What's new with me, you ask? You will be shocked to know that my life is crazy, work is nuts, and camp prep is kicking my booty. Oh have I said all that before? On THIS blog? I'm sure I haven't. Ever. You're all totally imagining things.
Tonight I brilliantly bought one of those adhesive touch light things to put underneath my bunk where I store my stuff at camp so I will be able to see stuff without having to find my flashlight all the time. Last year, my brilliant idea was to have a morning bag and a night bag for when I headed over to the showers/bathroom area. I'm not sure why I love this except I have things I need only in the morning and things I only need at night so it means I don't just bring one giant bag and have to search through stuff. It works for me. But I love that after nine years of camp, I can still improve.
Okay, enough about camp. The fabulous and ready to deliver Holly blogged this week's show so click here and experience the hilarity that is Holly! Someday I will actually have time to watch the show and comment myself. Ah, someday. I love someday.
And because it's my blog, I'm now going to include a personal note to Holly, Jill & Lindsey: thank you SOOOOOO much for calling me last night while you were out partying together in Utah. It was almost as good as being there with you. Okay, not even close to almost but I'm trying to be gracious and mature while inside I'm totally and completely jealous that you all got together without me. But seriously, blog friends are AWESOME! Love you girls and can't wait to see the pictures. Here's hoping Holly smiled with her teeth showing!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Letters from me - summer edition
Dear Trophy Cupcakes,
Your new strawberry cheesecake cupcake is pure heaven. You know the one I'm talking about, right? Bottom right in the picture above with the strawberry cream cheese frosting and the graham cracker "crust"? Seriously fantastic. Mom loved the new lemon meringue cupcake too.
Anything with nearly two inch high marshmallow frosting & lemon curd filling totally floats her boat. Thanks for making such yummy treats but most of all, for being located just far enough away that I can't/won't visit your stores all that often.
Dear Officer,
Thank you for not giving me a ticket when I was late to my camp meeting the other night. I still can't figure out how you knew exactly how fast I was going when you were driving toward me and not at a stop on the side of the road but I'll believe you. Not even wanting to see my license and then laughing at my jokes were nice touches as well.
Dear you,
Just because you know that helping people is what I love the most in life does not give you the right to stomp all over me and my feelings when I innocently tried to be kind to you yesterday. All you've done is teach me that I will likely pause before I offer my help to you again.
Dear summer sunshine,
I love you. Stay a little longer, please?
Dear monthly cycle,
I'm not sure what I dislike more -- the cramps or the insomnia.
Dear brain,
I know I'm expecting you to remember and retain a lot of stuff these days but please don't fail me now. After camp is over, life will get back to normal and I'll only want you to remember important stuff like what Bethenny Frankel named her baby and oh yeah, we should buy toilet paper the next time we're at Target.
Dear blog,
You need a facelift. I'm beyond bored with you but don't want to do it myself. I'll tell my brain to remember to look into that next month, okay?
xoxox
Me
Your new strawberry cheesecake cupcake is pure heaven. You know the one I'm talking about, right? Bottom right in the picture above with the strawberry cream cheese frosting and the graham cracker "crust"? Seriously fantastic. Mom loved the new lemon meringue cupcake too.
Dear Officer,
Thank you for not giving me a ticket when I was late to my camp meeting the other night. I still can't figure out how you knew exactly how fast I was going when you were driving toward me and not at a stop on the side of the road but I'll believe you. Not even wanting to see my license and then laughing at my jokes were nice touches as well.
Dear you,
Just because you know that helping people is what I love the most in life does not give you the right to stomp all over me and my feelings when I innocently tried to be kind to you yesterday. All you've done is teach me that I will likely pause before I offer my help to you again.
Dear summer sunshine,
I love you. Stay a little longer, please?
Dear monthly cycle,
I'm not sure what I dislike more -- the cramps or the insomnia.
Dear brain,
I know I'm expecting you to remember and retain a lot of stuff these days but please don't fail me now. After camp is over, life will get back to normal and I'll only want you to remember important stuff like what Bethenny Frankel named her baby and oh yeah, we should buy toilet paper the next time we're at Target.
