Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Recap:

Well goodness, I made it a goal to blog more and apparently it isn't working. I just always forget or there is things I would rather be doing it seems. Things haven't changed much honestly, still school and work and life in between. I just wish I was getting more hours, everyone knows you could always use more money.
School is getting kinda crazy, this semester almost killed me. It was seriously miserable. I couldn't focus until I was behind in everything and now I'm still trying to catch up. I just registered for classes next semester and I was seriously thinking about taking a break but I needed one last run to boost up my GPA because I'm planning on transfering next fall. UVU just isn't for me. So I'm looking for better paying jobs in Salt Lake because its looking like I'm going to go to the University of Utah and see how that works out. If transfering doesn't help me I'll probably just take a break and work for awhile and then maybe try again. I signed up fo:r Tuesday Thursday classes for next semester so I could work more days, I start class at 8:30 and end at 2:15 so that will be nice. I'm taking, Astronomy, Sociology, Indians of the Southwest and US History since 1877. All in all I think it will be interesting.
I don't know if anyones been paying attention to how freaking awesome the jazz are or anything but can I just say, holy Paul Millsap, you get hotter every time you score points. They went 4-0 in the road against Miami and Orlando. It was wonderful.
In other news, the Utah football team managed to destroy their entire freaking season in a mere 120 minutes of what I can't even call play because apparently no one showed up. Chandler, Derrick and I went to ESPN College Game Day at 5AM and were on campus all day long. All in all the day was absolutely fabulous, we really did have alot of fun, until the game and then it was all down from there. TCU managed to destoy Utah and the hopes of a 3rd undefeated season and BCS Bust in 6 years. I've gotta hand it to TCU, they are much better then I thought and I sincerely hope they have a chance to play for the title game. With a loss from TCU Utah still had a chance to come back and be a good team, they had the chance to still finish the season 10-1 but blew it sky high and crushed all hopes of any sort of BCS bowl when they went to South Bend on Saturday and got it handed to them again in a 28-3 loss. Now we're just praying for the Vegas Bowl, which if they go Chandler and I are totally going, I think with some friends but nothing is set yet since we have no idea what the rest of the season will hold. I just have to say, its incredibly sad that if and only if Utah beats SDSU on Saturday they will have to fight BYU for 1st place in the conference when BYU has a worse record and lost to flipping Utah State. It just goes to show how fast things can change. With Jake Heaps improving it doesn't help Utah.

I've just realized that this turned into a sports blog which most of you probably don't care too much about.

Its that time of year again were I get to curl up in my sweats and read, drink hot chocolate, read a book, eat all kinds of fatty foods and not care how much weight I gain because Hoodies cover everything :) I love coats and hoodies, the only thing that sucks about this time of year is that it gets windy. I love Thanksgiving though, its awesome. It gets harder to balance with everyone though, it used to just be my family but now that Chandler and I are together, its my family, his mom and his dad. We make it work though, its awesome.
I'm really excited about the holidays this year, I just wish everything was cheaper or that I made more money. But I think everyone wishes for that at some point in their life, things will pick up so I'm just trying to stay optimistic and keep working whatever shifts I can get, you would think things would be faster because its Holiday Season but its just kinda rough. Well, I better run. Happy Holiday's everyone!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Its getting colder...

Well, it appears its winter time. Its getting cold, I woke up to snow yesterday and had yummy hot chocolate and enjoyed the day. I dunno if I'm ready for the cold yet, its too soon! Ha but I am really excited to start wearing cute jeans and sweaters, and most importantly boots!! I'm turning into such a bargain shopper lately, I'm all over cheap everything. Like woot.com is my favorite website ever. They have daily deals that sometimes I just can't pass up. Like today I found Big Star and Silver Jeans today for 20 bucks. Big Star's retail for $110.00 and Silver's retail for about $80.00 so go Andrea for finding cheap ones. Its this place called Hollywood Sun, in Orem by Ridley's. They get new shipments every week and I'm excited to go in and see what they have next time. They had way cute clothes too, and a Dolche and Gabbanna knock off bag that was only 10 bucks. I should have got it but I was already overwhelmed with how amazing the clothes there were. I just love clothes and I love a good deal so when the two come together its amazing.
Its also the World Series incase no one knew and the Giants are in it! Grayson is beside himself he's so happy. They are plauing the Texas Rangers and they are up 1-0 they play again tonight and we'll see how it goes. I personally think they are going to win it all and I really hope they do because they are the ish. I used to hate baseball and now I really like to watch it, thank you Chandler and Grayson.
I'm really excited for Halloween, mostly because Utah plays Air Force and I'm excited for that game and I just like Halloween alot. We're going to a corn maze tomorrow and I love those they are so much fun. Its a haunted one with a swamp, I need to find some boots to wear so that my pants don't get ruined. I think we're going to dinner with Derrick and Roy, Grayson and his friend and Chandler and I and then to the corn maze. They have a haunted hay ride and a haunted corn maze and swamp thing. I think its gonna be really fun but extremely cold.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Wowsa

