SLO Girl in a Fast Pace World

New Blog!

2011-08-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

Just started a new blog for Peej and I!

You can check us out at http://peejandcourt.blogspot.com/

6 Days!!

2011-07-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

At My Shower

We are finally under a week and there is so much going on I can hardly catch my breath. Each day starts with a list that I know will not get finished no matter how much I buckle down. And now I have started waking up at 6 am (sometimes earlier) and sit there for an hour or so until I feel like its a more appropriate time to get up. I do feel extreme comfort in the fact that my mom is also not sleeping anymore!

Pj with our marriage license

It's amazing how time has flown. Just two weeks ago it had been the longest 6 1/2 months of my life and now it just feels like each day is completed in a few seconds. Here are just a few things that have been speeding up the process:

cleaning out my bed room (I must admit sadder than I thought)

painting furniture

running wedding errands

doing wedding projects

moving stuff into our new place

organizing the chaos we just moved in

staying involved in family events

eating (gotta squeeze that in)

and endless other tasks

The way a MAN packs

Fortunately I have the best support group. With my mom, sisters, Jaicy, the whole Andersen clan, and of course PJ taking on this endeavor it doesn't seem nearly as nuts. I imagine the next 6 days will fly by and I am so excited to be Mrs. Andersen I can hardly stand it. PJ is a constant reminder of why all of this madness is completely worth it! He is so patient through my crazy emotions and does so much for us. I can't believe how blessed I am!

Now I just need my friends and family to hurry up and get here so the party can really start! 6 more days!!!!

47 More days!!!

2011-05-23T17:43:00.000-07:00

Friday marked 50 days until Peej and I get married!!! To mark the occasion I decided to surprise him with a completely awesome date! Now for those of you who don't know in the summer of 2009 PJ asked me on a date to see the movie UP and I turned him down (I had a boyfriend). Since we started dating we have teased each other about this "missed date" so for our 50 day date I decided to plan an awesome UP date! I must admit I think it was way better than the date he would have planned in 2009!

First I set up his room before he came home and this was what he walked in to find...
Tied to the bottom of the balloons was the movie Up and a 50 days note!
Peej looking very excited about his surprise! After he got all surprised we had Pizza and salad for dinner and then we watched the movie while eating these...
It wasn't Fentons but it got the job done! All in all it was a wonderful celebration and I'm excited for these day to pass by.

Right now there are

47 days until the wedding

16 days until graduation

10 days until I'm done with class

Appendectomy

2011-05-11T23:21:00.000-07:00

So I had all of these really cute posts I was going to blog about such as all my friends being in town and Alysse and Cody's wedding not to mention Easter but it seems I will have to skip past all those and get straight to the Current event....

I no longer have an Apendix. Here is the short version of how that came to be.

The Sunday before last after having a wonderful time and the Andersen and Blau homes PJ and I headed back to my house so I could finish some homework. I started feeling sick and by 9 the vomiting started. (In RA world puke is always vomit never throw up or any other form of that I think they want it to seem more clinical just random FYI) I was hovering the toilet the rest of the night with endless stomach pains and vomit every 45 minutes almost exactly. PJ was super sweet rubbing my back and watching the chaos quite well. I had to force him out at about 1 so he could get some rest. I was up all night...

Monday I decided not to go to school I was still vomiting and having these terrible pains. I talked to an advice nurse and a doctor over the phone but got no where. PJ came home at 6:30 and started eating dinner with my family. Around that time the pain sunk into my lower right abdomen and by 7 PJ my mom and I were on our way to the ER

They took forever to get me through the waiting room and my mom kept pointing out the people with chest pains passing me up in the line. Finally I saw nurse number 1 she was nice and took me seriously and then I was ushered into another waiting room where I could only have one person with me so Peej came and sat while I got random tests. Finally I got into a room with a nurse who obviously thought I was faking it. Then my mom got people to break rules for her and joined us to my sweet relief!

By the time a doctor came it was Tuesday morning. She was sure it was my appendix but called a surgeon to check. He said if I was a man they would say appendicitis but since I have ovaries we needed to run more tests. They put me on morphine and made me drink this chalky crap that apparently reacts with some other things to make my organs show in a CT scan. CT scans are weird by the way and YOU TOTALLY FEEL LIKE YOU PEED YOUR PANTS!!!!!! but miraculously you do not. Anyways after the scan PJ my mom and I all fell asleep in weird positions in my room. At 4:00 they came in and said it was my Appendix and that they were just waiting for the operating room to be open and At 4:30 they came to prep me and PJ and my mom went home.

I went into surgery at 5 and don't remember a thing until 7 :45 so bizarre and PJ went home took a shower drove to the airport and hopped a flight to Iowa for work. The next day was full of visitors and funny drugged conversations. And the night was full of hospital people poking me and rude neighbors. Then it was home wed and recovery since! O and when PJ came home he gave me a mug from Iowa to say sorry for missing my operation. This pic is not of mine but I kid you not looks just like this and says Iowa on the inside!

I guess he was udderly sad to leave me (couldn't help myself)

Kicking Off Spring Break!

2011-03-21T17:03:00.000-07:00

This Friday marked the beginning of my spring break and even though I have a huge project to do a write up I couldn't be happier for a bit of a break. To start off my spring break right PJ took me out on a date to dinner and a movie! It was such fun, the next day was spent on wedding planning which included going out to the school house and measuring some random things!

