Once again I have been so good at procrastination and have to catch up. School is over til Jan. 5th and I am loving my break! I finished so many projects it was hard to keep them straight for a while and I spent most of my time at school in the computer lab doing cad work. Thanksgiving was nice, Jessica and I spent the day with Tenna and her family... It was great and I got so stuffed!
I am now in Michigan with my parents... I got here on the 13th of December and will be here til the 1st of January. I was so happy to come home after a year away. A few things changed but all good. Mom painted the office and foyer and changed a few light fixtures... Coming home made me realize how sweet life has been for me in the past. Its so nice to be back in a place where the walls are painted and the artwork matches and furniture too, with a hot tub out back and a big bed to snuggle up in.
I was so happy to come home in time to catch Bryce and Adrienne before they left to move to Las Vegas. I got to meet the newest addition to the family Olivia Vonda Dial! Little Ollie is the cutest baby ever! I cant believe how great she is... she doesn't cry much, almost never spits up, and has the sweetest little grin. I just wanna hold her all the time! Its weird to think of Adrienne as a mom, but she is doing great... as far as i can tell. We hit up the pancake house on the 17th then came home to celebrate Christmas before the dials moved out. It was very nice and simple.
Since then not a whole lot has happened. A huge snow storm came dumping about 2 feet of snow. Mom, Dad and I spent Saturday morning digging through the mountain the plow left at the end of the driveway... now mom's back is sprained :( We have spent our time watching lots of movies (Phantom of the Opera, Get Smart, Elizabeth something, Hell boy and more) and baking cookies etc... This morning we opened our presents from JS etc... and KC etc... I got some really neat ornaments and mom and dad got plates with grand kids hand or foot prints. Since we already had Christmas, today we watched a movie and mom and i went out and sat in the hot tub afterward. We spent this evening over at the Belchers eating leftover ham and various desserts. Yummy! I am really missing all the family though, wishing we could all be together.... which is why I am looking forward to January 12 SO much! Everyone but Bryce :( will be together in California :) There I will get to meet the very newest member of the family- JohnSteven and Rachel's little Jack Everette Asvitt. I'm so excited to play with the girls and boys too! It was so fun to hear John talk to "grandpa" thanking him for his monkey present on the phone. It is so neat to see how much they grow in such a small amount of time.
Oooo, I am also looking forward to February when, hopefully, mom and I will get to go visit Adrienne in Las Vegas and help her fix up the place they just moved into. So fun! And I'll get to see Ollie again! If only I didn't have to take classes, I would just go back and forth between all my nephews and nieces babysitting and playing with them! But alas, I must grow up and learn and earn money :(
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Good Weekend!
Ok, this weekend was so fun!
I cant remember what i did Friday night, but Saturday was a hoot! When Kaylie got back from her soccer game Jess and I woke up and we all laid around for a while... After Jess got ready we headed out to breakfast at IHOP for crepe fever :) YES! After that we stopped at Target for some window shopping and then went home. Then we prepared to go to lagoon for Frightmares :) I was so excited... but it wasn't the best weather. When we finally left with Eric Munden and his friend Josh It was raining. I figured we'd be okay, but when we got to the roller coasters it was snowing! Unbelievable! I loved it though... we walked on to all the rides, no wait. I was fine until the cold really set in as the sun went down and my clothes absorbed the melting snow. At this point we decided to head for the haunted houses so we could be inside. I love it! Jess was so scared until she realized how to put it off, turn her fear into funny, finding opportunities to crack jokes at the spooks. We then watched the Hack'n'Slash dance group perform, they are hilarious. After all that fun we headed for the car for the warm refuge. At home we snuggled up and watched a movie and the girls fell asleep. After our little nap we got ready to go over to Leo's (our elders quorum president) to hang out. We ended up playing signs... so fun, as usual. When we were good 'n tired we went home and straight to bed. Sunday was also a great day... We had fast and testimony meeting and I bore my testimony... It was so nice. I keep feeling all warm and fuzzy every Sunday, Like I love everyone and everything! We went home and took short naps then went with kaylie to her grandparents for her grampas birthday. I love their house! It is historically registered and very cool. We had scrumptious dinner and chit-chatted. We then went to Kaylies parents house to make brownies for ward prayer. While they baked we watched a great show, The worlds ugliest animals :) It was fun. We went to ward prayer and then went home. Ah... good weekend!
