thnx

I am thankful for...
(warning: mushy post. compared to my usual, at least)

progression.
..in anything.
i love the feeling when i'm working towards a goal or when i
accomplish something i've been working towards. I don't like feeling stuck or
like I'm not moving forward.

music.
what would i do without it?
nothing, i think.
writing and playing music is such a huge part of me and i feel so fulfilled
when i write something or learn something new. 

sisters.
they're who i go to for advice or just to cry to.
they're always there for me.

the temple.
i've been going a lot more often this fall and i've noticed that i have a
much larger desire to
serve more, pray more, read my scriptures more, and i'm just happier.

hugs.
they're just the best.

favs of the week

1 american dream by mkto
2 jamming with lizzie
3 crisp air
4 cuddling
5 jeggings
6 making candy grams
7 late night talks with lin when i'm feeling down (she is very wise)
8 taking polaroids
9 using my dslr camera (i finally kind of know how)
10 gettin ret for races

delightful.

My current favorite things...

1. Sleep.
2. Sitting around a fire.
3. Rapping.
4. M&M's will be the death of me.
5. Taco Bell. Oh dear.
6. Long conversations with friends.
7. Phone chats with my sisters.
8. Earrings are starting to make their way back into my life.
9. Mellow music.
10. Dance parties.

life lessons: on being a man

I am convinced I would be twice the man as most men if only I was a man (relating to dating). But I’m not, which is really quite fine. I just wish men would do their duties and not try to push them onto women.

The following are tips for men that should be common sense but became not so common of sense lately because of men becoming lazy. I have learned that men don't do these things from personal experience. And it is not appreciated.

1. Never ask a girl on a date over text. It's offensive. And also I don't really consider it a date cause it's like, how am I supposed to know it's a date? Then I'm all confused and then it turns out it is a date and then it's annoying that you couldn't actually call to ask.

2. Never take a girl bowling on one of your first dates. No one likes bowling dates. I've gone on countless bowling dates and they all just mesh together.

3. Don't get the girl's door when you pick her up then not get it later, like after dinner. It's trickery; making us women think you're somethin special. Once you get her door once, you have to commit. You have to get it every time. And if you never get it, then you're not a worthy date.

4. Don’t try to give a girl your number or tell her to text or call you. This guy recently said to me, "I'll give you my number so you can text me and we can do something." I called him out on that and he ended up getting my number, but it was already a large strike against him.

5. Pay with your card because it's awkward when the girl has to sit there watching you sort through your cash.

6. Don't be late for a date. Even five minutes. If you're running late, call her right away.

7. Don't be awkward.

So there you go. I promise you, if you take these tips to heart, your dating life will be much enriched.

to make me happy.

alright, time for another list of things that are good to my life.

1. driving in the rain.
2. sleeping in on weekends.
3. spending all saturday in my jammies with pinterest and a movie.
4. it's almost october... meaning haunted houses, corn mazes, etc.
5. leggings and tights.
6. my new sheep skin blanket.
7. skyping mom and dad.
8. not dreading work days now that i've started at somewhere new.
9. music music music. driving and music.
10. general conference is coming. finally.
11. aleisha is coming to visit in 11 days!
12. free lunch everyday at my new internship.
13. i will never get sick of washington trees.

so, life is pretty good.

three weeks.

alright, so i've been in washington for 3 weeks now. i'm not homesick yet! i really love it here. it's so pretty. i've posted too many nature pics on instagram, but i just can't help it!
look at this place!

Especially when it rains...

so, there are some notable differences here compared to utah.

people drive quite slow and are really nice on the road. the freeway is 55 mph in oregon. it's cause all the liberals live there and you know, they gotta protect you. here in washington it's 60 mph mostly but when you drive more north it goes up to 70, so kinda slow. and people don't go over the speed limit really. maybe 5 over. people will always let you in if you need to switch lanes and they'll make room for you. this is so different from utah where people won't let you in. so, it's nice. i'm usually a pretty stinkin fast driver, but here it's so pretty. it's nice to drive slow and tree watch.

at church, their emphasis is missionary work.
'bring a friend!'
'invite someone new!'
where in utah it's,
'get married!'
'marriage is a blessing!'
so very different.

everyone drinks coffee, obviously. i'm like weird that i don't. it's whatevs.

there are churches on like every corner. but they're all different. the church of god, new heights church, lifepoint church, living hope church. this church, that church.

there are kind of a lot of attractive men here. so, that's a change.

there are beggars everywhere. but, i don't associate with them. rude, i know.

i've already made a lot of friends in my short time here! thank heavens people are normal here, unlike idaho. rainy season is starting. and while it makes the trees look gorgeous, rain makes me anxious for some weird reason. i always get kind of tense when it pours. so, i guess i'll have to get used to that!

