merry christmas

just one reason

why i love working at

 The Store.

Merry Christmas.

marcel the shell with shoes on.

this sure made my day

have a holly jolly christmas

am i

looking at pictures
from the last three
christmas's

instead of studying for finals?

yeah. i am.
it's making me wonder
where my mistletoe headband
is hiding,
and i'm starting to think

i'll dress as a candy cane this year.

hey thanks good friend.

is it odd that 

these bad boys

are my comfort food?

if ever i feel

on the verge of tears,

a kit-kat fixes that

right up.

time

"Time really is all we have. And every individual

has an equal portion of it. The trick is to get more

out of what is available to us."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

It's not rare for me

to feel like I have 

so much to do yet

so little time.

That's precisely

why I read this quote

on the regular-

to remind me that

I can't change time, 

but I can change

how i manage it.

le fin.

(picture)

song has my heart

i really love this song.

the music video is darling.

no,
actually it's more than darling,

it's dinky
(and dinky is the most complimentary
word in my vocabulary).

dance. until you just caaaan't.

there are few things

i enjoy more

than a good dance party

(or in friday's case, dg formal).

i may not be the most 

coordinated dancer on the floor

but who's judging? right?

anyway, it's safe to say that

best friends + best date = best night.

ruthie.

this is chloee

but i'd rather call her ruth.

we both love micky d's,

dinky is our lifestyle,

we have the same birthday,

and jimmy j's is our lunch of choice.

needless to say, 

soulmate.

she puts my life in perspective.

we are starting a video blog

so keep on the lookout.

oh and she has a blog.

i love it.

hey thanks daddio.

plain and simple,

i got in my car this morning

and my gas tank was full.

my week is made

and i have the best dad

in the world.

it reminded me 

how the small & simple things

sometimes mean the most.

(picture)

where they eat french fries with forks.

there's the greatest

waffle joint

downtown.

they sell waffles and fries.

holy cow, are they

 delicious and nutritious.

unfortunately,

i don't remember the name.

hello november you.

what better way 

to kick off

november

then to lunch

at jimmy johns

with two of my best friends?

just saying.

oh and it was nice enough

to dine outside

which was quite a treat.

mwahaha

Q:

why do demons and ghouls

get along so well?

A:

because demons

are a ghoul's

best friend.

happy halloween.

why not

there's something

about this picture

that warms my heart.

(photo)

no other word but lovely

so maybe 

this video only

half-appears 

on my blog,

but that doesn't 

change the fact that

it's my favorite tune

for the time being.

[s]no[w] thank-you.

the snow is beautiful

but it's cramping my style.

it needs to give

fall its chance to shine

for just a few more weeks.

that way i can continue

to crunch the leaves

when i walk on campus.

it doesn't work so well

when they're

wet & soggy.

(photo)

i love this.

(source)

oh diet coke, you sure are the love of my life.

i have never been

too keen

on rating things

on a scale of 1-10.

that is why i now

rate things

on a scale of

one to diet coke.

it just makes more sense.

i love my diet coke.

sorry school i forgot about you.

   plain and simple,

it was the 

best weekend

in a long, long time.

the hours in the sun,

and at the mall,

and playing tennis,

and laughing so hard,

and eating too much,

and sleeping in

were just what i needed.

needless to say,

arizona has my heart.

drive in

dg's at the drive in is

always a fun event.

nights like this

make me realize

how much fun

delta gamma

adds to my life.

to my dear friend ingrid

thank you
for having
a song for
every mood,
event
and
relationship
in my life.
i just think
you're the greatest.

time to fail

sometimes,

my heart skips a beat

when i realize 

i am almost done with school,

yet i have no idea

(no idea)

what i am going to do next.

i think,

why can't it be like when i was little?

if i wanted to take ballet, i would.

if i wanted to play soccer, i would.

if i wanted to be a singer, i would.

and although i failed terribly

at all of these things,

it didn't matter one bit

because i was not afraid of failure.

not only was i not afraid of it,

failure didn't phase me

i had absolutely nothing to lose.

i simply brushed it off

and found a new endeavor.

---

so now i ask,

why should it be any different now?

maybe grad school is no ballet recital,

and losing a job would be a bit harder

than losing a soccer game,

but if i hadn't failed at those little things as a child,

i never would have discovered what i love.

so there i have it,

i am no longer afraid to fail.

and that little realization

makes the future

a lot less scary,

and a lot more exciting.

