One Year Ago

Exactly one year ago I had the BEST time of my life! I have met so many people because of Heritage Tours and I would do almost anything to go back on it again! Here are some pictures of my favorite places..

Martins Cove

Adam-ondi-ahmen was my favorite place, hands down!

Washington D.C.

Boston Temple

And a picture of my HT family. Go family 5!

We also may have had a little fun.

Just kidding.

Prepare for cheese.......

21 days of spiritual fun times

Very few hours of sleep

2,000 hard-earned dollars spent for this

500 dollars for food and souvenirs

Lots of friends

5 Temples visited

3 Military sites

2 Pageants

1 niece born

7,000 miles traveled

Hearing about Cosmo and Mitch

3 awesome fun roommates! {we had some Wild times}

everyday of fast food meals

Getting nails done for the first time

At least 500 pictures

1 day in New York

5 purses

1 Broadway Show

Lots of ghetto hotels

but the memories.........

Priceless.

We got PUNK'D!!!!

So I woke up this morning, and look what happened to our apt!! Looks....kinda empty!

Here is what it looks like right outside our door...and here is our table, so nicely set with our dishes.....

We have a clear idea as to who did it, and our pranks will be posted later.....

....I got a visit from my mom a couple of weekends ago! It was nice to have her come up and go to IF and eat food and shop and craft and have fun!!!

What if......???

Today I was killing time waiting for my next class to start and I was in the bookstore looking at the funny books, and I saw this book called "If...(Questions for the Game of Life)" and I started to read it, and I was laughing and having an epiphany all in a few lines of reading that book {partly because the night before I was asking kelly what questions she asks people to get to know them more, because I feel like the questions like "Whats your major?" or "Where you from?" are vital questions to get to know someone, but are oober boring.} So this book has questions like "If you could be one article of clothing, what would you be, and who would you want to belong to?" Its kind of funny, AND doesn't have any generic questions. Anyway...to the point!

So Me, Kelly, and a bunch of her friends were all eating lunch in the Nordic. And I was reading from this book and we were all talking about our answers in between questions and stuff. We were mingling, basically. SO anyhow, this awkward boy comes up and just stands at our table and stares at us {Super awkward, right?} OH THANK HEAVENS I had my book, because I hate moments like that {the socially awkward boy making us all feel really weird}. So I quickly thought, "why don't I read another question and make the boy seem welcome at our table? Also, it would make us feel less uncomfortable if he wasn't lingering." So I asked a question he, mumbled an answer along with everone else. Then he walked away.


THE POINT people is that this book saved me and my friends from a really awkward moment and maybe some potential teasing all within short time frame from when I bought it to when awkward moment happened was an hour! woot!

Cinco de MAYO!

What a fun party! The night started out with me and kelly being the only ones dressed up {costumes were required :)} but we made panchos out of fabric that we got at DI!

Kelly was a woman wrestler {and you can't really see it--but she had fringe under her arms too!}

I was a salsa dancer!

We bought lots of margarita glasses and {kelly is an expert on alcohol} had tequila shots {which were sprite with gummy worms}

There was also a PIGata that chris made, and a mexi-stache contest. {the guys arms were behind thier back, and the girls had to draw a stache from behind}

Here are some pictures...

These were of the 'stache contest

I may have a new fettish....

....or it may be a new obsession. Ta-da!
Earrings~i have 38 pairs!

They are so versatile! They totally spruce up an outfit. Plus they are totally communal in sharing- you don't have to be a certain size to wear them! (unlike shoes or clothes) ahh......I don't think I have ever felt guilty for buying earrings. Nope, not ever! I recently just bought those two new pairs (in the pic.) and I love them! Also, all the things you see below are items that I got at a flea market. The necklace and flower clip are both HAND MADE!!! woot. She formed the rose out of clay, and the clip she buys her fabric, singes the egdes and put them together! ahh... I love shopping highs. =)

Domestic

I feel so very domestic today! Well first off, I passed my math test (wich was a relief) then I made Fajitas (I always have trouble thinking of stuff to buy at the grocery store...!) They were AMAZING!!! They may have even tasted better becuase I made them. {not to sound conceded- but you know what I mean if you have ever been in a cooking-rut like me =)} Then I felt so good about passing my test that I made some tapioca pudding {I get a big F for this one} It didn't turn out quiet right, it was frothly on top and pudding-like on bottom. So I went from being Domestic to Undomestic in just a few short hours.

Extra Credit

A couple of weeks ago my Book Of Mormon teacher sent out an email telling all of his students "due to a increase of the stress level at school, I am now having EXTRA CREDIT meditation sessions. Meditation is one of the best-stress relievers out there"
In my mind I was like, "whoa, this is sweet, getting EC for meditating?!?! This is waaaay cool" {not to mention very hippie, which is awesome! :)}
Going to these weekly 1-hour sessions have been soo good for me! They are a great way to stop, pause, and be still. You can think more clearly, be more forgiving, let go of grudges, and many more things to make your life more functional.
And right now, since it is my first semester at school, I have been having a little bit of stress being out on my own and turning a new page {grocery shopping, budgets, homework, social life, callings}. And since its my first semester I'm not the best at time management, so I feel like there is not enough time for me, because 90% of my waking hours are spent doing homework. But the 1-hour session is working wonders!! It seems like after I have gone to that I have more time to do things, which is REALLY amazing. And that is my meditation story