fallin'

ya know that one colbie caillat song? the one called fallin for you? yeah, well i think it is kinda describing some things in my life right now. 'nuff said on that

my favorite part of work today was calling this one number and instead of a ring before they answer it, it was "i'm a barbie girl." {ya know, sometimes people pay more a month and when people call you they can hear music playing instead of the ring tone??} but that wasn't the best part, a guy with a waay deep voice answered it. hahahahaha! it was wonderful!

yesterday was probably by far the best day i've had since coming home to Orem.

i had to work. but then i drove around the cemetery and i LOVE the cemetery on memorial day. it's beautiful!

i dropped the letter lauren wrote to the mailmen

it said, "we love mailmen!" aren't we clever?? they probably were so happy when they got it. :D

we played volleyball on sand that was wet and freeeeezing! my feet have never been so cold at the end of May before.

i really like the kids in my ward! there are a couple that i've become relatively good friends with. it is fun to see them a few times a week! :D

after volleyball we watched youtube videos at sara's house and kept remembering funny ones to watch. here was a new one that i've never seen before. it makes me laugh.

alright i'm going to bed. Sorry this post was boring tonight.....

p.s. ya'll should follow my blog. :D

p.s.s i Love Melissa Q. and boy advice from her. haha. love her. ya'll should be jealous your not her friend. :D

one more, one more. one beeeeeg one.

first off- name that movie.

step one- open journal to find out what's gone on since i blogged last.

step two- decipher hand writing. {i've been writing waaay too late at night and you can tell i was tired because my handwriting isn't as good as it usually is}

step three- find that not too much has gone on.

step four-try to come up with something funny to say.

okay so we'll see how step four goes.

i checked out some apartments around BYU campus. i think i'm staying at home this summer. saving my money so i can go to Europe next summer. here's the cities that the trip i want to take includes- Athens, Corfu, Brindisi, Pompeii, Rome, Florence, Venice, Munich, Prague, Heidelberg, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, French Riviera, Barcelona. and then i'd extend it a couple days and hit England and maybe Ireland.

i want to go SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO BAD!

it is loooking like i will be able to. That is, if i get a part time job in Logan next school year.

so the guy that i was going to buy the car from, is apparently living with his parents for a little while. My dad seems to think they're having some marital problems.... so i'm thinking that i should lay low until he calls me. Not to mention that i have called him like 5 times everyday.... he probably blocked my number or something the likes of that.

i talked to some mississippians at work. And it reminded me of Louisiana. Which reminded me of how much i want some good popeye's chicken. Which made me google where the nearest one is. and it's in Layton. Which is only an hour from here. Which can only mean one thing!- ROADTRIP with Ash! I also need some Crawfish. AND NO! they are NOT called crawdads. pet peeve number 489. jk but seriously.

FHE. we made pizza. Kraig and i made one. And it so did not turn out as planned. we were trying to cook it over some briquette fire. it went out. so we took it into the kitchen and were waiting for the oven to be open..... and it took too long. so we threw it in the wood burning stove. and then after that it was STILL semi doughy. nuff said.

but even so, i tasted delightful after waiting like an hour for it to be done.

and also- I WATCHED TO FIRST EPISODE OF THE BACHELORETTE. which is the only show i follow from season to season. don't judge me okay. when they have their steamy scenes i change the channel.

tuesday i edited lots of wedding pictures. i went through and did my favorites of the day. it was great. you can see a few of them here.

i worked 6-midnight. i had a costumer leave the store before her card went through. and then it was declined. grrrrreat. Not a fun experience. but i had her phone number cause she requested and item. so it turned out okay. but i was sincerely worried that i would get fired over it for about 10 minutes.

wednesday i did my laundry!!!!! it was kind of a miracle on eastwood dr. First time since i moved home. i also watched the finale of ANTM. {america's next top model}. i love watching the photo shoot parts. probably my favorite.

i saw quinton's baseball game. which they won! and then nathan made me a whopper at BK. and hashbrowns for dinner. i have a wonderful brother in law. :D AND CAITLIN IS COMING THIS SATURDAY! {the most adorable niece anyone has ever had. just sayin'} she is getting baptized. :D i'm stoked. Also cause i took the day off.

so i kinda have a predicament. I'm supposed to find a date for the wedding i'm shooting at the end of june. {bride told me i need one}problem #1- i don't know any guy well enough here to ask them on a date. #2 i don't know any gut that'd want to go to an all day wedding. #3 i don't know any guy that wouldn't be bored out of their mind watching me take pictures all day long. #4 let's just say i don't know many guys.....

