Be yourself. Plain and simple, just do it. If they don't like you, don't change- go find someone new. Because life gets pretty crazy when you're one person to your friends and another when no one can see you. What do you want most? Strive for it. Don't let others tell you what you want. Don't let them change your mind. YOU change it if YOU feel like it's right. Live your own life. Don't model it after someone else's. Because one day, they're going to be gone and you'll have nothing. You'll be all alone, and you won't know who you are.

Be your own person. Show yourself. Take off all of those layers of paint because they're making you look like crap anyway. You're in there somewhere, and you know it. Bring YOU out. Dig deeper, you'll find yourself. And when you do, others will gravitate to YOU. You'll be happy because you are yourself, and you know where you want your life to go. Get there. Don't let them stop you. Don't let the paint hold you back. You can do it. We all can. Sure it'll be hard. I'm telling you right now that the path to your dreams is probably one of the hardest you'll ever encounter. But He'll help you. "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."

Learn to trust in the Lord and to keep your heart open. He'll always help you find the way. "...peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes. Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands." You WILL mess up. Don't let your mistakes get in the way. Build from them. Turn your weaknesses into your strengths. Conquer every trial and come out on top.

But don't let the top get to your head. Don't be selfish- help others get to the top too. Serve others. It's not that hard to even give 5 minutes of your time to help make someone's burden lighter. You'll BOTH benefit. Also, be willing to receive help from those who serve you. Sometimes, you CAN'T do it by yourself. Don't become 100% dependent on others, but let them help you get through your trials. Let them lift you up. Let them serve God by serving you.

Sometimes, life seems too hard to handle. Don't give up. Never give up. It's not worth it. You know what your dreams are. I know you dream big. If they can do it, why can't you? Always hope. "Never surrender. Never allow despair to overcome your spirit. Embrace and rely upon the Hope of Israel, for the love of the Son of God pierces all darkness, softens all sorrow, and gladdens every heart," (Pres. Uchtdorf). It's ok. I know you can do it. I've seen you accomplish amazing things because you were determined to win. Just start with one small step. Perfect it. Then go to the next one and perfect it. Do so until your dreams are your realities. You can be happy, and you will be.

See You at Church! HAHAHAHA!!!

Basically, I think the desert is pretty. No seriously, I do! When we drive to Vegas or California or Arizona or even just through southern Utah, I love looking out and seeing the barren wasteland that is the desert!! It's like home to me... haha! I just love the desert!

When I have kids, my girls' names are going to have something to do with desert flower names! Don't take my idea! Haha!

Bring on Neverland or College- I'm so done with high school!

I'm so sick of school.

I'm so sick of homework.

I'm so sick of all of the confusing things that I have to struggle with every single day!

Do you still think highly of me, or do you just tolerate me because you feel like you have to?

What's your deal?

Drr...

I just want to be omniscient.

I want to read people's minds so I can understand why they do the things they do.

But that's not how it's supposed to be.

I'm supposed to find my own way out of this mess.

This sucks.

But whatever.

Why can't time just do what I want it to?? GRRRR!!!

Favorite Authors

Who is your all-time favorite author and why???
JK Rowling because I had never before in my life read any book that made me hyperventilate until I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows... SUCH A GOOD BOOK!!! Or anyone from the scriptures- I have a few favorites in there...!

Who was your first favorite author and why?
Hmm... Probably Dr. Seuss most likely because I liked to look at all the pictures...!

Do you still consider him/her to be among your favorites?
Eh... Probably not...

Who is the most recent addition to your list of favorite authors and why?
I don't know- I think I'm starting to like John Steinbeck a lot, but he kinda swears a bit too much for my liking... But if you haven't read Grapes of Wrath, I really recommend it!

If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors would first pop out of your mouth?
JK Rowling for sure, and Wendelin Van Draanen.

I tag:
Whoever wants to be tagged. Chrisanne basically took all mine!

Starvin MARVIN!!

