i can't WAIT!!!!!

so i am quite the movie LOVER...so here is one that i CAN'T WAIT FOR!!!!!

What i want to DO for 2010!!! i guess resolutions is what we call them:)

I like to plan AHEAD for the next year and what i want to accomplish. So here is just a few things that i want DONE for 2010!!!!

1. USE MY PASSPORT: not only do i want to use it, but i want to go to Ireland, Thailand, and would LOVE to go to JAPAN!!!

2. RUNNIN runnin, and runnin runnin....: i have done a half marathon ever since i did my first FULL marathon. Maybe for 2010 i do ANOTHER FULL MARATHON!!!

this is me finishing my FIRST marathon...couldn't believe that i DID IT!!!

3. My saying for 2009 was, "2009, is lookin pretty FINE!" but i think for 2010 it going to be, "2010, i better be MARRIED BY THEN!!!" ha ha ha ha....

Just showing you what i look for in a girl:)

4. Clearly if i am going to have #2&3 happen then #4 needs to happen, which is GET IN SHAPE!!!!

5. I want to either FINISH school, OR only have a SEMESTER left by the end of the year!!! i can't keep going to school anymore because it is DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!

6. I want to do something that i have NEVER done before...whether that be a century ride, Half ironman, or some other crazy sport type adventure...I WANT TO DO IT!!!

7. Going to the Temple at least ONCE a month, if not EVERY WEEK!!! friends are MORE than welcome:)

8. I want to be more well rounded. Want to be PERFECT, so when that right girl finds me she doesn't have to do everything. I clean like a CHAMP! Do my own laundry! But my weakness is COOKING! so i want to start collecting recipes and making them:) that way i can cook, clean, and have the whole house ready for my wife:)

9. Start saving money instead of SPENDING IT!!! just an idea....

and finally for 2010. I want work on being the best that i can be:)

my christmas list....

So i figured that it is NEVER too late to put your christmas list out there...so enjoy what I WANT for christmas...

A new car...a Bentley would be ideal!!!

my own private jet. if you look at it, in the long run i will be saving money will all the traveling that i do. so it's a great investment!!!

a shopping spree to NORDSTROMS, J CREW, BANANA REPUBLIC, and of course ABERCROMBIE!!! ha ha ha ha...i can't ever leave it!!!

a trip to Thailand:) mostly to visit my aunt and uncle, but OF COUSRE to see the sites there!!!

i'm not getting thinner, so i think i would like a BIGGEST LOSER PERSONAL TRAINER!!! i need someone that makes me throw up because i worked out so hard:)

a trip to my FAVORITE city....NEW YORK!!! I LOVE IT!!!

a weekend in a NEWPORT BEACH beach house:) friends could come too:) SO FUN!!!

and finally....

A GIRLFRIEND!!!! ha ha ha ha...Lauren Conrad would be AMAZING, but really at this point, i am open for suggestions:) ha ha ha ha...

another CRAZY WEEK!!!

this week has been so busy with projects and papers for work, no days off from work, and try to plan my singles ward christmas party!!! AHHHHHH....that really is all i can say!!! so much stress that i am just ready to have DONE WITH!!!! after next week is over i will be back to my regularly scheduled blogging...just sayin!!!

glad this was on youtube to watch...totally made my day!!! OBSESSED!!! she really is a GREAT person:) sick of people judging her just like i get sick of people judging ME!!! ha ha ha ha...

busy busy BUSY!!!