Dear blog,
You need a facelift. I'm beyond bored with you but don't want to do it myself. I'll tell my brain to remember to look into that next month, okay?
xoxox
Me
Monday, July 5, 2010
"We don't really care about the dog."
Alternative titles for tonight's recap include:
"Hi, my name is Ali and I like to wear mini skirts"
"Hi, my name is Frank and I still live at home with my parents"
"Hi, my name is Chris and I prefer a pointy hairstyle"
"Hi, my name is Roberto and I'm mucho caliente."
"Hi, my name is Jake and I'm a pompous, controlling, self-important fool."
Oh my gosh - tonight's episode should really be two separate blogs because first we have the Bachelorette and her five Bachelors in Lisbon, Portugal and then we have the train wreck that is Jake and Vienna's "why we broke up" interview. I'll try my hardest to keep this to a read-at-one-sitting length but I'm not making any promises.
Part 1 - The Bachelorette
We go back to the happy couple and see Ali & Roberto go to this old castle with an amazing view overlooking Lisbon. These two love to kiss. They are so stinkin' cute together. Seriously. She cannot keep her hands off of him. They talked a little too, I think, but I only remember all of the kissing.
Next it's time for the two-on-one date with Ty and Frank. Frank runs in for the first hug from a sweat-pants wearing Ali. And guess what? It's time for another helicopter ride! How many helicopter rides has this girl taken??? They're off to yet another castle but this time it’s a dinner for three and it’s awkward. They start drinking to reduce the tension. Ali pulls Ty aside for the first one on one time.
Ty and Ali talk about his family. ZZZ. He says “tickles me to death” and comes across very cute. He loves that Ali has goals and ambitions (what they are, we will never know because we didn’t get to hear her say anything.)
Nervous, unconfident Frank then goes off with Ali and he has a big secret to tell her. Is it that he works as a barista at Starbucks? No. Is it that he still has a girlfriend he’s pining for? Nope. Instead, he talks about going to Europe, giving up his condo in the city and then seguewaying into how close he and his family are. So close that…HE STILL LIVES WITH THEM!
HOLY COW!
What is this guy’s deal? He gets all emotional while telling her too. He bugs. Totally bugs. Frank says “the look in her eye, it doesn’t matter to her” that he lives at home with his parents. Frank, that look was pity. But you know what? Based on last week's total give-away scenes from the rest of the season, we know you're around for awhile yet. Why, I do not know. I mean, I'll cut him some slack for living at home at the age of 31 but something about Frank is just creeping me out and I cannot wait for all of the tears in Tahiti.
Another one-on-one date, another micro-mini. This time, Ali and Kirk have lunch at an outdoor café. Ali voiceovers that she’s all nervous and jerky again today (what’s up with her?) So Ali, is there anything we can do to shake you out of your funk? How about a horse-drawn carriage that comes right up to your table to take you on a romantic ride to guess what? Another castle! They snuggle at sunset and Kirk tells her that he hasn't brought a girl home in three years. They have a candlelit dinner outside and Kirk talks more about his horrible mold illness that changed his perspective.
The next one-on-one date goes to Chris who gets the award for having the WORST HAIR EVER! All episode up until his date, it's massively pointy but then, they wear helmets and go on a scooter ride together and he totally has Alfalfa hair in the back.
But even worse than the bad hair, Chris cannot drive a scooter. Granted, it's his first time on any sort of motorcycle but he hilariously drives about 15 miles per hour and cannot steer straight. Ali makes driving references about how their relationship is moving slowly and says she's getting in the driver's seat so she can take it to the next level. She drives about 45 miles per hour and stomps all over Chris's masculinity.
Ali and Chris stop on the side of a road for a little sustenance and I’m sorry to have to say this but the sunlight makes poor Ali’s roots look horrible. It looks like she may have touched them up herself because there are like three completely unrelated colors going on there – dark brown, brassy gold and then yellow. ABC – it’s your job to make her look good and she’s a cute girl. Don’t let her roots look like that. Ever. Again.
Back to their date – more talk about Chris’s mom but it wasn’t obnoxious. Ali says she feels his walls coming down (and guess what? THEY ARE SITTING ON A WALL! Clever, Ali!) Chris then drives them to a beautiful winery (wonder how long it took them to get there with Chris doing the driving?)
