burnt toast.

Hair!

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:34:05 -0400

Monday, I am finally beginning the process to make my hair a pastel color! Woo! I am so excited and have been looking forward to doing this for ages! It’ll totally be worth going through the yucky poopy orange hair color for a week or two to get a lovely pastel purple, green or teal…i’ve yet to decide what to do! Eee!

Remember that time someone died next door?

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:48:42 -0400

So, crazy thing happened. I came home from work on Monday just in time to see the Canyon County coroner, a police officer, and what must have been a mortician of sorts, roll a dead body out of the townhouse behind us on a gurney in one of those black body bags you see in movies.

Previous to getting home, Andrew had been texting me for about 3 hours explaining all the commotion that was going on. It was all rather hush hush. No ambulance, no flashing police cars. Just a normal police car, undercover police car, and the coroners car. People who must have known the deceased person showed up here and there, looking worried and sad, consoling one another. We think it must have been a suicide.

But, what is even weirder, is that last week we had heard screaming and yelling and horrible banging noises coming from that same townhouse. It was very disturbing and unsettling. It was a woman and at times she said “Why can’t anyone help me”. The rest of what was screamed/yelled wasn’t anything that could be deciphered. It was so disturbing we called our landlords, they told us to just call the police if we heard it again. We did. Andrew dealt with all of that stuff. The police asked many questions and we didn’t have much to answer their questions with as we have never seen a woman living there. Just a middle aged man with a run down car who has to be picked up and dropped off for work. The police came by, mind you this was just a week before a dead body shows up there, and there was no answer at the door. The police also tried contacting someone who was affiliated with the tenants in the townhouse behind us. The police told us they had no luck getting into contact with them but to call immediately if we heard any of the disturbing noises again…we never heard anything else. We also hadn’t seen the man we thought lived there, until the chaos of the body being found.

Anyways…super crazy. There are a lot of unanswered questions that Andrew and I have. It’s creepy and scary that something like this happened. How often can one say that a dead body was found next door to them? I’m still a little shaken up by it, and my first thoughts when I saw there was someone who had died were we should have done more. Alas, we did what we could. Although I wish there was more that could have been done, on either the landlords end or the police.

Also, when something like this happens, how does the police know? Because the man who lived there, by his reaction, seemed to have been shocked by what had occurred ..did this woman call someone who then let the police know? Strange stuff.

And that’s been the highlight of my week thus far, and it’s only Wednesday!

A thought on blogs...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:02 -0400

I really hate the blogs where all the blog owner does is repost things. They’re boring and not personal. Bleh.

Foreign Films...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:41:40 -0400

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of foreign films, and can I say I have LOVED them all. I don’t know why I haven’t gotten into them earlier in my life, but I’m starting now! The captions often bother a lot of people but, I’ve been using captions on everything I watch for at least ten years(my parents started when the twins were born, my mom read somewhere that it helped kids learn how to read? But I believe it to be true!)

I’ve watched;

The Stoning of Soraya M.

The Lives of Others(recommended by my friend Kaitlin)

Bride Flight(also recommended by Kaitlin)

Silenced

Aftershock

All were incredibly different. But incredibly amazing. All(with the exception of Bride Flight) made me feel incredibly blessed to live in America. We have so many rights, that I too often take for granted, I digress.

You should definitely check these films out. Silenced is a little bit gruesome, as is the Stoning of Soraya M. But, you can always check out the story line of them!

A hobby of mine...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:14:44 -0400

I really, really, REALLY, love to bake. I always have and pretty sure I always will. Last week I finally broke down and bought some containers to hold supplies used for baking. Flour, sugar, brown sugar, etc. I hadn’t up to this point because I felt I didn’t have the space for these sorts of things in our home. Meaning counter space and pantry space. Both which we have pretty much zero of. (Sidenote;I will be so happy/excited/lucky the day we have a home that has a giant kitchen, with oodles of counter space and wonderful baking/cooking tools. But, I know these things happen in time and develop over a lifetime of marriage, like a standing mixer!)

Anyways, needless to say, I’ve been baking a lot since last week! I made homemade bagels, grapefruit donuts, and just finished making an after dinner dessert(Reese’s Peanut Butter bars, we’ll see how they are).

