La Esquina de la Estrellita

Friday is definitely NOT the new Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:13:00 +0000

I know, I know....

Today is so not Monday

This has been a bit of a ridiculous week

I'm back in school, and I'm not in "school mode"

So I'm trying to get myself back in that mode

It's not a fun mode to get back into

But I realllllly want to be done with generals, so carry on I must!!

So, let Friday be the new Monday!!

Except, can we really not do that?

Because I don't want a Monday again until I get my day off on Sunday

That was a very bad idea

We'll just pretend that I said I was going to post the winner of the giveaway on Friday

So, the winner of the giveaway?

Was chosen randomly by Boyfriend out of a pile of names

And the winner is...

(drum roll please)

*brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr*

Ms Dazee Dreamer!!

Congrats Dazee!!

For those that didn't win, you can use the code I posted with the giveaway to get $10 off of the program and $10 off of the kits and items in the store to help you get started

So Dazee I will email you with the details

And with that I must close

I am tired and need to go to bed

I has to go to work tomorrow

I'll start catching up on blogs soon

I just have to get caught up in my class

I have my first test on Feb 7th, so I have lots of catching up to do until then

Go me for procrastinating

But hey, at least it keeps me on my toes!!

But I'd honestly rather have a good pair of heels to do that :)

A volcano of pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Yeah, so I'm not going to do a year in review

My pictures are so all over the place and not even close to being organized...

It would just be like posting random pictures in random order

Kind of like this:

my weekly outfit to go water on Sunday

I was tired...

(yes, those are ants...gross!!)

Sami "camping" in my sister's office using tissue paper as a sleeping bag

Probably one of my favorite baskets we grew last year

LOVE this store...

These baskets were HUGE and beautiful

Until caterpillars destroyed them...

Stupid caterpillars...

What happens when your nieces and nephews come to your work?

What? They don't?

Oh...well this is what happens when they come to mine:

None of that stuff goes there...they just decided to have a little bit of fun and put random things in random places

Boyfriend's bathroom looked like a tornado and ripped through when his sisters and nephew came up to visit

Sometimes I just want to be able to curl under a blanket, watch a movie, and drink pink milk and not have to worry about a thing

He's so silly :)

But so am I, so I guess we're a good pair

Cute boots I had to send back...they made me too tall... *sigh*

According to my dentist, I have two birthdays!! This almost makes up for the root canal...

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you your next fashion diva

Sometimes I really hate my job and the hives it gives me....

The shelves just decided to break one day....it was bad

My lovely sister Peach decided to pay me in coins for a cookie one day...that was fun :)

The second rainbow is hard to see, but it's there!!

Why little ones should not be allowed to go in my bathroom without an adult around...

The best boyfriend ever!! This was for our anniversary when we couldn't go out to eat because we had to go to a meeting

We don't get great service in our store, so we have to hang out by the doors in order to do anything...it's annoying, but can be funny too

At least the ice cream that accumulates never gets lonely...

I gave that to him for Christmas...he liked it, and that's putting it mildly

That was part of his anniversary gift

A message in a bottle

Containing a poem I wrote him

A collage I put together for him for the anniversary

No matter what I do, that top picture won't post right

So just pretend you don't have to crane your neck to see it right

A pretty skin I got for my laptop

Showing the wonderful diversity of my job

Fishing?

Playing in the mud?

I'd rather be doing that than cleaning out this:

The fridge...at work...

A diverse part of my job I would like to do without...

Happy purple galoshes

Goodbye old shoes:

Hello new ones:

My crazy, busy spring that I almost didn't survive...

My room before I got my new bed

My room after

Mommy wow, I'm a big kid now!!

Queen size is soooo much better

Just in case anyone was wondering

Alright, yeah, sorry, went off a little there

So...apparently I was doing a year in review...

So, I will post the winner of the giveaway on Monday

Boyfriend and I are tomorrow and we shall be very busy

But, I thought I'd post some pictures of what I've been working on

The cat was kind enough to be my model

Doesn't he look happy?

Anyway, I'm making a calender

It's not done yet, I still have to do the rest of the months and the finishing touches

But I'm excited :)

Okay, I'm off to do some homework

It's an online class, so I have to really focus and not procrastinate

Which is pretty hard for me

If anyone knows of any unprocrastination magic, let me know

Your nerve is dying

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:24:00 +0000

I had a dentist appointment today

I have been having some discomfort on one of the molars on the left side of my mouth

I had asked my dentist about it before when I went in for my 6 month cleaning

And all he said to me was:

"Well, I don't see any cavities, so we're just not going to do anything"

Those probably weren't his exact words, but that's essentially what he said

So I left and tried to ignore the throbbing pain that occurred any time I chewed on that side, swallowed any sort of liquid on that side, even touched my gum with my finger

So I finally gave up and set up another appointment

I went in expecting...well, I don't really know what I was expecting

The furthest thing from my mind was a root canal

But lucky me, that is what I received

*sigh*

It was not fun

Ever since I got my wisdom tooth (yes, only one) out, I have not been able to open my mouth very wide

And the longer I hold it open, the more it hurts

So by the time I was done with my appointment, I was exhausted, my mouth hurt and was tired

And I did not want to talk

Any more

At all

Or eat

Ever again

It's a pretty good diet program, but one I would never willingly do

Boyfriend and I were going to go out to eat tonight for his birthday yesterday

But I vetoed that for a few days

I have to go back on the 19th to finish up the dental work

And I am oh so excited

But at least I won't be in pain anymore

Mr. Dentist said to me "There's a lot of blood coming out of this, which means it was really infected. It must have been causing you lots of pain"

All I wanted to say was "Yeah...which is why I asked about it last month"

But I didn't because I like my dentist

He's a really nice guy

I just hope next time he'll listen to me

I'm sorry this is so random tonight

And everywhere at once

I'm just a little bit out of it

I'm going to go to bed early

But first I must go find some pain pills and put my heating pad back on my jaw

May you all have less teeth problems than I do right now

Sayonara

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:06:00 +0000

Disclaimer?

