police on my back and relating Aggie football to a pregnant women's emotions.

so my title doesn't really have that much to do with what i'm writing about. but it's a good title right??

first things first- let me go grab my journal so i may give you a good list of everything i've done {activities} since moving to logan. {and brace yourself/[selves if you have multi personality disorder]}

• stuck in traffic because a truck full of hazardous materials crashed into another car. {if i get cancer, this is why}
• played ultimate frisbee
• shared a bowl of top romen with betsy. lady and the tramp style :P
• woke up to a serious banging on my window by the window washers.
• comedy improv; The Antics
• put my fishies Whisk and Teaspoon {male and female beta's} together and all they did was eat each others fins!! so i separated them again. bad, fishies. bad!
• canoeing and cliff jumping.
• edited pictures of my cousins
• discovered pinterest.com
• taste of logan
• swing dancing x 2
• grandpa cobb turned 79! {FYI- the grandpa my first son will be named after- James}

here is a picture of my grandma and grandpa cobb they sent me. at a senior luau party.

• threw a crepe party

• ice skating
• watched half of 3 movies
• watched an episode of Arthur. :D {childhood fav}
• found out the ratio of girls to guys in my ward is 3{girl} to 1 {boy}. Which isn't as bad as the ratio last year 4.5 to 1. {does anyone know if boys actually go to school. cause i'm pretty certain there are more girls everywhere i go.
• awkward look game/swedish twister
• cinnamon roll party
• saw my married roommate anna!!!
• slip in slide on the grassy knoll of old farm!!

• game night
• kinect dancing. {hardest thing of my life. like harder than trigonometry probably.}
• hobby lobby with laurenita.
• made the most delicious things called lasagna rolls {and it's even 'funner' if you say it la zagggg na rolls. am i right??}
• phone tag
• day on the quad. got free toilet paper roll and lots of other free things!
• built a bridge out of popsicle sticks and hot glue
• did my laundry
• learned that taking your camera on a an airplane ruins your digital sensor. DON'T DO IT!
• high stakes bingo where one guy kissed 6 girls blindfolded and had to tell who was the best kisser! hahahahahahahaha.
• watched a couple DTR
• shot metalic kitchen utensils
• ate real food at Angies.
• institute dance. by far the best dance i've ever been to.
• karaoke to Hero by my man enrique iglesias
• creeped with betsy to find out if cute kitchen towels and blenders belonged to girls or guys. {and i was right. it was a girls apartment! 15 points for me!}
• did a man's job-fixed the blinds. {w/betsy and all we used were a screw driver and needle nose pliers. who needs men when you have the brains of dedicated college girls??....}
• swam at the oakridge pool.
• found that even as adult college students, some guys still take their Flintstone vitamins. whatever it takes to be healthy!

• and garin wore betsy's shorts. hahahahhhahhahah. top 10 funniest things of my semester thus far.
• hot tubed and scooped dead bees out of the hot tub. sick
• tried this new kind of top romen called "creamy chicken". sounds good, no? wrong! DO NOT give in to the temptation to try this kind. it is deeeee scust ing. trust me.
• girl talk
• Betsy became my mom. and i might become her aunt. we should write a song similar to "i'm my own grandpa" minus the annoyingness of it.
• oregon trail on Betsy's i touch. and 2 of my 3 kiddos got carried away by the balding Eagles! So sad. i cried. but only a little.
• how to lose a guy in 10 days. "our love fern!!!! you let it DIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!"
• met my FHE dad and brothers. FYI, it is possible to have a dad younger than you.
• saw the first "bourne" movie for the first time!

this was right before we watched the movie. haha

• sketched a wire whisk, 5 times.
• hyrum dam.

Betsy, erik, ashley, kacey

• swam to the buoys. {and in case you were wondering, i spelt that with out spell checker!}
• tangled
• met a REAL cattle rancher. and he's in my ward. good news of the day!
• had "the police" taped to my back.
• FHE
• Fire up Logan Canyon.
• 

kevin, seth {my dad}, ashley, jonny, mark, and steven.

