Wednesday

E-Mail still exists.

Here's an e-mail from dear ol' Homecow (Lindsey). It's full of some interesting facts. Some I knew, some I didn't. I liked it, anyway. Savor.


dear lance.
ive been reading this same womens health magazine for over a week now.
its so interesting.
and i have found some of the weirdest things in it.
suchs as:
1- iphone users are sluttier than droid or blackberry users.
ok, so maybe they didnt use the word slutty, but in comparison by age 30:
droid users had 6 sex partners
blackberry have 9
and iphone users had 12.

sluts.

2- boise is the 7th best city for women to live in.

3- youre happier when you have little day-to-day moments of happiness compared to one big giant happy event, such as a wedding.
interesting...its due to our ability to adapt.
also, happienss is genetic.
were born with a happy set point.
heres how to boost your happiness:
[what do you know? church answers!]
- have an attitude of gratitude.
ask 'what am i thankful for?'
when you have to keep coming up with answers it forces you to see little things you overlooked in your happiness book.
- banish comparisons.
dont use others accomplishments to measure your success.
become less competitive and drop out of the race.
go at your own pace.
- find meaning in your work.
do it with purpose.
peole who feel like theyre destined to do the job theyre doing have more long term happiness
- hang with happy people...DUH!
every happy friend you have increases your chance of being happy by 9%
put yourself in a position to catch happiness!
its contagious!

4- coffee is a better choice than energy drinks.
not only because of antioxidants but it fights cancer and dementia

5- yu can donate your egss for $50,000.
it is the largest cell in the whole body.
it takes 15,000 sperm to make the siza of 1 egg...which is 10 times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.
the average woman ovulatoes about 450 eggs in her lifetime.
your eggs have a yolk too.
once, an egg was frozen for 25 yrs and then used to create a perfectly healthy child.

well there you have it.



All positive things, no? Except for those of you who own an iphone...sorry to hear about that...  




Helloooo Sunshine.

Tuesday

Shout out

to my favorite couple.
They are just cute as ever!

Adorable.




So cute, right?!

I love them.
And her shoes.

Hello Sunshine.

Quotes and things...

"Stories want a beginning, middle and end, maybe not always in that order though." -Ry 1000+6

"First things first, the dead have never rested, they wait to be remembered. Anticipating future souls, things that have been unsaid. I'll only realize later why they were unsaid, my foresight is rarely a premonition. Art rules principles, restrictions, punishment. Alive and well. Dead and gone." -Marv

"I'm not so easy to forgive, but harder to forget." -The Graduate

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck


"Being upset never made me happy." -Angela Fraser


"Individuals compose society, society should not compose individuals." Recreating Gender Stereoptypes

Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength. -Eric Hoffer

This Week's Follow Up (2/14-2/20)

Monday started off great. I prayed and read my scriptures, hung out around the house and then went into town with Brad. We had nothing to do, so we went and visited Catie at work, where I helped her out with her job. She works in the bakery at Smith's. I helped pack cookies, pies, and crescent rolls into the containers and put labels on them. I counted doughnuts in the doughnut container place thing. Then just hung out. Walked around a bit...then went to FHE. Had a blast playing games and relaying and stuff, had some ice cream, sang a little, then went home, got ready for bed, prayed, read scriptures and then watched some Prison Break *squeel* All in all, a pretty productive day :)

Tuesday did not start out so wonderfully...Brad woke me up saying I had to help feed the cousin's cows. I DID NOT want to do it!! It had nothing to do with the fact that I stayed up until 2:30 this morning, I just did not want to feed the cows! Jerica was already awake, ready, and willing, so why did I have to help? Well, I did it anyways. And hated it, of course, but it did feel nice to get up and do something. When I got in, I read my scriptures and prayed. Then I spent the rest of the day with Mom and Jerica in Tremonton/Brigham City. I got my hair did! We did a little shopping, got a lot of bread, which means nothing other than *TOAST*!! We went home, I fed calf and realized that there was no hay to feed to the other calves. I had to go to the second shed to get hay. Fortunately enough, they only have ton bales to feed off of there. It took me three trips to get enough hay to feed the little guys, but I got it done. Being willing to work makes all the difference. It feels so great to have a good attitude about work!!

