Happy Turkey Day!

Thanksgiving this year was awesome! I wasn't "technically" able to ask off work, but with a little bit of help from my friend Chris (Thanks babe for taking my shift babe!) I was able to get Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off! HUZZAH! So I traveled down to St. George and got to see my amazing family!

On Tuesday I convinced Kat to ditch school and go out to lunch with me. Ya Olive Garden! Then my Mum and I went to Walker's first high school basketball game! He basically rocked. Yup. My little brother rocked. His team won and he had some awesome rebounds, blocks, and shots. GO SPORT! The only low point of the evening was Mr. Annoying sitting behind us. He was one of those guys who must simply give his opinion on everything going on in the game. And is continually negative, convinced that if HE was on the court, he'd know what to do. Now, being a (former) athlete, this kind of attitude drives me INSANE! AH! You can never know what an athlete is going through at a particular moment. You don't know why they chose to do something, or what they're thinking, or what they're trying to do. And I honestly believe if you've been in that situation, you wouldn't be so degrading and judgemental of all the athletes are going through. So honestly... shut it!

Okay, Whew. Sorry, got off on a bit of a tangent there. :)

Anywho, the next day my Mum and I went shopping (ya food shopping!!) and then came home to make dessert. I made a great coconut cream pie, with a homemade crust. Thank you very much. :) Then my sisters and I went to see Twilight!!! It was actually really good. Especially because I went in with low expectations. So I was pleasantly surprised!

Well, Thursday was Thanksgiving!! Ah, best holiday. So full of great yummy food! I got to cook all day with my mum and then had an awesome dinner with my family! My Mum is the most AMAZING cook. Seriously. No rocks.

Well, the next morning I had to wake up early so I could come to work. Sad day. But I was SO grateful to be able to go home for a while and visit my family. I think that's one of the things I'm most grateful for. My amazing family and the time I get to spend with them. On the note of being thankful, I think I'll list the top 10 things I'm grateful for right now...

1) My AMAZING family!!

2) My missionaries. Ah, I LOVE them.

3) My job. It's a good job, I make good money, and I have awesome co-workers and managers. That seriously never happens. I'm so blessed!

4) My school. I go to a great school and I love my major. Again, so blessed!

5) My skinID acne treatment. It's working!! :)

6) My friends. I love my friends! Thanks for everything you amazing people. :)

7) The gospel. I have such a strong and sure knowledge of it. I love my Savior and I am so grateful for all he has done for me. Once again, I am so blessed.

8) A working, healthy, able body. I used to not be very grateful for my body, but I truly am now. Our bodies are amazing!

9) Books. I love books. I love to read. I love escaping into someone else's imagination for a while. It's exhilarating.

10) The scriptures. Absolutely amazing. Once more... I am so blessed!

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving everyone! I love you alll!!!

C's get Degrees!!!

Actually... I'm really not a fan of that statement. I feel like getting a C is cheating myself somehow.

However, there is one class where I find it perfect acceptable - if not amazing! - to get a C. And getting a D- would also be perfectly acceptable as well.

Stats.

Yuck.

I was failing the class. Yes friends, I do mean FAILING. Not just doing poorly. I just don't get it! It frustrates me to my wits end! But I was looking at my grade and realizing that I need a miracle to pull myself into the "non-failing" range. As in, a C on both this next exam and on the final. Usually, a C would be piece of cake for me. But in Stats, I can study for 5 hours and still fail the exam. Boo.

Anywho, I studied all day yesterday. I got four hours of sleep. I'm really tired. But guess what?

I GOT A C!!!!!

HUZZAH!!!!

Now, all I have to do is get a C on the final exam. Then I'll pass this class from Hades. :)

On other random notes, I accidentally ripped a page in my book today. I was sad. My History 200 class was only 15 minutes long today, awesome! And I get to work tonight. Oh, and the BYU-Utah Game is tomorrow. GO COUGS!!!

Missionary Update!

