Jasmine - I like to be random... it's a true story!

Random Monday Picture...

2009-08-31T13:15:00.004-06:00

I am trying something new... I will be putting up some random picture that I have and me being random I will probably say something about it. We will see how long I can keep this up.

When in doubt dress up like a princess and dance! A dull moment will never befall you if you follow this rule.

vacation and school started...

2009-08-30T21:33:00.005-06:00

So I have gotten a lecture from some people (cough Mary cough cough) that I haven't posted about my vacation to the very exciting Iowa! (And yes it was exciting because Jayne and Alexia were there to entertain to me). I will give a basic run down of what happened:

Friday I flew to Arizona because the road trip idea failed when Grandpa Rob became sicker. So I met my Uncle Scotty at the airport and spent the night at his house. Then early Saturday morning I caught my 7 am, 2 hour and 45 minute flight from Mesa. When we finally touched down I was so excited to see Jayne and Alexia we caught each other up over hot dogs and root beer. Apparently Alexia and hot dogs go hand in hand... Mac and Cheese too... We took a tour of the city (it took a whole of 3 minutes, Yeah North Liberty) and walked around the mall. Sunday was Church; Jayne was hoping to introduce me to a cute boy... but he had already moved to Utah to attend BYU. Monday we spent the day at the Children's museum. Tuesday we went swimming, Alexia went off the high diving board but only after I did first. So we both had to conquer our fears... mine is heights... and jump! Wednesday I babysat while Jayne and her companion went visiting teaching. Thursday was my favorite! We went to Nauvoo and I learned so much and felt the spirit so strongly. My favorite was going to Carthage and feeling how strong the spirit was there. It was a very personal and touching experience to go to Nauvoo and see up close all that the pioneers went thorough. If you want more details just ask me because I will more than gladly share them, just not on the Internet. Friday we went to a lunch for Jayne's Ward and cleaned up a little. Jayne and I were able to get out and see a movie together, alone. Alexia couldn't understand why we would want to go to a movie without her and she cried a little but we still managed to go. We watched The Time Traveler's Wife, which I thought was really good. Saturday Brian wanted to go to the State Fair, which is huge compared to Utah's, but it was a lot of fun. We didn't find any corn though... which was shocking because Iowa is famous for their corn. Sunday I went back to the airport, took a 3 hour flight to Arizona, and drove home to Utah with the family. That's the basics of my vacation... Except that Alexia and I played Mario Party 8 for like an hour everyday...

School started this week and with it Upsilon!!!! YEAH!!! We had rush on Tuesday and we received new girls on Thursday, followed by a carnival. I am so excited for the new girls this year. They look like they will all fit in perfectly. A few of them went to high school with me and they look familiar. Friday I hiked Ensign peak with my friends for the first time. It is such a beautiful view from up there, and getting to be hyper with my friends is always a blast. Saturday I was able to go see the Scarlet Pimpernel, which I thought was really good and hilarious. Then I went to a wedding reception for one of my Upsilon sisters... she looked so beautiful and happy. Then I went to a Stomp at the Institute with my Upsilon sisters and it was tons of fun like it usually is. And that is the run down of my first week of school. I started my two classes... they are online so I am hoping to be able to stay on top of them and not feel too stressed. The End.

OH and P.s. Happy Birthday to Dad and Craig!!!

A wedding... and is it my vacation yet??

2009-07-29T20:34:00.000-06:00

It has been a crazy week and I cannot wait for my vacation to Iowa to visit my wonderful sister and adorable niece! My friend Allison's wedding was yesterday, I was a bridesmaid for it and it was exhausting. I spent the night at her mom's house to have a "bachelorette party" (technically it was a finish the wedding details with a movie, candy, pizza, and virgin margaritas). I didn't fall asleep until about 2 and since I am a light sleeper I woke a few times. We had to make sure Alli was out the door by six thirty to get here hair done. Then the fun of getting all the bridesmaids showered, hair, and make up done so we could meet the new couple at the temple by ten thirty to take pictures. Then came the ring ceremony (where we left her husband's ring in the bride's room whoops) and a luncheon. The best man was cute and funny so it was fun talking to him during the reception and my dress wasn't too horrible (actually it was really cute). It was an exhausting couple of days but I know they are going to be so happy together! They are so cute and I love them both to death.

