It's been a while... and it's random stuff time!

Okay so, I have been uber busy lately and haven't been able to put an update post in quite a long time so here is what you have missed... I have 30ish school days left until I graduate high school ;} I am going to the bahamas in 3 days to go on a Disney Cruise I am going to Europe the second to last week of May for my graduation trip with my dad My 3 week road trip across the U.S. of A. is in 2 1/2 months (Heritage Tours; I leave on July 4th) I have been accepted to BYU-Idaho and start September 12, i have the spring/fall track That is it for now...( I will elaborate on each when they are closer) I hope that satisfied some of you out there that were wondering what was up :) I will write soon, I promise! P.S. stay tuned for more about my life in the current.

Today's Quote:

"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to dodoesn't mean it's useless." -- Thomas A. Edison
I love this quote because right now I feel sometimes like things in my life are not going how I wanted or planned them to be but this helps to see that it's okay if they aren't going my way because they are happening for the benefit of my personal well being. This is very comforting to read and then take a minute to pause and take a deep breath and say that everything will work out just fine, because in the end it will be.

Random SideBar...:)

So I was going through my pictures in my dad's computer and found a few pictures of me and they are all at different times during last year and it's funny to see my hair and how it changes :)

Here is the first: My Seventeenth Birthday in Rexburg Idaho, right across the street from BYU-I and the Rexburg LDS temple.

Here is the second: The morning that my senior year began (YEAH)!

The last but definately not least ;) This was at family photos, my singles shot. (My hair is getting SOOOOOO long you should see it now!)

P.S. I had Preference yesterday so I will put pictures of that up in the next week or so. I looked so pretty and so did my gorgeous BFFL Alex. And the boys looked very handsome as well, I had a lot of fun and I will have to tell you all about it when I put pictures up!

It's Been Quite a While

Well another year has past and I am breaking yet another promise to myself (as you may recall from a few posts ago). I promised to blog everyday and I didn't hold up to it. But surely in the new year spirit I can redeem myself. I have been putting it off, being lazy, and just plain making excuses of being too stressed and loaded with homework and school that I haven't written in a long, long time. But, that is about to change, because I pledge to be devoted to writing. Many people lately have been asking me if I am still writing my novel that I started years ago and the answer was always "no" and then they proceeded to question why, again I would respond that I was just too busy, when in reality I really wasn't. I was just lazy as can be, which that part of me is done with--gone for good, I'm ready to take on new challenges and write with a refreshed passion. I am growing and changing and today marks the beginning of a new day and a new way :) I hope you have a lovely day, I know I will!

Quote of the Day:

"Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them.Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can." -- Norman Vincent Peale

This quote came in an email today and I had a lightbulb moment because I am filling out college applications and I kept thinking that every body is smarter and better than me and just tearing my self down and I read this quote and I now feel much better. So I hope if you were having a bad day today too that this cheered you up because I know it sure did for me :)

Today's Quote:

So I decided that every day I am going to post a quote that I find. So here is the very first one...

"May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am lookingdown."

-- Sara June Parker

HOPE you like them :)

So Long, farewell to summer...

Today seems to be one of many dreary days and I feel a sense of longing for summer, for all warmth is gone and the air is quite blustery. So farewell to the warmth and the sunshine and the long nights because winter is rolling in like a jet. The gray clouds blanket the sky and all animal life is ceasing to be present around the neighborhood. All there is now are deer every once in a while but they keep themselves well concealed. Also the end of term one for myself as a senior in high school is drawing to a stress filled close with finals and projects due but at the same time there is much relief in the knowledge that there is a end to this torment. But the end is a bit ironic as Halloween is just a day or two after the term ends. Term terror ends, Halloween frights begin :). I went on a walk through the woods near my house yesterday and took some pictures that I will put up in a little bit. They are gorgeous and they show how the winter days were rolling in like Helaman's army and the summer days were running away as fast as a bullet. They are pretty cool if I do say so myself! So tune in for those soon!

Day 2

Okay I first have to tell you that I am sorry i didn't do this yesterday and that yes, I did forget to write about yesterday. But no one's perfect, right? Anywho, yesterday was much like most days but there was only one thing that was definitely different and out of the ordinary. I had five classes but during the fourth one--which is Prostart-- we had a real lockdown. I repeat a REAL lockdown, and it was right before lunch too! I was secretly terrified but I was extremely calm on the outside, if I do say so myself. You are probably wondering why we had a lockdown, huh? Well for everyones benefit, I will tell you. First of all there have been some changes to our school in the past year and a half, like a new walmart, bank, and mc donalds, which have people getting red faces and using colorful language about, but that's besides the point. The thing was, that a person was assaulted outside of the walmart across the street from my school so the police got nervous about us and made us have a lockdown, yippee for everyone :( but I'm fine, thanks for asking. So, that was yesterday's adventure! thanks for reading and stay tuned.
Keep dreaming!

Day 1

Hello all you bloggers out there! It has been quite the day today and the fun has just begun; and as I promised, I will be writing about every senior moment and day that I have throughout the year.
I would like to start off by saying that today was wonderful! I had an early start with Early Morning AP Psychology which was great. Then I had AP Literature, seminary, and AP Human Geography. I don't have a fourth period so I get to go home at lunch, which is amazing because I will have so much homework! ( OH! I forgot to mention that at my school we have an A day and a B day with four periods per day ) The teachers are really good and they seem like they will make the classes even greater than they already sound. I am very excited for the school year to swing right into motion.
After I came home, I babysat for my mom while she went to Costco, and then waited for my sisters and dad to come home so that we could go to dinner to celebrate the first day of school. We went to The Myan, which is a mexican restruant with a diving show every half hour. It is reall quite amazing how they dive off of 35 feet rock cliffs into a small pool of water. But, tonight I wasn't feeling good and didn't eat very much which wasn't very good and the drive home was worse! I couldn't stand the small confined space and the limited amount of open air, I wanted some one to roll down a window but we were driving on the freeway and the noise wouldn't have helped either, so I was stuck feeling extremely sick to my stomache!
As soon as we got home and out of the car I started feeling a little better and now I feel just fine. A nice warm shower can do a girl some good every once in a while! :)
The house has been quite crazy tonight, all the younger girls were very tired and so they were trowing fits about everything for the longest time, but now all is quiet and calm, which is helping my head to heal quite a bit. But now I have to go do homework and get ready for tomorrow. I have early morning AP psych, sign language 2, chemistry, prostart 1 ( a cooking class ) and painting- a very big day tomorrow- so I need to get my sleep.
Wonderful dreaming everyone!

Senior Year, Let's Make the Best of it!

Hey everyone out there! In a countdown of five days, my last year of high school will begin and I plan on having it be the best one yet. I also plan on documenting every day of it with you. I'm very excited and i hope you are too because it is going to be one great ride. I know there will be days that aren't as good as others but I promise to make the best of it and I hope you stay tuned to read about all of my adventures :) and hope it inspires you to create your own adventures and write about them too. So, here we go on the best year of my life yet...