Utah State...

How may I direct your call?


So I have a new job... the USU switchboard. It is actually quite fun and you hear all sorts of interesting names. One of my favorites is Glasscoffin. Yes isn't lovely? The best is when you are trying to answer without laughing. It doesn't help when the person you are working with starts singing a funny song in a weird voice that makes you laugh right when you say "Utah State University, how may I direct your call?".
Things can also start getting interesting when you have been sitting here for 8 hours and you are getting a little tired. Sometimes your fingers forget how to type, or you completely missed what the person was saying because you momentarily spaced out (not that this has ever happened to me...). My favorite is when I accidentally answered, "I.T. Service Desk, my name is... I mean Utah State...". Yeah that was only slightly embarrassing. I also sometimes can only think of "Studio 170, Salon and Spa". Luckily I haven't slipped and actually said that one yet. That's my other job.
Other than that, it is great because I will be able to do my homework when school starts while I am here. SCORE!!! This will probably be my last official college job. Weird. I only have one more year and so I will hopefully graduate in MAY! Finally! But then I have to figure out what I am going to do with the rest of my life from there, so I guess I will just keep answering "Utah State University, how may I direct your Call?"

My House!

In May I moved into the cutest little house! I love it! It is nice to be out of an apartment and to have a yard. I feel like a real person, haha! It has 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 living rooms, laundry room and a massive storage room. I only have pictures of the upstairs because that is all I really use. The Pictures loaded backwards too... so oh well. Take a tour from the inside out!

This is my bedroom. It has a huge closet that fits all of my shoes :) It also has 2 large windows so it is really nice and bright!
My cute polka dot bathroom... can you get any better?
Part of the tiny kitchen.... on the other side there is the stove and fridge, and that is it! I guess it is a good thing I don't really cook!
A little dining room. the house came with the table. It is great!
these are a couple of different views of the living room. The couches came with the house and they are really nice (for college housing!).

I planted flowers, and... THEY ARE STILL ALIVE!!! They have filled up the whole flower bed now and are really pretty. I am terrified of worms though, so it was an interesting experience...
This is the front of the house. There are some cute flower pots on the front steps now making it more cheery. There is also a huge backyard that has been nice this summer. If you are ever in Logan come and visit me!

Panic...

I think I am having a panic attack... I am all alone and I need to tell someone, so I will tell the blogging world.... Pathetic I know... I just looked at the requirements for my summer online classes, and I started freaking out. What am I doing? I hate school, I am sick of Logan, and I need to get away. My head is getting foggy, and it is getting harder to breath... I don't think I can do this. Anyways, that is my little bit of panic....

Hopelss Romanitc....

I could not sleep last night, so I decided to watch some T.V. and when I turned it on, it was the Royal Wedding! Wahoo. I ended watching from 2am until 5am. Ooops, I think I might be kind of tired later on today! But it was worth it. It was kind of cool to watch it live and see everything as it is really happening. It was BEAUTIFUL! But lets face it, I knew once I started watching there, was no stopping. I am a hopeless romantic, and so to see a REAL royal wedding and not just what they show in the movies was really neat!

Isn't her dress AMAZING??!! I loved it! I think it is so sleek and classy while still being royal!
I missed this part. DANG IT! I made myself go to bed when the ceremony ended around 5am, so I missed the carraige ride, and the kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. I guess I will have to find it online and watch it later!

Anyways, I just think she is a really classy lady and way to go to her for making the dream of every little girl come true for her!

I know this is all really cheesy, but I had fun!

"The Tasty 23"

"The Tasty 23":
For a school project we had to create an outfit out of recyclable materials. Then there was a big fashion show to show off our work! I worked with my friend Kelsey.
Our product list:
1: Dr. Pepper cans and tabs
2: Dr. Pepper boxes
3: Big white slip things
4: Staples and thread

Making some progress!

Kelsey was kind enough to model the dress too. She did a great job!

I made this headband out of poptabs and ribbon

Poptab earrings!

Kelsey strutting her stuff! There were over 800 people there!

And.... We WON!!!!! There were 4 prize categories: Most Green, Most Wearable, Most Innovative, and Best of Show. We won Most Green! We were really excited! Yes that is a gold shoe with dirt and pine cones and stuff as my trophy...

After the show!

Kelsey got a bouquet made out of tissue paper and these cool paper roses.
We had a great time working on this assignment! Oh yeah, we named it "The Tasty 23" because of the 23 flavors in Dr. Pepper!

The funny signs in Alaska...

So, Sara and I like to take pictures of funny signs we see. Here are a few funny ones we found in Alaska! It was great!

Alaska!!

In July I was able to go to Alaska with the Brugeners! It was so much fun and we did an insane amount of stuff, I tried to include a little of everything, and it isn't all necessarily in order but you'll get the idea!
The Anchorage Temple!This is in Chugach State Park, in Anchorage

This was our Rental car in Juneau, yeah we barely fit!

This is an awesome gate made out of snow skis!

We went on this really pretty hike and found this fun swing in the middle of the forest!

At Sandy Beach in Juneau, a nice Sunday activity!

One day, this will be my house, hehe

the float plane we went on. It was amazing. We saw a ton of glaciers and went all over!

Kayaking! It was so much fun, but Aunt Ann and I got soaked!

aren't we pretty?

We stayed at this great cabin!

clam digging, it was actually really fun!

We went deep sea fishing! I caught the big one!

We all kissed the fish, yuck!

We went on a cruise of the fjiords in Seward and we saw a ton of whales, sealions and a ton of other cool sea life. This pictures shows a 7 killer whales at ONE time! It was so cool!

We had so much fun and saw a ton of great stuff! We went on a bunch of hikes, saw a ton of glaciers, kayaked, fished, and a lot more. We were all really tired by the time we went home, but we all wished we could have stayed! I hope I can go back one day!