Final Countdown

Well, it's my last day in Provo. Tomorrow morning, I head back down to Cedar to live in my "own" house. Woo!

I wish I had a camera or an iPhone so that I could take pictures of my very empty room and very LARGE pile of stuff that's packed up in boxes. I really think I have more stuff this year than I did last year. I can't figure out why, besides the obvious like dishes and stuff. But that's only in one box! I dunno what it is.

I really am excited this time. I get to see all my friends, and I guess it's high time I had a choir class again: I dreamt I was in a choir last night. I'm just feeling a little pressure because I'm going to have to be buying all my own food.... It's a bit of a daunting prospect for someone who has exactly $0 in their bank account.... But I'll manage. I think that a starving student is something I would take to rather well, if I could get over being slightly hungry.... Plus, there's always the Hope Pantry. Let's "hope" it doesn't come to that, though.

New Moon trailer preview

This is a 14-second preview of the new New Moon trailer, showing exclusively before Bandslam, in theaters this Friday.

Camping Trip: Select photos

Last weekend was the Jacob family campout. It was awesome, except for the mosquitos... I've never seen mosquitos so thick! I didn't get a single bug bite the whole time we were there, luckily, because we were all being very meticulous with bug spray. These are just a few pictures that I took during said campout that I'm pretty proud of. I really need my own camera... I'm crossing my fingers for my birthday! It's only a month and a half away, right? Haha. Enjoy the pretty pictures.


Emma and a waterbottle.

A spray bottle. It was full of Listerine to keep the mosquitos away. It actually works very well, and smells tons better than bug spray.

A dandelion blowing in the wind. Like that one song...... haha.

Emma and I played Uno for a little bit.

A "red elephant" flower that I wrapped around the awning rope on Grandma Jo's tent.

Shannon making Maori rhythm sticks.

Julia and Grandpa Craig wearing pink.

Pretty lichen on a rock. The big splotch in front looks like Africa...
Some pretty purple flowers. They're about an inch across.

A road closed sign. Obviously.

I'm not sure what flower this is, but it looks cool.

Same here.

Emma, mom, Jules, and Bridget (and Toby) on our walk.

The Michael Jackson stump: Black and White.

This tiny flower was about half an inch across. Beautiful.

Some plants growing on the side of a stream. If you were a few inches tall and were standing in the stream, this is what you would see.

Bluebells. There were "purplebells" too, but I didn't get a picture of those. Should have, though.

A dandelion. It's odd, when they're in your yard, they're weeds. When they're in the wilderness, they're just another wildflower.

The red elephant flowers again. These are really cool.

A field of wildflowers. Pretty pretty.

Rescue Fail

Thought this was funny.

BEST MOVIE EVER!

Well worth the wait. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone, but it was definitely the best Harry Potter movie yet. And I plan on seeing it at least a few more times. Hooray for nerd-dom!

30 day makeover, day 2

I found out that it's not a 4 day countdown as much as a warm up, so Thursday was day 1, Friday was day 2, &c.

Day 2, - May 15

Breakfast: 1/3 yucky Clementine.
Began 200 sit ups. Max: 18
Lunch: Mayo, avocado, cucumber, tomato, & pickle sandwich on whole wheat. Surprisingly very yummy. I may have to eat those often.
Snack: 5 Doritos?
Dinner: ??? Did I have dinner?? For some reason, I don't think so.

Beauty tips to try:
Egg white facial
quarter of Shampoo, dime of conditioner. (we'll see).

30 Total Health Makeover

My mom's had this book for ages, so I decided to give it a try. It's a 30 day total health makeover, obviously, and... yeah. It starts with a 4 day countdown, which I started yesterday, so that the real thing starts on Monday. I'm keeping a log of.. stuff. And I'm going to blog about it. The rule for the 4 day countdown is simple: No dairy, no sugar, no red meat, no alcohol. Man, that last one is a toughie.

Day -4, May 14:
Breakfast: OJ, Strawberry, & banana smoothie. Yummy. Feel full and satisfied.
Lunch: Tuna, mayo, pickle, lettuce sandwich on wheat bread.
Dinner: Spaghetti (wow, that is the weirdest word ever...) with no meatballs, salad with italian dressing, lemonade.
Went to movies for midnight showing of Angels and Demons. Ate: Ritz Bitz cheese sandwiches, Vanilla Coke. BAD.

I also started the 200 sit ups thing yesterday. I did 30 for my initial test. I probably could have done more, but oh well. At least I'm doing some, right?

FLASHCARDS!!!!!!!!!

These are ALL for my psychology class!!!






The stack is half an inch thick! It's insane!!!

It's that time of year again....

Finals week.

Dandelion Wine

Who knew dandelions could be so pretty? I picked these today on my way back from dinner, with a little help from Gwen. They bring a bit of sunshine into my room... since the sunlight streaming in the window... doesn't???

S.P.E.W.

"The Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare"

Just kidding.

So, I had two thoughts yesterday during psychology:

I figured out why I write: Because I would die if I did anything else. I have so many ideas going around in my head that they NEED to be written.

Also, I know when Spring begins, because my inner hippy comes out. Like yesterday. I suddenly had every desire to be healthy and go green and be a vegetarian again. Probably because we're going to Zion, and that's where it all began.

Sixes

Got this from Annzy's blog. Thought it was cool.

This is how it works: go to the pictures folder on your computer, go to the sixth file, go to the sixth picture, post it, then tag 6 people.

(except I'm doing it this way: going into iPhoto, going to the sixth file/event, getting the sixth picture.)



Taken by Lila 2 Spring Breaks ago.

Operation Booty Update

So... me and my roommate Katelin decided to name my getting in shape-ness "operation booty." So there you go. It's booty as in butt, not booty as in pirate booty. But the spelling "bootie" makes me think of a little shoe. And that just doesn't work for me.

Last week I did my workout twice. This week is a bit more troublesome. Here's why:
I like to do my workout after dinner, so it's not just SURPRISE in the middle of the day. The problem is, I have stuff going on every single night this week: Monday - filming my English final project. Tuesday - Garden dress rehearsal. Wednesday - The Garden. Thursday - The Garden. Then it's Easter break.

I could run on Easter break. That'd probably be easy actually. I'd just have to figure out the milage that I'm running around campus (probably not much), then run that at home. I sometimes feel like such a pansy only running 15 minutes. But there is that scripture about not running faster than you have strength, and I do feel, after running for the majority of a 15 minute time span, that I'm about to fall on my face. But it won't always be that way. Oh no.

Maybe I'll run before dinner this week, so that --- no, that won't work either. Maybe I'll run right after class, so then I have time to take a shower before all of my evening stuff begins. Yes. That will be the plan.

Tally ho!

Crazy 8's

Stole it from Sharise's blog.  So what.

8 tv shows i watch:
1. LOST
2. Dancing With The Stars
3. LOST
4. LOST
5. LOST
6. LOST
7. LOST
8. LOST

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Woke up from a bad dream to Gwen waking me up for...
2. General Conference!
3. Ate lunch.
4. Watched more General Conference
5. Worked on English essay on Shakespeare in Twilight
6. Played War for about 5 minutes
7. Watched Sleeping Beauty
8. Watched Chicago

8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. Easter break
2. This week being over
3. The Garden
4. New episode of LOST
5. Seeing baby Julia!!!!
6. Giving mom her birthday present... I'm SOOO excited!!! I feel like I finally got someone something I know they'll love! Which is a big deal for me.
7. SUMMER!!!!!!!!
8. End of year choir concert - It is going to ROCK the house!

8 things on my wish list:
1. See Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
2. See Lion King on Broadway
3. See Cats '' ''
4. See Les Miserables '' ''
5. Finish a book
6. Then finish another one
7. Get a new iPhone
8. Meet Johnny Depp

Spring Break pictures

I was having WAY too much fun with the "color accent" feature on mom's camera.

This was me showing mom how to use it.

This is a painting Grandpa Paul did for mom for her birthday.

This is the guitar that Joey got for his birthday. He wanted me to take a picture of it.

This is Joey playing his guitar.

Joey walked by while I was laying on the floor, so I twisted over to take this picture.  It's kinda cool, I think.

This one is for mom, of the forsythia bush and daffodils.

This is Bridget.  I'm not sure what she's doing, but her shirt and pants match the shovel, which is cool.

This is a blue basketball.  As you can see, I was bored.

I really really like this one. It's the baby leaves on our lilac tree.

This is the grass in our yard.  I accented only the green stuff, so it looks more green than normal.

This is Bridget in the kitchen doing something with the sink (obviously).

Getting in shape

Well, I want to start getting in shape. So I'm going to blog about it. The eating healthy is... meh, but it's cafeteria food, so what can you do?

Today, I went for a 15 minute run/walk around campus. Then I came back, stretched, and did that 8 Minute Abs work out video that mom used to have (found it on YouTube). Then I did some yoga strength/breathing and ended with relaxation. I figure if I do this every night, I'll be in good shape. (No pun intended).

I also figure that if I tell you about it, I'll feel guilty when I don't do it. So. Here it goes. Wish me luck.

And here's a goofy picture of me to get it started. (sorry mom, but that's what I was wearing! Not for the run, just doing the workouts in my room. It felt more legit.)

Playing on Polyvore

Summertime - by AmberJane on Polyvore.com


Unique - by AmberJane on Polyvore.com

Mirielle got me hooked!!

Mirielle was right...

Semester-itis is worse than Senior-itis. ESPECIALLY living in Juniper. They're locking the doors to the halls now, and they took away all the garbage cans. There's one on our whole floor that isn't in a room. The other BATHROOM doesn't even have one!!! And our bathroom just has a little one. Neither of the living rooms have one. Gah.

Spring Break.

Not much to report. I'm enjoying have a LAAAZZZZZYYYY week. But I took some awesome pictures, and am going to take some more the next few days, so check back for a picture post soon!

Wow, this is amazing.