Bugs and Hisses!

Twist the bones and bend the back

Trim him of his baby fat

Halloween was SO much fun!!! Melissa and I really wanted to be festive, so we went to the store and found the scariest/grossest things we could to make an awesome dinner for our room

mates! I dressed up as an investigator and we all just had a good time sitting around talking and watching Hocus Pocus, which I have watched every single year since freshman year of high school. It was so awesome. I love that we were all quoting it. Plus we had a few people over, including a couple people who scared the CRAP out of Kim & I with their dang masks!! But it was fun overall. Mellow, and fun. I have to say, I was quite alright eating my gross dinner while watching Winifred sing I Put A Spell On You. :) I love Halloween.

We had human inners (lasagna)

Witch's Toes (Breadsticks)

And Graveyeard Dirt for dessert!

Flugelhorn

How I Met Your Mother is ALWAYS right!! In every theory, philosophy, explanation, and law. I always watch it thinking, "Oh my gosh, in honor of my most favorite show, How I Met Your Mother (duh), I have composed a couple lists of my own.

First, the Murtaugh List. This is a list of things I am too old to do.
1. Eat sugar with every single meal.
2. Say or write “LOL”
3. Lay out in the sun without sunscreen
4. Wearing bright sparkly eyeshadow, animal prints, platform flip-flops
5. Skipping school because I feel like it
6. Dressing in one color from head to toe (especially pink)
7. Baby talk
8. Being uninformed. Wearing shirts with witty sayings on them
10. Embellished jeans – embroidery, blinged-out pockets, bleach spots, fabric insets, purposeful holes and tears, etc.

Second, the Cradle List, or in other words, things I want to do before having awesome kids.

1. Travel the world ♥
2. Pay off my loans
3. Go on an awesome road trip somewhere
4.Stay in a hostel
5. Camp out on a beach

It's the Freakin Weekend, baby!

So I guess I have a bit of catching up to do. I was on a roll, dang it.

Thursday: Guitars Unplugged!!!! Congratulations to my most favorite neighbors!!! Aimee and Amy were AWESOME!!! They did such a great job and I was so excited that all of us were able to come and support their amazing raw talent! Someday when my computer isn't crap, I'll have to load the video of their song. Gosh. SO much fun! And the whole show was awesome too, don't get me wrong. We all had a BLAST!!

Friday: Best of Guitars Unplugged (so all the people that got the most votes from the two previous nights get to perform on the big stage in the Hart for everyone. It. Was. AWESOME. (I know, I use that word too much. None of my roommates went (well, except Kim who worked the show) so I got to sit with Levi, Amy, Aimee, and Grandon! And not only was I obsessed with getting as many glowstick bracelets and I could, but I caught a free t-shirt that was thrown to the crowd and with it came a free cookie coupon!! So great. And we stood up, danced, sang. It was awesome. THEN! There was a dance party right after. I ended up leaving to come back and check on the roommates, since I promised a girls night right after, but in the end, when Kim came home, her and I decided to go back to get our grooves on. And I'm SO glad I did!!! I never ever get tired of dance parties. And I never will! But afterwards, our sweet FHE brother Justin (who is going to the Albuquerque, New Mexico mission! WHOO!!!) bought us chocolate milk and we walked back to my apartment. Well then I decided I hadn't seen Ryan in way way too long so I invited myself over to join in on their game night with their FHE sisters. We played Girl Talk Jenga, followed by Truth or Dare Jenga-much more interesting. Haha At one point, we had Jordan over at the girls' house next door, complimenting a complete stranger on her eyes. Turns out, she was visiting and doesn't even go here! It was so much fun though. There are such great people attending this school. Anyway, you better believe I slept well that night!

I was clearly in love with my 36 bracelets
♥

Saturday: Well it turned out to be a bust until the night. We were supposed to go to the Straw Maze-that didn't work out. Instead, we decided that it was the perfect night to have cookies and milk. So, off to the store we went and we all chose one box of cookies and came back to watch Letters to Juliet. Of course we got in our jammies, they laid all the different boxes out on the coffee table and grabbed & munched on different cookies while we watched the movie. It was so much fun! Yes, we had a few guests too. I love it when people stop by. It's my favorite.

We love being goofballs.

I'd say we're definitely mid-great weekend. :) Stake Conference is tomorrow too; it will be the icing on the...cookie.

"Never deprive yourself of your personal destiny"

So yesterday, I went to the Thursday forum (yes, mostly because I had to for my Comm 100 class) but I am SO glad I did!!! John Huntsman came and spoke and he was seriously so amazing. He has a rags to riches story, and not only is he a billionaire (you heard me! A BILLIONAIRE), he donates most of his money to his cancer research fund!! He is so amazing. Here are some of the things he said (I couldn't write things down fast enough!)

• "God did not put us here to fail."
• "Life has little regard for those who waste time." (My biggest problem)
• "We receive inspiration from the mountain tops, but we achieve our maturity through the hills and valleys."
• "No is only the beginning of the conversation." (This was a funny story, but his point was that "[he] was adamant that no one else was going to determine my personal destiny."
• "Difficulties are intended to make us better, not bitter. Better. Not bitter."
• "Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight."
• "Have faith in yourself- each of us have something great to achieve."

