Today at church the new first counselor in the Bishopric talked about how we all go through hard times and that it's easy to let our guard down, give into temptations, and let ourselves be sad and hard on ourselves. I love the simple advice he gave us which was to "always look for the good." This isn't anything new but I know I forget to look for the good in situations and in people more times than I'd like to admit. With Thanksgiving right around the corner I gave myself a lot of time today to reflect about all of the good things in my life that I am eternally grateful for. I could sit and list them all but that would take a really long time to type so I won't.
What I will say is that I don't know how I got so lucky with this great life that I have. This year has been one of the toughest years of my life and I'm sure there will be harder ones down the road, but I am so thankful for the people in my life who continue to lift me up, opened my eyes, and help me become a better person. I'm especially grateful for the trials and hard times that I've gone through this year and in my life in general because through them I've realized how much my Heavenly Father loves me, how much I love Him, and that he truly does have a plan for me. I don't know what that plan is, and I sometimes forget that He thinks I'm special but I refuse to give up figuring out who I'm meant to be and the great things that I'm meant to do and become.
All material things aside (because I'm also overwhelmed with all of the things that I have in general) I'm above all most thankful for this life that I have. The fact that we're here on this beautiful Earth experiencing everything that we get to experience is pretty amazing. We have bodies. Complex, weird and amazing bodies! We get to feel happiness, heartbreak, pain, joy and LOVE..and probably the most fabulous part of it all is that we get to make our own choices!
Like I said before, hard times come in life and I know I let myself get down and negative sometimes but I always end up reminding myself at the end of the day about how lucky I am to even be here and for the life that I have. We just have to always keep looking for the good.
I send my thanks to my Heavenly Father and My Savior Jesus Christ. All good things come from them. My life, my family, my friends...everything. I am me because of their love and sacrifice. They are the root of ALL of my happiness. What more could I be thankful for?
Happy Early Thanksgiving :)
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Wednesday (long explanation edition)
"A radio station is coming tomorrow [to the rink] and you can enter to win Michael Buble' tickets and I kind of want to win them."
-Nieko
If you know these guys like I do then we probably also would be a little shocked that they love Michael Buble. I guess it started last year when his songs would play every hour on the hour while they were working at the rink. Nieko and I had a whole text conversation about Michael Buble, wanting to go to his concert, quoting some of the lyrics and how he was (and I quote) "their nigga."
omg. I can't.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! I'm so happy! I feel like I just got told I'm going to Disney World." *insert cutest tears of joy
-Kier after getting her early Half Birthday Surprise from Cole on Friday night.
Back story to all of this is that Kiersten loves Relient K. Who knew? I didn't until last week. Well anyways, apparently she found out that they were coming to SLC with Motion City Soundtrack so she tried to get tickets. {I'm surprised they still do concerts. They old.} I'm not sure what happened but she thought they were sold out or something. So flash forward a little bit to last Friday when Cole realized there were some tickets available so he bought them. Since her half birthday isn't until the day after my birthday and we will be in Idaho and the concert is THIS friday (as in two days away) he decided he was going to give them to her that night on our way to shopping and the movies.
He played Relient K the entire way to Farmington in my car. We were singing and I was asking questions about them ( she didn't think anything of it) and she spilled about how much she loved them and how she's seen them a whole bunch of times but LOVES them. Finally as we were pulling into the Nordstrom Rack he said that he had her Half Birthday present early and that she should guess what it was. She had no clue. Finally he was like "it's something that's next week." Still.. no clue. So finally I just turned up the radio really loud since Relient K was still playing.. her eyes got huge and she screamed all of these things above and was literally CRYING. She was so excited. It really was like she was told he was going to Disney World.. or won the lottery. I wish I would have gotten it on video. I was dying laughing. She loves them.. but I also feel like she just really likes surprises. haha Good job, brother :)
"On a scale of one to Sherri Dew, how single are you at this very moment."
-Mandy
Is this not the funniest thing you've heard all day? (not the fact that she was asking if I was single because clearly I always am. Ok..ok, that part is hilarious too) If you're not LDS then the joke is that Sherri Dew is this successful older lady in our Church who never got married. The end. I was DYING laughing. Not at Ms. Dew's expense of course. That would just be rude.
Anyways, Mandy somehow got this bright idea that I should meet up with this friend of hers and go on a "friend date." She was pushing it so hard that day because she thought it was just the best idea she's ever had. I of course told her how I don't date.. not that I don't want to but that I just..haven't really. All things that she already knows about me. She went on to tell me that we should just be friends because we'd really get along. haha she's funny. She even gave him the link to this blog. Hopefully he doesn't read this and realize how strange I am. (Hey dude, if you're reading this..."heyyyyy." hahaha. jk. That was awkward. Can't.Stop.Laughing.) oh my life. To make matters worse, I even was Facebook Stalking him on my phone because she told me too and I guess I accidentally added him on Facebook. It was a nightmare. Good thing I only cared for like 5 seconds and then got over that real fast. Whatever!
me=sherri dew status 4 liiiiiiiiife. what?whaaaaaaatt?
jk, mom! If only I could be as spiritual and successful as her ;)
"Ohhh!!! This is the new Batman Trailer!" -Sam
"Not it's not." -me
"Yeah Huh! Keanu Reeves is the new Batman." -Sam
"..No. Ben Affleck is. BAHAHA You were sooo wrong." -Me
He was a little hyper that night during the movie. He knows that one of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask questions during movies that you don't know the answer too.. Luckily he got all of his talking out during the previews. He was just so sure that Keanu was the new Batman. First of all, in my book, that would be the worst thing to happen since "Heroes" and "My Life as Liz" just never came back to TV and they left us hanging. Horrible. Just like Keanu Reeves is HORRIBLE. Not as horrible as Nicholas Cage, but I digress.
Sorry to point it out Sam, but you we were so wrong.
What he wasn't wrong about was when he told me that his last inch of his Slim Jim "jerky" looked like a "dried up umbilical chord." He was right. It was disgusting.
"I'm a high up, high salary OR doctor."
-Doctor Douche Bag
I had the worst/most entertaining phone call come in yesterday to work. Long story short since I'm on the government team at work and with all the stuff that's been going on we've been having a lot of seminars cancel and reschedule for later. Apparently Dr. DB was too busy "saving lives" and "preforming intense surgeries" that he didn't check his email to see that his course was cancelled. He gave me an earful about how much money he makes and the time he wasted trying to get to a seminar that was canceled. He even at one point said he had to show up to work in his "street clothes" and it was embarrassing. I of course was super nice and apologetic even though it wasn't my fault but I just couldn't even take how rude this guy was. Out of 30 people he was the only one to show up.. hmmm.. sounds like a personal issue. The fact of the matter is that, yes, it sucks that he had a "hellish day." But I don't understand how anyone can be so rude. Like telling me how much money you make? Do you really think that's going to make me feel bad for you? Check yourself. I don't care. You could work at a Fast Food restaurant and I would still feel bad that you had a horrible day and had to change things around with your schedule. That stinks. But don't blame me or act that you're better than anyone else because you make a ton of money and you're a doctor.
Newsflash to ANYONE who thinks they are better than everyone.. You're not. And people you know probably call you a douche behind your back.
Just sayin ;)
-Nieko
If you know these guys like I do then we probably also would be a little shocked that they love Michael Buble. I guess it started last year when his songs would play every hour on the hour while they were working at the rink. Nieko and I had a whole text conversation about Michael Buble, wanting to go to his concert, quoting some of the lyrics and how he was (and I quote) "their nigga."
omg. I can't.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! I'm so happy! I feel like I just got told I'm going to Disney World." *insert cutest tears of joy
-Kier after getting her early Half Birthday Surprise from Cole on Friday night.
