Tuesday, December 23, 2008

ho ho ho

i know i'm a few days early, but honestly, what are the chances i'll be back to blog on christmas? slim to none. so, if you're reading this on the day i post it, HAPPY CHRISTMAS ADAM.

if you're reading it on the 24th, HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE.

and if you're reading it anytime between now and the 25th...
MERRY CHRISTMAS

and if you're reading it anytime after the 25th, well, you're just too late. sorry.

-sarah

Monday, December 15, 2008

Electric Bird

So here we are, the first day of finals. It is finally happening, no pun intended. I have taken 1 final and have 4 more to go. woohoo... And now, when I should be in the library studying for my New Testament final so I can take it later today, I am in the SWKT creeping on fbook. (I ended up in here b/c I knew where the vending machines were) And I have decided finals are ridiculous. I don't know where a university gets off stressing out thousands of people for a whole week, and making them pay for it! Out. Of. Control. But I am not really stressed out. I have accepted the fact that I am going to have to retake stats, or find a class that will fill the same GE. SO I am really bored and not wanting to study so I am going to do this little game to occupy myself. Hope you all enjoy!
XOXO - M

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? Marvelous Things - Eisley

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? The Heartache Can Wait - Brandi Carlile

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Santa Fe - Newsies

WHAT'S YOUR LIFE PURPOSE? Lord, Make Me an Instrument of The Peace - BYU singers

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Lighthouse - The Hush Sound

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Ramalama - Roisin Murphy

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Down and Out - The Academy Is...

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Angels We Have Heard on High - Josh Groban

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Chemical Bomb - The Aquabats

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? It's only Life - Kate Voegele

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Each Coming Night - Iron and Wine

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Burning Bridges - The Summer Obsession

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Carry Me Home - The Hush Sound

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Something There - Beauty and The Beast

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Excuse - RuRu

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Desperate - David Archuleta (oh goodness...)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? The Rush - Dashboard Confessional

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Matches - The Format

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Concrete Girl - Switchfoot

HOW WILL YOU DIE? Now or Never - Josh Groban

THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? Losing All Control - Rooney

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Perfect - Jon McLaughlin

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Come on! Feel The Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? S.O.S - The Jonas Brothers

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? I Dare You To Move - Switchfoot

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? Hotel Song - REgina Spektor

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Our Song - Taylor Swift

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Electric Bird - Sia

Friday, December 5, 2008

its true/stairway to hell

this is sarah, and i just wanted to take a moment to endorse m's previous blog post.

around this time one year ago, i was just a sad, single girl, pining for a boy. when lo and behold, my roommate marci descended upon the situation, worked a little magic, and WHABAM. the next day, i had a date with the boy. and now, almost 365 days later (yes, that's a year), here i am, still dating that SAME BOY. miracles do happen, ladies and gents. marci can help.

**my name is sj, and i approve this message.



hokay, so, i would like to take this opportunity to blog about the stairway to hell, aka the stairs south of campus. ok, i know that they are necessary since byu is way uphill from everything south of campus, but i can still hate them. especially in the morning. when you're tired. and its cold. and you have an insanely heavy backpack. UGH.


ok, well my initial experiences with these stairs were winter semester and usually took place at night. cody would come and get me from my apartment when he would get home from work, and then we'd walk down to will and justin's apartment, which was in liberty square, which is south of campus. then, on the way home (which was usually between the hours of 1 and 3 a.m....in the freezing cold) we'd get to go up the stairs. usually cody had to pull me up the last few sets because i was about ready to lay down and die.

now i get the neverending joy of going up the stairs every weekday for class, and every sunday for church. you would think that after going up the stairs for, oh, FOUR MONTHS, you'd get used to them. NEWSFLASH: you don't. they still suck as much.

joyful will be the day that someone invents outdoor escalators and byu installs them in place of the endless stairs between campus and south campus.



-sarah

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Matchmaker, Matchmaker make me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch

M here.
I just wanted to share with you all something I have discovered about myself. I am a matchmaker. And I have a few experiences which can back me up on this statement. And they have all occurred since I have been in college. And currently I am in the midst of working my magic to get another couple together. But for some reason I can't seem to set myself up with anyone. Too bad my powers don't work for me. Maybe one day I will find someone who has powers like mine and they can find me a man! Until then, I am content making happy couples out of my friends. So if you need some help snatching that special guy or girl, let me know. I should be able to help! This is the season for miracles, so if you think that is what it would take, now is the time folks!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

attention

i love getting letters.

that is all.

