Post Institute Adventures. = ]

So I'm lazy and I'm not going to post last weeks adventures at the Bowling Alley, but if you would really like to see them, check out Vanessa's post on it... http://vjones0828.blogspot.com/2009/06/bowling-with-my-pals.html
but here's this week's adventures after Institute. We basically live at Sonic. well maybe I should say, I basically live at Sonic. and we found out last night that we have a stalker that literally lives at Sonic. hahahaha. JK!! =] so we are pretty much picture crazy when we get together and we have a camera... so don't laugh too hard, and you may want to slip on those depends in case of laughing so hard you pee your pants off. JK. =] enjoy and check next Thursday for our next Post Institute Adventure.
To protect our identity, and our stalker, the story behind this picture will remain with the four of us. you know who you are!! good times though Hailee. love ya girl!

Drive Thru anyone? we were trying to do that pose that you do in Elementary school with the little stairway in school pictures. hahaha.

and here's my best friend, and my fiance. an arranged marriage dont worry. hahaha jk=]

Vanessa Elizabeth Jones without the Elizabeth. Your highness. the only words to decribe this amazingly amazing woman!!! love you dude.


and here is the best picture in the whole wide world. just dont ask questions. hehehe. . . i love these girls so so so so much and the WORST DAYS EVER turn into the BEST DAYS EVER!!!! always. LOVE YOU!!!

Updates!

Today has been a great day!! I slept in finally, did nothing basically the whole morning. took a long hot shower, trimmed my hair and bangs, went shopping with my mom and sister and now just waiting around for Vanessa to get done with work!! :)
I'm gunna go on a long walk with her. I'm so excited. We are both working on trying to talk better in person. We both talk really well over letter, e-mails, txts, and so forth but can't talk that well in person. So we are going to start working on it. We're gunna go for a walk and talk for hours. I can't wait. We have so many things to talk about!!! It's going to be a great thing i know! I'm so we have each other to continue to build each other up more and more and more everyday. Anyways, I'm trying to get better at writing on here everyday, and thought i better do it now because I wont have time later today.
I have institute tonight at 7. I'm really enjoying institute so far. Its been a great class. I haver learned alot already. I just wish the class was a little smaller, but its okay. After institute every week we have activities as well. Its such a great idea. it definitely convinces me to go. haha. the first week was dodge ball and i dominated that game!!!! then last week we wacthed that new Rugby movie. at this week are going to Nampa Bowl. i'm so so so excited!!!! yay! anyways... hope everyone's summer is going great. I have had a great summer so far. Love you all!!

Have a day just for YOU!!

Today is a day just for Bridget. I'm having ME time and I'm glad I am because I need it. But I'm not on here to brag what I'm doing for myself today, I'm here to get other people to have a ME day. Everyone needs ME time and not enough people realize that they need it, and not enough people actually do it. I will guarantee it right now that if you have a ME day, other things will fall into place because you're happy and especially happy about yourself. Which brings me to my other thought of the day...
Because I just graduated from high school, moving on to college, preparing for life without family around, preparing for marriage, and preparing for kids, I have noticed a few things. Sometimes you can't figure anything out in your life until you have figured out yourself. You need to know you, before you know your future husband. You need to know your weaknesses, strengths, things that make you happy, things that make you unhappy, your testimony, what motivates you, and what are some things that you need to work on in your life and work on them. You need to know everything about you before you move too fast and start learning more of life ahead. because once you get in that future life, there will be some major complications because you can't even live within your own skin. Sometimes we need time to have with ourselves to figure things out.
I have a dear dear friend that proved that to me the other day. She has a "friend" on a mission right now, and they both want to get married, but they dont really talk about stuff like that because he's on a mission and needs to focus on the Lord and the Lord's work before he focuses on her. Its been rough for her but she shows great strength in staying on the Lord's side of the whole thing and not becoming selfish about it. But he's distracted from her and struggling a little, and she has a few things that she feels like she needs to work on within herself before he comes home, and she hasn't been able to do that because she's been worked up in him. So she wrote him a letter that told him she needs the last 6 months of his mission for her and only her to work on things for her. She's not going to write him anymore and she needs to focus on her life. I totally applaude her for doing that. She had alot of guts to do it and I'm very impressed with her.
It made me realize that it's okay for Bridget to have a Bridget day everyonce in a while. Its okay to break off an almost relationship because it was just going to be a summer fling and a broken heart in the end. and its okay to a little selfish sometimes and do things for yourself and not for anyone else.
I got alot accomplished yesterday and it feels so good to have them done now. I did stop an almost summer fling because I realized that there was a broken heart in the forecast and I can't keep on doing that to me. It was hard to stop it because I liked him alot, but it was not something that would work out and I'm glad I talked to him about it. He was totally understanding and it was a great feeling. Although i did cry my eyes out, I feel alot better today. But it helps to have a team of support right behind me all the way through the whole thing. before, during, and after more than ever before. You know who you are, and you need to have a day just for you, because everyone needs to feel confident and happy in their own skin before you can help others. LOVE YOU!!

101 things that make Bridget happy

so i've been thinking alot lately. One of my good friends said to me one time that I'm always happy and cheerful, but I don't think so sometimes, I just try to always seem happy. lol so I wanted to see if I had alot of things in my life that make me happy. so I started to compile a list of things that make me happy. some are really weird. some are very temporal and some are not. some are very cheesy, and some make most people happy. I don't have 101 things yet, but decided that maybe if I make it official by putting it on my blog, it will give me motivation to finish it. I really do want to finish it. So i'm starting it now, and will continue to update it and add onto it. If there is anything that u can think of, let me know. I'm determined to find most things that truly make me happy. so here we go... no laughing! :)

1. family
2. friends
3. church
4. Dr. Pepper
5. kids
6. pink
7. blogging
8. the question game
9. facebook
10. the scriptures
11. Vannessa!!!
12. Little Rascals
13. my nieces and nephews
14. singing
15. Rascal Flatts
16. my patriarchal blessing
17. Peach Rings
18. boys
19. money
20. shopping alone
21. reading
22. Peanut M&M's
23. Flowers
24. Bridget time
25. reading about my ancestors
26. my young women girls
27. working out
28. laughing hard
29. volleyball
30. Italian food
31. running
32. cereal
33. bows
34. sunflowers
35. Daisies
36. pearls
37. speaking french
38. math
39. camping
40. boating
41. Twix
42. my journal
43. txting
44. hugs
45. one on one time
46. watermelon
47. music
48. sleeping in
49. being loved
50. praying. deep praying
51. hamburgers
52. massages
53. taking naps
54. sonic slushies
55. sleeping in
56. girls camp
57. France
58. love
59. writing
60. Melanie
61. going to church
62. cleaning
63. doing hair
64. eating
65. summer
66. nicknames
67. the scriptures
68. frisbee
69. being outside
70. Celien Dion
71. Roller Coasters
72. cheetos... hot and cold. :)
73. tanning
74. dresses
75. jewelry
76. Lagoon
78. Bear Lake
79. the beach
80. laying out in the hot sun
81. reading a good book
82. making cards
83. service for others
84. cooking
85. bearing my testimony
86. swedish fish
87. drinking cold water
88. taking a hot shower
89. bath time
90. writing in my journal
91. talking
92. laughing hard
93. playing with people's hair
94. making others happy
95. waterskiing
96. watching any princess movie
97. cleaning
98. decorating
99. doing crafts
100. playing games
101. Vanessa!!!