Back to the winery where Chris and Ali have a little meal in amongst all of the big barrels. Chris talks about what it would be like if Ali were to meet his family and then breaks out the big guns and pulls out a bracelet of some kind, telling her he wanted to wait until it was the right time to give her a gift. He scored big points with the bracelet. Future contestants, take note. You will score major points if you save any gifts for romantic winery dates just before the hometown date selections.
It's rose ceremony time and if you’re keeping track at home, Ali is wearing her 3rd mini of the night. This one is an interesting, white and retro-rainbow striped number. Hmm. Chris gets the first rose and thankfully, his hair is tamed a bit but still a little out of control. I can no longer blame the helmet but instead, I’m thinking the boys stayed up late one night and cut each other’s hair. Weirdo Frank gets the next rose, followed by Roberto. Surprisingly enough, Kirk gets the last rose and Ty is given the boot. I’m not sure if that’s the way I would have gone but I’m not the Bachelorette. Well, not THIS season anyway.
Ty tries to get Ali to say goodbye inside rather than out in the driving rainstorm (and hello, she’s wearing a mostly white dress.) But Ali insists on going outside because she knows it will make for better TV to have her shivering out in the driveway, alone, in the pouring rain. Is this foreshadowing for Ali not making a choice at the end of the season? Hmm. We shall see! Ali pouts/whines/baby talks about how sorry she is to let Ty go as Ty drives off in the toasty warm limo.
Part 2 - The Jake & Vienna Breakup Interview
And now we get to the good stuff – the Vienna & Jake interview.
Ho. Ly. Cow.
I never in a million years thought I’d say that I believed Vienna over Jake. Granted, I can’t stand Jake anymore but he came off as a pompous jerk in this interview. He was so smarmy and horrible while Vienna comes across as really immature but genuinely hurt. My boyfriend Chris Harrison's right away asks why Vienna took her story to the tabloids and she recited her script from her PR agent perfectly. She said she wanted to make sure she had a voice because she knew Jake would go to the press himself. I totally agree with her. People magazine is a glossier, prettier, more acceptable version of the Star magazine so he shouldn't act so high and mighty. Really, he's just stupid he didn't get any money up front (although I'm sure he thinks his interview will just lead to more acting jobs.)
Anyway, Jake then gets on his high horse and says how mad he is at Vienna and how disgusted he is with her. He sounds like a girl when he accuses Vienna of flirting with him after she sold her story. (In Jake’s book – text messages = flirting. Good to know!)
Jake accuses her of cheating on him with some actor and then with a gay guy. I think Jake was just looking for something salacious to use in his People magazine interview and she had the reputation of being a cheater so that’s what he went with.
My boyfriend Chris Harrison asked Jake to list all of the qualities that Jake loved in Vienna when they were in St. Lucia and I actually felt bad watching Vienna listen to that list because she was fighting breaking down. Then she totally fell apart and started rambling on and on about how she couldn’t get a job. Awkward and uncomfortable.
Jake and his high and mightiness KILLS ME. He is totally playing the innocent victim here and it was just ugly. Strangely enough, Jake tries to get a word in amongst all of Vienna’s ranting and he says “Baby, be quiet.” And it wasn't in a sarcastic sort of way but in a boyfriend/girlfriend kind of way. Um, you still call her baby? Interesting.
Then there’s lots of back and forth about Vienna’s dog and how Jake paid to fly it out to California and other good stuff. Then Vienna goes over the edge and throws a fit and storms out and locks herself in the bathroom when Jake raises his voice at her, telling her to stop interrupting him.
She never comes back out so Jake gets the last word, talking about how he never had a relationship where he raised his voice. WhatEVER, loser. I'm done with you.
And finally, since tonight is the night of bad hairdos, my boyfriend, Chris Harrison, takes the cake with a totally flat/square hairstyle in the Jake/Vienna interview. I think he should have gotten a haircut before filming.
Next week are the long-awaited hometown dates. I guess country boy Ty isn't the one with the taxidermist father. Who on EARTH will it be? I can hardly wait to find out!