It's always such fun to go out their and think about our wedding day. Then we went to the Andersen's to see Bett head out for the MORMAL!! She looked beautiful! Later that night while doing some wedding crafts we decided to make homemade donuts with my mom!

They were so delicious and it was such fun cutting and cooking them! Sunday morning I had to finish preparing for my relief society lesson which included making these cute St. Patricks Day Cupcakes!
It was such a fun weekend and I'm looking forward to a whole week in Danville!!!

124 Days!!!

2011-03-07T19:35:00.000-08:00

Its officially 124 days until the big day and wedding plans are in full swing! This weekend was utterly full of exciting details. On the 126 day to go, Saturday, we had a full day. We got up early and PJ came over while I got ready for the day. We went over all of our plans and then Tara and I headed to my second dress fitting. It was so nice to see my dress again and I'm excited to see how it will all come together. We drove back home and PJ picked me up. We dropped off my car to get the oil changed and then went to JCREW where Peej tried on a suit they ordered in for him. He looks so handsome in it and I can't wait to see him in it again at our wedding!

After the mall we picked up my car and stopped by a little shop in danville to look at some cute accessories for the wedding. Then it was back home for lunch and off to start registering. I must admit the whole registering experience was a bit overwhelming for me but we are going to work on it again this next weekend at different locations so hopefully it will all become clearer then! After that attempt we headed back to my house and worked on a flag my grandma is quilting for us for the flag pole at our wedding! It is super cute. After dinner and a few more details we went out to see the Adjustment Bureau with Alysse and Cody. It was such fun and a good movie! All in All it was an awesome wedding filled weekend and I can't wait for these 124 days to pass so I can marry my best friend! but for now I'm trying to enjoy the process as much as possible!

Reese's

2011-02-22T18:40:00.000-08:00

Dear Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Manufacturer,

I am sad to say your hearts lack in the peanut butter (or whatever that peanut butterly like thing is) to chocolate ratio. Your chocolate is not good enough to dominate my taste buds as it has! I was looking more for your standard ratio or even your easter egg ratio! Please fix this before next year!

Thank you!

That's It!

2011-01-19T13:28:00.000-08:00

Ok Ladies! In a logical world this post would be unnecessary but apparently we live in a world where it rains gum drops and snows marshmallows so here it is.

For years I have been watching girls wear things too short, too high, too tight, too bedazzled! I thought I had seen it all but today we hit a new low. I'm biking off campus when I suddenly see a girl wearing a normal length T-shirt and TIGHTS. Not leggings, not Jeggings, TIGHTS. They weren't even opaque tights or sweater tights. They were lacy and left nothing to the imagination! (colored undies +bad choice or does it all equal out?) So since apparently there is some confusion on the matter please do not wear these

or these

without something that at the very least covers your butt!

Save the Date

2011-01-10T18:51:00.001-08:00

Six months from yesterday on July 9th, PJ and I will be getting married!!!! With the hustle and bustle of the quarter picking up this week we have been trying to get things going before I'm swamped since we will be really doing all of our major planning on the weekend. We have a laundry list of things to get done but we have managed to get a location and I have my dress (pre sleeves) so I think we have some pretty good footing!

I can't believe what a lucky girl I am to have such a supportive family and a wonderfully amazing fiance!

December 10th, 2010

2010-12-13T16:23:00.000-08:00

Here is the whole engagement story for those of you who haven't heard or just want more detail!

Friday afternoon I left Davis after student teaching and drove back to Danville. PJ was working out of the city that day. He told me his co-workers wanted to but it was really so he could pick up my ring! Anyways he got off work early and came straight to my house. I was wrapping presents and trying to figure out the rest of our night. In my mind it consisted of running some errands and working on my relief society lesson and talk, maybe watch a christmas movie. We were beginning to discuss these riveting options when Candace called and asked us to go over to Oak hill Park and measure the distance between the pillars for Melanie's wedding. We grabbed a tape measurer and headed out. I asked my mom to just leave my wrapping stuff where it was, assuring her I would be back in just a couple minutes, little did I know.

We drove over and talked about how happy we were that I was on winter break and then when we were driving past the park PJ started rambling on about someone living on the hill. I assured him he was being silly and we pulled into the parking lot. He said he had to call his mom and get more detail on what we were supposed to be measuring. I teased him for not figuring that out the first call, I had no clue it was really a tip for Candace to sneak off. We walked around the building and noticed that there was a table with roses and hot chocolate sitting out. I thought someone was doing something and was about to come back so I instantly wanted to rush and began measuring the poles.

PJ was not helping me and kept moving closer to the table and I kept telling him to leave that persons stuff alone and help me hurry it up. He didn't listen and kept telling me to come look. I finally walked over and saw that there was a card on the table that read "Courtney" but it still didn't click I thought "how weird their name is courtney too, now lets hurry this up". Just before I said that out loud PJ got down on one knee and I thought he was joking and apparently said "no". He told me how much he loved me and asked me to marry him! I dropped the measuring tape I was still holding and kissed him!

Peej said that's a yes right and slipped my ring on my finger. It was gorgeous and everything I every wanted. I read the note he had written me and he started telling me all the secrets he had been keeping about the ring and the planning. We packed everything up and headed to dinner at The Little Pear in Blackhawk Plaza. We had gone walking around that plaza on our first date! We talked and ate and then walked around. It was fake snowing so we had fun playing around in that for a while! Next was back to visit each of our families and spread all the joy.

