PSI Wednesday..errrr Thursday!

Thank you Megan for reminding me of my PSI Wednesday! I totally forgot due to the excitement for the Rascal Flatts concert, and getting the H1N1 Vaccination...So I will blog about them BOTH right now!

Ok, so PSI Thursday for this week is... I feel that I can make new people feel comfortable, and I'm really good at making new friends. I think I'm so comfortable with where I'm at in my life, and I'm confident enough to put myself out there alot more to include new people, as well as making others feel comfortable weather it just be cause we're going to a new place, or cause someone has just moved here, and is trying to make new friends! I'm also really good at making other people look good, cause I'm just goofy! I can make others laugh, cause I'm loud! Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm a pretty outgoing person and I try and make most situations light and fun.

So tell me what you love about yourselves this week!


Now, that I told you one positive thing about myself, I can go into complaining. I'm THE BIGGEST whiner when I'm sick and not feeling good. I make sure everyone knows I'm not doing so hot.. I felt fine yesterday afternoon aside from the headache and the early signs of aching, but when I got home last night I had a full blown headache, I was having cold sweats, and I felt so achy. I had the HOTTEST bath known to man last night, and I was in bed super early! I'm feeling better today, but I still have an upset stomach, and a headache. I'm finding that I'm still getting the cold sweats, just not as bad as last night. Advil has been my constant companion over the last 24 hours!

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Vaccinated.....

Guilty As Charged....


I have been vaccinated for the H1N1.

I'm glad I did it....

**that might change tomorrow**

I'm already pretty sore/achy like they said I would, I can barely lift my arm, and I'm EXAUSTED! I was having my little pre-vaccine questions asked to be by the public health nurse, and she asked if I'm very sensitive to vaccinations, and when I said yes..she says " well then expect to be violently ILL within the next 6-12 hours for approx 24-48 hours" there was no turning back cause by the time she finished the sentence the injection was complete. UGH! they really need to tell people this before they stick you with the swine flu :) ha!

Normally I get pretty sick after I get my annual flu shot(and come to think of it, it never really works, cause I'm always sick 3-4 times a year)...hmmm....But the nurse told me that if I get sick after that, I will most likely be sick after this..

.Perfect.

..Just what I want..

Well hopefully this will keep me from getting H1N1, I was supose to get my flu shot friday, but they cancelled all clinics due to this round, so in a few weeks I'll have to go back and do this all over again. I sure hope it helps. I have a pretty weak immune system, and I seem to get sick 4 or 5 times a year but nothing HUGE, just sick enough to make me uncomfortable(which is probably worse than being full blown sick)



I've had people ask my advice on weather or not they should get it, and WHY I got it. Plain and simple. I work at a Cancer Center...I work with people who have little to NO immune system and I can't be a threat to them, I trust the vaccination, and most of all, it's really an individual choice. Get it, don't get it...whatever you choose, but don't come crying to me when you grow a snout or a curly tail, cause this little lady will have NO sympathy :)

....I'm feeling pretty good right now, I have a headache, and I'm achy, which is two of the four side effects, we'll see if I get a fever tho... I'll keep ya posted!

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Thank you Security!

Well..... I don't wanna brag or boast, but since everyone wants to know how fantastic the concert was last night, I will have to do a little of both...

It was FAB!!! Oh man, the opening act Daruis Rucker, was ok...meh I wasn't feeling a cowboy in a baseball hat last night I guess, but he was good...

**We got free tix's thru work so we weren't expecting them to be VERY good, but still it was the fact that we were there...so we weren't really complaining too much! That'd be rude :) ha ha! Anyways, I went with my friend Trish and her sister and her boyfriend Ian. Well Ian does part time security at the Saddledome where the concert was and when we got there he spotted two of his buddies doing security(they were wicked cute, and identical twins) CHAAAAAACHING! ha ha! :) Anyways, right before RF came out he came up to talk to us, and Ian was complaining about our seats, and so his buddy Tyler made a couple calls(on the radio) and said.... "alright girls, grab your stuff lets GO".... Go where??!?! CLOSER TO THE STAGE! Wahhhoooo we got freakin legit seats, and the concert was SO much better from there! We were probably in pretty expensive seats that we didn't even have to pay for! OH HEEEEEELLLLLLL YAH! So pretty much in the last two months I've been able to go to two concerts for free!

