5.31.2008
Psychoness!
I have been sooooo busy lately! School just ended, I'm working on a sociology class (one of my college ones), my ballet recital is coming up, and I just started working at Smiths. Talk about crazy! I just wanted to post something really fast and I promise that another post will come soon. I just have no time right now. Every minute counts! MPL (More Posts Later)!
5.11.2008
I Started College!!!!
How crazy is this that I am now officially going to college? I'm registered in Weber State's Early College program. It's supposed to help you get your Associates Degree before you actually go to college for real. And, if I get my Associates Degree by Sept. 1, 2009 (that is the September after I graduate high school) then I get a 75% scholarship to any Utah college or university! Personally, I think it is an amazing offer and too great to pass up. I've already started a Sociology class online and I'm taking four more classes during the summer. Some people would hate it, but I'm actually WAY excited. I can't wait for this summer. Scheduling some things will be harder (like my family's summer vacation) but its all going to be worth it in the end. Also, I realized that since I skipped a grade, by the time I get into college I'll be a junior and I'll only be seventeen. It will be like I skipped three grades! I'm sooooo excited for this and I can't wait for it to start!
5.05.2008
Prom! (Part 2)
So here it is, the post you've all been waiting for. . . Prom!!! I know its taken me a while, but believe me when I say I wasn't slacking. I've just been waiting for some other pictures, but I'm just going to post this anyway since I'm not sure when I'm going to get them.
Ok so first, the day activity. When Doug came to pick me up, it was so sweet. He brought me flowers! I thought it was way cute and nice. After, we went to go and meet everyone at one person's house. There were about twelve couples in my group, which is HUGE by the way, and all of them were SENIORS! And Doug and I are juniors, so I really didn't know a lot of people in our group. We went up to this one kid's cabin in Morgan to go shooting (at clay pidgeons, which for the record, I thought were shaped like real pidgeons, the birds) and make pizza. It turned out to be soooooo much fun. Even though I didn't know the people in my group well, I got to know them better and had a great time. I was really grateful for the day activity for this reason. Shooting was fun, but I wasn't very good; I could barely hold up the rifle! (and I didn't shoot anything) Our pizzas turned out pretty good too. We also played psychiatrist and just talked and screwed around a lot. It was fun, but I was way exhausted when I got home!
On the day of prom, I went over to one of my friend's houses and she did my hair in a way cute updo. I was way happy that she didn't instead of me having to pay to do it somewhere else. It was way nice of her too, because she had to do her own hair and her sister's too. Here is a picture of my lovely hair:
My mom had to help me get into my dress, because she had to alter it because it was so immodest at first and so it was a little complicated to get into. I also had to wake her up at midnight when I got home so she could help me get out, which I'm sure she was thrilled about :) When Doug came to pick me up, we put the boutonnière and corsage on each other like you're supposed to.
And then my parents took lots and lots of pictures like good parents should (haha, jk).
After we left, we went to the Mandarin, a nice Chinese restaurant. You ordered family style, so each of us ordered a dish and then shared it all. Doug and I shared our dishes with another couple and I found it funny that me and the other girl ordered the most popular dishes and the boys got stuff that no one wanted.
After dinner, we went to temple square and walked around a little bit. A lot of people asked us if we were going to a wedding. It was kind of funny. Then it was off to the Capitol for Prom!!!
When we got there, there was a huge line for pictures and we waited forever to take all of our pictures. My group was way big so it was a little hard to get the group picture done with all of us fitting in it. When our picture finished, everyone in line cheered. It was hilarious! :) Then we danced a lot and got snacks every once in a while. It was so packed, though. Doug and I tried doing some dances we'd learned from our Social Dance class, but it was too crowded to do anything. It seemed like the whole school was there! I saw tons of my friends so it was pretty cool. We left the dance at about 11:00 (it ended at 11:30) and then went to one boy's house for root beer floats. When Doug dropped me off, nothing dramatic really happened. After all we're just friends and I don't think I'd ever be able to like him like that. We just hugged and I thanked him for the night and everything.
Overall, it was LOTS and LOTS of fun! I had a blast at everything and I am soooooooo glad that I got a chance to go! Again, sorry that it's so late, but you know how life goes sometimes. :)
Ok so first, the day activity. When Doug came to pick me up, it was so sweet. He brought me flowers! I thought it was way cute and nice. After, we went to go and meet everyone at one person's house. There were about twelve couples in my group, which is HUGE by the way, and all of them were SENIORS! And Doug and I are juniors, so I really didn't know a lot of people in our group. We went up to this one kid's cabin in Morgan to go shooting (at clay pidgeons, which for the record, I thought were shaped like real pidgeons, the birds) and make pizza. It turned out to be soooooo much fun. Even though I didn't know the people in my group well, I got to know them better and had a great time. I was really grateful for the day activity for this reason. Shooting was fun, but I wasn't very good; I could barely hold up the rifle! (and I didn't shoot anything) Our pizzas turned out pretty good too. We also played psychiatrist and just talked and screwed around a lot. It was fun, but I was way exhausted when I got home!
On the day of prom, I went over to one of my friend's houses and she did my hair in a way cute updo. I was way happy that she didn't instead of me having to pay to do it somewhere else. It was way nice of her too, because she had to do her own hair and her sister's too. Here is a picture of my lovely hair:
My mom had to help me get into my dress, because she had to alter it because it was so immodest at first and so it was a little complicated to get into. I also had to wake her up at midnight when I got home so she could help me get out, which I'm sure she was thrilled about :) When Doug came to pick me up, we put the boutonnière and corsage on each other like you're supposed to.