-sarah

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Christmas Time is Not Here

Usually I don't listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but for some reason, this year I caved. Regardless of the reason I have found my top 5 favorite Christmas songs for Christmas 2008, in no particular order. Hope you all enjoy!

1. All I want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
All I want for Christmas is you, enough said.

2. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Joshua James
I recently discovered Joshua James thanks to my good friend Chaela and I have loved him ever since, so it was like Christmas came early when I found he had a Christmas album.

3. Wintersong - Sarah McLachlan
Okay, kind of a sad song, but amazing. It is so peaceful, I just love it. That is all I have to say about it.

4. Frosty the Snowman - Fiona Apple
This is a fun little version of frosty that I recently found and I love it. Seriously guys.

5. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever - Sufjan Stevens
Okay, kind of a weird Christmas song, and a lot of people probably would not classify this as a Christmas song, but I do since it has Christmas in the title and it talks about presents in the song (although they are being burned in a wood stove in the song...)

Honorable Mention:
Carol of the Bells - The Bird and the Bee
Probably one of the best free downloads from itunes ever, the end

Monday, November 10, 2008

oh byu football and jamba

i love the byu football team.
especially the nice guys who actually talk to you when they come into jamba, like fui vakapuna (easily the nicest football player i've ever come in contact with) and max hall (who was asking me for advice today on what jamba he should get).

seriously, i'm in love with like every single one of them.

except for the jerks, but i can't think of one right now. if i do, i'll get back to you.

other nice guys honorable mention: david nixon, wayne latu, jj diluigi, and jan jorgensen.

-sarah

Sunday, November 9, 2008

and the award goes to...

well, KTG gave us an award and since i haven't blogged for awhile, i decided to do it. so here goes.

The Rules Are...
1. Name Five things that you love
2. Pass along the blog award to blogs you love
3. Please link back to my blog

1. winter - snow, christmas, my birthday, cold weather, hot chocolate, sweaters, scarves, sledding, snowmen...does it get any better? i think not.

2. 11:11 pm. - i make a wish every single night at 11:11 pm.
3. the lds version of pride and prejudice - yes, i know it's lame, and cheesy, and the acting leaves a lot to be desired, but holy cow. it is probably one of my favorite movies of all time, and i never say no to watching it. besides, its filmed in provo, so it makes it that much more interesting
4. pictures - i know this one is generic and very broad, but i LOVE pictures. taking pictures, looking at pictures, posting pictures on facebook, getting pictures from missionaries, sending pictures to missionaries, I LOVE PICTURES.
5. elder cody meredith - i know this one probably could go without saying, but psh, i don't care. i just like to remind everyone. that's all :]

I am giving this blog award to the following people....
1. smellychelli.blogspot.com (aunt chelli)

2. carolinebullough.blogspot.com (caroline)
3. babygurlsinger.blogspot.com (alyssa)

Thursday, November 6, 2008

MG's

For those of you who are not aware, Sarah is waiting for a missionary. To help her deal with the fact that Cody is gone for the next almost two years she has joined a facebook group for girl's waiting for missionaries. They refer to themselves as MG's meaning Missionary's Girl. So apparently they have occasional get-togethers to talk about their missionaries and how they are all coping. So they had one of these meetings on tuesday night. Sarah does not know any of these girls, so understandably, she did not want to go by herself. But all the the other girls she knows that are waiting for missionaries could not go, so she asked me to go with her, and being the AMAZING friend that I am, I went. I was kind of worried that these girls would shun me because I am not waiting for a missionary. So we pretended that I am waiting for a missionary. We used one of my guy friends who is on his mission as my missionary. I knew that because I was lying that there would be someone there that I knew. That's just how my life goes. So we get there and I don't know anyone, and I am excited about this fact. I tell the girls that my missionary has been out for almost 13 months and that he is serving in Budapest, Hungary, which would all be true if I was actually waiting for Conner. Basically I sat on the couch eating and not really talking or anything the entire night. As I am listening to the conversations around me I hear a name I am very familiar with. Terri Ann Gibbs. This is a girl who was an EFY counselor with my siblings, and i have heard her name many times, mostly from Sean Tanner. Apprently he likes to make fun of her. So I immediately text my brother, sister, and sean. And then, Terri brings up EFY. And I have to say something. So we make the connection and she starts texting my brother, telling him that I have a missionary. Great. So I have to quickly text my brother and tell him to just go with it if she tells him I am waiting for a missionary. Then I tell Sean the same thing, just in case Terri starts texting him as well. Then a girl shows up who works at the same place I do and we make that connection. So I have to lie to these girls and tell them I don't have facebook, and that that is why I am not in the waiting for a missionary group.
That was my night of adventure.
Also I got a call from the guy I am being set up with for the most recent cousins date, which will be taking place on saturday. He plays the tuba in the BYU marching band.... yeah. I will let you know how that goes.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Sarah is a blogging addict

