Me I Want A Hula Hoop!

I hope everyone had a splendiferous Christmas! I was stuck at home dealing with things like this!!!!!



But some good came out of the festivities. I beat Grandpa at ping pong and I scored the highest I've ever scored at scrabble. I had some great moments where I learned something new like how to tie a tie!



It's really short but it's cuter that way.



Christmas was great. We watched the Grinch on Christmas Adam and Muppet Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. We were all very excited to wake up Christmas morning and see all the goodies that Santa left for us. You can see it in Megan's eyes!




Okay so that look was really for the one-size-fit all shirt she got from a passing squirrel. I got one as well. When I tried it on my father very politely referred to it as a boob shirt. I don't think I'll be wearing it anytime soon. I did wear it long enough to have some pictures taken with Megan. Even Molly insisted on trying on the shirt (except for the fact that I had to force it on her).






I got a ton of DVDs for Christmas. It will great when I get back to school since we already watched all the other DVDs around. One thing Josh got that he, Megan, and me enjoy is Rock Band! Josh plays guitar, Megan is on drums, and I'm vocals. Sadly I know like none of the songs on there so my singing gets very....unique. But hey, we keep gaining fans!

Megan was born to be a drummer. Ever since she was 5 months old she knew that her purpose in life was to hit things with sticks. She brings a lot of personality to the band.




However, you should never leave her alone with those sticks...





Josh loves to jam out on the guitar. Although I did hear him on vocals last night. He sings Ballroom Blitz very well and high pitched.








Today was a fun day! I spent the day with one of my friends, Amanda. We went bowling and she won all threes games. Darn. Then we went out for lunch at Bob's Burgers and Brew (don't worry we skipped out on the brew). We also went to see Enchanted. That movie is so cute. You should all see it if you haven't already. Unfortuneatly, I didn't take my camera to document today's events but I'm sure the above photos will keep you plenty entertained.

Have a happy new year!!

Here is a clip from Enchanted.

It's raining, it's pouring...

You know, I think it rains in Washington the same amount of time the wind blows in Idaho. AKA constantly. However, I do enjoy the gray rainy days better than the windy, snowy, constantly cold days. But who really wants to talk about weather anyway? I'm sitting in my room waiting for my grandparents to arrive which should be anytime within the next hour. I had an urge to call up Stuart and Laura when the sad truth hit me: they no longer have a cell phone. Sigh. But they are having a jolly good time in Utah so all is well. Yesterday, I went to a seminary breakfast with Mom. It was nice seeing people again. Once again I noticed that the only boys I can entertain are 16 or younger. Fancy that. Haha I laugh at myself. I did meet a really cute boy yesterday and he is 21 or so. He at least seemed interested in making conversation so I guess there is hope for me. Again, haha, I laugh at myself. I really don't have that much to write about. Yesterday, Megan and I rented "Encino Man" and got greek fries from Cafe Neo. YUM! The movie was pretty hilarious and you should all see it sometime. Well before I forget, have a Merry Christmas full of all sorts of holiday cheer! Oh also, "Enchanted" is an awesome movie. Go watch it....NOW!

I'm so cool too bad I'm a loser

Okay, okay, I'll update and maybe I can redeem myself since I'm apparently a horibl speler. I have a lot of pictures to share with you today. So prepare yourself!


First off is me as Inigo Montoya!





Well, that's my attempt anyway. The Sunday after I arrived home, we spent time putting up the tree and listening to Christmas music whilst taking family photos which we will cherish always.












































Last but not least, Megan and me as Cousin it/the ring girl!!

GOOD NEWS!!

So a very trgaic thing happened yesterday (or maybe it was the day before yesterday....). I opened my internet browser and tried to navigate the page to blogger. It was then that all my hopes and dreams were crushed! Web Sense (the lovely security blocking websites thingamajig that the school uses) came up and told me that I would no longer be able to access this website ever. I almost cried....almost. Laura and I whimpered together while watching chick flicks and eat chocolate chip cookie dough out of a tub. No matter what she says, that's what happened okay? She'll probably tell you some wierd story like all we did was cry out to each other over IM. She always likes to downplay things... Anyway, I miraculous thing occured! Blogger all of a sudden was no longer blocked thanks to Laura's 11lb brain and her super powers that she probably got from eating dragon meat!!!! So all is good agian in the world. Plus to make things better, I'm going home tomorrow and nothing can stop me!!!!! Well, I have to be going but later on (probably tomorrow or Sunday since all my stuff is packed including my camera with wonderful pictures) I'll update and show you what I look like as Inigo Montoya! Ta!

