The First Sighting

Soooo, there is really only one thing I absolutely detest about being home, that is HOBOS. Two days ago I had my first sighting of the season at work. It went something like, me walking in the back room to a desk to get some papers to work on, looking down by the chair, seeing a MASSIVE sick Hobo, then a little screaming, a lot of running, to find a boy to smash it for me. Classic, everyone I asked said they were afraid of Hobos too. When I finally found someone brave enough, the little creeper was long gone. I was hoping that was the end of it, but boy was I wrong. Yesterday I get to work, and I was asked to organize and polish the rental fleet of Segways. As I was doing this, I looked UP yes UP on the wall and there was a Huge Hobo!... For all of you Idahoans that believe Hobos can't climb. They've evolved. Serious. It was HIGH on the wall. I ran to my dad, he got some insect spray, and then the boy I work with sprayed it down to weaken its mobility, then another BRAVE guy GRABBED it with his rag and Smashed it. The Segways are right my desk. Needless to say, I didn't sit there at all yesterday. Sick. These little guys better steer clear of my bedroom, and my whole house for that matter. I have no mercy for them or their venom. I think these hobo's just need to get out of town!

The Weekend in Pictures ...

The Scare

Last night, Meg and I went expadizing... (Meg on the wave board, me on foot). We were having a great time, when out of the blue, there was a creepy car lurking around the corner. It started driving slow by me, and the old lady in the window... Scary! The car drove by and we thought we were safe until, psych!... it made a U-turn and turned off its lights and started following us! Meg and I - creeped out times 500 got closer to each other, Megan had her hand on phone ready to make a quick call. The car speeds up a tiny bit, stops and the scary old lady darts out of the car towards me and grabs me!... To my very pleasant, and relieved surprise it was just creeper 1 - a.k.a. - Court! and out of the driver's seat pops creeper 2 - Jess! Neither of them were creepy old lady's. They did manage to make my heart skip at least three beats in a matter of seconds. That was some great work.

After Megs and I watched part of Valkyrie, then we gave up out of shear exhaustion. It ended up being a great night!

An Eventful Weekend....

This was quite an eventful weekend, but boy was it a good one! Tegan came to visit 

(WWOOOOOOHHOOOOO!!!) and even though I wasn't feeling fabulous, it didn't stop us from having a good time! I just LOVE Tegan, what an amazing girl, she is so darn happy, fun, confident, beautiful, positive, and just plain amazing. I really enjoyed being in her company this weekend. We were able to have a few good times, despite me not feeling 100%. When she got here, she waited for me to get off work, then we ran a bunch of errands (o.k. that wasn't the fun part...) after this though, we shared our favorite you-tube video's since school has gotten out, and we got to go to a movie courtesy of my father! Fighting - it was actually quite good I thought. After, we of course hit up 'berto's. What else do you do that late at night? When we got home, we chatted for quite some time, then rested, to get up and run a couple more errands, and ride the Vespa! - o.k. really I wasn't that fun of a host, but I just loved seeing Tegan, how could anyone not?

...I Hope You're Dreams Take you to the

 Corner of Your Smiles...

Saturday night - was fabulou

s. I attended Remi Mae's dance recital. I won't write so much about this part, I will say though, that it was A. Fun to watch Remi Mae, Savannah Sue, Saylor Lee, Presley Kate, and Chloee Shaylee, ... AND Uncle Cory dance so well tonight! They were all fabulous. B. Remi was SO GOOD! I was so impressed by how much she has improved, and how beautiful she was on stage. and C. How flippin' cool it was to see the oldest dance team dance on point to Misery Business,strings edition.

Lastly, tonight after the recital, I went to see Angels and Demons. WOW. What a graphic, scary, amazing and brilliant show. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! I've never read the books, but wow. Really, that was brilliant, everything was so unexpected and AH! I just loved it! (well the parts my eyes were open for!) ... 

 ...and THAT about sums up my weekend, Finally!

D.A.R.E.

Yesterday, Remalema graduated from D.A.R.E. We were all very proud of her, and she was SO excited. She even was awarded a special award for completing all six challenges! No pop, no T.V., good deed daily, practice a talent, clean room, and dress for success. She did not mess around! Atta-girl! Even though the graduation program, was a tad bit long... Way to go Remasquema!!

10 Things

Ten things that make me terribly happy.

