5 reasons I am excited for 2010

2010 is going to be a really great year...I can already tell. Here are a few highlights that I am excited for:

1. Turning 21- I feel like 21 is going to be an exciting age, even if I don't use this number as a "going to the bars and partying my life away" I feel like I am getting older and I have alot to look forward to in my life ahead of me. (Don't worry, I am still going to act like a child at times :)


2. Being a junior in college. This is so crazy to me, I can not believe I only have 2 more years left. It is kinda bitter sweet to me. These first two years seriously flew by and although I am very excited to graduate college, I don't know if I am ready to be done.

3. Traveling - finally getting out of this country and seeing the world. Yes it is true, I have never been outside of the U.S. and this is going to be my year to finally experience different cultures! I am so so excited!


4. Most of my missionary friends come home this year! I can not believe that it has already been 2 years for most of them! I am so excited to see them and go to school with alot of them again! Like I said before, those first two years of college seriously flew by and it is going to be so nice to have my friends back!

5. Living with these classy ladies--this will be the first time that us four will live together with no other roommates, and we are very excited!

The verbal compliment...

...does not make up for leaving a good tip.
Just because you tell me that I gave you great service and I did a fabulous job, does not mean it is ok to leave less than a 20% tip. I have to pay for college some how and verbal compliments will not get me too far!
(Although it does make me feel really good and happy when you say I am a great server)

This was too cute to pass up...

I love my friends

Yesterday I saw this picture that my roommates took and Brittany so kindly added me into. First it made me kinda sad that I was not in snowy Rexburg having fun with them, but then it made me laugh because I know that they all miss me so much, and then it made me excited because i realized that on Christmas we will have exactly 4 months before we will be traveling together and loving life in a much much warmer climate!

Meet Kobe

She is our adorably obnoxious new kitty cat.
Although she is hyper active and at times annoying (like when i'm trying to eat at the table and she climbs on top and tries eating my food with me or tries putting her face in my water cup) she is really sweet.


Especially when we find her napping in the napkin basket.

Winter Wonderland

I just saw this video on youtube and I thought it was hilariously appropriate since it is now December and Christmas time is approaching.



Jon Heder is hilarious!

I can't believe that there still is no snow here in Chicago! The only time I saw snow this season was during my layover in Denver.
Call me crazy, but I think i'm ready for the snow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving this year was wonderful! We spent the day at our good friends the Clark's. The day was full of food, laughter, pie, games and lots of fun.

I have alot to be grateful for, and I have had alot of time to reflect on that this week since I was asked to give a talk this Sunday on gratitude. I would not even know where to begin, but I know I have the Lord to thank for all that I have and I hope I can continue to show my thanks every day and not just on thanksgiving.

I would usually still be sleeping...

Instead I have already
-gone to the gym
-did a little homework
-finished a load of laundry
-cleaned the bathroom
-vaccuumed my room
-took a little nap
-showered
...and it's not even noon yet! I love productive mornings.


Photo by Franzositch

Now I'm off to Amanda's to make some pies!

Winter anxious

I just registered for my classes next semester and I am very excited because for once I got the schedule I planned out!
16 credits--2 health science, 2 sociology, and finally the second half of anatomy and physiology.
I am very anxious for what the winter semester has to bring.



I am even more excited to live with my 3 best friends in our new apartment. It will finally be just the four of us and no one else. We are very happy about this.

Surprise!

Alright so I have realized that I still have some more catching up to do and I'm really not sure what has taken me so long. I am going to start about 3 weeks ago, on October 18th to be exact. One of the main reasons I went out to Idaho in the first place for the week...but I suppose I will start at the beginning.
So Sunday afternoon Brittany, Peggy and I spent our last few hours enjoying the beautiful fall scenery in Salt Lake.



We went to this really big famous park and had a picnic. It was nice.



Then we went up to temple square and hung out for a little bit before we headed back to Rexburg.
Sunday was Kristyne's 21st birthday and ever since I started talking about going to visit, Peggy and Brittany kept coming up with all of these ideas to surprise Kristyne by bringing me back to their apartment.
This was their "brilliant" idea...



Trust me, I was very surprised I fit too.



So before I went into their apartment they made sure that Kristyne was in her bedroom and told her to wait there while they wrapped her "present". As I tried so desperately to fit into the suitcase I begged them to tell her to hurry so I could get out of that little thing. When she came upstairs and realized someone was in the suitcase she had noo idea who it could be and thought it was another friend who was trying to scare her. She nervously opened it up...



And was soo surprised!



It was so fun!



Finally reunited once again!

We finished the night off by celebrating the way a birthday should be...



With all of our best friends!

Ingrid

Just a quick little post before I go to bed.



So on Saturday us girls spent the day in Salt Lake City. We did some shopping and then went to the Ingrid Michaelson concert and we LOVED it!!! She put on a great show and she was soo entertaining. Also her new c.d. is to die for! I love all of her music and now I love her even more as an artist after seeing her live! I would go see her again in a heart beat!

Weekend out west

So last thursday I flew out to SLC for the beginning of my trip. My good friend Elizabeth came to pick me up from the airport and then we went to Provo where she is living. We had some fun times together and it was nice to catch up with her. I also got to visit a couple of old friends while I was down there so that was also fun. Sadly Elizabeth and I did not take any pictures.
Then on Friday after Peggy and Brittany got done with classes they traveled down to Salt Lake City to meet up with me. They are such good friends. I was sooo excited to see them!

This was us meeting up for the first time at the gateway. After we meet up we walked around SLC for a little while, met up with our friend Mike, went to dinner, then went to a halloween dance party. We had more fun doing karaoke then we did actually dancing.



Well I would love to sit here and post the rest of the weekend, but blogger is taking 10 years to post pictures and I have to go to work soon. Soo more to come! Stay tuned...

I'm home now

Just spent a lovely week in Idaho with my favorite people ever!




I'll post all about it whenever I am sitting at home bored out of my head wishing I was with my friends...so probably very soon!

As of now, I should probably go unpack and sleep.

Looking back

I miss my roommates/friends

And I miss last fall

Obsessed

Here are some of my current obsessions.

First, I would call this more of an addiction...I loove this show!



Right now I am still catching up to this season. I am finishing up season 5 and it has gotten very intense. I love going and renting them one disk at a time and staying up all night watching all four episodes. I have one more disk to go and I am not sure if I want to finish it already. I don't know if I'm ready to go to watching only one episode every week.


Next, I have been completely obsessed with shoes lately. Whenever I see a good pair that I want, I feel like I NEED them! If I could go on a shoe shopping spree, that would probably make me the happiest person in the world. Whenever I am having a bad day I seriously will go shoe shopping and not even buy any shoes. Just merely looking at them makes me feel happier...oh how I wish I could drop 120 dollars on these...


And lastly, I've really been in love with this song lately. I get very excited when they play them at work, the Beatles make work so much better.

Fashionistas

Tonight my friend Catherine and I went to the world fashion show in Chicago.
As the name hints, it was a show full of designers from around the entire world! It was soo amazing!

(I apologize that the pictures are a little pixilated, I took my mom's camera and I really don't know how to work any of the night time features)


Here are some of the photos I took at the show... (I made a collage because there were so many that I really liked!)


After the show we hung out for a bit on the roof terrace of millennium garden


There was a super sweet pink lounge on the balcony overlooking the city


So we took a pink picture


And took a picture in front of the city.


Then we went on a little adventure around millennium park. We tried taking a bean picture, but that was a little unsuccessful.


So instead we found other cool artsy things.


And admired the bean from afar.

Thank you Doctor Oz!

I was watching Dr. Oz the other day while I was at the gym. He did a study on this episode (click here to watch) that has really got me thinking. It is gross and I now think about it every time I go to the bathroom, but I'm glad I saw it.

WAtch it please! It will change you


Moral of the story....close the toilet seat before you flush!

white sox

went to the sox game last night with some friends. they lost, but it was still fun.

autumn

Happy first day of fall!

Happy Friday!

Sisters

So on Sunday I got to spend some time with my "little sister" Makenzie and it was so fun! She gave me a french manicure and told me all about her boyfriends, which believe it or not the girl has more than me! Haha. Then I realized that right now I am twice as old as her and I asked her if we would still be friends when she is 20 and she fired back with some katty comment. Then she thinks it is funny to bring up the question of why I am not married yet, but at the rate she is going I wouldn't be suprised if she got married before me!
Oh kenz, what would we do without eachother?!

Friends

This past weekend Danielle and I went to go visit Paulina up in the city. We have all been really good friends since high school and we don't get to hang out very often since we are all in completely different places for the majority of the year, so we have fun whenever we do get together.

and Paulina's roommates dog is soo cute!

Rock Climbing

Yesterday Dallin and Josh invited me to go rock climbing with them, so we went to Lifetime fitness and climbed all afternoon. It was alot of fun, but super intense and we are still sore!