And those are just the direct quotes. I had 4 pages of notes by the end! He was so amazing.

One really cool story he was telling us is that he had applied for this job to be the head of Medicare in the 70s. He was 1/14. He had to go through 2 days of intense interviews and on the last day, the man was interviewing him said to him on his way out, "Are you a full tithe payer for your church?"
(Confidently, he answered) "Yes, I am."
"..No one here in the white house is a member of your faith, but I know enough about your religion to know that if you're a full tithe payer, you are an honest man. Therefore, I am recommending you to the President to become his right hand man."

And he got it! Isn't that amazing!! Gosh, I can't wait to read his book. I wish I would've asked him a question because he gave them a free, autographed copy of it to them!! Blast.

Ben Harper while writing papers

First things first. YAY for midterms being done!!! The bad part is that now my credits will drop from 17 to like 13 or something. Oh freak. I may have to try to get into another class. We'll see. And I finished another video for I-News! Want to take a gander?

Big plans for the weekend (yes, I am already looking forward to the weekend. I need a break!):
-Justin's birthday!!! WHOOOO!!!
-Straw maze* (and I get a package for I-News out of it!)
-A whole lot of catching up on sleep

And something else I want to try is making a french macaron!! (I hear they are so mcuh better than normal gross macaroons you eat at Passover?) I'm dying! Look how delicious these look! I know, right?!

*Also, is anyone else getting sooooooo excited for Halloween!?! I know I am!! I have found the most fun things to do, including what I want to make for breakfast and dinner!! I know. I'm a freak, but seriously, Halloween is SO much fun! This one blog has a million things you can make-I'm doin em. You can take a look here if you want! There's some super fun stuff!

Well. That's all for now....I can never do homework in the library too long without something distracting me. It's a curse.

P-Night

Tonight was SO awesome!! After a really rough week, I was ready to just hang around and relax around my apartment. Well the amazing thing is my roommates had that very same idea! So we got pizza (with crazy crust of course, my favorite) and while we ate it together, we watched all kinds of wedding shows (Say Yes to the Dress is our favorite. We love Randy). Then once we had digested it, Melissa and Kim went out and got cookie dough and ice cream to make a pizookie!!! So we ate that up, hung out and cracked up a ton, then all got in our pj's and watched the Notebook and cried together. Awwww, I know. We're adorable. It's been SUCH a fun night. I really have been so stressed lately & busy so I never even get to hang out with my roommates and see who they are! So it's nice to have a break. And I really love my roommates. We get along so well and just have fun hanging around together. Not many people would want to do, but we love it! It's so fun. Oh, it is love. Haha

And on a side note, Melissa and I were almost killed tonight. Consider yourself lucky we're still around. We were just sitting there, enjoying the wonderful movie, when all of a sudden, at the same time, we noticed this HUGE black blob crusin around the floor RIGHT by our feet. There was a fly in our apartment, so we thought that's what it was. When we realize it's CRAWLING and not FLYING, we veeery loudly say "Whaaat is THAT!?" almost at the same time and we both JUMP UP offf the ground and scream and run around onto the couch. Camille saved the day and killed it with a shoe, but we had quite a long laugh after that... :)

The pizookie made only with love

Nothing like chick flicks in your pj's, let me tell ya

Recap

Just so we're clear, I DO wish I wrote more on my blog. Dang it. I just NEVER seem to have the time! With 18 credits, friends, projects, tests, sleep (wait, what am I talking about?! I don't get sleep. Ha. What a joke) it's a lot to handle, but I'm just gonna keep chugging through. Although, I DID finally pick a major! I am majoring in Communications with an emphasis in broadcasting. Whoo hoo!! And so far, it's been a dream. I love it and I love my classes and I am so excited to finally be focused on doing something I love and am excited about! I can't wait to start my career!

The basics I should post about the semester are the things that have been fun. That includes trips with my roommates, random stop-bys by fellow students, exercise, bonfires, educating myself in the world of underground music, socials, motorcycle rides, treat-making, editing with friends, the unofficial karaoke, movie nights (especially outside), food runs, game nights, the long talks, the birthdays, the parties, the birthday parties, conferences...I think I've covered all the basics. But that doesn't mean that I don't put my head on that pillow every night thinking "Wow, I only did one fun thing today." Because not everyday is going to be filled with exciting, completely out of control fun activities. When you love your life, you love the day-today things about it too. And those are just as good to me as the ones that happen on occasion.

Showstoppers

So every now and then, people like to blog about what fashions they are obsessed with. Well. it's my turn. Here are some of mine. ♥

I am OBSESSED with this headband.THIS is how you wear a scarf.

How amazing is this dress with these shoes!? The belt
and the ring match perfectly too. Loooove.
I LOVE her leather pants. When I lose a little from my
top half and a bit off the bottom, consider this me.I think I have this weird obsession with lace and
lacy tops. You can see why, yes?The ratted
shorts and bracelet add the finishing touches.Dresses with jackets...
...and without. Both are soo elegant
and classy.
And now, my MOST favorite
I don't think I have to say anything. But if
you miss the hat, you're missing the point.