WooHoo! It's FRIDAY!!!!

Guys. This week has been insanely long and uber busy. I am so glad it is almost the weekend! I need this weekend. I realized last night while I was dancing the night away at Blue Tango that I never did one of my favorite posts of the week: Thursday Things!! I love doing it and I am so sad I missed it. So today....we'll do FRIDAY THINGS!!! :o)

• Dancing last night was EPIC!!!! The music was fantastic, I had some amazing dances, and overall it was the best time all week. :o) The end.

• I have a story about Surfer Boy...see below.

• Sometimes I feel like my life is just the same thing over and over again and then all of a sudden something happens and I'm reminded that each day is a gift.

• Work was absolutely insane yesterday. sigh. I'm glad that I only have 7 more hours to go until the weekend!

• We were supposed to be having company pictures tomorrow for my ballet company, but then....they got canceled due to the weather. (they were supposed to be outside) 

• The bad news with this is that I still can't sleep in because of picking up my bountiful basket. Had I known, I would have done a later pick up time. oh well. c'est la vie.

• The good news is that I can now help my ward clean the church building that morning AND then have ALL day to do errands and chores. 

• My poor house needs a good cleaning. AND fall decorations.

• FALL DECORATIONS! OH MY GOSH! I just realized I can put those up now! WOO HOO!!!!

• I just love fall. I am actually kind of excited that it is cooler in the mornings these days.

• BYU plays the Utes tomorrow. I'm sort of excited for this game. It should be fun, fun times.

• My challenge this week has been going REALLY well. In fact, I think I'm going to try it for another week. I feel so much better about myself and my productivity this week.

Okay, now on to the part that you're all really here for: the story about Surfer Boy.

So, after my little freak out Wednesday afternoon and trying to decide what I should do...I went to the gym. (PS NOBODY [besides my friend quoted in said post] gave me any advice. What is up with that yo?!) So, I'm at the gym and Wednesday was a weight day - so I’m doing a circuit with dumbbells and such and I glance over to the other area - where all the machines are - and I see Surfer Boy. I kind gasped inside, but kept going. I finished my circuit and had one thing left - the rowing machine. I had just noticed Surfer Boy go into the men's changing room and so I thought to myself, "self, if you get on the rowing machine you'll probably miss him leaving and then you won't get to say hi and you'll really feel like a stalker." so instead I took a 2-minute break to stretch my arms and such and stood by a half wall that I was using to stretch. (And it was conveniently right by the way to get out of the gym)

Anyways. I’m watching out of the corner of my eye and he starts to walk by...but doesn't notice me....but I decide to "see him" and glance up, say his name, and start to take out my headphones and we chit chat for a moment. so, we’re talking and he mentions that "we're thinking of doing a movie night on Friday" (we being him and another guy in my ward that hosted the last movie night) he continued "I’ve been talking about it with so-and-so and we're just deciding on the where and such right now" I was jumping up in down on the inside! I was so excited!! Anyways...I told him that sounded good and that I’d be in. :o) then he left, I did the rowing machine and went home a happy, happy girl.

So there you go. I haven't heard an exact plan for movie night yet...but I have hopes. I just have to restrain myself from texting him to ask about it....unless I haven't heard anything at like 7p tonight. :o) Here's hoping it's going somewhere....eventually. he he he he.

My Favorite Kind of Thursday

• Today is my favorite kind of Thursday: the kind where I don't have to work tomorrow. AKA it's my FRIDAY!!!! 

• HUZZAH!!!!

• Can you tell I'm really excited about having the day off tomorrow?

• I have a very long list of things to do in the next three days, but I'm so excited!

• Not one of those things has anything to do with any boy....but I'm okay with that!

• Are you ready?

• I'm going to the temple, the gym, and Color Me Mine.

• I also am going to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables, rehearse 2 ballet companies and watch BYU Football.

• I'm going to clean my room, the bathroom and organize my kitchen.

• I'm also going to do some dinner prep, make cookies, and eat something from a crockpot.

• Tonight I'm going to teach ballet, go dancing, and flirt with cute boys.

• I plan on sleeping in tomorrow morning, eating some good food, and enjoying some "me" time.

