Amelia BaKillya

Christmas & Toothaches!

2010-12-29T04:58:00.001-07:00

Hello all!

Wasn't Christmas so grand!?! I love this time of year. I love decorating my apartment every year and just lighting candles. I am such a dork but I just LOVE this time of year!

But most of all... it could never be Christmas without my Mom's homemade cinnamon rolls, famous caramels and her recent addition, salted chocolate (which is to die for).

So for Christmas this year I wanted to do something REALLY special for Amanda & Robin since I could actually afford it. I have a Tiffany & Co. bracelet that I just love, and I thought how awesome it would be to get each of them the same bracelet. Something simple yet nice, not too flashy... it was the PERFECT gift. They both loved it and tonight at the house, I noticed they were both wearing the bracelet which made me a little bit happy inside.

As usual Christmas morning does not come without it's giggles with us... Amanda graced us with her wrapping paper box accordian...

All the clothes David got as gifts he decided to put on...even his compression shorts ontop of 3 pairs of basketball shorts and pajama pants...

It was truly incredible how he could sing an whole octave higher!

The kittens are growing up FAST and they are so hilarious. They are just jumping around on top of each other and chasing one another around the condo. They are a fun distraction. My Mom & I are convinced they all look the same, you literally can not tell a difference between the 3 of them. They would be so fun to keep, but I refuse to be the crazy cat lady. A lady who I used to nanny for has offered to take all 3 of them plus GussGuss. I think GussGuss is more of an outdoor cat and would LOVE being out on this farm in Fall City, WA.

They are cute...

Until they show off their mountain climbing skills...

As a few of you know from Facebook, I had mouth surgery yesterday. In the car accident when I hit my head on the steering wheel I shattered my back right tooth, the last one, #31. I was on some medications that would not allow me to have oral surgery due to the fact that my blood would not clot. So as time passed by I forgot about the tooth. Then when I was flying back from LA, as the plane landed and I was reaching for my bag down by my feet, so was the gentleman sitting next to me and he elbowed me right in the jaw, where that tooth was. Without any warning tears started streaming down my face. GREAT. He apologized over & over, I figured the pain would just go away. Not so much. I get into the dentist to find that there was 23% of my tooth left and that shards of tooth somehow ended up down below the tooth and was embedded in the nerve. I could have surgery the very next day but due to complications the next opening for the OR was Monday. Popping Advil and painkillers like candy, by Christmas Eve I was in so much pain I didn't know what to do. NOTHING was cutting out the pain and I couldn't eat. On Sunday night I called up my regular dentist who met me at 8pm at his office and wrote me a stronger prescription for pain killers. I have equated waiting for pain killers to kick in to a slow and painful death. No doubt! So yesterday within 45min the oral surgeon yanked the tooth out and sewed back the nerve. Hallelujah! So for the next few days it's smoothies and yogurt!

Well that's all for now!
I'm sure more exciting things will happen that I will have to post about...but for now me and my stitched up mouth are going to bed.

Love you all!

Cali

2010-12-14T20:36:00.005-07:00

I have been having so much fun, especially last night, that I didn't want to leave yet. For Chris' birthday we went bowling and that was a trip.

Mama Peek is pretty funny to bowl with...she stands to the side dancing and shaking her hips wishing everyone good luck. However she just couldn't seem to get the ball to go where she wanted it to go.

The funniest person ever to bowl with was Cory...ohhhhh my goodness, I wiped tears a few times from laughing so hard. I got a few great examples...

Like I said he's pretty hilarious.

There was a room full of pool tables, Chris was happy.

Cory's girl Angel, wants me to move here so badly.

I am so glad that I've gotten to meet her.

This is a lot of fun being here and I am glad that I have such an amazing group of friends to be with here. Something that was kind of funny, I was the only white person in the bowling alley.

GOOOOOOOOO COMPTON!

Today while Chris was asleep (he has a nasty cold) I played around on Photoshop and made this.

I have already planned a 2nd trip back while the prices are so cheap to fly.

I could never ask for better, more amazing people to spend my time with.

I consider them my 2nd family.

Oh man I loving it here so much that I extended my trip. I am staying here until Thursday. The funny thing about it is that I forgot to tell my Mom. She called thinking I was in the air and was planning on leaving a message to tell me to call her when I landed. WHOOPS! She was surprised when she called Chris & I answered. :)

Love you all!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!

2010-12-13T15:16:00.001-07:00

Since everybody & their Mom started using Facebook, I gave up on trying to find the time to update my blog. And let's be honest, uploading photo's felt sometimes like the biggest test of my patience. SO I gave up, as I usually do when things don't go my way (let's be honest).

So since I last posted...

In MAY I graduated from USU with my degree in Public Relations and Sociology...mummy & daddy were so proud!

My "black bestfriend" Chris & I were pretty dang excited... and no matter how many times I tell my Dad that we are just friends he still questions what my "intentions" are with Christopher...oh wow.

As we are taking graduation pictures my Mom has me standing in really weird locations...only after she takes the picture I realized she was zooming in on this............now that's a WOW!

No more cold snowy Utah! My roommates who became my family all went separate ways

In JUNE for Amanda's birthday Robin, Amanda and I and friends went to the RatCity Rollerderby. We have decided we are starting our own team and we will be called HellzBellz!

While I was home after graduation Wobbs and I finally went to the Gum Wall! Her 1st time ever going...

In JULY after coming back from a trip home I decided it was time to move home...so Chris & I had one last hoorah, which consisted of driving down to SLC with the windows down, music up, to go meet up with our friends down there.

We prepared a last supper meals fit for Kings...

Chris is one of the most humble, down to earth people you will ever meet...this was the last night we got to play together in SLC...

Before leaving UT we had to have annual Savage family 4th of July breakfast up Blacksmith Fork Canyon.

I love this super fun tradition because you see all the cousins and all their babies once a year! I love it!

As I was starting to pack my life up...a very sudden passing of an amazing person happened.

Mike Wilborn, aka Willis passed away... so on a very impromptu visit, I returned home for the funeral.

The passing of 1 individual brought me & my old friends from high school back together again. Oh my girls... they are pretty spectacular.

After Willis died, I knew more than ever that hone is where I was meant to be. I didn't hesitate, I immediately started packing... and yes, it looked like an alcoholic was moving! Let me tell you though, liquor boxes are the BEST boxes to move in!

I reached maximum capacity...

No literally...

Remember me saying Christopher was the most amazing individual in the world? He offered to pack his car to the rim as well and drive to Seattle with me & turn right back around...all within 48 hours. THAT, is a true friend my people.

There was a minor problem...before I moved into my new place...SOMETHING had to be done about the forest green walls in the condo... oh yeah, they were DARK!

All I could say was, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad??"

While in the process of making over the apartment, I hunted and searched for hours & hours till I found the PERFECT couch...

So with all of the cleaning and moving and pulling magic tricks out of hats... I transformed the place...was that angels singings? YUP!

While I was covered paint, I was also getting to work on becoming the #1 west coast merchandise design seller for Hurley clothing company....yup THE Hurley. .

I get to say I work for Hurley... the above picture and the picture below are a few of my designs... I started Amelia Bell Design when I had downtown with Hurley...I have 14 clients right now throughout the state of Washington that I manage their PR and/or graphic design

In AUGUST Robin had her 4 favorites boys from school come & visit. We had loads of fun for a week while they were here. We went up to Newcastle Golf Course to show them the views...they jumped in a fit of joy...

Then I went camping in Yakima for a weekend & floated the Yakima River. That trip taught me who my true friends really are...that's always a rough lesson to learn huh?

So the trip to Lake Roosevelt with the family the very next day after getting back from camping helped the whole situation with friends. I realized nobody will be as good of friends to me as my sisters. Lake Roosevelt was amazing, the lake was complete perfection. We found a few good spots to go cliff jumping. The best part...NO CELL PHONE RECEPTION. For those of you who don't think I can go without my phone, you're wrong. I loved it.

The second we got back from Lake Roosevelt we all elbowed each other for the showers in the house & made our way into Seattle for Kris & Dina's wedding! I stole this from their Facebook.

It was so gorgeous. Everything was perfection...

The best part of weddings is everybody coming together, all the family & everything...aren't they adorable?

To finish off the month of August and wind down the summer, we have my birthday. I might have a slight cake obsession with rainbow chip cake & icing. Disgusting to some, heaven to me. :)

Nothing big happened in SEPTEMBER. School started & I for the 1st time in my life I didn't start classes. It was a bizarre feeling, I felt lazy or as if I wasn't accomplishing anything. I guess the only exciting thing was that GussGuss my cat decided she had, had enough of me & jumped off the 2nd story balcony. She came back!

I also become a legal Washington resident!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ended the month of September by going to my friends work party... Brandon Lee is, one of my good friends, is the manager at Pyramid Breweries in downtown Seattle. Every year they have a huge party called "Snowcap Party" - you wear your favorite snow hat and such. I was VERY excited for this because my collection of snowcaps from Utah is very extensive. I felt this one fit my personality very well...

The party was a lot of fun, there was so much to see & do! It was a very fun night. Even washing your hands was fun! Obviously...

OCTOBER came & that was a busy month! I drove down to Utah for two great events!!! USU Homecoming & Holly Savage's wedding. The reason why I didn't fly down is because I used my free ticket and flew none other than.... CHRISTOPHER(!!!) to Utah to be will all of our old friends who were all coming together for the weekend festivities.

It felt so good have what we have dubbed ourselves as, The 3 Amigo's of LasLoganos, back together again. Chris, Kallie & I are a pretty amazing trio.

On the same day as the Homecoming football game...Holly got hitched! Boy did she look pretty.

The month of October can't happen without celebrating the birthday of the one & only David! HE IS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD!!!! How does that happen!?!?!?!?!?!?

Then you can't forget about Halloween...the best way to end any month is with a party! I got very creative and was a holy rug...yeah I had about 5 seconds to think of something. I got 2 $12 rugs from Home Depot and strung em together & cut holes in them... a holy rug.

As I rolled into NOVEMBER we got some sad news...my Aunt Laura (Holly's mom) passed away from injuries she sustained in a car accident the day before Holly's wedding. We went down to Utah for the funeral for about 48 hours.

For Thanksgiving I decided why not go stand in line at Target for 6+ hours to get some deals...

For $200 some dollars I got a 40" flat screen!

Oh yeah! When I returned home from the Utah trip I was greeted with a *surprise*! Remember when GussGuss jumped off the balcony...well she was a floosy while out running in the streets and I knew she was looking fat...but not THIS FAT:

HELLO 3 LITTLE KITTNES! >shake my head<

I decided that after GussGuss gave birth I needed a vacation. A birth really takes it out of a girl ya know!? So for DECEMBER I booked a ticket to sunny California. $65 each way! For Chris' birthday I figured why not come down for the celebration. He lives in Compton & let me tell you, it is warm here!

When he took me over to the beach, all I could keep saying was, WHAT MONTH IS IT!??! If it were not for the Christmas ads on TV I don't think these people would know the difference between August and December.

So there is an update from the gorgeous LA!

Chris & I are off to go wreak havoc on this city together!

LOVE YOU ALL!

Golden Nugget

2009-11-16T17:02:00.008-07:00

Today I came home from class and there was a box waiting with my Mumsy's handwriting on it! That always means good things...

The little girl, Kate who Robin used to care for, my Mom now takes care of... she was standing next to my Mom when she was writing the note to send to me... so Kate "helped" my Mom make it look "pretty."

(BackSide) I love it! It's now on my bulletin board.

I got all kinds of random things! Bare Escentuals BUXOM BABES lip plumper lip polish, a shoe note pad, a glittery compact mirror, a lint roller (??), a bag of popcorn (l0l), some flower magnets, a bracelet and t-shirt that I left over the summer, and of course a box from my Mother would not be complete without a Williams Sonoma spatula. I'm pretty sure I have about 25 of them! :)

I have the best Mummykins in the world!!!
Thank you Mom.

From my Professor....

2009-11-09T22:55:00.002-07:00

To wish me get well...

HAHAHHAHHA

I got it...

2009-11-07T20:41:00.004-07:00

Lucky me... I got the swine flu and I have been curled up in my bed for the past 4 days.
This is UNBELIEVABLE!!!! I never had any idea that the human body could feel so wretched from just the flu!!!!!!!!! HOLY MOLEY!

Something pretty rad was that my parents got a letter from their Stake President saying that it's okay to give priesthood blessings over the phone. So as I laid suffering from chills in my bed, my Daddy gave me a blessing over the phone. It was pretty awesome. I'm slowly on the mend now.

