Mortgaging My Life

Played Monopoly for the first time in FOREVER. Literally forever because it is one of my least favorite games. I was never doing to well during the entire game. I owned the cheapest properties that no one landed on and I always landed on the most expensive properties like Times Square.


Ended up mortgaging all of my property and still didn't have enough to pay my debt. This game was sort of a real look into my future. UGH.

It was a horrible loss, and I decided I won't be playing this game for a very long time. Not because I am a bad loser but because it took us 3 hours to play. And I am just not sure if I can commit any more of my time something so long.

Oh Monday Please Stop

Monday started off slow and long, then by 7:30 I felt like the day had gone by very fast.


I really wasn't sure how this day was going to be because by 10:10am I had already injured myself. I was putting my hair up and my thumb nail stabbed the top of my left hand. It was intense pain, and now I have to explain what happened when people asked me why I had scabs on the top of my hand. (only like 3 people asked me but it felt like a thousand) I probably should have thought of a more exciting story to tell them but I am terrible when it comes on-the-spot thinking.

via: http://www.harlemloves.com/2011/02/the-quotes-dear-monday/

Truths of the Day:

• Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate
• Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Nixon's secretaries of State have won Noble Peace Prizes
• In Newport, Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after sunset

Foolishness of an E

No post in forever? Here's why:

Stressful weekend (including Thursday night) are the worst. 

I had so much to do this weekend, in lines of homework, but on Thursday night my dreams of doing work all weekend came crashing down.


My computer died. It was very sad, but mostly confusing. I am insanely illiterate when it comes to electronics, mostly computers. I wasn't sure what to do so my solution was to go to bed and hope that in the morning all would be okay. They do say that sleep can heal anything. Well what a lie because my good nights rest did absolutely nothing for my computer.


Thankfully my parents came to the rescue and brought me a new computer to school. They literally saved the day. They are so awesome. Because if they hadn't bought me a new computer I would be using computer labs (which wouldn't have been bad because everyone uses the labs but I tend to get very lazy and I don't always feel like going down 4 flights of stairs to print off something)  forever until HP decided to fix my laptop.


So my computer breaking was one disaster then I thought my TV decided to destroy itself. I was watching it then I it made a loud POP and turned off and I couldn't get it back on. Luckily my friend Boyce is smart and he realized that it just came unplugged from the back. This meant 3 things:


1. My room isn't cursed
2. This is a great sign that I know nothing, a smart person would have thought to check the chord on the back of the TV.
3. It doesn't take much for me to embarrass/make my self look like a fool

Climbing

Since I was actually pretty productive today I have some free time this evening so of course I used it to find exciting information to blog to you all about. Well I didn't get too far into the search when I came across this site. And when I say that I came across it, I mean to say that I skipped over it then went back a few pages because my friend yelled at "GO BACK IMMEDIATELY"

Some pretty creative staircases.

Go to the site and check them all out, they are pretty interesting/creative!



Truths of the Day:

• Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does
• A quarter of raw potato in each shoe at night will keep the leather soft and the shoes smelling fresh and clean
• In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways

Important Distractions

Some friends are a great motivation to get through a hectic day/week.


Motivation/just plain awesome from a great friend:

Truths of the Day:

• The Earth travels through space at at 660,000 miles per hour
• Your nose smells best when you are about 10 years old
• Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz. jar of peanut butter

Always Saying the Right Thing

Gotta love Tuesdays. Well you don't have to exactly love them but mine was pretty good/uneventful. Except I got to have dinner with Stephanie so that is always fun.


Today I found out that I am the worst when it comes to whispering in class. I was trying to talk to a friend during class today, and to my benefit it was about the class topic, but instead of a quite whisper I basically yelled. (wasn't so much a yell as it was my inability to be quite) So because of this unfortunate quality I have been given my teacher thought I was trying to talk to the class. I had to quickly make something up and I am not good at on the spot info. I will allow to guess/assume what I sounded like.


Multiple people have posted this video on my wall recently and if you Facebook stalk me you have probably seen it or possibly scrolled right over it, but if you haven't here is your chance. I also realize that most of you might not find this funny but Ashely Thomas (who is about to start her own blog!!) will for sure understand everything that is going on.

The second one is supposed to be things that RAs would never say but it really isn't as entertaining as the first.