.... I finally finished it!!! i'm sure i have things twice... so let me know if you find one twice. well Vanessa is on here twice because she ALWAYS makes me happy. not one time she hasn't. I just needed to finish this list so that i have it in college when i'm down in the dumps and I need something to cheer me up. :) this is mostly for me. glad i finished it. YAY!!!

Things happen for a reason

I have been thinking about how things happen for a reason, and if you think about that constantly, and think about how things come about because of something or someone else. its amazing to me. Well recently I have had alot of ups and alot of downs. and all of them I know happened for a reason. There are things that we may not want to do, but if we have faith in our Heavenly Father, we will eventually get to the place that we want to go. He sees the big picture, and we only see the little picture. He knows whats best for us, and how to go about it. I learned the hard way. :) but i have learned my lesson, and I am definitely sticking to heavenly father's plan and not my own, or my friends'. I love having the gospel in my life to always help me through and guide me to where i need to go.
I am so grateful for the family that I have. I am so blessed to have them and to have them love me. I know sometimes i dont want to do what they tell me to do, but they do it out of love, and protection for me. I'm so blessed to have two parents that love me, and have siblings that love me as well. We all get along well and when we dont, we learn from our dissagreements, and move on. I'm grateful to have the friends that I have. I was out with some last night, and wanted to watch "Taken" cuz i hadn't seen it yet, and really really wanted to see it, and one of my friends had it from Red Box. but mom said I needed to come home. I was really really mad, and didn't take it well, but i learned my lesson and I feel bad for making things difficult for my parents. But it caused me to open alot to Vanessa about some things that I haven't been able to tell anyone, and she realized some things that I didn't even realize before. I'm so glad shes here! but i was crying so hard and so mad, I went to bed without talking much to her, and not letting her tell me what she thought of it. but i found a surprise on my car this morning from her. she bought me a pack of Dr. Pepper and was so excited about that!!! and she wrote me a long letter, which as you can tell i love long letters haha. she totally lectured me and told me all the things that i need to do better and fix in my life. She has a good reason to because she has been through her struggles and doesn't want me to go through it like she did. I love it. I mean it was hard to hear that I needed to be better at loving my parents and being understanding and loving. but i do need to, so its what i need to work on right? anyways, i'm so grateful for heavenly father and all that he does me. He loves me so much that he puts me through things to grow and become a better person. He puts people in my lives to build me up and help me through the big and litle speed bumbs. I love it.
anyways. these were my thoughts today and thought i better write it down, and maybe share it with someone that might need to hear it.
Things will always happen for a reason. A reason to make you better.

Adventures of Life!

I'm trying to get better at writing in my blog because there are so many things happening in my life right now and I know if i dont write it down, i will forget about it.
My graduation BBQ went really well. The wheather was ugly and wet all day before and during the BBQ, but about an hour before it cleared up and we had it outside that we had originally planned. except, I had spent the WHOLE day cleaning the whole house, and no even went inside. haha. oh well. now the house is clean. :) but the second we started cleaning up and stuff, it started raining, and that night it just poured and the thunderstorm was incredible! I enjoyed seeing some old friends, and church leaders there. I really did. that was the best part. to enjoy talking to friends and talking about great memories and my bright future. thank you everyone for coming. and i have to thank my family for doing os much work for getting the day just right. I am very appreciative of you guys. The food turned out great too. My dad made amazing hamburgers and I loved it!! we had some great fruit, which i loved to no end, and the food just kept on becoming better and better. thanks!! But I got some really incredible gifts and I dont think I expected much to be honest. I got some really cute, funny, and thoughtful cards, which are my favorite. =] but i got a laptop, laptop sleebve, wireless internet, printer, sheets, and laundry hamper from my family. I loved it so much and I was so shocked when I got the laptop. I love it so much!! thanks Adam and Kat. But I got really really great gifts. I could go on and on about all my favorite gifts because I loved every single one of them and couldn't be happier. THANK YOU!!!
Work went alot better my second day. I seriously hated my first day. I didn't know how to do anything and it was just frustrating. But the second day I did better and actually did things and did it with confidence. Its really a pretty easy job, its just hard getting used to things that you have never even known before. so i go into work tonight, so we'll see how i do today. Seth wants me working the till today, and i'm really really nervous. but hopefully he can help me out for a little bit at the begginning, but i'm a pretty fast learner. The one thing that I hate about my job, which most people can say about their work, is that it takes me away from some things that I want to do. Like I'm missing my priest and Laurel campout this weekend, that I have been planning since November. is gunna be hard to miss it, and its gunna be hard for them to not have me there cuz i'm in charge of alot of things. But I work at a movie theatre, theres no way I can get out of working weekends. oh well, that just means more money. which is good.
Singles ward is going SO much better than it was before, and it was going pretty well before. I think it has just helped to be there for a while and the people are realizing that I'm here and I'm here to stay, so finally people are talking to me, and introducing me to others. which is good. and Vanessa is staying in the ward, so that makes the ward 10 X better. seriously. i think all of us would fall apart with her gone. But on Sunday, we had Single Mingle at Cassidy Wasden's house and I had SO much fun. we played volleyball for a little, which is always fun for me. But then some of us sat around the fire and played BIG BOOTY!!!! I love this game and always played it at girls camp, but i haven't had this much fun playing it before. We finally got most of the people there playing and it was SO much fun. I was BIG BOOTY for a long while, and it was fun. but i was out once Paul sat next to me. we were singing our little chant at the begginning, which is the best part, and he totally messed it up, and i couldn't stop laughing, so i was out. :) but once I was back in the normal circle, it was fun to play around with out so much seriousness. hahaha. good times. but then I got an okay from Dad to go to Vanessa's house to watch Best Two Years. We had already laughed our heads off today, but never this much before. Seriously, we laughed at every single thing!! we started a list of things that we have in common because Vanessa + Bridget = Eternity. :) anyways, we started on it, and last night we on a page and a half list of things in common. There are a few that are inside jokes, but some other ones are just really weird that we have in common, cuz they aren't common things. =] anyways, someday, I'll have to put our list up on here. we're still looking for some more because our goal is to have 101 things that Vaness and Bridget have in common. we're almost halfway there right now. anyways, making that list was so much fun and I HAVE NOT LAUGHED SO HARD IN MY LIFE BEFORE!!!! anyways. then yesterday we spent all day together too. I helped her out with FHE that was that night. It was just fun to spend some time with her. We had some more great laughs, but then again some really great serious talks and we both needed to get out and to hear. so glad Vanessa and I are friends. Then at FHE we had some great fun. I loved roasting the Starburts and having some great laughs with some people from the ward. Good memories. I did some really adventurous things. I jumped the ditch like 10 times to get pine cones and needles to start the fire. I grabbed a waterbottle out of the fire. I only got a dollar for it though. =] and I opened the root beer bottle with my forearm. haha. Phil taught me how to go that. and then I made him Chug the root beer. oh good times. anyways. that was a shortened version of my last two days with Vanessa. What a blast she is to hang out with, but shes gone through SO SO SO much in her life, she knows what things are to be taken serious and what things are to be treasured. I love that about her. We were txting last night and she was crying!!! I just couldnt believe it. I was crying, obviously. but anyways. yesterday was interesting. I LOVE YOU VANESSA!