anyways, i kinda have an idea of who i might possibly could ask?? word of advice- don't listen to your dad's advice when asking for advice on how to ask a guy on a date to a wedding you are photographing. because he might say, "just ask him if he's ever wanted to watch you take pictures all day." yeah dad, because every guy has wondered what it's like to watch me take pictures all day. I'm pretty sure that i'm not going to ask someone this way. correction, i KNOW i will not ask someone this way.

although, when i'm at a point in a relationship with a guy he's going to have to come to an all day wedding shoot with me. It'll be a test. 'Cause it won't be the last one he'd ever have to go to. But as a first date..... i'm not so sure. he'll probably run in the opposite direction. p.s. if the wedding is on the 25th of june, how early should i ask someone??? man, i need advice from Betsy and Melissa. Can someone fly me on the next flight from provo to Logan?? THANKS!

i hung out with betsy's mom. :D it made Betsy jealous. She talks about as much as my mom does.

then i hung out with becky on Friday. we went to my ward dance. which was country swing! but i was kinda bummed out cause i was missing my Logan Country swing dances when all the guys are pretty much pro at country swing. Anyways, we watched kung fu panda at Betsy's house. it is beyond weird that i was there and betsy wasn't.

saturday i didn't do much besides work. it was ridiculously busy. i didn't get off till 12:30. 30 minutes after i was supposed to! grrr.

and then i came home and got to bed after 1. and was up at 7:45 for church. I love my singles ward! everyone is so friendly. LOVE IT!

anyways, i can't wait till thursday. i hope the presents i'm sending in the mail will get to Betsy in time for her birthday! :D

loves and hugs.

here's my to do list for this week- befriend a cowboy, buy a car, blog once more, finish editing pictures of my 5th wedding shoot.

tata for now. loves and hugs, stop drop and roll, look both ways, if you can't be good then be good at it, remember who you are and don't let that getcha down, etc.

and here are a few pictures from places i might go next summer-

FINALLY!

okay, so lots has gone on the past few days! it's fan-freakin-tastic!

Finally i have had stuff going on and things that i could do!

thursday i started a new journal. i am now on my twelfth. WOOT!

anyways i went to see jane eyre with Papa and Lauren at the PG 3 dollar theatre. it was pretty good! not as good as the 5 hour version, but ya know. When lauren was dropping me off, we decided last minute that we needed to make a wendy's run. for old times sake. It's always nice talking to some of my best friends.

i went and test drove a car too! and i really think it'll be a good first car. not fancy by any means, but i can afford it.

Friday i trained at my new job. i talked to a total of 3 people. i mainly got answering machine's or no answers. Anyways, it wasn't terrible. definitely boring, but not horrid.

then i came home and called the car guy and guess what!!!!!? he was at a scout campout with his son. RUDE! so now i can't even buy the car till at least tomorrow. sigh. But soon, i will have four wheels, some schweet 90's automatic seat belts, and a broken air conditioner to my name! You're probably jealous. I need to come up with a name for him. suggestions??

Yesterday was completely dedicated to photographing a wedding. it was really awesome! it is extremely tiring to do all day, but i love weddings, and i love photography. I LOVE that i can do what i love. it's the best. Erin and Will are awesome! it was at the Timpanogas temple and the sun came out for the wedding! it could not have been more perfect weather. Poor Erin got sunburnt on her back too!

Anyways, i met some pretty awesome guys! Will's groomsman were hilarious! It was fun at the reception because they were cracking jokes and one liners the whole time.

I rode home with a fun family from Orem with nine kids. All in one 15 passenger van. It was very loud, but they are such good people! it was kinda funny because about 30 minutes into the drive they were all out! All of them! minus the driver. it was great.

Today was excellent. I went to the singles ward that Lauren is in boundaries for {last week we went to the one i'm in boundaries for} and hers was like 500 times better. first off, the kids were more around my age, there were a lot more of them, Everyone was SO welcoming! last week no one really welcomed us or tried to find out anything about us. the ward today was the opposite! Everyone was SO nice. It sounds like the ward is so much more outgoing and organized and fun! I'm going to hers. just sayin. After church every week they have "sunday brunch." there are two guys in the ward that have a house and everyone helps make a COMPLETELY from scratch meal. 2 kinds of eggs, 3 homemade syrups, pancakes with wheat that i grinded, like 7 fruts, a nice salad, homemade chips and hummus, i can't even remember the rest. it was legit though! Next sunday, i'm changing into jeans and bringing an apron. I met a couple kids i knew before their missions like 3 years ago! it was really fun. I'm excited for other things going on in this ward.

