Wednesday, July 23, 2008

A lot of Useless Information About Me

My 100

I haven't been tagged, but I just thought this would be kinda fun and maybe someone will learn something about me that they didn't already know.

100 Things About Me

1. I dislike most seafood. I might be able to eat it if forced, but I generally choose not to.
2. When I was little, I wanted to be a ballerina and a mom when I grew up.
3. I’ve been inside President Monson's home, and stood in his kitchen talking for half an hour.
4. I have 2 step-siblings. 1 brother, 1 sister.
5. I've talked to President Monson on the phone
6. I have lived in 8 states.
7. I have seen more bands live than I care to count.
8. I'm going on a Mission to Recife, Brazil in October of this year.
9. My favorite movie of all time is Wayne's World. Its kind of an inside joke with some friends from high school, and my cousin rachel.
10. I love all the TV shows I watched as a kid...The cosby show, fresh prince of bell air, saved by the bell.
11. I love music – I try to always be listening. I like everything except most country.
12. I like living in Utah....despite what I originally thought.
13. I'm a very impatient person, but I'm slowly learning.
14. I love my family a whole heck of a lot even though sometimes I don't show it. I don't know what I'd do without them.
15. I heart Elton John. Every time I hear one of his songs....I just melt. (yes, I know he's WAY older than me and gay, but I still love him).
16. I have a million black shirts. I should really branch out a bit.
17. I love movies. Comedy, Scary, Action....I love em all.
18. I have never broken a bone. (knock on wood)
19. I have never had a cavity. (knock on wood)
20. I do not, and have not ever bought anything from Hollister or Abercrombie.
21. I love sports...especially ultimate frisbee and golf.
22. I love "guy" things. I love dirt biking, rock climbing, camping...ect.
23. I love being outside.
24. I LOVE to travel.
25. I once got hit by a car while I was riding my bike.
26. I would like to live alone.
27. I love animals. I will own a dog when I have my own place.
28. I work at the church office building and I LOVE it.
29. I love food. Especially Italian, Thai, Indian, and Mexican.
30. I love Harry Potter.
31. I'm 5'6 and I'm okay with that.
32. I have a strange obsession with school supplies.
33. I love to type. I don't know why.
34. I LOVE to take pictures. I carry my camera with me everywhere.
35. I have a greater desire to read and study the scriptures now than I ever have before.
36. I jumped out of a camper trailer once and sprained my foot. I had to use crutches for a day. I think I was just being a baby.
37. My favorite color is purple.
38. I love roller coasters and theme parks.
39. I'm a big fan of swimming.
40. I often have an internal debate about whether I'd rather be tan, or have less wrinkles later.
41. I love giving service, when its on my own watch. When someone asks me to do something, I always go in with the wrong attitude.
42. I'm a fast walker. Always have been, always will be.
43. I hate losing friends. I always have a really hard time letting go or saying goodbye.
44. I'm addicted to Facebook. There should really be a facebook anonymous club or something.
45. I'm blunt. There's no way around that one. I am what I am.
46. I'm sarcastic. I don't really see any issues with that as long as I'm not hurting feelings. (which I sometimes do, but I try not to).
47. I saw "The Dark Knight" the other day, and I thought it was AMAZING.
48. I don't like fake people. Seriously, lets just be who we are. If people don't like it, then you need to either accept that, or become better. Don't pretend to be anything you're not.
49. I, like Christen, think that my nephew Dylan is the cutest kid on the whole planet.
50. My favorite temple is still the Salt Lake Temple. I thought working on temple square would cause this place to become less "magical" but I was wrong. It still brings a smile to my face every day. There is just so much history here.
51. I love the ocean. I would love to live near the ocean again someday. I will be living near the ocean for a year and a half in Brazil and that makes me very happy.
52. I'm kind of a cry baby. I cry in church ALL THE TIME....but I rarely cry about other things.
53. I have always wanted to visit Egypt. I don't know why, but the ancient Egyptians have always fascinated me.
54. I just learned that I can dry swallow a pill.
55. Sometimes I care too much what other people think...other times, I don't care enough.
56. Going to Italy was fulfilling a lifetime dream.
57. I HATED moving around when I was growing up, but now I'm really grateful for the experience.
58. My favorite calling of all time was being a sunbeam teacher.
59. I love deep conversations.
60. I love that for some reason, people come to me with their problems.
61. The first time I ever had an IV or I was put out, was to get my wisdom teeth out.
62. I love and miss my grandpa a lot. I think about him almost every day. He was such a great example to me.
63. I have tried to learn the guitar twice in my life and I just don't get very far. I'm really bad at practicing.
64. I wish I still played the piano.
65. I love rodeos and cowboy clothes but I hate country music. Does that make any sense?
66. I LOVE playing rockband. Its gotta be my favorite game.
67. Incubus was the best concert I ever went to.
68. I would love to own a truck...especially a toyota tacoma.
69. I can't seem to come to terms with the fact that in almost 2 years, I'm going to come back being fluent in portuguese.
70. I'm very naive...and I'm starting to realize that more and more.
71. My favorite place to live was Washington. I lived on an island. How much better can it get?
72. My favorite vegetable is broccoli. I also love avocados and tomatoes.
73. I am addicted to Naked Juice. Its a juice drink that has a pound of fruit in it with nothing else added. It is delicious.
74. My favorite fruit is strawberries followed closely by cantelope.
75. My favorite disney movie is Aladdin. I also love Mulan.
76. I always wear my seatbelt.
77. I wear contacts.
78. One of my greatest fears is to have something jammed in my eye. Weird, I know.
79. I really hate snakes.
80. When I was little, I used to be deathly afraid of what I called "inside bodies." I would wake up in the middle of the night with night terrors about it. Seriously. Now I love watching surgeries. Its weird.
81. I have a strange phobia of hospitals. I'm starting to get over it.
82. I get anxiety occasionally, but have to tell myself that if its something that I can't change then there is no use worrying about it.
83. I love high heels. I like wearing them whenever I have the chance.
84. I want to have a big family.
85. Sometimes I think I'll never get married.
86. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. There are too many options.
87. I love to ski but haven't gone for two years, probably.
88. I never floss. (I know, its bad)
89. I love working out....especially lifting weights.
90. Being racist doesn't make sense to me.
91. I could never get sick of "Friends" or "Seinfeld"
92. I love jewelery.
93. I love to shop....if I have money to buy things.
94. I think if we all really understood what it means to be God's children, the world would be a very different place.
95. I get along better with guys than girls.
96. I love looking at houses.
97. I often look at people's shoes. I think you can tell a lot about a person depending on what kind of shoes they're wearing.
98. I love freckles.
99. I love that I still keep in touch with people I went to elementary school with.
100. I LOVE the gospel of Jesus Christ. I would be nothing without it.

