My new adventure is about to begin...

Thursday, I went in for an interview for this insurance company to do clerical work and got the job!! I was so excited. I told myself that if I got the job I was allowed to buy a new digital camera. (Plus the sale was too good to pass up) So here is my new camera. It is a Canon A620. I did some research on the latest cameras and it is the number 2 camera. The number 1 camera is this professional $800 camera that is just way out of my league. Unless all you out there who read this blog (one, maybe two people) want to support me in the professional photography profession... No? So I guess I have to settle with the number 2 camera. :) Anyway, here is a picture of the back too. I liked this picture cause it is showing the earphones from an iPod. One of the things I like about this camera is the screen will pull out and turn. It's nice when you are taking a picture of yourself. But you can also have the screen turned, facing the inside of the camera to protect it when not in use. I like that too. It's got a bunch of settings you can mess with to get the right effect you're going for. I took some pictures of myself actually. I had a good laugh at myself. Here's an example: But here is a better example. This one I'm not making a funny/stupid face. Please note that I took these pictures at or around 2 in the morning the other night. I was getting tired and was acting stupid. So back to the better picture, here it is: There's more pictures where that came from, but who wants to see a bunch of pictures of me? Not me. So I'll leave it at these two. Oh man, I need to go to bed. I can't type straight. Plus I need to get up early for church. So I will say thanks for reading my rantings and ravings and sharing a good laugh once and a while. Goodnight. Oh and wish me luck on my new adventure of... work. Scary.

Arr!! Ahoy maties.

I came to the realization today that I like pirates. It all started about hmm, maybe 10 years ago with High Seas Trader. The sad thing was we all loved the game and would have to set a timer so someone else could play. My family and our games. Good memories. This isn't the only game we have had to use a timer. Sad. Anyway, I started to replay this game two days ago. I love it!! The second proof I love pirates doesn't have a picture... and for those who know me know it is better that there are no pictures. :) Wouldn't want any proof of that one. [cough cough] Moving on. The third is a game called Pirates! Not as fun as the first, but this did cause the timer to come out. This one has some dancing involved, sword duels with bad guys (cause pirates are not the bad guys) and oh course sinking of other people's ships and treasure!! Bring on the treasure hunt.
And the last of my pirate list is my new love, Puzzle Pirates. The sad thing is that it's online and I have tried to get my brother and sister to play but are not interested. They like the games that involve guns and shooting. Me, not so much. But I did however get my Mom into it! So we go on pilages together. It's tons of fun.
So tomorrow I am going to the dentist to get my annual cleaning. But what I am excited about this trip to the dreaded dentist is that I am going to get a consoltation about my two teeth in the front that did not come in correctly. One of which is pointed and the other twisted. My parents promised me that we'd get them fixed this summer. So I am off to talk to my dentist about them. It will be nice to have a normal smile for once in my life. It took me along time to be able to smile in pictures comfortably. So it will be nice to have them fixed. To bad I don't have any gold in my teeth, that way it would go better with the theme of pirates and treasure.

Stuff and Things

I did it, I gave in and bought some tonight. All those stupid commericals worked. And then I went and did something stupid. I put them in the bed of my truck and by the time we made it back from target it had been tossed and shaken. And so alas I have to wait to try the brand new favor of Dr. Pepper Berries and Cream. I have heard nothing but praise for the thing and it was on sale. The cursed words. Sometimes I wonder if I'm really saving or I'm spending to save... Deep thoughts too late at night.

So for those who haven't seen, I revamped my parents business website. You can see it here: www.tdckansascity.com I'm rather proud of it. It took me the better part of today and last night (I was up until 4 working on it) to finish it and post it to the web. I am hoping that it will pave the way for other opportunities.

Third times the charm...

