Paul: I am crazy! Me: Heck yes you are! You are related to me!

Today was ok. I would say It was a banana day ( remind me to put my Description of Days: Fruit Ed on here some time). I am totally exhausted cuz I was helping my dad at this house all day. Yesterday was good. I got all my music and homework done and then went to help my dad and then my parents took me to Texas roadhouse (yummmm...) and Old Navy cuz I need some clothes. I bought 3 shirts. Shopping is always a little bit of a strain because its so hard to find completely modest clothes. If its long enough its too tight. If it has a high enough collar, it is too short etc. These ones, it seemed were the ONLY ones in the entire store that seemed to fit the bill.

As you can see I am neither photogenic or that great with a camera

Sorry

Then we went to Down East Basics for jeans and couldn't find any that would work. Lame. Anyway I am currently reading 3 books at the same time. I just finished The amulet of Samarkand

I love this book. SOOOO funny. Bartimaeus is hilarious. I just started the next book: The Golums Eye
Just FYI: I have read these before. This is a reread spree.
I am also in the process of reading Persuasion which I am half-way through. I needed a bit of light reading :)

For English I am reading To kill a Mockingbird witch I have also already read.

 Great books.

This is my latest project in my room. I heard about this girl that had put pictures of her goals up in her room so she could look at them everyday so I tried it. My dreams include lots of thing; from being married in the temple to going to England to someday having a really cool car :)

i blew it up so you could see it better

Arizona Sunsets

This is why I love arizona. because its the desert there is tons of dust in the air all you need are some clouds and you have glorious sunsets/ sunrises. I knew it would be good tonight because of the rain from yesterday and earlier today. I have many a friend that hates arizona because of the endless brown but I love it, even for just this :) I just wish I had a better camera to capture the moment. Please excuse the light posts.I do live in the city you know :)



ahhh... true bliss eating an orange i just picked from our tree and watching the sunset. dont i look great!? :)

Wind+Rain+Cloudiness= Happiness

Today is windy, overcast and rainy and I feel like dancing. I love it when it is overcast. It feels like when you wake up in the morning and pull your sheet over your face but the light is still on your face its just muted. When its overcast it puts me in a weird a mood. Half of me feels like running around, leaping  and frolicking, bursting with happiness because its a break from the sun. The other half of me wants to go back to sleep and pull the covers back over my head. Its like my moods form an oxymoron. And RAIN! oh I love rain and there have only been 2 or 3 times sense we moved here that I have NOT gone and danced in the rain. The best rain storms are the monsoons that come in the summer. They are the BEST. It will be a120 degrees outside and we all are melting then...Boom! Thunder and lighting and buckets and buckets and buckets of rain. Now its 120 degrees and 100 % humidity and that's when its fun to dance in the rain. Rain is my absolute favorite. I love it. Seriously though. Its the best. Don't get me wrong, I love living in a state that even in the winter it is ALWAYS sunny but a break is just what I need sometimes.

Look at that. True Happiness

 Overcast and Windy!

 Please Excuse the Lack of Makeup :)

Look at those raindrops! Btw this is not a monsoon. Those are really cool this is just happiness in weather form

Now its Raining a little harder

 The pool is danceing too!

 This is Kayleigh and I in our AMAZING Batman shirts that we got in honor of her bday this weekend! It was the best. First we went to Walmart and got the shirts and messed around then we went to Panda Express and Jamba Juice ( The next t-shirts we are buying: Jamba Jucie) Then we came home and watched How to Train Your Dragon and ate Jelly Bellies and popcorn. Then we Frolicked and swung on the swings at the park! BEST NIGHT EVER!

See the Jelly Bellies? Best ever

rain songs

Let the Rain- sara barellis

Remember when it rained - josh groban

Singin in the rain/ umbrella by glee

Over the Rainbow by Eva Cassady

Shepard moons by enya

How can i keep from singing by enya

stroms in africa by enya

orinoco flow by enya

Did I Look like I was on Drugs? Probably

Today was Tuesday therefore Zumba in club fitness. I love Zumba. Here is my status in that class:  my friend and I are the little white, gangley little teenagers that started 3 weeks ago. The rest of the class are woman who have done this for 3 years, are middle-aged and are Latino, therefore they can more their bodies in ways I cannot even begin to try to do. But I do so I just look like an idiot. I love it :) They also have really fun dancing songs like Waka Waka (This time For Africa) by Shakira my new favorite song

Our ward has an adult fireside coming up and our ward has been focusing a lot on missionary work latly, so the bishop desided to give every house in our ward boundries a flyer about it. So our family got assigned to hand out the flyers a cirtin number of houses in our neighbourhood. Tonight I grabbed some tape, the flyers and waltzed out the door....literally. As I got going I got more and more comfortable sticking them on peoples doors I turned up my iPod and danced down the street, rocking our to my waka waka. Did I look like I was on Drugs? Probably. didI make a bunch of people stop and laugh at this crazy danceing girl with the collered uniform and curly hair? probably. Did I care? Heckno Techno! did I have fun? Heck yes!  I am doing all those moves we did today in Zumba and loveing it.