The concert wasn't as long as Keith, but it sure competed with AMAZINGNESS to Keith! Ahhhh soooooooo good! :)

I was singing my little heart out, so much that I couldn't talk after the concert and I even had some troubles today!

**Pictures will follow soon**

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Oh you know......

Dear Jealous People,

Hi, it's me again....here to gloat about how much my life rocks. Remember how a MONTH ago I went to Keith Urban for FREE?..... Well just thought I'd let you all know I'm going to rascal flatts tonight... for FREE..... Wow, can life honestly get much better! I love Rascal Flatts sooooo much! They're one of the first bands that I started to love when I converted to country, and I will always be a fan. There are 3 songs I can think of that I don't like, cause they're UBER country, but other than that, I love and KNOW every song.

Have fun doing whatever you're doing tonight, cause I'll have fun FOR SURE!

Love Lachele


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Come Here A Prophets Voice.....

Ok, so I just got an email from the IRC(Institute of Religion Calgary) and they said that Elder Richard G Scott is coming to do a YSA(Young Single Adult) Fireside on Nov 13th. How lucky are we to have an Apostle of the Lord visiting us! Let me tell you, we are SOOO lucky! I've had the opportunity in the last year alone to have been in some amazing meetings with President Henry B. Eyring, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, and along with that I've had the privilage of meeting Dallin H. Oaks, Russell M. Nelson(all in Canada). While I was living, I had the chance to meet with President Gordon B. Hinckley, President Thomas S. Monson, President James E. Faust, and President Deiter F. Uchtdorf(before he was a member of the 12) as well as various other members of the 70's and area authorities.

Now it's not everyday that anyone can just go listen to a church leader very easily, so I am grateful to live in an area of the world where it literally is a 2 hour plane ride, or a 12 hour roadtrip. I've had many opportunities to be in the conference center for General Conference, or for a General Relief Society meeting, and for the Christmas Devotionals. These are experiences that I will cherish forever, and I will always remember in times of trial. I will remember the feelings, and the spirit I felt as I have heard these men bear witness of the Savior. As Elder Bednar put it, "If you're not sure you have a testimony, be sure that I do, and let mine carry you, until yours can." I have had these men carry me in times of trial, and sorrow.

I hope anyone that lives in/around Calgary will take this opportunity to come and listen to an Apostles voice. It's such a blessing! Bring your less active/non-member friends. This is an amazing tool and I hope to see everyone there.



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Another day.....at 'work'

So, since this is a public blog I can't really say WHERE I work all I can really say is that I work for Alberta Health Services. I don't know why that was just relivant to my story...other than this post is about someone I work with. ha!

I often blog about convo's I have with people I work with. They're pretty comical, and if I was good at blogging, or knew anything about blogging, I could totally link the other convos I've had to this post so you can read them...but I'm not, so you'll have to go find them yourselves! HA!

So, yah I work with some pretty funny people.... not like funny ha ha, funny...but funny like CRAZY funny... This is about two different people I work with.

Story #1 is about one of my good friends I work with Carmelle. She's really funny.
She's getting married in December and still hasn't found anyone to marry her and her fiance yet, so the other day at work we had the following convo--

Carmelle-Lachele, if I found an internet deal where we could get you signed up to marry us, would you do it?
Me-Uhh, ha ha whhhhat?
C-Yah, well you could even add in some of that spiritual mormon mumbo jumbo you guys use and make it sound all official..
Me-You've got to be joking me right...haha that's so random
C-Well you can get ordained on the internet for two easy payments of $29.95. I'll pay for half
Me- HAHAHAHA! yah right... um, no but I could refer you to someone who could marry you for free :)
C-Free is good

OH man.... how funny was that! I love her, I know she was partly joking, but she was also partly serious :)

