Lots of Things on My Mind...

There are lots of things on my mind that I wish to write in this blog.

First, toast with strawberry jam is awesome. I just barely ate it...therefore its on my mind.

Second, We The Kings is one of my favorite bands. Just in case ya'll didn't know.

Third, I want to thank all the people in my life that have been super supportive of me this week, which include: my boyfriend Chris, my best friend Nancy, my parents, and my roommates (Hahna, Megan, Sienna and Kara). Thanks you guys for being here for me when I needed it most.

Fourth, I got a C on my science test, which is super exciting considering I failed the previous two! Woohoo!

Fifth, Weird Al is somewhat of a genius.

Sixth, its really cold here in Rexburg. I need to unpack my sweaters and hoodies, and pack up my summery clothes.

Seventh, water is awesome. Specifically cold water.

Eighth, "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard reminds me of an outdoor pool. Not sure why.

Ninth, there's a huge possibility that I'm going to Lava Hot Springs today! I'm super excited for this because I've never been there (I know. I've been to Idaho about 1000 times in my life and I'm just now going. Something's wrong with that).

Tenth, I. Found. Waldo. Or should I say Waldette? It was a girl. But then later I found another Waldo. I took a picture of Waldette. Its on my phone. :D

Eleventh, "Kidnap My Heart" by 5 Leo Rise (The Click Five) is an amazing song, which brings back so many good memories. I was an extra in the movie Taking 5 which is a somewhat-awesome movie. I had a lot of fun being in it, and I can totally point myself out. :D

Twelfth, NaNoWriMo starts on Monday!!! I have my story outlined, now I just need to write down the order of how I want things to go...for those of you who don't know what NaNoWriMo is, its actually called "National Novel Writing Month", and you're supposed to write 50,000 words in the month of November. Once you reach 50,000 words, you can submit your story to be judged. Or something like that. IDK. I'm thinking about posting the chapters on here...but I might not. IDK. Depends on how well I think the story is. I'm very critical of my writing, so I would be super nervous about putting it on here.

Thirteenth, Halloween is tomorrow. But Trick-or-Treating is tonight for us crazy Mormons. I'm not going Trick-or-Treating (I'm too old, and cuz I might go to Lava), but on Monday I might go to Walmart and buy tons of candy...just cuz candy is delicious.

Fourteenth, I really wish I could get a job. I need one. Badly.

Fifteenth, I'm really hungry. I should make myself some lunch.

Sixteenth, this blog is getting really long.

Seventeenth, speaking of blogs, the Twilight blog that I read by Dan Bergstein is hilarious. He's in Breaking Dawn now and is shocked at the things Stephenie Meyer has chosen to write in said book. I'm currently going back through his previous blogs and writing down the things I think are funny. My friend Ashley Boeheme is also a Team Dan member, and for my birthday she printed off some of the pictures he draws for the blogs and some quotes and put them in a notebook for me. Thats where my favorite quotes from him go :D

Eighteenth, I like the scores from movies instead of soundtracks. I know, I'm weird, right??

Nineteenth, I'm really just trying to make this blog go to twenty things on my mind.

Twentieth, this blog entry is on my mind. And how ridiculously long it is. Sorry for making you guys read it...

Have a good day!!!

Utah Adventures (with Nancy)!

I was sitting in the gardens on campus and i saw a lampost surrounded by colorful trees and thought, "hey, that'd be a good picture."

I didn't think to use the zoom...

but there I did!

I went to Utah this weekend! :D I was in the car with Nancy and her boyfriend Trevor, which made it fun :) me and Nancy bought candy to eat on the car ride, and I ate a significant portion of Starbursts. We'll have to remember to get the five-pound bag next time ;) Nancy and I also had a contest to see who could eat a DumDum sucker the fastest without biting it (strictly licking). I won! It was awesome. Then we had a dance party to a Friday night mix that was playing on a radio station in Utah (98.3 to be exact). We decided that when we're roommates, we're going to put the radio station on our computer (you can listen online to just about any radio station these days) on Fridays and have dance parties in our room. Its gonna be great!