What I've Been Up Too....

2009-10-24T10:58:00.003-06:00

So I know it's been a while...it just has felt like, since everybody has Facebook now the blog is a little lower on my list of things to do...

As usual my life consists of school, exams and class readings. I started off the semester to a rocky start for some reason. I did not do very well on exams, which is very unusual for me! But have no fear... I recovered:

I made up for it on my Sociology of Gender midterm...

And my 12pg paper News Research paper for my Criminology class:

I also got a little baby kitten.... she is growing so freaking fast and I asked my roommate who is a vet assistant if she could please look into finding some kind of pill to stunt her growth so that she will stop growing. I named her GussGuss (like the little mouse for Cinderella) and YES I am fully aware that GussGuss is boys name but it suits her PERFECTLY. She is INSANE. Literally. As I type this she is attacking imaginary spots on my bed. However, when I pop in an episode of Glimore Girls, she stops everything and watches:

And then finally... Taya (friend who lives upstairs) heard about this salon to get your haircut at and how great it is and how she SWEARS by this salon. SOoo we go in... I told the lady that I wanted side bangs and TONS of layers. TWO HOURS LATER... !!!TWO!!! I look no different except for the side bangs. I'm pretty sure she took "Tons of layers" as "Wash my hair and don't do anything else." Unbelievable

Alrighty kids thats the latest and greatest.

I know it's been forever a year ...

2009-10-19T08:59:00.001-06:00

Happy Halloween

Go check out a video that my friend Taya made with me and my other friends in it doing the monster mash!

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/7ECODQfU0h8k5tP7

Good Things

2009-04-11T23:22:00.003-06:00

I found two great notepads online that I would LOVE to buy and I feel as if I could get a lot of use out of... how great would it be to "ticket" people with these, haha. From knockknock.biz!

Lazy Sundays

2009-04-05T17:57:00.004-06:00

this is how general conference plus going going to utah state university makes you feel after a long weekend

this is how i watch general conference... coloring in a poster size coloring sheet of monsters inc.

GRADUATION!

2009-03-29T00:53:00.002-06:00

Kinda turned into a photoshop junkie... BUT... GRADUATION IS HAPPENING!!!!

Krebs...

2009-03-26T09:24:00.004-06:00

Shane Krebs is my Online Journalism professor... this guy is HILARIOUS. He keeps in touch with everybody in the class via Facebook... just super sarcastic, young and funny teacher.

Anyways, we're doing a lot of work with Photoshop right now... so feel free to jump over to my class blog... I personally love my blog address...

krebsrocksmysocks.blogspot.com!!!

Spring Break

2009-03-11T22:29:00.006-06:00

Most people go to some place exotic and fun to relieve themselves for a week, I fly home. It has been the best relaxation I've had in a really long time. Being around my family, regardless of David's bursts of excitement, being around Mummy and Papa Bell is the greatest. One of the best parts, my BESTFRIEND Bonnie is home from her mission and this has been our first time seeing each other since she came home...

We went shopping at got caught up in a random hail storm!

One of my favorite things about the Northwest is the amount of green trees EVERYWHERE!!!

And of course, had to visit my favorite spot, Snoqualmie Falls!

I love my cell phone, all these pictures were taken with my cell phone camera! :o)

More pictures to post after more adventures!

Lost Generation

2009-03-04T03:28:00.004-07:00

Note to self: Don't write a blog when drugged on morphine!!!! My goodness my last blog post was surely depressing... I promise you all that my life is not THAT bad. I am still having loads of fun to the best of my ability every single day. So I figured I'd share some pretty awesome PR thing my professor showed me.

The cheapest and easiest form of PR that anybody can do is to utilize the web. That is why in 2007 AARP asked people ages 18 to 30 to submit videos on YouTube with their answer to the question: "Where do you see yourself in 50 years." The winning prize was $5,000.
Taking the challenge, students at Columbia University responded with their video answer titled, THE LOST GENERATION. Even though this video placed 2nd, I was so moved by it that I felt like I had to share it... watch the video, if you would like a copy of the poem, it is posted below the video. It is based on the Argentinian Political Advertisement "The Truth" ...

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!

Lost Generation
By Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation
And I refuse to believe I can change the world.

I realize this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within”
is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy”
So in 30 years I will tell my children
They are not the most important thing in my life.
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
work
Is more important than
family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
But this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society.
Experts tell me
30 years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to REVERSE it.

There is hope.
It is foolish to presume that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It will be evident that
My peers and I care about this earth
No longer can it be said that
Environmental destruction will be the norm
In the future
I will live in a country of my own making
I do not concede that
30 years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
Experts tell me
This is a quick fix society.
But this will not be true in my era
Families stayed together
Once upon a time
I tell you this
family
Is more important than
work
I have my priorities straight because
My employer will know that
They are not the most important thing in my life.
So in 30 years I will tell my children
“Money will make me happy”
is a lie, and
“Happiness comes from within”
I realize this may be a shock but

I can change the world and I refuse to believe that
I am part of a lost generation.

it's been a while...

2009-02-13T22:09:00.005-07:00

Oh my what a LONG time it has been since I updated my blog.

I am continuously battling my pain still from my car accident. I am trying so hard to manage my day to day tasks and responsibilities. I really have the most amazing parents who keep me motivated and encouraged, even with all the miles and miles away that they are.

My Mom, she is simply incredible. I will call her crying because of the pain, and she is so quick to make me start talking about other things, and get me focused on something other than the pain. She's incredible, and I love her and I miss her terribly.

My Dad, man what a trooper. Every time he talks to me, he is so excited to hear from me. He helps me get through those hard days when everything just isn't working out. I love him, so much, and I don't think he comprehends how much he does, not just for me, but for every single person. I am truly so so so thankful for my father. He is amazing, and my Mom, she is so patient and so loving.

This accident, has tested me in every single way possible. When I have the hardest time getting up and out of my bed because the pain is so strong and I don't want to go class... I know that if I don't turn to the Lord, I'm going to continue laying in bed all day long.

I just called as a Relief Society teacher. The lesson I just gave was about finding your strength during your trials. Funny one for me, huh? :o) Well, I never knew that Joseph Smith got up the very next day after being tarred and feathered to go out and do what he did. I find myself drawing a lot of strength from this. I know, that we all are going through hard things. I know that we are all struggling a lot with different things... but, we can't forget where we can draw our strength from. We are SO lucky to know that we can draw upon the strength and love of the Lord to get us through.

I would give ANYTHING for this stupid pain to go away... but at the same time, I'm thankful for it. For how strong it is making me.

My doctor has exhausted all her options, and I'm meeting this week with a new neurologists and spine specialist. I hate new doctors, but I have hope that some of my pain will go away. So keep me in your prayers, and hopefully I will have good news. Until then, this what my world revolves around:

I got this brilliant idea of the letters on top of the bottles from Kerri when I went home over Christmas! It's the 1st letter of each pill. Sure does beat digging around. I have been really blessed with very understanding professors who are great at understanding everything. So my pharmacy and I, we're always on the go...

OBAMA!

2009-01-20T10:52:00.003-07:00

I just watched the inauguration and speech in the student center here on campus. Empowering! Amazing! Hopeful! WOW! I'm so excited for this change. I think it's what America needs and I'm so grateful that I live in America!

www.whitehouse.gov

A Northwest Thanksgiving

2008-12-05T05:10:00.012-07:00

I've been up all night writing my Social Research Method final paper and I need to write my Media Law Final Project paper before 1:30pm! Finals are next week and lucky me I have 2 finals on Monday and my last final on Tuesday. Then I'm done until January 5th, 2009! I see Tuesday as my light at the end of the tunnel. Whew! Soooo with it being 5:12am I decided to quickly throw up my pictures from when I went home for Thanksgiving...I really am procrastinating my Media Law paper, can you tell?

Still being on disability since my accident I was able to fly home for FIVE(!) days.
I have not been home for that amount of time in over TWO years!

The Girls:

3 Musketeers:

We're Extremely Normal:

Amanda and I:

A SNEAK PEAK At The Family Christmas Picture:

David Is SO Excited To See Me:

He Enjoyed This, He Secretly Knows It:

We ADORE Our Brother, And LOOK He Even ALMOST Smiled:
(My Momma is one hot momma!)

My Bestfriends, My Support, My Cheerleaders... My Family:

Sometimes You Just Don't Question Robin
I LOVE Dilberts Face, Haha:

Had To Take A Quick Trip To Snoqualmie Falls:

Beautiful:

So--I learned the hard way not to hit the FORMAT option on my camera... I lost several pictures. I paid $30 to download a program that restores the pictures. I was able to recover a majority of them but some of them have weird gray bars in them. Oh what a tragedy. This sadly was one of them.... click on it and view it big... it's amazing:

Besides the Seattle downtown Nordstroms(!), this is my favorite spot in the Northwest:

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The day after Thanksgiving we went to Fall City to Crown Tree Farm where we have gone for years to cut down our Christmas Tree! The pictures that follow are from our adventure...

Robin certainly does look completely sane here:

Just a sweet mother-daughter boding moment:

Amanda and I... and my fake glasses to make me look smart (haha):

Sometimes it's best to just walk away and leave Amanda alone:

Amanda having a saw fight with her imaginary friend Kelly:

Daddy Bell and Me:
(every picture I'd take with him he'd look at it and go "oh please that doesn't look like me Amelia! I look like I'm heavy" Oh Daddy-O you're so silly sometimes.)

My 2 bestfriends:

Daddy-O surrounded by the 4 reasons for all his gray hairs on his head:

Amanda making the family decide over which tree:

In record time for our family, without any fighting we picked a tree in under 30 minutes! Usually we end up getting the tree that Dad likes the most and none of us are happy. This time we actually all agreed on a tree!

Robin bewildered by the fact that we actually chose a tree:

Robin and her cute little 1/2 marathon runner booty-bum:

Family friends (I spaced on their names) that came with:

The little girl picked each of us a little yellow flower:

She's dang cute huh:

Daddy loves his girls:

Robin and I:

We're big kids now:

The whole fam-bam:

Amanda gave up fighting with her imaginary friend:

The best part about cutting down the tree, going inside and getting warm in the Christmas shop and drinking hot cider and eating cookies:

1 Robin-Wreath: priceless, she looks so cute, I love this picture:

1 Amelia-Wreath: priceless! some things money can't buy:

Tah-dah! Alright 5:59am and I've written .... 2 sentences on my paper while I uploaded those photos... BlogSpot has really gotta work on finding a better way to upload several pictures at once because this is dang ridiculous! You know you're couldn't agree with me any more on that.

Love you all!
Amelia

I met a guy in the library... and took him home & shaved his legs.

2008-10-28T10:35:00.005-06:00

So last night I went to a study session in the library for a test that I have tomorrow. This pretty cute guy came in and sat down next to me. I think we have spoken to each other once very briefly walking out of class... well we ended up talkin quite a bit through the study session (whoops).

He showed me a text message that he had just received from a friend that asked him if he would want to be a fitness equipment model at ICON the following day and they would pay him $500 but he needed to shave his legs and arms for it. I laughed because this guy wears shorts and flip flops year round. I said "I will TOTALLY help you shave your legs! That would be awesome" he looks at me and said "For real? Most girls wouldn't...I mean are you sure??" After the study session we hopped in my car, ran to the store bought some pink razors and shaving cream and had a good laugh as we shaved his legs in my bathtub... while buying razors we introduced ourselves to each other!!!!

We first used a beard trimmer to trim down the hair...you could already see a difference!

1 leg down... 1 more to go

- He has got some good lookin' legs!

-We determined this was turning out to be quite a chore...

-Onto the arms...

-"HI MOM"

-Introducing Johnny Smooth Legs...

I called my Mom and said "So I went to a study session tonight and took home this really cute guy and shaved his legs." =)

As he was standing there hold up his shorts as I am shaving the back of his thigh he said, "wow I really think this is the best bonding moment I've ever had with somebody since my mission!"

Photo's!

