Sunday, January 15, 2012

New blog!

Hey guys! I have made a new blog, and it has to do with hair! It's called "Hi-Lights of My Hair". Cute, right??? Anyways, you should check it out :) Here's the link: http://highlightsofmyhair.blogspot.com/

Monday, January 9, 2012

Lizards

      I'm one of those girls who has held huge snakes, let an alligator sit on my lap, & not scared of dissecting things. Yet, I'm scared of little lizards on the loose. Let's rewind to Friday...

      At my school, we have no school on Fridays, so usually I just hang out in my PJs all day, unless I have something going on, AKA ballroom dance club @ 3. I admit, I clean my room, and a week later it's a mess. It's an organized mess though: clean clothes go on my bed or on the floor by my bed, while dirty clothes go in a corner under my window. (Oh yea, I have my own room now. It's ah-mazing!). Anyways, it was like any other Friday. I was getting ready to go to ballroom. I turned around and glanced at my dirty clothes pile. Lo and behold, there's a huge gecko sitting on my jeans, staring at me. I did what any other teenage girl would do. I jumped and dashed out of my room to call for my 7-year-old brother to rescue me from the little lizzy. When he got in there, he chased it around & it ninja vanished. I kid you not, 10 minutes later I strolled in my room to get something, & it was sitting on my bed, staring. You know, the usual thing creepy little lizards do. Jonathan came to the rescue yet again, but the little devil ran into the playroom.

           My room was destroyed even more due the epic battles to capture the small reptile. I was still scared that it was hiding in there somewhere, so I spent the next few nights sleeping in my mom's room, only going in my room to get stuff I need. Tonight, I decided to tidy it up a little. I put drawers back where they belonged, put some clothes away, tossed the dirty laundry into a basket, you know, the quick ways to tidy up. I picked up the blanket I use to cover my parakeet's cage and gently put it on top of the cage. I turned around to pick something up. I'm sure you can guess what happened next. I turned back around, and right on the space next to my bird's cage that I could have sworn was empty before, was the huge little lizard. Staring. Creeping. EEEEEE!!!! All the males in the house were asleep, but even then I was tired of failed attempts. I called my neighbor. He came and imprisoned the reptile. I made sure he set it free in the garden. Lizards are cute, and they eat grody bugs that are more scary. My mom is never going to let me forget this for the next few weeks.   

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Yay!

I'm sorry, it's been forever since I have written on my blog. Life has just been.... Crazy. BUT! I just wanted to say that I now have a Mormon.org. It you are not Mormon, I absolutely encourage you to read mine! :)
Here's the link: http://mormon.org/me/7H4Z/#

Friday, July 15, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

I went to the midnight showing, and it was amazing!!! I almost cried at some parts. I'll write more later, but for now, you can enjoy the "Awkward Laugh & Hug" clip... I have probably watched it 50+ times, and I still LOL (And I hardly ever laugh out loud) Enjoy!

P.S. doesn't it look like Dean is about to burst out laughing at the end?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Facebook Challenge Day 2

Oh haii! I'm going to study for my American History final right now, and then the rest of the day is going to be dedicated to finishing up English & watching my oldest sister open her mission call!

Buh-bye!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

No Facebook Challenge... 2nd try!





HEY YOU GUYS!!!

Yep, I just quoted the Electric Company. I feel sooo cool. Just kidding, but I do like shouting it. You should try it; it's a good stress reliever :)
Anyways, I'm attempting the Facebook challenge again. And you know what I just realized? School comes back in a month! No! (YES!!!!!) I'm SO excited to wear the good ol' uniform again! Seriously, no sarcasm here. Plus it's going to be my senior year.

I realized that most of my summer, as I predicted, HAS been spent on Facebook. And I'm all sad and stuff because I haven't been hanging out with friends as much as I wanted to (FACT). Therefore, not going on Facebook is the compromise I came up with. I will not be posting every single day, since sometimes I don't do much (I have "off" days, if you know what I mean). So, yep! I'm excited! Maybe I'll even exercise more! ^^ <=== happy face

Good news: I'm 17 now! YAY one more year and I could vote and hold the puppies at the mall!! Harry Potter 7 Part 2 comes out this week! Ballroom is on Friday! My good pal Dale is coming home from the Scotland Edinburgh mission in a month! And I just saved 15% on car insurance by switching to Geico! (Just kidding about the last one).

Life is good, pretty much... K Bye.

P.S. Sorry about the side-way-ness of the pic.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

iPod Shuffle Game

The Rules:
 1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. on shuffle.
 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
 3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
 4. Have fun!