So because I read my own blog, and sarah is addicted to blogging, I got tagged.

The rules are:

1. Go to your pictures.
2. Upload 4th picture from 4th folder.
3. Post.
4. Tag 4 friends

So here is my picture:





It is my brother Mitchell and my grandparents the day Mitchell went into the MTC over 2 years ago.

and now I tag:
Morgan
Matthew
Megan
Kate the Great

Get to it people!





Tuesday, October 28, 2008

i'm becoming a blog addict

Stole this from Aunt Chelli's blog:

The rules are:
1. Go to your pictures.
2. Upload 4th picture from 4th folder.
3. Post.
4. Tag 4 friends

ahaha. this is the first picture i got from cody from his mission. charming, isn't he?


also stealing this idea from aunt chelli (i'm so not creative, i know), but i tag anyone who reads this. that includes you, marci. :]

-sarah

Sunday, October 26, 2008

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Friday, October 24, 2008

i love fridays.



well, i did it. i survived the first month of cody's mission. and so did he. haha. only 23 more!



in other news, about everyone on the byu football team came into work today (well...except for most of the big names, which was weird since fui vakapuna, harvey unga, and jan jorgensen are in on a pretty regular basis). but guess who did come in. go on, guess. austin collie and david nixon. austin collie is even more attractive in person than in his football picture. who knew that was even possible? so needless to say, i made sure that i was the one who made his jamba. it was probably the best one he's ever had.


and as for david nixon...he is definitely single and on the prowl....like pretty much everyone else at byu (except for the boring married people...and all of the mg's). there i was, just asking him if he knew what he wanted (i was working register) and he out of nowhere, he just started hitting on me. what the h!? the senior captain of the byu football team does not just go around hitting on lowly jamba employees. is there a full moon tonight or something? it was weird. and kind of flattering, but please. i don't need david nixon. i've got elder meredith. :]


halloween is in a week. look out provo, here come the spice girls.


-sarah

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Drama

Today was drama all over the place. It all started when I got to my stats lab. There are some interesting characters in that section and apparently they are very adamant that they have a computer to sit at. My personal opinion is that most people at BYU are way too uptight and they need to loosen up. So there was basically a throw down in my stats lab. It was awesome. Then I went to work where most of the new people don't like me, so I was lonely until Guy finally showed up (Yes I have a friend whose name is Guy). Then while I was at work my sister came over to borrow my crock pot and my roommate almost didn't let her take because she thought it was my other roommate's crock pot. WTH. I was not happy. SO when I finally got home from work my roommate comes up to me and tells me that she was informed by my other roommate that my sister took her crock pot today. BS. Apparently her mom told her she bought her a crock pot, but she had never seen said crock pot. Whatevs. It is definitely my crockpot and this encounter made me not like my roommates even more. As if I needed any other reasons....
So that is the end of the drama. The rest of the day was AMAZING! When I got home and checked my email I found I had an email form one of my most favoritest people ever, Tyler Hatton. It was the BEST missionary email I have ever received. And then, the biggest news of all, I HAVE FOUND A MAJOR!!! I am so excited about this. It is Technology and Engineering Education and it is the bomb.com. If you have questions about it let me because I don't feel like explaining it right now. Just know that it is BYU's best kept secret major.

Friday, October 17, 2008

LOLOMGWTFLDSBBQ


so i'm sure that any of you bloggers who know anything about the big-name blogs have heard of the Seriously So Blessed blog. and for those of you who haven't, go there now.