I've had a bit of a migraine since last night

And it won't leave me alone

I took something last night

And every time I woke up?

My head shot with pain

It made me really grateful that today was my day off

All I did was sit in the semi-dark reading blogs and watching Boy Meets World

Speaking of Boy Meets World...

When you cry over almost every episode you watch?

Your head really hurts and you should probably stop

I didn't listen to myself, though

I kept watching and kept crying

A bit pathetic maybe

But really, have you ever watched that show?

It has some good tearjerker moments

ANYWAY...

Boyfriend's birthday is on Sunday

He will be the ripe young age of 26

Although if you ask him, he'll say he's 47

And he'll say he's 47 every year

Don't ask why, because I really don't know

He's explained it before

But my brain really can't think straight so we'll just leave it at that

Birthday on Sunday means it is birthday week

An idea I got from one of the most amazing shows ever

Gilmore Girls

Seriously, you should watch it if you haven't

Don't you just love freshly laundered towels?

I do

Okay, that was a major digression

Sorry

So, birthday week

For Boyfriend

Which means this whole week is his

And then we'll go out to eat

Again, his choosing

And then I'll make him a nummy, awesome cake

Not his choosing

That will be a surprise

And I'm afraid I can't tell you kind folks

Because you never know when he's going to go snooping on my blog

Don't worry, I'll share pictures

Hmmm...and...he gets to pick what we do every night this week

Luckily for me he has picked NCIS every night so far

Just goes to show how amazing NCIS is!! :D

We're on Season 5, by the way

A very sad ending is approaching

And I'm not looking forward to it

Sorry, look at me being all random

I guess that's what happens when my brain is still all sorts of fuzzy

So you all remember about my MyMemory Suite giveaway??

(click on the magic M.M.S. giveaway words and it will take you to the giveaway)

Only two of you have entered

The rest of you?

You should get on that

Come on, go and enter

I mean, I've made it pretty easy

All you have to do is follow my blog

And tell my what you like at their website

All you have to do is click here...

It's really quite easy

I just figured I'd give you all a little reminder

And don't forget about the coupon that I've offered as well

Just enter {STMMMS43852}

And you get a nice discount :)

Okay, I need to stop

I'll just keep rambling on for hours

Instead, I must go and warm myself in the blanket I bought Boyfriend for Christmas

I'm going to do a year in picture post tomorrow or Friday

It should be fun to see my year in pictures :)

Soft, warm, cozy, cuddly blanket here I come!!

Tis the season

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:30:00 +0000

For no snow

Apparently

And if you know me, you know that I am not really okay with the lack of snow

I mean, it's called winter for a reason!!

Apparently Mother Nature, La Nina, El Nino, Los Abuelos, Mi Tia, Mi Tio, and Los Padres are trying to redefine the definition of winter

And some of those don't even exist!!

That tells you how many people are truly against the current definition of the current season (in the northern hemisphere, that is)

Even with all of the Christmas decorations, the music, the ~~winter~~ not-quite-winter clothing, the elves on every other corner, and Santa coming down the chimney

Yes, even with all of that, it did not feel like Christmas

I've lived in Utah all of my life (except for my brief stints in Brazil, Las Vegas, and Spain)

And I do not remember the last time I had NO snow on Christmas

Me and the all powerful weather people need to have a chat...

I did have some exciting news over this Christmas break, however

I received a 92% on my final :)

Which means I received an A- in my class

Now, I am slightly a perfectionist, so the - next to the A is bugging me, but I will satisfy myself with that

Mostly because I can't really do anything about it

But I also recognize that it's not that bad of a grade

I will try really hard to not torture myself too much with it

And hey

It's better than my math grades from previous semesters

A lot better

So I won't complain too much

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas

I know I sure did

It was filled with love, warmth, and happiness

And can I just say that I hate when Christmas is over?

It's not the commercialism behind it, but the feeling of magic in the air

I think it's a combination of the lights, the music, the snow (even if it is imaginary...), the tree, the spirit of giving

I just love it!!

Okay, enough with my rambling

I have exciting news!!

I have been selected to host an awesome giveaway

Have any of you heard of a scrapbook software called MyMemories?

If you haven't, or you have but just want to look into it again, click right here to go to their website to check it out

It's a super cool program that helps you create scrapbooks, cards, videos, even just a single picture, like if you want to hang a quote up in your home

Or create a collage of pictures and quotes to hang up

Anything

The possibilities are seriously endless

And one of my favorite things about the program is that you can use templates that others have made, or you can make your own!!

It's all digital, which for me is really nice because I don't have to make a huge mess every time I want to work on something

Which I'm sure makes Mama Smurf happy as well :)

And for anyone who only has a few minutes to spare but they really want to work on something, it's perfect because you don't have to take the time to get out all your papers and everything else just to only be able to work on it for a few minutes

Their MyMemories Suite website has hundreds of kits, and a lot of those are even free

You get more backgrounds, more fancy, cutesy things you can use

Like buttons, ribbons...really anything you could think of to pretty up your pages

It's seriously an awesome program

I even did a couple of test pages to see how it works and to show you some examples

So, the first one I made because I wanted to take some cookies and a thought to some ladies in my neighborhood

And I figured what better way to test out the program than to try and make a page with a thought?

So here it is:

That was a template I found on their website that was free

All I did was add the quote

And it seriously took 3 minutes

And that was only because I wanted the quote to be in the PERFECT spot

I might be a slight perfectionist

Maybe

Anyway, I loved it :)

The other one I created from items that either came with the software or that I downloaded

It took a little bit of searching, and a little bit of trial and error as this is the first digital scrapbook program I have ever used, but I did figure out how to make my own, layer by layer:

Now, it's very simple and basic, but I was mostly just playing around to see what I could do

And the answer to that was, pretty much anything :)

For those of you who use Photoshop, I see this program as the Photoshop for scrapbooking

Needless to say, I think this is a very fun program and will use it a lot in the future

So here's the exciting part

One very lucky reader will win a free copy the MyMemories Suite Digital Scrapbooking software!!