Updates on Bridget's exciting life

Where do i start. i've had so much stuff going on, i dont even know where to start. this may be non-chronologically in order. i'm just gunna write whatever comes to my mind first. =]

I GRADUATED!!! YAY!! what an adventure graduation is. I graduated with a 4.0. so i was a Summa Cum Laude graduate. becuase of that, i was put on a committe for graduation. I volunteered to be on the decoration committee. and because of my organization, leadership, and love to be in charge, i was put as the leader of the decoration committee. so i did alot of work trying to get to together and making sure everything came out right. it was stressful, but when we were done. i felt so proud of myself because i did it all, with the help of my committe. we had a few meetings and planned out everything that we were going to do. but up to a week before, we really couldnt do much. so the week before graduation, and graduation day was so hectic. but it was good. it kept me out of trouble and out of being really emotional. So we decorated the whole Idaho Center Thursday afternoon. we started about 10 ish and ended about 2:30. so i think we made good timing. here's all that we did. set 30 mums across the stage (which was my big project that i was very stressed out for. i bought them and decorated all of them) evenly, and properly. it looked so so so nice. i loved it so much. it was all me!! :) then we wrapped streamers across the stage, and along the railings and stuff. then we used duct tape across the isle and wrote a 2 0 0 9. it was so legit. then we made some look-alike drapes with our streamers in the entrance that all graduates walk in at the beginning. it was really cool looking. then we made the balloon archway that was huge, so good looking, and fun to make. that took most of the day to do, but we did an amazing job at it. good job guys. then we wrote SHS in the entrance before the archway in duct tape and it looked really cool. we had a few different places with streamers because we had tons of extras. and we had a few bunches of balloons here and there as well.

then graduation came and went. it came way too fast. its crazy that its already over and done with now. All Summa Cum Laude graduates gave their favorite quote towards the beginning. mine was, "Don't cry because its over. Smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss. I was really nervous because i had to say this in front of thousands of people. but it went well. I finally got to walk across the stage and get my diploma. finally. it was nerve racking. but that moment right there was so worth the late night studying, the no life because of homework, and the rediculous amount of time spent on school work. I dont regret it one bit. The song that the choir sang. Omni sol. was a tear jerker. they are so amazing at singing and it was so so so good. I cried alot at that song. I cried at a few of the speeches. mostly Cameron Rickers though because we go way back. best buds. but all the speeches were great. short. bu well said and memorable. i loved it. then the crying all started. the class song turned on. "Here's to the Night" by eve6. we circled around, turned the tassels, and threw the caps up in the air!! what a rush. then everything broke loose. i was trying to get as many pictures in as i could. but i didn't get everyone sadly. but it was good to people like Mr. King. (which I requested that he read names, and he even got to read mine. it was the best way to have my name read!!! i cried.) and Brother Chandler. But the only two times i really cried that night was when i saw Shaylee Hatch and Mamma Morriss. Shaylee Bo Baylee has been a little sister to me for such a long time and i love her so much. I know I wont be able to see her much anymore and its the saddest feeling in the world. Then Mamma Morriss was hard to say good-bye to. I have spent a lot of time with this amazing woman. we have had alot of late night talks at her house and I love her to no end. I know I will be seeing her more, but not as much because i'll be at college. but she's my best friend's mom so i know i'll see her hopefully a little inbetween life. I had fun hugging all my friends and taking fun pictures because i love love love both of those things. But it was sad because now that i think about it, that was the last time i will see alot of my peers. some of them had a big impact on me. I would also thank my family that came as well. They have been my ultimate push to get good grades, to be a good little girl, and to just be me. Mom and Dad always pushed me to have good grades and to never skip. They have taught me alot throughout the last 12 years in school. Katrina has been the biggest impact on me to get good grades because she always did and it seemed like she did it with a breeze. she was always doing homework and doing good things and I will always the late night talk we had recently about high school. you got me through those last few months and i'm glad i'm not the only one that stuggles with it. :) Ryan has always seemed to give me the right advice when i needed it. I will never ever forget one of the first days that he came home from his mission. I asked him a question one night. he went to the scriptures and answered my question with a scripture. I still look at that scripture often. I love it. You may not remember it, but it was the best answer to any of my questions that I have ever received. Because you went on your mission, i gained such a stronger testimony and i am so grateful that you left because you taught me alot when you were gone. thank you for always being there. Aimee. i know i haven't known you forever, but it seems like i have. You are the most down to earth person that i know. You are so real and true to yourself. I have really been working on that alot the last few years in school. I realize the importance of being me and no one else. I need to have integrity and be Bridget with everyone that i'm with. I hope you know that I look up to you and I love you. Adam you have been a true blessing in my life as well. You are always always the one to come up to me and making me feel like my problems can be solved, and that I am the only one on this planet when we are talking. you have a talent to make people feel 10 times better when they're done talking to you, or being around you. you are so nice to everyone and i have tried to apply that in my life because i realize the greatness that you put in lives because of your nature. and Cam. you're so sweet and cute!!!! =]

but then i went home to get changed for a blasty blast of a night. some of my friends car pooled together to Wahooz/Boondocks for our grad party night. We got there about 11 ish and were there till 4 in the morning. it was so crazy fun. I was wired, running around, screaming, and crazy all the way up to about 3:30 and then i had the biggest crash ever. I was mostly wired with my 8 glasses of Dr. Pepper, and all the candy. hahaha. but it was good to be wired. I had so much fun with Mel and Chels. we had some really great laughs on the go-carts. I will never forget it ladies.