Ash and Nathan came over for dinner. We have the most interesting conversations during dinner. Ash was laughing so hard that she was crying. i love Sunday dinner with the fam!

And guess what?! I GOT TO SEE MISS ELIZABETSY! I missed her SOOOO much! so much! Ashley my roommate came too! it was a most excellent reunion if i do say so myself.

okay, so this just may be the ugliest picture taken of me. It's fine.

did i mention that i really crave mac and cheese at 11 at night?? yummy!!!!

'bout time... I guess.

so, it's about time that i blog again.

it's kinda hard to write when my day doesn't really consist of all that much.

so, this is what i have discovered since moving home and the fact that i don't have all that much to do

• i like the smell of 4071's {this is celery for all of those who don't know produce codes.... i'm a grocery store checker. give me a break!}. I also like cooked celery. This is the best part of home made chicken noodle soup don'tcha know?
• i discovered that when i am hungry and want a quick thing to eat, i don't have much to choose from. my house has food, just not fast snack/meals. We don't even have Top Ramen! What is this world coming to!?
• there is a little piece of heaven waiting for you in the freezer section of the grocery store. it's called Tillamook ice cream. I've only tried one flavor so far {mudslide} but man, it was delicious!!!
• I have discovered a new TV series called Hawaii 5-0. ummmm..... i don't know how to say this, but pretty much you need to go watch it. STAT! my family is basically obsessed with it and had the whole season recorded. and... i may or may not have watched the entire season in 2 days. AND the last episode is a cliff hanger big time and i have to wait till the new season {in september} to watch it! maybe i should have spread them out a bit...... but the best part of watching them is the beginning of each episode when the theme song comes on and my mom will hear it at any part of the house and start dancing and pretending to surf. it's hilarious. And then dad did it too. wow. i have cool parents! :D haha
• that getting bangs was a bad idea for someone who's hair grows as rapidly as mine does. i think they've grown an inch in the 2 weeks since i got it cut! it's ridiculous. i need to go to hair school just to learn how to cut my bangs nicely to save on not having to pay someone to do it for me.
• everyone keeps telling me that i seem so much older than i did a year ago. :D YAY! the beauty of living on my own and going to college. it's wonderful
• the myth busters team should kill one less car in their experiments and give it to me instead. i mean, what a waste of a running car.
• my nails are in a serious need of color.
• yeah, i think that's all that i've discovered.

umm...... i wish that i had a funny video or something to post. but i don't. sorry. so instead, i'm going to give you a list of reasons why i should get a baby niece from Ashleigh and Nathan soon.

• it'd give me a new subject to photograph whenever i pleased!
• i want to hold me a baby that's blood related!
• my middle name might be her middle name.
• i like ashleigh's baby girl name choices
• i don't really like Nathan's....
• i could buy cute baby clothes and work on being her favorite from the time of her being in the womb
• caitlin would get a little sister
• we'd need new family pictures
• i could plan a baby shower
• it'd be fun.
• they've been married nearly 2 months and they're not getting any younger. :P
• etc.

these are good reasons, huh??! :D

Hitting me hard

my first week home just felt like a vacation of sorts. Like coming home for the weekend to visit. In the back of my mind lingering the thought that it was permanent for the summer but not accepting it.

it's been a week. And now it's starting to hit me. I haven't seen my best friend in a week. this is like 100 years in our time. i don't think that it's been that long since years ago!

things that i can most certainly say that i miss

• my ward. it was my first singles ward and going to be hard to beat. i went today to the singles ward i'm in the boundaries for... i don't really have words to describe how different it was. If i was a stranger and had attended them both i don't think i would have thought that they were in even the same realm of similarities. All I know is that i'm grateful i had the opportunity in the best singles ward {ever} for 9 months. i miss my crazy, fun, and awesome bishopric! and the kids in it too!
• taco tuesday with Betsy, Melissa, and gregory peck. nothing beats 1.50 tacos at cafe rio with good friends and tons of laughs. {girls making weird noises} haha
• SCHOOL! i've never had a problem with going to school. i've always enjoyed it. and it gives me something to do, people to interact with, things to accomplish, and a schedule to work with. it's hard not having that. Especially when you get to do what you love. i miss the hours every week i had to spend in the darkroom. i miss smelling like rotten eggs. i miss being blinded by the light upon leaving the darkroom. is this normal??? like betsy said, it kinda scares me as to how fast college is going by. i only get 3 more years. i think i'll go to grad school so i get more time. in all honesty, i think i'd be a full time student for the rest of my life if i could be. the next majors i'd choose would be- business {which is my probable minor}, and then culinary arts. then i'd get my teaching certificate and learn more about genetics {cause it fascinates me!}.
• my room. Even though i shared a room, i at least had a place where i knew was mine. i know i shouldn't, but i kinda feel like i don't fit in at home anymore. it's ridiculously hard to live out of boxes till you can find a place to claim as your own.
• i miss grocery shopping trips with my girls and cooking new things. i don't remember where half the things are in my kitchen now, which is weird because i haven't been gone THAT long. story time-i was making gravy and looking for seasoning and got a chair to look above the stove in the cupboard and couldn't find ANYTHING! and after like 3 minutes of looking, i realized that we have a spice cupboard, and they're not above the stove like they are at the farm. i can't even unload the dishwasher without it taking forever cause i don't know where anything goes.... kinda pathetic.
• ireland hill. the lunsious hunk of greenened earth that i got to look upon everyday. {although i have timpanogas now...}
• college conversation. being able to talk to lots of people around my age about things that are important and relevant to our everyday lives.
• country swing dancing, 'nuff said