Back story to all of this is that Kiersten loves Relient K. Who knew? I didn't until last week. Well anyways, apparently she found out that they were coming to SLC with Motion City Soundtrack so she tried to get tickets. {I'm surprised they still do concerts. They old.} I'm not sure what happened but she thought they were sold out or something. So flash forward a little bit to last Friday when Cole realized there were some tickets available so he bought them. Since her half birthday isn't until the day after my birthday and we will be in Idaho and the concert is THIS friday (as in two days away) he decided he was going to give them to her that night on our way to shopping and the movies.
He played Relient K the entire way to Farmington in my car. We were singing and I was asking questions about them ( she didn't think anything of it) and she spilled about how much she loved them and how she's seen them a whole bunch of times but LOVES them. Finally as we were pulling into the Nordstrom Rack he said that he had her Half Birthday present early and that she should guess what it was. She had no clue. Finally he was like "it's something that's next week." Still.. no clue. So finally I just turned up the radio really loud since Relient K was still playing.. her eyes got huge and she screamed all of these things above and was literally CRYING. She was so excited. It really was like she was told he was going to Disney World.. or won the lottery. I wish I would have gotten it on video. I was dying laughing. She loves them.. but I also feel like she just really likes surprises. haha Good job, brother :)
"On a scale of one to Sherri Dew, how single are you at this very moment."
-Mandy
Is this not the funniest thing you've heard all day? (not the fact that she was asking if I was single because clearly I always am. Ok..ok, that part is hilarious too) If you're not LDS then the joke is that Sherri Dew is this successful older lady in our Church who never got married. The end. I was DYING laughing. Not at Ms. Dew's expense of course. That would just be rude.
Anyways, Mandy somehow got this bright idea that I should meet up with this friend of hers and go on a "friend date." She was pushing it so hard that day because she thought it was just the best idea she's ever had. I of course told her how I don't date.. not that I don't want to but that I just..haven't really. All things that she already knows about me. She went on to tell me that we should just be friends because we'd really get along. haha she's funny. She even gave him the link to this blog. Hopefully he doesn't read this and realize how strange I am. (Hey dude, if you're reading this..."heyyyyy." hahaha. jk. That was awkward. Can't.Stop.Laughing.) oh my life. To make matters worse, I even was Facebook Stalking him on my phone because she told me too and I guess I accidentally added him on Facebook. It was a nightmare. Good thing I only cared for like 5 seconds and then got over that real fast. Whatever!
me=sherri dew status 4 liiiiiiiiife. what?whaaaaaaatt?
jk, mom! If only I could be as spiritual and successful as her ;)
"Ohhh!!! This is the new Batman Trailer!" -Sam
"Not it's not." -me
"Yeah Huh! Keanu Reeves is the new Batman." -Sam
"..No. Ben Affleck is. BAHAHA You were sooo wrong." -Me
He was a little hyper that night during the movie. He knows that one of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask questions during movies that you don't know the answer too.. Luckily he got all of his talking out during the previews. He was just so sure that Keanu was the new Batman. First of all, in my book, that would be the worst thing to happen since "Heroes" and "My Life as Liz" just never came back to TV and they left us hanging. Horrible. Just like Keanu Reeves is HORRIBLE. Not as horrible as Nicholas Cage, but I digress.
Sorry to point it out Sam, but you we were so wrong.
What he wasn't wrong about was when he told me that his last inch of his Slim Jim "jerky" looked like a "dried up umbilical chord." He was right. It was disgusting.
"I'm a high up, high salary OR doctor."
-Doctor Douche Bag
I had the worst/most entertaining phone call come in yesterday to work. Long story short since I'm on the government team at work and with all the stuff that's been going on we've been having a lot of seminars cancel and reschedule for later. Apparently Dr. DB was too busy "saving lives" and "preforming intense surgeries" that he didn't check his email to see that his course was cancelled. He gave me an earful about how much money he makes and the time he wasted trying to get to a seminar that was canceled. He even at one point said he had to show up to work in his "street clothes" and it was embarrassing. I of course was super nice and apologetic even though it wasn't my fault but I just couldn't even take how rude this guy was. Out of 30 people he was the only one to show up.. hmmm.. sounds like a personal issue. The fact of the matter is that, yes, it sucks that he had a "hellish day." But I don't understand how anyone can be so rude. Like telling me how much money you make? Do you really think that's going to make me feel bad for you? Check yourself. I don't care. You could work at a Fast Food restaurant and I would still feel bad that you had a horrible day and had to change things around with your schedule. That stinks. But don't blame me or act that you're better than anyone else because you make a ton of money and you're a doctor.
Newsflash to ANYONE who thinks they are better than everyone.. You're not. And people you know probably call you a douche behind your back.
Just sayin ;)
Monday, November 18, 2013
The Low Down
I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately of what I should update about. Lately I've been going back and reading
old posts and I’m reminded about how much I love that I occasionally write stuff
down. I can just go back and see exactly
what I was doing two years ago and how much I’ve grown (or haven’t grown)..it’s
great!
Let me just give you a little update (at random) of what's been going on, what I love, what I'm looking forward too, and probably what I hate :
I’m loving that it’s already the holiday season. I feel like that's the only thing on my mind right now. The holiday season, shopping, days off from work,how much I'm dreading drying in the snow, Parenthood (my recent series relapse) and my birthday. Such a magical time!
I hate that Jamie and her family won’t be here for Christmas and that
I will miss Mason see Santa. I was there both of the other times and it was the cutest thing.
Of course I'm going to miss the year when he actually gets it and loves Santa. Right now he points to things that he wants and says “Santa
does” meaning that he really wants Santa to bring him that toy. We’ve started doing that here in Utah
too. For example, every new Home Décor item
from Target? “Santa DOES!”.... but really. Kier would agree with me.
I’ve come to terms that I’m turning 26 and I actually don’t feel too
bad about it. Honestly, the only thing I hate is that I will no longer have double insurance. I mostly just hate it
because my dental will probably suck now. I’ve been really luck the last two years,
though. I’ve had a million things wrong
with my teeth and haven’t had to pay anything out of pocket. Blessings.
I just hope it’s all in check now like the doc says. If not, I’d contemplating pulling them all out
and getting dentures like my old coworker Jim at Rocky Mountain Fireworks and
Fur Co. I would totally play it off cool
like he did too. Like, gum-it while talking to random strangers and drinking my
liquor from my “coffee mug.” Ok, ok. Minus the liquor part. But I feel like it would be a good time. I just wouldn’t be able to look at myself in
the mirror. OK, yeah let’s just pray the dentist
got it under control like he says.
Cole, Kier and I get to head home in 9 days to spend Thanksgiving with
the family. The only good thing about Cole’s birthday falling on Thanksgiving
and mine on Black Friday is that I get to do whatever I want on those days and get paid for
it . I do love that. It will be a little weird this year though
because our Aunt and Uncle will be here from California and we’re eating
Thanksgiving dinner (lunch actually because we all know that all the sales start at 6:00 pm Thanksgiving night this year) over at my Uncle Gary and Aunt Cindy’s house with all of
their kids and grand kids. I love them the
most and It will be great but there will always just be something about having Thanksgiving at Grandma’s house that I will miss. We haven’t really followed tradition as much
on either side of the family for the Holiday’s since both of my grandpas passed away. I guess it’s also because people have grown
up, moved away, and had a crap ton of kids too… and then there’s me. Single me. ( Haha. Classic.)
We make it work. I guess the
important thing is that you get to spend time with people you love and I do
love our family. I’m just glad that I
get to be grandma’s helping to make the stuffing.. That’s always been my job
and always will be! I just need to do a
better job of paying special attention to little details. Grandma is healthy and takes good care of herself but you just never know when a holiday will
be the last one to spend with any loved one.
I need to document it better because it will always be one of my top favorite memories of
my Grandma Hansen!