Onto the next story, this one is just redic. I feel like I'm in 3rd grade getting picked on, on the playground. Here at the AHS when there is a job posting that goes up, they interview everyone internal first, and if they don't find anyone specific for the job internally they interview externally. So, since I was hired that meant I was better than anyone who applied internally. :) GO ME!!! Anyways, so when I got hired there was a girl named mastadon(thank you xtina for the nickname of her) well, she had applied for the job, didn't get it, and so she HATED me, she was rude, and snappy, and just plain grumpy. She rode the same shuttle as me(cause we have to park offsite) and one day she pushed me off the bus(see 3rd grade bully) and then she almost hit me with her van one day when we were leaving the parking lot(again bully).... One day, she got pregnant...so I knew there'd be a light at the end of the tunnel... WOOOOOHHOOOOOO :) so she went on mat leave, had her baby....

DUN DUN DUN....... the year is up and she came back(she's actually been back for a month) I was worried about her coming back because I didn't want to be bullied again, so when she came back I was uber nice to her, she was a little rough around the edges but decided I was a pretty funny girl, so she took a liking to me real fast! She went from hating me, and trying to kill me......to thinking I'm the funniest person alive, to taking her breaks with me, to joking around..... Good for me right? Right. Well.....when it comes to work I take it very seriously, you screw up and I'll tell you about it, and make you fix your own mistakes... Unfortunately, she makes alot of them. So I have to constantly be on her case about doing things right. It's safe to say I went from her arch enemy, to her best friend.... and as of yesterday I'm her ENEMY again :( She is starting to get snappy with me.. and yesterday I was pulling out of my parking stall and she pulled out behind me and ALMOST HIT me, and continued to FLIP me off... I was clearly already in drive when she peeled out... today I've kept my distance, mainly because I'm pissed!

Needless to say.... I feel like a 3rd grader getting bullied again.


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Just Today....but not....

Today is a really hard day for me.. Today(almost to the hour) a few years ago I was in a car accident(It wasn't pretty!) I think thats all I really want to say about that event. Mainly my purpose for blogging today is vent some frustrations, and share some insights that I've learned over the last few years. Normally I write heavily in my journal about this topic around this time of year but I figured I'd blog about it, since this is pretty much the journal of the 21st century.

Ok, so here goes! And please don't judge me, I have never really voiced/typed any of these thoughts for the whole to see, they've been confined to the comfort of my journal!

THEN(Prior to my accident)
.I thought that this was my life, and I could do whatever I wanted with it.
.I thought that my life was going to play out exactly how I had planned it; school, marriage, kids, live happily ever after.
.I thought I was invincible.
.I thought nothing like that could ever happen to me.
.I thought my family loved me.
.I thought I had good friends.
.I thought I was rad.
.I thought I had the typical...PERFECT life.
.I thought I had a testimony of the Plan of Salvation, the Savior, and God.
.I thought I was on the right track.

AFTER(my accident)
..I realized this is my life, and the LORD has a plan for me(but REALLY was this in the cards)..
..I realized my life wasn't going to be playing out as planned..
..I realized I wasn't invincible and at anytime I could die(Like Oct 22)..
..I realized, that stuff like this can happen to anyone..
..I realized I have a family who loves me, and they would have died too if anything would have happened to me..
..I realized I had friends who bent over backwards to help me(friends on missions wrote letters to me, and they visited with me, and they helped me get better, they stayed with me when I would cry, and would listen to me HATING life,God, and everything else.)..
..I didn't think I was too rad..
..I realized my perfect life, was no longer perfect, and it will never be the way it was before..
..I realized my testimony was rock solid when things were going well, but I questioned EVERYTHING after it didn't go MY way..
..I realized I was no where near the track I should have been..

Now, to say I have all these issues have been 'resolved' would be lying, because there are still some days where I HATE my life, and where I wonder WHAT would have happened if I didn't get into that accident...

Would I be married..in the temple?, would I be happy, would I live in Calgary?

