Not much to say.

I know it's been a month since I posted last, but not much has happened. I've just been working, every day from 8-2, and then I come home and play out in the sunshine. On Saturdays I go to the library and pick out a few books, read them that weekend, and then go back again the next Saturday.

Eclipse comes out in a week and a half. That should be fun. My costume is going to be INSANE. I'll be sure to post pictures. I'm also going to a costume contest with Shannon, but this costume is for a different character completely. I'll also post pictures of that.

Girl's Camp is this week. Mom, Shan, and Emma are all going, so I'm babysitting in the afternoons, and all day on Wednesday. I'm actually looking forward to it for the sole reason that I'm going to get to bed early-ish.

I've started riding my bike home from work every day. It's about 5 miles, and I really enjoy it. I listen to my iPod and it's just great. It makes me think of that line from the Princess Bride: "The only joy she found was in her daily ride." While that is not true for me, I'm fond of the fact that I have a "daily ride," hahaha.

Well, I guess if something monumental happens, I'll post about it. But not much has been happening. That's summer vacation for ya.

The End

Happy Mother's Day!

I caved.

The only problem is, I'll have to buy the DVD now. *sigh* Life is so difficult.

So far...

...I'm the only roommate that hasn't remotely started packing yet. Meh. If I start now, it will take me until Friday. If I start Thursday afternoon, it will still take me till Friday. Why drag out what is sure to be a long and unpleasant task?

Speaking of which, would anyone like to come and keep me company while I unpack on Friday afternoon?

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

PROM

I know it's been a while, but here are the pictures I got at Prom!!!

Shan and Colbs.

Colbs, looking very happy. :)

Claire and her date...who's name I don't know.....

Shan and Colbs again. I love Shan's smile in this one.

Posing...

Some random couple was wearing yellow Chucks. I love them.

Lila's surprised face as she looks over her photography final...something....

Esther being a creeper.

There was an egg in one of the window wells. It was awesome.

Glorious Day!

I think General Conference should always be on Easter. I think it's a good vibe, or something...

This is how I know it's Spring:

Not because the sky is blue. Not because the grass is green. Not because there are yellow crocuses growing at the end of the driveway. This is how I know:

Groceries:

Bananas

Frozen Strawberries

Apples

Pears

Orange Juice

Spinach (?)

Bread

Peanut Butter

I have never bought that much fruit in one go!

Oh, and possibly yogurt. I have discovered it. It's tasty.

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! ! (late)

In no particular order, these are some of the pictures that I took at Emma and Joe's birthday parties:

Emma's presents:

The flash on my camera hurt Julia's eyes:

Joey got a scooter:

Joey blowing out his candles:

Dad, Mom, and Jules dancing in the kitchen after Joey's party:

Lila and Emma looking at Emma's scrapbook:

Mom frosting Emma's cake:

Emma waiting to blow out candles:

Emma's big present was a microscope!!

I do apologize...

...for not updating so much. I did take many much pictures at Emma and Joey's birthdays, so I will narrow those down and put them on here soon, as well as some videos I took after Joey's birthday party. So don't give up on me quite yet!

In other news, it's past 11 on a Thursday night and I have a paper due tomorrow that I haven't started yet. I kind of hate myself right now a little bit. Guess I'd better get on that...

*die*

Every time I watch this, I simply melt into a puddle of squee.

Since it is now March...

...I'm going to update my blog. I don't have much to talk about right now, and not much time -- I'm doing homework and watching the Oscars, very time consuming -- I'm just going to post my Spanish written composition. But this composition isn't about me, it's about Katelin. The instructions were to write about what my friend did last week. So here you go:

La semana pasada, Katelin fue muy ocupada. Todos los dias, ella trabajando muchas horas a bailar. Por las mañanas, levantó a las siete y vió a clase tan rapido. Tiene cinco clases de música. Los clases son el teoría, el coro, el piano, y dos clases de cantar. Tambien, tiene cuatro clases de baile: historia, ballet, ballet de carácter, y baile moderno. Después de los clases, tiene practica de baile. Ella practica cinco horas por día. El martes pasado, ella y yo tenemos un concierto del coro. Cantamos cuatro canciones. El jueves pasado, ella tenía un concerto de baile. Fue al teatro a las cinco y medio. Se vistió y se maquilló antes del concierto. Su maquilla fue muy blanca y extraño. Después del concerto, regresó a casa y hace la tarea. Tambien, comió unas quesadillas de pollo para cenar. Sus padres estan aquí para ver el concierto. Ellos dicieron el concierto fue muy bien. El concierto fue en jueves, viernes, y sabado. El sabado, Katelin fue a Great Harvest y compró pan. Tambien, ella comió mucho y relaja. La semana pasada, ella y yo vamos a Wal Mart y compramos chocolate. Tambien, vemos películas romanticas. Katelin está muy ocupada.