1.) IF SOMEONE ASKS IF YOU ARE OK, YOU SAY?
"'Give' Said the Little Stream"-InsideOut Accapella
2.) HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
"Green Eyes"-Coldplay
3.) WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"More Holiness Give Me"-BYU Men's Chorus
4.) HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"We Three Kings"-Eclipse
 5.) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
 "Katie"-Missy Higgins
6.) WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
 "Things I'll Never Say"-Carrie Underwood
 7.) WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Bird Flu"-M.I.A.
 8.) WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Welcome to Mystery"-Plain White T's
 9.) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
 "Desperado"-Ryan Kelly (Celtic Thunder)
 10.) WHAT IS 2+2?
 "Now or Never"-High School Musical 3
11.) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"When Will My Life Begin?"-Mady Moore
 12.) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"The Sound of White"-Missy Higgins
 13.) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Sureshot"-Yellowcard
 14.) WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Mine"-Courtney Cotter
15.) WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
 "Many the Miles"-Sara Bareilles
16.) WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
 "Scream"-High School Musical 3
HAHAHAHAHA
 17.) WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST
 "Heels Over Head"-Boys Like Girls
 18.) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
"Embers and Envelopes"-Mae
19.) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"This Charming Man"-Death Cab for Cutie
20.) WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
 "Cruel Kindness"-InsideOut
 21.) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
 "Tell Me Why"-Taylor Swift

Thursday, June 23, 2011

NEW TYPE OF EXPLOSION THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE FIRE...!

Well, it will result in fire. I almost learned this the hard way...

So, I watched "The Princess and the Frog" (IDK why, but I'm obsessed with that movie. There's my confession of the day... But I'm being careful not to watch it too much so I won't get sick of it like how I got sick of "Tangled". Sad, but true.) with my siblings today. For those who haven't seen it, she serves this kind of doughnut called "beignets" at a restaurant she works at.
I don't know about you, but to me, they look an awful lot like Indian Fry Bread (And she serves it the same way I do!) Soooo I decided to look up a recipe & make Indian Fry Bread.

Well, to make the bread would required to heat up oil on a pan on the stove, so that you could, you know, fry the bread.

When I was done making it, I held the pan over the sink & turned on the faucet. It started to doing this crackly-bubbly thing, and I thought that was normal, since I've made stuff that requires oil before.
Welp, my mom heard the crackling, turned around, and said with a gasp, "Mary! Don't do that; it will burst into flames! Put it back on the stove!"
I turned off the water, took a step and a half when it exploded, splattering piping hot oil & water all over the floor, the hand that was holding the pan, & my arm. OUCH! So I ended up putting it on top of the dishes. It burst again as I was walking away, therefore making me subconsciously scared of being near the sink.

Quite the adventure, but now I'm tempted to heat up a pan of oil, put it in the middle of the street, & "light it on fire" by spraying water in it with the hose. Yep, I love fire, and explosions. 

  

Friday, June 10, 2011

Doughnuts!!!

I hope you are not craving doughnuts right now because I am. Actually, not anymore because I had a huge glass of water just now (It works wonders when it comes to getting rid of cravings).

Have you ever had a morning like this?:
So, you are lying in bed early in the morning. You are half asleep, half hearing what is going on around you, but you are mostly conscious (I guess you could say). Then you hear the convos that are going on in the kitchen because some of your family members are getting ready for work (making lunches, eating breakfast). You don't quite comprehend what they are talking about when you hear them say: doughnuts. All of a sudden, you're awake, jumping out of bed and going to the kitchen.
Your mom says good morning while you're looking in the microwave, on the counter, or in the oven for the doughnuts. You mumble "good morning" back and crawl back into bed with the disappointment that there was, in fact, no doughnuts in the house.

Obviously, it didn't happen to you this exact way, but I'm sure something similar has happened to you. Don't worry, I can relate. Have a good day. :) 

Monday, June 6, 2011

Winner!!!!

Hey guys! Sorry, I was busy this last week, so the give-away was the last thing on my mind!

Aaand the winner is... *drumroll* Simply Sweet Pea Bows!!!! :D Congrats, you win the headband, and the glory of being the first person to win the very first give-away on my blog! Thank you to those who started following! :)

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Courtney Cotter has a Music Video out!

Courtney Cotter has a music video. 'Nough said :)

Snuggies

Snuggies are one of those things that are really not necessary to live, but it's nice to have one.

Today, I feel as awesome as those people in the advertisements, sitting on my sisters bed and working on my online classes with her laptop, glasses, hair in a sloppy bun, whilst wearing the families' pink Snuggie. :)

Monday, May 23, 2011

Screaming Girls

So, I was working on online classes when all of a sudden I hear a group of little kids screaming. Even though it was daytime, I still have a very imaginative mind when I'm home alone. I thought they were being attacked or something! So, I ran to the front window to see what was going on, and it turned out that it was just a group of about 5 little girls walking home from school. [I'm sure that they were so excited that school is ending soon they have extra energy, therefore they scream to let it out.]

I waited for the next girl to scream, and when she did, I screamed back. [NOTE: They could not see me because you generally can't see through screens in the daytime] They all looked around in confusion, and I had to run to the opposite side of the house to let go of a ball of laughter. I ran back to the window and kept screaming back at them until they were too far for me to hear them.

THE END

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

100TH POST AHHH!!!! :D

Ollo! (Yes, I just quoted "Megamind". LOVE that movie)
So, this is my 100th post! Hurray! I'm so excited! :D OK, not really. It doesn't really change my life that much, just proves that I'm a Blogger freak.
Anyways! See this gorgeous headband my gorgeous sister is wearing?

