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The following are 100 random things you probably never cared to know about me.

Enjoy.

1. One of my life goals is to go out with a boy for each letter of the alphabet. I have 'I' and 'X' left.
2. My favorite music group right now is The Weepies
3. I love skydiving. I have been twice
4. I want to go bungee jumping
5. I love Portland
6. I love big cities
7. I want to go to all 7 continents before I die
8. I've only been to 4
9. I eat a peanut butter sandwich for lunch every day
10. I hate my hair. Long or short. Just don't like it
11. But I love coloring my hair (current hair color - blonde)
12. My closet is color coded
13. And then within each color, it's alphabetized by what the tag says
14. I have enough underwear to go 3+ months never wearing the same pair twice
15. Same thing with socks.
16. I would wear flip flops every day if I could
17. I wish I was a more interesting person
18. This is harder than I thought it would be
19. If I could change one thing about my physical appearance, it would be the size of my head
20. Next, I would get good skin
21. Everything else would change if I would just work-out
22. I hate running
23. I like running in the rain
24. I don't want to be 24
25. I love numbers and counting things
26. Don't believe me? See my last post
27. My mom is amazing. I hope I grow up to be just like her!
28. I'm still not quite sure why I'm doing this!!
29. I think sleeping is a waste of time - I wish we didn't have to sleep so much to function
30. But I love naps
31. And I only like sleeping in on Sundays
32. I save all my letters and notes
33. I like to save text messages too
34. Back in the day, I loved Boy Bands. I still occasionally jam out to them in my car. And I still know all the words
35. I love macaroni and cheese
36. I love high heels, even though I am tall to begin with
37. Peanut m&m's are my favorite candy
38. I've never been in a limo
39. I wish I cared about politics
40. I could sit in crowded places and watch people for hours
41. I'm scared of being outside at night by myself
42. I'm going to Hawaii in 5 days.
43. I wish that I was going somewhere else that I haven't been before
44. But it will still be a lot of fun, and a much needed vacation
45. Putting this much stuff about myself on the internet makes me a bit nervous
46. I love pictures
47. I wish I had more time to scrapbook
48. It's my secret guilty pleasure in life
49. I don't like chocolate
50. I'm half way done
51. I like my initials
52. I can't survive without mascara and chapstick
53. I wish I was smarter
54. I also wish I was musically talented
55. I have insanely oily skin
56. Which I hate
57. I can't wait to get married so that I can always have the Priesthood in my house. Something I've never had before.
58. Fruit snacks are my new staple food.
59. I love motorcycles
60. I'm going to by my husband one for his first birthday after we're married (assuming that he doesn't already have one)
61. I usually trip going up stairs
62. I only almost broke my ankle while skipping home from a football game
63. The doctor told me that I had the most flexible ankles he had ever seen!
64. i LOVE snow!
65. Its the only thing I miss about living in Utah
66. I've been skiing practically since I could walk
67. This past winter was the first season I've gone without skiing. It was tragic
68. I haven't paid for my own cell phone bill for over 5 years (thank you T-Mobile family plan!!)
69. I graduated from all 4 years of seminary, even though I was only a member for about 2 months of that
70. I wish that life would slow down sometimes
71. I like tall boys :)
72. The only thing I've ever won was concert tickets to Kenny Chesney
73. I've always been blessed with wonderful friends
74. I don't like pulp in my orange juice
75. The only seafood I like is salmon
76. I'm really good at remembering dates - especially birthdays
77. I could only shop at one place for the rest of my life it would be Nordstrom
78. I love exclamation marks!!!! I totally over-use them in e-mail & texting
79. I am not pregnant, nor am I planning to be anytime soon. (haha - that one's directly from Emma's blog!)
80. I graduated from Utah State University in 3.5 years
81. The past 6 months marks the longest amount of time that I've been single since my junior year of High School
82. I love Facebook
83. I love roller coaster
84. I can count the number of baby diapers that I've had to change on one hand
85. I don't like my job
86. I like dressing up to go out
87. My dream car would be a Audi or a Porche
88. Occasionally, I actually like pictures of me
89. I hate traffic
90. I love dancing in my car
91. I have received more flowers from people since I moved to Portland than I have in my whole life. Times five
92. I eat Eggo waffles frozen
93. Ben and Jerry's Half-Baked is my ultimate favorite ice cream!
94. I collect thimbols
95. I love the tv show So You Think You Can Dance - so sad it's over for the season
96. Black, white and red will always be my favorite colors
97. I hate big key chains
98. I love shopping...
99. Unless it's shopping for jeans
100. It's taken me all day to think of 100 things

[Thanks Emma for posting this so that I could copy you!]

Twenty-Six point Five

26.5 is the number of stop lights on my way to work. According to Google [the source of all knowledge] - the drive is only 10.1 miles! A bit ridiculous if you ask me!! But that's just how they do things here in Oregon! [The .5 is for a 'Fire Signal' - it's always green, but I guess that one of these days, there could be a fire when I'm driving by, and it would be red. I decided that it only counts as half a light]


Totally random thought for the morning! Happy Monday!

