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I'm in a menstration-induced bad mood. It is your typical, hormonal, non-logical, angry at self and taking it out on the world kind of mood. I'm mad at what I have become. I'm mad at what I haven't become. I'm mad about my weight, I'm mad about my laundry. I'm just mad. It's so stupid. And at the same time I feel like crying, but all my tears are stuck because of the anger. Hmmmm....

Hormones are great aren't they. Usually I don't get quite this bad. I'm in such a rotten place. I think I'll go to bed and hope it goes away in my sleep. I'm not the only one who has days like this right?

Bear Lake

Mom and Brooke playing with sea shells

Julie and Brooke in our rented condo. Are we not so lucky!!!

Fun on the beach

Burying themselves in the sand

Buddy is all tuckered out!

Hunting sea shells

Three little merpeople

The kids rode this little train ride at the Raspberry Days Fair. As you can see, I was not quick enough with the camera to actually get a photo of the children's faces. lol.

Puppy getting a little too rambunctious for Brooklyn's tastes. Crazy little dog.

Buddy is terribly difficult to get good pictures of. He's always on the move. This one I caught just in time before he bit my camera lens and slimed it with his wet nose!!! He is such a soft and cute little dog though, so how could anyone stay mad at him for sliming their camera?

We had a terrific weekend. I love how Bear Lake's beaches have a whole lot of shallow areas for the munchkins to play in. I got Erika to come out with me where the water was up to my shoulders and we played in the waves that the boats and ski-doos were making. We didn't see any fish (which was one of our goals) but we giggled a lot and had tons of fun.

In other news, I have 2 new roommates. I've only met one of them. Her name is Monica and she's a freshman going into Graphic Design. I like her so far. I think she'll be a nice roommate. I hope I'll be able to say the same for the others.

Until later!!!

Oh All Right! Fine!

Here are the photos I chose to put in the art show at the Tippits Gallery.

Art Exhibition

So my photos will be in the art exhibition from August 25th to September 13th! Yea! Sometimes people will buy prints from these exhibitions, but I doubt it in this one. I think I'll enter a couple of these into the State and County fairs and see what they do.

Well PJ has been super attentive. I still like him. Funny thing, I actually feel slightly overwhelmed by it all. I told him he needs to slow down just a bit because he is scaring me! For those who asked, He's 30 years old. 6 feet tall with medium brown hair and blue eyes and super long eyelashes. He's working on a Business degree at USU.

Anyway, I am going to be with my family this weekend at the lake. I am super excited. I haven't been up there in years! I love hangin out with the fam too. I'll try to get some good photos to post up here. Until then, I am afraid words must suffice. :D

But because posting with a photo is fun, I have uploaded one or two that I took from my cousin's wedding a few weeks back. Love ya!

Rather unexpected chain of events...

Well, I went out with PJ. I like him a lot. We've been out on dates every day for the past 3 days now! Wow! That's what I call a marathon date. As a result, I am even more sleep deprived than I normally am. So I am telling you now... Whatever I say in this post is influenced heavily by sleep deprivation. :) .......

*THUD!*

ZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZ....

lol. Talk more about it later.

Der... uh... Hi

Well nothing too exciting is going on but I probably should blog a little so y'all won't forget about me. :D jk.
So here's another FABULOUS Swiss Heidi photo. I like this cow. I think I'll call her Bessie. Why is Bessie SUCH a good cow name? Anyway, here she is.

I turned in my application for graduation to the Dean's office today. YEA! It's really going to happen! Granted... not for 10 more months, but still!!! I am excited. It's been hard, but so worth it.
Maytag canceled his visit to Logan yet again, so I'll probably go out with PJ. He's new. Haven't met him in person before, but he seems nice so we'll see. (They all seem nice at first dont they! Then after they've got their hooks in you they start canceling dates every time you plan one out! GRRRR!!! ;) kidding... okay... only kind of kidding. :D)

Furball with teeth

Look at this darling little animal. Doesn't he look soft and sweet and cuddly? Sure. From the picture perhaps. I've been babysitting him this week while my mother has been working and running errands. I have holes in my hands from where he had bitten me (playing but too hard). I have 3 spots in the living room drying where I have finished cleaning up 2 poop stains and 1 urine stain - and to top it all off, I have a small bald spot on the back of my head now because he thought my hair looked like a fantastic tug-of-war toy.

