Some of these have already been listed in another place.
Costco trips
staying up obscenely late
costco rolls
giant bags of mixed fruit from costco
avoiding parents on the back side of the building after mutual
going to stake dances on time and having a special music mix for the trip
walkies
purple paint
Garfield curtains
movie watching in the basement
being early and late for seminary in the same day
passing notes
girls camp
phase ten
youth conference
making a service project
im-ing once college started
watching the tv guide channel
the notebook (not the movie)
the dictionary
sparkling grape juice cup on my head
scrabble
bacon cheeseburger pizza (with pickles)
general silliness
getting a ride to church
Christmas carols in the big van while stuck in the snow
backstreet boys/n*sync/spice girls listening
the list goes on and on, doesn't it?
If distance weren't what it is then the temporary band-aids could come off and things could change I think.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
What I've Been Reading
This is a list (and opinions about) what I've been reading this summer. I know I should put authors and pictures but I'm blogging from my phone again so that's a ton of work. Feel free to ask questions in the comments.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: I have, of course, read this before and will no doubt read it again. If you haven't read it yet, shame on you.
The Hunger Games: Another book I've already read and loved. This is definitely one you need to try. It's kind of impossible to explain the plot adequately, but I've never heard of anyone that has read it and not liked it.
Catching Fire: Another re-read. The second installment in what will be The Hunger Games trilogy. If you read the first one you'll love reading this one too.
Dear John: What can I say? I was desperate for a book and this was four bucks at walmart. All in all it was pretty
typical Nicholas Sparks and I enjoyed it.
The Last Song: Same story as the previous, but a little more embarrassing since Miley Cyrus was in the cover. Not bad but so so predictable to the point of hoping you finish so that the story will finally go how you know it's going to.
Savvy: This book is written at an upper elementary level. It's about a family that has magic come to each member when they turn 13. An unusual set of circumstances and a pink school bus make the main character's thirteenth birthday even more unusual. A nice fantasy novel and a quick read that any age can enjoy.
Story of a Girl: I read this on a friend's recommendation. It's a teenage finding yourself type of novel. I didn't really like it. In fact, I didn't like it at all. The writing was good, but the plot did nothing for me. Not to mention it did the one thing I really hate in a book. It just stopped. No finishing point, no wrap up, just the last page. I hate that.
A Curse Dark as Gold: I read this book on the same friend's recommendation. It's the rumplestiltskin (forgive my spelling) story retold. Though it was a little slow to start I really loved reading this book. After the first third I didn't want to put it down and ended up staying awake far too late finishing it.
The Graveyard Book: My children's lit teacher suggested this to the class last summer. He was on the Newberry committee and pushed hard for this one to win. It's the story of a boy that is raised by the inhabitants of the graveyard when the rest of his family is murdered. The story seems to wander a little bit rather than maintaining one line from start to finish, but overall it was quite the enjoyable read. Even my dad liked it (though he does love to read).
Cyrano: This is a retelling of a popular old story. You may not recognize the name, but you've likely heard the story of the ugly man who writes beautifully agreeing to write love letters in the name of a much more handsome man to the woman they both love. Not the best thing I've read this summer, but the tragedy and selfless love in it were definitely worth picking it up at the dollar a bag book sale.
The Chosen One: I've only once been steered wrong by the book suggestions of the YA librarians at the local library. They came through for me once again with this book. It's the story of a 14 year old girl living in a polygamist colony who finds out she has been 'chosen' by the prophet to marry her 60 year old uncle that already has seven wives. This book is extremely well written, a little but horrifying, and a great read. This is another that I stayed up all night to finish.
Lost: This is the story of a 16 year old girl working in a factory in New York during the early 20th century. It tells of the dangers and difficulties of her world as well as the destructive ability of grief. The setting feels real and the author seems to have done her research. The plot moves along nicely. My only issue is with some of the dialogue. It tends to come across like 'yoda speak' probably in a misguided attempt at dialect that is just distracting.
Well, congratulations if you've made it this far. I know pictures make a post more exciting, but like I said: it's quite hard from my phone. Expect part two of this post after I get through a few more books.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: I have, of course, read this before and will no doubt read it again. If you haven't read it yet, shame on you.