I know for sure I wouldn't be in Calgary! This city was NEVER in my plans. Am I glad I'm here? Yes, and No. I've met people, and experienced things I don't think I would have ever had the chance given I didn't live here(good and bad). Are they experiences I'm grateful for? Yes, and No. Some people have come into my life and changed it for the better, others I wish I could erase from my memory. To say I hate Calgary would a lie, and it would say I wasn't grateful for the good, the bad and the ugly that has happened while I've been here! But I do wonder what would have happened. Where would I be?

How has what happened to me changed me?
-- Well right after the accident, I was scared to drive. Then I got really careless(sorry mom) I was mad, and I was SURE that since I could have died in ONE car accident the chances of actually dying in a car accident was slim to none(probability). Retarded right? YUP! I'm alot more careful now, I do get nervous while I drive, and when I see cars pulling out, or turning. HA Turning is a JOKE still. When I'm turning anywhere and I'm turning left I tense up(it's gotten alot better over the last year or so) but I still jolt. Merging/changing lanes is really hard. I still tense up alot as if I was getting hit on my driver side door again.(ugh) ...sorry guys....mental picture. THAT was rough! wow..... Sometimes I still have nightmares, not as much anymore..THANK goodness...maybe one day I'll pass by Oct 22 like just any other day!

So NOW
...This is my life, and I was saved because I have a work to do, so I need to be an instrument in the Lords hands to help move the work along...
...I am not invincible and I should not help progress my death date by acting retarded...
...It can happen to anyone, and it totally does. In the last YEAR alone, my town has had a few kids killed in car accidents not too far from my accident...
...I still have a family who loves me so much, and I love them, and I know that if anything happens to them, or me that it would tear us apart...
...I still have amazing friends, friends from back when I got into my accident have texted, called, fb'ed me to say they're thinking of me, and friends I've made since then have been there and let me talk about it...
...I'm pretty rad. I definately have some issues to work out, but who doesn't right?...
...The Lord doesn't give us more than we can't handle, and that sometimes things happen for a reason and they THIS needed to happen to change the path I was on. I know that even tho I don't really like Calgary, and that this wasn't in MY plans, that it was in the LORDS plans, and I need to find out why I'm here, and who I need to help...
...I know I'm on the right track now, and I will stay on it...I am being blessed for it...

It's still hard, but I'm just trying to learn new things, and trying to make the most of this situation. That doesn't mean I don't get down sometimes... but things are looking up. I'm back working out at the gym full time, so I'm trying to get in shape, and train for more triathlons, and I've got a good job, and I hope to go back to school sometime soon.

Life is getting better, and I hope that I can help other people who might be in the same boat as me!

Sorry this was such a heavy post, but I feel WAY better now


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PSI--Wednesday!

Wow, is it Wednesday already? Holy cow! I feel like my life is passing me by a mach speed!

Alas, here we are again. I get to start off by saying THANK YOU to those of you who commented on my last PSI Wednesday, thanks for all the compliments, as well as telling me what you love about yourself!

So as I've been thinking about my Positive Self Image for today, I came up with something that is sort of a given as well. It's my skin.( I need to come up with some other stufF) I've seriously been blessed with amazing skin! While all my friends in highschool were on acutane, and all those other blemish creams I never had that problem. One name I can say I've never been called in my life is Pizza Face...Probably the only name I've never been called at that.. ha ha! I never really got zits, or dry skin, or whatever else other people got on a regular basis. Although I do tend to break out right around that 'blessed' time of the month and when I'm really stressed. Then that causes a chain reaction... I get (A) zit, I freak out, I get more stressed and then I don't do anything for a week(like right now) and I wait for them to go away. I assume since I can see them, and I know they're there, everyone does. So I do get made fun of for freakin out for a little blemish, while there are other people who have it way worse...



Alright, what else do you guys love about yourselves! Now that my top 3 obvious' are done, I'm going to have to dig deeper, or stop this PSI--Wednesday thing..ha ha


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I'm Adopting.....

Yup, you heard me right... I've been feeling like lately there has been a void in my life...(totally know how Brooke Davis feels...OTH) duhhh

So, I've looked into adoption. I'll know soon weather or not I will be the proud new momma to a HAMPSTER..... as soon as I know, you'll know.. ha ha

Ha.... I really want some sort of pet... I thought about a fish, but T-boy told me I need to clean out the tank....no thank you! Then I thought of like a rabbit, or guinea pig.....and then I thought they'd be too noisy.. and it just sooooo happens that T-boy has a hampster he's trying to get rid of lol.... so we'll see! HA HA...

