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2011-05-01T23:14:00.000-07:00

Karl G. Maser

2011-04-28T12:12:00.001-07:00

Ah, I was just thinking how I should explain what my picture is up at the top. I did a photo-shoot with my RA/friend Lauren Merkley and we decided that rolling around on the grass would be cute. It totally was. The coolest part about our shoot in front of the Maser building is that essentially I am named after Karl G. Maser! My grandpa's dad was a friend of Mr. Maser and named my great uncle after him, Karl A. Seely. My mother, my grandpa's second daughter, was named after her uncle Karl, hence Karla (Karl A smooshed together is Karla, get it?). When I was born my mom was going to name me Arielle but The Little Mermaid was supposed to come out in a few years and she didn't want to name me after a fish so, like her name and like her mother's name she put a K in front of Arielle and that is how I became KariElle; after a long list of Ks with the beginning being Brother Karl G. Maser. Cool, huh?

The 'e' is capitalized in the middle of my name because my mom liked Elle magazine and it means girl in French.

Last Post

2011-04-28T11:14:00.000-07:00

Matt is going to the Czech Republic for his mission and leaves in 4 days!

Edison flew up to Utah to drive back with me to Arizona! What a good sister.

I'm gonna miss the Colony boys a ton! They were a huge part of my Sophomore year and these are a few of them. Cousin Scott is in the orange, Boise nation of course.

Well, this is my last post. I'm going to have a mission blog after today to document what kind of mission stuff I'm doing and my thoughts and all that. Plus I have a new email and every time I post here I have to go through the whole ordeal where I log out just to log back in. It's unexpectedly frustrating.

Man, what do I write about on the last post of my most favorite blog? I have two others, did you know? One with my BYUSA presidency and another for my BYUSA journal reflections on leadership. I like blogging and wish I kept it up more but the whole logging in process takes .45 seconds too long and has deterred me from posting haha. Pathetic but true.

I'm outside in the beautiful Arizona weather, 78 degrees at 11 in the morning, listening to my Cat Stevens Pandora station. It's so chill and wonderful and relaxing and peaceful. The only thing that would make this even better is if I had ran already this morning so that I could justify taking a lazy morning nap.

I think that I'll wrap this up by mentioning that after all this time blogging:

1) BYU is the best decision about college I've ever made.

2) BYUSA is the second best decision about college I've ever made.

3) Living on my own is a way better than living at home (I love that I get to be with my family though).

4) I'm going on a mission.

5) I'm proud of myself for not letting my boy-crazyness get the better of me. I've yet to seriously like a boy who likes me back and haven't wasted my time or done stupid stuff as a result.

6) It's important to not worry about what I can't control and simply trust God.

7) I really love music because it's fun and wish I could play the piano. So I'm teaching myself.

8) It's important that I learn from my mistakes and not judge others as if they've been where I've been.

9) Exercising and eating healthy really are important and crucial aspects of a productive, positive day and I'm trying be better at living that way.

10) I am confident in who I am and love my life so thanks for participating!

11) I still can't spell after 20 years... thanks goes out to SpellCheck too, ha

PS, I'll post the link to my new blog when I create it. =D

oooh but I have to document the funniest day Matt and I had on Monday hahha. I picked him up around 10 that morning and the first thing he said was, "so, is it just gonna be one of those days today?" and I said, "a super great one? yeah, it is!" and we laughed but had no idea that it really was going to be one of those days...

Yogurtland was our first stop and it was closed so we went to Sports Authority to play around. We each putted 3 holes and 2/3 of mine stopped right at the edge!! How does that happen? He made 2/3 of his of course. Later we played some ball in the backyard and skated around a bit. He wanted me to do a trick but I kept saying how I didn't want to because I hate falling in front of people. I was in the middle of turning on the skateboard as I said this and of course I fell RIGHT ON MY FACE. oooh it was so funny. I am still in awe of how that happened... now I have a black eye haha. Maybe the funniest part about that, other than that I had a soccer shaped ice pack on my face, was his face at seeing me on the ground. haha he was just in shock and didnt really know what to do hahaha he's a good guy and sat in the shade with me. 30 minutes later we're picking up stuff to go inside and I told him that the only thing that makes me feel better about when dumb stuff happens is that the rest of the time I'm right on key. Of course the ball I threw over to the patio just as I said that hits a rock on the ground and flies right back towards me!! hahaha oh gosh it was just one of those days, ya know? hahahaa Monday will be funny for the rest of our lives...

Una

2011-03-30T08:32:00.000-07:00

I had the weirdest dream last night. I was praying and praying for these two little children, siblings, maybe twins, to be healed. They were very poor and lived in an underground sewer and were incredibly sick. I wanted them to be better, I hoped that my faith was strong enough to cure them but I woke up before I could find out. Their names were in some way tattooed/imprinted on their little feet and one of the babies was Una. How on earth could I know this name? I just thought my mind had messed up on naming this kid.

False.

I'm in my English class and we are reading East of Eden where one of the character's names is Una. How could I possibly know that?? I havn't read to that part yet! How is it possible that I dreamed about that name without knowing it before hand and then stumble across it in a book written 60 years ago. Craazzyyy!!!

What does this mean?

Lookin Good In My Jeans

2011-03-26T09:29:00.000-07:00

I am getting thiner but the scale refuses to acknowledge that! haha Today I weighed in at 190.6 but a few weeks ago I finally was 188. My work out scheduled has gotten screwed up but I'm feeling tons better than I used to. Larlee is really good at encouraging and supporting me in my weight loss journey. She helps me avoid chocolate and congratulates me on eating healthy foods. She's just great! She just said that my jeans look good and I made some comment on how we have the same ones haha. She said, "Kari, its not the jeans, it's you in them!" That made me feel really good. =D

new friends

2011-03-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

so these are my new friends! jordan, heather and grace. theyre all in my ward and jordan and grace are new this semester. we went long boarding yesterday and it was so great! i fell pretty bad and scratched myself up, of course, but it was all good. grace, heather and i had a rainy day photo-shoot last week too! these are wonderful people and i cant wait to get to know them better and hang out more! plus jordan is way attractive and sings extremely well and i love that too. =D

Elder Perrys top 4 things to Establishing Christianity

2011-03-06T17:43:00.000-08:00

1) Pray

2) Daily Scripture Study

3) Temple Worthiness

4) Daily Acts of Service

I can do tons better on all four of these things. I plan on going with my ward to the Temple this Saturday. On Wednesdays people from my ward go to a Spanish ward to help the kids with their homework and I'm going to start going to that as well. Praying and studying my scriptures are things I need to work on on my own though.

Jimmer Mania

2011-03-03T09:33:00.000-08:00

well, last night was a HUGE disappointment. we lost our first basketball game in a long time with more than 10 points between us the entire game... it was sad. ='(

whats more sad though is that we lost one of our favorite players. brandon davies had a little temptation which resulted in his suspension from the team and possibly the school. this boy named chris has a wonderful blog post about staying positive and not making the situation worse for him and i encourage you all to read it.

No School!!!