I took this picture, then thought it looked like the car was exploding. But its just the sun setting.

Sunset again :)

me and Nancy on the couch in the lobby of the hotel Trevor and his buddies were staying at

me and Nancy again...except she's trying to eat my face. Or she's yawning.

Nancy saw this lion in the lobby and HAD to take a picture. :) Its a pretty cool lion though.

"And here, our fabulous Nancy models 'The Lion', a fashion accessory that's all the rage this fall."

Then Nancy found a figurine playing the guitar.

The next day, I went to my friend Joe Wight's baptism! I'm so proud of him! Its been just over a year since he started taking the discussions in my family's home, and now he's baptized!

Then I went to the BYU vs Wyoming football game! It was a lot of fun, and BYU WON!! 25-20. The last five minutes were super intense, and almost my entire section was standing up cheering on the defensive team (which is a first for our section...usually everyone wants to sit down to watch the game). They had a halftime performance with their musical group "Vocalpoint" (male a'capella), and the cheerleaders and Cougarettes (dance team) danced with them. It was awesome! I want it to go on YouTube...or their website so I can watch it again and again :) another thing that was awesome was they were playing songs that are popular right now! They played "DJ Got Us Falling In Love", "Dynamite", "Animal", and more (but I, unfortunately cannot remember the name of). Oh and every time its a 3rd down at LaVell Edwards Stadium, they play some kind of rap song...which kind of gets annoying after a while, but its still fun. :)

This is me wearing my BYU football t-shirt :D

After the football game, my dad, my sister Megan and I (we were the ones that went to the game) went to a restaurant in Provo called Los Hermanos. Best. Mexican food. Ever. No restaurant can compare! I always get the significantly large meal, eat some of it, then save the rest for the next day. I encourage all to try Los Hermanos if they are ever in Provo, because it is so delicious and awesome! I wish I had pictures to put on here of the food. It is oh so delicious.

After Los Hermanos, I went to get my nails done. I have a terrible habit of biting my nails. Therefore, I got the nails to stop the biting. The lady I had got me a full set in about 45 minutes, which is surprising because every time I have ever gotten my nails done (putting them on for the first time, that is), it has always taken at least two hours. Maybe the reason it was only 45 minutes was because they were about to close and the lady wanted to go home...so next time I get them done I'll have to remember to go close to closing time ;)

After getting my nails done, my mom treated me to a pumpkin pie thing from McDonalds, and we watched Letters to Juliet. I love that movie!! I'm a sucker for a good chick flick.

I haven't left Utah yet, and I'm pretty sure there will be some kind of adventure with Nancy on the way back to Idaho. If there is, I'll be sure to post them.

Have a good day!

Stupid Tests :(

Tests are pointless and you know why? Some people just automatically suck at tests. Like me. And it is just oh-so-convenient that tests are basically your ENTIRE GRADE in college. And then there's basically no such thing as extra credit in college, so we (we being all the people like me who suck at tests) are basically screwed.

Hopefully my day gets better when I go to see Inception with Chris, my roommate, his roommate and his friends tonight...

DISNEY ADVENTURES WITH NANCY!

Today we watched our favorite songs from our favorite Disney movies: Mulan, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast! It was awesome. We sang along to the songs we picked. We also found the videos for said songs on YouTube...so we took our cameras and took pictures of the videos :D I'm not going to caption them because there are way too many and it would take way too long.

Oh we also ate Doritos before starting our adventure. :)

Have a good day!!!

*AUTHOR'S NOTE* I did have the pictures I took on here. But I took them off, because this blog took up WAY too much space.

Friends!

First off, friends are awesome. And guess what?? I'm slowly but surely making new ones here in Idaho!

To name my new friends...