I've never had anything other than cats and dogs, I'm not sure how well I'd do at caring for another life form.. I think I'd do an ok job. I babysat Sarens fish once... and it didn't die...I'm sure having a hampster would be fun. I could play with it...(ew as long as it didn't run away from me and hide in my bed) Ugh....


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Some funny stuff.......

.So, today I came across a funny blog!
..I love it.
...I will probably check it daily...
....Props to Laura in Utah...who is a 22 year old GENIUS!
.....I think everyone should go read it. www.whatnot2date.blogspot.com.

Recently I've had some random guys come back into my life from a LOOOOONG time ago...which have caused me to reflect on a few things...

..ok not too long ago..

But when I lived down in Utah and was going to school.. Most people probably don't really know this, but I did/do date quite a bit, and I have had a few boyfriends...(sorry I didn't tell you mom... ha) I don't like to talk alot about dates/relationships I'm in/have been in, because it seems like the minute I talk about them they're over... call me superstitious, but whenever I tell my friends, or my parents about someone I'm interested in it's over....
...done
...finito!
Then I end up looking like a loser.. cause I mention it once, and then BAM it's over..ha ha.Whats worse than you telling your parents or friends about a guy you like or are dating, and then two days later they ask for an update and you have to say...well they like me, but they like someone else more... ha O.U.C.H I don't bring guys around unless I'm seriously dating them, cause that creates a little too much pressure....and meeting their fam...that's out of the question... it makes me nervous.. I'm nervous right now! YIKES

--Please don't get my started on that. Ok, well to give you an idea of how much parents scare me.... I was having a rough day one day, and one of my guy friends Kman invited me over to his house, and he was going to cook for me,cause apparently I can't cook..hmm..true story! but by the time we finished talking and were going to make dinner his parents got home. BAH! If I could have bolted to the back door fast enough I would have been long gone! His parents are two of the nicest,funniest and sarcastic people I've ever met(PERFECT, I love those types).... but they're parents, and I was worried if they were going to like me, If I was talking to much, if I was too boring... (obviously I'm OCD, and care what people think)--might I remind you this is just my FRIENDS parents....not even a boyfriends...could you imagine....eww don't! Not pretty!

Another thing about me and dating....
I'm D U N-D U N-D U N very picky..who knew?

--probably why I'm still single.


I however would like to point out....that my pickiness is only one of the reasons I'm still single... the other is lack of proper suitors.. HA! Have you seen the guys in Calgs?(ok, maybe this is me being picky) But, all the good ones are taken, and all the goobs have already taken me out! I'm quite content with gym nights fri/sat and have pretty much made sure thats what I usually have scheduled on typical date nights in Calgary... I don't usually date more than one guy at a time...even casually... I don't waste my time going on a second and third date with someone I don't really like, I'd rather hang out alone... hmm yah... here we go... I can hear everyone telling me to stop being so picky! Yup, I've heard it all before! humph!



**sidenote** Has anyone ever noticed how many "......"'s I use? Wow, thats alot! I guess that's just me contemplating :)


Ok, here is a question I want to pose to everyone.... Are ex's...ex's for a reason? I believe in giving people second chances... it's the nice thing to do... I know there are circumstances that would warrant a yes or a no...but typically speaking!

Well that's it for now. I'm just going to wait til 4:30 when my mom calls me to see what this post is about... ha ha!

Good thing my rule is....anything I post about I don't usually talk about, thats why I blog :) Sorry Momma!


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Grateful....or not.....

In my thanksgiving post I said I was thankful for second chances.... I might recant that statement in the near future... just a heads up! I'll keep you posted tho.


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P.S.I-- Wednesday

Well, here's to week two of PSI Wed.

Thanks to Megan and Sarah for commenting on last weeks. You two are way too cute! Thank you for such sweet compliments. THIS week...will you two tell me one thing you love about YOURSELF.... you forgot to do that last time!