2011-02-21T08:23:00.001-08:00

Last night was the best sleep I've had in FOOREEVVEERRRR and its due to the fact that I was emotionally exhausted and physically pooped out. I taught our Sunday School lesson and the spirit was so strong then Emily, Larlee and I had been laughing all day, it was just insane how good of a day it was. Honestly though, the weekend was fantastic! We have so many inside jokes now - "Weenis!!" being one of them. hahaha we are such a good apartment! We get along so well! yayy! Thanks to PIT we've have been making new friends in the ward too! I posted some of the images we took but there are at least 50 more that prove how much fun the three of us had together... hahahahaa our videos are HILARIOUS too and I hope you enjoy them!

new week #2

2011-02-12T08:32:00.000-08:00

This week was incredibly busy!!!! Tests, papers, honor week, sleeping, more papers, cleaning checks, basically your typical college life all smooshed into one 7 day period! I wish this hadn't been such a wild week though because I was supposed to drop 3 lbs! Not gain one. Stink!! I need to sleep better (6am-1030pm) and make sure to eat healthy ALWAYS, despite the time or the easiest food choice.

On to other news of the week: I had my first bishop interview for my mission on Wednesday! That's pretty exciting! I can turn my papers in on May 16! Matt goes into the MTC two weeks earlier (May 4) and he's said that I can sing for his farewell. He wants "How Great Thou Art". I'm excited to sing for him and see him off. He will be a fantastic missionary! We were talking about how excited we both are for our missions and how we both get to go to the temple. THE TEMPLE!!! It's fantastic!!

This is the temple in Hawaii where he gets to go to every week. He's so lucky!

This is the Provo Temple that I get to go to! It's not as exotic looking as Matt's but I love it.

We are so blessed to get to do this. Serve missions. I just want school to be over now so that I can have more time to prep and find out where I'm going! Spain is what I'm hoping for but who knows. I'll be happy no matter where I go.

Well, there is so much more that I could blog about but I have a 12 page paper waiting to be written. ='( In an hour I'm singing with my bishop and a beautiful boy in my ward for our stake talent show auditions!! Then it's back home for my paper and hopefully I'll be able to finish soon and then go watch Jimmer and his boys play basketball and whoop the Utes.

leadership

2011-02-06T21:35:00.000-08:00

if you ever want to see how i view my position as a leader check out my other blog:

KariElle Leads Now, Not Tomorrow!

Literary Genius

2011-02-03T12:53:00.001-08:00

I just had a brief epiphany. The common stereotype for smart people is that they wear glasses. Well, when I wear glasses it's usually because I'm so dog on tired that it hurts to wear my contacts. Does that mean that smart people wear glasses because they're so tired from reading huge anthologies and writing papers until wee hours of the night? I think it does.

Lets Get Our Swimsuits On!

2011-02-01T21:44:00.000-08:00

Sunday is supposed to be a high of 42*!! That's great weather this weekend! Woo-hoo! Today was difficult. Cold to the bone difficult. A high of 22* and a low of 1*. Yes. ONE DEGREE FERANHCEIGHT! That's totally freezing. Toottaalllyyy freezing. Sunday will be better though and Emily and I have decided to bust out our suits and hit the pool. Everyone is welcome to join.

First Month

2011-01-29T12:32:00.000-08:00

I weighed in at 193 this morning! That's really great since I havn't been at this weight for quite some time [except last week when I lost 4 lbs after not loosing any the previous week]. For the past two years I havn't been keeping track of my weight but now that I am it scares me to think of how much I could have gained! Now that I'm monitoring myself and being better about working out and all that it's fun to eat healthy and go to the gym.

Today I'm working on two projects: 1) my lesson for tomorrow's sunday school and 2) my conference paper for my 295 english class on George Herbert. Both of these things need to be done today or I pretty much fail. Above all else, I hate failing.

Knowing that this month I lost a total of 6.6 lbs. will keep me motivated to getting my work done because only after I finish can I go to the gym. It's still embarrassing that I'm so heavy, but it's something I'm working on. Next month I WILL LOOSE 8 LBS if not more and by February 26 will weigh 184 lbs. I know I can do this. I have to. I will. 184 lbs baby! How pathetic that I still have so much to loose... I have to though or I'll have to pay my mom another $30 bucks because she lost 8 lbs this month and I didn't! grr

gym gym gym gym. cardio cardio cardio cardio. muscle muscle muscle muscle. 184 184 184 184.

Man of my Dreams

2011-01-21T23:15:00.000-08:00

What do I do when the perfect guy for me is not the man of my dreams? Even after I've dreamed about him (only once and it was so unexpected that the dream really doesn't matter)? He's wonderful though, don't misunderstand. He's practically perfect in every way: fan of running, works at the MTC, plays basketball really well, likes my singing, loves his family and is one of the kindest men I've ever known. I love hugging him and he lets me hug him whenever I feel like it - I like that too. So why doesn't it feel right to like him? Why do I feel myself holding back? He's not my ideal man but he's FANTASTIC and I tell him all the time.

Home Libraries

2011-01-17T19:46:00.000-08:00

I don't know how long I could keep up a perfectly white room like this but it looks so peaceful and calm! I'm sure if I had a library like this one I would look forward to being productive just for a reason to sit in here.

I love how cozy this room is. It's not too bright but just happy enough to inspire some quality service projects.

I'd use this room to have company over to talk about our favorite books and how we can help the children do better school (I don't have kids, but by the time I'm able afford a library like this one I'm sure I'll have some running around). =D

I'll pick this set up for my country cottage in Ireland when I move there.

I think I love this room most of all. The ladder reminds me of Bell in her favorite book store. It's colorful and modern but quiet and jazzy. It looks like a place kids would build forts in; a place where I'd go to relax, listen to my music and get my reading done. After building my own fort of course.

Idaho

2011-01-14T09:59:00.000-08:00

A fairly large caravan of college students are driving up to Boise this afternoon to 1) be with Chad for his mission farewell talk and 2) get away for the weekend. In addition to packing for my 3 day weekend (friday night, saturday day and sunday day) which starts at 3:15, we have a cleaning check at 3:00. My job is to clean the bathroom and I'd really rather not clean the bathroom. It's by far my least favorite chore. My clothes need to be hung and the other set need to go into the dryer, I need to take a nap, get showered and ready for the day, and lastly, probably most important to the safety of myself in this apartment, I need to clean that bathroom!

1) drink water

2) move my laundry over

3) clean half of the bathroom

4) hang up my clothes

5) pick laundry up

6) clean other half of bathroom

7) pack bag

8) shower and get ready

9) nap, maybe, and leave for IDAHO!!

luf mug

2011-01-12T12:37:00.000-08:00

i really do have the best roommates.

they bought me this mug from anthropologie and surprised me on sunday!

i had no idea.

just goes to show that the people you spend your time with know you.

i love them so much!

im grateful to have them in my life and to be part of theirs.

what would i do without them?

the Challenge

2011-01-10T20:26:00.000-08:00

Last week I lost 2.4 lbs! hooray for me! This week's goal is to lose 2 lbs again, more if possible, and to go to bed by 10:30. I'm doing well at not eating past 9:00 pm. I just got home from my second spin class which was just as tough, if not more sweaty, as the first time and I can not wait for Wednesday when I get to do it again! On my list of things to do tomorrow is laundry. I can't work out as much as I am without clean sports bras and shorts... t-shirts I definitely have enough of though.

I went to the grocery store this afternoon and bought a ton of yogurt, some greens, turkey, whole grain granola bars and some apples. I don't even like apples. Oh, and at the gym they gave me 4 single serving boxes of multi-grain cheerios! If you

don't like them I'm not quite sure what's wrong with you. They are divine. It's like General Mills has created this super-human breakfast food that can be eaten at any time of the day and it satisfies your belly. Breakfast, of course, a late lunch if you are in a hurry, or a deliciously sweet desert! Can you tell I love these cheerios? They really do bring cheer to my life.

