Not Thankful for the week before Thanksgiving

This week is CRAZY! I can't seem to keep my head in my books. I am SO antsy to just get home for Thanksgiving. I've got a Book of Mormon test that closes tomorrow; I'm debating on just taking it now and getting it over with. But the thing is that my teacher never gave us a study guide, he's letting us use our BoMs but other than that he didn't even tell us what's on the test! Then I've got a French test tomorrow as well, and I'm so beyond lost in that class right now. I blame the inappropriate Canadian next to me and the girl with really cute shoes everyday (their names are withheld for their own safety...). Not to forget, the three papers that are due tomorrow for my film class, the movie I have to watch and the two quizes I have to take on it. Then there's the online Book of Mormon blog I have to do. Now I'm not complaining about the fact that I have to do these homework assignments because they really are quite simple. It's just the fact that I have to do all of them before I leave for thanksgiving!!

I haven't even told you about the French presentation I have to write DURING the holiday weekend...

I'm thinking I should just get the Swine Flu again and tell all my professors that I'm in quarantine... again...

Getting Back in the Game

This blog has been seriously unused. I thought that the only people who ever looked at it was my sister and the occasional visit from my friend back home. But after my first college roommate scolded me for no updates, then I felt seriously guilty. So I'm going to try again. With a new make-over; because you always start anew with a fresh face, I'm going to attempt this again. But who knows, maybe blogging is just not my thing...

House Renovations!

Jeff is currently putting up the closet doors. So when he's finished with that and the mantel downstairs, then I'll post the remaining photos...

Thanksgiving means thankful for guns...

For Thanksgiving, most of my family came down to Wendell Idaho where my sister-in-law's family live. I didn't know this until coming to school in Idaho, but on thanksgiving, the typical thing to do is to shoot shot guns. I had never even TOUCHED a gun before so I was terrified out of my mind to shoot one, but it was freaking AWESOME!! I even hit 5 clay pigeons!

Me with my childhood family's Mayflower set

That's right, men WATCH OUT!

Christmas Wish List

I don't really want much for Christmas. So here's just a little list that I'll add on to if anything catches my fancy...

-Black dress from target (Merona Neck Pleat dress- black)

-Perfume- Miss Dior Cherie

- Jane Austen Collection (it's one big book/ green with gold scroll on it... it looks old fashion)

Music Makes the World Go Round (and Christmas come faster!)

I love the iPod. it truely was one of the most genius inventions in this century. Here's a list of my favorite artists on my iPod at the moment...

-Mates of State

-Vampire Weekend

-The Weepies

-Billy Joel (He totally started the fire ;D)

-Sting

-The Police

-David Bowie (he makes dance magic)

-The Beattles

-ABBA

-Arcade Fire

-Louis Armstrong

-Edith Paif

- Postal Service/ Death Cab for Cutie

- Snow Patrol

-Billie Holiday

-Bette Midler

- The Fray

-Third Eye Blind

-Josh Groban (CHRISTMAS!!!)

-Bing Crosby

I can go on and on. I'm am really getting into my christmas music at the moment. Here are some of my most favorite Christmas songs...

-Go Tell it on the Mountains (the Nylons)

-The First Noel (Nat King Cole)

-Santa Baby (Eartha Kit)

-I Saw Three Ships (Nat King Cole)

-It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Josh Groban)

-Santa Clause is Coming to Town (Fred Astaire)

-I'll be Your Santa Baby (Rufus Thomas)

-The Christmas Song (Natalie Cole)

-White Christmas (The Drifters)

-Santa Baby (Eartha Kit)

-Run Run Rudolf (Chuck Berry)

-5 Pound Box of Money (Pearl Bailey)

-Winter Wonderland (Aretha Franklin)

-Santa Clause, Santa Clause (Louis Jordan)

-We Want to See Santa Do the Mambo (Big John Greer)

-Baby its Cold Outside (Ann Margret and Al Hirt)

-Merry, Merry Christmas (Koko Taylor)

-I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Billie Holiday)

-I Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Dinah Washington) --- Sounds JUST like Mrs. Pickering!!!

-I'll be Home for Christmas (Fats Domino)

-I'll be Home for Christmas (Josh Groban)

-Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland)

-Christmas Story (Doris Day)

-Joy to the World (Aretha Franklin)

- Happy Holidays (Bing Crosby)

-Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)

-Happy Holiday (Johnny Mathis/ Cece Winans)

-It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Johnny Mathis)

-Angels We Have Heard on High (Josh Groban)

And a good thanksgiving song... "Thankful" by Josh Groban

College 'Lympics

After a Stake Dance, I came home and needed to stretch, so I did some 'Lympics on my bed.

This is Maura's 'Lympics


I felt very stretched!

H8te from Proposition 8

Proposition 8 has been a very big deal here at BYU-I. There are tons of rallies and service projects trying to pass prop 8. If you don't know what it is, its a law they're trying to pass in California to legalize gay marriage by clarifying the meaning of marriage between a man and a woman. The LDS church has put a TON on money and effort into helping this law and because of this, the church has received a huge amount of persecution, even on TV. This is one of the horrible ads that was aired...

Home Invasion- Mormon Missionaries

Holder Wedding

Today was Mitch and Jessie Holder's wedding. For a favor, I did the flowers for Mitch's mother Debbie. I'm so proud of myself! My mother taught me well...

The mother of the Groom, Debbie Holder. She's my favorite!

The table setting arrangement. I didn't actually make THIS one, there was a girl who helped and this is the one she made. It was the closets so I took a picture of it, but mine were better!

The centerpiece of the bridal table. I didn't actually make this one. It was bought from a florist who did a HORRIBLE job. So I gutted it and put in ALL of the yellow roses, so I did most of it!

The bridesmaids Bouquet

The Brides Bouquet!

Halloween!

Mrs. Incredible, the mermaid, the cowboy, the American Girl-doll, and the show girl

I drew mermaid-y stuff on my face

my delicious ghost cookie

Mermaid vs. Madonna

Anna, Maura, Me, and Chelsea in our Halloween-decorated window

This Halloween was so much fun! I went as a mermaid. I hung out with Sarah and Jess while they got dressed up as Madonna(s). Then I made Halloween cookies with some friends before we headed out to the Halloween Dance on campus. It was pretty sweet. It was me (the mermaid), Mary (Mrs. Incredible), Jojo (Molly the American Girl-Doll), Katie (the cow girl), and their roommate that show girl. It was pretty sweet. The dance was pretty lame (not many people danced) but it was still fun to go out and get dressed. And thankfully the only scary thing that happened that night was when a guy dressed in a gorilla costume jumped out at us from a bush!