march 18, 2016: the night none of my friends or i could take a normal picture.
not that that date has to go down in history,
that's most nights, to be honest.
but here's to a happy re-living of high school prom, corsages and all!
31.3.16
6.3.16
my people are really fun and we wanna hang out with you!
i can't explain to you how refreshing it is to spend a weekend with people that know you so well they should probably hate you, but decide to love you instead.
my freshman year friends are this way. they don't care when i make ignorant political statements or go to a dance party and sweat through all my clothes.
these are the kinds of friends that know exactly when you got your tax return, first speeding ticket, make-out session with your latest boo-thing, etc.
these are also the kind of friends that love to meet new people and love everybody. so please be friends with us.
disclaimer: i'm not actually sure i know the guy on the left? but ramsey took the pictures, mimi & jeff were texting me during the night, and we saw kelly right after this. so most of our friends were included somehow.
my freshman year friends are this way. they don't care when i make ignorant political statements or go to a dance party and sweat through all my clothes.
these are the kinds of friends that know exactly when you got your tax return, first speeding ticket, make-out session with your latest boo-thing, etc.
these are also the kind of friends that love to meet new people and love everybody. so please be friends with us.
disclaimer: i'm not actually sure i know the guy on the left? but ramsey took the pictures, mimi & jeff were texting me during the night, and we saw kelly right after this. so most of our friends were included somehow.
the one where my best friend flew to town.
the post title says it all, in true friends fashion.
i was totally in the dark as everyone i hold near and dear to me knew mimi was flying to town to surprise me and hang out for the weekend. i've never loved a bunch of liars so much in my life for keeping such a good secret.
needless to say, lots of tears and laughs ensued as soon as i saw her in the window of a papa john's in some obscure part of provo (thanks pam for planning it)!
while she was here we:
ox/C
i was totally in the dark as everyone i hold near and dear to me knew mimi was flying to town to surprise me and hang out for the weekend. i've never loved a bunch of liars so much in my life for keeping such a good secret.
needless to say, lots of tears and laughs ensued as soon as i saw her in the window of a papa john's in some obscure part of provo (thanks pam for planning it)!
while she was here we:
- ate in 3 days what most people eat in a month (not even offended if she missed the food here more than her friends)
- watched 13 engagements up the canyon (almost an accurate number)
- got the best ab workout ever after a night at ramsey's apartment with the crew, playing games
- temple open house!
- ate more.
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| your local real estate agents |
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| we drove up vivian park canyon, which is where we witnessed [not 17 but close] 3 engagements. |
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| our people! kyle was even in town. |
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| renee's special: our long-time fave lunch from cheesecake factory. also so many weird experiences with our hot waiter thanks to me being awkward! slowly learning that maybe it really is my fault i don't have a relationship yet. |
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9.2.16
who wants to teach me how to be a responsible adult?
did you guys know....
in the city of draper, when you get a ticket, they make you wait 14 days before you can call to figure out how much money you owe them? THEN they make you wait another 3-4 days while they send you your bill in the mail, after which you are required to send a check back to them.
IF you do not accomplish the mailing back of the check within a prompt two days of receiving the bill, it is impossible to get your payment in on time and therefore, you will be charged $80 more or literally have a warrant out for your arrest.
you didn't know?
neither did i!
i ALSO didn't know i could have just paid it online in the first place. hahahaha.
i'm beginning to think the most useful higher education class that could be offered is "adulthood: all the tricks and tips required to survive and be happy." or i guess i could have just asked another adult or used my brain for a second. but hey! i file my own taxes, i schedule my own doctors appointments, and i make it onto warrant lists on my own these days. independence never felt so...terrifying?
so, for therapuetic reasons, a very kind soul brought over my favorite kind of cookie (oatmeal chocolate chip, in case anyone was curious) last night.
thanks for listening.
ox/C
p.s. when i am a parent, i never want to forget how understanding/patient/supportive pam and chris are. if my kids are half as negligent and needy as i am, i still think i run the risk of putting them up for adoption. i'm a work in progress. but i'm working on those things now!
in the city of draper, when you get a ticket, they make you wait 14 days before you can call to figure out how much money you owe them? THEN they make you wait another 3-4 days while they send you your bill in the mail, after which you are required to send a check back to them.