I’m pretty much already done with my Christmas shopping. You can applaud me if you want. I guess that’s just one of the best parts of
having a smaller family.. Christmas shopping is a breeze! I do have to ship pretty much all of it to
Maryland (BOOOO. jk Jamie) so it's a good thing that I got a jump start on the holiday shopping anyways. Boy, I just wish we could all be together.
But we can’t and it’s OK. Maybe
next year. This will be the first year
that it’s just me and the folks on Christmas morning.
That will be a little weird but
I think we’re going to do half of it when Cole and Kier get there the day or
two after Christmas. It will be good! I’m
just glad everyone’s time off is working for the holiday’s so they can come
home for Thanksgiving AND Christmas! I'm really just getting excited for some times off from work and to be able to spend time with some of my family.
It snowed on Saturday and Cole and I decided to get up and go to Breakfast and do some Christmas shopping. I'm not a fan of snow but it did start making it feel like the holidays while we were out shopping. Oh, I love that brother of mine. We had a couple of tender moments this week where we reflected living together for two years and how even though times were hard for both of us, that we wouldn't change the time that we had together for anything. It was precious. Honestly, the older I get the more I appreciate my siblings and how close we are and the time we get to spend together. Even though Cole is married now, he still makes time for me and I really appreciate that. He's grown up so much and I love him dearly. I don't know how my parents did it but they did a good job of raising us all to be best friends. I always complained about being the middle child growing up but I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm right smack dab in the middle and have been able to get closer to each of them at different parts my life.
Jamie and Cole--I love you!
Oh, and remember when Mason was a Turkey for Halloween last year?! Here's a pic to get you in the spirit and mood for next week:
gobble, gobble!
Oh, and remember when Mason was a Turkey for Halloween last year?! Here's a pic to get you in the spirit and mood for next week:
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Wednesday
"Mason, is that another little ship to go with your big one?"
-me
"This a boat, tha(t)'s a ship." *insert look of disgust
-Mason
The kid is two and he totally schooled me. This happened at the end of last week and I'm still laughing about it. I knew it was a boat but I didn't know that the precious two year old knew the difference between a boat and a ship. News flash to Auntie.. he does.
He's so smart. In fact he called my all by himself on Facetime with the iPad yesterday morning. Normally when he accidentally calls me he ends up hanging up before he even connects.. but this morning he called me, waited for it to connect, talked to me and hung up after we exchanged "i love you's" and "goodbyes." He's getting so big.. I could cry. I asked Jamie about it later and she said she had no clue that he called and talked to me.
He had his cute mickey mouse headphones on so she couldn't hear it. As if knowing the difference between a boat and a ship wasn't enough, Jamie said that he knows what my name looks like and will pick it when they are ready to facetime me. That kid. Smarter than me at the age of 2. Jamie, we're in for some trouble!
"I just don't love that they think but can't talk."
-Me to Jamie about dogs
"You would think that because you're creepy and you think way too deep into things."
-Jamie
I'm not going to even argue with her. I do think way deep into things that don't really matter. I can't help the way that my brain thinks! But you think about that and tell me that it doesn't weird you out that animals can think and have feelings but they can't talk. It's weird to me. Creeps me out a little actually.
"I can't do this anymore..."
-Easton who apparently was just really tired
By the way he was saying this over and over again you would think that he was just really hating his life and was inches away from ending it. But nope, he was just tired and didn't want to get up off of my comfortable floor. My floor isn't comfortable, he was just overly tired.
..and everyone used to call me the dramatic one. HA!
"I just now realized that nuns were Catholic."
-Amanda while watching Sound of Music
haha. The best. I have to give it to her that she realized it when she saw the Pope in the movie. So at least she got the right church when she saw the pope. 10 points for my roommate :)
P.s. 4 things I've realized about that movie now that I'm older:
1.) I actually understand why they were running away. I kind of got it before.. I mean, they were running away from something bad but I just never understood the whole "Captain not wanting to be a Nazi thing." Makes a lot more sense now. hahaha.
2.) Ralph is still a douche.
3.) Frederick is the ultimate creeper.
4.) That one scene where that mother Nun sings a solo is still boring. We FF'ed through that fo sho! Some things never change.
"What's in that cup of yours?"
-Coworker
This isn't the first time people at work have asked me that question. I'm not even that crazy at work as I can be outside of work, I just sometimes like to dance when I'm walking through the call center part of our building. Someone has to give people a reason to smile at work! I'm just glad that person is me... Even if they think I'm drinking on the job. I'm just a fun person and like to have a good time. Sue me.
"I hate the dentist"
"Did you know that cavities are contagious?"
"Officially a Hansen"
-Kier via three different snap chats all in one afternoon
I told my mom about these and she died laughing. Of course we're not laughing that she had a cavity.. that would be rude. But it's so typical. Hansen's have bad teeth. That's just the way that it is. I'm pretty sure I take the crown in bad teeth though (pun intended). But Kier, welcome to the family.
Oh yeah, I totally heard once that if you have bad teeth or cavities you aren't supposed to kiss your babies and stuff so that you don't curse them with your bad teeth. Luckily I officially have mine all in check.. for now! Actually (LOL) my dentist said that my teeth look a million times better than they did when we first started our expensive journey 2 years ago. All I have to say is God Bless Double Insurance!... for two more weeks.
omg, I'm turning 26. WAHHHHHHH. :(
"You just have to penetrate all the different groups in the ward...silly mormons and their 'groups'."
-Random girl in the ward to Amanda and I
I think out of all of things someone has told me in a new ward, this is by far my favorite quote. I instantly looked at Amanda as she walked away and quoted the movie, "Pitch Perfect." ("Noooooot a good enough excuse to use the word penetrate.")
I mean, really.. was it necessary to use the word penetrate?
never. Never ever.
-me
"This a boat, tha(t)'s a ship." *insert look of disgust
-Mason
The kid is two and he totally schooled me. This happened at the end of last week and I'm still laughing about it. I knew it was a boat but I didn't know that the precious two year old knew the difference between a boat and a ship. News flash to Auntie.. he does.
He's so smart. In fact he called my all by himself on Facetime with the iPad yesterday morning. Normally when he accidentally calls me he ends up hanging up before he even connects.. but this morning he called me, waited for it to connect, talked to me and hung up after we exchanged "i love you's" and "goodbyes." He's getting so big.. I could cry. I asked Jamie about it later and she said she had no clue that he called and talked to me.
He had his cute mickey mouse headphones on so she couldn't hear it. As if knowing the difference between a boat and a ship wasn't enough, Jamie said that he knows what my name looks like and will pick it when they are ready to facetime me. That kid. Smarter than me at the age of 2. Jamie, we're in for some trouble!
"I just don't love that they think but can't talk."
-Me to Jamie about dogs
"You would think that because you're creepy and you think way too deep into things."
-Jamie
I'm not going to even argue with her. I do think way deep into things that don't really matter. I can't help the way that my brain thinks! But you think about that and tell me that it doesn't weird you out that animals can think and have feelings but they can't talk. It's weird to me. Creeps me out a little actually.
"I can't do this anymore..."
-Easton who apparently was just really tired
By the way he was saying this over and over again you would think that he was just really hating his life and was inches away from ending it. But nope, he was just tired and didn't want to get up off of my comfortable floor. My floor isn't comfortable, he was just overly tired.
..and everyone used to call me the dramatic one. HA!
"I just now realized that nuns were Catholic."
-Amanda while watching Sound of Music
haha. The best. I have to give it to her that she realized it when she saw the Pope in the movie. So at least she got the right church when she saw the pope. 10 points for my roommate :)
P.s. 4 things I've realized about that movie now that I'm older:
1.) I actually understand why they were running away. I kind of got it before.. I mean, they were running away from something bad but I just never understood the whole "Captain not wanting to be a Nazi thing." Makes a lot more sense now. hahaha.
