Creating things...

A friend of mine asked me what I have been up to lately. I told them, surviving. Breathing in and out and eating something so I don't die. Sounds dramatic. Then they asked me, no really, what have you been doing? I thought for a minute and realized that I have been doing some things. I have been trying to be a creator of things. I want to plant a tree. I know I'm not 'creating' a tree but I do want to plant one. Any suggestions on what kind? I want to be able to climb it one day... I made a diaper/baby wipes holder for a baby shower the other day. My sister walked me through it over the phone while looking at her own version of it. It turned out a little bit small but overall it looked AWESOME! The fabric rocked,(thanks mom!) and the Velcro was in the right place! Can you believe it?! I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to have velcro match up! but, I DID IT! I also went to the store, wrapped the present in a bag with MATCHING tissue paper(any of you who really know me knows this is a feat because my idea of wrapping a present is throwing it in a pillow case!), got a salad together and hand washed all of the pans in my parents kitchen by hand in one hour. Yup I actually accomplished that. The shower was awesome too by the way, lots of mission friends and lots of laughs. I forgot what it was like to laugh that hard. Other creations include, cutting out the fabric and laying it all out for a quilt. I have had this fabric for 5 years now with great intentions of getting it done but to no avail. I haven't, until NOW! I am going to sew that baby up and get it machine quilted! I have also tried a few new recipes. The Pioneer Woman's Lemon Pasta and peanut butter pie. YUM! If you don't know who the pioneer woman is you are missing out! She rocks my socks! look her up! thepioneerwoman.com. I have many more plans for creations: I want to build a couch. You hear me right, a couch. Go ahead and laugh, most people do but it is going to happen! within my lifetime dadgummit. I want to write a children's book. I have quite a few ideas in my head jumping around they will be freed soon. I am going to make a purse out of a pillowcase, (Thank you Martha Stewart) and I am going to scrapbook LONDON and MY MISSION! Whew! Thats a lot of stuff but I am DETERMINED, to get half of it done.....! I have also been doing other things as well but that is for the next post. So while I have been trying to survive by breathing in and out, I guess I have been doing some worthwhile things and hatching some crazy good ideas.

This is EXCITING!

Hey! I have had quite the accomplishment. I changed my blog skin and font and colors, ALL BY MYSELF! Can you believe that?! I looked it up on the internet. I KNOW! I am just as shocked as you are! For those of you who don't know this, I am computer "slow" I think they conspire against me I swear they do! So, normally in order to do anything on the computer I have to be shown how to do it multiple times, but today I was just like, "I want to spice up my life and I'm going to start with my blog" So I went to a website I stole off of Kellie's blog and went from there! I feel very empowered! I feel like I am on the top of the world! Like I can DO anything! So, if you are feeling a little blah or have extra time that you are just a'wasting, I suggest you try something new! Learn something new. Just get out there and do something hard or whatever! YOU can do it too!

what the?

Hi everyone-
been a long time huh?
well. life has been a whirlwind lately. I've been real busy and not really in the mood to blog. Funny thing is that i have to ask how to blog every time i do!

The reason i wanted to blog today is to tell you all how hungry i am! i am STARVING! and do you know what i am craving right now? Elementary School Cafeteria Food. YUP thats right. i want turkey gravy over mashed potatoes! or the Frito Bandito! or just plain ol frozen burritos. i don't know why i want to eat them i just do! only 27 more minutes until i can get something to eat. i don't know if i can wait! ah!
Pretty soon i will really learn how to use this blog and put up pictures and movies and stuff. it will be cool pretty soon might be later than you think though. i have to finish school here first. only like 4 more weeks or something. i can do that right? i sure hope so....
well. that is all. but now i won't be at the bottom of Aaron's list anymore huh! :)
have a great day everyone!

oh and ps. happy st. patricks day!
dang! now i want corned beef and cabbage! and to watch darby o gill and the little people!

Randomness. i wouldn't read this is i was you....