Yep, I made it :-) Aaaand it can be all yours. I guess I should tell you how you can get it. :)
1. Follow my Blog (*If you are already following my blog, get at least one friend to follow.)
2. "Like" Simply Sweet Pea Bows on Facebook (or the blog, either one works) & write some love on their wall!
3. Read something on MyLifeIsAverage.com
4. Comment on this post with something you read on MyLifeIsAverage
5. Put 100 Smileys at the end of the comment, because Smileys make me happy, & the number 100 will feel sad that I didn't do anything related to it. :) 
*6. If you followed because a friend told you to, please tell me who suggested you. :) *



Ready. Set. GO!

30 Day Challenge: Day 26

Day 26- A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Friendship!
















P.S. 99th post! Coming up next: 100th post (Hehe, can't wait! :D)

Monday, May 2, 2011

30 Day Challenge: Day 25

Day 25- A picture of your day.
I was pretty much sick all day & I still don't feel great. But hey, at least I made this super duper cute headband! (Modeled by my cutie-pie little sister) :D

 You can put different flowers of different colors on it, or you can just wear it plain. :)
And I made this flower too! :)

I don't know, I thought it was a brilliant idea. Don't you? :)
                                                                                                    
                                                                        

Sunday, May 1, 2011

30 Day Challenge: Day 24

Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.

There is a lot of things I wish I could change. Like who won the last election for president. But about myself, I wish that my feet were 1 1/2 sizes smaller. My feet have been size 11 or 12 (depending on the brand) since I was 11. Now I know why my family and friends called me Big Foot. Thank goodness I'm grown into my feet now. But seriously, it's SO hard to find uber duber cute shoes in my size, AND I wish that I could borrow shoes from my sisters. That's all.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ballroom Last Night

OK, we did NOT start on choreography. Origionally, Dan (the guy who used to be on the BYU Ballroom dance team & who teaches us) was going to do the choreography for us, but now me, my friend Jasmine, & the other people in the club are going to have to do it ourselves. Actually, it's not that bad, since we've learned over 20 tricks & moves.

Last night was tons of fun though. We started learning this trick where we start in closed dance position (picture shown), the girl jumps over the connected hands, then do a back-flip from there. Believe it or not, this is actually really hard. We were working on the jumping-over-the-hands part for at least half an hour. Since none of the girls could get to the point where they were jumping over every time, we quit and went to something else. Let's just say that my feet hate me today.

Closed dance position
My shoulder hates me too because we also learned how to do this really cool thing (It's not really a trick, but then it is really hard to do. At least for us taller girls). It's like an illusion, let's call it that. Pretty much, we do the rock-step triple-step and then the girl spreads her legs apart, flexes everything, pushes on the guy to keep her up, and the guy turns so that it looks like the girl is ice-skating. It's super duper cool looking, but I did not do it perfectly once. (Quite frustrating, because I usually catch on fast). I feel bad for my partner, because I tried so hard to keep myself up, but I somehow ended up being dead weight, so it looked like my partner was trying to swing around a gigantic rag doll. 

While learning how to do that jumping trick I mentioned earlier, the guys were paranoid that their girl was going to fall. So, Dan decided to use me to demonstrate what to do in "emergency situations". He just told me to try to jump over, and every single time he would say "OH NO SHE'S GONNA FALL!" and he would "save" me. One of the times he helped me have a graceful landing to the floor. I was a little frustrated because I was not able to jump over my partners' arm, so I would try my hardest to jump over and he would stop me. Oh well, it was still pretty funny.
 
Life lesson (for guys): Never drop your girl.

Friday, April 29, 2011

A shenanigan

~*~..::DISCLAIMER: THIS POST IS VERY RANDOM::..~*~
We are FINALLY going to be starting choreography for Lindy. TONIGHT! Eeeee!!! Btw, it's the Ballroom Dance Club, and we're going to be performing it at the Jazz Band Swing Dance Dinner Fundraiser :) (Mile-long title) It's going to be legit, with crazy tricks and everything! Well, not as crazy as some tricks I've seen on Youtube, but crazy enough for me, or anybody, to be scared out of my wits to do them.
Confession: I'm really tall, and I'm scared of heights. Why do I say this? Sometimes, I have to be thrown in the air, and sometimes I reach heights that are well above my partner's head (Usually taller than I am). Let's see if I do get used to being thrown in air... Let the challenge begin!   

Thursday, April 28, 2011

My Life Is Average

Have you ever heard of the website called "My Life Is Average"? Well, if you haven't, look it up in your free time. It's amazing.

My Average story of the day:
I was reading MLIA just now and someone mentioned a website called http://www.wwwdotcom.com/. Being intrigued, I looked up this website. You know what it says? "

Attention:


You have reached the very last page of the Internet.

We hope you have enjoyed your browsing.

Now turn off your computer and go outside. "
 

I didn't even though there was a such thing as the last page of the internet.