It was the most wonderful night I couldn't believe he tricked me so badly. I always thought I would never fall for anything, in fact just Thursday night I told Peej he would never be able to trick me! I'm so glad he could though, I love him so much and can't believe how blessed I am to have such a wonderful man to spend the rest of my life with!

To see the video click here

Talk Dodging

2010-12-06T18:37:00.000-08:00

Apparently I am an excellent talk dodger. I don't know how I did it but somehow I have managed to avoid being asked to speak in sacrament for about 6 years. Mind you this entire time I was going to church, so some of you may ask how is this done. I'm not quite sure but I think it can be attributed to a few of my former church habits.

Sit in the back or very close to the walls (you blend in with the scenery)
Don't socialize very much, it raises expectation.
Travel quickly from class to class and use extra time to go to the bathroom.

Now for those of you who are thinking what on earth is Courtney rambling on for here is the punch line: it finally happened this Sunday I will be giving a talk. Lets hope it goes well because its also my Sunday to teach in relief society!

Turkey time!

2010-11-29T14:04:00.000-08:00

This thanksgiving marked my first drive to Utah, my first negative 4 degree weather, first frozen christmas tree, first trip to temple square, and of course first thanksgiving away from my family! Here are the brief highlights:

At 2am on wednesday morning we loaded up the car and started our long drive to utah, we had to stop and put chains on and there was ice on the road so it took around 15 hours to make it there. The trip was spent watching movies, playing games, talking and of course sleeping.

sam is and excellent sleeper he can even do it with his eyes open!

Thanksgiving day was wonderful we spent time with al of PJ's family. 42 relatives where there so Gram's house was packed and it was some of the most interesting thanksgiving food I have ever had! Everyone was so nice and Jaicy and Ev even got to join in the festivities! we finished the day with an intense game of taboo, even Gram got into it.

Friday morning we got up and all of us young adults went to gap for some of the black friday madness and then out to breakfast. Later that day we went to get a christmas tree for Grams' and they were all frozen in little bundles so we just had to buy one at random. We went bowling at BYU and then PJ and I went to Temple square so I could see the church sights.

That night we went to dinner at PJ's cousins house with Mollie and Steve and a few of their other cousins and we played a really fun game that I will be spreading around with anyone who hangs out with me.

Saturday we woke up early and got all dressed up and headed out to the Draper Temple. Melanie was going through the Temple so Bett Sam and I did baptisms for the time being. It was really beautiful and fun except this old man thought I was like 13 and kept trying to set me up with random boys! After the Temple we went to lunch and then loaded back in the car and headed for home. After dinner in vegas, a few gas stops, one movie, and some napping we got back to Danville at 4am.

All in all it was a wonderful trip! It was so nice to spend the Holiday with PJ and his family just couldn't be more amazing! I loved every minute of it and was surprised by how beautiful Utah was. The one shortcoming was the extreme lack of pictures I took! I can't believe how blessed I am to have such an incredible boyfriend with such a loving and kind family!

Feeling Sheepish?

2010-11-08T21:22:00.001-08:00

So for Halloween this year PJ took one for the team and was a sheep to my Little Bow peep! I think he secretly loved it especially since he sewed his own shirt and pants (I know he's such a keeper) Not to mention the fact he wore the whole costume to work Friday!

Before I continue on with the rest of this post on my Halloween fun I realized I have yet to write about my school week at all! The basic run down is student teaching for 1st or 5th graders during the day and classes almost everyday on top of that! Its way fun and crazy busy and most nights are spent talking to PJ like this....
I know right so silly but thank goodness for video chat or I might loose it here in Davis! Anywho back to the fun! Over Halloween weekend PJ and I went to the Johnson's party (see first picture) carved pumpkins with Aubrey and Phil

(can you guess which one is mine and which is PJ's) and made this awesome cupcake haunted mansion!!!
Then we had friends over to eat dinner and Randi and Chad taught us this awesome game that I want to play all the time now! All in all a wonderful Halloween!

Gertie Gets MARRIED!!!!

2010-10-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

of course I forgot my camera again but her is a stolen pic from peej

This weekend was Emily's wedding! It was crazy busy and crazy wonderful!

Friday night all the Gals got together to live it up before her big day. We went to the Blatter's and ate junk food, played games, talked, and I embarrassed emily with some old notes emily wrote me in high school! An excerpt from one was "My husband better have good hands" Gertie assured us Dustin does! We had so much fun and lauren made this cute slideshow! It was grand getting a lot of the gang together again! I'm also obsessed with chelsea's baby bump and she tried to convince us all to by maternity pants. I think I'll wait on that one! After that party PJ and I hung out and stayed up way to late talking and (get your barf bag ready) being all in love with one another!