TAMN is my new favorite person, and i can't wait until i'm married to my own JJWT. haha, its pretty much genius. read it. please. i beg you. LOLOMGWTFLDSBBQ!


-sarah

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Crazy One

That is what they call me.

Apparently Sarah works with one of my roommate's really good friends... and they refer to Sarah and I as the quiet one and the crazy one. Shouldn't take much for you to figure out which one is Sarah and which one is me...

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

my playlist

so, since this seems like a popular blog trend, i decided to follow the crowd and compile a list of songs that i've been listening to lately. so, um, enjoy?

i wish - skee-lo
-this wonderful piece of music was introduced to me by the one and only elder meredith (before he was 'elder' meredith, of course). it brings back fond memories of his visit to indiana this past summer and driving around ghetto indianapolis trying to figure out how to get into the dang speedway. his ipod was plugged in and he turned this song on (i had never heard it before) and sang at least the first minute, word for word. and if you know the song, you'll realize that it was quite a feat. and if the first line isn't enough to suck you in, you are hopeless. "i wish i was a little bit taller; i wish i was a baller; i wish i had a girl who looked good, i would call her." that's right. download it. now.

love story - taylor swift
-ok, so this one is kind of cliche because everyone likes this song right now, but really is a good one. taylor swift and carrie underwood are about as far i go into country music. and i didn't even really listen to taylor swift until last summer when my dorm apartment developed an obsession with 'our song.' and i've been in a fairytale, happily-ever-after, love story mood lately, so this only adds to it.

disturbia - rihanna
-halloween is coming and this is a great halloween song. also, i'm starting to really like rihanna. not sure why, though. i just do. k?

the unwinding cable car - anberlin
-i developed an obsession with anberlin, oh, last week. i had had a brief introduction to them this past summer when cody shared one of their songs with me and i was just so in love with that song, i never even thought about listening to any of their other stuff. so i did one day, and ended up buying their entire 'cities' album. and other than the song cody showed me, this one is my favorite song on the album. its just chill and i like chill.

hands on me - vanessa carlton
-i've never really been a big vanessa carlton fan. i mean, i like 'a thousand miles' as much as the next person, but i think i heard 'hands on me' at work first and really liked it. so what did i do? i went home and downloaded it, of course. it makes me miss playing the piano though. i CANNOT wait until christmas break when i can go home and play the piano as much as i want.


-sarah

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

ok, so i caved.

after years of refraining from buying a pair, i finally broke down and bought a pair of boots. the combination of utah winters lasting from october to april and having to walk around in the snow and slush and wet and cold for seven-ish months just got me.
-sarah

Monday, October 13, 2008

I Love...

life. I feel like I am so blessed right now and I am so thankful for that. So here are some things I am blessed with!

1. WONDERFUL family. I love that 3 of my 4 siblings live in Provo. It makes my life so much easier and I love having that support while I am here at school.

2. AMAZING friends. Jaimie, Sarah, Andrea, Ginger, and Kate, you guys are too good to me. You are my Utah family and I don't know what I would do without you.


3. EDUCATION. I love BYU. I am not a fan of the fall/winter weather, but being here is the best. I am so lucky to attend a school where I can receive a great education and be surrounded by people who share my beliefs. And I am taking some bomb classes.
4. GREAT job. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my job. It is fantastic. My boss is amazing, I have some great friends there. I love going to work, it is like taking a break from real life. I go, play with my friends, and make money. And I get to learn all sorts of cool insider things as to how things are made. It rocks.
5. GOSPEL. I am so so so blessed to have the gospel in my life. I feel like I have barely scratched the surface, and I am so excited to learn more. I could quit school and learn about the gospel (and make books) for the rest of my life and be totally content.
6. ATTITUDE. Regardless of the things that happen in my life, it has been really hard for me to feel down recently and I LOVE it. I am so satisfied with life right now and it makes me so happy, and I know that my happy attitude is not all my own doing. Someone is helping me out and I really really appreciate it.

