hello sunshine

There comes a point during every winter where you realize winter just kinda sucks. and you can't help but yearn for spring. Well folks, that time has come. I have to say, winter hasn't bothered me that much this year. But the last three days have been a nice sunny, 70 degrees which is soon to fade, i'm sure, but it made me realize how great 70 degrees is. In my heart, I'm done with winter--I'm moving onto spring. I've already seen the swimsuits appearing in target and walmart (i'm staying away from malls these days, so that's all i have to go off) and I've seen the bright colors in the clothing. It's coming!!!

hooray

Some other random items of note..

Essie nailpolish is now sold at walmart!! I saw the display in the cosmetics section and then fell in love with about 30 colors, but settled for one---called cute as a button. And i'm in love with it.

looks kinda like this

I have a new obsession with the color coral. Its just so pretty all of a sudden. (similar to my stripes obsession, except no money to buy things with--but i do still love my stripes)

I saw Social Network (finally--i'm so behind the times these days) good movie, but kinda surprised its up for best picture...

I got ticket #8 back in january, a nice big speeding ticket from a not very nice cop, that i still need pay. I'm trying really hard these days not to speed. I've been using cruise control everywhere i go.

I ran 5 miles today!!! That is a lot for me. I like to run and I run often, but I typically run 3 miles and RARELY i'll do 4. And once I ran 6 miles. But I decided I'm going to my first half marathon and I don't have very long! April 2. So wish me luck!

Oh and I forgot to say in my last post, the best part about my random trip to Kentucky. I pulled a little surprise. After she begged me to come, I told her I wasn't, and then pulled some great moves of trickery, and then showed up about 5 minutes after the other guy i drove up with had showed up. It was hilarious and awesome. I love surprises. And usually i'm really bad at holding in surprises, but luckily I only had to hold this one for a few hours.

That's all i got for now. I know picture-less posts are boring...so i'll post pictures next time. Promise!

the day after tomorrow

Remember that dumb movie? I only saw it bc Jake Gyllanhal was in it. Anyways, the weather has been crazy here. But you probably know that unless you live in Africa or something. I got home from Utah on Tuesday morning. Wednesday morning I woke up to this:

I've lived in St Louis/Bentonville my whole life and I have never seen that much snow out here that I can remember. I had heard about all the snow while in Utah and was kinda like, "yeah, yeah, i've lived in utah the last 5 years...snow schmow." But I drove to walmart today and it really was weird.

 


I have never seen snow like that here in Arkansas. It seemed so out of place, so foreign..and wrong. In that aspect, it was really weird. Crazy weather. But although the weather's been a bit chilly the last couple days, the 10 day forecast has given me much to look forward to!!

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Sometimes I wish I was a witty/funny blogger every time I blogged, but alas, it is not in me. I would love to just entertain people with every post and every sentence I wrote. For now, I will just stick to updating about my life and writing when needs be.

I'm in Utah right now. I've gone through 5 boxes of Kashi bars since I've been here (1 week). Never eaten so many in my life. It's what's keeping me alive. Favorite flavors so far: Pumpking Spice Flax crunchy, Dark mocha almond chewy, Honey Toasted 7 grain crunchy, and Almond toasted something or other crunchy. I'm kinda into the crunchy stuff right now.

Well thats all for today. Except my awesome photographer cousin is having an awesome photography giveaway. So i'm blogging in hopes that I will win, but if i don't, maybe one of you reading this will! She's based in Houston, but has some travel dates to Utah, DC area, and Montana this year. so check it out.

Go HERE: giveaway

Mouse Infiltration

does this look cute? Well it is NOT

I'm in Provo for a couple week with my mom helping my sister with wedding stuff before her wedding in a couple weeks. My mom and little sister are staying at my grandma's house, however I am not. My little sister discovered that my grandma has a pretty intense mouse problem. And I just have to share.

SO a week or so ago, my little sister (Erica) was at my grandma's and heard a mouse in a vent, that was apparently stuck there. They got a mouse trap and successfully killed the mouse. But that wasn't even close to the end of it. They knew there were more, bc when she'd go in the storage pantry in the garage and turn on the light she could hear them scurrying about (gross). 

My grandma is watching my uncles cat while he's out of town and Erica said that a couple nights ago, in the middle of the night, the cat apparently heard something and then ran out of the room. Then she came running back in with a MOUSE in it's mouth, ran under her bed and all around the room, then dropped the mouse in the doorway and batted in all the way down the hall, then ate the whole thing. 