IF you do not accomplish the mailing back of the check within a prompt two days of receiving the bill, it is impossible to get your payment in on time and therefore, you will be charged $80 more or literally have a warrant out for your arrest.
you didn't know?
neither did i!
i ALSO didn't know i could have just paid it online in the first place. hahahaha.
i'm beginning to think the most useful higher education class that could be offered is "adulthood: all the tricks and tips required to survive and be happy." or i guess i could have just asked another adult or used my brain for a second. but hey! i file my own taxes, i schedule my own doctors appointments, and i make it onto warrant lists on my own these days. independence never felt so...terrifying?
so, for therapuetic reasons, a very kind soul brought over my favorite kind of cookie (oatmeal chocolate chip, in case anyone was curious) last night.
and i had a healthy dose of puppy kisses&cuddles tonight with my draper friends.
as if that wasn't enough, my newly endowed (!!!) olivia took me out for a pazookie and catching up on her boys/garments/her boys/whatever i had to offer which wasn't much.
thanks for listening.
ox/C
p.s. when i am a parent, i never want to forget how understanding/patient/supportive pam and chris are. if my kids are half as negligent and needy as i am, i still think i run the risk of putting them up for adoption. i'm a work in progress. but i'm working on those things now!
7.2.16
it's 3:37 am
it's more sunday than it is saturday. which is great for many reasons:
+ i love my ward (my bishop's wife might be my closest friend?)
+ tomorrow is the super bowl (goooooo...sports?) and i get to see lots of my favorite people as i party hop. my most favorite = the smith fam. then there's my freshman crew, and lastly my girl crush/angel friend katelyn.
+ sundays are just so...sunday, ya know? this songs tells it all (dear future husband...)
as much as i love sundays, though, there's something to be said about saturdays. at least, this saturday. here's why:
+ i would really rather not go into the details about how, but...i caught the mouse.
+my mom and i spent the whole afternoon in slc at the rootstech conference - which was so so cool. i've been getting into family history a lot lately, and my mom is a cool lady that i like to hang out with a lot, so it was a beautiful marriage of some of my favorite things into one afternoon.
+i went on a date. well, but here's the thing. when it comes to dates, i always receive this advice: "act normal" and "be yourself". seriously though like i have to pick one or the other, i can't do both. there have only been two people that i've ever dated that i seem to show my "self" to and still be happy - i'm holding out hope for a third guy! everyone cross your fingers!
*needless to say, i am not dating the boy in the pic.
oh but anyways, tonight i went on a date where we drove to midway and ate at cafe galleria, which i highly suggest (the pesto chicken pizza is amaze if you like arugula); then we went to the ice castes (!!) which i had never been to before, and they're MAGICAL. i'm not kidding when i say i actually saw elsa and anna there.
anyways, my wifi is so super slow, which means i have to choose between this and gilmore girls.
i'm choosing gilmore girls.
goodnight, and happy weekend!
4.2.16
things i need to do this month
1. register to vote.
2. or not. i'm politically useless. i'm such a trend follower (yeah, i hate trump but also hillary!) (is there a way to hate ALL the candidates but vote for ONE of them?) (is there a way to vote for myself?)
3. eat less carbs.
4. eat more carbs but feel less guilty about it.
5. kill the mouse that's in my house.
ox/C
p.s.
6. get less tickets (i spent 22.5 years of my life NEVER getting a ticket. now, in the past month, i've recieved two citations from the draper police ... mom & dad, sorry. if it's any better, one of them is a parking ticket.
mom & dad, sorry. i may or may not have a warrant out for my arrest?... lololol )
2. or not. i'm politically useless. i'm such a trend follower (yeah, i hate trump but also hillary!) (is there a way to hate ALL the candidates but vote for ONE of them?) (is there a way to vote for myself?)