What a coincidence that the gym I love also gives me the food I love! That's a quality work out place if I've ever been to one.

Cycling!!

2011-01-05T19:23:00.000-08:00

OK!! cycling is my new favorite thing!! i just got home from my first class ever and it was great! i stink more than usual, have sweat seeping through my entire shirt, can barely sit/stand/walk and feel wonderful! its nice to have a new exercise that keeps me guessing. when we first started though, i thought, "ok, how hard can cycling really be?" boy, was i wrong! it was tough! i have an entirely new appreciation for Lance Armstrong and his ability to win multiple tour de france races. what an amazing accomplishment! you go lance! my legs hurt, my arms hurt, my shoulders hurt, my back hurts, my abs hurt, my booty hurts... its going to be a restful night thats for sure! thank goodness my mom got me that mattress pad thing that i wanted so badly! now i just need to shower so my body can stop smelling like a man.

I LOVE CYCLING!!

home

2011-01-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

im leaving in exactly 47 minutes to go back to my other home in provo. i still need to pack and im starving. i was going to get ready and put my face on and all that but i cant. i miss matt. i have no one to impress anymore. at least ill see him again in 4 months. and ill be thin. thats good. i love my family and wish i could be with them longer but its good for me to go back to school and be productive. i had a dream last night that i was trying to become Executive VP for BYUSA.... it was horrible! i knew i didnt want to do it because i was going on a mission. it was like i was trying to do everything when in reality i couldnt do it all; nor did i want to. it was weird.

im going on a mission.

im also going to be late if i dont pack up all my stuff!

p-town, here i come! =D

Chocolate

2011-01-01T07:04:00.000-08:00

Happy first day of the year! My New Year's Resolution this time around is to not eat chocolate. Completely crazy, I know. I'm also doing a weight loss challenge with my mother. Every Saturday I will weigh myself and the goal is to loose about 2 lbs a week. At the end of each month we will compare our weight loss and whoever wins gets a reward paid by the other person! Today is the first day and my starting weight is 200 lbs (gross, I know). By the month of April I will have lost 37 lbs-ish and be at 163 lbs and, hopefully, totally toned. It's a lofty and attainable goal. Impossible is nothing!

my last bite of the good stuff for 365 days!

teeth!!

2010-12-28T20:36:00.000-08:00

today was day one of my 7 day teeth whitening program.

January 1, 2011 is the second time ill do it. [that is today and im editing this post] =D

the life of a girl best friend

2010-12-26T17:16:00.000-08:00

It's nice to be home. I was so bored the first day I came back from Provo but I feel much better now. I didn't know what to do with my time. I was so used to going 100% full speed ahead 24/7 at BYU but coming here I can actually take a breather and figure out my life.

I am going on a mission.
I am starting my papers as soon as I talk with Bishop Munoa when I get back.
Hopefully, I'll leave right as I turn 21 so that I can leave and come back as quick as possible.
I want to help people and do what I can to make them happy but figuring out what job lets me do that takes some more thinking.

Mondays Are Marvelous Part II

2010-12-21T10:28:00.000-08:00

I just woke up from a long sleep. My body is tired and screaming to go back to bed but I need to stay awake and have a productive day! When I sleep in too long it makes me cranky. The reason for such a long, body-exhausted sleep? Yesterday was THE LONGEST day I have ever had in Surprise. Ever. I don't think I've ever done so little in one day that felt like it went on forever.

8:30 am drove Edison to practice at her high school

9:00 am came home to eat and mop the downstairs

11:00 am drove back to Shadow Ridge HS to pick Edison up11:30 am rode Peyton's rip stick, sat outside for lunch, watched tv

1:30 pm went to my 1:40 dentist appointment

2:30 pm some FBing in there and more tv

5:20 pm picked up Matt to get gas and go to Jump Street (we took pics of how much more tan he is than me and he thinks its hilarious.)

8:00 pm dropped Matt off, came home to shower and eat

9:30 pm Matt came over and we skated in the back with Peyton

10:20 pm Matt and i drove around and i dropped him off at Walmart with his buds

11:00 pm went to Brady's house to meet up with the old krew

12:00 am picked Audrey up from her volleyball party

12:40 am went back to Brady's to see Collin

1:00 am went home

1:30 am CRASHED

and now I'm home and awake and still wanting to go back to bed. I was so tired when I came home... but now I'm up and have had my cereal and walked around a bit. Today's agenda is composed of music listening, tv watching, rip stick skating, upstairs vacuuming, and a little bit of garage cleaning.

GRRRR i just ran out of Pandora music! my 40 hours of the month are up...

Mondays Are Marvelous

2010-12-20T11:31:00.000-08:00

i think i have blogged about missionaries before but here i go again. I LOVE MISSIONARIES! i also love mondays because this is the day they send emails home and let the world know how they're doing. its wonderful. it's even better when they send pictures but sometimes they don't have time or forget. i hope that i never ever forget to send pictures when i go on my mission. one reason is because i know my mom and siblings will love it. the second reason is because it'll help me better remember what i did that week and who i saw/met.

i try to send tons of letters to my friends but there are some elders who i forget to write and then, after months and months, they shoot me a quick email or something and ask where their letter is! i have a few friends out right now whom i need to send letter #1 to too... being on break with so much time on my hands will give me little to no excuse for not sending them some holiday lovin'. its time to break out the pen and paper!

however, aside from my lame pen pal qualities, i love mondays. =D

home

2010-12-18T22:22:00.000-08:00

with all the friends in the world and the greatest family i could ask for - why do i feel so lonely? life moves on here without me and its almost as if i dont belong here any more. i dont have my old room, all my friends have moved on and my family treats me like i still live here. i dont live here. im from here. i grew up here. now i grow up in another state with different people, different behaviors, different activities, different responsibilities. i dont really like change. i like when other people are assertive and i can support them. i usually take the lead on stuff though because if something needs to get done i know i can do it. this year has gone by way too quickly and i dont see how ive changed but i know i have. i just feel like something is... missing. i dont know what it is though and its bothering me.

blog about me

2010-12-13T20:17:00.000-08:00

this blog about courtney walker. she says 'blog about this kari! mmmm'

and then she giggles. *we're listening to A Drop in the Rain by Ron Pope*

i love our apartment! we have so much fun! but when there are 2+ of us we dont get anything done.

i went to grandma louanns today and finished up my mission prep take home test and read most of my mission prep book. it was good to sit in an actual home and study. bought her a peach lily and dropped off mom's christmas present - a way cool frying pan to make pan cakes.

im going to plasma tomorrow morning for my last appointment of the year. it should be really good. i love getting money! plus the new boy who works in the morning is beautiful. he kind of looks like David Boranaz... totally cute

Progress

2010-12-07T21:19:00.000-08:00

last year i only posted 15 times, this year im at 29 so far! 30 counting this one.

i need to run more. well, i need to run period. it will help my body get into shape and help my core, and my heart, and my back, and my arms, and my legs, and my soul. running is just all around good for me. when i start my gym membership again in january im going to do 20 min running and then cross train with weights and plyometrics. i also want to start biking with a cyclist team. i hear its a killer fat burner because there's no option than to sweat it all off. if there's one thing im a natural at it's sweating. i get it from my dad. thanks pops.

a woman came to our door tonight selling baked goods. she's working to make money so that she can buy a plane ticket to Ohio to be with her kids for Christmas. Courtney's not here or im sure she would have gave the woman some mon

ey like the rest of us did. I hope she earns enough money to be with her family.

im currently working on a paper for my english 293 class. its due on friday at 5 and as always there is a cleaning check that day as well. at least there's no office hours. i have an interview tomorrow with a girl who wants to be an ED for me next year and two more on thursday, plus another girl who hasnt set up a time yet. anyway, my paper is about the relationship between a piece of art correlates to my choice of text and what that text's message is. im writing it on A New England Nun and using a watercolor by Dorothy Weir titled Old Woman in White Sewing. It fits with the story unbelievably well. youll just have to read it by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman to find out how cool it is though. Or read my essay. I will leave you with one word however: domesticity.

well, its 45 minutes past my bed time (10 pm) and i need to wake up, exercise, and get a solid portion of my essay done in the morning. thanks for visiting.

family. dinner. guests.

2010-12-03T22:18:00.000-08:00

My FOL kids and husband came over for dinner tonight and we a fantastic time chatting and just laughing together. it was good to be with them again. kind of like an emotional rejuvenation. after dinner - italian night - we took some pictures then as we were about to begin a game some of my roommates friends come home with her from work. their first impressions were horrible and they completely ruined our positive evening. well, i wouldn't say ruined but definitely made it more lively. after most of my kids left the two boys became more bearable and i better understood why my roommate let them come over. a little forewarning would have been nice though.

later, i told one of the boys all about how i heard jimmer's girlfriend only liked him because of his status only to find out he's her brother. i felt like a complete idiot. i will never talk about someone ever again. never. i did it once and it bit me back. hard.

i realize now that i need to not let other people affect me so much. it really doesn't matter what other people say or do - i decide my mood and attitude. it ain't no big thaang! life is good.

thinking about things

2010-11-28T18:07:00.001-08:00

When you learn from your past you better prepare for success in your future.

A comic from Bill Watterson illustrates this thought. But of course I can't find the comic online. It's from his 1992 editions thought and in my english text book.

posting for the sake of posting

2010-11-24T22:47:00.000-08:00

i feel like i need to stay current on my blog. im doing better at writing in my journal about the atonement and such but right now its too dark to write by hand. Satan is so tough! he does things to make me feel like doing bad things are ok when i know they arent. hes such a poop. i saw my friends today: bj casie and iris. we went to chipotle and had a great time just chatting about life and the people in it. it was fun. then i went shopping with edison to our favorite places: target, barns&noble, ulta, starbucks, yummm. it was a good evening with my sister. i love my family.

ive officially decided im serving a mission. the study abroad is out. im going to work during spring/summer so i can help pay for mission stuff. im sooooo tired and will sleep now. thanksgiving is tomorrow!

saturday saturday

2010-11-13T15:43:00.000-08:00

I'm at the Honda dealership and as I'm sitting here, waiting to get my wheels rotated and oil changed, I've stumbed upon a few interesting facts of my current life.

1) my workouts need to be a million times more intense if i want to get back into shape

2) clothes cost way too much money

3) i have possibly ruined my chances of passing my thursday night english class. i turned both of my essays into a program called digital drop box instead of turn it in. if my professor doesnt accept my papers then ill have to withdraw from the class and take it again next semester. i do NOT want to do that but if i have to then i have to. i retake too many classes in college. econ: 2x so far. blehh

As to other developments in my life I've planned out a few options for the next 3 years. If I do according to my plan I'll leave for a mission mid Fall or the beginning of Winter term. Till then I'll go home and work for the spring and do a study abroad in England for the summer. It looks really cool and interesting and definitely worth my time and money. And let me tell you a trip like this one requires a few bucks... I plan on doing more research so that when I talk to my family about it come Thanksgiving (2 more weeks!) I can give them accurate information. I don't know when else I'll be able to go on something like this. The summer is the only time I have to actually go exploring with a group of people. By the time I get back from my mission I could get married and by then I'll have less money and time than I do now! Growing up is expensive.

Last night the girls and I went to the dollar theater, a movie fanatic/college student's saving grace, and finally saw Inception! It was amazing!!! I need to see it a few more times to fully be blown away. I was pooped by the time it started at 10:30 and it was 1:00 when we got home so all that I did see wasn't nearly as mind blowing as watching amazing entertainment and Joseph Gordon Levitt. He's so attractive.

LIFE!! which always includes a bit of boy info...

2010-10-03T21:33:00.000-07:00

I miss Kirt!! Is it kind of pathetic that I look forward to Mondays because I'll get to read an email from him? Slightly, yes, but I miss him. Last year I was scared at how much I liked him and so fast too. Now I'm scared that when he gets back I'll be gone and I'll loose any chance with him! What I'm trying to remember is that he is someone else's husband and it doesn't help to get emotionally attached to a missionary. What ever happens, happens.

David is out. Our trip to the president's box was good but I felt like he thought it was a date and he was definitely pushin those "bf/gf" vibes which is not the direction I was looking at. Plus he made us late because his socks didn't match. Sorry, but I'm already a late person and if a guy takes longer to get ready than me then I know right away it would never work. He doesn't take place of Matt in my life AT ALL so idk why I felt like he could...

All this reading is kicking me in the hind parts!! There's so much all the time! Dad and I were talking yesterday while we waited for conference to start and he thinks i should just switch over to English Teaching if I want to be a teacher. He doesn't understand why I'm doing plain old English if I want to teach - which is true. I don't know for sure what I want to do but I do know that I do want to work all day! I want to take care of my kids! If I become a Sales Rep. then an English degree is perfect so maybe that's what I'll do... I just don't know for sure.

good music as of 10.1.10 at 9:10 pm

2010-10-01T20:08:00.000-07:00

Whisper - Ernie Halter

Crazy Love - Van Morrison

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

Here Come Those Eyes - Chris Rice

Industry - John McLaughlin

Life, English Lit. & Football

2010-09-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

i really do enjoy my life despite what im about to write about. its so good to me. i have wonderful friends, a beautiful family and good music to get me through the day. i can sing and i like to smile which also helps me cope when things dont go exactly like i want them to. i have an english 251 paper due on friday which, in all honesty, wont be that hard but id much rather not do it. for 251 i have to read a lot before class on mon/wed/fri at 9 am and lately weve had a ton of readings online. the sad part is that my microsoft word is down currently ans ive failed to do my readings. our first english test for 293 is on friday or saturday and i havnt even looked at the review sheet yet. i hear its just a ton of dates and things to remember; blehh.

on saturday the presidency is invited to sit in the president's box for the football game and we each get to bring a guest. i wanted ot invite my new friend roger (who love, loves elder holland) but after he said yes to going with me he called back because he wanted to be honest about something. he's kind of dating this girl and doesnt feel like he should be going out with me to the game.
i was wayyyyy bummed because i could really like this guy but i was glad he was blunt about his feelings. now im taking my friend david who is a freshman at wyview and he was way excited to go. i like how hes so open about his opinion which is a delightful breath of fresh air. its kind of weird that hes younger but i like hanging out with him so itll be fun regardless. and he dresses nice which is also fun. i was thinking about inviting scott but i recently found out he asked mary on a date (which is so unbelievably fine with me) and decided not to.
i want to take someone who i can just be chill with and as much as i like scott i dont like being with a guy who is probably thinking about someone else. especially if that someone is my friend and is in the room with us. hes my husband but not my b/f. i mostly just liked liking him more than i really liked him. he got me thinking about the atonement though and because of him i want to learn more about it and better apply it to my life.
man, i really wanted roger to come. =/ life goes on.

ooh also!!! im teaching the sunday school lesson this week! its my new calling. i love it but its another thing i have to worry about! urrgg. so:

thursday: study for eng 293 test and have all that reading done!!
friday: turn in paper for eng 251 after writing it with brittany
fiday/saturday: study and take eng 293 test in JFSB testing lab (its on a computer, cool!)
saturday: dress up and go to football game with david and the presidency
sunday: give lesson about old testament in sunday school after prepping it on saturday night

ah, i just realized why i am strangely attracted to my friend david! i miss matty a TON...their both blond and about the same age and speak their mind. david kind of replaces matt in my life, sort of.

