So I've had a lot of time on my hands lately, that's probably a bad thing because all I do now is just watch TV and think, but anyways, so I've had a lot of time on my hands right? Right. And I've been really bored so my imagination has been running wild, and I've been thinking of all the things that I want to do in my life! I combined them all into a Bucket List (I know its so totally cliche, but I don't really care!) P.s. The Bucket List is a really good movie, super sad though, however totally inspiring.
Okay, so here's my bucket list as of today, I'll probably end up adding more to it eventually! Also, don't judge me, we're all different for a reason.
Run the Boston Marathon by the time I'm 30!
Work as a rad tech on the islands of Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, etc, and help with their health care.
Ruin as many pairs of running shoes as I can from running so much.
Be in two states at once.
Meet Nicki Minaj (Obviously with Brett Hogg by my side.)
Visit Strawberry Fields in Central Park.
Have a flour fight!
Help find a cure for cancer.
Send a letter via owl (preferably Hedwig)
Meet the Kardashians!
Move to Hawaii!
Fully overcome my fear of the ocean.
Buy a Venus Flytrap and train it to eat everyone I don't like.
Spend an entire day holding up a "free hugs" sign in a big city.
Date someone who loves bowties as much as I do.
Read 365 books in a year.
See how many balloons it takes to lift myself up off the ground.
Go to Barcelona and Madrid and work at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center there.
Make "fetch" happen.
Visit Westminister Abbey.
Steal a Wall Street sign and hang it in my room.
So right meow that's all I can think of, but I'm sure I will have a much longer list soon!
I haven't blogged in sooo long, and Stephanie Carlon has been really making me want to blog because she made her blog all cute and it gave me motivation! Thanks Steph!
Anyways, so for spring break, my family and I went to Hawaii! It was SO much fun, I could live there forever! Even if the weather is bad there, its still perfect (if that makes sense.) We did so much, but I wish we would have been there longer because there is still so much that we didn't do, but I'm super glad we went!
I'm gonna post some pictures, and then I'll explain them!
So, as you can so obviously tell, Courtney is like 10x darker than me, so save it because I already know! Anyways, we went parasailing, which was probably the scariest thing I've ever done in my whole 20 years of living. I'm not afraid of heights, however I am terrified of the ocean, and when you're swinging around 800 feet above the deep blue, it's a little frightening. Okay, maybe it was worse than that. I almost had a panic attack up there, even ask Courtney. She was laughing at me! I didn't want to get dipped because like I said, I hate the ocean, but my wonderful parents who were on the boat when we were in the air told the people running the show that we wanted to get dipped. A lot. So who got dunked in the ocean up to their necks? Courtney and I did! And not only was it a dunk, but it was like a "hey let's watch paint dry while you're sitting in the middle of the ocean with your feet dangling in the water for a shark to come eat them off!" kind of dunk. So scary and I'm never doing it again.
One of my favorite things that we did in Hawaii was go see Pearl Harbor and the Punchbowl. I'm kind of a nerdy nerd and I love history, so it was super cool to me. It really made me want to work on a Navy Base Hospital!
Of course one of the most beautiful things we saw was the Laie Hawaii Temple at BYU Hawaii. So beautiful! When you go to the Polynesian Cultural Center, you can take a tram tour to visit BYUH and the Temple, which I thought was kind of neat.
Let's see, all over Waikiki Beach there's statues of different Kings and Queens, like literally all over. People go and put flower leis on them for some reason, but its kind of cool too. And Ashley Knode, if you're reading this, the beach is that way!! :)
OH! I almost forgot! I swam with dolphins!!! We went to this place called Sealife Park and we got to swim with dolphins! I'm not gonna lie that was also really terrifying because when all you can see in the tank is the fin, it kind of looks like a shark. I almost didn't even do it, Courtney and my parents made me. The instructor lady asked me if I was nervous because I was basically the color of a ghost because I was so scared, but little did she know I'm always the color of a ghost! It was really fun though, and the dolphins feel all slimy and rubbery! I got to kiss them too, which was a cool experience! The lady had us swim out to the middle of the tank and then they have the dolphins swim underneath you and I almost pooped my pants, it was so scary! As if you can't tell, I'm kind of a baby. No big deal.
