Well i am not going to beat around the bush.. so. i am a proud new renter! :) Megan and I found a place to live and, as of today, are officially moved in! I have realized that once you really move out... i italicize really because all the times that i have moved out before to Rexburg... well wasn't a real deal. This place a a duplex town house deal and it is a two bedroom one and half bath... its SUPER cute. :) Megan and I have become "financially responsible" of the utilities and etc. Thats what i mean by this being the "real deal"  We LOVE it. a picture of us with the key in hand will come soon. :) well thats all from here just wanted to share this little tidbit of news. :)

Sometimes you gotta do it. Put on your big people pants

Well I have some news! :)
GO GO, GO BIG BLUE! FIGHT FIGHT BSU! :)

THATS right. I have made my decision. I am transferring to Boise State!

WOOO! I am super super excited!

I am sure that to outside sources/ freinds.. I look kind of wishy washy.. and well I guess you will see that as much i don't want to be... well sometimes I am.. haha soo I thought I would give you the FIRST look into my decision making brain.. this is history folks.

My decision making processes often (not all the time) go like this...

1. stresss myself out over what my options even are.

2. stress some more.

3. forget that I even have to make a decision.. aka.. push away the problem

4. stress because I realize I need to make a decision.

5. repeat steps 3 and 4.. a few times... OK more than a few times..

6. identify options..

7. stress about the differences between the options..

8. "make a decision"

9. doubt it and then choose the other option

10. Stress..

11. Consult Megan and my Parents.

12. Decide

13. live life how I was in step 3.

14. Actually follow through with my decision. 

HA so that's how this went..

I know, i know. I am quite the weirdo.
In the midst of deciding I also was going through some tougher times and life experiences. I it was through working through them..(i am not done).. that I realized that I need to do what I want. what is going to make me the happiest? what is going to take me where i want to be?  I am going to take a leap and speak for you and say that we all do it. We all lose sight of what should be the priorities. We get so caught up on the daily tasks and needs that often we lose sight of the big picture or  the WHY? of the little things. I know that I often get in trouble when I put a ridiculous amount of weight and importance on small silly things. When I should really be putting my focus on my main goals.. I play around and "look busy" but i don't accomplish a whole lot.

How sad is that? that you could possibly spend your whole life "being busy" but not actually accomplishing anything.. I know that is probably one of the bigger worries for me. That I will "fail" at life..  On the bright side. I know how to conquer this.. Put the first things.. well first. I know.. a simple concept.. but often overlooked. I was talking with my father the other day about my problem and he brought up the topic of the book "Seven habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey. How awesome is that title?  YES.. it a self help book. BUT I think that every self help book has something to offer, even if it is minute.. it will make some effect. Anyways... There is a chapter entitle "Putting first things first" yes.. I stole it from him. :) The idea is that you identify what is important and a priority and what is less of a "must do or bad things are going to happen" type thing. You prioritize them and do them first. It reminds me of the object lesson about a Jar, rocks, and sand.

Your life is a jar. You have many things you need to do. but you are often stressed out when things do all fit together. Well the Rocks are the major things you need to accomplish such as: writing a paper, making dinner, applying for a job, transferring schools, paying bills, etc. The sand represents smaller things such as: washing your car, raking leaves, cleaning your room, doing your laundry. All things that need to get done. The questions is how do you get all of these things done? A little overwhelming huh?

Well fear not my dear people!  I know how to do it!

You take your Jar.. Then you put the ROCKS in first.  And your jar might look like the jar to the right and you still need to add in the sand.. Its ok! When you add in the sand.. it just goes in the little crevices and holes and just fills up the jar and there is no overflow. Often people trying to fill it up another way.... SORRY. that's not how it works.. if you try to put in the sand first.. you will just get the left picture.. NOT working! : ( and then you will be sad because you aren't getting the things you HAVE to do done. and THATS depressing. I am not fully practicing what I am proclaiming from my little soup box here. . but I will TRY! and that's what matters..

Now let me step down from my little box...

