Movin' out and still dr pepper free!

Well guys it's been a few weeks now. I've wanted to blog, really i have.. but i just don't usually have much to say. Not to a website, anyway. Nevertheless, i want you all to know that i have still not had dr pepper! and i haven't had cravings for it, either. But lets be honest here. I wasn't drinking as much as the average American, either. let me google this..

"the average working American about 200-500 ml a stay at home American any where from 250ml to 2L" -http://wiki.answers.com.

i was drinking 354.882 ml of soda every few days. that's only a 12 oz can. So it's not like i was doing terribly bad. Still, not healthy... but it sounds a lot worse in milliliters...

Well friends it has come to that time of the year when Melanie has decided that she needs to move out. Yup! The 25th i will be moving to Provo. I'm very excited about this. At the same time, though, yesterday was a little hard. I basically got released from my 2 year calling and i cried! yeah, I'm a loser like that. i cried like 3 times at church yesterday and once after. i honestly didn't think I'd be this sad about leaving. The fact, though, that I've gotten so attached to the comfort of the ward and such means it's about time for a change. so this is a good thing. I'm very much looking forward to it, and meeting new people!

Only thing that really sucks about it all is that i have like- nothing. As in- dishes, pans, anything to cook with. I don't have anything! i have like 4 mugs from VitalSmarts. Good thing i have these guys! so i hope i can find like cheap junk or stuff i can use. i think i have one deep frying pan that has a rack that can go in it for steaming and such. which is nice. thanks to my sister for giving it to me. but other than that... if y'all wanna let me know where i can get some cheap pans or something (other than DI...(idk where those things have been) i would love to know.

This is all i can think of to chat about today. If you have any suggestions, hit me up on facebook, or leave a comment. Also, cheap fun recipes would be cool. Thanks guys!

Dr Pepper hold out

I just wanted to let you all know that it has been a week and a half, and i'm still going strong! No Dr. Pepper! I have so many opportunities to get it and it's everywhere around me! So i'm really proud of myself. :) I need the new Change Anything book that is coming out from my company in April. Wish i had a copy now. That would really help me secure my change, so that i don't go back into it. I don't want to be a slave to dr pepper! i know it sounds really dramatic, but if you think about it, it's not so awesome. Going through the day thinking you need anything that's an addiction is bad. Time to break free.  Check the ticker at the bottom of the page for updates on how long it's been.

It is kinda fun to break a habit and brag about it. So, try it! and for tips, order the Change Anything book from VitalSmarts. And no, i'm not doing a promo for them or getting paid for this or anything. I really am just excited for this book and to read it.

Also, i still don't have a name for my car. Think of one, and post your comment. thanks!

The Story of The 3 Beautiful Girls and The Young Attractive Cop. :)