• I REALLY hope I can get my to-do list done. I have high hopes and a time schedule for said list. Hopefully it works out a-okay. ;)

• I went to the dentist yesterday. Hate the dentist. I have cavities. grrr. This means I have to go back. sigh. One of these days I'll actually make it through a 6-month check-up without having to go back again for another 6-months. 

• Yesterday was my half-birthday. Nothing of note happened.

• I want cupcakes.

What are YOU doing this weekend?

TGIF

Seriously guys. It has been a rough week. I haven't gotten much sleep (purely my fault) and work has been absolutely nuts and I've been going crazy!!!

My plans this weekend are low key, but I'm excited for them.

Ugh. I'm having a hard time wanting to blog today. Like I said, it's been a rough week.

How about some Friday Fill-ins? ok? Ok!

1. I know that this week was just a fluke. Next week will be better.

2. I want to get lots of sleep tonight, if at all possible.

3. This weather has been great for picnics in the park..

4. I still need shoes for my sister's wedding. This could be a problem.

5. I'm really happy I have the ability to dance. Makes me happy to just let loose sometimes.

6. I'm wishing for a remote for life so I can fast forward the crappy parts, or something to that effect.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning, laundry, and Disney movies, tomorrow my plans include rehearsal and former-Roommate E's wedding reception and Sunday, I want to read a book on a blanket outside!

in the meantime...I wish I had someplace like this to runaway to....have a good weekend loves!

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planless Friday

I have zero plans for tonight. I might end up cleaning my room (doesn't that sound like fun?) or wallowing in self-pity over this cold that is slowly attacking me. I thought it might just be allergies, but the more I have to blow my nose, the more I think it is sickness. Ugh.

Anywho, last night I got myself off my lazy butt and went to Blue Tango. It had been a long time since I had last been and I had a blast. The crowd was awesome. So many cool people were there and I danced several dances. I even saw SwingKid, and no it wasn't weird. We danced a couple of dances, sat in the corner and caught up on life - the things friends do when they see each other! It was great. I really had a blast.

Thanks for all your advice concerning my issues yesterday - I'd still love to hear your thoughts if you feel so inclined.

Finally, I'll leave you the Friday Fill-ins  for the week. :o) Happy Friday guys!


1. For me, it was not a question of when, but a question of how.

2. I really need to go grocery shopping at my local supermarket.

3. Behind the sound of the wind in the trees, I heard the hum of the bees.

4. Go skydiving is something I always wanted to do.

5. When it was over, and after time had passed, I knew it was right to end things.

6. I might have felt lonely at times, but I never felt alone.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a night unplanned - something fun will happen!, tomorrow my plans include the normal teaching schedule plus a blind date and Sunday, I want to meet new people in my new ward!

BUSY Thursday things!

Well, as all hell starts to break loose all around me (things are INSANE at work right now!) I have just a few things on my mind:

• Spring Cleaning. I am so excited to do this. I am hoping I don't get burned out, because I REALLY REALLY want a clean house after Saturday. 

• Work is crazy busy. The phones won't stop ringing. I have to work tomorrow. I don't want to work tomorrow.

• Why don't I want to work tomorrow? Well, the weather is supposed to be the NICEST so far this year tomorrow. I want to play outside all day. :(

• I am going to the temple tomorrow night. Want to join me?

• I am really excited about General Conference. It is going to be awesome!

• Also awesome? The birthday present my roommate got me. We are going to break it in Sunday night during Chopped! All-Stars. :o) woo hoo!

• I am getting excited for summer. I can't wait for nice evenings.

• I had a date last night with a guy I met online. He will remain nameless until I decide on a name for him...or something. It was fun, but the jury is still out on how I feel.

• My poor roommate has to work ALL weekend - including Sunday afternoon. I am going to be all alone. Anyone want to come watch conference with me??

I think that's it for now...there's lots going on around here, and I'm okay with that. :o)

Spring Cleaning

Guys. Spring is slowly coming! I always feel like a yo-yo during Springtime in Utah. Gorgeous 60+ degrees one day, snow the next. It can be kind of infuriating, but at the same time I'm used to it so I just shrug my shoulders and say, "C'est la vie!"

Anywho, there have a few different posts by people I know and people I don't know on Spring Cleaning. dun dun duuuun....

