You Snooze, You Lose

People have always told me how much they love pushing snooze like 6 times before they finally manage to crawl out of bed. Me? Right when the first beep goes off, I jump out of bed and head straight for the shower. My philosophy is that why lose precious moments of sleep, when youare going to have to get up anyway. If you keep pressing, the more time that you lose to get ready. My morning is meticulously planned so that I know what I need to be doing at every particular moment. At 6:45, I am out of the shower and starting to put on makeup Oh, it is 7:05? I should be finished drying my hair and starting to straighten. It is now, 7:20 I should be dressed, getting my breakfast ready and start making my lunch while eating. 7:30 it is time to brush teeth, get all my stuff together, and spray perfume and lotion right before heading out the door at precisely 7:39. My mornings are probably the most time managed part of my life. I am usually spontaneous and go with the flow, but not with my mornings, oh no, siree.

The other day, a good friend suggested that I try pushing the snooze button just once to see how I like it. For days, I have been contemplating whether or not I would hit that blasted button. Last night, I decided that today would be the day. I set my alarm for nine minutes prior to my scheduled wake up time (so that it wouldn't set me nine minutes behind schedule), and I went to bed. This morning the alarm rang, I jumped out of bed and then I realized that today was the day. I got back in bed and layed there. I just closed my eyes and tried to fall back asleep. Nothing. The minutes ticked by, each feeling like an eternity. Finally, the alarm rang its awful noise and I happily got out of bed. This morning I lost out on 9 minutes of precious sleep all because of the dumb snooze button. Never Again. Never Again

All Sporty like.

Anyone that has met me will instantly know that I am the least coordinated person in the world. Once, my tennis teacher told me that I had the perfect form but that I just can't hit the ball. Yeah, I am that bad. I went mini-golfing the other day...I love mini golfing, but same thing. I have the perfect form (actually, I am pretty sure that I have awful form) but I just can't get the ball in the hole! I always end up hitting the ball into the water feature, or hitting someone in the head! Its awful, but I love it. That is why I was so excited when I got a hole-in-one the other night when I went. I didn't even mean to, I just hit the ball as hard as I could, it ricocheted everywhere and then bounced into a hole. I didn't see it happen because there was an extraordinarily large rock int the way, but hey, I am okay with that! Kristen captured the moment perfectly. I still lost the game (I think I got 11th out of, like 13 people) but this made my night!

I keep looking at that picture, and, Wow, I sure can jump!

Today...

I worked on my research paper. I went to the pool. I got burnt. I sat and talked with a close friend. I cooked myself dinner. I went along with some friends as they got dinner. I splashed in puddles in the rain. I made cookies. I watched a movie with some friends. I laughed. Today was a good day.

Life and sigh...Love

Go see Batman. Best $9.50 I have ever spent. AMAZING. I would go see it over and over again. Heath Ledger stole the show. He is such a good actor, and no, I am not saying the because he is dead. End of that topic.

One thing that I like about myself is that I am able to bounce back from a problem I have having pretty quickly. I give myself about a day and then I get over it. I am proactive. I find a way to solve the issue at hand and make it the best that it can be. Hey, and this latest problem gave me a good reason to go out and buy some new shirts! Which is something that I am all about.

Went shooting on Tuesday night. A lot of fun. Kristen, the girl on the right hand side of the left picture, rocks. She is amazing. So much fun to be around, positive, and funny among many other things. Oh, and there was a random (yes, Jake it WAS random, I don't care what you say) deer leg hanging out on the side of the beaten path. Gross, but funny.

Life Should Be Good, but...

This is going to be my time to vent. Bear (bare?) with me. I don't think that I am that hard of a person to please. I think that I get along with about 99.9% of the people that I meet. I try my hardest not to complain. I try my best at everything I do. Is that too much to ask. Right now I am really hating on stupid Utah Mormons that think they are better than everyone.

Today at work my boss came up to me and told me that we needed to talk. Uh oh....Long story short, someone called my boss and told her that I was dressed immodestly and that they needed to improve their dress code. Let me tell you this, I do the best I can to dress modestly. The thing is, the clothes that I wear would be totally acceptable if I was wearing garments. I go to the pool and half the girls there are wearing bikinis, Why doesn't anyone take the time to tell them to change? My feelings don't get hurt easily, but this hurt. It hurt bad. I want to deck the person that called my boss in the face, Who do they think they are? This is almost making me cry again, just thinking about it. My boss handled it really well though. I just wish that I could please someone. Sometimes I feel that no matter how hard I try, I just am not "good enough". Usually it doesn't bug me at all. Usually I have no problem laughing at myself and my mistakes, but today, today it hurt. It still does.

Ok. Enough venting for me. I will smile and put on a happy face and soon actually be really happy. Tomorrow is the premiere of "The Dark Knight" I am going with about 25 other people to the midnight showing. I am stoked!

