thirteen.

oops. 
first post of 2013 and it's.... february 14th! happy v-day. to me. and my valentine, me. 

goodness doesn't life just get busy and then before you know it, two months have passed? that's me for ya. 

i have since realized, however, that life should never be too busy for the things that are important and needed! too much to do and so much life to live. 

well. i'll give you "stalkers" an update. although there aren't many of you. 

1. school is good. and hard. but good. 
2. i thoroughly enjoy looking at all those darn zoobsssss and wonder, "where in the WORLD did you come from??" every day. 
3. i'm working part time at FFG (same work). it's going great. even though i secretly envy shar bear and how she gets to cook in the mahvellous kitchen for her job. 
4. i am currently looking too much at all my dumb media apps on izzy my iphone 5. that's a goal - to not check all that unimportant stuff 24/7. 
5. i have now made TWO payments on florence. two down and.... 50 billion to go. 
6. i forget about face time, i miss my 3 kiddies. 
7. currently, i am searching for a health-related internship in los angeles for this upcoming summer. so i can complete my internship and alsooo live with bro bro andrew and party on. i am a california girl at heart. weird i know. p.s. any connections or people you know, hit me up, even if you don't know me that well! 
8. baseball season is starting. and padre is coaching for a different team. that's weird. but oh so very exciting. SOX all the way!
9. my room is organized. but organized clutter. but not too bad. but bad if you know me normally. 
10. i've still got lots of life to figure out. and boy, am i grateful for the wonderful things and the wonderful life i have!!!!!!

|the SANTA run with my parents, so awesome|

|wedding i shot in december, in IL|

|baby girl turned ONE!|

|and below, christmas with austin. that boy.|

|family cabin fun. addyson has my heart.|

|first day of school|

|more photos from the wonderful whitney |

|why hello! amazing trip to vegas with my work|

|below, see {most} of the ladies before ZARKANA|

|tauri and me partying hard!!!!!|

|me, will{my boss}, mary|

|POST-nordstrom shopping spree|

|back to utah. and 2degree weather|

|below.. a. charles' birthday| 

blog schmog, eww... egg nog.

um... well i guess, happy holidays are in order?

here we are at december 2nd, 2012. shouldn't the world be ending soon? hopefully not ;) there are too many good things in life to be enjoyed.

sheesh where to begin!

ONE. my newest purchase:
 - this would be izzy (?) my new iphone 5. my life has been changed in a mere 36 hours.

TWO. my SECOND most recent purchase:

 - this would be my new car. deciding between RUBY and FLORENCE. ideas?

THREE. november 14th was the anniversary of my dear pup, pugsley. we miss him. 

FOUR. my dear sweet friend, whitney, took these lovely pictures of me! love her. find me someone to marry and her and i will be even better friends. her pictures are amazing. 

i am all registered for classes and honestly, i have never been so excited for school. i'm sure that mindset will change within... 3 days. but still, i'm excited! all signed up for exercise & wellness and business. let's get down to business peeps!

work has pretty much controlled my life lately. with an incredible incentive within eyesight, 60 hours of work last week just happened. hard work has paid off. (see ruby/florence above.)

gold's gym has been treating me well. the "toolshed", as i like to call it, has pretty much been a constant view on my snapped pictures to friends while working out. one of my favorites that's for sure! 

man has the time flown. i am pretty sure that i say that every post, but it is crazy how it has happened. i think back to the holiday season last year and what i was doing then... what a different time. we all have grown, matured, learned, cried, and laughed in the past year. the unexpected has happened as well as the expected. 

but to this day, i am happy, i have my family, the gospel, a new calling in church (teaching 5 year olds), a job, school to attend, a car, a home, a nice place to sleep, friends, food to fill my belly, wonderful memories of the past, and many things to look forward to in the future. 

one of my favorite (of many) quotes below:

start me up.