"for i dearly love to laugh"

2010-09-07T00:09:00.000-07:00

I am extremely tired. The first devotional is tomorrow and I need to wake up early and hit the gym and get a bunch of reading done for my Thursday class but I felt a need to express my thoughts; hence the blog entry at 1:11 am.

I was having a pretty out of sorts day on Saturday and since I wasnt sure who exactly to vent to I decided to write Kirt a letter and let him have my stress. After the letter writing/venting I read a passage of scripture he suggested to me (DC 122) and amid a few tears and after silent prayer I felt completely better. Today I read his email for the week (I recently asked his mother to send them to me) and he included one of my favorite stories! It's about the two frogs and one just drowns in that silly milk but the other swims around till it turns to butter and he hops out! The moral is this: don't give up. He explained that he had never read or heard of this story before but absolutely loves it. Elder Haynie continued to write about how it reminds him of Joseph Smith's time spent in Liberty Jail and how even when times are tough if we just keep swimming all will be well in the end. How beautiful that even before I sent him my letter he was helping me relax. What a good person he is!

I have 9 too many letters to write to my friends serving in the field but I am way overdue on catching them up on the world. BSU won over Virginia State tonight and I went to a house party in Orem to watch it with some people from my ward. Kennedy and Ashley Carr were there too and it was lovely to catch up with them. It's been too long and even though we're all family we hardly ever see each other... I love my family and I love my ward and I love my friends and my birthday is in 5 days!! crazzyyy!! I'll be twenty!!!! Holy Cow!

Well that is all dearest blog of mine and whoever happens to stumble upon it =] Goodnight.

first days

2010-08-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

so far august has completely changed my life.

i officially finished my first year of college
i did horrible in econ 110, again, proving that business is not for me (sadly)
i was a peer mentor at FOL where i met a new family who have drastically improved me
i participated in the best session of Traditions of Honor at NSO i have ever attended
i actually found someone that i like and that everyone else likes for me =]
i finally am living with Courtney, Larlee and Emily at The Colony
i started my first day of Sophomore year yesterday with English 251 (which i already looveee), New Testament with a new professor who i can tell will make me work to understand the Gospels, Mission Prep with Brother Bott (the best rated professor in the US) where i know at least 5 people
i experienced my first day as Student Honor Vice President for Fall term and loved it
i feel like this is the year i will officially get a job

so much has happened this month; i believe i have the best life. a crazy one, but the best one. i love my parents and my siblings and wish i could share it all with them. i love my byusa family and am so pleased at their warm hearts and welcoming arms. i love my roommates and couldnt be happier to share an entire year with them. i love my heavenly father for blessing me with so many beautiful people in my life and allowing me to serve them and help them to be as happy as i am.

BSADI

2010-08-18T20:34:00.001-07:00

B.S.A.D.I.

My friend Kirt writes those letters at the bottom of every letter he sends me and I think I finally figured it out. He's a wonderful person. I should have gone to his farewell in January but I didn't. He's serving in Mexico City till February 2012. He truly is one of the best people I know. I miss him. I'm sure he's a fantastic missionary. Be strong and do it he always tells me. He throws some other acronyms in there too but I don't recall those specific letters. Oh, Kirt.

Even though this isn't me, this was from his birthday, September 12 (which, PS, is my birthday too).

please not today

2010-08-11T09:50:00.001-07:00

freak!!! today is just 'drain all of kari's patience and parents' money out of the bank' day!

the car is broken and it costs as much to fix it as it will to just sell it and get a new one
the car wont be fixed till monday
i have to move out of my apartment by saturday
i got a ticket 2 weeks ago and i need to call the ticket office by tomorrow
i lost the ticket somewhere in the process of packing all my room stuff
my econ final starts today and ends tomorrow
its 40% of my total grade
ive failed the previous two midterms giving me no hope for the comprehensive final
i need to go to the office and sign a bunch of EAFs so Student Honor can function
the apartment needs a deep cleaning by friday and today is wednesday
i want to go to the gym and de-stress but i need to do all of these other things first

FREAK.

ECONOMICS

2010-08-02T11:10:00.001-07:00

this class. its not so much that's it's a lot of work, which it is, or that i struggle with understanding my professor, which i do, but that the tests are so difficult for me. why cant it just be what we study in class?? the online homework assignments are no what we need to study for the final nor does sis M give us a review that we can study. its just frustrating. i really wanted to do well this time around and i fear that i won't. how frustrating.

another thing that is frustrating is that i CAN NOT log into the byu students all sports pass log in page!!!!! i NEEEEEEED my sports pass! i need to go to the games with my girls! what if theyre sold out and i cant get one!??!! that would be horrible...

Desert Rat

2010-07-28T20:42:00.000-07:00

im sitting in my room at wyview doing my econ homework. i actually like the current section were studying because its all about bonds and stocks - things that make sense to me. thank goodness my dad is a financial adviser and has been talking about this stuff my whole life. as i was contemplating the concept of debt finance a moment ago (when a company sells bonds to finance its company, kind of like IOUs) i looked around my room and noticed how clean my floor is. i picked up all my dirty clothes this afternoon because i was tired of living in a mess. my room is perfect and its about the size of my little brothers room back in AZ; 4x smaller than my AZ room. its interesting to know that even though i live here and tell people im going home after school this isn't truly my home. my home is in Arizona, im just living in Utah for a while that's all. its an interesting thought. i like living here and am very comfortable with how small it is. its perfect for two people who mostly only sleep when they're home. 3 people is slighty more cozy and 4+ gets to be a tad crowded. if its good company, however; its nice and busy and fun. we dont have people over very often. we get too tired to branch out and have parties. im always doing homework and jennies always editing photos. when we do have free time its late late at night and we usually go to macy's grocery store and pick up a redbox. its a pretty easy going life we have together. its strange to know its almost over. 3 more weeks or so and ill never live in wyview again. i expect the colony will be similar. a fun, easy going and new home to me but not really my home. i live in Utah but my heart is in Arizona.
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a few shots

2010-07-27T23:51:00.000-07:00

III

VII

VIII

yup. jennie smithson is my roommate. i am 300% lucky that she loves to take pictures and is a newly self-proclaimed photographer. that means she wants to practice all the time and that means i get to dress up a lot! these are a few from our latest shoot on July 5, 2010 at an old house and on main street.

