I LOVE YOU FRIENDS :)
Thursday, November 8, 2012
DAY 8
Today I am so grateful for amazing friends. I have the best friends in the world. From helping me train for a 10K (and running it with me) to letting me take the car just because I want to sleep in, to being there for me whenever I need to vent or cry and knowing exactly how I feel, to teaching me how to do the most random things (such as trick roping!) and being so patient when I don't get it right away, they do all kinds of things for me. I don't think any of them know how grateful I am for them, which makes me sad, but I hope that I can be the same kind of friend to them that they are to me. They are the best and I owe them so much. They make my life happy.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
5 Carols for Christmas and Jingle Jacks
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DAY 7
Today I am thankful for sweatpants. It sounds so super lame, but I really am. I am grateful that there are comfy things that I can lounge around and do homework in, that I can work my butt off at the gym in, that I can cuddle up on a cold night in bed with my hubby in, and that I can just be straight up lazy in. Sometimes you just need a good pair of sweatpants to make it through the day!
Also, I am thankful for great musical theater literature. I am becoming more and more acquainted with the millions of shows that are out there for us to enjoy and I love it when you come across true gems. I am privileged to be able to sing this music in voice lessons, perform it in classes and on the stage, and to revel in it's awesomeness via ipod. Some of my favorites at the moment are
Also, I am thankful for great musical theater literature. I am becoming more and more acquainted with the millions of shows that are out there for us to enjoy and I love it when you come across true gems. I am privileged to be able to sing this music in voice lessons, perform it in classes and on the stage, and to revel in it's awesomeness via ipod. Some of my favorites at the moment are
John and Jen
Nine
Title of Show
The Will Rogers Follies
Lucky Stiff
The Pirate Queen
Sleepy Hollow
5 Carols for Christmas
and many more :)
Speaking of 5 Carols for Christmas, I am currently rehearsing for Centerpointe Legacy Theater's production of this heartfelt Christmas show (the full title being 5 Carols for Christmas/Jingle Jacks)! It's nice to have another option for Christmas than A Christmas Carol year after year after year. So here it is! And here is your chance to come see it! It's time to start purchasing your tickets! They are already going so quickly and it would be a shame for anyone to miss out on this amazing show.
You can order tickets online by clicking HERE or you can call 801-298-1302.
I am in the Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday cast (except for on December 11th I will not be there, so if you're wanting to see me don't come that night!) along with Maurie Tarbox, Melinda Welch, Jan Smith, and Julie Blatter. I love all of these women so much! It is such a fabulous show, and I know you'll love it!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Thankful
So, I have not written in my blog for a long time! I have been super-de-duper busy, which is good, but makes for not much time to write in de bloggy. However, in response to some urging from a friend (love you Hilly!) to write in my blog more, here I am!
I am now going to jump on the bandwagon of "Things I am thankful for" every day of this Thanksgiving season.
With that being said, I have some catching up to do!!!
DAY ONE:
I am so beyond grateful that I am a theater major at Weber State University. Seriously. It is such an amazing thing and I am so grateful for it. Weber State is like Utah's best kept secret of musical theater education. It is an amazing venue for learning, performing, becoming a well rounded theater person, and making a theater family (sounds cheesy, but when you spend almost every minute of every day with these people, they become family). Though I am grateful that I am graduating next semester (HUZZAH!) I will definitely miss Weber State and the home that it has been to me for the past four years. I love theater, I love my friends, I love what I have learned and am learning, I love my professors, and I love the memories I have made.
DAY TWO:
I am really grateful for my job. I work at the Dress Barn in Layton (it's only been open a couple of months and is a beautiful store! Come in and visit me!!!) and I completely love it. Though it is a retail job, and I'm not particularly fond of retail, I still really enjoy it as a whole. I believe in the merchandise, I love the merchandise, I love helping women find things they feel beautiful in, I love our store discount (hahah!) and I absolutely ADORE the women I work with! I am so blessed to have such amazing co-workers. My manager is so understanding about my insane schedule and availability and the assistant managers are so supportive and helpful. I love them a ton! I am a lucky girl.