The Hunger Games: Another book I've already read and loved. This is definitely one you need to try. It's kind of impossible to explain the plot adequately, but I've never heard of anyone that has read it and not liked it.
Catching Fire: Another re-read. The second installment in what will be The Hunger Games trilogy. If you read the first one you'll love reading this one too.
Dear John: What can I say? I was desperate for a book and this was four bucks at walmart. All in all it was pretty
typical Nicholas Sparks and I enjoyed it.
The Last Song: Same story as the previous, but a little more embarrassing since Miley Cyrus was in the cover. Not bad but so so predictable to the point of hoping you finish so that the story will finally go how you know it's going to.
Savvy: This book is written at an upper elementary level. It's about a family that has magic come to each member when they turn 13. An unusual set of circumstances and a pink school bus make the main character's thirteenth birthday even more unusual. A nice fantasy novel and a quick read that any age can enjoy.
Story of a Girl: I read this on a friend's recommendation. It's a teenage finding yourself type of novel. I didn't really like it. In fact, I didn't like it at all. The writing was good, but the plot did nothing for me. Not to mention it did the one thing I really hate in a book. It just stopped. No finishing point, no wrap up, just the last page. I hate that.
A Curse Dark as Gold: I read this book on the same friend's recommendation. It's the rumplestiltskin (forgive my spelling) story retold. Though it was a little slow to start I really loved reading this book. After the first third I didn't want to put it down and ended up staying awake far too late finishing it.
The Graveyard Book: My children's lit teacher suggested this to the class last summer. He was on the Newberry committee and pushed hard for this one to win. It's the story of a boy that is raised by the inhabitants of the graveyard when the rest of his family is murdered. The story seems to wander a little bit rather than maintaining one line from start to finish, but overall it was quite the enjoyable read. Even my dad liked it (though he does love to read).
Cyrano: This is a retelling of a popular old story. You may not recognize the name, but you've likely heard the story of the ugly man who writes beautifully agreeing to write love letters in the name of a much more handsome man to the woman they both love. Not the best thing I've read this summer, but the tragedy and selfless love in it were definitely worth picking it up at the dollar a bag book sale.
The Chosen One: I've only once been steered wrong by the book suggestions of the YA librarians at the local library. They came through for me once again with this book. It's the story of a 14 year old girl living in a polygamist colony who finds out she has been 'chosen' by the prophet to marry her 60 year old uncle that already has seven wives. This book is extremely well written, a little but horrifying, and a great read. This is another that I stayed up all night to finish.
Lost: This is the story of a 16 year old girl working in a factory in New York during the early 20th century. It tells of the dangers and difficulties of her world as well as the destructive ability of grief. The setting feels real and the author seems to have done her research. The plot moves along nicely. My only issue is with some of the dialogue. It tends to come across like 'yoda speak' probably in a misguided attempt at dialect that is just distracting.
Well, congratulations if you've made it this far. I know pictures make a post more exciting, but like I said: it's quite hard from my phone. Expect part two of this post after I get through a few more books.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Proud Moments
*a note: sorry for no pictures lately. I've been blogging from my phone.
Some very proud moments:
-When my mom and I were speculating about Bobby Flay's fast food habits and she told me to ask the 100 hour board.
-When my beautiful niece Destiny graduated from kindergarten today.
- When I spent two hours perusing mugglenet last night and got so excited for Harry Potter again.
- When I realized I still have my Pickle Pack tshirt.
- This is more shame but whatever. When I found myself tearing up while watching the NBC special on the wizarding world if Harry Potter.
Some very proud moments:
-When my mom and I were speculating about Bobby Flay's fast food habits and she told me to ask the 100 hour board.
-When my beautiful niece Destiny graduated from kindergarten today.
- When I spent two hours perusing mugglenet last night and got so excited for Harry Potter again.
- When I realized I still have my Pickle Pack tshirt.