The-Boys'-Home

2010-07-23T14:59:00.000-07:00

The-Boys'-Home

the young victoria

2010-07-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

Queen Victoria was quite the woman! I never knew she was the first to live in Buckingham Palace or that she has held England's reign the longest, to date, at 20 years. Jennie and I watched The Young Victoria tonight and it was so good. I feel like watching it again even. The relationship between her and Prince Alfred is very beautiful. I want a Prince Alfred! (I also want to be someones Evangeline but that's a completely different movie.) I want someone who will love me till his last dying breath and say "good morning wife" to me every morning. It's so sweet. Matt Whitehead is in England for his mission and I just wrote him a letter this morning. He said he feels dead to the world! How sad! I miss him and do not want him to feel like the world has forgotten him. I want him to learn all he can about Queen Victoria now so that I can learn about her. She was strong and found her perfect fit. I want to be that way as well. I'm not saying I want Matt to be my Prince Alfred, he is just conveniently in England where one of my new role models grew up and made quite the impact. I want to learn about her and he can help. Plus I do miss my friend. He is so good.
Jennie and I took pictures today and I was looking through some of them and she is a fantastic photographer but I am a lousy model! My first outfit, as cute as the dress is, was not flattering in the least. I should know better. I am so out of shape (and into a weird shape). How can I hope for someone to love me if I don't even look appealing? I have much to improve in my life and my health is one aspect of it. I don't want to get seriously ill when I'm older and I could be so much more fun for others if I was more active. It's not that I'm ugly or have no self esteem or whatever, I just know that I can/should be better. I want to be better for myself. I like who I am but I think if I were more confident in how I looked I'd be more confident in how I acted. That would make it not so difficult to 'work it' as my friend Jamie James always advises me to do. Some of my funky mood is also because marriage is in the air again and I don't have anyone. Bethany and Brent are getting married on Friday and after looking at the pictures from today I don't know if I want to ask Zach to come with me. I'm so nervous of being overbearing and clingy that I don't do anything at all. I need to though! He did come over last night after all - for no reason really. I need to stop being a baby and build my courage! I'm nice and a little pretty and I have wonderful friends so I know I'm not a crazy loner. I make myself the loner and it needs to stop. Hooray for building my courage! All is well, I am well, school is well and life is splendid.

progress

2010-06-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

im making progress! after 11 months i finally meet the boy across the street. he basically lives in his room and doesn't care about playing outside. hes just a homebody who likes to go hiking, snowboarding, long boarding and read. hes incredibly good looking, pretty funny and just chill. his name is zach and he finally knows who i am. finally. i never knew how to introduce myself because he never came outside but yesterday it all changed... he was out yesterday and was out tonight! and we talked both times! hes from fresno and is thinking about being a doctor when he comes back from the mission. what a guy.

running

2010-06-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

i want to start training for a half marathon in october. right now the plan is to run/jog 4 miles a day. im starting off by jogging in 2 mile increments so i can work up to running 4 miles in one exercise. im about to go jogging up to the temple which is a little over 2 miles there and back and later tonight ill go run the treadmill for 2 miles at the gym. its nice to be exercising again. ive missed it and my body certainly needs it! running is a pain when im out of shape but i really enjoy the burn and the endorphins and all that. plus getting a tan is nice.

not exactly a running commercial but im a huge believer in nike motivation

NSO

2010-06-19T12:43:00.000-07:00

Exactly a year ago today I was having my interview to be an Executive Director in Student Honor with Karen Moyes-Milne. Today, I'm getting ready to go to NSO and volunteer at the BYU/SA booth to find those freshman who, like me and my buddy Ty, want to get heavily involved in service. It's quite a crazy realization - I'm a sophomore now. No longer the freshman I've always been. Weird. But cool. Anyway, now I'm going to go to campus and pump kids up about BYU/SA and when I get back I have a talk to write for church tomorrow and a new roommate to help move in (one of my greatest friends Jennie Smithson). Self, good day.

patrick verona.

2010-06-12T14:48:00.001-07:00

Ethan Peck from ABC's 10 Things I Hate About You is my new favorite. He plays Patrick Verona very, very well. I think Heath Ledger, the original hottie from the 1999 movie, would be pleased with his successor. What a babe.

Matty

2010-06-08T22:36:00.000-07:00

i miss matty!! hes in hawaii now. HAWAII!!!! ooh man. its so weird. hes havin a freakin blast though, so thats good. i need to get myself out of this funk and start livin it up! college is about getting good grades and having new experiences with new people! i need new people. good thing all my old people are leaving i suppose! ha. but really though. i need to find a good, cool, fun group to chill with for the summer or im sure i will go insane. there are some boys that live across the street i need to make cookies for or something ;). which reminds me of how badly i need to go to the gym! i used to go every day! what happened?? oh yes, college happened haha. well, enough is enough! the freshman 15 hit me and they hit me hard but they will meet their maker. so long extra baggage! see ya when im prego - which will only occur after im married which brings me back to the boys across the street.

tyson

2010-06-07T22:59:00.000-07:00

I saw Ty today. It was wonderful. He has sweaty palms. I really just wanted to hug him. But he was already set apart. He's always had wet hands. I miss him. I think he will be a fantastic missionary. The girls in his areas will fall head over heels in love with him. I did. It took a while but finally happened when we were studying. He is such a good guy. He's goofy and weird and rude and completely selfless and does what he can to help people. I've never met anyone like him. I am so lucky to have known him. He once told me that I shouldn't be sad over him leaving on his mission (I was nervous that we would never be friends again because by the time I see him one of us may very well be married). He said "Kari, don't think like that (I was being negative and logical). Even if I don't see you after our missions we will be friends in the forevers. There's no way we couldn't be." He is wonderful. He helped me yesterday in church when I was feeling down on myself. A while ago he sent me some advice that helped me get over a time of weakness and major self doubt issues I was having. I wrote it down in my scriptures:

Get on your knees and pray
Fast
Go to the temple
Read your scriptures
Matthew 10:39
Don't worry about what you can't control

Wonderful, wonderful person. I will forever be thankful for Physical Science 100 during summer term 2009.

fall programs

2010-06-06T21:59:00.001-07:00

i feel like blogging tonight. i really should be sleeping, its only 11, but i have stuff on my mind that needs to come out! im 6 days behind on my work for BYU/SA. Im supposed to have a list of what programs i want for student honor in the fall and still haven't written it out. so tonight i will will write them down and post them. its more fun to write them here than on word because i feel like this makes it more of a fun project than an assignment. =]

Activities
Special Speakers Series
Student Honor Choir
Booths (hold at Activities events and work with Center for Service)
Honor Week (plan during fall so its ready in January)
5KRun -- Winter

Media
Fashion blog
Monthly Campus Newsletter
Monthly Campaign Posters
Photo shoot of SH team

Student Outreach
SH Grass Roots Team (work with SAC)
Honor Your Professor
Honorable Music Contest
Off-Campus BBQs

Group Outreach
Cougar Talks (work with Peer Mentors and On-Campus Housing)
Athletic Round Tables
A Virtuous Woman Seminar (work with Woman's Resources)
Honor Your Culture (work with Clubs and the multi-cultural center)
A Man's Honor -- Winter

yup! that looks about right. tomorrow i will write out 2 lines or so each about what i expect from each of these activities. now its time for bed!

Pre-mis and Freshman Girls

2010-05-27T20:43:00.000-07:00

I'm a realist. I won't see half of the people, boys or girls, that I've met this year until we all die and live in the same neighborhood in heaven. However; I think it's horribly rude for BYU to put freshman boys and girls in the same living quarters. The boys I've become wonderful friends with are leaving to go on their missions and I will never see them again. Well, maybe, but most likely not. We all go on to have adventures in our lives but knowing that for the rest of my life I won't see most of the people I've lived with for my first year of college is sad to think about. Life is a strange creature. It presents you with the best experiences and the worst realizations.

For example, this is Matt. He's going to the England MTC today. In fact, he's probably already there! He will be a wonderful missionary because he is a wonderful person, friend, FHE brother, and obviously a great uncle. I will miss having him around.