Wednesday I got up at six, hung out in the kitchen with Forrest for a minute before he left for school, got ready for the day, and left the house by seven. I went to Twin Falls with Mom and Dad. "Why so early?" you might ask. Had a temple assignment at nine, so I sat in the waiting room for two hours while they did their thing. I got my scripture reading done...kind of. It would not have been so bad but I was so dang tired from waking up so early! I had three people ask me if I was doing okay. Did I look tired? Because I certainly felt it! We then went to Molly's Bagels and had breakfast, then to D.I. and I got a vase for my project. (I'm really excited for this!) Winco, my favorite grocery store next to Costco, I seriously love that place so much! Then we went to Wal-Mart, then, the reason I even went to town, COSTCO! Just in time for lunch, so of course we hit the sample tables. There was only one thing I didn't like, and that was the artichoke dip. No matter how many times I try artichokes, I will never like them. We then went home, right as it started to blizzard. We drove through said blizzard all the way home. It snowed a good 3 inches in like two hours. Crazy. Then, I went out to feed in that blasted weather. The one calf I have to take half-care of is sick. Poor guy. I had to give it some medicine. It smelled bad, no wonder the calf didn't want to have any! Not a whole lot of work opportunities arose, but I did have chances to sit and think. Good day!

Thursday was a nothing day. I prayed and read my scriptures...so far so good on that goal! I strawed the pile at like 10 and then sat on the couch with my computer for the rest of the day. (So much for keeping computer time only at night.) I did take a nap, and I watched Unstoppable, which was a pretty good movie. I love Denzel! He's my Chuck Norris. It was only Brad and me home so there was not a whole lot of contention. I did laundry! It took 3 times for the clothes to get dry enough to tolerate. I kind of packed the washer and drier with my colors. But, 2 weeks worth of clothes in only 2 loads baby! One thing I did not accomplish that I was supposed to do: the bathroom. I didn't get it cleaned. I hate cleaning the bathroom! When it's only me that has been using it, fine. But when the boys have, too, GROSS!  So, that will probably be done tomorrow.

Friday. ALLISON AND ANDREW ARE COMING TODAY! Andrew is just on his way through to Provo, but Alli is staying the whole weekend!! These were my thoughts as I woke up. Kind of. Then I read my scriptures. Mand and Al didn't get here until about 7:30 that night, but that's okay, because I still got to see them! When Andrew saw me, he got a huge grin on his face, but then quickly hid it because that would be letting someone see his feelings and make him seem non-apathetic. The rest of the day went. It was the first, and only, day that all the family was at home. So we talked about ways to rearrange the living room to make it more conducive to actually living. They hung curtains, I stayed in my room all day and really did nothing. When the time came around, I went out and fed calf. And then Andrew and Alli came. We had dinner, we talked, Andrew left, then Alli and I sat in the room and she told me all about her time without me and how John spooned her. Awesome!

Saturday...uh...yeah....So this wasn't exactly a good day. I mean, it was, but then again, I wasn't a good kid. Colby had tickets to Brian Regan in Logan and he and Allison were going to go. Since Alli was visiting me, I decided to tag along, telling no one in my family, mind you. Jerica came back and said "Who's feeding your calf?" I was going to talk to her about it, I just hadn't yet. So she, being the natural brat that she is said "Nope, I'm not going to do it." So I'm in the bathroom doing my hair and she and Brad were in the kitchen talking crap about me, I can hear everything they're saying, pretty much. I've never been so mad is such a long time. No one can set me off like she can. She just has a way of pushing all my buttons at once! So I finished my hair, went out to go find Allison, who had gone out to flag down Colby. They were walking up the sidewalk as I got to the door, so I told them I wasn't going because Brad and Jerica are a bunch of B****y little girls. We went back to my room, I punched the door in my fit of rage. It crumbled like a graham cracker crust. I'm not strong by any means, and for me to punch a hole in the bedroom door is somewhat apocryphal. Flimsy pos anyway. So I let out my steam to Allison, Colb came back and we talked a little, I was crying, of course, then I hear Jerica yell "FINE! I'll feed your calf..." mumble mumble mumble. I don't even care what she said that I couldn't understand. I got my stuff and we were outta there! Of course Jerica was on the phone with mom when I walked out there. She was saying "You need to wash Laura's mouth out with soap!" Then she said to me "Mom's not very happy with you." So I said, "Yeah, so? I'm not very happy with you!" Anyway, I called her a B to her face again, and left. We had a great time in Logan. I saw Bridgette and Beccah Boo. I did no work and was kind of selfish. But I would have to say the rest of the week went rather well, I suppose.

