Another Playlist

Since my mixpod does not seem to be working anymore, I thought I'd create a list of my all-time favorite songs. You can look them up on your own time.

Keep in mind, these are in no particular order.

The Get-Up-And-Dance playlist:
1. Footloose. Kenny Loggins style. You do not need to deviate from the original version people.
2. This Will Be by Natalie Cole. A classic.
3. Hot N Cold by Katy Perry. Will always remind me of Troy doing Just Dance. HI larious.
4. Jump Down the Line (Shake Senora) by Harry Belafonte. Beetlejuice. 'Nuff Said.
5. Club Can't Handle Me by Flo Rida. Great for those aerobic workouts. Trust me.
6. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine. Though it reminds me of a recent breakup, I still like it.
7. Take Over Control by Afrojack feat. Eva Simmons. Do the extended radio version. Just discovered it and I LOVE IT!
8. Fake ID by Big and Rich. Makes you wanna put on your boots and go country dancing :)
9. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Now you can do the classic with this one, but I do like the Miley Cyrus version, too. I know. I have no shame.
10. Ain't Nothing Wrong With That by Robert Randolph and the Family Band. If you haven't heard it, LOOK IT UP!!!
11. Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne. The Lil Mama version is fun too.
12. You Can't Stop the Beat. Featured on Hairspray. If that doesn't get you to dance, then you don't have a soul.
13. Canned Heat by Jamiroquai. This is totally my theme song. P.s. it was featured on the movie Center Stage before Napoleon Dynamite and it was much better then too.
14. Brighter Than the Sun by Colbie Caillat. Love her.
15. Pump It by the Black-Eyed-Peas. *Sigh* brings me back to my freshman year on drill...
16. I Want You Back by the Jackson 5. Oh MJ...
17. More by Usher.
18. Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx. It's a fun one.
19. Yeah 3X by Chris Brown. Good energizing song.
20. Jump, Jive, an' Wail by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. Loved it in high school and I still love it.

For happy, dance music, I'm all about the songs that make you feel happy. Go figure. Music has a way of influencing who we are. Especially our moods. Pick your music wisely.

New Beginnings

Hey everyone! I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and New Years! Mine was quiet and busy all at the same time. But it was great to be around family as much as I could. I just can't wait until next Christmas when I won't have finals to stress over and I can just enjoy the season. It did not feel like Christmas at all to me!


One of my fav Christmas presents . . . and Lacey photobombing it . . .


I'm also really happy that it is 2012. 2011 could not have gone any slower for me. It was a rough year with a lot of hard lessons to learn. I'm grateful for the trials I had and for the people there who carried me through, but I never want to look back at that year again. I'm moving forward now and I'm not dwelling on the past or what "might" have been. I'm excited for the new adventures and friends that I will be having in the future.

So, in this new, (and hopefully LAST) semester, I am in yet another class that requires blog posts. It's my Media, Family, and Human Development class and I'm really excited about it. This is a topic I'm really passionate about and I can't wait to learn more about it. So, you all will be hearing a lot more of my random ramblings and ravings. Lucky you!! :)

From a while ago...

Hey there. I'm still alive . . . barely. I know I've been off the cyber grid for a while, (and by that I mean my blog since nothing interesting has really happened lately). But, it's finals week and I'm in the library studying for 2 finals I'm taking tomorrow morning, so it's a perfect time to update my blog. :) I think I make procrastinating an art, doncha think?

So, as I said, nothing interesting has happened to me lately as I've been a workaholic and imprisoned in school. I just got promoted to Sales Lead at the store, which basically means I'm like a level 1 manager. I got a little bump in pay and solid hours, so I was able to quit my custodial job, thankfully. But, I have literally been spending every free moment I have at the mall, training and prepping the store for the holiday season. Holiday shoppers are crazy.