- This is more shame but whatever. When I found myself tearing up while watching the NBC special on the wizarding world if Harry Potter.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Pit Stink
My nephew gabe is quite the handsome fellow. He's five years old now, hilarious, and completely off the wall full of energy. He often does strange or hilarious things. For example, today when my sister asked him to move a tiny frog from the pavement to the grass (since it was 100 degrees outside) he picked it up and kept it. Naturally it died from being squished or shock or having its mouth forced open repeatedly. They ended up at my house and Gabe fed the frog he 'saved' (which at this point was dead) to my brother's carniverous fish. What a kid. One of his funnier things he does is label stuff in weird ways. Prime example: pit stink. If he can see your underarm, that's pit stink. If he sees a man's underarm or a girl's underarm that hasn't shaved that's nasty pit stink. He'll run proclaiming anyone and everyone's pit stink to the whole household. "Mom! Mom! Mom! I can see Pop's nasty pit stink! I can see it and it's disgusting!" Oh how I love children.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thoughts
I decided to blog all my little blurbs. Here we go.
The Marrieds:
I'm getting really tired of reading the facebook statuses of the married people I know "Shirley Jones is sick but has the best hubby in the world to take care of her" and the like. It's disgusting. It really makes me want to vomit. By the way, Shirley Jones is not a real person.
I'm getting really tired of reading the facebook statuses of the married people I know "Shirley Jones is sick but has the best hubby in the world to take care of her" and the like. It's disgusting. It really makes me want to vomit. By the way, Shirley Jones is not a real person.
The Storm:
There was a beautiful house shaking thunder and lightning storm last night late. I just wish that the house wasn't so hot so I could have turned off my fan and heard it better.
Home:
I've been home for about a month now and I'm loving it for the most part. I get a little tired of having not that much to do and I don't like having to talk to people in the family ward that used to be my whatever leader, but I do love spending time with my momma. Also, my sister works at a salon so we have great shampoo. My hair loves great shampoo.
Baby Tori:
She's one of the main reasons I came home. My sister had her in January so I wasn't able to see her. Let me tell you something, that baby is so fat. Shes almost exactly 4 months old and weighs 17 pounds. Oh, and she has two teeth already. She's also beautiful and spoiled.
Shadow:
I love having a dog in the house. I miss having a dog around when I'm at school. I don't know why, they're just so fun.
Humidity:
It can go away anytime.
Provo:
I have mixed feelings about Provo. I'm a homebody and a momma's girl so I really miss my mom when I leave and usually cry a bit and everything, but I'm missing Provo too. It's about time to head back (by about time, I mean in approximately one month but I need to buy a ticket) but things are different there and nothing's keeping me from staying here. Except for I miss my friends and having things to do like crazy.
That's all for now. I won't make any blogging promises that I'll just break.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
My New Favorite Toy
I have a new favorite toy. Sarah introduced me to it. It's called RealPlayer (I know, you've already heard of it) and it's magical. Any video I find on the internet that I want? It's mine. All I do is click and it downloads and then I convert it to my iPod. So what if so far everything I've downloaded has been BYU sports videos? I kind of love BYU sports. Remember? I started a whole blog on the topic?
After Sarah, Caroline, and I went to the BYU baseball game today (which we won - it was payback to Kansas State for basketball) we decided we needed a sweet. So we headed over to The Chocolate in Orem. After several minutes of observing I wasn't very excited. I was trying to pick something I wanted but nothing really appealed to me. Naturally we just went ahead and left and headed over to the tried and true Cocoa Bean Cafe back in Provo. Yum. I couldn't decide which flavor I wanted, so I got two (one for then, one for later). My favorite flavor is ultimate brownie, but I definitely want to try this one some day. Yum.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Destiny is Ridiculous
I called my mom the other night the evening before my family (Dad, Mom, Glenn, Destiny, and Gabriel) was leaving for the beach. Destiny (my 6 year old niece who's in kindergarten) answered the phone. We had this conversation.
Me: Hey, girl, how are you?
Destiny: Oh, I'm pretty good. About to go on spring break. How about you?
Me: I'm good. Where are you going for spring break?
Destiny: The beach. Do you have spring break?
Me: No, I still have to go to school.
Destiny: I know you do. That's a shame. Don't you miss kindergarten? You get to color, you get spring break, you can lay out on the beach *thoughtful sigh* it's just so good.
Me: Why are you being so mean?
Destiny: Ok fine *sigh again* I guess we can talk about your life.
I left this conversation confused. Did that conversation just happen with a six year old?
P.S. Sorry for not blogging much lately. March was an insane month. Maybe I'll blog about it.
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