voila!

Before...

AFTER!!!!And man does it feel good!

So... it's November huh and the last time I posted was April? ... oops! Today has been the most magnificent day so I thought I needed to share some of my favorite things:
*giggling with Flo all night in our room as we pretend to be studying that turns into laughing uncontrollably with Flo until my stomach hurts so bad I can't even breathe and Florencia can't look at me because she is crying because she is laughing so hard and if I see her in a state like that I will just cry even harder. Now that is true happiness. :)
*blog stalking (it's so much better than facebook stalking... i'm just sayin. my favorite's are youaremyfave.com and taza-and-husband.blogspot.com)
*homemade carmel corn -mmmm delish. thank you cort!
*B.E.A.utiful sunshine days in Rexburg in NOVEMBER! (it's true!)
*tandum bikes... an epic means of transportation-i'm obsessed!

and last but most excitingly... I get my braces off in 3 DAYS!!!!! stay tuned for some pics :)

oh and side note I'm turning 21 in 3 days as well :D

Fourth time's a charm

All weekend I have tried to watch Sherlock Holmes. Saturday I put it on 2 different times and fell asleep both times and same thing Sunday! It's not that I didn't like it, I was just exhausted I guess! But today I DID IT!! I watched the whole thing and boy am I glad I did. It was brilliant. A very creative and thoughtful movie. I guess I have just been super behind on my movie watching. Last weekend was my first time watching Blindside as well and I LOVED it!

Anywho... I went with Tanner and some of his friends to the Real Salt Lake soccer game on Saturday and it was such a good game! We tied in the extra minutes given (because they don't stop the clock when they make calls etc.) and so we tied 2-2. But the greatest part was when cute David Archuleta surprised a sweet little boy whose "make a wish" was to go to an rsl game and sing with David and came out and sang a song with him at halftime. What a fun fun time :)

building airplanes in the air

During the semester I e-mailed my teacher asking her about an assignment. She told me in response that since our class is a developing course it is sort of a building airplanes in the air phenomenon. At the time I didn't think much of it, I just thought it was a cool phrase but I kept thinking about it and realized my life is a "building airplaces in the air" phenomenon. I really have no idea what is next for me. What school will I go to for nursing? Will I even get into a nursing program? Am I going to be able to serve a mission? If so, where? Am I going to get married in the semi-near future, or ever!? ... The beautiful thing about life and about faith is I don't know BUT I still get up and do what I have to do everyday. I take life one day at a time knowing that eventually I will know what I should do, knowing that eventually things will fall into place as they need to be. All I know right now is after a week of finals and moving: I am exhausted, it's bed time for me.

What if...

What if...

Jillian was yelling "last chance workout!" at me

The sun was out EVERYDAY

There was a Nordstrom in Rexburg

Shaun White was my best friend... or boyfriend

We could eat Taco Bell everyday and not gain any weight

We could drink diet coke as H2O (that one's for you Kaylea!)

Finals week was already over?!

I thought I would take an itty bitty break while I'm spending all my life at the library and share some of my random thoughts. :)

Andie

Andy

Not Andi

In my ward there is this really sweet girl who likes to say hi to me on campus and at church and all that jazz... the only problem is that she thinks my name is Andi. I don't know how or when that started, I remember one day walking past her and I thought she was saying "and hi!" or something but come to think of it I think she was saying "Andi, hi!" It's a real problem though, she taught relief society the other day and I wanted to make a comment but I didn't want her to call on me as Andi! Awkward. So... what do I do? The semester is almost over so there is a chance I'll never see her again but in the chance that I do see her, do I say something or do I continue to be Andi for the rest of my life? ... I don't even look like an Andi!

Sun Drunk!

This past week has been positively beautiful! The sun was out all day everyday. A record for Rexburg? I think so. It was still pretty chilly but there is an unspoken creed in Rexburg that if the sun is out you are outside ALL THE TIME no matter how hard the wind is blowing. It was just so great. (Before I continue I want to give a quick shout out to the lovely Leisy and Laney- Happy Birthday!!) As soon as we got home from class my roommates Florencia, Kaylea, and I were out on our front porch doing homework, sleeping, eating dinner, and just basking in beautiful sunlight. Yesterday was probably the highlight of our week long sun activities. As we were eating Subway on our porch for lunch (for the second day in a row) we were staring at the shed across from our apartment that all the bikes owned by people in our complex are kept and we decided that more than anything we wanted to go on a bike ride. So we finished lunch and decided to go bike shopping... in the shed :) There was one bike in particular that was just screaming my name (super old school looking) and Flo and Kaylea picked out some cute beach cruisers and we were on our way! We rode to the park and then just up and down some streets. It was fantastic. Don't fret we put the bikes back!! Oh and then while we were waiting for our dates to come pick us up (we went on a big group date with people from our ward, so fun! -Thank you Alex Trost!) we entertained "our bikes" on a mini bike ride again. It was so great. The only thing better than owning my own bike is pretending I own my own bike. Very poetic I know. Hopefully the sun will be out all week again so we can keep the adventures going!

long time no post...

As my roommate Kaylea and I are just sitting here watching a movie and relaxing on this beautiful sunny Sabbath day, just finished a nutritious dinner of chesse-its, chocolate doughnuts, and diet coke (did I mention SUNNY day... and it's 6:30 pm? Thank you daylight savings!) I realized while I was blog stalking... I NEED TO BLOG! So here I am! Let's see what's new... THE SUN IS OUT IN REXBURG that's new for sure. It's beautiful. Last night we went and saw extravadance, fabulous job you byu-idaho dancers, got some taco bell after (that's definitely not new. we are kind of addicted, what can you do?) Oh last weekend was superb, we went and saw alice in 3-D in I.F. here's the gang in our sweet glasses waiting in line:
Precious right?! After we went hot tubbing for a bit, (it's absolutely needed on a Rexburg winter night) then Saturday we went and did a little shopping in I.F. (I needed new workout pants because p.s. I went running last week at the park and a dog BIT MY LEG! Bit a hole right through my pants. Was it bruised and hurt like crazy all week? yes. I went and got a tetnus shot, and the doctors as well as everyone else in the clinic LOVED the excitement of my story, it was a good break for them from the million students they get in a day that just have the common cold. BORING.) and then we went to craigos: delish. If you are in Provo go to the pizza pie cafe- same thing! and then we went to an opera production on campus. I felt very cultured. After we hung out on our balcony talking about our secret club. It was a perfect weekend. The best part is that we all got the best ab workout ever, we are pure laughs!! I love my Rexburg friends! Until next time... which will be soon. Adios!