Saturday was such fun we did the traditional Blatter bathroom get ready and Kim, Katie and I headed out to get the flowers. They were beautiful and filled the car up. The off to the temple we went and awaited our bride and groom. Emily looked so gorgeous from head to tow and they both looked so happy! We all took some pictures and then Kim, Katie, Lauren, Jeff and I picked up Katie's friend from BART and went to pic up Dominicos for lunch. We went back to the Robinson's ate up and helped finishing up the final reception details. PJ came to help with the set up and was such an adorable helper! The entire yard was transformed with tons of white pumpkins, lights, flowers, candles, and white japanese lanterns. It was so great! The food was amazing especially the desserts and the photo bored was so cute. Of course I loved the dancing! All of the ladies tore up the dance floor and PJ's moves were to die for, he entertains me to no end! Of course my family also debuted some pretty solid moves, including the hussle by my mom, sis, and a bunch of other women, and a Michael Jackson duet by phlabry! My feet are still recovering! The whole night was finished with a beautiful sparkler send off. All in all it was an amazing wedding and I couldn't be happier for the bride and groom they are headed for one terrific eternity!

PJ's 25th B-day weekend

2010-10-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

On Friday Peej turned 25 and the celebration began! PJ's parents were out of town for the weekend so I got to be in charge of all the birthday celebrating! On Friday I got out of class at 4 and drove back to danville! I stopped at Trader Joe's and Safeway to get stuff for dinner and headed over to the Andersens. We made some dinner and then PJ, Bett, Sam and I headed to the Danville Bowl!

Bett schooled us all and beat her personal best, Sam was a close second and I let PJ beat me so he wouldn't come in last :) After bowling we picked up a movie and headed back to the Andersens.
I didn't have time to make a cake and we couldn't find any birthday candles so Peej blew out a tea light candle on top of a mound of Muddie Buddies and Peanut Butter M&M's! We vegged out wrapping up a wonderful evening!
The next morning was the beginning of conference so I went over early and PJ and I made french toast! After the first session we went on a walk and made some waffle iron grilled cheeses (I know this weekend feels like it all about the food...it probably was)
Then more conference and PJ headed off to priesthood and I went out with Aub, T and the cravens. Then PJ and I made cinnamon roll dough for sunday morning and watched The Work and the Glory and picked up sam from his friends house and headed to bed early in preperation for conference sunday!

Sunday morning I woke up bright and early and headed out to the Andersens. I knocked on PJ's window at 7:30 to wake him up (he didn't want to get up a second early) and we finished making the cinnamon rolls and tried to clean up the house a little! We woke up Bett and Sam just in time for conference and Erin and Jared came over for the spiritual festivities! Then Aub and Phil joined up for second session

After all the conferencing was over we made dinner and a welcome home pie for the Andersen parents and finished out our wonderful weekend catching up with everyone. It was such a great weekend! SOOOO much good food, good company, and great spiritual messages!

It's Official!

2010-09-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

What's official you may ask?

You'll never guess......... I officially can make anything out of duct tape!

Now I can see some of you disappointed at this amazing skill I have developed but give me a chance to explain my sheer awesomeness.

Last night I was swamped with HW to the point that even though PJ came up to davis for a visit I really only made time for dinner with him. The rest of his time was spent playing angry birds, watching me work, and reading over my financial aid paperwork. He handled it like a champ (I know he's such a keeper). Once PJ left I worked non stop and around 3am I had finished all of the written assignments and was on to the creative projects. The first was decorating a poem about myself. I cut pictures of my childhood into this cute bow shape and finished around 4. Then it was on to my literary history creative project.

For those of you who don't know I'm really only half moved my stuff up to davis. Only what I need day in and out and a few pictures. Now normally it all works perfectly but unfortunately it has me totally tapped out on craft supplies. So It's 4am and I'm looking around my room feeling totally lost when all of the sudden my multi colored duct tape catches my eye!

But what to do ... I know I'll make a heart shaped box to fill with the books I love

But can it be done..... o yes it can!!!!

and here is the proof!

I know I'm still in awe

Now I must admit my pride in this accomplishment is probably amplified by the fact that I'm running on like 45 minutes of sleep but please humor me!

Back to school already?

2010-08-25T19:02:00.000-07:00

I know I know I'm a blog failure, but its not like my mom and aubrey ( the people who routinely acknowledge the existence of my blog) aren't 100% aware of my life already and just comment to keep up my moral! However i was going to try and be more on top of this thing and have just let it go to shambles so its time for an update! And in the true spirit of my blog I stole all of these pics!

so in an effort not to drag on, this summer I........turned 22 and lots of cool people came to celebrate with me...

...Went to the boardwalk and capitola as part of lauren and jeffs pre-wedding three day extravaganza...

....Acted like a crazy person at laurens bachaelorette party with the greatest girls I know
....Celebrated the union of Mrs. and Mr. Jeffery Thompson
...saw peter pan in the city! Tara and Camille were the cutest couple in the bunch!...
Went to family camp! yes me and my mom hauled those kids till our arms fell of and of course I ate my weight in pie and ice cream!And I think that sums up the big events! I just started student teaching and classes start in a little over a week and I'm in Davis all week and home all weekend! so Life is Grand !!!!!!!!!

All Growd Up!

2010-07-01T14:21:00.000-07:00

Warning : I have be exceptionally bad at taking pictures of my life so thanks to everyone I stole these from!

Ok so I know that I am terribly out of date here but I promise to attempt to be better at blogging, I'll add it to my summer goals!So for starters I graduated college!!! Crazy right! My Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aub, and Phil came down for the celebration and it was super fun and totally hot!!! My ceremony was at nine in the morning and people were taking there robes off during the ceremony to try and cool down! We went to lunch after all the commotion and then my parents and grandma headed home but Aub and Phil got to crash with me for another day and relive that o so joyous dorm experience, which Phil never actually had during his college years! We went to the beach, hung out down town, and had the best clam chowder ever before packing up my entire life and heading home!

