tom.

yesterday, my day was made by receiving the bracelet below! 

thanks to toms, their shoes are some of my favorites. i want my closet to have at least 2 rows straight of toms. i love seeing the label on the back! think of this.. at least 6 pairs of toms, all in a row with the blue labels staring you in the face! that's my dream. then i will have helped at least 4 more children get a pair of shoes, good incentive. 

i got my hair redone today. i am no longer an auburn hair colored person, just brown. i also decided to use a gift card  i got for christmas for a facial. and let me tell you. was it worth it! for 12 dollars, (12 dollars!) i got a facial/microderm abrasion for nearly an hour and a half! it was great. i feel a little spoiled, but i needed it, right? ha ha. 

the sun is shining outside. once it hits 70, i am ready to be out there soaking up as much sun as i can! i need to go to europe looking nice and dark. 

happy day everyone!!!

snacks.

remember that guy? today, he sat RIGHT next to me. eating yet another bag of chips. i think i will call him snacks. i have noticed that every day while waiting for class, he has some sort of "snack". so from now on, that guy = snacks. he kills me. but, i think, he is so oblivious, he doesn't know what's going on, and he just seems to living life and enjoying his chips! good for him. 


i looked on a syllabus for my class the other day, and i couldn't believe that there were only three spaces left telling me what we were doing in class! (that means, only three times left in the class). i was shocked, but not so shocked to see it. i am excited for it to end, but that means finals! lately though, i have realized that i am pretty darn good at cramming (we won't say procrastinating because that's not all of it). with tests, that skill comes into play. great news only right there. 


i can't wait for school to be over. and while i am attending byu because it's school, i have noticed that it is one of a kind. you get the best of the best of people. so many interesting people, interesting conversations, interesting outfits, interesting hair-do's, interesting desktop pictures, the list goes on and on... i highly enjoy my day while observing these things. byu, thanks. 


another music craze is... trevor hall. 

yes, i know is outward appearance, well bless his heart. but i am definitely okay with his music. if i could thank him personally, i would. so, thanks trevor. 

this right here:

is what happens when you wake up at 8:36 for a 9:00 am class on a monday. 

what a crazy time that's going on right now. 

awesome.

what a hectic week can i say? school just needs to stop. only 4 weeks left, that's what i keep telling myself to make it through the day! you know when you are thinking one thing, then it turns out, you really shouldn't have been thinking that at all? yeah, that happened to me. love it? no, hate it. kinda bums me out actually.


here's to me being smarter in my dealings. and improving my photography skills. somehow, someway. 

 

me scratching my head? unsure of what i'm doing right now? yes. 

ugliest sweats on THE earth? yes and i love them. 

thanks.

and thank you keith for these two songs:

his music keeps me sane.

willy wonka.

see this picture? :

it's got me thinking today. my friend, whitney and i went and took some pictures the other day. we both brought our cameras but she told me to dress up so she could take some pictures of me. they are gorgeous. she did such a good job, i think they look amazing! thanks whit :) 

anyway. this picture. doesn't really have anything to do with me being in it. i look at the long, empty road behind me. to me, it makes me think of the long way i have come in my life! and there i am, standing there, in the present, where i'm at currently. what is in front of me isn't part of the picture. just like my life. i don't know what lies ahead of me. i don't know what i'm going to be doing after i come back from my summer trips in a few months. who even knows? well i know one person that does, but that's about it. it's kind of exciting that i don't know what is in store for me. i know that every day, i wish i knew what i'm going to be doing, but i don't. it's exciting but scares me to death. am i getting old enough to be making big decisions? and going to college? i could graduate from college in like 2 years. isn't that weird? it's weird to me. 

the whole road analogue, makes me think of the first willy wonka and the chocolate factory movie. austin my cutie, crazy-haired nephew, happens to love this movie (side note there). the one part where they are leaving the inside garden space with the chocolate lake and they get into that scary boat. willy wonka sings his creepy song and the lights are all changing colors and you see weird bugs floating in the sky. it's so weird. the kids don't know where they are going when they get in that boat, but later on, they go to the little factory where the everlasting gobstopper is made. and they are all thrilled.

there's wonka with his sporadic fro and the one and only, gobstopper.

i know this is an all-over-the-place post, but i am all over the place right now! i wish i knew what is in store for me in my life, but i don't. my head is just spinning. for now, i guess i can just do my best to live in the present and enjoy it while i can, right?