Jeez, I never know what to title these things, I don't really write about anything specific, I just write. Things haven't changed too much, just the same day to day of school, work, homework, hanging out with Chandler and trying to sleep in between. Travis is finally home and thats nice, even though I've only seen him twice. He's pretty popular don't ya know? He's pretty much the same as he was when he left so thats nice, I was afraid he would come home and be totally weird. Chandler has mid-terms reviews and mid-terms all week, which means early nights which I'm almost grateful for because morning comes way to flippin fast. I need a vacation ha I'm getting worn out and I'm still not even finishing everything. Its getting really old. I've gotta start setting a time to do homework instead of just doing it sparratically because I'm so tired by the time I get done with all of it that I don't remember anything that I've read. I have to read alot for my World War Two class but I don't alot because I'm too tired at 1 am that I just fall asleep. I probably should have taken the weekend off and gone to Park City with my parents hahah
Other then that life is great. I love where I'm at with myself right now and I've grown alot over the past few years. I just see things differently than I used to, its a nice change. I'm happier and more relaxed than I was when I was. Things stress me out a bit but its not the worst thing
So the day after Travis got home we drove the Alpine Loop and tried to find our tree, the only thing missing was Walter screaming out the windows. I sure miss that kid hahah, anyways, we drove around for FOREVER! We were looking for this flipping tree for like 2 hours I swear, we finally found it right as it got dark and it was awesome. I still remember carving it out and trying to pick the perfect tree, the area around it looks totally different now though so thats what took us so long, we stopped at the same little turn off twice before we found it. It still hasn't healed up all the way and we're gonna go up some time and carve in the date so that we don't forget this time. And I think I'm gonna take pictures to make a map to get there so we can take Walter when he gets home, which is March 16th in case anyone wanted to know.
We saw Jackass 3D the other night and it was so freaking funny, the first 20 minutes I thought I was going to throw up cuz I was laughing so hard it was absolutely hilarious, and really gross at the same time. We had a huge group go and that made it even better, there was Brit, Chandler, Grayson, Cyle (Grayson's brother), Tyler, Bree, Gillies,Trent, Gabe and David and his date. I think there might have been more but I can't remeber for sure. All in all life is about the same, nothing new really, runnin out of time to write this and I have to finish up a paper.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Missionaries :)

Well, I started this blog about 2 years ago, around the time that my best friend in the entire world left on his mission. I started it so that I could just kinda have something to do since I was so so sad without him here. Travis Denney was/is my best friend ever. Him, Walter and I were like the 3 amigo's before they both left me to serve. I am so so proud of them for taking 2 years of thier lives and being so willing to give that to God. They truly are amazing people. Travis was/ is serving in the Minneapolis, Minnesota mission and Walter is in California. Travis gets back in 5 DAYS!! I am seriously so excited I can hardly contain myself. Walter gets home sometime in March and we are seriously excited for him too :) We decided that if I was still single- I mean not married cuz I am definitely NOT single- that we would go on a road trip when everyone gets back. We'll have to wait til Summer considering I am in school but its gonna be a blasty blast, I'm definitely gonna bring Chandler so that he can meet them and love them as much as I do. Travis is the closest friend I think I have ever had uptil Chandler, he has been there for me since I was 4 and trust me, I've gotten him in his fair share of trouble. I remember once in 9th grade when we both go in soo much flipping trouble for lying to our parents and coming home late, like at 11 and our curfews were 10. Yeah we were both grounded for like 3 weeks and could only hang out at school, that kinda sucked but that night was so fun and totally worth it. He came to the Manti Pageant with me that summer and we had so much fun just walking home with our huge group of people. The best were the nights during our junior year when we would go hang out after work (Walter, Travis and I all worked at Maceys') and we would go hang out at the football field and drive around in the little Toyota Pickup and do donuts in the snow, we slammed into a curb once and bent that axle so bad that the truck drove crooked until Travis's dad went with him to find a new one. In the truck it was always Travis driving, me in the middle shifting and Walter screaming out the window at people. Those were the days, it was right after we'd graduated from high school so we didn't have to worry about school, or important jobs or any of that crappy stuff you have to deal with now, life was so much more simple.
When Travis left it was the hardest thing in the world for me and I seriously cried for 2 weeks and didn't get out of bed at all. It was definitely not the most fun I've ever had, my only consolation in the whole thing was that he was doing what he needed to be doing and what made him happy, reading his letters of him telling me how happy he was and the great people he was working with made it easier and as time went on I moved on too. Now I realize that 2 years isn't a lifetime like I thought it was going to be and I am so happy that he went its amazing. But I'm still so excited that he's coming home :) Only 5 days :) Then we can go find our Tree, we carved T.W.A. BFF in a tree up American Fork Canyon right before he left and I haven't been able to find it since, but he says he knows right where it is so I'm sure we'll go look for it soon, we'll have to because if we don't hurry up its gonna snow on us and we won't be able to find it. I don't think I can be patient enough to wait another year to see this dang tree. Life has changed a lot since he left and I hope he doesn't have a major freak out when he gets back. I just miss his face and can't wait to see him in 5 short days!!!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Family