i'm trying to have a good attitude about being in Orem for the summer. and it'll come. but i've gotta get through the next few weeks of getting re-adjusted first. sorry that this is what the most of my blogs consist of lately.

good news!-

• i get to see some college friends this Saturday at a wedding i'm shooting in Brigham city! :D :D happy day! partay!
• i put on my information sheet for my new singles ward under interests "cowboys" and the second counselor in the bishopric told me that 3 guys in the ward wear cowboy boots every week. WINNER! so now i'm going to be looking at shoes. :D
• It's my dad's birthday today! he's the best daddy in the whole world. he also keeps telling me that he's glad that i'm home. Which is good cause this is hard. You can read more about him here {from last father's day}.
• i picked up 2 more hours of work this week. which brings my count {to a still low} of 20 hours.
• i have baby smooth legs. for i shaved this morning. :D i love slipping under my sheets when my legs are freshly shaven. it feels oh so wonderful. :D

bad news-

• my mac has a dumb virus or trojan thingy. and i didn't even know that macs got them. it's on the ridiculous side of things. i'll get it fixed tomorrow hopefully! {keep your fingers crossed for me!}
• i still haven't found a car.

anyways, i'm going to bed. behave yourselves and, "if you can't be good, be good at it." -Melissa Q. III {miss that girl too!}

or as Quinton says, "bye sweetie! have fun! stop, drop and roll. look both ways! remember who you are!"

Photography pet peeves, adventures of being home

So for the past 2 days when I wanted to blog at night blogger was down. bummer.

Two days ago was ex haus ting.

I visited my yearbook peeps and my very own high school photography teacher, miss tuttle. Love that woman. I showed her my portfolio from college and taught her a little bit about Ansel Adams “zone system” of death. It was great. And I must say, the cover to the yearbook is legit this year. I’m kinda slightly jealous of it.

I came home after that, checked my schedule for next week.{only 18 hours, yet again} L and then got ready to head to SLC for my bridal shoot. We went to the capitol and a park near the capitol. It was SO awesome! I wish I could post a sneak peak picture up, but I can’t because Erin wants her dress to be a surprise to her new hubby and everyone else. But don’t you worry your pretty little pants off, cause they’ll be posted shortly. :D

On my way to salt lake Emilie called mom to make sure we knew what exit to take. She said sixth south. And I said, “aw, shoot!” cause we’d already passed it. So we get off the exhit and then got back on the freeway and went backwards. And ended up in not salt lake. And then I discovered she must have meant 600 S. NOT 6000 south. Who knew there was such a big difference??! I’m kinda blonde sometimes. It was an adventure though. Haha.

One of my favorite parts of the shoot was this little girl {around 3} on her daddy’s shoulders said, “oh, hi! You look so pretty! Are you getting married?” Erin said, “hi! Yes, I am!” and the little girl responded, “aww!, so do you have a boyfriend?!” it was so cute! She had an adorable little voice and her dad was sweet too. Haha. Gotta love little kids.

Then on the way home, em and I grabbed some Arbys for dinner. {cause photo shoots take a lot out of ya!} we drove kinda into the middle of the ghetto on the wrong side of the tracks…. The arbys was seriously ghetto tastic and I was kinda afraid of it. But the worker guy was nice. Anyways I drank my dr pepper and there were like 20 sesame seeds in it. Does arbys even have buns with sesame seeds?? Or were these drugs in the shape of a sesame seed? If I’m dead in the morning please sue arbys on 1300 {I think…} south in Salt lake. Thanks.

