frosted mini wheats

The other day, I was having a grand old time hanging out with one of my oldest best friends,

we were talking about everything,

including the EFY pictures she dug up,
looking our prime in high school. ugh. 

she started talking about how mini wheat's before bed, makes a happy bathroom visit the next day.

I was intrigued. I sampled. 

the next day, not only did I enjoy a leisurely visit to the bathroom, 

but a gastronomical experience for the rest of the day. 

mini wheat's works people. 

too well. 

Consider Yourself Warned.

boom! posted.

It seems that 2010 came and went so quickly. I can't really believe its 2011 and almost a whole month in. I have sucked at posting. and here is the catch up.
Christmas with the Evans. warm and lovely.

lost half my hair from the stress of the semester. left with no choice
but to cut....12 inches off.
cried. a. lot.

new years with the Sedgwicks....fun until the boys ruined the countdown by taking to long to pull out of x box land. needless to say
my voice got all shreiky and loud when I explained my disappointment.

Phoenix for 5 days of bliss. warm. happy. needed.
school starts again.

I have been thinking about the new year a lot lately. There is a lot expected of this coming year. I was so busy being an over-acheiver this past year that I forgot to do a few crucial things.
Like spending time with my buddy.
taking care of myself both mentally and physically.
sleeping.
going to church on a regular basis and getting there BEFORE sacrement.

and although it seems too easy to name the things I didn't do perfectly last year.
There are a few things that are worth mentioning.
My brother got his mission call.
My husband got AMAZING grades.
I got a scholarship.
Traveled to 3 places I had never been before.
Spent a whole month with my family.
Ty and I celebrated 4 years of growth and love.
I figured out how to tell time.
I made some really great friends here in logan.
we experienced the love and benefits of true friendship.
WE SURVIVED!

So for this year we are going to strive to better than we ever have.
I am going to be more balanced in my life.
Ty is going to try and xbox less.
(he just doesn't know it yet;)
We are going to not only survive it,
but enjoy it.

Look out 2011....
we're coming for ya!

drive just DRIVE!

to all the retarded drivers out there in the snowy weather with holiday returns piled so high in the back seat you can't see......

STAY ON YO SIDE!

or i might intentionally drive into the side of your car to end my misery and yours

for real.

run and tell that...homeboy.

Thankful

I am.

For this:

That's all.
LOVE

ugh umph blah

...words to explain my mid semester burn-out. I am just plum tuckered out. I slept fifteen hours in 7 days last week. No biggie. I can't think of a single person who needs more than 2 hours of sleep a day. Freak I would be lucky to get that. More like a few hours the first few nights than 3 solid days of none. NONE. No exaggerations here...who needs to exaggerate when your life is as crazy as mine? According to a few senior friends of mine...I look healthy today. I don't think I have ever been told I looked healthy before.
Its odd.
I am wishing with all my little heart that school would just be over. I want to be a grown up. I am tired of being in school..I am freakin 24 years old people! I am no spring chicken! I have been in college almost as long as I was in elementary school. FOR REAL.
gross
Well I wish I had something awesomely witty to say. All I have to say is that sometimes all I want is my jammas and a cozy bed.
oh and a time machine
Is that too much too ask? Hope all is well in ya'lls neck of the woods!
Savor your sleep!

Sha la la la la

I love how when you hear a song it will flash you back to a certain place and time. I can't help but stop and reminisce....

Suddenly its 8th grade and I am laying in front of my boom box and staring at the cd insert and wishing with all my heart that JC Chavez secretly knows how beautiful our babies would be.

Hearing Blink 182 in the Wendy's parking lot with my best friend and her way cool older friends

Eating a #2 meal from McDonald's with my best friend, listening to Van Halen in my favorite ACDC shirt. Skipping school and feeling like the coolest thing to hit Alta.

Driving in the car with my first boyfriend wearing his cowboy hat and singing my favorite song with all the best actions I can muster while the sweet summer sunset lights up the car as he smiles at me like there is nothing better.

Dancing as provocatively as possible in front of my dining room window while avoiding homework like the plague with my best friends. In the cold cold Logan winter. (Jazz Hands) ......I just died in your arms tonight!

Finding myself in a relationship I didn't know I was in due to the most obnoxious song Jimmy Fallon ever wrote. It still makes me smile.

Dancing with my sweetie at our wedding, feeling the sweet bliss and excitement of a new life. relishing in the moment and pleading with heaven to let it last just a second longer.

Being halfway across the world, standing in a sacred place and singing a beautiful hymn. Hearing the sweet harmony of three different languages and feeling my saviors embrace. Knowing that although the 5500 mile distance from my family feels far, its nothing compared to the eternity I have to share with them.

Cheesy as this may be, I can't help but love those moments. I love feeling swept away and feeling that little warm and bubbly even if for a moment. Its things like this that get me through the day.

Epiphany!

It has recently been brought to my attention that my backpack is especially nerdy. It appears as if I am about to scale a mountain or go backpacking in the Catskills. Everyone agrees...I have a serious backpack. Problem is apparently in my major...everyone is too cool for backpacks. They all carry fabulous carryall bags or chic patterned bags. I am the outsider. I never even realized due to the fact that I am usually running in seconds before class starts and desperately trying to maintain composure.
A lovely man with long curly locks of hair and skinny pants made a verbal note of it.
Talk about embarrassing, a man who looks better in skin tight pants than I do, called me out on a fashion faux pas.

I decided I can't just go get some kind of bag because I am way too in love with all the pockets and waterproofedness and comfy totability. I sat and I thought....and thought.....and thought. Then it hit me like lightening.

Diaper bags!!

They have ample pockets, waterproofing, storage, will fit my laptop, and are freaking adorable!
I am a convert...I don't care that I dont have kids...I will never be ashamed of carrying
a diaper bag in substitution of a backpack.
now the only problem is getting hubs to agree that hundreds of dinero
is totally worth it for this: