In Loving Memory. . .

Trends come and trends go faster than girls change their minds. We've seen it with scrunchies, talking back packs, and poop-roll bangs; more recently with skinny jeans, ipods, and 3D movies. But, what I'm talking about today are the ever popular 'Silly Bands'. Kids everywhere are wearing them. Even teenagers and adults have been spotted with one or two. They've become so extremely popular, that schools are banning their students from wearing them because of the distraction they create. Who is the genius who came up with this gold mine???

I will, indeed, admit to have owned one. I won't go so far as to say it was a prized possession, but it did hold a fair amount of sentimental value to me. Apart from the fact that my awesomely, amazing roommate give it to me, it was in the shape of the Princess Tiana from the Princess and the Frog. Yes, I am still obsessed with that movie. This weird, yellow piece of plastic had held its place on my wrist since I obtained it. In fact, while doing my parade duties as MSC 2nd Attendance, I had to hide it elsewhere on my person, (because it wasn't princess-like). When changing back into my real clothes, I thought I had lost it for good and I will admit (again) to having a bit of a freak-out.

My point in all this is simply that I loved my silly band. I loved it when little girls came into work and got excited, demanding to know what my silly band was. I love asking other people what kinds of silly bands they have, and finding out the stories behind them. Really, if I step back and look at the whole thing, I realized that silly bands are ridiculous and a waste of money. . . . but they're so cool!

On August 28, 2010, my silly band died a tragic and heroic death. I will never forget the love and friendship that band meant . . .

Summer Adventures

I know, I know. I have been an incredible slacker in terms of blog posting. The truth is, my life is just not that interesting. But, for the sake of those of you who live vicariously through me, (just kidding) I will try to be more faithful towards my blog.

Since I don't really have to patience to type out all of my amazingly fantastic summer adventures, I'll just give a rundown of my exploits. If I miss anything . . . well, my bad.

1. Competed my solo Forever and Always twice, and received 'High Gold' at Nationals as well as 2 first place awards.

2. Went to Lagoon. Twice. Don't really want to get into that again.

3. Got 2 jobs at the PC outlets which took up the majority of my summer, unfortunately.

4. Went to Texas to meet my smiley E and the rest of that fam.

5. Got FRIED at the beach in Galveston. I think my back peeled about 3 times.

6. Got my luggage stolen, (which held a significant amount of my sentimental belongings) in Texas. In broad daylight. Not a vacay high, that's for sure.

7. Waved my arm off in a bajillion county parades for my last few duties to the 2009 Miss Summit County Royalty.

8. Gave my autograph on old t-shirts to a bajillion lucky people from all over the world.

9. Went to the Shakespearean Festival to see Pride and Prej. and Much Ado About Nothing.

10. Saw too many 3D movies. What's all the hype?

11. Played Mario with Jillio. We kicked trash.

12. Competed in Miss Summit County for the 2nd time. Didn't have as much luck. At least I got away with an awesomely gaudy picture frame for being 'Most Photogenic' which is ridiculous.

13. My best friend/sister Jamie got married in the Salt Lake Temple. I was the MOH.

14. Met (again) Elder Perry at said temple and didn't realize it.

15. Took a road trip up to North Dakota to visit Hay Bay and her husband.

16. Went to Minnesota for the first time for like, 10 minutes because Hay got us lost from trying to show us a giant Viking ship.

17. Made THE MOST legit shirt ever. Thank you, Hay, for that.

18. Saw Mount Rushmore for the first time and got some awesome earrings from the gift shop.

Yep. That was my awesome summer. Are you jealous? You should be.

Now I need to go pack . . .