 

top 5.

I used to always say everything was in my top five favorites. Like if someone asked me if I liked a certain movie I would say, "Yeah, that's probably in my top 5 favorites". This was the case for pretty much any topic, and I didn't do it on purpose. At that moment, it really was in my top 5. But it got me to thinking, what really is in my top 5?

Top 5's...
(Please note, these are subject to change upon me getting sick of them, just changing my mind, and etc. However, many of them have been on or close to on this list for quite some time and many will never leave this list).

Movies
1. Never Been Kissed
2. Mean Girls
3. House Bunny
4. She's the Man
5. A Walk to Remember

Bands
1. The Icarus Account
2. The Civil Wars
3. Sing It Loud
4. Mayday Parade
5. Parachute

Books
1. Harry Potter 7
2. Divergent
3. The Hunger Games
4. Harry Potter 6
5. Catching Fire

Activities
1. Boating and everything that goes with it
2. Playing guitar/piano/singing
3. Getting/making/eating food with friends
4. Dance parties/throwing themed parties/anything to do with parties
5. Singing in my car

Places
1. Home (duh)
2. Logan
3. On a boat on water
4. Lake Powell
5. Bath tub

TV Shows
1. Malcolm in the Middle
2. What I Like About You
3. Sabrina
4. The Bachelorette
5. The Bachelor

Foods
1. Cafe Rio
2. Chocolate covered raspberries
3. M&M's
4. Fresh strawberries/raspberries/cantaloupe cut by my mother
5. Homemade enchiladas

So, anyways. There you go. I just learned a lot about myself. Gee wiz!

pleasant

Some happy things that are happy to me.

Phone chat with Katie yesterday.

Weekend visit from Lizzie.

Pillow talk with Lizzie.

Starting to get my stuff packed.

Thoughts of boating in five days.

Moving home on Friday (temporarily, but still)!

Malcolm in the Middle.

I finally own my favorite movie, Never Been Kissed.

Jam sessions.

New sandals from Target.

 Reading blogs... I wish my friends would POST MORE. Just saying.

this is good.

these are great....
1. making plans to go to logan this weekend.
2. lake powell is in 16 days!
3. nine more days of working at the hospital.
4. finished my 10 page paper last night.
5. going to the temple.
6. got to go in the operating room today.
7. snapchat will forever be on this list.
8. doing tpn orders at work (total parenteral nutrition... nutrition into the vein).
9. talking to mother dear
10. finally getting laundry done after a long debate of going to a sketchy laundromat or the sketchy basement. the sketchy basement has won, but it's late, so everyone is going to beddy bye. therefore, decreasing the sketch.

on the bright side

things that are makin me smile...

1. this song
2. google maps on my phone
3. making new friends
4. phone calls to/from home
5. the bachelorette
6. muddy buddies
7. snapchats
8. finally getting internet at my apt, even if i have to plug in for now.
9. one week down
10. visit from katie and carlee
11. finding a good place to run along the snake river (my neighborhood is too sketch to run in)
12. bisquick biscuits
13. thoughts of boating (or is that making me depressed?)

favor(ite)

i'm currently diggin...

