75 Questions...

75 QUESTIONS YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER BEEN ASKED
I'm tagging everyone that reads this and I am doing this because I am bored...ha ha.

1. First thing you wash in the shower?
HAIR

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
RED

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
HECK NO!

4. Do you plan outfits?
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING THE DAY THAT I NEED TO PLAN BUT USUALLY NO

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
PRETTY CONTENT FOR THE MOST PART

6. Whats the closest thing to you that's red?
MY REAL SALT LAKE SCARF (SEASON TICKET HOLDER SCARF)

7. Do you say aim or a-i-m?
NEITHER

8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS ABOUT BUT I REMEMBER CHASE CRAWFORD BEING IN IT! HE PLAYS NAT ARCHIBALD IN THE CW SERIES GOSSIP GIRL

9. Did you meet anybody new today?
YES BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEIR NAMES ARE...MY BAD.

10. What are you craving right now?
WATER ACTUALLY

11. Do you floss?
YEP

12. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
A GROSS VEGETABLE

13. When was the last time you talked on aim?
WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH...I REMEMBER EVERYONE HAVING IT

14. Are you emotional?
WHAT GIRL IS NOT EMOTIONAL?

15. Would you dance to the taco song?
WHAT IS THE TACO SONG?

16. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER FOUND MYSELF THAT BORED TO COUNT TO A THOUSAND

17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
LICK

18. Do you like your hair?
IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY

19. Do you like yourself?
OF COURSE

20. Have you ever met a celebrity?
SURE HAVE

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
OH YES!

22. What are you listening to right now?
I'M ONLY ME (WHEN I'M WITH YOU) - TAYLOR SWIFT

23. How many countries have you visited?
THREE (MEXICO, CANADA, AND BELIZE) AND SOON TO BE FOUR (GERMANY IN JUNE)!!!

24. Are your parents strict?
NOT AS MUCH AS THEY USE TO BE

25. Would you go sky diving?
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION...I HAVE NO IDEA!

26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
I GUESS

27. Would you throw potatoes at him?
NO. I AM NOT THAT MEAN.

28. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in?
YEP...MY PICTURE FRAME.

29. Have you ever been in a castle?
DOES THE CASTLE AT DISNEYLAND COUNT?

30. Do you rent movies often?
NOT AS OFTEN AS I USE TO

31. Who sits in behind you in your math class?
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE NOT TAKEN A MATH CLASS IN 4 YEARS!

32. Have you made a prank phone call?
WHAT GIRL HONESTLY HASN'T?

33. Do you own a gun?
A SQUIRT GUN

34. Can you count backwards from 74?
YEP

35. Who are you going to be with tonight?
WHOEVER IS IN MY DREAMS...HA HA

36. Brown or white eggs?
WHITE

37. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
NOPE

38. Ever been on a train?
SURE HAVE...IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON

39. Like the person your dating?
WHO IS THE PERSON I AM DATING?

40. Do you have a cell-phone?
SURE DO

41. Are you too forgiving?
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON THAT I AM FORGIVING

42. Do you use chap stick?
YEP...UTAH STATE AGGIES MINT CHAPSTICK...SO GOOD!

43. What is your best friend doing tomorrow?
I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE GOING TO CHURCH

44. Can you use chop sticks?
YEP! I FINALLY GOT THE HANG OF IT THIS SUMMER!

45. Ever have cream puffs?
YES! MY GRANDMA MAKES THE BEST CREAM PUFFS EVER!

46. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
NOPE

47. What was the last question you asked?
WHERE IS A PERMNANT MARKER?

48. What was the last CD you bought?
i AM GOING TO GUESS KRIS ALLEN'S DEBUT ALBUM (LOVE IT!). I BOUGHT LIKE THREE AROUND THE SAME TIME BUT I THINK HIS WAS DEFINITELY THE LAST ONE.

49. Boys or girls?
BOYS!

50. What is your bus number for school?
NEVER TOOK A BUS TO SCHOOL

51. Is your hair curly?
STRAIGHT AS A DOOR...HA HA

52. Last time you cried?
I THINK 2 WEEKS AGO

53. Ever walked into a wall?
I AM SURE I HAVE SOME TIME OR ANOTHER

54. Do looks matter?
YES

56. Have you ever slapped someone?
YES

57. Favorite time of the year?
THE FALL

58. Favorite color?
BLUE AND RED ARE PRETTY MUCH TIED

59. Are you sarcastic?
OF COURSE

60. Do you have any tattoos?
SURE DON'T

61. The last person you held hands with?
CONFIDENTIAL

63. Where was your facebook default picture taken at?
AT RIO TINTO STADIUM CELEBRATING WITH RSL TEAM FOR THE MLS CUP WIN!!!

64. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
OF COURSE

65. Do you like your life right now?
I HAVE MY UPS AND DOWNS BUT OVERALL YES

66. How often do you talk on the phone?
IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY

67. What is your favorite animal?
KILLER WHALES!!!

68. What was the most recent thing you bought?
A NEW PAIR OF JEANS, SHIRT, AND BLACK HEELS!

69. Do you have good vision?
YEP

70. Can you hula hoop?
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS A PRO...NOW NOT SO MUCH

71. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
I DON'T KNOW...I HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT KIND OF SITUATION...