Well, all my roommates are my friends. They are just awesome. I couldn't have asked for better roommates. There's Hahna (she's engaged and super sweet and nice), Megan (spunky and awesome), Keri (sweet and funny), Sienna [sarcastic (yay!) and nice] and Kara (nice and funny).

Then there's Nancy. She's probably the best person I've ever met. We hang out all the time and watch Glee, Raising Hope, and Bones, and then we have movie nights and adventures and its just awesome. I'm glad to call her my best friend :)

Then I've recently made new friends. Their names are Bryce, Chad, and Chris. They are hilarious! Always making my day whenever we hang out. Chad introduced me to Jim Gaffigan, Bryce is just funny with whatever he says, and Chris...well...he's a lot alike Chad and Bryce. :)

Those are the friends I've made so far, and I anticipate to make many more as my college education progresses. :)

What Good Are Alarm Clocks...

You know your Friday's gonna suck when your alarm clock fails to go off and you oversleep...but on the bright side of things, I got 1 1/2 extra hours of sleep today, which felt oh so wonderful.

I hate that feeling of "I'm rushed" when you find out you overslept. This was my first college experience of oversleeping, and it was not fun. Luckily I was able to pull off looking decent and make it to class on time.

I never want to oversleep again...

Its So Cold Here!!

Today, it rained. A LOT! Its days like these where I just want to put on a hoodie and some sweats, swoop my hair up into a high ponytail, wrap myself in my jean blanket from my nana, and drink some delicious hot cocoa (unfortunately, my hot cocoa NEVER looks like the hot cocoa pictured below...if only it could).

And then after getting all that done, if I were at my home in Riverton, I would ask my mom (or my dad or my brother) to build me a fire (as I am incapable of doing so myself) and bask in its awesome, warm glory. But alas, I am not in Riverton...so I'll just have to make do with the hoodie, sweats, blanket and cocoa.

Hmmm. Wondering what my post will be like when it first snows here... ;)

May you all have an enjoyable day today! If its raining where you're at, go dance in it!! Its so much fun!! Trust me, I would know :)

Sleep!

Sleep is a wonderful thing...yet college students take it for granted. We go to sleep roughly around midnight (most of the times its later) and think "oh yeah I'll totally be fine at 6:30 in the morning." Such is not the case.

Whats worse is that its becoming that wonderful time of year where you wake up at 6:30 AM and think you slept all day to 6:30 PM (also known as "waking up and its pitch black outside").

*Sigh* I miss having lots of sleep. Good thing I have a 3-4 hour break in between my classes everyday. Nap time!

My Weekly Adventure With Nancy

Nancy and I took an adventure to the BYU-Idaho Bookstore today, and we had LOTS of fun. But first, we went to the Kimball Building (Student Services Building) where she had to get tickets for something and I had to get quarters to do laundry. While in the Kimball, we had to fill up our water bottles with the best water on campus...

we call it "The Fountain of the Gods"

After filling our water bottles with the best water I have ever tasted (which is saying a lot considering I come from Riverton, UT where the water is thick enough to chew...), we walked to the Bookstore, and on the way we saw...

aren't they pretty? :)

We walked to the Bookstore which is where our true adventure began. We went a little picture happy while in the Bookstore...

a book called Brianna, My Brother, and the Blog by Jack Weyland (author of Charly).

Nancy found this book the first week of school, and read it in the Bookstore. I followed in her footsteps and also started reading it, and the copy that I picked up just happened to be signed by Jack Weyland himself!

Nancy wanted to show everyone how she reads her books in our little "nook" in the Bookstore :)

Nancy found a picture of the statues of Joseph and Emma with the Salt Lake LDS Temple in the background. Whoever this photographer is, s/he is amazing!!

I realize this picture is...a bit off. But, thats how Blogger decided to upload it, and I am not technologically capable of fixing that at the moment. If any of you know how to do this, feel free to tell me in a comment ;) Anyway, its a picture of the San Diego Temple. I want to get married there one day :)


They have the Glee version of "Don't Stop Believin'" at the Bookstore! Nancy and I are "gleeks"

They also have the Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl score :)

Aww how precious :)

The sticker on the box for this says its a cake topper...I may have to look into this when I get married :)

The Bookstore has flower bow things (they're all the rage these days) and they were the size of our face.

