day 8 - the one with my goals and when i'll accomplish them

find boxes-soon

pack-soon

move-thanksgiving weekend

buy a mabook pro-january

complete christmas shopping-december 13

oh and HAPPY VETERANS DAY!

this is most definitely my favorite veteran

day 7 - the one with the person who has had the biggest impact on me

it's like a 5 way tie

so for the record,

i wanted this really great picture

of the two of them from when we had family

pictures right before graduation

and i have no access to it

but i digress

my mom and my dad

have had a really big impact on me

the major one being they're the reason i'm alive :)

but they have been there for me when i thought the world was cruel

and were mean and somewhat heartless,

even though it was all for my good

sister sheri dew
she's flippin amazing
did you know she was a UN delegate for the US
for the commission on the status of women?
she's the CEO of Desert Book
but my favorite part is that she's single

and she makes me feel like no matter what happens
i'll be okay

then there's another favorite couple of mine

president gordon b. hinckley and majorie pay hinckley

i love the way that he is looking at her
some one said 'she is charity personified'
and she truly is, i don't have words
but she will always be a part of me

my favorite quote from her
"everything you are learning now is
preparing you for something else."

i love him so much and to see how hard this was for him

makes me cry, but knowing he's back with her

makes things better

he's the first prophet i remember

i remember wanting to learn everything

i could about him

and how worn my kids book all about him is

i concur with a lot of what's said in the following video

day 6 - the one when i share my favorite super hero

Jesus!

I'm not trying to be sacrilegious, 

promise!

I was trying to think what i would put today

and i couldn't figure it out, but a friend

on their status today said

'Jesus is my super hero'

but i don't really have a favorite super hero

i like ones that look hot

but other than that i think their meh...

but there is this one female one i like

she's super amazing!

she's a mom, wife AND a super hero

but whatev's it's all in a day's work

day 5 - the one with places i've been

i've been to burmingham, al

...for a youth temple trip

i've been to philadelphia, pa

...for a family vacation

this is the playground from fresh prince of bel air

i've been to camp roger,

somewhere in the mountains in utah

it's a ymca camp and our stake helped get it ready for the summer

i've been to park city, ut

...for a shopping extravaganza

well...kinda, it was kinda lame but it was fun

i've been to nephi, ut

...for the nephi pageant

it was so good, i cried-multiple times

i've been to idaho

[mainly rigby, rexburg, and malad]

rigby...to go on a wild goose chase looking for the arner's

rexburg...for a tour of byu-idaho and to meet the hadry's

malad...to see my favorite krystal, she's the one who went to see david archuleta with me

i've been to rexburg, id

[or right outside rexburg]

...to the civil defense caves

day 4 - the one with my christmas list

chirstmas list...

containing what?

i'm interpreting this as a wish list

there will be some far fetched items

but isn't that what kids do

and since i want to teach kids

it all makes sense

a cute camera strap

an extra CF card

iPhone 4

a ski coat for BYU-Idaho

wii

winter boots

macbook pro

andes mints

crayons and a coloring book - this one's serious

oh and an acceptance letter to BYU-Idaho

day 3 - the one with a picture of me and my friends

yes it said friends

but i'm choosing a picture of my family

because friends come and go

but my family will always be my friends

day 2 - the one where i explain my title

just a day, just an ordinary day

what does it mean?

it's a line from ordinary day by vanessa carlton

i really like the song

like a lot

and i like this line

because really anything that happens

is just a day, just an ordinary day

day 1 - the one with a picture of me and 15 interesting facts

mike as angel moroni

i was antoine dobson's groupie

[if you don't uderstand watch both of the

following videos, in this order

http://bit.ly/bVrHD3

http://bit.ly/b3ANQB]

1. I still sleep with a teddy bear

2. I think smells have an affect on people,

[example: i spray lavender and chamomile on
my pillows to help me sleep]

3. I hate my hair curly so it makes me mad
when people say they like it

4. I'm partially OCD, just like little things

5. I can't stand shorts

6. I hate when people call me shortened versions of Ellie

it's not el, or ell. I used to be bothered with ellie-bellie or ella
ella ella(from rhianna's umbrella song) but i'm good with that now

7. I get really bugged when people want me to share my scriptures
with them, and it's for no specific reason

8. I snort when I laugh

9. I've had six roommates while i've been at school

10. When I put my headphones in and walk home,
I like to pretend I'm staring in music video

11. I'm an official tour guide at LDS Business College

12. I like to pretend I'm british sometimes

13. I won first place in a photography contest

14. I can be quite the facebook stalker

15. I always feel like an outsider

the one with the beginning of something new

thanks to a friend, kate

i'll be back on blogging roll!

Each day of the month, write a blog post according to these guidelines below:

Day 1-Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Day 2-The meaning behind your Blog name

Day 3-A picture of you and your friends

Day 4-Your Christmas List

Day 5-A picture of somewhere you've been to

Day 6-Favorite super hero and why

Day 7-A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

Day 8-Short term goals for this month and when you'll accomplish them

Day 9-Something you're proud of in the past few days

Day 10-Songs you listen to when you're bored, happy, sad, mad, hyped

Day 11-Another picture of you and your friends

Day 12-How you found out about blogger and why you have one

Day 13-A letter to someone who has hurt you recently

Day 14-'A picture of you and your family

Day 15-Put your ipod or shuffle on-first 10 songs that play, write why you have them

Day 16-Another picture of yourself

Day 17-Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

Day 18-Plans/dreams/goals you have

Day 19-Nicknames you have and why you have them

Day 20-Someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future

Day 21-A picture of something that makes you happy

Day 22-What makes you different from everyone else

Day 23-Something you crave for a lot

Day 24-A letter to your parents

Day 25-What I would find in your bag

Day 26-What do you think about your friends

Day 27-Why you are doing this 30 day challenge

Day 28-A picture of you from last year and now-how have you changed?

Day 29-In this past month, what have you learned?

Day 30-Your favorite song
Day31-A habit that you wish you didn't have

the one with am and am nots

it's about time i updated my blog

and i didn't know what i wanted to share

so this is it...some pictures from the past little bit

i am not a risk taker to my life

the alpine slide-scary as all get out

i went super slow, hence the pile up behind me

i was not about to go super fast

and fall and die

i am not a cave explorer

it's dark and scary and it's better if you're a size two

which we all know i'm not

it is also a lot better if you have the right kind of clothes

not capri's and brand new rocketdogs

no jacket or flashlight

i didn't know okay!

i am a girl that drinks hot chocolate in july

[it's DANG good]

and takes pictures of her reflection

oh and still does pigtail braids

i am a huge fan of hanging out with my cousins

i love bring around them

holding the baby ones

and taking pictures of them

[i was holding camryn while i took this picture,

pretty good right?]

i am in love with this little kid

i didn't know i could love a kid i wasn't related to this much

he's the freaking cutest

he does say the darndest things

and i miss seeing this kid all the time

i am a girl who wins stuff on the radio

all the time! for real, ask my mom

or even my friends

i won a new iPod nano, the one with the video camera

[which, once i got my iPhone, i sold to my brother]

i won something else awhile ago i can't remember what it was

i won tickets to the easy a movie premiere which i had to give away

i then won tickets to go see david archuleta!

like less than a hundred people-no lie!

i am a people person

which is how i got tickets to a private company party

which happened to have plain white t's play

there's this cute guy, carlos, in my math class

we sat next to each other on day 4, became friends and

the rest is history

when i expressed my disappointment of not winning tickets on the radio

that morning he asked if i wanted to go, since he had a mission reunion

thank you overstock.com for splurging!