Well, I almost feel like I should pick something else as my PSI for the week, but I don't want to. I really REALLY love my hair! I have always had nice, thick, straight/curly hair! I cut it about 6 months ago and I'm not going to LIE, I hate it short. I wish it was longer... and I'm growing it out again. I know people say I look younger with long hair, and that short hair really does suit me... I just miss the long hair, and the fun things I could do with it!

So now...everyone please tell me one thing you love about yourself! I did it, now it's your turn!


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Thanksgiving.....

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I love Thanksgiving. It gives me a time to reflect on the things I'm grateful for. Not that I don't think about them throughout the year, it's just more prominant right now..

--I love thats its an excuse for a day off.
--I love that it's also an excuse to go home for the weekend.
--I love that I get to go home and EAT, and SLEEP, and be well taken care of!

.I'm thankful for alot of things in my life right now. I'm thankful for my health, and that I am alive, and walking, and I have no life threatening disabilities or injuries, and I'm also thankful for the above mentioned blessings in the lives of those I love.

..I'm thankful for the Gospel, and the light that it brings into my life, I'm very confused right now, but I know I'd be so much more confused if it wasn't for the Gospel and the Principles in my life. I'm grateful for Prayer, and to be associated with people who feel the exact same way!

...I'm thankful for the power of Prayer, and forgiveness...in me and in other people. I'm grateful to be so forgiving(for the post part) and that other people forgive me of my short comings, and all the little things I do wrong.

....I'm thankful for second chances in life...in many areas of my life. I'm grateful for the love that people show me in various ways. I love my friends and I know they're in my life for a reason, and I know things happen for a reason, and that there is a purpose for everything.

.....I'm thankful for the priesthood, and those I associate with that hold it, and honor it.

......Certainly last but definately not LEAST! My family. I love them. They're awesome. We're soooo random, and just have fun whereever we are. Sometimes I wish I lived closer to them, but alas, that won't be happening anytime soon!


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It's not P.S.I Wed, so I can critize all I want......

Alright, Please bear with me as I try to make sense of this! I've said time and time again that I work out like crazy. Most people would assume that I am some super skinny mini with how much I work out, but clearly.... I am not. Wanna know why?

.I EAT SOOOOOOOO UNHEALTHY.
..It's kind of become a running joke with the girls I work with, that I work out so much, but I suck at eating healthy..
...I'd probably be a skinny mini for sure if I ate properly...
....So I've devised a plan....

My Plan of Attack, is to be accountable to people all around me. I am accountable to a couple girls I work with. If they see me eating crap, they tell me "Bad Lachele" ha ha.. The food that I pack for work is all healthy...but do I always eat all that food. Yeah No. hmmmm. I work in a dept full of women who bring in treats, bagels, left overs and what not, and I'm always snacking. This needs to S T O P It's getting to be a little bit ridic.

So Fridays I will be blogging about my past weeks successes and downfalls. It's going to be super embarassing if I have to tell everyone whos reads my blog, that yesterday I bought a snickers bar, and a kitkat, and gave the kitkat to a girl I share an office with as a bribe not to tell the girl who checks on my eating that I was having a snickers... yeah sad huh? HA! This week I've done ok.... not great, but not as bad as I've been in the past..

Next week... My goals are to stick to the meal plan that I've set out. I've given myself more than enough food to be satisfied... I just get these insane cravings and I can't not satisfy them. I know I'm weak.... WEAK SAUCE! Next week, I'll also stick to my work out plan as well... I've made a strength training and cardio plan from a few different work outs courtesy of wwww.myfit.ca which is an amazing website.


Feel free to quiz me..... I'm going to need to be accountable. Hopefully I can keep my dicipline in check on thanksgiving.. OYI...


Sidenote: A girl a work with refuses to eat crappy food, she's such a good example to me. We both love the Biggest loser, and she said next time I want to eat crap I need to think of what Bob and Jillian would say to me :( I'm scared of them! However I would love to work with them. I wonder what it would cost to have them train me for 4 months. HA! I really want the Biggest Loser for Wii.... so any of you who know my parents, hint to them that I want it. I need to get a Wii first.. ha ha! Oh ya and a bigger TV...