I'm pretty much always hungry. NO HOMEWORK OVER THE WEEKEND THAT'S DUE MONDAY OR TUESDAY!!!! YEAH!!! Life has been SOOOOOO stressful as of late and now everything is slowing down and it just makes me so excited! I got just a little under 7 hours of sleep last night! LET'S PARTY!!! Movie night down in my room with the Christmas Tree! We're watching Jingle All The Way! (every night for a while - except for like last weekend - I've been averaging like 4 hours of sleep... not so good for my face! Haven't you ever heard of beauty sleep? I am a firm believer in a lot of things, one of which is that people look better when they are well rested! I know that I am more photogenic when I've gotten good sleep for a while... Lately my pictures have all been CRAPPY!! Anyway... end parentheses!) haha! Stephanie just basically loves life and everyone in it!! Yes- you too!!

I think the desert is pretty.

We went to my uncle's house for Thanksgiving and it was so much fun!! Here are some pictures!!

K, so this is me and my cousin Kelli- we're basically WAY TO CRAZY FOR OUR OWN GOOD when we get together! But this is all I'm going to put up because Blogger takes FOREVER AND A DAY to load pics so if you want to see more, then I'll show you whenever... Basically it was just a lot of fun!! I LOVE GREAT DANES!!!

PaTAtah Head!! (yes, I do know how to spell P-O-T-A-T-O)

cORRECTION: i wOULD lOVE tO lEARN hOW tO dRIVE a sTICK bEFORE i dIE iNSTEAD oF bE fAMOUS fOR a dAY. i tHINK tHAT wOULD bE bETTER!!

haha- I just heard about this hoax about Miley Cyrus being killed by a drunk driver!

7 things I plan to do before I die:
1. Go to Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the other Disneylands around the world.
2. Go to Disneyland (in California- if you want to see me truly happy, take me there and you will!)
3. Sail on a Pirate Ship
4. Be famous for a day
5. Fly
6. Get married
7. Go skydiving!!!


7 things I can do:
1. Play Piano
2. Totally DESTROY at Disney-Scene It
3. Solve a Rubik's Cube (even the Disney one!! Yeah!!)
4. Pick out songs on the ukulele (I'm Samoan baby!)
5. Make wicked cool posters for my mom for various reasons
6. Put on a rock concert for anyone who will listen to me totally belt out my favorite songs and watch me dance to them!! hahahahaha!!!
7. Quote movies flawlessly!


7 Things I cannot do:
1. Beat Jenny at ANYTHING (except piano, Disney Scene It, POTC Scene It, and Boggle where I clearly rule.)
2. Talk to strangers (not like bad people-strangers, just people I don't know...)
3. Get tired of any classic Disney Movie, POTC, or Disneyland and everything associated with those things.
4. Lead Hymns in church...drr... (stupid pick up notes!) (but I'm not bashing on Hymns!)
5. Sing...
6. ...or dance... but I still love to do both!
7. Make food... I'm a disgrace to my mother's amazing cooking abilities.


7 things I would have on a deserted island:
1. Food
2. Water
3. My scriptures- I've got to take care of my immortal soul!
4. The Harry Potter Series- those are my favorite books!
5. A Rubik's Cube
6. the ukulele (a very island-ish thing to have!)
7. The Black Pearl.


7 things I say most often:
1. Crap
2. jai!!
3. da!!
4. WHY????
5. fetchin
6. ok
7. various phrases in Spanish, Chinese, and Samoan, and occasionally I'll say "grazie" which is Italian.


7 celebs I admire:
1. David Archuleta cause he's Mormon!
2. I don't really admire any celebrities...
3. ...unless I feel that they've done something worthy of my admiration...
4....which no one really has...
5. ...at least that I can think of...
6.
7.


7 Favorite foods:
1. (only 7??) Anything my mom makes!!!!
2. Pasta- namely Fettuccine Alfredo
3. Free Chicken Samples from Flaming Wok in the mall
4. Pizza
5. My Cafe Rio Salad
6. Winger's Wings
7. Outback's Cheese Fries


7 people I tag:
1. um... whoever wants to I guess... Consider yourself tagged!
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

...and dance forever ever ever!!

