Dear Work: I don't want to go back today. Yesterday was hard enough, what with the Internet failing and everyone needing something every two minutes. So just go easy on me today, eh? Dear pasta: some say it's weird to eat you for breakfast. It's not. Boil faster so I can enjoy you. Dear Randy: stop being in Japan. I'm kidding, I'm glad you're in Japan. But sometimes, it'd be nice if you lived in America. Dear summer: thanks for showing up! I'm ready for days that are so hot that I can't put my hands on the steering wheel, and nights where we can sit on the back porch and see the stars. Dear readers: thanks for sticking with me. Thanks for following me and making me feel that maybe I'm doing the right thing by keeping this blog going. You're wonderful!

Happy Saturday everyone.

Lately things have been crazy! Good crazy, but crazy. Here's just a little peek of what's been up recently.

So if you know me, you know that I follow Hailey Haugen (now Devine). I love her story. I saw her at City Creek once. I read her blog. Yeah it's boarderline obsessive, but it's totally fine.

Imagine my shock when I won her Shabby Apple giveaway!!

Yup, this girl is heading to Shabby Apple with 100 dollars to blow. It's a pretty good setup if you ask me. Don't know how it happened (I'd like to think it's Hailey's way of telling me she appreciates me wanting to be her. But that's probably not it,) but life is good my friends.

Also. It's yearbook day at high school which has got me all weepy and nostalgic. I'll save my full graduation post for tomorrow, since that's when the class of 2013 graduates. But here's what I remember about yearbook days from high school:

-Deciding what to wear. It was a challenge for me.
-Running around with my friends to sign yearbooks.
-My hand being tired from writing.
-Sitting outside on the grass and it being SO HOT.
-Running inside to get teachers, and see who was inside that I needed.
-Spending forever in the theater room with everyone.
-Walking out with Randy after and being sad it was all over.
-Heading to Spencer's to swim and play all night.
-Reading through the nice things people said to me, and realizing high school was pretty great.






So happy yearbook day class of 2013!

And happy Thursday everyone!

KSL Headline: Friends, family gather to remember BYU student after body found

After an extensive search of Y Mountain in Provo, 22 year old Tyler Mayle's body was found last night. He had been missing since Saturday, though it hadn't been reported until Monday. Experts think he was trying to climb a steep cliff and fell 60 feet or so. They are still looking into the details of the tragedy. Family and friends gathered to search, and then sing tribute, to Tyler. 

Click here to read the full story.

New York Times Headline: U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls

The Obama administration is carrying out a new surveillance program which involves collecting American business communications, legal due to the Patriot Act. A senior official for the Obama administration said that this court order does not allow them to hear the conversation or even get the names, but rather allows them access to metadata, such as length of calls, for Verizon custoemrs.

Click here to read the full story.

So yesterday I threw a bridal shower. It was scary. I semi threw one with Alyse for Amy, but this one was all at my house. I had to make things look cute. If you know me, you know that I try to be crafty, but 99% of the time I lack the patience to make things look really good. So that was a little intimidating.

But I think it went really well! We had fun and laughed and Jessi even got her fiance to come and help tell their story (adorable, PS.) So all in all I think it went well!

Here are a few of the things I did that were really simple, but helped a lot!
Excuse the fact that these were hastily taken iPhone pics....

Summer is REALLY beginning this week. Now for me it's been summer since May, kinda. But I haven't been counting it because everyone else is in school and then I would have to start doing the things on my summer rules. So now that summer, in my opinion, is REALLY upon us, here are my rules for my summer!

1. No more than 2 hours of TV per day (I will break this Netflix addiction!)
2. Read for 30 minutes to 1 hour every day.
3. Have scripture study EVERY night (I'm good at this during the school year, but I slack in the summer. Not this time!)
4. Help my mom with the housework every day.
5. Make dinner once a week.
6. Do my best in both my jobs.
7. Write my Journalism Portfolio essay and study for the benchmark exam.
8. Blog often!
9. Write Randy once a week (I won't have a problem with this;)).
10. Work out for 30 minutes every day.
11. HAVE FUN and BE HAPPY!!

So those are my summer must-dos.


Mmmm nice right?

Happy Monday everyone!

This is called He Knows Me Better from the EFY 2011 CD. Basically it's one of the best songs ever. Sometimes I just have to remember that HE is the one that knows me best. And I have to trust the feelings that He places in my heart and stop listening to the other voices. Because He is the only one who sees all the pieces put together. Not even I can do that. So I'm going to trust that this piece is supposed to go here, and this piece isn't important, etc. so that I can get the full picture that Christ sees, and needs from me.

In other news I spent the weekend with some old friends, which was weird, but fun! It's funny to get back together with high school friends. We're all so different now. Good different, but so different. Funny what life throws at you to change you in just 10 months.

Also. The love affair with my iPhone is still in progress. Now I'm just in need of a good case or two! Any suggestions? It would be much appreciated.

Ya'll are great. (I've been talking to my friends from Texas lately. Judge me;))

Happy Sunday everyone!