I only have two requirements

Follow my blog

And go to their website (by clicking here...or there are quite a few other links throughout this post you can click on if you want to be stubborn) and leave a comment telling me which kit first catches your eye

Because then I can add more to my collection :)

But that's not all :)

For those of you don't win the giveaway, or who want to gift the software to someone else, or whatever the case may be, you can get $10 off of the software itself and/or $10 off anything in the store!!

Seriously

That's an awesome deal

Depending on the kits you choose, you could get 5 or 6, maybe even 10 kits with that discount

All you have to do is enter this code {STMMMS43852} and you will be in heaven :)

Now, go my friends and search for your favorite kits, and follow my blog if you're not, and come back and tell me what you find

The giveaway will go until next, next Wednesday, January 11th at midnight (MST)

The winner will be chosen at random

If you want to look more into the MyMemories program...

Click here for their blog

Click here for their facebook page

And click here for their twitter

You can see a lot of different ideas, and a lot of samples from different people to help draw some inspiration

If you couldn't tell I really like this program

But I'll stop now

Just enter

It'll be fun

Okay

Enough from me

I must go find a way to get rid of this cold I have acquired ASAP

It's making everything taste nasty

Good luck!!

Free at last

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:41:00 +0000

Friends, I just found something that may put me in a lot of trouble

I'm assuming most of you have heard of an evil site called pinterest?

Those of you who haven't, I can send you an invite if you would like

It's an ~~addicting~~ lovely website

Anyway, I found an app for it

*sigh*

This could be bad

Anyway...

I'm free!! :D

School is done!!

At least for a few weeks

It was such a nice, relaxing weekend just catching up on blogs and watching NCIS with Boyfriend

I even worked on my ridiculous puzzle a little bit yesterday

I won't find out what I got on my final for awhile probably, but I feel pretty good about it

I was smart and went to bed at about 10:30 the night before to get a decent night's sleep

And then I woke up at 2:00, so convinced I had slept through my alarm and I was going to be late for my final

And then I woke up at 4:00 to the same fright

And then?

I had an evil dream

Long story short, I was at work cleaning and there were spiders that I was trying to distance myself from

And one of the guys I work with noticed that, so he thought it would be fun to tease me

And proceeded to throw the spider (it was a black widow, by the way) at me until he finally got close enough that it went down my shirt

It woke me up with a start

I was scared and sweaty and had to make sure there wasn't really a spider down my shirt

By that point it was 5:40 and I knew there wasn't any point in going back to sleep, so I stayed in bed and went over my final terms in my head until my alarm went off

I studied the rest of the morning and made sure to leave in plenty of time so I could get there early and review a little bit more and have time to calm myself down (I don't like tests...and I tend to overreact to them)

And then my teacher ended up being 15 minutes late

The irony of the situation made me laugh a little

As soon as I was done, my head was done too

All I wanted to do was crash

The giddiness that I had felt on the drive to the school had slowly started to disappear throughout the test

By the time I got to work I was done

And all I wanted to do was go home

And go home I did, as soon as I was freed from work

I even went home early

Oh you should know, thanks to my final we have a new president

Yes, his name is President Lincold

Not Lincoln

No, that was too original

His new name is Lincold

Also?

We have two new religions that have come out of the woodworks

Bethodists and Maptists

I haven't really looked into either of them, but I would imagine the Maptist religion is somewhat based off of maps...

Just guessing

It was a rough final, I'll tell you what

I got my paper back

92/100

My highest paper grade in this class so far

This is where I give props to my dear friend Mal for helping my brain form coherent thoughts

Thanks Mal, you're the best :)

I have an exciting something or other coming up within the next few days

It might have to do with a giveaway

It will be totally awesome and you will all love it

I have decided that for you

Aren't I nice? :)

Work and lunch are calling my name

Must go find food

Maybe it'll help calm my headache

If you meet any Bethodists or Maptists, let me know how it goes, okay?

The Boyfriend's back and you'll never guess what happened!

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:52:00 +0000

It has been quite some time since I last made a post here. I hope y'all didn't miss me too much. Well a lot of things have happened since the last posts. A few nail clippings went missing and some hairs have not been accounted for but all in all I'm doing well. I do believe that I need to say that I quit my job with the company I was working for. The place was not helping me progress and I couldn't take it anymore. I called off work and after half the day of debating with myself I walked into my work and I asked the people in the HR department what I needed to do in order to just quit. I was met with a puzzled look by the woman that works the desk and asked what happened. I explained my situation and frustration and she advised me to speak with my supervisor. I proceeded onto the call floor in order to do just that. As I walked in I found my supervisor walking towards me. This gave me the opportunity to talk to her without having to find her. So I walked up to her and said, "I need to talk to you." She said to me, "You're quitting aren't you." She then took me aside and wanted to talk to me about the situation. I let her know my feelings and she handed me a form for resignation. She told me to fill it out and talk to the ACCM (Assistant Call Center Manager). I filled out the form and went to talk to the ACCM. I found that the Mike, the ACCM, was also understanding of my feelings and wondered why I didn't put in a 2 week notice instead of straight up quitting. I told him I just couldn't work there anymore and that I would be alright. He wished me luck and I proceeded to say goodbye to all of my friends and walked out of the building.