2010-04-29T09:16:00.000-07:00

only i can go from $444 to $77 in less than 4 days. moving into a new apartment and buying food for said apartment is pricey. not to mention when you dont buy enough food and then have to go out to buy lunch or something. oh, dont forget the parking ticket for accidentally parking in hr/daily parking at the airport for 5 days resulting in $160 payment. gross. sorry dad.

anyway, school is starting off nicely! i dont have too much work to do so it should be pretty simple to get straight As this term. that is the goal for the whole year. i need to get straight As in order to boost my low GPA. freshman year did not do great things for me in regards to my academics haha

my best friend chelsea is gone to wyoming for a job and wont be back till winter =[

2010-02-24T16:21:00.000-08:00

hopefully someday...

Pandora's Music Box

2010-02-22T10:33:00.000-08:00

I'm a HUGE fan of Pandora Radio but every time I log into my account there's a new station!!

If you are the mysterious music radio adder on my Pandora, QUIT IT.

It's bugging me. I'm not sure if it's someone at home or someone in the BYU/SA office but it frustrates me that i can't ask them to stop because I don't know who it is! Plus, i really want to know who added this super sick station haha, its amazing! It's called Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor Radio and was added on February 18th. It's cool music and I enjoy the station, I just want know who it is that keeps adding music to a station that's not theirs...

@ the lib. again.

2010-02-17T11:10:00.000-08:00

my internet is down at home which means that i am stuck studying at the library until i have enough time to renew my internet safety thing = ill be here forever!!

its nice though because at home i get distracted way too easily and ive finally found a nice place at the library i can actually study! its quiet here on the 5th floor in one of the side rooms. i was wandering around, something i do often and always have done, and found the coolest old book!! i have no idea when it was published, indicating its oldness, but its titled The Boy's Guid to Sports, Illustrated. its small, about the size of my palm with the thickness of the Bible and just made my day. there was a game in there called dragon-apple (something like that) where you pour spirits/wine on a bunch of raisins then lite them on fire! whoever can grab the most out of the fire and eat them wins! it said the main point of the game isn't to win, but to have fun watching everyone through the blue flames of the raisins. brilliant right?!?!obviously the book is wayyy old, no one would publish a game book about lighting stuff on fire and then eating it. too bad the world isnt as old fashioned as it once was.

well, i have an American Heritage 1 page paper and 6 page homework assignment plus 1 page paper due in Economics tomorrow. estimated time completion is 6 hours!! ill be back later tonight to finish them haha

2010-02-15T19:36:00.000-08:00

well, here i am at the library again. not studying. i have a HUGE econ test tomorrow. im nervous. but it will pass and life will go on so im kind of ignoring the nerves. my friend is on a mission to finland right now and i just found out they dont have peanut butter there!! horrible, i know. anywho i just thought id get on real quick and say that i had a very good valentines day with 3 of my girlfriends. we went to idaho for the weekend! haha it sounds kind of boring, but it really wasnt. it was a good break from being in provo. we went to a high school basketball game, sledding, movie watching, sleeping (not too much of this but still), and really we just got to spend time together and have fun. it was great and now im back at school trying to figure out what i want to do with my life and what major to focus on and such. ooh to be in college. its an adventure every day and im just trying to keep up.

procrastination

2009-12-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

lets have a quick thought about finals.

im sitting at a computer on the 4th floor of the library at school with book open in front of me and suddenly had the urge to post a blog after 2 months. =D oooh procrastination

im flying home to AZ next week! i get to see my family and my friends and DIRT! its snowing here. its strange. but its not too horrible. i dont know why anyone would have ever wrote that "im dreaming of a white christmas" song though - yuck. to be fair to the snow; however, im only bitter becuase i dont have snow boots yet and my toes get super cold and every time i get in the car to go somewhere i have to get back out to scrap the ice off my windows...

ill post pictures of all the fun stuff ive been up to but as of today my best activity of the week definitely happened yesterday. we went on this big group date to SLC where 1) we explored the Joseph Smith Memorial Building 2) watched the Joseph Smith movie - i had a few tears. its a beautiful film 3) i met Natalie Cole and had her sign a dollar bill - it was the only piece of paper i had haha 4) i got to spend the night with a wonderful group of people who enjoyed looking at the SLC temple as long as i did. =] we had a fantastic time

actually, i lied becuase my other favorite part of this week --- wow, now that i think about it this entire week has been good! busy but good --- i applied to be a performing missionary in Nauvoo, Illinois and out of 200 applicants they asked me to come in for the call back!! my audition is on Sat Jan 2. very excited

ok now back to reviewing for my sociology final on monday.

loves

laundry anyone??

2009-10-17T05:38:00.000-07:00

who really wakes up at 6:00 am to do laundry?

on a saturday??

oh, haha i do.

however, if its up to my very sleepy eyes i will be snoozing very shortly.

i have about 20 mintues before my clothes are done in the washer so in the mean time i decided now would be a good timeto blog about life and paint my nails.

yesterday i realized that at some point during my growing up years (maybe that growing up point happened yesterday and i just didnt notice) that candy corn stopped being as wonderful as i believed it to be. my friends and i had a very dressing discussion about this phenomina and helped to explain how this could happen, sort of, anyway, we talked about how we see it in the store around this time of year and it looks just so darn good because we have all these fond memories from our childhood about eating buckets and buckets of candy corn... sadly, ive grown up so much that now i cant even eat a handful of them with out feeling sick. even more sadly i didnt recognize that sick feeling till after 5 handfuls. barrffffffff. i didnt throw up. felt like it. but didnt.

maybe ill be a candy corn for halloween this year... idk what im going to be!!?!?!?!?!! maybe a clown and ill go out and buy a tu-tu and wig andcrazy tights and really ugly sequined vest... mm, this sounds way cute! ok clown it is. now i just need to scrounge for dinero. or just swing by someones house and borrow a costume. that sounds more efficient.

well, my nails are lookin not their best on account of my polish is old and in that drying/glooping up stage of its life, so ill probably swing by sallys beauty to buy some new opi for $4 (yesssss!!! they sell the old ones from past collections so theyre not as expensive). chelsea and i are going shopping today anyway so it should work out.

what else am i doing today?? oh yeah, going to my friend's MMA fight this afternoon and then were doing this guy/girl building get together a capella chill night thing. im singing ive got the world on a string and it should be wayy fun.

Help me get a good grade!!!!!!

2009-10-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

byumediawatch.blogspot.com
i would for ever be greatful if you looked at our site every once in a while!!
the more hits we get the better our grade
plus itll be interesting to see what everyone has to say about different media...

loveessss!!!!

ps: im flying HOME tomorrow!!!! arizona <3

CURLS!!!!

2009-09-11T18:12:00.001-07:00

im finally curling my hair!!
i havnt curled it since it was cut in february and now im getting it cut again on monday so i figure now is the time before its short again

im really diggin it though, i should have been brave and tried out short curls a long time ago =/

anywho, jsut thought i blog about it becuase 1) i havnt blogged in forevvveerrrr & 2) im really excited about having curled hair again =D

back track

2009-08-18T15:36:00.000-07:00

english 150 :: B

ps100 :: passed

student development-time managment :: A

byusa :: A

facts about myslef that ive realsized after this summer term:

im horrible at responding to emails/facebooks and updating my blog
i love love taking pictures of all our play dates
i dont have as much will power as i thought
tv isnt as esential in college as people make it seem
the verb play is an ageless term for getting together with friends and just, well, playing
im not as good at keeping up with my homework without reminder as i thought i was
im horrible at waking up on my own (something ive known for forever though)
i like taking a snooze outside every once in a while
i make myself busy so that i can ignore things that i need to do
i miss my family a lot more than i lead on
i love living in AZ, i miss the dry heat
its so much fun making a new friend every day
going to bed early helps me to wake up early - duh

i loved summer term and think everyone should do it

boys playing chubby bunny

my shoulder scrap after long boarding

cant beat the bandanas on the court

ps audrey, go to smile train.com to look up about cleft lips and cleft palates =]

2009-07-22T08:15:00.000-07:00

im in english calss and were researching our topics for our research paper thats due in week!

im writing on why cleft palate non profit organizations need to advertize to get money and recognition. yayy cleft palate volunteers!!

the dorm

2009-07-09T20:15:00.000-07:00

physical science is killing me!! its not that its a hard class, its just that it takes time to do the work and all the readings, and im just on the busy side right now!! haha sleep will help though -- im kinda lacking that aspect of my attention span right now!! =] ahhh college. love it.

i miss home! i miss my family but ill see them in a few days. i miss my ctr 5 kids and my team teacher....but i did see sister smith walking around campus today; i almost wrecked but had a friend in the car - obviuosly were still alive ahaha. i miss my friends a lot too. i try to chat with them when they text or whatever but i barely have time to talk to my mom!! ((sorry mom and family)) just know that i love you so so much and cant wait to be home! i cant imagine what itll be like in a few months when it gets cold here...

haha the other day one of my friends said that its soo hot here - it was around 91*! i was thinking how beautiful the whether was! anyway, i kinda chuckled =]

yay byusa! i LOVE it!
i got my first english essay back yesterday: 91/100! not bad for a first paper
i also took my first test in college ever: ill just say that Fantastic was not what i got. =/

no need to worry though!! i know what i need to do to pull it up! im a good student, just have faith haha

lets see, oh, i made my first real dinner last night: lasagna hamburger helper w/ meat, beans and corn --- MMMmmmmm!!!!! it was SO SO good. im glad i pay attention to what my mom cooks as i eat it even thought i never actually did the cooking. i learn through example i suppose =D

ok, now that ive done my best to do a mini update, back to reading my science book!! yay college.

PS - not married. no fiance. no bf. just a bazillion of good looking guys =]

BYUSA

2009-06-29T00:17:00.000-07:00

i know, im the worst at keeping up with this blog but if it makes you feel better im happy being so busy. =] its kind of who i am isnt it? haha im always up to something or have some type of project to finish or get started.

well, we went on our leadership retreat this past week to yellowstone and i couldnt have had a better first week as a freshman. i learned so many things and feel like i really belong here! im only just beginning my BYU experience and already ive made at least 30 great friends. =] im just one happy camper

i would upload a bunch of pictures to show how cool the entire experience was, but my internet wont let me... just look on my facebook, its all there

provo baby. its legit.

2009-06-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

ok so i definatly dont have time to write something fancy and super indepth about my time here so far --- a whole 3 days!!! ---- but i can say that i love being here!! i miss home and i miss my family and my ward and jsut EVERYONE, but im meeting so many new people and im smiling ALLLL the time!!!! haha =D ahh i just already love being here!! class starts in 7 hours haha and i need to go to bed however, i will say really quick that im giving a talk on prayer next sunday in my new ward, BYU 81st ward, and i had a new friend ask if i was engaged today because of the ring i wear on my RIGHT, i reapeat RIGHT, hand haha. pictures will be up soon, ive just been too busy to upload them all. maybe tuesday.... OH!! and im in BYUSA! wo hoo!! im an executive director and this week we have our leadership camp where well be staying in yellowstone and heading over to byu=idaho to meet their BYUISA haha i love it!! i miss you i miss you i miss you, but if it means anything, im already having a wonderful time here, always thinking of home but feeling so happy to be on campus <3

officially a UTAHRD

2009-06-14T18:46:00.001-07:00

i just added a bunch of pictures to my 'swimsuits & sprinklers party' so go check those out.

im officially a utahrd. we drove all day yesterday from 8 to 8, 11 hours exactly [[theres an hour time difference -gotcha]] anyway, i drove from vegas up here to nephi. it so beautiful up here despite that its been raining on and off again this weekend.

its not entirely hitting me yet that im growing up. im in college now one week from tomorrow!!!!! ahhhhh. and the song im listening to right now is on my play list, 'My Little Girl' by Tim McGraw, and its just a perfect theme song for me right now. i miss my dad... a lot. hes not up here becuase hes at home with my sister whos going on Treck this week [[LUCKY!! I LLOVEE TRECK]] and he has to work. =/ aw man, im tearing up.

when i was little and i would cry id get all upset and say "Mom!!! theres cry all over my pillow!!!" even though it was ME who was being a silly kid i still love that about myself. anyway, i get cry all over my pillow a lot lately becuase i miss being home.

today was tough, my first sunday away from my ward, my class, my friends, my home... its nice being here but next week ill be in my new student ward!! i hope ill have some cool people in my FHE group. i was lucky enough to hang out with a few of my best friends the day before we drove up, so heres some basic pics, (and yeah, theyre all guys, how typical of me i know.)

**top left is my long time amazing great friend bj.

**top right is my work out buddy lonnie. he thinks he has bigger guns than me. ha.
**bottom left is my homie matt.
**bottom right is my wonderful brother peyton. love him.

me & matty are so goofy

lonnie's "sad face" because im moving, and my "sad face" becuase im moving

(haha i couldnt keep a straight face as well as he could)

4 EYES

2009-06-11T23:15:00.000-07:00

how much could there be to say other than what this picture shows??
well the story is that we were goofing around at Costco after our eye

appointments and we [[ok I]] just couldnt resist the photo opt!!
i think we resemble our mother... haha she used to have thsese and its ok becuase i know that everyone used wear them.... ugly things.

hahaha we look ridiculously cute though dont we?? =D

there were just so many funny ones we couldnt stop!!! and once we all get laughing, well theres just no ignoring us. mom was too embarrased by our goofyness to take some pics with us, however, she was about to pee her pants from laughter =D

i really love this one -- were book worms 8]
which is why i had to post it again so you can get the full affect

and well, obviously this one is just of me. in the costco optomotrist mirror. =]

CTR 5

2009-06-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

my kiddies on our last day of class ='(

malory - branson - logan - barik - courtney

logans loose tooth

im back!!

2009-06-09T19:03:00.000-07:00

i just found out that my roomate for summer canceled and ill be rooming all by myself!! our little appartment/dorm at wyview and im all alone =/

i guess ill just be a loner when i go home!

does anyone have an extra tv they want to give me...? ;D

2009-05-21T03:20:00.000-07:00

me & irizlle on our way to TERMINATROR SALVATION at 12 in the morning/night for
ultra stars big showing!!! it was a super fun huge group date thing ((if you count irizzle and kweb as a couple??))
but i was super confused because i havnt seen any of the previous movies!!

moral of the story : [besides that christian bale is wonderful] dont see this movie w/o your best buddies or w/o knowing Terminator background

swimsuit & sprinklers party!!

2009-05-20T21:04:00.000-07:00

haha i've never blogged before!! but it'll be fun and a lot easier to show people my pics and let all of you know what's going on in my life!! =] here's some of the stuff Alicia and i did with our CTR5 kids today!! we had such a fun time - they're the cutest kids ever!

the best interpretation of a water party i think

squirt gun!!!

check out that concentration

it took a few tries to get this one perfect

she loved all the pictures!!

what a S.T.U.D.

our new friend