2008-10-21T00:55:00.002-06:00

I ask and also BEG you to please go look at my photo's from tonight. I honestly and truly want to tell you all that I have never had so much fun in my whole entire life, than tonight...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2026686&l=3e897&id=122802517

It is Homecoming Week and tonight we had a "Paint Dance" on the practice football field. HUGE 10 gallon buckets of paint were dispensed into cups, hands... anything that would substitute as a container and were splashed, smeared, wiped and thrown at one another. It was the most fun I have ever had. There was a DJ from a local night club playing music. Then on one of the main streets on campus we got to paint the road! Oh my heavens. PLEASE go check out the pictures.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2026686&l=3e897&id=122802517

Facebook is much easier and faster to upload them. Here is a preivew:

Momma Bell & Halloween

2008-10-19T15:48:00.007-06:00

Sorry I am not very good at updating anymore. I feel as if I live in the library while attempting to have a social life. I spend quite a bit of my time in the USU Health and Wellness building since that is where my doctor and physical therapist both are. I just got approved for Pain Management Massage Therapy... sounds pretty nice huh? I start that on Tuesday and I'm very excited.

I was able to see my Mom while she was in town for a minute. And by a minute, that's really what it felt like, a minute. We were able to have lunch together with a few of my Aunts that live up here in Logan...

along with my Grandma Savage. She has Alzheimer's but she is still adorable. She's so cute!

We also got the Savage side of the family together and had dessert at Grandma Savages assisted living home in Logan, last Sunday... I saw Grandma eying my cousin's son across the room as he was playing with the other kids. I grabbed my camera hoping to get a cute picture of them together... I think that the pictures speak for themselves...

I have not seen my Grandma Savage smile in a VERY, very, very long time. So to be able to capture that and see her smile so big, oh seriously, was just such a golden nugget! It was so sweet and I was able to see the Grandma that I once remembered.

. . .

Saturday night my roommate Mckenna and I walked across the parking lot to a friends house and we carved pumpkins! I love being a little kid. I got this retarded pumpkin that wouldn't stand up, he was kinda flat bummed and had to lay on his back... his eyes are meant to be cross eyed with a big goofy smile... however my pumpkin carving skills need some work...

I got this wicked cool new Canon PowerShot SD 790 IS at BestBuy... remember how my camera had an accident with my Powerade bottle? BestBuy wasn't able to save it and told me to come in and pick out a new camera since I had the accident warranty on it! This camera is kinda fun cause I can choose which colors I want to show up while the rest stays in black and white... I am no Darren Clark but hey hey hey look at my awesomely rad picture!

I sometimes wonder if I should have gone into Elementry Education as my degree but then I knew that the kids would be smarter than me and on a daily basis I would feel dumb... but at least I know my classroom would look awesome during the holidays... I decorate our apartment for every holiday under the sun... like I said, I would have been a perfect elementry teacher...

I hope to see you guys all really soon when my back and neck will allow me to drive further than Brigham City without tightening up!

Demotivator

2008-10-17T10:53:00.001-06:00

My roommate, McKenna found this and said she thought of me... it made me laugh because with how slow my recovery is going through this sums up how I feel some days!!!

Elder Henry B. Eyring

2008-09-30T13:32:00.002-06:00

Many of you may have heard or read this before but it was presented at FHE last night and I fell in love with it and this is going to be my motto from now on!

I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed.
The dye has been cast.
I have stepped over the line.
The decision has been made.
I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.
I wont look back, let up, slow down, or be still.
My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure.
I'm finished and done with low living, small planning, smooth knees, colourless dreams, tamed visions, worldly talking, cheap giving and dwarfed goals.
I no longer need pre-eminence, position, promotions, plaudits or popularity.
I don't have to be right, first, recognized,praised, regarded or rewarded.
I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk with patience, am uplifted by prayer and labor with power.
My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven.
My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear.
I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away,d ivided or delayed.
I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity or meander in the maze of mediocrity.
I wont give up, shut up, or let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, and paid up for the cause of Christ.
I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me.
And when He returns for his own, He will have no problem recognizing me.
Because...
My Banner will be clear.

Chocolate

2008-09-28T01:02:00.003-06:00

Oh snap son... my hair is dark dark dark dark dark brown, except this time it did not take 3 boxes of hair dye...
mommy wow, I'm a big kid now!
I'm pretty dang proud of myself.

P.S. - Those cortisone shots did WONDERS for me!

Setbacks & Yearbooks

2008-09-24T23:06:00.007-06:00

I took a turn for the worse in recovery. I've had several bad days over the past week which landed me in the seat of the waiting room at the doctors office for an emergency appointment. Grrr.... regardless of the medication I take and the amount of physical therapy I complete, the pain level has been increasing hourly.

This morning, Thursday the 25th, at 9a.m. I had 4 shots of cortisone inserted into the occipital bone, which is pretty much at the base of your skull...

And then two shots inserted into the trapezius muscles...

Pretty much where the physical therapists fists are, is where my shots were... and that needle was seriously forever long,
I was NOT a fan of it.

YES it hurt.

So I needed something to make me laugh after all this bad news when I found this website that you upload a picture of yourself and then put your face in photographs from yearbooks ranging from 1920's to today. Here are a few of my outcomes...

1950:

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Hope you got a good chuckle...I certainly did!

Homeward Bound

2008-09-14T17:39:00.004-06:00

Brother Lefrandt

June 4, 1962- September 14, 2008

http://www.thelefrandtfamily.blogspot.com

This is the most incredible man with an amazing family that I have been privledged to know. Herald Lefrandt centered his life around Christ, and lead by example for his children to follow. I am so thankful to know the children of this amazing man who was a spiritual giant and will be INCREDIBLY missed. His wife Diane is an incredible "pillar of strength" as many have put it. I love you all, and I have been praying every day for months... and I will continue to do so...

For those of you who do not know Herald Lefrandt, I just ask you to please pray for their family!
Herald fought a tough fight with brain tumors and remained positive through the whole thing.

http://www.thelefrandtfamily.blogspot.com/

The Weekend Wrap Up

2008-09-09T11:31:00.006-06:00

This is going to be a REALLY quick update between classes!

* Still on disabilty from work, doctors won't release me yet.
* Physical Therapy down to 2 days a week now, whoop! whoop!
* I have 3 exams next week and I live in the library every night until 10pm

My roommate McKenna and I have decided that when you study sometimes it really is necessary to just make your hair look as crazy as you feel... it really helps retaining the knowledge!

Also Friday night was "White Trash" party and I think the guys downstairs, Matt and Scott totally dressed the part...

(yes... that would be Scott's bedsheets that he is wearing... what weirdo.

And then Saturday night we went bowling... as we were walking out the door somebody jumped behind Matt and pretended they were Matt's hands... kinda weird I know for those who were not there, but for those who were there, you'll remember how funny this was...

Pretty much bowling was fantastic and I think that Holly and ChrisAwesome are the cutest brother and sister duo I have ever seen...

Sunday was Pancake Party in the guys apartment downstairs... no pictures taken.... my camera and my favorite purse ended up being victim to an open container of Gatorade ... ugghhh... my camera is currently somewhere in Texas getting fixed according to the BestBuy dude. *Sniffle* But hey, you could never tell that all these pictures in this blog post came from my cell phone camera... pretty great right?

Okay time to run. Toodles.

Art of Bargaining!

2008-08-28T10:40:00.011-06:00

So the other day I struck up the most incredible deal with Dave (if you need a refresher of who Dave is, have no fear... this is Dave, the amazing BBQ cooker from my birthday bash...)

Dave and I were hanging out when I mentioned I needed to wash my car, but have not had the time to do it.

He mentioned he needed to do his laundry but hates having to pay to do it. I started to tell him how great is to have a SPACIOUS laundry room in the apartment...

Okay so maybe it's not THAT spacious... it's really just crammed into this little closet.

However, Dave really got his wheels turnin' in his head when he said "How about I detail your car every week, and in return you let me do laundry!? Fair trade, yeah??!"

Not a moment too soon did him and his roommates go at it on my car! Did I mention that Dave used to have a car detailing business in California for a while?

His roommates are pretty much bomb awesome in my book! They both came over and helped clean my car.

That is one fantastic bargain we struck up!

Just sooo happy!

2008-08-24T22:12:00.006-06:00

Have you ever wondered how incredible my friends are???

Here's a sweet little example...

So for my birthday I woke up to my sidewalk and the stairs leading out of my apartment decked out in sidewalk chalk ... it just so happened that my birthday was the day that everybody was moving in for the start of the semester. So let's just say... everybody knew it was my birthday!!!

They even decorated the stall that my NEW CAR is parked in!!! Yes, I bought a new car and I love it. My Dad's reaction when he saw it was, "What are you a pimp?" Needless to say they were not too thrilled when they saw it but I'm sure they'll love it in time... for me, it was love at 1st sight.

Not to mention my pretty freakin' sweet front door... we have decided, why take it down!? It adds color to the very white hallway! Yay for birthdays.

My super incredible friend, Tennile made me a birthday cake, however she made it with olive oil instead of vegetable oil like the box said... it was pretty much gag worthy!

Tennile and my friend Jani planned a HUGE BBQ Birthday Party. It was so freaking awesome!!!
About 50+ people showed up... what was so fun about it was that we had it in the parking lot of my apartment complex, and everybody just came out of the wood work because it was pretty much the last big party before the semester starts tomorrow, Monday the 26th.

Dave was just about the coolest guy ever in the world and he BBQ'd for 4 hours straight in the 90* heat!!! He cracks me up...

So many people showed up! I was totally blown away... Facebook really got the word around and I am pretty positive that every single person who I have ever run into showed up!

I seriously was a happy little monkey!!! (Anthony was laying down and most likely asleep, that kid can sleep anywhere!!!)

I could not have asked for a better friend than Tennile... she just went all out for my birthday...

We are so incredibly cool everybody wants to hang out with us... I think it's cause we look so gosh darn good...

Jani got me the bestest present ever... .

... however I found out we have little men in the walls of our apartment because for the 5th time since living here, the nail falls INTO the wall!!!! Like it got hungry and ate the nail. Seriously! I had this present for about a grand total of 2 hours when I went to hang it up and the nail vanished and the plates... BROKE. I would like to say however that I have some MAD supergluing skills... I'm deciding whether or not I wanna go pro with my super glue skills... we'll see.

Jani made this incredibly awesome RAINBOW CHIP CAKE WITH RAINBOW CHIP FROSTING!!!!!

Yes I know what you're thinking, "Luuuckkyyy!!!" I pretty much felt like the raddest kid on the block cause that cake is the bomb.com!!!!

And check out the candles... they are purses and shoes... incredible, i know right!?!?

My birthday was soooo much fun, the head pain that followed, not so much fun! But hey your birthday comes once a year, so I just sucked it up and smiled and had a blast! I laid low for the most part on Saturday but we went to a bonfire across the street. Tennile couldn't get enough smores she was shoving them in!!!

At the bonfire we found out that one of our neighbors was stuck down in Salt Lake and so at 10:30pm we decided we'd go for an adventure and cram into my car, the Batmobile:::

:::and head down to downtown Salt Lake and pick up our friend! This picture allows me to also introduce to you my fellow bloggers, my NEW roommate McKenna!!! Isn't she so freaking cute!? The guy on the right is Matt my neighbor, and my new best friend... he's as crazy as I am!!!!

I think the best part was watching Matt, a grown adult try to wiggle his way out of the back seat of my new car. It's a 2 door Mitsubishi Eclipse, and it's a little snug with so many adults!!

Now once down in Salt Lake we added another person into the mix of the backseat and it ended up being... well.... a little tight??!

By the time we got back to Logan it was 1:30am and called it a day.... we are all now really good friends with the guys downstairs after this little road trip. I can honestly say it is going to be the BEST year because this weekend by far has already trumped everything so far!!! One of the BEST birthday presents I got was this coloring book that the pages you pulled out and were BIGGER than a poster!!!!! Oh my gosh it was so much coloring goodness fun all wrapped up!! They took up 1/2 the wall!!!!! They were such a hit that the guys across the hall and the guys that live downstairs were all crammed around the coffee table in my living room today after church... COLORING!!!

As for my health --- still working on the physical therapy however it's just taking longer than I even want. I'm getting really irritated with the constant head throbbing that never goes away!!! Yikes Spikes!!!!

I just want you to all know that I am so incredibly lucky and blessed!!!! The Lord really sure does love me. I love you all as well!!!!

Happy Birthday Me!!!

2008-08-22T08:24:00.003-06:00

That Mrs. Donald Duck hat hanging above my head from Disneyworld was AWESOME. I wish I still had it.

Yikes, Spikes.

2008-08-21T10:23:00.005-06:00

Unfortunately my post about Kasey left a few people upset and I just would like to say that for the record I asked Kasey if it was okay if I made a blog about her pregnancy and she "go for it!". She saw the blog before I posted it for every one to see. I'm sorry that it upset quite a few people, that was not my intentions.