I came home and I talked to Betsy on FB chat until creeper guy #2 got online and started talking to her. So she abruptly got off in hopes of making the guy think she got off before she saw the message. So then we talked on the phone for a while. You know what?? It tis hard to be away from your BFFFFF. Not cool, Not fun, Not fair, Not enjoyable. Just sayin’.

Next item of ward business- I was in the bathroom and I noticed this.

Never have I seen a cell phone in the tooth brush drawer. I wonder when my mom will notice it’s missing. I guess we shall see.

OH!! Quinton today was voted Student Body Presidente!! And he had to wear this ridiculous hat around school today. So here are some pictures that make us all wonder why people voted him to be this-

And here, is a picture of my pretty lilac bush. Although it’s nearly dead.

And then I saw this picture. And I couldn’t help but put it up for ya’ll to see. :D

So this is the portion of my blog {that I’ve never done before} and it will be about my biggest pet peeve.

Photographers. I think 80 percent of Mormon housewives at some point in their homemaking buy a nice camera, has someone create a website for them, and starts a “business.” I really don’t mean to offend people but lately it’s been driving me nuts! I’ll meet someone and they’ll ask what I’m majoring in and I tell them photography. They then proceed to tell me that they’re a photographer too. So then I ask them a few questions to see if they really know anything about it and 29.5 times out of 30 they have no clue. If you don’t know how to use all the manual settings on your DSLR camera, don’t know what an aperture and shutter does, how and why you change your ISO, and what white balance is, then you should most definitely not be charging people to take their pictures. Anyone can put the camera on auto everything and get a decently exposed picture but that does not mean everyone is a professional photographer.

If you love photography so much, want to make money off of it, and plan on doing it as a profession in life and you’re still in college, then major in it! If you don’t want to major in it, then you obviously aren’t as passionate about it as you are about your major. And if you’re not that passionate about it, then it should be left to the people who truly are. Crimanately people! Fine, do it as a hobby. That’s wonderful! But don’t self proclaim to be in business the second you buy your fancy camera.

If you’re not in college and have already graduated and then decide to be a photographer-take a class. Go to a seminar. Practice. Experiment, read the manual, research online, etc. That’s great. But gain some knowledge about what you’re doing before you put up pricing information.

It’s frustrating to see people with no knowledge of what they’re doing charging double what I would. And I’m not saying I’m the best and know everything there is to know. Because I know I have a lot of improving to do {college photo 2 taught me this even more!}, but I’ve been taking classes for 4 years now and just barely started charging less than a year ago {and for things I haven’t done much of, I still don’t charge!}, and knew nearly everything there was to know about my specific camera by that time. It took a TON of experimenting, learning, research, and a lot of practice. Stuff that all portrait photographers need before they are good enough to start a business.

Utah is definitely the place with the most “photographers”. And if I ever start a studio, it’d be hard for me to want to do it Utah because of this reason. It’s hard to compete when nearly 40 percent of the population is a “photographer.”

End rant. :D

Have a wonderful night!

P.S. My padre and I are going to go look for a car today! FINALLY! :D :D :D :D

P.S.S I GET TO GO TO THE EYE DOCTOR TODAY!!!!!!!!! So I hate going to doctors. But if I ever had to choose a favorite type of doctor, it’d be the eye doctor. They fascinate me. Every other time you go to the doctor the fix is never instant. You go for strep throat, it takes days to feel better. You broke your femur, it takes months to heal. You go cause you cut your eyebrow open on a dresser, it takes time to heal {and leaves a scar!}. You go for a tooth ach, your mouth aches for days. You go to give birth, {never done this yet but I hear} your out of commission for a while. If you go and it’s just a cold, there’s nothing they can do. Etc.

BUT with the eye doctor, you go for blurry eyesight, you leave seeing everything perfectly. It’s instantaneous. It’s wonderful. So, therefore I’m excited to go to the eye doctor. Cause my eyes aren’t done growing so they still change a bit every year. And my contacts will need to have the prescription changed most definitely this time. :D I can’t wait! :D it’s pretty much one of my favorite days of the year. I wish I were kidding you

i can't wait for-

I cannot wait for so many things to happen. here are the ones that i've been thinking of recently

i cannot wait until i have a successful photography studio and business of all my own. I cannot wait because then i will never have to work a high school/college kid type job again. I cannot wait to do what i love every day of my life. And this, my friends, is the beauty of following your dreams and majoring in what you love.

