Halloween wreckers!

I was just sitting here at work thinking about Halloween, and then I started thinking about how lately people have been making these super awesome pumpkin carvings instead of the regular old smiley face. Dear awesome artist- I don't need to see your haunted castle with a warewolf howling at the moon next to my jack o'lantern. That's completely ridiculous. Take your impressive artwork elsewhere, and stop making the rest of us look bad. Happy Halloween.



And because I have no Halloween picures, here is an engagement preview for you....

Things and stuff

Hi. Ok anyway, so me and Jeff are going crazy with wedding planning. What I want to know is why everyone acts all cool about getting married. Every time it happens I'm like, "Hey, isn't this weird? Do you feel crazy, or stressed, or nervous?" And everyone's like, "No, not at all. We're just excited. Everything is fine. We're awesome." Well now I know you're all LYING!!!!! Planning a wedding is a nightmare. I almost yelled at the invitation guy the other day, because I thought that all of his invitations were ugly. And they were ugly. Why doesn't anybody make cute invitations? Anyway don't even act like any of you are better at getting married than I am, because I know that I'm good. There's just so much stuff to do all the time! Me and Jeff are e-mailing each other all day long at work trying to get things planned and taken care of, and I get so nervous and excited that I pretend I'm not really getting married at all, so I don't throw up. Jeff can't even talk to me about our honeymoon or I really will throw up. Have you heard that song, "You Run Away" by the barenaked ladies? They're so creepy! Ok so anyway, we did get one thing all taken care of. We got a house! We got a super good deal on a townhome in American Fork that's super cheap because it was repossessed. In my head that means that it's haunted, so I'm refusing to stay there. I am going to have to stay eventually, though, because my good friend Tiffany is taking the room where I am now in like a week. We've been moving stuff in here and there over the weekend, so hopefully by the end of this week we'll have everything in, and I can officially live there. We don't have much furniture yet, but we did buy a sweet couch on Saturday. It's huge! Jeff can actually lay all the way down, and not even hang his feet off the end. Nevermind that it's hideous. We'll just avoid looking at it. We also got a tv stand for the new tv Jeff got. I personally think that anything you can't buy at walmart for under $20 is too expensive, but Jeff really wanted a nice one, so we got big flat screen with HD and LSD or something. Jeff says that means it looks good. We decided that we don't want any cable, so we're just going to get lots of movies, and live on that. We love kid movies, so that's mostly what we have. It's really nice not to have to worry about nudity, and swearing, and violence, and stuff. I'm getting too sensitive in my old age, so I'd rather just watch happy kid movies. Anyway, we feel really lucky to have found the house, and we're way excited to live there. As soon as I have a priest come in and cast out all the bad spirits from the repo. Our favorite part is the big garden tub in the master bathroom. Friday night we sat in it (in our clothes you pervs) for like a half an hour. As for the rest of our wedding plans, we have alot to do before June, but we're getting lots of help from Steff, and Courtney, and Amy, and I appreciate it more than you guys know! They're all so creative, and have awesome ideas!


Besides that, the most exciting thing going on right now is that Sarah (my sister) is getting married in less than a month! Her and Ryan will be married in the St. George temple on May 14th, and I can't wait!

I'll post some pics when I get time.

Shut up. Please. Thank you.

Jeff took me to a play last night. I told him I hate play's, but he insisted on taking me on a "date". I told him I hate dates too, but he doesn't care. Anyway, I don't know what the plot was, or who fell in love with who, or how it ended. All I remember is that there was a lady behind me repeating every line to someone next to her and laughing. If Jeffrey hadn't been with me I would have followed that lady home and egged her house. Dear play lady- We're all in the same room. We heard what they said, and in case you didn't know, you are not in the play. Dear Jeffrey- If you ever take me to a play again I will egg YOUR house.

Dear my old roommates...