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New Phone!!!!

So I got my new phone last night.... with little to NO complications! thats never happened what so ever with me and phones! So pretty much I'm their best customer, and they gave me a promo-deal where I got a $600 phone for $30! HA! yup.... I sure did. I got the blackberry Curve. It's pretty sweet! I came out spending $254 on a $900 package. I got the 3 year extended warranty cause...well we all know how many phones I've had.... Pretty much if I drop it, break it, anything to it, I get a new phone hands down! WOOOHOO So in a year and a half--when Telus comes out with the Iphone, pretty much all I have to do is drop mine in the toliet and VIOLA I get a new phone.....and I don't have to renew my contract..... I know how to beat the system.....


However, I did get caught with one minor glitch.... I somehow got the browser on my phone, and have been able to access the internet from my phone for a few months now, and I've come acustomed to talking to my little bro Troy on fb all day, and when they switched over my phone to my new one, it fixed the glitch and I now no longer get browser for free.... I have to pay $5 a month.... Oh well... I was going to try living without it, but I can't lets be honest the reason I got a high-tech phone is because I want to do fun things like that on it!


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Stay Tuned.....

I've got alot of things running thru my head right now. I'm trying to find an appropriate way to post these things, and I think I just need to stew over it for a few days. This time of year is really hard for me, and it causes me to reflect about the past, and the choices I've made/ones people have made that effect me.


I'm also in contact with a few coaches right now.... pray for me/wish me luck!


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Lazy??? You tell me......

I had printed some things off at work and I got up to go grab them(my printer is clear on the other side of the room) so that I know I'll alteast get some sort of exercise each day... ha ha jks I walk around alot! But anyways I've been sooooo sore from working out the last few days that I'm finding it hard to walk, to scratch my nose, to take off articles of clothing(I may or may not be wearing some of the same things I wore to bed last night.... just sayin') Anyways, I went over to go grab them and they dropped out of my hands and onto the floor.....

What is a normal persons response to that?
"bend down and pick them up"
Ohhhh not me... what did I do....

I just went back to my computer and printed more :) ha! I couldn't bend down, it seemed like more work... so am I lazy or what? ha

Nice waste of paper, and littering huh?


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Positive Self Image....

This morning on the radio on my way to work I was listening to one station and they were talking about models, and plus sized models, and self image. Well apparently model industry standards say any model over size FOUR is on her way to plus sizes. WHAT THE HECK! my left leg is a size 4(ok so it's not really) but come on! I've never been a size four. Other standards say plus size starts at 12-14. That I can handle cause I'm a 12, it's not THAT plus but I guess when you get up there it can be considered it. No wonder there are so many eating disorders and young girls dying because of this. I never knew it was THAT bad! I've always been self conscious about the way I look... Liking something and LOATHING other things...


I've started Positive Self Image Wednesdays. Even tho there might be alot of things I don't like about myself... Every Wednesday I will blog about something I love about myself. I get wrapped up in the whole "worldly" images, thinking I need to look like the girl on the poster at the gym, or thinking I need to look like the cute blonde sitting in front of my in Sacrament meeting. I'll admit there are alot of things I need to work on. I could stand to lose some weight(its not a secret ha ha), I could stand to tone up my relief society arms, and tone up my stomach and butt a little, BUT there will always be something I will love about myself it might not be physical but each week I will hopefully be able to find something new about myself, and maybe give myself a little encouragement to fix the things I'm not so fond of.


So, here it is! I love my eyes. I have fantastic eyes. They're tiny, but I like them small. I'm not sure how many of you have actually had a chance to look at my eyes closely. They're the a bright crystal blue in the middle with a dark blue outline around the edges. I love my eyes so much. Funny story. In highschool my friends use to call me "squints" because whenever I'd smile my eyes would disappear. I'd get asked soooo many questions like "wow, your eyes are gone..can you even see.?" ha ha! I can see perfectly fine!