i noticed today that i have 1056 blog views. whoa. that many? people really read my blog that much? i like following that little counter over there on the side. thank you, whoever you are, for being the 1000th reader. how cool! then, i don't feel so cool when i think of nienie and her blog. she is our good friend. but can you imagine how many views her blog has? i can't. thanks readers, whoever you are. even if you don't really read it. thanks! 


p.s. i am so grateful for my good friends. man they help you through life, don't they? 

fave.

favorite outfit #2. why i am posting this, i don't know. i do know that i love wearing this though. wish i would wear it to school, but i'd probably get some weird looks. thank you, zumba, for helping me get my hip-shake on today. 

change of subject though. our cougar basketball and baseball both play today! let's get some wins! 

i am currently on a music kick of these guys' jazzy instrumental tunes. 

(for anyone who doesn't know, this is dave matthews band..)

the thought has been eating at me the past few days. how in the world am i going to work out while i am away in europe? i will be eating delectable food that is most likely going to be high in caloric intake and not really healthy at all. me, i love food, especially yummy food, and i eat a lot of it. this could be a problem! i will figure something out, i hope?

rainy day.

i am sitting here thinking of the total downpour that just occurred outside. how great was that sound? i love love love listening to the rain come down. 
it reminds me of a time a few years ago, i don't even know how many, that it was just coming down outside! i couldn't believe it. i went downstairs to get a better view, rather than outside my blind-covered top-floor window. it was a summer night. little did i know, my mom was doing the same thing. we were both in the kitchen and we decided to go sit outside on our porch swing and watch the rain. how calm it was. how beautiful! it makes me think of my ideal setting - outside on a wrap-around porch that i will have eventually, sitting on a porch bench, and listening to the calm rain come down on the ground. i won't have to think about anything except that beautiful rain and life! i cannot wait for the summer rain showers and to do that very thing. i will be sitting out there by myself, and i will be loving it. 
here's a few pics from the one and only L-A-S V-E-G-A-S. it was a much needed break. 

yogurtland, so good! 

curt chilled with us. 

oh, and it was papa law's 81st birthday! family dinner at la dolce vita. yumm.

before i forget.

somehow, when i post things, i seem to remember them better. i don't think i'll ever forget this quote by Elder M. Russell Ballard:

"Marrying a good wife is the key to any man's success."

how true this is. i know i don't have a Mr. to write about, but i hope when the time comes, that i can be a good wife to him! 

get me!

get me to vegas already! t minus 15 hours until we will leave to go and party! what we are going to do because we aren't 21, we don't know. but i am ready to enjoy the pool and hopefully get roasted but come back tan, sound good? can't wait!! 


attention: here is picture number 1 of the group i will be spending 6 weeks starting june 22! some people are missing, but here goes. lots of diversity already, but that makes us all strong right? 
man, my life is good. i am so lucky to be doing all these great things! 

(p.s. since when did i have like red hair? hm.) 

i didn't take the picture, so pardon it's small size. you can't see my gorgeous face as well. ha ha. 

oh.. and.. 21 weeks and 6 days until i get to see my sweet bro bro who is rocking it in africa!! gosh can it come faster already? again, i am so lucky. :) everyone, raise your glasses. cheers to a good life!! 

oh yes.

i failed to mention that taylor and i got some sweet, semi-matching packpacks a little bit ago. 

can you tell which one is mine? (my favorite color is purple.) 

this was my amazingly healthy dinner last night. i am a little bit heartbroken it didn't help my cougars get a win. i still believe cougar basketball! yes, that would be cheetos puffs and spaghetti. 

in other news, i received a gorgeous bouquet of greatly appreciated roses from a good friend. 

faves.

my favorite outfit to wear is this guy right here (see below). wish i could wear it every day. 

i know. it's awesome.  

p.s. why do i have such great people in my life? i am so lucky. 

pinkie.

did anyone happen to see the sky tonight? 

beautiful.

(picture courteous of the evo, no editing done here.)

this warm, semi-warm, weather is giving me hope for the summer. can't wait to get my tan on! 

this is probably embarrassing for my bro bro. well he won't even know, probably won't care. but i watched this video again of him supposedly "dancing". this is the african way people, his way. he has learned it very well. 

well. the video won't work. but let me tell you, it is funny. just try and picture something funny in your mind and you will be good.