Once upon a time there were 3 beautiful girls. These girls were having a splendid time spending their evening together. After watching A Knights Tale, these girls decided that they were long overdue for a Slurpee. So the 3 beautiful girls decided that they would drive in Girl #1's cute Suzuki to get Slurpee's from Springville's 7 Eleven. The drive over was enjoyable. The girls chatted and even Sir Thomas (the GPS) enjoyed the ride. When arriving upon 7 Eleven, the 3 beautiful girls jumped out of the unnamed Suzuki, and headed inside. Checking out was quite adventurous... but not really... There was a super creepy guy standing next to the register. He looked stoned and was looking to buy a massive drink and a pack of cigarettes. To the girls, it looked as though he might not have had enough money. So girl #1, being extremely cautious, barely opened her wallet, not letting the scary dude (who was staring her down) see into her wallet. Girls #2 and #3 were also cautious. They quickly went to the car and locked the doors. After turning on Sir Thomas, the girls were on their way. (note: they knew how to get home, but Sir Thomas was fun to play with). Driving home was equally as fun as driving to 7 Eleven, but slightly more so because they now had Slurpees! Along the drive home from 7 Eleven, the girls passed a cop who was being sneaky chilling on the side of the road. Girl #1 then realized that she had no idea what the speed limit was. Sometimes Sir Thomas lets her know, but this time Sir Thomas didn't know, either. Looking in her rear view mirror, she realized the cop had pulled out and was beginning to catch up to her. Girl #1 at this point (since she was driving) was freaking out a little. Then the cop car turned on his lights and the girls were busted. Girl #1 was shaking all over as the cop came up to Girl #2's window. (he couldn't come up to Girl #1's window, because they were on a highway). Then the lovely Springville cop asked for her license, registration, and proof of insurance. Girl #1 responded with "why did i get pulled over? was i speeding?" To which the cop responded, "i'll explain that later." After searching for about 30 seconds for the registration, amid all the random licensing papers in the jockey box, it was found.  During which the cop explained that none of the lights on the back of the car were working. Girl #1 sat dumbfounded. Suzuki (the car with no current name) was just inspected 2 weeks earlier. how can this be? When she finally threw her brain back into place, she looked at her dashboard to find that the young attractive cop was right. They weren't broken, she had just forgotten to turn them on. She then turned to the cop and said "oops! Now they're on!" a little confused, the cop continued to question why they now worked as opposed to before. Girl #1 responded "Yes, well... there are day lights. They are as bright as my night lights. They are always on. I forgot to turn my regular lights on. They should all be on and working now!" To which she then smiled. :) (girl #1 has a very pretty smile, so the cop couldn't get mad at the stupidity) The cop then took her registration and started walking away as Girl #1 shouted, "would you like my insurance? it's right here in this big packet!" The young and slightly attractive cop then responded, "no, it's okay." (It can be assumed that since it took way too long to find the registration, that he didn't care to go through a million papers to find the cards, as well.) The cop then walked back to his car to do some research to see if she was a good girl. To which he found that she was. He wasn't gone long before he came back and knocked on Girl #3's window. That's right... Girl #3. Girl #1 was still shaking at this point and rolled down that window rather than her own. The young attractive cop then got embarrassed and apologized for knocking on the wrong window. The right window was then rolled down and he handed the registration back to Girl #1. In a panic (because for some reason, she was STILL shaking) she chucked it at Girl #2, who was in the passenger seat. (Girl #2 was very nice, she put everything back.) The young attractive cop left with his few last words: "drive safe! and don't forget to turn your lights on!" To which the embarrassed beautiful Girl #1 responded, "okay, thanks! i'll put a note up or something..." and then smiled as he walked away. The 3 beautiful girls were then back on the road. They finished off their enjoyable night with some good laughs about the young attractive cop, and by watching Phineus and Ferb. Which we all know is the best show in the whole entire world. And they all lived happily ever after!

NOTE TO READERS: Sources cannot confirm nor deny whether this story is really historical. Or whether it happened on March 18th, or not. They also cannot confirm that the 3 beautiful girls were named: Melanie, Suzy and Denise. ...(in that order). It is a pretty good story, nevertheless.

Have a wonderful day! REMEMBER: turn your lights on when you drive at night. Also, if you happen to get pulled over by a young attractive cop: smile, and act stupid. It actually works. :D

Dr. Pepper Free!!

Hello Blogger World! I'm sitting here, eating lunch, and i thought it would be a good time to get on here and blog a little. (yes, i'm eating lunch at 3. i kinda forgot about that part of the day.) So last night i was putting together a CD for my bestest friend, who is currently on a mission. Her companion had talked on the tape she had sent us, so we thought we'd talk to her companion as well. it was pretty fun. well anyway, transfers are THIS weekend! bad, right?! i know, i procrastinate. well there were some sections we recorded on the stupid Audacity program that i had accidentally saved as data, rather than sound. There HAD to be an easier way to- what do you call it...??- change the file type? but for some reason, it split the whole sound up into sections of 12 seconds a piece. So we had to go into each one and export them as WAV files, and then put it all into movie maker or something, and compress them all. it took FOREVER! like i said- i'm sure there was a WAY easier way to do this. We unfortunately did not know of any easier way. So my brother and i were both up until 3 getting this CD done. Now if it doesn't get to Illinois in time, i'mma be kinda sad. Anyway, it was kinda funny. One stupid mistake that i didn't take 10 seconds to make sure i did right in the first place, led me to hours of conflict. WAIT- that reminds me of a principle! :) haha! jk, i won't go into that. To all of you who are wondering, yes, i did go out and buy a digital recorder today, so that i do not have to mess with Audacity anymore. :) I'm super stoked about this!

i don't have much to say today...i could brag about some random things, but i'm not super in the mood to do that. I hope your day is fabulous!

OOH! actually, guess what. i'm gonna start a goal. I'm going to put it on my blog, so that i can remember it always. (not that i remember that i even have a blog some days) but hopefully you friends can help. No more Dr. Pepper. Once i start, i don't stop. And i want to stop!! So i haven't had one since last week, but i'm going to make it official today. Maybe i can find like- a count up thing that helps or something...  .......The searching is done! Okay, so i found a baby age counting thing. but it works just the same way! Check there! It says Dr. Pepper Free is ______ old. hahahaha! it works. ALRIGHT! i'm excited!! Don't let me relapse! ;)

I guess it's been almost 2 months...