what else is going on in my life right now? oh ya!! I finally got the job at the Reel Theatre. I'm starting tomorrow!!! i'm so nervouse but excited to start working and get some $$$!!! Because I work there now, I can get me and three other people in for free with me. So i expect all of you guys to never pay to get into the Reel anymore. why pay when you get can in for free with me? so just call me and let me know and we can go watch a movie together when i'm not working!! I'll have to let you know how the first few weeks on the first job goes. I also have a permanent summer babysitting job for my neighbors. Its just in the mornings, so its perfect cuz i wont ever go into the theatre till 11. and i also got another offer yesterday to work at Hallmark. I dont know what to do. I really really need more money to get to college. and working a thrid job will help. Hallmark will be willing to work around my theatre working hours. but i want some kind of a summer. I have so many things to do with so many people and i need to have fun before i go off to college and not see alot of my friends for a while. what do you guys think i should do?

I have also moved to the singles ward. I know. i'm crazy. but i know thats where i need to be. i've had some amazing experiences so far in the singles ward and so i know thats where Bridget needs to be right now. The best part of me being a part of the singles ward is a girl named Vanessa Jones.

I am actually speechless right now about this amazing girl. She has gone through alot in her life, and she is so wise about alot of things that i'm not, and she helps me out so much. She is one of those girls that is like my best friend, but shes almost 22 so shes like my older sister. I have had alot of good laughs with her because shes freakn hilarious, i've had alot of spiritual moments with her because shes so strong in the church, I've had alot of bonding moments with her because shes so amazing, and i've had a few long talks with her because she is so talkative and helpful. I have been struggling with a few things the last few weeks, and she has been there every single time, no doubt. She knows when i need a laugh, a hug, a lecture, a talk, a slushie, a smile, a story, or a txt. We are alot alike and that helps because she knows what a want and when without me saying anything. She has helped me with alot of my questions about a few things, and has been an answer to my prayers plenty of times. But she says i have been an answer to her prayers as well. This is one of the biggest reasons why I am going to the singles ward because I am for her and she is for me. I love her so much. shes so nice to me, and she laughs at me all the time and i love it because i never felt like the funny one. haha. shes so wierd but you all know i am, so we're perfect to be friends. haha. shes so smart and bright, she knows what she wants in her life and she knows where she is going. I love that about her. I hope i can be as cool as she is right now. =] anyways, i could go on and on and on about her. she is truly an answer to my prayers and i would like to thank her for everything. I love you Vanessa Elizabeth Jones. without the Elizabeth. :)

i feel like i'm forgetting something. I may get on later today to finish if i think of anything. anyways. sorry it was long, but i've been so emotional lately and thoughtful about life, I just had to say it now. enjoy the pictures. :)

A Reel Employee?!

So today, I had a few minutes to stop and breath. It's my last week of high school. Friday is my last day and I graduate on the 28th. I am so excited, but nervous. I know what I want in life, but there are thigns that come unexpectantly and I dont know if I am prepared for those bumps in life. But bring it on! So amongst all my studying and homework doing because of finals week, I am a little stressed, sleep deprived, busy, and sometimes lazy about other things.
It has been a relatively niec week. The wheather has been amazng and in the 90s. I now only have four classes total, two each day. I graduated from seminary on sunday. It was a bitter-sweet moment. I had to speak at graduation. that was an interesting day. But again, dont have time. gotta go study for AP stats test for tomorrow. but anyways, because I graduated from seminary, I dont have to go anymore. and because I went to france I dont have to take my french final, which has been heavenly not to study. I dont even have to come to class. so coming home at 11 on one day and not going to school till 11 is my schedule. its great. the classes i do have left, I have already done my finals too, so all i have left is stats and I'm golden. can't wait for that to be done with. anyways. because I had so much time on my hands this afternoon, I decided to go do some job searching. I had heard from one of my YSA friends, that the Reel theatre was hiring. so I got right on that. I went over there, grabbed the application, filled it out in my car, was on my way home, and Seth, the manager, called me even before I got home and told me he wanted to interview me today at 3. so I got back over there, and had the interview. It went pretty well I think. He said I have pretty good odds in geting hired. so i am so pumped about that. he seemed to really like me and impressed with me. He's a family friend, so he already kind of knew me anyways. which I think helped alot in my position!! anyways, he said that he would be letting me know soon if i get the job or not. so I will definitely put a little post up on here if I get it or not. It is going to be a busy rest of the week, busy weekend, and a busy next week cuz of graduation. I am in charge of decorations at graduation because of my GPA and its a huge responsibility thats keeping me from alot of my fun activities and things that I want to do. But its good for me. I need to stay busy. anyways. hope and pray all of you that I get the job, and if i do, you SO have to come and visit me. :) well not the first few weeks, cuz I really wont know what i'm doing and it may seem weird to come and watch me make a fool of myself. haha. anyways, its been a very eventful last month. I have joined the singles ward officially. I had gone to a few FHE nights. I had gone a few activities with some of the girls from the ward, and went to my first church last sunday. It was a great thing for me I think. I think i'm ready to move on to bigger and better things. things that I know are the best for me right now. Relief Society was good, and it was an amazing lesson that i needed to hear. I know thats where i need to be right now. I have clicked perfectly with the girls there and have had the best few weeks with them. I love them so much. I havent really clicked with the guys yet though. but i'm okay with that. I'm not gunna date serious until i get off to college. so here's to a great summer!!!!! i cant wait. best time of the year. I'm already craving Sonic happy hour everyday, I'm getting a tan on my legs, I get urges to go to the lake often, I might have a job, I have a lot of dates alreadty planned for the summer and its gunna be so much fun. love all you guys and hope to see you soon and hear from you soon. :)