For a good translation, go HERE. Then just copy and paste. I'm pretty sure it works.

Hey look.

I got a bed. Huzzah! I was just tired of sleeping on that futon, and we had an extra bed because Gwen moved out. So today I took it. It will probably be much more comfortable than the futon was.

Boy Scout Sandwich: Perfected

I love food. And I have recently perfected the Boy Scout Sandwich. (some amateurs may call this "egg in a basket," but that is wrong.) This is how you make The Perfect Boy Scout Sandwich:

First, get out two pieces of bread. Punch the holes in the middle, and then put butter on both sides.

Then scramble an egg in a bowl. You can add some cheese if you like. I did. It was tasty.

Then you grill it up all nice. Be sure to save half of the egg/cheese mixture for the second piece of bread.

I made some hot chocolate to go along with it, because hot chocolate is delicious.

Tada!! All done. It was muy delicioso, if I do say so myself.

I have discovered...

...that I am a nerd of EPIC proportions. I really ought to have figured this out by now. But I didn't. Until today. Want to know why? Well, even if you don't, I'm going to tell you.

Today marks the day that I started watching Star Trek: The Original Series. Yes. You heard correctly, my children. I have descended that far. Although, once I sat down and thought it out logically (Spock is getting to me...), it was very obvious that this was simply the next step on my road to full-fledged nerdhood (if I'm not there already). I will now detail for you, in chronological order, my descent into geekdom:

• Fourth grade: HARRY POTTER. That was when I read book 1. Then, for two weeks in June of 2000, all I did was read books 1, 2, and 3. Then, for my 10th birthday, I got books 1, 2, 3, and 4. And the rest, as they say...
• Summer of 2003: I saw Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes, at first my love for that series had solely to do with Johnny Depp. But now I love it. I love the fantasy elements, the awesome fighting, and, of course, the pretty men (is that an oxymoron?).
• January 2004: The Lord Of The Rings had been sitting on my bookshelf gathering dust for months. But in January, I picked up part 1, "The Fellowship Of The Ring." I read it in two weeks, watched the movie, and promptly began part 2.
• And for a while, things were quiet, fueled only by the continued release of Harry Potter movies, and The-Series-That-Must-Not-Be-Named trying in vain to take its place....
• THEN I went to college. And I met GWEN, who's nerdiness exceeded my own. She introduced me to LOST. I watched 4 years worth of TV in 4 months. And then I did it again. And again. That makes three (3) times.
• Also, we had movie marathons. Many much movie marathons. Pirates, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and X-Men.
• THEN Star Trek: 2009 came out. Gwen, of course, bought it. And we watched it. And then Gwen went to BYU and started watching the Original Series.
• THEN Gwen CAME BACK! We watched Star Trek. That was last night.
• Today I finally took that last step. I have now hit rock bottom. Now what?

So you see, once you work it out logically (curse you Spock), my descent to geekdom wasn't really all that sudden. Especially since my Dad used to watch Star Trek when I was little. I'd watch it with him, but I don't remember anything about it. So, not only is it in my blood, but it really was only a matter of time until I started watching Star Trek... There was never really any resistance in me. I don't even know where to go next... That's okay, I've got 40+ years of TV to catch up on. But I really don't think I'll go that far. I am a bit of a purist, even though I only started today. I think I'll stick to the Original Series.

And that concludes my nerdy ramblings.

Amber Out.

(Curse you, Captain James T. Kirk...)

At last...

... a long weekend... This week has been the week of DEATH.

Monday: Test in Spanish and a mini-paper due in Theory.

Tuesday: Writing test in Spanish.

Wednesday: Rough draft of Essay due, 3 pages, in Poetry. Biology test.

Thursday: Spanish oral exam.

Friday:.... nothing on Friday!

Hooray for long weekends! FINALLY a chance to relax. This last week just felt SO stressful.

I think...

...that I've lost track of the number of papers I've written so far this semester (and it's still only January). Let's see if I can remember...

Theory: One essay, one journal question (2)

Poetry: Three exercises (3)

Music: One critique (1)

Okay, so that's.... six!? How did that happen? When I counted this morning I could have sworn it was just 4. Oh my goodness.

Not much to report...

...on the me front, lately. I've written 4 papers already, and I've only been in school for 3 weeks.

This is a close-up of my tasty dinner from the other night.

This is my tasty dinner. Cream of chicken soup, toast, and Steamables roasted red potatoes with green beans and rosemary butter sauce.

This is a close up of a little man that I drew on my Theory notes the other day.

These are my Theory notes. I just thought that they looked very nice and organized.

Pictures

Here are some pictures that I have taken lately with my new camera.

This is the necklace that Emma gave me for Christmas:

This is the new leather cuff that I got in my stocking:

This is a peek into one of the mini-cupboards of my jewelry box:

On Sunday, we went for a drive up the canyon. This is just a sample of the many pictures that I took. The rest can be found HERE