i have been doing NOTHING but work and SCHOOL WORK!!! totally driving me crazy, BUT the good news is...the semester is ALMOST over!!!! this week is probably going to be the worst! i have a ten page paper due tomorrow along with a final rough draft of an editing handout that i had to make for my editing class. THEN i also have a test in my media and culture class tomorrow night:( BUT that is NOTHING compared to what i have due for my advertising class and business and professional communication classes. Advertising we have an ad campaign that is due by the end of the week and we are presenting it in front of the WHOLE communications department. should be interesting. we are basically done with most of it, just have some finishing touches and run through our presentation, but then that will be out of the way. the BIGGEST thing i am working on is my 25 page paper for b&p comm where i am having to analyze an organization that i have worked for, or in my case, am currently working for. It's just a lot of writing that i really don't want to do, but that is due next week and i have been talking with the teacher constantly to make sure that i am on the right track. other than that, i have a christmas party with some old friends from high school friday night (at least i think it's friday night), working every day this week, work christmas party thursday night, and i am sure i have TONS more things that i can't even think of. AHHHHHH.....pretty sure i could go crazy this week. ha ha ha ha ha....just sayin!!!

SO i thought that i would post some pictures of when i was REALLY happy so that i can not think about ALL that is going on RIGHT NOW!!!

me starting my FIRST triathlon. i got 3rd place and couldn't believe it!!! SO AWESOME!!!

ALWAYS A FAVORITE!!! me and my great friend rob getting ready to go out for some late surfing. we would have SO MUCH FUN!!! ha ha ha ha...that night was HILARIOUS!!!

if you know me, you KNOW i love FOOD!!! this is TAYLORS HOTDOGS!!! SO GOOD!!! mmmm.....i want to go there RIGHT NOW!!!

me and my best little buddy PRESTON in HAWAII...we had a BLAST!!! ha ha ha ha...always a fun time with that kid:)

i flew out to california for my best friend Valerie's birthday. we had a LOT of fun. we used to date, but distance and conflicts stopped it:( but we ALWAYS had great times together...ha ha ha

GROUP SHOT!!!!!

For this post i decided that i would just show some old GROUP shots. i know that i haven't been as good as i should be this week with my constant posts, so i felt that if i were to post more than one picture for each post then it would be more worth while. Hope you enjoy these oldies, BUT goodies:) just sayin!!!

This was taken during my first year of college in CALIFORNIA!!! just getting ready to sing with the school choir:) ha ha ha ha...

This one was taken the DAY that my friend CAMILLE got home from her mission. everyone wanted us to get married so i felt that i should probably go over to her house when she got home and start catching up. needless to say, we did NOT get married, and i am STILL single!

This was taken at the dinner for MUB and MANDY's wedding. this was the OLD crew all together:)

this was taken at my house in california. it was a roommate/friend picture and i really don't remember WHY we took it? ha ha ha ha...i hardly talk to ANY of them any more, but it was some crazy times!!!

and of COURSE....the days i worked at ABERCROMBIE!!!!! we took this one just before stalking all the clothes in the store ALL NIGHT LONG!!!

Have you EVER met a CELEB???

this is me and the REAL WORLD AUSTIN cast...you all wonder why i'm OBSESSED with wes? it's cause i have MET HIM!!! ha ha ha...i chased them down in time square when i was in new york...SO FUNNY!!!

It's EVERYONE'S FAVORITE!!!! ROSIE!!!! ha ha ha ha...i saw her, so i had to take a picture with her, and OF COURSE i got an autograph...it's going to be WORTH something some day!!! just you WEIGHT!!! ha ha ha ha....i mean WAIT!!! no, when i'm talking about rosie weight is RIGHT!!! ha ha ha ha...

ANTHONY RAPP!!! he was in Rent, Dazed and Confused, but my FAVORITE was Adventures and Babysitting...and that is what i told him. i said, "i loved you in adventures and babysitting." he just looked at me and said, "i've been in a lot of stuff since then." ha ha ha ha...i say the DUMBEST things when i am star struck!!!

And finally DENZEL WASHINGTON ladies and gentleman!!! i have NO clue why he is making that face, but it was way cool meeting him. the only way we could meet him was if we had a program of the show he was in, so i asked this lady if we could have one of her programs to have him sign it for her cause i wanted to get a picture with him. ha ha ha...there is ALWAYS a way to work the system!!!

Week of THANKFULNESS is OVER!!!!

So i tried to be thankful for something every day this week...looks like i did a pretty good job:) ha ha ha ha...