Despite all this, I love the little whelp! He is so cute! He will come up and snuggle by you after he has finished ripping off your flesh and he always gives me the cutest looks! I spoiled him tonight by feeding him a bite of my steak. lol.

Anyway, I've got to be off now. I will hopefully bring you some entertaining news soon.

Sheesh

Sometimes I feel like the BIGGEST clutz on the planet. I was trying to rent a bike yesterday from school. They let you rent them out for a semester. Well I was renting one for the rest of the summer semester (one month). First of all... I guess I was dehydrated or something because I passed out in their office while filling out paper work to rent the bike. THEN after I had recovered from the embarrassment of that, they gave me my bike and the seat was just barely too high for me so when I was getting on the seat and trying to ride away I almost fell over and THEN my purse got tangled up under the front wheel! All of this happening while the frightened bike mechanics looked on.

It's days like today that I think I should invest in a paper bag to put over my head to wear at all times. But hey, now I have a bike to ride around a bit.

By the by, MANY of you have not called me to give me your phone numbers back. What is this? are you avoiding me??? lol. Jk. Hope to hear from you soon. (Stephanie and Apryle, this means you. :D)

Good bye to my Pink Cell phone

Oh sadness!!!
Today the world has lost a selfless creation. A creation that did nothing but serve others. A thing that brought people who hadn't talked in a great long while together at last. Yes, It is true, My cell phone drowned in a tragic accident today involving a porcelain toilet bowl full of clean water. (At least it got to die in a SOMEWHAT dignified manner... at least there was nothing IN the toilet yet!). Without warning around 2 p.m. today my little pink Razor phone took a fatal leap into the potty. I loved my pink phone. It was a limited edition.
I have no toddlers to blame. Only myself for being careless. May it rest in peace.

I had to go and get a new phone. But the addresses and phone numbers were irretrievable and so, if you all would be so kind as to text me your phone numbers again or call me. The number is still the same. Then I can start re-building my address book.

Thank you for your condolences. Please, no gifts... well unless they're for me. :D (Just kidding!!!) I hope to talk to you all again soon!!!

Check out my Slide Show!

Home Again, Home Again

Hi Everyone!
I made it home! Yea! I have to say, 29 hours of travel can really take it out of a girl!!! Especially when there are noisy and unhappy children on board your 9 hour flight across the ocean! lol. But Oh... it was SO worth the travel to see Switzerland!

I feel really bad, but I ate almost all the chocolate I was bringing home for people. :( I am dreadfully sorry. Chocolate is such a weakness with me! You should have seen me 3 or 4 days ago. I had just gotten back from a day trip to Vevey and I had a chocolate bar in my backpack that I had only eaten like 2 squares off of. Well... everyone was taking a nap but me. My chocolate was melted because it is hot in Switzerland... but... um... I wanted it anyway. so melty and all I started eating it as fast as I could hoping I could get it done before my roommates woke up.

Right when I had thoroughly covered my fingers, hands and yes... face, in chocolate - as if on cue - they all woke up and looked at me like I was a crazy person! Lol. It was pretty embarrassing.

Thankfully, I found out that they make my favorite chocolate over here in the USA too. It's the Lindt brand. But I have never seen it in candy bar form here... only in the truffles. mmmmm.... truffles! Anyway, you are probably mad that I ate the chocolate I was going to give to you, so before you throw something hard at your computer screen and scream obscinities with my name attached to them, I suppose you better go to another website! I am sorry, and I will try to make it up to you someday!