Happy holidays from me and kabuki

Happy holidays one and all! I only have a few more days and then I'm done with this semester and I'm home free! That is of course if my flight isn't cancelled due to snow and ice. I would cry... But that won't happen. Let's be optimistic here. I'll go home and I get to look forward to something like this:









For some reason this picture made Laura laugh really hard....



Anyway, last thursday was kabuki day in my theater makeup class (that's kuh-boo-key by the way). To give you a little idea of what kabuki is all about, it's Japanese (I think) makeup that is kind of like war paint (on the men anyway). So here's an idea of what it should look like:









And this is what I looked like:









That white pancake is a pain!! It really likes to smear and smudge. My lines didn't look exactly like that at first but my teacher made me change them because they weren't defined enough or something like that. I'm fine with that as long as I got a good score. Haha.



So as I briefly mentioned above, there's snow here! Well, it's probably mostly ice today. There was lots of fluffy snow. I haven't played in it yet but my roommates have. They played out in it around 2:00 am. I was sleeping at that point. Anyway, two of my roommates climbed up on the wall around our dorms which is punishable by a $50 fine. My third roommate secretly wished they would get caught. It would have made a good story.



Speaking of good stories, we had quite an exciting adventure saturday night. Basically there was a serial killer in a clown mask outside our window and then we let him in and he shot us all with a bazooka. Okay so that's not exactly what happened. My roommate, Mimi, heard breathing and perhaps swallowing/stomach gurgling outside her window. The windows and curtains in both our rooms were wide open, perfect for clown serial killers or perverted people! So basically we all convinced each other that there was a creepy man right outside. We ran around closing all the windows and locking them. I was actually asleep when this all started and they left me to die... But I joined them in there franticness when I realized what they were talking about when they barged into my room. I tried to tell them to call campus security but by the time one of us actually did, our intruder was long gone. Just to make ourselves feel better, we all huddled in the living room and fell asleep watching "Mystery Men". Honestly, I think it would be kind of funny if there was no one there in the first place. Of course I only think that now that it's over. I was pretty freaked out at the time.



Anyway, here are some pictures of the snow and I hope you all have a wonderful December!

All I needed to know I learned from my father

As I've been sitting here for the last 30 seconds or so I've been thinking about all the things my father has taught me. I'll name a few: certain truffles must only be eaten once a day, no one else can make as good of hashbrowns as he can, when the wise men are played by a few men at church they get lost, it's okay to pretend you are having a seizure just to see the reaction of little children, we all come equipped with a universal remote (AKA the index finger), all hikes can be considered strenuous but most of them are worth the effort, E=MC with a square tied to the end of it, but the one that I've been thinking about most this morning is when you are bored a perfect way to deal with that boredom is to whip out your digital camera and take random pictures (for best results take pictures of yourself). As you can guess, I'm kind of bored this morning. So I applied some of the knowledge I've gained from Father: I took some random pictures and I ate a truffle.























Join us next time for "All I needed to know I learned from my grandpa" including favorites like "MSM stands for Mono-sodium-mutimate" and "If it tastes good spit it out, it's bad for you"!

Raggedy Ann: Everyone's Favorite Ragdoll

I've got some more makeup pictures for you today. We had to make ourselves into and inanamite object. I chose to turn myself into a rag doll. I didn't think it looked that great. I had high expectations. Anyway here are the pictures. The first one was my inspiration.

Chicken and broccoli braid

Oh my goodness. I made this today in my homemaking class today. It is so good!! With these ingredients you'll end up with two braids.









1 c. cooked chicken (chopped)
1 t. garlic
3/4 c. grated cheese
1/2 c. mayonaise
2 tsp. dill weed
1/4 tsp. salt
2 pkgs. refrigerator crescent rolls



Preheat oven to 375
Wash, chop, blanch broccoli
Cook and cut up chicken
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
On large cookie sheet spread out rolls. You'll have to pinch the seams together so you should end up with two rectangles of dough.Spread chicken misture down the center, cut edges in strips and braid over the top.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until dough is golden brown.

It's not easy being green

Today in stage makeup we had to make ourselves look like animals. I decided to copy this little guy.







Here are the final results!!!!


















I took awhile to get all the makeup off. I think my face will have a green tint to it for the rest of the day.

Just a couple of videos to hopefully make you laugh...or maybe cry

The Office: Dwight and Jim

Harry Potter Pride and Prejudice

Remembering Dumbledore

Prince Caspian Fan Trailer (Haha this one makes me giggle)

Gobble!!! Gobble!!!

I am very very very extremely excited!