RIP Raven Elizabeth Jeffords

Dear Raven,
I had the great opportunity to know you Raven. I miss you and will always love you and keep you dear to my heart. I remember when we were younger and we played at your house all the time. I can clearly remember one day in particular. It wasn't a special day in particular. It was another day with you. We had played with your lizards and had snacks for the day. We decided to go outside that day in your backyard. We chased butterflys and giggled as we played with them. I remember it was almost summer and the sun was out and bright that day. Dont ask me why, but I remember this specific thing about you and I have never been able to forget it since I heard that you had Leukemia and since I heard of your passing.
Your hair was down to your waste. It was golden brown and curly. I just remember looking at your hair and the sun was almost reflecting off of it was so shiny. You had the most beautiful hair and I have never been able to let go of that image in my mind about you. You were the reason why I wanted to grow out my hair and have beautiful gorgeous hair. Recently when my hair was incredibly long, I would often think about you. When I was ready for it, I decided to donate my hair to locks of love and thought about you constantly in the whole process. Thought about all those little girls out there that used to have gorgeous hair like you, but now dont, due to cancer, just like you.
Since you've been diagnosed with Leukemia I always thought you were here to change my views on life. But you weren't. You were here to change the views of everyone's views on life. You always had a smile on your face, no matter what. Even when you had no hair, when you were in pain, or when you had nothing going right in your life you always were so happy, smily, positive, and sweet to everyone. I loved that about you.
Once we grew up, and the wards split up, and you were diagnosed with Leukemia we never really continued to spend time with each other. But I continued to see you as the beautiful, sweet, and loving friend that I have.
You passed away last Saturday and I was truly sad that day. Once I heard that you were gone, I cried, and thought, "who's gunna be the happy smily girl in my life now?" But I have done alot of reflections and I have decided that I am going to be happy and cheerful just like you were. I'm gunna be the happy person in my life. I need to be grateful for what I have and always have a smile on my face cuz I will never know what kind of difference I will have on someone, like you did with me.
I could go on and on about all that I learned from you and how I am changed woman because of your life in my life. I know that you are happy now. I know that you have your beautiful hair back and you can smile with your Eternal Father now. I want you to know that I love you. I miss you. I am grateful for you. God be with me until we meet again!

Senior Skip Day!!

Senior skip day was on the 29th of April. it was a wednesday. it was amazing!!! i never thought i would love senior skip day. i just thought it would be another day spent alone and spent on the computer. :) but i decided to make the best of it and got friends together and planned things. so heres the low-down on what i did and why is it considered AMAZING!!...
I woke up about 6:30 (i know. lame. i didnt sleep in. but if you knew me better you would know it wasnt a big deal for me. I cant sleep in very well. I go to bed early and wake up early. so i wa okay with this early rise.) and went to the rec center with Mel. It was so much fun, but more uplifting and in great need of than anything. when Mel and I were little we spent alot of our time either at her house or at the rec and we havent been there together in such a long time. it was fun to remember the good ol days and things we used to do. funny how it all works out. but we sat in the hot tub, the deep pool, and the warm pool just talking the whole time. we talked about college, life ahead of us, having kids, friends, the past, life in general, things that we struggle with, and friends that have hurt our hearts deeply. it was so much fun. i just have to add a side not right here.... I LOVE YOU MELANIE!!! you have always been the friend that i can go to and talk to stuff like this. we have had some really fun moments full of laughter, but we have been filled with deep conversations like this and thats why i freakin love you!! you have been my friend since I was four and we are still the best of friends today...... so once we spent 2 hours there we were off to Chelsea's house for breakfast. we made a load of a breakfast but it was a delicious load! we had, peach and strawberry milkshakes, lemonade, eggs, sausage, toast, and german pancakes. YUM!! good times friends. heres where i add a side note on Chelsea..... I LOVE YOU CHELSEA!!!! you and i clicked right from the beggining. we never knew each other even existed before feshman year english class with Ms. Thomas. I will never ever forget those laughs. hahahahaha. thats where i learned the art of having a whole conversation in alphabet signing and so much more. we have stayed great friends since then. and you know why? becasue you're freakin amazing chelsea. you're so sweet and i love the way you make me feel about myself. you always put a smile on my face and i'm waiting for the day when you dont. :) jk. but i just have to tell you, the day after i had my conversation with you know who and was depressed to no end, Mel wasnt there to comfort me and you filled that spot with no hesitation and just let me spill. sometimes thats all i need. is just someone to listen to me. you really made me realize that YOU'RE AMAZING!!! i could go on and on about you my friend. i just have one more thing to say, we're gunna rock BYUI. best roomies in the history of roomies. love ya...... so after breakfast we just had to stop by at Curves and say hi to Sister Voigt at work. it was a good idea to stop and talk to her. we needed to talk to her about some things and she needed to talk to us about some things. it was cool to here her advice and to talk to her because shes THE BEST!!! so then we were OFF TO THE RACES!!! we drove to the boise mall and had some great laughs. we had fun going into Sephora and trying on all the makeup. we looked and smelled stunning walking out of there. we took some funny pics in forever 21 and then decided we better get to the movies since the movie was starting in 20 minutes. we got lost for a little bit, but this moment made me remember the talk in general conference about if you know where the temple is you will never be lost. thats so true!!!! we were lost in boise but knew that if we found the temple we would know where the movie theatre was. so i knew exactly where to go to get to the temple. we found it and voila, found the theatres. it was pretty funny. we watched 17 again. and here's where i add a side not about zac efron..... I LOVE YOU ZAC!!!!! hahah JK. but seriously. you're so good looking i just want to kipnap you..... but that was a great movie to see. it was funny, it was cute, it was inspirational, and it was zac in it. perfect! anyways... that was my novel edition of senior skip day.
any kids out there that havent had their senior skip day, all i have to say is.... DO IT!!! i skipped so many important classes it was almost funny. but i had so much fun, and it was so worth it. i dont regret skipping what so ever. dont hesitate when your senior skip day comes up. you will never regret it. promise.

photo shoot for prom!

Fun pictures aren't they? the first two are pictures of my group. It was such a fun group to go with. :) had a blasty blast!

these pictures are pretty much sweet. I'm excited to get them in the mail. these are my favorite ones though. we looked good together huh? i give the matchy matchy credit all to Christopher. That was all him. haha.

AWWW!!! how cute. well ladies and gentlemen. this is us.

well now about the actual day...