"Hi, my name is Ali and I like to wear mini skirts"
"Hi, my name is Chris and I prefer a pointy hairstyle"
"Hi, my name is Roberto and I'm mucho caliente."
"Hi, my name is Jake and I'm a pompous, controlling, self-important fool."
Oh my gosh - tonight's episode should really be two separate blogs because first we have the Bachelorette and her five Bachelors in Lisbon, Portugal and then we have the train wreck that is Jake and Vienna's "why we broke up" interview. I'll try my hardest to keep this to a read-at-one-sitting length but I'm not making any promises.
Part 1 - The Bachelorette
My boyfriend Chris Harrison starts out by greeting the five finalists for Ali's love and telling them they'll all get a date in beautiful Portugal but there will be no roses given out on any of the dates. Oooh! Drama in the first minute!
Roberto gets the first date and then Ali surprises them in the boys' hotel or whatever wearing mini skirt #1. She and Roberto walk around the picturesque city with an artfully arranged bouquet of flowers in their shopping bag. They try to master the art of the jumping photo and Roberto fails miserably. They take touristy photos all over the city then dance romantically in the middle of a cobblestone street. Dancing turns into kissing in the middle of the street. These two are not lacking in chemistry. Then they take their own personal cable car through the city and continue with more of the kissing.
Next it's time for the two-on-one date with Ty and Frank. Frank runs in for the first hug from a sweat-pants wearing Ali. And guess what? It's time for another helicopter ride! How many helicopter rides has this girl taken??? They're off to yet another castle but this time it’s a dinner for three and it’s awkward. They start drinking to reduce the tension. Ali pulls Ty aside for the first one on one time.
Ty and Ali talk about his family. ZZZ. He says “tickles me to death” and comes across very cute. He loves that Ali has goals and ambitions (what they are, we will never know because we didn’t get to hear her say anything.)
HOLY COW!
What is this guy’s deal? He gets all emotional while telling her too. He bugs. Totally bugs. Frank says “the look in her eye, it doesn’t matter to her” that he lives at home with his parents. Frank, that look was pity. But you know what? Based on last week's total give-away scenes from the rest of the season, we know you're around for awhile yet. Why, I do not know. I mean, I'll cut him some slack for living at home at the age of 31 but something about Frank is just creeping me out and I cannot wait for all of the tears in Tahiti.
Ali and Chris stop on the side of a road for a little sustenance and I’m sorry to have to say this but the sunlight makes poor Ali’s roots look horrible. It looks like she may have touched them up herself because there are like three completely unrelated colors going on there – dark brown, brassy gold and then yellow. ABC – it’s your job to make her look good and she’s a cute girl. Don’t let her roots look like that. Ever. Again.
Back to their date – more talk about Chris’s mom but it wasn’t obnoxious. Ali says she feels his walls coming down (and guess what? THEY ARE SITTING ON A WALL! Clever, Ali!) Chris then drives them to a beautiful winery (wonder how long it took them to get there with Chris doing the driving?)
Back to the winery where Chris and Ali have a little meal in amongst all of the big barrels. Chris talks about what it would be like if Ali were to meet his family and then breaks out the big guns and pulls out a bracelet of some kind, telling her he wanted to wait until it was the right time to give her a gift. He scored big points with the bracelet. Future contestants, take note. You will score major points if you save any gifts for romantic winery dates just before the hometown date selections.
It's rose ceremony time and if you’re keeping track at home, Ali is wearing her 3rd mini of the night. This one is an interesting, white and retro-rainbow striped number. Hmm. Chris gets the first rose and thankfully, his hair is tamed a bit but still a little out of control. I can no longer blame the helmet but instead, I’m thinking the boys stayed up late one night and cut each other’s hair. Weirdo Frank gets the next rose, followed by Roberto. Surprisingly enough, Kirk gets the last rose and Ty is given the boot. I’m not sure if that’s the way I would have gone but I’m not the Bachelorette. Well, not THIS season anyway.
Ty tries to get Ali to say goodbye inside rather than out in the driving rainstorm (and hello, she’s wearing a mostly white dress.) But Ali insists on going outside because she knows it will make for better TV to have her shivering out in the driveway, alone, in the pouring rain. Is this foreshadowing for Ali not making a choice at the end of the season? Hmm. We shall see! Ali pouts/whines/baby talks about how sorry she is to let Ty go as Ty drives off in the toasty warm limo.
Part 2 - The Jake & Vienna Breakup Interview
And now we get to the good stuff – the Vienna & Jake interview.
Ho. Ly. Cow.
I never in a million years thought I’d say that I believed Vienna over Jake. Granted, I can’t stand Jake anymore but he came off as a pompous jerk in this interview. He was so smarmy and horrible while Vienna comes across as really immature but genuinely hurt. My boyfriend Chris Harrison's right away asks why Vienna took her story to the tabloids and she recited her script from her PR agent perfectly. She said she wanted to make sure she had a voice because she knew Jake would go to the press himself. I totally agree with her. People magazine is a glossier, prettier, more acceptable version of the Star magazine so he shouldn't act so high and mighty. Really, he's just stupid he didn't get any money up front (although I'm sure he thinks his interview will just lead to more acting jobs.)
Anyway, Jake then gets on his high horse and says how mad he is at Vienna and how disgusted he is with her. He sounds like a girl when he accuses Vienna of flirting with him after she sold her story. (In Jake’s book – text messages = flirting. Good to know!)
Jake accuses her of cheating on him with some actor and then with a gay guy. I think Jake was just looking for something salacious to use in his People magazine interview and she had the reputation of being a cheater so that’s what he went with.
My boyfriend Chris Harrison asked Jake to list all of the qualities that Jake loved in Vienna when they were in St. Lucia and I actually felt bad watching Vienna listen to that list because she was fighting breaking down. Then she totally fell apart and started rambling on and on about how she couldn’t get a job. Awkward and uncomfortable.
Jake and his high and mightiness KILLS ME. He is totally playing the innocent victim here and it was just ugly. Strangely enough, Jake tries to get a word in amongst all of Vienna’s ranting and he says “Baby, be quiet.” And it wasn't in a sarcastic sort of way but in a boyfriend/girlfriend kind of way. Um, you still call her baby? Interesting.
Then there’s lots of back and forth about Vienna’s dog and how Jake paid to fly it out to California and other good stuff. Then Vienna goes over the edge and throws a fit and storms out and locks herself in the bathroom when Jake raises his voice at her, telling her to stop interrupting him.
She never comes back out so Jake gets the last word, talking about how he never had a relationship where he raised his voice. WhatEVER, loser. I'm done with you.
And finally, since tonight is the night of bad hairdos, my boyfriend, Chris Harrison, takes the cake with a totally flat/square hairstyle in the Jake/Vienna interview. I think he should have gotten a haircut before filming.
Next week are the long-awaited hometown dates. I guess country boy Ty isn't the one with the taxidermist father. Who on EARTH will it be? I can hardly wait to find out!
Waking up early on a day off random thoughts
I had family here all weekend (pictures to come - or I might just get lazy and put them on facebook only. We'll see.) I loved all of the family time. My three younger sisters plus my eldest sister was here plus my 36 year old niece and her whole family (yes I have a niece who is older than many of you reading this blog.) I love my family.
I really don't love fireworks. I mean, I like the big up in the sky ones but doing fireworks at home stresses me out because I don't ever trust them to do what they are supposed to do. My favorite moment of fireworks with the family last night was watching my sister Jaylene chase after the ones that release parachuters that float down from the sky. She loves those and watching her skip through her backyard to catch one was seriously a priceless moment.
I got released from my Primary chorister calling yesterday and I of course have mixed emotions. Thankfully, I've remained unemotional about it (I'm terrible about goodbyes of ANY kind.) It's going to be good to let it go but I will desperately miss being in that Primary room every Sunday. I felt like I was doing something meaningful in that calling so hopefully I'll feel that with the stake one. Oh and if you are or anyone you're related to is in a bishopric, please remind them to make a quick phone call the night before to the person who's being released. It's just common courtesy and allows the releasee time to gather stuff to pass to the new person plus keeps them from being caught off guard (even when you know it's coming, it is still nice to be told "it's happening tomorrow.") Getting off my soapbox now...