Now you may all be wondering what in the world would drive me to just straight up quit my job? Well it's amazing what a job offer with a $5 raise will do to a man. So I applied at this job on Tuesday. I told my friend that works at the place that I applied to that I had sent in my resume. He told me that he would see about talking to their HR about my application. I didn't think that anything would happen and I didn't think that I would get the job if it did happen. Due to this I was a bit on edge just in case but didn't think anything would come of my application. All day on Wednesday went by with no call. My friend sends me a text asking if I had been contacted yet. I told him no and he said ok. Shortly after (at about 6:30pm) I get a phone call from their HR department about coming in on Thursday for an interview. I said of course as this job would be right up my ally and I really wanted to get it. I sent a text to my friend that I have an interview the next day and I wanted to have him drill me on some of the key points I will need for my Technical interview. He said he would be happy to drop by after work (he gets off at 9pm) and coach me. His visit lasted till 1am and just pounding information into my head. The next day it was all about remembering and reviewing the information that I had shoved into my brain the night before. I got to the appointment a bit early to make sure I could find the place. I got into the building and sat down to wait to be called on after the security guard had sent a message to the HR department that I had arrived. Both interviews went quite well. I didn't have the background to which they were looking but I had a base understanding of the subjects they would be using in the job. The HR and the Tech Rep. deliberated on if they should hire me and came to the conclusion that it would be worth it as I had the drive to learn what I needed to in order to fulfill the duties that the job required me to. So I had a bit more of paper work and an employee ID photo taken and they sent me on my way saying that Training starts on the upcoming Monday. So that leads us to why I quit my previous job and why it doesn't matter and why you would have never guessed what had happened. My previous employer didn't really see it coming save the fact that they have known that I was looking for other opportunities due to turning in a two week notice that I retracted as I didn't get the job from before, of this I am now grateful.

This new job will have an eleven week paid training period. Pay during training is $18.00 hourly. My shift will start at 5:30am, Monday through Friday. After my eleven weeks of training, which I hear are no walk in the park, I will then start a grave yard shift going to work at 9:00pm and ending at 5:30am. From what I can tell it will be a Monday through Friday schedule as well but I think I'll wait and see for sure after the eleven weeks of training to be sure of that one.

I also had the opportunity to refinance my car loan so that it is in Utah instead of in Texas. This left me with some extra money for Christmas as I don't have a car payment this month. Yay! I also had them do the loan on my car for the full High book value on my car as I don't really owe that much on it anymore. So I had a couple thousand that I could put toward something sparkly.

This whole turn of events will be a great advantage in saving for a special event to come in the near future. I think you all know what I'm talking about. *Shush though Amanda doesn't know how soon and we can't have her guessing either*

Anyways, I'm glad you're all doing well and I hope you enjoyed my life and it's crazy twists and poor story telling. Everyone have a great day/night! Talk to you another day at another time in my life. :)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:37:00 +0000

(you can thank Boyfriend for that title)

Today I had to put on my big girl panties and do something that I did not want to do

Something my insurance company has been ~~insisting~~ ~~forcing~~ hinting at me to do since I turned 26

I whined to Boyfriend, telling him I didn't want to go

I whined to Mama Smurf, telling her I didn't want to go

I whined to my sister, telling her I didn't want to go

I whined to a co-worker, telling her I didn't want to go

And while they all offered sympathy, none of them gave me an excuse to not go

Rude

I thought about being slightly immature and cancelling my appointment

But then I remembered I would just have to schedule a new one

Rude

So I went to the gas station after my appointment and got myself a bag of Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and a Cherry Pepsi to console myself

Pathetic?

Maybe

But it made me feel a little bit better about life

And some days you just have to reward yourself

Oh, and apparently?

I am not allowed to have a filling on the same tooth within 24 months

Well, I take that back, I'm allowed

My dental insurance just won't cover it

Seriously??

I found that one out a couple of weeks ago

The hard way

So apparently the next time my mouth decides to get a cavity, we have to have a talk

Because I don't want to pay $100+ every time this happens...

Stupid...

I have one more class before my final

And I will tell you now that I am not excited at all to be done

At all

I come home crying every night because I don't want to be done

Boyfriend has had a job consoling me

Or something like that

I won't be around a lot this week

I've got lots of studying to do

Care packages are very much accepted

Just make sure they contain chocolate and cherry pepsi

Otherwise they'll be sent back

Or given to the birds

One of the two

One more thing

These cookies?

It's a good thing they only come around during Christmas...

I am off to bed now

It's late, and I have lots of studying to do tomorrow

Remember:

Chocolate

and

Cherry Pepsi

I'll see if I can convince Boyfriend to say hello

It's been awhile

Unless he has to enter the fire swamp to come and rescue me

Not from the rodents of unusual size

No, this is much worse

The studying of unusual size (yes, that sounds awkward, I know...just accept it)

*shudder*

Wish me luck!!

Pick me!!

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:32:00 +0000

This giveaway?

http://liningthecloudswithsilver.blogspot.com/2011/12/feature-thursday-giveaway.html

I want to win it

Just for the record

Back from the ashes

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:27:00 +0000

I'm back!!

I turned in my third and final paper yesterday

And let me just say, it feels really good

Besides the fact that I stayed up till 3:00 in the morning...and then had to get up at 6:30/7:00...that part didn't feel so good

I just have my final left, and I'm less anxious about that than I was this paper

I haven't had such a hard time writing papers in the past

But this class has kicked my trash

I have enjoyed it though

I got a 6/5 on the last 3 quizzes...which has made me slightly giddy, not going to lie

Anyway, I'll be back in full force on Monday

I'm going to take the weekend to relax a little and catch up on blogs

But for today, I'm actually being featured over on my friend Venassa's blog

(if you click on her name...it will take you there...one of these days I'll fix my hyperlinks so they show up in a different color...)

You should go check it out

It would be fun

I promise

Okay, off to work

The 3:00 late night is catching up to me

So I need to go find something to do to keep myself busy

Or maybe find a corner where the sun is shining and take a cat nap

One of the two

Clouds and other non-whimsical things

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:33:00 +0000

You know when people say they're floating on cloud 9?

Do you ever feel like the other clouds feel left out?

You know, numbers 1-8 and 10?

Well, I've decided I'm going to categorize the different clouds now

Cloud 9 is reserved for twitterpation/being in like/love/infatuation

And I have declared that cloud 8 is reserved for school happiness of any kind

Cloud 4 will be reserved for money happiness...a raise, more money than expected, anything like that

The others will be reserved when necessary

As for today, I am on cloud 8

And cloud 9...I can't leave Boyfriend feeling left out

I finally got my most recent paper back from my Professor

I got an A-!! (89/100 = A-, right?)