10. A choral piece that can make me cry.

9. Real/True friends.

8. Solving a difficult math problem.

7. Being myself.

6. Jumping on the tramp.

5. Carnation instant breakfast.

4. Being the cause of OTHER people smiling and laughing (I make myself laugh, hourly, doesn't count).

3. A hamburger from SnakeBite or Sushi from WhiteWaterGrill.

2. Looking at the stars and summer nights in, IDAHO.

1. Drawing and Painting.

To My Mother

Happy Mother's Day Mother Dear!

This is one amazing lady. Talented beyond belief. She gives up everything, all for us, and rarely gives us grief.  She raised us well, she did her best, and we definitely put her through the test. She can cook with the best, as for cleaning, she's PRO. She can paint and draw and bead, (but she can't really sew:) ). This is one amazing lady, she is always there, no matter the event, she doesn't care. Choir, Orchestra, Basketball, or Dance, or Piano, or Song, she's ALWAYS there to support us, we are LUCKY to call her MOM.

Love you.

Just Dance

So on Saturday Remi was in a ballet. It was called the Ugly Duckling, and actually it was a pretty dang good show. Plus, it was over in an hour, which was really nice, considering dance recitals can get pretty long sometimes. I had two cousin's that danced as well, Savannah and Presley. All three of them danced beautifully.

Remi was a Skater in the Winter season

Savannah's was a Butterfly in Spring I believe

This is little Presley - She was an Egg, in Spring as well I think.

After the recital, I came home and went to Megan's house where there was some intense ping-pong going on. We played welt for a little bit - I lost first, but

 I only ended up with two welts (luckily). Then, with the help of Brian's gaming genious mind, we started playing welt with books. Just to shake things up. It was very creative, and pretty dang fun!

When it was time to leave Meg's house we went over to Brain's. Among other things, we had a little Music Jam Sesh. This - didn't sound good - at all - but was pretty funny and really fun. 

Here are some pictures from the event. 

Casey on Piano. 

 Spencer on the Ukulele.

and ... Me, Megan and Brian on the Wind's and Brass.

This was a good night. 

Summer Nights

Oh what do WE do in the summer time? Well, we Hot Tub! I know I've already blogged about a hot tub adventure previously, but this one was pretty good, and the picture was too cute not to post! So the other day Clark and I were driving home from one of our many adventures with Shelby Mae (sorry!) and we decided that we probably should go hot tubing on Thursday (tonight) before the X-Men premier (which Lauren Shelby and I are not attending). So we rallied the troops (aka Clark Brian Spencer Casey Megan Lauren Shelby and Myself) and we had our selves one heck of a hot tub party, with great conversation, AND some sensational cookies (if I do say so myself). Lots of water bottles - which I still need to clean off of the lawn, and the classic Brian, wear two pairs of shorts to scare the girls fiasco. It was quite the night!

Home Again!

I am finally home for the summer after finishing my very first year of college! Everything is going well, Ollie Popeye is lovin' on his new crib, but . . .

This    ^   is a JOKE.

Thank heaven's for the Jazz game though - and Chase having six very nice friends over - so my car could be unpacked in a record four minutes!

Let the unpacking begin!!!

Small Spoon

So, my roommate Kelli and I are in our bedroom studying for finals (yuck). And as we here humans outside playing, we get jealous. Kelli thought it would be a good idea to help her focus if she got a big spoon full of Ice Cream. When she came back into the room, she told me she had changed her mind, and just got a little on, in an effort to be more healthy. .... I looked over and saw this.

Conference

Love this movie.

Click HERE to watch it.

Percussive Dance

This blog is dedicated to my new - this semester - hobby... CLOGGING.

I have decided that this is probably one of the hardest things I have done. When my mom told me a couple years ago that she took me out of dance when I was little because "you just weren't good" ... I was secretly determined to become a great dancer. With the help of Darrin's Dance Grooves, I now can bust a little hip-hop... and courtesy of Rustin Van Katwyk, and BYU ... I can now add basic clogging to my repitua. 

It is a lot more difficult than it looks, at least to me, but in 27 minutes, I can say I have officially completed Beginning Clogging!

 (And I'm pretty darn good at it dang it!)

Drink

I'm definitely sippin' on that haterade.

People

You know what makes me angry? .... Maybe you guessed it from my title.

Well. Its people. People drive me nuts. The worst part about it is I am a person myself. So there is no getting away from them. I wish I could though. Sometimes certain "people" say things that put me over the edge. 

I guess there really isn't a point to this post. Just me venting through cyber space because dang it.. Everyone else is people.