• 
  natalie, eric, tara, garin, genner.
  
  
  

natalie and i. {she is a roommate!}

• Had someone try to convince me to go to true aggie night with them.
• Betsy listed off my "finest qualities" to Garin.
• Then garin wanted to marry me. true story. :P
• wanted to beat betsy for this. haha
• finally saw my Melissa Q!!!!!!
• cleaned the sink at Angies.
• related and aggie football game to a pregnant women's emotions in English. {i had to, okay?? we were learning about "metaphors" and this was the one i had to do}
• finally understand really well what the heck Ansel Adams was thinking when creating the "zone system". Did you know that film picks up 2 more zones than that of digital?? add that to your gee whiz collection. {as betsy would say}

well that's good for now. I'm not cooking anything too elaborate tomorrow for recipe wednesday. but it's still something i've never made before. get your excited faces on!

tah tah for now,

Bri

p.s. in apx 1 week i'll probably have something really really really cool to say. just so ya know. :D :D

and in case you were craving a youtube video from me, because i haven't posted one in a very long time you may click on this here button to watch a pretty funny video in honor of Betsy doing her math homework while I play and sketch.

I can't help it.

you know how songs tell a story? And sometimes they kind of {kind of} apply to your life? well THIS song came on when i was listening to pandora while I made my journals. {which BTW if you were wondering, turned out beautifully.} I love Ingrid. And this song. I like Elvis's version, but i'm a woman, and so is Ingrid, so it works better with the whole thing of 'applying to my life' shenanigans. {p.s. did you know that's a real word??? HERE's the definition... i don't necessarily think i used it right. but i'll leave it there anyways.} Where was i going with this? oh yeah, the song, "i can't help falling in love". here are the lyrics. and i'm going to add my life in parenthesis to the side of each line if i choose. :D

Wise men say, {and women like my mom}
only fools rush in, {but i'm not}
but I can't help falling in love with you. {or like}

Shall I stay, {but i have to go back to school!}
would it be a sin, {probably not...}
if I can't help falling in love with you. {/like}

Like a river flows surely to the sea,
darling so it goes,
somethings are meant to be. {it is possible}

Take my hand, {for reals!!!!}
take my whole life too, { :D }
for I can't help falling in love with you.

Like a river flows surely to the sea,
darling so it goes,
somethings are meant to be. {we shall see}

So won't you just please {please!}
Take my hand, {Did you see i asked nicely?}
and take my whole life too, {go ahead. :D }
cause I can't help falling in love with you. {might be}

cause I can't help falling in love with you.

yep, i think it could apply.

I also think THIS song applies to my life in some ways too. First off. Carrie Underwood is amazing. second of all i kinda understand this song better now.

"the night before"

Sittin' up on the roof {or in his car}
Sneakin' a smoke by the chimney {drinking a dr pepper}
Checkin' out the moon and the city lights {or the ducks and swings at nielson's grove}
He takes off his flannel shirt {he's not a cowboy though...}
And he drapes it around her shoulders
Slides up behind her and holds on tight {or next to}
And she says, "I don't want this night to end
Why does it have to end?" {perfect}

Tomorrow she'll be rollin' down I-10 Baton Rouge {in a few days she'll be headed up I-15 Logan}
LSU 18 years in her rear view {USU 19 and a half years}
He's got a Friday paycheck lined up down the block {actually in Murray}
At daddy's shop, it ain't much but it's a job {scratch out 'ain't much' and daddy's shop}
They've been dreadin' this moment all summer long
The night before life goes on {4 nights before}

Ooh, a tear falls off her cheek and {this will most likely happen when it IS the night before}
Right when it hits his arm he says {i hope my sad tears don't land on his arm. that seem kinda awkward}
"Come on baby, lets get outta here" {aww!}
They take one last drive around town {i know this is true}
And man it already looks different
He bangs the wheel and says
"Life ain't fair and this growin' up stuff man I don't know
I just don't wanna let you go" {aww! this would be pretty cute actually!}