I went to breakfast with a big group of friends and had so much fun!!! This sounds bad, but honesty is my policy. but my favorite part of the whole day was breakfast. but the reason why i feel guilty saying that is because Christopher wasnt there. He had a tennis match that day, but i was still invited to go, so i though, "oh what the heck. I'll have fun" and i did. :) its not because Christopher wasnt there. It was just because it was fun. idk? anyways. then i went scrambling around town getting last minute things done for the night. Then at noon Christopher came and picked me up, cuz he got done at his tennis tournament early (he lost on purpose so that we could spend the day together. it was cute) we walked around downtown nampa and had some great laugs just us. then we went to his house, and we went motorcycle riding. it was so much fun. I would have to say the other best part of the day was this. We went to the lake and drove around and it was fun to get back on a motorcycle. considering the last time i was on one Ryan almost killed me. :) it was a little scary, ok alot scary, at first but i got used to it and i had a good time. then he took me home on the bike. I then got ready for the rest of the night. got my hair done by Erica Bird. THANKS PAL!! she also did my nails too. my hair was rockin and i loved it alot especially with the little flowers that she made in it. thanks again. I got ready, which i wont admit to the small amount of time i got ready in. :) not the typical prom day taking 4 hours to get ready. Christopher picked me up at 5 with Jay Valle and Mellissa Fitzen waiting outside and we went to Copper Canyon. It was de-lish-os. yum! i had a terrific salad that almost made me cry because of the de-lish-os-ness going on. it reminded me of the salads i had in FRANCE!!! i had a fettucini alfredo for dinner and it was also de-lish-os-ly-de-lish. we took a rather speedy trip over to Meridian for our photo shoot. it was wizard. (its a word i'm addicted to saying now. dont ask why. i love making up words. i just changed the noun to an adjective. fun.) we then took a trip to the park downtown Boise. to have some good amounts of laughs. including the ducks chasing us, the almost deathly incident on the bridge (my heel got stuck and it was almost calling for an embarrassment for the whole world. but i took care of it fast enough to just be a good belly laugh.), the cops stopping us in the park and kicking us out for looking to good to be in public (hahahahaha. JK! that really didnt happen. but it was a thought we laughed about) anyways. we made it to the dance in perfect timing. we got in the Skybox right when the sun was setting. I cried. not gunna lie. the last time i saw a sunset like that, which didnt compare to really, was in France. I would have to say that we THEE best moment in my entire life. not gunna lie. but I havent even started my blog on France, sorry, but you will hear about that amazing time in my life sometime. ahaha anyways back to the prom sunset. it was breathtaking. I loved it so much. it was setting and the whole boise valley was lit up including the sky. wow. what a feeling. I had a great time seeing all my friends in their gorgeous dresses and it was fun to see the reactions of all of the girls. "AHHHHHHHHH....AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" is usually how it went. :) once the sun was gone and the night was alive the dancing began. it was fun. but i would have to say, the two best parts of the night.

1. the song, Wannabe by Spice Girls turned on. Bridget Nielson, Chelsea Jenks, Melanie Morris, Jordyn Holloway, and Krystle Lewis were reunited on the dance floor and reunited with the past. we used to dominate that song at stake dances. sounds lame but we love that song. its our song. and we own it. we got in our circle, sang loudly, cried, laughed, danced, and cried more because of the amazingness of the moment on our fingertips. at that moment in time. our song. at senior prom. never forget it girls.

2. sounds terrivle, but the other best moment at the dance was wathcing some other kid, didnt matter if it was a monkey or if it was brad pitt, but it was just the fact that this kid dominated Abe Burns on the dance floor. he totally showed him up and it was good to see that status isnt everything in life. some understand what i'm saying and some dont. i'm not gunna explain it. just sayin. i'm not trying to put down abe at all. hes a great guy. it was just cool to see its not everything in life. that theres always something. haha. thats all i'm saying.

but after our amazing dance. which i have to give props to. it was cleanest dance i've been to. the dancing was monitored closely and harshly. and the kids respected the rules that were given to us a week before prom to warn us. i mean there will always be dirty dancing, but it wasnt as bad as it used to be. and i also saw alot more modest dresses on the LDS girls and i was so proud of them. it was a pretty happy feeling.

then after that we were on our way back home. i feel bad, but they said it was okay, but i fell asleep on the way home. :) so when we got to Jay's house to play games we were all a little out to do anything requiring movement and thought. so we just went home. and thats it.

fun times. =]

oh ya and i better explain one thing. now that i re-read through it. I call Christopher because everyone calls him Chris. I tend to do that to people. I also like nicknames for the same reason. I like to call people by names that no one else calls them by. so its a little more personal and fun. so thats the reason why his name is Christopher in my world. :)

Senior PROM!

yay!!!! prom's finally here. i cant wait. but i have to say, and i know everyone agrees with me, the day before Prom is so stressful. trying to get times and places right, trying to get the boutonniere (which is a french word that means "bottonhole"), the hair figured out, the nails done, the makeup figured out, the jewlery figured out to a T, and everything planned out so perfectly that when tomorrow comes, we can have fun and not worry about what to do. anyways. I am stressing big time. I'm getting really worried actually. I dont have any money either so I have to wait till mama comes home inorder to get anything like the boutonniere and such. but it will be fine...hopefully. but i have all details figured out with the lady doing my nails and my hair so thats nice to get off my back, all i need to do is figure out details on when and where to go tomorrow and go to the store tonight to get last minute things. wish me good luck!!!
I will probably not post much about prom until later next week, but i promise to put it up. fun pictures included. lol
so I have basically finished my announcements for graduation, I am planning on ordering them tonight or Monday. but they are looking good, and hopefully you like them as much as I do. They have spent way too much of my time and more money that i've needed to spend in the last month. but they're done. thats good news for me.
I am still out on the job hunt. I have turned in over 20 applications in the last week, and I'm still planning on going to fast food resaurants this next week and greenhouses cuz i really wanna work at a greenhouse. it would be a sweet job. anyways, if you have any place for me to apply to, or anything that I could earn some money for. or any kind of suggestion will help me at this point. thanks for your support and love.

Graduation!!!!!

oh my goodness, its too good to be true to have only 27 more days of high school left. But in the next 8 weeks I am going to have the busiest time of my life. But i cant wait. it will be worth it.
as most of you know, I am a 4.0 student and I am very proud of that fact! I was excited to hear that I was going to be a Suma Cum Laud (is that how you spell it?) graduate, but didnt think that all these major responsibilities would come due to my GPA. I am on the graduation committee due to my GPA and holy sheesh i have so much work to do. I decided to be on the decoration committee and what a load it is. So this is where you come in. First of all, any of you highest honor roll students on your graduation committee and what did you do? any suggestions for me? and for those that are smart when it comes to decoratons...how the heck do you make a balloon archway???!!! thats what we need to do, but have no clue how to do it. any help? also, anything that you guys remember about your graduation that was cool, that we could maybe use? I would appreciate some great help from all of you. anything will help. even just words of encouragement. thanks for all your help and guidance in my life so far, just dont stop now, this is where i need your help the most. stress is not what i need more of right now.
I am starting to work on graduation announcements as well right now. any suggestions or help with that? i have no clue what i am doing and if anybody knows how to make sweet announcements with pics and stuff, you'll be more help than you think. I'm gunna need it done in the next two weeks, so help is a must! =] and watch out for your announcement coming to you soon. thanks!!!

a lil about France and exciting news...PROM!!