Regardless of what's been said, I am happy that she
is happy. I am her cousin and always will be, we're family.
With that said, congratulations Kasey.

Goal Dates

2008-08-17T16:04:00.012-06:00

Things are going really well, still in pain, but it's manageable!

I have the best physical therapist, Brian Larsen, who is one of the sports medicine doctors at USU Physical Therapy. I am working with Brian 3x's a week, which is helping a lot with the head pain.

Though I still experience some pain my other doctor, Linda Roberts, has really done a lot in helping me get on the right prescriptions to be able to be comfortable.

Dr. Linda and I are hoping that by my birthday, August 22nd, I will no longer need medication for the pain!

Brian and I are currently shooting for August 25th for my return back to work. Which also happens to be the day that Fall Semester begins.

I'm very excited to have goal dates to work towards!!!

Tennile and Jani know how down I have been with being confined to my apartment. They came by and used the opportunity to get me out and take me to Kings. I think the goal was to get me to laugh again...

Tennile found me a new ride...

And since the E.R. cut my clothes off, Tennile found me a new bra...

And Jani found me some new shades to look uber cool ridin' my new bike Tennile found...

I love these two girls, they take such good care of me! Jani brings me lunch and dinner EVERY day. I am so thankful beyond words for her friendship. They do such an excellent job and keeping me entertained.

Rainstorms

2008-08-15T00:15:00.009-06:00

Last week we had a major thunder and lightening storm with heavy rain. Tennile and my friend Jani came over and got me out of the apartment for a few minutes and enjoy the rain storm.

I'm so glad they came over cause I was about to lose it. It was fun to be around them, but it didn't take my head and neck long to let me know when the fun was over. I am so grateful with the relief that the physical therapy is allowing me. I still am crazy though...

I am so thankful for the friends that I have made from this accident. There are so many simple little blessings that have come forth. I am so blessed that I wasn't in a more serious condition. I am grateful that the Lord was watching out for me that morning. Something that I thank the Lord every day/night in my prayers for.

Goodbye...

2008-07-25T09:42:00.004-06:00

So I just got out of the hospital.

My car is totaled.

I was stopped waiting for traffic to break to make a left hand turn.

I got hit from behind and from the force, I was pushed into the other lane of traffic and got hit again.

I was taken by ambulance to the E.R. had several CT scans done of my head and abdomen.
Everything looked good except for some minor swelling in my brain.

I was very lucky I walked out with nothing major.

I had some pretty nasty whiplash. It's going to be a couple weeks of physical therapy before I can head back to work.

My Dad flew down from Seattle to take care of me. He was wonderful.

Goodbye my Jetta.

2008-06-19T07:22:00.001-06:00

Well it looks like a no-go for getting my position back. I'll just have to accept it and move on.
Still working graveyards but I'm working quite a few doubles so I am making good money!

Sorry I have not updated just working and sleeping is ALL I have been doing this WHOLE entire summer.

Prayers are Needed

2008-06-11T15:15:00.005-06:00

I was so ecstatic about that new position at work, in Yogurt.
Can you tell!?

Well first you had to pass training in order to get the position, let's just say that they guy who was training me, well.... I'm just not on the top of his Christmas Card list. He wasn't a huge fan of me, and he failed me for the position.

What really stunk was that I actually LOVED my job for the 1st time ever. Sure I worked 75 hours a week BUT I didn't realize it, because it was fun.

The reason for failing me was that I was not taking the job seriously (this man refuses to even crack a smile so me liking the job was a big no-no) and I wasn't learning fast enough. Apparently somebody made a comment to this man that was training me that I run the machine better than him, and next thing you know, he fails me. I also think he can't stand my bestfriend Johanna and I working together because every few seconds we erupt in laughter!

I-kah-rum-bah!

I went in and spoke to H.R. about the whole thing telling them i KNOW I can do this and all the other people who do the same job as me back in Yogurt have come to my defense as well saying that I'm more than ready for this position. I explained to H.R. I have a ADHD and I will up my med's, I will do ANYTHING to get that job back.

SOOO --- now I am asking for all of you to please pray for me. Please please PLEASE pray that Paul (my supervisor) changes his mind and brings me back to the best place ever in the plant. Please just stop what you're doing right now, ok wait... finish reading this first and THEN ask the Lord that if it be his will, to let me have my position back.

oh...
Other than that, I'm alive and well!!!

My Night At Work

2008-05-22T07:05:00.002-06:00

It can only be summed up in a picture:

ME: Matt is the flavor pump turned off?
MATT: Ohhh yeah!
ME: Matt? Are you sure, because if I break this line and I get covered in cherry flavoring with the pump speed at 100, I will be REALLY pissed off at you all night long.
MATT: I'm positive, it's turned off.
ME: Matt, check the computer...
MATT: Yup, I'm looking at it, it's turned off

Well Matt was looking at the computer screen for a machine we were not even working on. It took quite some time but I eventually scrubbed the yogurt die and gosh awful cherry flavoring off my face.

That sums up my night at work.
Excuse me while I go take a shower...

I should major in shopping...

2008-05-04T06:32:00.006-06:00

So yesterday was graduation for Utah State University. My bestest friend Shasta graduated from college. I got her all ready for graduation doin' her hair and makeup... I even tried on her cap and gown and secretly wanted to ruin it just because it wasn't me that was graduating... *sigh* cute face huh? haha

Before graduation we went to this store called Hobby Lobby. It just opened up here in Logan and Shasta & I had to explore. We spent over 2 hours in there!!! We ended up needed 2 shopping carts and zig zagged our way through the store. I have to say... it's lOVE! That store is awesome.

Here are my findings~

The swirly cast iron wall decor... it was only $20... everything was 50% off!

(Oh we got new coffee tables and side tables, the apartment upstairs got new furniture in December, so when the girls moved out upstairs we ran up and grabbed them, our landlord only said "Well they look a lot cuter in your aparment, she refers to our apartment as the TajMahal of Notthingham Apartments cause it's decorated so cute.)

This sign is above the pantry door in our kitchen, when I found it yesterday I was laughing so hard!

THESE are my FAVORITE things I bought. It is a HUGE metal fork and spoon and the sign in the middle "Keep it Simple." They too were 50% off and were only like $10 each! It's in the wall of the kitchen!

This I got for a shelf in my bedroom... again 50% off. I thought how cool it would be when my roommates move back into the apartment in August to get each our letters of our name and hang them in the living room.

This past school year was the best ever that I have had with roommates. It was really hard to see Jennifer, Kira and Brandi leave. We really had a lot of fun this school year. I currently have NO roommates living in the apartment. Two will be moving in for the summer but they are both in Europe for different things right now so it's a BIT lonely when I'm awake... :o(

A quick update on work and other things:

Work: I love love LOVE graveyard. Nothing suites me better than this, and well when I HAD roommate it was perfect cause I got to see them so much more. The new position is pretty much an 8 hour workout which is good for my fat pah-toot!

Xavier: He is still having a lot of tests done weekly down in Salt Lake City but hasn't had any seizures since that weekend. So that's good news. They think he might have epilepsy but we'll see... thanks for your prayers.

Spring Semester: I sure did NOT do as well I hoped. This semester was more a personal growing semester than it was grade wise! I need to pay a fee I forgot to pay in order to get my grades, those tricky bookkeepers at USU, they sure do know how to get you to pay up!

What the war in Iraq is really like

2008-04-26T18:05:00.001-06:00

taken from Kelsey Konen's blog

“I should not be alive. There is not a God forsaken reason,” Jordan Taylor, who returned from Iraq in September, said.

Taylor recalls his hardest and longest mission while in Iraq. It was in Kharma, rated by Times magazine as the most dangerous place to live in the whole world. It’s just north of Fallujah, which was the hot spot at the time Taylor left in September 2006. The mission lasted 32 hours.

Taylor was the gunner in the Cougar navigating for the lead vehicle referred to as a RG31. It’s a tan, large, jeep looking vehicle with what looks like a small satellite dish on top. Usually 15 to 20 members of a 30 or so man platoon would go out on a mission or sometimes multiple missions in one day. Several vehicles would travel out together. For this mission, the vehicles were lined up RG31, two vehicles referred to as Huskies that appear like a large tractor vehicle, another large jeep-looking vehicle with long razored arms off the front called a Buffalo, EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) Cougar, and Gun Cougar (both the largest and furthest vehicles from the ground), RG31, followed by four Marine Corps Humvees. Husky vehicles have mechanical wings to detect the metal in bombs and are one man vehicles. The buffalo’s also have a mechanical arm and hold up to six men. Taylor usually rode in the lead car, the RG31, but for this mission rode in the Cougar.

“It was the Cadillac of military cars,” Taylor said of the Cougar.

Taylor’s platoon operated out of Fallujah. He lived there in a tent the entire year.

Taylor’s assignment every day was to look for IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). Often soldiers would go out on missions for up to eight hours or more and find nothing, not one bomb.

Taylor’s platoon, the 2^nd Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force Pathfinder found 300 bombs during their time in Iraq.

The 32 hour mission they covered was a route no larger than a regular 10 minute drive. For them, it lasted 32 hours. They averaged 15 bombs in 15 hour periods. It was the most bombs found in one day their entire time in Iraq. Driving at five miles an hour, they would search for pot-holes and cracks in the ground. Discolored dirt or anything that seemed out of the ordinary such as garbage on the side of the road would “make your hair stand on end.” It was life everyday, 24 hours a day.

Taylor remembers that mission vividly. A bomb went off under the RG31, the lead car, causing it to flip and creating a massive hole in the ground. While Taylor and his comrades were recovering the RG31, a rocket grenade was shot at them. The grenade missed by far and then the shooting started.

Taylor was able to discover the direction of the shooter, coming from a house nearby. He remembers how odd it was that a family having a picnic, at what looked like a reunion, was just two houses away. Gun fire was going off everywhere.

“It was pretty scary knowing that bullets are flying all around you and you don’t have much cover,” Taylor said of the experience.

Things calmed down and several men continued to recover the lead vehicle. They never found the shooter, but did discover his weapon. They resumed looking for bombs. Now the Husky vehicle was in front controlled by Sergeant Kelly Chartier. It wasn’t long before a bomb blew up behind it. The vehicle, though sustaining damage, continued but less than a tire turn away then another bomb went off shooting the vehicle into the air. This bomb took out the entire back side of the vehicle. The sole man in the Husky, Chartier, had had his last mission. He survived, but hurt his back severely and was sent to work in the offices.

“He was pretty beat up,” Taylor said.

Taylor recounts recovering him when he saw two, what he referred to as “trigger men” start to run. Taylor starting to ask permission from his sergeant to shoot from inside his vehicle, he waited while his superior stuttered and finally gave him the go ahead. Taylor began to trace them and shoot when a truck came by and picked them up. Only one of them made it inside, these were the two that had set the bombs off. The survivor was able to hobble to safety. Taylor’s platoon called for air back up and a helicopter was able to take out the truck later.

Now, still daylight, Taylor recalled being out of the turret in his vehicle, much too high, exposed from the waist up to scan for other trigger men. He knew he shouldn’t have been so out in the open. While the group waited for the recovery vehicle, Taylor continued to scan. Just then, he heard the thud of a rifle grenade.

He turned to see it coming straight at him.

“I saw a rifle grenade … coming right at my face. I could see in the background the two guys that shot it,” Taylor said. “People talk about your life flashing before your eyes, it really does. At the last minute, it just came to my mind, duck. So I did. I could feel the heat strip for four hours afterwards. It blew up on the other side of the vehicle.”

Taylor ducked back inside just in time and remembers yelling, “Incoming, incoming!”

At this point they had to call for more support and they waited for five or six hours for another recovery vehicle. The support team they had called for chose to take a new route, not following Taylor’s group. As they were coming in, they too got hit, their lead vehicle, a Humvee, had its tires taken out. Taylor said they were really lucky.

“We yelled at them over the radio and said, don’t move we’ll come to you,” Taylor said. Taylor’s group sent their buffalo out scanning and found three more bombs in between, just about a football field, or 100 yards away. Hours later they were able to recover and all go home. During this mission they had discovered 20 bombs and got in about five different gun fights.

Taylor suffered nine different concussions while serving in Iraq. Regulation allowed three. It got to the point where the “next concussion could kill ya,” Taylor said.

“It got to a point where I felt like I was committing suicide every time I got in a vehicle.”

Taylor spent the last three months in Iraq working in the office. He feels that this allowed for him to recover from the fear before returning.

“Fire crackers scare the shit out of me,” Taylor said. He remembers fearing a pop can opening at first also.

