Days 12-15

Day 12- Something you are OCD about


I hate to admit it... But i am a tad OCD about a few things. First and foremost the microwave. When I see that the microwave has extra time on it I can't help but clear the time off... It bothers me so badly ha ha. Also, drawers not being shut all of the way. And money in the register MUST be facing the same direction.. ha ha when I am working the front I can't not organize it. And even numbers. I LOVE even numbers.. but i just have problems with odd numbers. I think they are ugly and they really bug me. ha ha  Thats all i can think about right now.

Day 13- A fictional book


One of my favorite books is the secret journal of Brett Colton and ALSO the kind of sequel called When the Bough Breaks. Read them. NOW.

    

Day 14- A non-fictional book


I don't think I have really ever read a non-fictional book. besides like biographies for elementary book reports ha ha but currently I am still reading this and love it

Day 15- Your dream house


hmmm.. this is something I can honestly say I haven't ever really thought about. I would love something like this...

But I also wouldn't mind something nice and simple. 

Days 6-11

Day 6 - 20 of your favorite things


A free day with nothing to do, a short shift at work, religion classes at BYU, getting a letter from a missionary, seeing a long lost friend, swedish fish, laughing really hard, snickers, inside jokes, a sunny day, vacations, finishing something I have been working on for a long time, hearing my favorite song on the radio, puzzle time with my roomies, driving the Ogden Canyon, the finished product of cleaning my bedroom, hearing from my family without me having to call them, looking at pictures are remembering the memories behind them, playing the piano for ME and not for my calling, gerber daises.


Day 7- A picture that makes you happy


I have a few...

Day 8- a picture that makes you sad

I miss my best friends

Day 9- A picture that you took

Day 10- A picture of  you from 10 years ago

Unfortunately I don't have such a thing on my computer ha ha so 5 years will have to work. Here I am, age 15, first time behind the wheel, braces and all..

Day 11- A Picture of you recently 

Days 1-5

Day 1 – your favorite songOh man... This is a tough one. I am such a music listener. But it is always different music. I would have to say that my top three are Amazed by Lonestar, Shine by The Morning Of, and Then by Brad Paisley. But I have LOTS of favorites!

Day 2 – your favorite movie This again is a hard decision. I am a movie buff. Nothing better than being lazy after work and just popping in a movie. I would have to say that my two favorites are A League of Their Own, and The Parent Trap-the lindsay lohan version

Day 3 – your favorite television program I am a reality TV lover. So you think you can dance, bachelor or bachelorette, Survivor, Dancing with the stars, you name it, I am obsessed! But currently it is GLEE. You can hate and judge all you want but I love it.

Day 4 – your favorite book Honestly I am not really a reader. I have read Twilight of course and I love it. I love the Book of Mormon. But a book I remember absolutely loving is the Count of Monte Cristo. I love the movie but the book is better. I recommend it :)

Day 5 – your favorite quote "He can only guide our Footsteps when we move our Feet." -Marion G. Romney

Well....

It is official... I am running out of things to blog about. I just don't have too much going on right now in life. I held out as long as possible, but it looks like 30 day challenge here i come. I will try to complete this in a week hopefully. I don't want to drag on too long.. but prepare to learn a lot about me real quick like :)

Day 1 – your favorite song

Day 2 – your favorite movie

Day 3 – your favorite television program

Day 4 – your favorite book

Day 5 – your favorite quote

Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things

Day 7 – a photo that makes you happy

Day 8 – a photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 9 – a photo you took

Day 10 – a photo taken over 10 years ago of you

Day 11 – a photo of you recently

Day 12 – something you are OCD about

Day 13 – a fictional book

Day 14 – a non-fictional book

Day 15 – your dream house

Day 16 – a song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 – an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)

Day 18 – my wedding/future wedding/past wedding

Day 19 – a talent of yours

Day 20 – a hobby of yours

Day 21 – a recipe

Day 22 – a website

Day 23 – a youtube video

Day 24 – where I live

Day 25 – your day, in great detail

Day 26 – your week, in great detail

Day 27 – my worst habit

Day 28 – whats in my handbag/purse

Day 29 – hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days

Day 30 – a dream for the future

Reliving the past

Everytime I take the freeway exit 343 titled "21st street", a feeling of peace and familiarity overwhelms me.