If your name is Amy from my photo class (I'm not putting your last name for various reasons, even though I do know what it is! Just to clarify...), here's the deal. My favorite picture is in the post before this one, so just scroll down and you can see it. It's also on my sidebar, and down in my Disneyland post, which you can scroll down and find too! And then my one that actually made it in to the photo show is in the post underneath my Disneyland post, just in case you wanted to look at it too, but you don't have to. It's the one of the light with the red ribbon on it. So... yeah! See you in Photo!!

I shed.

So basically, I'm really rather impressed with this picture! It's on my sidebar, above the picture of Bree (my cousin), and an un-edited version (don't worry, I didn't do too much with it- with little Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, you can't do a whole lot!) is down in my Disneyland post, but I just love it! And it's even better that I took it at Disneyland, my most favorite place EVER, and it was by Tarzan's Treehouse who - contrary to popular belief - is a lot better than Martin Auckumbeyer and I'm leaving Martin for Tarzan, end of story! (to those who don't eat lunch at my lunch table, it's a long story, but the Auckumbeyer's aren't real... haha!) But I just LOVE this picture!!

F150 for LIFE.

haha... so basically, I don't have much freeway-driving experience, and have avoided the freeway like it's The Strip of Death. Well today, there was no way around it. I was mucho nervouso. But I did it anyway, and it was the first time I had ever driven on the freeway completely by myself (normally, the only time I'd have to get on the freeway is when we needed to take one of our cars to the dealership to get fixed and I'd be in one car and my dad would be in the "broken" one driving ahead of me), so it was kinda scary! But BAM!! It's done, and I feel good! YESH!! So pretty much, that's all.

College SUCKS.

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Everything leads back to Mr. Downs...

English. On and off. Light switch. My bedroom! Green. Ashleigh. Blood. Chrisanne. Edward. AP Music. ug. Bridget. Hair. Ciara. Orange. Rain. Angels. Singing. You. Me. All of the people. Bored. Trains. Pirates. Jack Sparrow. Outtakes. I'm a Pirate. Ring. Lost and Found. Miracles! Recess. Roast Beef. Sandwiches. Food. Yum. 106. 21. Jenny! Jet. Jet Li. Lizzie McGuire. Gross! Youth Conference. Chad. Michael. Lindsay. St. George. Vernal. Anastasia. Dinosaurs. "And I kick her sir!" Violence. Red Ribbon Week. Drugs. Teenagers. Lack of celebration. grr. Honey Bunches. Jessica. All night. Journal. Mr. Downs. Stream of Conscious(ness?). Christina. Trick or Treat. Lori. Gone. Disneyland. I LOVE DISNEYLAND!!! Dreams come true! Jack Sparrow! Billy and the Hill Billies. Megan. Day. Sunday School. Ditching. Lip Gloss. Jenny. Drawers. My wallet. Lisa Call! Pennsylvania. Little League World Series. High School Musical 2. Marie. California. Pools. Best hotel ever!! PeyTON. One Tree Hill. Everwood. Gilmore Girls. Tradition. Fiddler on the Roof. Christmas. I LOVE CHRISTMAS! Wishes. Disneyland. How I love Disneyland!!! Fireworks. Homesick. yeah. I'll stop here!

I Made a List of Stephanie-isms Today

So pretty much, if you haven't seen my Disneyland post yet, GO LOOK AT IT!!!!! It's the one before this one. But a few posts ago, I mentioned some of my quirks. I was having a hard time thinking of some, so there's really only like 3... But I thought of some other ones!

• We have colorful cups and plates at my house. So when I'm thirsty or when I use one of the plates I like to have it match my shirt. For example, if I'm wearing an orange shirt, I'll get the orange cup!
• I'm a bit of a perfectionist...

haha... see I had like 5 more of these, but then I forgot them. When I think of them again I'll let you know!

Dreams Do Come True!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I pretty much got back from Disneyland! It was PERFECT!! My only regret is leaving! I want to tell you ALL about it!! And to those who I owe autographs to... um... I kinda didn't get them... cause I didn't see ANY of them... cause we never went to the Princess Fair. But look at all my pictures! Well, this won't be all of them of course, but some of my favorites DEFINITELY!! GAAAAAAA!!!!! LOOK AT THE LAST TWO!!!! MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sad day... My flip flops broke on the train from Main Street to Toon Town and I lost the piece that broke off. So... I need to go to Old Navy. That's ok, cause even though these were the old ones (and therefore the GOOD ones), I've fixed these seriously like 5 times already, and the men's flip flops at Old Navy are not that hideous on my feet. But I may have to break down and buy some other expensive ones if Old Navy doesn't have men's flip flops that don't swallow my feet. Drr.