Phase One!

Well, I've made a bit of progress on my new apartment! My bedroom and living room are still pretty boring, so I'll post pictures of them later!

This is my kitchen table before I painted it! It's the perfect little table because it's small enough to keep against the wall, but when I have someone(s) over for dinner, I can un-fold the other side and it seats 4 people!

Before:
After!

Here's the kitchen! Behind that frame is my breaker-switch box thing. It was really ugly, and oddly placed on the wall - so the frame was the best idea I could come up with for covering it! The pictures in the frame are from my trip to Thailand last January with my mom. I figured some food shots would be appropriate for the kitchen!

So there you go - a sneak peek at the new place! More pictures to come....


Only 9 days until I'll be boarding a plane for Hawaii! I can't wait to sit around and do nothing for 8 days! Tomorrow I'm going to see Phantom of the Opera - which will be awesome! I saw it in NYC with my mom quite a few years ago, so it will be great to see it again!

Happy Birthday Allyson!!

Fondue.... yummy!!!!

Last night, we celebrated my friends birthday by having a Girl's Night Out at The Melting Pot! We just ordered 'cheese and chocolate' - and it was SO yummy!

Allyson - the birthday girl! The big 2-1!!!


Jenne, Janna, and Danielle
[PS - no pictures of my half of the table cause I was struggling yesterday! haha]


The dessert! We got 'The Original' chocolate dipping - which had crunchy peanut butter in it - AMAZING!! The cheeses were also good, but we forgot to take any pictures of the cheese because we were too hungry!

Very fun and yummy night!

the moving part is over...

Saturday was moving day, and thanks to my wonderful friends, everything went very smoothly! Between 9 people, 2 trucks and 5 cars, we got it all done in about 2 hours. My new place is now nicely decorated with cardboard boxes and piles all over the place! I bought a couch and bookcase that will be delivered on Saturday, which will help with all the unpacking and arraigning! My bedroom is pretty liveable, and so is the bathroom. I still have a few more loads of new dishes, pots, and pans to wash before the kitchen is unpacked. And then it's time to decorate! Hopefully I'll get everything set up and decorated before Hawaii - so stay tuned for pictures!

After a quick trip to IKEA, a few friends and I headed downtown to see the Sand Sculptures in Pioneer Square (with a name like that - you'd think I still lived in Utah!) They were pretty amazing!
The details and everything were amazing! After the sand sculptures, we hit up Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale! It was great - I got an amazing red pea coat, and now wish that it wasn't July so that I could wear it! I think after a little bit, the boys realized that Nordstrom's probably wasn't the best idea of ways to spend the evening! But I'm glad we went, and can't wait for it to get cold enough to wear my new coat!

Overall, it was a great weekend! Now if I can just survive this upcoming week of craziness!!

New apartment. New adventures.

If last night was just a glimpse of what's to come.... I'm not sure that I'm going to survive living by myself!

So, yesterday, I left work a little giddy about my new apartment! I got to the office, had to sign a zillion pages of paperwork! I did a walk-thru with one of the managers just to make sure everything looked - but since I'm the first one to live there after the remodel, everything is brand new! After she gave me the keys and left, I couldn't help myself from doing cartwheels in my new living room! I had to run a few errands, met up with my friend Megan, and the two of us headed off to the grocery store to pick up a few essentials. It was a little difficult trying to decide what to make for dinner when I didn't have any pots, pans, plates, bowls, utensils, nothing! We decided on a frozen pizza - and made sure to get one that we could stick right in the oven - seeing as how I didn't have any cookie sheets. We bought some paper towels, and some soap to wash the glasses that I had bought about 15 minutes earlier!

On the drive back to my new place, I realized that I didn't have a knife to cut the pizza with. Megan and I agreed that it wasn't essential that we have a knife, so we continued home! After carrying in a few things, we decided to let the pizza cook while we unloaded the stuff that I had packed in my car. So I turned on my oven while giving Megan the grand tour! I could smell something a little funky, but didn't really think much of it, until I started back toward the kitchen, and realized that it smelt like something was burning.... and sure enough, I look in the oven, and there's FLAMES! I freaked out for a second, then hurried and turned off the oven and opened the door! Anyway... me, being the brilliant one that I am, didn't check the oven before I turned it on, and since it's brand new, it still had some cardboard in there, the instruction booklet and some other paperwork - which caught on fire pretty quickly when it turned on! So - Megan and I we laughing pretty hard - but still trying to figure out what to do about the flames in my oven! I didn't have anything in my kitchen besides the pizza, some OJ in the fridge, and the box of cereal that Megan had just bought. So I turned on my sink, and started cupping the water in my hands, and 'throwing' it into my oven! It was pretty funny!! Once the flames were out, we pulled out the manual and the bottom of it is partially burnt!! We managed to get all the paper and plastic things out of the oven, and then turned it up as hot as the oven would go, and left the oven door open to try and get rid of the little puddle of water in the bottom of the oven. We managed to eventually cook our pizza, and get it out of the oven without too much drama! I remembered that I had some scissors in one of the boxes that I had brought in, so we literally cut the pizza! It's probably one of those things where 'you had to be there' , but Megan and I had quite a bit of fun!

