Things I adore, Things I'll do...

Hey, I've missed you!

Instead of a post, I give you....

A blog update!

I added an "I adore...." tab. {at the top under my banner}

and 

I added an "I will do...." tab. {at the top under my banner}

I've been working on both of them for a while. 

You know me... I love lists.

Maybe I'll add my kissing list too. What say you?

Also, I added a vote. Guess when my baby niece will be born!

So... Go vote! {on the top right side column}

Also, I might be out of the blogging world for a couple weeks 'cause of some things. We'll see.

Unless my niece is born, and then I'll for sure blog about at least her! Because, she's going to be my greatest love! I can't wait to snuggle her and kiss her little toes.
Honestly, I've never been more excited for anything in my whole life. Not even going to Europe this summer.... and that's saying something!

Need a good laugh? Or good pick me up? Look no further.

Sometimes I don't feel very stellar. And I need a good laugh.
and then I found these gems.

For Allison.

this is how all the how to draw books are!

reminds me of Lauren

hehe 

ha

this is soo true! For PAPA anne.

never more true.

I love the salads i make lately!

6 girls in my apartment=six different colors of luffas. 

Conversations on Facebook like this.

LOVE! in case you people are incompetent,
this is photoshop done in a cool way. :P

Clearly it goes over.

Well, i don't really fit that description at all...
but still, facebook thinks i could be a nun!

may or may not be true. Mint and chocolate
go together like the peanut and jelly,
like bert and ernie, like rain and bows. 

this happens to me all the time!

Also, I need a good pick me up.

Here are some quotes i like lately from church, institute, conference talks, margins of my scriptures, and devotionals. {i didn't write down where some of these came from.... :(}



"the best relationships are based on faith and forgiveness" -elder holland

"True change only comes through the atonement of Jesus Christ"

"be okay with who you are no matter the circumstance"

"Be loyal to the best within us regardless to opposition and temptation" -Elder Holland fireside last night.

"Joseph Smith is the supreme witness of Christ in this dispensation." -Elder Holland

"When you feel the Holy Ghost, it means the atonement is working in your life." -Henry B. Eyring

"When we choose to believe a sin is not a sin, it's still a sin." -President Ezra Taft Benson. "Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus."

"Satan is a master of making us forget who we are."

"When you get an answer to a prayer that you can make the decision, it means that God trusts you. God loves all of his children, but he doesn't trust all of them"

"Look for a man that will think of you as the girl of his dreams every day" -President Faust

"Human Nature is to avoid pain at all costs, but, our sprit needs it to grow."

"Faith in God means faith in his timing."- Neil A. Maxwell.

"if you don't live by the letter of the law, you can't live by the spirit of the law."

I love quotes lately. :D

p.s. I'm going home this weekend!! I get to see my family.... And Taylor!! :D I decided I can't wait 3 more weeks for that. 

soo.... 2.5 days till then. 

And another pro- I can do my laundry for freeeeeee :)

Also I think Marjorie is the cutest lil lady there was. I want to be like her. 

President Hinckley chose a great woman. 

p.s. "Marjorie" is now added to my baby names list. I should probably blog about that again one day. And my kissing list needs updated too.

well.... i should probably go memorize my introduction speech for public speaking.

but first- Some good news! My first class was cancelled for tomorrow! Which means i get to procrastinate my homework some more! :D

OH! more good news!!! I get to go to the Frankfurt, Germany temple this summer!!! And I'm crossing my fingers for the London, England one too. :D

New Stats. And how my apartment building is cooler than yours.

tests- 1

projects- 1

classes- 11

class days- 4

photo shoots to do- 7

costumes i still need to find for my shoots- 5

pictures to edit- 30 ish

pictures to print- 35 ish

final portfolios- 2 {that i'm combining into 1 big one.}

days till i go home- 11

papers- 1/2 {how does one cite the "For the Strength Of youth" pamphlet? Who is the author?}

presentations-1 {i have it done, i just have to present tomorrow}

freak out/stress sessions- i'm only giving myself 2 more.






I'd like to dedicate this part of my blog to "my ______ is cooler than yours because______"


tonight you get two! You lucky people!


My apartment building is cooler than yours because when sitting on the toilet you get to be in the rain. 
why?
because apparently when the snow melts off the roof it comes through the vent in my bathroom in the form of cold rain. So there is a permanent puddle on top of the toilet lid. it's grand. 




my car is cooler than yours because not only does it get ice on the outside of the windshield but the inside as well! Double the scraping = double the fun!




Also, i'd like to take this time to tell you how good at match making i am. If you need a match made, ask me. Cause i'm pretty good at it lately! There's just one stipulation- you have to name your first born child {both male or female would do.... brianna could be a good male name, right? RIGHT!} after me if you end up getting married. Which probably could most definitely maybe happen!




This is all. i have to go work on a Christmas present for someone special to me. :D


p.s. do you remember my kissing list? well i have a few to add to it. But this will be for another time. 

Thought Thursday +fun too

I'm in the photo lab at this moment. My film is taking a bath for 20 minutes longer and I don't have enough time to start anything new before i have to head to my class.
so that leaves me to blog. And after all, it is Thought Thursday.

 In general conference there was a talk titled "Love her Mother" by Sister Dalton

she said, “The most important thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.”


"Within a few weeks our three sons will have given their baby daughters a name and a blessing. I hope this will be the first of many priesthood blessings they receive from their fathers, because in the world in which they will grow up, they will need those blessings. Your daughter will cherish the priesthood and determine in her heart that this is what she wants in her future home and family."


I think this quote is so true. You can read her whole talk here.

In institute yesterday the lesson was all about Christ and women. I've never had a lesson like it before. There are some pretty cool stories that I had heard before, but never have thought about in the same way.

My institute teacher said a few things to the girls in the class that really stood out to me.

The first one was something like- Girls, you base too much of what you think your personal worth is based on what the gentlemen think of you. you have an instinct inside of you that needs a guys attention and love. While the world tells you, you don't need them, you do. Guys-because you know this, make sure you help them feel like the daughters of God that they are. And you guys need the girls just as much as they need you.

self-do i do this? ummm... i think i do? {the whole self worth based on dumb boys}. Not nearly as much as some girls, but this is kind of a natural thing. I feel like I'm confident and I always say "who even needs guys anyway?". Maybe i should not say that anymore....? Let's be honest, i now that's not true. But gee whilackers that would make my life easier right now. *sighs*

Also, the first 2 people that Christ appeared to after he was resurrected were women. I did not ever think of those stories in that way. I thought that was interesting considering he could have appeared to his apostles first.

On Sunday, we got a book all about the Relief Society and all the women in the church are supposed to read it. He read a couple paragraphs from it and it sounds pretty cool. I'll add that to my LONG list of "things to do" list. There's a problem though. For every one item i get crossed off, it seems 3 items are added. It'll work out, it always does.

side note/question- i wish there was an equivalent for the word "guys" in feminine form. Because girl sounds really little, but women sounds like an old lady and young women sounds like high school/puberty age . Boy sounds little, man sounds really old, young man sounds high school... but the male also has the word "guy" to use. Which sounds perfect in a lot of contexts. And granted, the word guy sometimes is a unisex word, there still is not a word equivalent to "guy" for the female personage. plus, sometimes i feel like a male when people refer to me as a "guy". just kidding, i don't. haha Maybe i'll start using the word "gal". My grandma calls me and my girl-friends that all the time. hmm....

Well, my film is done bathing. Now i get to go add "bubble bath" {photo flo}

until next time-- think of me becoming even paler in the darkroom while you all get to go out and have romantic picnics because the weather is near perfect {slightly chilly but who cares if you have someone to keep warm with}. One day I'm going to buy a cute checkered blanket and a wooden picnic basket and am going to sit under a big maple tree and have a picnic with a really attractive guy/man while the leaves fall down on us. Then maybe we'll kiss. And i am soo adding this to my kissing list now. I'm such a hopeless one. haha. :D

xoXOxoXO
Bri

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!}