I had a dream about you guys last night. Perhaps I am fortelling your future. Good thing I have spellcheck so as to allow me to say the word fortelling. Anyway, I dreamt that I moved back into your house, but we all shared one big room, and Luke lived with us. Oh, and I slept in Rosemary's bed, because she was out on dates every night. For all her dates she spent hours getting her hair to look like this (see picture below).

I quit facebook today.

Because I finally realized that I am addicted, for real, and on top of that they have sick ads everywhere, and I am just not in support. But that's beside the point. I need to talk, and since Steffany is not texting me back I need some attention from you. Recently me and Jeff have started thinking about moving to Arizona. He needs a new job, and I need to be warm and have a nice tan. It had crossed my mind before, but I really didn't even consider it at all until Saturday when the girl who did my hair (I got my hair dyed, so I'm not blonde anymore. Sad, I know, but it's for the best) told me that she's from Gilbert Arizona. At first I thought oh that's nice, I bet you think you're awesome because you get a great tan any time you want, but then she started telling me how it's such a nice place to raise a family, and that there are lots of LDS people there, but still alot of diversity. That got me thinking. I have been wanting to move somewhere warm for a long time, and Jeff has family in California, so that has been a big possibility. California doesn't feel good to me when I think about it though. It seems trashy there, and kinda scary, and it's pretty far away from Utah. I kept imagining living in a big mansion, and having a bunch of gangsters break into my house and steal my family jewels. And in my imagination I was Sandra Bullock. Anyway, now that Arizona has been brought up I feel so happy and excited, and Jeff loves the idea. It has the nice warm weather that California has, and it has a nice LDS environment too. It's everything I didn't even know I wanted. Plus it's closer to Utah, so we wouldn't be too far away from family. And to top it off I found out that Sarah and Natalie (my sister and niece) and Ryan (my soon to be brother in-law) are planning to move there so that Ryan can do his physical therapy training in Phoenix. It would be so nice to have them there with us, so we wont be totally on our own in a new place. And when babies come along, for either one of us, we will have some help around. So Jeffrey has been applying for jobs, and we've been praying that he'll get one. Send some good energy our way, and I'll keep you updated on the AZ progress.
I could be living here!

Words of wisdom from a nonexpert on things that don't matter

#1. When trying on a swimsuit squint your eyes and turn to the side a little. It looks better that way.
#2. Do not go places after working out thinking that you look good. You only feel good. It is an illusion.
#3. When you are 22 it is no longer cool to blast music in your car.
#4. Do not watch an intense movie when you're already upset. You'll bite all your nails off, and have hideous hands for a week.
#5. Talk to your grandma about your problems. She knows things.
#6. On the other hand. Don't let your coworkers talk to you about their problems. They will never stop.
#7. Listen to dirty rap songs while running, and pretend that you're in the music video. It distracts you from the fact that you're actually panting, and not at all attractive, and gives you more energy to keep going.
#8. Buy yourself a treat after a long shopping trip. You deserve it. And deep down inside you know that swimming suit didn't look good on you anyway.

Joy to the World

Lately I've been exploring things that make me happy, and here's what I've come up with:

1. Vertual shopping. I go onto all my favorite expensive store's webistes and pick out what I want, add it to my cart, and then I leave. It's like trying on clothes at the store, except I don't even have to mess up my hair or explain to them that I can't actually buy the clothes. I just want to pick them out, try them on, carry them around for a while, and then leave feeling like I have new clothes. Nevermind the fact that I don't actually.

2. Green tea late's and frappuccino's from Starbucks. I feel like everyone in Starbucks loves me, and I love them for not glaring at me when I come in with sweats on every day, and my hair all over the place.

3. Not doing my hair. Brush and go. It looks ugly, but what do I care? I just wont look at myself.

4. Going to movies by myself. I can see whatever I want, whenever I want, and I don't have to be bothered with questions about what just happened, or see you glance awkwardly at me out of the corner of your eye when I cry. Maybe if I'm lucky I"ll even buy myself a chocolate dipped ice cream cone after.

5. Painting. It keeps my hands and my mind busy. Never you mind that I have no painting skills. It serves its purpose anyway.