A little later, Sheri and Diana came over too. Sheri had made a cute little cake (from scratch!) She even frosted it and wrote 'Welcome Home'! We had a fun evening of girl talk and laying on the floor of my empty living room!

I can already tell that this whole living-by-myself thing is going to be quite an adventure! And I couldn't be more excited!

This year needs to slow down!!!

I can't believe it's already the middle of July! What is happening to 2008?! I have really been slacking off on my blog posts, although I'm not sure how many people actually read my blog, so I'm not sure that many people really care. Life has been really good lately, with lots going on. It's interesting to sit back and look at life and where it takes you and the experiences we each have. Here's a little catch-up of the last few weeks!

Tomorrow, I'm moving into my new place! Ok - so I'm going to get the key and do all the check-in stuff. Saturday is the real moving day! I found a cute little one bedroom place - newly remodeled, in the area I wanted! I'm really excited to finally have my 'own' place! Although... I don't own any furniture (besides my bedroom stuff), so I have lots of stuff to buy in the next few weeks! And it's amazing how much STUFF I have! This is the longest that I've lived in one place since I moved out of my parents house - 14 months! I've managed to accumulate quite a bit of stuff in those last 14 months. And unlike when I lived in Logan, I can't easily store stuff at my parents house anymore! But I have some friends coming to help with the moving on Saturday, so I have until then to get everything (or most everything) in boxes!

This past weekend, my friend Megan and I went up to Seattle! She has a friend who is doing an internship up there, so we visited him, and spend Saturday playing in Seattle with him and 2 of his friends... more pictures to come!

(a view of Seattle from the ferry)

Other things going on.... This next weekend (July 26th and 27th) is our multi-regional YSA Summer Conference. There is about 1200 YSA that will be coming, but luckily enough, I don't have nearly as much responsibility as I did for the Winter Conference! And then August 7-9 is our Ward Campout! I'm really excited, although I've never planned a camping trip for 30+ people! It should be interesting! And there's always plenty of other things going on each weekend - people having get-togethers, BBQ's, things happening downtown, outdoor movies and concerts. All sorts of fun and exciting stuff!


I chopped my hair off - about 9 inches. I don't really like the cut, but I do like the color. I'm going in at the end of the month for a trim, and hopefully a style I'll like more! This is not a very good picture at all, but you get the idea! I'll probably keep it short for a few more cuts, then grow it out a little bit. Who knows!!


I'm not entirely sure why I'm posting these - maybe just to see if this link works... but about a month ago, my friend (Andrew) took these pictures of a friend (Matt) and I to model the shirts for his music magazine - Minute Morning. Matt and I had a blast, and were laughing during about 90% of the pictures. I'm not sure if Andrew got many good ones that he could use, but Matt and I sure had a good time! Anyway, someone who doesn't have Facebook should let me know if this link really works :)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2172272&l=515cf&id=11508016

OK - that's all for now! Time to go home and do some more packing and cleaning!

I'm on a roll!!!

Not only is this the second post this month, but two days in a row! Anyway, I took this Disney Princess Quiz, and I'm Ariel!! I'm not sure that I necessarily agree with everything it says (fiesty?!!), but Little Mermaid is my favorite movie, so I was happy with the results! Take the quiz and let me know who your Disney princess is!

You Are Ariel!

Headstrong and fiesty. You have a mind of your own that's full of romantic dreams about the world around you. Exploring exotic places is your ultimate dream, and although you can be a little naive you'll realize that there is something to be gained from your family's wisdom.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

It's official!

I'm officially an Oregonian now - I finally got Oregon license plates!! I decided to spend the extra $20 bucks to get the Crater Lake plates since I'm not a huge fan of the 'tree' ones. I wasn't expecting them to just give me the plates when I went to the DMV, but they did, and as soon as I got home from work , I whipped out my tool kit and put my new license plates on my car!

I'm really bad at updating my blog! Life is crazy busy, but I love it - I wouldn't trade it for the world!! I've been doing plenty of playing - I really have the greatest friends ever! I've been looking for a new job, but haven't had any luck with finding something that interests me. My roommate is going to grad school in August, so I'm going to get my own place - I can't wait to live by myself and not have to deal with roommates anymore! I've been looking at places closer to downtown, and I think I found one that I like! Now just to find a new job, and I'll be set!

Three and a half months.... and counting

On August 25th, me and 5 friends will be flying to Oahu, Hawaii to spend 7 days relaxing on Waikiki Beach!! This is a picture of the condo that we're staying in for the week. I went to Waikiki Beach in highschool with my family, and I loved it. I love 'people watching', and it's even better on the beach! Even though it's quite a ways away, I'm excited for some r&r in Hawaii!!