-BETWEEN STUFF!
What do you like to put on your toast? USUALLY BUTTER AND BROWN SUGA-SUGAH!
Chocolate or Vanilla? CHOCOLATE!
When is the last time you ate peanut butter and jelly? OH i COULDN'T EVEN TELL YA THAT ONE!
Do you like pulpy orange juice? EW.. NO PULP!! ER MAYBE JUST A TINY-TINY BIT!!

***********TECHNOLOGY***************

How many televisions are in your house? MM.. THERE WILL BE.. 5 ER 6?!
What color cell phone do you have? ZEBRA PRINT!!
Do you have a laptop? NOPE! I WANNA HOTPINK MAC THO!

***************BIOLOGY******************

Are you right-handed or left-handed? RITY!
What have you had removed from your body? MM.. EYEBROWS.. SOME HAIR.. SOON A TATTOO!! OHHHH I CAN'T WAIT!!
What is the last heavy item you lifted? OH MY FREAKIN MARY KAY SUITCASE.. I GOT THIS BIG HOT ZEBRA ONE TO CARRY ALL MUH STUFF IN AND IT'S PROB GUNNA GIVE ME A HERNIA ONE OF THESE DAYS..

************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? NOT AT ALL!!
If you could change your name, what would you change it to? MM.. i USED TA THINK I'D WANT TO.. BUT NOPE I ROCK IT.. YA DIG?!
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000.00? PROBABLY

************DUMBOLOGY******************

How many pairs of flip flops do you own? OHH BOY.. i HATE SHOES BUT i LOVE ME SOME FLIP-FLOPS.. I HAVE NO IDEA?!
Last time you had a run-in with the cops? LIKE A WEEK AND HALF AGO.. APPARENTLY IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO GO 64 IN A 50.. AND DRIVE WITH EXPIRED INSURANCE.. i GOT 2 WARNINGS.. CHICKA-CHICKA YEAH!
Last person you hugged? MM..?!? JOSH??

**************FAVORITOLOGY****************

Season? SUMMER!! NO QUESTIONS THERE!!
Holiday? FOURTH OF JULY & CHRISTMAS!!
Day of the week? MM..?? SUNDAY..
Month? MAY THRU SEPTEMBER!! ((PROB JULY AND AUGUST THE BEST THO!!))

***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************

Missing someone? YESSUM..
Mood? VERY-SUPER GOOD!! EXCEPT THAT I CAN SLEEP..
What are you listening to? CRIMSOM&CLOVER:JOAN JETT *GOOGLE THAT*
Watching? NOTTA THING!
Worrying about? OH YOU KNOW.. MM.. HA I DUNO?? NOT REALLY ANYTHING??