I cant remember what i did Friday night, but Saturday was a hoot! When Kaylie got back from her soccer game Jess and I woke up and we all laid around for a while... After Jess got ready we headed out to breakfast at IHOP for crepe fever :) YES! After that we stopped at Target for some window shopping and then went home. Then we prepared to go to lagoon for Frightmares :) I was so excited... but it wasn't the best weather. When we finally left with Eric Munden and his friend Josh It was raining. I figured we'd be okay, but when we got to the roller coasters it was snowing! Unbelievable! I loved it though... we walked on to all the rides, no wait. I was fine until the cold really set in as the sun went down and my clothes absorbed the melting snow. At this point we decided to head for the haunted houses so we could be inside. I love it! Jess was so scared until she realized how to put it off, turn her fear into funny, finding opportunities to crack jokes at the spooks. We then watched the Hack'n'Slash dance group perform, they are hilarious. After all that fun we headed for the car for the warm refuge. At home we snuggled up and watched a movie and the girls fell asleep. After our little nap we got ready to go over to Leo's (our elders quorum president) to hang out. We ended up playing signs... so fun, as usual. When we were good 'n tired we went home and straight to bed. Sunday was also a great day... We had fast and testimony meeting and I bore my testimony... It was so nice. I keep feeling all warm and fuzzy every Sunday, Like I love everyone and everything! We went home and took short naps then went with kaylie to her grandparents for her grampas birthday. I love their house! It is historically registered and very cool. We had scrumptious dinner and chit-chatted. We then went to Kaylies parents house to make brownies for ward prayer. While they baked we watched a great show, The worlds ugliest animals :) It was fun. We went to ward prayer and then went home. Ah... good weekend!
Taking on School
HOly Cow! today I have come to realize how much stuff I have to do, especially in one class! I have like 4 projects to be working on and a test coming up. I have to make a chair out of cardboard, research a contemporary furniture designer, make a PowerPoint for 20 significant pieces of furniture, and go to an elementary school and teach them about design... I am so stressed! that is just for one class. I also have to keep up in memorizing relevant architects and designers and what they did, as well as historical design techniques and terms. I also have to plan remodel a historically registered house into a commercial venue, drawing all details, lighting plans, furniture plans, materials schedules and everything while still maintaining the historical virtue. I am also learning more complicated details in CAD :P ugh. And Halloween is coming up... and I want to play! Must keep up!
Yesterday was a fun day though, Our FHE was a surprise from the elders quorum where they made dinner for all of us ladies in the ward and served us. We went on "dates" with one of the guys... but because the girls out number the guys, our dates were one guy to three girls... It was pretty funny. My date was Daryl, and he was quite interesting... Sometimes it seemed that he was talking to us so much that we thought we wouldn't get a chance to eat our dinner. Which was: a spring tossed salad with mandarins and poppy seed dressing, rice, and roast pork. It was quite impressive considering there were about 14o people there. For dessert we had french silk pie, during which time we had a group discussion on what we do or don't like about dating or what our date does or doesn't do etc... After that there was a dance... so funny. I had a good time, especially after the "date" part ended. I loved dancing and watching everyone. After the event was done some of us went to Denny's and just socialized. I was in such a silly mood because i hadn't taken my strattera.
Well. I don't want to but need to get to work... you know, all those projects... :( well.
Yesterday was a fun day though, Our FHE was a surprise from the elders quorum where they made dinner for all of us ladies in the ward and served us. We went on "dates" with one of the guys... but because the girls out number the guys, our dates were one guy to three girls... It was pretty funny. My date was Daryl, and he was quite interesting... Sometimes it seemed that he was talking to us so much that we thought we wouldn't get a chance to eat our dinner. Which was: a spring tossed salad with mandarins and poppy seed dressing, rice, and roast pork. It was quite impressive considering there were about 14o people there. For dessert we had french silk pie, during which time we had a group discussion on what we do or don't like about dating or what our date does or doesn't do etc... After that there was a dance... so funny. I had a good time, especially after the "date" part ended. I loved dancing and watching everyone. After the event was done some of us went to Denny's and just socialized. I was in such a silly mood because i hadn't taken my strattera.
