Your Mom is an Asparagus!

It's true. Go look.

I love Christmas break! It's been a blast. My family decided that we were going to catch up on sleep while we didn't have school or a lot of work, but so far I haven't gone to bed before 1:00 a.m. Which I know isn't super late, but it is when the little kids are getting up at 7 or 8. It's pretty much just one big party! And I mean big. There's my huge family plus everyone's friends and even some random neighbors. I like it a lot.

It has snowed a lot at my house. So far it is up past my knees, and it's only the beginning of the snowing season. It's not supposed to snow any more for the rest of my time at home, though. I'm kinda glad. I think A-Jon and I are going to four-wheeling in it later today if we can track one down. Wish us luck!

I haven't taken a ton of pictures, but in the next week or so I hope to take a lot. I'll post them on my facebook for everyone. Yay for pictures! Everyone have a good weekend.

If you need a friend, Don't look to a stranger.

Soft Fleece Blankets and Catching Things on Fire to Stay Warm

Okay, not so much the 'catching things on fire' part. But close! It's freezing outside. This morning Manda and I drove Lin up to the airport and it took us TWO HOURS because of all the snow. Crazy! It was really snowy and slick. But sort of exciting at the same time! Only because I know now that it's officially winter. None of this hot one day, cold the next stuff. I automatically know to put on my boots and coat when I'm on my way.

Apologies for not writing more. You have no idea how many posts I've started and forgotten about, only to not want to write again when I remember.

New favorite TV show! This will make me sound like a nerd... but you have to see it. It's called Robin Hood, put on by BBC, and Jonas Armstrong is in it. Don't know who he is? Look him up! Then put posters of him on your walls! No, I don't watch the show just for him. But I could, and so could you. If you're into that kind of thing (name that song!). Robin Hood has an awesome plot, fantastic characters, and hilarious lines.

End of the semester! Yay! That means no more stressors for another few weeks. I can even do my job at home in my housecoat, bunny slippers, and my hair in curlers. (I'm taking after you, Dad). Not that I constantly put my hair in curlers or often use a housecoat... I say nothing about the bunny slippers.

It's Christmastime! Hooray! Besides the obvious meaning, it also means decorations, gifts, peppermint and happiness! Yay! And, of course, Christmas songs. My favorite one right now is called I Celebrate the Day by Relient K. It's pretty awesome. Christmas also means people are coming home for the first time in a while, like Wil and Logan and Christina. I am definitely looking forward to it.

If I Had a Penny for Everything I loved About You, I Would Have Many Pennies

Updates. Hooray! Mostly this is for you who don't live with me, because those of you who do have heard all this. I give you much love for listening to me! :)

Friday I got in my first car accident. Huzzah! It was just in the parking lot where I live. The car I was driving (Amanda's - I love you!) is mostly okay, but the car I hit needs some fixing. It's drivable, but I hit the rear tire on the driver side, so it doesn't drive very well. It is somewhat of a pain to get taken care of... okay, more than somewhat. But it all works out somehow.

Second story! Our BYU ward Halloween party got shut down by the cops. Yes, it did. We were too loud for all the fine people in Lindon to stand our happiness. It was pretty awesome.

Micheal is really enjoying the MTC! He and his mission companion get along great, and he loves learning how to pray and bear his testimony in Korean. His enthusiasm for it all is so contagious! Nate Guest is being set apart as a missionary tomorrow night and is entering the MTC on Wednesday. Keep both of them in your prayers! Along with Jekka, Chris, Eric, Kyle... The list goes on and on.

"I think they named oranges before they named carrots."

"When Lazarus died, Christ didn't try to dry their tears. He cried with them and loved them."

Tor

Look At the Comic Under My Posts!

For real, do. That's for you, Megan and Whitney.

I got a lot done Saturday. Hooray, hooray! Cheers rise for my productiveness! Actually, I could've done a lot more, and I definitely should have. I meant to do more of it today, so of course I ended up taking a nap, eating food, and watching a FREAKY movie! (Everyone else said it wasn't that bad, but my tolerance for terror is very low.) Oh well. I'll suffer for my procrastination later.

Church today was awesome. I love fast and testimony meetings! It's fantastic to hear everyone's testimonies. It really builds mine up. I got the chance to bear my testimony in Relief Society (one of the greatest organizations in the world!). It was short and to the point, and exactly what I needed to hear myself say, if that makes any sense at all. Sometimes Micheal being gone is really hard for me, but I've realized that God knows how I'm feeling and he knows how - and when - to help me. That's pretty much what I said in my testimony. There is nothing better that I could know than that God is there and he knows me personally, even if I'm trying to hide from everyone. He knows it all. And He loves me. And despite everything I have gone through, I've always gotten through it because all He wants is for me to always be happy.