***************RANDOMOLOGY****************

First place you went this morning? MM.. GOT RITE ON A CONFERENCE CALL
Do you smile often?USUALLY MOST OF THE TIME YES..
It feels good Sleeping alone tonight? SURE.. I DUNNO WHO ELSE I'D SLEEP WITH..
Do you always answer your phone? NOPE..
What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I EITHER GET OCEAN WATER.. CHERRY LIMEADE.. AN ORANGE CREAM SLUSHI OR A ROOTBEER BLENDED FLOAT!!
Do you own a digital camera?YES SIREE!! ITS A GOOD ONE TOO!
Have you ever had a pet fish?YUP BUT APPARENTLY IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE TANK IT WILL DIE.. IT DIED..
Favorite Christmas song(s)? OH THIS COULD BE A LONG ONE..
What's on your wish list for your birthday? THAT I WOULD BE IN MY G6.. ANNNDD HOPEFULLY MOVING TO ARIZONA!!
Can you do push ups?CAN DO & DO-DO ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.. YES IT'S COMPLETELY POSSIBLE THAT I [CAN] DO THEM.. BUT NO I DON'T ACTUALLY DO THEM.. MY ARMPITS HURT FOR DAYS AFTER..
Can you do a chin up?PLEASE REFER TO THE ABOVE ANSWER..
Does the future make you more nervous or excited? OH SUPER-DUPER EXCITED!!
Do you have any saved texts?MM.. I USED TO I DELETED THEM..
Ever been in a car wreck?MAYBE A FEW.. BUT THE LAST ONE WILL BE OFF MY RECORD IN NOVEMBER I FOUND OUT!! AND THEN MY TICKET WILL BE OFF IN DECEMBER SO JANUARY I'M GUNNA HAVE ME SOME SUPER CHEAP INSURANCE!
Do you have an accent?OH MAN.. PEOPLE ASK ME IF I'M FROM CANADA ALLAH THE TIME!! EH?!
What is the last song to make you cry?SARAH BETH.. OHH IT GETS ME EVERY TIME..
Plans tonight? UNIT MEETING
Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?OH YES I ACTUALLY DID HIT ROCK BOTTOM!! BUT THEN YOU HAVE HAVE 2 CHOICES.. YOU CAN TURN AROUND & GO BACK UP OR JUST GO SIDEWISE.. I WENT BACK UP! HOLLAR!!!
Name 3 things you bought yesterday? CAKE MIX-COOKING M&M'S- AND SOME PIZZA'S
Have you ever been given roses? YEP.. I DON'T REALLY LIKE EM THO!
Met someone who changed your life? LOTS OF PEOPLE!!
How did you bring in the New Year? HMM.. THIS ONE WAS LAME CUZ I WAS MOVING LATER THAT DAY.. SO WE JUST PLAYED GAMES WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AT MY OLD A.P.T. AND THEN WATCHED THE BALL DROP.. 07 ROCKED THO I WAS ACTUALLY IN TIMES SQUARE AND WATCHED IT DROP FOR REAL AND MET ALL SORTS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE!
Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? NOPE!! JUST MOVE ON FORWARD!
Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? MM NOT CONTINUOUS.. NO
Do you have any tattoos/piercings? I DON'T WEAR ANY PIERCINGS.. & I HAVE A TATTOO ON MY FOOT THAT GOES UP MY LEG WHICH IS GETTING REMOVED AND ALSO ONE UP MY SIDE ((WHICH IS WAY TO LARGE AND PAINFUL TO EVEN THINK ABOUT REMOVING SO THAT ONES THERE FER GOOD!))
Does anyone love you? OH FOR SURE!
What songs do you sing in the shower? OH I DON'T DO THAT UNLESS THERE IS A RADIO ON..
Ever had someone sing to you? YEP!
Who was the last person you took a picture of? HMM.. i DON'T REMEMBER?? i THINK IT WAS BRIT- MY GMA&GPA AND BRECKEN!!
What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school?OH I WAS A COUNTRY GIRL.. I REMEMBER THEY STARTED TO CHANGE THE STATION ON THE SCHOOL BUS AND i LOVE ROCK AND ROLL WAS ON.. AND I WAS LIKE I [HATE] ROCK&ROLL!!!
Are most of the friends in your life new or old?MM.. MOSTLY NEW! I MOVE AROUND ALOT SO IT'S HARD TO KEEP OLD FRIENDS BUT THE OLD ONES I DO HAVE ARE GENUINE!
Have you ever ridden an elephant?YEAH LONG TIME AGO AT THE CIRCUS
Do you like to play Scrabble?HA NO PEOPLE TELL ME THE WORDS I PUT AREN'T REAL!
What are you saving your money up for right now? GETTIN MY TATTOO REMOVED.. IT'LL BE ABOUT $1500!! BARF! LIVE&LEARN RITE?!
It's four in the morning and you get a text message,who is it?OH MAN.. MM.. IT IS 4 IN THE AM RITE NOW AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WOULD EVEN BE UP ((AND YES I MAY HAVE INSOMNIA.. NO I WOKE UP THIRSTY AT 2:45 AND COULDN'T FALL BACK ASLEEP))
If you could change your eye color what would it be?MM MAYBE JUST MAKE MY PUPILS SMALLER.. I LIKE THE COLOR BUT NO ONE CAN EVER REALLY SEE IT CUZ THE DANG PUPILS ARE SO DARN BIG.. THEN I PROB WOULDN'T HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES EITHER!
Current hate right now? SNOW.. YEP THAT'D BE IT!!
What song represents you? BAD REPUTATION! ANOTHER JOAN JETT& THE BLACK HEARTS! SHES FREAKIN BOMB! OR MAYBE NEW SOUL..!! :D LOL HOW BOUT THIS IT [WAS] BAD REP.. NOW ITS NEW SOUL! LOL
What were you doing 12 AM this morning?SLEEPING!! DARN IT.. SO I HAD A DREAM MY MOM BOUGHT ME LEE ANN CHIN.. AND THEN I WAS SUPER THIRSTY.. AND THEN I HAD TO WAKE UP AND GET WATER.. NOW I CAN'T SLEEP!!
What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? WHY THE 'H' COULDN'T THE WATER IN MY DREAM SATISFY ME.. AND WHY THE 'H' DON'T THEY HAVE LEE ANN CHIN IN IDAHO?!