Today I got a letter from Elder DJ Hall! Ah, it made me happy. He even included pictures of the hurricane he was in. One reason why I don't want to live in the South. :) Give me a nice gentle Utah storm anyday. Haha! Anywho, he's doing amazing. He's in Baton Rouge right now, right by LSU campus. They're teaching a former US Ambassador right now. The guy knows EVERYONE and has loads of money. DJ says he's awesome.

I'm so happy for all my missionaries. They're amazing and DJ's one of the best!!! Only 3 more months!

Love, Me.

Life ROCKS

I love life. It's awesome.

This week has been great. Here are the reasons why...

1) No work Saturday night! I worked the lunch shift, still made lots of money, and had a night off! Ah! AMAZING!!!

2) Catching up with old friends - I got to see two of my old swimming friends this week. It was great! I haven't seen them in years.

3) American Christianity still rocks. I want to take it again. And again and again and again.

4) My Mum is finally getting into her blog. YA!!!!

5) I watched Mean Girls. That so is SOOO funny!

6) My boss at work is being so awesome and is working with me so that I can have a chance to go home for Thanksgiving. Happy Day!!!!

7) My family is amazing. I love them so freaking much!!!

8) I saw my grandparents, aunts, uncles and adorable cousins (practically niece and nephews) on Sunday. Crazy fun!

9) I got my Neutrogena SkinID this week. It's a new acne treatment system I'm trying. So far its working and its making me SOOOO happy!

10) I've been reading a Conference talk every night. I love the Gospel!

Life is Good. Actually, Life ROCKS!!!!!

Kristin got me!

I've been tagged by my friend Kristin! It's kind of a fun one...

1) Go to your pictures

2) Upload 4th picture of 4th folder

3) Post and explain the photo

4) Tag 4 friends

It's my sisters!!! This was from our annual Green River trip last year. It was quite chilly. :) But dang, we had a blast!!! Lurve you sisters!!

K, now I tag Brynn, Kristie, Amy (yes Mams, this means you have to update your blog!) and my Mum! Have fun!!

Mawiage is what bwings us togever, todaay...

Haha, I couldn't resist the title. :)

So I thought I'd make a list of all my friends that are getting married. Cuz there's a LOT! My friends are they ones who's names are highlighted...

~Dani and Tyson: Well, they're already married. CONGRATS!!

~Marissa Bradshaw and Enoch (insert last name here) - Bestie from high school

~Jenna Toone and Clayton Cook - Bestie from high school

~Leslie Rose and Michael Orton - Friend from high school

~Aryn Norris and Chris Hinton - Former favorite roommate ever!!

~Allison Lords and Jonny Katseanes - Co-workers!! (Yes, they did indeed meet at the B.O.)

~Kayla Wilde and Trevor Payne - Co-worker!

~Teil Wilcox and Josh Mitchell - Roommate (this semester)

~Malissa Bell and Jershom (insert last name here) - Roommate (this semester)

.... I think that's everyone. I probably missed a couple. :)

Isn's that list crazy long? I'm so excited for each and every one of them. They've all found their best friends and I couldn't be happier for them. It makes me want my best friend. But I know he'll come along when he's supposed to.

Anywho, CONGRATS TO YOU ALL!!!!

Making some changes...

Well friends, I've decided to take a leaf out of my friend Beth's book (thanks for being an inspiration dear!) and make some changes/goals in my life. And since I'm pretty much addicted to blogging, I'm gonna write them all down here so I can have some help and encouragement in achieving them. Go me!

I'm setting these goals because really, I feel a bit stagnant in my life. I love my life completely, but I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything. I feel as though I'm being mediocre. And ever since the days of swimming (thanks Dee!) I've worked on NOT being mediocre. I want to be the best I can be.

So, I've made some goals here that will help me to become less mediocre, and more the best Me I can possibly be.

Good Habits:

1) 1/2 hour of scripture/gospel study EVERY night.

2) Be IN BED - that means lights out! - By Midnight every weeknight. NO excuses.