3. eat less carbs.
4. eat more carbs but feel less guilty about it.
5. kill the mouse that's in my house.
1. front door 2. garage 3. kitchen 4. OUTSIDE MY ROOM EW EW BARF.
ox/C
p.s.
6. get less tickets (i spent 22.5 years of my life NEVER getting a ticket. now, in the past month, i've recieved two citations from the draper police ... mom & dad, sorry. if it's any better, one of them is a parking ticket.
mom & dad, sorry. i may or may not have a warrant out for my arrest?... lololol )
7. p.p.s. mom & dad. jk, i've paid it all off. but can you maybe help me with food? ramen will do.
3.2.16
the time the smith's took a red-eye to nyc on christmas eve.
CURRENTLY: there is a tiny mouse loose in my townhome. while i anxiously wait for it to find the peanut butter treat i left it on the sad little mickey mouse guillotine, here are some pics of my favorite new york visit to date.
we arrived in nyc on christmas morning, which was idyllic because the airplane/airports/streets were totally clear (meaning, we all got an exit row with seats in between us all. merrrrry christmas, smith clan.)
valerie's older sister and brother-in-law live in an ok (...perfect...) apartment in TriBeCa, and we tooootally crashed their pad while they were traveling for the holidays! couldn't have asked for a better place to stay with my fave people (minus G&P&kids).
friday (christmas day): settling in / rockefeller center / fifth avenue
the only downfall to flying on a red-eye is...
a super grumpy christina.
i tried so hard. sorry, fam.
saturday: one world trade center & sushi in the upper west side
i'm so good at striking up conversation with strangers on a subway!
but that's actually just mikey.
sunday: church (w/ barefoot blonde ah!) & the met
no pics to prove it, but we ended every night in the tribeca apartment playing liverpool rummy (british version of phase 10) and eating until we were all satisfactorily 13 pounds heavier than the day before. mooooving on.
OK OK OK OK. back in july i became obsessed with Hamilton. i got my parents (and anyone who was in my vicinity) really into it, and i am prettttty sure that since i first heard the music, not a day has gone by that i haven't listened to it? anyways. if you wanna talk details take me out to dinner and make my life by indulging me. otherwise, just know this:
*this is it's first year on broadway, therefore it's still the original cast
*it's an amazing retelling of our founding fathers
*i'm sosososo obsessed
*tickets are more than my rent, and sold out until 2017.
*my dad surprised us by buying two tickets (for an AMAZING PRICE) for the week we were in nyc. he gave us the tickets on monday for a show scheduled for WEDNESDAY.
many tears were shed.
do you like my socks, Y or N?
tuesday: nate's birthday (!!!) @ natural history museum, central park, dinner in harlem @ red rooster (many, MANY thumbs up)
i love them.
& i love the ladies (missing paige and alta!)
red rooster = southern comfort food. the girls shared this platter of a WHOLE chicken + waffles, mac&cheese, and biscuits&gravy. suggest, suggest, suggest! hbd, natey boy.
DAD how did you even get these tickets? ilysm
thursday: new years eve!
early in the evening, pam & i did diy pedi's and read our christmas books. the rest of the evening...didn't even think to take pics OOPS but the fireworks were perfect and i think i should move to nyc now?
we left first thing the next morning, thus ending one of my favorite trips ever. i love my family, i love the opportunities we get to travel and be together, and obviously i. love. new york. the ONLY thing that could have made this trip better would be if the rest of my sibs and their babes could have been with us. i'm requesting a caribbean cruise with all of us to make up for it. vote now if you agree.
how most nights ended: valerie cooking something amazing while i watched friends, and reading books on books on books long after everyone else was asleep for the night.
oh AND let's not forget all the times my mom caught me reading my scriptures on my phone ... (or something).
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