.the truth..

2009-03-23T21:04:00.000-07:00

sometimes i fall asleep just so i can see you...
the truth is...

.i'm my own competition!!

2009-03-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

sooo.. i've been reading this book and there is a chapter in it that talks about competition, and how really our only competition should be ourselves, here's what part of it says..

Competition can be a very strong motivation. But I have learned that it becomes most powerful when you compete with yourself and when you learn from your failures. As I was growing up my mother constantly told me, "Anything anyone else can do, you can do better!" After hearing this enough times, I became convinced that I could do better... I never thought in terms of beating the other children; all I really wanted to do was to better my own best achievements... I concentrated upon competing with myself... When I was successful, it wasn't because i was more talented then the next person; I was just willing to make more sacrifices. I was willing to work hard and pay the price for that success... My mother also taught me how to lose. She did this by encouraging me to look to the future to do better the next time- to try harder. "you can't win them all." ..."We fail forward to success," It's true- we learn from our failures.

I believe you can have anything you want in this world, but yes, you do have to pay a price. Throughout my childhood I knew that in order to get something, I had to give up something else.

I am convinced that competition is most productive when you are competing with yourself!

I left a few pieces out and took out my favorite parts of that chapter.. but I was laying in bed thinking about this last night.. I have met so many people ((especially living in idaho and utah)) that are so competitive with the next person, trying to be better then them or have more.. and really i dont want to be better then anyone else.. what does that prove?? I want to be better then i was yesterday.. and tomorrow i want to be better then i was today.. I want to learn more and grow more with each day and become a better me.. not a better her.. so that is a goal i have set for myself.. to work hard everyday not on being the best person there is.. but being the best person that i can be.. to be better today then i was the day before!!

hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!!!

.we are beautiful!!

2009-03-18T20:37:00.000-07:00

There is an INNER BEAUTY about a woman who believes in herself; who know she's capable of anything that she puts her mind to, There is a BEAUTY in the strength & determination of a woman that follows her own path, who isn't thrown off by obstacles along the way. There is a BEAUTY about a woman whos confidence comes from experiences; who knows she can fall, pick herself up and

MOVE ON..

..OH THIS CRAZY THING WE CALL LIFE!..

2009-03-17T12:49:00.000-07:00

..lifes little adventures!!

2009-03-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

So.. i went to down to Salt Lake to get a consultation on getting the tattoo on my foot removed.. well they said it would be about $300 a treatment for 5 treatments.. but the 4th and 5th treatment might be alittle less if they just have to do spots! So.. it's kinda spendy but i'm thinkin it might be worth it cuz i .HATE. seeing it.. barf...

anways so i stopped and stayed the weekend with my old roomies who i miss oh so much!!! this is us after a long night of dancing, Shantay, Melody, Me and Katy

This is me and Melody, and Greg and my WAY old friend from like 7th grade Kimberly, we were friends in like Middle school then she moved to utah and i moved to Minnesota and we never saw eachother again until this nite.. she came dancing with us! It was sooo fun to meet up again! She's still a doll! But we were on our way to this dance party and i was so excited!!!... Mel not so much.. lol it was fun tho!!