I just found out that my camera can make water look like this!! This is outside of Tarzan's Tree House.

Me with my Pirate ears... which I'm actually wearing right this second along with my Jack Sparrow hair I bought! haha... I kinda spent a LOT of money at Disneyland... BUT IT'S SO WORTH IT!!

The highlight of my day! Or so I thought...! (see my last 2 pictures!)

My parents while we were at the Pirate's Lair exploring and looking for Jack Sparrow, who we never actually found here...

THE DISNEY CASTLE!!!!!!!! Oh how heartbroken I am now that I'm 12 hours away from Disneyland!!!

This was in the lobby of my hotel. I have a TON of water pics!

The Haunted Mansion all decked out in Nightmare Before Christmas decorations!

Of course there would be more rum than water on the Pirate Ship!! This was also on the Pirate's Lair.

Me and Minnie! My first of the TWO autographs I got at Disneyland. (notice my shoes? This was after my flip flops broke. Good thing I had these with me!) But I don't care that I only got two, because look who else's I got...

CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAAAA!!!!! I WANT TO TELL YOU IN PERSON ALL ABOUT IT!!!!! DREAMS COME TRUE AT DISNEYLAND!!!!

haha- see his hand by my head? Funny story! I can't wait to tell you!

By the time you read this, I will probably be on my way to DISNEYLAND!!!

So on Monday for Family Home Evening, we went to Gardener Village. It's so cute! There are a ton of witches on display and I could go into further detail but it's 1:27 AM on Wednesday Morning (GAAAA!!! I WENT TO MY FIRST HAUNTED FOREST AND LOVED IT!!!!) and I'm tired so I'm just putting some of my favorite pictures on here. haha- Look at me try to be a photographer!

K so there are more pics I want to put on here, but it's seriously taking FOREVER (it's 2:05 am right now!) so I'll put more on later!

My last title makes no sense...

I'M LEAVING FOR DISNEYLAND ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh, Disneyland is like my HOME!! (Don't worry- I always go with family, so it's ok!) I wonder what the weather will be like. I can't wait to ride all the rides! I'm going to ride (/visit/see)...

• Pirates of the Caribbean (I haven't been on it since they added Jack Sparrow and Barbossa!!)
• The Haunted Mansion (it'll be all Halloween style!!)
• Splash Mountain
• Space Mountain
• It's A Small World (actually not, cause it will be closed the whole time I'm there. Stupid!)
• The Madderhorn
• Autopia
• Indiana Jones
• Roger Rabbit
• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
• The PIRATE'S LAIR ON TOM SAWYER ISLAND
• The Astro Orbiter
• Dumbo
• Winnie the Pooh
• This Peter Pan thing I just saw
• and CRAPLOADS of other stuff like all the little stores, I'll probably get my face drawn in New Orlean's Square, get as many autographs as I can (and one of them WILL be Jack Sparrow's!), I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I don't get on my blog lately. At least my homework's getting done earlier!

I have been tagged by eriCRAZY! Here are 7 quirks about myself that I don't mind sharing!

1. I don't step on cracks (watch my feet the next time we walk together)
2. If I feel my handwriting is ugly I will erase it and write it again. Unless I'm in a hurry.
3. I eat the crust first when I eat pizza at school, but I don't think I do it at home... which is weird...
4. I have 106 #1 favorite foods. (I have some #2 and #3 favorites, but there are 106 #1's alone!)
5. I'm never 100% comfortable when I sit. I'm always shifting in my seat.
6. I am a Pirate. Who frequently rocks out to the Jo Bros. And then records it on my camera. (see my About Me!)
7. I tend to be very obsessive over things. (Namely Pirates of the Caribbean, the Jonas Brothers, and a certain tiger. In that order.)