I cannot wait till i get a baby niece. I just want to hug and kiss and snuggle and love her and just AH! i just want a baby of my sisters. {not own} i so do not want a baby at this point in my life. One day though

I cannot wait until i can buy a car. how convenient it will be to not have to ask to borrow the family van, or to get a ride from friends.

i cannot wait to take my studio photography class. To learn more about lighting and to shoot more people and {better} gain my own style.

{sounds cheesy to some} I cannot wait to fall in love. I've always been a bit of a hopeless romantic and this is something that has always appealed to me. Love. Sounds so wonderful and so perfect. i really don't want to hurry into anything because i've loved being a single college girl but someday, i can't wait.

I cannot wait to have my own house. To sign my name on the paper and to live in it, decorate it to cook in it, and to raise my kids in it.

so i like looking at floor plans and house designs. i love it. and i found these beauties-

basically i love farm looking houses and large wrap around porches. forget the stucco. and shutters are good too. :D

and also, i can't wait for my second year of college to start.

I can't wait for the future. it's going to be great!

From Logan to Orem, from college to home, from packing to unpacking

So usually i'm the one nagging my sister about blogging, and now she's nagging me. which btw is not fair. cause she only blogs once a month. if that. So this one's for ashleigh.

i haven't blogged in a few days cause i've been feeling very overwhelmed/depressed/bored/sad/nervous/not wanting to come to terms with not being in Logan.

BUT i promised Melissa that i would continue blogging so she wouldn't have so many Brianna Withdrawals. {miss you melissa Q. W. III}

so here goes. there are going to be tons of pictures and then captions and bullet points. and that, my friends, is going to be how it's done tonight because a- my feet hurt from working today, b-it would be too long otherwise, c cause i said so.

Thursday went as follows-

i was super super accident prone on thursday. i finished packing. and then i did 90 percent of my 30 clean check items apx. including shining the toilet paper holder. :D {that was really an item on my list, furreal!}

• cleaned Betsy and i's bathroom.
• cleaned the half bath downstairs
• washed the dishwasher {how ironic}
• cleaned the photo 2 darkroom
• made bacon {like the pig kind, not the money kind}
• sliced my right calf with an x-acto knife. it cut through my art bag and then sliced my leg. and it stung. and bled. and here is a picture. {please ignore my unshavedness}

• sliced my finger while cleaning the floor under the fridge
• spilt pear juice on my laptop case
• left my purse at the photo lab that had all my textbook buyback money in it.
• smelt like chemicals and B.O. by the end of the day. but i showered so it's fine.
• found out i got an A- in photo 2! which is the equivalent to moses parting the red sea. kid you not. BUT all the studio art teachers have this thing called "not ever going to give an A in any class ever because we hate you and think no matter how much you've improved and how good you are that you can always always always be better and do more and spend more time" so therefore i got A- in all 3 my studio art classes and A's in my other two (planet earth and photo history) :D which is kind of similar to last semester only i got a B+ in drawing instead of an A-.

here is a picture of Ash cleaning the window. half inside half outside. :D

Friday went as follows-

• watched a crazy old lady dumpster dive in the farm's parking lot!!! it was slightly awesome! she found some waaaaay intense things that some dumb college kids should not have thrown away! She gave Betsy and i some good laughs.
• played carrot baseball

a bat shaped like a carrot. :D

• went to D.I. and dropped off junks and played a bit. and i bought some work pants too.

isn't she the most beautiful bride??

• then went to Cal Ranch to find a cowboy. And Melissa and Betsy nearly died of laughter over something that josh said, that i still have no idea why it was funny. and guess what. the only cowboys we say were old. what a depression maker. :(

• then we took after crazy lady to see what we could find in the dumpster. Only the only cool things we found were a lamp, a seashell picture frame, and 3 plungers....

• and then we saw deer on ireland hill "why aren't i zooming??". remember ireland hill? well now you get to see what it looks like!! you lucky things. :D

now, tell me this does not remind you of Ireland!

• had a fire up green canyon.
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• i burnt my textbook!!

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• had our last roommate prayer
• watched she's the man while typing up quotes from our quote wall from the whole year.

