Old Videos

These are just a preview of what's to come. Seriously i was laughing so hard in my room last night watching these videos. I haven't watched them in a year or two. Soooooo funny. As i was watching them, i realized how many videos we ended up taking. There are like 30. Amy had mentioned to me getting a Youtube account and putting them up there so everyone can watch them anytime they want, which i may do given there are so many. but then these videos are out there for the world to see....not sure how i feel about that. anyway, here is a preview.

Amy=Ninja

A video we made for Amy when she was sick.

Al huggin' trees.

Some kinda' mood

Yeah, i am in some kinda' mood today. I just wanna say that Nicholas Sparks is an evil, evil man. His books always do this to me. i am not sure why i read them. i enjoy them, don't get me wrong, but by the end i am just so sad. he can't seem to write a happy book. what is that about? i know this about him too. yet i still torture myself. this one i actually listened to on cd while driving to and from work this week. (yeah, i can finish a whole book in the time i drive to and from work, in only a week. sad, but true.) this morning i finished it. Then, since i was in this weird "love is more like torture than happiness" mood, i started listening to a couple of cds i have in my car that are sad as well. even the few happy songs made me sad. i hate when i am in this kind of mood. it makes me lose all my resolve on the hard decisions that i make, that i know are right, but still hard.

Then i came into work where i found paperwork that i had worked really hard on yesterday, back on my desk with a list of things i had done wrong, and an email in my inbox to go with it on what else i need to improve on. I am not gonna lie, tears started to well up in my eyes. Someone sitting across from me at that point asked me if i was okay. i hadn't realized anyone was around. immediately i forced back the tears, and cleared my throat before saying i was fine. Normally i wouldn't cry over silly stuff like paperwork. i mean, i will fix it, and it will be fine, but it was just too much right then. Hopefully the day gets better.

Givin' Credit

Videos to come, I promise, but for now....

As some of you may or may not know, I signed up for a personal trainer at the gym. Depending on my schedule, depends on who i work out with (more like who watches me work out and tells me what to do). The first time i worked out with a guy trainer who worked me hard and i was sweating before the end. Good. But he didn't have any time slots open in the next week that my schedule would fit in, so i signed up with a girl trainer who did have time. i have to admit, i was a little nervous about working out with her. i guess because she is a girl, i figured she would go easy on me and i wouldn't get a good workout from it. which would be nice, i have to admit, but not what i am paying for.

So today was the day. And seriously, she kicked my butt the whole time. At one point or another i really thought i was going to cry, she was pushing me so hard. like tears were welling up in my eyes. but i guess that is what i paid for, and when i told her i didn't think i could do what she was asking me to do, she would just say, "yes you can, i promise. you may not be good at it, or be able to go as fast or as far as you think you should, but i promise we will get there. and you can do it." and then i did. i have to give her credit for that. i totally judged her wrong. i definitely got my money's worth today, and i have the sore muscles (already) to prove it.

Boring

I decided the other day that my blog is soooooo boring. then i decided my blog is so boring because it is an accurate reflection of my life. That realization made me sad, and annoyed with myself. i wanted to sit around a be depressed about my boring life, but then i decided that i have done that in the past, and it has never ever made my life more interesting....so i need to spice up my life and my blog. and that is precisely what i am going to do.

I have a friend who has a "vlog." apparently that means it is a video blog. i hadn't ever heard of this term until about 3 days ago. but i like the idea. maybe not enough to actually do one, but enough to put some videos of my life on my current blog. in thinking about this i decided i could really make my blog ten times more boring by putting vidoes of my boring life on camera and suggesting others watch it, but i will take a shot. maybe i will come up with some fun ideas. after all, i live with a 16 year old who is not tainted by life's boring-ness yet. she is creative and spices up my life on a regular basis. you may just get to meet Breanna in my upcoming entries. :)

Owner

I am the proud owner of a 2008 Honda Civic. I LOVE IT!!! it is so weird to be the owner of that car. i feel like i am borrowing it or something. but it is fabulous. There are so many things that come with that car that i have never had before (in a car). Like...a cd player. An aux jack. Digital (everything) on the dash. I got a good deal for it. Reina came with me and was "the voice of reason." It was pretty much the longest day of my whole life. We started out at 9am on Friday morning. by the time we found the car, bartered for the deal, went to Chase twice to get financed, towed my old car, signed the papers, and made it back home, it was about 10:30 pm. But we got it done. and i shouldnt have to buy a car for the next 10-15 years, easy. at that point i am going to make someone else do it. cause it is pretty much the least fun thing you could do with your day!!

My hair

I have been meaning to post pictures of my hair for a long time. I colored the bottem a light brown, and cut it. Her are some pics of a few days after I got it done.

I did it a few months ago, so my hair is longer now, and i lightened the blonde a little, but it is much the same.

The Camry

I think I have driven my Camry for the last time today. It is sitting in the parking lot of my work. Not working. I had a feeling when I arrived at work today that today my might be the day it stops. It had been making a loud popping noise when I turned and pulling hard to one side for the last 2 days. But I had to go to work. When I went to leave work today the car made one last final (loud) pop and stopped working. It could be something not so expensive...or it could be my transmission, or my tire could fall off. I don't know. I don't really want to put anymore money into it. So I guess i am buying a "new" car next week. Sooner than I had planned, and my debt that was going to be paid off in 2 week (2 WEEKS!!!!) is now being pushed back. I am pretty bummed about that...but it will work out. i am sure of it!

All my plans are up in the air right now. I might be renting a car for next week, or not. I might be buying a car sometime next week or not. I might have my car towed and looked at...or not. All i know for sure right now is that I have a ride to church tomorrow, I am paying my tithing, and I am visiting teaching (which i have no treats for since i don't have a car to go buy ingredients) I have the important stuff, right? I have faith everything else will fall into place. And i am grateful that the final pop on my car didn't come when i was going 65 mph down the freeway. And that a very nice boy who doesn't live so far from me offered to take me home and push my car back into a parking spot...(i was blocking parking lot traffic for a while. that was embarrassing) And for my mom being so nice and offering me good advice, and help. Life is good. Its still good. Crazy, but good.