My house is in dire need of some good old fashioned spring cleaning. With neither me nor my roommate moving out in the past two years - nor in the foreseeable future, the general areas of our house plus my bedroom are in serious need of a nice DEEP CLEANING. After seeing all of my friends/non-friends and their lists and before/after pictures I've decided that this weekend I am going to do my own Spring Cleaning. I've divided up my house into 5 areas: My Bedroom, the Bathroom, the Laundry room/Hallway, the Living Room/Storage/Balcony area, and the Kitchen. I'm planning on doing my bathroom over the course of today/tomorrow, my bedroom and the laundry room/hallway areas on Friday night and then the rest of the areas (aka the front of the house) on Saturday while watching General Conference. I'm not going to post my detailed list of what I'm doing in each area here but let's just say it is going to be a thorough TOP to BOTTOM spring cleaning. If you want my list of cleaning tasks for each area I'd be happy to share - just leave a comment with your email address (or email me first!) and I'll send you the Excel spreadsheets I've created. he he he. I'm such a crazy, organized cleaner. I love having things checked off on paper! I started doing this on sticky notes - but I needed more room for some of my areas. :o)

ANYWHO....I'm telling you all of this becasue 1) I think it's interesting and 2) I like being able to return and report. Keeps me responsible or something. That's all....let the cleaning commence!!

FRIDAY!!!!

Well dear internet friends, we've made it to Friday!  Thank goodness! Although, I just really want the weekend to be over and it to be next week. Part of me doesn't really feel like I'll have much of a weekend - I'm going to be working most of tomorrow. Next week is my Friday off and with the fun plans I have I am very much looking forward to it being next week. huzzah!!

Also, I hardly slept at all last night. My mouth is killing me. I really hope I don't die before Monday. Here's hoping the excedrin I took does better things then the ibuprofin. sigh. Someone have some good drugs you want to share? :o)

Anyways, here's a little Friday Fill-in happiness for you followed by this week's Friday Foto! loves to all! Hopefully your weekend is more stellar than mine!

1. I love to go to the park because it always makes me feel carefree and happy.

2. Sometimes it's not the quantity but rather, it’s the quality!

3. The last thing I had to eat was a granola bar with my smoothie.

4. Having a land line these days is no longer essential.

5. Please take a moment to pray for Japan.

6. All of your hopes and dreams have brought you this far.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning my house, tomorrow my plans include rehearsing for several hours and then playing stage manager for the other studio's performance and Sunday, I want to enjoy church and maybe take a nap!

isn't this kids the cutest you've ever seen? love this. {source}

don't mind me...

I'm just trying to get through the work day! I am SO SO SO excited about my weekend plans! They all start at about 6 pm tonight...and the fun will just continue on through most of Saturday. :o)

anywho...It's thursday! So that means....

1. It is my 3-day weekend. This makes my heart super happy. I have a bazillion things going on and that also makes me happy.
2. Today I get to go to my BEST friend's wedding. Also on the docket for today is rehearsal (2.5 weeks to show guys! EEK!) and Blue Tango dancing. 
3. Tomorrow has many things going on including going to the Temple with sister B, taking a ballet class, cleaning my house, and going on a blind date.
4. I haven't been on a blind date since CPM. I'm a little nervous.
5. Pair my busy schedule with Sweetums' busy schedule and you get chaos. We've talked and tried to get together this week to no avail. Makes me sad. Hopefully next week will treat us both a little bit better.
6. I haven't logged into Facebook while at work since January 1. I am awesome. It has been hard, but SO GOOD for me.
7. My CTR ring is not fitting my finger very well right now. It's a little on the big side. I think my fingers have lost weight.
8. Is that possible? do fingers lose weight?
9. The receptionist came back EARLY! I thought she was going to be gone until MONDAY.  Thank goodness. I hate covering for her.
10. Finally, I'm still thinking about birthday party ideas. Right now I am leaning towards a Super Hero birthday party. What do you think?

Wow. My brain has a lot of thoughts right now! The funny thing is, that's only like...a small portion of them! :o) Anyways. I hope you all have a splendid Thursday, a wonderful weekend, and I'll be sure to keep you posted on how everything pans out! Happy Day!