here are a few of my favorites {that are relatively clean}

“Tara sucks at being girl, Brianna’s bad at it too.”-Melissa “the best part of this microwave is that you can’t get breast cancer from it… except Melissa can.”-betsy “Brianna you suck and flashing people…. I’ll teach you!”-Betsy “Why am I still wearing pants?”-Betsy “the rule goes, you don’t have to be nice when you’re sitting on the toilet.”-Betsy “I hope he has better aim than me.”-Betsy “How am I supposed to spoon you now?-tara “Our blatters are synchronized.”-Brianna “You’re in charge of the chineese.”-Betsy “Don’t you say testing the waters when you’re trying to get pregnant?”-Brianna “I should know this, I’m Mexican.”-Nathan “Does Cameron not live here?”-Ashley “from now on, we’re calling bad boys Vagabons, not players.”-Bri, Tara, Melissa “I was scratching myself, and I scratched myself!”-Ashley “I would kill for his body!”-Betsy “You can still have a futon.”-Ashley “there are worse things than having a guy like you… I just can’t think of anything right now.”-Betsy “That’s why I can’t marry a black guy. They’d have massive hair and massive butts.”-Betsy “K…. everyone hike your pants up!!!!”-Betsy “Oh, no please keep my pants on!”-Annie “Does this TV get TV?”-Betsy “I only like you for your height and manliness.”-Tara “You like him?”-Andrew. “no, he just looks more single than the rest of them.”-Tara‘I don’t’ like this house, the appliances hate me!” –Anna“I’m just trying to think for myself.”-Brianna “We’re going to find some sax. Hey they were willing!”-Tara “I like to be sweaty when I sleep.”-Brianna “it’s like I’m sitting on an… oh, weird.”-Brianna “Maybe we should offer a sacrifice. We should burn a pad”-Betsy “I offer my own sacrifices.”-Anna “Brianna… sometimes I’m attracted to short guys!”-Betsy “who is it this time?”-Brianna "I’m going to have 13 kids so if one dies I’ll have an even dozen.”-Betsy “Quick, somebody say something stupid!”-Betsy “Betsy you are a stalker!”-Tara “I know…. What?”-Betsy “It’s okay to be dirty on the quote wall, but even better to be dirty in person.”-Anna “Oh, they both write in all CAPS, that is SO sexy!”-Lauren “I said play commando, not go commando…….. have you guys ever gone commando?”-Betsy “They’re Brianna sized.”-Tara Did you pee in our chair?”-Betsy “No, it was already there!”-Lauren “As long as this doesn’t end up like hitch.”-Melissa “Her feet are in my butt…. If you call that snuggling.”-Ashley “But don’t look over here, because your bishop is going to come out of the closet.”-Bishop Hedin “Oh, they’re black!”-Tara “Turn Steve on.”-Brianna “I like your hairline.”-Tara “I love your forehead!”-Brianna “Are those noodles hand cooked?”-Brian “Anna’s swatting me with the gross fly swatter!”-Brianna “Would you guys like me to teach you how to flirt with a can of soda?”-Betsy “Where’s the ward menu?”-Anna “Guys, it only takes one time for a guy to fart in your face and then you no longer find them attractive.”-Anna “Guys, it’s like summer out here. I’m going to go home and put my bikini on. Well… I’m going to buy one first and then put it on.”-Betsy “so someone licked your teeth and paid you for it?”-Tara “if you’re painting were male, I’d seriously have to have a DTR with it.”-Melissa “I was the girl… I don’t know.”-Tara “Ow, my bed just gave me a sliver. It burns!”-Betsy “Brianna, I was gonna give you a compliment but you kinda just scared me.”-Lizzy “what does a cow make?”-Anna “moo?”-Brianna “A wedgie is a wedgie no matter where it is.”-Anna “I was just hoping we could go somewhere and drink some canola oil.”-Betsy “I don’t mind going back to jail…”-Brian “Hurry check who his mom is on facebook!”-Anna “I will always agree with you when you make fun of yourself.”-Anna “Why does his popcorn taste like jalepenos?”-Lizzy “Where’s the camera when it’s needed.. just kidding, where’s Brianna?”-Anna “You’re really bad at being a skank..”-Melissa “If I was a guy I wouldn’t even get dressed.”-Betsy “sometimes my feet are bigger than my stomach.”-Anna “An engaged woman=a changed woman.”-Anna “Do you ever get random urges to watch princess diaries 2?”-Betsy “you have to be a flirt monster!!!!!!!!”-Lauren “I’ve already hit menopause, I get these hot flashes all the time!”-Betsy “did he just pee on the ice?”-Betsy “I like fat, it keeps me warm in the winter when guys don’t!”-Tara “Can we bring the cake.”-Brianna “I would make him dig too, except I’d make him take off his shirt first.”-Brianna “If tara doesn’t marry him, I’ll slap his butt, then I’ll slap hers, and then both of theirs, and then I’ll make them slap each others.”-Anna “I saw your crown.”-Ashley from the bachelor. “Oh, I get to be greg again??”-Tara “I think I gave myself a cowlick…”-Betsy “If you give me fifty bucks I’d be Mario!”-Brianna “MEOW, I’m saying goodnight to me dead cat!”-Ashley “Friends can hug on a bean bag in the dark..”-Mike “Is this a big hairy thing?”-Brianna “Guys it’s hard to be nice.”-Betsy “Nope, you can’t date my daughter.” –Brianna “Let’s start speaking Italian…… Lasagna!”-Betsy “Tara, can we ever get him without you?”-Betsy “I promise I’ll never attack the nightstand…..again.”-Anna “what did Benjamin franklin die of?”-Bri “Gout”-Tara “is that an STD?”-Brianna “Yeah he’s cute, but he’s ugly.”-Betsy “So we all got married together….”-Ashley “I can’t believe you just mooned me.”-Betsy “Oh, heckatitis.”-Betsy “Will you pick my wedgie for me?”-Anna “Can we do something a little naughty but not too riske?”-Anna “If I have to wax my legs then they can shave their palms.”-Ashley “It looks like you’re nursing.”-Brianna “His boobs are falling out of her dress?”-Melissa “You twirl at a great equilibrium Brianna.”-Chad “You’re a babe and a sixteenth.”-Lauren “Did you know brown sugar was flammable.” –Anna “I play greg pretty well, huh?”-Tara “Why did I not wear pants?”-Dawn “Don’t worry there is only two creepers in my apartment…. And I don’t think they’re interested in girls.”-Greg “be good and if you can’t be good, be good at it.”-Melissa "I want to passionately kiss in the library."-Brianna “This is the polygamy center… pick one and get all five.”-Brianna “Am I a girl or a guy?”-Brianna “I’m dating a hobo just to spite you.”-Betsy “I’m not a thermometer.”-Mandy