DAY THREE:
I am grateful for my husband's internship with David Locke and the Jazz. He is so happy and loves it so much. Even though it requires a lot of driving and a lot of late nights I can tell he is so happy and just loves every second of it. Also, it is a foot in the door as far as future jobs go! That's never a bad thing :) I am so proud of him and all of his hard work. He is an amazing person and an even more amazing husband. Thank you David Locke for giving my husband this amazing opportunity!
DAY FOUR:
I am grateful for my body and all of the wonderful things it can do. I am blessed with a body that can run, dance, sing, act, play sports, and do all of the wonderful things that I love doing. I am grateful that I can continue to better myself and work towards things. This Thanksgiving I am going to run a 10K and give thanks that way instead of stuffing my face with a bunch of food that I shouldn't eat. My dear friend Jen has been so supportive and helpful in my desire to start running more (ever since the end of July!) and she is continuing to help me so much with my running by helping me "train" for the 10K. She is also going to run it with me! She has done this race before and suggested it to me. She is such an amazing friend and has taught me soooo much about loving myself and becoming a better person inside and out. So for Day Four I am actually grateful for two things, my body and Jen :)
DAY FIVE:
I am grateful for two things for Day Five, too. First, Jim Christian and all his wisdom and amazing ability to teach not only in school but in life. I love our voice lessons together, and sometimes they are life lessons more than voice lessons (which is never a bad thing). I am grateful that I can trust him to always cast me where I am needed and where I will learn the most, even if that means I am not in the show. Which leads me to my next thing; I am so grateful for Weber's production of Lucky Stiff. I am not in the show itself, but I am on the wardrobe crew and completely love it. Being on the wardrobe crew can be a difficult job to endure because of the long hours (we're there first and leave last), and sometimes the actors are not always the nicest to you. That, however, is NOT the case with Lucky Stiff. The cast is a joy to work for and I love being around all of them. They are so gracious, easy to be around, and therefore easy to be on crew for. Also, I love the wardrobe crew. I love love love them. They make me laugh and we have so much fun together. The wig crew (who works very closely with the wardrobe crew) is also a joy to be around. I am so lucky. Though I really wanted to be in Lucky Stiff and sometimes still really long to be out on the stage with the cast, I know that each of them is perfect for the role they are in and I could not replace any of them. I also know that I am perfect in the spot I am in and wouldn't trade it for anything.
DAY SIX:
Here we are, caught up, and on this day of voting in the Presidential Election I am grateful for the obvious thing. I am so grateful for the country that I live in. Sometimes I feel like it's hard to be grateful for things as broad as this because of issues among groups of people, media, fads, problems, and the like within the country. However, there is so much good within this country as well. The bad is more focused on, which is a shame, but there is so much good to be grateful for. Because I live in America I am able to worship as I please, because I live in the America I am able to vote and have a some kind of say in what goes on in my community, state, and country, because I live in America I am able to go to college and study the things I love, because I live in America I am extremely blessed. I'm not saying that you can't do all of these things in other countries, but some of them are definitely more difficult. And there are many other things I am able to do here that I wouldn't be able to do elsewhere. I am grateful for my country. Flaws and all.
So there you have it. My first six days of this gratitude filled time of year. I have so much more to be grateful for, so it won't be super hard for me to come up with the remaining 24 days :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Keep your chin up.
I am now going to jump on the bandwagon of "Things I am thankful for" every day of this Thanksgiving season.
With that being said, I have some catching up to do!!!
DAY ONE:
I am so beyond grateful that I am a theater major at Weber State University. Seriously. It is such an amazing thing and I am so grateful for it. Weber State is like Utah's best kept secret of musical theater education. It is an amazing venue for learning, performing, becoming a well rounded theater person, and making a theater family (sounds cheesy, but when you spend almost every minute of every day with these people, they become family). Though I am grateful that I am graduating next semester (HUZZAH!) I will definitely miss Weber State and the home that it has been to me for the past four years. I love theater, I love my friends, I love what I have learned and am learning, I love my professors, and I love the memories I have made.