Truths of the Day:

• Four billion pounds of watermelon were grown in the United States in 1999
• In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000
• In Italy, espresso is considered so essential to daily life that the price is regulated by the government 

Shabby Vintage

Happy Monday

Well it may not be happy for you but so far it has been a pretty good day. Although I haven't done too much except for sit in a class room so I might feel differently later in the evening.

I love picture frames, but only frames that are vintage/shabby chic looking. Not just plain old frames. I also saw some ideas over the summer of putting other things besides just pictures in them.


With my attempt to be a little unique/classy/awesome:

This was an adorable envelope that Katie sent me for my birthday last semester. Call me a loser but I loved it so it got it's own frame. Lucky envelope

Amanda and I. She might end our friendship after seeing this post.

Some of the 408s favorite/dream brands

Three of my favorite people in the entire world: Vanka Vance, Katie Nelson, my twin Sunana

More of the 408 favs.

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Some of the decoration that the 408 suite has tried to make in order to class up our suite. Key we word is :try: we aren't the most creative or fashionable group of chicas. 

Frames I actually need to purchase:

via: http://www.fabu-licious.com/Trinket-Boxes-Frames/Shabby-Chic-Photo-Frame-Large

via: http://bellsandbouquets.blogspot.com/2010/09/ornate-table-number-frames-from-baroque.html

via: http://epdesigns.com.au/blog/category/decor-tips/

Truths of the Day:

• Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain
• Of the estimated 162 million land based telephones in the U.S., 25 million have unlisted numbers
• The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet

Blame it on Billy

Should be working on case studies. But this is calling my name instead.

It is actually a really good read.


I am blaming this on Katie Nelson (fellow blogger, check her out) since she gave me this book. And also I refuse to take blame for anything myself. Well sort of.




Truths of the Day:

• Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time
• For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called Growing Up Skipper. Her breasts grew when her arm was turned
• Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay

Living Hardcore

When the suite of 408 gets bored/cabin fever and we know that we can't actually leave because we should be doing homework, we get pretty desperate for a good time.

This coffee cups belongs to a suite mate of mine. I enjoy making fun of her because she likes Taylor Lautner. I decided to help her re-decorate her cup by giving Taylor a new face. It was the least I could do after giving her a hard time. I really feel like I am great at being an okayish friend.

Left over paper from making the amazing banner from Thursday. We would hate to put it to waste so we added a little flare to our door. Jealous? Don't be.

So you probably are thinking "Man those girls live a hardcore lifestyle" and you would be pretty correct.


Also I found this yummy looking recipe which means that I need to make it when I go home next or make a trip to a friend's apartment and test this out.


Caramelized Chicken with Jalapeno Cream

Scrumptious

Truths of the Day:

• If the liver ever stops working a person will die within 8 to 24 hours
• On average, we lose 11 oz. of weight while we are asleep at night
• In Baltimore it is illegal to mistreat oysters

Heaven in a Cottage

In my large campaign to put off doing any sort of productive of work I found the most adorable cottages. I think that cottages are so precious and in my dream future I would love to own one. Probably won't happen but I attempt to dream when I am not living my hectic reality.

via http://www.home-designing.com/2010/11/fairy-tale-cottages

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Check them all out Here



Truths of the Day:

• There is a cemetery town in California named Colma. Concerns about the public health, crime, and the need for space forced the city of San Francisco to outlaw burials in 1902. The city of Colma, which is five miles south of San Francisco, was established bury the dead. The ratio of dead to living people is 750 to 1
• The little bags of netting for gas lanterns are radioactive... so much so that they will set off an alarm at a nuclear reactor
• Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky

Productivity?

Yesterday my awesome co-RA's (Kijhanique, Boyce, Sarah, and Josh)  and I made a new banner for our building. OAK HALL. We were tried to go to the resource room to get some awesome supplies but the room has not been re-stocked. So... we had little to work with. But don't worry we are very resourceful people so we were able to make an amazing banner anyway. (When I say resourceful I mean that we know how to go to the store and buy glitter and other shinny-ness that will catch any person's eye when they walk into the building.

We also managed to use mass amounts of glitter on this banner. This resulted in all of us becoming completely imursed in a bath of sparkles. It was a headache to clean up. But we are hoping it was worth it. 

Sarah Heard diligently working with glitter. 

Josh working hard on glueing every single letter down

Boyce and Kijhanique being creative

Wanted to give you a close up of the banner but it was to large to take in one shot.

