SWITCHFOOT!!!!!!

On Thursday June 24, 2010 I went to the Switchfoot concert. They were absolutely amazing. I went with Lydia Larson and Jessica Blanch. We had a great time screaming all the songs and making fun of the weird people around us. I was glad that they sang a lot of songs from older CDs, like "On Fire" which is probably my favorite Switchfoot song. The last song they sang was "Dare You to Move" and that was wayyyy awesome. We all forgot to bring cameras but Lyds took a few pictures from her phone. Above is a picture of the stage, a little blurry but still wonderful!

Here is me and Lyds a little to excited to be seeing one of our favorite bands. I don't remember if this was before or after the lead singer completely broke this huge drum on the song "This is the Sound". That was pretty funny, because it was completely on accident.

Here is our whole group after the concert. It was so fun and I will never forget it! YEAH SWITCHFOOT!

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Not so "Laugh"y Taffy

So my work has this huge basket filled with all sorts of candy, including banana laffy taffy. I have a serious weakness for them because they are definitely top 5 in my favorite candy list. So I eat one every now and then and of course you ahve to read the jokes. I don't know if it is because I am older or what but the jokes suck nowadays. I mean real people, supposedly, submit the jokes....I feel bad for them if they think they're funny. Here are some example jokes that I have come across lately:

What kind of plant to you put in a cake?- Flower
Why don't ducks tell jokes while they are flying?-Because they would quack up
Why did the strawberry cross the road?- Because his mother was in a jam
How do you keep a lion from charging?- Take away its credit cards

.......what? None of them are even remotely funny. Usually after I read them I feel more confused than anything. So those are my thoughts on lame laffy taffy....and that's all.

Things I do NOT appreciate

1. When people won't let me over and act pissed when I cut them off
2. When people sign off right as I start to talk to them
3. LOL
4. the phrase "Just Saying" we know that's what you just said
5. white people with dreds...you look retarded
6. HANDS
7. fish, sushi, lobster...no no no
8. when people walk slow right in front of me
9. asian drivers
10. utah drivers
11. SLOW drivers
12. acne
13. Obama
14. Calculus
15. stretchmarks
16. Fat people dressing as if they were skinny
17. Excessive amounts of hair scattered around the bathroom
18. when people judge you for picking a booger or wedgie
19. When people point out that I am blushing...thank you, I am aware.
20. When a boy wants YOU to make the decision where to eat and doesn't believe you when you say "I don't care"
21. The song "Ice Ice Baby"
22. Adam's feet
23. Having to pee really bad and not being able to do anything about it
24. Trying really hard not to look at a clock
25. saying goodbye
26. When a hair gets stuck on your arm. Especially in the shower.
27. Pee on the toilet seat
28. pigeons walking around my feet while I'm eating...seriously? BACK OFF!
29. BIRDS
30. When people sneeze into their hands/don't cover their mouth.
31. the chunks of fruit in yogurt
32. when the wind blows in the winter in p-town
33. having to get out of bed
34. flies
35. when you like a funny status and get a million notifications you don't care about.
36. When people confuse your and you're/there, they're and their/where and were
37. Hangnails and Cuticles
38. clogged drains
39. loud chewers
40. the smell of old ladies
41. The headache you get after crying

