Bought it....love it.....can't wait to use it.......

Such a funny book..... I love it.
I think everyone should get it, use it, and LOVE IT!



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Happy Birthday

Today is this mans 56th Birthday!

Ha ha..... this picture really sums up my dad pretty good! He's hilarious... The story behind this picture is pretty funny.... we were diving in waterton back in July and this mans cowboy hat blew off his head and into the water and he was having a cow, so my dad went and saved the day, but before he gave it back, he said he had to have a picture with it,then gave it back.

I am a mini me of my dad(cept a girl version...obviously). We looked exactly alike when we were babies and thats probably close to all I got from my dad. We're alot alike but complete opposites.(If that makes sense)
--He's responsible and reasonable....I'm well....not!
--He's very detailed oriented...I'm absolutely not.
--He's smart.....I'm smart too...:) ha ha --One thing I remember about my dad was when I was little sitting at the kitchen table while he helped me with my Math, to this day I still think my dad is smarter than some of my math teachers. He can do most math in his head, which is pretty impressive, and I kind of got that from
him...
--My dad is very talented and he's a mr.fix-it. He builds guitars from the patterns he makes himself, he knows how to fix everything. I think my parents saved so much money over the years cause my dad knew how to do home fix it things as well as vehicle fix it things.
--I remember not being able to go to sleep until my dad and I had our 'bedtime talk' we'd talk about things I wanted to do when I got older and things that were going on with school.


My dad is one of the hardest workers I've ever met in my life. He taught me that you don't just get things given to you, that you need to work for things, and he taught me about integrity, and about being honest in all my doings. One thing that I love about my dad is that he taught by example! Now that I'm on my own I can pretty much do whatever I want and garuntee that my parents won't find out, so days when I just don't want to go to work, I could call in sick, but I know that it would be against what my dad taught me. My dad never called in sick unless he was sick, and thats something I'm glad I learned from him(one of the many)

I'm excited to see my dad this weekend, I'm going home for cornfest and it's always a good time hanging out with family. When I go home my dad and I usually get a chance to catch up and have our 'bedtime talk'

Happy Birthday Dad I love you!

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Not my Finest Moment....

......last night while playing basketball...we had quite the turnout.... we had 8 players, and for half court 4 on 4 is a little intense... We were all running around and it was lame.... L A M E ..... There were too many people on the court. I was the only girl playing for most of the game, then Mandy came and played too....

Now, to pick teams we shot.... 1 person made it in they were on one team, if the 2nd person made it in they were on the OTHER team, and every person that made it in we just alternated back and forth. I got the 3rd shot so I was on the same team as the first person and well....he hated that the girl was on his team...there were two guys that hated I was on their team so it made things a little hard. I was always open and he would never pass to me...he'd drive to the hoop everytime and most of the time it went in, but he did some uber stupid things and I was starting to get sick of it. I was getting super frusterated to the point where I would only pass the ball to the one person that trusted me on the team....that got old real fast and #1 guy got in my face and I.............



P U N C H E D him in the face..... yup..... I did....


How do I feel about it now?? Well it felt good at the time, it made me feel better...he started to pass to me, I got the shots.....life was good. I've never actually punched anyone in my life.... so what possessed me to punch him? Well... I'm not to sure. I feel pretty crappy about it, and I know that he didn't deserve it...Now, Will I do anything about it like apologize....probably not..I'm too prideful. I've been hanging out with Kman too much lately(Ha). Usually, when I piss someone off, or hurt them(accidentally or intentionally) I feel bad right after I do it, but right now I don't..... I know you're probably all wondering if my parents taught me hitting was bad...and YES, they did....


Ok, #1 I'm sorry I punched you, you still cat-called me, and only passed to me once, and I'm pretty sure it didn't hurt one bit..... You probably won't ever read this, but I said I was sorry :)


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This boy called me.......

And I was beyond EXCITED!!!!
I love Chase, he's one of my best friends, and he was just calling to check in on me. He's selling pest control in DC right now and he's freakin killing it. I'm sooooo proud of him! This kid is absolutely amazing. He knows exactly when I'm having a hard day and knows just when to text/call me and say hi! I got this picture off his facebook....and I don't know who the girl is...probably someone who's obsessed with him...so I blacked her out...ha ha!