Well its been more than a week since i've been back from France, but it feels like years ago. it seems like a dream, and I hate everything about that!!! I'm sorry i didnt immediately post about France, and I'm not planning on doing it today either, but i will talk a little about it.
The biggest thing that I learned from my trip isn't what you probably expect. I learned alot about myself, what i want in life, and silly things that i do. haha. so funny story, i found out i make up tunes in my head, but outloud (if thats even possible) when i'm bored. Well not when music is playing, but like when i'm at school and i'm bored i just start humming or doot de doot dat dat de de de like crazy. like it's not even a real song, i just make it up as i go along. hahaha. ya didnt notice that before. and its funny now that i know... haha. but i learned that I am not a big city girl. that is a for sure definite!! I love little towns with simple minds and simple hearts. I love jogging when i have scenery to look at (yes, i did go on a jog with Cameron in Saumur, France up to a caslte and around town. it was so exhilerating I will never forget that moment in my life. ever), I love the beach (well not like California beachy beach. but like the beaches with the cliffs and rocks and stuff. oh man. best part of the whole trip!!!!), I love sunsets more than sunrises (I watched the sunset in Saint-Malo along the rocks with the water splashing up on us, and the brisk cool wind best part of the whole entire trip!!!), I really enjoy being alone, I figured out that Scarfs are fashionable and really useful actually, found out that Mona Lisa is a total scam and dissapointment(its probably the size of your computer screen!!!!!), found out that I really do have a testimony of my Savior and I really do need to go to church and seminary and stuff to get my fix of the gospel (I havent been to church for 5 weeks, havent been to mutual for 4 weeks, and missed seminary for 2 weeks!), found out that I really can weigh more than 115 for the rest of my life (i gained 6 pounds in france!! better yet, I've been 115 since 8th grade and came back from France at 121 pounds!) but also found out that the food here is disgusting!!!!!! so i am down to 114 pounds now because my body will not eat because the food is so gross here. ridiculous i know. but its true. i dont have an appetite to eat much anymore. but oh well, now i can save more money in college right?! hahaha JK JK JK!! well i learned so so so much about Paris, France in General, about history, about different cultures, about myself, and about my mom too. but i wont continue to bore you with this, so I'll write another time about more that i learned and more that i did.
well i do have some exciting news though.....
I was asked to Prom yesterday!!! =] oh man. i am so flippin excited i can hardly keep it in. but i'm trying not to show it 'cuz i dont want to sound stupid. lol anyways.... so the story begins Sunday night....
I got a txt from Hailee that says, "have you been asked to Prom yet?" of course i said no, and asked why? she said no reason. and i told her whatever you know, just dont tell me cuz i want to keep it a surprise. so i couldnt go to bed that night cuz i knew i was being asked to Prom, but had no clue how and who. so Monday I heard from everyone from all walks of life come up to me and ask me if i've been asked to prom yet? and then they would say, "oh i'm so excited for you!!" so i was getting bugged about it so much, but no one told me anything, which i was really happy about. By Monday night I knew he was in my stake, he's cute, he's a really good kid, and i''ll have alot of fun. thats all the clues that i got. so i wasnt worried if this was gunna be another terrible dance because they all promised me i would love it.
Tuesday comes along, I walk out of English (2nd period) and some kid hands me this huge box wrapped in pink wrapping paper with a huge bow on it. sheesh he could have just given me that and i would have been okay. =] so i opened it and all i saw was tissue paper, so looked around and pulled out a volleyball. It had Twix all over it and it said, " I can "SET" you up for a great Prom date...I'll entertain you wif (had to put the little rascals twist in it) my fancy "twix" if you go with me...The ball is in your court!...Chris Redd" awwwww!!! thats about all i could say. so i enjoyed my twix and played with my volleyball. it was rad. so my wheels were already turning in ways i could answer him. i just have to say.... i did not use the internet or any other sources but my brain on this. so proud of myself!! so i wont explain how this all happened how i got it all figured out and stuff, but i'll tell you it how he saw it.
so i went to his choir concert last night, and gave his mom a note to give to him before he leaves back home and it said,
"You're a great singer,
and when home be sure to linger
to the place where you like to sleep.
Just dont count sheep.
Dont forget to look for a box
on top of where you keep your sox.
I hope you have as much fun
as I did trying to get this done."
so he went home, straight to his dresser and there was the big REDD box. he opened it and there was a canistr that you hold tennis balls in (he plays tennis) with confetti and butterfingers (heloves butterfingers) in it and this poem that says,
"Hey Fredd!
Or are you Tedd?
Oh wait, you’re Redd.
Christopher Redd.

Once upon a time, there was a box.
Not a Redbox, but a pink box,
And it was from the Redd fox.
It was quite shox!

Inside there was a ball,
But don’t fall off a wall,
It was a VOLLEYBALL!!
You’re such a doll, for asking me to the ball.

Then I almost dropped dedd,
And I fled to my bedd
To rest my weary hedd
After I redd what you sedd!

So I spent the afternoon
Acting like a Bafoon,
Blowing up balloon(s),
And rhyming like a loon.

So enjoy your butterfinger
And be glad I’m not a singer.
Oh that would be a stinger
If I decided to linger!

Let’s not take a mo-pedd,
Nor eat some moldy bredd
In a smelly garden shedd
Or I’ll call you a goat-hedd!!

So this is my call,
“You must search for a tennis ball!”
But please don’t sit and stall
Just look through the box y’all!

Does this sound like Dr. Suess
Or just a silly goose?
Well now I let you loose
‘Cuz this is the Redd Caboose!"

so he had to look through the box, through all the butterfingers, confetti, and balloons to the bottom where the three tennis balls were. They said Oui/Si, Of Course, and YA!! so thats about it. today when i saw him, he said he was extremely impressed with me thinking that up in one afternoon and getting it to him the same day. He said his fam, especially mom, was extremely impressed with it all as well. In fact hi mom called everyone in the phone book practically to let them know of his wonderful date to Prom and read to them the poem and stuff. so that makes me happy. i didnt know if he would find the humor in it or not. but hes a really funny guy, so i was glad he took it well. haha.
anyways.... so i have my dress, thanks to my cousin Katie Williams. Its a peach color and its SO pretty. like over the top pretty. i cannot wait to wear it. but hopefully we will be making plans soon and getting things done for Prom. Its on th 25th of April at BSU in the.... SKYBOX!!!! yeah. i'm so excited for that! anyways. its good to be back and in the groove of things. i miss France like none other!!! have a great week!!
p.s. I'M SO HAPPY ITS FINALLY SPRING!!!!!