These are not all the things I am blessed with but these are the main ones I am seeing in my life right now. Basically I am just a big fan of life right now, and I know it is because I have the gospel. Peace and love yo.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

let me just say

ok, so for a number of reasons (that are listed below), getting married is sounding better and better to me each and every day
1. my marriage prep class
2. the AMAZING talk given by Elder Nelson in the afternoon session of general conference today about celestial marriage
3. the fact i know girls my age who are getting married
4. how i saw my dream wedding colors on a mannequin at allyse's bridal yesterday


is it ok to be this excited about it?
-sarah

Saturday, October 4, 2008

taken for granted

so, i've been in a very sentimental, nostalgic mood lately, and if you know me, its not like that's anything new. but its been like super strength lately. i feel like i'm on drugs that force me to think about nothing but the past. its kind of a problem. but, looking back, i've realized that i took a lot of things for granted last year. here are a few:
me and gin's bedroom
the door of hot
just sitting around on nights like this
double dates and weekends with this crew
having guy friends my own age (especially these two)
the view out my bedroom window. i know, it doesn't
look like anything special, but i just miss it-sarah


Friday, October 3, 2008


I just finished one of the worst weeks of my life. And in actuality it isn't over yet. Over the course of 5 days I took 3 midterms and wrote 2 papers. And on monday I am taking another midterm. I go to class, take notes, study, and still it seems impossible for me to do well on my tests. I don't understand this. I think it means I am stupid and that I shouldn't be at college. But that's just one theory.

Conference is this weekend and I am very excited. I love spending time curled up on the couch listening to the beautiful music of the MoTab and OATs and listening to the Prophet and Apostles speaking. I have a lot of questions that I am hoping get answered this weekend.

I have to say that I am VERY proud of Sarah Joelle Alvey. She is be so strong and handling Cody being gone so well. I am glad that she plays with me and that she can be happy still. It's good to have her back with me.

My two new roommates are weird. There is no way around it. That is me being nice about the situation as well, just ask Sarah or Jaimie. They don't really talk to me or Sarah and I don't know how to be around them. It is always terribly awkward. I think we are going to have a roommate meeting and hopefully things will go well after that. And I really hope they start help cleaning and picking up around the apartment, b/c I CANNOT stand it when it is a mess and I feel like I am the only one who cares about it being clean.

Also props to Sarah for making our blog super cute.

I LOVE my bookbinding class. I am almost finished with my first book and once I am I will put up pictures of it. I feel like this is something I will be doing the rest of my life. It makes me feel creative, even though I am really not. I also LOVE my modern dance class. I have made some friends in there and it is so fun to just dance around and do whatever. I also really like learning the combinations and feeling like I can dance.

Winter is coming and I am not excited. It is supposed to rain this weekend and it will only get worse. Although, I am excited to wear cute winter clothes, I am not excited to walk up the stair south of campus to school EVERY DAY. yeah...

Go BYU Cougars! Our football team is freaking boss this year. We are owning and I love it. Even as I write this we are KILLING the Aggies. I can't wait for next weeks homecoming game.

Well this was a random collection of my thoughts. Hope you enjoyed. If not, I don't really care. GO team.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

problem.

i miss my dogs.
a lot.


and i miss my family too.
a lot a lot.




and this one is a given, but i miss cody too.



-sarah

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

you had to know it was coming

so here i am, at the end of what could very well be the longest day of my life. it seems like its been about a week since i was climbing over people to get a seat in my music 201 class this morning around 9:02 am. and now its 11:45, a little over 12 hours later, and i am so drained. physically, emotionally, mentally. now, i'm not here to whine and moan and complain about how much i miss cody (even though i do miss him, terribly). i won't subject you to that torture. i just want to say a few things.
1. i know that everyone and their left-footed dog says this, but mission prep with brother bott is quite possibly the best class you could ever take. i'm not planning on serving a mission, but the things he says are so deep and profound, i get shivers every single day. even after just four weeks of class, this class has already taught me so much and impacted me so deeply, i fully plan on just sitting in on it for at least another semester.
2. school is a really, really good distraction. it is hard to believe that i've been in classes for four weeks already. the days seem long while i'm actually in them, but looking back, time has really picked up since school has started. i just hope that the rest of the semester and next semester, and the next and the next, just blur right by. i am willing to completely submerge myself in schoolwork if thats what it takes.
3. i need a better job. don't get me wrong, i don't have a problem working at jamba. but when you only work 12 hours a week for about $7.25 an hour, that just isn't going to cut it. i need to start looking for a more solid job.
4. i have the best friends anyone could ask for. they've really proved that to me this past week. all of them. cody, caroline, ginger, marci, jaimie, kate the great, andrea, and even brady, who is serving a mission in california. really, they are the absolute best and i wish there was some way i could thank them for being there for me.
5. my family needs to move out west. i miss them. moreso than last year (not that i didn't miss them last year, because i definitely did). sometimes, i wish i could just go home for the weekend...like this coming weekend. i would love to just spend a few days at home. i don't want to wait until Christmas!
6. i'm one day closer to cody being back!

