I. love. lilacs.

I think I may have found my favorite flower.
The smell, the color, the everything...love em'!
This pic pretty much sums it up so I'll let it do the talking.

The countdown begins!

For the last 300 and something days I have been reminiscing and looking forward to spending a week outdoors with lots of bugs, lots of mud, and not a single shower.

Why look forward to something like that?
Because- it's where friends become family, where life is not too busy to enjoy nature, and when nighttime's purpose is to stay up talking and falling asleep under the stars. Where fears are overcome, and new things are learned.

Plus it's the only time I'll ever be caught alive going a week with no shower.

Cedar Badge in 5 days...Woot!!

Summer bucket list

A few small and simiple things I want to do this summer-

-go to the drive in
-run @ least 3 times a week (or some form of exercise)
-learn to longboard
-read some good church books
-become more patient
-buy a car??....or some form of transportation for school at least.
-keep better track of my checkbook ledger (or whatever it's called)
-go hiking
-finish my quilt
-eat at famous dave's
-save $ for school
-go wakeboarding
-drive a stick again
-go to the temple at least 3 times
-ride a bike
-sleep under the stars
-blow fire
-roast starburst...mmmmm.

:D

You are what you...think?

Lifeguarding provides lots of time for random thoughts to pop in & out of my head. It's never anything significant or worth remembering; but I'm under the impression that thoughts that appear in my head at times when I'm not thinking about anything in particular-must be SOMEWHAT significant to me. Why else would I be thinking them?

Eating breakfast, taking a shower, driving- are all mundane tasks that allow the mind to wander. And wander it does, but where? I have no clue where I am going with this but..it was just on my mind.

I guess to me it's kind of the concept of "You are what you eat". Except instead- we are what we think. I suppose I've just been contemplating what my brain has been being fed and whether it is worthwhile or not, because that's what it becomes. Not that it's being fed a bunch of crap- but more just too much of one thing or another. Plus in the other sense too- we are what we think of ourselves as, regardless of what other people might say. Which could be either good or bad- depending on how you see yourself.

So does this mean it's time for a good ol' diet?
I think for now I'll just try to stick with choosing between things that are good, better, or best. And find a good balance.

Fail.

I baked brownies @ 425 instead of 325 and my house STILL stinks.
I sewed my swimsuit and totally messed it up the first time.
I planned a girls night that only 2 girls showed up to, myself included.
I got lost on my way home from work. again. (how it happens, I do not know!)
I actually HIT the ball in softball, but forgot to let go of the bat til 1st base and almost took out the 1st baseman.

All in just one week.

Life is full of failure. But it is too short to get frustrated over such trivial things, so instead they actually ended up being really funny. Thank goodness for laughter. :)

The new do

I spent forever trying to find a better before pic with my hair down, but for the last few months I have been so sick of my hair that it's been in a ponytail since Christmas basically. Here is the most recent pic with it down that I could find though. :)

Before:
 

After:
 

Ok, so I know I don't have a husband, but I saw this on my cousins blog and got a giggle from it. Among all the people at BYU-I getting married, maybe they will change their minds. After reading THIS- I think I will enjoy dating as LONG as I can!!
;) haha *(But I'm sure my husband will be great)*

INSTALLING A HUSBAND

Dear Tech Support,

Last year, I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as:
Romance 9.5 and
Personal Attention 6.5,
and then installed some undesirable programs such as
NBA 5.0,
NFL 3.0 and
Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?
Signed,
Desperate


DEAR DESPERATE:

First, keep in mind,
Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while
Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html, try to download Tears 6.2, and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.


If those applications work as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1.

Please note that Beer 6. 1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0-program. This is an unsupported application and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend
Cooking 3.0 and
Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck!
Tech Support