But apparently while I was gone all heck broke loose at my house... since mom is gone everyone else thinks it is OK to not so any chores. Not that they did much while she is here but it got worse. I came home that night to a complete mess and I asked Jared to help out a little and of course he gave me a look like I was the devil. So I told him to stay out of my way (in meaner words I am ashamed to say) and spent the day fixing the upstairs and not completely finishing yet. Mom I am love you so much and love how much you can get done and with so much patient. Wow I am ready for a break...

School starts next month. Gulp. But I am a little excited for school to start because that means upsilon will start back up!!! But we will be losing 4 of our girls to marriage... someone new gets engaged every time I turn around!!! I miss my upsilon girls so much they are such good friends and we always have so much fun together!!

Only 10 more days Alexia!!!

1 gerbil + 1 cat = one messy bedroom

2009-07-21T21:15:00.000-06:00

I went into my room this morning to discover that the cat was already in there. She has managed to knock the gerbils cage off the desk this time and there was Jezebel's bedding was all over the floor. I was a little scared because I could see the cat but not the gerbil. I had to ask Smarmy where the gerbil was and when she looked under the desk I knew that Jeze was still alive. After kicking the cat out and chasing the gerbil down I succeeded on cleaning up the mess and getting both back to where they were suppose to be. It was quite entertaining if you were on the sidelines and not in my position.

The rest of my life has been pretty boring and I don't really have much else to talk about. Except only 17 more days until I get my much needed vacation!!

Moab

2009-06-13T19:18:00.000-06:00

I had a lot of fun in Moab. Everyone said happy birthday to me about 10 each throughout the day, it was funny. (I went with my Singles Ward FYI.) We meet at the church then got into cars and left. We stopped at a park on our way in some town that starts with a W... I don't remember the name, and ate lunch. Then we went to the Red River Adventure in Moab and hopped in buses and went to the Colorado River. I was put on a raft with some pretty interesting members from my ward and they came up with a team name for us; Jasmine's Misfits, because it was my birthday. Our guide's name was Kyle, he was so funny and it was a blast to raft with him. One of the girls brought this giant squirt gun so the boys were squirting all the people who got close to us. Mostly they were squirting the duckies (those are the people who were on the 2 people kayaks). We pulled up to an island, ate our dinner, had a devotional, then pulled out our sleeping bags and slept under the stars. So funny, the Bishop was reading this letter form the father of the boy who passed away in the ward the night before, and everyone was on the verge of tears when we said a closing prayer; then the Bishop tells us that we can stay around the fire or go to bed and one of the girls stopped him and told him that everyone needed to sing Happy Birthday to me first. So the boy sitting in front of me turns his light on me so everyone can see me and all I can see is the light. Then after the song they wanted me to give a speech about what I have learned form my life... I was laughing so hard I could barely talk, then Adam finally turned his light off and everyone stopped looking at me. It was really funny.

The next day I woke up at about 5:30 because I am a really light sleeper and some of the other girls were moving around. I did get to see the sun rise while all the other girls went back to sleep and buried their heads in their sleeping bags. It was so pretty. I did end up waking up everyone who was still asleep when breakfast was about to start because I looked at the pillow sitting next to me and there was a huge spider on it about to climb on my leg. I jumped up and landed on the sleeping bag two spots away and was brushing off the spider that wasn't really there, needless to say everyone heard me scream and most saw my funny dance. Then we ate breakfast, packed up camp, and jumped back on the river to continue our adventure. I was the only one to actually fall in the river, but one of the duckies did tip over. We hit this huge rapid and the raft went one way while my body did a back flip off of it. The people on the raft were able to grab my life vest before the second rapid hit me. It was terrifying and fun at the same time.

When we were done on the river we dried on the beach then ate lunch. Then we hopped back on the buses and went back to our cars to drive home. I was able to take a little nap on the way home and sing along to Wicked, it was amazing. It was a fun birthday and a fantastic experience. When I got home I showered, threw all my clothes in the washer, and went to my friend's birthday party. That was an interesting party and I had a lot of fun. We made an interesting smoothie it was hilarious. It was quite the weekend.