I'm excited to go to Rexy to visit him, and all my other friends. I just can't say anything else about him, other than he's such a stud!


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This week.........

I don't know why I always insist on blogging about the things I'm doing in the next week or so....but maybe if I make myself sound like I'm cool.... I might actually be cool......


Tonight I'm playing some basketball....for those of you who know me...or have read my blog at all...know I LOOOVE basketball just a little bit.... ok alot! No big deal..but I get to play tonight.. some guys in my ward and I have made it a monday night ritual and we're going to make sure it continues.

Tomorrow night I'm having a bubble tea date with my way good friend Clark, who leaves to go back to Rexburg soon :(

Wed in my Dad's birthday.... 56.... holy cow! ha ha
I'll post more about him later :) I love him!

Friiiiiiiiiday I'm going home to Taber with Mandy, I'm soooo excited to take her to Taber because :



IT'S CORRRRRRRRNFEST!!

Oh helllllll yeah! I missed it last year because I was down in Utah.... but this year I'm going and some of my friends are coming down to hang out. Mandy is coming home with me friday night after work, then hopefully some more will come Saturday. I'm excited to go to the car show in the morning with my dad(we do it every year) and then floating down the barnwell canal in the afternoon......,then going on rides, watching all the bands, dancing on the corn stage, watching the drunks in the beer gardens, and watching the fireworks on the baseball diamond and last but certainly not least :



eating a whole lotta this! I had my first cob of the season last night at Kman's house... This year has been a little odd because of the rain, I remember eating this everyday for the whole month of August when I was little cause farmers would give my dad crazy amounts!


I love being from a small town! I love that I'm from Taber, and I love that I'm going to be around for Cornfest this year!


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folllllllllllllow up with pictures!

Gracias to Mandy for remembering to bring her camera...since mine has been busted I've had to rely on others to bring their cameras, and I'll probably just end up buying a new camera because it will probably cost more to fix mine than its worth! So here is what I did this weekend.....


Saturday we went to Chestermere Lake with the ward for a boating activity, and the color of our faces describes the type of day we had.... We had some tube wars, it was pretty wicked.... I got rocked pretty hard but it was a blast...good food, good company= a successful saturday afternoon on the lake(no pictures yet,I'll have some soon....)

Saturday night we went to the Calgary Tower for Mandy's birthday which was a total blast! I've never been up there and I didn't really know what to expect but it was wicked. The glass floor creeped the heck out of me, so I wouldn't stand on it....maybe next time! We stayed up there for about an hour or so and got to see some fireworks from global fest. Next year for stampede we're going to watch the grandstand show :)



Here's Kyle(right) and Mike(left)
They so graciously accompanied us to the Tower and they were good sports about taking candid pictures, funny face pictures, and group pictures. I don't think I've ever mentioned Mike on my blog but he's been a way good friend for a while, and Kyle is one of my good friends



Just me and Mandy.... look how red we were.... I probably shouldn't have worn purple...since obviously purple and red don't look good together!! I also have some flat hair goin on..... and it's really blonde lately.... hmmmm :)




We didn't leave the tower til almost 11, so instead of going back home to make white chocolate brownies we just ended up at Moxies and they made them for us! They were delish! I got a little bored so we started taking some random pics.... this is probably the most classiest one...the others are nutso!





Just Kyle, Mike and I.....aren't they just studs?


Well, thats my Saturday night... I think it was a pretty good one. I slept like a baby that night!


I had a very chill Friday night....I just watched half of a couple movies with Kman, and ate junkfood, and watched him break Mandys roomates cups....HA!

Sunday, was awesome... I got to crash a guys night... and I ate a steak dinner at Kman house( That was the first time I've eaten steak in FIVE years...maybe longer... It was sure good!)

Happy Birthday to This GIRL!

Just a Quick shout out to one of my fave people in the whole wide world! We met back in May and have actually been pretty much inseperable since that day. We've instantly become best friends and I feel like I've known her my whole life. Everyone that hangs out with us feels like we have WAAAAAY to many inside jokes for only having known each other for 4 months. I'm so thankful for this girl for so many reasons. She's:
-Absolutely stunning
-She's got a heart of gold
-She stops me from being a drama queen
-She's SUPER funny
-She thinks I'M super funny....which I am.
-She's got a rock solid Testimony
-She feeds me....literally
-We have so many inside jokes....

