what to say

Do you ever feel like there's just a million and 2 things being thrown on you and you're just supposed to be ok? It's exhausting. I'm done putting on a show.

alone tonight.

lets not and say we did...

alright soooo yesterday was quite the lazy day. i did get up and clean Francis' tank (my new fish because sadly, Finwick is no longer with us.. R.I.P buddy) and make the bed and whatnot. After i got ready for the day, i made Mark a cake for his birthday that was in May haha. I told him i would a long time ago and just never got around to it. So thats what i did yesterday, and i must say that it is delicious! It was white fun-fetti cake with chocolate frosting haha. so then the rest of the day consisted of watching for million episodes on 16 and pregnant and avoiding homework at all cost. *side note: can you believe that those girls had babies at the age of 16!? i mean...kudos but really? they are still in high school and still so young. just sad i guess.* anyway...Mark and I seriously had so much homework to do but really...we both decided that we can say we worked on but just really not work on it. so shhh. haha. We ended up sitting around all day and then we decided to go to the pet store and look at puppies!! ahhh such a bad idea. i want one so bad! i held a basset hound and about died he was so cute. such a lovey dog ugggh i want one!! the pet store here in poky had a monkey and donkeys and a yak! haha! after the pet stores we went and visited with my dad for a while and came back home to make dinner. we made chicken and au gratin potatoes and salad! tasty!! then we went to a movie called Expiration date. it's about an native american man whose family leaves the reservation before he was born and so the men in the family are cursed and they die on their 25th birthday by a milktruck hahahahha! its so good! a must see for sure! check out the trailer here [click!] anyway...great movie! after that just went to bed. today was back to class day! ugh 8:00 math class is kicking my butt! Mark and i are super tired today..marks to tired that he fell asleep under my bed hahahahhaha! what a funny guy. my favorite.

rose

so this weekend was pretty good. it started thursday night when Mark and I drove to Twin Falls to watch my brother, Joe, play a football game. It was a great game but they didn't win. Oh well. It really makes me mad that the coaches don't put him in more often. He only got to play twice, but i thought he did great both times! Good job brother! So after that Mark and I drove back to poky in my crappy piece of crap car. She barely made it but im glad i have my car back :]

The rest of the weekend we just laid around. We went to the Eastern Idaho Fair in Blackfoot which was very fun. I love fair food so much! It's so bad for you but who cares right? The fair comes once a year so you have the right to endulge...at least i think you do!

so..ya know how people sometimes wish at 11:11? Well i do every single night. Or at least i do when i notice that its 11:11. Lately i've been wishing for the same thing everytime. I'm just wondering how long it usually takes for those types of wishes to come true. i mean, i think its an easy request. oh well. i'll start wishing for something else i suppose. can't hold on forever.
this picture is from PostSecrets. It's possibly my favorite website. time for homework...

normal

Alright, so today was an average day. My only morning class was canceled so i got to sleep in. It was so amazing. Mark surprised me at lunch which was nice, and i got 100% on my history quiz and i guessed on all of it! At 5:00 though..i had my first dutch oven cooking class and it was AWESOME! My group made chicken enchiladas that were soooo good! The rest of the class made like..cake and corn bread and cheese balls haha..but it was all really good. Every person in my group gets to pick a different thing to make each week so im going to make lemon bars!! ohhh im so excited!! Im really getting into cooking and i like it a lot. Im the next Rachael Ray so watch out world!!


Anyway! So tomorrow night Mark and I are headed to Twin Falls to watch Joe play football! Im super excited to see my family and to watch Joe play! Hopefully the win! Tomorrow i also get a new rug for my room and some new cooking stuff!!! Im pretty sure tomorrow is going to be an excellent day.

Change of subject..i just want you all to see how random and awkward my math professor is...observe: ok A] she is wearing a purple latex glove. Im assuming that she doesn't want to get her hand all chalky but really...purple? she can't go with something more discrete?
B] What the crap is that thing around her knee? i have no idea!!
C] She wears wool socks and boots...yikes. The first day of class she wore wool socks and MOCCASINS! double yikes!
D] Hawaiian shirts and cargo shorts just don't go together.