Brithdays...

2009-06-09T21:27:00.000-06:00

My apologise for not writing. I have been going a little crazy with school and work. I decided to take some classes for the summer. I decided that four would have been too many so I am only taking two. I took one that was a 12 day class and I turned in all the papers for it today, so I am done with that class. Tomorrow I start English 2010, it is an Internet class so no trips to the campus. Friday is my birthday (ahhhhhh!!!!) and I will be turning 19. Crazy, I know. But if you try to call me I might not answer because I will be in Moab with my ward water rafting. I am really excited. This summer is going to be fun I can just feel it.

Meh

2009-04-08T13:59:00.000-06:00

So life has been boring for me lately. I have been at school and work and more school... with some random friend time thrown in there. It feels weird to me that in less than a month I will no longer be a college Freshman... Where does the time go? I don't know what to tell you about my life right now... Spring Break was amazing, school is boring, upsilon is coming to an end this year, and I in some dire need of sleep. I have decided to start going to the singles ward, maybe I can finally get a date or two... and I will start going not this sunday but next sunday. Thats about all I have right now.

yeah a post!!!

2009-03-03T14:22:00.000-07:00

I realized that I did not post once during February... Sorry about that I figured you all didn't want to hear about school, work, and more school. So lately I have been on this kick where I like to write hand written letters; which could be a good thing since so many of my friends are on missions except that I haven't written to that many of them - oh well. Anyway this means that some of you may get random letters from me in the mail, because everyone loves getting good mail right? I know I do at least so that is why I am doing it.

School has been going good. I have midterms coming up next week then it is spring break, so that will be nice. I am working on a few projects and I hope that if I get those done early enough than I only have to stress about studying for the tests. It has been an interesting month at school and I can already tell that I have learned a lot from all of my teachers. Usually I remember the faces of everyone in my classes but slowly I am just caring less and less... which might be a little bad, but there are just too many people so whatever.

I interviewed for a girls camp last weekend and I hope I get the job. It is something I have wanted to do since I was 12. If I don't get the job I will probably take a class or two during the summer instead. I won't know if I have the job until later this week or next week. And with that note I decided to start exercising more, so I have been trying to go running or ride my bike a few times a week. So even if I don't get the job I can at least start getting into a more regular routine.

right...

2009-01-28T23:03:00.000-07:00

Sorry my life has been a little boring the last few weeks. I have mostly been doing homework and working. No time for much of anything else. I did start my sorority back up and that has been a huge relief to my crazy weeks. I don't have any exciting news to post. So I will think of fun things that I have done and post those later.

Yeah College!

2009-01-13T22:14:00.000-07:00

Everyone thinks I am a little psycho for thinking this... but I am so glad to be back in school!!! It gives me something to do, it means sorority is starting back up, and I am excited for my classes. So far I am liking all my professors and my classmates. I was even hit on in my Politics class. It was really funny and of course I didn't realize what was going on until after the fact. Then I was to busy trying not to laugh to really do anything about it... oh well it was funny. And in Human Anatomy I was paired up with 3 really cute boys... of course every time I decide that I don't want a relationship and what not all the boys start hitting on me... every time, it is kind of funny.

I am glad that sorority is starting back up this week. It has been so weird not having girls around to talk to all the time... maybe it is just the fact that Jeanne is gone and I feel extremely bored... maybe. But I also gives me some girls my age... to talk to about boys. (They have a different opinions than my sisters... sorry. No offense) I have missed all of my friends and hopefully now I can start getting out of the house more. I am excited if you couldn't tell.

Well that is kind of my life right now... I will keep you posted if anything actually exciting happens.

