For lack of something else to blog about, I've decided to steal this post from a friend. I enjoy her way of writing, sarcasm and humor and I thought this post summed up how I feel about the particular topic pretty well. So here it is if you are curious and would like to read.
I promise that some time soon I'll get back to blogging my own thoughts and ideas rather than stealing.
Oh and on a most random side note, (because this is my blog and I can be all sorts of random and as unorganized as I like) I realized that I know very little about my siblings today, one in particular. Any of you had one of those "huh, I never knew that" moments before?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
I Stole This
I recently found a fellow blogger's post highlighting various things that have happened to her in the last decade -since it is now 2010 and all. If you read my last post, you'll know that being a better blogger is something I am striving for. And because this decade post inspired me to write my own, I'm stealing the idea. It may not be very interesting but here goes.
2000 - I was starting my 8th grade year at St. John's. This was a major awkward year as far as looks go. I chose to re-take my school picture, only to have the original one show up in the yearbook. I had braces put on. I was very frustrated not to be able to start wearing make-up (against school rules). Every girl in my class had a certain pair of white and pink vans, I was made fun of for having a different style of vans; which I thought was funny since my intention was to be different anyway. I loved school lunch.
2001 - I switched schools. It was overwhelming at first. I aced my science class, made some cool things in wood shop, and tested out of gym to save myself the embarrassment of, well, being in gym. I was the only one who could do a standing tuck at sophomore cheer tryouts. I had to stop eating avocado. I met Matthew.
2002 - I dyed my hair blue for the first time. I started high school cheer - it took some adapting. I cheered on 3 squads. Matt and I started dating. I took AP history - bad idea. I had my first art class with Mr. Allen, awesome. I shared a locker with Whitney and we decorated the inside with colorful homemade magnets of anime characters and 80's cartoons. I rode the bus. My love for English grew. I got my braces off. First kiss. I learned how to do fulls.
2003 - I became a varsity cheerleader. I sprained my ankle. I didn't have my license, most others did by now. Matthew drove me home from school every day. I wore glasses. One of my most embarrassing life moments happened. I fell on my head while doing back handsprings during half time at a basketball game. I discovered the wonders of Tylenol Flu.
Homecoming game junior year
2005 - I got in my first and only accident. I graduated from high school. I started college automatically assuming I could do as little effort as I did in high school and still pull off good grades. I scraped by with a 3.0 my first semester and realized how wrong that idea was. I discovered the pros and cons of Trax. I got my first job. I declared my major. I finished my freshman year of college on the dean's list - and every semester after. I attended my first concert.
Alta graduation
2006 - I took Asian Civ. One of my favorite classes and professors ever. I quit my job. I went to nail school. I switched my degree from a BS to a BA. I got my first ticket.2007 - I started taking Spanish. No, I cannot converse in the language. I lived with the Rudy's in a downtown condo for the summer and I loved it very much. I pretty much lived off of salami, cheese and triscuits. I accidentally left my keys in Matt's car one night and he had to drive downtown just to give them to me so I could drive back to my parent's house in Sandy. Somebody rear-ended Matt on the freeway off ramp. I was flown on a surprise trip to Pier 39. Matt proposed. I took photography. I started planning a wedding. I met 311.
Em and I backstage at 311
I'm engaged!
2008 - The best and worst moments of my life occurred in the same couple weeks. Matt and I tied the knot. We had to say goodbye to someone who meant a lot to us. Went to Mexico. We bought Havarti. Squirt was put to sleep. I started doing nails at a salon rather than from home. I watched the Summer Olympics every day. Matt's car was totalled in an accident. We bought a Subaru. We celebrated our first Christmas.
Erik and Matt at our wedding
Mexico
Make a wish
Vegas
Friday, January 1, 2010
December's Events in a Nut Shell
Well it's been a few weeks since I blogged last. Sorry about that. A few events have happened since. Of course Christmas being the main one, we'll start with that. Strangely enough, although I was listening to Christmas music pretty early and I was so excited for the holidays, I didn't finish my shopping until the 23rd. I'm the queen of procrastination. - That was just a small side note in case you cared and thought you yourself waited until the last minute to get gifts done.
This year we went to visit the Kaefer's on Christmas Eve and the Toy's on Christmas. It was nice to visit one house per day rather than both on Christmas. That way we got to spread out the festivities a bit. Not to mention we were able to have tasty dinner cooked for us both nights.
On Christmas morning Matt and I slept in a bit and then opened the presents we had gotten for each other. Matt surprised me with a couple of my Christmas gifts, one of them being a new pair of boots - which I have worn almost every day since. He mentioned to me earlier in the month that I had too many shoes already and so I just assumed he wouldn't be buying those. But I was so happy to get them and the other things he picked out for me.
So Christmas came and went, both Matt and I worked all day on the 26th and then on Sunday the birthday festivities started. I woke up to find that Matt had cleaned the kitchen and added a new addition. He bought me a kitchen cart, which was a total surprise and I was pretty excited for. (If you've seen my lack of counter space you'd understand.) On top of the kitchen cart, were a few more presents but I had to wait for those. We then headed to breakfast with my family where we had some good laughs and I had to be embarrassed by the waitresses singing to me. Then we headed home to open my other presents and see what to do for the day.
This is where I found out exactly what the kitchen cart was intended for. Matt bought me a Keurig coffee machine and it is amazing! Sorry for all you non-coffee drinkers, I guess you just don't understand... But, you don't have to just use it for coffee, it will do hot chocolate or herb tea as well, depending on what you buy for it. It makes a cup in 60 seconds! But that isn't the only reason that it is so super awesome compared to other coffee machines. There is no mess in clean-up. No icky filters to deal with. It's simply these little cups of ground coffee that you put in the machine and then discard when it has made the coffee. I L.O.V.E IT! After drinking some hot chocolate from our trial run, we headed out to exchange some items from Christmas and check out the sales going on. We ended the night with dinner at Tepanyaki which is very tasty. I highly recommend it for those of you who haven't been. Just be warned, it is pricey.
And to bring the events and 2009 to an end, we went to a hockey game on new years eve. It was a pretty intense game which went all the way to overtime and a shoot out. Now since it is 2:15 am on Friday, January 1st 2010, I figure I am already on track for my new years resolution - to update my blog more often.
And of course, this lengthy post could not be complete without pictures!
Getting something exciting
Super cool boots
I really needed one of these. I'm always spilling!
New can opener that doesn't leave a sharp edge
Breakfast
The new kitchen cart and coffee maker!
Oh, and now I can actually turn my spice rack.
The area I had it before was so tight I didn't have room to spin it around.
Happy New Year
from the Grizzlies game!
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