(photo)

oh what a day is today

do you ever

have those days

where you have

about 27 things to do

and it doesn't even phase you?

well that, my friends,

is today in a nutshell.

i know i should be feeling

frazzled and spacey,

but i'm not.

in fact,

i'm quite perfectly content.

(photo)

songfest

turns out 

the christmas themed

songfest routine

caught the judges' fancies.

we won first place.

i was pretty thrilled.

definitely

the best way to end 

my last homecoming week

at the U!

to my best friend jimmy john:

whenever school

 gets hectic,

overwhelming,

stressful

and tiring,

i just remind myself

that there's nothing

a large diet coke

and a turkey tom

can't fix.

i'm in the mood to blog, but don't have much to blog about.

i love 

polka dots

stripes

argyle

and

plaid.

that's all

for today.

(photo)

dodgeball

dodgeball with the dg's?

yes please.

dream a little dream

do you have places 

that only exist in your dreams?

last night i dreamt of a mansion on a lake.

it was creepy and cold

and i'd been there before

in a dream i had months ago.

different dream, same place.

(picture)

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oops a daisy

don't get me wrong,

i do love bubblegum.

what i don't love

is when people smack it.

it's a pet peeve of mine.

on that note,

today i was at the library

and it was pretty quiet.

by pretty quiet i mean 

you could probably hear a pen drop

(that is not a typo, i really do mean a pen).

i was at my computer for probably

20 minutes, 

and when i stood up

the fellow across from me

shot me a look,

and by look i mean glare.

then it hit me:

i, the girl who hates gum-smacking

had been smacking my gum.

(photo)

stairway to [diet coke] heaven

yes,

this is a stack of

our mcdonalds
diet coke cups,

(collected feb-june).
i'd like to call this masterpiece

16 feet

of mouth-watering

heaven.

anchors away

 oh how i love delta gamma.

meet linus.

chloee and i finally 

got our macbooks tonight!

i am so excited.

i named mine linus

and hers is melinda.

we named them 

because they are our babies.

no joke, i feel like we got 

the deal of the century.

not only did we each get a

free ipod touch and printer,

the guy at the store told us

we are now part of the mac family!

it's the most wonderful time of the year

school starts tomorrow

and i can't wait.

school supply shopping

makes me happier than my birthday does.

in fact, 

i smile at just the thought of it.

 ---

i am to school supplies

as a hummingbird is to sugar water.

(pic)

la tee dah

 it is completely 

out of character

for me to use this word,

but this weekend was

fabulous.

if you could look up

"best in the history of the world"

in the dictionary,

you would most definitely

find a picture of mes amis

{a.k.a. my friends}.

taylor swift's new single

i'd be lying

if i said i loved this song

from the get-go.

i didn't.

but it has most definitely grown on me,

and now i'd be lying 

if i said i wasn't obsessed.

our girl taylor

never ceases to amaze.

(pic)

a word from the wise

"I don't worry too much about the future, 

and I don't worry too much about the past.
The past is gone, and you can't change, can't correct it.
The future, you can anticipate it,

but you can't necessarily do very much about it.
It is the present you have to deal with.
Reach out for every good opportunity

to do what you ought to do."
-President Gordon B. Hinkley

(photo)

i love the rain until the worms crawl out.

 unlike most people,

 the sound of

nails on a chalkboard

never makes my skin crawl.

stepping on worms

makes my skin crawl.

(via)

go bananas.

today at work

a woman came through my line

and bought some bananas.

when i asked if she wanted them in a bag

her eyes opened wide and she smiled.

"why no, i don't need a bag,

i guess i can take them just like that!

yes, i will take them just like that."

it isn't uncommon 

that customers go without a bag,

but this woman acted like it was the most

liberating thing

she'd done in awhile,

and it really made my day.

good day sunshine

i know that i am

very happy

when i have to go to work

for 8 hours,

yet i'm still in a good mood.

really though,

do you ever have those days

when you feel like

nothing can bring you down?

(picture)

summer school

my homework today

just might be

the death of me.
take me back to
california.

it is no secret that i don't like cheese

in my opinion,

the words 

squeaky and cheese

should never be used together.

goodbye beach, hello jimmy johns

although i am going home

whiter than i came

(thank you overcast skies),

i loved being by the sea.

i'd be lying if i said 

i wasn't a little excited to leave

considering there is

a turkey tom at home

with my name on it.

pink straws

is anyone else

loving 

the pink straws at mcdonalds

as much as i am?

they do crack

a bit easier

than the regular ones,

but to that i say

it's worth it.