I tag Ashleigh, (Chrisanne, you've already been tagged) Kate, and Ciara

2 Birds with one Stone!

haha! My title reminds me of this Chuck Norris line:
Chuck Norris doesn't kill two birds with one stone. He kills two stones with one bird.

Anyway, Esta Time de Scripture Mastery!!!
If you haven't already, memorize this scripture right now, and be one closer to 25!

John 3:5
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.

How I wish some of my dreams were a reality...

(If you're looking for my Favorite Food's List, it's the post below this one!)

I've been busy ALL WEEKEND. All day Saturday, most of the day after church today. You want to know what I was doing? CLEANING MY ROOM!!!! Ever since I switched to this downstairs room, it has NEVER been completely clean. There have always been little piles of stuff to deal with later and later never came. Well guess what? IT'S CLEAN!! 100%!!! AND IT'S ALL MINE!!!!

My 3 Life-Long Dreams:

• To have my own room (Check! And now it's enjoyable cause it's CLEAN!!)
• To ride a horse (Check!)
• To fly like Superman

I'm still working on that last one!

The Big Kahuna

This is it- the updated version my "#1 Favorite Foods" list! Enjoy! I know I do!!! (*)=My Mom's and (**)=My Mom's as well as others. These are in no particular order.

1. Pizza **
2. Rive with gravy, corn, and cheese * (it's kind of a family favorite!)
3. Chicken Enchilada's *
4. Chili Chicken Casserole*
5. Chicken Broccoli Casserole *
6. Pineapple
7. Pineapple Chicken *
8. Broccoli Cheese Soup *
9. Winger's Sauce
10. Fries (Apollo Burger and Iceburg have the best fries and fry sauce!)
11. Cookies & Cream Ice Cream
12. Navajo Tacos *
13. Hot Dogs
14. Scones with Honeybutter *
15. French Toast *
16. Blueberry Muffins (the kind you make in the box with the crumbly stuff on it)
17. Poppyseed Muffins (Costco's are the best)
18. Dutch Oven Potatoes *
19. Cherry Crunch *
20. Blueberry Crunch *
21. Strawberry Cake stuff my mom made once (* haha!)
22. That confetti-type cake
23. Fettuccine Alfredo **
24. Pasta Salad *
25. Pumpkin Pie ** (with Whipped Cream!)
26. Pumpkin Cookies
27. Winger's Wings
28. Beandip *
29. Winger's Sticky Fingers
30. Chips and Salsa
31. Chili Cheese Dip (*? She makes it, but it's not like specifically her's)
32. Potato Casserole *
33. Corn
34. Outback's Cheese Fries
35. Training Table Cheese Fries
36. Turkey/Mustard/Cheese Sandwiches after Thanksgiving!
37. Quizno's Honey Bacon Club
38. Hogi Yogi's Oreo Shakes
39. Garlic Chicken Pasta
40. Iceburg Shakes (Oreo is probably my favorite) with fries and stuff dipped in it
41. 4-Layer Dessert*
42. Whitney's Shaved Ice (WSI. I MISS THAT!!!): Waikiki- Guava, Lime, Pineapple
43. WSI: Pina Colada (Pineapple mixed with Coconut)
44. WSI: Blue Raspberry
45. WSI: Tiger's Blood (Strawberry mixed with Coconut... I think)
46. WSI: Strawberry
47. WSI: Cherry
48. WSI: Cherry mixed with Coconut
49. Blue Raspberry mixed with Coconut
50. Michael's/My Mom's Spicy Chicken stuff *
51. Any roll my mom makes!! *
52. Mashed Potatoes and Gravy *
53. Meat Loaf Sandwiches *
54. BJ's Pizza (BJ's is a restaurant in Vegas)
55. BJ's Potato Skins
56. BJ's Fettuccine Alfredo
57. Teriyaki Stix Chicken Bowls
58. My Aunts' Cucumber Dip
59. Cheeseballs
60. REAL Cherries
61. Vegetable Platters- I love the carrots and the celery and sometimes the peas dipped in that ranch stuff
62. Breadsticks *
63. Cream of Broccoli Soup @ Brick Oven (with my special touches)
64. Potato Soup *
65. Cold Pizza (yes, that is different than #1)
66. Zucchini Bread *
67. Pears
68. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough *
69. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
70. Cinnamon Rolls
71. Orange Chicken
72. Panda Express's Fried Rice
73. Panda's Noodle stuff
74. Blueberry bagels
75. Bagels with Strawberry Cream Cheese
76. Corn Chex
77. Muddy Buddies **
78. Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies (I could eat my weight in those!!) *
79. 7-Layer Salad*
80. Chocolate-Covered Pretzels **
81. French Bread Pizza (yes, that is also different!)
82. Pina Colada Slurpees from 7-11
83. White Cherry Slurpees from 7-11
84. My Cafe Rio Salad
85. Smashed Potatoes *
86. Twice Baked Potatoes *
87. Lemon Chicken with this Avocado stuff *
88. Golden Chicken Breasts *
89. This Avocado Dip stuff *
90. Hawaiian Haystacks *
91. Honey Bunches of Oats
92. Rice Krispie Chicken
93. Chocolate Pie *
94. Molten... Lava... Cake... stuff
95. SmokeHouse BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches with their sweet sauce
96. My Mom's Pulled Pork Sandwiches with SHBBQ's sweet sauce *
97. Roast Beef Sandwiches with Au Jus Sauce *
98. Alfredo Sauce with Chex
99. Chicken Salad Sandwiches on Croissants *
100. White Cheddar Popcorn
101. Chocolate Covered Strawberries in my Mom's Chocolate Fountain!!!
102. Corn, Mashed Potatoes, and gravy mixed together *
103. Peaches from our tree
104. Pomegranates
105. Cheesecake
106. My Special Hot Chocoloate

