new apartment party

I moved to Arlington two months ago and had a "New Apartment Party." It was super fun. A lot of people showed up. More than i thought. Probably about 18 people were there from my ward and other places. We had food and played games and laughed and talked. Good times.

Alex and meLori and MeAlex and my 'dead faces'Four boys in my bed??? Awesome. Dewey in the back. David in the middle. Joseph in the other back, and Chinmay (pronounced like Chin-May :)) on the right. And me!

i heart my mac

who would have thought i would ever love a mac? i didn't! i remember not so long ago trying to fumble around on some random mac computer at the Boling's house...and being so frustrated that there was no right click on the mouse. what?!?! that is how you LIVE on a pc. and it seems that everything is backwards on a mac. but..............................i bought a macbook on Friday. yes, sir i did. and it seems that a lot of things are easier on it. it has fancy options/functions...and i just love it. it is perfectly white and...perfect! so my next mission is to get internet and theeeeeeeeeeen i can skype/ichat! holla'!! soooooooooooo for all my technologically advanced friends out there who video chat on the Internet and update your blogs regularly...i am about to join your world. and i am stoked!!

365

One year ago today I rolled into Crowley Texas, moved boxes into a bedroom of a family's house i barely knew, and spent much of the day crying. I cant believe i have lived in Texas for a year now. it has been crazy. Crazy good, and crazy bad. I complied a list of the things that i have done in the last 365 days (in no particular order). enjoy...
1. survived my Camry breaking down
2. cried my way through a car wreck
3. bought a new car (i looooooove my civic!!)
4. Went skiing
5. Fell in love
6. moved into my own apartment
7. took out my endowments
8. paid off my credit cards
9. got two traffic tickets
10. got promoted 3 times
11. made new friends
12. gave a talk in church
13. traveled to Indiana twice
14. Visited Amy in Nebraska
15. Went to the Winter Quarters Temple
16. Traveled to San Antonio
17. Went on a date
18. was confined to crutches for a couple of days
19. have held 2 callings
20. got a personal trainer
21. Sprang my ankle, and messed up my knee
22. threw 2 parties (new apartment party, and birthday party)
23. had a surprise party thrown for me
24. "fell" out of love (or more like worked my butt off to not be in love anymore, *sigh*)
25. Traveled to New Mexico
26. went out w/ my coworkers
27. have saved 59 families from foreclosures on their homes
28. am no longer friends with 2 people i considered my best friends a year ago :(
29. have been to the/a temple approximately 24 times (more than the combined previous 7 1/2 years i have been a memeber)
30. Driven approximately 29,000 miles just commutting for work (just to give you some perspective on that. That would be like driving almost 5 roundtrips from Seattle, WA to Miami, FL. Yeah, ROUNDTRIPS!)

I am super happy here in Texas. More so than i thought i would be...or probably ever have been in my life. I have probably spent more time crying in the last year than average, but yet here i am, a happy little blonde girl, sweating through a Texas summer! Amazing!

a disclaimer

Sorry for never blogging anymore. i moved, dont have internet, and dont know where the library is. i should look into that...

:)

New Apt

So i moved last weekend. Fourth of July weekend. I seem to pick the worst weekends to move. It always happens. And i've moved quite a few times. I plan on taking a video of the apt, but currently the living room (in particular) is destroyed. Boxes everywhere. Shelves aren't put together. etc. You get the picture. But someday you will have a view it. I pretty much loooove this apartment. The living room is set up a little weird w/ the fire place in the place that it is, but i can make it work. I panited in my room. I think the guy gave me the wrong color of paint. Not necessarily a bad color, but the paint sample doesnt really look like the final color. it is a medium plum color. a nice purple. The color scheme for my room is purple, gray, and black. very low key on the black though. i am making a duvet cover for my new (alternative) down comfortable. it's just gonna be white. they are so expensive to buy. like, at least $100. so i am making one, for an affordable $25. i am also making two pillows to incorporate the gray and black. i bought a purple pillow as well. The only furniture i have right now is a bed that i am borrowing, so everything else goes on the floor, including me, when i eat. i have to say that there is something quaint, fun, and exciting about being surrounded by boxes and eating on the floor. why is that? does anyone else ever feel that way? i will probably get tired of it after a while, and be excited when i can save up for furniture, but nevertheless, i am having fun right now. I have a washer and dryer in my apartment. with their own little room. i have a nice big counter space in my bathroom. I have a pantry to put my food in. I have a small little porch, and a storage closet. Oooooooh, and the best news of all...i have a rather large walk in closet. yeah, i love it. all these things make me happy!!

pictures/videos to follow...

Mobile Uploads

Finally! Finally i figured out how to take the pictures off my phone and put them on the computer. Ya know, it only took me like 8 months to figure out. :) so here are some of the pics i have been taking over the last eight months!

Texas Sky! Wow. I mean, WOW!!! That is a real pic. no photoshop. straight off my phone! Love it!
Me with short curly hair. i love this pic.

This was coming home from New Mexico. This sign was posted a few different times at the rest stop we stopped at. Ummm...scary! i dont want to have to keep my eyes peeled for snakes while i'm peeing! It totally creeped me out.

This is a panoramic view of my current room. it is messy. as you can see.

The Dallas Temple at night. I spend a lot of time at the Dallas Temple. I love it!

Dallas Temple during the daytime. "Look at that sky. Talk about blue." Who knows where that quote comes from?? ;)

More temple. Yeah, I might be obsessed. I dont know.

Me in my car. Most likely stuck in traffic. It happens often. Its ridiculous. But i love this pic.

Myself and Lori. I love love this pic. We look so silly.

Oklahoma sky! It was magical. On my way to Nebraska!

Winter Quarters Temple! Omaha, NE

Dallas Temple at night. I told you i was obsessed!

Lori climbing down from an "ant hill" or something. Ant hill is not right. it is something little insects make. i cant remember what they are called. but we were at the zoo. and she had just been sitting on it!

When i was in IN in december, Trevor and i went to get some Apple Cider. or AC as we call it. This was outside the store. Apparently the AC is the boy in this pic. lol.

And there you have it. Some of my life in Texas.

Surprise!!!

Me and Ashley!

Charley and MeMe and David

Me and Joseph

My wonderful friends threw me a surprise party a couple days before my birthday. It was a few weeks ago, but i have been a slacker and haven't posted the pics yet. Sorry. It was super fun. there was cake and icecream, ballons, foozball, basketball game (Celtic and Magic), and pictures. Meet my friends in Fort Worth!

Me and Dewey

Jeanessa, Me, and Lindsey

Me, Alex, Jeanessa

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So funny. Lori and I.