Point is.. is that I am recognizing where  I need to improve and I am going to put in a solid effort to put my life in order..so that I am not so crazy. haha

In other news.. I got another job! Yippie! :)  In addition to working at Vanity (working  is a leap.. more like sporadically visiting and so happen to be working) , I am now a Front desk girl at the Extended Stay America.  :) I am SUPER pumped! I went in the other day to get things rolling with the paperwork. I have always wanted to do something awesome like this. Another cool thing is  that Megan and I are apartment hunting! We are going to live together! WOOO! its gonna be a party! Hmm lets see.. Well thats about it. :)

Hope your lives are FREAKIN awesome. :)

AND THATS AN UPDATE

So I realized i know how to type.. and i could use that skill to benefit myself and others by... updating this blog. :) This update is going to be kind of all over the place... I will bullet point the major ideas though.
Christmas
Family
Ward
Job
Future plans
What I am up to now

Now that i am listing it out.. it looks very random.. but hey! isn't this a way for you all to see how i am doing without actually talking to me?! eh? yes.

Well Christmas and New Years was great! i love my family and friends! While here Dave and Krista showed us how to play Settlers of Catan..it is an addicting and fun game! : )

They love it so much that they dressed up as part of the board for Halloween! :)

So now i love it! :)  i really do love my sister in law Krista she is hilarious and fun.. and she bosses me around and helps me realize what i need to be doing.. :)

I love the Singles ward! i just barely transfered my records over like last week... i thought they were already in the ward... haha oops! it is loads of fun! and the people are now wonderful friends!  Just last night for FHE we played soccer ( with a  nerf ball.. so that was kind of lame) but we just went with it and had fun anyways! I was the goalie... lets just say the game was very very slow so i had time to do some yoga while i waited for the ball to come over..
Mainly just did the tree pose.. which looks like this for those of you who aren't yoga masters like me ;) haha

Before FHE ,Megan, Chris (new friend) , and i went and got sushi! I had never actually had sushi  soo it was awesome! We went to Shegais (Shee-gays) and it was delish! :) man i realize i need to start taking pictures so that you guys actually believe me. :)

I decided to participate in a half marathon in May.. so i am going to start training for that this week. use my Nike+ band. :)

I work at Vanity.. its a clothing store. :) It is fun! i love to help people! annd we have cute clothes. :)

My plans are dependent on if i get a very well paying job here in Boise.. If i do i stay here and transfer schools to Boise State.  if not then i go to BYU-I and then transfer to BSU,, either way i end up here.. :)
well thats all i can think to write about.. :)

My very possible and real future if i don't get love. :)

Well I have been a busy busy bee! I have been kept fairly busy with the Halloween store. and so that's nice! : ) For the past two or so weeks i have been Nannying for Gina Nelson while she and her husband were in Italy. : ) So big buck for that! and i just started polishing Charms for Annette. Which by the way i am going to spend most of my tomorrow doing, since she needs those charms on Monday! Ah!

I also have been spending pretty much any spare moment with Megs. :) She's BACK! I am extremely happy to have a best frenn again. She and I engage in shenanigans and such, pretty much anything to keep us busy. She writes more of what is going on in her life Here. So check that stuff out! :) She is awesome and is doing a wonderful job of working through her trials and just realizing her strength.

I am working on me. I need to get into the groove of things.. currently i feel a little out of control. I am needing to get a handle on my life! I now have many things occupying my time but now i need to organize them and keep them in their place! I have the BOOtique, school (two online classes), Charms, Nannying (on occasion), Frenns, home life.. aka. Being a good daughter, Church, and just anything and everything! (or at least it feels like it)

Yesterday i came this close to adopting a  kitten, She was UH-Door-UH-BULL! Her name is Cocoa. she was the cutest! and she was quite affordable. : ) and MAN did i have me mind set on her once i saw those precious eyes. oh.my.goodness. I just could not contain myself. Had the workers at PetSmart offered for me to hold her i know there would be a snuggly little kitty in my lap right now. i had to tell Megan to talk me out of it because i know my mother would not accept this precious little furball. (since it is her house.. blah blah ) :[
So anyways Megs and i went to the Humane society today and we went to the Cattery. aka where the kitties are. :)  aaand we held A LOT of kitties and played with them and snuggled them and just LOVED it. :) the kitties were even MORE affordable at the humane society aand the price included microchip,vaccines, and spay/neutering... so it was even better! but I did not have those urges and desires today.. (even though i do ALL the time.. they were not compelling me to get a little fur ball today).