The new chorister is my sweet friend Christina. She's going to be awesome even though she's a little nervous and has never done anything like this before. I'm hoping she develops the same love for this calling that I have. It's seriously my most favorite calling ever and I hope I get to do it again (and again) in this lifetime. Oh and yesterday's Primary highlight was a little three or four year old boy who, when asked for his favorite song, said "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and then when I asked him to choose again he said "Ghostbusters." They don't say stuff like that in Relief Society, people.
After a "summer" of 50-60 degree weather, we finally have some high 80s/possibly low 90s temps coming our way this week. I cannot wait. It rained off and on all weekend.
Kim has made this cake twice in the last month and very graciously shared it with me. I think it's my new favorite dessert. She gave me a slice of it yesterday and it's all I can do to not go get it out of the fridge and eat it for breakfast. Yes, be very impressed that I got the cake at like 4 PM yesterday and I haven't even touched it yet.
Tonight I'm blogging the Bachelorette. I think the Jake/Vienna interview is part of tonight's show too. Oooh. It's gonna be good!
I really don't love fireworks. I mean, I like the big up in the sky ones but doing fireworks at home stresses me out because I don't ever trust them to do what they are supposed to do. My favorite moment of fireworks with the family last night was watching my sister Jaylene chase after the ones that release parachuters that float down from the sky. She loves those and watching her skip through her backyard to catch one was seriously a priceless moment.
I got released from my Primary chorister calling yesterday and I of course have mixed emotions. Thankfully, I've remained unemotional about it (I'm terrible about goodbyes of ANY kind.) It's going to be good to let it go but I will desperately miss being in that Primary room every Sunday. I felt like I was doing something meaningful in that calling so hopefully I'll feel that with the stake one. Oh and if you are or anyone you're related to is in a bishopric, please remind them to make a quick phone call the night before to the person who's being released. It's just common courtesy and allows the releasee time to gather stuff to pass to the new person plus keeps them from being caught off guard (even when you know it's coming, it is still nice to be told "it's happening tomorrow.") Getting off my soapbox now...
The new chorister is my sweet friend Christina. She's going to be awesome even though she's a little nervous and has never done anything like this before. I'm hoping she develops the same love for this calling that I have. It's seriously my most favorite calling ever and I hope I get to do it again (and again) in this lifetime. Oh and yesterday's Primary highlight was a little three or four year old boy who, when asked for his favorite song, said "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and then when I asked him to choose again he said "Ghostbusters." They don't say stuff like that in Relief Society, people.
After a "summer" of 50-60 degree weather, we finally have some high 80s/possibly low 90s temps coming our way this week. I cannot wait. It rained off and on all weekend.
Kim has made this cake twice in the last month and very graciously shared it with me. I think it's my new favorite dessert. She gave me a slice of it yesterday and it's all I can do to not go get it out of the fridge and eat it for breakfast. Yes, be very impressed that I got the cake at like 4 PM yesterday and I haven't even touched it yet.
Tonight I'm blogging the Bachelorette. I think the Jake/Vienna interview is part of tonight's show too. Oooh. It's gonna be good!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Out. Of. Control.
Before I commence with the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, would you please do me a solid and click here and read Lindsey's Bachelorette Recap?
Please tell me you watched this week. Did you see Justin try to get through the shrubbery to get away from the cameras and Ali? CLASSIC! Did you see the sneakily edited "scenes from the rest of the season" at the end? Did you notice who was left out of the footage of the hometown dates? I think those evil producers are totally yanking our Roberto & Chris-loving chains. I mean, come on. How could they not make it to the hometown dates??? And Frank? Oh Frank...you're going down. If you've read People magazine, you know what I'm talking about.
Okay, now that I've got that business out of the way, let's talk about me because hello, this is my blog about me, remember?
What's out of control, you ask? Oh, just my life. That's all. Nothing much. I feel like I'm horribly behind with everything. My job is super busy as I've been filling in for two absent people. One is not coming back, one is on vacation and coming back tomorrow which will help my stress level immensely.
