Things I couldn't live without...

Jeana did this post awhile ago and she just wrote on my facebook asking me to update my blog...just for you Jean!!

When I think of things that I couldn't live without, alot of things comes to mind...(don't judge me I know I am spoiled)

First thing that comes to mind is my Family all the way!!! In all honesty they are the primary reason I moved home and decided to go to school here...I gave up my social wonderful life in AZ so I could be home with my famiy and be able to be there for them whenever I can!

I agree with Jeana on her post when she mentioned her straightener..oh my goodness I would die withouut it. Thanks to my family genes I have massive frizzy curly wavy hair...and let's say its just cute (or my own words and Ivy's...TUTE) So thank you straightener for taming my uncontrolable hair and thanks to on the days that I don't wake up early enough to do it or have the energy to do it (Which are A LOT!!) my diffuser!!! Again such a lifesaver!!!
I'm also with Jeana on MAC compact...she got me hooked!! It's AMAZING.....expensive but seriously is lasts so dang long!!!! No lie I ordered my first one with Jeana back in September I think and guess what?? It's still going strong! It's just barely showing the bottom...LOVE LOVE LOVE

Growing up I was known as the BAG LADY!!! Yes I am proud of that and honestly I have tons and want more actually, I just love purses!!


3 Cheers to my Ipod!!! and now to my wonderful most wonderful portable speakers....I trained for the front desk at the hospital and this past week I filled in and the girl that trained me had them and said it was really nice to have soft music going while you work...well thursday I didn't have them yet and let me tell ya it was a long day...but friday oh friday!! seriously it kept me from going insane for sure!




Yes I am a phone junkie...it's my life line!!! I honestly would be lost without it and am soooo grateful I have it!! When I was in AZ it was my life line to my family, and now that I'm home its my life line to my friends in AZ!!! Not a day goes by without a call made or a text sent/recieved....somedays maybe too many...ok thats crazy of course there can never be too many haha

Ok I guess I will give a little shout out my friends too..they're kinda GREAT!!! I have the BEST friends in the whole wide world!!

So there are a few things that I couldn't live without...well besides my family and friends I could live without all of those things, but why should I when I can have them :)

LOVE YOU!!! (happy Jeana??)

Dance as if no one is watching...

2010 Dance Recital, I'm finally home for a recital and I'm so excited and it was my first BCFD Shawano Recital that I sat in the audience and wasn't backstage. Let me tell ya, I'm not loving sitting in the audience...I sure miss dance I miss being backstage I miss the excitement and rush right before you go on stage I miss the flood of nervousness when the lights first come on and you forget the first step I miss the sense of success after the dance and hear the audience applause. I just MISS it all!!!! I'm so proud of all the dancers, I admit a few times I had a hint of tears as I watched my nieces and sister dance. They did soooooo good! So here is a HUGE shout out to Kenzie, Brookie, Kennedy, Fiona, Jasmine, Whitters, Rissa Babe, Dest, and every single dancer that danced their hearts saturday!!! Good Job!
i didn't get a picture with Jas and I'm super sad about that. Another shout out to Jas who had State Solo Ensemble for Piano that morning before Recital and took a 2nd!!!!! WOOHOO!!! So proud of ya sista and soooo happy that I was able to be there for ya!!!! LOVE YA!

like a child...

this is an old story already, but i was thinking about it today and i couldn't help but share... awhile back i was watching porter and gryffin- my 2 boys who are adorable, little mischief makers, honest, loving, imaginative, etc...

Well in my defense of part of this story (please don't judge me) it was early in the morning and by that i mean it was before 10 am and I had not taken a shower yet that day and i was getting over a cold, which hit me with a vengence. so my babysitting included laying on the couch and getting up only when the boys asked for something (don't worry they didn't get hurt and i totally told becky this so i'm not a bad babysitter, just not an enthusiastic one)

well throughout the morning we were watching many cartoons and the boys were busy playing toys and trucks, every once in awhile they would climb up on my lab and snuggle-my VERY favorite! now this is where you don't judge me...on different occasians both boys were on my lap and after a few minutes they would look at me and tell me I stink and they would get off hahahaha i couldn't help but laugh, while i cringe also! in gryffin words..."you stink, i can't sit by you anymore"
yet again both boys on separate occasians told me they loved me out of the blue....that i LOVED!!! now that is something that i live for, so i guess i'm one LUCKY AUNTIE....my little nephews love me even though i stink
i wish to be like a child....loving those inspite of their flaws.

what can I say?

well the wait is over...I DIDN'T get into my program for this fall :( I'm still on the waiting list and can petition again next feb. but there is no promise for next fall either! What can I say?? story of my life apparently...the kicker is that I could have been in my program right now in arizona, but I turned it down (Prayed about it and it didn't feel right, I need to be home now) I honestly can say that I have no plan, no idea, and scared out of my mind to the point it makes me cry. Options now include continuing with my "need to be a full-time student" degree (health care business) and hope and pray I get in next fall, just work for a year which equals being yet again kicked off my parents health insurance, or possibly a mission which I have always had on the back of my mind...........needless to say I have thinking to do! lovely!

School is kicking my trash...online=SO HARD!!!!!!! Most of my classes are awesome, just annoying really, but my Anatomy class...OH MY!!!! I have no idea what the heck I am reading when I study my book, complete different language to me and that is soooo bad, I kinda need to know this stuff I don't think any patient is going to appreciate me not knowing the different parts of the human body when I go to take an x-ray or whatever.... ARG!