Well, unfortunately Chandler's great grandpa Bill died this past week on Wednesday. He was 87 years old and lived a long happy life. It was his time though, he had dementia and health issues and alot of the time we felt like we were looking at a hollow shell. He'll be missed but everyone was prepared for it so it wasn't as sad as it could have been, although its never easy to lose a loved one.
Chandler's great Aunt and Uncle are here from Texas for the funeral and I'm happy they are here. They are so much fun! We went to Park City yesterday and all the kids (Emon, Isha, Kareem, and Reese) and Chandler, Terry and Kary went on the Alpine Slide and Heather, Bubbly, Brigette, Jadine and I went to the Baja Cantina and had drinks and chips and salsa. It was definitely a great day. Then we went to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and got yummy caramel apples and delicious chocolate covered pretzles. All in all it was an awesome day, plus I had the day off work and school which hardly ever happens so that was definitely a welcome break.
With Chandler's grandpa passing it makes me think of my grandpa passing about 8 years ago and how much I really still miss him. It feels like its been forever since I've seen him but at the same time it feels like just yesterday we were playing back in the fields and sliding off the roof. I never thought those days would end. My life is so different now its hard to think that it was once that easy. I still remember certain things about his funeral, but the thing that I hope I never forget is the 21 gun salute that they did for him because he fought in WW2. I kept it together for most of the funeral thinking about how he was with my grandma and he was happier and trying not to think about how much I would miss him but when they shot off those guns that I'd watched with him every memorial day and watched him cry at every year I couldn't hold it in. I just cried and cried, I have the shell to one of the bullets from his funeral.
I never realized until I met Chandler how important your family was. I always thought my best friends from high school would be the people I was friends with for the rest of my life and that we would always stay close and they would be my "family" in a way. I haven't hung out with anyone I went to high school in about 2 years and sadly I don't really miss it. I miss certain people somedays but I changed and so did they. I just didn't get that your family is the ones at the end of the day that are there for you and really really do want whats best for you and for you to be happy. I'm sad that it took me so long to figure that out and I had to really hurt my parents in the process but at the end of the day, I learned it, and it worked for me.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Midterms

Well, its midterms this week. Blah. School has been the bane of my existence lately. I'm so tired from work and trying to go to school and I just haven't been able to focus. I'm gonna kick it in the ass though. I understood what was going on in Biology today though. That helped a lot. I actually got to sleep last night and took an amazing nap on Chandler's bed yesterday. It made getting up this morning easier. The good news is that I only have 26 hours this week so I should have time to do some homework :)
This weekend was kinda crazy, Chandler's great grandpa was put in a rest home this weekend and it was all around for the better. His grandparents just can't take care of him and his great grandma can't either. I think she'll miss him but she'll eventually see what its like to live life again. I think we're gonna start taking her to lunch on Sundays so she can get out of the house more often, it will be good for her and she's a riot to hang out with.
Things haven't changed that much lately sorry I'm so boring, I feel bad for the people who follow me because I either never write or don't write anything worth reading. But I gotta run to class.
peace&love