So…baking is a hobby of mine. Whenever anyone asks what my hobbies are I seem to get stumped and freak out and feel a bunch of anxiety(weird, i know) because I feel like I have no ‘real’ hobbies! But, I do!

Liza.

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:20:02 -0500

So, something strange happened to me today…

My mother had myself, Andrew, Megan and Jon come over and help take a meal to someone whose husband just died. We’re not really related to these people whatsoever but…here’s the run down, My grandma(mom’s mom) was married 5 times, her second husband(my moms stepdad, not biological dad) had a brother(my moms step uncle) anyhoo…this “Uncle” of my moms…his wife, my moms “aunt”, well her sister’s husband died. So…we’re not really related to these people. At all.

But anyways, my mom being the overly friendly lady that she is…has a house full of 6 out of towners. And was taking them a meal this afternoon.

We all got to this lady’s home(the one whose husband died). And she looked at me and said I look like Liza Minnelli. (Uh what?) I proceeded to say thank you not knowing if that was a compliment or what it was? Someone who heard this comment added; a much prettier and younger Liza Minnelli. (Thank you?)

Weirdest thing i’ve ever been told. But hey…guess that means I’d fit in well at the Balcony on their drag nights? Or perhaps I look like a drag queen. Eek. Good think I have an ‘ok’ sense of humor about this.

Cheers to you…and hope you were able to giggle about my awkward experience.

I'll never have long hair...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:30:30 -0500

as long as i have access and get lost looking at hair inspiration on this new tumblr i found!

pixie-cropped.tumblr.com

such cute hair!

Why does my mood automatically get ruined when a John Mayer song plays? ugh.

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:01:59 -0500

Why does my mood automatically get ruined when a John Mayer song plays? ugh.

Kids films 2012!

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:56:31 -0500

Pretty sure last year was the best year for kids films that I LOVED.

Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania,and Paranorman!

All weird, dark, cartoons! I love these genres! :)

If you haven’t seen them…check them out sometime soon! I promise you won’t be sorry. :)

This guy…turned 25. I’m so glad,blessed,happy,...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:50:43 -0500

This guy…turned 25. I’m so glad,blessed,happy, grateful, lucky, and beyond excited to get to spend the next bazillion birthdays celebrating with him!

I sure got lucky with someone who can make silly faces just as much as I do…and that is saying something, if you know me at all! ;)

We didn’t do anything super exciting on his special day. Just went and had breakfast together, did a bit of shopping, had drinks and appitizers, saw a film he’s been wanting to see, and I made him a homemade Japanese dinner. (minus the brownies and ice cream!)

Happy (belated) virtual Birthday my sweet. I love you truly, madly, and deeply. I am thankful for the day you were born and the man you have turned into the past 25 years. I wish you a year of happiness, love, peace, joy, health, and prosperity. I can’t wait to see what number 25 has in store for you my darling dear. I Love You.

Most of you readers o’ mine caught this on facebook, at...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:03:15 -0500

Most of you readers o’ mine caught this on facebook, at least I hope. But its so good! Enjoy.

I’m really excited about what God has in store for everyone who is apart of Morning/Evening of...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:40:59 -0500

I’m really excited about what God has in store for everyone who is apart of Morning/Evening of Fellowship this year. We have an amazing group of ladies who are yearning to create a deeper relationship with God. What an amazing and beautiful thing to have one another to lean on and grow together with. I am so BLESSED. I love each and every one of you. Thank you for being good-hearted, god loving, beautiful souls.

My goals for this new year...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:10:18 -0500

So, I’ve remembered my goals for this year!

1.) To be optimistic! And not so much of a Pessimist like I usually find myself.

2.) To be more positive and sensitive. (Thankful to have a husband who can teach me to be more like this.)

3.) SAVE, SAVE, SAVE! (so we can go places and see things together!)

4.) Create a good finance routine! Pay bills, budget money, save, and do things in a regular fashion when it comes to our finances.

5.) (This one I stole from Andrew) Take more photos together! So we can document our lives, even if all these photos are digital.

And thats it!

I hope you’ve set some goals fro yourself this year. And I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

I was also going to write about all of my 2013 goals…but I momentarily spaced them…:/...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:21:13 -0500

I was also going to write about all of my 2013 goals…but I momentarily spaced them…:/ Let’s hope that isn’t a sign of how successful I’ll be at keeping them! It’ll come to me!

<3

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:18:23 -0500

So long, farewell, 2012. You were incredibly good to me.

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:08:45 -0500

eek, its been over a month since I last posted on this here blog o’ mine! That has GOT to change!

Holidays have come and gone, we’ve said Au revoir to two thousand and twelve,welcomed in a brand new year with new goals, aspirations and dreams.

To say the least, 2012….was the best year I have ever had. It will be a year that stands the test of time in my heart and mind.

2012, in a nutshell;

February-Celebrated Andrew’s 24th Birthday! With a day of fun, just for him!

March 28th-Became engaged to my forever best friend, and the guy who holds my heart. And celebrated our two years of being together!

May-My littler sister graduated from high school!

July-Celebrated my 21st birthday, with a week of activities! With family, friends, and my sweetheart.

(All the while planning, crafting, creating for a wedding!)

September-Moved into my now home!

October 6th-Our loveliest day came to life!

More October-Finally went to Oregon, and Washington! Fell in LOVE with Seattle, Portland, meh.

Celebrated our first, and my favorite, Halloween together! Not doing much, just staying home and watching movies and eating candy!

November-I was able to vote for the first time, finally! I’ve waited ages to do so!

More November-the holidays began, filled with tons of firsts, dealing with stresses of now trying to juggle two families besides our own little one!

December-Many traditions were created! We loved our Fort Christmas, advent calendar filled with all sorts of fun activities, and getting to spend time enjoying one another, and our friends and families.

More December-The twins, the babies…are now 12! I cannot believe it, it makes me sad, but at the same time I am so excited to see the young man and young lady they are already turning in to. It is amazing to see God form them into the adults they will be all too soon. I adore those two siblings of mine, as I do all of my siblings. God has surely blessed me with amazing sisters and one amazing brother. <3

This year my close friends and I also re-started our Morning of Fellowship, which is amazing and I am so blessed to be apart of it on a weekly basis, sometimes bi-weekly!

I hate that I haven’t had proper time to blog lately. Perhaps that will be my 2013 new years...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:18:10 -0500

I hate that I haven’t had proper time to blog lately. Perhaps that will be my 2013 new years resolution, to be more diligent at it.

I’m having mixed feelings of the arrival of the holidays. Having to please all these new family members, along with my own, is incredibly stressful for me and causes me wayyy to much anxiety. Ah well, Andrew and I manage to take time every night and focus on the true reason for the season. We’re reading an advent story with each other. Something my parents did a few times when I was growing up, and despised at that point in my life…I was a moody and ungrateful teenager then. But now, I love it. Getting to spend just a few moments with God and with one another is incredibly blissful.

11-11

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:00:20 -0500

I am so beyond thankful for all the men and women who have served, and continue to serve in any branch of the U.S Military.

I know today you’ve heard or read it a few times too many. But, that doesn’t make it any less important.

I have been blessed to be apart of a family who has strong ties in the military. My dad, both of my grandfathers, and both of my great grandfathers. They all served in the military, voluntarily.

I was talking to Andrew today, briefly, after church…about how sad it makes me that my generation has, for the most part, no desire to be apart of the military. There isn’t that same mentality about it, as there was even 15 years ago.. And, many young people are bitter and say such negative things about the military and how terrible it is. Can you imagine how heartbreaking and offensive that is to hear if you are a soldier? It’s heartbreaking enough for me to hear…I just, ugh…people and the way they have to be so opinionated and awful, when they have NO idea what it is like.

I myself strongly considered joining the military at one point, but decided it wasn’t for me, so instead I will show unending support to all those who choose to serve and keep me safe and sound, here, living my life as content as can be.

Thank you. All of you. For setting your personal lives on hold. For leaving your families behind. To protect ME. You don’t even know me, yet you are willing to go over seas, if you are called to, and fight for me…and my freedom and the rights I have as an adult woman. How selfless of those who choose to do that for me. What makes me deserve something like that? As I write this…it is similar to the love Jesus has for us, and how undeserving I am of that as well, but He loves me anyways, and fights for me even though He never had to.

I ramble. But, the point is. I am so grateful to live in a country where men and women volunteer to defend the place I live. I can never express enough thanks and gratitude to them all.

A more specific post.

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:18:27 -0500

So, to forewarn my two readers ;) this next post is just some thoughts I have been having and please do not take any offense to it.

Here goes,

A friend,more like acquaintance, of ours (Andrew and I), recently returned from his mission. He is a member of the LDS church and the young men are highly encouraged to go on a mission soon after graduating high school, if not immediately.

Like most LDS boys, he had a girlfriend throughout most of his high school career, broke up with her (or put her on hold?) while he went on his mission which is for two years. TWO YEARS. That’s a long time when you’re fresh out of high school, around 18, and ready to experience the world. Anyways…I swear to you, within three days of returning from his mission, he’s back in a relationship with his former girlfriend, and within a week of being home, is engaged to this girl.

Needless to say, he and she could be the poster couple for the Mormons.

Throughout my entire life I’ve had many, many, friends who were LDS. Our neighbors, at one point, would invite us to their church functions and we would have the missionaries in this area come over and have dinner with my family, they would teach us what they knew(which wasn’t much surprisingly)

My family has never been, and never will be members of the LDS church. My mother is just someone who likes to question and learn about other religions, I imagine it helps strengthen her own personal beliefs in God, i’m the same way.

I’ve never had a problem or an issue with any Mormon. At one point I was involved with a guy who came from a pretty strong LDS background, but that didn’t go anywhere. (I’m rambling)

My whole point in this is…WHY. Why are young people(men) SO encouraged to go out, see the world, preach their word, bring people to their God, be a missionary for heavens sake (something that all of their boys are called to do? or just told to do? hmm…)

But why as soon as they return do they immediately settle down, get married, have children and so on?

How can the girlfriend they left behind possibly be the exact same they were two years ago? Most 18-20 year olds go through a lot of changes…A LOT. Or at least that is what I think.

So they get engaged to someone they haven’t even taken the time to get to know. They don’t know each other. I don’t imagine that the boy is the same either. After two years of interacting with mostly one other male? And not their family, or anyone from their home. Wouldn’t you need time to rejuvenate and get to know who you were?

And where, do these boys magically get this money to spend on an engagement ring after a week of being home? Does the church help? Do parents? Do they save their entire lives for this? I don’t imagine they get a paycheck for being a missionary.

I know I married young, but I wasn’t pressured by my church, family, or any other outside forces. And perhaps these young Mormon couples aren’t either. Maybe they’re just horny young adults, and thats why within two months of returning from a two year mission, they’re married and may have a kid on the way.

And typically, the Mormon weddings I’ve seen…they’re rarely very personal and all look the same. They’re rushed and have nothing special about them…and that’s sad. In my opinion. Ah well…

I just needed to rant about this…there really isn’t a point. Just a lot of unanswered questions that I don’t seem to understand. I’m sure I could seek out an answer.

Many, many things I have to write about. First off, I’ve been married for nearly a month!...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:56:07 -0500

Many, many things I have to write about.

First off, I’ve been married for nearly a month! It’s so crazy how time flies and things so easily fall into place and routines start to form.

Andrew and I still haven’t quite figured out a perfect routine, and I imagine it will take some time…or, we’ll have it pretty close to how we want it for it to just change as the new year rolls around and new class schedules take over and so on.

Anyways…I still don’t feel like I’m a married lady. I still feel that Andrew and I are just living life, enjoying each other and doing our daily tasks like school and work. But nope! We’re in it forever, and for that I am immensely thankful, grateful, happy, blessed, and incredibly lucky. Lucky that I don’t have to spend the rest of my life searching for my other half. I’ve found him and get to experience so many new moments with him by my side! (I’m sure I’ll rant more about the whole wedding itself and how it went as soon as we get out photos back from our photographer, which I have my fingers crossed for it being sooooon!)