And I totally didn't mean to go off on a gospel tangent there. It's good, though.

So right now I'm supposed to be doing homework. I will, too. Like I always do. ;) There are some friends in the living room right now, though, and I love to hear them talk and argue about TV shows and enjoy themselves. Yes, you guys, I'm listening to you. But only because I can hear you with my door closed.

It was somewhat warm today! I savor these short moments while they last.

'Tis the Season to Get Colder

It's true! It's been cold some days and freezing the next. It can't be winter yet! I hate winter! I want summer again! I don't like having cold fingers and toes and nose. I am not a fan of it at all.

Micheal is off and serving the Lord! After all the goodbyes he was just anxious to walk through those doors and start his new life that he's going to have for two years. He was looking forward to all of it so much. How exciting is that? I love having good friends that are so excited to do what is right. I guess I'll see Micheal again once he gets home! Until then, everyone should write him and let him know how they're doing. His addresses are all on his blog, and I know that he would love to know people were thinking about him. If you need his addresses from me, let me know and I'll try to get them to you.

The sun is always shining, even when you cannot see it.

AHAH!!!!

So yesterday I got two essays in. Hooray! Now I just have to get three more done for next week. Crazy... Maybe I'll get some of it done during conference weekend. But probably not, which means I'm going to have to be proactive on Friday, my mostly day off. Sad day, but oh well! I should get started on one of them because I'm going to talk to one of the professors in a couple days. Wow, I'm good at this game... I should get an award for even thinking about planning when to do my homework.

I talked to someone today from Italy, and we got talking about European food vs. American food, and it got me missing the delicious things I ate in Paris. Their food is so much better than ours! It has much better flavor. Now I'm thinking about going on a study abroad or an internship there. I probably won't go through with it because I would miss being here too much. Yes, I love you! No, I was talking about my cell phone, not you. Stop being so self-centered. Well, okay, I do love you too. More than my phone. That's just all awkward to say I love you, so I tried to avoid the awkwardness, and... it just made it worse. Sorry.

So I was just talking with my roommates, and I realized once again how much fun this is. I love living with girls that like to talk and talk. It's awesome and pointless most of the time, and I am so cool with that! This is my shout-out for girls. Hear, hear!

Loves!

Incredible

Hooray for the temple!

Micheal and his mom went through the temple last night for the first time. Amanda and I went to the temple to meet them afterward and waited for about an hour, but what better place to wait than the temple, right? It was really nice and peaceful, and I felt very relaxed. The temple is such a wonderful place! Micheal came out and he was glowing. Glowing! He looked happier than I had ever seen him before in the long time that I've known him. And he seemed so full of joy that it just radiated and made me full of joy too. I'm so excited for him!

School is fun. On Tuesday and Wednesday I went on a school field trip and it was a blast! We were just visiting different businesses to see what we can do with our major, but the fun part was the people. I didn't get to know any of them very well, but everyone was still really cool and very spontaneous. I love meeting people at school.

Woot Woot

So I'm sitting in American Heritage right now. I actually really like the class, and the teacher is awesome. All of my classes are good right now! It's all so exciting.

I'm officially living in Provo now. Official as in I've changed my address for my mail and everything, because otherwise it wouldn't be official. My apartment is big and comfortable and there's a pool right outside my patio door. My roommates are cool, and living with Amanda is AWESOME! We party all the time; that is, if you consider watching Gilmore Girls a party. I have become an addict of that show (it doesn't give me nightmares).

Just so you know, I'm going to start blocking my blog to everyone except those who have permissions, so email me or leave me a comment so I can put you on the list. I'm not too worried about who reads this, but I'd like to have some sort of control over it.

Loves!

Boxes

I'm sitting among many boxes, most of them not yet all the way full. My closet is almost all empty. I have a lot of random stuff laying around, also, that I can't find a good box for yet. This is the not-so-fun part of packing up. But it's good too. I've thrown a ton of stuff away that I still want to save for some reason, but I haven't thought about for a long time so there's no point. Mostly just old beauty stuff that's probably bad by now anyway. :)

So Mike is taking care of Amanda's dog right now, and I am jealous! I love that puppy. She is the cutest little thing you'll ever meet, and she's not noisy like a lot of little dogs are. If I were able to, I would still her for the rest of the weekend.

