The Disney movie by that name. Is brilliant.
But also. Summertime is magical!
So I was on Aaron Hatch's blog the other day, and he has his friend Megan's blog. I may or may not have creepily blog stalked her. Her blog is very cute, very fashionable. She takes picture of her outfits and post them with descriptions of where they come from.
Today, I was thinking I'd love to do that! I have really cute stuff, really eccentric stuff that would probably be really funny.
Then I remembered: a good 80% of what I own is from the thrift store. The other 20% is from the clearance racks at the Wal-Mart.
CLARIFICATION: No matter how much Miley Cyrus merchandise is on the clearance racks, and no matter how cheap it goes, I will never ever ever buy it. There was a shirt that was a dollar! And you know how I love my dollar merch! But I refuse to buy her stuff!
I went to Snowflake last night, the Larson family had a party for Kyle's graduation. Bounce house! And giant Mexican marshmallows! What more do you need?!
Plus. I know this might be nerdy. But I just fully loved the party trays of vegetables! At college, I've just been deprived of vitamins. So those trays were very tempting! So great.
Ellie's reception was today. Best friends getting married equals great times, with a tinge of "what the heck is going on?/life is turning upside down."
SUMMER! WOO!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Finals Week
Crazy stuff. Pretty sure I failed my Calc final on Monday, but on the other hand, I got to go to Mexican dinner with Kyle and the missionaries! And then to the Institute closing social FHE barbecue, where much fun was had and much flirting was done. No, not all of it was done by me! Get serious.
Tuesday, Carleigh and I upheld a tradition of going to that secret gazebo! It was lovely. Also we expressed our devotion to our school by roaming the grounds at midnight and sitting under the clock tower. True Gila Monsters, we are. I mean, these are the last times we'll be able to walk around this campus late at night as carefree young individuals! So yes.
Wednesday I had a final at seven in the morning! Ridiculous! After which I hung about all day, until that night when we went to Denny's! For a giant party. THEN! Us roommates got all ready and took our blankets down to the football field and camped out! Yes! We legitimately slept out under the stars on the football field! Hooray!
Today is packing and cleaning day. And then tomorrow is packing and moving day! My parents will be here hooray! And I will be graduating! YES!
Then Saturday, Kyle and I are going to the mountains, and then going to Tommy Lee's baptism! And then I'll say goodbye to Thatch town and ride home to Show Low with my sister.
Sigh. This is crazy! And I literally am going nutsy pants.
Tuesday, Carleigh and I upheld a tradition of going to that secret gazebo! It was lovely. Also we expressed our devotion to our school by roaming the grounds at midnight and sitting under the clock tower. True Gila Monsters, we are. I mean, these are the last times we'll be able to walk around this campus late at night as carefree young individuals! So yes.
Wednesday I had a final at seven in the morning! Ridiculous! After which I hung about all day, until that night when we went to Denny's! For a giant party. THEN! Us roommates got all ready and took our blankets down to the football field and camped out! Yes! We legitimately slept out under the stars on the football field! Hooray!
Today is packing and cleaning day. And then tomorrow is packing and moving day! My parents will be here hooray! And I will be graduating! YES!
Then Saturday, Kyle and I are going to the mountains, and then going to Tommy Lee's baptism! And then I'll say goodbye to Thatch town and ride home to Show Low with my sister.
Sigh. This is crazy! And I literally am going nutsy pants.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Snowcone Magic
Have I yet mentioned my need to convert common currency to its equivalent in snowcones?
By that reckoning, my current pay is only a "small snowcone with cream" above minimum wage. Time for a raise?
Yes. But only so I can buy more snowcones.
By that reckoning, my current pay is only a "small snowcone with cream" above minimum wage. Time for a raise?
Yes. But only so I can buy more snowcones.
Sketchy
Remember how Carleigh and I were going to throw Skechers at sketchy people? Well, last night we had ANOTHER great idea along those lines.
Announcing: To all sketchsters, we will be issuing you Etch-a-Sketches! Don't be surprised if you go to open your car door, and there's a keychain Etch-a-Sketch hanging from the handle!
