Too Much FREE TIME!

So Ty and I have been chillin in Oregon Since the end of May. He is doing and Internship for Erickson Air Crane which is a big stinking deal in the helicopter world. I on the other hand have been incredibly unsuccessful at procuring a job for the summer, and thus I sit around and wish to die. 

So in my spare time I decided to plan things for us to do together when he gets home from work everyday. Like make boats out of aluminum foil to race  down the stream not far from our house. 

Tyler named his the Speed Wedge. 

Original. 

I named mine the S.S. WhopASS

Nice, no?

and the winner is....

We tied. We did the best out of three. The first round my name proved true. The second round "the speed wedge" was faster, I guess. The third round, they both sunk. HA! 

Either way it was a great time. Tyler launched into a lecture on the importance of surface area...blah blah blah, and I just looked at him and smiled. I love when he tries to teach me stuff. 

Even though I don't usually listen. 

These are our winner faces!

Smug fool. 

Happy and blurry. 

The contested! 

After the boat thing, I decided our next activity would be to watch an movie inside but boring, was not on the agenda. The challenge was to make a fort, out of the like 5 things we brought to Oregon, a feat in and of itself, and we had to speak in third person the whole time. 

Yep, that is our air mattress acting as a wall, and the other side are the two and only two chairs we have here. Folding style no less! 

Proud of our fort in our tiny, old, ugly apartment. 

This was ty's idea for a pose in the photo sesh. Yep, classy is his middle name. 

The best part about the fort building was the talking in third person. We definitely argued as to the best way to accomplish the fort and arguing in third person and directing a plan of attack was hilarious. seriously. You cannot keep a straight face when arguing a point in third person!

3 seconds before homeboy decided to pass out and I had to watch "our movie" alone. 

Hot date!

Something that I thought would be fun to do was to visit the local CRUISE. Meaning all these peeps with old school or cool cars come in to town to show them off and there are all these events surrounding it. So we went the night they had a Beatles Tribute band. 

Let me tell you the prime of Medford showed up and the Wal-Mart quality of people there...

some of the best I have EVER seen. 

Looking through two classics to the stage.

One of the many rows of cars

Ty's friend and school pal is also here for the internship. His name is Darren. They are like soul mates. 

Both hate to do their hair, both cross their arms for photos, both have little words when it comes to conversing. 

Seriously though, I often wonder how they are friends when they are both so quiet, When I hang out with them both i go home with a sore jaw and a drained brain in attempt to fill in all the silences. 

the ones that never end!

Me and the Hubs at the CRUISE!

The next few photos are random. This one in particular..the one directly below is the best fatkidmove by my husband to date. He is on the computer, eating slices off the 5lb. block of cheese sitting in front of him. 

I called him out and all he said was, "I love cheese." 

Bahaha!

We saw a Rainbow, shocker right, a rainbow in Oregon...well we don't get many of these in Utah, and we saw both ends of it. So ha. 

Well there is a little update for you. I know its riveting our lives. 

Be jealous. 

The end is near!

I am graduating in exactly a month from today...TODAY people! AHHHHHHH!!!

Its too soon and not soon enough, Ya dig? 

Too much to do in that amount of time, and
  I just. don't. want. to. 

So...I am blogging instead. And we all know how good I am at blogging, so you now know that I am

seriously in denial of my homework because that's how bad I don't want to do it. 

things are good. Ty is my rock and my favorite thing about my life right now. He keeps me sane, 

feeds my caffeine addiction, and cleans up after me. What does he get out of it? 

Nothing. He gets nothing because I am too busy to even make him dinner....

let alone dessert....sigh.

Alas, My senior exhibit is coming up in a week. Everything important that I have done in school for the past four years on display. ANXIETY!!! 

Also, we had to get head shots done, for our exhibit displays and if you know me...

I am so awkward in front of the camera. Its not great.

For my wedding bridals my best friend slipped me a muscle relaxer, because they were

THAT bad. ugh

Needless to say round two was this week because the first ones I look disgusting. 

Or as my sister said, "you look like a wanna be Mormon pop star, or a candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize."

For real, that happened. 

Bottom line, I am awkward in front of a camera and I hate all photos of myself. always. 

But this last time wasn't so bad. the photographer just told me exactly what to do and she was quick as lightening so it was as painless as possible. 

