Recently

Recently I...

• Colored my hand...and some eggs, I guess (that was around Easter, so I guess it wasn't so recent)

• I've been chillin' with my cat. Because she's silly ;)

(The book that's crossing in front of her is called "How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You") 

 All the gift wrappings from my little sister's birthday party

Her favorite box. I don't know why she sits in it...but I like it :) 

•  I experimented with my creative skills

• I did some Calculus

Including going to the Calculus Marathon

(And so did Rachel...)

• And I've been thinking about graduation...

• I went to MORP (kind of, I guess we never really made it to the dance. Minigolf + Slurpees sounded better, and it was, we did go to the COLORFUL day date though and ended up with weird things drawn on my windows...)

A little more on Morp: 

So...I went with Matt Merkley. It was fun. The day date was throwing colored chalk at everyone and we got VERY chalky. Especially me, because I'm short, so the top of my head was an easy (and immobile target). Most of mine came off though. And then we went to Walmart and were amused by all the reactions we got from kids. Like..."Wow." and "Daddy, what's that?"

In the evening we gathered at a park for yummy sandwiches and such. There were many people dressed as pirates. But we dressed like normal people. Instead of spending $20 at the dance, I spent about $14 on mini golf (because he had a pass of all passes and mini golf is amazing) and Slurpees  The song theme of the night was "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars, which was on the radio at one point. Before going home, we went and drank our Slurpees on some swings at this random playground. It was great fun, although a little chilly. 

So...that was my Morp experience. Now back to other recent stuff...

• I babysat for one of my young women's leaders a couple of times. Her kids are...amusing

 And let's just say they'd do well in some Radio ugly-offs. ;)

•  And I've had a LOT of fast food/going out to eat. Betos, Taco Bell, Chili's, Red Robin, LOTS of pizza (Little Caesar's, Brick Oven, Papa Murphy's)...yeah. I've eaten out (or in but from out) a lot.

And...look at my face in this next one:

• I cleaned my room really, really well. Unfortunately...it kind of got dirtied up again. The main thing though, is that I FINALLY put all the books I've bought in the last year or so on my book case!

I'm kind of starting up a new pile though ;)

• And I got some AWESOME bowling shoes for my birthday! (Okay, so I opened and wore them early, it had to be done)

That made me REALLY happy. And I'm really excited for my birthday. YAY! :)

Also, some things I did but don't have pictures to go along with:

• I looked through the entire yearbook. And I am SO excited for the early release party!
• I took two AP tests (English and Biology) that I hopefully passed! (with a 4 in English, I hope)
• I wrote a ridiculously long, difficult English research paper on Celiac Disease
• I took my statistics final, which will give me an A in that class if I got a 78% or something like that
• I went to a golf banquet (I also finally got to golf 9 rounds at Fox Hollow, and that was fun)
• I (OBVIOUSLY) read a whole ton of books
• I graduated seminary (whew, that was sooo much work ;D)
• And...

I HAVE ROOMMATES, FOR COLLEGE. WITH NAMES!!

Amanda, Bekah (who will be my ROOM-mate), Jessica, Erika, and Tori.

So weird to think about! I've even corresponded with Tori and Bekah and they seem really cool. :)

Hopefully this fall will be AMAZING!

And....that's most of what I've done recently (minus a few, probably insignificant, things that I forgot and like I said most likely aren't important anyway :D)

Awesome and HUGE Giveaways :)

There are some I've seen recently.
Here. And here. Also here.
Oh, the joys of trying to win free things.

I Read This Today:

     "Morning," he says groggily as he grabs a cup out of the dishwasher. He walks over to the coffeepot and proceeds to pour coffee into the World's Greatest Dad cup.
     "What do you think you're doing?" I ask him.
     "Hey, you aren't the only one who had a bad night." Kel climbs onto a stool on the opposite side of the bar. "Fourth grade is rough. I had two ours of homework," he says as he brings the cup to his mouth.

Guess What I Received In the Mail Today...

A magically wonderful box...

Containing magically wonderful (and free) books...

16 of them.

Yeah, SIXTEEN!

(Two of which I already owned, and a couple I'm not super interested in, but...I GOT FREE BOOKS!)

Life is wonderful. :D



Love for YA

In case you weren't aware, I like books, a lot. Especially YA books.

So sometimes I enter giveaways, like this one:

Holy crap, that's awesome.

So here's why I like YA (Young Adult) books:

• It's my age. The characters in most of the YA books I read are in high school, so it's kind of fun to read a different type of life than mine.
• They're funny (usually), at least the ones I read are.
• They're entertaining. You can travel anywhere with a book in your hand, without even leaving your home. It's wonderful.
• Lots of them are romance, which I really like. Even if it might not seem like it sometimes.