While I wanted an A/100%....I will remain content with an A-

I've been so worried about this paper because I was up until about 3:00 finishing it off

And my brain doesn't operate at full capacity at 3:00 in the morning

To be honest I'm not sure it operates at full capacity the majority of the time, but that's not the issue at hand right now

I was also sick the whole time I was working on it...

Luckily I was forced to stay at home Tuesday and Wednesday to help my body recuperate

So I was able to polish it up and make it all pretty and shiny before I handed it in on Tuesday

Now I just have to put all of my energy and focus into my last paper and my final

But tonight, just for tonight, I think I will take the evening off and play a little before I really buckle down and get the paper done and start studying

Just the thought makes me shudder

So, it's been awhile since I've shared a video

But I watched one the other day that was hilarious!! So, I'm going to share it with you

...

Never mind?

I guess someone claimed copyright on it...and it's no longer available

Rude

Hang on, let me find something else

Okay, I found something

I don't typically do the whole politics thing on my blog, and this isn't against President Obama at all, I would find it funny if anyone did it

But I especially think it's funny that the President of the United States made this mistake

Okay, enough babbling, on with the clip (if you click on the words "the clip" it'll take you to youtube...it's magic like that)

Okay, one more thing
Because really, it's hilarious too

Makes me laugh every time I read it
In other news?

I'm an aunt again :)
My brother and his wife had a beautiful baby girl yesterday
Elizabeth _______ ...they haven't decided on a middle name yet
She's adorable!!
But really, all of the little ones we've had are adorable
So it doesn't surprise me
That makes 3 girls in the last 4 months
I'm so lucky!!
I love doting on baby girls and buying them cute clothes
It makes me happy
Okay, enough procrastinating
I've got to get back to work
Maybe
Or maybe I'll just sit here sipping my water counting down the minutes till I go pick up Boyfriend...
We'll see where my mood takes me

Check lists

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:16:00 +0000

Paper done and handed in?

Check

Blogs caught up on?

Check

Done with homework for tomorrow?

Almost check

Getting a really awesome good grade in my class?

Heck yes I am!!

I got a 180/200 on my midterm, which made slightly happy...I'm too much of a perfectionist to be completely happy with that

But then I asked my teacher what grade that figured out to be

A- folks

And only one or two people received an A

Which means I am doing awesome!!

Makes all of the studying and reading I've done all semester totally worth it

I have another paper due the first week of December, and then the final

And then I am done

Can I tell you how much I am looking forward to those two and a half weeks of no school??

Immensely

So, before I finish off my homework for the evening, I figured I'd finally show you some Disneyland pictures

I have to say one thing first

The majority, if not all of them, are just scenery pictures

We weren't too big on taking pictures of ourselves this time for some reason

So next time :)

Disneyland was all decorated for Halloween, and it looked awesome

It was the first time I've ever seen it decorated for a holiday, so I was pretty stoked

Alright, prepares yourselves for an avalanche

And, finally, the infamous mugs...

I went slightly crazy with mugs this year...I think I justified it cause I haven't been for a few years

Anyway, I did warn you...I couldn't narrow down the pictures, so I had to just share the majority :)

And now I'm off to finish studying

I should surface again before the week is over

Unless Boyfriend kidnaps me

Which is on his check list, so it might just happen...

Snow? Please?

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:37:00 +0000

Just in case anyone was wondering?

This

Is not supposed to happen while watering

It is never a good sign

Nothing to panic over, but if you leave it like that?

Chances are you'll probably end up getting more water on you than on the plants

Just for the record

Alright, you may go back to what you were previously doing

Paper...again...

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:45:00 +0000

Since my last post on Monday

I have about 5 posts as drafts in my little blogger spot

I've been meaning to do them, but I have another paper due on Tuesday

And I had to finish the book that the paper is on

So that's what my spare time and not so spare time (I'm really talented...I can water at work and read at the same time. Yes, be proud) the rest of the week

I shall do a lovely post on Tuesday after the paper is complete

To tide you over, a picture of my absolutely adorable boyfriend that I took today while he slept

As I was ~~slaving away~~

~~Trying to not get distracted~~

Focusing really hard on my paper

Life really isn't fair sometimes

Oh well, at least he's cute :)

I hope you're all doing well

Back to my little corner I go

Pepsi and chocolate care packages are totally welcome

Just for the record

Missing: Holiday spirit - if found, please send it my direction

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:58:00 +0000

For some reason, it doesn't feel like Halloween

Maybe it's cause Boyfriend and I don't have costumes

We usually dress up, but we just didn't have the time to execute what we wanted this year

So all I have is hair dye (not the permanent kind...I've always loved my hair color how it is)

I was going to do that this morning, but it turns out that sleeping is more important than dying your hair

So I'll do that tonight

Boyfriend and I also went to the store on Saturday night to buy ingredients to make nummy goodies to take to our annual Halloween party, but I just found out today that we're not doing anything

So now I'll have to figure out something else to do with the goodies that I will probably make still

Let's see...

27 bottles of IBC Creme Soda...

4 large bags of powdered sugar

4 cans of pumpkin puree

18 eggs

2 bags of flour

2 bags of sugar

This could be fun :)

I really don't have anything else to say, I don't really have the writing muse with me today

So instead of babbling on in utter nonsense, I took a personality quiz that has been floating around on a lot of my friend's blogs and I figured I would post the results for your reading pleasure...or misery, however you choose to think

If you would like to take the quiz, the link is right here

Warm

You have a genuine interest in other people. You're a natural host, and are always thinking about how you can increase the happiness of those around you. When friends have problems or are in trouble, you're usually the first person they turn to for aid and comfort. Scoring high on the "warm" trait suggests that you are among those who enjoy domestic activities — doing things around the house — and are enthusiastic about charitable work, helping others, and making the world a better place.