4th of July

4th of July- Jeff made an American Flag cake that a small group of us ate after the fireworks. It was good!

The things I love most

I was on break today and was walking around BYU campus, when I realized how beautiful it is. I was just in awe. The weather is beautiful (hot, but amazing) and I just wanted to skip and laugh! This post is inspired by that...the things I love most in life or the little things in life that I love. I have found that I really appreciate the small things in life. this list could really go on forever and ever. I most obviously did not take these pictures, buy hey, who gives? Whoa, Provo is so beautiful...I am so excited when Cassie and Nolan come to visit and I can show them why exactly I love it so much.

Okay here is the list, in no particular order (Well, the very big ones first):

My family- I look up to each and every member of my family so much. They are AMAZING! I wish I could be just like them. I wish I had the room to write down what exactly I love about each of them, but nobody cares that much

The Church- there is nothing more that needs to be said on that one. It has just given me so much, I can't even express it.

Ok, now the small things I love: running through sprinklers, flowers, sunshine, giggling like a school girl, the rain, running through the rain, jumping in puddles with Erin T., brand new books, bookstores, my job, chick flicks, girls night out, shopping and lusting after things that I can in no way afford, gooey butter cake, sleeping, drawing and painting- even though I have no artistic talent, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, the beach, vaccuming, baking, walking home from work, Music, talking on the phone to people I know well (not to people I don't know), purses, taking a day off every so often, walking around barefoot, bubble baths, Sega Genesis, Eating!, Showing people that I can actually be intellectual at times, BYU, my major (Home and Family Living), blankets, cuddling, Star Gazing when the stars are crystal clear, watching movies outside, waterfalls, the view from 'Y' mountain....there are so many other things that I love, but I think that you get the idea!

Just Let Me Sleep in Peace!

The last week has been a pretty stressful one for me. No, stressful isn't the right word. The week has just been go, go, go...wake up at 6:30every morning, work from 8-4 school from 4-6:30, go home eat dinner, do some homework and then play with friends. I finally go to bed sometime after midnight. I am so tired right now that I have a hard time putting one foot in front of the other. Thinking has become almost impossible for me to do. I just want to lay down on the floor, or even better, my bed, and sleep for hours and hours on end.

I have been thinking a lot lately on what I want to be as a person, also what I want in "my man" Here is what I look for in a guy...I don't think it is too much to ask for, but it is possible that I am entirely too picky!

• A true gentleman, truly is kind to women, not one who does it for show (I LOVE it when guys hold the door open for me, not that I mind opening my own door, but it is that extra effort that I love)
• Funny, but not outrageous, doesn't try too hard, it comes natural
• Honors the priesthood and has a true testimony of the Church, loves the Lord...does this all not because it is expected of him, but because he wants too.
• I love, Love, LOVE dark hair!!! and blue eyes...whoa...that combo kills me
• I like smaller guys, not smaller than me- 5'8-6'0 is perfect
• Takes care of himself, hygenic, one thing that I notice in guys (this might sound crazy) are their nails. If they have time to neatly trim their nails and there is no dirt under them, I know that they take care of themselves. Dresses neatly and nicely.
• Knows how to have a good time and be goofy and silly (even sometimes in public), but call also sit down and talk to me for hours.
• I like a man who isn't afraid to sit down and watch a chick flick- if you expect me to watch man movies all the time, you had better be willing to sit down and watch a romance with me every once in awhile. (I like it when a guy tells me he likes chick flicks, it shows a soft side)
• Calls me beautiful, even when I don't look it or feel it, and means it. A Romantic, but still manly.
• Likes to travel, try new things, be adventurous, spontaneous at times, cook, buy me flowers....etc.

Don't get me wrong, I am in no rush to get married, have children, and live "happily ever after" (if it comes along soon, fine, if not, whatever!) haha...anyway, that is more than anyone would ever want to read

I need to add more pictures to this thing: My roommates and I on our last day all together (Caitlin and Robyn are currently studying abroad in England!) We pretty much really like each other!!!

We had a rubber ducky race in the Raintree Creek. My duck, Frieda, lost the race all the times. Dead last place. What a loser duck!!!

Crazy, Crazy, Crazy

Life is pretty crazy for me right now. I am taking a class and working full time. English 315- Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences. It is really good, but too intense. 6 papers due in 6 weeks...and they are ALL SO LONG. I need to do better at not procrastinating my homework. Someone comes over and all of a sudden, the thought of doing homework flies out the window. I am lucky that I can do homework at work, otherwise there is no way that I could ever take this class during the summer and have any kind of social life!

I learned how to golf on Sat. night...this was the first time that I hit a golf ball that wasn't mini golf. I did a lot better than I thought I would...knowing me and my awful hand eye coordination. It was funny, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, lets hope I don't get blisters all over my hands!
My life has been pretty boring as of lately, so this is all I have to report on!