Seriously though, there are so many reasons why, it would take forever to list them all. So, yay for YA! :D

So if you love books, and free books. You can go here. :)

For Your Awareness

IT'S FALL BREAK! Yay, no school. :) I went and read a whole book at Barnes and Noble this evening to celebrate. :) Huzzah!

$5

I went to my neighbor's house tonight. From 9-11ish.
From 9-10:15, I was there reading. I kinda got creeped out, because it was dark and late.
The kids were in bed. I was there in case they woke up.
They didn't.
Then the parents got home, we ended up talking forever.
And I got $5.

Time well spent.

I've Done It

"Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.” ― James Patterson, The Angel Experiment

The Importance of Being Earnest

I've been thinking about that play. It's pretty funny. I like it. :) Here's a silly quote:

"Considering that we have been engaged since February the 14th, and that I only met you today for the first time, i think it is rather hard that you should leave me for so long a period as half an hour. Couldn't you make it twenty minutes?" -Cecily (Page 62)

Book Blog Giveaway

There's a giveaway here, and that's cool. So... :D

Book Blogs Are Fun...

Book Giveaway of Excitingness ;)

Giveaway-ness :)

Giveaway on this blog. :)

Here's an...interesting book trailer:

A Book Giveaway

Hey! There's a fun book giveaway here. So, I'm entering. Yay for the possibility of free stuff! :D

Isn't free stuff fun?

 I love giveaways, so much. Even if there is only a very small chance that I could ever win. Still, it's fun to hope, don't you think?

Here's the most recent one I looked at: 

Silly Books :)

"I thought it was keep your friends close so you have someone to drive the car when you sneak over to your enemy's house at night and throw up in his mailbox." -Jace, City of Fallen Angels

Agreed

"A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure." -Lilian Jackson Braun

And The Other One...

Here's my other favorite quote from the book My Unfair Godmother. :)

Hudson: And this is our son, Stetson.
Tansy: We should at least choose a name that works in the time period. Edward, or maybe Jacob.
Hudson: We are not naming our son after Twilight characters.
Tansy: They're older names. I can't help it if they're also good looking fictional guys.
Hudson: Women. (Then to the baby) Don't worry, I won't let her name you after a vampire.

My Unfair Godmother

It's a book, an amazing book.
Basically, the godmother fails at her job of godmotherly-ness, and the girl and the guy (who didn't really like each other very much before all the crazy godmother-interferred stuff happened) end up sent back in time and can't go back until the girl's "wish" is fulfilled. So, it's pretty dang entertaining. :)
This is one of my favorite quotes from it:
(An explanation: there's a baby, because the fairy godmother brought it there, they're pretending it's theirs, because it would be hard to explain the truth.)

Tansy: He likes you.
Hudson: That's because I fed him. Babies are like stray cats that way.
Tansy: Babies are not like stray cats.

A Crazy Week

This week has been...let's just say, interesting.
On Monday, of course, I awoke after about 2 1/2 hours of sleep in a boiling house.
Then I went home.
I ate some food, went to the gym, and watched some Drop Dead Diva.
And that afternoon/evening, I hung out with Beth for the first time in forever.
We watched The Muppet Movie, played on my phone, and ate some delicious slush.
Oh, also, we made this:
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Tuesday I woke up at seven fifteen to go put up flags. Oh joy.
Although, I had some delicious raspberry muffins. Om nom nom. And...I guess, I only put a couple up.
But still...
After that, I ate some french toast and then went golfing.
It was HOT. So of course, afterwards we went to Coldstone's. It was delicious.
I was pretty tired at that point, so I watched some more Drop Dead Diva.
At 6:30 I went to a barbecue at my brother and sister-in-law's house.
I ate hot dogs, drank homemade rootbeer, and ate delicious cookies.
I watched Drop Dead Diva (see the pattern forming?).
Wednesday morning was spent at the Fox Hollow golf course.
I awoke at 6:15 a.m. (so early) and was there by exactly 7.
My little sister was there too, which was kind of cool. And she had some great shots.
In the afternoon, I went to Barnes and Noble, for the first time in a month.
It was a really fun night, and when I got home I watched Drop Dead Diva.
Today I slept in until eleven. I watched Dark Knight Rises with Merkley and Josh at noon.
It's a disturbing movie, but still fun. I had a good time.
The evening was wrapped up with a short trip to our stake youth barbecue, for cheetos and watermelon.
Tomorrow I'll go to our family reunion where I'll remain until Sunday.
Wish me luck. ;)