Then it was a brief stop back home before heading down to San Diego for the most awesome weekend ever!! It was full of bridal and baptismal bliss and the most wonderful people I know! We started off the weekend with some cut throat game playing (Literally), then a beach day complete with a night time bonfire, followed by the main events of bridal shower, baptism and baptismal party including some super awesome dancing!!! Then we finished off the weekend with a trip to the Mormon battalion museum and two excellent talks by Lauren and Jeff! Did I mention that I cried every day I was there! It was so wonderful and emotional in the best possible sense! I love all of these girls so much and they bless my life every time I'm with them! It seriously couldn't have been better! I don't know how I got so lucky and ended up with such wonderful friends who are also some of my greatest examples! I can't wait till Laurens wedding when I get to see them all again!Then it was back home for another few days then off to Santa Cruz for a surprise trip my dad had planned for my moms anniversary! The whole family was there which was soooo incredibly awesome! We went to the boardwalk (I have the injuries to prove I went on rides), we swam everyday, we went to the beach, ate lots of good food and spent quality time together! then on Tuesday me, my mom, Tara and my cute niece and nephew went to sky high which is this awesome room filled with trampolines! I wanted my niece do some of her gymnastic tricks and basically exhausted myself, but it was way fun!Those are the big events but my life has been filled with changes this past month and I am excited and nervous to see what will be coming up next! I'm so blessed and thankful for the opportunities I have to grow and am trying not to focus on how scared the unknown makes me! Hopefully I will continue to keep ya'll more updated!

Hello blog

2010-05-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

So I'm really failing on the updates but here is my life in 8. points

My internship: its super fun in a multilingual first grade room and pretty much the most entertaining and challenging part of my week!
My classes: being in my last quarter and having gone scholastically crazy in all other quarters i get to take things like bowling and aerobic instruction
My job: now is when the freshman slowly loose all inhibition and go nuts (pray for me)
My eating habits: four years on the meal plan has basically killed me and i find chocolate is the only steady thing in my diet
My new car: its beautiful and red and I am scared to death that something is going to mess it up
My summer plans: still looking for a job and mapping out my travel plans.
My plans for next year: Its UC Davis for those who haven't heard and I'm working on the last paperwork, verifying prerequisites, and all that Jazz fortunately my beyond awesome cousin found me housing swapping for her place.
Graduation: its only 32 days till i put on my cap and gown

so there's my little life in short! more details to follow

My Senior project ( minius the 35 page part :) )

2010-03-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

click here : http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbid=2554168&invitationToken=1W3ePM

Like Mother Like Daughter

2010-02-24T10:26:00.000-08:00

For those of you who know my mom you can understand I jump at the oportunity to be compared to her. She a force to be reckoned with and is amazingly caring and spiritual. Her strength and determination has always been something I have looked up to. One thing you may not know about my mom is that regardless of her parents not attending a church she always felt the need to pray. As a little girl my mom memorized the Lords prayer, motivated by my very religious Great Grandma Helen, and to this day when she gets stressed out she recites it to herself over and over again. Apparently I have adopted some of this stress relief strategy. I don't use the Lords prayer, but instead find myself turning all of my thoughts into little prayers. For example when I would normally think "I'll head to the library and work on this assignment first" it now starts with a Dear Heavenly Father and ends with an Amen. I think there is something calming in feeling like you're continually talking to the Lord and even a comfort or affirmation that I'll be able to do what I need to. My mom, I believe, gets this same sense of security in those stressed out moments and thinking that I'm like my mom in this respect just makes me feel all the more capable!

All I want is a room somewhere...

2010-01-10T20:39:00.001-08:00

For those of you who don't pay attention to my life I am an RA, its a generally pleasing job. You make great friends, learn a lot about yourself and others and while at times it feels like "being a camp counselor at a prison" (to quote some of my witty staff members) it has enhanced my college career and I don't know what i would have done without it!

However, there are some draw backs the one that is currently bothering me is my lack of kitchen!!!!!!
I love to cook and bake and being kitchenless can be utterly painful. I dream of being able to walk into a room with a normal sized fridge, cabinets, food that I actually want to eat and to be able to control what goes into it! This things while so normal have been absent of my last three and a half years of campus dining and I'm running out of things on the meal plan I'll actually eat! there is a distant light in the future in about 5 and a half months i will graduate! until then I'll just keep dreaming of ovens and blenders!

12 days of finals week

2009-12-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

Its finals here and i am counting down till I get home its only 6 days but it feels like a lot more so here is my list of my "twelve" days of finals week (i have no time so i list products only you can add the whole little song if you like)
on the 12th day of finals week my anxiety gave to me
12- candy bars
11- sound warnings for residents
10- hot showers
9-forms of procrastination
8- cereal meals
7- check lists
6- sleepless nights
5-BREAK DOWNS!!!!
4- trips to the gym
3-study break events
2- final papers
and
1-project presentation

hopefully i will get through them elegantly and see you on the other side!!!

Thanksgiving

2009-11-24T20:21:00.001-08:00

I'm HOME!!!!!!! I love being home I love the feeling of plopping down on my couch next to my mom and chatting while watching the hills and other trashy TV shows. There is nothing better after a stressful 8 and a half weeks at school! I basically haven't sat still since the quarter started! Between figuring out where to apply for grad schools, studying for the cset, and trying to make it through my most challenging quarter of college yet life has just been a blur... fortunately I now get to spend some much needed time with family and friends, eating tons of food, and prepping for the Christmas frenzy!! I'm so excited !!!!!