72. Do you have a job?
YEP AND I JUST GOT MY FULL-TIME HOURS BACK!

73. Can you handle the truth?
I AM GONNA HAVE TO AREN'T I?

74. What are you wearing?
BLACK LONG-SLEEVED SHIRT AND JEANS

75. Have you ever crawled through a window?
YEP! I DID THAT IN BOSTON BECAUSE MY FRIEND AND I WERE LITERALLY LOCKED INSIDE OUR APARTMENT THAT WE WERE STAYING AT...THE FUNNIEST THING EVER!

Okay, your turn!

Prayers Are Being Answered

As of lately, I have been wondering what the next few months have in store for me and at times, it has gotten a little frustrating. In these past few days/months, I swear my prayers are being answered. The funny thing about that is is that I actually have not been saying my prayers as much as I use to but it seems like Heavenly Father is listening to my thoughts and what is on my mind all the time. One of the things that has been on my mind is what am I going to do next semester about school. After going to a fireside with Elder Richard G. Scott being the special speaker, it hit me that I should try to re-apply to the DATC's Nursing program and if I don't get in, I should go to Steven Henager's college. If I do get in, then I will just work until August when school starts. If I don't, then I only lost 3-6 months of schooling. So my education question was answered.

Well the next thing that has been on my mind is money. How am I going to work next semester if I do get in the program? I didn't really want to get another job to pay bills, save money for Germany and school and such. But if I had to, I would try. Today my boss calls me and asks me if I wanted one of two shifts that were available and I was asked first because I have been waiting to get the extra hours. I said yes I wanted this certain shift and if another staff didn't want the other one, then I would take it. My boss calls me back and said that I could have both shifts! Now I am back at full-time hours and by the time Germany comes around, I will have my benefits and get paid while I am on vacation in Europe! So there was another answer! I don't have to find another job. I mean I could if I wanted to but I don't really.

The third thing that has been on my mind is if I wanted to stay in my singles ward that I am in now or if I should change. On sunday when I was talking to my mom, I realized the true reason of why I wanted to change. It is because of my attitude towards the ward. My ward that I am in now has changed SO much since I joined it 2 years ago for the better. There are a lot of people that I don't even know that I should probably get to know. So the answer to this prayer is that I should stay in this ward because what is the point of going to a new one and meeting new people when I don't even now the new people in my ward right now (half or 2/3 of it is all new)? That just doesn't make sense.

Since now I have all these prayers answered, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I feel so much better and happy about where my life is going. I feel more confident in myself and it also reassures me that Heavenly Father does listen to our prayers even when we keep them to ourselves. I am grateful for him and for all the people that are in my life to help me realize all these wonderful things that are happening around me. So far it has been a great holiday season and I hope for more of it come my way throughout the rest of the year!

...SEATTLE...

Last weekend, as I said in my previous post, I went to Seattle. It was a very quick and a very fun roadtrip. As I said once before, I went to see Real Salt Lake face L.A. Galaxy in the MLS Cup final. So last saturday my friend and I, Trina, headed on the road at 4 a.m. Yes, 4 in the morning! We are crazy but I think it was pretty much worth it since one of the passes is pretty scary when there is snow accumulating in it. It took us 15 1/2 hours to get to there by going to Portland and then over to Seattle. We arrived at 7:30 p.m. and basicallly crashed. Well Trina did. I couldn't because I had to finish some of my homework.

The day of the game (November 22, 2009) we brought clothes with us to go to a singles ward in the city. We get there and there was nobody there! We figured they probably had stake conference and we went to the temple instead. The Seattle, Washington temple is gorgeous! I loved how you just come right off the freeway as you bend the exit ramp and it is just right there for you to see. There happened to be an LDS church right next to it and that is where we changed into our normal clothes. I think it would have been a sight to see with two women walking in the church dressed in church clothes and then walking out with their ReAL gear on. Then we went to the Space Needle and went to the top of it to look out and see the city. It was pretty neat. You could see Qwest Stadium for up there! That is where the game was played at. It was also fun to see all these ReAL fans there and hardly any LA fans. I think that just shows which team has true fans. Ha Ha. So after the Space Needle we headed to lunch and then to Pioneer Square where all the fans were going to meet together and do a little parade towards the stadium. It was amazing to see because once again, there were SO many ReAL fans cheering and nothing from LA even though we saw more of them there. When the time came we finally headed towards the stadium with all of us chanting and cheering for RSL. It was pretty much awesome. We found our seats clear up in the nose-bleed section of the stadium and watched the game. We had 3 RSL fans sitting behind us and let me tell you something, they need to learn the game. One of them knew enough of how the game is played but didn't know the calls very well. Another one was an older woman who had the most shrilling, high-pitched voice I have ever heard. She definitely didn't know the game. She didn't know calls or players names. It a sense it was kind of funny but got pretty annoying at times. Then in front of us we had 3 LA fans. I didn't know they were LA fans until LA scored on us. They were entertaining to watch because as the game was coming to a close and we were taking shots on goal and almost making them, they would just have this look on their faces like "thank goodness" and breathe and clap. Pretty entertaining.