Still, Taylor says the hardest part is easy to identify.

“People forget about it, and that’s what sucks.”

Taylor was raised in Smithfield, Utah. He returned this year and served as Alumni Relations for Sigma Chi. He has been elected to serve as Sigma Chi president next year.

“Transitioning was pretty easy for me actually because I got hit so many times I was forced into an office. I wasn’t allowed to go on missions anymore,” Taylor said. He was able to partially recover in Iraq.

Dave Petersen, a friend of Taylor’s for over 20 years now, recalls the changes in Taylor when he came back.

“I don’t think you can ever fully recover from an experience like that,” Petersen said. “But, Jordan was definitely a different person when he came back. He seemed more like a real man than he ever had, took things very seriously and acted so much more responsibly. You can tell those experiences have really made him recognize the seriousness of life, especially after seeing war.”

Taylor has risks of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but still claims the hardest part about coming home and the hardest part of being there is ignorance.

“The war doesn’t affect people here,” Taylor said. “If you don’t have a brother or a sister or a family member that’s involved in the war, it doesn’t affect you, it doesn’t.”

“I hate it so bad, in World War II, when we were at war, women were in the factory, and it affected everybody. Every day you go to school and you drive you car. People forget about it. That’s what sucks,” Taylor said.

Taylor doesn’t agree with America pulling out of Iraq. He sees Iraq as “the greatest foothold in all the world. It’s the center of the world, it really is,” he said. “America needs to realize that it never was going to take a short amount of time. We have to stay there.”

America can’t leave while insurgents are there Taylor said.

“We shouldn’t bitch about it. We should support each other,” Taylor said.

Taylor said the war affected him most because life is different now. It makes you appreciate life and take advantage of it.

“I don’t have nine lives. I don’t have ten, he said. “I should not be alive. There is not a God forsaken reason. I guess I do have ten, because I have one more chance.”

time to UPgrade!

2008-04-23T23:37:00.004-06:00

I got a promotion tonight at work!

Goodbye to the smelly days of working in shred making your glorious Great Value and Western Family shredded cheese! I am off to bigger and better things!

Jamba Juice filler position here I come! Those delicious drinkable yogurts and Jamba Juice smoothies will now be filled by yours truly! Anytime you eat any Yoplait Yogurt or Digestive YoPlus Yoplait yogurt you can think of me and all the love I put into every cup and bottle! Now I will smell like strawberries, peaches, pina colda, blueberry --- anything is better than the smell of moldy cheese that stinks like vomit!

I will be working 10pm - 6am. With me being the raging insomniac that I am, nothing will suit me BETTER than this job! The big fat pay raise DOES help those hours a bit I must say! From now on this is what I will walk out of work to see every morning!

What a weekend!

2008-04-22T12:17:00.005-06:00

My bestfriend Johanna has two kids, Vanessa (5) and Xavier (1).

Johanna is the GREATEST friend that anybody could ask for. I've never met somebody better than her as a friend. If it were not for her I would of died this semester dealing with all the drama and stress!

Pretty much I freaking LOVE her kids to death. I will let Vanessa do my hair even if she pulls out huge chunks of my hair in the process! She has the most grown-up attitude that I have ever seen/heard from a 5-year-old. And this girl, GORGEOUS.

My future hubby, Xavier gave all of us a huge scare. Saturday night he fell to the ground and had a seizure. To make a long story short he was life flighted to Salt Lake to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Johanna had me go get Vanessa and stay with her the night. I was in tears, this little man is hilarious. He was released Sunday afternoon and that night he had another seizure. He has to have several tests done and will hopefully find out what's going on. But in the mean time please, PLEASE pray for Xavier Torres.

They are so freaking cute...

The Pope in America

2008-04-16T12:46:00.003-06:00

This puts Batman's batmobile to shame, the Associated Press called this car the "popemobile" ... I know what you're thinking, you want one.

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile as he drives in front of the White House in Washington, April 16, 2008

Jamba Juice!

2008-04-15T02:43:00.004-06:00

We just started production of Jamba Juice's bottled smoothies... they are SOOOOO good!
It'll be about 6 months before their available to the public but let me tell you... I got the hook up.

Pretty much stole 3 bottles off the line and stuffed them in my pockets!
hahaha!

It talks to me ... it says "Drink me all up cause I love you!"

Boyfriend

2008-04-13T18:29:00.003-06:00

Gotta new man...

He's been in my life for over 3 years, been there for me, let me cry hard into him when I'm sad, is always there, never leaves my side when I need him. He never talks back, he never is rude, he is always soft and ALWAYS wants to cuddle.

His name is Rupert... my teddy bear that William gave me when we were dating, haha.

Illusion?

2008-04-12T21:47:00.005-06:00

I was reading about how American Airlines has returned flights back to normal and this picture was attached to the article. Does anybody else find this picture kinda weird??? Is this girl incredibly short or is the luggage incredibly BIG?

Manasvi Tyagi, 4, of Delhi, India holds on to a bag by the American Airlines ticket counter at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, April 11, 2008. American Airlines has canceled 595 more flights, bringing this week's total to nearly 3,100 as inspections continue on the wiring of its MD-80 jets.

(AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

I'm totally confused!

.my luck.

2008-04-11T00:45:00.006-06:00

My luck and cell phones... those two things just DON'T go together well. While updating my blog at 12:30am I pulled my computer closer to me and didn't realize my power cord was wrapped around a burning candle. As I pulled it the candle went flying off the table and spilled the hot wax all over none other than my 2 month old cell phone...

I'll be calling AT&T the minute their call centers open!
Thank GOODNESS I signed up for the $5/month Equipment Insurance PREMIUM Plan!

Wireless Phone Insurance protects against:
Loss or theft
Accidental physical or liquid damage*
Mechanical and electrical failure

*Includes power surge, physical or liquid damage

SURE DO HOPE HOT WAX CONSTITUTES AS "LIQUID"!
FU-LA-LA-LA-LA!!!

2008-04-10T17:57:00.000-06:00

my previous layout... oh it was so very cute however too many headaches... i changed it, and I'll be fixing this one up shortly. I KNOW you're excited.

General Conference

2008-04-06T19:09:00.006-06:00

This General Conference was awesome... I can't stop laughing at President Monson's talk about his wife!

"Don't let your Dad touch the microwave (COMMA!), dishwasher, dryer ....."

So I splurged and went all out on food for everybody and we had a hearty breakfast/snack/lunch for Conference. It was fun we had an open door and people came in with blankets and pillows and watched conference with Jeni (my roommate) and I.

For the morning session we had a HUGE plate of sausages, almond poppyseed muffins, blueberry muffins, bacon, hard boiled eggs, banana's, oranges's, white powdered donuts, orange juice... oh it was scrumptious!

My Mom would be SO proud of me...

The Second session of conference we had pizza and Nerds and Gobstoppers, white cheddar popcorn, Ande's mint brownies (YUM), banana's and oranges. Oh it was good stuff....

This is Melissa and Jen **ATTEMPTING** to be reverent. Look you'd think Melissa was pay attention with her little notebook, how deceiving!

Kaylon will show up for a 4th, maybe 5th home teaching lesson for the month if he knows we have food ready... he ALWAYS has 100% on his home teaching...

Jared here... ah I love him. Walks in, picks up the plates of brownies and a fork and starts eating them in his sexy mexican poncho... he's in the process of growing a handle bar mustache, he is running a marathon in a couple months from Logan to Park City.... YES he is crazy.

This is Melissa and Jen spying on our neighbor who just got engaged. The poor girl was out in the parking lot with her finace. Melissa is going on a mission to Albania and is currently living her dating life vicariously through other people.... so she gawks at them out the window. And Jen... well she just needed to "live in the moment" as one of the speakers said in conference today.

YOPlus Digestive

2008-04-03T21:47:00.003-06:00

So tonight at work I worked in yogurt (shred is down currently... no orders).
In August we picked up Yoplait and Dannon as customers and just got a brand new addition to the plant with state of the art machines. Well we are the only place in the world making the new Yoplait YoPlus Digestive. It's yogurt with extra fiber in it to yah know... make you poop! Well yogurt you can't exactly rework if the package is bad so we just throw it away. Well, every bad yogurt I was so excited to eat because it was the new blackberry pomegranate flavor! Let's just say, it's probablly not a WISE idea eating, oh say 20 cups during an 8-hour shift!

I have never driven home so fast before from work... I was DYING!
Pretty sure I'm going to be "regular" for QUITE a while!

OHHH... we just started making these a couple days ago... Dannon Frusion's. It's pretty much a smoothie in a bottle that is UNREAL yummy!!!!

LOOK FOR THEM AND TRY PINA COLDA BLEND

Everybody needs a little humor...

2008-04-02T12:42:00.002-06:00

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Expectations and Accomplishments

2008-04-01T13:17:00.002-06:00

So I have been meeting the past month with an awesome counselor named Tricia through LDS Family Services. The past school year has been a LITTLE too much to handle! Not only with school but with all aspects of life. Kinda like whoa!

Anyways! Tricia told me to write down my expectations I have for myself. Well I thought, "Yeah no problem piece of cake!" HA that was until I actually started to write them down. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS! My expectations I have of myself, and how I was living ... well you would of thought they were polar opposites. Tricia told me how amazed every single person is who does this. THEN... every night before you go to sleep, grab a sticky note and write down your expectations for the day tomorrow. Even if it's your to-do list, write them down too! It's been a major change for me, I get so so so so so much more done in my day.

An example of mine are...

I expect myself to get up and shower and get dressed by 8am on M,W,F
(I don't have class until 1:30pm.... yet I NEVER get any homework done on M,W,F... my pillow and I FIGHT till around 11am when it wins...haha)
I expect myself to read my scriptures before I leave for work today.

It's kind of funny how through out the day all I can think about is my expectations of myself. Then at night after I finish writing my expectations, I write what I'm proud of....

I'm so proud that you have been reading your scriptures every single day.

I'm so proud of you that you got out of your PJ's by 8am today!

I know it sounds totally childish, but it's helping!! I'm not as stressed*!
(*ok the stress part's maybe a little bit of a stretch. I still feel stressed but I feel like I can handle it more now!)

Just entertain me and do it tonight. List out your expectations -- and tomorrow keep it in your wallet so every time you use your credit/debit card you see your expectations. Let me know if it helped you at all.... I'm curious if it's just me!

Easter Dinner

2008-03-23T14:12:00.005-06:00

If you were lucky enough to be my roommate, you would of woken up to sugar loaded packed easter basket! From yours truly... ME!

Complete with a chicken pooping easter egg gum balls dispenser... jealous? Yeah I know.

Come on over ... we're having a Out of State Easter Dinner for people who are not from Utah and are one of the 9 people it feels like, left in Logan for Easter.

5pm in my apartment, Nottingham #4.

Sara's making garlic rosemary mashed taters and apple crisp with vanilla ice cream... I'm cooking a ham and making a salad. I'll have some really good Crumb Brothers bread. Kels is bringing Sparking Cider... it's gonna be grub.

And yes... you better believe we'll be dyin easter eggs tonight...

2008-03-20T01:08:00.003-06:00

Ok Sam I get it... I need to come down and visit!!!!

I will! I just don't know when. School and work get really jealous of each other and so they like to spend AS much time as possible with me not allowing to really get away. You think kids are needy, school and work... daaaaang, they are just about the same minus the diapers that come with kids! Both keep you up all night, stress you out durin the day, and consume every ounce of your time, and make you poorer than before!

I gotta write a paper real fast and it's 1am then it's bedtime!

ohhhh I LOVE my life.

(and yes Sam my reaction to that picture was totally all about you... SOOOOO cute! HAHA)

spring break...

2008-03-17T10:18:00.003-06:00

Alki Beach, WA

(click to enlarge, it's gorgeous bigger!)

I went home to Seattle for a whole week. I can't remember the last time I went home for that long. It was so incredible fabulous. I had a weeks paid vacation so I used it for Spring Break.

I will post pic's and everything more after work.

It was the vacation that was LONG overdue. I had a blast!

Dark dark brown!

2008-03-02T22:55:00.005-07:00

I'll keep it short let's just say it took 3 boxes of hair dye later to get my hair from orange to what our original goal was... dark brown.

Here I got starting in on Shasta's highlights...

Oh boy I actually trusted Shasta at this point in time...

This is a hot look for 2008, I think I'm gonna try and make it last... hahah

After forever and ever we finally got a our hair colors fabulously perfect! We're the same color!

In the mean time, we decorated my other roommate's room, Kira! You couldn't even walk in there.

