It's my birthday and for my birthday I have made a list of 25 things I want to do while I'm 25. so here goes!
1.Get my wrist tattoo that I have wanted for 2 years.
2.Travel to somewhere new.
3.Graduate!
4.Sew something.
5.Go back to blonde.
6.Let my hair grow long.
7.Go swimming.
8.Get a real job.
9.Lose 15 pounds.
10.Take an art class.
11.Cook at least 25 new dishes.
12. Eat something I said I never would.
13.Star Gaze
14.Fly a kite
15.Read 52 books.
16.Buy a Rubik's cube and learn how to solve it.
17.Scrap book something.
18.Make an Amigurumi
19.Watch singing in the rain and it's a wonderful life.
20.Stop biting my nails.
21.Get a massage.
22.Eat: Baba Ganoush, Papusus, Pho, Beignet and Marzipan.
23.Go rafting.
24.Get a pedicure, manicure, and facial all in 1 day.
25.Shoot a gun and hit what I was aiming at.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Extra Life!
For the last two years I have done Extra Life which is an organization like relay for life where you play games for 24 hours and people donate money to you for playing. They donate the money to children's hospitals. This year my donations went to St. Luke's Children's hospital in Boise Idaho. Here is my donation page. This year thanks to Ken and Wendy I was able to meet my goal :) Here are a few pictures from the day.
First here is one from first thing in the morning. I look horrible because I had gotten back from a run a bit earlier and was playing Wii fit.
After that I made breakfast and started in on the game playing. Most of the day I played Plant Tycoon since WOW was having issues.
After that I made breakfast and started in on the game playing. Most of the day I played Plant Tycoon since WOW was having issues. Here are the kitties being sweet. Kassie is giving Mia a bath while she is trying to sleep.
Here is me playing Plant Tycoon and watching Child's Play.
Here is me playing Plant Tycoon and watching Child's Play.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Blonde Complex
Ok So anyone that has ever met me at some point has thought if not said to my face, "Wow she is (insert random special person insult)" if they haven't they themselves are in fact a special person. :P
When I was younger and someone said "shes a blonde" I always thought "well DUH!" now that I am older and not so blonde I get the connotations but catch myself thinking the same thing when someone says that phrase. When I was in high school I was as blonde as can be, both hair color wise and ditz wise. I had no problem admitting that I was a complete ditz and still don't but recently it has occurred to me that maybe I should go back to blonde so more of my "special acts" are dismissed because of the hair color.
My theory on why blondes have more fun is because people don't worry about the things they do that are dumb because of their hair color. This stereotype has both worked for and against blondes.
I dyed my hair a darker color after I started college because I thought to myself "Self I'm in college now, that means I am an adult so I need to start being taken seriously" obviously I figured I would get more respect with a darker shade. I foolishly thought that if I darkened my hair I would stop doing so many dumb things so that being the case I went from this:
to something a little more sophisticated. I then came to the realization that even though I was sporting a different color (dark brown at the time) I still did a lot of stupid things.
In my world being special entails being clumsy, having brain farts, accident prone, saying and doing dumb things etc. That being said I am the most special person in the world. Thinking that changing my hair color would change this was a BIG special moment because it did not help one bit. I still have a million random pictures with my hair every color in the book and most of them look something like these:
Even with the super blonde gone I am still a HUGE dork. This month alone I have managed to hurt myself with a tape measure, and run into several light switched resulting in huge bruises and my hair is a light brown atm. I am proud to be a special person. I feel like its part of my dorky charm. As an added bonus I always have something to laugh at. No matter what color my hair is I am a true blonde at heart.
Now I must be off to do something that will make people give me questionable looks! :D
Monday, October 11, 2010
New
This year has been full of new adventures for me. I'm a firm believer in everything happens for a reason so with all the surprises and things that happened this summer I must say my faith has been reaffirmed because everything has turned out better than I could have ever expected. I now have a new apartment which is pet friendly so my kitties can live with me.
Here is Kassie being eaten by the couch.
And after my car blew the transmission. I got a pretty new one. Here it is in all its orange glory :)
And lastly but not leastly :P New relationships :) I made some amazing friends this summer and met one of the most amazing people I know. Yes its Jeremy. He has been amazing in the short time I've known him (ok well not so short but in the short time we've been dating). There are so many wonderful things about him that I admire. I bring this up because today he has been sober for one whole year. I am so proud of him for this achievement. It shows real courage, dedication and strength to do something like that and I really admire him for it. This has defiantly been an interesting year but I wouldn't change one bit :)
And after my car blew the transmission. I got a pretty new one. Here it is in all its orange glory :)
And lastly but not leastly :P New relationships :) I made some amazing friends this summer and met one of the most amazing people I know. Yes its Jeremy. He has been amazing in the short time I've known him (ok well not so short but in the short time we've been dating). There are so many wonderful things about him that I admire. I bring this up because today he has been sober for one whole year. I am so proud of him for this achievement. It shows real courage, dedication and strength to do something like that and I really admire him for it. This has defiantly been an interesting year but I wouldn't change one bit :)Friday, September 24, 2010
Meet Miss Mia
I moved back to Moscow and brought Kassie with me. She has been super sad that she didn't have any friends to play with like she did at home. Nate decided he wanted a kitten so he adopted one from the shelter and I would like to introduce Miss Mia (Me-Ah). She is a sweetheart but constantly causing trouble. Here are a few pics.
Mia and Char having their daily chat.
Of course every cord in the house has been attacked and throughly killed
She loves to play with Kassie. Here she is ambushing Kassie from the box.
Even though they had a rough start hating each other they now love each other.
Of course every cord in the house has been attacked and throughly killed
She loves to play with Kassie. Here she is ambushing Kassie from the box.
Even though they had a rough start hating each other they now love each other.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Ok Ok Catch up time!
So I keep getting yelled at because I am bad at this game. I have been SUPER busy and haven't really had time to update so here goes. In May school finished I got all A's and B's YAY me! I had a couple of internship opportunities this summer so I took the one that I didn't have to pay rent at and moved home for the summer to work at High Desert Milk in Burley.
Here is a short video about the plant I worked at. I'm the one in pink around 2:45 lol. I worked in the lab which I loved the work since thats what I am going into for school so I better like it. My relationship with Nate ended in May. I went camping and fishing a ton this summer and had a great time. Here is one of the pictures I took up camping this is from the top of one of the hills. Shortly after this picture was taken I tipped the four wheeler injuring myself yet again. I am ok now I have an AC separation in my shoulder and can't do anything too physical with it for a few more months. Ok the damn formatting messed up again so I guess I will continue writing and the picture will be at the bottom. I started dating Jeremy and have had a great time with him. Now I am back up to Moscow. I am moved in and mostly unpacked. Started school and went back to work. I think thats about it I will update more as it comes along. Oh and a Happy Birthday to Kody who is turning 17 today which makes me want to cry that he is getting so old.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Hemp Fest and Friends!
Every year we go to Hemp Festival. This year the weekend of hemp fest Justin and his girlfriend Sarah came up to visit and Stephanie and Curt came down. Before Curt and Steph got here we went to Hemp fest while there I snapped a picture of this guy and his Budwiser hat :P
There was a live band playing and these are the gals that were hula hooping to the music.
And of course I had to get some pictures of the merchandise. These are the bongs.
Pipes
And some really funky bongs :P
They had quite a few vendors and this guy was one we had seen before. He does spray painted pictures on media
And this was an art project made completely out of lighters that had run out of gas. They have a website at http://deadlighterproject.blogspot.com/
After Hemp Fest we decided to go on a walk in the Arboretum. At the top Justin found a stick!
We saw a ton of fish and turtles. This little guy let us get right up close to him.
And the geese were nesting there as well.
At the end we climbed up to a part that over looked the golf course. Sarah and I decided to roll down the hill at the end.
At the bottom.
After that we met up with Curt and Steph. Went to the park and played Frisbee, walked around and went to shops looking for a game that we never found. I ended up buying Balderdash instead. Then we came home and hung out for the rest of the night. It was a ton of fun.
There was a live band playing and these are the gals that were hula hooping to the music.
And of course I had to get some pictures of the merchandise. These are the bongs.
Pipes
And some really funky bongs :P
They had quite a few vendors and this guy was one we had seen before. He does spray painted pictures on media
And this was an art project made completely out of lighters that had run out of gas. They have a website at http://deadlighterproject.blogspot.com/
After Hemp Fest we decided to go on a walk in the Arboretum. At the top Justin found a stick!
We saw a ton of fish and turtles. This little guy let us get right up close to him.
And the geese were nesting there as well.
At the end we climbed up to a part that over looked the golf course. Sarah and I decided to roll down the hill at the end.
At the bottom.
After that we met up with Curt and Steph. Went to the park and played Frisbee, walked around and went to shops looking for a game that we never found. I ended up buying Balderdash instead. Then we came home and hung out for the rest of the night. It was a ton of fun.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter and Relay for life
So I uploaded these backward and I really don't want to have to fix it so we are going to start with most recent and work our way back!
So starting with Easter. Since home is so far away I didn't go anywhere so since it was semi nice out I went and played lacrosse at the park. Here is me playing catch.
Picking the ball up because I can't catch :P
Catching the ball again.
Throwing!
Goofing off
So here is relay for life and I cant switch them around to how they are suppose to be so upside down again. So every year we do relay for life and this year we were with the Walgreens team. (Megan's team)It was a very long night and I'm old now so I fell asleep :P
So here is at 3:30 in the morning after we moved into the tent. (More blankets in there)
And outside when I was eaten by the blanket. The team wanted to sign me up for Karaoke as "The Blanket Monster"
Slowly sinking into the blankets
It was VERY loud.
Falling asleep at 1:30
Playing Settlers of Catan!
Nap time!
My Cupcake!
Sitting at the booth selling cupcakes and cookies
And finally we have Kody! He broke his ankle in 2 places playing football and had to have surgery he is now the owner of some shiny screws and pins in it. Here is his ankle right before surgery.
And outside when I was eaten by the blanket. The team wanted to sign me up for Karaoke as "The Blanket Monster"
Slowly sinking into the blankets
It was VERY loud.
Falling asleep at 1:30
Playing Settlers of Catan!
Nap time!
My Cupcake!
Sitting at the booth selling cupcakes and cookies
And finally we have Kody! He broke his ankle in 2 places playing football and had to have surgery he is now the owner of some shiny screws and pins in it. Here is his ankle right before surgery.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Made me laugh
I was reading this the other day and decided to share because it made me smile :)
o I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
o More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.
o Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
o I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
o Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
o Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
o I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
o How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
o I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
o I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
o The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
o Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
o How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
o While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
o MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
o Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
o Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
o Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....
o You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
o Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
o There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
o I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
o "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
o I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
o While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don’t win, they are executed.
o I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
o I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
o When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
o I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
o Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
o As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
o Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
o Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my a$$ everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
o I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
o I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
o The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large order.
o I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
o More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.
o Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
o I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
o Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
o Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
o I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
o How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
o I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
o I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
o The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
o Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
o How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
o While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
o MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
o Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
o Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
o Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....
o You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
o Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
o There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
o I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
o "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
o I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
o While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don’t win, they are executed.
o I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
o I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
o When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
o I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
o Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
o As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
o Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
o Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my a$$ everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
o I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
o I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
o The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large order.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Trying my hand at being crafty again
I got these old window frames from some friends and decided to do fun things with them so here is the first.
First I started by scraping the paint off yes in the living room again.
This proved to be quite the task so I went to the hardware store and got heavy duty stripper.
Like my sexy orange gloves?
After I put the stripper on I found out why scraping was hard there were 3 layers of paint and primer. It was white, orange, green, and white again.
After it dried I started to paint I got this awesome blue.
And again I painted in the living room. I will never learn outside is a good place to do these little projects.
And finally we have the finished product. I strung wire on it and put cute little clippies on now I just have a few finishing touches and it will be awesome. I hung it by the door I put little screw things in so our keys could hang on it.
First I started by scraping the paint off yes in the living room again.
This proved to be quite the task so I went to the hardware store and got heavy duty stripper.Like my sexy orange gloves?
After I put the stripper on I found out why scraping was hard there were 3 layers of paint and primer. It was white, orange, green, and white again.
After it dried I started to paint I got this awesome blue.
And again I painted in the living room. I will never learn outside is a good place to do these little projects.
And finally we have the finished product. I strung wire on it and put cute little clippies on now I just have a few finishing touches and it will be awesome. I hung it by the door I put little screw things in so our keys could hang on it.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Winter Carnival
My mom also plans a girls trip every year and this year she was going to McCall but everyone ditched out on her so I went down and met my mom and Kody in McCall.
Before I left though I made this fabulous baked fried chicken courtesy of my Aunt Suzy. It was delicious!
and hung out with the lizard :D
Unfortunately this year was a really warm year so by the time we got to McCall most of the snow was melting and the statues had been smashed down by people climbing on them but we did get a few good pictures.
This first one is just some random yard where they had made a bunch of snowmen and decorated them all differently.
Here is one that was in the park not really sure what he is I think he is a monster peeking over something.
And one of my favorites the Numbers.
We went to dinner at Steamers again and while we were there we took pictures. Mom and Kody couldn't quite get theirs right so here is the best one.
After dinner we went back to our cabin, Mom's friend Jane came over and we played Phase 10 till finally after hours Kody beat us.
The next morning we went to The Pancake house for breakfast and they had the Mardi gras tree still up so here it is.
I had to take a picture of the boys room sign because I thought it was funny. I couldn't get a picture of the girls one because there were tons of people standing in front of it but it was hilarious as well.
Then headed home :)
Before I left though I made this fabulous baked fried chicken courtesy of my Aunt Suzy. It was delicious!
and hung out with the lizard :D
Unfortunately this year was a really warm year so by the time we got to McCall most of the snow was melting and the statues had been smashed down by people climbing on them but we did get a few good pictures.This first one is just some random yard where they had made a bunch of snowmen and decorated them all differently.
Here is one that was in the park not really sure what he is I think he is a monster peeking over something.
And one of my favorites the Numbers.
We went to dinner at Steamers again and while we were there we took pictures. Mom and Kody couldn't quite get theirs right so here is the best one.
After dinner we went back to our cabin, Mom's friend Jane came over and we played Phase 10 till finally after hours Kody beat us.The next morning we went to The Pancake house for breakfast and they had the Mardi gras tree still up so here it is.
I had to take a picture of the boys room sign because I thought it was funny. I couldn't get a picture of the girls one because there were tons of people standing in front of it but it was hilarious as well.
Then headed home :)
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