-sarah

What we already knew...

is that Clay Aiken is gay. And it seems that he has finally come to terms with it as well. That's right folks, in People magazine, set to hit shelves today, Clay Aiken reveals that he is gay. Surprise. We all already knew this. He wasn't very good at hiding it, although fathering a child was a good way of throwing us off his trail for a good 2 seconds. And yes my life is fantastically boring since I am blogging about Clay Aiken being gay. Morgan, how are you handling the news? I remember you going to his concert and wearing that shirt the next day to school...

Monday, September 22, 2008

explain this to me

so, you know that phrase about how if winners never quit, and quitters never win, then who came up with quit while you're ahead? well, what about these two phrases that i've been contemplating recently.

its the calm before the storm.
things are going to get worse before they get better.

well, which one is it? does the good come before the bad? or the bad before the good? anyone?

-sarah

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

rise and shout, the cougars are out

its that time again, folks. byu football season! i think that i kind of took it for granted last year because i only went to three of the six home games, but driving into provo a few weeks ago and seeing the stadium there with the mountains in the background just made me so glad that its football season again. and i do enjoy a good football game, but i kind of go more for the atmosphere. all of the fans are just so supercharged and excited. i don't know, its pretty awesome.

so the first game of the season was saturday against northern iowa. and after a crappy third quarter that had cody pouting on the bleachers for a couple minutes and ready to pull his hair out and us sweating our butts off as we baked in the sun, we won the game by a lot. it was fabulous. enjoy some pictures.

-sarah






Saturday, August 23, 2008

More Adventures in Sam's Club

Day 2
I am jealous of the cell phone people because they have internet. Dumb. I can see it, but can’t have it. So close yet so far away. There are also a bunch of computers to my right, but none of them have internet. Dumb times 2. And I think I convinced a lady to buy a mac. She will lead a better life because of it.
I used the bathroom at sam’s today and it was disgusting. I wonder if they ever clean that place. But this small fact of the bathroom being sick made me not so surprised when I was almost all the way back to my kiosk when I finally realized I had toilet paper stuck to my shoe. All I could do was laugh. Does that seriously happen? I thought that only happened in movies or tv shows or something. I want to see documented cases where this has actually happened in real life. And I want to know why it is so embarrassing. It is not my fault the bathroom floor is littered with toilet paper and goodness knows what to make it stick to my shoe. It grossed me out more than embarrassed me. This little incident, however, gave me hope and made me think that maybe my life is a comedy and not a tragedy. (Reference to Stranger Than Fiction for those of you who didn’t get that) And who doesn’t need some humor in their life? I sure do.

Also a favorite person I watched today. A lady, a normal customer, trying to pull a vacuum off of a high shelf… Uh don’t they have those in boxes on the floor for a reason…

Also a little girl probably about 9 years of age came up and felt the need to inform me that she had lost her mother. Okay great kid, I don’t work here. As I started walking around with her, trying desperately to find any one of the thousands of employees who had previously been swarming my kiosk, she started wandering from me. As she came back towards me I wondered aloud if that was how she had gotten lost. She said no and informed me that her mothers name was nursie… I stared at her, speechless. I couldn’t find an employee soon enough.

My Adventures in Sam's Club

Here I am standing at a little podium in Sam’s Club, bored out of my mind. I am working for one for my dad’s clients for the next couple days selling artwork. Woohoo. The pieces are absolutely stunning and I am trying to decide which one I want. But it is slow and people are not always very friendly. I don’t care if they buy something or not; I am simply trying to be helpful, so when I ask if you have any questions don’t give me attitude. Simply smile and return my warmth and kindness. Please.

Favorite customer:
‘Do you guys have the Mexico City temple?’
No
‘Why not, do you think it is only for whites?’
Pointing at a picture we have on display of Christ:
“Even Jesus is white, and he isn’t even really white, he’s jewish.”

