Voila!!!

Here is the bike I have been working on. I loved fixing it up and now I can't wait to ride it everywhere!!! After I got it painted by my neighbor's paint guy, I put the crank shaft and handlebars back on by myself.
I went to the bike shop one day to buy some new parts. I told the guy I needed to fix the corroding handlebars and he gave me a Schwinn set of bars that they were going to throw away, so I put those on instead of the old ones. They look so great!!

Then my friend Casey helped me put on the back brakes and the derailers. He wasn't sure how to hook up the cables, so I took it to this shop and they made it ride really nice.
Today, right when I got it home, I stuck on these HOT PINK decals that I bought from Hungary via ebay.

It is sooooooo pretty! I don't think the pictures show how bright the colors truly are...but one day I will be riding down the rode and you will spot me on my custom made bicycle...

Futurific!

Susan had a birthday, shout hurray! We decided to welcome her future of being in the 30's by having a theme party. Theme: the future. We all got carried away and had a blast dancing like robots/aliens/spacemen, eating milky ways and watching Spaceballs.




Now that I have seen a little glimpse of what the future looks like I can tell you, believe me friends, you are gonna love it. The future looks bright.



my friends will and kyle made this video to show at our party, (may not be suitable for children) but hilarious for everyone else

Any advice for a long flight???

Last night as I was looking at my seating assignment for my trip to Spain, I started feeling tired and claustrophobic with a sudden urge to use the bathroom, but the inability to do so freely because you have to make someone else get up each time. I am not really nervous or scared to be in a new country with people I don't know for three months, I just am dreading the airplane ride over the atlantic. It's 5 hours from Las Vegas to Philadelphia, then another 7 hours to Madrid. Right now, I am wishing I could teleport
Any advice for a long flight??

Tagged!!!

5 random facts:
1. I love the smell/feel of clean pajamas.
2. My favorite soda is Sangria.
3. I used to do a sudoku puzzle every night before I went to bed. Now, it's at least a couple times per week.
4. I brush my teeth for two minutes every time (my toothbrush times it for me)
5. I always want to hang out with the 17 year olds that work with me, then I realize I am almost 10 years older than them. ha. weird.

there you go teryn! loves! have fun in switzerland! Bon voyage. Nous allons voir en France!!

wish me luck!

Time to re-assemble!!! I hope I can remember where everything goes!!!

"twelfth" is a strange 4-consonants-in-a-row type word

Fact: Megan is an incredible violinist


Last night, one of my good friends had her senior violin recital. She was amazing. I have never seen fingers move so swiftly! She played "Concerto in E Minor, Opus 64" by Felix Mendelssohn. The whole time I kept thinking of the quote from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."
Through her hard work, dedication, practice and talent she has become so great at the violin.
I always wish I could be "great" at something. Instead sometimes I feel like Joseph Heller says in Catch-22 "Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them." That's probably why I am so excited to go to grad school. I will have the chance to become great at something by studying and practicing so intensely.
So, the word's out. I will be back at BYU to start my masters in January. WoW.
PS. I just bought this movie and it is one of my favorites. WATCH IT!!

Wiki-who?

HERE is my home from June 30th to Sept 28th. Gorliz, Spain looks amazing! I just can't wait. PS I have Aug 18th-31st off work and want to travel around Europe (mostly southern France and Spain and Portugal) Who wants to come??? Meet me in Madrid!!!

just last night....

this song put me to sleep. yum.

the park by feist
Why would he come back through the park?
You thought that you saw him but no you did not
It's not him who'd come across
The sea to surprise you
Not him who would know
Where in London to find you

With sadness so real that it populates
The city and leaves you homeless again
Steam from the cup and snow on the path
The seasons have changed from the present to past

The past
The past
Turns whole to half
The past

Why would he come back through the park?
You thought that you saw him but no you did not
Who can be sure of anything through
The distance that keeps you
From knowing the truth

Why would you think your boy could become
The man who could make you sure he was the one?

The one
My one
My one

Needless to say....the night-after-the-last-day-of-school is a good night's rest. No more school....EVER!!!

I think I'm in love with these guys....

OR maybe I'm just in love with the 80s!!!!


But look, they are good:
Here they are with Laura Marling! cute.

Memorialized....

We went to my parents' new house this weekend. It is so beautiful. Out of every window is some amazing vista! My sister and her beau were there too. We cleaned up construction mess, went shopping in St. George, played games and watched Perfect Strangers. I kept singing this song....and I keep falling in love with The Magnetic Fields.

I wrote a poem....