yes, i said just a few. {probably 1/4 of them}

and here is how SATURDAY went-

• woke up and packed the last box out of my closet
• packed up the truck to come home.
• crammed more into one truck than i ever thought possible
• said goodbye.
• cried with betsy for a sec
• didn't want to say bye
• procrastinated leaving like 5 cajillion times

my empty/naked bed.

my empty closet {minus betsy's rain boots}

my un decorated walls

my empty shower.

bye bye P4. :'( my heart remains with you.

• finally left
• finished my book in the car
• un loaded the truck
• checked my work schedule
• fell asleep on the couch
• ate ice cream to not be so depressed
• talked to betsy and melissa cause i missed them. :'(
• cried like four times
• went to be mentally, emotionally, and psychically tired.

sunday-

• went to my dad's singles ward at BYU. {yuck to the BYU ward}
• met a cute guy named lance {who i found out later was waay too old for me}
• got introduced by my dad to his ward as his wife. hahaha. which i corrected promptly. it was the best thing ever.
• went to my home sacrament meeting to hear emilie speak
• made a beautiful mother's day dinner. :D (my mom is the GREATEST!!!!}

• learned a WHOLE lot better how to drive a manual car with dad.
• went to G&G Dickerson's for dessert.
• had fun with my cousins
• went to bed at ten thirty. weird.

Monday

• went to work. got put on the WORST checkstand there ever was. i hate express. so during college i changed a lot. like A LOT! As in i am so much more okay with having a good conversation with strangers. And i like to talk even more now. And Melissa taught me the first thing i should look at when talking to a guy is there left ring finger. AND I DID THAT TODAY AT WORK! it was the most weird thing ever! i had never noticed it much before! but i do it! weird. but it came in handy because-
• i flirted with an unwed cowboy. for like 10 minutes. Never in my life did i ever think i could/would do that at work. but i did. Boy have i changed.
• went to like 30 places in orem trying to find applications for jobs. and i have a lot more confidence now than i did a year ago. I've learned a ton about myself and about how to present myself too.
• went to ashleigh's condo cause she gets bored while nathan is at work.
• we watched a movie while i filled out applications.
• only she just texted nathan the whole time so i don't even know why she wanted me there.
• found out that a newly weds place is not safe to wander around.
• came home, and am blogging.

but, this came in the mail today. Have you ever been sent a bag of non-poop?

like, if you ever have been sent a bag of poop, would you want people to label everything they send you after with "no poop"

i don't get it. But it made me laugh that the biggest word on the page is "NO POOP" haha

it's like that one time when we got a letter in the mail addressed "to the parents of Dean D****" haha as if my dad's parents live with him still. gotta love intelligent people.

if any of you people want to do something that live in orem, please call me. I'm going to be so bored this summer compared to college life. My little sister is already trying to set me up with all of her friends big brothers so we shall see how awkward this is.

but here are my attractive siblings i now live with again-