And no, this method of distributing is NOT sketchy. Not in the least.
Announcing: To all sketchsters, we will be issuing you Etch-a-Sketches! Don't be surprised if you go to open your car door, and there's a keychain Etch-a-Sketch hanging from the handle!
And no, this method of distributing is NOT sketchy. Not in the least.
Remember That Time?
One time, I was working in the Safford office of my work. I was filing and trying to talk to my boss's wife on the phone at the same time. I opened too many file drawers, and the cabinet started to tip over. I had to catch it with my shoe. My red jelly $1 shoe. I'm pretty sure that's why it's broken now. Delayed reaction to that traumatic experience.
Let me just say, that file cabinet is HEAVY!!
Let me just say, that file cabinet is HEAVY!!
Blah Blah
Question #1: Why in the world is the song Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners stuck in my head? I don't even own that song!
Ah, that's really the only question I have. I don't know why I bothered to number it. However, numbered it will stay!
Onward.
Good news from yesterday:
- I'm going to pass Calculus! Barely, with a middling C. But still! I'M NOT FAILING!
- I took my Chem test yesterday afternoon. I scored a 96%! Bloody brilliant!
Yesterday was a giant cocktail of emotions. I'm trying not to freak out about graduating/leaving Thatch/finals/boys/moving/homework/friends, but when there's that much on the plate? Some freaking out is going to happen. However, the afternoon calmed down a little. It was gorgeous outside, and I basically spent the entire afternoon on the phone! Talked with my mom, with Blake, and with Ellie.
Last night, Kelly B. and I went to the Dairy Queen for ice cream and had a chat about our lives. It was a great time.
Now I'm at work. Of course.
And don't you all worry. There will definitely be more posts today.
Ah, that's really the only question I have. I don't know why I bothered to number it. However, numbered it will stay!
Onward.
Good news from yesterday:
- I'm going to pass Calculus! Barely, with a middling C. But still! I'M NOT FAILING!
- I took my Chem test yesterday afternoon. I scored a 96%! Bloody brilliant!
Yesterday was a giant cocktail of emotions. I'm trying not to freak out about graduating/leaving Thatch/finals/boys/moving/homework/friends, but when there's that much on the plate? Some freaking out is going to happen. However, the afternoon calmed down a little. It was gorgeous outside, and I basically spent the entire afternoon on the phone! Talked with my mom, with Blake, and with Ellie.
Last night, Kelly B. and I went to the Dairy Queen for ice cream and had a chat about our lives. It was a great time.
Now I'm at work. Of course.
And don't you all worry. There will definitely be more posts today.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
And More!
Remember how Saturday was a frabjous day? I should not have blogged in the middle of the day, because I missed out on some things that came after! So here goes.
When I got home, Carleigh and I were just watching some Arrested Development, when my phone rang. It was a Thatcher number that I did not recognize. I almost didn't answer, but good thing I did! It was Nicholas Barney, inviting me to go up canoeing at Frye Mesa with him and T Stevens and Marisa Brown!
How fortuitous! I've always wanted to go to Frye Mesa! Thank goodness for Nick Barney, helping me fulfill another EAC dream!
We drove up, hiked around, went ROCK CLIMBING! I was terrified. Seriously. Luckily, Nicholas is a gentleman of the first order and was very patient with me as I clung to the rock, requesting instructions on how to get where I needed to be!
We went out on the lake in our canoe, where T Stevens would not stop shifting around! We were in serious danger of capsizing and he just would not sit still! Awful.
Nick also took me down the catwalk on the dam, where you can stand on a platform and look out over the canyon and the river, and the waterfall is pounding down right next to you. There were yellow columbine flowers growing all down the canyon. It was gorgeous.
THEN! That night was the annual EAC luau! Aka the greatest time ever! I love the luau. There is great food, great friends. I think the friendliness partway stems from the knowledge that we'll all be gone soon, and these are some of the last good times we'll all have together here. It was a great party.