Chocoholic

2009-10-16T20:10:00.000-07:00

What my dreams are made of

When I'm in back to back classes what do i do ...eat chocolate
when I have a late night at work ...eat chocolate
when I feel stressed out... eat chocolate
when I have a girls day/ night
when I work on grad school applications
when it rains outside
when I need sleep
when I feel bored
when I'm sick
When I'm healthy
when I'm sad
or celebrating
Basically any excuse I can possibly come up with to have chocolate
I'm a full blown addict and eating on campus just makes it worse. chocolate is so available at every meal there it is taunting me with its sweet melty goodness. So much mouth watering goodness how could I be expected to resist! I seriously consider replacing all of my food with chocolate! ( do you think i could get away with that if the chocolate looked like other foods like those chocolate oranges instead of real fruit?) I'm trying to be strong and keep a handle on my chocolate fixing and currently limiting my intake ( to the best my weak will can handle) and making time for the gym when possible! heres hopping I dont end up turning into a chocolate bunny before easter!

Back to it

2009-09-28T00:02:00.000-07:00

So this past week was the beginning of my senior year and probably the craziest start I have had in these past four. My schedule got completely rearranged and I scrambled to get my internship settled and still have a few details to work out but the end point is aside from a senior project and post grad plans to figure out I'm on my way to graduating in June with a relatively easy course load ahead! Its going to be a busy year but its all in the details and fortunately I think I might finally have those down!

Other than the classes I have been getting to know my residents and got to go home this weekend. It was Katie's families annual bacci ball party and it was a blast. Yes, my team did get out in the first round but I totally dominated in a later game! and besides i got to spend time with my wonderful family (sans Aubrey :( ) and see my fake family (ie. lenore, mimi and jude) so all in all it was a great week!

Heading Out

2009-08-24T11:53:00.000-07:00

if only i could travel so lightly and so stylishly

The summer is wrapping up and now is that wonderful time where i start sorting through my entire life which is scattered around my room. It will be hours of "do i really need this?" and "where did i put that?", followed by" can i fit that there?" and one long game of luggage tetras next sunday morning as i try to shove everything in the car. It's a daunting task but someone has got to do it!

seriously?

2009-07-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

Alright Flo Rida, I supported you when you were looking for some apple bottom jeans and desired to get low, when her lips where like sugar, and even when you decided to have your head spin right round but I think you have crossed some lines with you new song which you totally adapted off a series of lines from anchorman! I mean seriously "I'm gonna send this thought your way and if you don't like it send it back my way but i just got to say i want to be on you" I think we all remember that little meeting with Veronica Corningstone how could you figure we forgot or wouldn't notice?!

For those of you who want to hear this debacle click here

turning 21... or 5...

2009-07-25T13:38:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was my big 21 and in an effort to avoid all maturity i packed up and headed to Disneyland!!!!!! best decision ever!!! Sunday after church I packed up the jeep ( the bug was broken and so no air conditioning woot woot!) and drove down the coast landing in SLO in the late afternoon, everyone hung out had dinner and i watched Mat help Greg move in (I was apparently too weak) we all crashed early that night and the next morning me and Katie made my birthday cake! It was beyond epic in appearance and taste!

neon food coloring made all the difference!

Then we packed up Katie's car ( yay air conditioning!!! and hybrid gas millage) and headed down to San Diego to stay at Scott's house. Our car ride was full of chippotle, nineties music, and silly conversation who could ask for anything more!! we got down there at 10:20 and hurried to get to bed! after a restless night (too much excitement!) we all got up and got ready and drove north towards Disney magic!on our way down

we got there at 9 30, sun screened up, and headed for California adventure!! Mat had never been in that park and we hit all the best rides! We started with the new toy story ride in which you compete on all these games where everyone schooled me but i sucked at duck hunt so thats easy too imagine... then we did California screamin, that horrific ferris wheel, Muppet's 3D ( I'm so muppet obsessed its scary), tower of terror, and finished up with soarin!!! it was fantastic but the best was yet to comewe're really just goofs

Disney magic = fake backdrop?

There is nothing like the walk into Disneyland to awaken the child in you and we did space mountain, haunted mansion, Indiana Jones, small world, the jungle cruise, pirates of the Caribbean, the Alice in wonderland ride, small world, the tikki room where we ate my beloved dole whip! and watched the fireworks over the castle it was amazing!!! at around 10:30 we left the park and said goodbye to Scott and me mat and Katie piled back in her car and headed to SLO we stopped for in and out and the bathroom a couple times but other than that it was a strait shot! Katie beyond the beyond awesome person she is drove the entire way back while Mat and I attempted to trade off sleeping ( neither of us are as strong as Katie) we made it back at 3:30 and crashed! I'm not sure I have ever been so tired!Dole whip!!!

the gang waiting for fireworks!

I woke up the next morning ate some more birthday cake, packed up, and drove back home, getting back just in time to figure out what i have to do for house sitting and have a half hour break before work! It was such a jam packed few days but worth every second!!!

some a summer

2009-07-15T13:56:00.000-07:00

Sorry to be such a lame blogger over this summer but apparently I'm easily distracted... Anyways here is the quick update on the events in my life over the past monthish...

