masquerade

My friend invited me to a masquerade party.

I jumped at the chance of making a mask.

Gotta try my hand at being crafty sometimes...

I have been inspired by this picture for awhile.

So I created a mask like it.

noon

Today I woke up at noon.

NOON!

This is crazy for me.

I haven't done this since I was a sophomore in college.

Don't worry...

It's only because I have jipped my usual sleeping routine.

Call me old fashioned, but I love going to bed early and waking up early.

During this Christmas break, I have consistently gone to bed at 4am.

Life is interesting now-a-days.

Here's a couple things scheduled to happen in my life for the 2012 year:

I'm GOING TO FIJI!

Don't get too excited.  It's definitely not a vacation.

I'm doing humanitarian work all summer long.

Remember how I teach nutrition in Jr. High?

(Maybe I haven't mentioned this, but I do)

Well I'm going to be teaching nutrition to Fijian women and children.

And I'm connecting this experience with my thesis for grad school.

Did I mention I'm a grad student?

So...... I'm going to be fundraising the shiz out of these next 6 months. 

I'll keep you up to date, cuz I will be creating a separate blog to inform people on what exactly I'm doing...

I'm GOING TO NY, LONDON, and MOSCOW!

Well we will see.  Fingers crossed...

My sister, Rauni, is randomly moving to Moscow in a couple days.

Listen to how cool she is:

She is going to teach 3-5 year olds english through this really cool program.  She is going into Elem Education, so it's the perfect experience for her. 

After looking into flight costs, I discovered it's about the same to fly to NY, then London, then Moscow.  So I decided I'm doing everything in my power to go pick my baby sister up.  She's done in June, and I'm done teaching then too.  Me and Mandie are DYING to go, and stay with her in her flat.  The only hotels we will need will be in London because I have friends in NY.  By that time, Rauni will be an old pro in Moscow and will show us a good time.

Do you think I'm crazy yet?

Here are some of my goals for the new year:

Make my job full time.

Move out of my parents house.

Pray that the car since I've had since I was 15 won't die.

Raise at least 3,000 dollars.

Really go to the gym, and make it a habit.

Read my scriptures, and like it.

 I want to take a picture like this

 Love

 Words to live by

 New Years...

  Fun right? Besties

Prince Charming

I have a to do list sitting upstairs with at least 20 items

I should be attempting to check off right now...

But I'm blogging instead.

Earlier I was naughty 

And treated myself to a midday movie.

I watched "Practical Magic"

And I loved it, I had never seen it before.

In the movie Sandra Bullock does a spell when she's like 8,

Creating an impossible guy

So she'll never fall in love.

Of course the "impossible guy"

Comes along.

Not only is he super hot,

But he also saves the day.

Oh, and he doesn't even know Sandra,

and he's effortlessly in love with her.

Everything she so conveniently "didn't wish for".

Why do I like movies like these?

Starting when we're little, we are polluted

With images of Prince Charming...

He doesn't exist!

At least I haven't met one.

And I've been on a lot of dates.

Anyway, I hate to be Debby Downer,

But it's just one of those days.

Here's to not getting things done every once in awhile!

This picture is proof as to why I've lost all hope in men.

Now here's some fun "Prince Charming" pics:

 This girls pretty serious about finding him...

I think I could handle this type of prince charming:)

Hmmm...

Wow.  This is real.

I wish it was this simple

top 5

Top 5 things I'm feeling tonight:

ONE

 TWO

 THREE

 FOUR

FIVE

Please pray that I meet one of these tonight...

A 8 year old Magician, Starbucks, and Shopping

I had a date Wednesday night.

It went ok, but I was done and in my car by 10:30...

(I've had 2 dates this week that have ended in the 10 time range.  Dating... SO FUN!)

The time a date ends is always a sign as to how it went.

But this is not why I'm blogging!

Before I began my belated date, I played with my friend Chels.

We are practically in a long distance relationship 

since there is an hour and 1/2 between us.

And Salt Lake is a perfect meeting spot.

Here are a couple pics of my joyous outing.

If a girl can't enjoy her dates,

At least she has a good friend to enjoy 

Shopping, Starbucks and Little Magicians...

Isn't this head board AMAZING?!!!

In this case, our enemy is BOYS.

Vanilla Bean Frappachino.  I spelled that wrong, but I just have no will to change it.

This little tike was ADORABLE!  He was 8 and he was working the corner with his magic tricks.  He actually had some good ones.  Sure stumped me...

Librarian Tuesday

Today I was a Librarian.

I only teach part time so I have every other day off.

I subbed for the librarian at my school.

It was delightful.

Surrounded by books.

Hours and hours to plan.

I was so impressed with the students at my school.

During every break, and also lunch,

Herds came into the library

Looking for books.

All of them were checking out books to read.

Yes, just to read for fun!

I have noticed it in my classroom as well.

Any time there is down time (which really rarely happens, but sometimes),

Out comes the books.

Reading for pleasure, no assignment attached.

I was in Jr. High when I first discovered books.

My first love was "Gone With the Wind".

Call me a little weird or nerdy,

Call me a bit of a drama queen...

But I dressed up when I read that book.

I would put on all of the most fanciest of necklaces,

Drape a scarf around my head,

and top it off with something made of fur.

Then I would find a secret place

(Usually my closet or the play house)

And read...

It was beautiful,

Even though Gone with the Wind is like the most tragic romance ever written.

It's just good to see that libraries and library cards are still being used.

Here are other inspirations of the day.

My friend Chels prescribed me to a new blog LOVEWHIT

And I like SO MUCH of what she puts up.

Blog stalking, ah....

Scrumptious shoes. Adorable phone.

Delightful jacket

So true

Old photo

Postcards

I love this because I've done this... often.

I need to start looking at life this simply.

My main man

This is my main man these days. I look at "Henry" and see the man I want. A rocking mustache. I like facial hair.... Judge me.

My head is in the clouds apparently

Let me tell you about a dream I had on Friday...

I've forgotten about most of the details,

As that usually happens with dreams.

But the coolest part I remember.

I was sitting on a cloud

With my best friend Mandie.

We were sitting there noticing how the cloud felt.

It felt remarkably similar to cotton candy

And we were completely comfortable

Just sitting there enjoying our nice cushiony spot.

There were also fighter jets (who were being run by our X's)

But this couldn't dampen our fantastic sitting on top of the cloud.

Then there was a a cloud drifting by with an Australian man

For some reason I knew his name

I said: "Hello there Dougy!" 

In an Australian accent of course.

There also was at some point a room with Obama and JFK talking to each other, but I really can't remember how it all tied in.

So Now I'm AWAKE.

It's Saturday.

I go to this thing with my friend Chels

where she will be filmed.

The girl filming her is.....

(Rolling drums)

Australian!

I tell her about my dream.

Guess what her dad's name is?

Dougy.

That, my friends,

Is just a little dose of my life.

Now here are some cool cloud pictures:

Utah's Most Eligible Bachelor

Just out and about last night...

And who do I run in to?

UTAH's MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR

I was actually on a double date with his roommate, ha ha

But this is Legit.

YOU HAVE TO VOTE

for him so he can win $10,000

It was so funny

I didn't believe it at first

But they opened the magazine to the page that featured Chris,

Mr. Utah

A girl at his work nominated him

And now he's featured in the Cosmo magazine

They are flying him out to New York this weekend

There they will pick the winner

In order to be considered, he must be one of the ones with the highest votes!

SO VOTE FOR HIM!

Go HERE

And scroll down to Mr. Utah

random life

I'm in the mood for random stuff, can you tell?

Meh.

Happy Monday.

This really is the story of my life...

More of these funny cards HERE