Premeditated Seasons
When the leaves in my days turn
or start turning
from green, to yellow, to orange, to red
to brown
a new leaf is turned.
The winter, in a beauty,
strange and indifferent,
calms me with its stillness and
woos me with its silent
white.
Ideas that reverberated
my mind
lay still in
the fog,
unsure of changing
thought patterns
as the seasons
change.

Let's blog it out...

I have this song stuck in my head ever since Suz showed it to me. And I really like the video. YUM!

Laura Marling-New Romantic

Also she sent me a link to an animation from This American Life. I love this couple and the story they tell. If you didn't see it in the theaters, check this out. The husband and wife are wonderfully considerate and caring of one another. Plus, just like counseled, they really have become one individual. ha. sooooooo great.

We are having and 80's Dance-A-Tron...

My roommate made this amazing flier. Rachel & Susan: Bringing You Back!

I am reeling!

which bike should i choose??

Input please. I am painting my bike. What do you like/dislike about these? How do they make you feel? Who do you picture riding these?

a change in the weather vain....

Recently I was reflecting on how much I dislike wind. I remember once, my friends were visiting Las Vegas and said they really enjoyed the wind. I was shocked. It has always been such a nuisance and definitely signifies bad weather. So I decided that maybe I could change my outlook on wind. In order to do that I have become a kite enthusiast. I bought a kite just last week. The day I bought it, there was no wind and I found myself secretly wishing for some wind....funny. Now I am wishing for it. I got the kite up, all by myself and flew it for 10 minutes or more. I forgot how great kites are!!

So lately, as I plan/think/wonder about moving to Denver, I debate about the weather. I wonder if I can handle cold winters with icy sidewalks and cars covered in snow every morning. Where when you are late for something and run out the door without a second to spare, you still have to brush/scrape off your whole car and drive slow slow slow down the road. yuck.
I realize that if I want to move there I have to find something to love/enjoy/embrace about the weather there. Therefore, I have commenced a rigid search for a winter pass-time that I love so much I will be able to handle the cold. IDEAS????
Doesn't Denver look so fun?? Roque and I have fun!

Babysitting 101

Get a mac. Show the kids photobooth. Fun for hours. and hours. and hours. and hours.
Also fun for adults. I took all these great eclipse pictures last weekend. soooooo fun.

The birds have returned from their winter sabbatical...

and I am seeing a lot more of this everywhere:
grotey!

love Love LOVE

Today my roomie and I got home from Stake Conference and she had an email from an admirer. She was in the mood for love. So I made a "love Love LOVE" playlist on my Itunes for us to listen to. It was so fun. I spent at least an hour searching through all my music to pick the perfect songs.
Total songs: 70
Some of the Best: Love by G.Love and Special Sauce
My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder
Love At First Feel by Mark Kozelek
The Sad Waltzes Of Pietro Crespi by Owen
Two Fine People by Cat Stevens
Tekno Love Song by Coco Rosie
Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
Digital Love by Daft Punk
Always For You by The Album Leaf
Passing Afternoon by Iron & Wine
and Like Gold by Erlend Oye.
Ohohoh I almost forgot Love Love Love by Mountain Goats.....etcetera.

I might as well write all 70 titles.....
jk
I love Love LOVE everyone of you!

I LIKE FLAN!!!

There is a package of flan on my kitchen counter. It is open and sitting in the pie plate, just waiting for me to cook it up. It has been waiting for almost 2 weeks!! I want it sooooo bad, but I don't have a pan big enough to boil a whole quart of milk. How can I get that flan into my stomach????

confession.

I really DO NOT like that movie Juno. It doesn't even deserve its own post but I have been so annoyed with all the advertising on Myspace and Facebook right now. That movie was so bad.....and I was mad I even wasted my time. Luckily we got in for free, so I didn't waste any money.

I have been teaching school all day and swim lessons all night. I really love swimming, but I don't like how my hair is turning into green straw. yuck.

I get free swimsuits as bonuses. Maybe money bonuses would be better, but I love swimsuits, so it suits me.

I taught Gospel Doctrine last week and I really loved it. I subbed for one of my friends and then this other girl asked me to sub for her in a couple of weeks. SOoooo great! I just got released from my calling, but I could do this 'sub' thing forever. I love teaching.

I gave Susan Mark Kozelek's lyric book that was just published for a VERY early birthday present. I just couldn't wait. It is called Nights Of Passed Over and I loved it soooooo much that I bought my own. I love his song Lost Verses Lately, that's all I listen too.

I guess that's my life update. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except for that fact that I am addicted to boggle.

See if you can find the hidden word in here. It's my passion.
Here's a piece from my Boggle Birthday Cards. This one is for Stefan. Happy e-Birthday!



I miss all my friends soooo much all the time and just wish we could all be close by forever. I read all of your blogs and love to hear about everything that is going on. Loves. much loves.