So Aubrey got married as many of you witnessed and have already read about so the beginning of my summer was filled with family coming into town and last minute wedding prep and amazing wonderful times with jaicy my fourth sister!!! we rushed about town talked late at night, she tackled me for my phone, you know all the good stuff!! It was so much fun hanging out with her and Kelly's fam for a week!!!
Then came the wedding!! It was beautiful every little detail was perfectly mastered we laughed and cried and danced the night away! Aubrey looked so gorgeous and she and Phil could not of been happier! I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful sister and to have gained such a great big brother!
I loved spending time with family and friends and ended the night with my feet in the swimming pool, aloe on my sunburned back, shoving chocolate raspberry wedding cake into my mouth with my cousin and family could there be a better finale!
Then came the fourth of July Mat came up for the weekend with Katie and the family did the parade thing as usual and in an wondrous turn of events have inherited all these kids through aubs marriage and got to spend that time with them! Its so great to be with kids and experience those things through there eyes! they are so excited and appreciate it all so fully! we spent the rest of the day with the Greenan clan swimming, playing baseball ( yes I played in fact got a base hit even though Mat totally let me and wont admit it :) ) and watching the fireworks! o and did i mention enjoying this American flag cake me and Katie and mat made!!! I'm shamelessly proud of that but all in all an amazing weekend

Then last weekend I went down to San Luis for the weekend to visit Mat and Katie and Nick! We went to a concert where Sherwood was totally beyond awesome! spent time on the beach had some bbq fun caught up with my RA friends and me and Mat went on our first actual date! It was so much fun and totally us my car battery died while we were out and we had to change our plans a few times but we smiled our way through it and mat got to feel really heroic jumping my car so I couldn't ask for a better time :)

Those are the weekend highlights at least! and during the week I'm spending my time working for this lovely family...watching those two beyond gorgeous children!! seriously I am the luckiest girl in the world!!!

Home Sweet Home

2009-06-15T23:47:00.000-07:00

For those of you wondering what it would look like if college vomited in your room here's a sample of what it may look like...
Say hello to my next couple days work since my room has to be ready for Kelly's kids by Thursday... I also have another huge bag of stuff at Katie's house ...this should be interesting

crazy mixed up week of doom

2009-06-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

SO it's the end of another quarter which means its the end of life as I know it. Along with a slew of finals I also have the joys of packing up my entire life to travel back to Danville with me in, what proves to be, the most epically full car ride anyone has ever experienced. For the next few days my life will be consumed for with studying for two finals checking out about 30 residents and tearing my room down. The shinny light at the end of the tunnel though is that in 5 days I will get to see my family in 8 days brett comes home in 9 days kelly and fam come in from virgina in 11 days molly and steve get married and in 18 days aubrey gets married!!!!! Looks like i will have a rockin start to summer!

One Month!

2009-05-18T01:15:00.000-07:00

SO two years ago my best friend, since 14, Brett went on his mission. It was crazy weird adjusting to him being gone! We have written letters and sent packages( well really I send packages although he did send me missionary supplies and a Florida flag for my birthday last summer) Anyways it's been really strange not having him around, but...He will be home in one month!!!!! That's right June 17th and I can't wait!!!!! It's amazing how fast two years can go! I'm so excited to just be able to to talk to him on the phone its ridiculous, so the fact that i get to see him in a month is amazing! So that's the joy of my night!!!

RIP Runt

2009-05-11T20:53:00.000-07:00

So for those of you who don't know runt is my trusted and beloved fish! He had been with me since the first week of school when my surrogate little brother Aaron won him for me at the schools block party. (Aaron has a fish fear he is working on and i like to think this is the act that inspired him) Anyways Runt and I went through a lot this year I almost killed him countless times by not changing his water or almost dropping him when I did. He even suffered from that black spotted fish disease that they get from stress but we worked through that, and he had been healthy for quite some time. but the other morning i woke up and greeted him like usual and he was swimming on his side and obviously not looking good. I knew his water was clean and there was still food in his bowl so there was nothing i could do and runt finally met his maker. I had to flush him all by myself and i did so in my favorite stall in the bathroom and haven't really been able to use that toilet since.... I'm hoping i will be able to soon cuz its the one that's always not clogged. Anyways my room just doesn't feel the same without him who knew such a little fish would have such a big impact!

The wrong time to be sick

2009-05-07T15:16:00.000-07:00

So I've been getting sick for a couple weeks now but a few days ago it decided to explode into its full potential. My nose began to run without ceasing and I started coughing things all over the place and my voice is all crocky and disgusting. So I broke down and went to the health center. Fortunately our school is only mildly freaked about the swine flu ( total lie I have gotten 4 emails about it in the past two days) I arrived there and was greeted by a girl in a mask who asked if I had any of the following symptoms: fever, cough, sore throat, or vomiting. Now my question is why on earth would visit the health center if I didn't have any of those symptoms! so of course I answered yes and then was required to sanitize my hands and put on a lovely mask and went into the waiting room. I sat for forty minutes breathing my already used air creating a swamp atmosphere in my dumb mask. The worst part being that I could not deal with my fountain of snot or any of the things I was coughing up because I was not allowed to take off the stupid mask, a major design flaw! Then finally was called in and told I have a cold, just your average cold... so there goes an hour of my life and my dignity! thanks a lot swine flu!