And my friend Adam Conte! Who knew that he could twirl fire?! Not me! He is a legit Polynesian. I was impressed and astounded at his abilities.
Also that night, Carleigh and I rode out to Red Knolls with Caitie Crandell, for perhaps our last fire out there with the crowd. It was a great time.
Saturday turned out to be an incredible day!
HOORAY!
When I got home, Carleigh and I were just watching some Arrested Development, when my phone rang. It was a Thatcher number that I did not recognize. I almost didn't answer, but good thing I did! It was Nicholas Barney, inviting me to go up canoeing at Frye Mesa with him and T Stevens and Marisa Brown!
How fortuitous! I've always wanted to go to Frye Mesa! Thank goodness for Nick Barney, helping me fulfill another EAC dream!
We drove up, hiked around, went ROCK CLIMBING! I was terrified. Seriously. Luckily, Nicholas is a gentleman of the first order and was very patient with me as I clung to the rock, requesting instructions on how to get where I needed to be!
We went out on the lake in our canoe, where T Stevens would not stop shifting around! We were in serious danger of capsizing and he just would not sit still! Awful.
Nick also took me down the catwalk on the dam, where you can stand on a platform and look out over the canyon and the river, and the waterfall is pounding down right next to you. There were yellow columbine flowers growing all down the canyon. It was gorgeous.
THEN! That night was the annual EAC luau! Aka the greatest time ever! I love the luau. There is great food, great friends. I think the friendliness partway stems from the knowledge that we'll all be gone soon, and these are some of the last good times we'll all have together here. It was a great party.
And my friend Adam Conte! Who knew that he could twirl fire?! Not me! He is a legit Polynesian. I was impressed and astounded at his abilities.
Also that night, Carleigh and I rode out to Red Knolls with Caitie Crandell, for perhaps our last fire out there with the crowd. It was a great time.
Saturday turned out to be an incredible day!
HOORAY!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
May Day!
No, that is not a call of distress. I am just proclaiming the first day of May! Hooray!
Or, in the words of Lewis Carroll
- Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! -
Since I am graduating in two weeks and leaving Thatch forever (well, for the foreseeable future) I decided to do today some things that I've wanted to do ever since I moved here two years ago. Actually, these things have probably been on my list to do ever since I came here for choir times in high school.
- One: Go to the Antique Rose, the shop down on the corner.
- Two: Put pennies on the train tracks and flatten them.
I'm sure there's more on my list. But so far, I've done these two things today. The antique shop was so great. My favorite things by far were the old hats and gloves! Oh how I wish we still were that classy!
I put the pennies on the train tracks. Unfortunately, I do not know the train schedule. I'm pretty sure there's a train every afternoon. If not, I know for sure there's one every night. So. At some point tomorrow, I will have to go down and find my flattened money!
Also. This is always on my list for springtime: stop and get a snowcone on the walk home! While I do not love the Hawaiian Snow Shack as much as the Water Depot, Hawaiian has the advantage of being marginally closer to my home, i.e., within walking distance.
Once Carleigh and I walked to the Water Depot. Yep. Just so long.
And tonight is the Luau! This is such a great place. Free food and entertainment and happines and joy abound.
It is quite a frabjous day!
Or, in the words of Lewis Carroll
- Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! -
Since I am graduating in two weeks and leaving Thatch forever (well, for the foreseeable future) I decided to do today some things that I've wanted to do ever since I moved here two years ago. Actually, these things have probably been on my list to do ever since I came here for choir times in high school.
- One: Go to the Antique Rose, the shop down on the corner.
- Two: Put pennies on the train tracks and flatten them.
I'm sure there's more on my list. But so far, I've done these two things today. The antique shop was so great. My favorite things by far were the old hats and gloves! Oh how I wish we still were that classy!
I put the pennies on the train tracks. Unfortunately, I do not know the train schedule. I'm pretty sure there's a train every afternoon. If not, I know for sure there's one every night. So. At some point tomorrow, I will have to go down and find my flattened money!