So this is a little sad and pathetic. I wanted a blog for a little while, and now that i have one, i really don't care about it. Mostly because you know... you wanna make it interesting for someone else to waste their time reading, but you don't wanna open your whole life story to someone. Also, what's up with the whiny blogs? Really? Do people not have anything better to do than spend their day whining to an online blog? Get a dog. Then at least  you can cuddle with it, right? You could even just write it all in your personal journal. Then maybe when you get old and die, your grandchildren will read it and be like- "man! that grandma so-and-so was a whiner! can you imagine having to deal with that?!" Okay, I will give exceptions... some people don't have friends. And what better thing to do than complain to people who don't even know you? If they read it, that's their own fault. I will say that I also understand having days where you are a little grumpy, and don't care if the world knows it. Secretly you just want people to feel sorry for you. You can have those days... just not everyday. Am I being to rude here? Perhaps I am... I should try and be a little nicer. I really don't read very many blogs. I just hear about them.

I don't know what persuaded me to write on my faithful little blog here. Perhaps the lack of interest in everything else that is going on in the online world. You know, i've been thinking. Facebook is becoming a way of life. Jump online, see how everyone else's lives are going. Really, what would you do without it? The same thing as before? which was... nothing? I wonder how much of peoples internet surfing is limited to just Facebook. Really... Think about it. If we got rid of it, would internet companies lose money? I'll admit i spend time on Hulu.com and I check my email... but that is usually the extent of it. Sometimes i won't even touch my facebook all day, but it's logged in on my computer most the time. In fact, it's in another tab right now. I could live without Hulu, we have Netflix... Interesting concept to think about. What would you spend the boring part of your days doing? Plus, half my plans with my friends are made through facebook. Which is completely pathetic. Would we begin using our phones a little more to have live contact with people? Maybe it wouldn't be a super bad thing. But where we are now, everyone is doing it. I'm just saying: if facebook randomly crashed... what would we facebook addicts go back to doing? think about it...

 Okay, let's bring up a more positive subject. I don't want you all crying at the thought of Facebook leaving. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. My little brother just left to serve a mission for our church. It's actually really weird at night. He used to be the last one in. Now I can lock the door when I come in. Actually I have been really good. I never hang out with anyone anymore, so i'm usually home. But Denise.... what a naughty girl. I see her while she's working  yesterday and say, "I'll see you at 10:45, when you get home!" I even saved her some pizza that i bought. After it hit 12:15 i texted her. No response. I proceeded to text again at 12:40, and finally at 12:45 i called her to see if she was dead. Instead she laughs, and says she's about to come home. I took a bite of the pizza i had originally saved for her, and threw it in the fridge. That goober. haha! So i guess we do have to worry about Denise. She has now become the rebellious child who doesn't come home at night.

New news... I got a new car! okay it was like a month ago. But i'm still trying to get it to pass emissions. haha! It isn't that hard. Only a 300 dollar expense. Which is actually lucky. I know that my car is in good shape, and getting a new part only guarantees that you won't have to replace that part again for a while. So I'm looking at this positively. Why make yourself mad about it? The only frustrating part about it was trying to find the exact part. We haven't gotten the part in yet, and i'm really crossing my fingers that it will work. It's a complicated situation. For future reference to everyone else: Don't buy a car that needs to meet California emissions. If you do, look at it positively. They seem a little more strict, so maybe your car will be full of good parts that will last longer, right? RIGHT! One more thing about the car. She doesn't have a name... I've been trying to think of a good one, but i got nothin'. And i'm not getting a lot of suggestions. So if you have an idea, shout it out.    

"I'd have Marshmellow Maties on my deep fried chicken."

Oh my goodness, i know not where to start today. Okay, Okay... Lets start with the best quotes over the last week (I'll try and set them up a little):

-Christmas Morning my brothers woke up early and made breakfast for the family. (like i said, hearts of gold). So my mom walks in and says, "Wow! Those are beautiful eggs!" To which Tanner instantly throws out, "You should have seen the chickens!" Ha! 

-Later we look at our presents (they get put in piles for us), and we saw that we had received Motor Oil. "Times have changed. Santa now delivers liquid coal."

-I bought Daisy a bone for Christmas, knowing she wouldn't enjoy a toy like Toby. Well Daisy showed little interest in the bone. Unless Godiva tried to eat it. It was even Hickory flavored! One of the brothers stated, "Daisy only likes fast food." Nothing she has to work at. I guess I should have gotten her a cheeseburger.

