What do vampires, fire trucks, dogs, and baby aviators have in common? Nothing.

5 random pics and the story behind them:
*these are 5 pictures I had saved to my computer and the story behind them. Please excuse the poor quality on some of them, as they were taken with my BlackBerry.

Pic #1 - Robward. Of course I have a pic of him, right?

Well, there's not really a story behind this picture. I found it on we heart it.com and I thought it was pretty adorable (it is, right?), so I saved it. The end.

Pics #2 & 3 - My "fireman experience".

When I worked at the Olive Garden a few years back, I worked with a fireman. One night, a few of my friends and I put together a "don't-get-bored" care package for my friend and his fellow firefighters and went down to the station to pay them a visit. While we were there they gave us a tour of the firehouse and my friend even dressed me up in his gear. Even though we had to leave early because they got a call, it was so much fun to see the behind the scenes stuff of what they actually do when they're there. A few weeks later we were invited back to ride in the fire truck and spray the hose they use to put out fires with. It was like I was 5 years old all over again. Aka: it. Was. Awesome.

Pic #4 - My once-upon-a-time-dogs.

Once upon a time, I had a dog. A few years back my roommate Kiki and I purchased a brother and sister puppy. Enter Jersey Bella (she's the smaller one on the left, and yes I know Jersey Bella pretty much sounds like a stripper name...) and Eddie (bigger guy on the right). These dogs were so rambunctious and full of energy, it was hard to keep up with them! But we loved them just the same. I could tell so many crazy stories about these dogs (like the time Eddie ran out into the street and almost got smooshed by a car, or when I was too lazy to get up and let them out into the backyard so I put them out through the window instead...) but that would take up way too much time. (If you really want to hear a story, e-mail me and we'll talk.) When I moved I had to get rid of Jersey because I couldn't have dogs in my new house. It was a sad, sad parting and I still think about her all the time. I hope the family that took her is taking good care of her and loving her as much as I did. (I hope the same for Eddie too.)

Pic #5 - Baby aviators

I love doting on my little brothers. I probably shop for them almost as much as I shop for myself. It's great. - Anyway, I found these "baby aviators" at Gap and absolutely had to get them. Don't Boo and Little M look great? I think so at least.

So those are my 5 random photos for the day. I'd love for you all to play along. It's not hard at all! Simply choose 5 random photos you already have saved to your computer and tell why you like the particular photo or the story behind it. - If you do this on your blog, send a link! I'd love to see what kinds of neat things everyone has to share!
Happy Friday.
Cheers.

because i can.

whoo! today is such a lazy day for me. i don't have to do ANYTHING... okay. that's kind of a lie i do have a little bit of homework, but that's it.
a few days ago i withdrew from two of my classes. the workload was just too much for me right now and the stress was consuming. between worrying about money and a job (or in my case, the lack there of), being away from my family, and 12 credits worth of accelerated summer classes, i was ready to just sit down a cry. so i did the most sensible thing i could think of: i withdrew from two of my classes. now i only have 6 credits and i feel much better about my life. holy canoli.

so, what do i intend to do on my lazy day off?

finish unpacking and making my house pretty so it no longer looks like a white trash, blue collared american is living i my home.

{above is my room right now (please ignore the poor phone quality pic. since i don't live at home anymore, i no longer have the luxury of using the wicked awesome canon rebel.)

below is what my room needs to look like.}

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read a little in my book (i'm re-reading the harry potter series starting with book 3. i want to refresh my memory before the first half of the 7th movie comes out.)

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and i'm going to see eclipse... again. because i can. 

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what are you doing today? what do you do on your lazy days off?

double feature day.

today i went and saw:

I have to say I was a bit disappointed with the later but gregward said it was only because i haven't seen any of the cartoons or anything. i think it was because i was expecting it to be a lot more epic then it actually was and i didn't realize it was made for kids. so, i'm sure that if i was like 10-12 i would have enjoyed it more. but it wasn't horrible. just not exactly my kind of movie.
it was sort of fun watching two jackson rathbone movies in one day, although in the last airbender his acting was a little... less then wonderful. i prefer him in twilight.
as for eclipse, it was great. (the previews were one of the best parts! the new harry potter trailer and the voyage of the dawn treader trailers were on eclipse. it was pure awesomeness) besides the movie itself there were some crazy wonderful stunts and camera shots that i really enjoyed (because yes, i look at things like camera angles and stunts in movies.) i must say new moon and eclipse have redeemed the twilight saga as far as movies go. they should re-make twilight right now and have it be as good as the last two movies have been or else remove it from the series completely because quite frankly its not worthy of its twilight name. and don't even get me started on breaking dawn. i don't even like the book and i think the movies should stop with eclipse.

anyway. i think that's plenty of vampire talk for now. - tomorrow is the 4th of july and i'm stoked. the 4th has always been one of my favorite holidays no matter what we've done and so i already know its going to be great tomorrow. i hope you all have as much fun as i do.

be safe. have fun. stay awesome.

its the vamps b-day.

