Cheesecake, Blood, and Muscles

So you may wonder what cheesecake, blood, and muscles have in common..well they all took a part in my past week/weekend. So here let me tell you about my great adventures.
 
Cheesecake Factory TWICE in 4 days, first just for cheesecake and bread and second for the whole deal: bread,lunch, and cheesecake. Really this experience alone made my weekend. Their taste and huge variety of food and cheesecake never cease to amaze me. If you have never eaten at Cheesecake factory you HAVE to go..I have never really been a huge fan of cheesecake, but no words can describe the wonderful taste I get when enjoying one of their cheesecakes, really though. And my first experience of Cheesecake Factory was in Hawaii, and you can't really hate anything in Hawaii.

Blood: This is not one of favorite memories of the week, but I had to get my blood drawn for this medication i will be going on.. for those who know me, know that this is a challenge for me...and that sometimes I faint. So yes, I am in my 20's and still making my mommy come with me to calm me down. 
After the process of making sure I was breathing during the drawing of my blood, I started telling myself I was going to be okay..but i started to feel sweaty and dizzy and I thought: Do i just phsyc myself out and because of my mind I can make myself faint? or is it something with my body composition and what not that make needles poked in me taking my blood faint? Well my mom's answer is that I pshyc myself out..but i don't know. I will be having to get my blood tested once a month, so maybe i will get better at it...all i can say now is my mom better prepare herself for when i am pregnant and need to get blood test, or i better have a really great husband who comes with me :)

Muscles: My last experience, but not least of course was gaining some intense muscle. Lauren and I bought passes to all the exercise classes at BYU and can i just say 1st: I am glad they play real music..ya know the kind you didn't think BYU could play :) ha, and 2nd exercise instructors are INTENSE or a (The B Word) ..you finish the statement your way. Either way My arms hurt so bad...but its a good hurt ya know, i am gonna be burning some fat and gaining some great muscle and i am going to be that intense instructor in no time, or just have a great beach body in no time!!! With that being said I really want to go to the beach ASAP

Alright well that's my life in the past couple of days, some high and low points but still very exciting.
Interesting Fact of the Day: to be considered unemployed you have to be: willing, able and actively searching...sooo technically I am not unemployed, because I haven't really been actively searching...thank you econ.

Mucho Amor

Maybe The Small Things Really Do Matter

Alright, it's been a while since I last blogged and... I miss it/I am kind of overwhelmed with things i want to blog about. So here I will start by telling you about my Christmas Vacation.
First off I love Christmas, because it's a time where I get to stay home with family, feel the spirit/increase of love, escape from reality of growing up and enjoy lives precious moments.
So like you, I have been bombarded with the questions: Did you have a good break? What'd you do? What was your favorite part? sometimes I feel like we give the common small talk answers to these questions but, I was determined to think up good answers to these questions this year because I wanted my answers to express the uniqueness of  my vacation. So I started thinking about my break and you wanna know something.. my favorite parts of vacations are the little things, that I wish I had pictures of, but end up making the experience for me.

So you want to know my favorite parts of the break?

•  My Sisters sleeping in my room every night and us watching a movie on my laptop..yes this was every night.
• Girls Day At Gardner Village spent shopping and purchasing delicious treats
• Going out to Dinner and Movies with the family
• Working At JSMB...I love the people there and meeting new people is great, It's one of the few places where I can fully be myself and make great friends.
• The JSMB Christmas party. 
• Singing as a family at Grandmas House on Christmas Eve
• Opening presents/ watching presents get opened.
• Playing Just Dance II with the Whole Family
• Eating Pumpkin Roll
• Getting the best of both worlds.. meaning i got to spend time with family/friends in bountiful and Amy..one of my bestest friends in the entire world.. and her family in WV/FL..
• Seeing Amy's face at the airport.
• 6 people spending the night in 1 hotel room: 2 people on the floor, Amy's mom talking the night away, and one person snoring..best night ever..really though, so funny!
• Realizing, after holding a wet rag on it, Amy hadn't pulled the backing off of her WV tattoo so it wasn't going to work
• Witnessing my first real fist fight at a football game.
• Seeing palm trees
• Holding a baby alligator and enjoying an air boat ride.
• Seeing real life grills on a black guy.
• Playing the ABC game with the DeLawder's while waiting in line for rides.
• Getting Wet on the Jurassic Park ride. 
• Meeting Lady..amy's dog
• Making man rolls and meeting Amy's friends
• Hearing Amy's grandma say: "Smile, Amy".
• Sleepovers with Amy..just like old times.  
• Spending 11 dollars on butterbear/ the cup
• Sunday Dinner/Dance night at Jonny and Rach's house.
• Playing with my sweet nieces.

  
The break was so so great to me!!  I know that these wonderful blessings I was given during the break came from my loving father in heaven. I hope your Christmas Break was as wonderful as mine and that you are able to find the small things that really make your vacations/breaks an experience to remember! 

Mucho Amor

Who are You

So sometimes with all the of life's busy-ness and crazy-ness we get lost and forget who we are, what we stand for and can loose our true self. I pretty much have these amazing friends named, Zach and Jamie, sometimes when we get together we have pretty deep conversations, we are mature like that. Anyway, one day we were trying to figure out what personality class Jamie was.. you know things like artsy, skater, emo, preppy, that type of thing. Well we were kind of having a hard time. I said Hippie and she wasn't fully into that idea, BUT then i came up with what she really is, are you ready for this....

GREEN SLEEVE: a green sleeve is one who loves the earth, plants, animals, and being unconventional you know- JAMIE.

Jamie's Green Sleeve coimin out.