Well. I don't want to but need to get to work... you know, all those projects... :( well.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
In the Swing of Things
well, since my last post, plenty has happened! I have a new address now because someone bought the place we were renting... but our new town house is great, and only a block away from the last place. I have met a bunch of people this summer too. I worked at the Joseph Smith Memorial building, but only for about a month... I just got sick of it I guess. My roommates and I did not go to disney land either, but they are going in November... I decided to stay home, save money and not miss any class.
I loved the summer, working once a week and playing whenever possible :) In September Adrienne came out to the west for Drew's bachelorette party and wedding... I was lucky enough to get to go pick her up in Vegas and help her apartment shop as well as bring her back to Utah then up to Idaho for the wedding ceremony and back to Utah for a day. I loved it! It was really fun to see Adrienne all pregnant! After that week with her, I went out to Cali for about 2 weeks... so much fun! I loved playing with my nephews and nieces! Clara had just had Gretta. I also helped JS and Rachel move out of their elk grove house to a nice place in Lincoln.
Okay, I am back in school. I have class every weekday except Friday. I love my classes... I am in studio II- which is a class we apply all the skills we are learning across the board, Rendering- which is my favorite! We get to color in class... that's all we do :) learning different techniques to achieve certain looks with the most expensive markers in the world. That's my Monday... Tuesday and Thursday I have modern architecture and furniture in the morning and historical furnishings and architecture at night. Wednesdays I work at the dunkley's til 4 then go to auto CAD at 5... I am so happy to be learning how to draft on a computer, it makes floor plans and elevations so much quicker and easier than my own hands. But, I am loving my projects and all the information I keep squishin in my head. Last Thursday our historical class went to the cathedral of the Madeline on south temple to look at the Gothic design... I love seeing the things I learn in that class in real life... the gargoyle, linen fold, and rosette motifs, the Romanesque arches, groin vaulting, the transept and apse... etc...etc...
As usual, nothing is happening on the dating scene... and hasn't been all summer long. I don't know why that's the way it is, but I am learning patience... I guess I stay focused on my school work better too.
I have my same calling, on the munch and mingle committee... and have been planning ward FHEs forever. Yesterday was a good one- Pumpkin carving. I love it! I am so exited for this month! Anyone who knows me knows that Halloween is my favorite Holiday... Playing dress-up and eating candy? What could be better? Not only that but the weather is beautiful... I love that I can almost wear a sweater now and only sweat a little. But on the costume front: I have 3 planned costumes- A mechanic, Little Bo Peep(off toy story), and a bumble bee. Yesterday I worked on painting more pink polka-dots on my skirt... I also painted some pictures to hang in the house, two ghosts and a pumpkin. I forgot how much I love to paint :)
Adrienne is now about to pop, little Ollie will likely be coming out in the next couple of days... sadly I am stuck here in Utah at school wishing I could go to Michigan to see the pink little softy, and the rest of the folks. The soonest I will get to see them will be around Christmas or after that :(
This last weekend was so great! It was General Conference, so of course... I loved waking up Saturday morning to go downstairs, bundle up in a blanket and listen to the prophet and apostles. It was rainy outside all day making it even better. Kaylie and Jess ran to the store and picked up some groceries to make a fantastic breakfast too. Aahhh... so nice :) Then we took naps and watched the second session next. that night we went out to eat a red robin then came home to play games with friends... First we played some cards etc... after the crowd left everyone who was still there ended up playing Simon Says... so fun! I never thought a group of young single adults could have so much fun playing a child's game. We also played a game called password... also very fun, where one person thinks of one word(password) and shares it with someone on the other team, the other team then decides if they want to use one other word to get their team to use one guess to find the "password" or let the other team start... it was probably 2 in the morning before everyone was gone, but we had so much fun! Sunday we did the conference thing again... then went to ward prayer and invited people over for games... we played a round of catch phrase and then started a 2.5 hour long game of signs :) I laughed so hard those two nights!
I loved the summer, working once a week and playing whenever possible :) In September Adrienne came out to the west for Drew's bachelorette party and wedding... I was lucky enough to get to go pick her up in Vegas and help her apartment shop as well as bring her back to Utah then up to Idaho for the wedding ceremony and back to Utah for a day. I loved it! It was really fun to see Adrienne all pregnant! After that week with her, I went out to Cali for about 2 weeks... so much fun! I loved playing with my nephews and nieces! Clara had just had Gretta. I also helped JS and Rachel move out of their elk grove house to a nice place in Lincoln.