*please forgive me for this post. :)

happy birthday robert.

(my one true love.)

my how you've grown. we've had some fun times together haven't we? 

remember when i was anxiously waiting in my theatre seat for harry potter 4 to begin?

you came on the screen as cedric diggory and i shouted to the entire theatre "cedric diggory is my boyfriend!" (and then those rude, insensitive-to-young-love spinsters turned around and shushed me. but i didn't care because i knew we'd always be in love!)

and it seems like just yesterday when ashes texted me and said cedric diggory was just cast as edward cullen. (ironically, ash was also in the theatre w/ me when i professed my love for you the first time...)

after that a world of love and hate surrounded us, but we remained strong.

i've always been there for you.

then you became "robsten" and "r-patz" and all sorts of other horrible people.

but i've always forgave you for the bad things you've dong (remember me, kristen stewart).

and in the end, i've always known our love was true.

you come second to no one (except for ben barnes) and i hope you look back and smile at the fun times we've had, just like i do.

happy birthday.

(ha. ha. ha.)

ciao,

p.s. is it just me or do robert and jt look alike?

new moon is here ya'll.

i've been debating all day whether or not to go get my copy of new moon at midnight tonight with all the other crazies out there.

alas, i will be, simply because last year my wal-mart ran out of the "special feature" copies within about 15 minutes. all that was left were the "normal" copies. and who wants that?

(plus i need 5 more boxes of white lights for the wedding i'm planning.)

anyway, in celebration, here is the eclipse trailer!

woohoo!

(and please enjoy the awesome geico commercial before the preview!)

have a good one all!

twihard,

{eclipse trailer found via youtube!}

will you remember me?

(i know this is my 3rd post today. i'm sorry. this is the last one of the day i promise)

so. twilight fans.

if you hadn't planned on seeing remember me

(starring robert pattinson which is reason enough to see it...),

maybe you'll change your mind knowing that: the eclipse trailer will be played in the previews of remember me (which drops march 12th.)

i know i'll be there. will you?!

i will remember you,


{remember me poster found here. via this. just like always.}

its probably too early but...

... i can't help myself.

you know i love most things twlight.

(can't say that i love ALL things twilight, but MOST things is acurate.)

i've posted about twilight here, here, and here (although this one is only slightly relevant).

i've also posted here and here and here, oh and here about it.

(okay... so a few of those only briefly mention twilight, but... they count.)

and so, imagine my glee,

when today, while i was searching around stephenie meyer's website,

i found this:

yep. thats right my friends. there is already an eclipse countdown.

(eclipse comes out [in the u.s.] on june 30th, as i mentioned here.)

isn't it great we have that to look forward to, in addition to this??

i think so.

so pardon my slight jump of the gun, but i'm just so excited.

=]

happy trails to ya,

good news!

just found out new moon the movie is being released:

{march 20, 2010}

bah! so excited.

who's with me!

i'm so excited - and i just can't hide it,


{new moon poster found here after a little searching here.}

so many mooooovies.

okay there are 13 movies to date that i'm STOKED for, that come out in 2010.

some more than others, but all are sounding good right about now.

so, what will i be seeing in 2010?

well, since you asked...
**UPDATE (movies that are strikedthrough are ones that i saw)

{january}

when in rome (29th)

i l-♥-v-e kristen bell,

so naturally i'm SO excited for this flick.

plus it sounds adorable.

{february}

dear john (5th)

okay. love amanda seyfried,

and nicholas sparks movies are always so cute.

percy jackson & the olympians: the lightning theif (12th)

i'm probably most excited for this one. i'mjustsayin.

{march}

alice in wonderland (5th)

i have been waiting for this one since '08

so i'm excited its FINALLY coming out.

remember me (12th)

notgunnalie i'm stoked for another r-patz flick.

(hopoing its not rated r...)

{may}

letters to juliet (7th)

okay. another amanda seyfried film.

plus it takes place in italy. the home of my ancestors.

yes. please.