Randomness

2009-01-02T16:44:00.001-07:00

My last week has been very random. I had a great Christmas, got a new camera (it has polka dots OMG) and some cute cowgirl boots, which I love. I do need to go dancing now so i can try out my new boots... Good thing Kristina and I are going on Tuesday! So if anyone wants to come they are more than welcome to join in on the dancing fun at studio 600 with Tina and I. I started a new job, I am doing marketing and pretty well actually. I already got my first promotion and my managers all love me. They all tell me I am a hard worker; I just pay attention at the meetings, and my sisters keep telling me is not hard for our family to be suck ups because that is what we do... anyway. I really do like it and it is fun, all the people I have meet here are so nice to me.

I went to a party for New Year's Eve. That was fun and exciting. Especially the part where my friends and I went to the Seven-Eleven across the street from East High School and had a dance party in their parking lot. It was so much fun getting to see all my Upsilon friends before it starts up again on the 15th. Yeah sorority!!! I got to talk with Dan some more and he spent a good like 10 minutes making fun of my laugh... whatever. I had fun.

I start school again on the 12th and that is going to be exciting. I am actually excited for the classes I am going to take this next semester. Plus I can probably car pool with Tanya some of the days, which will give me some time to talk with her some more again. That is really all I have to say for now... um ...

Go Utes. Dominate Alabama.

Best Date Ever!

2008-12-23T21:55:00.001-07:00

Thanks to my Banana Face (Craig) I went on one of the best dates ever. We had a cold than hot date. It started with sledding, which was so much fun! Craig even tackled me at one point. Then we went back to grandma's house and made a snow "mountain", had a snow ball fight (with the mountain), and made snow angels. Then we went inside to warm up with some hot cocoa and star wars. It was fun... even if my clumsy side did come out and I spilled my hot cocoa all over myself. Craig was such a gentleman, he offered to make me some more and he got me a towel to clean up. It was a really fun date... I only wish it would have been with someone my own age; and not my nephew. Oh well. Thanks a ton for the fun time Banana Face! I love you.

I have spent a lot of time shopping and sleeping during my school break. My Christmas shopping is finished, and I am not broke. I start a new job on the 26Th, so I don't know what to do with myself till then. I was rereading Pride and Prejudice... but Scooter apparently didn't like that because he had an accident on my book... so sad, I cried a little. Well that is my life right now. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. I know mine is going to be great. I get to talk to my Jeanne and spend time with my family so it will be a great day!

I take it back.

2008-12-19T14:54:00.000-07:00

I do not like the snow any more. I can't go any where in my little car. Being stuck in the house is no fun. A have learned how to play guitar hero on the wii; I am on medium now. I feel so pathetic. I am really impatient for my new job to start, and for Christmas to get here. I think I actually like being in school, no matter how stressful it is. I also miss Vegas and the no-snow winters. Nothing really exciting is happening in my life right now... that's why I haven't posted for a while. And the Christmas movies on TV are all the same basic story... it is kind of annoying. Oh well. I think I am done complaining.

Snow!!!

2008-12-13T12:42:00.000-07:00

I love the snow, I really do! It is so pretty and fun to play in. I don't like driving in it but it gives me a great excuse to stay home and spend time with mom. The first chance I get I am going sledding! This is so fun, looks like I will get my white Christmas this year. Ummmm.... thats all I have to say today so enjoy.

love

2008-12-10T01:13:00.000-07:00

My dear family and Friends,
I want to tell you all that I love you all so much.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays

Love,
Jasmine

winter formal fun

2008-12-07T23:05:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun at winter formal! It was crazy how much this guy is like me, we are both really random. It was amazing. I cut my hair then did it and my make-up all cute, put on my fun spinney skirt, and went to pick up Dan. He lives in Farmington so I had a mice drive up there and I didn't get lost! We had dinner at Tres Hombres with some of the other girls and the food did not make me sick. Then we went to the dance at the capitol building which was so pretty and fun. He wasn't horrified by my spastic dancing so it was all good... I did let him practice the flip we learned though and that was interesting. The only awkward part was me almost falling down the stairs... I didn't though so my clumsiness was not left at on the stairs at home like I had hoped. After the dance we went to one of the girl's house for a gingerbread contest. My team made a ski slope with skiing santas and everything. But alas we came in third out of three teams. Even though I did have a creative burst and made these amazing trees. After the creative burst we introduce Dan to the Wii since he was on his mission when it came out. We played tennis and bowling, and for once I won both! Then I took him home. One of the best things though is that he is taller than me so I can wear heels and still be shorter than him! I had so much fun though.