Okay, I am back in school. I have class every weekday except Friday. I love my classes... I am in studio II- which is a class we apply all the skills we are learning across the board, Rendering- which is my favorite! We get to color in class... that's all we do :) learning different techniques to achieve certain looks with the most expensive markers in the world. That's my Monday... Tuesday and Thursday I have modern architecture and furniture in the morning and historical furnishings and architecture at night. Wednesdays I work at the dunkley's til 4 then go to auto CAD at 5... I am so happy to be learning how to draft on a computer, it makes floor plans and elevations so much quicker and easier than my own hands. But, I am loving my projects and all the information I keep squishin in my head. Last Thursday our historical class went to the cathedral of the Madeline on south temple to look at the Gothic design... I love seeing the things I learn in that class in real life... the gargoyle, linen fold, and rosette motifs, the Romanesque arches, groin vaulting, the transept and apse... etc...etc...
As usual, nothing is happening on the dating scene... and hasn't been all summer long. I don't know why that's the way it is, but I am learning patience... I guess I stay focused on my school work better too.
I have my same calling, on the munch and mingle committee... and have been planning ward FHEs forever. Yesterday was a good one- Pumpkin carving. I love it! I am so exited for this month! Anyone who knows me knows that Halloween is my favorite Holiday... Playing dress-up and eating candy? What could be better? Not only that but the weather is beautiful... I love that I can almost wear a sweater now and only sweat a little. But on the costume front: I have 3 planned costumes- A mechanic, Little Bo Peep(off toy story), and a bumble bee. Yesterday I worked on painting more pink polka-dots on my skirt... I also painted some pictures to hang in the house, two ghosts and a pumpkin. I forgot how much I love to paint :)
Adrienne is now about to pop, little Ollie will likely be coming out in the next couple of days... sadly I am stuck here in Utah at school wishing I could go to Michigan to see the pink little softy, and the rest of the folks. The soonest I will get to see them will be around Christmas or after that :(
This last weekend was so great! It was General Conference, so of course... I loved waking up Saturday morning to go downstairs, bundle up in a blanket and listen to the prophet and apostles. It was rainy outside all day making it even better. Kaylie and Jess ran to the store and picked up some groceries to make a fantastic breakfast too. Aahhh... so nice :) Then we took naps and watched the second session next. that night we went out to eat a red robin then came home to play games with friends... First we played some cards etc... after the crowd left everyone who was still there ended up playing Simon Says... so fun! I never thought a group of young single adults could have so much fun playing a child's game. We also played a game called password... also very fun, where one person thinks of one word(password) and shares it with someone on the other team, the other team then decides if they want to use one other word to get their team to use one guess to find the "password" or let the other team start... it was probably 2 in the morning before everyone was gone, but we had so much fun! Sunday we did the conference thing again... then went to ward prayer and invited people over for games... we played a round of catch phrase and then started a 2.5 hour long game of signs :) I laughed so hard those two nights!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Summer?
So the weather has been crazy, It snowed earlier in the week, but today it was pretty nice... I think I even got a little sun :)
Alright, Its been a while. I went to that meeting and I am no longer interested in selling mary kay right now. It sounds like to much of being outgoing, and I dont think i can handle that. Im thinking I will join one of my roommates in working at the joseph smith memorial building doing banquet serving. Tenna says that she meets a lot of cute guys at the wedding receptions, and occasionally gets to serve members of the general presidency sometimes...neato! I really do need a job though, We roommates are planning a trip to disney land in august... Kaylie is a travel agent and got a great deal! $250 per person for 3 days of tickets to the park lodging! Super Fun... all we have left to pay for is food and gas :)
Man, I have been having so much fun! I have now had two dress-up nights now and it is so much fun. For a long time now I have preffered Halloween over any other holiday, and this is still very true! I cant get enough of dressing up and eating candy. A couple weeks ago we were singing and dancing and spur of the moment started throwing on 80's clothes and hence, had an 80's dress up night. So fun, we then went and got some pop rocks and blow pops and had a mini photo shoot. Thursday night it happened again... we were planning to get ready to go 80's dancing but then we thought it wasnt on thursday nights. Chelsea had black nailpolish on and still wanted to dress up. The nail polish reminded me of goth fashion and so we went that direction. I have never done that before and it was extremely interesting. After we got all done up and one of our guy friends joined us unexpectedly, we went out to eat at denny's at like 2 am! It was pretty funny, people were giving us strange looks the whole time...heehee. Coincedently I looked like one of Sydney Bristow's disguises off of alias! SO COOL! She is pretty much my hero! The next day one of my roommates out of the blue said i remind her of the girl married to ben affleck... Jennifer Garner! She is so cute!