Alright, I got one of my Sudoku books this weekend. Still waiting on the much anticipated third in the series. I've completed just under ten puzzles yesterday and today. Took it with me to the Jim Brickman concert. Which was good, but really isn't my favorite. Jim is my mom's favorite of all time. She has all but three of his albums, and he has a lot. But anyway, I took the book with me and the lady seated next to me thought it was funny that I had pulled my cell phone out as a light source to finish a puzzle when the house lights went down. I was almost done, I had four or five boxes left, I wasn't just going to put it down. Those who do sudoku would understand and most likely have done the same.
I also have been reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The story line is finally starting to pick up. I am hoping to have it read before Friday when my family is planning on seeing the movie. I'm really excited about the movie. I can just see it though, after the movie, my family will tear it apart and will make it less enjoyable to watch. I really don't like seeing movies with my parents. I love them, don't get me wrong, but it is hard to watch a movie with them, movie theatre or not.
For those wondering, no I still have not found a job. I'm still a hobo. I've messed up my biological clock too. I don't get tired until around three and don't wake up until around noon. I need to fix that...
To all those mothers out there, I hope your celebrated day was special. I am grateful for all mothers, but especially my own. Love you Mom! Thanks for inviting me to the concert.

Couch Potato

So here I sit on my living room couch and I'm watching the game show network. As lame as that is, it's the life. I love game shows and I have the internet on my lap, what more can I ask for? So I've decided to call this entry the "couch potato". I haven't done much since I got home last night. Today I unloaded my truck and the uhaul, I returned the uhaul. Something I've never done. I also slept until about 10:30 this morning. I haven't slept that long in weeks. It was wonderful! I cleaned out the fridge for my mom, that was something productive... really, I don't know what happened today, I didn't do much. Let's see, what else can I write about? I just finished the longest trip of my life. I don't think I want to make it anymore. And if I do, I will not be taking as much crap with me. Well, I'm tired and I have my electric blanket waiting for me. Rachel, have fun in Maui. And to the rest of you that read this, leave me some comments.

Count down

Here is a picture of my beautiful truck without the camper shell on it. I love it!!! It looks like a real truck! I feel more alive driving without that stupid shell. Now all I need to do is get rid of that visor thing with the lights... Oh man, it gives me warm fuzzies just thinking about it. :)
So I haven't written for awhile and Rachel has been hounding me to update this thing, so here ya go.

In the past week I've been really busy. Getting ready for finals, working on group projects, taking tests. Blah, blah, blah. The exciting thing we did this week involved sitting out on the porch and soaking in some sun and playing sudoku for hours on end. I kid you not, we were outside for 3-4 hours on Saturday. It was great. I'd do it all the time if I could. Speaking of sudoku, I finished my 200 puzzle book on Sunday. Those level 5's had me going. So now I'm working on my original book with the newspaper paper in it. (FYI, don't get the books with the newspaper paper) I still might go to Idaho Falls to get another book for my long trip back to Kansas. It all depends on my schedule this week and if time will permit. Ok, so back to what else happened on Saturday. Rachel got the great idea to burn the wood that has been sitting outside our apartment for maybe 8 or more months! We took the pile to Beaver Dick Park and built ourselves a little fire and made smores while listening to Coldplay! It was the best. Oh don't you worry, we took pictures! This first picture is of (from left to right) Rachel, Rachael, Brandy, Cassy. You can't tell because of the flash, but there is a fire in that pit. It only took one match too, I'm kinda proud of that.

On to picture number dos... So here we have Cassy, Rachel (wondering why it's taking so long to take the picture) and Rachael (enjoying the first smore of the night!) We are standing in front of the pretty lake at the park. It was really pretty there as the sun set that night. It made me want to camp there for the night. But alass the next day was Sunday and we couldn't... Oh well. Good times, good times.

Ok, moving on... Picture numero three is of Rachael, Rachel, and Cassy. We are leaning over the fire cooking our marshmellows. Overall it was a great night. On a sad note, it's the last week of the semester and our little three-some friendship will be broken up. I'm really sad about it. I'll be going to home to no friends. I'm okay with it though, surpirsingly because Rachel and Cassy are the type of friends that you have for a lifetime. I've had a wonderful semester and wish in many ways that it would never end. But I guess all good things must come to an end.