After I explained all the things I hate about myself, and my phobias and what i hate about myself in photos, she wasn't left with much room as to what she could actually photograph. 

sigh.

AND STILL she did an amazing job. Where was this girl when I got married?! 

She made me look legit. 

too legit. 

too legit to quit. 

Anyway despite the normal amount of insanity we are doing fab! I have officially hooked up 

my Dr. pepper, diet coke, vanilla coke zero IV and will be set for the

rest of the semester! 

If you want to check out the Exhibit website

Yep we are that cool.

Please Do! 

http://www.wix.com/idexhibit2012/usu

Loves to all, and good luck hearing from us before the end of the semester. 

By us, I mean me, Tyler has never blogged in his life, or voluntarily made the bed, or eaten olives. 

weirdo.

hey there ho there

Alive? Yes.

dead tired? Yes. 

Just making a quick check in. Here whats happening in our neck of the woods!

Tyler got his internship that he wanted. SO we are going to Oregon for the Summer. 

We are so excited and even though it may turn out that we sleep on an Air Mattress all summer, 

and living off anything you can microwave, it will be a great adventure!

Bonus!!! We will actually be in the same place at the same time 

ALL. SUMMER. 

I can't even remember the last time we did that. 

Other news, I was awarded the outstanding senior of the year- award. Which is pretty cool I guess. 

I was completely shocked because I have some incredible colleagues in my 

program. The whole fam damily came up for the event and I got a fancy drink at Olive Garden 

after. Which was the coolest part of the night. For shizzle. 

Ty went to Dallas for an award he won, from the Helicopter Expo. 

he got two free tickets and $2500 towards his tools that he has to buy. I am so

freakin proud of that kid. Plus he got to go to the Expo for free and geek out about flying things for like 3 solid days. He came back with lots of swag and humongous grin. :)

We are going to Mexico for spring break with the fam. I am real excited to get some sun time

and hopefully a little tan to go with my freckles. yeah right....a girl can dream. 

I am graduating on May 5th!!!!! I can't believe it, its finally here! The day I have been waiting for through all the all nighters, the agonizing pointless busy work, and all. that. money. 

I am finally going to finish. I feel like I just realized my ruby 

slippers can take me home, by just clicking them together. Except my slippers cost a lot of moulah. 

So that's where we are. Trucking along and hoping to make it to Spring. Which apparently Logan forgot should be around the corner because we have been getting crazy blizzards all week!

Gross.

It started again

School....blek!

I am super excited its my last semester of interior design. I might cry, out of joy or sorrow I am not sure which. 

So this may be the last blog you read for a while. I am completely terrible at updating about our lives and really great at updating about completely useless information. Go figure. When I look back and read this blog a gazillion years from now, I will be so annoyed that I didn't actually put anything pertinent on here. 

meh...oh well

Ty and I are great. He is so awesome and landed his sweet booty a scholarship. MAMA IS PROUD!

We went for a quick visit to phoenix to see some of our best friends while on break and spent the rest of 

Christmas break working and eating delicious food! 

It was so nice to spend time with our friends and family during the holidays. I love Christmas and we both were completely spoiled by Santa this year. 

Sigh, back to the frigid logan weather and the endless homework. ugh. I am soo too old to be doing this still. 

whats funnier than being in school till you are 26? Paying to be in school till you are 26. 

Gross.

On the plus side I finally realized Tyler is way smarter than I am. All this time I was such a little snot and 

thinking I was the smartest because I got the best grades and scholarships and blah blah blah....turns out I have a vast amount of knowledge in a very unimportant range. Husb on the other hands seems to know everything about everything. I asked him if he thought he was smarter than me and he looked at me weird and said yes? With that I am scared you will hurt me if I tell the truth but if I lie you can tell and I am scared of you,  face...

Good times. 

Hopefully this year will be the best one yet, I am really ready for a freaking awesome time. 

I think there will be a lot of firsts and lasts this year and I can't wait to see what 2012 brings!! 

boom. roasted. 

STUCK STUCK STUCK!

Guess what has been stuck in my head ALL weekend?

Batman's in the kitchen,

Robin's in the hall,

Jokers in the bathroom,

Peeing on the wall! 

Classy no?

Hi! Oh you don't remember me?

Strange....

I thought for sure I could neglect you for months on end and all of you would still remember me without even an ounce of hesitation. 