Stop and smell the flowers. Dance instead of walk. Sing instead of talk. Life is too short to not to.

Confessions of a Full Force Teenage Girl

I think, that because of a random train of events, this was the first day in months that I have felt pretty.

 I have a relatively ok uniform but it is  really hard to find cute pants because they have to be plain navy or khaki. Then, for the past 2 months have been cold for AZ and I wore long pants every single day. Now, I have to clarify, that no one else in the entire universe accept me thought they were high waters, but, like I said, they felt like high waters. So even if my hair looked ok....i was still wearing high waters in my mind.

Well, on Saturday for the dance, I looked and felt good. Then at the beginning of the dance, my friend said she had been talking to one of her guy friends and he had said he thought I was really pretty. I cannot express how much that made me feel good especially after not feeling pretty for so long. Than I danced 4 dances and the evening ended great.

So today I looked in the morning and the high for the day was 81 degrees WHOO HOO! Like I said, out come the shorts and no more high waters! Then to make this day even better it was Valentines day! So even though I didn't even get a cupid gram, I had sugar coming out of my ears! I was happy, really happy and felt pretty, even though I probably looked the same as ever, on this day!

Have a happy Valentines Day!

 

rambles

I Love Valentine's day! Don't ask me why because I have no idea. I have been making Valentines all day and I am totally ecstatic.

This past week was really good. Aunt Melanie was in town and we watched Bleak House and Jane Eyre. I loved both. Bleak House Is probably my favorite Dickens movies so far. But I especially loved Jane Eyre. I love that story and I think I am a lot like her in some ways. also as an added bonus, this version of Mr Rochester was a stud.

It was so much fun to have Aunt Melanie here! I love her and her girls to pieces!

I got my passport papers in this week and i am starting to get really excited to go to Mexico and Guatemala! Only like a month more! I CANNOT wait!

The weather has been SO nice latley and tomarow its supposed to be 80 degrees :) Out come the shorts!

Yesterday Kymber and I finally had our cookie dough party because it was her 1/2 birthday and she got her braces off on Monday. We stuffed ourselves with cookie dough and then we went to the stake dance. I have kinda lost my excitement for stake dances. I mean you have 2 or 3 bad ones in a row and they start to loose there appeal. Anyway after I had curled my hair ( I looked good :) haha) I went over to Kymbers house to finish my makeup and such then we went... well kinda. We couldn't find the stake center so when we finally did get to the dance there was only and hour left. This stake dance was SO much fun. Like I said I have not had fun at a stake dance for a while but this one was really fun.

Would all of you that are reading this please send me your top ten favorite songs at the moment and e-mail them to me? I am on the hunt for some good tunes :)
My e-mail is holly.1@att.net
Thanks a bunch
My new favorites playlist is:
Zero Gravity by David Archuleta
Other Side of dowm by the same
Lucky by jason Maraz and Colbie caillat ( This is my favorite at the moment)
Sticks and Stone from How to Train your Dragon
Uncharted by Sara Bareilles
Down to Earth from Walle
Gonna get over you by Sara Bareilles ( my other favorite song right now)
I remain from prince of Pursia
Singin in the Rain/ Umbrella by glee
Talking to the moon by Bruno Mars
1,2,3,4 by plain whit t's
Grace Kelly by Mika  ( my 3rd Favorite song)
everbody by ingrid Michealson



I told you these were rambles

Jane Austen Quiz

According to this extremely reliable source, I am most like Elizabeth Bennet and Mariann Dashwood. :) I  heartily agree :)

Which Jane Austen Character Are You?Answer the questions without looking down and don’t cheat.
Answer these 10 questions to find out…

1) You are out in the countryside. What are you most likely to be doing?
a] Walking, running and skipping
b] Chasing the local ‘talent.’
c] Chatting with your best friend
d] Falling over.

2) Somebody ‘slights’ you or your family. What do you do?
a] Nobody would slight you. You’re far too well respected.
b] Run out of the room.
c] Give a sharp, witty, reply.
d] Ignore it, like you do everything else.