Also. This is always on my list for springtime: stop and get a snowcone on the walk home! While I do not love the Hawaiian Snow Shack as much as the Water Depot, Hawaiian has the advantage of being marginally closer to my home, i.e., within walking distance.
Once Carleigh and I walked to the Water Depot. Yep. Just so long.
And tonight is the Luau! This is such a great place. Free food and entertainment and happines and joy abound.
It is quite a frabjous day!
Fashion!
The fashion show!
Last night was bloody BRILLIANT! I definitely should not have been freaking out about the cocktail attire thing. And I am definitely glad I did NOT wear a cocktail dress. Those things should be known as "lady of the night" attire.
Still, I looked classy, in my brown skirt with Julie's silky shirt and my yellow thrift store heels! Kyle came to pick me up, and he was in a black dress shirt with a red tie! Too bad it was only at that point I thought we should have coordinated our attire, like going to prom. Now we were brown and black, and therefore could not be seen together!
Ha! Oh well. I sucked it up and was not a baby about the color thing.
We went to Tucson and found the place where the show was. It was on U of A campus, in a parking garage! Yes! A parking garage! The top floor had a tent that was all set up, with the runway and chairs and everything.
Kyle's sister Devani was one of the designers, so we were on the "guest list" aka the list of important people. Oh yes. We felt legit. Even more so when we walked in on the red carpet and the photogs took pictures of us! Like we were famous or something!
It was brilliant. The show was great, so cool.
Probably the lesson learned from this whole episode is: don't freak out over what you're going to wear. If you must freak out, freak out about matching with your date.
Excellent.
Last night was bloody BRILLIANT! I definitely should not have been freaking out about the cocktail attire thing. And I am definitely glad I did NOT wear a cocktail dress. Those things should be known as "lady of the night" attire.
Still, I looked classy, in my brown skirt with Julie's silky shirt and my yellow thrift store heels! Kyle came to pick me up, and he was in a black dress shirt with a red tie! Too bad it was only at that point I thought we should have coordinated our attire, like going to prom. Now we were brown and black, and therefore could not be seen together!
Ha! Oh well. I sucked it up and was not a baby about the color thing.
We went to Tucson and found the place where the show was. It was on U of A campus, in a parking garage! Yes! A parking garage! The top floor had a tent that was all set up, with the runway and chairs and everything.
Kyle's sister Devani was one of the designers, so we were on the "guest list" aka the list of important people. Oh yes. We felt legit. Even more so when we walked in on the red carpet and the photogs took pictures of us! Like we were famous or something!
It was brilliant. The show was great, so cool.
Probably the lesson learned from this whole episode is: don't freak out over what you're going to wear. If you must freak out, freak out about matching with your date.
Excellent.
So. On the Facebook front. I've been holding out, because I know myself. I know that if I get a Facebook, I will waste inordinate amounts of time and never get anything done.
I have explained this to my friend Blake countless times. Nevertheless, he still tries, everyday, to convince me of the usefulness and pertinence of a Facebook account. I've told him I don't want to get one! At least until after my mission.
Imagine my surprise, when yesterday, Carleigh calls me over to her computer and says, "Is this your Facebook?"
I looked at the screen . . . there was my homepage! With a legitimate profile picture of myself! And I was already friends with seven people!
How did this happen?!
You guessed it. Blake Larson. The little bugger set up a Facebook that is ME!!
Sigh. I was doing so well! I was holding out and being strong! All for naught.
I have explained this to my friend Blake countless times. Nevertheless, he still tries, everyday, to convince me of the usefulness and pertinence of a Facebook account. I've told him I don't want to get one! At least until after my mission.
Imagine my surprise, when yesterday, Carleigh calls me over to her computer and says, "Is this your Facebook?"
I looked at the screen . . . there was my homepage! With a legitimate profile picture of myself! And I was already friends with seven people!
How did this happen?!
You guessed it. Blake Larson. The little bugger set up a Facebook that is ME!!
Sigh. I was doing so well! I was holding out and being strong! All for naught.
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