When cleaning your room gets to be the "fun" thing you do on a Friday night

Today is the First Friday of the new year. I love Fridays. They make my heart oh so happy! I just wish I had today off. :o( Oh well. I am also sitting her wishing I had fun and amazing plans for my Friday night. Unfortunately for me, I've got nothing. I desperately need to clean my room seeing how I've barely been home a week and I still have piles of Christmas presents and dirty clothes in the corners of my room. Sigh. Since when did cleaning your room become the "fun" thing to do? sigh.

Anyways. There are few things that I wanted to blog about today. The first one being - my birthday! I love my birthday. It is a holiday all about me! At least....I like to think of it that way. :o) Today marks the 2 month countdown until my birthday. 2 months people! In 2 months I will be a quarter of a century old - GAH!

It is a big milestone birthday and because of that, I want to do something AWESOME! I would love to go to Disneyland...but as of right now I'm not sure that's going to happen. I do have another event happening later in March, but I am not at liberty to blog about it yet. I will when I can. :o)

So...the reason I am blogging about my birthday now my dear internet friends is because I need some ideas of what to do for my birthday that are not expensive and I can do them here in Utah.  I want to have an awesome birthday party to celebrate. I'm thinking a mocktail party would be really fun but any other ideas you might have would be welcome. I really want to have it be a "themed" party - like a fiesta party or toga party or something. Your thoughts would be much appreciated.

The other thing I wanted to blog today is the Friday Fill-ins. It has been a long time since I have participated in Friday Fill-ins and today I am going to do it. :o) Enjoy!!

1. It's 2011; I am loving this fact. 2011 is rockin' it out hard core y'all.

2. Oh my gosh, I LOVE pickles.

3. Thankfully I have my cute shirt to help with the winter blues.

4. I love how the little things tend to be the best things in life.

5. I am so excited for my future. My future is bright yo.

6. I love eating a bowl of soup on cold days. Warms the soul.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning my room *sigh*, tomorrow my plans include teaching, a teacher meeting, the gym, a bridal shower and date with Dr. Teeth and Sunday, I want to enjoy my stake training meeting and set up my visiting teaching appointments!

the weekend is sooo close...

I can smell it. I really can. This weekend is going to be awesome. Even if SwingKid is going to gone for most of it because of a funeral and I was really upset about this at the beginning of the week. Now! Now I have wonderful plans full of awesomeness and the such. :o)

All I have to do now is get through the 1.5 hours of work plus the 1 hour ballet class I have tonight. The ballet class will be cake. I love that class. It's one of my faves. :o)

So...my weekend looks a little like this:

tonight = Blue Tango night. I love dancing and I am SO looking forward to a night of letting loose.

tomorrow = sleeping in! (a little bit. not too much mind you. I have things to do! places to be! people to see!)
I also am thinking that I will make THIS for breakfast because I can and because I need something yummy to start my day off right. Then I plan on cleaning my room, doing laundry and giving the bathroom a good cleaning as well.  After all that I'll need to get all cute and stuff and I'll be heading up to SLC to have lunch with my lovely friends. I am really stoked about that part of my day.  After that I need to make some granola bars and rehearse my ballet company. Tomorrow evening I plan on making some cute cake pops and prepping for my kick-a Halloween ballet classes for next week. I will top the evening off with going to bed at a decent hour. :o)

Saturday = teaching my ballet company. I also plan on watching the BYU vs Wyoming game, going shoe shopping with Sister B and making cupcakes. The cupcakes are to celebrate 2 things. Thing1: my roommate's birthday on Sunday and Thing 2: my knee's birthday! That's right! My knee is turning ONE YEAR OLD on Saturday. :o) How awesome is that? Hard to believe it has already been a year. Go me.

Sunday = church, a nap, maybe making good food and basically chillin' out. :o)

So yeah. Should be a pretty good weekend. Full of good food, good friends, and new shoes (hopefully!)  Hope all y'all enjoy your weekend. Loves!!

five years ago

Ten on Tuesday & a shoutout - or vice versa

So first of all, I have to shoutout to one of the best roommates I've had: Robin. She's totally the bomb.com.  I heart her and today is her birthday! YAY!! I love birthdays and her so I had to take a minute to tell the whole world that it is her birthday. Love ya dear.