I'm sick!

woah, i would bet i havent been sick for at least 3 years. not even kidding. being sick is the worst thing in the world. especially cuz i always feel like i never know what to do!!
I have a deadly cough, a huge headache, a fever, incredibly painful back pain, and i am weak everywhere. Why do i have to be sick right now?! I leave for France this Friday and I havent done a whole lot to get ready. I was hoping to start today, but it looks like thats going down the drain!! I could go on and on and blog for another hour, but i feel like my back could give out on me any minute. i need to go lay down. but if anybody has ANY suggestions to get this yucky stuff away, really quick that would be great!!! I need to be better by Monday because i cant miss anymore school than i already am. so let me know what works for you, and i am desperate and will try any thing suggested!! thanks for the help guys. hope and pray i get better.

my week...

well... I know this week i wasnt too good about blogging, and to be honest i just didnt want to blog. i also didnt want to clean, do homework, play volleyball, go to mutual, or get on the computer this week. i have no idea why, but somethin' is up.... the doctor said its a very popular, but yet not contagious virus that i will not be able to get rid of for a few months. There is no medicine to cure it, i just have to wait till it goes away. the only true cure for it is... GRADUATION!!!! yes, ladies and gentlemen. I have SENIORITIS!!!! YIKES!! whatever shall i do?
ok but seriously. I think i have had it since before Christmas break. like not even kidding. i know i'm the queen of exaggeration and all, but i'm not kidding this time. and its really hit me hard this week. i not only dont want to do my homework, or go to school. i just dont want to do anything. i really dont know anything that strikes my attention right now. idk? oh well. i think i can make it till the end of the year. I think once i come back from France, i may have a little more push to get me through the end of the year. well lets at least hope i will. anyways, back to my week...
Monday i cut my hair, and that was about the highlight of my day.
Tuesday i went to a dear leader's house and had about a 3 hour talk with her. I needed someone to go vent to, and she was convienently there waiting for me to come to her and cry my eyes out. and yes, i did exactly that. But no worries, she repaired me, and i am put back together again. but i'll give you two words... HIGH SCHOOL!!! so now you know all my problems and struggles. but we're making it with my heavenly father, my family, and my church family. thanks every one of you!!
Wednesday, was a great day! so every-other day, i have the opportunity to take Jesika Page home from school, we started talking about school that day and how it was so amazingly creepy that our lives were like twiners!! so we started talking and she said, "let's go out to ice cream, how 'bout?" so we were off to sonic, cuz i FREAKIN LOVE HAPPY HOUR AT SONIC!! :) so we got our slurpies and talked and talked our mouths off. it was great. it was fun. it was great fun. i then got gas, and then took an adventure off to the world of walls and marts. wal-mart. got nail polish for our mutual activity that night, and then went home. but while i was in the car at sonic, i got a txt from my great friend Krissy, and we were going to the Columbia and Skyview baseball game together and she was reminding me of that. so i dropped off Jesika, got ready for the baseball game, left over to Skyview, froze my booty off, and cheered for both Skyview and Columbia.... hehehehe. long story. :) then ran, well not literaly, but you got the message, back over to my house. scarfed down my nummy yummy to my tummy Taco Soup and then slipped on my pj's, grabbed my nail polish, and once again ran over to Sister Bird's house for a night of relaxation and pedicures. oh man. that was heavenly!! loved every single minute of it. i got to soak my feet, scrub my feet, and i got a massage from Sister Bird, miss cosmetologist, herself and that was the best thing that i have received in a very long time. wow. then we painted our toe nails, and i might say, my toes are the cutest toes, now, in the town of Nampa. haha. very very cute. then i went home, did my homework, and took in some ZZZZZZZZZ's.
Thursday, i came home from school, then shipped my lovely ponytail off to Locks of Love. sad day. but it felt good. then i took advantage of Happy Hour once again, and this time, to get me motivated to get my room cleaned!!!!! it worked quite well too. then, once my room was clean again, i got some homework done, got ready for volleyball, and took in a few hours of the best sport on this planet. it was great.
Friday, i woke up at 6 stinkin 30!!!! if you know me, on B days, i wake up at about 7:15 (just enough time to look decent, and be at school at 7:40) and on A days, i wake up at about 8:30 ish(i have an open period first and dont have to be to school till 9:12). so waking up this early at 6:30 was very very difficult. but i made it. I had my S.A.L.T. (Skyview Athletic Leadership Team) meeting and have our picture taken for the yearbook, our trophy case, the newspaper, and time magazine (okay just kidding on the last two). it was great. but because i had open this morning i just chilled, ate breakfast, and did my math homework in the cafeteria until the bell rang. then, when i came home from school, i slipped on my slippers, and ran (once again not literaly) over to Lungren's to babysit their kids. fun night!! gotta love 'em!! and now here i am blogging. i guess i will have to finish off my week in a few more days. but thats my week so far, that i just had to get in here before i forget and i get on my i-dont-want-to-do-anything-mood. =]

12 inches to Locks of Love

yes, you heard it. Me, Bridget Nielson, the girl with the long hair, ya thats me, well not anymore.

I was getting so frustrated with my long hair. It was starting to be a bad hair day everyday, it was getting everywhere, my head and neck were always hurting, and i just needed a change. I cant decide if i like the change or not, but its a change and thats good enough for now.

I wasnt ever really nervous. I didnt cry when she cut it, in fact i havent cried at all since i've had it cut. I think i was more excited than nervous. I think i like the change though. I definitely miss it, but i think i can deal with it. I cant really curl it at all like i used to, and i think that will be tough to deal with because that was my favorite and everyone else's favorite thing to do with my hair. But i was ready for something else.

The other thing that bothered me about my old hair was that everyone knew me from my hair. i often heard, "oh ya, the girl with the long hair!" I like it because my hair was pretty, but i hated that i was known for the fact that i had long hair, not for other reasons like my testimony, the fact that i try to be nice to everyone, my brains, my vb skills, my love for people, and my standards. I just felt like i wanted to be known for other things just than my hair, and once people get used to my hair, then i think they can maybe stop staring at my hair and listen to what i say or pay attention to what i do. :)

anyways, today, at 3 o'clock i got my hair cut. I chopped off almost 12 inches and my hair is still past my shoulders. its crazy how much hair i had. i didnt realize it until it was gone, and i was looking at the pictures. haha. well i think i've said enough. really this post will be more about the pictures than the words. haha. enjoy! and please let me know on how you like it on me, and what are some cute hair styles i can do!!! thanks.

A great read

so as most of you know, reading has been my one and only homework for my ever-so-stressful AP English class and I have actually enjoyed reading these books. The last few have been great. Wuthering Heights, The Power and The Glory, and My Antonia. I am currently on the last one and about halfway done and i havent even had it for a week... and if u knew me.... thats super fast!! and when i read fast, thats a clue that its a great read. So if anyone would like a great read, here are some my friends. and because I am a member on Goodreads, i have had great references to me, and i have given great references. i am a big believer of people telling people good books to read. so if any of you bloggers are readers as well, check out goodreads. its a great place for us bookworms to dwell. :) anyways, if anyone would like to request a great read for me as well, i would love one. With no track, and no job (yet), and no hard classes at school its gunna be a long spring!!