3) Wake up by 8:00 AM. Monday through Saturday! - Just hop out of bed and get going.

Body/Food Habits:

1) Running - 4 times a week. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:00 AM and a long run on Saturday. I love running, so I just need to go do it!! Remember ... MARATHON!!! :)

2) Eat more veggies and protein

3) Sugar - MODERATION - always moderation. Strive for one serving a day.

School Habits:

1) Go to class. Just GO.

2) Study. No more "winging it"

3) Do my homework. ALWAYS.

4) Reading assignments. Just DO them!

Cooking/Eating Habits:

1) Eat breakfast!! Include fruit and protein.

2) Limit my eating out. Save it for special occasions, not just because I'm craving it. (This includes eating on campus.)

3) Cook dinner! - Either before or after work, but cook a decent, good, healthy dinner!

Work Habits:

1) SMILE at people! And be genuine about it! :)

2) Don't diss on customers (or co-workers). EVER.

3) Always treat managers with respect.

4) Do all of my responsibilities to the BEST of my abilities. No slacking.

5) Keep busy!!

Happier Attitude/Social Habits:

1) Be friendly! :) No sullenness of unsocialness.

2) Make friends! In my ward, classes, work, everywhere I go.

3) SMILE!!!!! Genuinely!

4) Go to all my church meetings and be social in them!

These are my goals to make myself a better person. They're just little changes, but they're important! So wish me luck all! I'll be reporting on my progress weekly.

LOVE YOU ALL! :)

My Mum got a blog!!!

So friends! Guess what?! My Mum got a blog!!

YA!!!!

Actually, I guess the more accurate statement would be I got my Mum a blog. :) But that's a technicality really.

Here's the thing though, you all need to check it out and comment so she knows its being read! Cuz if not, she'll never update it and it'll go to waste. And I spent like 3 hours customizing it for her today.

So, click HERE and go check it out! Make her update! Show her you love her! And just think, if you convince her to update it, you'll know what's going on in their lives! Since they live so very far away.

So come on! Go to her blog! Click HERE! Or HERE! Or HERE! Just go! :)

Happy "BOO!" Day!!

Halloween this year totally ROCKED! My costume was basically... the BOMB. Remember a few months ago how I blogged to you all about my super-hero alter ego? The Flying Apron? Well, I dressed up as it for Halloween! My costume was AMAZING! My hair was in an awesomely high poof (cuz you know how super heroes always seem to have big poofy immovable hair? Totally my hair), I had some WICKED awesome eyelashes on (see pictures below for proof). I made a t-shirt, Greg ordered us nametags, and I work a tight black skirt and knee high leather boots. Oh, and I had a CAPE!! It was blue with gold stars. My manager Stan lent it to me, its his little girls. :)The Flying Apron and the Incredible B.O.!!! Super-hero (and sidekick!) extraordinair!!!

So, this is a bad picture, but it totally shows off my awesome eyelashes! They match my cape. :)

Anywho, I had to work Halloween, but it was pretty fun! Slow, but that's ok. After work we had a big Brick Oven Halloween party. We chowed down on pizza and root beer and had kareoke!! And yes, I actually did sing. TWICE. Brittney Spears "You Drive Me Crazy" and "Redneck Woman". But don't worry, I had other girls singing with me. :)

The girls singing "Redneck Woman". We basically totally rocked it!

One thing about Halloween night was NOT cool though. My boots. Oh my goodness. Those burts hurt like... something bad and inappropriate to say. :) They were 3-inch-pointy-toed heels. And I work them for 4 1/2 hours on my feet. Walking on brick and tile floors. I'd describe the pain as feeling as though my toes were seperating from the rest of my feet, as well as my feet being entirely asleep... but still somehow in excruciating pain. Oh boy. My feet are actually still asleep today. I think my circulation is messed up for life.

Other than the shoes though (which, though they hurt, looked totally HOT!!! So I'm really not sad I wore them. Haha!) Halloween was great! Happy "Boo!" Day!! :)