DAY TWO:
I am really grateful for my job. I work at the Dress Barn in Layton (it's only been open a couple of months and is a beautiful store! Come in and visit me!!!) and I completely love it. Though it is a retail job, and I'm not particularly fond of retail, I still really enjoy it as a whole. I believe in the merchandise, I love the merchandise, I love helping women find things they feel beautiful in, I love our store discount (hahah!) and I absolutely ADORE the women I work with! I am so blessed to have such amazing co-workers. My manager is so understanding about my insane schedule and availability and the assistant managers are so supportive and helpful. I love them a ton! I am a lucky girl.
DAY THREE:
I am grateful for my husband's internship with David Locke and the Jazz. He is so happy and loves it so much. Even though it requires a lot of driving and a lot of late nights I can tell he is so happy and just loves every second of it. Also, it is a foot in the door as far as future jobs go! That's never a bad thing :) I am so proud of him and all of his hard work. He is an amazing person and an even more amazing husband. Thank you David Locke for giving my husband this amazing opportunity!
DAY FOUR:
I am grateful for my body and all of the wonderful things it can do. I am blessed with a body that can run, dance, sing, act, play sports, and do all of the wonderful things that I love doing. I am grateful that I can continue to better myself and work towards things. This Thanksgiving I am going to run a 10K and give thanks that way instead of stuffing my face with a bunch of food that I shouldn't eat. My dear friend Jen has been so supportive and helpful in my desire to start running more (ever since the end of July!) and she is continuing to help me so much with my running by helping me "train" for the 10K. She is also going to run it with me! She has done this race before and suggested it to me. She is such an amazing friend and has taught me soooo much about loving myself and becoming a better person inside and out. So for Day Four I am actually grateful for two things, my body and Jen :)
DAY FIVE:
I am grateful for two things for Day Five, too. First, Jim Christian and all his wisdom and amazing ability to teach not only in school but in life. I love our voice lessons together, and sometimes they are life lessons more than voice lessons (which is never a bad thing). I am grateful that I can trust him to always cast me where I am needed and where I will learn the most, even if that means I am not in the show. Which leads me to my next thing; I am so grateful for Weber's production of Lucky Stiff. I am not in the show itself, but I am on the wardrobe crew and completely love it. Being on the wardrobe crew can be a difficult job to endure because of the long hours (we're there first and leave last), and sometimes the actors are not always the nicest to you. That, however, is NOT the case with Lucky Stiff. The cast is a joy to work for and I love being around all of them. They are so gracious, easy to be around, and therefore easy to be on crew for. Also, I love the wardrobe crew. I love love love them. They make me laugh and we have so much fun together. The wig crew (who works very closely with the wardrobe crew) is also a joy to be around. I am so lucky. Though I really wanted to be in Lucky Stiff and sometimes still really long to be out on the stage with the cast, I know that each of them is perfect for the role they are in and I could not replace any of them. I also know that I am perfect in the spot I am in and wouldn't trade it for anything.
DAY SIX:
Here we are, caught up, and on this day of voting in the Presidential Election I am grateful for the obvious thing. I am so grateful for the country that I live in. Sometimes I feel like it's hard to be grateful for things as broad as this because of issues among groups of people, media, fads, problems, and the like within the country. However, there is so much good within this country as well. The bad is more focused on, which is a shame, but there is so much good to be grateful for. Because I live in America I am able to worship as I please, because I live in the America I am able to vote and have a some kind of say in what goes on in my community, state, and country, because I live in America I am able to go to college and study the things I love, because I live in America I am extremely blessed. I'm not saying that you can't do all of these things in other countries, but some of them are definitely more difficult. And there are many other things I am able to do here that I wouldn't be able to do elsewhere. I am grateful for my country. Flaws and all.