spring in full bloom

2009-05-04T20:33:00.000-07:00

SO I have been majorly slacking on my blog life and here is a quick update on my life. I had Easter fun back home with my amazing family. We saw Brianna run at Davis and did the whole Easter day norms at our house and grandma's with these really cute cupcakes me and my mom made . Then back to school for a week then a trek back to Danville for Chelsea's wedding!
A weekend with all these lovely ladies from high school and beautiful Chelsea getting married was so amazing!!! We had so much fun, first the bacheloret party in all its glory with Kim's mom's wonderful better than sex cake, and an amazing slide show Lauren made which we watched 3 times almost 4 ... Kim's mom missed the first two times so... but amazing every time.
Then we woke up early and i brought extra bobby pins to my mom who was doing Chelsea's hair. Got ready rushed to Kim's got dressed with the rest of the girlies and headed to the temple where we waited for chels and took like a million pictures of ourselves. We all cried when she came out and took more pictures then on to the lunch, with a few quick trips for embarrassing car decorations and finally to the reception where we danced the night away!!! Seriously one of the most fun weekends ever!! I love weddings and can't wait for more this summer well that brings you up on recent events but I will blog again soon since that's the major highlights of six weeks!

failure

2009-04-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

I have been a blog failure lately I have so much to blog but not enough time to upload my pictures and broadcast my life to the world! don't worry though I'll be back soon enough hopefully tomorrow sorry for the delay of my life's work!

Confessions of a Girl night

2009-03-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

So one thing you may not know about me is I love B movies! you know those chick flicks with the predictable stories that always follow the same path and end with the same love story? I love a happy ending and thus am an obvious suckers for these sub-par films...particularly when it comes to dance movies... seriously know one can argue with the epic ending dance in center stage! I mean how on earth did she manage to get into those red point shoes and a whole new outfit in thirty seconds? Dance movie magic that's how!

So naturally when me and my lovely girl friend Carlyn and Katie heard that center stage two Turn It Up!had come out we knew it was time for a girls night. Now of course one movie is never enough so when we went to rent it we picked up make it happen another less known dance movie to give you an idea of the caliber of movie we are dealing with here are the covers...

Now I know what you thinking "dance movies are all the same" but when we popped in Center Stage turn it up! we were epically surprised at the lack of the typical plot! I'm not saying it deviated entirely from the norm but She didn't get into the school ! That's rule number one in tyipical plot lines!

However our worlds were shattered when we popped in Make it Happen and the exact same things were going on in this plot! the same exact changes!!! Not saying they were exactly the same but it was enough to make you wonder is this the new dance plot line? If so who makes that decision? Is my dance movie world forever changed?

Regardless if you are in the mood for some midless dancing romance movies you will not be disappointed with either of these films... you jus may want to space them out more than I did

Life is Beautiful

2009-03-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

So last night I finished finals and was basking in the glow of spring breakness today when I encountered the most amazing thing... THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION HAS STARTED!!!!!!!!!! Little known fact about San Luis Obispo is that it is right on the migration path of the monarch butterflies! The hibernate in pismo at the groves all winter looking beautifully like this....

And now they are flying all through San Luis signifing the wonders of springs!!! I spent twenty minutes just standing out watching them fly around and feeling like I was in some wonderous fairy tale! That may just be my five year old side but I have got to say it was a total spirit lifter/ rejuvinator! If anyone is looking for a peaceful pass time I suggest comeing here for some beautiful butterfly watching!

When it doesn't count

2009-03-16T17:29:00.001-07:00

Eating all of this .....
Doesn't count when this ...
is considered free time, and this...
is all your doing and when this
is where you could be if you didn't have finals

Heavenly water

2009-03-08T16:45:00.000-07:00

Thursdays morning I woke up and started the rush through my day. I went to class as usually, met with my boss, and stole a couple hours out of my day to go to the gym. Sweaty and miserable, but feeling quite accomplished, I hurried back to my room to give me the most amount of time possible to clean up and relax in the shower before class. I grabbed my shower caddy hopped, in turned on the faucet and what should hit me but a fountain of ice sickles!

That's right, the hot water was out. Now this has been happening a lot this year with random construction going on around campus sometimes they just shut ours off without warning, cruel and unusual I know, but never has it hit me so completely. This cold water seemed to penetrate my entire being and left me struggling to clean myself just enough as to not horrify my classmates with my odor. I didn't even bother to wet my hair and the sheer fear of the temperature.

This shower left me with a cold feeling that was present through my remaining class and the rest of the night. I worked till two thirty and the whole time i was hoping all the hot water would return so I could wash my hair; but It wasn't until the next day at one in the afternoon that I was able to take that warm shower I had been waiting for. It was the shower to top all showers, and while I wouldn't want to go through that again, I have never felt so clean and relaxed. I could have stayed in that shower forever and I'm pretty sure I have discovered what showers in heaven will feel like!

Blog Fever

2009-03-05T21:19:00.000-08:00

After months and months of blog stalking it finally happened....I woke up this morning with blog fever!
For know reason at all I had an extreme need to have a blog. My head was spinning with ideas and titles . As I mulled over all those moments I have thought " I could blog about this" I wondered will my blog live up to my expectations, will it entertain others as those whose wits inspired me to blog. But the fever was strong and without full consciousness I found myself setting this up and now here I am waiting for blog worthy moments for all of you!