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Now, for some Ten on Tuesday goodness:

1. What’s the one thing you always do when you’re stressed?
cry. freak out. eat lots of chocolate.

2. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done for a friend?
hmmm....I can't think of anything "weird" right now.

3. What cleaning supply could you not live without?
Clorox Wipes. LOVE THEM.

4. How long do you plan on living where you currently reside?
well. at least until my contract ends in July. I could move earlier, or I could stay longer. I really don't know right now.

5. Do you usually vote straight party, a mixture, or not at all?
mostly straight party, but sometimes it's a mixture.

6. What’s something that you love to do, but seem to never make time for?
bake. i never have time to bake right now.

7. What’s your favorite store to buy things for other people?
Amazon.com. It has anything for everybody.

8. What’s the weather like around you today?
sunny. gorgeous. basically perfect - except for the fact that I'm inside at my desk staring at a computer.

9. What’s the worst book you’ve ever bought and read?
hmmm. Breaking Dawn. easily.

10. What’s the closest thing to you that is yellow?
the yellow sticky notes on my desk with notes from phone calls and such. I have so many sticky notes....(not all of them yellow though)

one year ago 
two years ago

Mondayness

My brain is having a hard time being motivated right now. I have 500 bazillion things to get done and what do  I decide to do instead? Blog. Because I am THAT awesome.

Anyways.

Remember my awesome list of things to get done? I just remembered it. I'm not sure I got everything done, but I did have an absolutely WONDERFUL weekend.

• teach choreography
• go to a spa and get pampered just a little bit
• do my nails
• clean my kitchen
• work on choreography for classes
• go to walmart
• finish my marshmallows
• finish my book
• work on lesson for teaching course on Sunday
• put my clean laundry away
• teach
• work on choreography for company w/co-director
• go shopping with Sister B
• try on formals and decide which one to wear (see below!)
• Go to the Traditions Ball with SwingKid
• work on lesson for teaching course on Sunday

Well look at that! I DID get it all done! I am so awesome! By the way, the Traditions Ball that SwingKid and I went to? SO MUCH FUN! It was a major win in the date department. He was a little hesitant to go - but we ended up having an absolutely wonderful time. I looked drop dead gorgeous in my dress (I borrowed on from roommate.) and he was ever so handsome in his gray suit that I absolutely love. We would most likely go again another year because that is how much fun it was for us. :o) And who doesn't like a chance to dress up all pretty like?


Anyways, it was a beautiful weekend and I rather enjoyed myself. Did you have a good weekend?

Bring It On

Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "oh my gosh they have made so many 'Bring it On' movies, I just might puke. And ABC Family LOVES to keep making MORE of them..."

but really, this post is not about some cheerleader changing high schools and having to spice up a new squad's routine in order to beat out her old high school.

No, this post is about this week. I'm READY for you! Bring it on!!!

In other news I have basically accomplished my entire list minus a few items that I have put onto today's to do list. I'm pretty sure I can do ALL of these tonight. In fact, I'm GOING to, because I am awesome like that.

So Monday, you've got nothing on me. I'm ready to kill you in one foul swoop. :o)

TO DO LIST:

• clean mirror in room
• Finish my taxes (they've been basically done for WEEKS now, i just have to "sign" them)
• make one purse (I tried to do this yesterday, but a certain boy distracted me) (ps the other purse I made is freaking adorable and I'm in love with it.)
• make chocolate truffles that i've been wanting to make for months
• plan this week's meals 
• create a new awesome lesson plan for the month of April.
• organize spice cupboards
• Grocery Shopping
  

UPDATE

okay. this list is quickly becoming the bane of my existence. I know i have some crafty things to do that are on this list...but I keep telling myself I need to do the OTHER things first BEFORE i do the FUN things. sigh...