This is us dancing.. at one point Shantay had said there were guys lining up to dance with me.. i don't like to brag.. but I CAN dance! lol I love it!!!

The weather was SOOOO great down there .. i was pretty sick ((you can tell in this group picture)) but we made a picnic and went to the park and played catch and stuff it was fun!! I miss all my fun Provo People!!!

.be who you are!

2009-03-11T18:36:00.001-07:00

Ü hope everyone had a fabulous day!Ü

.LiFE!

2009-03-08T20:24:00.000-07:00

hope everyone has an .amazing. week!!

.it's ME time.

2009-03-06T01:53:00.000-08:00

Fill out and tag 5 other bloggers!

1. Where is you cell phone ... on my bed charging!
2. Where is your significant other ... ha.. significant other.. that sounds funny.. he's at home in bed ((probably dreamin about me i would guess ;) ))
3. Your hair color ... blondish with some darkish.. i want some pink or something fun in it again!
4. Your mother ... is the most *amazing* ever.. its okay to be jealous.. i would be to!!
5. Your father ... ha! tom.. tom.. tom.. what to say about him.. he's so much fun!!!
6. Your favorite thing ... laying in a tube in the water on a hot day!!
7. Your dream last night ... mm.. hot weather??! i don't remember but i'm guessing that sounds about rite..
8. Your dream goal ... to be a National by the time i'm 30!
9. Room you're in ... my bedroom
10. Your hobby ... drawing and painting.. and coloring!!
11. Your fear ... loosing the people that i love!
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years ... somewhere warm.. have a family.. and on my way to be a national
13. Where were you last night ... at my home
14. What you're not ...boring!!
15. One of your wish-list items ... my new car!
16. Where you grew up ... Cottage Grove.Minnesota
17. The last thing you ate ... a chocolate rice krispy treat
18. What are you wearing ... sweats and a tank top
19. Your tv ... 42" flat screen ha it just sits in my room tho i never watch it
20. Your pet ... i want 2 dogs
21. Your computer ... 22" flat screen.. i like to see what's going on..
22. Your mood ... oh just fabulous.. besides the fact that my body doesnt let me fall asleep until after 3:30
23. Missing someone ... oh my family in minnesota!!
24. Your car ... ha 'the beast' shes a sexy S.O.B.
25. Something you're not wearing ... makeup
26. Favorite store ... buckle.. VS.. hollister.. journeys.. metro park.. jimmyz.. and target they freakin have EVERYTHING
27. Your summer ... it was LOTSO fun!! i can't wait for this one!!... dunno what i'm doing yet but i still can't wait for it!!!
28. Love someone ... BO!!! he's amazing!!
29. Your favorite color ... mostly pink and orange
30. Last time you laughed ... mm.. everyone is in bed.. so unless i laughed at myself which is very possible then a few hours ago..
31. Last time you cried ... i have no idea???
I tag all whoever wants to do this! I don't want anyone to feel obligated or left out!!!

my love letter...

2009-03-04T11:32:00.000-08:00

Dear Summer....

I miss you so much..

I keep thinking your coming.. and then more snow..

I miss your hot sun, my tan skin, staying up late, going to the pools, going to the lake, boating, tubing, floating the river, drinking slushies all day, wearing shorts and tank tops and flip flops, the smell of chlorine in my hair, the swim suits, the slides, the lazy river, the sno shacks, the windows down, the smell of fresh cut grass, the flowers, the warm wind, going on picnics, walks, and laying out..

bonfires with hot dogs and smores, the 4th of july, concerts, night games, going to the cabin, running in the grass, Popsicles, ice cream, tee shirts, skirts, baseball, sunshine, summer rain.. oh the list could go on and on... what i'm trying to say is I'm waiting... please hurry!!

ps.. i love you!!

mama i'm comin home!

2009-03-03T10:48:00.000-08:00

*my most amazing mom and dad ever*

So... being away from your family for so long can really get you home sick, I'm sure everyone is sick of me talkin about it all the time but it get's hard! ecpecially when you live in BFE! So I've been thinkin about going back to visit for a little while now and couldn't really figure out an excuse to or a date...