YEAH!!!!

2008-12-05T12:25:00.000-07:00

I got the job!!!!! YES!!!! I am so happy if you couldn't tell. This is what I really needed and wanted. This is already turning out to be a great day! I hope my date goes well tonight. I probably won't be able to post about it until Sunday-ish. I am really excited for this new job! I start training on the 26th, after Christmas! And it is the kind of marketing that I am comfortable with. This is so surreal... I also just got an email from my English teacher saying that my overall grade on my final was an A!!! such a good day.

blah

2008-12-04T12:56:00.000-07:00

I feel tired... I have one final left, math next Tuesday. Which is really exciting because that means that I am done with my first semester of college. I also spent the morning registering for next semester... I am planning on taking 16 credits crazy I know. But I am hoping that the faster I can get these general classes out of the way the faster I can finish up at SLCC. Just thinking about all of this makes me tired.

I have a job interview and a date tomorrow. I am nervous for both. Hoping that they both go well. Wish me luck. My date is to my sorority winter formal and I am really excited for the outfit I am going to wear. I will have to put up a picture as soon as I get one!

Tonight for sorority we are having our Christmas party. I am a little sad though because this is our last activity this year... I will just have to call all of them to go hang out randomly so I don't go crazy!

Christmas is almost here and it doesn't feel the same without Jeanne here to belt out the Christmas songs with me. I am still excited though. I need to get Julie a present soon... but what is a good question. I love Christmas time!!! I put up the tree last Saturday and I makes me happy to see it every time I walk through the house.

I had so much fun...

2008-11-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

So I had a lot of fun dancing on Tuesday night. My friends came with me and they helped to teach me some new dance moves... like lifts. The only lifts I really had even done before that was with Jeanne and me doing the guys part. It was so exciting to get to do the girls part. And yes the guy I was talking about before came... he was really funny, nice, and energetic. I had a great time dancing with him and spending time with my friends.

I presented my project in my study of disabilities class yesterday. It was really nerve wrecking but everyone thought my art project was very good. I thought that it looked like something a 5 year old would make... But I guess it was kind of cute. Then I did my technology part explained it to my teacher since he is blind and couldn't see my drawing and quickly sat down. I hate speaking in front of people. I have to do it again in my english class next tuesday though... few more weeks until the semester is over.

That's all I've got for now. I am kind of drawing a blank about what else to tell you. But I am super excited to go see Twilight with my sisters and Kristina on Saturday!!!! Plus teh U BYU game is going to be amazing because the Utes are going to win!!!

I have a date!!!

2008-11-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

I asked a guy to my sorority winter formal! I am really excited. One of the girls from my sorority introduced us at studio 600 like a month ago. Then on Friday he was at the Institute Dance thingy and we talked. After my friends pushing and prodding me I finally worked up the courage to ask him to the dance. And of course he said yes... or else I wouldn't be writing about it. We decided to meet at studio 600 again on Tuesday... so I will see if he comes... I know I made a promise with myself to not ask a boy out until one asks me but this is a sorority dance so... yeah.

Twilight comes out this Friday and I am so excited to be going with my sisters, and Kristina, on Saturday. I only hope that it will be amazing like the books. I can hardly wait until then! Thanks to all my sisters for agreeing to come with me. It is going to be so much fun. And plus that day is the U of U BYU football game... I hope a ticket comes my way since I gave mine up to Rob. It is going to be a fun day in my opinion... just because I can spend some of it with my sisters.

I will be busy this week though. I have so many projects to do for school and finals to study for. I think I really need a massage when this is all over; my shoulders are so tense... it is crazy! Plus I have been wearing my boots so my legs and feet have been very sore. If you care to know this crazy diet I have been on for my stomach has made me lose more than 5 pounds already... so there is one good thing about all for this craziness.