So, today i just have a few random thoughts. they aren't anything too special i just feel like emptying my brain today. I don't want to go to FHE, i just don't want to go. i haven't gone since i moved into my new ward. Normally i work through it or i am needed at home but tonight i get off at 6, which is plenty of time to make it to FHE. *sigh* what a moral struggle...
next random thought. who buys korean cars if they are tall? You won't fit right, at all! So, just don't buy korean.
next: i need to keep a journal. i really wish that i had one that i liked. i think then i would write in it. really i say this all the time and buy countless journals none of which are filled.
next: i am really glad that i am not going to school for the summer. it is too hot to go to school. i wouldn't have minded going in the spring but i couldn't afford it.
next: i love sleep overs. i don't care what utah mom's say. i LOVE them. granted, i probably won't let my kids go to them either....we will see.
next: my boss is moving and i am SOO sad. good news though, i like my new boss.
next: why do i always feel so tired? i wish that i knew because then i would act more like myself.
next: why do car batteries die? and why do they cost so much money.
next: i love to sleep in! i do. i love to wake up early too. i do!
next: why is it that when life gets busy or lazy the first thing to go is scripture study and meaningful prayer? why is that? life will go straight down real quick if you do this but at one time or another most of us do.
next: i drank like 25 ounces of apple juice today...um yeah...
next: my paycheck was almost gone by the time i got it...
next: hard tootsie rolls are good. soft ones are even better!
next: i have like 100 byu phone numbers memorized.
next: i have a friend named george...i find him strangely witty. i can't say why either. i like to be around him even though that has only happened once. he makes me smile a lot. ps. this is not a crush...more of a fascination...
next: do you like to be transferred in the middle of a 'thank you'?
next: is it ok to just sit quietly and listen politely the first time you meet people?
next: how many times a day do you say 'you're welcome'?
next: don't drink 2 rockstars and 3 dr. peppers in one day on an empty stomach. it will make you sick and give you hangover symptoms...
next: don't make a promise to your friends that you will pay them 25 cents for every swear word that you utter...you will lose a lot of money and have to take out a loan.
next: green is my favorite color.
next: i don't want to be married in the winter time. now that i have said this i probably will. thats just the way life works.
next: i love kleenex tissues. i came to appreciate them on my mission.
next: can you get an ear infection from someone spitting in your ear that is sick?
next: i hate slow drivers. especially those south of campus...
next: i like it when boys have there hair cut.
next: today. i thought about how nice it would be to have a lot of money. i have never really felt that way before but now i wish i did so that i could travel and get a massage. :) i really wish i could.
i think that i could go on forever and i am feeling like this is all very therapeutic. thank you!

Smooth Operator!

I've decided that I am going to have a feature on my blog. It is going to be called, "Smooth Operator". I work as a phone operator and we get all kinds of strange and unusual yet hilarious phone calls and I thought I would post a few of them and my thoughts about it. This should be something to look forward to...I think it is something that keeps me coming to work.
Disclaimer: You might not think these stories are as funny as i do. You might have to be an operator to fully appreciate them as well....
Today:
Caller: um yes can i have the number for the tanner building, but not the undergraduate business part. i don't know what i want but i want you to tell me what is there.
Me: ok, do you want the master of business admins. prog. blah blah blah
Caller: um, no-Try Again...
Me: (feeling really awkward now, because i don't know if she is playing a game and thinks it is funny or is just a little...um, weird) Ok, do you want me to transfer you to the main office of the Marriot School?
Caller: um, NO-i am talking about the tanner building...(silence, because she thinks that i am ignorant...)
Me: ok, well the tanner building IS the business building and houses the Marriot School.
Caller: oh! I guess my brain isn't working! I meant the Taylor building...
Me: alright
Caller: Tell me what is in that building...
Me:alright, well family services is in that building...
Caller: Nope, Try Again!
Me: well, what are you looking for exactly...
Caller: well my uncle works there, i don't remember what he does or even if he is there still, (like she had an epiphany!) oh! maybe you could connect me to him?
Me: Sure, what is his name (she gives me his name and i connect...)

my favorite part about it was her, "Nope, Try Again!"
sigh...it was a little bizarre

Random Thoughts...about soap.

At 2:30 this morning i was scrubbing down the bathroom, yes i know what you are thinking, "what is she doing scrubbing down the bathroom at 2 in the morning?" well, i live in a place where we are treated like children and our mom's come and do cleaning checks once a month...Anyway. Back to what i was saying, when all of a sudden i saw that the things i had taken out of the bathtub had toppled over, i realized to my horror that my bar of soap had slid onto the disgusting bathroom floor. As i scooped up my bar of soap i had a thought, ahem... "i wonder if i need to wash off the soap? because it is soap and how would i clean my soap? use another kind of soap? does it disinfect itself?" well that was my thought. what do you think? i just decided to wash the soap off and try not to think about it.
i know that my sentence structure really sucks here. oh well.

well. here i am. at work again. you may wonder why i haven't posted in a while. well, i forgot what my blog was named. and being the computer village idiot that i am, i didn't know how to find it. so here i am at work. and clark took pity on me and helped me find what it was called. then he informed me that the title of my blog was inappropriate...oops. well i guess i will have to have a talk with a friend about the past title of my blog (it is now changed thanks to clark...) since he uses that phrase all of the time, and i thought it was funny. now that i know what it really means, someone is grounded! maybe i will write again soon, or maybe not. but i guess it will be fun to check my blog everyday and maybe one day you'll be rewarded...
peace out!