For the past few days now Ive been nannying the dunkleys and it is crazy! 4 Days in a row now. It makes me pretty happy though- earning money :) Ive taken them to birthday parties and soccer games... oh the joys of kids, they sure are little monkeys! I totally cleaned the house today and it feels so much better... jessica was watching the kids so they were all out of the house... I dont know how moms do it, keep the house clean with the buggers around all the time. Its pretty fun though. Guess I better make sure no one is dying or killing... little mischief makers!
Oh, check facebook for some dress up pictures... but beware, ITS CRAZY!
Alright, Its been a while. I went to that meeting and I am no longer interested in selling mary kay right now. It sounds like to much of being outgoing, and I dont think i can handle that. Im thinking I will join one of my roommates in working at the joseph smith memorial building doing banquet serving. Tenna says that she meets a lot of cute guys at the wedding receptions, and occasionally gets to serve members of the general presidency sometimes...neato! I really do need a job though, We roommates are planning a trip to disney land in august... Kaylie is a travel agent and got a great deal! $250 per person for 3 days of tickets to the park lodging! Super Fun... all we have left to pay for is food and gas :)
Man, I have been having so much fun! I have now had two dress-up nights now and it is so much fun. For a long time now I have preffered Halloween over any other holiday, and this is still very true! I cant get enough of dressing up and eating candy. A couple weeks ago we were singing and dancing and spur of the moment started throwing on 80's clothes and hence, had an 80's dress up night. So fun, we then went and got some pop rocks and blow pops and had a mini photo shoot. Thursday night it happened again... we were planning to get ready to go 80's dancing but then we thought it wasnt on thursday nights. Chelsea had black nailpolish on and still wanted to dress up. The nail polish reminded me of goth fashion and so we went that direction. I have never done that before and it was extremely interesting. After we got all done up and one of our guy friends joined us unexpectedly, we went out to eat at denny's at like 2 am! It was pretty funny, people were giving us strange looks the whole time...heehee. Coincedently I looked like one of Sydney Bristow's disguises off of alias! SO COOL! She is pretty much my hero! The next day one of my roommates out of the blue said i remind her of the girl married to ben affleck... Jennifer Garner! She is so cute!
For the past few days now Ive been nannying the dunkleys and it is crazy! 4 Days in a row now. It makes me pretty happy though- earning money :) Ive taken them to birthday parties and soccer games... oh the joys of kids, they sure are little monkeys! I totally cleaned the house today and it feels so much better... jessica was watching the kids so they were all out of the house... I dont know how moms do it, keep the house clean with the buggers around all the time. Its pretty fun though. Guess I better make sure no one is dying or killing... little mischief makers!
Oh, check facebook for some dress up pictures... but beware, ITS CRAZY!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
What Do I Do?
Ok, I've been out of classes for less than a week and I really don't know what to do with myself! Yesterday I slept in til 11:30, got up and sat around for a bit, got dressed and planned to catch a ride with Tenna to go get the car at printech, but the garage went nutty and wouldn't open with the code, so we waited around for about an hour for our landlord to come help us, so i took a shower and started to make lunch til he got here. He came and unlocked it and we thought it was fixed. So I got my ride to my car and didn't really know what to do with myself, so i went to Costco to browse and eat samples... which lasted about an hour, then i went back to printech and waited for Jessica to get done. Then we went to get Schorzman and go to fhe which didn't start for another half hour... we waited in the car for a while. We ate and went home. At home nothing was really going on, but Jessica was looking for some important papers in the basement so i joined her and started organizing the storage stuff. I only got so far before i needed input from the other roommates so i came upstairs and sat around. I finally gave in and went up to my bed for some crossword puzzling. Not long after Jessica came up and suggested we go running with the other girls. Running? Yuk! so it turned out it would be a nice walk. It was so windy outside we had to grab our new kites. We went to a nearby park and tried to fly them but didn't really succeed, but on our way back we found a nice windy spot and got them flying pretty good so fun! We got home around 11:40 and worked on all the knots in our strings to put the kites away. Then to bed we went.