You don't always say exactly what you're thinking; you don't like the idea of causing anyone pain because of your criticism.

Understanding

You are willing to take the time to find out what's going on with other people, especially if they're in distress. You're a good listener, you don't criticize, and you offer unbiased, respectful, honest advice when it's requested. With a high score on the "understanding" trait, it is likely that you are enthusiastic about charitable work, helping others, and making the world a better place.

You don't feel the need to impose your standards on others or say things that, even though true, cause pain.

Scrupulous

You are an honest, fair person. You don't lie or cheat to get ahead. You treat others with respect and hope for the same in return.

You do not feel that you are above the rules that everyone else follows; you are definitely not willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead.

Upbeat

You enjoy being around others and others enjoy being around you. You have a "live and let live" attitude; because you know that no one's perfect, you are forgiving and happy to give the benefit of the doubt.

You don't feel the need to be controversial or express contrary opinions all the time. You see no reason to go around rubbing people the wrong way.

Empathetic

You are in touch with your own feelings, which helps put you in touch with the feelings of others.

You don't buy the logic that your happiness comes ahead of everyone else's because unless you're happy you're incapable of making anyone else happy.

Responsible

You fulfill your obligations and responsibilities, are true to your word, and generally obey the rules. While the majority of those who have a high score on the "responsible" trait enjoy traveling, they are usually very happy to return home — and don’t mind staying put for a while.

You're opposed to making hasty decisions, you don't insist that you're above the rules, nor do you feel compelled to color outside the lines.

Conscientious

You feel it's important to work according to a plan and finish every task, to do things correctly and thoroughly.

You are not the kind of person who abandons a project before finishing it, or slacks off when you've lost interest.

Optimistic

You are a "glass half-full" kind of person, always on the lookout for the silver lining. Your happiness is contagious, which is why others like to be around you.

You do not feel that the world is an intrinsically depressing place; you are not the kind of "realist" who thinks that only fools find joy in life.

Calm

You rarely become irritated, generally accept people as they are, take things as they come, and feel relaxed in most situations.

You do not let a minor annoyance escalate to a confrontation. You don't regularly snap at those around you or fly off the handle with little provocation.

Introspective

You like your own company; you're a very interesting person. Tracking your own mental processes, knowing what you're thinking and why you do what you do, is important to you. Often, what's going on in your mind is more compelling than what's going on outside. For the most part, those with a high score on the "introspective" trait enjoy reading, taking long walks, learning new things, and other solitary activities.

You are not someone who is constantly looking to be among a group of friends; you never feel bored when you are by yourself.

Kind of a fun little experiment

For some reason, I've always been really big into these personality test

Alright, I'm off to go find my holiday spirit

If any of you find it lying around, would you send it to me please?

Oh, and if you know of anyone that needs any Creme Soda, you can send them my way

Just so happens I know where to find some

Long time coming... And? The new design gets formally introduced

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:24:00 +0000

First things first

It needs to be made known that gum poppers?

Like the little tiny pops that they pop every 5 seconds?

They grate on my nerves.

Like nothing else.

I'm not saying that I'll hate you if you do it

But just know...it drives me crazy

Anyway, moving on to more important matters

Test is done

I think I did pretty good

I was comfortable with all of the topics we had to address, so that's always a good sign (in my book anyway, I have yet to see if that's a good sign in the teacher's book)

And, even better, I finally caught up on all of the blogs that have been pestering me in my reader since my Disneyland trip

Because I'm obsessive compulsive...slightly

So for some reason my brain is of the opinion that I can't write a blog until the ugly black number by "Blogs I'm following" goes away

Sometimes when I'm desperate I'll break down and do it

But on a good day, I prefer to wait

So pictures of Disneyland are coming, I promise...but today, I thought I would introduce my new blog look

New blog look, meet my friends. Friends, meet my new blog look

Say hi and shake hands

Very well done

I asked Boyfriend ages ago if he would redesign my blog

But we had so many ideas of where to take it that it took forever to choose one idea

Finally we picked out this layout, and the work began

I loved my last layout, but I kind of felt like it was the "little kid" layout, and my blog wanted to grow up a little

There were still aspects I wanted to keep

ie the stars, purple, yellow...but I wanted them toned down a little bit and I wanted to incorporate reading because it's something I love to do

I felt like the purple background and yellow font were sometimes hard to read, no matter how much I loved it

That's when Boyfriend came up blank pages from a book

We liked that because it made it feel like a journal, and as I update this more than my journal (I didn't think that would be possible right now), it feels like my journal...the same reason we kept the same font

The header? I've always, always wanted a window seat in my house

Whenever I picture my "chosen reading spot" in my head, that is where I picture myself

And one day when I have my own house built, it will probably have 4 or 5 window seats

Anyway, that's where the header idea came from

The star, purple, and yellow...well, because that's me

In the right hand column, we have my button

I insisted that I have a button

Grown up blogs have buttons

Boyfriend came up with the idea

He's the artistically creative one, not me!!

The sticker idea went along with the journal idea

Posting sticker, pictures, notes in a journal to remind you of things

Plus, this way, you grab my button, and I will never leave you alone

Muah ha ha

;)

(that's supposed to be a winky smiley face...fyi)

The three stars?

One leads to my RSS feed

Another leads to my facebook page

And the last leads to my email in case you want to email me :)

Grown up blogs have those too

I don't have a twitter, because, while I have a twitter account, I rarely use it

Maybe one day...but that day is not today

I love how they turned out :)

And then, the last thing, is a follow by email feature thing

Because, well, most grown up blogs have that feature as well

Plus I know there are people out there that like the whole follow by email thing

All in all? I love my new design

Are there more things I would love to incorporate?? Heck yes

But, for now, I am happy with it :)

ANYWAY...