So as of Friday night - here is what is left on my to-do list. Hopefully Saturday brings me plenty of motivation and gumption to get things done. :o)

• go to walmart (i need some ever important TP!)
• clean car (VACUUM!)
• clean kitchen (mostly. the kitchen table still needs help)
• clean out fridge (sort of, it still needs a little help and i want to clean the shelf)
• clean bathroom floor (I am halfway done with this...I need to just bunker down and finish it already)
• clean tub
• clean mirror in bathroom
• clean sink/counter in bathroom
• pick up the living room
• clean bedroom
• do laundry (this has been started. Not finished. Yet.)
• clean mirror in room
• clean out closet
• go through file cabinet
• Finish my taxes (they've been basically done for WEEKS now, i just have to "sign" them)
• clean out cedar chest
• make 2 purses that i've been wanting to make for 2 weeks now
• make chocolate truffles that i've been wanting to make for months
• plan this week's meals (this NEVER happened when I wanted it to...i'll just have to plan NEXT WEEK's!)
• create a new awesome lesson plan for this week's ballet classes (HA! This SO didn't happen in time for classes this week...but we'll make it happen for next week me thinks)
• clean out some storage 
• organize spice cupboards

UGH

I am TRYING so HARD to get this list done and gone. it's not going well. I am slowly getting some things done. I have a few hours after work today that I'll buckle down and get some of the list done and the rest done tomorrow and Saturday so I can play! :o)

• go to walmart (i need some ever important TP!)
• clean car (VACUUM!)
• clean kitchen (mostly. the kitchen table still needs help)
• clean out fridge (sort of, it still needs a little help and i want to clean the shelf)
• clean bathroom floor (I am halfway done with this...I need to just bunker down and finish it already)
• clean tub
• clean mirror in bathroom
• clean sink/counter in bathroom
• pick up the living room
• clean bedroom
• do laundry (this has been started. Not finished. Yet.)
• clean mirror in room
• clean out closet
• go through file cabinet
• Finish my taxes (they've been basically done for WEEKS now, i just have to "sign" them)
• clean out cedar chest
• make 2 purses that i've been wanting to make for 2 weeks now
• make chocolate truffles that i've been wanting to make for months
• plan this week's meals (this NEVER happened when I wanted it to...i'll just have to plan NEXT WEEK's!)
• create a new awesome lesson plan for this week's ballet classes (HA! This SO didn't happen in time for classes this week...but we'll make it happen for next week me thinks)
• clean out some storage 
• organize spice cupboards

since yesterday

i have knocked the following off my list (and added a few things i forgot!!) I've still got a LONG way to go until all is done. Hopefully it will all be done by Saturday so I can play!

• go to walmart (i need some ever important TP!)
• clean car (VACUUM!)
• clean kitchen (mostly. the kitchen table still needs help)
• clean out fridge (sort of, it still needs a little help and i want to clean the shelf)
• clean bathroom floor
• clean tub
• clean mirror in bathroom
• clean sink/counter in bathroom
• pick up the living room
• clean bedroom
• do laundry
• clean mirror in room
• clean out closet
• go through file cabinet
• Finish my taxes (they've been basically done for WEEKS now, i just have to "sign" them)
• clean out cedar chest
• make 2 purses that i've been wanting to make for 2 weeks now
• make chocolate truffles that i've been wanting to make for months
• plan this week's meals
• create a new awesome lesson plan for this week's ballet classes (HA! This SO didn't happen in time for class tonight...but we'll make it happen for next week me thinks)
• clean out some storage 
• organize spice cupboards

wait...it was the weekend?

yeah...so basically i had no weekend. I knew that going into it, but it didn't make it much better. I did, however, have a wonderful Sunday in the sunny gorgeousness that was Utah.

the shows went beautifully. It was a great time. I've already been asked to teach again next year. YAY for job security.

I have a to-do list a mile long. Seriously. I have WAY too much to do. Here, I'll show you:

• go to walmart (i need some ever important TP!)
• clean car (VACUUM!)
• clean kitchen
• clean out fridge
• clean bathroom floor
• clean tub
• clean mirror in bathroom
• clean sink/counter in bathroom
• pick up the living room
• clean bedroom
• do laundry
• clean mirror in room
• clean out closet
• go through file cabinet
• Finish my taxes (they've been basically done for WEEKS now, i just have to "sign" them)
• clean out cedar chest
• make 2 purses that i've been wanting to make for 2 weeks now
• make chocolate truffles that i've been wanting to make for months
• plan this week's meals
• create a new awesome lesson plan for this week's ballet classes
• clean out some storage 

can you tell it's spring cleaning time? I'm really trying to reduce the STUFF in my life. There's an article I found on kirtsy talking about having less stuff = more time and money to DO stuff. I rather enjoyed the read and have decided that I just need to get rid of some stuff. I really don't need it and it's time to make my life simpler. Easier to enjoy things.