Mandy I'm grateful for you and all that you do for me, and I'm so glad we're friends! We'll be friends until we're old and senile...then we'll be NEW friends :) I love ya girl!





Just Mandy and I taking a nap one Sunday!


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Just my luck.......

This is my camera.......right now... It's busted and I don't know whats wrong with it. I have a feeling that, that will be my next big purchase.....





I'm going here Saturday Night.... so hopefully someone else has a camera so we can take pictures!


I will refrain from making promises that I might not be able to keep...I'm sorry my blog is probably soooo boring without pictures. Soooo I'll just pull them off the internet....ha ha not as fun, but atleast its something to look at!


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August Catch-Up

So I know I haven't really posted about whats been going on in my life lately so I feel like a catch up post is definately in order..... I think I need to go back to the beginning of August....

-I went home for the long weekend just for the Friday and Saturday cause Kathryn came home from BYUI and so we did the usual catch up activities which consist of Chicken Wings and smores(long story that goes back about 10 years) We talked about boys, and life/work and all of that, I got to hang out with her cousin Brinn too who I haven't seen in a long time!! Miss you, and I promise I will come visit you, I went floating down the Barnwell Canal--Greatest activity ever. It such a fun past time for all of us taber/barnwell people! I had dinner with my familia then I headed back to calgary so it was a quick trip but I was teaching Relief Society that Sunday so I had to be home and I was trying to come up with a object lesson and I had nothing so kyle was going to show me how to blow up tea bags or something... so we did that Saturday night at Mandys apt :) Thanks for letting us start fires at your house.
-August 4th Harrison got home, and I was sooo excited. He's sooo awesome and I've been excited for him to come home ever since he left and I was able to go listen to him speak on Sunday, and he's just Harry! It's definately way good to have this kid home. I got to hang out with him for a bit, his parents have him busy already, and he's working with his brother for a little while
-This last weekend I was pretty sick all weekend so friday night I had a chill night alone watching Crossroads(yup, the britney spears movie) HA!
-Saturday I was still pretty sick so Mandy and I skipped Football(good thing too, some guys had to get stitches) but we definately got an ear full from Kman, but then when we told him we were both sick, he brought us soup, lemonade, advil and girl chocolate(areo bars) ha ha and hung out with us ALLLLLLLLLL night! Who would willingly hang out with us while we're sick?? Well Kman would cause he's a PIMP ha ha..
-This week has just been full of work, the gym, insitute, shakespeare in the park, and this weekend will consist of baseball games, a dance and some random Saturday night Adventures I'm sure.

Tyler and Brett are getting ready to go back to Utah for school, and we're going to miss them something terrible, but I'm happy that they're southern alberta boys, cause I'll definately get to see them again!

And the "girl Chocolate bar" I refered to earlier that kman brought us needs a bit of explaining. Kman had the bright idea to bring us those chocolate because its full of little airbubbles which means that its not ALL chocolate, so when we eat a full areo bar its like only eating half of a normal one...ha ha. Either he knows us really well, or he doesn't think we need a whole chocolate bar....


I'm sorry about the lack of pictures... I will do better soon I promise!

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Come What May, and Love it.

Elder Worthlin in a very inspired man. I have taken this talk to heart and have applied it in my life numerous times in the past few days. So many things have could go wrong in my life, have gone wrong recently and really I just need to let it happen and love it, do you know how hard it is to Love something thats causing you so much pain? I found myself laughing hysterically trying not to cry(for things going on with me, and with my friends) More for my friends right now... I'm just living life and along for the ride!

It's the small things in my life that I've been trying to do right that have been what has helped me help others and myself. Last night I was talking to a friend after institute and he told me that he thinks I'm one of the strongest girls he's ever met! WOW, really?? I look up to this kid(and not just because he's 6'3) but he's so fun, so for him to say that, it really meant alot to me! So thanks bud!

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Annnnnnd the winner is!!!!!!!

with a little of.......







