Melanie

4.05.2010

Ok, my friend found this on a blog somewhere and it is freakin hilarioius! Enjoy!

· I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

· More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

· Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

· Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

· That's enough, Nickelback.

· I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

· Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

· Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

· There is a great need for sarcasm font.

· Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it.

· I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

· How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

· I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

· Was learning cursive really necessary?

· Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

· I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

· Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

· Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart.”

· How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

· I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent an idiot from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

· Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

· What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

· While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

· MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

· Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

· I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

· Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

· I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

· Bad decisions make good stories.

· Whenever I'm Facebook-stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

· Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier and sluttier every year?

· If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

· Why is it that during an icebreaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

· You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

· Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

· There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

· I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

· "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

· I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

· I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dang it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

· I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

· I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

· Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

· As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

· Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

· It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

· I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

· Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

· Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey- but I'd bet everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

· I wonder if cops ever get ticked off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

· I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

3.05.2010

Check out my Design Blog...I just updated it =)

2.15.2010

February

February is one of those months... Winter is starting to dwindle, we get rain instead of snow sometimes, and you can feel Spring right around the corner. I was thinking of how much I was missing and craving a beautiful sunny day and it got me thinking what else I miss and crave:

Beautiful Sunny Day:

A good game of Rock Band, I love this game and haven't played it in forever:

A good Concert, I haven't been to one since October:

The Caribbean...oh how I wanna go back!:

Just to name a few. I certainly cannot wait till Spring!

1.17.2010

I've got the Blue's...

So a couple weeks ago I added some Blue extensions in my hair. It was hard to get pictures of it...it looks better in person. Normally I don't have my hair curly like this but when I finally got around to taking pictures it was (makes it a little harder to see the hair, hence the picture of it straighten below). I love it so much...I love having something a little different, its pretty rad!

Is it bad I think this is hilarious?

This makes me laugh..it is sad but I love it! It sounds so familiar to me...Gotta find the joy in life, right?!

1.01.2010

Goodbye 2009...Hello 2010

I am proud to say I am stoked for 2010...I have a feeling it will be a good year :). I celebrated the New Year with my fellow Utahan's by going down to Salt Lake to the Eve celebration. It was a good time. We took advantage of Front Runner & Trax and enjoyed listening to some Neon Tree's (a pretty cool Utah band), watched a comedy show, and danced into the New Year. No pictures unfortunately...I didn't have a place to carry my camera :(...the images are in my mind!

So we will rewind into previous events....

Christmas

Christmas Day was a good day. My sister had to work that morning so I just sat around all morning, pretty much read till she got here around 1 and then we opened presents. I just got money to go towards my camera, so since I didn't have much to open I became the designated photography. Love the new camera! Still don't know how to use it though. Below is our beautiful Christmas Tree:

When everyone else came over we decided to try doing the nativity scene...never been attempted before! Casey & Kari where Mary & Joseph with Mia as baby Jesus, she fit the part perfect!

The boys were the Wise Man and they did such a wonderful job...

This is the whole gang that participated...as you can see my mom was Angel Gabriel and she wore her Snuggie as her Angel outfit...it was awesome!

Below are some snapshots of the Kids...I love them!

This has been one of the best Christmas's of my life. I was able to coordinate getting Christmas for two families in Inter-city Ogden for our singles ward. It was so stressful but one of the best experiences I have had. I am so grateful I was able to help these families have a good Christmas and to provide them with other stuff they can use and are in need of. I am so blessed to have the means to help others. I truly felt the true meaning of this Christmas this year. Life has kind of been crappy up until the past few months and I am so excited to see what this new year will bring with the new perspective I have on life...

Friend Christmas Party

Once again we had our wonderful Friend's Christmas Party. This year it was at Heidi's and it was a lot of fun. We always have a good time when we get together. We missed you this year Shauna! Andrea & Jaisha left before this picture was taking but here is the rest of us. I love getting together with this girls. They all have had such an amazing influence in my life and oh the good times we have had in the past :) Love ya girls!