Sunday, I had stayed the night at Beccah's in Cache Junction, or Logan. Comfy bed! We watched the Sandlot, then Colby and Alli came and got me. We came back to Juniper, sat and talked for a little bit, then Colby awkwardly left. Alli and I went to my bed immediately and watched 3rd Rock from the Sun. Guilty Pleasure. Then she fell asleep, I layed there cuddling with her. The family came home and it was pretty much just a restful Sunday. I feel bad that I didn't go to church, but by the time we got back from Logan, we didn't have enough time to get ready and go. So we just chilled all day.

Just a few things that get me...

*inspiration from Bethy Layton.

Outgoing, quarky personalities
Hello Sunshine
Face hair.
The Graduate (band, not movie)
Maurices.
Good butt jeans on boys
Cuddling
Secrets
Love songs
Warm, soft hoodies
August Rush
Bath time
Young love, even if the couple has been married for years and years.

Friday

"Why are you so cranky all the sudden?!"

--Jerica.

    Why are you so cranky all the time? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Thursday

Fireworks

This makes me want to go to UArk, find these boys and hang out with them!! How fun are they!

(Pause it on 3:24...LOVE his face!)

Wednesday

New Music

Thanks to my fellow musically dependent comrade, Charlie Rodriguez, I have discovered a band. The Morning Of. Check them out! I love them.


Also, check out Search The City. They are no longer together, but their music is really good!

Tuesday

Gotta Love the Jazz Bear

My favorite Dear Blank post...

Dear Women,
Please stop thinking you have to be a size 0 to be beautiful. Those magazines got it all wrong, no one ever told them that beauty is also on the inside. Be confident and happy with yourself. Some guy out there is going to fall in love with everything about you.
Sincerely, a real man




...Hello Sunshine

Catching up

It's been a few days since I've watched Prison Break. So I watched a couple episodes tonight.

Here's what's going down:

Michael and Lincoln's dad came to help, FBI guy (Mahone) shot him and on their way to meet the plane to Panama, he died.  Michael and Linc decide they've got to finish this business themselves, and so they let Sucre go by himself in the plane. Then Mahone sent border patrol jets after the airplane...to be continued there.... Sara got away from the other FBI guy, and is hiding in a gas station bathroom somewhere, sewing up her wounds from landing on a car's windshield after jumping out of a second story motel window. 
Good things shes a doctor. 
It left off with her answering Michael's phone call that he placed right before Mahone t-boned them. They're cornered, and hurt, but they're done running. Meanwhile, T-Bag found and killed Geary and then framed Bellick for Geary's murder, so now he's in custody in some little town in Kansas. T-Bag is back in possession of the $5 million they dug up in Utah, thanks to D.B. Cooper (AKA Charles Westmoreland [who died in season 1]). 
These are confusing details, mostly because I left a lot of it out. But, this is where I'm at. I love this show. It makes me happy. And so, to that I say, Hello Sunshine.

Monday

1,000 x 60

Love James!
 I realized I haven't had pictures up in a while so...
Boy in Jeggings...

Teil!! and Alli :)

Mmm-mm-mmmm Skinny jeans done right.

Andrew the Cowboy

Oh, Lexus!

Yay, friends!


Parking meter fail.


Jeni being tricky


Me and Spencer!

Bronson. Punk.

The leaf 'stache


Once again, I love James! Leighton....not sure. But john in the background..stud! Or creep, you decide.

It's weird how similar we are!


No words.


Robie Creek. Beautiful :)

Converse footprints


Best Halloween costume ever.

Me n Ty Ty. ♥


Shenanigans


Hmm....okay...

Hot tubbing.

Babysitting/bowling

Sometimes this is what I find in my backseat.
Not complaining.

Clever.

Pahahaha!!!

Saaaaad Pandaaaa.

PANDA!

Me and mine Freddy :)

Jim!!

Playing in the haystacks.

I get the foreground

J-Fuss! ♥

Hookybobbing with Bethy

Push for Ice Cube.

Love these girls!

Ninja Kitty

Hipster much?

Mmmmm....Wagon Wheel!

Sami :)

Being crafty

I like this one a lot.

Favorite.

WHAT! You don't wanna fight me!







Glamor shots by Tobe

He's my flavorite!!
So, there you go! A nice little treat to feast yon eyes upon.
Hello Sunshine.