{june}

toy story 3 (18th)

hooray for yet another toy story!

should. be. awesome.

ECLIPSE!!!!!!!!!! (30th)

so happy this installment is coming out earlier than nov.

it makes the waiting process easier.

so. much. easier. -- and i'm excited for the tent scene.

i'mjustsayin'.

{july}

hairspray 2 (rumored)

well its rumored. but adam shankman is directing.

plus i ♥ the first one, so this should be fab.

{august}

step up 3d (6th)

loved the first one, double loved the second one.

hoping to triple love the third one.

{november}

harry potter & the dealthy hallows part I (19th)

hooray for harry potter!

and the fact that there is still one more to go after this is...

pure bliss.

rapunzel (19th)

so happy disney is finally doing some "old school" animation again.

also, rapunzel is my favortie fairy tale character,

so, pretty excited for this one.

{december}

chronicles of narnia: voyage of the dawn treader (10th)

j'adore the narnia movies and books. sad disney quit doing them,

but happy 20th century fox picked them up!

also happy that delicious ben barnes is back again as caspian.

ugh. so many i know.

what are you excited for in 2010???

lets go to the movies, lets go see a show,

seven days of {smiles}.

seven days of smiles this week.

it was a long week for me, and looking back,

i realize i had so many tiny miracles going on around me,

that i want to reflect on what made me smile.

1. {monday} -- i got my hair done. that was a major smile. and then i had a blast at f.h.e. afterwards! 

2. {tuesday} -- watched t.v. with some darling little kids all five of them wanting to sit on my lap.

3. {wednesday} -- attended not one but two christmas parties. loved spending time with my relief society girls, and then laughing with sissykins' co-workers at her work party.

4. {thursday} -- boo's first piano recital ever. and then, my visiting teachers spent 2 hours at my house. we sat on the floor and ate tater tots with sissykins' a-maz-ing fry sauce, they gave us pez dispensers for christmas!

5. {friday} -- went visiting teaching (for 2+ hours) and made some incredible new friends. we're talking incredible. played twilight scene it for the first time ever (and won might i add! - although i would have had fun no matter what.)

6. {saturday} -- drank some hot cocoa after a very long day, and then watched an episode of ugly betty with sissykins.

7. {sunday} -- woke up to find one of my out-of-town cousins at my house (always a joy.) and then after church and dinner we watched i'll be home for christmas which was an early christmas present to me!

so grateful for such awesome blessings in my life.

thank you to everyone who has made me smile this week.

here comes the sun,

fun fact friday #5

{fun fact friday time!}

this week i'm sharing:

my celebrity crush!

my celeb crush is

(and has been for so much longer than just twilight...)

{♥robert pattinson♥}

what a dreamy, dreamy man he is.

who's your celebrity crush???

cedric diggory is my BOYFRIEND,


{pic found here thanks to here.}

the cullen family and my family.

since moving here a year and a half ago, everywhere my family and i have gone,

people stare at us like we're the cullens.

{no seriously.}

even tonight, at pack meeting, there was a semi circle of chairs,

and then there was {our} row of chairs. 

and everyone {stared}. 

guess we're just so super beautiful and awesome that people can't look away. :)

(it gets even creepier when brothey looks quite similar to edward cullen.

and kids at his school think he is a vampire.)

the cold ones,


{the pic of the gorgeous vamps that you see above was found here. but i woldn't have found it without searching here first.}

confession.

i've seen new moon twice this weekend...

does that make me obsessed?

(...that's in addition to the one time i saw it opening night...)

its not my fault alright?

i got invited. and i couldn't say "no."

that would be rude of me!

(...but i liked saying "yes"...)

but you know what i've concluded about both edward and jacob?
they have horrible taste in girls.

bella swan deserves a huge thumbs down.
(sorry kristen.)

she's selfish, whiney, and has pretty much no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

blck.

pick me instead. :)

its always been him,

new moon. ah!

i went to {new moon} on thursday.

it was incredible.

so much better than {twilight} (and thank goodness!)

one of my besties said it right when she said:

"new moon was what {twilight} should have been."

so right.

we made shirts, and had a little get together before hand

(everyone brought a treat to the party that was {twilight} themed.

ours were soda pops labled as different blood types.),

then we went to the theatre,

and were {dazzled} by the pretty boys and awesome movie.

i'll go see it again asap.

hope you went!

{hope}. {you}. {loved}. {it}.

howl at the full moon,


{pics by me. oh wonderful.}