Tomorrow shell be rollin' down I-10 Baton Rouge {in a few days she'll be headed up I-15 Logan}
LSU 18 years in her rear view {USU 19 and a half years}
He's got a Friday paycheck lined up down the block {actually in Murray}
At daddy's shop, it ain't much but it's a job {scratch out 'ain't much' and daddy's shop}
They've been dreadin' this moment all summer long
The night before life goes on {4 nights before}

Yeah, that's what my momma told me {don't you hate it when mom's right?}
And just like those kids
I didn't wanna listen to no one
Yeah, there's nothin' you can do
There's nothin' you can say
And I know how it feels when love goes away {tis true}

Tomorrow she'll be rollin' down I-10 Baton Rouge {in a few days she'll be headed up I-15 Logan}
LSU 18 years in her rear view {USU 19.5 years}
He's got a Friday paycheck lined up down the block {actually in Murray}
At daddy's shop, it ain't much but it's a job {scratch out 'ain't much' and 'daddy's shop'}
They've been dreadin' this moment all summer long
But here it is they don't have long {frowny face}
The night before life goes on {sad truth}

so there you have it, my life {sorta} in 2 songs.

Ward Business time-

Quinton had his surgery on his ankle today. boo!

anyways, We {dad, mom, Em, Tay and i} were all there when he came out of recovery room. it was freakin hilarious! i video'd him but i'm kinda bad at the whole adding a video to blog thing. He said the funniest things and was so confused. it was great. definitely the most exciting thing of the day. ya know, other than cleaning the bathroom and doing a sink full of dishes. ;) Quinton's cast is PINK! because apparently they ran out of all the other colors except red. {and if you know my brother in the least, you know he wouldn't be caught dead with red on. ya know, mt view AND U of U}

I think this is going to be all for now.

loves and hugs.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

p.s. i'll post pictorals of the journals and cards i made later. I gave one to Taylor and one for him to give his mom too. And one for my grandma. like maybe in a few days. Maybe being the key word.

The long awaited post- my kissing list!

so my friend Tara said that she had made a list of al the places that she wants to kiss at. I had a short mental list, but never wrote it down. So now, whenever i watch a movie, read a book, or hear a story and i like the kiss story, it goes on my list. Some might find this weird or tacky, but i thought it was a good idea. PLUS, i'm a list person. If there is anything that could be made into a bulleted list, i've done it. {i mean, i think half of my blog posts are bulleted lists.....} So here is my kissing list. In all it's glory & dreamy-ness.

i'll save my very favorite 3-4 for the end.... just to keep you anxious.

• underwater with dorky goggles
• at the top of a ferris wheel

{aren't my sister and bro in law cute models for me??}

• on a ski lift
• while dancing in the rain
• in the middle of a cross walk at night in NYC

• under a full moon on the "O Rock"
• under a full moon on the "A" at usu

• on a rooftop
• at the ocean on the West Coast and East Coast
• while horse back riding
• in a pile of leaves

• during a thunderstorm
• while doing the dishes with cute aprons on
• in an elevator while no one else is there

• on an air plane
• under mistletoe
• in a photo booth with crazy costumes
• under an umbrella

• under a waterfall
• during a carriage ride
• in the city of love-paris
• during a picnic while eating on a checkered blanket

• during a snowball fight
• during a water fight while washing the car
• in a horse drawn sleigh while snowing
• 


• in a rowboat on a secluded lake

• in a tree house
• on my front porch
• on a porch swing
• with a cowboy on a ranch

• on a pile of hay

• over the alter of the temple

and....... the one i want the most.....

• i have always wanted to passionately kiss in the library. There's just always been something about the library that was appealing. Ya know, like needing a break from studying... and that break being.. sparking! pitter patter goes my little heart.

anyways, i'd love to hear about your lists. I'm always adding to mine. It's a pretty constantly opened and edited document on my computer. :D

also, one day i hope to photography a couple for each of these! it'll be a photographic goal of mine too. :D (i have the ferris wheel one!}

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!!

• 

• 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-