So I've been checking around prices to go home and they kept going up... Isn't that sooo frustrating! I hadn't found a ticket for less then $300 FoReVeR!! and then I finally come across one for $220 and I didn't buy it then next thing i know it's like almost $400.. and that was flying out of salt lake so i would have had to drive 4 hours to even take that flight.. sooo I went on priceline and put in a bid at $200 out of idaho falls thinking there was NOWAY they would take it annnddd... they did!! I leave April 8th and return April 22!! *2weeks* ((during Easter)) anddd I have a couple parties scheduled already so I'll even be able to write off the ticket for work!! Life is good... only I'm going to have to figure out a way to sneak Bo in on my carry on or something cuz I will miss him to dang much if I can't see him for 2 weeks!!!

.HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANDSOME.

2009-02-27T23:26:00.000-08:00

Holy cow!! I cannot believe he will 1 tomorrow!!! This is my sweet adorable little nephew Brecken! He is one of the biggest reasons I am where I am at today... It was less then a year ago the pictures below were taken... I was the life of the party!! Heck.. I *WAS* the party!! I lived one of the craziest lifestyles out of anyone you will ever meet.. and then my sister brittney, had a little boy, March 1, 2008! So around the end of March I flew out to Idaho to help her out with him.. It was so much fun and he was sooo sweet!! But I remember when I came out the spirit my sister had in her home, the love her and her husband had for each other, and this beautiful little baby that was sealed to them for eternity... and I remember the whole time I was there thinking "Amanda, if you don't change somethings you will NEVER have this!" and these were things that I always wanted! So flew back home to Minnesota and the next time I work I went the back and sat and bawled.. I was so unhappy.. I [thought] i was happy.. I had sooo many friends, and so much fun.. but i was miserable and I felt like something was missing.. so I went home and knelt by my bed and poured my heart out to my father in heaven.. I knew I had to make some changes.. and RIGHT away without any question I knew I had to move and knew it was to provo, so I looked for an apartment, worked 2 more weeks, went to california for a week (i had already planned the trip) and then the day after i got home i loaded up my car and headed to utah... deep down I don't think I really thought I would do it.. and I remember getting to the provo canyon.. I was about 10 minutes from my new apartment and I had an anxiety attack.. I was ready to turn around and go home.. I had just picked up and moved somewhere where i didn't really know ONE person!! but then I felt super calm again and knew that I was supposed to be doing this... So here I am a year later ((now i'm in idaho.. tho)) but if you look at me below, that was when i came out to visit a year ago and look at me above.. 2 days ago.. you can see how much I've changed.. I KNOW there is a god.. I know he loves us! I know that he got me here! and I know that I want an eternal family, and thank you soooo much brecken helping me get here! Happy Birthday bud! I love you sooo much!!

i got an award!!! hollar!!

2009-02-25T22:40:00.000-08:00

I am SO Excited! Wonderful BRITTNEY who by the way would have made my list FOR SURE had she not already received the award, gave me the SWEET LEMONY AWARD! I am SO flattered that she gave me an award and I can't wait to pass this award on to some of the blogs I LOVE visiting too!

Here are the Rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog post.

2. Nominate at least 5 blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude.

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received the award.
So here are the BLOGS that I TRULY Stalk way to often and LOVE because of their flare, spunk, attitude, and spirit! Thank you ladies for your entertainment and for updating your blogs often!