So there you have it. My first six days of this gratitude filled time of year. I have so much more to be grateful for, so it won't be super hard for me to come up with the remaining 24 days :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Keep your chin up.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
LOVES
Here are some things that I am loving as of late.
ENJOY.
I'm totally diggin these. I mean, how about some class and some sass, right?!
These are the Disney princesses depticted as how old they would be if they were born the year their movie came out. I kind of love it.
I want to try to do rendering like this.
And renderings like this as well.
This is my life :)
I am very pleased with this decision. I believe he is perfect! Huzzah! No Robert Pattinson!
I need to go to here.
Tree houses and play kitchens are great and all, but I'm going to build my future children a Hobbit Hole :)
Anyway, I hope you found as much enjoyment as I did from these, and I hope that October is wonderful for you!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Tweet Tweet
Long time ago my sweet hubband said I should set up a Twitter account. He loves Twitter. Seriously, he is ALWAYS on it. And I have friends that love it, too. So I figured I might as well see what all the fuss is about.
I made an account, followed Jimmy Fallon and Justin Beiber, and never got back on it again.
Last night I decided I'd really give it a chance and got back on, added more people such as Ellen Degeneres, Ricky Gervais, Joseph Gordon-Levit, Neil Patrick Harris, a few other people I sincerely admire, as well as some news sites and such to keep updated on the going-ons of the world, and all of that jazz. I even put a picture on and the whole sha-bang.
I still don't know what all of the fuss is about. I mean... unless you're famous or have a large amount of followers your tweets don't really reach many people. But maybe I just don't know as much as I should about the tweeting world of Twitter.
As of right now I have 7 followers, of which I only know one- my husband :) I guess that is ok though. I mean, I don't really care.
Maybe when I'm famous I'll have more followers :)
P.S. I'm watching Sense and Sensibility and I just never get sick of it. The actors in this movie are just so great. I love all of them. Their acting is so honest. I love it so much. I wish to be like them someday.
I made an account, followed Jimmy Fallon and Justin Beiber, and never got back on it again.
Last night I decided I'd really give it a chance and got back on, added more people such as Ellen Degeneres, Ricky Gervais, Joseph Gordon-Levit, Neil Patrick Harris, a few other people I sincerely admire, as well as some news sites and such to keep updated on the going-ons of the world, and all of that jazz. I even put a picture on and the whole sha-bang.
I still don't know what all of the fuss is about. I mean... unless you're famous or have a large amount of followers your tweets don't really reach many people. But maybe I just don't know as much as I should about the tweeting world of Twitter.
As of right now I have 7 followers, of which I only know one- my husband :) I guess that is ok though. I mean, I don't really care.
Maybe when I'm famous I'll have more followers :)
P.S. I'm watching Sense and Sensibility and I just never get sick of it. The actors in this movie are just so great. I love all of them. Their acting is so honest. I love it so much. I wish to be like them someday.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Hot Diggity Dog!
Sooo...
Long time no blog. Sorry bout that. But eh, tis the way, no? MUCH has happened in the last little while. And I am pretty darn stoked about all of it. Let me fill you in a teensy.
(before I get on to the awesome good stuff that is filling my life with happiness, let me first tell you what my all time favorite thing in the world is- CONSTANTLY being sweaty. I know, you're so jealous right now. Tis the way as of late because of the intense heat, and no air conditioning in our 1932 log cabin. Yaaaayyyyyyy....)
Ok, now really the good stuff:
I am eating healthy (and Brandon is most of the time) and LOVING it. Really. It is so great. I am discovering that you don't have to eat rabbit food the same way rabbits do. I have found/made up/borrowed a lot of really wonderful recipes that are so delicious, but they are completely and totally good for you! Also, I am learning to love the simpleness of raw fruits and veggies. I have always loved them, but it was more like I loved them if I didn't have to eat them all the time. I love them now, even when I am eating them all the time. It's kinda great.