I guess I'll end this one with the one thing I can always turn to ... even when I'm angry.. a joke. This one courtesy of www.cleanjoke.com

This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.

He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all."

Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed. 

One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

Love It

Whenever I'm having an off day, it is certain that this song can always make it better.

You Are the New Day

I will love you more than me

and more than yesterday

If you can but prove to me

you are the new day

Send the sun in time for dawn

Let the birds all hail the morning

Love of life will urge me say

you are the new day

When I lay me down at night

knowing we must pay

Thoughts occur that this night might

stay yesterday

Thoughts that we as humans small

could slow worlds and end it all

lie around me where they fall

before the new day

One more day when time is running out

for everyone

Like a breath I knew would come I reach for

the new day

Hope is my philosophy

Just needs days in which to be

Love of life means hope for me

borne on a new day

You are the new day

Ode to the Bathroom

So, I hate germs. Really bad. I acquired this dislike growing up in the household I did. (Germs were not allowed in under any circumstance). I owe it all to my mother, who well, owes it all to her mother. So I guess this post should be entitled, Thank You Grandma Helen. While I'm on the topic of thanking people though, I may as well thank Marissa my dear sweet cousin as well. I'll tell you why in just a little bit. 

First a little history about the past few months while I've been living in this 12x9 square I call 'home', I'm proud to say I've yet to intentionally step bare-foot in our absolutely disgusting bathroom. Better known as The Mold Box, I better explain this though. Our bathroom really is usually kept up, our apartment mother ... aka ... Kelli seems to do a good job at cleaning the sickest parts, the tub and toilet, often. (Thank you by the way) and I have a thing about our t.p. countertops and soap. We always have Bath and Body soap (which reminds me, I need to make a mall run, we are running low) but still, it is disgusting. 

The reason for this post though is now, courtesy of Marissa - we have TOILET SEAT COVERS!!!  Thats right. Be jealous if you would like. Marissa gave them to me the other day as an early Birthday Present. FIVE THOUSAND OF THEM. Love her for forever because of that. I've attached a picture so you can see them in all of their glory. 

These little babies are helping me make it through the homestretch as germ free as possible.

I Will Succeed!

Esta verano he decidido que voy a aprender español. Ha sido siempre algo que tengo quise hacer. He esperado bastante tiempo... Por el año 2010 seré bilingüe.

I Speak Numbers

Today as I was reading through the ams.org website (American Mathematical Society)... You know just keeping up to date with the Math world :) ... I came across an article that said "Top Job in America: Mathematician" with a link to an article done by the Wall Street Journal. I followed the link and found this chart...

The Best and Worst Jobs

Of 200 Jobs studied, these came out on top -- and at the bottom:

The Best	The Worst
1. Mathematician	200. Lumberjack
2. Actuary	199. Dairy Farmer
3. Statistician	198. Taxi Driver
4. Biologist	197. Seaman
5. Software Engineer	196. EMT
6. Computer Systems Analyst	195. Roofer
7. Historian	194. Garbage Collector
8. Sociologist	193. Welder
9. Industrial Designer	192. Roustabout
10. Accountant	191. Ironworker
11. Economist	190. Construction Worker
12. Philosopher	189. Mail Carrier
13. Physicist	188. Sheet Metal Worker
14. Parole Officer	187. Auto Mechanic
15. Meteorologist	186. Butcher
16. Medical Laboratory Technician	185. Nuclear Decontamination Tech
17. Paralegal Assistant	184. Nurse (LN)
18. Computer Programmer	183. Painter
19. Motion Picture Editor	182. Child Care Worker
20. Astronomer	181. Firefighter

Naturally, I was quite pleased when I saw it because, Mathematician was at the top!!! There was also an article that went with it. If you are interested in reading it click HERE for the link.

 

This may have made my day! ... I guess we will have to see if any thing can attempt to top this!

Goodbye and Farewell

Today I was thinking how crazy this summer is going to be. There will be few to no boy's my age there because most all of them are serving MISSIONS! As amazing as this is, it is still going to be crazy! Especially not having my four of my very favorite guy friends there! Two of them have already left, (Steven J. and Cory) and the other two (Tanner and Steven H.) are going to be leaving in not too long! I'm so excited for all of them... but I'm afraid I'm going to have to find some new pass time this summer since I won't have my pranking partners and rock-band buddies around!!! Good luck to all four of you though! I know you will all be Outstanding Missionaries!