Thats RIIIIIIGHT! We'll be flying down to Vegas, staying there for 2-3 days fitting in absolutely EVERYTHING possible, to shows, shopping, eating, and seeing friends and meeting our friends friends(connections are good for the next trip) Then we'll rent a car and drive to Dana Point CA, where my friend lives and we'll chill with him for a few days, going to LA, walking down Rodeo Drive, seeing the sights of hollywood, try some surfing, and meet up with my old roomie.....and get some sun while everyone back in Canada will be freezing their na-na's off.... then we'll either catch a flight out of LAX or drive back to Vegas and head home!


Doesn't that sound like fun... What a wonderful birthday/'pre mid-mid' life crisis week!


Anyone who wants to come is more than welcome to join us!

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<3 Basketball <3

Last night, I had a basketball practice for my corp.challenge and BOY did I have so much fun.... it's a 3 on 3 tourney and you have to have atleast one girl on the court at all times. Last night we had 5 people come out and it turned out alot better than I had expected it to. 4 of the 5 of us had played basketball in highschool, so we only had to catch one person up to speed on the basics. The best part is, is that the kid who hasn't really ever played before is a leftie... so I got to teach him how to shoot left handed... I love coaching basketball, and if all goes as planned this fall I will be coaching, and I couldn't be more EXCITED!

We ran 3 on 2, 2 on 1, we did drills, we did passing, we scrimmaged... I will be the first to admit that I was a little of shape last night. BUT it was like riding a bike. ahhhhh Basketball... I love it!

I feel soooo old these days, I want to stay where I'm at with my job for the next few years, and within that next few years I would LOVE to be established with some sort of coaching somewhere around the city, I'm looking/planning on buying a HOUSE in 3 or 4 years...really...does that just scream GRANDMA? haha jks. I'm excited! Maybe that means I'm finally starting to grow up....



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I love going here.....

because of:


and.....


and last but not least.....



Sometimes I look like this after:



But without fail, I always feel amazing when I'm done :)
Last night I ran 5 miles and biked FIFTY! and it only took me two and a half hours!
Now lets see how long I can keep that up for :) A few more months of this and I might actually start making progress!


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Pre-'Mid-Mid' Life Crisis

Ok, so I was having a conversation with a few friends of mine, and we all agreed that most men/women go thru their midlife crisis'around 50.....so is it safe to say that theres such thing as a 'mid-mid' life crisis? Say between 25? Well I think so, and since my next birthday is going to be 24 I figured its a PRE mid-mid life crisis. It's no secret that I don't really enjoy my birthday that much(because of previous birthdays....I figured it's probably not going to get better after I hit 25(especially if I'm not married, or have a family) SO I'm going to party for my 24th birthday. Mandy and I are looking at deals on places we can go, and we weclome anyone else who wants to come with us! Here are our options



Las Vegas, NV
Now this appeals to me for so many reasons. 1. It's pretty close 2. Theres SOOO much to do 3. My birthday is in the winter and it will still be hot 4. I have friends there that could chill with us 5. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ha ha!
What a way to spend my last potential best year... ha ha





Orange County, CA
Who wouldn't wanna go spend 10 days in Cali? This also would be a wicked spot for so many reasons. 1. LA is one of the American cities I want to tour 2. I have an old Roomate and a couple other good friends who will take the liberty of showing us a chill time. 3. It's pretty close and could be coupled with the Vegas trip, My buddy Landon lives 4 hours from Vegas 5. I'm obsessed with Laguna Beach and would love to check out the sights!







Mexico/Hawaii
Middle of Feb.... who wouldn't love going to a beach like one of these? I sure as heck would.




Miami FL,
Another American City that I would love to visit, I've never been much of a partier, so I don't think I could handle living in a city like this, but I'd love to spend a week laying by the pool, meeting the chill/laid back people that just play all the time, and never work.... :)



New York City, NY
Yet another American city I want to visit. There is so much history in NY and I would love to just be a typical sight-seer....however.... it might be cold... So I feel like I'd really want to just save that for a summer trip...Maybe Summer 2010 :)


Anyways, give me your feed back, places you've gone, places you've loved/hated and why! I'm looking forward to my pre mid mid life crisis trip.

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