2.) Ralph is still a douche.
3.) Frederick is the ultimate creeper.
4.) That one scene where that mother Nun sings a solo is still boring. We FF'ed through that fo sho! Some things never change.
"What's in that cup of yours?"
-Coworker
This isn't the first time people at work have asked me that question. I'm not even that crazy at work as I can be outside of work, I just sometimes like to dance when I'm walking through the call center part of our building. Someone has to give people a reason to smile at work! I'm just glad that person is me... Even if they think I'm drinking on the job. I'm just a fun person and like to have a good time. Sue me.
"I hate the dentist"
"Did you know that cavities are contagious?"
"Officially a Hansen"
-Kier via three different snap chats all in one afternoon
I told my mom about these and she died laughing. Of course we're not laughing that she had a cavity.. that would be rude. But it's so typical. Hansen's have bad teeth. That's just the way that it is. I'm pretty sure I take the crown in bad teeth though (pun intended). But Kier, welcome to the family.
Oh yeah, I totally heard once that if you have bad teeth or cavities you aren't supposed to kiss your babies and stuff so that you don't curse them with your bad teeth. Luckily I officially have mine all in check.. for now! Actually (LOL) my dentist said that my teeth look a million times better than they did when we first started our expensive journey 2 years ago. All I have to say is God Bless Double Insurance!... for two more weeks.
omg, I'm turning 26. WAHHHHHHH. :(
"You just have to penetrate all the different groups in the ward...silly mormons and their 'groups'."
-Random girl in the ward to Amanda and I
I think out of all of things someone has told me in a new ward, this is by far my favorite quote. I instantly looked at Amanda as she walked away and quoted the movie, "Pitch Perfect." ("Noooooot a good enough excuse to use the word penetrate.")
I mean, really.. was it necessary to use the word penetrate?
never. Never ever.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Halloween- For you, Julie :)
I recently got a comment letting me know that I had totally forgotten to post about Halloween! I'm not sure how I forgot to do that for the following reasons:
1.) I love everything Halloween/October.
2.) It's my favorite Holiday.
3.) We had a super cute party.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who can't believe how fast this October flew by? Normally I go to a haunted house every weekend and watch lots of scary movies but I just didn't really have the time this year. I will blame the mid month move this time and the fact that I no longer have TV. But really, that move took a big chunk out of what I would have liked to do this fall. I will be sure to note that I don't love moving in October. If this old brain forgets, someone please remind me. -Thanks.
This year I decided that I wanted to dress up as a Fortune Teller. It kind of turned into me just being a gypsy but I loved the costume. I had one guy at work tell me that the gypsy look just really suits me. I'm really not sure what that means, but I'll take it. It was fun! I even googled how to read people's palms because the idea of getting Tarot Cards from the internet got shut down with my mom called me by this one girl's name who in Young Women's brought Tarot Cards and Black nail polish to Girl's Camp and everyone thought it was the biggest deal. Adult me would have dug it. Twelve year old me thought she was the spawn of Satan. Anyways, I didn't buy the Tarot Cards so the fake palm reading just had to do!
We dressed up for work and as the self appointed holiday party planner for our team at work, I decided to put together a little Halloween Party like we've done for the past couple of years.
Here are pics of my costume and this really good picture I took of my new coworker, Tessa who KILLED it as Cruella Deville:
I'm so glad I decided to take the next day off of work so that Kier, Cole and I could prepare for our Halloween party that night. I decided to stay the night with Kier while Cole was at work and they took me to this neighborhood haunted house a few minutes away from their place. This guy who did this is honestly my hero. He sets up this little haunted house in their huge backyard and has preteen boys from the area work in it for the few days before Halloween then let's people from the neighborhood just get to go for free (I gave a $3 donation). haha. Seriously the best. Sure, it's probably meant to scare children but I got scared. Who wouldn't get scared from a creepy 12 year old with a chainsaw?! Real or fake, that's a nightmare. It was a good time!
The next morning we got up and started shopping for our party. Note to everyone out there...people hit up the 50% off Halloween stuff really early.
1.)Don't bother with the Halloween stores until the end because they only give 30% off. However, this might be the only place you will find the good spider webs! I also got this huge caldron for 9 bucks which we used for our homemade rootbeer and it was seriously one of my favorite purchases!
2.) Hit Walmart for $2 pumpkins that will last til Thanksgiving. But we must have just gotten there later because there wasn't too many other things. Except for our "Happy Hallo-Weiner" and "I'm here for the boos" napkins which I loved.
3.) ALWAYS HIT UP TARGET FIRST!
But really, Target saved our lives. They had everything 50% off and had a lot of good stuff leftover. I think most people think of Walmart because it's usually cheaper, but Target is always a good choice, I feel.. I got a fog machine for $15 bucks! They had so many decorations. So just note that for next year--Target saves lives.
We decorated the house for the rest of the day after going to multiple stores to get all the things we needed. At the end of the day, it was so worth it. Everything turned out great. Sure, it helped that their house was built in 1855 and came with entertainment, namely a creepy old cellar that Cole decided to hide in to scare our guests, including myself. All in all it was a good night filled with friends, scares and too much junk food. And my friends, that is why I'm on day 5 without any sugar/treats ect.. until my birthday!
pray for me. haha
Here are some pictures from the party :)
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| Laundry room turned into the food area :) |
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| The outside covered in fake webs |
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| Willie from Duck Dynasty and the Dead Dear that Cole hit with his car this past summer :) |
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| Don't mind the spirit on the far left next to Justin. haha nightmare. |
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| Birthday boy with his 5 lb chocolate bar from us Hansen's. Oink Oink ;) |
Also, since it's Thursday and it's my blog and I can do what I want, let's throw back to last Halloween when Nieko had a broken wrist, Jess came down from Logan, her friend out-treed Kier, I was a cat, Willy looked drunk but wasn't, some girl we didn't really know kept jumping into our pictures, and Liz was a creep :)
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Quick Wednesday quote round up
"Why are you calling yourself 'Jennifer?' Your name is Jenn."
-Jamie
I don't know why but I just have this thing where I introduce myself to people as "Jennifer." Along with that, I also usually answer my work phone saying "FranklinCovey, This is Jennifer!" Apparently Jamie doesn't like it. Actually, multiple people have asked why I introduce myself as Jennifer because they just know me as "Jenn" I guess. I've thought a lot about this and I do it because my name is actually Jennifer.
I guess I just have an internal conflict with my name. Jennifer is more professional but impersonal, I feel and Jenn seems really casual sometimes. Then there is Jenny that I used to only let Grandpa Stump get away with calling me but Nieko and Kier call me that now occasionally and I've just gotten used to it. ugh. WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY NAMES?! WHO AM I?
jk. that's dramatic. I guess I will stick with this rule: I am "Jennifer" to those I just meet, "Jenn" to friends and family and other people I like...
Actually call me whatever you want, I don't feel like a Jenn or a Jennifer anyways.
Names are weird.
The end.
"Did you know that I function at optimal levels with minimal sleep?"
-Easton
Last sunday Easton came over and he was the funniest, most hyper boy. We've figured out that he only gets like that when he's super sleepy. I wish he was like this more often because he just says the most random things. At one point of the night he just looked at me in the most serious face after going off on some other topic and said this ^^. He was serious.
Don't worry, I asked him if he was on drugs. He was not.
"I love your watch! Is that Michael Kors?!"
-Worker at Bath and Body Works at the check out stand
"HA! no. I legit got this for 15 bucks on veryjane.com." -Me
I didn't mean to laugh in her face. I love that she thought my cheap gold watch was expensive. I sometimes just talk without thinking. But really? I was dressed so slummy that night because my only mission was to get in and out of the mall without being noticed and purchase new holiday soaps and lotions because I was out. I was half way between homeless and business casual. Do you think I would be wearing a Michael Kors watch? I don't think so.