That video features the highlights of the game and I hope you got a glimpse of how much fun it was to watch and why it was so worth going for. It was a pretty intense game and I enjoyed every minute of it! I want to thank Amber and Wes for letting Trina and I stay over for the weekend. I am sorry that it was such a quick trip and that we didn't get to spend a lot of time together. Like I have said a few times before (to them), I will plan another trip to come up and spend more time with you! Again thank you so so much!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

On Sunday, Real Salt Lake won it's first MLS Cup Championship! I was able to drive up to Seattle to witness such an event and every penny spent was definitely well worth it. We once again had to play 120 minutes and do a shoot-out and the result is we came out on top! We entered the playoffs as the underdogs and it has been so fun to watch RSL play to their fullest and prove everyone wrong that they are as much deserving as any other team. I think my favorite moments were Robbie Findley (forward) making that goal in the 64th minute to tie the game, Nick Rimando (goalkeeper) saving two shots in the shoot-out, Landon Donovan totally missing his shot, Chris Wingert making his goal during the shoot-out (I was a little nervous since he is a defender), Robbie Russell making his goal (that is him above)which leads to the celebration at Qwest Stadium for winning the game!

It has been a great season and I cannot believe that it is over. I feels like last week it just started but we started great in the preseason winning a cup and we are ending just as great with the biggest cup in American soccer. Go RSL!
*I will post again in the next few days about the other things that I did in Seattle along with pictures. Stay tuned!

New Moon: The Movie

I just want to hurry and write my thoughts on the newest Twilight movie. I won't give anything away so don't worry. All I can say that it was absolutely AMAZING!!! It most definitely followed the book through and through. Of course there were some changes but none that really mesed up the flow of movie/book. I was very impressed. The graphics were awesome. The acting a SO much better. The direction was great. I just loved it. This is seriously a movie that I can watch over and over again and never get sick of it. I also want to give a shout out to Chris Weitz. He is the director and did a fabulous job. I would not mind having him be the director for the fourth movie. Hopefully Breaking Dawn will get the green-light and can be filmed next September. That would be fabulous. So out of 5 starts on this show, I give it 5 and I strongly recommend everyone to see it! Loves!

Real Quick...

I thought I would just hurry and write down on my lovely blog that Real Salt Lake is going to the MLS Finals! This is the first time in Real franchise history that they made it to the finals but in order to do that, they needed to win a conference cup!. It was lucky enough for them to even make it into the playoffs this season as the 8th seed. They were placed in the Eastern conference bracket. They played Columbus (who were the champions last year) first at Rio Tinto with us winning 1-0 and then us going to Columbus and beating them there 3-2 and overall 4-2 because of aggregate goals. Then off to play Chicago. We played the full 90 minutes and then two 15 minute halves. If there is no score after that, then it goes to a shoot-out until we have a winner. That is exactly what happened. Like I said before, they played 120 minutes and went into a shootout and Real won 5-4! I am so proud of RSL for making the most of this season. They had a strong perfomance the first 1/3 of the season but then struggled in the second 1/3 with injuries, players being called up to play for their respective countries because of the Gold Cup going on, and yellow card accumulation and red cards. The last 1/3 was incredible. We needed a lot of help to get into the playoffs from other teams to lose or beat other teams and we needed to win games. We did that and that is how we made it into the playoffs and now conference champions! The final game is next sunday in Seattle...that's right Seattle and I am headed up north...So Jake & Sara and Amber & Wes, hopefully I will see you! I am thinking of flying stand-by so my friend and I may need a place to stay! That would be ever-so loverly! Go RSL!!!

Application Update

Two weeks ago was a pretty crappy week for me. What started it all was Noah having seizures and staying in the hospital for a few days. Then Real tied their exhibition game and I blame it on the second half team...there was not much effort in that part of the game. Then at work...it was just bad and not something I can write down. Well that monday of that crappy week, I get an email from Dixie State College letting me know my results on my application. It turns out that I didn't get into the Nursing program at DSC. I was actually not surprised. I kind of already knew that I wasn't going to get in but wasn't going to get my hopes up at the same time. Now I am looking into Steven Henager's or Ameritech colleges or I may take a risk and apply again for the DATC's program and hoping to get in the fall. Steven Henager's and Ameritech always have programs starting so I would only miss out on a couple of months if I didn't get in the DATC's again. So far that is my plan and it may change. I just need to be patient and do the things that I am suppose to be doing and I will get in somewhere. There were at least 3 things that did happen that week that were wonderful....One, I got a pretty good score on my Physiology test. That was a shocker because I hardly studied for it. Two, Noah came home from the hospital and the doctor's are 98% sure it was a viral infection. Finally, I got a very much needed movie night with my friends where we watched Monsters vs. Aliens and Hocus Pocus (CLASSIC!!!). Since then, my weeks have been much better!