This morning the garage was stupid again but this time we had the vault key, but Tenna and Chelsea insisted they needed help pulling the wire that unhooked the automatic system so i went out there and tugged at it once and the garage opened.... back to bed. I am now out of bed at 10:30 and i have no idea what to do. I have no plans no car and no motivation. I have a meeting for Mary Kay at 6:30, but til then...?... ugh.
This morning the garage was stupid again but this time we had the vault key, but Tenna and Chelsea insisted they needed help pulling the wire that unhooked the automatic system so i went out there and tugged at it once and the garage opened.... back to bed. I am now out of bed at 10:30 and i have no idea what to do. I have no plans no car and no motivation. I have a meeting for Mary Kay at 6:30, but til then...?... ugh.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Done!
So, yesterday was officially my last day of school and I am so happy! Every Wednesday I babysit for a friend of Jessica's and take the kids to and from schools... yesterday I had the pleasure of my pants ripping a big hole in my crotch while I was over there, in cottonwood heights (not close to home). I tried to solve the problem with the best adhesive i could find- electrical tape :( This didn't last long, so in between picking up kids at school i took a trip to target to buy some replacements. It is really amazing how much longer an activity can take when you have to keep track of kids. I only had the youngest boy, Mason, with me but he managed to make it quite difficult to find some new pants. I found a pair I thought i liked best, but didn't have time to try them on before i had to go pick up the next youngest, Riley, from school. I liked them in general once i got them on, but I didn't LOVE them the way i should for how much they were. I wasn't about to put my hole-y pants back on though, so i tucked the tags in and went on tending kids. After Nalene finally got home it was 4:40. Class started in 20 minutes and I still had to pick Jessica up from work, I decided I could skip the last class since it was just for picking projects up and Tenna could get mine for me. So I picked up Jessica and went to the bank to withdraw my rent, then went downtown to get Jessica Shorzman and head to a Mary Kay "pizza and possibilities" night. I went because i could get any one item under $15 free just for going, but while i was there they caught me. I have been to one of these meetings before and seriously considered becoming a Mary Kay consultant but never got around to it. I have decided to do so now, since i was looking for a job and I figure the timing is kind of appropriate since i started my job hunt Tuesday. I just have to pay $100 for a starter kit so i can teach facial classes and start selling, but I am most excited because they teach you how to get started and continue business, AND I get to set my own schedule and buy any products for myself at 50%! I hope it works out well.
Well, after the meeting we went to target because i wanted to exchange my new pants and find some that fit better. So with more time i went fishing through the sales racks to find the perfect pair, which i have! I was able to get these along with 2 other shirts for the same price as the pair of pants i originally bought! Shoppers High! Next we went to Applebee's to meet with some friends from school for Holly Johnson's birthday celebration. Yay! I put on my new pants and went in feeling very peppy! After this we gave some of the guys that were there a ride home then to the Avenues where someone was having a party. This someone was Monty and it was a dance! fun! we stayed for the perfect amount of time and then went home. I had so much fun! At home we got all comfy and relaxed til Tenna and Chelsea got home from shopping- they looked exhausted! We started messing around and singing and dancing in the kitchen while they put their stuff away. Fun! After a minute of that we settled down for a movie- Simon Birch. By the time we went to bed it was 3:30 ugh! I didn't wake up today til 5pm!!! I am so amazed at how much i can sleep sometimes! I guess I'm all caught up from those late nighters for school projects :) Tonight I've just been relaxing and cleaning up a little. I'm going to go join the girls watching French Kiss now.