I should have just lied.
"I don't ever remember hugging my brother, Dan."
-Amanda
"My mom says she doesn't have to tell us she loves us because we already know."
-Nieko
While having a conversation about hugging with Amanda and Nieko I realized that my family is a really lovey, touchy-feely kind of family. We just always hug, kiss, and say "I love you" whenever we are around each other or talking to each other. I have nothing against families who don't ever do that, my family is just opposite. I was dying when Nieko and Amanda were telling me all about it. I know their parents and families love each other just as much as mine does but it's just funny how people are raised differently and how some people just don't have to be told that someone loves them or be hugged to be comforted or to feel loved.
I guess I don't have to be hugged to know that someone cares, but I do love it. I will agree that hugging is kind of a weird thing if you really sit and think about it, but it is a good feeling. It's like, "Hey, you're awesome-- Let's embrace as we greet or part ways" hahahahah. OK, it's equal parts weird and fun, I feel. Just don't nuzzle my neck or embrace for too long. Then it just gets weird.
....Oh last weekend and all the hugging. lol
I spent a good portion of the rest of that night trying to get Nieko to agree to hugging his mom and his brother for his birthday next week. He said no.
"I got bored and googled, "Jennifer Hansen, Zac Efron."
-Rob, coworker
The best/sad part was that my "gorgeous" pinterest board of guys that I will never have or meet pulled up as the first result. I just laughed but really I was a little embarrassed at first. Am I obsessive? I don't think so. I just really appreciate good looking human beings, namely Zac Efron and other hot celebs with facial hair. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. You try and find an awesome girl who hasn't pinned a picture or two {or 20} of their celeb crush or other hot Hollywood men, and then we can talk about it.
I think the best was that he randomly googled me and told me about it. I stalk people on FIT (facebook, instagram, twitter) all the time, but I don't tell them about it. I keep that crap to myself and other people I gossip with... Wow, I'm horrible.
But honest ;)
whatever.
"Why haven't you blogged in one hundred years? I NEED your blog." -Jamie
"I just want my life to be a little bit of a mystery." -Me
"Good excuse for being lazy." -Jamie
She's right. Apparently a couple of people still check my blog daily even though I've been doing really bad at keeping it updated. Yes, I've been lazy. But I also just have been less than creative and imaginative. I'll work on it for you, Jaym :) But really, if you have a topic you'd like me to spout off about, you know I'll do it. I told you I would take requests. HA.
I'll do better.
*hangs head in shame*
-Jamie
I don't know why but I just have this thing where I introduce myself to people as "Jennifer." Along with that, I also usually answer my work phone saying "FranklinCovey, This is Jennifer!" Apparently Jamie doesn't like it. Actually, multiple people have asked why I introduce myself as Jennifer because they just know me as "Jenn" I guess. I've thought a lot about this and I do it because my name is actually Jennifer.
I guess I just have an internal conflict with my name. Jennifer is more professional but impersonal, I feel and Jenn seems really casual sometimes. Then there is Jenny that I used to only let Grandpa Stump get away with calling me but Nieko and Kier call me that now occasionally and I've just gotten used to it. ugh. WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY NAMES?! WHO AM I?
jk. that's dramatic. I guess I will stick with this rule: I am "Jennifer" to those I just meet, "Jenn" to friends and family and other people I like...
Actually call me whatever you want, I don't feel like a Jenn or a Jennifer anyways.
Names are weird.
The end.
"Did you know that I function at optimal levels with minimal sleep?"
-Easton
Last sunday Easton came over and he was the funniest, most hyper boy. We've figured out that he only gets like that when he's super sleepy. I wish he was like this more often because he just says the most random things. At one point of the night he just looked at me in the most serious face after going off on some other topic and said this ^^. He was serious.
Don't worry, I asked him if he was on drugs. He was not.
"I love your watch! Is that Michael Kors?!"
-Worker at Bath and Body Works at the check out stand
"HA! no. I legit got this for 15 bucks on veryjane.com." -Me
I didn't mean to laugh in her face. I love that she thought my cheap gold watch was expensive. I sometimes just talk without thinking. But really? I was dressed so slummy that night because my only mission was to get in and out of the mall without being noticed and purchase new holiday soaps and lotions because I was out. I was half way between homeless and business casual. Do you think I would be wearing a Michael Kors watch? I don't think so.
I should have just lied.
"I don't ever remember hugging my brother, Dan."
-Amanda
"My mom says she doesn't have to tell us she loves us because we already know."
-Nieko
While having a conversation about hugging with Amanda and Nieko I realized that my family is a really lovey, touchy-feely kind of family. We just always hug, kiss, and say "I love you" whenever we are around each other or talking to each other. I have nothing against families who don't ever do that, my family is just opposite. I was dying when Nieko and Amanda were telling me all about it. I know their parents and families love each other just as much as mine does but it's just funny how people are raised differently and how some people just don't have to be told that someone loves them or be hugged to be comforted or to feel loved.
I guess I don't have to be hugged to know that someone cares, but I do love it. I will agree that hugging is kind of a weird thing if you really sit and think about it, but it is a good feeling. It's like, "Hey, you're awesome-- Let's embrace as we greet or part ways" hahahahah. OK, it's equal parts weird and fun, I feel. Just don't nuzzle my neck or embrace for too long. Then it just gets weird.
....Oh last weekend and all the hugging. lol
I spent a good portion of the rest of that night trying to get Nieko to agree to hugging his mom and his brother for his birthday next week. He said no.
"I got bored and googled, "Jennifer Hansen, Zac Efron."
-Rob, coworker
The best/sad part was that my "gorgeous" pinterest board of guys that I will never have or meet pulled up as the first result. I just laughed but really I was a little embarrassed at first. Am I obsessive? I don't think so. I just really appreciate good looking human beings, namely Zac Efron and other hot celebs with facial hair. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. You try and find an awesome girl who hasn't pinned a picture or two {or 20} of their celeb crush or other hot Hollywood men, and then we can talk about it.
I think the best was that he randomly googled me and told me about it. I stalk people on FIT (facebook, instagram, twitter) all the time, but I don't tell them about it. I keep that crap to myself and other people I gossip with... Wow, I'm horrible.
But honest ;)
whatever.
"Why haven't you blogged in one hundred years? I NEED your blog." -Jamie
"I just want my life to be a little bit of a mystery." -Me
"Good excuse for being lazy." -Jamie
She's right. Apparently a couple of people still check my blog daily even though I've been doing really bad at keeping it updated. Yes, I've been lazy. But I also just have been less than creative and imaginative. I'll work on it for you, Jaym :) But really, if you have a topic you'd like me to spout off about, you know I'll do it. I told you I would take requests. HA.
I'll do better.
*hangs head in shame*
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Moms are cool.
This weekend Mama Linda was able to come and visit! It was a short trip for a little over 24 hours and kind of last minute, but we're so glad she was able to come. I've said it a million times, but my mom is the best. She really loves her kids more than anything. I admire a lot of things about her but I think that is one of my favorite things. She'd do anything for us and would rather spend time with us than do anything else. She'd also rather spend money on us than herself. I haven't quite fully understood that one yet. I'm sure if I'm ever blessed to be a mother then I will fully get it someday.
I love that she loves us, and I also love that she's so fun and seriously has the soften skin. Yes, that sounds weird but I always want to remember that my mom has the silkiest skin of any human being i've ever met. I even made Cole and Kier touch her face in the middle of Cheesecake Factory yesterday. They agreed. She also doesn't really have hair on her silky soft arms really and that also makes me jealous. hahaha moving on.