Friday, September 24, 2010

Update

Well, things have changed a lot lately. School started and its really hard to deal with all the changes, I don't like school that much this semester. Well, I should say I don't like homework. Having 2 jobs and going to school full time makes me tired a lot. I try to have a social life but it gets hard hahah. Chandler moved to Draper because he is going to the U and doesn't want to drive from Orem. He moved in with his grandparents and so far I think he really likes it. He loves his grandparents and he's loving every second of going to the U and he loves his classses.
We both work at Doug Smith, and I work at Bed Bath and Beyond still its good to get the paycheck from both but that is about the only good part of working at both places. I like Doug Smith a lot, and Bed Bath and Beyond is average. Some days are good and some days suck but that's with every job. What can you change about that? Pretty much nothing. I'm not moving out anymore, things just didn't work out and I'm kinda bummed about it but what can you do? I bought a new car since I won't be paying rent I just put the money towards my car. I bought a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse and it is beautiful. Its a car that I've always really liked and people told me I would probably never get so its a double win 1. because I love it and 2. because it proves people wrong. Its sad that its a factor but I got a screaming deal on it too. I was about to buy a Passat the day before but Trent told me to wait and he was right. My car is amazing and I looove it.
Life is crazy busy all the time but its nice. I'm never usually bored. Sometimes I wish I had time to be bored. I miss my lazy days where I would sit and do nothing all day long :) I could never do it on a daily basis but its nice once and I while. Chandler and I both had all weekend off so we watched football all day both days and he gave me a promise ring :) it was the cutest thing ever!! Its gold and has a B-E-A-utiful pearl in a god band and its just gorgeous. Its so pretty much my favorite piece of jewelery ever :) But the weekend was perfect. It was so nice to just have lazy days. Well, that about sums things up. Things are crazy but still moving. I'm loving life and just can't wait to be done with school it will be awesome :)

Monday, March 22, 2010

Apartment

Well, not much has changed in the last little while, still school and work all the time. I also found an apartment and a badass roommate to live with. Her name is Sadie and her parents own the apartment we're moving into. We have a cute little basement apartment with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, we're probably going to make the 3rd room an office. Our apartment is going to be the cutest thing anyone will see it. We're painting in Botony Beige and doing an accent wall and its green but not like an icky green, its like a light green thats so cute with our decor, I just love it. We only went through about 9 colors to find what we wanted but thanks to KWall Howells for having about 17 different shades of tan we finally found one that we liked that didn't make our place look too dark seeing as its a basement and all. But we love it :) its cute and cozy and will look completely different when we are done and I'm really excited for the project. Plus I can hardly wait to move out of my parents house. Love my mom and dad and all but to finally be on my own will be awesome. Paying for everything is the not so awesome part.

Chandler and I are still the same, still good, still poor and such but we still have alot of fun. We went to his mom's house yesterday and played Canasta and watched Amazing Race and the Celebrity Apprentice. Our basic Sunday routine :) Terry made cinnamon rolls and they were fabulous :) I seriously loved them. Then I had to come home and write a paper for English and man I'll just tell ya that class is kickin my ass. But amazingly enough I finished it and it's alright. but speaking of English I gotta run there now.
peace&love.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Update

Well, its a very good thing that its been 2 months since I've written something. Nawt! So I've started school, I love it. It keeps me really really busy but its good. I started a new job a month ago at Bed Bath and Beyond and I love that too. I'm still dating Chandler and we have a lot of fun together. Last night we went to the Jazz/Lakers game and it was a blast! Even though the Jazz lost horribly, what can ya do? Life is a bit hectic but I really enjoy it. Christmas was a lot of fun too, my parents got me a laptop to make school easier and it really does help. School is so fun, I'm taking American Civilizations, Survey of Physical Science, English 1010 and Political Science 1010. Political Science and American Civilizations are my favorite classes, but I'm usually late to American Civilizations because I have to walk forever away to get to my classes. I still love it tons, I have a lot more homework then I thought I would too. Its awesome, and its going a lot better then last time.
Chandler and I are great too :) we don't do a whole lot cuz we are poor but we still have a lot a lot fun. We've been to 3 Jazz Games in the last 2 months and Its way fun :) They've won all of them except last night. We mostly just watch sports with some friends and hang out, shoot some pool in his basement or go up to his mom's and hang out up there. We're the cool teenagers that hang out with our parents and play Canasta. I'm the champion of our Canasta Tournament as of right now, just thought I'd throw that in there :) its fabulous.
We were thinking of going to Vegas this weekend, my dad has a Rugby Tournament down there this weekend, and Chandler's mom and step-dad are going to the condo in Mesquite, it would have been a lot of fun to go but we get to be responsible and go to work and school. Its great, not my favorite thing in the world but you gotta do it. Work and school are fun though so it works out. Plus its Valentines weekend!! So fun! But I can't say what I got Chandler cuz he'll try to cheat and read this. Well, I've gotta run to work..
peace&love