The people that shop at Sam’s are classy. Another favorite customer was one who, when I told him the price of one of the piece he asked, “What’s the poor farmer discount?”
I could only stare.

oh dear heavens

tell me it isn't so.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=W88_0FI3B00

-sarah

Friday, August 15, 2008

easily the best week of my life

sometimes, i just wish i could stop time and make something last a whole lot longer than it actually does. and if i actually could, this week would have lasted forever.

k, so here's a rundown of what happened.
saturday night around, ohh, 11:20 pm: picked cody up from the airport with mom and jackson. i was so happy to see him i just couldn't stop smiling.

sunday: we went to church and heard a phenomenal musical number by caroline and robbie bullough. caroline was generous enough to fill in for me in primary, so cody and i went to sunday school together and then split up for the last hour. went home and went over to potter's bridge and the trail, just to show him around and let him see the noblesville landmark that anyone from out of town has to see.



we went back for sunday dinner with the fam, then sat around for awhile, watching the olympics and then caroline came over to hang out since she was leaving the next day for utah. so, we sat around (while my worlds collided) and watched some more olympics, then made cody bust out the dvd of his high school's performance of oklahoma so that we could watch his solo part. he is actually quite musically inclined, and even though i'd already seen it, it was still fun to watch. :]

monday: went and picked cody up from a family in the ward's house (where he was staying for the duration of his visit) and sat around the house for awhile, watching the olympics and such. then we ran to wal-mart to get a few things and ventured out to the new mall in noblesville to see the batman movie in the imax theater. it was definitely worth the $12.50 admission. then we headed back to the house because cody had a 4:20 tee time for a golf outing with my dad (cody just LOVES to golf...which is the understatement of the century). and my dad beat him this time, although to be fair, cody did have a few disadvantages.

tuesday: we got free tickets to the state fair from the newspaper and headed down there to see what kind of things they had deep fried this year. i had been to the state fair once, two summers ago, so i had kind of forgotten about some of it. we wandered around, rode the ferris wheel, looked at some cows and horses, and ate plenty of unhealthy fair food. i had almost an entire elephant ear and cody was bold enough to try deep-fried pepsi (welcome to the indiana state fair). he described it as "donut holes with pepsi sprayed on them."

on the ferris wheel

view of some of the fair from the ferris wheel

deep-fried pepsi

wednesday: the big day! since we had nothing else really to do, today ended up being the day that i took cody for his first steak n shake experience. it went pretty well. he went with the classic steak n shake meal (double steakburger, two sides, and a shake) while i went for the frisco melt platter. mmm...yummy yummy. i think that he enjoyed it, which definitely made me happy. after, we went over and wandered around the sporting goods store in town so that cody could drool over the golf clubs and hockey sticks.

we headed back home and mom put us to work and had us make the traditional first day of school cookies. peanut butter chocolate chip this year. they turned out to be the best cookies in the history of ever. i mean, how could they not be? WE made them :]. plus, we jammed out to christmas music as we made them. later, for dinner, mom ordered pizza and we took it over and had a picnic at morse beach.





thursday: after discovering the previous day that the actual batmobile from the new batman movies was at the indianapolis children's museum, there was no question what we would be doing this day. mom somehow managed to score discount tickets through AAA, so cody and i piled into little red (my car) and headed down to indy. we got there, ate lunch, and immediately headed for the batmobile. cody drooled over it for awhile and we took a couple pictures, then went to wander around the rest of the museum. we went back once, for a demo or something about the actual car, and then once more to take pictures since there had been kids in the way the first time.


so then we headed out and after a bit of 'exploring' indianapolis, we went to the indianapolis motor speedway museum since i guess thats a necessary stop for everyone that comes to indiana from out of state. so we went in and oohed and aahed over all the cars and took pictures (of course).






then we headed home and sat around for awhile, then headed over to the city park and just walked and talked for awhile, then sat and talked for awhile. then at midnight, i took him over to the house he was staying at, but the door was locked and neither of us wanted to knock on the door, so he just came back and crashed on our couch for the night. then his flight left around noon today and i've missed him ever since. all in all, definitely the best week ever. :]

-sarah

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Life is beautiful, and funny

Wow. So my life is fascinating, at least to me right now. There have been so many little things occurring in my life that I just have to laugh at. Otherwise I might cry. So I am taking the laughing at them approach. Best part is that they all revolve around work. Understandably so, since that is all I do with my life during the summer.