Tomorrow I will get to hang out with Stu and Lor and Erika, a friend from back home who will no doubt think that we are insane by the end of the night, more so than she already does. We'll do all sorts of crazy cool stuff like eating pizza and making a Horkley's run (probably one of Stuart's favorite things in the world just because you can get a gigantic thing of pop for 57 cents, as it should be). Laura is afraid that we won't be able to keep Erika entertained for the evening. Don't worry Laura, she'll be entertained....or freaked out. You two better be on your best behavior! Stuart told me that Erika and I can play Wii sports but I informed him that Erika isn't the athletic type so we probably won't do that. Haha.

Saturday will be a very special day. We'll arrive at the Idaho Falls Airport at 9:00. Erika and I will say goodbye to Stuart and Laura and depart on our way to Washington. First we'll make some random stop just for the heck of it and because the pilots really enjoy the take off and landing experience I'm sure. We'll arrive at Seatac where Mom and Dad will pick us up and we'll stop at the best burger joint in Seattle. That's right. Be jealous that you aren't cool enough to go to Dick's with us.

I'm way excited to see my family and have some Washington humidity. My skin is drying out and I don't like it! Plus I'm really looking forward to all the great Thanksgiving festivities like yard o' beef and tub of fake cheese. Yum! Everybody's favorite. After all the fun and games I'll come back to Idaho to finish the semester. After that I get to go home for Christmas! I love the holidays!

Surprise! It's a white rabbit!

On Friday I learned how cheeky and odd my family can be. I went to Laura and Stuart's house as is my custom for every Friday evening. We ate yummy food and treats! Laura made a huge wad of popcorn stuck together with caramel, chocolate, and peanut butter.

And I made some pumpkin cake. The frosting tasted like really sweet pumpkin. Almost too much.

We started talking about how Laura's birthday is coming up. Stuart then started to break the truth to me: he'd told Laura what I got her for her birthday. One thing I've noticed about my family however is that we have the tendency to be pathalogical liars so as Stuart was beginning his sob story with tears and a smile at the same time, I had a pretty good feeling that he was going to lie and that I should prepare myself. Sure enough, he had tricked Laura into believing that I got her Sabrina, the Audrey Hepburn version. So of course I hit him and called him a jerk to make it all seem more believable. Laura, being the cheeky devil that she is (and I'm pretty sure she would have hurt someone if we didn't obey her will) commanded us to celebrate her birthday at that moment so that she could open the rest of her presents (yep, she'd already opened two boxes out of three). We agree to do as she asked and went to go pick up Laura's real present: Roxanne, starring Steve Martin, and a cute little tote bag.

When we got back to the appartment, Stuart told Laura to close her eyes. She immediately started freaking out and I don't think I've ever seen her more scared. For some reason she thought that we got her a white rabbit which she is apparently terrified of. Stuart put his hand over her eyes and told her to reach out her hands. I don't really blame her for being nervous at that point.

Laura was having trouble with that so I kind of plopped the gift on her lap. Her surprised face was more of a "Thank goodness it's not a killer white rabbit like Monty Python" face.

I made her give me a real surprised face.

She told us that the reason she is afraid of white rabbits is because of her guilty conscience for opening one of her sister's presents just to peek and see what it was. Turns out it was a rabbit and things didn't turn out so well for Laura.... Poor thing.

I dedicate this blog to Captain James T. Kirk

A good friend of mine, Kaitlyn Jorge, sent me this picture via e-mail. It made my day. So I'm sharing some of my nerdiness with you. Go on laugh. You know you want to.




Last week was a pretty good one. It was Halloween after all. Compared to past years, this Halloween was actually kind of dull. There is a city ordinance here in Rexburg that says anyone 18 years or older can't go trick or treating. I didn't really mind since I ended the practice a few years ago. Plus, if I had gone trick or treating, I think Dad might have disowned me. I think he started telling me at age 13 or 14 that I was too old to go trick or treating. When I told that to my roommates, they practically gasped. If only they knew how wierd my father really is.... Just kidding Dad. You know I love you.

In my makeup class the day before Halloween, we gave ourselves scars and bruises and all sorts of bloody gashes. I wasn't really feeling much like giving myself a gash in the forehead (Although I'd be more than willing to do it on someone sometime) I just gave myself a black eye and a scar on my cheek. We had to have a story to go along with our wounds. I said that I was walking my dog through the park one night. My dog started chasing after a squirrel and I ran after my dog. Since it was dark, I ended up running into a tree in the process. It seems like something I'd really do right?










That night there was also a stake Halloween dance. I didn't go because Stuart gave me his disease. Natalie dressed up as Smurfette.





Then on Friday I accompanied Stuart and Laura for Laura's first ever American footaball experience. In all honesty, my high school games were more exciting. We ate pizza and doughnuts and then left shortly after half-time.

This one is cute and tiny!

When Stuart took me home later that evening, there was a beautiful sunset as seen in the picture below.