This last Sunday, we had a MAJOR floorset, (this is where we have to go in and clear out all of our old product on the floor and put out all of our new product. It takes, literally the entire day.) I was working from 7am-5pm and it was death! Well, not really, but it was exhausting. We had a TON of product and nothing was really prepped, so finding clothes in the stock room was a nightmare. But, it was an adventure. I think I almost died about 8 times trying to find stuff back there.





Those are just some examples of what our back room looked like.
Anyway. Wish me luck. I'm going back to studying!

It's been a while.

The past couple of weeks have flown by. I can't believe it's Thanksgiving this week. That means I only have like 2 full weeks of school left, if that. Hallelujah. Not too much has happened to me except for turning 21, earning a promotion at Aero, and QUITTING THE CUSTODIAL JOB!!! WOOT WOOT! There needs to be some serious celebration going on soon.

For my birthday, I just went home and partied it up hard core with the fam. Mom made my favorite meal: Lasagna and Parmesan rolls. I had vanilla cake and mint choc chip ice cream and vanilla ice cream. Normally, we get to choose what kind of cake and ice cream we want for our birthdays, but I guess Mom forgot to ask ;) oh well, it was good anyway. I was sad that Dad didn't get to be there, (or Hay) but it was the first time in YEARS that Troy and Amanda have celebrated with me. It was awesome. Whenever I'm feeling unloved, I'm just gonna make a trip home because those kids make me feel awesome. Grace wanted me to wish that I could stay there with her forever when I blew out my candles and Emma wouldn't let go of me and kept saying, "I wanna go with you" when it was time for me to go back to Provo. It was so sweet. Cole even randomly gave me a kiss without me even asking!

Being 21 is super weird. To this day, my mind is stuck on 18, so when someone asks me how old I am, I automatically say 18. I don't know if I was expecting this awesome monumental thing to happen to me by turning 21, but nothing happened. In reality, I am an LDS girl. I don't drink or gamble, so what's the big deal about turning 21 anyway? It's kind of sad that all of my big birthdays have come and gone, (baptism birthday [8], new teenager birthday [13], sweet 16, technically legal [18], turning 20 on the 20th, and now my 21st). What's after that? Congratulations! You have now reached the menace-to-society birthday! I don't think so. Plus I feel like birthdays are getting more overrated every year. Don't get me wrong, it's fun getting free gifts (especially if it's a $45 gift card to your favorite underwear store) and cake and ice cream are amazing together, but the magic is gone now.

Anyway here are some things that I learned in the last year:
It is never a good idea to play Chocolate Milk Pong.
Ihop is better at 2am.
There is no such thing as catharsis.
Marcia Lynn Mcclure is very successful in creating unrealistic expectations in romance.
I am never alone.
I love lace.
I get nightmares sleeping on my back.
P.F. Changs really isn't THAT awesome.
No matter how many years I've been doing it, waking up early will NEVER make me a morning person.
Dr. Pepper deprivations = a very violent Shalese.
I really, REALLY don't like school.
Friends will never cease to make me giggle, even in a bad day.
There's not just one Cosmo. There's actually a team of Cosmos, therefore increasing my chance of actually going on a date with one.
I attract drama like a moth to a flame. Wish it were boys and not drama...
I like the band Parachute.
I loooove country dancing.
The University Parking Enforcement really is the outer darkness of Provo, not the testing center.
Accepting dates from numbers left on your shake cup at the Malt Shop is a bad, bad idea.
Despite popular belief, North Dakota does exist.
Heavenly Father saying "No" is him really saying, "I've got something better in mind."

Buried Alive

Just because you're bored enough to look at my blog, I figured you'd be interested enough to know what's going on in my week this week. I really have nothing to do at all. So, you know, if you wanna hang out or something, just give me a call. I'll most likely be chilling in my PJs and watching Friends the entire week. Really, I don't know why kids complain about how hard college is. I mean, it's so not stressful at all. In fact, I don't understand why everybody doesn't work 3 jobs. It's super easy!!!!

Just so you know, if you complain to me about how busy your week is, you may just end up with a permanent fist-print in your brain. Not that I'm a violent person.