Climbing Diamond Head was also really fun. I love stuff like that! There's a lot of steps you have to climb but in my opinion that hike was easier than climbing Badger! Plus the scenery was way better too.
We didn't make it to Haunama Bay to go snorkeling, however we did go snorkeling in a reef tank at our hotel that was just full of fish which was fine by me because I hate fish and sharks and turtles and eels and basically anything else that can kill me in the ocean. I'm actually really glad we didn't go snorkeling in a Bay area or whatever because I almost had a heart attack in the reef tank with ONLY fish, so my heart probably would have stopped in the actual ocean.
So that's pretty much it, I mean we did a lot more than all of that but I realized this post is getting kind of long. So sorry to anyone who's reading! I will tell you guys that I'm allergic to mosquito bites, and I got like 10 or 11 of them in Hawaii, and since I'm allergic usually they swell up and turn purple, but these ones decided to swell and blister so I literally looked like I had a disease. It was awesome.
So I haven't blogged at all for 2012 yet and I've been really wanting too, like really bad, but I've either been busy, napping, or I didn't really have any great ideas. WELL, tonight I was at Walmart with my parents, and my dad and I were walking down some aisle, and we saw these two girls making fun of this lady that worked there who was a little bigger around. It seriously broke my heart to hear and to watch these two girls make fun of someone like that.
Now I know I'm not perfect and I'm not saying that I've never judged anyone by what they look like, or what they're wearing, etc, but I can honestly say that I've definitely been trying to truly look for the good in others. How can you judge someone when you don't know their situation? It reminded me of an article I had to read recently for one of my english classes about this 400 lb. man who had hated his life, and his coworkers always made fun of him for his weight, but the man had said that nobody had asked him why he was really 400 lbs. No one had considered the levels he went to try to lose weight. No one had known how hard his life had been, or that his weight condition was hereditary. They only judged him by his weight, and his weight alone.
I guess I'm kind of rambling on now, but I just really wanted to get that off my chest. It's not even weight issues that have been bugging me lately, its seeing anyone in need. Why don't we help out more people? Is it because we're too busy? Or we just don't want too? Why don't we stand up for people like the Walmart employee? Are we too afraid? Maybe we shouldn't be. Maybe we should stand up for what we know is right.
Okay, sorry for the heavy, but I just really really really needed to say that. Thanks for reading! xoxo.
Hello fellow readers! It has been quite some time since I've blogged last. I guess I just got caught up with school and work and life and whatnot, also I don't really ever have anything important to say, haha. But I do feel like this is important, so I'm going to say it. Bear (bare? i don't really know actually) with me please, this could get kind of emotional.
So Christmas is in 6 days or something close like that, and I haven't really "felt" like its Christmas, given I've been listening to Christmas music since July, so that wasn't really new or anything. I've always loved the season. I love the decorations, and the lights. Not to mention the holiday baking because let's be real, I love eating. Back to what I was originally saying, I haven't really felt like its Christmas, or close to it, and its honestly been kind of stumping me. I mean, I've done everything Christmas-y, so why doesn't it feel like Christmas? And then, it HIT ME! Okay, so I've been going to church since you know, I was born, and I've been raised LDS my entire life. I know the reason for the season, and that is most importantly Jesus and his birth. Somehow, I've let it not entirely slip my mind this season, but it hasn't been my first priority like I know that it should be. I teach a primary class at church on sundays for the 4/5 year olds, and I just adore them. Seriously, the most precious and eager children you will ever meet. They teach me so much more than I ever could have possibly imagined. Anyways, so our lesson on Sunday was our Christmas lesson, and it warmed my heart to see that they knew what Christmas was all about. To hear them shout out their answers when I asked if they knew what the true meaning of Christmas was, was incredible. To hear and to see these little children know this was such an eye opener.
Christmas these days is all commercialized. Its all about presents, and Santa. People forget the true meaning. These children have helped me to remember what the season is all about. Giving, loving one another, and most importantly, our Savior.