Green Sleeve..YEA?

you may think this is Hippie, but no it is different, believe me just talk to Jamie for an hour and you will know what i mean. Some are not fully approving of the new class or idea, but i am pretty proud of myself for coming up with it :).

Okay well after this great talk with Jamie and Zach, i started thinking: who am i? What are my real passions, not what i wish my real passions were? I was beginning to think i didn't fit into any category, which sure no one wants to fit into a mold, but i was getting discourgaed thinking i was just some sort of posser in everything i did. And then it came to me, don't worry i know you are all gonna be shocked by this one, i am a...
 
SURFER GIRL/ BEACH BUM: Yes i am one who loves the beach, 
 my favorite brand/style of clothing is Roxy,  the one piece of clothing i would stay in forever if i could would be my swimming suit, i love the air-dry hair look oh and no make-up/natural, and even though the waves make me motion sick that does not take my love for the beach and sun away. So Yes i have found who i am. Why i was born and raised in Utah continues to be my biggest question in life. So i love pictures, so i am going to share some of my favorite pictures that capture my surfer girl/beach bum-ness..enjoy:

Yes, my room.should have given away my type..but like i said sometimes you get lost and forget.

This Cartwheel represents my excitement of being on the beach

 

Yes dance parties on the Beach are a must!

        

 

Hawaii Hair!

just layin on the beach..Yes please!

Challenge for the new year: Find your true passions and be proud with who/what you really are. I hope you enjoy reading this, because i enjoyed writing it and finding pictures.

Mucho Amor and Merry Christmas

Day Dreamer

Okay so sometimes I really like to think about my future/Day dream about what I want in it or what I imagine it to be like. The biggest things I think about are where i am going to live, type of job i will have, and the type of car I am going to have...so American i know..but shh it's okay, oh and my future family.

So here are a few picture of my future vision!

 

 LIVING

Oh just Northern California...mmm

Isn't it beautiful!

JOB

Oh Just A Resort In California

CAR

We all know i LOVE jeeps..beautiful

                                                                      

HAPPINESS 

Let us not forget the Day I get married :) 

Don't Worry He'll get bigger and will protect me.

Healthy Brain Food

Alright, so all you probably know that sometimes I can be a real health freak and other times I could care less if it is "bad" for me. Well today, i am determined to be a health freak :).  While i was sitting outside reading, because it is AMAZING weather right now, after i read Alma 34 of course..which is my favorite chapter for now...I read an article from LDS Living titled Boost Your Brainpower

Basically, as you can probably tell from the title, the article talks about different studies on what we can do and eat to keep our brains healthy along with postponing symptoms of memory illnesses. This article is really interesting to me because i mean, yes, it should be common sense to keep our minds and body's healthy we need to eat right, participate in activities, and exercise: i feel that these days we get so caught up in ya know technology and eating crap we kinda "fry" our brains.  But the main thing i enjoyed about this article is the fact that it listed off things we can do or eat to keep our brains healthy.

So you want a healthy brain? Try some of these things:

• Participate in 11 or more activities per week such as (reading books and magazines, writing, doing crossword puzzles, playing board or card games, participating in group discussions, or playing music, oh and can i add art projects :) ) I mean how hard can that be, it's an average of 2 activities a day give or take..i mean i am even writing now :).
• Participate in aerobic activity..to keep you in shape. (it is really fun :))
• Participate in Social interactions ( i know sometimes this is hard..haha)
• Eat foods with Antioxidants (ex. berries, apples, vegetables, or even drinking fruit juices)
• Eat Brain foods, some of which are: blueberries, spinach (YUM), broccoli, potatoes, avocados, almonds, eggs, tomatoes, bananas, and cherries.(maybe we could add some of these to our favorite foods lists)

So there it is, a few simple steps to follow and you and I can be on our way to a healthier brain ). This article was kind of inspiring to me. And i can't wait to follow the steps to to a healthier brain.

WOW

Can you believe it is December already?! Where did November go? This semester is almost over, and I am SO excited to be done with school and be with my family and visit Amy in good old West Virginia. But The other day I was thinking where have i gone this semester...have i made any new friends, well guess what dawned on me....I have been holding on to the past and not moving forward. Yes, of course I can still be friends with the friends who have graduated and gotten married, but i need to grow where i have been planted.

I was reading in Alma 60 and this part of a verse hit me "..for behold, ye yourself s know that ye have been appointed to gather together men" This scripture helped me realize i have been focusing too much on me and the past and i need to look forward to the future and reach out to the new people around me. Doing this will make me so much more happier! And i want to do some sort of Christmas volunteer work!
                         
Anyway with December here and November gone, i want to list off a couple of things i am grateful for in my life and so blessed to have:

1. My amazing family
2. Strong, inspiring Friends
3. My health
4. Education
5. The Gospel
6. Cameras which give me Pictures/memories
7. Head bands
8. Online television 
9. Temples!
10. I-pod
11. Car
12. Paid for housing
13. Roommates 
14. Hawaii/beaches
15. Longboarding
16. Perfume
17. An abundance of food (sometimes i complain i have no food, but really it's not true)
18. Clothes..that for the most part are cute
19.  Water
20. My running shoes

Man sometime it feels great just to write and let things out

Mucho Amor

Bieber Fever

                                                                 
Alright I'll admit it, I have Bieber Fever...but I mean really is it that big of a surprise to those of you who know me?!..I sure hope not, because I mean really he fits all the criteria:

1.  skater boi, check
2. Young boi(this is not meant to be pedophile)...check
   
3. Shaggy hair...check
   
4. Pretty face...check
5. Sings ridiculous pop songs...check

Yep he's pretty much got it all for me to jut love him, so naturally when i saw the trailer for his new movie, I got super excited...and it may just be me, but it looks pretty good to. Now all I need is someone to come see it with me :), any takers?!