Well I hope everyone has been having a good holiday season... it has been weird around here without Jeanne... but we are all adjusting slowly. Have a great week and maybe I will post again on Wednesday to tell you all about Country dancing at studio 600!

so confussed

2008-11-07T16:32:00.000-07:00

So I am trying to figure out what I want to do with my life and I am freaking out... I need to decide what classes I am going to take next semester and so far I have no idea. I keep looking at everything and wondering what I am suppose to do. I can't even decide what area I want to go into. This is going to hard... how am I suppose to choose when there are so many different choices.

I decided I want to be done with boys and dating for a while... They just keep confusing me and I am tired of it for now. Maybe in a few weeks I might think about dating again but for now I don't want to. UGH!!!

The Utes game last night was pretty amazing... I'm not gonna lie. As we were walking out some men were talking about how lucky that was and I turned to Mom and said that was not luck that was skill... they looked at me funny. But whatever. It was a lot of fun despite the cold... but with thermals, 2 sweatshirts, gloves, snow boots, and a coat I was pretty toasty. All the jumping up and down kept me pretty warm too. The walk back to the car we were talking about playing sports and we decided that I would be good at hockey because when I get aggressive I body check people, pretty hard too.

elections

2008-11-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

I know some of you are not to happy about the out come of the elections... but I am. Don't get mad... I am just ready for a change.

And PS it is STILL snowing ugh..... I don't like Utah all that much. It is too cold.

Vote!!!

2008-11-04T15:47:00.000-07:00

I Voted!!! Yeah me!!! If you haven't voted yet shame on you... get out there and vote before it is too late!
So the soundtrack to Twilight came out today and I think it is amazing... I already bought tickets to the movie... Saturday morning though, not Thursday night, so that I can go with my sisters.
It feels so wrong around here without Jeanne. Listening to Christmas just isn't the same without her. The holidays are going to be strange around here without her randomness, but I do know she is where she needs to be.

Well that I have said all my random thoughts... i will say one last time go vote.

for those who didn't hear...

2008-10-26T22:23:00.000-06:00

For all of you who didn't hear I went in to have a colonoscopy last Friday. They we checking to see if I have Crohn's Disease. They told me they were 95% sure that is what I have. Plus a few ulcers. It is not curable but it is treatable. If I watch what I eat and see what upsets my stomach and take my medicine I will be OK. I am with it as well as i can.

On a lighter note... I am officially a member of Upsilon now, I am no longer a pledge!!!! Yeah!!! This week we are doing a carnival for Halloween with one of the fraternities. I am kind of excited because I am going as bubble gum! Basically I am putting on all pink and a shoe on my pink wig... waaalaaaa gum under a shoe. Plus, there is this cute boy that everyone thinks likes me and I like him... and he is suppose to be there. Maybe i can finally talk to him after a few weeks. Well you might not care,but it is a big deal to me.

Today was also the primary program I was in charge of two four year olds, five five year olds, four six year olds. It was fun... I do love getting to teach these little children. They are so smart and loving, not to mention funny. But it was fun getting to go to Sunday school and relief society today instead of teaching again... would have been my 4th week in a row.

I love you all and thanks so much for all your support and care.

Crazy busy!

2008-10-19T21:40:00.000-06:00

I feel crazy busy without Jeanne here. I am getting better at cooking though... now that I cook almost every night. Jere guess what? My "imaginary" friend Kristina is moving into your room... since you don't believe me that she exists this could be interesting. I think I like hanging out with people who are past living for the high school drama. Last night I went to the Haunted Village with people who are all over 23, it was really rather nice. The boys actuallly knew how to hold a conversation with girls.

School is going good. It is about midterm, so things are starting to get a lot more serious. I stopped worrying about the boys in my classes and now they are flirting with me more... mostly the really creepy ones. I think I just need to go on a date with someone who asks me... not me asking them. Whatever... I'll get over it.

I started to listen to Christmas music and it made me miss Jeanne since she was the only one to listen to it with me this early in the season. And I have been going to a dance club... lds dance club... and I love dancing!!!! It is so much fun to be able to be a spazz and have everyone else join in. I don't know what else to say but that I love my sororoity sisters and have been having a blast with them. Yeah... maybe I will put some pictures up soon... maybe.