She is just an interesting character. I like her, but not her clothes.

cooking adventures

So the last two nights Mark and i have been trying to cook dinner. Surprisingly enough, dinner hasn't turned out too bad. Saturday night we made spaghetti which is always a little easy to start with but if you know me well enough, you know i can't cook to save my life. But we did it. Tasted pretty dang good and we had enough left overs to feed all of Canada. Last night we decided to try enchiladas which are easyish too and they turned out good as well. We attempted Mexican rice and for some reason rice and i just don't mix. i don't think i have ever made rice that tasted great. I ended up not cooking it long enough so it was a little crunchy but still tasty. We had enough left overs to feed Canada and Russia this time. I like learning how to cook. It stresses me out but it's still fun and i like eating whatever it is that i made. Makes me feel accomplished! If anyone has any recipes they would like to share with me i'll attempt to make it!!

Second week of school has started. I only have one class mondays so its really handy. I practically get a four day weekend! so today i have to get quite a bit of homework done...but i have all day. so its not a big deal.

so today is kind of a big deal for one reason...IT'S MY COUSIN CARLY'S BIRTHDAY! YAY!

Happy Birthday Cousin (I'm definitely NOT grabbing my boob so don't even think that!)! I love you! I'm so glad we are such close friends! I just wish we were physically closer :[ We've been best friends for 19 years now and i've loved every minute we've spent together! We've been through so much together and i know that you know almost if not everything about me and visa versa. Grampy was so important to both of us and im glad that we could go through that loss together beacuase not many people understood how great he was. All of our matching outfits were amazing. I wish that my mom would have kept them so we could dress our kids in them...even if they are boys haha! I miss you every day and i wish that we lived closer together. It'll happen one day i swear it! I have a pile of blankets that we've made over the years in my closet. I wont ever get rid of them though, i mean...how could i, or you? They kick butt for one, but they have stories. Vermont stories and new years stories! I love all of them! I just hope you know how much i love you and you know that im always just a phone call away if you ever need anything at all! I strongly think that Grampy would be so proud of me and you and Hannah for everything we are doing right now. Miss you cousin!! Happy 19th Birthday! Glad you finally made it! ;)

Lucky Peak, 1993

My house in Boise, 1993
My house in Boise, 1993 (wearing friendship bracelets)

One of a million bathtub pictures at my house in Boise, 1993

day two

Today was the second day of class and so far so good. yesterday i had a stinken full day with math, history, english and literature. and today i just had government and dutch oven cooking! I'm so excited to start cooking in that class. my group that i was assigned to seems pretty neat so it should be super fun! I already have a crap load of homework that i'm avoiding right this second but thats ok. not too worried about it :]

I'm glad that I'm getting back into school and things but i miss summer already. I miss my family too. Ugh. i already went through all of this last year. Does it happen every year? Hope not. Anyway...i guess i don't have a whole lot to update on.

back to it!

alllllllllllllllright!! well!! I'm wrapping up my summer with a good blog entry. I'm going to try to keep up with it this school year. It's back to school time...Go ISU! My second year..it's pretty exciting. Pretty much everything is different. I'm at a new place with new roommates, who i like already, i have new classes and im trying to make new friends. School officially starts tomorrow and im excited to see what werid people i share classes with this semester. Today i got my classes all lined up and figured out my financial situation and its only 10:00ish! Feeling pretty good/tired.

I love my new place. I live in an apartment with three other girls, Allie, Kayla and Jess. They are all totally cool and i love all of their personalities! I guess i haven't been at our place very much over the last couple of days but i still like it a lot.

I have a lot to look forward to this semester and this year. I'm super excited to get everything started up. Im going to make a goal for myself to read more this year. I read plenty last year but i would like to make that more this time around.

Good Luck to everyone else starting school!!