The first incident involves a boy at work. I may have a crush on this boy and I may have told him this. And he may have gotten a girlfriend over the past weekend. Please laugh with me.

Second incident involves another boy but in a different way. It also involves a girl I work with and her need for drama. There is a girl that I work with who happens to live by me, so I use to get rides with her to work. This is very kind of her and I am very appreciative of her. Then there is this boy at work that she grew up with, who she is basically in love with and who happens to be one of my good friends at the bindery. So apparently she hates me, and me and all my friends at the bindery think it is because I am friends with this boy. She claims it is because I am fake and I only use her for rides. She also told this boy that I am in love with aforementioned boy from work and so I was just using my guy friend to get to this other guy. Obviously if I am good enough friends with a boy to tell him I like him, I don't really need a middle man, but whatevs. So this girl hates me because she thinks I am using this boy and she is just jealous that I am friends with him. And this boy can't stand this girl. It is quite the situation and I don't really understand how I get put in these situations but yeah. Please laugh with me once again.

I also want to mention that my best friend in the whole world is kind of hooking it up with a boy right now, which I totally should have expected because our love lives are inversely related. If she has a boy in her life and things are going well, then my boy situation is not existent. And it is the same for her. Hopefully we grow out of this inverse relationship soon.

My roommates are moving out soon, and I am sad to see them go. But one of my best friends will be moving in with me and I am excited for this and ready for a change in my life. As sad as this sounds, I am ready or summer to end. I am ready for things to progress. I feel stagnant and I need something to spice my life up. Maybe lake powell will do the trick. 15 days and counting.

Also I must mention that I am reading Breaking Dawn and I am undecided how I feel about it. There are some things in it that make me very unhappy. And not really anything that makes me feel very happy....

Monday, August 11, 2008

mosaic


yay! so cody is here, and has been since about 11:30 pm. on saturday night. and it has been completely wonderful so far, but i'll talk more about that some other time. so cody went golfing with my dad about 45 minutes ago and i suddenly find that i have nothing to do, so i found this on chelli's blog and figured it would kill sometime before cody gets back. :]


Mosaic Meme:


FIRST: Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

NEXT: Using only the first page, pick an image.

THEN:Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into mosaic maker.

Hint: I had a hard time uploading my mosiac to Blogger. I saved it to my Flickr acct., but the URL wouldn't work on Blogger (don't know why). I did a right click on the creation, clicked on "properties" and then used the URL that popped up there (it was different). I'm not computer savvy, so I'm not sure why this was different, but it worked! I was glad!!


The Questions:

1. What is your first name?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What high school did you go to?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

6. Favorite drink?

7. Dream vacation?

8. Favorite dessert?

9. What you want to be when you grow up?

10. What do you love most in life?

11. One word to describe you.

12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal?)


-sarah

Thursday, August 7, 2008

I never realized it...

but timing is so important in life. And the Lord's timing is perfect. I keep telling myself this but it really just doesn't want to stick.

Monday, August 4, 2008

i'm a pretty harsh critic sometimes


but really. breaking dawn is getting kind of ridiculous and i'm not even finished with it. i would complain about certain parts but my blogging buddy hasn't quite gotten as far, so once she gets farther into it, i'll holler back at you all.


remember the third pirates of the caribbean movie, how they had to throw in a bunch of crap to tie up all of those loose story ends? and how it just kept getting more and more far-fetched, yet its still one of the movies that you kind of have to like just because of all the mindless action and the really really good soundtrack? well, to me, breaking dawn is like this, except i hate it through and through because there isn't a good soundtrack and there isn't mindless action. there's just mindless nonsense.


the twilight series used to be something i really enjoyed, but since they're doing a craptastic job on the movie and the end to the books is turning out to be an epic fail, they've pretty much lost any of the magic i still saw in them (i kind of outgrew the whole rabid obsessed edward cullen fangirl stage a couple months ago when something better came along ;] ).


but now that i've ranted and raved enough for about three people, i would just like to say that
CODY IS COMING IN FOUR DAYS!
squeee!


also, weird, but i'm going to be back in provo in like 11 days? holy cow. where has the summer gone?
-sarah