Sorry for the delay folks, Honestly I neglect this blog the way I neglect my homework. 

since all of the non blogging, I haven't really done anything exciting. 

Ty and I are still just trucking along in school. Can I graduate yet? Seriously? 

I want to be out of school and onto real life so bad I would give my first born to 

Rumpelstiltskin if he could make it happen now. 

Great for me, sucks for the kid. 

Life is crazy and there either seems to be too much time or not enough. And although I can't wait for real life to start and to earn money and not turn around and give it right to the school, I have been thinking lately

that there are some things I am so grateful for, that if I didn't say them out loud, 

I would be doing them a disservice

• I have a really amazing family. They make me crazy and happy all the time. I love them and they are always there for Tyler and me. They even put up with an occassional appearance of the hulk when I get too little sleep and too much stress. 
• I have the best friends in the world. Seriously really amazing people. I have friends that have stuck by my side since elementary school, through my ups and downs, introduced me to my hubby, inspired me creatively, introduced me to diet coke, and help me laugh at myself. My friends are the best part about my day, whether its phone calls, drink runs, or hate dancing, the happiness they bring makes everything better. 
• I am in one of the best Interior Design programs in the nation. I have learned so much and although this has been the absolute worst year ever, as far as school goes, despite the major problems, it is so awesome. I am inspired everyday, and love everything about it. 
• I am sort of in a healthy state. I mean I could be so much worse and I am so much better than I have been in while. So I am grateful for the not too distant future where I have no ulcers, thyroid, or insulin issues. Don't you worry carbs and Diet Coke....I am coming back for you, someday, I swear! 
• My husband. He is so so good to me, and loves me despite the appearance of my ugly side(s). He treats me better than I deserve, he picks up after me when I pass out from exhaustion, he makes me protein shakes in the morning and popcorn at night. He thinks I am funny, pretty and smart. Even if he is way smarter than I am, he pretends that I am the smartest, because I like it. He always knows when to shut me up, hold me close, and let me cry. He is everything I never knew I wanted, but have always needed. he is the breathe to my life. 
• The gospel. I am so thankful that I know I am a daughter of our heavenly father, and that he knows me. I am so thankful for the knowledge I have, and that Ty and I can live with him forever. I am of late especially most grateful for answered prayers. They take such little effort and produce such big results.  

So there you have it. My little list, of what makes my world go round. Its short but important, just like midgets. 

LOVE

 

DC to CL

Lots has happened, None that is exciting. 

My ulcer is much better now that  I am on strict order from doc to never again drink diet coke....

Moment of Silence for the loss of a DEAR friend.

On the plus side I haven't woken up with searing pain in my abdomen for over a week.

However I am also off grain....like all of them. 

I don't know if you know me or not, But I am a Carb girl. 

Like, it lights up my life in  a way that

makes my husband jealous and

my family and friends embarrassed to take me out in public. 

ANYWAY,

despite all the set backs, I am actually a lot healthier and less tempted by 

They that shall not be named. 

( this is what we call bread and cake and treats now, not out of fear like in the Voldemort/Harry

issue but more in the pining loss of the meaning in your life, kind of way. ) 

I have however substituted my addiction with crystal light lemonade and 

sauteed zucchini. 

Us addicts always have to have something to be fixated on right?

The only reported loss so far was when I got mad at my husband for having an adorable teeny, tiny, tooshy. Why does he get to have a slammin body when he doesn't even care that much about it? 

Curse him and his perfect body. 

Serious I get naked and you can literally feel the house shudder. 

 Well that's all for now, lost in the land of studio, Netflix, and Crystal Light Lemonade. 

Ready, Set......

School has started.

let the stress begin....

On a more exciting note:

I get to hang out with these peeps

(who happen to be my freakin fav)

Cheers to you and with a little Diet Coke and 

Frozen Yogurt we just might

make it through this year!

Don't you just LOVE....

spending the day at the water park with the fam.....

getting splash attacked by your parents even if they are 48 and 53? 

eating IN-N-OUT in chlorine soaked clothes.....

and spending the evening baking red velvet cupcakes with the BEST SISTERS in the WORLD?

I do. 

the end of an era

I am sitting here waiting for my shuttle to come collect me and my things. I am leaving on a jet plane...all my bags are packed....I am ready to go...
you get the idea.
I am so excited. I am SO excited to see my sweet husband and to feel small and safe in his big long arms. I miss him so bad my body aches. I always feel so lacking when we aren't hanging out.