*Are you doing any spring cleaning in your home?*

*What stuff do you hold on to that it's time to get let it go?*

it's tomorrow guys...

and i am still freaking out. eek! plus, my head hurts and i can't take anything for it. this is stupid.

as far as my to-do list goes, it has shrunk and grown in different respects. what it looks like now:

• grocery shopping for like 2 weeks (well...maybe not two weeks, but close enough)
  
• make food and freeze it so i don't have to cook (i bought a lot of easy to make items and just need to make some jello tonight. :] i am awesome)
  
• find a chair for the shower (anyone??) or SOMETHING
  
• get glitter toes (tomorrow. SwingKid's sister. :o) I'm thinking purple....) (they are SUPER cute!!)
  
• books (also tomorrow. :o) )
• movies (tomorrow and every time i need a new one SwingKid is in charge of my entertainment...I'm not sure he completely realizes this yet.)
• get gas for the car
• clean room (6p-7p)
  
• clean lv room (6p-7p)
  
• get a blessing (9:15p ish)
• pick up crutches from friend (9:15p ish)
• go to gold's gym and freeze my account 
• go talk to the trainer to set up rehab
• take BU2 co-director BU2 things (8:40p)
  
• pick up CD of pictures from photo shoot (9p)
  
• call hospital for surgery time (i can do this in 30 min....)
• take a nice, hot bath (10p ish)
  

oh man. i'm trying to just breathe and not freak out, but that hasn't worked all week and i don't think its going to start working now. sigh. i need work to be over so i can take a half hour nap and then get things done!

CRAZY!!!!

#1 - my lil' bro turned 17 yesterday. I'm not old enough to have a 17 year old brother. eek.

#2 surgery is in 3 freaking days. How did it happen so fast?

#3 my Truit is home from her mission and will be in UT today and I GET TO SEE HER. omg i am so excited. I can't wait. it is like the one thing getting me through my day. I love her and can't wait to see her again!

#4 my to-do list is not shrinking, I've decided if i post it here maybe more of it will get done so -

THE PRE-OP TO-DO LIST

• grocery shopping for like 2 weeks
• make food and freeze it so i don't have to cook
• find a chair for the shower (anyone??)
• get glitter toes (tomorrow. SwingKid's sister. :o) I'm thinking purple....)
• books (also tomorrow. :o) )
• movies (tomorrow and every time i need a new one SwingKid is in charge of my entertainment...I'm not sure he completely realizes this yet.)
• get gas for the car
• clean room
• clean lv room
• get a blessing (thursday)
• pick up crutches from friend (also thursday)
• go to gold's gym and freeze my account 
• go talk to the trainer to set up rehab

i'm sure there's more to that list...sigh. my life is going to change a lot on Friday and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to handle all the change....Also, am I forgetting anything? After being sick this weekend and not being able to get anything done, I'm worried I'm forgetting something. I know there's at least 2 of you (Marisa? Erin?) that read this and have done this before...sigh. I'm trying to just breathe and be okay with everything...

hmmmm....

So...life has been busy as of late.

Moving does that to such a one as I. Someday I'll be able to close my closet door and see the floor of my new room; until then, i'll keep seeing boxes.

so...because i am lazy - a bullet list of events and such :

• something is making me sneezy. i sneeze a lot, loudly, but not super often. if that makes any sense. probably not, but oh well


• i hate moving. boxes are awful.


• i hate cleaning an apt. after moving. stupid managers....


• i have a new car. after the deal-io with Flounder (the cute yellow car) I am now the owner of a 2002 Bronze Toyota Camry that i have dubbed Scuttle. Pictures will be forth coming. If I can ever find my camera.


• i now live 6 minutes (vs. 20) from SwingKid. AWESOME


• i have a good job.


• said job has been busy.


• my head hurts


• my knee needs to heal


• people need to figure out what's going on with teaching and BU2. I'm going crazy here.


• there are 23 days until BYU football kicks off. WOO HOO! GO COUGARS!

that's all for now folks. hopefully i can be more entertaining in the future...