Giving and service is one of my biggest goals. I feel like I don't serve enough. I've been looking for charities to help, and for organizations to volunteer for, but I haven't been trying hard enough. But that's my goal, to get involved, and to serve. I think tomorrow I will collect some canned food and go to the Salvation Army, or maybe I will use my paycheck to go pick out some presents for the children in the shelters or hospital. I'm not entirely sure what I am going to do yet, but I know I am going to do something.
Thanks for reading, and I'm sorry for the heavy. If you get anything out of this blog, I would hope that it would be to remember the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Have a very merry Christmas! Love, always. xoxo.
But seriously, it has been a long time, and that's probably because my computer is broken, and I go to school, and I work, and I study, and I watch the Big Bang Theory, and I sleep...ALOT. I think something is wrong with me because all I want to do is sleep all the time!
Anyways, I should be studying right now. I have a muscle test tomorrow in anatomy (I've had 2 tests already this week) but I just really don't want to study anymore. My brain is so fried its basically KFC. Or maybe it would be KFB..like Kentucky Fried Brain? Who wants fried brains? Not me. I'm no zombie!Zombies scare me, cause they're all like "ahh let me kill you and eat you or bite you and turn you into a zombie ahhh" and plus they're reallllyy annoying cause they moan and its so creepy. Plus they are not attractive whatsoever. Look at me, all off topic like I know what I'm talking about. Actually I don't know what I'm talking about, and that's the beautiful thing of blogging, you don't have to have a purpose, which I don't, so I fit right in! That was a really long run-on sentence, but who cares I'm not an english teacher!
Just to let everyone know, the 25 days of Christmas starts on Sunday and I've been clearing up room on my DVR so I can get ready for it. Christmas is the BEST time of the year! I bought Justin Beiber's Christmas cd, and while I don't really like baby beibs, I do love any kind of Christmas music (I've been listening to it since July.) Oh, and also, Hillari and I leave for AZ in 23 days (I think!) So excited! Hello AZ and warm weather, goodbye ghetto TC and crappy weather! Not gonna miss this!
Okay, I think I'm done. For now. Enjoy this Christmas song that I rediscovered the other day. Classic. xoxo.
Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel
(refrain:)x2
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel
(refrain)
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done
That's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
Love this song so much. It makes me want to dance. Enjoy! xoxo.
Okay so for starters, I did not go to homecoming, well I kind of did but I'll get to that soon, so do not be decieved by the title of this post. I am not in highschool anymore (sigh of relief) and I am definitely not that person that still wants to go to dances even after they've graduated. I didn't even want to go when I was in highschool. Why would I want to go now? ANYWAYS.
SOOOO...for those of you who do not know, my parents DO homecoming. Cheer is in charge of homecoming and my parents pretty much take over. My mom decides what to do for everything and my dad builds whatever she tells him too. So yeah, pretty much from May until October ish our house is a disaster, we NEVER get to see slash talk to our parents (which can sometimes be a good thing I guess,) they are never here, always busy, and Courtney and I are practically ignored for months which is something we are certainly not used too. So you can probably tell that we are both ecstatic that homecoming is over! WE GET OUR LIVES BACK! Hooray!!
Here's some pics of homecoming! Court looked so purrty!
sooo....I may or may not have dressed like Captain Jack Sparrow at their homecoming last night...OKAY SO I DID AND IT WAS HILARIOUS! Kadie dressed like Ariel because she has long super pretty red hair and she has lots of freckles like Ariel. So it was perfect. Okay so story of how I became Jack..so friday night I was messing around with this like life size steering wheel thing and I was going on about how I should have a captain's hat and how I really had one and how I should dress up like a captain and then all of a sudden I was like "I SHOULD BE JACK SPARROW OMG!" and everyone loved that idea and so my mom made me go find a costume Saturday morning, and I didn't even think about facial hair or anything, but luckily a girl on the teams (fairy) godmother was there and she did theatre makeup and stuff like that for a living and I asked her if she would do my makeup and she did and it looked soooo fantastic! I pretty much looked like a boy...haha. Kadie and I, or should I say Ariel and I, were the hit of homecoming. Who cares about cute boys or dresses or pretty hair when you have disney characters at your highschool dance?! Yeah...we don't have lives...
I'm kind of a good time. Whatevs. kthanx4readn. Loves! xoxo.