Finished Product

Truths of the Day:

• The average bank teller loses about $250 every year
• On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5,000 stars
• In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits

Fanatically Polished

With my great skills of internet searching I found these beautiful polishes that are supposedly "in" for 2012. Some are a little "ugh" but for the most part I am in love with all these colors.

I love anything that sparkles.

via: http://www.refinery29.com/nail-trends-spring-2012

Just a few of my favs. which means when I find some extra money I need to immediately run to the store and stock up.


Check the entire collection Here


Truths of the Day:

• A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife
• A male baboon can kill a leopard
• Kittens are born blind and deaf

Awkward Truths of a Normal Tuesday

Tuesday was a good day. For multiple reasons, but the main being that it wasn't Monday and it promises to be a short week. Although with my luck everything that can go bad this week will. That's the sort of luck I tend to have.

1. Learned not to question the stupid things that some people say. This includes myself because sometimes I start talking and I just say something that I even think sound ridiculous. 
2. All day I was convinced it was Monday and almost went to my Monday class.
3. Not being able to sleep in on Tuesdays makes me grouchy and gives me the right to complain all day
4. You have to look up when you walk, not down, I regularly run into people. I should be used to this by now
5. Waved at a stranger I though I knew. Was upset when they first didn't wave back, now I understand
6. Lost my favorite pen to take notes with. By lost I mean I left it in the classroom and there is a 100% guarantee it won't be there tomorrow
7. Drinking a lot of water before class = longest class period ever
8. Homework never completes itself no matter how much I put it off
9. No one else seems to be impressed by my ability to procrastinate
10. I almost freaked out when my NetFlix user name/password wouldn't work. Some might take this as a sign that I shouldn't watch TV. Not me, I called my brother and got in touch with this horribleness. 
11. I need to stop assuming people can read my mind, however if  you could all start it would really help me out
12. There is currently way to much month left at the end of money
13. My dad's birthday is one month from today. (Tuesday the 17th)

Truths of the Day:

• During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair
• Only 23% of New Zealand families have more than two children
• Lightning strikes 6,000 times every minute on the entire planet

False Stress

Today while reading a text book I started day dreaming. Well it wasn't exactly day dreaming because that usually implies something good, I started to stress out about everything that I had to do the rest of the semester. Then I thought that maybe going through all my syllabi and write everything down in my planner I might feel more organized. FALSE. It made me freak out even more. Then I did my devotion and I read this bible verse.

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."  Isaiah 41:10

 

I really need to start getting in the habit of doing a daily devotion. It really does help when I am feeling stressed. 

Truths of the Day:

• 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie
• 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily
• Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice"

Time Well Spent

So this weekend has been so long. I thought it would be fun to have an extra day to relax, but my MLK day will be spent doing mass amounts of homework.


Spent my weekend like this:

But my residents spent their weekend doing this:

They trashed the hallways and tore the exit signs down from the ceiling. I am actually just jealous of all of their free time.



Truths of the Day:

• If you get the recommended 8 hours of sleep each night you will sleep over 2,900 hours each year
• All snow crystals are hexagonal
• Fin whales are the second largest animal ever to live on Earth. They have been measured to over 80 feet long in Antarctic waters

"It's getting hard to change, Can't get back yesterday, The pictures remind me, The story fills the page"

The first post of 2012. 

If I hadn't been slacking on blogging this would be more exciting. I do apologize for being absent, life has just been really crazy lately. Allow me to catch you up. New Years came and went, and I started a new semester as a PR major. That is all.


I was actually excited to come back to school, I missed all of my friends so much, the town however, not so much. But it has been nice to be back, it is hard to believe that I was only in classes for one week because it seems like forever.

One fun fact about this week is that I was able to go to back to school bingo. Every semester I miss it because I am either in class or I just forget it exists. But I actually one for once in my life, but I won cleaning supplies so is that actually a win?

Largish turn out

 

Sarah Heard (an awesome RA that I get to work with) & I

This is going to be a crazy semester. I know this because the amount of homework that I had this weekend is equivalent to an entire semester worth of work. (An exaggeration on my  part? maybe just a tad) But you will be happy to know that http://iwastesomuchtime.com/  and StumbleUpon have kept me plenty distracted.



Truths of the Day:

• All 17 children of Queen Anne died before her
• The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia
• The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter