20 years ago.....
1. I was almost four.
2. I wanted to be a pediatrician.
3. I was the youngest kid in the family.
4. My parents could barely get swimmies on me when we went to the pool before I jumped into the deep end.
10 years ago.....
1. I was in 8th grade.
2. I was just starting to come out of my nerdy, geeky phase (thank goodness).
3. I was best friends with Megan Stutsman, Jessie Brenton, and Katherine Bonner.
4. I started dancing.
5 years ago....
1. I was a brand new freshman at BYU.
2. I was still taking dance classes and going dancing with my sister and friends.
3. Alisse T, Punkin, and I simultaneously lost our minds together (this is not redundant).
4. I refused to date RMs.
3 years ago....
1. I was a junior at BYU.
2. I was living at Windsor Park with Steph and Jamie-butt!
3. We stayed up very late on a regular basis with Russell Gourlie, Mike Stentzel, and Kyle Johanson.
4. I was about to discover my new love: linguistics.
1 year ago...
1. I was starting my last semester at BYU!
2. I'd been married for about 5 months.
3. I was president of LOL, going to school full time, and working part time.
4. I started blogging.
This Year....
1. I graduated from BYU!
2. I started writing again.
3. I went to California for the first time.
4. I moved to Denver, CO.
Yesterday...
1. I got hired at Axa Advisors!
2. I started on our food storage.
3. I bought cute new business casual clothes for work.
4. I drank a celebratory Coke at my celebratory lunch with Kurt downtown.
Today...
1. I finally surrendered my SC driver's license for a CO one. :(
2. I am having a good hair day.
3. I'm excited for the internet guy to come and install our internet (so I don't have to go to the library for internet anymore).
4. I'm going to clean the kitchen and bathroom when I get home.
Tomorrow....
1. I start work!
2. We're getting our carpets cleaned to remove the stench of cigarette smoke.
3. I'm going to organize our apartment further, the bookshelf especially.
4. I will try not to bother Kurt as he studies for the third part of the CPA which he takes on Tuesday.
Next Year....
1. We will possibly buy a house, townhome, or condo of our very own!
2. We will get a dog!!
3. I may possibly be able to buy a piano!!!
4. I might be able to start trying to get pregnant ... :D!!!!
5. I will get better at snowboarding and mountain biking.
6. I will start to get treatment again for my TMJ disorder... that will be very lovely.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Lost in Translation
Some humor to brighten up your day:
Deb sent these to me, and they are hilarious.
Being the word nerd that I am, I sure do love things like this. Enjoy!
Deb sent these to me, and they are hilarious.
Being the word nerd that I am, I sure do love things like this. Enjoy!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
I love Kurt.
[Last night Kurt and I got our FHE refreshment at Fuddrucker's -- milkshakes, mmm. This Fuddrucker's is like every other Fuddrucker's, i.e. it's filled with lots of American memorabilia. One corner was dedicated to the King, Elvis Presly.]
Me: I'm not a huge fan of Elvis Presly. I like some of his songs, but I'm not in love with him, like so many people. I don't think he's handsome at all. And I don't think he's still alive.
Kurt: I don't think many people do.
Me: [I see a bed that has the words, "Ronald Reagan slept her."] "Ronald Reagan Slept Here."
Kurt: [Turns back around to look at the bed] I wonder if he did.
Me: [I'm back on the topic of Elvis Presly.] I wonder how he died.
Kurt: [Unaware of my topic change] I think it was alzheimer's or something like that.
Me: [Unaware that he hasn't changed topics with me] I thought he OD'ed!
Kurt: Ronald Reagan?!
Me: I'm not a huge fan of Elvis Presly. I like some of his songs, but I'm not in love with him, like so many people. I don't think he's handsome at all. And I don't think he's still alive.
Kurt: I don't think many people do.
Me: [I see a bed that has the words, "Ronald Reagan slept her."] "Ronald Reagan Slept Here."
Kurt: [Turns back around to look at the bed] I wonder if he did.
Me: [I'm back on the topic of Elvis Presly.] I wonder how he died.
Kurt: [Unaware of my topic change] I think it was alzheimer's or something like that.
Me: [Unaware that he hasn't changed topics with me] I thought he OD'ed!
Kurt: Ronald Reagan?!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Isn't It About Time?
I love General Conference. Kurt and I voted to go to the library and listen to it online today instead of watching it at the Church and I'm really glad we did because I wasn't distracted by
uncomfortable pews or other people coughing. I was seated in a comfortable chair and with the earphones, I couldn't hear anything else and it allowed me to be more focused during Conference than I ever have been.
I just got back (on Thursday) from visiting my family. While Kurt was gone for training, I was able to go visit my sister, Steph, in Atlanta for 6 days, then go down to Charleston to be with my parents, Caroline, and Collin (and Steph too) for 3 days. It was so nice to just be there with my family and not be concerned with going places and doing things, but just being with them.
Today, during the first two sessions of Conference, I thought of my family constantly, especially during certain talks. President Uchtdorf's, Elder Wirthlin's, Elder Holland's, and Elder Bednar's talks were strengthening to me and I thought of my family constantly during their talks. I sincerely hope that my family got the same comfort out of them that I did.
I am extremely grateful for the Gospel, for Jesus Christ, for the Plan of Salvation, for Joseph Smith, for the Book of Mormon, for president Thomas S. Monson, and today especially for General Conference.
uncomfortable pews or other people coughing. I was seated in a comfortable chair and with the earphones, I couldn't hear anything else and it allowed me to be more focused during Conference than I ever have been.
I just got back (on Thursday) from visiting my family. While Kurt was gone for training, I was able to go visit my sister, Steph, in Atlanta for 6 days, then go down to Charleston to be with my parents, Caroline, and Collin (and Steph too) for 3 days. It was so nice to just be there with my family and not be concerned with going places and doing things, but just being with them.
Today, during the first two sessions of Conference, I thought of my family constantly, especially during certain talks. President Uchtdorf's, Elder Wirthlin's, Elder Holland's, and Elder Bednar's talks were strengthening to me and I thought of my family constantly during their talks. I sincerely hope that my family got the same comfort out of them that I did.
I am extremely grateful for the Gospel, for Jesus Christ, for the Plan of Salvation, for Joseph Smith, for the Book of Mormon, for president Thomas S. Monson, and today especially for General Conference.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Fall is Here
Mmmm, I love fall.
Leaves changing to red, orange, and gold.
A crisp chill in the wind.
Scarves, hot chocolate, football, Halloween, and pumpkin anything.
Crunchy leaves to step on.
It's a good season.
Happy Autumn :)
Leaves changing to red, orange, and gold.
A crisp chill in the wind.
Scarves, hot chocolate, football, Halloween, and pumpkin anything.
Crunchy leaves to step on.
It's a good season.
Happy Autumn :)
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Rise all Loyal Cougars
Well, this week is BYU's off week in the football schedule, but I'm still dreamin' in blue.
I happened upon these shirts on Facebook, and I love them! They are so fun and blue!
Not to mention, they're pretty cheap. They're all $12 or $15
I think my favorite is Dennis the Menace. Dennis Pitta is the man. But so are Harvey Unga and Max Hall (obviously).
You can find these fun shirts here.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Attention, Attention
Kurt passed the second part of the CPA Exam! It was Financial, and, once again, he thought it whooped his butt, but, once again, he got a whopping 86!
Yay for Kurt being smart! He's halfway through the test!
Yay for Kurt being smart! He's halfway through the test!
Oh, I forgot
Happy Birthday to my blog (a couple of weeks ago),Happy Birthday to my blog (a couple of weeks ago),
Happy Birthday, dear Such Great Heeeights (a couple of weeks agooooooo),
Happy Birthday to my blog (a couple of weeks ago)!
I should totally tell you one thing I love about my blog in honor of its first birthday:
1) It's fun! Thanks for reading, y'all!!!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Quirky and weird are two very different things.
Allison tagged me to blog about 6 things that make me quirky:
1. I like to think that I am quirky. I take pride in it. Every now and then I begin to think that maybe I am not, in fact, quirky, at which point I ask someone, usually Kurt, if I'm quirky. When they say yes, I say, "Really? Or are you just saying that?"
2. I have a bad habit of talking to myself. Not conversations, but I randomly say stuff out loud. Like, if I'm thinking about something that made me mad and that I can't someone did, I'll say, "I know right!" Or, I'll read something or think of something and say it loud just to hear what it says. Or I'll see something on tv and say, "Well that's bizarre, isn't it." Kurt has learned that just because I'm talking, doesn't mean he needs to respond.
3. I'm slightly obsessed with numbers. Whenever I hear music I tap out the syllables of the lyrics in twos, to see if there are an even number of syllables in the entire song. Another thing I do is count the letters in words and sentences in groups of three, then those in groups of twelve. I like it when they fit into three's. I love it when they fit into twelve's. I do these two things a lot.
4. I love to eat folded-over chips. I'll dig through an entire bag of potato chips, trying to find the ones that are folded. Kurt now gives them to me every time he finds one.
5. I often imagine entire conversations in my head. They may be future conversations, that will actually happen, or they may be hypothetical, what me and my ex-boyfriend would say when we run into each in 10 years, for instance. I also compose entire blog posts in my head. I did it for this one.
6. I have very imaginative dreams. My dreams are rarely me doing something ordinary. I often dream that I am another person, sometimes even a man. Sometimes I'm not even in the dream, but I'm watching it like a movie. Sometimes when I have a particular detailed dream, I wake up wanting to write it down as an exercise. I haven't done that yet because I usually lie in bed and continue it in my mind, and by the time I get up I've lost that desire to write.
So there you have it. 6 weird things about me. :D
1. I like to think that I am quirky. I take pride in it. Every now and then I begin to think that maybe I am not, in fact, quirky, at which point I ask someone, usually Kurt, if I'm quirky. When they say yes, I say, "Really? Or are you just saying that?"
2. I have a bad habit of talking to myself. Not conversations, but I randomly say stuff out loud. Like, if I'm thinking about something that made me mad and that I can't someone did, I'll say, "I know right!" Or, I'll read something or think of something and say it loud just to hear what it says. Or I'll see something on tv and say, "Well that's bizarre, isn't it." Kurt has learned that just because I'm talking, doesn't mean he needs to respond.
3. I'm slightly obsessed with numbers. Whenever I hear music I tap out the syllables of the lyrics in twos, to see if there are an even number of syllables in the entire song. Another thing I do is count the letters in words and sentences in groups of three, then those in groups of twelve. I like it when they fit into three's. I love it when they fit into twelve's. I do these two things a lot.
4. I love to eat folded-over chips. I'll dig through an entire bag of potato chips, trying to find the ones that are folded. Kurt now gives them to me every time he finds one.
5. I often imagine entire conversations in my head. They may be future conversations, that will actually happen, or they may be hypothetical, what me and my ex-boyfriend would say when we run into each in 10 years, for instance. I also compose entire blog posts in my head. I did it for this one.
6. I have very imaginative dreams. My dreams are rarely me doing something ordinary. I often dream that I am another person, sometimes even a man. Sometimes I'm not even in the dream, but I'm watching it like a movie. Sometimes when I have a particular detailed dream, I wake up wanting to write it down as an exercise. I haven't done that yet because I usually lie in bed and continue it in my mind, and by the time I get up I've lost that desire to write.
So there you have it. 6 weird things about me. :D
We Got More Bounce in California
aka, California Trip part 2
On the way to the coast, we drove through the vineyards of Paso Robles and decided we'd try our luck at a few wineries to see if they had any good grape juice. We picked a random winery based completely on its appearance.
Who knew you could combine beavers and a Tuscan setting? It worked, somehow.
Success! They did in fact have their own grape which came in a real wine bottle and was absolutely delicious. We drank it as we drove down the highway, and snickered at the idea of a cop pulling us over because he thought we were drinking and driving. (Sadly, it never happened.)
Picking some grapes...
We tried another winery. This one looked like an English fortress.
I found a temporary, new boyfriend.
Kurt found a flaming, golden hawk. We did not find any good grape juice.
That night we made it to Big Sur, where we camped among the redwoods. For dinner, we took some of those tuna meals on the go, and headed over to the beach to enjoy the sunset.
Kurt liked a little boy when he was walking around in the water. It was cute. :)
Everyone there was taking pictures. It was pretty funny. It was also a gorgeous, scenic beach, and we were no exception to the rule.
Kurt decided to play with his continuous shot feature on his camera:
Another picture of Kurt looking like a little boy.
The next day was spent in Moneterey and Santa Cruz, and for some reason I seem to be missing those pictures... that stinks, because I think they were my favorite part on the trip. I finally got to see Sea Lions! And I attempted to swim in the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, it was a foggy, windy day and so I only made it in up to my thighs, but I have now been in the both of the oceans. Yes. We ventured in-land about an hour to camp at Big Basin, which is another redwood forest. It's where they filmed the Ewok part of Return of the Jedi, and it was absolutely gorgeous.
The next morning we woke up and headed for San Fran! We headed down to Fisherman's Wharf where we got the very appropriate meal of In 'n Out Burgers. :D I finally got some! I love that place. And don't even worry, because we ate there in Napa Valley, and on our way through Reno on the way home. :D We wandered around Fisherman's Wharf, including the really fun mechanical museum, and then decided to head over to Fremont, where we'd be staying with some more of Kurt's old investigators, the Barnes. On the way we stopped at the Oakland Temple, which does not have an Angel Moroni, and checked out some sculpture exhibit at the visitors' center. I'd never met the Barnes before, but they were awesome and we had a great time with them. They took us to an Indo-Pak restaurant where we all ordered WAY too much food and completely gorgoued ourselves. Then we played Guitar Hero until it was time to go to bed. The next morning we went to church and after, Kurt and I had to take off. We said goodbye to Jim, Bonnie, and the kids, and headed back over to San Fran, where the Irvine's had booked a night for us at their timeshare. The first thing we did when we got to the hotel was to watch a movie and veg out. It felt good to be by ourselves not in a tent... basically, the first time in over a month. Then we decided to wander over to China Town, which was only a block away.
The entrance to China Town. Ain't no thang.
There was a sweet festival going on, and so China Town was very lively. We got some sweet free t-shirts, and watched the Chinese vendors try and tempt the Americans to try moon cakes, which are a pastry with a fermented egg in the middle. Kurt got duped into one on his mission. Very gross.
We then decided to try and find Little Italy (of course!) and on the way we found this! For a low price, you could get your IQ and personality test!
We found Little Italy and we may or may not have broken the sabbath for some delectable Italian desserts...
Kurt thought this was funny.
The next morning we headed over to Sacramento, where we'd be staying with some of our BYU friends. On the way, we took a detour thorugh Napa Valley. People in Napa Valley take their wine and wineries very seriously, and I think they put as much effort into their buildings and appearance as they do into their wine. I mean, check it out:
And Napa Valley is gorgeous:
But Napa Valley also kinda sucks because everyone there is way stuck up, and no one does grape juice. We had to go to a store to find some. Oh well.
Once we were in Sacramento, we found the sweetest street sign ever:
And then we made it to the Redds! Heather and Stephen were in our ward last year at BYU and they just moved out to Sacramento for Stephen to go to law school. Stephen didn't get home until 10:30, hence why I am already in my pajamas at dinner time. I wanted to be comfy.
One last pic before we took off the next morning! Thanks Stephen and Heather for letting us stay! We then headed back home to Utah, and Kurt had time for one last artistic picture:
Yay for Utah sunsets. :D And that, my friends, is California in a week.
On the way to the coast, we drove through the vineyards of Paso Robles and decided we'd try our luck at a few wineries to see if they had any good grape juice. We picked a random winery based completely on its appearance.
Who knew you could combine beavers and a Tuscan setting? It worked, somehow.
Success! They did in fact have their own grape which came in a real wine bottle and was absolutely delicious. We drank it as we drove down the highway, and snickered at the idea of a cop pulling us over because he thought we were drinking and driving. (Sadly, it never happened.)
Picking some grapes...
We tried another winery. This one looked like an English fortress.
I found a temporary, new boyfriend.
Kurt found a flaming, golden hawk. We did not find any good grape juice.
That night we made it to Big Sur, where we camped among the redwoods. For dinner, we took some of those tuna meals on the go, and headed over to the beach to enjoy the sunset.
Kurt liked a little boy when he was walking around in the water. It was cute. :)
Everyone there was taking pictures. It was pretty funny. It was also a gorgeous, scenic beach, and we were no exception to the rule.
Kurt decided to play with his continuous shot feature on his camera:
Another picture of Kurt looking like a little boy.
The next day was spent in Moneterey and Santa Cruz, and for some reason I seem to be missing those pictures... that stinks, because I think they were my favorite part on the trip. I finally got to see Sea Lions! And I attempted to swim in the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, it was a foggy, windy day and so I only made it in up to my thighs, but I have now been in the both of the oceans. Yes. We ventured in-land about an hour to camp at Big Basin, which is another redwood forest. It's where they filmed the Ewok part of Return of the Jedi, and it was absolutely gorgeous.
The next morning we woke up and headed for San Fran! We headed down to Fisherman's Wharf where we got the very appropriate meal of In 'n Out Burgers. :D I finally got some! I love that place. And don't even worry, because we ate there in Napa Valley, and on our way through Reno on the way home. :D We wandered around Fisherman's Wharf, including the really fun mechanical museum, and then decided to head over to Fremont, where we'd be staying with some more of Kurt's old investigators, the Barnes. On the way we stopped at the Oakland Temple, which does not have an Angel Moroni, and checked out some sculpture exhibit at the visitors' center. I'd never met the Barnes before, but they were awesome and we had a great time with them. They took us to an Indo-Pak restaurant where we all ordered WAY too much food and completely gorgoued ourselves. Then we played Guitar Hero until it was time to go to bed. The next morning we went to church and after, Kurt and I had to take off. We said goodbye to Jim, Bonnie, and the kids, and headed back over to San Fran, where the Irvine's had booked a night for us at their timeshare. The first thing we did when we got to the hotel was to watch a movie and veg out. It felt good to be by ourselves not in a tent... basically, the first time in over a month. Then we decided to wander over to China Town, which was only a block away.
The entrance to China Town. Ain't no thang.
There was a sweet festival going on, and so China Town was very lively. We got some sweet free t-shirts, and watched the Chinese vendors try and tempt the Americans to try moon cakes, which are a pastry with a fermented egg in the middle. Kurt got duped into one on his mission. Very gross.
We then decided to try and find Little Italy (of course!) and on the way we found this! For a low price, you could get your IQ and personality test!
We found Little Italy and we may or may not have broken the sabbath for some delectable Italian desserts...
Kurt thought this was funny.
The next morning we headed over to Sacramento, where we'd be staying with some of our BYU friends. On the way, we took a detour thorugh Napa Valley. People in Napa Valley take their wine and wineries very seriously, and I think they put as much effort into their buildings and appearance as they do into their wine. I mean, check it out:
And Napa Valley is gorgeous:
But Napa Valley also kinda sucks because everyone there is way stuck up, and no one does grape juice. We had to go to a store to find some. Oh well.
Once we were in Sacramento, we found the sweetest street sign ever:
And then we made it to the Redds! Heather and Stephen were in our ward last year at BYU and they just moved out to Sacramento for Stephen to go to law school. Stephen didn't get home until 10:30, hence why I am already in my pajamas at dinner time. I wanted to be comfy.
One last pic before we took off the next morning! Thanks Stephen and Heather for letting us stay! We then headed back home to Utah, and Kurt had time for one last artistic picture:
Yay for Utah sunsets. :D And that, my friends, is California in a week.
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