We took mom to see the Saratov Approach (the movie about those two LDS missionaries who were captured in Russia) and it was so good! I'm pretty sure it's only playing in Utah, but if you get the chance when it comes to DVD, you should watch it. I really admire those men. In fact, I admire missionaries in general who choose to leave their families to serve the Lord and preach the gospel to the world. A lot of missionaries are sent to really sketchy areas or just knock on a lot of nice doors with sketchy people behind them, but they go and they do what the Lord has called them to do. I can only hope that I can be that faithful and strong someday. I know I didn't serve a mission, but maybe I will have a son or daughter someday who chooses to serve, and I will have to have faith and be strong enough to let them go and to trust that the Lord is going to take care of them.
....seriously, I could go on and on about how grateful I am to be a Latter-day Saint and about missionaries and all the blessings I have, but I won't. Just see the movie if you can!
We spent the rest of our time with mom shopping at city creek, eating out, and just hanging out at Cole and Kier's house. I really do have the perfect family for me. We aren't always patient sometimes, but we are so close of a family that we just get over it, we talk about it, or we call each other out on our bull. It just works. It's the Hansen way.
oh, oh, oh! I almost forgot that we are throwing a Halloween Party and C&K's house the day after halloween and I'm SO excited for it. We finished getting the rest of the stuff for our costumes and it's going to be great. We also started decorating their cute old farm house with orange lights and cob webs that mom supplied us with. It should be lots of fun. Halloween is my favorite time of the year so I'm just really excited for the festivities this week.
ew. But I'm a little apprehensive about going to the new ward by myself today. This could quite possibly be the worst part about moving so much as a single adult.
Pray for me.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
new living space (pics to come)
I was going to wait until I could actually post some pictures of the new apartment to blog about it but since it isn't all the way decorated it's just going to have to wait. Things have been a little interesting the last few days. I had the best help moving out of the old apartment and into the new one. Moving is hard work! I spent all last week packing and cleaning the old apartment whilst being a little sick and dreading Saturday when we'd have to move it all. Well, people, it's finally over. I seriously have the best family and friends. They help me move and they don't even complain or make me feel bad for it.. even though I know it's miserable and they might hate me a little for it. It's whatever. They are champs though. We did the entire move in two and a half hours! Record time. I ended up doing over 50 flights of stairs and did 15,000 steps that day. So people who helped...you really deserved that pizza payment. Really though, my fitbit was loving me but my body really wasn't. Oh well, that's the life of the single nomad. You know, moving place to place and not really knowing what's going on with life...the usual.
I counted the other day and this is the 5th place I've lived in Utah since I graduated in April 2010. Granted, I was in a couple of middle places as a post grad for a while until I found a job and figured out where I needed to be. So I guess it's really been three official apartments now. This time is the first time since BYU-Idaho that I've lived with another girl, though. That's going to be the biggest change I think. Right now we are just figuring it all out. We've both had roommates before but we were both in school at the time. So now that we just "work" it's kind of interesting. We'll figure it out, but I'm glad that I have a good roommate. It will feel like home soon and we'll get the hang of it all eventually :) I really just need Kier to help me make my room cute (hint hint.. ha!)
My room is huge and I love that part the most. I'm getting used to not having cable too. If you know me then you know that's a big deal for me. I only thought once about how I missed the episode of Keeping up with the Kardashian's on Sunday (it was the baby North West episode)..I really did just think about it for a second, shrugged my shoulders and moved on. I think this means I'm growing up? Getting a life? I don't know, but it feels pretty good. Now, I'm not saying that I cut out shows, though. ha! Get real. After breaking out in Hives from having to be rude to the Digis people, I finally got someone who knew what they were doing and got us hooked up for internet. Thank you Hulu, Thank you Netflix, thank you Mtv.com.. thank you Internet! Really. I can watch pretty much all my shows online...minus the Kardashian's and a few others that I probably shouldn't even watch anyways. It's all trash that I love. Can we afford cable? Yes. But we're just trying something new. Honestly, not having the TV on as background noise has been nice. I've been able to just "be" and think and it's been kind of nice. We'll see how long it lasts. It's a new adventure!
I was talking with Nieko and Willy at separate times last weekend and we realized that moving back to main street really does just bring back some good memories. It's back to where we all started. Sure, I'm in a different apartment complex, but it's right in the back yard of my old, old apartment when I was at Sterling Point where we all met. Except this time it's south of the complex, away from the "Mexican border." (I really should stop calling that but I think I told you that when I lived there I legit saw kids crawling under the fence to play on our apartment complex basketball court and it was common to be woken up on a Saturday or Sunday morning to a full blown 'fiesta' with bounce houses. It was a good time. ..and Kind of sketch. Ole'!). Anyways, it kind of just made us stop and think about how much each of us has grown up. Well, maybe not grown up.. but we're figuring things out about we who are and who we aren't more and more each year.
People have graduated, gotten married, left the group, met new people, left on missions, tried new things, gotten closer to each other, made mistakes, moved, gotten annoyed with each other, had random crushes/significant others, been jobless, gotten new jobs..the works! Even though last year was a really hard year for a lot of us, it was sprinkled with A LOT of good memories that we will always tie back to my second official apartment in Utah up on Highway 193. It was a great apartment and I will miss that GINORMOUS closet dearly, but I take comfort in the fact that no matter where I go, or what things I go through, I have so many great people around me and that I'm there for a reason. I almost left Layton thinking that I was done with it and got what I needed out of it..but it wasn't the time. I could say that it's just because the apartments were more expensive and more ghetto closer to Salt Lake but I know that it's more than that. It always is. I'm not sure what will come out of this next year in this new apartment but right now I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be...and that's a pretty good feeling :)
I counted the other day and this is the 5th place I've lived in Utah since I graduated in April 2010. Granted, I was in a couple of middle places as a post grad for a while until I found a job and figured out where I needed to be. So I guess it's really been three official apartments now. This time is the first time since BYU-Idaho that I've lived with another girl, though. That's going to be the biggest change I think. Right now we are just figuring it all out. We've both had roommates before but we were both in school at the time. So now that we just "work" it's kind of interesting. We'll figure it out, but I'm glad that I have a good roommate. It will feel like home soon and we'll get the hang of it all eventually :) I really just need Kier to help me make my room cute (hint hint.. ha!)
My room is huge and I love that part the most. I'm getting used to not having cable too. If you know me then you know that's a big deal for me. I only thought once about how I missed the episode of Keeping up with the Kardashian's on Sunday (it was the baby North West episode)..I really did just think about it for a second, shrugged my shoulders and moved on. I think this means I'm growing up? Getting a life? I don't know, but it feels pretty good. Now, I'm not saying that I cut out shows, though. ha! Get real. After breaking out in Hives from having to be rude to the Digis people, I finally got someone who knew what they were doing and got us hooked up for internet. Thank you Hulu, Thank you Netflix, thank you Mtv.com.. thank you Internet! Really. I can watch pretty much all my shows online...minus the Kardashian's and a few others that I probably shouldn't even watch anyways. It's all trash that I love. Can we afford cable? Yes. But we're just trying something new. Honestly, not having the TV on as background noise has been nice. I've been able to just "be" and think and it's been kind of nice. We'll see how long it lasts. It's a new adventure!
I was talking with Nieko and Willy at separate times last weekend and we realized that moving back to main street really does just bring back some good memories. It's back to where we all started. Sure, I'm in a different apartment complex, but it's right in the back yard of my old, old apartment when I was at Sterling Point where we all met. Except this time it's south of the complex, away from the "Mexican border." (I really should stop calling that but I think I told you that when I lived there I legit saw kids crawling under the fence to play on our apartment complex basketball court and it was common to be woken up on a Saturday or Sunday morning to a full blown 'fiesta' with bounce houses. It was a good time. ..and Kind of sketch. Ole'!). Anyways, it kind of just made us stop and think about how much each of us has grown up. Well, maybe not grown up.. but we're figuring things out about we who are and who we aren't more and more each year.