-"I've never seen a white elephant." -Tanner

It's been fun here at work, as well. Tuesday was supposed to be our "funtivity" for the OPS team, so we were supposed to go to a movie as well as lunch, but we only hit up lunch. Which was fine. We went to a Thai place next to Zurchers in Orem. I forget what's it's called. It was pretty good. I ordered orange chicken and i'm stoked to get home and eat it. Today we also got to go out to eat! My boss felt bad for us, because there were a few of us that had no choice but to be at work. So we went to La Carretas (is that how it's spelled? idk) behind Sizzler in Orem. It was AMAZING! It's Peruvian, so it was a brand new experience. I had chicken that was marinated in grapefruit juice and garlic, topped with parsley. SO GOOD! It came with Rice, a salad, and french fries... french fries? yeah, that's what i thought. delicious! but odd...It was kinda funny because the salad didn't look like salad.  it was shredded lettuce with tomatoes and stuff on top. Honestly i didn't know it was a salad... It looked like something I'd throw on a burger, so i didn't touch it. Finally when we were all finished, i got a little hassle from my friend at work about not eating the salad. I was like- what salad? oh... that's a salad? haha! oh well. I was stuffed to the rim! just like Brian Reagan when he eats 2 Fig Newtons. But i really ate a ton. *Minus the salad that looked like toppings to a burger. :) I also got a gift card for a Frozen Yogurt place for being here. When my company takes care of you, they REALLY take care of you. 

Does anyone else hate the snow that has been falling ALL DAY?! I barely got out of the driveway, then i was going 15 mph on my straight road, and i was practically all over! It was really scary. Luckily Provo roads were WAY better than Spanish Fork and Palmyra. I do hope it stops snowing, even though i know it's not supposed to stop for a while. I hope people stay safe during the storm! Lets not have power poles falling down again. did i write about that? probably not. I'll do that when i'm on my laptop. My pictures are uploaded on there. And on Facebook. Okay, be safe!

 

Blessings Unleashed

So today i've been a little ornery. I'm at work, and there aren't very many people around, and what i really want is to be home, curled up in my blanky, watching old black and white christmas shows with my sisters. So i thought i'd write some things i'm grateful for to cheer me up a bit.

1. My family. You know, everyone fights and at times i think that i would be better off far far away... but the truth is, i love my family. No one else is always there like my sisters are. They take the time to listen, and they'll do completely spontaneous activities with me, and when one of us is sad, the other one is too. I also have the most amazing brothers. They have hearts of gold! They always want to help improve something, or fix something. They can't help but be helpful. I also don't want to forget my parents. They would and sometimes do give everything just to help their kids.

2. My friends. Of course they had to come second! I have the best friends any one person could ask for. In fact i'm almost tearing up because of the love they show for me. The past couple years haven't been the easiest for me, and definitely not for my friends who have had to deal with me. But i appreciate those who did. I love you guys with all my heart.

3. My job. As much as i don't really want to be here right at this second, i LOVE my job! I'm so blessed to be able to have a job that i can go to everyday. That i know i'm secure in, and where good work doesn't go unnoticed. The people i work with are phenomenal. They are very inclusive, and appreciative, and they make work a good and fun environment to be in. There are not very many days where i don't want to go to work. and even on those days, it's not because of the job, it's usually just because i want to be home. But i'm very blessed to have this job, and be able to earn good money.

4. The Gospel. Where would i be without it?? I can't imagine how terrible it would be to go through life not knowing why you're here, or where you might end up after you are taken away from this Earth. Or without knowing that we have a Savior who atoned for our sins so that we can repent and be made whole again. Where would we be without the comfort of our Heavenly Father or our Savior. I am so blessed to have been given the opportunity to be born into this great Gospel and work that is going forth.

5. Technology. Yesterday with the snow storm we had a power pole fall down, blocking the road. The wires also blocked our driveways so we couldn't go anywhere. We were stuck at home with no power, water, or internet. I know it sounds super pathetic. But you really appreciate them when you have nothing else. Some good old fashioned legos were pulled out, and books, and more sleeping. But most importantly, good conversation. It was fun just chatting and not worrying about much else. (besides getting water from outside to fill up the toilet and when you had to go.) Needless to say, as soon as the roads were open we all left... but still.

6. Music. Oh my goodness, what would we do without music?! Music is on when we clean, it's on when we drive, and when we just sit around. It's everywhere! Can you imagine how boring life would be without music? Drives would be endless, work would be tedious (not that it isn't already.) House work would be impossible, and life would just be boring all around. Music sets the mood. It can change you from happy to sad, from sad to happy. From mad to calm, from dull to spiritual. It is so powerful! When you decide your music, you decide your mood.

Well those are my top 6. I'm sure as the day goes on i'll think of many more. In fact, i'm thinking of more as i type this, but i'm kinda sick of typing. So, i'll leave you with this. Merry Christmas! Be sure to remember Christ on this day. Lets not be so self absorbed that we forget what Christmas is all about.