1. 8tracks (best music website)
2. nicknames
3. my suede oxfords
4. running (i hate it but i crave it)
5. the fact that i'm graduating in less than 4 weeks
6. my neighbors
7. party planning
8. 'hall of fame' by the script
9. the helium app
10. warm weather

current loves

1 orange dreamsicles
2 hats
3 my dark hair
4 snapchat
5 institute (i finally found a good teacher, i actually get excited to go to class! wha?!)
6 the new boys like girls album, 'crazy world'
7 playing tambourine with my foot while playing guitar
8 lipstick
9 all my colored/patterned pants
10 nailpolish

twenty twelve, the end.

this year went by ridiculously fast. it's insane!

these are some of my best times from this year...

saw one of my favorite bands, new empire.

road tripped it to vegas for spring break.

recorded my own album.

got a puppy.

went to lake powell for the first time.

campaigned for mitt in vegas.

went to san fran for fall break.

went to my first real fancy dress up party.

 i also learned to slalum ski, did lots of boating (starting in april... freeeezing), threw some pretty great parties, went to some more great concerts, and performed a few times at my school.
cheers to 2012.

grateful

everyone else is doing it, so i'm gonna be festive myself 

and write a few things i'm grateful for...

sisters. and brother.

big sister who knows how to help me get unstressed.

instagram.

mom and dad's cooking skills. and them.

my calling (fhe head lady).

photographs.

family traditions, like playing hearts.
hair.
beards. patchless, of course.
music.

so many great friends. new and old.

the feeling you get when you accomplish goals.

holidays.

autumn

my favorite things about autumn:

fall colors
leaves changing
cool weather
halloween
starbucks caramel apple spice
scarves
decorations
caramel apples
pumpkin treats

bittersweet

Summer is pretty much over. Monday was my last boating day of the year. It was terribly sad. Like, I honestly felt a little emotional.

 

Summer did me well. And so will fall, I hope.

A few of my favorite things about summer were:

recording my first album ever

Lake Powell

weekly boating trips

playing with little Albus

and taking family pictures.

I am excited for fall; wearing scarves and cardigans, drinking apple cider, and going to corn mazes. But it's always so so so sad to see summer go.

happiness

I am happy cause...

1. Slalum skiied for my first time ever. And did it pretty nicely.
2. Finished my forever dream of recording my music.
3. Boating all summer long.
4. Sang in church on Sunday.
5. Tubing the river tomorrow.
6. Got some good books to read.
7. Got a call to play my guitar for a school event.
8. Saw Batman. Two thumbs for that.
9. My roommates are too great.
10. My little pup cuddled with me for almost an hour yesterday. Rare.

weekend goodies

This weekend was just the best. And here is my list of why it was so great:

Boating twice. Once with friends, once with fam.
Big hugs from Dad.
Getting some sun.
Mom cheering when we get even just an inch of air on the wakeboard.
Cafe Rio.
Helping my roommate with her Relief Society lesson.
Bonfire with friends.
Bearing my testimony in Sacrament meeting.
Watching puppies play together. Adorable.

welcome, summer.

Welcome.

I'm so excited for this summer. And it's finally arrived! Well, the no school part, but not the hot part. But that will come.

I've made a Summer Frolic List for this year. Many of the items are things I did last year that were so fun, I just have to do them again! But there are also a few that I've never done before, or at least not for a long, long time. 

Here's some of my list:

 Cliff jumping at Porcupine
(but I will be careful and not jump off the 50 foot cliff this time,
because of that one time last year)

Go to a fair 

Hike Mt Timpanogas

Lake Powell 

 Bear Lake raspberry shakes

Canoeing

Water fight

Camping

Bridge jumping

Pie party

Happy Hour at Sonic

Homemade ice cream  

 Dirt biking

Tandem bicycle

Rock climbing

Moth & the Flame rooftop show on June 1^st

Picnic

Play Taste Testers

Read a book

I love the summertime. You can be active and get sun and it's just so happy!

pet peeves

1.  when people chew with their mouths open. 

2.  when i'm walking on the sidewalk and there's only one other person
around and they walk riiight behind me.

3.  people clicking their pens.

4.  cocky hipsters/men.

5.  when people place blame or point out what you did wrong when it's unnecessary.

6.  boys that are too awkward to get my number.

7.  when people say "let's hang out sometime". um, okay... when?

8.  when you walk past a person and they pretend not to know you.

9.  when people don't say 'thank you' when they should.

10. the term 'rest in peace'. dead people aren't resting!

11. when people wear skinny jeans with tennis shoes.

12. me monsters.
13. when people have a texting conversation in front of me 
when we're having a conversation.