Day 04 - Something I crave

Easy. Cadbury Mini Eggs. It's a good thing these things aren't around all year because I would weigh 400 pounds. I can't stop eating them at one handful, I eat until I get sick. Awesome. And delicious.

I'd like to also mention that my family's beloved dog, Penny passed away peacefully this morning at my parent's home. She has been really sick since around Christmas time, and her little body couldn't handle the stress on her heart anymore. I was hoping to see her one last time when I move home next month, but I'm glad that she didn't have to suffer too much. It will be very strange going home and not have her run to meet me. When Bryce went home in March, I asked him to take some nice portraits of her since I didn't know how much longer she would be with us. Here are a couple of my favorite shots.Goodbye sweet Penny girl. I miss you already.

Day 03 - A favorite photo

I love this picture for several reasons:
1) It's in Maui
2) It's with my little sister
3) It was such a fantastic vacation
4) I was freaking tan
5) It's in Maui

Day 2

Day 02 - A picture of you last year, and now, and how you've changed since then
This picture was taken last year at Spring Break. Angie and Jordan came to Austin to visit!

Bryce took this picture a month ago during spring break. I don't really think I've changed a ton in the past year. I'm almost done with school forever though! I think I've gotten a tougher skin too. A year ago I almost wanted to quit school but I changed my attitude and decided I would finish. I think I'm better because of that.

Challenge Day 1

Excuse my lack of blogging. Frankly my life lately has consisted of being at school all day every day and no one wants to hear about that! Anyways, to force myself to blog more, I've decided to do a 30 day challenge thing. I've been seeing them pop up a lot lately on facebook and other blogs so I'm just gonna do it. Here is the list:

• Day 01 - 5 things about you that no one knows
• Day 02 - A picture of you last year, and now, and how you've changed since then
• Day 03 - A favorite photo
• Day 04 - Something I crave
• Day 05 - Top 10 Pet Peeves
• Day 06 - Something I bought recently
• Day 07 - Something I want to buy
• Day 08 - A favorite song
• Day 09 - A favorite movie
• Day 10 - A favorite food and recipe
• Day 11 - A favorite book
• Day 12 - A favorite quote
• Day 13 - What did you do today?
• Day 14 - Your dream house...
• Day 15 - Next 3 items on your "Bucket List"
• Day 16 - A favorite YouTube video
• Day 17 - A habit you wish you DIDN'T have
• Day 18 - Put your iPod on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up
• Day 19 - A hobby of mine
• Day 20 - Your favorite Christmas tradition
• Day 21 - A travel story
• Day 22 - A photo of my family
• Day 23 - Share a favorite memory
• Day 24 - 5 Things you love about Summer
• Day 25 - A place I love
• Day 26 - A child I love
• Day 27 - A person I love
• Day 28 - A secret you want to get out
• Day 29 - Testimony of the Gospel
• Day 30 - Hopes, Dreams, and Plans for the next 365 days

So here goes!!
Day 1: 5 Things About You That No One Knows

1) As much as I love to play the flute, I HATE practicing. I've learned to become very efficient in my practice sessions because I just hate it. I don't like listening to myself sound bad. I love to perform though, so practicing is inevitable.

2) I pick my lips as a nervous habit. I've done it ever since I was little. Sometimes I do it to the point that my lips bleed, but for some reason I think it feels good.

3) I hate calling people. I don't have a problem calling really close friends or family, but with everyone else I get really nervous and anxious when I have to do it. I don't answer the phone if it's a number I don't recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a message.

4) I'm REALLY competitive. I hate losing. When I play games, I tend to get really mad if I'm doing poorly. Once when Bryce and I were engaged, we were playing a game of scrabble and I lost pretty bad. I got so mad that I flipped over the board and threw the tiles. In case you are wondering, yes I am 5 years old.

5) I don't like my birthday. I've never made a big deal out of my birthday and I always seem to have fairly good days, but nothing spectacular. I don't really like being the center of attention, I like floating around in a crowd.

That's it for today! Let's see how long I last keeping up with this...

Since U Been Gone

Bryce has been in Utah for over a week doing some photoshoots so almost every night, I have watched a movie. Most of them were girly movies that I didn't think I could get him to watch with me. Here's what I watched:

Remember Me
The Young Victoria
The Princess and the Frog
Charlie St. Cloud
An Affair to Remember
Some Like it Hot
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The only one that I didn't love was Remember Me. The plot was pretty slow and Robert Pattinson is angsty and depressed most of the movie. I prefer him sparkling. I need to add some movies to my Netflix queue now, any suggestions?

Just Trust Me

Make these. ASAP. Rosie, I think Jay would especially appreciate them. Recipe here.

Run, Forrest, Run!!

A LOT (not to be confused with alot) has happened since my last post. We had quite the big snowstorm in Austin (aka 1/2 inch of snow) that closed down the entire city. Schools were canceled and roads were terrible! I was pretty grateful to have a day off from school. I can only remember one time in my life growing up in Utah that school was canceled because of snow. Everyone freaks out here, it's pretty funny. Along with the freezing temperatures, we had frozen pipes in our apartment! So fun! I woke up one morning with a dome of ice in the bathtub drain so that I couldn't take a shower. Our kitchen sink and dishwasher wouldn't drain either so that was fun... Thank goodness for good friends who let us shower at their place until we had working pipes again. Our drains were clogged for a good five days.

School has been going fine. This past week was full of the first concerts of the semester. I'm taking a class about human learning and behavior which is pretty interesting but it's a lot more work than I was hoping for my last semester of school. Oh well. I'm learning a lot and I hope to be a better teacher because of this class.

Today Bryce completed his first marathon! He did great! I thought he was crazy when he signed up for it, especially considering that he'd never run more than 3 miles in his life as of last June. He finished in 3 hours and 54 minutes which was slower than he was hoping, but he didn't walk once during the race! Pretty impressive if you ask me. I'm very proud of him. Here's some pics of him during the race.

At 15 miles. Lookin good!

Around mile 22. Almost done!


All done! He did it!