Just call me Bob the Builder...

A couple days ago my friend Jacqueline and I were super handy! She bought a dresser and a couple new door knobs, originally she was going to wait for her step dad or one of her manly friends to come over and install them and build that dresser for her, but what happens when Jacqueline and Desiree are just sitting there with nothing to do? That's right, we attempt to do the impossible. We got screwdrivers and hammers and lots of other gadgets and proceeded to build!! We even ended up fixing her door cuz it was loose and made weird noises. We started with her door knob. Pulled the old one out and put the new one in and after we just felt so darn good about ourselves that we looked at the dresser (in the box) and decided we were going to build it. After we dump out all the pieces plus all 7 million screws and cams and other things we though we were in way over our head, but we did it!! We built it and built it well!, putting together the drawers were probably the most difficult part, but whatever..we felt really cool! Oh and by the way Only like 3 days!! WOOOO!

New Semester...

The first week of the new semester is over! Yay! Just a little run down on what happened. All in all, I really like my classes! My Native American class That is all about the Native americans is probably my favorite! On the first day a big white guy walked in haha apparently we all had surprised looks on our faces cuz the first thing he said was "to answer your first question, it's yes! Yes I am Native American. 1/8 to be exact!" haha I laughed to my self because that is basically nothin and because not many or any tribes would even recognize him. Anyway it's a cool class. Then on the first morning of my weight lifting class, I walk in and there are 26 people in the class. 25 boys. 1 girl. Me. I am the ONLY girl in my weight lifting class. It's not that fun, the teacher treats me like I can't do anything. He told me to do GIRL PUSH-UPS! GIRL ones..Ew!! No way, Jose. I will compete with boys. I will! All in all it was a good first week I'd say! Only 16 more weeks. Boo!

For Rod Flanagan

The Flanagans! (Sorry Chelsey, I stole this from you)


The Flanagan's are my second family. My Australia family. I love them all very much. They all have a special place in my heart. They took me in as one of their own. It saddens me to say that the afternoon or January 9, 2011 Rod Flanagan passed away. I don't really know what to say. He was an amazing husband, father, hero and friend. He will be missed, but never forgotten and always loved and forever in our hearts.Living on through memories.He was so sweet and looked for the beauty in every aspect of life. I never once heard him complain about being sick or being in pain. He was just an all around lovely person.It makes me think that how can something so heartbreaking happen to such an amazing family, but I know God doesn't give us trials we can't handle and will never leave us empty handed. Though this is one of the hardest trials anyone anywhere goes through, I know the Flangans will get through it. They have so much strength as individuals and as a family.Rod is no longer in pain, but in peace.The pain is great and our hearts are heavy. I know there is not a lot anybody can say right now to ease the pain, but know ya'll (sorry Corey, I know you hate when I say that) are loved. Love you Wendy, Corey, Chelsey, Brody, Hayley and Rod! I'm sending you all my prayers, thoughts, love and support!xxx

Christmas. Oh Ten...

Well, I decided that I should probably report about my Christmas. It was great! I love the Christmas season! For many reasons like:
1. Family- I get to see my sister and bro-in-law and baby niece, who sadly, is not a baby anymore. She has gone into her toddler years..

2. I can watch the Grinch! The one with Jim Carrey! I know, I can watch it all year long, but really I can't. That movie is great. I look forward to watching it every year!

3. I don't feel as bad when I don't make it to the gym. I'm terrible. Oops!

4. I hate shopping, but you gotta love a sale. Right? Well there are plenty of them! Sales are good, well not really, but they are.

5. $100 tips. That's right I got $100 tip..It was actually 2 weeks after Christmas, but whatever. I liked it alot!

6. Temple Square. I love it. I'll admit I hate going and seeing all the cute love birds holding hands and enjoying the lights and I'm by myself or with one of my friends that is a girl. Anyway. I love the lights and the peaceful atmosphere of that place.

7. No School! Winter break is one of the most needed breaks. EVER.

Ok. Well that is just a few of the MANY reasons why I love Christmas time! Anyway. This year was so fun. My niece was so funny. We all thought she would have more fun with Christmas this year, but she didn't she would just cry and then throw the present. She definitely has a mind of her own. I loved getting to hang out with my sister! We're 5 years apart, but she is my best friend and I can't wait for them to get to move closer. I also got a lovely call That was the best! :)Definitely made me more anxious though. No worries! I also WON and ugly sweater contest at work. I made my sweater with a bird on the shoulder. It was GREAT. Yes, I had to serve like that and then eat in public with my family like that. Pictures will be posted. Yep, Awesome Christmas! Like always!

Countdown Time!

I hate to do it, but I gotta. I am going to start a countdown. 18 days!! For reals. Alright, how many of you know what I am counting down for? It's for the missionary that I met while in the Outback aka Australia! Yeah, he comes home in 18 days! Is that crazy? or what? I am going to go with..Yes! it is incredibly crazy! I was reading over one of his earlier letters actually a few of them and one talks about how he'll bee home in 6 months and another says "I only have 16 weeks left!" 16 weeks! That is a long time. That's like a semester of school..Gag. Back then (14 weeks ago) 16 weeks sounded pretty good. I know I know...I have to wait to see how things go, but a girl can dream. Right? haha Please bless he doesn't read this or he is going to think I am a crazy person. haha Anyway 18 days. Woo!!!

14,000...

This morning I went to the gym to meet up with Kenton (personal trainer) and the first thing he says "Today is going to be a fun day! Are you ready?" Alright well the first thing that you should always know when a trainer says that to you is that he means it is going to be FUN for HIM. There is going to be major torture involved. For reals. He begins to tell me that once a month he has a competition between all of his clients which is around 100 people and it is to see who can move the most weight in 20 minutes by doing dead lifts, chest presses and full body cleans!! I wanted to start crying, this is only like my 4th time with him and I really thought I was going to die, but my arms are still attached! Anyway at the end you take the weight you lifted and how many reps you did and add it together to get how much weight you moved the entire 20 minutes. I ended up moving 14,000 pounds! and said I was in the top 10 for men and women! I am a little disappointed that I was number one, but he said that is amazing for the first time being in the competition. Oh well I'll be number 1 next month! in womens anyway:)