Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! It's been a little while since I've posted. Since it's been Christmas Break my days have consisted of sleeping in, reading, taking a nap, eating food, reading, playing Mario Party 9 with Garrett, reading, eating more food, and sleeping till the next day. I have stayed in my pajamas pretty much the whole time. Well today I decided I wanted to do something different. So I started by cleaning myself up and doing my hair and makeup. (This took a whole hour, because as you can imagine I looked pretty scary.) I started flipping through a cookbook looking for a pancake recipe when a stumbled upon a donut recipe. Well I have learned my lesson.

Don't ever make donuts unless you have someone helping you who knows what they're doing  OR you're home alone and have enough time to hide the evidence and clean up the mess, (at least most of the mess.)

Well I had to call my sister-in-law with a few questions because the recipe was NOT clear enough. Then I realized the darn thing had to chill for 3 HOURS!!!! That is a long time to wait. Then when it was long past noon I tried to fry my donuts. At first the oil was too hot and kept splattering me so I have a few battle scars, (which unfortunately I lost the battle) The donuts were not cooking all the way through. So then I tried to bake them BIG MISTAKE. I won't go into any further detail other than Garrett's dog Katie is probably going to be REALLY REALLY REALLLLLLYYYY sick tomorrow. SHH..... its a secret he doesn't need to know. And as for the kitchen I had enough time to hide most of the mess before my mom got home. 

CAUTION: Do not try this at home!!!

P.S. Just learn from my mistake. You'll be happier if you do.

Insane

I have decided that I am not driving to Utah with a screaming baby EVER again. Of course I had fun with my sisters, so Tomena don't be offended. Its not to be taken personally. The truth is I'd rather not go insane from a headache, (and lack of fresh air.) There was enough to worry about without him screaming. Take the G.P.S. for example. We were lost for about 2 hours. We knew that it was time to unplug the G.P.S. when it told us to turn, and there was no road. But overall it was not a bad trip. Especially when Lindor Truffles came to the rescue. The trip was almost perfect, except for a few things. Ben screaming...and  the G.P.S. getting us lost...and  the reason we were in Utah in the first place...and well, maybe the trip was farther from perfect than I thought. But I wouldn't trade spending time with my sisters and cousins for anything else.

Christmas

My favorite holiday of the year is Christmas. And its not because of the presents. I mean its a great bonus, and I love Christmas shopping. But its just the season and the feeling. My favorite memories happened in the Christmas season. I remember waking up in the middle of the night with my sisters and sitting in front of the heater listening to Bing Crosby while watching the Christmas lights blink. White, green, red, blue, and pink lights flashing in the dark of the night on our 10 foot tree. Yes my Dad loves to get the biggest tree that can fit in our house, and we usually had to cut a foot off to fit it in with a star on. We would all cram into our tiny pickup and duck when we saw a cop. When we stopped to get the ticket my dad would get the raspberry and orange jelly sticks covered in chocolate. I don't even know what they're called, but I remember loving them. Oh... who doesn't love sitting in a nice warm house cuddled up in a blanket reading an extremely good book, while sipping hot chocolate  and watching the snow sprinkle (sometimes pour) onto the ground.

P.S. Stay tuned for more Christmas reminisces

Red

Well today has been a great day. It has also been a productive day. This morning I woke up kinda late but that's okay. I know you probably don't want to hear this but I'm very proud. I woke up, couldn't find Garrett anywhere. Which kind of scared me but then I realized he was at practice. Built a fire, cause it was freakin cold. Made apple cinnamon muffins, did dishes, and jammed out to the piano guys. The muffins came out just before Garrett got back from practice, which was Perfect!! :) Then I did some laundry, played a game with Garrett, and now I'm blogging while listening to Taylor Swifts new album Red. It's only 12:35 and I have the rest of the day pretty much to myself. I love Taylor Swift, but its not just because she came out with a really good album. I hate those people who love her because of one song and then when that song gets old they start bashing her. No I'm not like that at all, so if that thought ran through your head you were so very wrong. This is one of my favorite albums though, because I can relate to almost every song. It's like she knew what I was going through and wrote a song about all of my experiences. Especially "I almost do," "I knew you were trouble," and "Treacherous," If you haven't heard those songs you should. But that's pretty much all I have to say. So I hope your having a great day like me.

Stupid

Well..... I wanted to change the backgroung on my blog, but can't seem to get anything to work. So it my look stupid for awhile. If you have any suggestions just comment.

Yesss!

It is finally Friday and I am officialy out of school till Monday. I think its great that everytime the bell rings at the end of the day Friday I get this relieved feeling inside. I mean most things wear off or aren't good enough anymore. Take drugs for example. But I am never dissapointed when that last bell rings. Especially since I have Spanish and Science as my last two classes, (which happen to be my worst two classes.) So I am sitting at my computer happily blogging with a pile of candy beside me. Actually let me rephrase that to let you know how happy I am right now. I am delightfully blogging and singing in joy with a pile of candy wrappers beside me. This could never get old.