1. My most amazing mom ever-ever- http://keichten.blogspot.com/

2. My 'mom-away-from-mom' Michelley- http://carverbluffskids.blogspot.com/

3. The cutest ever Brittany Young- http://brittanyoung.blogspot.com/

4. Lindsey Martinez-http://lindseyandbobby.blogspot.com/

5. Aunt Laurel- http://eichtenfamily.blogspot.com/

6. TV mom ((i love her posts they are just so fun!!))- http://www.amillionthingsilove.com/

your light

2009-02-24T15:50:00.000-08:00

"By the way you live the gospel, you reflect [the Savior's] light. Your example will have a powerful effect for good on the earth. 'Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations' (D&C 115:5) is a call to each of you. It is a call to move to higher ground. It is a call to leadership—to lead out in decency, purity, modesty, and holiness. It is a call to share this light with others. It is time to 'arise and shine forth.' "

Your Light—a Standard to All Nations," Ensign, May 2006

just thought i'd share that with ya..

i know there have been times in my life that i definately was not living in a way that was a good example to .aNYONe. I look back and there are a few things and there are some days i wish i could change or have done diffrently and then i look at where i am now, and as much as i hate that i did those things.. i [[LOVE]] who i am and where i am today.. i know i have so much to look forward to and now i just try harder and harder each day to live as an example... in Matthew 5:16 is reads: 'Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

hope you have a fabulous day!!

LOTS of love!!

.this is the dance.

2009-02-23T13:09:00.000-08:00

this was sent to me in an email today... ha to funny...

Üwhen it rains.. it poursÜ

2009-02-23T11:31:00.000-08:00

Do you ever have those dayz that just feel like everything is going wrong?! and then it seems like when it rains it freakin pours?! i feel like i've been having those days alot lately and i try to stay optimistic and see the glass half full.. i think alot of it has had to do with not having a job and not knowing alot of people to help my mary kay business grow.. and just not knowing anyone just moving here! but today has been totally opposite! i actually didn't end up going to sleep til about 7 this morning.. don't ask why?! ha okay okay.. i was playing wheel of fortune with a friend on windows messenger.. ((ha i'm totally lame i know)) then the guy i interviewed with last week ((the one where i failed the spelling test)) called to have me come do a working interview tomorrow *guess my charm out weighed my lack of knowledge in the spelling department* and then I got another party booked for mary kay.. i've had 2 postpone.. but i think they actually canceled so it's been frustrating.. but things are looking up!! hollar!!! and when i was at my boyfriend's house the other nite his sister ((.bRITTANYOUNg. check out her blog she's a doll)) was listening to this song and i'm totally addicted to it!! i think everyone should listen to it! it's called be okay! and it's one of those total feel good songs i love it!!

so again.. when it rains it pours! Ü

i would .NeveR.

2009-02-20T16:25:00.000-08:00

A few things i .DID NOT. do this week:

i .DID NOT. eat allllll of my valentines chocolates.. and then some..

i .DID NOT. [LET] my little sister ((who by the way is 4)) put all the clothes I washed last saturday on hangers for me today ((which is now the next friday))

*okay so i just have to add she was putting this vest on a hanger with a cute furry hood and goes.. is this a life jacket?!*

i also .DID NOT. tell her that if she did that i would let her color in my coloring book.. and the only way i knew where it was, was if she did hang up all my clothes.. nope i definitely did not do that! ((that MAY be breaking some sort of child labor law and i would NEVER do that))

i .DID NOT. fail a spelling test at a job interview and only get 2 words on it right because they were on the poster hanging in the room... nope

i .DID NOT. stay in my pj's ALL day yesterday and then again today.. nope that would be just plain lazy...

i .DID NOT. stay home alone last night and watch nights in rodanthe by myself and cry like a baby...

((can i just add that it is MY time of the month rite now and that may or may not have something to do with most of the things that i definitely .DID NOT. do this week...))

GIVE AWAY!

2009-02-20T10:11:00.000-08:00

I'm still doin that give away on my Mary Kay blog!! Makes sure you check it out and leave a comment!

help wanted

2009-02-19T18:31:00.000-08:00

So isn't looking for jobs so much fun?!