The final outcome...

Oh... and Shasta picked out a new purse for me... hahha

Alive

2008-02-26T13:00:00.004-07:00

I survived last week. Oh boy my stress level was so high I could have put both Carrie AND Nalani into labor with the amount of stress radiating out of my body! BUT, needless to say, I survived. Here is proof...

My friend Suds took this picture. He constantly pokes fun at my height and said he wanted to show me what it looks like to look at me from a "normal" height. He took the picture and cracked up laughing that I have to look UP at him. He thought it was hilarious, I still am trying to figure out why that's so funny.... grrrrr.

Oh... Kami, Nalani and Carrie... here's a really cheap (and creative) way to make sure you know where your little ones are at all times...

2008-02-20T14:09:00.002-07:00

I just have to say... if I make it Friday still alive, I want somebody to send me flowers or cookies or SOMETHING with a card saying "Congratulations you're still alive."

Today I had 4 papers (each paper was 5 pages long) due today in my Media Law class for our midterm and tomorrow I have 2 exams and a Public Relations Research Preliminary Writeup report due tomorrow as well. Oh, not to mention I still am working at Schreiber full time still, from 3pm -11pm. I have averaged 6 hours of sleep this week!!! OHHHH I can't wait until tomorrow night at 11pm when I get off work and I go home and SLEEP!

Hinkley...

2008-02-17T15:24:00.002-07:00

Something made in Photoshop... enjoy.

Some days...

2008-02-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

Ever feel like you're the little girl in this picture some days?????

I have pushed, kicked and screamed... but Saturday night, I stopped all of my nonsense and admitted to myself and to my Mom & Dad that contrary to my popular belief... I can't do it all by myself!

Funny thing, my parents said "Gee we've been waiting for this phone call." Oh I sure do hate it when they know best, ALL THE TIME.

I realized, I can't work 52 hours a week and go to school with amount of credits I'm taking and work, and sleep only 14 hours a week. I am so empty spiritually that something has gotta give. After crying a lot because I was so exhausted and finally sleeping for what felt like 900,000 hours... I am starting to feel the effects of... HAPPINESS! I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to cut out my amount of hours and such.

After William and I broke up everybody said, "Just stay busy!" Well... I took that as an understatement! I realized this weekend, I am DYING! I need scripture study time, I need time to actually sleep... and NOT just 2 hours every night. My body was struggling and I keep getting sick.

When I saw that picture today, I went
"Oh boy does that sum it up or what of how I feel right now!"

But don't worry, old habits die hard... I'll still be holding on strong to my phrase that I've said since I was little...

"I CAN DO IT MY(!)SELF!"

Soon... I'm gonna feel like this puppy, total relaxation

Hard at Work

2008-02-03T11:24:00.000-07:00

So I complain that I work an awful lot but... there are times when it's fun.

I have to admit that the people I work with are a lot of fun. No girls, just a bunch of married guys who still act like they are 7 years-old.

The other day at work, HARD at work, I was attacked. Four of the guys pushed me against the AutoCaser machine (it's the machine that puts the bags of cheese into boxes) and ran around part of the machine with 4 tape guns... this was the end result...

It's okay... I was able to get one of the 4 back. There is a special anit-aging powder that the cheese tumbles in before it's put into the bags. This prevents it from molding too quickly. Well the powder is called Keycel and is made out of potato starch and other things... harmless. One handful of this, and hiding oh so well behind a door... I waited for Shawn to come through the door frame.... the end result...

Sure is a good thing we wear protective eye wear.
This can be a pretty dangerous job.

Also just wondering if anybody else is wondering when it's going to stop snowing!? I mean C'MON! Move me back to Washington where when it snows, EVERYTHING is canceled or shut down for the day!

Don't worry I wasn't planning on going anywhere today or anything. Not that I have a life or need to get things done today...

hello hello i'm alive

2008-01-29T23:47:00.000-07:00

Last semester I was so fabulous at updating this thing and now when I see the icon on my browser I'm cringe. It's like that thing on your to-do list that you know you don't HAVE to do today but you keep putting it off further and further and further!

To be honest NOTHING exciting is happening in my life as of lately. I mean literally I wake up, go to class, rush home to change into my work clothes, pack a lunch and hurry off fast to work. Study on my breaks and then come home, do homework, check and see what drama Britney Spears has mustered up for herself today and then put on a movie and fall asleep for about 4 hours and start it ALL over again. I mean LITERALLY that is my life. SO horribly sad.

When something grand happens I'll let you know!

My Personal Thanksgiving...

2008-01-21T23:45:00.000-07:00

I know that I have been kinda of lacking in substance here in the blogger world. Please do forgive me. The semester started with a bang and I've been SO incredibly busy. I go straight from classes to work, study on my breaks in the break room at work and such and then get off work to come home do some homework and get around 4 hours of shut eye. It's been plenty fun.

I just had to take a moment to tell you something that I experienced this weekend. I really don't want to get into the details of it all but I had a major event happen this weekend that made me re-evaluate everything in my life. This weekend I was humbled to my core. I just wanted to take a moment to express how thankful I am for my family. My parents, I sure have put them through the ringer going up, but this weekend, my Mom was there when I needed her the most. She was in Utah this weekend and was there to help me through the hardest time that I have ever experienced in my life. I never realized how fabulous and how wonderful and loving that they are. I am so quick to notice when my Mom is nagging... well I THINK she's nagging but when I stop defending myself I realize she's just trying to help out and she's not nagging, she's giving me the most precious advice, the most sincere and honest advice. I realized this weekend, that if I would just shut my mouth sometimes and just LISTEN to her, I would learn so much and I would bring myself a LOT less heartache.

But AS YOU ALL KNOW... I AM THE QUEEN OF SAYING... "I CAN DO IT MY-SELF!!!!!!!"

I just am so thankful now for the small things in my life like a college bed that I used to think was so uncomfortable, to get a drink of water any time I want...

My heart is so full right now, of thanks. I am so thankful for everything that I have in my life. There are times in our lives when something happens or our faith is tested to the very last ounce that is in us. When are tried beyond our imagination, and it is those times that we grow immensely. This weekend, there were times I wanted to give up but that last ounce of faith and courage that was in me, helped me through the hardest hours.

I want you all to know how thankful I am for the love from every single one of you. For Aunt Pat, without even questioning anything to open her door to me Thanksgiving Day. To my mother for being there in my darkest hour of need. To my Dad for never flinching when I ask for help, no matter how horrible I have been to him. I have a bad habit, that ruined my relationship with William, and that is taking my anger out on the people closest to me. I want you all to know how how amazing my father is. He is the strongest man I know. He is SO un-selfish and I can be so horrible and mean to him and say hurtful things to him and he will always tell me he loves me and that I am his girl with the million-dollar smile. He is the man that when you are so heartbroken, will sit and listen to you cry on the phone for as long as you need. He is the one that when you start complaining about life and how annoying people can be, will tell you to just stop talking and remind how much better you are than them. I have learned so much from my father when it comes to getting back up after taking a big blow. Seeing my Dad work so hard after everything with the banks and his jobs... my Dad is my hero. He is INCREDIBLE. In the hardest moments of his life, he just keeps going... when he could be laying in bed depressed he's out there re-planting his trees and mowing the lawn. My Dad has taught me to TRULY appreciate life.

I just want you all to know how appreciative I am for everything in my life.
I'm sorry this was long but I needed to express how I felt to everybody.

Love,
Amelia

washing macines...

2008-01-08T00:55:00.000-07:00

yup i was so quick to wash my smelly work clothes that I forgot to take my phone out of my work pants and now its currently sitting in a puddle of soapy water on my desk...

leave me a voice or email me at amelia_bell02@yahoo.com and i will do my best to get your voicemails when i get a hold of a phone or get it replaced tomorrow or i will respond to your emails as soon as a I get a minute!

I am SOOOOO mad right now.

heat wave... not really.

2007-12-22T07:23:00.001-07:00

It's SEVEN degrees.
SO much warmer than last night, when it was -4!
Might go whip out my shorts.

amanda.

2007-12-15T15:09:00.001-07:00

hey good news... Amanda updated her blog! It's been 900 years, but she finally updated it.

solid A.

2007-12-11T09:47:00.003-07:00

so i took my final at 7:30am and I already got my results back ... 90%!!!!
8th best score in the class of 48 people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fall 2007 semester - over.

2007-12-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

That's right! It is over and done with and I'm SO happy for that.
I came home after my final this morning at 7:30am and threw EVERYTHING in the recycle bin!

A few things I learned this semester...

NEVER take a 7:30am class ... especially if you work until 11pm every night.
Don't go through a breakup with somebody you've been with for 2 years, at the start of a semester.
Your roommates are your life savers... keep them close, always!
DON'T buy your textbook until you see if you REALLY need it for the class...especially one that the professor wrote that was $175 and you still never opened.
NEVER take a 7:30am class... I know I already said that, but that was TORTURE!

Shasta's Gone...

2007-12-09T19:53:00.000-07:00

The tears very easily well up in my eyes if you ask me about Shasta... this morning I came out to the living room to this HORRIFYING sight...

I tried to ignore it but when Shasta's mom and brother showed up to start loading things into their car... I wasn't so much emotionally stable anymore. So I sat there and watched her out my window in a non-stalkerish kind of way (until I took this picture)...

Finally we had to say goodbye... I of course was crying and she just was so quick to get out of there so she didn't cry we had to take this picture as she was pratically walking out the front door...

But don't worry... I prepared myself for this day. When Shasta and I were out shopping yesterday I picked me up a little smile... more like something to MAKE me smile... but either way... this purse will be called, The Shasta Purse.

So this blog I dedicate to you Shasta Purdie.

The late nights eating cereal, our pina colada's, text messaging adventures (Hi I'm Amy! Remember me!) (Jason), late nights at WalMart, extra large Blizzards, the disappearing Orange Juice.... the list goes on. I'm so glad for all of our times together and I know you're only down in Salt Lake City but don't forget me! You became my bestfriend in 4 months and I will ALWAYS remember you, I will ALWAYS call you (when I hear a funny sound from the person in the stall next to me in the bathroom), and I will ALWAYS be here for you.

Thanks for the great, fabulous memories.

My heart is as empty as your bedroom without you around...

TREACHEROUS!

It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas!

2007-12-08T17:05:00.000-07:00

Merry Christmas!

Shasta and I decided to decorate our apartment for Christmas and let me tell you, it turned out to be really cute! We wanted to buy a tree but we couldn't afford a real tree, so we got this 40% off, 4 ft tree that we named, Michael Jordan.

We found some way cute decorations and lights at Michael's, wrapped our front door in wrapping paper and wrapped the windows in lights! From outside it look amazing...

We found some really cute miniature letter ornaments,
one for each one of our names!

..

Then we just found some really cute decorations and Kohls and Six Star Factory...

We found this doormat and Kohls... 50% off, dang we're good...

Our snowman decorated our doorbell!

Shasta wrapped our front door and did a killer star bow on it... she is moving out tomorrow and is going to be so seriously missed....

At Michael's we found some REALLY cute stars and I dug out a stocking my Mom sent me two years ago...

I have to say, our apartment is PRETTY dang cute!!!
So have a VERY Merry Christmas and feel free to stop my #4... we're the one with the green wrapped front door...

Roommate Pictures

2007-12-03T14:25:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I posted.
Shasta who has become truly the best roommate anybody could ever ask for, is moving out this Sunday. We decided to do some roommate pictures, we have one more roommate but we since she stays in her room most of the time, we felt it was great just the 3 of us.

The french fry statue by the Merrill-Cazier Library

My favorite of us, outside the TSC (Taggart Student Center) sitting in front the Synergy sculpture.

Peek-a-Boo!

The famous Aggie A.

It was FREEZING! I hope to take some more Saturday before she moves on my camera.

Graduation....

2007-11-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure I'm NEVER supposed to graduate from Utah State.

I had all my paperwork filled out to graduate at the end of Summer semester, so this coming August. I've been stoked and sending out my resume to several places. Of course that would be too easy...

My last 2 classes that I was going to take, will not be offered for summer semester.
Do you know what this means?!?

This means that I have to wait until FALL 2008 to take TWO... yes TWO(!!!) classes to graduate. So listen up, you all better come up to Logan December 2008 and watch me get that freaking diploma! I'm SOOOO mad right now but WHATEVER. This is what it will look like when I graduate... not the sunshine graduation I was hoping for.

I was SO excited to get out of Logan... pretty sure I hate Utah State University right now.