Sunday:
9:30-12:30 Church
12:30-1:00 Committee meeting
1-2 Making rolls and lasagne for break the fast
2-2:30 Meeting with Bishop
2:30-3:30 Break the fast
3:30-on Hang out with family/Mary Kay prep

Monday
5-8 Work
8-11 Homework
11-12 English
12-2 Mary Kay prep
2-3 Infant Development
3-7 Homework
7-8:30 Mary Kay party
8:30-on Get food with Hilary and Lindsay

Tuesday
5-8 Work
8-9 Aerobics
9-11 Adult development
11-1 Homework/Mary Kay prep
1-3:30 Presentation at Spanish Fork Elementary
3:30-5 A trip to the bank
5-7 Work
7-8:45 Mary Kay unit meeting
8:45-10 Work
10-10:30 Deliveries
10:30-on Homework

Wednesday
5-8 Work
8-11 Observing BYU preschool
11-2 Homework
2-3 Infant Development
3-6 Mary Kay prep/Homework
6-8:30 Folklore dinner
8:30-on Homework

Thursday
5-8 Work
8-9 Aerobics
9-11 Adult development
11-12 Homework
12-1:30 Socialization
1:30-3 Donate plasma
3- ... Crap. I know I've got something going on...

Friday
5-8 Work
8-10 Homework
10-11 English
11-3 Meeting with District Manager
3-6:30 Drive to Jamie's

6:30-Sunday Night PARTY WITH MY SISTERS! This weekend could not have come at a better time. It's the only thing getting me through!

life can be a punk sometimes...

Wow. My life is an adventure. I think someone should really start following me around with a video camera.

So this past week has been super crazy for me. Multiple times I have gone to class and finding out about an assignment due that day or a test that is scheduled for the weekend. It was not fun. I guess I need to be a little more religious in my syllabus study. But apart from the crazy school week (bombing a test I studied for a least a week in advance and acing a test I studied for 2 hours before taking) I got to see Troy and his family which was fun... exhausting, but fun.

Also on my crazy week schedule which I was neither expecting or wanting was draining my checking account for things concerning my car. So in the past 3 months I have gotten a boot, a parking ticket, a fender bender, a speeding ticket, and a towing charge. Provo is REALLY nazi on the parking spots and I'm living in a place where I have like 5 stalls I could park in and I have to compete with about 50 other people. It's ridiculous.

A bright spot to the week was Friday when Kelsie and I made our way to Salt Lake to see Parachute in concert. We got there just in time for it to start, (I was delayed with my car being towed and getting stuck in BAD rush hour traffic and all). It was a little sketchy since it was at a club in the ghetto but once I was able to fend off the girl practically jumping on me during the concert with my purse, it was fun. We were introduced to a new bad that had an extremely attractive lead singer and we got to meet the lead singer of Parachute! We got a picture with him and I got Kelsie's poster signed for her :) This turned out to be a really good thing since once we got to Kelsie's car, we found one of her windows smashed in. The picture and autograph cushioned the blow a little . . .

Apart from that, my life is pretty boring :) hopefully it will slow down soon. And by that I mean once Christmas break hits. My school life is going to be really hectic here in the next few weeks. Wish me luck!


Our pic with Will to make the night all better!

Some Changes

Soooooo I am now an Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant. I know. Weird, right? I'm kinda freaked out about it actually. It all happened so fast. But, I am excited. I'm ready to do something new and fun and I REALLY want to quit at least one job that I have now. I just signed up last night and my director dropped off my starter kit this morning. I've been organizing my stuff ever since and the entire time I'm going, "Holy crap. What did I get myself into? Can I actually do this?" I'm super scared, but like I said, I'm ready for something new and I want to have fun. So, to all my friends and family out there, I'm calling on you to help me get started. Once I get trained, feel free to set up some appointments with me! I would looove to hang out with all of you and do some facials!
Wish me luck...