Awkward

I think we can all agree that walking down a highschool hallway is awkward. You know how it is when someone walks by you and you brush hands. Especialy when its a guy, not even to mention a guy you like. Or your arms are just slightly swinging by your side but everyone is so packed in the hallway that you keep accidentaly touching peoples buts. Or when you don't know where to look so you keep having awkward eye contact with the strangest of people. I don't know about you but thats my awkward highschool life.

P.S. I know I used the word awkward alot, but I guess you'll just have to get over it.

Procrastination Has Gone To Level 2

Lets take a look at my lists now.

1. Make a fire
2. Do the dishes (Now there's only half as many dishes as before.)
3. Read my English homework
4. Write a paragraph on my English homework
5. Clean my room
6. Clean the living room
7. Contemplate on life's deepest questions
8. Get ready for bed (which includes a whole list of its own)
9. Set my alarm for tomorrow
10. Get some good rest

1. Wake up on time
2. Get Garrett to wake up (which is not easy)
3. Get ready (which includes hair, makeup and clothes)
4. Make Garrett and I lunch (because he is very incapable, or just lazy)
5. Gather up my homework and try not to forget anything
6. Rush Garrett out the door so we'll be on time for seminary
7. Try and get through the day without killing anyone
8. Take a deep breath and start the walk home

Well I did pretty good on the second list but not so good on the first. #1 on the second list is not crossed out because I was and hour from waking up on time. Needless to say thats why #4 isn't crossed out because I didn't have time to make lunches. So today around 1:00 Garrett and I went to McD's for a rushed lunch. Thank goodness Gunnison has open campus lunch or I would be starving, or possibly dead. Well I won't bore you with anymore of my to do lists but I will say they aren't shrinking. If anything with every passing day they're getting longer.

Procrastination

Well.... I have alot to do with my parents being gone and I have gotten 1 thing on that list done. Lets see what's left.

1. Make a fire
2. Do the dishes
3. Read my English homework
4. Write a paragraph on my English homework
5. Clean my room
6. Clean the living room
7. Contemplate on life's deepest questions
8. Get ready for bed (which includes a whole list of its own)
9. Set my alarm for tomorrow
10. Get some good rest

Then after going to bed and not getting enough sleep I have to start over with a whole new list.

1. Wake up on time
2. Get Garrett to wake up (which is not easy)
3. Get ready (which includes hair, makeup and clothes)
4. Make Garrett and I lunch (because he is very incapable, or just lazy)
5. Gather up my homework and try not to forget anything
6. Rush Garrett out the door so we'll be on time for seminary
7. Try and get through the day without killing anyone
8. Take a deep breath and start the walk home
9. Basically add on the first list and my day will be pretty darn acurate, except for maybe I'll have Geometry, Spanish, more English, and Personal Fitness for homework

I know who gives homework in P.E. Um... my teacher!!  (Great :(  Well if your still reading this I'm very surprised. I thought no one would get through my lists. So since you sat through that I'll let you in on a little secret. I'm done rambling. Aren't you glad ;)

Ice Cream

Sometimes I just want to scream at someone. To tell them my whole life story and every problem that has ever crossed my rocky path. But on this lonely road of my life. People who will just sit and listen are not easy to come by. When I'm having a bad day EVERYTHING is a big deal. Especialy the little things that normaly wouldn't bother me. They are the things that just push my buttons and set me off like a broken radio switching from channel to channel.  So even though I can only name a couple of "big bad" things that happened to me I feel like there is a long list that could stretch past the milky way and into the deep abyss of the cosmos. Maybe when I get back from my volleyball banquet I'll have time to elaberate on this long list of mishappenings. Or maybe I'll be in a better mood and would rather not indulge on this dreary subject. Instead I'd indulge on an icecream sundae with hot fudge slowly dripping from a mountian of my dairy desert that should only be meant for angels. But somehow it crept into the world of imperfect humans. It is a shame that something as glorious as icecream must be shared with the rest of the world. But I guess for now I'll just wait to see if the rest of my day has more unfortunate things to add to my list.

Reality

Reality comes crashing in on you at times you thought you could go no lower but today reality brought me down low. What do you do, when you think that you were destined to meet this certain person, but reality says your only second best? What do you do when you want to speak, but reality says no one realy wants to hear? What do you do when your torn between two things that you love, and reality says you can only have one? What do you do, when you make a mistake and reality says its too late? What do you do, when your stuck in a fantansy and then reality pulls you from it like rain from clowds? I guess reality's questions can't realy be answered.