3) You are rejected by the one you love. What do you do?
a] Hope that he will come back and return your love.
b] Spend weeks crying and mourning
c] Set about changing his mind – you’re good at things like that.
d] Move on to someone else straight away
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4) You receive unwanted attentions from a man – what is your reaction?
a] No attentions are unwanted in your case – you revel in it.
b] Refuse him and try to set him up with your best friend.
c] Ignore him then laugh at him behind his back.
d]Tell him he’s the worst man you’ve ever known.

5) What are your favourite past times?
a] Matchmaking your friends and also a little music and painting..
b]Dancing and flirting.
c]Reading and walking
d] Playing the piano and reading poetry.

6) What type of man do you go for?
a] Tall, dark and proud.
b] Well respected and dependable.
c] Intelligent, good-humoured and respected.
d] Any that happens to come along.

7) Who are you closest to?
a] Your mother.
b] A sister or a friend.
c] No one really – you’re too busy having fun.
d] Your father.

You find out that someone close to you is going to be married – what do you think?
a]She could do better
b] You are ecstatic and can’t stop saying how happy you are.
c] Does that mean there will be a ball?
d]You’ll be sorry to lose her but feel happy for her sake.

9) What job appeals to you most?
a] Running a party agency or a nightclub.
b] Having your own column in a newspaper.
c] Running a dating agency.
d] A theatre critic or actress.

10) What were you favourite subjects at school?
a] English and Psychology.
b] Art and music.
c] Drama, music and English Lit.
d] You had too much fun to be bothered with lessons.


Now add up your scores…
If you got mostly ‘L’ you are Elizabeth Bennet.
You are spirited and quick-witted. You like nothing more than to be outdoors in the fresh air or at a lively ball, however, you are also able to enjoy your own company at home with a book. You are stubborn, but fair and loved by all those around you. You love to make jokes and laugh at nonsensical things,and tease people but you detest snobbery of any kind and won’t be patronised by people who think themselves superior to you. You are often too quick to judge people but you are not afraid to admit when you are in the wrong.

If you got mostly ‘M’ you are Marianne Dashwood.
You are passionate and have very strong emotions. You love nature and are aware of all beauty around you. You love music and literature with much enthusiasm. You often think yourself superior to the people around you and you often are so wrapped up in your own problems that you are oblivious to the world around you. You are a true romantic and believe that love can conquer all – you are persistent, forgiving, and when it comes to the crunch, you can be sensible.

If you got mostly ‘E’ you are Emma Woodhouse
You are such a busy-body and love nothing more than poking your nose into peoples’ business – your intentions are always good but you are inclined to believe that you are the best judge of every situation. You are clever and have a lively, active imagination which delights in match-making your closest friends. You are a wonderful, caring daughter and a loyal friend. Sometimes you speak before you think and it lands you in trouble. You love having your own way and hate being wrong, but you are of a happy disposition and never stay troubled for long.

If you got mostly ‘Y’ you are Lydia Bennet
The main object in your life is to have fun. You are a flirt and you love being in the centre of attention. You are happy, lively and good-humoured. You love dancing and going out, you hate having to stay at home in the evenings. You can get carried away and will please yourself at the expense of others. You don’t take into account other peoples’ feelings, as long as something makes you happy. You are spontaneous and energetic, but can be a bit of a gossip

Audrey Hepburn Lover

My good friend named Lauren,(who lives in Singapore, we met when I was in 4th grade when I went to visit my grandparents when they were serving a mission there and we traded e-mail address and have stayed in touch all these years :) Anyway she e-mailed me this quote from Audrey Hepburn.

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." -Audrey Hepburn

Isn't that adorable!? My personal favorite quote from Audrey Hepburn is one that she didn't even say originally! When people would ask her what her beauty tips were she would recite this poem, 

Time Tested Beauty Tips

For attractive lips,
Speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,
Seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure,
Share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair,
Let a child run his or her
fingers through it once a day.

For poise,
Walk with the knowledge
you'll never walk alone.

People, even more than things,
have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;
Never throw out anybody.

Remember,
If you ever need a helping hand,
you'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older,
you will discover
that you have two hands,

one for helping yourself,
the other for helping others.

The beauty of a woman
is not in the clothes she wears,

The figure that she carries,
or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman
must be seen from in her eyes,

because that is the doorway to her heart,
the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman
is not in a facial mole,

The beauty of a woman
is reflected in her soul.

It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
the passion that she shows,
And the beauty of a woman
with passing years-only grows