I've been looking for one for awhile now, and right before an interview or even dropping off an application i always have this little anxiety attack thing.. i don't know why?? maybe i'm insecure or intimidated or something I have no idea?? anyways I've had the worst things happen to me in interviews... like one time I was interviewing at an insurance company thing.. well the guy has me come in his office and sit down.. so we are going through this interview and it's going GREAT I'm like 98% sure I have the job so I go to relax a little.. sit back in the chair and the next thing I know I am laying on the ground.. my legs are in the air and i'm missing one of my shoes... HAHA I bust out laugh.. I'm in the middle of an interview laying on the ground laughing and trying to get my shoe back on... I look up at the guy and he kept his head down the whole time.. he couldn't even look up at me and then he says "oh my gosh i am so sorry that must have been the broken chair" MUST HAVE BEEN?! lol THAT or i need to go on a freakin diet!! I don't get embarrassed very easy I just thought it was hilarious but you could tell he was soo embarrassed.. I don't know if it was FOR me or because he gave me a broken chair to sit on but needless to say I never got a call back ...

so anyways I have this interview yesterday and it's at an animal hospital ((there are like NO jobs available right now and this was pretty much all that's available right now)) so on the phone he says "well sometimes you would have to do like a catheter iv is that okay?" I say yes as i'm shaking my head no... a catheter?! are you joking me?! then he says! "have you ever done anything like that before?!" WHAT?! TELL ME ONE PERSON YOU KNOW THAT HAS DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE?! "yes when I was 6 I would get bored and play vet with my cat and stick a catheter iv in it... I haven't done it in a few years so I might be a little rusty but with some practice I'm sure I will be just as good as I was back then!" hahaha... ewww!!!

okay and then he says he would like me to come in about 15 min early to take this little spelling test thing... so I go in and sit down to take this test.. the first chunk is listing these names in alphabetical order.. okay i got that, the last chunk is some math questions convert 57 lbs to kilograms or something! I totally got that one right.. it's 25.9! anyways the middle chunk is this spelling thing.. circle the mispelt words and then write the word correctly next to it.. WHAT?! sometimes I spell of-'ove' I'm bad!!! I got 2 of the right!! and that's only because they were on the poster that was in the room!! so he come in and I say "I'm sorry I am horrible at spelling.. BUT I am VERY good at spell check!!!" hey i'm an optimist!

The best gift you can give...

2009-02-14T13:18:00.000-08:00

So last night before I went to bed I was thinking about one of my friends from Minnesota, and I had this overwhelming feeling to somehow share the Gospel with him.. I haven't really ever done that before, and didn't really know how to go about it. Do I just send him a Book of Mormon or what? So I was on facebook and we started chatting and I asked him if I could give him one, he said sure and asked why. I told him I just felt like I should, so I gave him the link to the scriptures online for the Book of Mormon http://scriptures.lds.org/bm/contents. He asked me a few questions I didn't totally know the answers to, and said he would definitely read it! I explained to him about how we believe families are forever, and that when you are sealed it's for all of eternity not just until death do you part, and that your children are then born under that same covenant. I after words felt sooo great! I still do! It's the best feeling like I just gave someone the greatest gift that anyone could give another person! I don't know what will happen, if he will read it or not, if he will take discussions, if he will ask me more questions. But either way I am glad and feel soo good that I acted upon that feeling!

||Happy.valentineS||

2009-02-13T19:25:00.000-08:00

When I saw you I was afraid to meet you.

When I met you I was afraid to kiss you.

When I kissed you I was afraid to love you.

Now that I love you, I am afraid to lose you.

if i haD to choose between loving you, and breathing.

I would use my last breath to say I LOVE YOU.

Meeting you was fate,
becoming your friend was a choice
but falling in love with you I had no control over.

If you love someone you would be willing to give up everything for them,
but if they loved you back they'd never ask you to.

*YOU KNOW YOU IN LOVE WHEN CAN'T FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE REALITY IS FINALLY BETTER THEN YOUR DREAMS*

HEY! I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT VALENTINE'S DAY AND SOMEONE .AMAZING. TO SPEND IT WITH!

<3 MANDA

||!Thankful-thursdaY!||

2009-02-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

Today I have mucho things to be Thankful for!

1. I am so .THANKFUL. for the gospel of Jesus Christ, and for my testimony in it.. I know there was a time in my life I've questioned alot of things but I KNOW that I would not be where I am and making the choices I am making if I didn't have a true testimony! It's so cool how it completely changes your thinking, you feelings, and your entire outlook on life! I LOVE, LOVE LOVE IT!!