Well on a positive note... SPRING IS HERE!!!! I LOVE it! I LOVE being home and I LOVE work!!! Everytime I get disacouraged or second guess my decision about giving up my pretty good social life out west, I just have to look around or the majority of the time get a smile from one the little kiddos I am home for :) Brookie, bless her heart, is getting baptized on April 9th and who does she ask to give a talk on the Holy Ghost?? Her big cry baby Auntie Jen! I'm so excited and so happy she thought of me and wanted me to talk! Any ideas for my talk will be greatly appreciated..thanks!

Playing outside...sun was out to play...so were we!

85 Days!!! Yes that's right, my countdown has begun to when I fly out to AZ!!! I'm so stinkin excited!

Lastly I just wanted to give a little shout out to my AWESOME Ma & Pa! Seriously, they allowed me move home and put up with me! They ROCK!! My Mom always seems to know exactly when to offer a smile or a hug that just makes everything better! She never fails to tell me I look pretty when I get ready every morning, even when come on we both know darn well I look like a walking zombie, but that just makes her GREAT! Cause on those crummy days when I not only look like a walking zombie but feel like it too, her smile and hearing her say "Oh you look so Pretty!" makes is alright and I can't help but feel good! Thanks MOM You'll never know how great you are!!!

catch up game...

Life has been crazy, school and work have taken over my life and not so happy about that. Work is going great and I LOVE it, I'm learning so much and just love the people I work with and all that. School... let's just say I say at the end of the day that I'm quiting! This semester is my first experience with online classes and for the most part they are not so bad...I'm learning and proving to myself that I can discipline myself and really learn on my own, however, oh my goodness!!!!! I will be the mayor of crazy town shortly!!!

Anyway, just finished some homework and need a break before starting more so I figure I would catch up. First of all in Feb, Jeana got tickets to Disney Princesses On-Ice in a drawing and she was soooo nice and invited me along...it was Jeana, Jill, Ivy and I. It was soooo FUN!!! Watching Ivy was the BEST! When Mickey and Minnie first came out, she got the biggest smile on and then burst into tears cause she couldn't go by them. She was in a trance the whole time, I had more fun watching her.

Mickey and Minnie came out...2 sec later...tears tears and more tears

Literally where she sat most of the show

Honestly sooo cute!

Needless to say, Disney Princess on-Ice was a complete success, so much that the second we walked outside, Ivy started crying cause she didn't want to leave. Broke my heart!

So one friday that I should have been studying and more studying, I ended up helping my dad up at the building, which made it a GREAT day. It's been awhile since I've been up there to help and I had such a good time, granted I was there an hour or so hahaha But I just love the time spent with my dad. I was getting dressed to go up and the rule of thumb is never wear any good clothes whatsoever, me being me asked dad, "Will I get full of grease?" Dad-"No unless you fall on the ground where there is grease" ....I now have 2 awesome grease spots on a good pair of jeans...my fault completely, NEVER NEVER wear good clothes!

My awesome grease stained shirt...

Booster Ball!!! Multiple nieces and a nephew in the games, it was so fun watching them play, got to cheer them on...made me one proud Auntie! (no pics of the actual games, bummed about that)

Snowboarding!!!!! After the booster game and Bug's b-day party, my dad, Jas and I went to Navarino Slopes. First time ever snowboarding for me and Jas. Dad skiied and hadn't in 30 years, but I totally think he lied, he only fell once whereas me and Jas were on the ground quite often! Among all the falling and funny funny scences...I was the only girl in the history of the world to actually get caught on the ski-lift and get flipped...yeah like I said the only girl in the history of the world. Let's state for the record that the ski-lift was almost scarier than the actual hill...no graceful way to get off no matter what, well one time I was trying my hardest not to fall like always and staying on the lift 2 seconds too long holding out my arms trying to get my balance, the seat whipped around to go back down and caught my arm right up....let's just say I was a little rag doll, luckily it wasn't as bad as it could've been, as much as it hurt and I have a nice bruise on my arm to prove it, but my ego was bruised as well, you see lots of people like to sit at the top and watch everyone get off the lift, yeah that's right, lots of people saw me :( I now know what NOT to do, get off that lift as soon as possible even if you fall, falling is much easier!

Yes this is how we spent most of the day...on the ground laughing at ourselves hahaha We weren't complete failures and yes we did make it down the hill a few times

And lastly, another temple trip...it was Taylor's first time and I was so excited to be there with her!!! We went to Mall of America Friday night and had a blast and the Temple was amazing as always! (I don't have pics yet, but will post them later)

Well that's about it, my few exciting things that have happened other than homework homework and more homework and work

And the wait begins....

I mailed in my petition for the Radiography Program to start this fall. If I get in I will find out March 26..so needless to say I'm already nervous and I have a long wait. But by now I'm kinda a pro at the waiting game so here I go once again!

Go Gutsy!

Jill and I went to Neenah to the Singles Ward again today and let me tell you, I am soooo glad we did! Every lesson and talk was so good and exactly what I needed to hear! In sacrament, all the talks were on missionary work and they were just amazing!

Well the new Sister Missionary talked first and her talk was amazing! She talked about being missionaries in our everyday lives, talking with co-workers, friends, etc... As I sat there I kept thinking..."ok I can do that, but how do I start it??" I work at the hospital and at corner bar, I know that there are many opportunities, but I just need to get the courage to say something. What hit me the most in her talk was her story at the end and challenge. Her niece was learning to ride a bike and had training wheels that were unsteady and she was scared, but she was learning. Well when she would ride the sidewalk, she would always ride up to a dip in the walk and then would slam on the breaks, for weeks she would not go through the dip...she was scared of falling and getting hurt. Well finally one day she was headed for that dip and her mom yells to her.."Go Gusty!!!!" And she did! She rode through the dip and made it to the corner!

The Challenge: GO GUTSY!!!! Go for it! I just love it, and I hope that I can do it!