People have graduated, gotten married, left the group, met new people, left on missions, tried new things, gotten closer to each other, made mistakes, moved, gotten annoyed with each other, had random crushes/significant others, been jobless, gotten new jobs..the works! Even though last year was a really hard year for a lot of us, it was sprinkled with A LOT of good memories that we will always tie back to my second official apartment in Utah up on Highway 193. It was a great apartment and I will miss that GINORMOUS closet dearly, but I take comfort in the fact that no matter where I go, or what things I go through, I have so many great people around me and that I'm there for a reason. I almost left Layton thinking that I was done with it and got what I needed out of it..but it wasn't the time. I could say that it's just because the apartments were more expensive and more ghetto closer to Salt Lake but I know that it's more than that. It always is. I'm not sure what will come out of this next year in this new apartment but right now I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be...and that's a pretty good feeling :)
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Wednesday
"I've got the sugar sweats."
-Sam
Ok, so this one was said a couple of weeks ago but I found it in my notes on my phone and had to share. Remember that time when every one of my friends made fun of me for getting a neck freeze at Sonic? Well, they still make fun of me for it. In fact, Chris made fun of me at Cole and Kier's wedding while eating Zepe's and I didn't even catch it. He claimed he had a neck freeze and those are real.. I wasn't going to judge. ANYWAYS, Sam was eating some gummy bears and he claimed that he had the "sugar sweats." I know I shouldn't make fun but I feel like sugar sweats are less real than neck freezes are. He also claims "meat sweats" are real. He said when he eats an access amount of mean or sugar he sweats. I feel like he made it up.. but I googled it and there is at least one other unlucky soul with the same problem. But I bet if we put sugar sweats up against a neck freeze, I feel like the neck freeze would be deemed more real. They hurt. It's a real thing.
"You have nothing to offer"
-Kiersten
Now, Nieko and Amanda would probably have to help me remember what she exactly said but this is how I remember it. What she should have done was just shot me right in the face because that's how much those words hurt.
haha ok, I know she didn't mean it that way. She was talking about my facebook status when I posted that anyone who found us a roommate would get paid in "smiles and Texas Roadhouse Rolls." Well, since Amanda works at Texas Roadhouse she just assumed that the thing I was offering to pay was the smiles. GET REAL. 1.) Anyone can buy rolls from Texas Roadhouse and 2.) Who doesn't want smiles from me? Plus, I'm funny. That status was funny. and 3.) You're rude. (not all the time but you were a little snippy towards only me that night for some reason.. See next quote)
"No, JENN! I'm not OK. I almost got electrocuted."
-Kier unleashing the wrath of Satan after being shocked.
Can we please take a moment to mention the reason she was shocked? It happened when she decided to touch a neon white light with her bare hand. It would be one thing if Nieko or someone convinced her to touch it, because he has a way of getting people to do dumb things, but this was all on her own. In fact, no one was watching at all, she was just curious to see what would happen. She just touched the neon sign under the protective plastic and instantly screamed in pain. I was just being nice when I asked if she was OK and she yelled at me.
We got a good laugh out of it. It was mostly funny because of what she had told me earlier. I guess I shouldn't have even asked if she was Ok, because as we all know, I would have nothing to offer her if she truly wasn't OK.
JK. Kier, I love you.. even when you're a meany head.
"He had the worst breath!" -Me about the AT&T worker
"I was trying to figure out what that was.. it was like someone had the worst BO ever." -Nieko
That BO smell was legit coming out of a human mouth. The workers mouth. The stinky, non helpful At&T worker's mouth to be exact. Nieko and I spent the next 10 minutes after we left the store talking about his breath. It's honestly a toss up between which makes me the most angry between his breath or the fact that my iPhone 5S just barely shipped this morning after a month of waiting around. Gross. What's even worse is that Nieko's Dad and brother went into that same store the day before and had the same employee helping them. How did we know? His foul breath.
"My phone's dead, I have to pee, and I'm going to go on a rant like Jenn"
-Neiko
So now the truth comes out! Apparently he thinks I go on rants or something? Rude. HAHHAAHA jk. I rant all the time. The comment was valid. You should have heard this one though. His voice was almost gone from the Utah game, it was almost 1:00 am, and we were walking downtown Salt Lake... you'd have thought he was dying. We got a good laugh out of it. Once he peed and stopped complaining we quickly transitioned into singing "Benny and the Jets" most of the rest of the walk to the parking garage.
....Good times.
"You need to store at least 10 gallons of gas somewhere for when the shi(z) hits the fan." -Dad talking about disasters
"Stop saying that nasty word."
-Mom in reference to dad saying the S word...repeatedly.
Oh I love my parents. My Dad and I sometimes talk about what we'd do if a disaster hit and just about being prepared. Especially with everything that's going on with the government right now..We just want to be prepared.
Well, have I ever told you why I don't let my gas tank go under a quarter of a tank? Here you go: 1.) Because it's not good for the car, obviously but 2.) What if something crazy happened and I didn't have gas and all the crazies were killing people just to get the last drops of gas from every gas station so they could get the heck out of dodge? I would at least be able to make it to Cole and Kier's house so I wouldn't have to face whatever was happening alone.
Am I dramatic? We know this already. But I need to at least have a way to get somewhere because we all know I wouldn't be able to survive at my apartment. I don't have storage..scratch that.. I don't really have food at all. ey yi yi.
Dear Santa, maybe you should get me a 72 hour kit for Christmas? Maybe a gun?
#myfathersdaughter
-Sam
Ok, so this one was said a couple of weeks ago but I found it in my notes on my phone and had to share. Remember that time when every one of my friends made fun of me for getting a neck freeze at Sonic? Well, they still make fun of me for it. In fact, Chris made fun of me at Cole and Kier's wedding while eating Zepe's and I didn't even catch it. He claimed he had a neck freeze and those are real.. I wasn't going to judge. ANYWAYS, Sam was eating some gummy bears and he claimed that he had the "sugar sweats." I know I shouldn't make fun but I feel like sugar sweats are less real than neck freezes are. He also claims "meat sweats" are real. He said when he eats an access amount of mean or sugar he sweats. I feel like he made it up.. but I googled it and there is at least one other unlucky soul with the same problem. But I bet if we put sugar sweats up against a neck freeze, I feel like the neck freeze would be deemed more real. They hurt. It's a real thing.
"You have nothing to offer"
-Kiersten
Now, Nieko and Amanda would probably have to help me remember what she exactly said but this is how I remember it. What she should have done was just shot me right in the face because that's how much those words hurt.
haha ok, I know she didn't mean it that way. She was talking about my facebook status when I posted that anyone who found us a roommate would get paid in "smiles and Texas Roadhouse Rolls." Well, since Amanda works at Texas Roadhouse she just assumed that the thing I was offering to pay was the smiles. GET REAL. 1.) Anyone can buy rolls from Texas Roadhouse and 2.) Who doesn't want smiles from me? Plus, I'm funny. That status was funny. and 3.) You're rude. (not all the time but you were a little snippy towards only me that night for some reason.. See next quote)
"No, JENN! I'm not OK. I almost got electrocuted."
-Kier unleashing the wrath of Satan after being shocked.
Can we please take a moment to mention the reason she was shocked? It happened when she decided to touch a neon white light with her bare hand. It would be one thing if Nieko or someone convinced her to touch it, because he has a way of getting people to do dumb things, but this was all on her own. In fact, no one was watching at all, she was just curious to see what would happen. She just touched the neon sign under the protective plastic and instantly screamed in pain. I was just being nice when I asked if she was OK and she yelled at me.