That's all I can think of right now. But I can almost guarantee you that I'll think of more later!

Yes, I do wish I could be a fly on the wall...

4 things:

First of all, if your name is Ciara, that one post that we were talking about is the one below this one.

Second, this is MY background- I've finally found the one that is me! (This isn't to say that you can't have it, I'm just saying that I LOVE this one!)

Third, if we're ever on a game show, my favorite sound effect to make is "BOOOSH!!" (see me for an explanation)

And fourth, I am... (almost regretfully) tempted to buy Miley's Breakout CD. And kinda Demi Lovato's CD too (even though I think her one song on Disney Channel is not that good. I've previewed others that seem better)

No no, he's got a point.

So pretty much, someone who shall remain nameless requested that I put something on my blog. So... here it is! ENJOY!!

I like Cheesecake.

Today I've been working on Scripture Mastery. I'm working on memorizing all 100 by the end of the semester, and today I passed off 16! Yesh! Today was kind of my official start date (I've had some unofficial ones in the past, but today was for real) and now my goal is to pass off at least 5 per week. If I do that, then my last 5 will be passed off the Sunday before the last week of the semester. I'm so excited! I absolutely LOVE Seminary!!

Of course it makes you look fat. I've never been to Brussels. It's pronounced EGREGIOUS.

I got a new background. It'll probably change again soon. Not like right away, but I do like change.

I miss a lot of people. Right now. Such as my Hawaiian buds, my California people, Nevada homies (haha!), any other buds from SOAR that don't live in any of those states, my wardies (yes, my ward is so great that if I go extended periods of time without seeing them, I get separation anxiety! K not really, but I do miss some people in my ward...) etc.

I also miss Disneyland very very much. Like, honestly!

I absolutely LOVE Pirates of the Caribbean!!!

I got 100% on the PRIDE/LOP quiz. How do I know if it counted?