However,

Over the past 2 1/2 months something happened.
I fell in love. With New York.
I love it here. I absolutely love it here. I even love the mean people and the creepers that tell me god blesses me for being sexy(pretty sure it doesn't work that way)
There is something so incredibly charging about this city and my favorite part is the way the city become cozy and magical and alive with a frenzy of possibilities at night. There is something truly awesome about this city at night. It doesn't matter if you are running in the park to a backdrop of luscious tall trees, and sparkling cityscapes, or downtown at a fancy party, rubbing elbows with the most interesting people you have ever met, its something in the air that brings a level of anticipation and excitement for the possibilities that are waiting.

I can't even talk about the food. It is the best thing that has ever happened to my tummy, in terms of the food put inside not the effect it had on my waistline (duh duh duuuuuuhhh!) The best of so many things have happened here and you never which restaurant is going to be the next experience to blow you away.

So while I sit here, anticipating what will be the best hug I have maybe ever had sans my wedding day, Part of my heart is breaking a little. I love this city and the affect it has made on me.
I am braver here, I wear red lipstick whenever I want. I dress like I am too cool for school and I don't feel like an imposter. I give directions to tourists like a local. I yell at cab drivers when the almost run me over, I walk fast and I now know the subways like my way around a pizza..(which is extremely well.....wink!) I feel cooler here. And maybe its not true, maybe I was to shy or scared to do all of these things before and they were buried deep down inside of me, but regardless, The city changed me. The city taught me, and above all inspired me.

As I contemplate my life back home and what I am so anxiously awaiting to return too, I know that I am forever better for what I have learned and grown to be here.

I think the street vendors said it best...

I HEART NEW YORK

Perky Birds.

I did it. I decided to try and be open...meaning not private for a while. Main reason I was private...buhcuz I didn't like the idea of peeps I don't know or like reading my life. But I thought I would give it a go. Its been like 2 solid years of private - ness and I feel so...exposed. Nakey! Eeeeewwww. Ha!

Hello again world, How have you been?

I am great. I love New York, with a passion.
I feel like it likes me back.


Yesterday while eating at the shake shack with 4 other of the most fabulous women I know, we were trying to find a great table to sit at...during lunch hour, in Madison Square park, in the shade...impossible you say? uh, YEAH. Nevertheless ( I feel biblical when I say that word, like extra fancy) we prevailed, until I figured out why the seat was so available. It all started when I literally carried a table on top of my head over a crowd of peeps to insert myself and friends int he shade, because really the 90 degree weather and intense humidity was just a little too much fun for me. Whilest setting down said table I stepped on something extra soft. Hmmm. Gravel, is what I should be feelign right? ( I thougth to myself)
Yeah, I think thats why I have several tiny rocks rolling around in my cute shoes. So I lifted my foot only to find that I was not somehow stepping on a nice stray patch of grass or, a pretty flower, nope....it was something much better.

A. Dead. Bird.

I imidiatly tasted blood in my mouth, I am not sure why I react this way, I always have, everytime I run over someone elses roadkill by accident on the road, I taste blood in my mouth. Its not really there. Its my intensly overactive imagination, but either way, its there, all coppery and gross.

Dead bird. Dead bird. Dead bird.

I starrted dragging my leg around the ground like a homeboy with a janky leg. This is not uncommon here in New York, but for me, it was very uncoordinated and I was sure that if I looked under my shoe I would see baby bird eyeball stuck to my shoe or something.

Well if that wasn't enough halfway through the best burger you will ever eat....Some naked chic covered in paint,( it was a nice color scheme if I might add ) walks up to the middle of the park and just stands there. I could not stop staring at her pennys. ( thats code word for the pointy part of juicy doubles ) They were so perky. Why? Does paint bring this to be? Oh wait it was probably the fact that she was wearing only a thong in front of at least 600 people while a man painted more designs on her slender, albeit very naked body. I took a bunch of photos...of course.

Best part of the day?

That not one of us, even thougth twice about it. and most of the people didn't even look up. I mean we are talking seriously naked, and perky pennys people. The popo almost shut her down, But then they decided it was fine. I watched them tell her and her artist, it was no problem. I am positive it had nothing to do with the penny situation. absolutely positive.