Exam Results

2007-11-13T11:50:00.001-07:00

I was a little mad when I got the results back from my exam. I got an 80%.
Most definently it didn't help me missing a weeks worth of classes.
I was REALLY shooting for a 95% to 100%.
Don't get me wrong an 80% is good, but I just worked so hard for something better than B-.

Recipes

2007-11-10T13:21:00.001-07:00

Anybody have any good recipes?

I need to make food on the weekend to cook. That way during the week when I come home from class, I can just grab something out of the fridge and run to work.

Any ideas?

Notecard Love

2007-11-07T11:05:00.000-07:00

I am a notecard fanatic when it comes to studying for exams.

The problem is once I've made them (which usually takes 5 hours) I want to just assume I'm done studying because my hand is cramped and I'm mentally checked out.

My Sociology exam that is tomorrow... has taken an all new record for notecards, 372. I am proud to say I have memorized all but about 35 of them.

I slept with these babies last night, fell asleep shuffling through the cards...

I'll let you know how the exam goes tomorrow... man my life is exciting!

Breaking News! ! !

2007-11-05T10:49:00.000-07:00

My mother has updated her blog!

janabell55.blogspot.com

Salt Lake City Date

2007-11-04T11:34:00.000-07:00

Eli picked me up for a date Friday night since I was holding down food and giving my wet wipes a break. He drove me down to Salt Lake City where we did a little shopping and went to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and went to see a movie.

When we were walking around I tried on some sunglasses for fun, which to my surprise he paid for when I wasn't looking!

It was a lot of fun, getting out of Logan any time is fun. There is so much more of a nightlife in Salt Lake than anywhere in Logan combined! What other place is better than the Gateway Mall???

I thought this was such a cool picture...

I would not be my mother's daughter if I didn't come home without any shoes. I found some killer boots the next day in Layton with my roommate Shasta....

The Flu & Chocolate

2007-11-02T11:23:00.000-06:00

Last weekend I had a date with a guy named Elias. We work together and quite frankly I must say, if any guy thinks that I look cute in my work uniform, rockin a hairnet and a hardhat, then you know what... he must be the one.
That takes skills to see beauty behind that hideous outfit!

We went out on a date last Friday, Saturday and he chilled with my roommates at I Sunday. The most POLITE and respectful guy that I've EVER met.

Monday night I came home from work early because I just started throwing up like it was nobodies business. The doctor said I have the worst stomach flu going around in Logan that they have seen in years. He put me me on a clear liquid diet, not even soda crackers. So Mr. Wonderful comes by with a gift...

The doctor also prepared me for after puking to be ready to spend some quality time sitting on the toilet. Elias thought that was really funny and brought me over some wet wipes. And you know what, I don't care what anybody says, those things are the best.

So not only does he find me attractive in my work clothes but somehow likes me even on the verge of death.
He kissed me the other night like it was in a movie, he said there was something on my face, covered my eyes, and gave me a simple sweet ADORABLE kiss. Yes, freaking cute.

Last night we went on a date, to the grocery store, haha because that's just about as far as I can go. We hooked me up with some DELICIOUS clear Propel Water.

Who knew that almost 3 months ago I was crying in my bed thinking the world was ending. Over a boy that... ok nevermind I'm going to stop and be NICE! HAHA!!!

Halloween Weekend

2007-10-28T18:26:00.000-06:00

Take a guess what this is: (Scroll Down for Answer)

If you guessed the inside of a pumpkin then ding ding ding you're right!
Last night Shasta and I carved pumpkins. We had loads of fun, doing it!

I look freaky!

Here is the ending product. Shasta's pumpkin, named Bubba:

My pumpkin named Squash!

Also last night was The Howl. It is the biggest Halloween party in the state of Utah and it's held at Utah State University. Kelsey who lives upstairs, had me do her makeup for her costume. She was a mermaid... and I was SO impressed by my skillz!!!

Her outfit was a little scandalous but this was the end result...

Later at ShopKo, Shasta and I found some really great looking purses!!! They were DOG purses.

Look at the freaky face of the dog! haha

Not only were there some great looking purses but we also found some fabulous looking shoes and gloves to match the purses...the insanity!

I also Saturday night had a date with a VERY attractive guy from my work, Elias from the Domnican Republic... I guess I just don't date the guys from America, hahahaha. I will get a picture of him to share with you soon... he will be here in a few minutes to cook my roommate and I some food from the D.R. I will take pictures tonight of him cooking.

Robino!

2007-10-22T09:44:00.000-06:00

Well last night at 12:30a.m. (so I guess this morning) I picked Robin up from the airport. She flew home for the weekend to nanny for some people. We got into Logan, UT around 3a.m. and we were up at 5:45a.m. to drive to Pocatello, ID. May I please just say that a person who is very hyper and gets distracted easily, like myself, that drive just about killed me!

I am quite certain the "shortcut" I took should be renamed "The Most Boring Road in Shortcut Roads History." I LOATHE this road! I will stay on the Interstate next time. A road that straight should not have a speed limit of 45mph. That's just asking to be broken, by me!

However the views of the mountains were pretty as the sun was rising...

I was so excited to be off that stupid boring road and see the mountains that are oh so familiar to me!!!

The terrain here is so ugly compared to Washington but you gotta take what you can get right?

Funny part of this, I didn't get a single picture of Robin and I. :o)

2007-10-20T21:54:00.001-06:00

To celebrate my fabulous grades on my midterms I decided I needed something new.
Of course it was a new purse and I'm in love!

I found a REALLY cute ring that I couldn't live with out either.
It says Keep On Loving. Cute huh!?!

Life is going so well lately I really have no complaints!

Midterms are OVER

2007-10-19T10:01:00.001-06:00

I am really unsure as to what is going on with my pictures in my previous blog. They were all there 2 days ago but today... vanished.

Update: I got a 90% on my midterm!

Owwwww!!!!!!

Midterms... oh midterms...

2007-10-18T03:30:00.001-06:00

Yes, it's midterm time.

Currently it is 3:30a.m. as I write this blog. I got off work at 11p.m. and have been studying ever since. I'm taking a break right now to let you in on how it's going...

My bed currently looks like I am just about the biggest nerd in the universe... sad to say but this is just for 1 class... notice the clock, I wasn't lying, it really is 3 in the morning! My RipIt energy drink is carrying me successfully through the night even though it tastes like chalk.

(and I am fully aware I have an obsession with pink... pink toes, pink PJ's, pink bedding...)

I am currently in a loving relations with S.P. Yes very devoted and committed, I didn't want anybody to know but our attachment towards one another is growing very deeply... his name is Social Problems (in America). Yes... I understand he is a textbook but you can't control love... we have a love/hate relationship... some days I can't STAND him but then we will cuddle up in bed late into the night... as he reads to me... HAHA!

Sometimes I hope that if I put this $150 textbook on my head that the information will creep into my brain somehow and I won't have to read it. Possibly it could be I need sleep and this will NEVER work, yet I still hold out hope and try....

If I die tonight, it will be death by flashcards. They are already attacking me as it is... okay time to get serious again... 2 more chapters to study and then it's time for class at 7:30am to take the exam!!!

I'm sure this will not be nearly as funny tomorrow afternoon when I look at this and wonder why in the goodness I blogged this!!! But for now, I will laugh my booty off at how weird I am!

For real I updated!

2007-10-13T15:36:00.000-06:00

I have been so busy with school and work a some new interests ;o) that I've not had a minute to update. I work so much and so much over time that I decided to splurge with my extra money. My cousin Bergen and her husband Tony bought a new TV. They were trying to find somebody to buy their entertainment center and TV. I jumped all over it.

I found a really cute FAMILY sign at Sugar & Spice & Something Nice Boutique!

Our apartment is looking really cute now! Who knew a college apartment could feel like home!

Jared my wonderful, fabulous nieghboor helped me... he's a little special. He often stands on the front lawn, with snowboarding goggles with his fly fishing pole! Haha!!!

Texas???????

2007-10-03T01:36:00.000-06:00

After today's class where previous students who are currently employed in the Public Relations field came and spoke to us, my desire to do an internship has become stronger!!

I am thinking for Summer 2008 I would venture out of Seattle and Utah and explore another area, Texas!!! Kind of random I know, but since life was turned upside down Labor Day night, I decided I am young, single and have the ability to just up and leave like this!

What if I told you, I have a possiblitiy to do an internship in Austin, TX!?
A girl from my work just moved from there and got me even MORE excited for it...
There are a few different companies that I have emailed and I am waiting to hear back from!

Home Sweet Home Summer 2008????

Also thought I'd let you know, I found a new hat at WalMart I think I might own shortly... pretty hot huh??? I think the people in Austin would dig it!!! It's a hanging moss basket converted into a hat... I know, you're jealous.

Another Great Weekend

2007-09-23T21:09:00.000-06:00

Another fan-tabulous weekend has just commenced.

I currently am dying with the worst case of strep throat, a sinus headcold and the flu. Yes, all combined into one believe it or not!
My friends have come to the rescue in helpin' me feel better.
Saturday night at one in the morning we decided to make sugar cookies! Shasta being the cute little chef did all the cooking... apparently me hacking up a lung all over the dough wasn't very appealing to her...

Adorable Jared who I LOVE and adore, came up from his apartment downstairs to frost the cookies with us. He likes us quite a bit, maybe it's because there are 4 girls giving him constant attention (??)

He is quiet but has this hilarious sense of humor! We dismantled a giant wreathe in our apartment and Jared took the decorations and created himself a bouquet that he is going to use at his wedding. He was a little saddened when we informed him that guys don't have bouquets

One of my favorite people, Kelsey, was running a while a back and dislocated her hip. She is currently on crutches but I have to say she is just about the cutest girl on crutches I've EVER seen

On a recent random adventure to WalMart this weekend I found a really great hat... it's actually a hanging flower pot.... I felt like Steve Irwin in it, going to go search for some crocodiles!

Sunday night, I used what ounce of energy I had in me and made everybody dinner. Jared, Kelsey, Kristin and my roomies... we had a fabulous yummy dinner. The outcome... no leftovers AND everybody is alive. Whoopie!
Here's proof!

(ignore the date on the picture, it's wrong)

Last Wekeend

2007-09-21T13:59:00.000-06:00

Started off last Friday showing up at work and being told we could go home because they triple over staffed the plant... 3 people per 1 job.

I went home and that's when it all got started! It was the "Get Over William Weekend!" and let me tell you it WORKED! I had been doing so great, no crying or anything but I still missed him.

Kelsey, from upstairs came down to our apartment. She was very jealous because I decorated it and well, it's cute! She wanted to decorate hers... so off to Michaels and WalMart we go. Being in college, you decorate on a budget and WalMart is THE place to go. haha. It ended up being we just goofed off and laughed a lot... (MAKE AMELIA LAUGH - Check!)

We found some hideous place mats! Kelsey found them great as a lovely hat!

We went to Michael's and spent way way way too much time in there. However we did find a fabulous cute halloween dog that we've named Mr. Sparkles... he is a Halloween Mummy Dog. You press his paw and he barks and growls. Patches of fur stick out the mummy wrap on him. It's hideous. His eyes light up red when you press the button.

We gave it to the guys who live below us. He is The Nottingham Apartment Mascot! We scared Clint pretty bad with the dog. We put the dog in front of apartment #2's window (basement apartment) and hit the paw. They could not figure out what the crap Mr. Sparkles was! I totally blinded Clint when I took this picture. He loves me!

So Kelsey, Shasta, Sara (another girl from another apartment in our builiding) and I all got cozy and began to watch the 5th season of Gilmore Girls. Kelsey wanted the curtains we have in our apartment and we went back to WalMart for the 2nd time at 1a.m. We found some more great things to clown around with again. Like this killer wobbly walking stick Shasta found.

We even put together a really awesome collage of dried plants... we thought it looked pretty sweet... and then we never bought it... I didn't like the vase and I wanted a real plant for our apartment.

So off to home we go. When at 3a.m. Kelsey and Shasta and I got some cravings for cookies. So yes at 3a.m. we were off to WalMart for the 3rd time. Around this time we were just being retarded annoying college kids the old people hate!

As soon as the guys downstairs smelled cookies, up they came. So at 3a.m. we've got 4 guys, plus their friend, kelsey, whitney (kelsey's friend) and Shasta and I at 3a.m. rockin' out to music. What a better way to end a night than to watch Talladega Nights with cute guys in your apartment and your best girlfriends eating sugar cookies!
Remember if you're not 1st, you're last.