Story of the night: I was working tonight, and we had just kicked everyone out of the pool for closing. Somehow a "throw each other in" fest was started, and I got caught up in it. I was trying to help Chelsea push Christian in, then Hayden (the main person at this so-called fest) came and pushed me in. I had on all my stuff! My hoodie is soaked, along with my fanny pack and guard clothes. It was a lot of fun, though.

So until next time: Don't worry, be happy! (I know this phrase is overused, but I like it.)

More Changes

So even more has happened in the last couple of weeks. So strange! Chris and Jekka left on their missions two days ago. I won't see them for at least a year and a half (Jekka) or two years (Chris). I'm sorry, Mom! I know you'll miss them. We all will too.

Micheal got his mission call yesterday! He's going to the Korea Seoul mission in October. Super exciting!

I'm working full time with lifeguarding and teaching lessons. It's a ton of fun, and the kids are so cute most of the time. There's one girl that I help teach who is VERY energetic. That's why there are two teachers. Whenever I see her before or after lessons, she says "Hi, teacher!" and makes me very excited to help her out. It's fun to know that the kids like you to teach them.

The last change is the stop signs in my little town. They're trying to become bigger, so today I noticed three new stop signs in pointless spots. Silly little city council. We're not that busy.

Changes

The new pool is open in Payson. Yay! Well, sort of. There are hundreds of people and a lot of new guards. It's a lot of new stuff all at once! But it is a lot of fun. I love it.

Hooray! Amanda and I have an apartment... I am so excited. A month and a half until we move in together, baby. Only a month and a half.

Babies and Oreos (have nothing to do with each other)

My mom had a baby! Whoo! and all that excitement. I do love him. Little Nameless is very alert and energetic and loves to be held and sung to. I think, though, that after growing up with a consistency of new babies (I don't know if that made sense or was grammatically correct, so I'm glad you all love me), I got very used to it. The excitement sort of wears off. It'll be fun when he gets older and can play and laugh and stuff. I hope that changes for me when I have my own kids! My poor children. What will they ever do?

Story time! This is probably only funny to me, but I hope you can find some enjoyment in it. Last night Micheal and I were at the store, and I saw some fudge Oreos. Since I had never tried them before, I decided to buy some because they are Oreos, after all. It was pretty cool! On one side of the Oreo it says "fudge" or something like that, and on the other it's supposed to have a dip-o-meter for dipping it in the milk. My first one had it, but Mike's didn't. I laughed so hard! As he said, they might as well have written "Hahaha" on there. Silly boy that I love! Can't even dip his Oreos now because they won't give him a way to rate how much to dip it.

Just Keep Swimming

So I'm teaching kids how to swim. Shouldn't be too hard, right? You wouldn't think so, but my three year-old class is a nightmare, and there are only four of them. One won't get into the normal pool without screaming and being held, and another only wants to sit in the corner (literally) and play by himself. The two girls are really good, except one of them almost drowned in the baby pool. I guess I should expect that to happen with kids who are learning to swim.

It's really not all that bad, though. I have a student that's five or six, and he is very intelligent. He was talking about the water levels changing and stuff like that, and he sounds like an adult. I like him. I have another girl that's four that always says "Towie, wook at dis!" "Towie..." It's cute. And another girl, five years old, calls me teacher and tells me thank you after every lesson. The kids really grow to trust their teacher, and I like that. It's a lot of fun.

Lifeguarding is a lot of fun, too! I just started last week. My shoulders are now sunburned, but there's one girl who's a lot worse. I like my job. Everyone is pretty cool, and the job itself is entertaining. So far I haven't had to jump in the water, but if I do I'll let you know! I hope it doesn't happen for a while. :) Loves!

Rain

It was raining super hard last night and this morning when I woke up. I loved it! Of course, it's stopped now that I might be able to go play in it. Something about that has to be wrong.

The Beginning

So this it the beginning... but of what? That's yet to be found out. Because this is the first post EVER in this blog, it's hard to tell what is going to become of it. Wanna find out? Dareya.

So far this post is to waste time effectively. Since my chosen ban of spending hours on facebook, I need something to do when I'm supposed to be productive, and I also need something to do when I have nothing to do (which is actually sort of rare at the moment). Blogging seems much better than watching dumb movies of people I knew once upon a time or facebook stalking people I'd like to know better.

This blog isn't going to be about anything life changing. At least, I hope not. If it does change your life, please let me know so I can change it. Some blogs will be pointless while others might be serious. I sure don't know. Some might be long, and some might be one or two sentences. Sometimes there may be multiple posts a day. Other times there won't be any posts for long periods of time. That's just how it all works. Enjoy.