So last night we watched The Producers at Ashleigh's house (which, contrary to popular belief is rated PG-13, NOT R. I looked it up after my sister told me it was to prove to her that it was not R. Plus it was from Clean-Flix anyway.) CRAZY funny movie! After it was done, I had dropped off Jessica and was on my way to Chrisanne's house to take her home. We were laughing HYSTERICALLY at this one part of the movie (FATTY!!!!) and I thought it was so funny that I was about to pee my pants! I had to go to the bathroom so bad! So we're coming to this Stop Sign and I had to slow down way before it (it was like 12:30 at night and nobody else was on the road) so I could control myself!! It was so funny! Chrisanne's like, "Quick! Go back to Jessica's house and use her bathroom!" and I was like, "No, it's ok! I'll be fine!" hahahahaha!! So we get past the Stop Sign and I drop her off and go home and then I went. But oh my gosh it was so funny!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Best Piano Lesson OF MY LIFE

Well... I feel... like eating... cause I'm hungry... and it's dinner time... ish... but my mom's gone... so dinner's not coming anytime soon... cause she's doing Back To School Night PTA stuff... so......... yeah........

I might eat some candy.

Yes! I scored a Butterfinger and a Baby Ruth! Which should I eat first? Actually, I'm not waiting for you to comment cause I'm hungry and I want one NOW and you could take DAYS to look at my blog and tell me that I should have the Butterfinger first so BAM!! I'm chewing on my first bite of the Butterfinger. Now I've swallowed it. Yum! This used to be my favorite candy bar. Now I don't have a specific one. I'm very unpicky when it comes to food. One of these days I'm going to put my Favorite Foods list on here. Yep- THE WHOLE THING. All 100+ of them! Boy, won't you have a lot to read!

At Least I'll Get More Sleep...

Did you know that I can solve a Rubik's Cube in under 5 minutes?

Yep, I can!

Farewell to my Olympics! *sobs incessantly*

I'll be ok. ;) haha!

Burnin' Up

I need better habits. Sleeping habits, mostly, but with that comes time management habits and stuff like that. Cause guess what? My time management SUCKED, therefore I got less sleep. And I threw up yesterday because of this abrupt lack of sleep.

Not once.

Not twice,

but THREE times.

It was yucky. But I feel better today.

6 Days is kinda like 6 Minutes...

Happy Half-Birthday to me!
Happy Half-Birthday to me!
Happy Half-Birthday dear Stephanie!
Happy Half-Birthday to me!

I turn 18 in exactly 6 months. Whoa.

Sometimes playlists just don't cut it.

Life sucks. Like on and off. There will be times where I'm good, and then reality kicks me in the butt and I'm like, "This is a piece of crap." Bright side: I have a pretty good amount of friends is most my classes for A-Day, and we went to Kate's house today. And piano wasn't as bad as what I was afraid of, plus babysitting was fun cause Bria's insane. Not-Bright Side: everything in between.

This my brother Enoch when we made him carry my mom's purse into the hotel. Don't worry, I feel for ya buddy!

Staring Me Down

Happy Birthday to Joe,
Happy Birthday to Joe!
Happy Birthday dear Joseph-
Happy Birthday to Joe!

It's Joseph Adam Jonas' birthday today!!!

So I went to school today. Pretty exciting! No seriously! Let me tell you the best part! So I'm in the Seminary Building (which I've come to LOVE) and I'm talking to Bro. Heaston. Once you meet him, then you can picture how this conversation went!! haha!! So I have seminary B1 first semester. There's like NOBODY that period so only Bro. Judd and Bro. Heaston are teaching. Since I've already had Judd, I'm pretty much guaranteed into Heaston's class! Today he was telling us something to the effect of, "If you get me, you're guaranteed into the Celestial Kingdom. Cause after you've been with me, you've already been to the other place." Then later when we figured out I had him he's said something (I can't remember exactly) that could be translated into, "SUCKS FOR YOU!" and then told me that his daughters have my same red hair, so we're all good!

If you don't understand why this is amazing, just meet Bro. Heaston. Enough said. (Oh except that Sis. Dimmick said that if there's an imbalance of SemCo members in the classes we may be switched around. There's like 4 of us in B1 first semester. I don't think I'll get switched around, but if I do I get Bro. Judd again! YES!!!!!! haha- We're friends on Facebook!)

I'm getting good at this!

So yesterday I had my senior pictures. They're going to turn out horrible, I just know it! I just know that my smile was RETARDED. I could just feel it! But on the other hand, my hair was AMAZING cause Ciara did it yesterday!!!!!! I slept on it last night, and it still looks good! It's not as big as it was yesterday, but still good! To the point where I just woke up and started my day! But anyway, I took lots of pictures of my hair. Here are just a few of my favorites (with better smiles than my senior picture will have, I just know.)