This week i think i am going to try for FUN memories every day and post a picture to go with them....this could get tricky because most of my older pictures are either scrapbooked OR just in photo albums some where. But that is what you have to prepare yourself for THIS week...

So this was only 5 years ago. We were on a cruise and jill had told my parents that she was pregnant with my nephew preston. So any ways...we would play bingo every night for $20 for one of these cards. Well, we needed to get a T (either upside down, or regular) and apparently we got it. My dad said to yell BINGO so i did!!! Long story short, WE WON $750!!!!

BEST DAY EVER!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha...

is NOT thankful for the byu win

WHERE DO I BEGIN?!?!?! now if you know me, you KNOW that i am NOT a sportsaholic, BUT i do enjoy watching and playing them. well, when it come to the byu UTAH game i am OBSESSED!!! and this year was NO DIFFERENT!!! but the calls were reDIC and the plays just got stupid. utah when the throw to your left doesn't work EVERY 2nd down...STOP DOING IT!!!! and the dumb refs that would call EVERYTHING on UTAH got out of control. but i will admit, it was a great game and kept me on the edge of my seat like i knew it would:) ha ha ha....just sayin!!!

me wearing my UTAH gear (it's halloween, that's why preston looks TORE UP!)

Friend, and former UTAH player, BEN MOA, Daniel Nuno, and me chilling in the press box at the U stadium.

thankful i DIDN'T get up for black FRIDAY???

i put this as a question because i am STILL not sure if i am glad that i didn't get up this morning to hit any of the deals:) ha ha ha ha ha....for the past couple years i have been going with my sister and it was always about going where ever she needed to go because we were getting toys for preston. well, this year she couldn't go and i didn't want to go ALONE!!! LOSER!!! ha ha ha...so i just slept in. Now i am wishing i had gotten up and experienced the madness. it really is kinda fun and i could have gone to places that I wanted to go to...oh well!!! there is ALWAYS next year...just sayin!!!

me and my sister about to DIE at toys R us a couple years ago, NEVER AGAIN!!

THANKSGIVING gratefulness...

Being a day of THANKS i guess i should say another random thing that i am thankful for....WELL, about 4 years ago i was in a car accident with a great friend of mine. I was driving on the freeway in california and we had just gone up to San Fran for the day to see a movie there (RENT) and we were driving back. Well, everything was fine, when all of the sudden we went over the edge of the low shoulder. there wasn't a sign and i started to fish tail. next thing i knew we were cutting across 3 lanes of traffic and almost hit by a HUGE black truck. Well, my wheels caught and we rolled about 3 times through bushes, a fence, and ended in an orchard upside down. i had never been in an accident before, but my friend was out in a second. i just hung upside down in my seat thinking, "what just happened?" i undid my seatbelt and BANG!!! i hit the roof of the car because of this thing called GRAVITY!!! while gas is leaking out of my engine, i was in my car gathering my stuff. i had to get my dvds, the portable dvd player, my hoodie, and of course a signed copy of nicole richey's book. My friend that had gotten out was able to open her door and get out, i on the other hand didn't notice the open door and i climbed out of my window and that shattered. Any ways....long story short, my parents were on a cruise and i didn't know my sister's house number and she wasn't answering her cell. so i called a DEAR friend and just BROKE DOWN!!! i had no idea what to do and i had NO FAMILY to talk to. it was the craziest time of my life, but it made me realize that i have some REALLY AMAZING friends. my friends mom picked us up, friends comforted me when i had NO ONE to talk to, and friends helped me figure out what i was going to do with my car.

so i am thankful for my life, and for the FRIENDS that have been in it to get me through some crazy and TOUGH times. YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!! i love you all:) just sayin....

all the OLD crew for mub & mandy's wedding. ALL MY BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!!!

more friends after going to the temple. love having GREAT friends:)

some of the california crew...ALWAYS my dearest friends from there..

and of COURSE...the LADIES of california that are near and DEAR to me:)

some of us californians a little more RECENT!!!