Learning to make everything you could ever need yourself is really great. I mean, obviously you're going to have to buy flour, eggs, milk, and stuff like that, but knowing that your whole wheat bread really is whole wheat and everything that is in it and that your peanut butter is made only from peanuts and has no preservatives is somewhat freeing. As weird as that sounds.
I have decided that I want to do a triathlon. But since I am not all that much of a runner to begin with I decided I should start small and work my way up. So, I am running a 5k on September 8th, and am completely stoked. I have started "training" for it and though I kind of hate it at times, I am glad I am doing it. After my 5k I am going to do a 10k, and then whatever else I feel like I need to do before I do my triathlon. I am super stoked. It feels good to have something that scares you to work toward.
My kitchen is green, my bedroom is orange, and soon my office with be blue! I love it soooo much! I feel like I am finally making progress on our house and the projects that I have started. I just have to keep going. It all has to be done before school starts on August 27th! (I think that is when school starts...) Pictures will be coming when I get the whole house finished.
Speaking of school, I just discovered last night that I can graduate this spring!!! Which is so great because I thought that I was going to have to stick it out until spring of 2014!!!! HUZZAH! I can't tell you how good it feels to know that they end is so near. I could weep. :)
Two years ago today, in Nauvoo, Illinois, the man of my dreams asked me to share eternity with him. I am sure glad I said yes!!!!! I LOVE MY HUBBAND!!!!!!!!!
Last, but definitely not least, today is my beautiful mother's birthday. I love you mom!!!! I hope this year is just as great, if not better, than the last :)
Long time no blog. Sorry bout that. But eh, tis the way, no? MUCH has happened in the last little while. And I am pretty darn stoked about all of it. Let me fill you in a teensy.
(before I get on to the awesome good stuff that is filling my life with happiness, let me first tell you what my all time favorite thing in the world is- CONSTANTLY being sweaty. I know, you're so jealous right now. Tis the way as of late because of the intense heat, and no air conditioning in our 1932 log cabin. Yaaaayyyyyyy....)
Ok, now really the good stuff:
I am eating healthy (and Brandon is most of the time) and LOVING it. Really. It is so great. I am discovering that you don't have to eat rabbit food the same way rabbits do. I have found/made up/borrowed a lot of really wonderful recipes that are so delicious, but they are completely and totally good for you! Also, I am learning to love the simpleness of raw fruits and veggies. I have always loved them, but it was more like I loved them if I didn't have to eat them all the time. I love them now, even when I am eating them all the time. It's kinda great.
Learning to make everything you could ever need yourself is really great. I mean, obviously you're going to have to buy flour, eggs, milk, and stuff like that, but knowing that your whole wheat bread really is whole wheat and everything that is in it and that your peanut butter is made only from peanuts and has no preservatives is somewhat freeing. As weird as that sounds.
I have decided that I want to do a triathlon. But since I am not all that much of a runner to begin with I decided I should start small and work my way up. So, I am running a 5k on September 8th, and am completely stoked. I have started "training" for it and though I kind of hate it at times, I am glad I am doing it. After my 5k I am going to do a 10k, and then whatever else I feel like I need to do before I do my triathlon. I am super stoked. It feels good to have something that scares you to work toward.
My kitchen is green, my bedroom is orange, and soon my office with be blue! I love it soooo much! I feel like I am finally making progress on our house and the projects that I have started. I just have to keep going. It all has to be done before school starts on August 27th! (I think that is when school starts...) Pictures will be coming when I get the whole house finished.
Speaking of school, I just discovered last night that I can graduate this spring!!! Which is so great because I thought that I was going to have to stick it out until spring of 2014!!!! HUZZAH! I can't tell you how good it feels to know that they end is so near. I could weep. :)
Two years ago today, in Nauvoo, Illinois, the man of my dreams asked me to share eternity with him. I am sure glad I said yes!!!!! I LOVE MY HUBBAND!!!!!!!!!
Last, but definitely not least, today is my beautiful mother's birthday. I love you mom!!!! I hope this year is just as great, if not better, than the last :)
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