I went to the Eclipse midnight premiere last night. Oh and you KNOW I went to work today too (albeit a couple of hours late.) I went with Megan and we had dinner first then went to the movie where a friend had sold an entire theater full of mostly LDS, all crazy Twilight women. My camp buddy Meesa saved us seats, thank goodness because it was jam-packed by 9:30. I loved the movie -- it's probably my most favorite one yet. Edward is so dreamy. They've figured out the whole makeup thing too and he no longer looks like he's wearing Revlon lipstick all the time. Bella's hair looked perfect the entire time too and she didn't do that stupid woe-is-me-stuttering thing either. This movie is way more violent -- including beheadings, be-handings and be-armings. Ick. But seriously. I got like 4 1/2 hours of sleep and my eyes feel like they are filled with sand.
My callings are keeping me crazy busy too (do I sound like a broken record? If so, I'm sorry.) We had youth conference last weekend and it was a HUGE success. The 145 or so youth who attended did service projects and attended seminars. We worked with a local Catholic charity to put the service projects together. The two coordinators from the Catholic church were at one of the yard work projects and said that they were leaving early because our youth worked really hard and were super well-behaved. They said that normally they spend much of their time breaking up fights amongst the teenagers they work with. These amazing teenagers painted houses, stained decks, painted fences, removed blackberries, weeded yards that hadn't been touched in decades - that sort of thing. I spent two days being a gofer -- running errands, helping with the food, coordinating the volunteers, etc. I was at the church 12 hours on Friday, 16 hours on Saturday. Long days but super fun and incredibly rewarding.
Camp is in 19 days. That's killing me. Seriously. How did we already get to July? I'm so not ready.
Anywhoo...please go to Lindsey's blog and give her a little comment sugar. I've got next week's show recap. But between now and then, I'm going to a stake youth activity tonight, hanging out with a bunch of members of my visiting family this weekend and trying to not be freaked out by fireworks, teaching a grown-up hymn to 3-11 year olds, oh and doing stuff for camp. Am I whining again? Oh certainly not. Me whine? Never!
Please tell me you watched this week. Did you see Justin try to get through the shrubbery to get away from the cameras and Ali? CLASSIC! Did you see the sneakily edited "scenes from the rest of the season" at the end? Did you notice who was left out of the footage of the hometown dates? I think those evil producers are totally yanking our Roberto & Chris-loving chains. I mean, come on. How could they not make it to the hometown dates??? And Frank? Oh Frank...you're going down. If you've read People magazine, you know what I'm talking about.
Okay, now that I've got that business out of the way, let's talk about me because hello, this is my blog about me, remember?
What's out of control, you ask? Oh, just my life. That's all. Nothing much. I feel like I'm horribly behind with everything. My job is super busy as I've been filling in for two absent people. One is not coming back, one is on vacation and coming back tomorrow which will help my stress level immensely.
I went to the Eclipse midnight premiere last night. Oh and you KNOW I went to work today too (albeit a couple of hours late.) I went with Megan and we had dinner first then went to the movie where a friend had sold an entire theater full of mostly LDS, all crazy Twilight women. My camp buddy Meesa saved us seats, thank goodness because it was jam-packed by 9:30. I loved the movie -- it's probably my most favorite one yet. Edward is so dreamy. They've figured out the whole makeup thing too and he no longer looks like he's wearing Revlon lipstick all the time. Bella's hair looked perfect the entire time too and she didn't do that stupid woe-is-me-stuttering thing either. This movie is way more violent -- including beheadings, be-handings and be-armings. Ick. But seriously. I got like 4 1/2 hours of sleep and my eyes feel like they are filled with sand.
My callings are keeping me crazy busy too (do I sound like a broken record? If so, I'm sorry.) We had youth conference last weekend and it was a HUGE success. The 145 or so youth who attended did service projects and attended seminars. We worked with a local Catholic charity to put the service projects together. The two coordinators from the Catholic church were at one of the yard work projects and said that they were leaving early because our youth worked really hard and were super well-behaved. They said that normally they spend much of their time breaking up fights amongst the teenagers they work with. These amazing teenagers painted houses, stained decks, painted fences, removed blackberries, weeded yards that hadn't been touched in decades - that sort of thing. I spent two days being a gofer -- running errands, helping with the food, coordinating the volunteers, etc. I was at the church 12 hours on Friday, 16 hours on Saturday. Long days but super fun and incredibly rewarding.