Now that I've bored you all to tears (if you've made it this long, I'm impressed)

I'll let you go

I just thought I'd explain a little bit behind the design

Okay, I'm off now to do some homework

Thanks for being patient with my lack of posting

The class is really high maintenance with LOTS of reading

And then there's work

There could be some big changes happening in my life in the next month or so

We shall see

(and no, it doesn't have anything to do with Boyfriend becoming Fiance)

When (if) I get a ring, I promise I'll find a cute way to let you know

Boyfriend, the pressure is on

Pssstttt!!

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:36:00 +0000

I'm not supposed to be here

I'm supposed to be studying

I just wanted you to be aware that something exciting is happening to my blog tonight

Something that might make you do a double take

I'm super excited :)

Okay, that is all

Back to my studying

I promise, promise, promise that on Tuesday I will come and read all of your blogs

Okay, returning to my books now

This is Baby Sister signing off

Over and out

Home alone

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Not the movie, silly people

As in I am home alone right now

I love being home alone (during the day anyway...at night? Not so much...)

I can lock AND deadbolt all of the doors and no one will say anything

I can turn out all of the lights upstairs and know that they will stay off...at least for now

I can have the light switch do what I want it to do

Like so:

I'm a dork, yes I know

I can listen to my music and turn it up as loud as I want so I can hear it in whatever room I'm in and not have to worry about bothering anyone with it

Or I can have it be as quiet as I want to with no noises whatsoever

I can close ALL of the blinds on ALL of the windows and no one will laugh at me

I can keep all of the lights off downstairs except what is absolutely necessary and not have anyone walk in and turn on all of the lights

I'm a bit obsessive compulsive, if you couldn't tell :)

I was going to show pictures of Disneyland, but one of my electronic devices is not liking me...whether it's my camera or my computer remains to be seen

So, as my desktop is cluttered with blog pictures right now, I'll post some of those instead

Remember how I said once Boyfriend and I were baking something and it was pretty much a 3 day adventure?

This is what we made:

Let's just say it was awesome...I was so happy that it turned out and with how nummy it was!!

(just ignore the outside "decorations"...I was bored and a little bit in a weird mood....so it looks awful)

Did you know E.L Fudge has ice cream?? I didn't until recently

The grasshopper?? A. MAZ. ING!!

Hmmm....here's something else Boyfriend and I made one day:

It's a chocolate bundt cake with an orange glaze

Sooooo good

I found it here...one of my favorite go to places for new recipes

Never send a teenage boy to go to the gas station for you...

Because they will come back with the giant size of anything you ask for...

Have I ever mentioned that I'm lysdexic? (aka dyslexic)

It's true, I am....especially when I'm tired

So a few months back the toilet out where I worked was having issues (turned out the septic tank was full) and it wouldn't flush

But the people at work? They kept using it....

And it was naaaasty

It stunk like nothing else and was not cool at all

So I wrote a note to put on the bathroom door:

But I could not for the life of me stop being lysdexic on that one part of the note...it was a rough minute

Alright, just a few scenery/cloud/flower pictures and then I'll leave you alone

The first picture? My niece Sami brought me those flowers once upon a time

I found it ironic because I love purple and yellow together...and those are the two colors that she randomly brought me

The second picture? Flowers from a hanging basket at work

I love clouds :)

They're so beautiful

Alright, I'm off do some studying

If I don't surface in a few days, it's because I'm studying for a test

If I don't surface in a week, send out a search party

Don't you dare hate me

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:26:00 +0000

Or blame me

If you live in Utah, and you got snow, you are not allowed to hate me

Because I didn't ask for it

Did I thoroughly enjoy it and love it?

Heck yes I did!!

But it's not my fault it came

That is my disclaimer for this post

That being said

We had our first snowfall of the season today here in Utah :)

Here, I show you a picture

Okay, so maybe two

You can't see a ton of it because the clouds were over the higher up mountains, but I'm sure I'll be posting a picture later :)

In celebration of the first snowfall of the season I stopped at the local gas station on my way home from school and bought my first hot chocolate of the season, which always makes me happy

I don't know what it is about snow that I love so much

Maybe it's the beauty that it brings after a nice snowstorm

Maybe there's something about watching it fall so softly and gracefully from the sky

I really do love just sitting there, cuddled up with a blanket and a good book, some hot chocolate (and Boyfriend if I'm lucky) while watching the snow softly falling from the sky

I don't get the chance very often, because more often than not I am working when it is snowing, so when I do have to sooooak it up

Anyway, sorry...the first snow of the season always gets me a little carried away

My awesome sister and I had a great time at Disneyland

Which reminds me, I need to take that counter down...it's depressing me now that it's counting the days I've been home...

I knew I would have an awesome time, what else would have happened? But it was still nice of Disneyland to live up to my expectations, I really appreciated it

I'll post those pictures later, I'm extremely exhausted

I'm sorry if this post seems a little out of whack and disorganized and random and non-flowy (yes, it's a word...I said so)...that's kind of how my head feels tonight

I just thought I'd stop in and say hey

I plan on catching up on all of your blogs this weekend

I'll be sure to put up some barricades around my house just in case some of you Utah people decide to take out your aggression towards the snow on me

You never know with people these days

I'm leaving, on a jet plane...

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:50:00 +0000

(to the tune of John Denver's song...)

Well, our bags are packed, we're ready to go

We're sitting here in the airport

We're getting so excited we could cry

But we have to wait

It's not quite time

And so we'll sit

And have a good time

But really we just want to be on board

Cause we're going on a jet plane

We know when we'll back again

Oh babe we wish you were here

There are rides ahead

That are waiting for us

Like Splash and Soarin

And food galore

And yet here we sit just waiting for this stupid plane

Come on, guys

Let us board the plane

We just want to get to Disneyland

Right now

Would be so nice

But really, we just want to go

Our patience isn't very great

Oh, please

Is it our turn??

I hope you all have a great week

I know I will :D

(boyfriend is supposed to do a post or two while I'm gone, so hopefully that will happen so you can hear from him)

Buried under a mountain of paper work...