So we got more traps. As of today there have more 5 mice killed. I found the last one tonight, bc i wanted to see if I could hear mice in the pantry. So I went in there...turned on the light...didn't hear anything, but then I saw a mouse trap, with a mouse in IT. Honestly, I've never seen that sight before. It was not pleasant. Plus only its nose was caught in the trap. It must have been a slow, painful death. And then I heard more scurrying! Which freaked me out and I was done. 

Pretty gross, huh?

Erica's tally sheet

just stuff

Hello blogging world! Life is going swell. No job yet, but I do have some leads and one job in particular that I really hope I get!! In the meantime I have really been enjoying this time for getting lots of things done! I've been pretty busy actually. The last couple weeks have been filled with doing stuff for my sisters wedding, cleaning and organizing my old room, some odd jobs around the house, hanging out with dear friends, job searching, and lots of exercising! It's been fun. I'm glad I moved home. Most people in Utah would always say "why are you moving home??" As if its the worst idea possible or that I'm subjecting myself to torture, but I feel pretty good about it. I miss my peeps in Utah, other than that I love being back in arkansas.

I'm in Florida right now and it is great.

Also, I have access to netflix instant watch stuff, and I have decided I'm going to rewatch all of LOST. I'm very excited about it.  (not as obsessively as I did last time...just a little here and there)

Today I was sitting outside barefoot in a light hoodie and realized that in one week I will be in Utah freezing my face off. Not looking forward to that weather...

But! I am excited to go out to Utah for a few weeks, get all my stuff finally, see some friends and go to my sisters wedding!

new years resolutions 2011

1. drink NO soda (for at least 6 months...)

2. eat better--significantly less sugar, more veggies

3. olympic triathlon 

4. exercise better--resistance training 2x's/week, cardio 2-3x's/week

5. spend less $$

6. learn ASL

7. never, ever text while driving (i dont do it often, but i should do it NEVER. and neither should you!)

8. read scriptures everyday

9. GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made a daily checklist to help me for the daily things i want to do. i love the new year. so much hope to be better...we'll see how long it lasts! 

Life Update

December might have possibly been the busiest month of my life ever.That being said, it was fun. 2010 was a really, really good year. And I'm even more excited about 2011. Mostly because I will get to celebrate 11.11.11. Its gonna be the best day ever.

In other news, I have officially moved back to Bentonville, AR and am taking up residence in my parents house. 2 months ago, somebody told me that 80% of graduates these days are moving back in with their parents. I swore that would not be me. Here I am!!

But!! I graduated!!! And i even got a 4.0 this semester!! woot woot!

I had a great christmas and went with the family on a cruise to cozumel. It was delightful. I'll throw some pictures up in the next blog post i get around to.

Best Craigslist Post

I just laughed my butt off. Please read this current craigslist posting:

For Sale: Worst Cat EVER (Davis County)

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Date: 2010-11-12, 5:37PM MST
Reply to: comm-kxns3-2057295036@craigslist.org ^{[Errors when replying to ads?]}

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Please take my cat. I have owned him five years and I think it's someone else's turn to have to put up with him. He opens kitchen cupboards and eats ANYTHING he can find inside. I mean ANYTHING. So far he has eaten cornmeal, rice (uncooked), bars of soap, entire loaves of bread, boxes of cereal, pop-tarts, pudding cups (yes he gnaws his way through the plastic), entire tubs of margarine, carrots, apples, a mango AND THE PAPER BAG IT WAS IN, boxes of uncooked spaghetti, bags of powdered sugar, animal crackers, whole raw eggs, and many many many cookies. YES I FEED THIS CAT REGULARLY. I have to keep my kitchen completely spotless and have child locks on all my cupboards, but he's learned how to fish stuff out with his paws. Not to mention all the garbages in the whole house. While I was typing this he snuck in behind me JUST NOW and licked the hot loaf of bread that is cooling on my stove. It's literally three feet away from me.

On the bright side he hasn't eaten any bananas yet.

He is a NICE CAT. He is soft and purrs and is cuddly and loving and would EAT YOU ALIVE IF YOU SUFFERED A STROKE OR HEART ATTACK AND WERE UNABLE TO DEFEND YOURSELF.

I would let him live outside--he LOVES to go out--but he eats birds and that makes me sad.

SO!

Maybe you live on take-out? You don't cook? You own a barn full of mice? You already have magnetized locks on all your cupboards for your toddlers? This cat loves people and gets along with other cats and dogs. Let me know if you want him!!

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