Camp is in 19 days. That's killing me. Seriously. How did we already get to July? I'm so not ready.
Anywhoo...please go to Lindsey's blog and give her a little comment sugar. I've got next week's show recap. But between now and then, I'm going to a stake youth activity tonight, hanging out with a bunch of members of my visiting family this weekend and trying to not be freaked out by fireworks, teaching a grown-up hymn to 3-11 year olds, oh and doing stuff for camp. Am I whining again? Oh certainly not. Me whine? Never!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Why I love Chris Harrison
If you're looking for another fabulous Bachelorette recap, go here and read Holly's take. I am just now watching last night's show so will comment soon.
So last week, Sunny wondered in the comments why I love my boyfriend Chris Harrison so much. Yes he's cute and all but really, it's because of his totally awesome blogs. Go here to read (there ya go Lindsey!)
I know we don't see much of Chris on the show so you have to read his blog to really get a feel for his personality. He's just witty and sarcastic and I love those qualities in a TV crush. Well, those awesome blue eyes don't hurt either.
So last week, Sunny wondered in the comments why I love my boyfriend Chris Harrison so much. Yes he's cute and all but really, it's because of his totally awesome blogs. Go here to read (there ya go Lindsey!)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Three things
There are three things I don't want to blog about but I'm going to anyway to keep this from being a Bachelorette-only blog and they are:
1. My callings. I'm super busy with my church callings. Like, every day there's something to do kind of busy. Like, I can't think about anything else kind of busy. I guess that's what happens when you are a callings hog and have three of them at once. If I'm not working on camp stuff, I'm going to marathon length Youth Conference meetings (you need me to create thank you's for 55 people by Thursday? No problem!) or I'm trying to think of creative ways to sing, review and repeat the same song every Sunday in Primary until those darling children are singing it in their sleep. It will get better...it will get better...it will get better.
2. My job. I love my new job and feel great about the change I made back in March. However, not everything has been perfect. At the risk of blogging something I will eventually feel guilty about and delete, I will just say that we don't always work with people we would normally choose to spend hours each day with. Sometimes we get snapped at or ignored and not because we have done anything to deserve it. I did my best to tune it out, block it out, ignore it – but it still always stung a bit. Why should I care that a person I barely know is mean to me? Well, I haven’t yet figured out how to not care if people don’t like me. I’m hoping that comes with 50 since it sure didn’t happen when I turned 40, dang it. The great thing is I work for a large company and that means that people move to new jobs in different buildings far, far away and everyone is happier because of it. Especially me.
3. My dad. I loved him. We had a far from ideal relationship. He wasn't the perfect dad and I certainly wasn't the perfect daughter but I'm thinking about him today and wishing things had been different and better.
1. My callings. I'm super busy with my church callings. Like, every day there's something to do kind of busy. Like, I can't think about anything else kind of busy. I guess that's what happens when you are a callings hog and have three of them at once. If I'm not working on camp stuff, I'm going to marathon length Youth Conference meetings (you need me to create thank you's for 55 people by Thursday? No problem!) or I'm trying to think of creative ways to sing, review and repeat the same song every Sunday in Primary until those darling children are singing it in their sleep. It will get better...it will get better...it will get better.
2. My job. I love my new job and feel great about the change I made back in March. However, not everything has been perfect. At the risk of blogging something I will eventually feel guilty about and delete, I will just say that we don't always work with people we would normally choose to spend hours each day with. Sometimes we get snapped at or ignored and not because we have done anything to deserve it. I did my best to tune it out, block it out, ignore it – but it still always stung a bit. Why should I care that a person I barely know is mean to me? Well, I haven’t yet figured out how to not care if people don’t like me. I’m hoping that comes with 50 since it sure didn’t happen when I turned 40, dang it. The great thing is I work for a large company and that means that people move to new jobs in different buildings far, far away and everyone is happier because of it. Especially me.
3. My dad. I loved him. We had a far from ideal relationship. He wasn't the perfect dad and I certainly wasn't the perfect daughter but I'm thinking about him today and wishing things had been different and better.
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