Monday, July 14, 2008

WHAT A WEEKEND!!

Well, my weekend was so jam packed with stuff that it just FLEW by! Friday night I went with some friends up to the golf course to have a putting competition on the green and then we just went back to my friend Kellan's house to watch a movie. My friend Garret took this awesome shot of the sunset and me putting.

I woke up early saturday morning and headed over to my friend Rondi's house so her parents could take us boating! It was SOOO much fun. I had a blast!

This is Katie and I on one of the tubes. It was intense and kinda hard to hold on to. I thought I was going to go flying off..but luckily, I didn't.


This is Katie, Erin, and I on a different tube. I liked this one a lot more. It was easier to stay in.


This is Natayla, Katie and I on our way up there. PS Katie is the great niece of the couple (The Bastians) that introduced my nana and papa in the church. Kinda cool.


This is the whole gang at the lake...left to right...Luke, TJ, Elisha, Natayla, Eric, Erin, Katie, Rondi, Heather, Me, and Garret's in the back, sitting on the boat. We had a blast!


It was Dylan's 2nd Birthday. I think he liked the present I got him. He acted like it, at least.


Jen had a luau for him. Here we are with our coconut bras and grass skirts! :)


After that Luau...I went to another Luau. We had a big 8-stake Luau for all the young single adults. It was kinda lame, but at least my friends are cool :) This is Rachel and I....she's my RS President.

The weekend was great! I just love weekends like this. NON-STOP FUN!!! :)

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Well...ITS OFFICIAL


On July 3, 2008 at approximately 1:05 pm, I got a call from my nana telling me that IT CAME! I got my mission call, and after waiting for about an hour and half...we had everyone gathered and my parents on the phone and we opened it.

I am called to the Brazil Recife Mission and I report to the Sao Paulo MTC on October 22, 2008. HOLY COW! I couldn't even believe it when I read it on the paper. I honestly thought I'd be going stateside. It was such a shock. I'm so excited, but also terrified. Can I seriously learn Portuguese? I guess only time will tell.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Its killing me....

I'm literally dying inside. Each minute...I die a little more. I don't have the patience for this. I guess thats one of those things I should be learning and if I don't learn it now...I'll learn it while I'm out there. OH MAN. I think I want to know when I'm going just as bad as where I'm going. Holy Cow! This day is not going by FAST ENOUGH!!