This is a real t-shirt at the Bookstore. All missionaries should wear this under their white button-up shirt ;)

Same rule applies for sister missionaries ;)

This is just awesome :) All males should own this t-shirt

If anyone feels the need to get me something for Christmas, ^^ is just an idea. :)

My mom went to BYU-Idaho back before dinosaurs roamed the Earth and they called it Ricks College...so, this is for you, mom--a little section for Ricks memorabilia. They even have the "Spirit of Ricks" t-shirt :D

A jacket that has Ricks College on it. Maybe I should get my mom this for Christmas...

Whoever arranged this is a genius :)

In 10 years (or so) I want to buy my daughter this shirt. If only it said "my mom WENT to BYU-Idaho"...

Nancy is holding a super spiral stack of Post-It Notes! Its pretty sweet :)

This picture is also a bit...off. My aunt Tamara is a big Jack Handey fan, and I saw this in the store and just had to take a picture of it. So, here's to you, Tamara :)

One day Nancy and I played this in our "nook" with some random guys (only to get their names) on a piece of paper we had. They turned out to be pretty funny :)

We used one of these pens to do the Mad Libs mentioned above...and then put it back when we were done :)

Nancy thinking about what to write with our special pen

EVERY WRITER'S HEAVEN!! (in case you can't tell what it is, its a wall of pens)

Colored duct tape!! I have an urge to make a wallet out of the purple one :)

We found some pretty crazy glasses in the store...

See?? BYU-Idaho does believe in fun!! :P

They have some major construction going on around campus, but this is the main area of danger. You can't really see it that well, but its A LOT of construction...

I just had to take a picture of it. To show it really is dangerous on campus ;)

Hahna is my roommate. She is getting married to a guy named Jacob Harris in December in the Oakland LDS Temple :) congrats Hahna!!!

So, that's my adventure with Nancy :) we've decided to make it a weekly thing.

May everyone have a splendid day!

Welcome to my Blog!

K, I'm doing this blog for reals this time. I have absolutely no idea as to how to work Blogger beyond the generics, so if any of you are looking for pictures and fancy schmancy crap, those things will come as I learn.

To start off, I am a freshman at BYU-Idaho and I am loving it up here! I love my roommates, I love the friends I am slowly (but surely) making, and I (believe it or not) love my classes. Well, most of them.

My interests are reading, writing, and editing. In case you can't tell, I'm kind of an English junkie...which is the exact reason as to why I have chosen to major in English. My favorite food is anything with pasta in it (spaghetti, lasagna, fettucinne, mac & cheese, etc). My favorite tv shows include Glee, Raising Hope and Bones (with my favorite Nancy), How I Met Your Mother (thanks to my roommate Sienna), and Friday Night Lights (thanks to my roommate Megan). I enjoy moonwalking on the moon (I bet you totally did not see that one coming). My favorite color is purple. My favorite candy bar is either a Butterfinger or Twix (or really anything with chocolate and peanut butter combined). I also have this insane obsession about ranch...whatever I am eating, you can most likely find me eating ranch with it. It sounds gross, but its really good :) I have too many favorite movies to list, and my favorite comedians are Brian Regan, Gabriel Iglesias, and I was introduced to Jim Gaffigan just this evening (he is hilarious, by the way). Some may say I spend too much time on Facebook...but I'm ok with that. It lets me know what my buddies from high school are up to, and its also my main form of communication with a lot of people. I can't think of anything else to add here, but if I randomly do, I will post it in a comment or just randomly put it as a new blog entry.

I hope this blog brings some joy and happiness to you lucky readers. It will just be describing my college life, life in general, and whatever happens to cross my mind and I feel it pertinent to write it here. I hope you enjoy!!