Well after hours of laughing with the guys at 4:30a.m. we call it a night. Saturday morning we wake up pretty late and in comes hyper Kelsey all ready for another day of fun.

We decided the lamps in our apartment were fugly (that means freaking ugly). For only 94 cents we could change that! We bought black spray paints and created a masterpiece, on the sidewalk that is. We forgot to put down newspapers... whoops... soon it will snow and you won't be able to see it! Right?

We also bought a giant plant for our apartment. We were a little confused and to how we were going to get it home, when realized the magic word, SUNROOF! You can see Kelsey rockin' out in the back, haha. It's kind of hard to see sorry!

We had way too much fun with it in the car...

The looks we got as we drove down main street with a giant tree popping outta the sunroof was priceless!

After we spray painted and moved our our apartment we were quite pleased with the outcome! We left the front door open and the rest of the day was like a revolving door of people coming in and watching movies with us while we studied... I must say it is a very cozy apartment and we get SO many compliments!!!

Later that night we went a RAGING fun bonfire... way too much fun.

We were afraid of leaving Mr. Sparkles home alone... you can see just how cute he is!

Around 4a.m. is when we passed out .... Shasta beat us all. She didn't even make it to the bed, the floor was good enough for her!

To top it all off I got to see my Mom....

Robin was in Utah saying hi to all before she went back to school at BYU-Idaho. She did my hair real cute by putting my bangs up in a pony tail... I have a whale spout!

All in all it was the best weekend ever. I am SO happy I'm single and free. It was desperately needed and I realized how greatful I am that I don't have William around. My girlfriends are ALL I need right now, not some annoying guy that only wants to sit at home all weekend long!
Heart broken NO longer! I am very well again...

2007-09-12T23:35:00.001-06:00

my broken heart is mending way to slow for my like... but i just want you all to know i'm hanging in there and even cracking a laugh every now and then... life is getting BEARABLE, but it doesn't mean I don't like it. LOL I love you all.

A Quick Update... More To Follow After Work

2007-09-10T14:19:00.000-06:00

The Greatest Things About This Weekend

My Mom is in Ogden (and staying for 3 weeks)
WHICH MEANS I WILL TEACH HER HOW TO UPDATE HER BLOG!
Robin was here Friday, her humor was greatly appreciated
I went all day Sunday without crying! (WOW!)
My Dad was here Friday and... you guess it... i have a CLEAN car inside AND out!

Pictures will be posted after I get off work.

Heartache

2007-09-05T23:37:00.001-06:00

Honestly who ever knew a heart could ache this way. unreal!
I bawl constantly.

I come home from work and open my door to my bedroom and this is what i see:

My friend Katie came over and heart attacked my bedroom. She made me the most amazing brownies with caramel in the middle. She left me the first season of Girlmore Girls and a note to cheer me up.

Each heart has something written on it to make me happy... they posted a sign on the wall that says...

It seems so unbearable right now and I know that tomorrow will be easier than today and I just have to keep going. Right now, I just want to sit down and not have to keep going. My heart hurts so much right now I just don't know what to do, so I keep going even though I don't want too. Don't get me wrong everybody, William was a wonderful, amazing person and I love him with my whole heart. This will definently help though... they go all over the wall to my closest and all over in my bathroom.

Ahhh I so appreciate the little things... 2 years, I can't believe it's over.

You Don't Know What You Got 'Till It's Gone

2007-09-05T12:38:00.001-06:00

For two years William and I have been dating.
He decided to end it because he would never be able to give me a temple wedding and all the very most important things in the world to me.

I am truly and utterly heartbroken.
I may be outta the loop for a while, while I try to mend myself.

Mira-Cupcakes

2007-09-03T21:37:00.000-06:00

Tonight my roommate Shasta and I made some cupcakes and decided it would be great to start an apartment war with the guys below us by baking them some delicious cupcakes with the main ingredient being...

It helps relieves constipation and helps soften your stool!
We decided that maybe 4 servings on the Miralax in the cupcake batter would be good. So we mix it up real good along with the frosting as well. We figured it would make for a pretty good laugh...

Well the first batch that had no Miralax in them came out. We couldn't stop laughing as we were baking them and thinking about how often we would hear the toilet flush from there on out... We even came up with a catchy note for them too!

The timer went off, the moment of truth!
Excitedly we pull out our cuppycakes and our faces literally dropped...

Our POOR little cupcakes died!!! The heat, the batter and the Miralax just didn't mesh together well... they SHRIVLED UP!!!! So for future reference, this right here:

Does NOT equal a good combination...
so much for our apartment wars, the joke was more on Shasta and I.
Haha.

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have no fear

2007-09-02T14:11:00.000-06:00

I will post a new blog shortly... I left my camera at my Aunt's house so I need to drive out there and pick it up.

School started last week and I've already had 4 homework assignments and 1 quiz... I miss the days of intro classes because there was no homework or anything at the start. As soon as you get into your junior and senior year your books costs twice as much and there is 50x's more homework!

Happy Birthday Me!!!

2007-08-22T23:55:00.000-06:00

Today was my birthday and for the first time ever (probably because my Mother wasn't in Utah to make my birthday a national holiday as she's done the past 22 years) my birthday came and went with nothing super fabulous or grand. Here is a little jog down memory lane!

My dad calls it my "Million Dollar Smile"
...somebody should have just told him it's called hyperactive disorder!

At a young age I mastered the puppy dog eyes and pouty face that has never failed to work on my Dad, ever!

Needless to say my famous words growing up, that I still say to this day
"I! CAN! DO! IT! MY! SELF!!!"
(one of my favorite pictures!)

This was me in kindergarden with my "best friend in the whole wide world" Courtney Parker. We were at the zoo on a field trip. I wish we went on field trips to the zoo in college!

My mom and dad always told us when we were little "You can't ride your bikes on Sunday!" so that meant to me, "Ride your bike until you get caught or until you crash your bike on the rocks and slice your chin open for the 2nd time on a Sunday!"

When I say my Mom made our birthday's so grand, I mean it. She never believed in birthday parties because she personally hates being in charge of them. I think that is the only time she ever disliked children, haha. My Mom and Dad would wake up before my Dad left for work and make us breakfast in bed and get everybody up (even if it was against their own will) and sing happy birthday! Look at Robin, that little skunk, eying my breakfast!!!

Let me just say, Carrie... I still remember how you had your wedding reception on my birthday. I think I was turning 11 years old. I was so mad at you for the longest time, hahaha... Don't even think that I've gotten over that yet... this animated picture probably best describes my face that day! Hahaha!

However, I can't complain because this morning at 1a.m. William landed in America. YAY! His flights got delayed in Philadelphia and Denver... so by the time he got here, I was bouncing off the walls with excitement and he was... ready to pass out...

please ignore how stellar I look, i rushed from work with wet hair to the airport

He got me a present... you see about a year and half (maybe more) ago he got me Teddy Bear to cheer me up when I was having a really rotten day. He named the teddy bear, Rupert. Rupert has ridden in the car to hockey games, BUCKLED INTO THE SEAT with a seatbelt by William... well he felt that Rupert needed a girlfriend. For my birthday, he gave Rupert a girlfriend. She is on the right. Her name is to be determined... she is from Sweden! So I am trying to think of a Swedish name...

He also made sure I had plenty of "cars" my FAVORITE Swedish candy, to cover me until his Dad comes to visit in a couple months, when he will bring me another stash! Of course, you can't be left empty handed without some DELICIOUS Swedish chocolate!

I had to work today, but when I showed up they told me to take the day off because it was my birthday! Well my wonderful Daddy had some flowers delivered to work, but I wasn't there!! So I went to pick them up and was totally taken back by how PRETTY they were!!!

Last but not least, my Mommy sent me a birthday box!

She is so good at this and I love it how she always thinks of something thoughtful. She sent the most DELICIOUS balsalmic vinaigrette and olive oil. DIVINE! It may not seem like much but this stuff, WOW!

Not to mention and precious little birthday card that reminds me over and over that she loves me! Awww!

Nalani, just so you know for some reason I didn't get my Barbie birthday cake in the mail!
Here is a reminder of what I'm talking about:

I was totally waiting in suspense to see if it was Malibu Barbie or Snow Crystal Barbie... maybe you sent it to the wrong address! I'm still accepting cakes or cards, haha!

Princess Amelia
536N. 600E. #4
Logan, Ut 84321

Me and my teddy bears, Rupert and his girlfriend, are going to sleep now!

Excitement

2007-08-19T12:38:00.001-06:00

Nothing really fun and exciting has gone on lately. I just have been working my butt off to pay my bills from my glorious 2 months of unemployment!

Last night Logan had the worst lightening storm it's seen in 25 years apparently. I was working some overtime yesterday from 4pm to 2am. It was 1:30a.m. and we were all ANXIOUSLY watching the clock to go home when lightening struck the building.

The electricity messed up my machine and started spitting out the order of Jack in the Box's pepper jack cheese at a rate of 7 every 2 seconds. I hit the emergency button and of course, it doesn't work, the lightening and just messed up anything electrical in the whole plant! After being surrounded in a mountain of Jack in the Box pepper jack cheese, I stood there in amazement looking at the cheese all over the place. Right as I started laughing, the sprinklers for in case of a fire came on. Apparently in another part of the plant, where the lightening struck, started a fire. Please, let me remind you, we all wear white. There are some women at the plant who have worked there long before bra's were invented, so DON'T use your imagination, it wasn't a pretty sight!

Of course though, this morning... you would never be able to tell anything happened last night!

2007-08-08T15:23:00.000-06:00

Oh I a WIPED out. I come home and before I can even shut the front door to my apartment I am stripping out of my uniform and am bolting for the shower. The smell... makes DOG sniff me, adults shudder and kids plug their nose when I come around.

For 8 hours today I had to work with Monterey Jack Cheese. If I even see, think about or get a whiff of that cheese I gag. LITERALLY!

Tomorrow is the day we get to buy cheese from the company store! Everything from string cream cheese to Yoplait Yogurt! Apparently you can get a 12lb. block of cheese for .10 cents. Needless to say I will NOT be purchasing any Monterey Jack cheese! However, if any of you in Utah would like some cheese we have:

Butter
Eisenstein Bagel Cream Cheese (all flavors)
Philadelphia's Cream Cheese (all flavors)
Drinkable Yogurt from Yoplait
String Cheese
All kinds of shredded and block cheeses

Let me know and every other week I believe it is, those items are on sale!

Hard Hats

2007-08-06T18:54:00.001-06:00

I know, I know... totally hot, you're calling all the hotties in your ward and letting them know about this girl that looks like a marshmellow and she is a cheese maker. When they think it can't get any better you can let them know "She even has her own hardhat and protective eye ware." It will totally seal the deal right there.

When I walk outside the boys just can't help but stare at me... because I'm so drop dead sexy in my hot getup!

And check out my HOT shoes... I just bought them today after work...

Okay I'll be honest, those are REAL, geniuine STEEL TOED shoes!
I know Nalani, contain your excitement, I get a 20% discount at the Smithfield Implement store cause I work at Schreibers. I can totally get you the hookup! They are Sketchers!

In a few weeks my real uniform shirt will arrive, FIVE of them... with my name embroidered in red cursive. I will be the REAL deal then!

Just you wait...

Schreibers

2007-08-02T20:46:00.001-06:00

So Monday I start a new job. Yes I am going through job's like Verizon goes through paper to print up my monthly cell phone bills!!!

I will get to look this hot... DAILY

That's right, hair net and all. I think I'm going to leave this lady's goatee out of my every day appearance! Everyday I will dress myself in white to go to...

if you guessed the temple your wrong... Schreibers to make CHEESE!
I know, I know you are all so extremely jealous but please contain your excitement.

Cache Valley Fire

2007-08-01T19:54:00.000-06:00

Holy SMOKES, really literally, smoke! Haha! We're on fire!

Cache Valley is on fire it's insane. Everybody is parked along canyon ridge road. It's like the hot hang out spot... get it hot. Haha I'm so funny.

I bet these people ordered pizza and sat outside to watch the view! Why freak out when you got the fire department right?!

Because uploading pictures on my facebook account is 10x's faster and easier to do, I put them on there so go hop over and take a gander! CLICK HERE TO LOOK AT MY PICTURES

The pictures above are from the newspapers around Logan.

Swedish Baby

2007-07-29T11:59:00.001-06:00

This is a Swedish Baby video that is hilarious!

Banned Insurance Commercial

2007-07-21T16:33:00.001-06:00

My Aunt Mary showed me this last night, and we watched it 3 different times. We were all laughing so hard!!!!