And then my parents took lots and lots of pictures like good parents should (haha, jk).
After we left, we went to the Mandarin, a nice Chinese restaurant. You ordered family style, so each of us ordered a dish and then shared it all. Doug and I shared our dishes with another couple and I found it funny that me and the other girl ordered the most popular dishes and the boys got stuff that no one wanted.
When we got there, there was a huge line for pictures and we waited forever to take all of our pictures. My group was way big so it was a little hard to get the group picture done with all of us fitting in it. When our picture finished, everyone in line cheered. It was hilarious! :) Then we danced a lot and got snacks every once in a while. It was so packed, though. Doug and I tried doing some dances we'd learned from our Social Dance class, but it was too crowded to do anything. It seemed like the whole school was there! I saw tons of my friends so it was pretty cool. We left the dance at about 11:00 (it ended at 11:30) and then went to one boy's house for root beer floats. When Doug dropped me off, nothing dramatic really happened. After all we're just friends and I don't think I'd ever be able to like him like that. We just hugged and I thanked him for the night and everything.
Overall, it was LOTS and LOTS of fun! I had a blast at everything and I am soooooooo glad that I got a chance to go! Again, sorry that it's so late, but you know how life goes sometimes. :)
4.13.2008
Playing the Piano in Church
Today was so scary. I had to play a piano solo in church, which I've never done before. I've played songs for the choir before, because I'm the ward choir piano player, but I've never done a piano solo before. Luckily, though I'm not sure if thats the right word, my eye was hurting and it took my mind off of playing the piano and I didn't really get nervous. I guess it was kind of a good thing, but thankfully my eye stopped hurting when I went up to go play. I didn't want everyone up there to see me crying for no reason. That would have been way embarrassing! But my eye felt better while I was playing. I think I played the song the best I've ever played it, and I hardly messed up. It seemed to go by really fast, too. Oh, and the song was "We'll Bring the World His Truth (Armies of Helaman)." Lots of people came up to me afterward and told me I did an amazing job. Also, lately I've been thinking of teaching piano lessons, and because of this, I think I might. I need a job anyways, and a lot of people were asking me and my mom if I taught piano, since there's no one really in our ward that teaches. I would have fun doing it too. I'm proud that I was able to accomplish something new today, even though I was scared.
Prom, Part 1
An exciting thing has happened! I got asked to prom!!!!!!!!! I'm way way super excited! The boy that asked me is named Doug and he's in my ward. I don't like like him or anything, we're just friends. But I think it will be a lot of fun. I was hoping I would get asked but I heard about more and more people getting asked and I wasn't sure if it was going to happen. But last Thursday, I found a jar of pennies on our kitchen counter. My dad had seen it when he'd gone outside to go running. Unfortunately, NO ONE TOLD ME it was there, and I was rushing that morning, so I had no time to see who it was. Later, I read the poem which said I had to find his name from the letters on the pennies. Luckily, I had my dad who was smart enough to figure out how it all worked out. This is what the poem said, in case you can't read it in the picture:
This is the jar of pennies that he gave me. I donated the pennies for a thing we were doing at school so I don't have them anymore. I wish I had taken a picture before I gave them away! :(
I answered him back by taking all of our leftover easter eggs and putting a paper in each one, with only one of them saying "yes" on the paper. My friends and I took the eggs and scattered them all over his lawn at like 11:30 at night. Now, I just have to worry about my dress, my hair, getting him a boutonnière, etc... I'm way excited though. Its this coming Saturday, April 19 and its at the Capitol.
My dress is going to be WAY pretty. Its fades from orange to pink and it has beadwork on it too! And you never be able to guess how much it was! $30!!!! You can never find prom dresses for that cheap, but luckily they had some at Ross that were way pretty and cheap. Unfortunately, it has spaghetti straps, so my wonderful mom said she would alter it for me (what would I do without her)! We found some material that is almost exactly the same. We figured it was worth it to fix it since the dress was so cheap, because it would be way more to buy an already modest one. We checked at one place, and the dresses were like $400! I can't wait to wear it when its all done.
P.S. By the way, this is only Part 1 of Prom, because I will have to post all my pictures from Saturday night, and it hasn't come yet. (obviously!) So keep checking to hear about Prom night!
If you haven't been asked, I would like just a chance.To send my request to join you at the dance.If we go together, it just makes "cents."Though waiting for an answer may be quite tense.To find out my name, the time it will "cost."For all the letters in my name have been lost.I may not last long, so send your reply.Please do not answer no, or else I may cry.
This is the jar of pennies that he gave me. I donated the pennies for a thing we were doing at school so I don't have them anymore. I wish I had taken a picture before I gave them away! :(
My dress is going to be WAY pretty. Its fades from orange to pink and it has beadwork on it too! And you never be able to guess how much it was! $30!!!! You can never find prom dresses for that cheap, but luckily they had some at Ross that were way pretty and cheap. Unfortunately, it has spaghetti straps, so my wonderful mom said she would alter it for me (what would I do without her)! We found some material that is almost exactly the same. We figured it was worth it to fix it since the dress was so cheap, because it would be way more to buy an already modest one. We checked at one place, and the dresses were like $400! I can't wait to wear it when its all done.
P.S. By the way, this is only Part 1 of Prom, because I will have to post all my pictures from Saturday night, and it hasn't come yet. (obviously!) So keep checking to hear about Prom night!
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