Well, after the meeting we went to target because i wanted to exchange my new pants and find some that fit better. So with more time i went fishing through the sales racks to find the perfect pair, which i have! I was able to get these along with 2 other shirts for the same price as the pair of pants i originally bought! Shoppers High! Next we went to Applebee's to meet with some friends from school for Holly Johnson's birthday celebration. Yay! I put on my new pants and went in feeling very peppy! After this we gave some of the guys that were there a ride home then to the Avenues where someone was having a party. This someone was Monty and it was a dance! fun! we stayed for the perfect amount of time and then went home. I had so much fun! At home we got all comfy and relaxed til Tenna and Chelsea got home from shopping- they looked exhausted! We started messing around and singing and dancing in the kitchen while they put their stuff away. Fun! After a minute of that we settled down for a movie- Simon Birch. By the time we went to bed it was 3:30 ugh! I didn't wake up today til 5pm!!! I am so amazed at how much i can sleep sometimes! I guess I'm all caught up from those late nighters for school projects :) Tonight I've just been relaxing and cleaning up a little. I'm going to go join the girls watching French Kiss now.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
This morning we all presented our modular housing plans in our space planning class. I was pretty happy to see that our group's model was in my opinion, one of the top 3. It was so neat, we put so much detail: a spiral stair case with tension wire handrails, a fireplace, 2 light fixtures made with wire and beads, and all the built in furnishings covered with wood chips like veneering... very cool!
So Yay! I am done, all I have left for school is a textiles class that I have to pick up a project, and thats it! I am really looking forward to this summer. I recently moved to a new place in North Salt Lake so I could be with some friends from school. My roommates are pretty great so far. There are six of us all together. Jessica Ellison(22) and I are sharing the master bedroom together, which has the largest closet(phew!) and an attached bathroom =) In the room across the hall is Tenna Frank(22), who I've known since moving to Utah and is also in the interior design program, and Chelsea Rodgers(23, today!) who is our 42nd ward's relief society president. Next to them is Kait Smith(19) in the design program and Kaylie Orton(20). Our Youngest roommates.Tonight we are going out to dinner to celebrate Chelsea's birthday, and this weekend we are throwing a birthday bbq/House Warming party for all of our friends to come. I am really excited to get to know all my roomies better and play with them. This summer I am thinking I will take one class: rendering, all about using prismacolor markers etc... to color floor plans and perspective drawings. I need to work too, but I don't think i want to go back to printech with aunt carol... Its just so monotonous and uninteresting. It would be really fun to work in some sort of design related environment, or I guess I'd be happy with retail of some sort. It would be especially fun, though, to get a job singing! Except It just seems a little unlikely.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Conference Weekend
I am so happy! General Conference has been wonderful! After a day of working on my final project I treated myself to a little break. I spent Saturday first watching conference and then going to a Mary Kay Party for some pampering. I figured after a long winter my feet had been pretty neglected so I went with some roommates for pedicures... I don't think I've ever been so grateful for someone rubbing my feet. I got to sit in one of those massaging chairs for the whole thing too, I didn't realize how uptight and sore I was from all the foam core cutting and teeny drawing details for projects this year.
Tonight after conference I watched movies with my new roommates- Becoming Jane, and Mansfield Park. I am feeling all girly and hopeful now. I am so excited to get to know these girls better, this summer should be awesome! I only wish I could play all the time and not have to worry about the costs of living or the importance of learning and going to school. Which is so close to being done for a little while! I've got 3 days left!
Tonight after conference I watched movies with my new roommates- Becoming Jane, and Mansfield Park. I am feeling all girly and hopeful now. I am so excited to get to know these girls better, this summer should be awesome! I only wish I could play all the time and not have to worry about the costs of living or the importance of learning and going to school. Which is so close to being done for a little while! I've got 3 days left!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Getting Started
Alright, Adrienne has inspired me to write a blog, although my posts won't be nearly as exciting as hers. I am living in Salt Lake City right now and going to school at LDS business college studying interior design. I am so excited to be here, I love the things I am learning! Interior design is so fun and easy for me, the only downside is that it is VERY time consuming and expensive. I can hardly believe how all of my babysitting pay checks all go into my projects. This semester is almost over and I only have one project left but its a big one. We are making a Sustainable Modular Housing Unit 3D Model. Its really neat, but it has been the most expensive and time consuming of all my projects up to now. We have to include a color board with all the materials and rendered floor plans on top of the model that has elevations on all the walls, materials for flooring, built-in furniture units, and Ive even made a couple light fixtures. I will definately take pictures! I'm really excited for this upcoming tuesday when we will present our projects in an open house with treats :) And right now, that is what I should be doing, so I'll have to get back to this later.
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