eesh... it's been far too long for this little blog baby. 
between all social media, facebook, instagram, twitter... and working full time, this has been the least of my worries. hate to say it. 
and again, i think of my non-exciting adventures compared to my travels last summer and feel a bit inadequate typing about life in provo, utah. 


let's see here, as of 3 weeks, ago, i was bumped up to working full time at my little (BIG) job - more hours + a raise = more money, great! 
still missing my cute kiddies seen below. they are much bigger now, but still!

my girl, hilary norton, left on her mission to ecuador. she will be so fantastic. and stylish too!

me, hilary, kelsey

went on a fun little vacay to CA with this guy:

to spend time with this guy (love him, just look at him!):

tajia fay, my cousin, had a baby shower, she is having a baby, DUH! still seems like me and her were just running around in swimsuits last week.

spent some time with this guy and trying to figure out some things due to the rug being swept out from under us in a recent situation. i have a few (many) choice words that you probably don't want to hear. my dad is the best guy i know and i am disappointed in the way he was treated after his loyalty to byu for many years.

tana has graduated and is moving on to college at the U of U. seems like she was just running around the other day with me too!

hate to break it to you... but i made the purchase. in love right now!

josh and i enjoyed a long wedding day of his dear cousin, erin and her new husband andy. great.

among these events, i feel a bit i have lost some of my beach bod due to sitting at a computer for 9 hours a day, my tan is not as far along as i hoped it would be. 

still just trying to get my priorities straights, work, gym, church. there are so many things you say, "oh, i'll wake up early and get that done." but it just hasn't happened. and it's only me holding those things back! i need to hop to it. 

but for now, life is good. i feel a bit like i'm living on my own in a house with some other peeps doing their own thing too. it's a bit tough. but we are making it through. made some new friends, kept some old ones. some have come and gone.

all in all, life is good. one day things will all miraculously fit together. it will be amazing! 

finally!

this post is NOT about the fact that it's finally finals. sorry.

remember when i posted about my "project" way back when? it has been complete for quite some time but i am finally posting my proudness. think it's lame, think what you want, but i love it!!
i watched a tutorial i found on pinterest, fantastic!

my padre made me this nice board.
1. gather your supplies.
2. cover with spray paint, one or two coats, i did two.
3. once the spray paint is dry, paint with one coat of white paint.
4. after drying, use this candle trick (totally works). use the candle wherever you want the paint to wear off.
5. paint another coat of white paint and sand the board with sandpaper. the paint where the candle was used comes off a lot easier.
6. i bought some hooks and things at rod works and hobby lobby for cheap.
7. after attaching them and hanging the board on the wall, you have the cutest little thing ever!!

umbrellas and snapshots.

i was looking about my room, wondering what in the world i could post about that would be more entertaning than colored pants and new shoes and i came about this.

i know, i know. it looks like a clutter board. i mean, it kind of is, but if an item is cool enough to make it on "the board", it must be worth while. 

i don't particularly love toms, but i do love what they do and most of the time how they look. 

i've got a magnet of my papa law - he played in the majors for the pirates. over christmas, a fan of his from back east send him a whole bunch of magnets that had my papa's picture on them. i am so happy to have it.  

the two dollar bills i received from my great grandma, nanny. she didn't know me too well and had severe alzheimer's as she was older, but every birthday, without fail, i opened a birthday card and prayed that the signature two dollar bill was nestled inside. my grandma now carries on the tradition and i get excited every time i open a birthday card!

i'm saving my zimbabwean 50 billion dollar bill for a time when i am in real debt and need some extra cash ;) 

some pics of me and my girls, a note from my bestie, receipts from the bookstore for book sellback in april, and postcards from europe cover that clutter board. 

i just worry about getting older and forgetting things - i don't want to do that! i am posting items in advance, hopefully helping me along in "remembering", not forgetting. ideas are much better remembered than forgotten. 

in looking at my postcard from dublin, i am reminded how fascinating the doors in europe are.

and as a side note, this quote has never hit me so hard as it did today.