SO moral of the story is.. I have urges to have kitties and or babies.. about the baby thing.. read on. ;)

BABIES
Yesterday i also was at Annette's house I i watched the kids while she and a friend went for a run.. WELL the friend had a four month old baby... and it was SOO cute. it had the most adorable face and he was squishy aka had little baby rolls and he was soo sweet... so i am looking and his little face and i say to myself "i want one!!" but alas...no dice. The lady did not want to part with the baby ....HOW rude! and we all know i am not getting a baby any other way possible..

SO i guess no babies for me of any species.. :[ I guess i will wait my turn...

So there is my story and life aand ramblings. :)
Hope this was semi-entertaining!

Oh P.S
Here are a few kittem videos.. ones that i find especially adorable and funny. :)

So I guess an update is in order! I got a job! at a Halloween store , called the Halloween BOOtique. and i am a Key holder so i deal with opening or closing the store and dealing with depositing money at the end of the day. i know ULTRA exciting right? i am excited. :) i am learning more everyday! and i am gaining experience. :) The people i work with are actually pretty cool. I got this job through Angie (cousin) who passed my name and number on to my cousin in law, Emily, who manages the Halloween BOOtique in Poky, who passed it on to Tara, regional manager, who passed it on to My manager, Don. SO big long chain of passing and BAM! got the job.  i am SO so so so so grateful to Angie. :) The job has been wonderful! I will need to get a new one in two months, since the Halloween store is seasonal. I am contemplating Jo-Anns. and of course i will check out the Idaho Department of Labor's website for jobs once the time comes closer.

SO.. i got my hair done.. darkened. This picture isn't recent, it is from almost a year ago when i first colored my hair. But my current hairs looks almost identical to this. So here you go! :) (p.S. got it done yesterday)

Megan and I drove down to Provo on friday! We left at 7 Am. and man we are good! :) Since Meg's car is in Provo she rode with me down there. side note. - one of my pet peeves is when leaving for a trip we don't leave when we say the ELT (estimated leaving time) is . If you say you are leaving at 7 then LEAVE at 7. A couple minutes doesn't bother me but when it is a half hour to an hour after when we said we would leave i just get annoyed. Anyways. We went to her apartment and packed up her stuffs. Then we had a cookie baking party and painted lovely pictures on some canvases  we bought at Michaels! wooo. :)

Here is my AWESOME painting. :) 

We also visited Mitchell and Matt at their apartment. WOO they have a very very nice apartment. :) it is like a HOTEL! wowie! And then we had a nice chat with Meg's Roomies. :)

Saturday Megan and I drove up to Salt Lake. and went to Kim's apartment. Then the troublesome trio went out for lunch at Dee's Cafe. Had a pretty yum-O burger, not so yum-O fries.. Then dropped Kimberly off at work, asked for directions to the Gateway Mall. Off Megan and i went for an adventure! we drove pretty much EVERYWHERE looking for it. we spent an hour!  trying to find it. I decided i better call my mother. She could look up where the Gateway is and then i can tell where i am and she can get me there. :) so thats what happened. Megan and i had LOADS of time at the mall it is was fabulous. i have not gone shopping in  a long long time. so it was wonderful!

Krissy just gave me this picture. this is what my hair ACTUALLY looks like. :) 

Then Saturday continued. :) 

We then picked Kim up from work ( she got have an hour late mind you) and we were ravenously hungry. So we went to Betos! mmmm they had a delicious burrito majig called "New Mexico" and MAn mmmmm yummy. :)  then we went home had made friendship bracelets and chatted away and watched a movie. :)

Sunday we got up went to church with Kimberly. and then we went home and toook at NAP! oh i adore naps. while Kim went to work for a bit. and once she came home we chatted and Kim made us Stir fry, which was ROCKIN', and agian we can't stop talking. :) Man i love these ladies! :) And then Monday Megan and I left at 8 Am, we were on the highway on the dot headed home! :) man that was awesome. :) 

So the trip was a wonderful lovely getaway. :) WONDERFUL weekend! Thank yous to Kim and  Megan for telling me i had to go. :)