Roots

I think I can officially consider going to the dentist as a hobby now. It had been five whole years since I stepped into that death trap of a place when I was home for Christmas, and after two days of drilling and filling i still needed to make 6 more appointments to get my grill functioning properly again. 6 appointments!? It gets worse. I am not covered as far as insurance purposes out here in Utah, so I have to make my dentist appointments according to flight fares and work. It is heinous, but I would much rather spend several hundred dollars on plane tickets then $10,000.00 for all of this work. 

I flew home last week for two days and went straight from the airport to the dentist, and then straight from the dentist to the airport the following day. He performed 2 root canals, and after all of the hype on how atrocious they are, it really wasn't that bad. Did my mouth still hurt though? Absolutely. I was able to get a pic on my phone of what was going on in my mouth while the dentist was away.

My jaw hurt for a good three days after that. 

Even though it was only for one night, it was good to be home and be with my family. When I was preparing for dinner I opened up some cupboards and noticed we still have signs up that my best friend made YEARS ago, I'm talking a good 8 at least, and it made me so happy to see them still there. She also put one on the back of my parents bedroom door, though I cant recall what it said. 

The one on the far right says "steph is such a hottie", yep, she's my best friend. 

I returned home the next day and was back to work. Oh joy.

But onto better news, I bought a mountain bike! I am VERY well pleased with this purchase and am so excited to start taking it out on some trails. I tested her out last Monday and am just getting used to adjusting the gears. I cant wait until Danielle fixes her tires so we can ride together!

I also may have spent all of my tax return already. I didn't get much back, but between my mountain bike and decorations the money is now gone. Oops :)

This new picture above our kitchen table.

Nothing new here, but I liked how I rearranged our fruit in these vases

 I spray painted Beethoven gold and joined him with some other new trinkets that I put above our TV.

I also bought many new picture frames and made an arrangement above our couch, but i forgot to upload the picture, and quite frankly I am too lazy to do so right now.

Nothing extremely exciting going on in my life right now, but these are just some of the things that have been keeping me busy while i am in this place they call "Winter". It shouldn't be much longer until I can roam freely in my humble abode of SUMMER!

The Countdown Begins!!

It is safe to say I am a very adventurous person. So much good can come of this, while on the other hand if I am not doing much I tend to lose my mind. As custom, the winter has brought much cold (although not as much snow as usual) and the weather has not been permitting for me to go on my frequent hikes. Thus, I AM GOING CRAZY! I still push myself to be outside as much as possible but with freezing tempuratures I can only handle so much, and with the lack of time..and money...a snowboarding pass would be nonsensicle, therefore I have resulted in my search for a vacation.

Would I like a vacation that my wallet agrees with? Absolutely. Does that mean limited choices? Again, absolutely. I have been dying to travel the world my entire life, but without a lump sum of money and resources I am forced to live within my means, which is okay. Dont get me wrong, I have a full time job and am extremely grateful to be able to pay all of my bills and even have a small amount left over, but this means I have to be smart about my money.

I feel like I am to a point in my life where I deserve even an expensive adventure that I wont feel guilty about taking. Well guess what? IT IS TIME! Nothing is booked yet, but you better believe I am doing everything in my power to make this happen. I have requested work off, emailed who I need to for reservations, and almost have 100% on my reqruitment.

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I AM GOING TO BELIZE!!!!!

Here is where me and three of my friends will be staying:

In this adorable little Thatch!

On this adorable little island!

With this adorable little guy!!

And here is our adorable little view of the MilkyWay every night.

We will be leaving in mid-july and stay for a week. I will be able to celebrate my birthday here! BEST.BIRTHDAY.EVER!

The countdown has officially begun.

Alice Lane

Alice Lane you are so wonderful. One day i will be able to afford anything and everything i want from there. My newest obsession?  this pillow! 

http://blog.alicelanehome.com/uncategorized/its-giveaway-time/

Magnificent Monday!

Monday was truly a magnificent day! I was grateful to have the day off from work, and thanks to some amazing friends of mine I was able to go snowboarding :) :). 

I woke up in the early morning and met my new friend Schlib up in Park City at The Canyons. 

A little side note here, I have only been snowboarding 3 times in my whole life, the last time 5 years ago.

 I was expecting Lib to do his own thing, but surprisingly he stuck with me and was actually a very good teacher! He had to leave for work around 1:00 which was precisely the time Danielle came up to play. Another side note, Danielle is just as awful as I am! Although I must say by the end of our day we were pretty darn good. You probably wouldn't be able to tell, though, judging on our bruises.

