Movin' on.

So, I kind of stopped using this blog. I dunno. Having two is probably too much anyway, but considering this has a bunch of stuff from my first year of college I'll keep it, just never ... use it really. Um, my other one is

sayonarasenorita.blogspot.com

It's pretty interesting. You should read it.

Catching Up Part 4

The moment you've all been waiting for: My 20th birthday! Wooo!

It was actually probably one of the best days of my life! Taylor made me bran muffins, which are super delicious and in my top five favorite muffins to eat ever. So that was good! Then I went to my first class, where they sang happy birthday to me. A group was presenting that day, and they handed out a bunch of candy, so that was awesome. Also, we found out that we didn't have a legit final in that class, which is absolutely awesome! Then I went to my meeting with my English teacher which got cancelled, so I went to thank Taylor for the muffins at work (he brought them over before his first class, and I was brushing my teeth when that happened), and outside of the MC they were handing out free tickets to basketball games the following Saturday. They let me shoot three times, and for each basket I made I got a free ticket. Well I made all three shots in. It turns out the tickets were for the girls JV championships, which... well is really boring. So I didn't go, but it was still really awesome to win free stuff! Then when I was walking home I saw my FHE brother Tom, who offered to take me to Twizlberry (my favorite place in the world) later that evening. Then I got home and we went out for Chinese food for a birthday lunch. Sca-rumptious! I don't even really like Chinese food, but it sounded really good that day. Then I went to my last class, where they sang happy birthday again. Then I came home and did homework and stuff, and went to Twizlberry, which was as always, absolutely delicious! Then I came home and Hailey made me strawberry pie! My Mom (kind of mostly by my demand) makes me strawberry pie for my birthday every year. So instead of cake I had delicious pie! Also, Brandon made lemon poppyseed muffins the night before and brought them over as a pre-birthday treat, which was delightful! Hailey tried to throw me a surprise party, which mostly just meant that some people stopped by for a minute or five, said happy birthday, and left, while me and my roommates hung out and were awesome the whole night. It was so much fun! I loved turning 20!

Melissa and me at Fong's.

Strawberry pie!

Me and Katelyn!

Cory and Eliza. They're getting married. This is a sweet jumping picture of them.

My roommates from my very first semester! They came, and it was awesome!

Hooray Birthday!

Catching Up Part 3

A few weeks ago we hiked R Mountain (aka North Menan Butte). It was one of the nicest days we've had so far, and even though it was super windy at the top, it was just a beautiful day!

From Left to Right (I'll do the best I can): Me, David Hall, Amber, Katelyn, Hailey, Michael Brown, Tom, and Jeremy. This was like not even half way up, and we were all basically exhausted.

Best picture ever!

Kinda missed Michael Brown's face, but me and Melissa look real cute!

Jumping picture. Hailey and Michael Brown look awesome.

So that was one of the fun adventures of the past month. Hooray!

Catching up Part 2

So I had never been to Olive Garden in my whole life, and Melissa LOVES it there, so we went there to eat. I got the cheese ravioli. It was mediocre. Yikes, that was harsh. No, it was good, but not my favorite. Shoulda just gone with some delicious pasta.

Going in for the kill:

Me and Eliza

Hahaha, SO many breadsticks!

Our waiter kind of gave us a lot of take home bags for the breadsticks. Five of us went there to eat, and we each came home with a bag of delicious breadsticks. Oh my goodness, those things are to DIE for! They're so delicious!

Needless to say my first experience at the Olive Garden was a good one indeed!

Catching Up Part 1

It has been SO long since I've written anything, that I've decided to break it up and write about... well, everything.

So, first things first: Crepe party. We had a crepe party sometime at the end of February or beginning of March. We used my mom's recipe (of course) and they were delish!

Exhibit A:

Everyone who came over for the crepe party:

Scrum-diddly-umptious!

Other stuff probably happened around this time, but I don't really remember. Quite the downside of forgetting to blog I suppose--you forget pretty much everything about your life!

Five Guys and Fries

So what have I been doing lately? Lots of homework. Lots of socializing. Not much sleep. You know, the normal college life. Well. Minus the drinking and stuff. Thank goodness for BYU-Idaho and the honor code. Seriously, what a blessing!