We got a good laugh out of it. It was mostly funny because of what she had told me earlier. I guess I shouldn't have even asked if she was Ok, because as we all know, I would have nothing to offer her if she truly wasn't OK.
JK. Kier, I love you.. even when you're a meany head.
"He had the worst breath!" -Me about the AT&T worker
"I was trying to figure out what that was.. it was like someone had the worst BO ever." -Nieko
That BO smell was legit coming out of a human mouth. The workers mouth. The stinky, non helpful At&T worker's mouth to be exact. Nieko and I spent the next 10 minutes after we left the store talking about his breath. It's honestly a toss up between which makes me the most angry between his breath or the fact that my iPhone 5S just barely shipped this morning after a month of waiting around. Gross. What's even worse is that Nieko's Dad and brother went into that same store the day before and had the same employee helping them. How did we know? His foul breath.
"My phone's dead, I have to pee, and I'm going to go on a rant like Jenn"
-Neiko
So now the truth comes out! Apparently he thinks I go on rants or something? Rude. HAHHAAHA jk. I rant all the time. The comment was valid. You should have heard this one though. His voice was almost gone from the Utah game, it was almost 1:00 am, and we were walking downtown Salt Lake... you'd have thought he was dying. We got a good laugh out of it. Once he peed and stopped complaining we quickly transitioned into singing "Benny and the Jets" most of the rest of the walk to the parking garage.
....Good times.
"You need to store at least 10 gallons of gas somewhere for when the shi(z) hits the fan." -Dad talking about disasters
"Stop saying that nasty word."
-Mom in reference to dad saying the S word...repeatedly.
Oh I love my parents. My Dad and I sometimes talk about what we'd do if a disaster hit and just about being prepared. Especially with everything that's going on with the government right now..We just want to be prepared.
Well, have I ever told you why I don't let my gas tank go under a quarter of a tank? Here you go: 1.) Because it's not good for the car, obviously but 2.) What if something crazy happened and I didn't have gas and all the crazies were killing people just to get the last drops of gas from every gas station so they could get the heck out of dodge? I would at least be able to make it to Cole and Kier's house so I wouldn't have to face whatever was happening alone.
Am I dramatic? We know this already. But I need to at least have a way to get somewhere because we all know I wouldn't be able to survive at my apartment. I don't have storage..scratch that.. I don't really have food at all. ey yi yi.
Dear Santa, maybe you should get me a 72 hour kit for Christmas? Maybe a gun?
#myfathersdaughter
Monday, October 7, 2013
oh hey
It's been a week or so and the thought of blogging about my uneventful life right now seems kind of boring. I'm not complaining though, sometimes boring is good. Boring usually means that nothing bad is happening, right? Maybe not. I guess it just seems pathetic when it comes to writing about it. So do you want the real talk session about how everything's been this last week? I mean, aside from General Conference, which was amazing?
Here you go:
1) At work a few weeks ago we each were each gifted a Fitbit which is this little device that tracks your steps, calories burnt, and sleep each day. Great right? Well, if we choose to, we can be part of a team score board that shows all your steps each day along with the records of everyone else. Nightmare. Basically they just want us to be more aware of how much we sit in a day and they turned it into a little competition. Well, thank you FranklinCovey for making me feel guilty for the desk job you've provided me with...
The fitbit works. I now spend most of my nights watching my TV shows and doing ridiculous steps and exercises in front of the TV or feeling bad when I'm not up and moving. It's pathetic. Guess who didn't wear hers at all this weekend because of General conference though? This girl. "Opps. I forgot" was really just my way of saying "Yeah, like I really was going to have time to work out or walk around town while I watch all these talks. Get real."
2) Living alone, even though I only have to do it for 2 more weeks, is hard. Parts of me love it. The parts where I can lounge around in whatever I want and essentially do what I want when I want REALLY loves it. What I don't love is realizing that the only time talk at home is when I'm on the phone, have someone over, or when I accidentally talk out loud to myself (sadly, the talking to myself started happening more than I'd like to admit.) Again, pathetic. Also, I've realized that I feel kind of awkward when I laugh out loud over a TV show and no one else is there to join in. This shouldn't be an issue but I find it a little embarrassing.
3.) I found myself early Sunday morning ugly crying to a 30 minute video (that I watched from start to finish) about that guy who proposed to his fiance and surprised her with a wedding in Miami that same day based on all the stuff she pinned on her wedding pinterest board. When I said ugly crying, I meant ugggglly crying. I shouldn't be surprised though.. my life the night before was right out of a scene from a movie where I pathetically watched "Valentine's Day" on TV and accidentally ate three too many chocolate chip cookies. Yes, I know that Valentine's day is possibly one of the worst chick flicks and I was crying out loud to the ending...over it. Oh and for, in that same night, reading all 157 comments on a blog post from "The Weed" (a gay Mormon blogger, who's sealed in the temple to a women).. it's whatever. I really should get points for noticing what I was doing and for getting up and doing jumping jacks and other active things to get me to snap out of it. Kier told me it wasn't healthy but I've decided that Saturday night-Sunday morning was a teensy-weensy low point.
I'm convinced we all need one of those nights from time to time. It's alllllll goooood :)
4.) General Conference--Ok, I guess this deserves a bullet point from the week because it was the best thing that happened. I'm always amazed at the things I learn every time I watch general conference or read the talks later down the road. I wrote down so many great things that I learned. I think the biggest thing that was testified to me is that I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father and he loves me.. no matter what. I've always known this but I think sometimes we mess up or we get lost for a bit and we think that we aren't as deserving but I know that God's love is always there. Life will get hard but as the Prophet, Thomas S. Monson advised us that we should endure through the sunshine and the sorrow. Along with that, one of my favorite quotes from the conference was from Elder Holland who said "If the bitter cup does not pass, drink it up and be strong." Life will get hard sometimes and we will have trials that we feel no one else will understand.. but the Savior does. He's cheering for us and wants us to learn and grow from our trials. All he asks us to do is to work hard, keep enduring and include him in everything we do. You need a quote from a non LDS member too that will back it up? Thank you Ms. Kelly Clarkson.. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" :)
Don't give up.
5.) Oh yeah, Amanda and I turned in our deposit for our apartment we're moving into on the 19th! I seriously can't believe that's next weekend. I need to start cleaning and getting ready! We decided to stay in Layton and we got a 3 bedroom two bathroom apartment that's super spacious. We're both in spots in our lives where we need a change and for me, the saving money part is an exciting factor. This is going to be good; It has to. We want to find a third roommate to make rent even cheaper. The only problem is that we don't really have any girl friends around here...haha. Meh. For some reason we feel good about finding someone. Stay tuned for updates on that adventure.
6.) I guess the main reason why it's seemed uneventful this week is the whole government shut down. It's the pits. I never realized but Jamie, James, Coleman and I all work jobs that have to do with the government. My job isn't a government job but I work on the Government Team with FranklinCovey where I plan all the training seminars on the east side of the country for the Veterans Administration. Jamie and James work for the VA and as of tomorrow Jamie will be staying at home until this shut down is over. James gets to go into work but won't be paid for it until the shut down is over. It's kind of a crappy situation for both of them. Cole works on Hill Airforce Base as a general maintenance dude but because he's contracted he's fine. For me...? No VA workers means no events right now. Luckily we're locked into a contact so we're fine but it's sure made for an interesting couple of weeks here at work. Honestly, there's only so many times you can check the news, facebook, pinterest and buzzfeed before you want to poke your eyeballs out. OK, that was dramatic. But really.. today my most exciting thing was buying three rolls of washi tape on Etsy. haha It will get better..we just have to be here and deal with some slow boring days until the shut down is over.
Oh how bitter sweet it is working with the government :)
That's the update. Things should get exciting here soon with the new apartment and my favorite holiday right around the corner! Fingers crossed.
Boring or not.. Life is good :)
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