This picture does NOT do this bruise justice, but this is Danielle's arm...after me running over it...with my board... oopsies :)

HAHA I cant help but laugh so hard every time I think about our collision. I was practicing riding toe-side when I may have gotten a bit out of control and began to haul serious butt towards Danielle. Did I mention I was backwards!? I could barely see Danielle out of the corner of my eye when I started yelling "MOVE DANIELLE!" I don't know why I commanded her to move so abruptly when she can barely stand up on a   snowboard as it is. The next thing I knew we were involved in a full on back-to-front collision. I am still trying to figure out how I ended up about 5 feet in front of her. Regardless, the people on the lift right above us got an earful of fun words.

 

After a long but fantastic day on the mountain it was time to head home. We made some dinner and then to end our wonderful day watched How to Train Your Dragon.

I cannot wait to go again! My next goal (besides becoming a snowboarding champion) is to get my mom out here to go with me! Love you mommy :)

Scatter Brained

Danielle thinks it is so hilarious when i am bored. However, i don't think she realizes that i have two forms of boredom. There is the first- where i become completely and unequivocally delusional, and the second- where i become restless and grumpy. She is enjoying the first type of my boredom right now as she is doing her homework while I am entertaining myself and hysterically laughing. Welcome to apt 118.

Speaking of being bored, on Saturday Danielle and i ran some errands and oh my goodness i forgot to say that we have a new vacuum! For any other neat freak out there you know this is better than Christmas! I vacuumed the whole apartment, and since i was in a cleaning mood i also repainted all of our baseboards after previously scrubbing them down two weeks ago. This is very much beside the point. Anyway, I put up some new things around the apartment.

 Made a very classy sign and some picture frame menus for our kitchen.

Framed some of my favorite toiletry brands in my bathroom.

 This picture is of mine and DJ's "adventurous jar funds" that we are starting this year.

We put money in it every week and can only use it for our amazing fantastic adventures coming our way.

I must warn you before you look at this next picture. 

I had a member come into work and tell us that we have a tree that flips her off every time she leaves (little did she know we did this on purpose....I'm kidding I'm kidding). I went out to see this friendly tree and couldn't resist snapping a picture.

I am sorry for the inappropriateness this displays, but i did warn you....

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 "Thank you for choosing to bank with us, have a wonderful day!"

I also just want to say that I am going to miss Erin Stolworthy so unbelievably much! She leaves for the MTC tomorrow, then in 3 months is off to Thailand. Danielle and I were so lucky to have this girl room with us for a few months. We were very frightened at first when she moved in that we would be too much for her to handle, but soon enough Erin's beaming personality reassured us that she was our perfect match. It has been such a blast having her in my life and i cannot wait until the day she comes home again. Erin I love you to death and am so proud of you!!

:)

Personal Ad (for friends, calm down)

Who knew?!

 Who knew that making friends at my age was more difficult than ever before.  Who knew that being a fun, outgoing, and super spontaneous person wasn't enough anymore? I consider myself a very likable person (when I'm not being a brat), and i am puzzled why a friendly person like myself lacks friends! I honestly make a big effort to get to know people,and yes i make many new acquaintances, but where are the keepers!? I realize that this makes it seem as if i am a sure loner, but I can promise you you will rarely find someone that has more zest for life than myself. So!? Where in the name of love are you people!?

I am considering putting out a personal ad, I think it would look as follows:

"If you like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain

If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain

If you like makin love at midnight in the dunes of the cape

Then I'm the love you've looked for write to me and escape"

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So that may not be exactly how i would put it, but what should i say?

If you know how to have a good time, laugh until you're blue

rejoice in spur of the moments, are a true tomboy at heart (for a girl obviously),

lives for the outdoors, love late night food runs

can joke with me, puts friends first

is an honest-to-goodness person, and not afraid to make a fool of yourself

then fetching call me!

Shoot, if you aren't even half of these things it is OK. All I ask is for people who are down to earth and know how to have a good time! 

<insert sigh>

Thank goodness for Flarp.

Paparazzi

Last September on a beautiful sunny day the roomie and I were in dier need of a motorcyle ride. Well a motorcycle is something that we are both without, so we gratefully borrowed a friends moped and cruised around town. As we were sitting at one of the many stop lights Provo has to offer, we saw our good friends Caitlin and Devin at the light adjacent from us. Caitlin, being as domestic and artistic and fabulous as she is, had her camera ready to go and snapped a picture of us right then and there. Ladies and gentlemen this photo was not planned, not rehearsed, and definitely not thought out. Proceed................... ......................

Danielle says its perfect because it shows our personalities so well.

She is all sweet and good and i am sassy. 

Thanks?

Onto more important things: X DANCE FILM FESTIVAL STARTS TOMORROW!

You guys! You guys! I look forward to this every year! 

For those of you who don't know, x dance is of extreme sports and sports culture. I am so in love with everything about this!

Here is a clip of my favorite documentary from last year:

Life Cycles 

If you need me within the next 72 hours, I will be at the festival.

:)