Run Rachael, Run

I'm going to finish the "race." No matter how hard it may seem, but I need to finish. I feel like I'm the one behind, always pulling up short no matter what I do. I've been having an internal struggle for quite sometime now, about 8 months worth. It's all about finishing school. Do I or don't I? That's the question. I've had it with school, I hate the busy work. But I don't want to just quit. I've come so far, but yet still see no light at the end. It's really frustrating. I just barely changed my major a year ago and now I'm thinking I'm going to change it again. That will be a pain in the neck, I'll have to petition to the school and then give them my plan of graduating. It's stupid. Actually, I just don't have the patience. Sorry this entry is kinda negative. I'll do better next time. I just needed to vent for a sec.
On to a happier note, I got my new jacket that I ordered online. I really like it a lot!!!! Here's a picture of it from the website. I'd take a picture of me wearing it, but I don't feel like it. The features are as follows: lightweight, water proof, wrinkle resistant, and just plain cool. I haven't had a nice jacket in a long while, so I'm really excited about it. I'm going to wear it to school tomorrow. Yeah for the new jacket!
oh, another thing noteworthy-I bought a swimming suit yesterday! I haven't owned one in about 6 or 7 years. It's an okay suit, it will have to do. We had talked about going to the hot springs here (hence the need for a suit), I'm excited. I love being warm!!! Speaking of warm, I noticed the temperature back home, 80 degrees all week!! I'm excited to get some of that in a couple of weeks!

Trial Run

So today I came and went to class. Nothing special. After lunch I decided to learn how to make eggs benedict. Cause for Cassy's birthday, Rachel and I are going to make her her favorite meal. So I spent a good 20 minutes looking online to find a receipe. I learned that all it really is is a poached egg on top of a slice of ham on top of a piece of toasted english muffin. So, I had to learn how to make a poached egg so come Saturday morning, I could make it. Let's just say my first time around wasn't so pretty. It tasted ok, but I know eggs benedict are not my favorite eggs. I'm still a big fan of scambled and hard boiled.
Anyway, so we are going to see Nanny McPhee later tonight at the dollar theatre. I've heard it was good. I'm excited. Something to do. But now I'm going to play my game.
Oh I almost forgot, I got a letter from my Dad today in the mail. I about peed my pants. He used to write me once a week and since becoming bishop of my home ward he has been very busy. I missed getting those. And it's always about a random thing that happened to him during the week that he would expound on and add some funny twists. I missed his writings. And for those who would like a taste of his writings (very funny I might add) click here: Dad's Website
I love his stories. I need to get him to send me more of his stories so that I can update and maybe revamp his website.

Like a flower follows the sun...

So the other day it was 65 degrees and the sun was shinning, so I couldn't resist. I sat on my porch in my mushroom chair. I had a pepsi with lime, my iPod, and my sudoku book. It was perfect. I ended up being on the porch for 5 hours and enjoyed every minute. I did 12 third level puzzles, chatted with the neighbor and just relaxed. Well, I'm paying for it now. I ended up burning my face. The funny thing was it was only half my face. Here's a picture of my burnt face. The left (my right) side is all red. But check out the second picture. You can see it better. So needless to say, I'm in pain. I've put on burn ointment and my face just sucks it in. It's kinda funny. Cassy and Rachel got a kick out of it. They would just laugh at me everytime they looked at me. I almost went to the tanning place the next morning to just burn the other side of my face. But by the next morning it wasn't as red so decided against it.
So one to other things, I bought Narnia yesterday. Cassy and I watched the 3 hour special on the second disc. It was really interesting to see how they made the movie. I would love to learn how to animate like that. Even half as good as they are. Oh my heck, I love this movie!! Then later that night we watched the movie. It was funny cause Cassy fell asleep and then woke up just before the Professor says the last line and she quoted it before he said the line. It was really funny. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, she says it.

Toilet paper...

I lost the steam to type here everyday. Oh well, I didn't think it would last long. The goal really was to just keep this up. I like adding pictures to the blog because it makes it more interesting. So as I was looking through my gallery I found this picture of my Dad's hand holding my new niece's hand. I took the time stamp off, I'm hoping you can't tell. I really like this picture. Dad has said on many occasions "the closer to the end of the toliet roll, the faster it spins." How true it is. I'm not "old", but I'm getting older and things don't seem so long ago but in reality were many years ago. I don't like it. I have so much of my life left, but yet feel I have lost so much time. And what do I have to show for my life? Not much. I need to get my act together and start acomplishing things on my "life to do list". You know those, everyone has one or at least should. I've got maybe 30 or so things I want to acomplish in my lifetime, and I've maybe crossed three things off. Granted, somethings are out of my hands, like get married and have kids. But visit every state? I can do that. Go to England, I can do that. Have I? Nope. Why not. There is no real reason I haven't.