Last night I decided to try my hand at lifting weights. I did get mocked by Troy after, and I am so sore today...but I'm proud of myself! I use 12.5lbs as my heaviest weight, but cut me some slack it was my first time. I worked out my upper body and it was good. I did it for about 45 minutes. I'm going to look online for some set workouts I can do so I don't look like I know nothing! Hopefully in a month or two I'll be able to notice some results so I can blog about that as my P.S.I Wed.


Tell me what you like about yourself!


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My phone no more......

Soooo my phone is busted. The radio won't turn on to recieve signals. I just spent the last 45 minutes writing down ALL the numbers in my phone incase they delete my memory... HA! I should have got that memory card last week like I was going too.... but nooooo! I've been without a phone for about 12 hours, 7 of which I spent sleeping so I'm doing ok. I'll live. I'm taking it back to the store I got it at tonight after work. They'll probably give me a lame loaner phone. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to fix if they can't do it in store. I like my phone.


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I just got a glimpse......

.....of how embarassed those 'drunk dialers' get after they make drunken phone calls in the middle of the night to people.....

.Now. Now.
..I didn't get drunk, and I didn't call anyone.. BUT.. When I'm sleeping and people call/text/talk to me.. I've heard it can be quite comical the things that come out of my mouth.. :) The worst part is, I never remember this, and they ALWAYS do! I'm the punchline for alot of people because of these incidences.

It hasn't happened in a while, so of course it was about time for something like that to happen to me, so that everyone can laugh, and so I could have something to blog about. Last night I get a text at 2:22am(who the heck is up at 2:22 on a work/school day) I'll never know, let alone why would they text a poor soul who has to get up in 4 hours.... hmm well I got a text from someone..

LNT(late night texter): Yo! Whats up.....
Me:Oh nothing, I really hate cocky guys...
LNT: Oh yah? What happened for you to hate cocky guys...
Me: you know, they make me feel like I need to TRY to impress them, so they'll hang out with me... It's a full time job...
LNT:Lachele, what are you talking about?
Me: Ok, LISTEN to me, I really HATE cocky guys, what part of that don't you understand? Stop questioning me....

** I don't remember this convo, let alone TEXTING this while I'm sleeping** I thought I had dreamt it, but when I checked my message history, sure enough I was telling LNT that I don't like cocky boys cause I don't think I'm funny enough to be their friends**


I was telling my friend at work this today, and she was laughing, I mentioned to her that I've been told I'm pretty funny when I'm sleeping so she wanted to try it out, and one night in the middle of the night she called me and this was the conversation.

Patrick: What are you doing......
Me: Just hanging out....
Patrick: Oh, who are you hanging out with....
Me: Oh just Chuck Bass...
Patrick: Chuck Bass huh??

HA! Apparently I think I'm upper east side material, cause I just was chillin at like midnight with chuck bass from gossip girl.


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Sick....REAL Sick..... ICK!

Sorry blogging world... now that I know there are a few people who actually check my blog, think I'm funny and have me to thank for their lack of boredom at work(Amber) my deepest apologzies. I've been sick. I haven't had the energy to blog, and haven't really had anything to blog about. I could blog about how I haven't eaten anything except cereal since thursday, and about how I've had a headache sooo bad that I get dizzy, and my chest feels like I have a fat kid sitting on it....and how this is the 10th time this year I've been sick..... BUUUUT thats boring.

However, It was General Conference this weekend and it was nothing short of FANTASTIC! Good thing I never expected anything less. There was atleast one talk in each session that just stood out to me. Sunday afternoon can I just give a shout out to Elder Holland. WOW! I did not peel my eyes off the screen the whole time. That man speaks with such conviction and by the power of the Spirit that it is so hard to do anything else but listen with my mind and my heart! This was the first conference I haven't been down in Utah for such a long time. I missed it. I missed seeing ALL my friends down there. It's so hard having gone to school in Utah, and now living in Canada, all my friends are just spread all over the States and Canada, so when there is something like Conference I know that alot of them will gather in the same place! Good thing I'll be sitting in Utah this time in 6 months! SEE YOU THEN FRIENDS!



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