Did you know that my hair was naturally curly when I was little? It was like BOINGY!!

Ug. I don't want to go.

OH MY GOSH I JUST BOUGHT THE NEW JONAS BROTHERS CD THAT CAME OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't listened to it all the way through yet because we've been pretty busy with chores around here and then I've also been running around places, and will continue to run around so it might be put off until tomorrow. Or later tonight. For example I have to run to a meeting thing soon and then a myriad of places after that!

But oh my gosh the Olympics continue to dazzle me! Last night was wicked awesome!! You must watch the Olympics!!

Today I have my senior pictures and I'm super excited because Ciara's going to do my hair! YES!!! I love when people do my hair! I still have to figure out what to wear. Help me!! What color shirt should I wear?? What would look good in a picture? What would look good on me??? GAAAA!!! My hair will look awesome though!

Masks

I think I have leprosy on my toes cause they keep peeling! Sick! I also took a short shower only to find out I had all the time in the world. But not really cause I'm wrong. Again. I feel like I still smell from weeding, even though I shampooed my hair twice and scrubbed myself squeaky clean. I don't know what Sacrament Hymn I'm leading tomorrow cause my bishop picked it. I'm sure I'll be fine, but that doesn't hide the fact that I feel unprepared. It's not only the Sacrament Hymn that I feel unprepared for, it's other things in my life. My life's a mess.

I must not have read my scriptures last night. I fell asleep after the Opening Ceremonies.

I LOVE THE OLYMPICS!!!

Some of my #1 favorite foods (this is a SERIOUSLY abridged list!)

1. Pizza (a very broad range)
2. Fettuccine Alfredo
3. Garlic Chicken Pasta from Costco
4. My mom's Chicken Broccoli Casserole
5. My mom's Chili Chicken Casserole
6. My mom's Broccoli Cheese Soup
7. My mom's potato casserole
8. Winger's Buffalo Wings
9. Winger's Amazing Sauce (on pretty much anything!!)
10. My mom's avocado dip stuff (with more than just avocados in it, but it's GOOD!)

*gunshot sound* "Clayton!"

So last night, me and Kali were out weeding for the Town Houses across the street from my street, and it started to sprinkle a bit so we decided to take a break to dump the weeds we had already pulled and then go doorbell ditch my (assistant?) Camp Director Ciara.

Yay Ciara! This is her and her brother Sam who just got married who is apparently our next doorbell ditching victim... he and Stacia (neither one of them really know us, that's why it's funny!) just don't know it yet cause they're getting back from their honeymoon today... haha!

So we doorbell ditch her and then she finds us so we go into her house and talk to her for like an hour and eat yummy zucchini and mess with our blogs. Then she's like, "You guys should come back when Kade (Ciara's husband) gets back from work!" He was supposed to get back in the next 5 minutes. So we had it all planned out. She called him and he told her that he was just leaving work, which was like 30 minutes away! Our plan was to hide behind his car, so she opens the door to tell us where he normally parks and she's like, "SHOOT!" cause his car is there! He lied!!! So me and Kali are like, "CRAP!!!!" and run and hide in their bathroom, but he finds us.

Mr. Camo Pants Hunter Kade (the one with the white shirt on the left)

Then we decided we were going to come back later and doorbell ditch Kade. So we let them eat their dinner and we come back and do it. He walks out there and looks for us but doesn't see us, but Ciara does, but she's on our side so she doesn't say anything. So we go and sneak into their backyard and knock on their back door cause he's waiting for us by the front door and then we tear off running. We hid by the dumpster for a bit and then go back to do it one last time. So we get up to the doorstep to ring the doorbell and Kade and Ciara jump out from the side of their Town House and Kade does this indian-yell and it FREAKS me and Kali out! It was so funny! By that time is was dark so me and Kali went home. haha!

Kali and Stephanie's Best People to Doorbell Ditch List:

1. The Day's
2. The Church's

haha!