Its art. Living, breathing, perky art. I wonder if it would have been "ok" if the painted naked subject was a perky man? I will try it as soon as I get a volunteer and let you know. You think Husb would be willing? I could like match the blue in his eyes or soemthing really cool. Thats what everyone will look at first, His eyes, and nothing else, I am positive. Which brings me to my next topic, I will now be taking donations for Bail, after I attempt this art project. Thousand dollar bills need only apply.

I guess thats what you get for eating lunch outside in New York.

Did I mention how much I love it here. Its just so perky!

LOVE!

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I have no desire to post. Because no one has a desire to post when they know that no one is reading what they post. No comments = no readers = no reason to post.

lamesauce.

Its up to you...New York, NEW YORK!!

Hey all,

Reporting here live from the big apple. 

All is well!

I live in a constant state of grunt work and sleepover parties. every night, me and five of my roommates crawl into our boudoir of wall to wall air mattresses, and giggles. I am not going to lie, its gets a little crazy! 

I love new York, I feel the way I felt in Europe, like I am more at home here, than I am in my hometown. Sans the people nearest and dearest being thousands of miles away, I love everything about it. 

I miss hubs. 

He makes me laugh like no one can, and turns out I have a hard time sleeping unless righty is being groped. I have adjusted, I sleep with a travel pillow around my neck, it helps to recreate the "I might die of suffocation, he is so close to me," feeling. The feeling I apparently need to sleep at night...ha! who knew? I guess I like it after all.

I love my internship, I have gotten to see and do a lot of really cool things, like see all the places she has been featured in magazines for and some custom designs of my own, including a giant plaid application for a client. The money in this city is extraordinary. 

As per expected I have eaten like a goddess here. I love the food, It is so choice. Except when my "trainer" is around, Then I eat like a rabbit. Oh! Did I mention? I am supposedly running a half marathon at the end of the summer. Kill. ME. Now. Husb bet I couldn't and I had to challenge him. So I am in training. I run in central park every morning and do other things like push ups, plyometrics, and strengthening excercises. Its not bad except walking anywhere after makes my butt and legs cry out in the agony of a thousand lost souls. 

Just a small example of the pain. 

It was our ANNIVERSARY yesterday. 5 years, and I admit it has been a little hard. Homeboy sent me a beautiful bouquet of yellow roses to my work and Me and the girls hit up max brenners for a chocolate foodgasm. It was oh oh oh so good. 

mmm chocolate.

Sorry still thinking about it....anyways, the humidity is here and I can't tell how attractive you feel in it. Like a misting of hot breath down your shirt and in your creases, all of them. HA! Sexy, good thing I am taken or all the black men that holler at my fat booty would be all up on this. ( note that I said black men...its because literally they all look at my butt, no white men, I don't even notice until I look over and they start yelling at me about my "sweet ass" and although I am not one to be upset about that kind of thing, its a little upsetting that its only black men, its great ammunition when running, The white dudes like the small butts, and I happen to be a white dude kind of girl. Hence my Caucasian husband.) gross. 

anyway from me and all my little ducks here in this upper east side apartment, and my African american fans...

Peace and Blessings!!

happenings

So much has happened..

Husb is old. 28. And I love him a little less for it. HA! jk. 

I got an internship with two firms Ghislaine Vinas from May 16th to June 23rd,

and Campion Platt from June 25th to August 1st. I am SOOO excited. 

New York and I are having a summer romance. 

I am leaving my best friends, and family for 21/2 months. boo.

The studio before we presented our work to GV.

I have made some of the best friends in the world, I have some pretty awesome friends already,

but somehow these kidos weasled their way into my heart, and now I just love them. I guess spending 24rs a day with eachother in the studio will do that to you. 

note: GV in the center. She came and critiqued our work...it was scary. 

I am finally closing up the worst school year of my life. I can't even imagine how it was survived, but I am pleased as punch to never have to do that again.

Even if I tried to describe it to you...you would think I was exaggerating. thats how horrible it was. 

gross.

I got a scholarship. 

wahoo!

My baby sister got baptized...my BABY sister. Crazy.

Ty and I survived...and still love eachother. STILL!! I am so happy. I can't wait to write love letters this summer. He is so dreamy. 

(that is my attempt at a positive spin on being thousands of miles apart. good eh?)

Summer is coming. I can smell it. I can't wait!!!

I need a snow cone and a tan...stat!