Simple pleasures and simple MemORieS

1. Having a GOOD hair day
2. "Liking" statuses on Facebook
3. The colors grey and yellow together
4. Pens that write really smooth
5. Dr. Pepper
6. back scratches
7. baths
8. Soup from a CAN
9. a hot car after church
10. snorting into my pillow
11. letters
12. reading a really good scripture
13. sitting at MY piano
14. pulling my comforter up to my chin
15. CAKEBALLS!
16. saying "I peed myself"
17. dressing my dolls
18. Planning my wedding
19. laying out back and reading a good book
20. KISSES on my forehead
21. sucking on MilkyWays
22. eating popcorn with Haley
23. Laying in front of the Marriott watching shooting stars and meteor showers
a) real talk
b)being attacked by crazy mother ducks
24. My first Provo rain (Britt)
25. Saving all of Provo from a disastrous flaming tree (Karen and Katy)
26. St. George-Old people (Karen)
27. Bio study sessions
28. Riding my bike Delilah (black beach cruiser complete with white flower basket and yellow ribbon tassels)
29. holding hands
30. Nicknames (nala, princess annoying, guhfrand, frito bandito, baby, marmar, satan, truman, peep, missy, marmal....)
31. Wearing pencil skirts
32. laying in the dark and staring at the ceiling
33. DaNCinG in the kitchen
34. the smell of Pinesol
35. talking for hours while sitting on a bed (JSMAK, Karen)
36. journals
37. uncomfortable sleepovers on the ground (Hay and Katy)
38. Notes that end with "Love, fat Hosack"
39. watching Modern Family/ Vampire Diaries/ Glee with Robin slash saying GLEE! in a stupid high pitched voice and then giggling
40. screaming in an annoyingly high opera voice
41. razzles
42. black nail polish
43. trying to walk on an ice covered campus without falling (Karen)
44. watching Ocean waves for hours
45. ROCKS
46. bonfires
47. The color of the leaves in the fall in the canyon
48. "How 6 Songs Collide" (Haley)
49. Facebook STALKING
50. having a specific playlist for crying
51. using the E-Z seal on the mail machine
52. Princess Diaries
53. Drawing on myself
54. Opening the mail with a cool razor thingy
55. Kaveri eating her twin in the womb and creeping me out with her tongue.
56. convulsing with laughter (samera)
57. Studying for art history- "you want some?" (Sam)
58. hand sanitizer
59. the smell of my truck
60. a perfect high five
61. T. Swift singing the words of my soul
62. The fresh scent of rain
63. Red skittles
64. big earrings
65. saying "bad news bears"
66. brown M&Ms
67. sucking on the baby sample spoons from Baskin-Robbins
68. Sleeping under the sTaRs
69. Kenny's Footsie Tootsies
70. My first concert- Fall Out Boy (Lydia)
71. Park City (Charlie, Shamu and Destiny)
72. Dole Whips, Rasberry Lemonade and Monte Christos (DINNYLAND!)
72. banana laffy taffies

my life as of lately...simple and grand

So I never like really posting things that happen from day to day because I feel like they are boring. But then I remembered why I got this blog in the first place, to remember those little everyday moments. Afterall, life is a few big moments held together by all the simple, little moments in between. And if I really start to think about it, I live for the little moments and simple pleasures. I can honestly remember going to get my favorite grape with pop rocks blizzard at DQ for family night better than my own graduation. So with all that in mind I am going to take the time to remember my everydays :)

Last night I got home from work and I had to go pick up Jacob and take him to a birthday party. The party was in this little condo place called "Collage". We used to live really close to that area when I was little and when people talked about going to college...I assumed that was the place. It's always been this sorta mystery to me I suppose, and it wasn't until just last month that I went there as part of an adventure with my friends. It is hardly as exciting as I imagined, but I still got a little thrill when I went there last night.

Nick Ashton also came over last night. He really wanted me to play the piano for him, but I refused. Just because I have been playing for ten years doesn't mean I am comfortable to play in front of just anyone. So I told him we could watch recording of a piano recital. We couldn't find any good ones though so we watched some old family videos...mostly of Christmas. Then we went in the spa and we had some deep discussions about life and love. I saw a shooting star. We then proceeded to facebook stalk some people and share stories about our past. Overall it was a pretty good night. I didn't go to bed till like 11:30, and somehow I am not even tired. It will probably hit tomorrow.

So now it is today. When I woke up this morning I felt ready for the day. The sun is shining super bright and it warms my heart. I feel sorta like bumblebee today because I am wearing a yellow sweater and a black skirt. I ate blackberry yogurt for breakfast and I am having a bad hair day. I listened to Marissa's Fav Mix I on the way here and it brought a big smile to my face. And lastly, I am in a particularly good mood because I am thinking about how good my life is.