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:05:00 +0000

I knew you were wondering, so I popped in to tell you something

I'm still not done with my paper

I think I'm too much of a perfectionist...

Back to my hiding place I go

Oh, and my new favorite Pandora station?

Solo Piano Radio

Soooo soothing and relaxing...

Okay, seriously

Bye

Anyone want to write a paper for me?

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:37:00 +0000

That's the kind of day it's been for me

Not an awful day, just a day that very much needed chocolate and caffeine

In other news, Boyfriend and I went and met the newest baby of the family today

My brother and his wife had a beautiful baby girl yesterday

Baby Olivia

And let's just say they are doing a good job at keeping the tradition of cute babies in our family

:D

Have I told you recently how amazing Boyfriend is??

Here, I have an example for you:

He left me that on my desktop the other day

Isn't he adorable? :)

Alright, I have to go conquer a paper now that hopefully I'll be able to turn in tomorrow

It's due next week, but I'll be gone next week

My sister Becca and I are going to Disneyland!!

We're going for her birthday

And I'm pretty much stoked

Okay, enough babbling and distracting myself

Off to the paper I go

It's chocolate!! How could I not know????

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:51:00 +0000

I protested homework tonight

Does that make me evil?

We had to read this document for my History class

It was a famous sermon some dude gave

(I don't remember, and I'm too lazy to pull out the book....remember? protesting?)

I read it, and it went straight over my head

So far over my head it probably went into another galaxy

And when I got to class I just figured everyone else had a similar experience

I will tell you this, I did not walk away feeling like the smartest girl in the class

How is that every other person that spoke had something insightful to say?

And not me?

I'm not that dumb...

At least I didn't think so

It probably didn't help that I kept getting distracted by Boyfriend...and other things....

At work today, I was ringing up a customer with some chicken feed and she looked at me and said

"How are you?"

I don't think I sounded very convincing (maybe cause there was a sigh somewhere in there) when I said I was good and asked her how she was

She just laughed and said she had had a similar kind of day

As she was leaving she said "I hope you have a better day"

"I hope you do too ma'am"

"Just grin and bear it, that's what we do!!"

And it's not like I had had horrible customers all day, but the fact that someone asked me how I was, and meant it sincerely, brightened up my day a little bit

And then the very next customer was giving us a hard time because we didn't have Pepsi drinks available

We commiserated with each other for a little while about it, and as he left he said "I apologize that you have to work in these horrible circumstances"

That brightened up my day even more

Umm...did you know that today was National Chocolate Day???????????

I did not know this

I am deeply ashamed with myself

I did have chocolate ice cream today, but it doesn't really count towards that since I didn't even know it was today....

So I think Boyfriend and I will have to celebrate tomorrow instead

But next year??

It's totally going on the calenders

Blue...blew...bloo...bluu...

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:38:00 +0000

Shut up

It's been over a week since I last posted?

Then why do I feel like it was just two days ago?

*sigh*

Bother

Have any of you tried out the new blogger layout yet??

I actually really like it

It feels...cleaner to me...

I've been writing tags all morning

We're growing some pansies for a special order and it's not one that we typically grow, so we don't have the tags

Hence I've been writing them

135 for each variety

And there are 3 varieties

Fun for me?

I really didn't have any purpose for this

Except to tell you that my week flew by and I have no clue where it went

I'll share a picture with you

My niece Sami is learning how to cook

She loves to be in the kitchen helping anyone...it doesn't really matter who

So the other day I came home from work and saw this:

I asked Mama Smurf what it was, and she told me it was chili

Sami had made it

Doesn't that just looks scrumptious??

You know when you write a word over and over it starts to look weird?

Center

That is the one of the words I've been writing over and over again

And it's starting to look funny

Like the second 'e' doesn't belong

Centor

Centar

Centur

Cen...tyr

I had to look it up on the internet a few minutes ago just to make sure I was still writing it correctly

That the spelling of it hadn't all of the sudden changed since I started writing these tags

It hasn't, don't worry

It's still center

Okay, I'm going to stop rambling now and go finish my tags

My goal of the day? To catch up on blogs tonight

Hope you're all doing well

Blue center

...that is how you spell the color blue, right?

I need a nap...

No dark chocolate please

noreply@blogger.com (Baby Sister) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:56:00 +0000

Life...

Is like a box of chocolates

You never know what you're gonna get

And that's what life has felt like this week

All crazy and out of whack

I'm way behind on blogs

I've received emails from friends that I have yet to respond to...

(sorry friends!! I'll get there!!)

I started school this week, so that just adds to the madness

I'm only taking one class (I plan to sign up for a couple more later on)

But I also took a year off, so I have to transition back to school life and that ain't gonna be pretty

I'm trying to push through so that I can get into the stuff that I want to study

And then there's Boyfriend...

My wonderful, amazing Boyfriend

(remind me to show you the list he wrote last night...super cute)

He also needs my attention, and yet he's very patient when I can't give it to him

There's my puzzle....

Remember my puzzle?

(I would link to one of the posts with it, but I'm in too much of a hurry)

I still have to finish that

Plus the cross-stitch that I started for Papa Smurf last year...

I stopped working on that to finish the puzzle...

And then I stopped working on the puzzle cause it got ridiculous

And I only have one sister that will work on it with me

Peach?

One of these nights you wanna have a puzzle fiesta??

PLEASE?!?!

I won't hate you if you don't...

And Boyfriend and I spent all day yesterday in the kitchen baking

But we didn't finish one of the projects, so we have to go do that now

Which means I have to go

I just wanted to stop in and say hi

And say that I miss you

And I shall slowly catch up on your blogs

And just so you know?

If you step on black, you'll turn into an ogre

And if you step on blue, you'll turn into a ninja elephant

My niece informed me of that yesterday

So...you might want to be careful :)

It makes me wonder though

If you stepped on a black square with blue polka-dots...

Would you turn into a half ogre half elephant ninja?

Scary...