A sigh of relief as I drive past my own "road markers" such as the Ogden temple and the Ogden cemetery. I am getting closer. 

Soon I enter the Ogden Canyon. The twists and turns, still second nature to me, SCREAM home. Almost there.

Then the sight of Pineview, driving across the spillway, and turning into Radford Hills makes me want to jump with excitement (most the time because i REALLY have to pee by this point ha ha)

And then I see it. 857 Yacht Club Drive

I am HOME. 

Where I BELONG.

The land of 745. A combination of numbers could not make me as happy as that one.

There is just something about home.

The noises.

Hearing a GARAGE open.

The sound of my cute kitty's bell around his neck.

My parents nagging at me to help out around the house (something I definitely don't miss haha).

The sound of my brother picking on my sister.

The beeping of the washer and dryer at the end of a cycle.

The sound of the TV

Opening the garage door and hearing the driveway heater on--because we actually GET snow here....unlike provo

Hearing a phone ring throughout the WHOLE house.

But most of all, the silence. No busy streets or honking horns. No girls running and screaming in the stairwell. But quietness. Solitude. Just me and my family. 

My nice, big, warm bed. A beautiful piano at my fingertips that i could play all day if my family allowed it. Food made for me. A room that is actually DARK at night (stupid light in my stairwell needs to be removed). My view of this....

 or this....

The emotions that flood through me as I drive over the pass to North Ogden and drive by Weber High or down Washington are endless. So many memories. So many moments that I would love to relive just to remember them better. But for now at least they are captured. They are saved in my almost conscience. Just filed a ways back now in my box of memories. Grateful for those times, those friends, and those experiences which I won't be forgetting anytime soon, but also grateful to be making new ones. 

Don't get me wrong, I love Provo. LOVE it! It is where I belong at this point. But tonight made me remember. Remember the past. Remember those moments. Remember the people that I love and miss. But most of all just made me grateful for the memories and the friendships that I have made up to this point of my life. Grateful for that safe haven I have to return to.

I LOVE home and I'm sad I must leave it so soon.

Sweet freedom

Some lyrics from one of my favorite Kenny Chesney songs, but currently the words ringing through my head over and over again.

Finals are OVER!!!!

and i don't feel half bad about them... I feel complete. Sure I probably could have studied a little bit more, but who couldn't right?

My break starts NOW. And I couldn't be happier. Well actually that is a lie. If i didn't have to work and I could go home right now then I would be happier, unfortunately I can't go home til next thursday. But I must say it will be a good break for me. A much needed break. This will be the longest break from school that I have had since last Christmas break... Dang. Just the sound of that reminds me how absolutely exhausted I am. School is wearing me out. Unfortunately I will be saying the same thing this time next year because say hello to summer school once again : ) The sad thing is, summer school is not helping me graduate any earlier. Instead it is just taking out excess time that I would have to be in school completing my nasty pre-reqs for "farm school", yes. That is what I have decided to call it. 

I also officially have the house to myself starting tonight at 11 pm. YEAH BOIII. So if anyone wants to come visit, spend the night, etc, I have plenty of beds (Thanks Linds and Sharon ; )) So come play with me cause I will be here til Thursday night. 

Can't believe Christmas is next week! So excited! I can't wait to go home and spend some time with my family! (Probably the most time since last Christmas) and my little Gilby of course! 

Love you all!

Never again....

will i have a class at 8 am.

I said that last year after having one class at 8 but this semester I thought I be an awesome student and wake up early so i had an 8 am class EVERY morning... No.

NEVER AGAIN.

I refuse.
No matter how awesome it is to get home from school early.
No matter how nice my availability is for work.
No matter how many times my parents tell me I will only be productive if i wake up that early (sorry mom)

I have too horrible of sleeping habits to be able to wake up that early and be happy about it. I will not torture my self. ever again. SO GLAD CLASS IS OVER!!!!

Dear Mr.

Nasty Sore Throat i feel coming on....

Please leave.
Please don't come back.
I have other things to be doing rather than being miserably sick
Thank you.

Love,
Melanie