2. I am .THANKFUL. for my family!! They are sooo amazing and sooo much fun!! Tom for what a great example of what a husband and father should be. Mom for being my best friend, for always being there for me.. even when I didn't want her to be, for never giving up on me.. EVER! Brit and Wyatt for being such great examples of what kind of life I want to have and the spirit I want in my home! Kole for being soooo much fun, and being such a sweet little/big brother!! Broc for being one of my favorite people in those whole darn world!! He's sooo much fun and can make you laugh til your side hurts! Destany for being so sweet and always being a little reminder that I am a role model and need to be wise in choices I make because someone is always looking up to me! and *SWEET* little Brecken! He's the seriously the BEST little kid I've ever met and was a big help getting me where I am out today!

3. I am .THANKFUL. for a house to live in, for food to eat, for clothes to wear, for a car to drive (even if it's 'the beast' right now), for the scriptures, for the power of prayer, for a healthy body!

4. I am .THANKFUL. for Bo, he's a such an amazing man, and has been such a blessing in my life, and such a strength!

Wednesdays Wishes

2009-02-11T15:40:00.000-08:00

1. I *wish* it was warm outside!

2. I *wish* I could start school sooner then I am!

3. I *wish* I could see my mom EVERY-SINGLE day!

4. I *wish* I lived closer to my family!

5. I *wish* if i did live closer to my family that they lived somewhere warm!

6. I *wish* I had a job!

7. I *wish* I could have seen Bo today!

8. I *wish* I had a new car!
9. I *wish* EVERYONE would book a Mary Kay party with me so I COULD get a new car!!

New Blog

2009-02-11T10:11:00.000-08:00

So I have my Mary Kay Blog up! you can check it out at: mandasmakeup.blogspot.com or by clicking the link to right!!!

How do you take this?!

2009-02-11T09:45:00.001-08:00

So I was signed into face book and all the sudden a message came up from a guy I went to high school with... this is how our conversation went:
him
for being as sexy as you are you really dont dress very sexy...
haha not hatin on your clothes but show what you got d*mn
haha
Manda
wow..
what?!
him
haha sorry i was lookin through the profile...
was that a bad thing to say?
i didnt think so
Manda
umm
i don't really know how to take it???
him
haha well if i was you i would take it as a complement to your looks and a suggestion to show it off
Manda
ha well, i try to dress modest but thanks for the idea!
him
modest isnt bad... but not one pic it think shows how sexy you really are
Manda
leaves a little mystery? and i don't think that the way i dress or how much i show off shows "how sexy i really am"
him
haha well your dating someone so i guess who cares... mystery is all his but idk
i would like to see ya struttin your stuff

okay #1 who says that to someone?! and #2 can i take that as compliment but the other way?! the fact that I DO dress modest and don't just show everything off for the world to see?!

In the "For the Strength of Youth" pamphlet it reads : Dress modestly to show respect for God and yourself. Never lower your dress standards for any occasion.

L.O.V.E

2009-02-10T14:34:00.000-08:00

So. . . I guess it's that time of year.. you know when you acutally are supposed to show someone that you love them and care about them and blah blah blah.. and then if you don't have someone your feeling even crappier about that fact then you did a few days before... so here's a few things i love...

*being with my family

*summer, sun, and warm weather

*the way it smells after it rains

*when it's cold out and you take a nice hot bath and drink hot cocoa

*chocolate covered cinnamin bears

*brownies

*cafe rio!!

*i dont' like shoes but i love when i find some i acutally like

*hoodies

*a good pair of jeans

*watching funny movies ((and quoting them))

*scentsy! I love that stuff!!!

*hot showers with lots of water pressure

*sleeping til you decide to wake up

*cuddeling!

*smores! ((i'm the martha stewart of smores!))

*cooking!! i LOVE to cook!!

*taking pictures

*steak!! i could never be a vegitarian

*reading my scriptures! you always feel so great afterwards!

there are so many things i love i could go on and on...