When life gets you stuck...find your daddy.

So I was just going back through some old blog posts because I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do. I already did another post today...which is evidence of how slow things are at work today. It seems like I can't find a single thing to do and I wait and wait until it's time to get the mail because then there is something to do and then at that time EVERYONE asks me to do something for them and I can't even take a breath. Funny how that works. Anyway so I am not completely off topic because I wanted to talk about something that happened at work.

It was actually the same day that I made my post about working at the wonderful Preovolos and Associates. It was my second day of work and things seemed to be going smoothly and I felt a lot better than the first day. So I already wrote about the fiasco that I had with parking that morning...little did I know how good it would get. So I leave the lot and I am all excited because it was a good day, minus what happened in the morning. I pull out of the exit which is on a steep hill and there is a wall next to it because it runs along a main road and you have to merge. So I start to get over to go to the road...well I tried at least. I got myself stuck completely on this large curb that had the remains of a post (metal prongs)...yeah those wouldn't let me go. I called my parents in a panic because people were honking and finally a person from the building came and told me to call a tow truck and so my parents did and then they came down. My parents got there before the tow truck and anyone who knows my dad well enough can imagine the face he makes when there is a quandry. He walked around the car and stared at it for probably 5 minutes. Then he had me get in and he tried to push it but that didn't help. He went to the back of the car and got out a bat. I thought to myself well nice dad we can't get it off so let's put a few dents in it. He somehow wedged it under the tire of the car and then told me to floor it and he single-handedly lifted my car and pushed it off. YAY daddy!!! No tow truck even necessary. So that was my adventure. My poor husband has a lot to live up to.

shake shake shake shake sh-shake it!

Alrighty so here's the thing. I am at work and finding myself with nothing to do. Not even Facebook could keep me entertained. I decided that rather than ask for something to do, it would be more fun to sit and write a bit on my blog. So here's what's been going down as of lately...

My parents and Caitlin are out of town this week for Girl's Camp so me and Jacob have the whole house to ourselves. So last night we were just chilling and we were in the office watching my new favorite vampire show, Moonlight (don't judge). I like me a good show about vampires not going to lie...and the guy is FINE! Take a look for yourself: http://seriemaniacos.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/moonlight.jpg It's a little bit of a freaky, intense kinda show and the episode just happened to have a kidnapper in it. So as we're sitting there on the edge of our seats, there were these sounds that sounded like someone was walking around the house and I looked at Jacob and with wide eyes, and said be quiet. He looked a little freaked and that's when the shaking started. It was an EARTHQUAKE! We ran to the doorways even though they're not really that safe...anywho it was kinda frightening, but me being the weirdo geologist that I am...I kinda loved it. So it lasted for like 4 seconds NBD right? Yeah that's what I thought...

So Jacob wanted to sleep in Caitlin's bed because he likes to hang with me, because I am that cool. So we're laying there and Jacob starts asking me what we would do if someone broke into the house and I was like "don't worry about it" and he just kept asking and he said, "why aren't you worried about it?" I told him "because it's not going to happen and if it did we would be safe." He wanted to know what we would do still. I told him I had my cell phone right there and I would call 911 and then we would go hide in the bathroom and lock the doors until someone came to help us. He seemed to be O.K. with that answer and he went to sleep. Well then of course I was paranoid thinking about getting a bat or something to keep under my bed. I finally went to sleep and then in the middle of the night my little earthquake friend had an aftershock. It was just a big sound and I thought someone had swung open the door to my bedroom. I sit up and my heart is racing faster than it ever has in my life and I scream, Jacob RUN! When I realized it was nothing and Jacob was dead asleep I laid down and took about 30 minutes to calm down and went back to sleep. I am grateful that he's not sleeping at our house tonight because I don't think my heart can handle it if there are any more earthquakes. I am also excited to have the house to myself and to sleep in absolute silence. That like never happens so I hope it is an amazing sleep :)