Today I went to Idaho Falls with Hailey, Eliza, Ashley, and Eliza's friend from the British Literary Tour Elise. We went to Five Guys and Fries, which is seriously SO stinkin' good! I don't even like hamburgers, and I LOVE to eat here!

Before:

After:

If you know me at all, you know that it's hard for me to finish food when I go out to eat. Mostly because I'm weird and feel uncomfortable when I eat away from "home." But I ate the whole thing, AND some fries. Yeah, I know. Crazy.

After food we went to Target. I haven't been in a Target since right before we drove to Utah, and it felt awesome. I still have my nametag attached to my purse (which really I don't know if I'm still supposed to have...), and I thought about putting it on and walking around the store. I didn't, of course... But, I bought a cute new pair of shoes. They're zebra stripes, and also glittery. Super awesome, I know. I also bought starburst jelly beans, thank GOODNESS for the Easter season!

So, good day? Absolutely.

Thank you, Five Guys and Fries, for existing. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have had a delicious hamburger today, or bought a new pair of shoes.

Back in the Berg

I am in Idaho. I have been in Idaho since January 3rd. I have hardly taken any pictures at all, because I either forget to bring my camera to places, I forget that my camera is with me, or I don't want to be a creep.

I have 3 new roommates, and they're all seriously so awesome. Hailey and Eliza are my roommates from last year, and the new ones are Ashley, Katelyn, and Melissa. We all get along really well, and it's pretty much always a party here. For reals! We've played card games with Brandon and his friend Michael Brown, and Flint. I went to Bajio with Ben, but was feeling sick so I didn't eat much. It's okay though, because I made it up to him by making him lasagna last Sunday. Well, I made it for him and my apartment, and Hailey and Eliza's friend Taylor (from BYU Provo), and her brother Tag who goes to school here. I told everyone that if they didn't like it they should lie to me and say it was good, so I got pretty good reviews. Haha, yikes! Melissa lived in this apartment last semester, and Ashley had lived here in our complex before, so they know a few people who live here and their friends come over sometimes, just for a few hours to chill. It's so awesome! I'm pretty sure I've met more people in the past 3 weeks than I did my first two semesters combined.

So, a mini tour of the apartment? This is the living room. I didn't take a picture of the kitchen, but it's itty bitty. The bathroom has a big vanity with two sinks, and there are two separate bathrooms, each complete with a toilet and shower. Seriously, I LOVE having two bathrooms! I don't even have that luxury at home!

This is Eliza's Beatles poster from London. Every time people come over they ask who the Beatles fan is. I feel like they should just ask whose poster it is, because I like the Beatles, and Hailey likes the Beatles, and EVERYONE likes the Beatles. If they don't, I'm pretty sure that translates to not liking music. S'all I'm sayin'.

So, you ask why there's a plate tacked up on the wall with the poster? I will enlighten you. One day while Hailey was generously cooking us all food (pretty sure it was pancakes) she accidentally set one of my Target plates (shout out!) on a burner that she thought was not hot. It made a cool design on it, so we now have modern art hangin' out with the Beatles (pun intended.)

Of course I made twirly things! It makes me popular with people. I only bought one box of puff pastry though, so we ran out pretty quick. They were delicious though!

On Civil Rights' Day we made gumbo. By we I mean Hailey and Eliza. I stirred some stuff, but I don't think that really counts. If you look closely at the picture below, you can see little stringy things attached to the spoon. That comes out of okra. Gross, right? I thought someone had put mozzarella cheese in it. I was mistaken. We also had fried chicken and watermelon and grape koolaid and mashed potatoes and stuff. It sounds questionable, but being a wee bit stereotypical is NOT so bad. I hope not. Please don't judge me. It was fun, and the food was all really really good. I had never had gumbo before, and coming from someone who is ridiculously picky this is important, it was really good. I didn't eat all the chunks, but I really liked the flavors, and I dipped my bread in it. So yummy!

Our table o' food. Scrumptious!

So what else have I been doing? A lot of homework. Hangin' out with my roommates. We all had a roommate date and went to Craigo's. It was absolutely delightful.

I will try to be better about updating my blog and taking pictures. It's not that I'm not doing exciting things, because I totally am, I just forget to take my camera. How am I supposed to remember stuff or convey awesome stories without pictures?

That's right: it's practically impossible.