The good old summer time...and the beginning of shool.

I'm a bad blogger. I haven't posted since May!!! That is way too long! The summer was FAR too short! And so so much has happened! This summer was very magical! I learned a lot about myself and a lot about close friends and loved ones. I grew apart from some friends, and so close with others. I have really great friends who I am so thankful for. This summer I gained one very special friend. This friend helped me more than he knows. This friend is also my new boyfriend! And he is so cute and wonderful! We did plenty of wonderful things together. We went dancing, we went to the pool, we went on hikes, we went on a horseback ride, and we even went to Bear Lake. We spent a lot of nights together, enjoying the weather and each others company. We laughed together. I cried and he let me;) It feels nice to have a best friend:)

Unfortunately, my magical summer had to end. Now I'm back in school. And I don't love it. I miss Snow College. I miss the small town and the turkey smell. I miss the small campus and friendly faces. I miss my wonderful roommates. I miss my job and the Noyes building!

I live at home now, and it is tough. I love being at home I really do! But I miss being on my own! And I have a very tough schedule. I feel like all I do is homework! But it's just busy work! Nothing that will help me! I suppose I'll get used to it though. I always do:)

Work is good though, still the admissions office. And I'm also babysitting on the side. A wonderful, cute baby boy! He's great...usually;)

That's all for today! But I'll try to post more often!

New Job

I have a new job. I'm so thankful to have a job! This summer I'm workin in the admissions office at Utah State. Right now I'm doing data entry....and I only have one word to say about that: BORING!!! But on the plus side, I basically get to choose my own hours. I never have to work past 5 PM and I never have to work on Saturdays or Sundays! And, it's VERY easy. I sit at a computer all day. The first day went a little something like this:

Whitney wanders by herself into the so called "Cave". Everyone in the Cave is talking and laughing. When Whitney walks in, everyone stops and looks at her and she says, "Hi Bonnie, I'm here for training." Then, there was silence. So Bonnie sat Whitney down and started explaining.
"When you first come in, log onto banner with your A number and password. Log onto banner, oh wait, you don't have a thing yet, Joy will get you one. There are such and such amount of programs on banner you'll work with: listing of all the programs here. Today you'll learn SRAQUIK. First, type the person's last name, first name. Hit tab. If nothing comes up, hit Ctrl Q then F9. Tab over and start typing their name followed by a %. Hit F8. Then Ctrl Q again, then Cntrl Pgdn, tab like a thousand times, ctrl q this tab that. shift F7...and Whitney got lost in the key commands!

Wow! I even took notes...but boy was it intimidating! But I'm glad to say that now I'm a whiz at the so called SRAQUIK program. I still have so so much to learn! But now I at least know there is hope! So is my job very boring and monotonous? Yes! But I actually kind of like it. i find myself getting into this sort of groove, and before I know it the time is passing! My shoulders ache ever day from sitting at a computer for so long...but it's not too bad! It'll be a nice summer job. I'll save me some good money...and work good hours. Perfect for still wanting to have summer fun, which I am greatly looking forward to! My new job=a good summer job:)

The End

School's Out For Summer!!

Wow! I made it! I graduated from Snow College!
It feels so good to be done! And my graduation day was amazing! I got to be with some of my best friends and we had so much fun! Our cute, amazing boss got us all beautiful flowers and we were lucky enough to line up at the very front of the processional. We walked into the gym and I spotted my great parents smiling at me from the stands! Elder Jeffery R Holland was our commencement speaker and he did an amazing job! And I am proud to say that my coworkers and I were the very first of all the grads to walk across the stage and have our names read! After that was all done, the great PLTs had a little luncheon and then we all got to meet Elder Holland. He was seriously one of the nicest men I have EVER met! And his wife was SO CUTE!! I got my picture taken with him (unfortunately I don't have my camera so I can't post that Picture!) and my family got to meet him.
Then is was time to say goodbye. I didn't really have a hard time saying goodbye to my best friends...I KNOW I'll see them again. And a lot of them will be coming up to Utah State next year:)party right? I was packed up and ready to go in no time! The hardest part for me was saying goodbye to my great job at the Noyes Building! I nearly cried when I had to turn my keys in! But it was okay. I teared up a little as we pulled out of town. But I was ready. I was ready to say goodbye to that place for a while!
Now I'm all moved in at home. I have my own room now...something I've never had before. I have a desk, all to myself. I have a dresser, all to myself! And boy is it nice to be home! I get real bored, real fast, but it's all worth it! This summer is going to be good...I can feel it!
I can't wait to lay out in the sun. I can't wait to go to the pool for a day! I've already jumped back into the lovely game of babysitting. I plan on going boating and camping. But mostly I plan on just chilling. Taking it easy, having no cares in the world! It's gonna be great!

Quilts!

I am obsessed with quilts! I love them! I love looking at them, making them, dreaming about making them, and contemplating about what quilt I'm going to make next. I took a quilting class this semester and it's ruined me....I'm always going to want to be making a quilt! I've learned so much and I really enjoy everything about quilting! Is this a good thing? I guess so...but it's just so darn expensive! That's the only draw back...money...I don't have any. But that's okay...I'll find a way to feed my new obsession:)
My next quilt? A baby blanket. I haven't quite picked out a pattern yet...but when I do it'll be great. I've already got a color scheme going in my head! A baby blanket for whom, you ask? My future child. No, I'm not married, and no, I'm not even engaged. But one day I will be. And one day I'll be a mommy. So why not start now?

My new thing...

So recently I've discovered that the Ephraim Library rents out movies...and believe it or not...they have GREAT movies! I've already rented 5 in about 1 1/2 weeks. I watched everyone of them and yes...I plan on getting more. I plan on getting the full use out of my $10 one year library card. Britt and I have watched some good ones...like Charly and Saints ans Soldiers, which Britt cried through, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (at the end of that one we just sat there not knowing what yo say or how to feel). But we've also watched ones such as Brother Bear and He's Just Not That Into You. We have a TV in our room and Britt and I love to curl up in bed (any time of the day:)) and watch a good movie. WE LOVE MOVIES!!! Movies are a great way to have fun and forget about things. And we love movie quoting!!! Oh yeah...and we're legit! We movie quote like it's nobody's business! Ahhh...such good times!
We've also found joy in collecting refillable Maverick cups. We have "Happy Hour" runs weekly, or biweekly, sometimes more...but that's beside the point! Right now we have a grand total of 6...just from one week! We made a deal and we're not throwing any away. We're going to see how many we can get before the year ends. haha:)we're lame...I know. But it's all part of the college experience! GOOD GOOD TIMES!!!!!

Today is a beautiful day!!

Today is a beautiful day! The sun is shining, it got above 40 degrees, there's only 2 weeks til the much anticipated and much needed SPRING BREAK!!! and today is email day:)I love email day because I love Kevin! And I'm in a great mood:)Yesterday a friend of Kevin and I had a farewell and I was able to go to it. I was so touched by his sincere testimony. And I have a love for missionaries; they do hard work, great work, and bless the lives of many. I look up to them a lot, namely one in particular;)but it was a great talk. He will do great! I was also fortunate enough to see the Wilder family! I <3 them! They have become great friends over the past year and they always make me feel welcome and loved....who doesn't like that?! They invited me to their house for dinner and was stoked to go! It was so great!

When I got back to Ephraim it was like a party! Me and the roomies had a fun fun night! I got to bed way late...so needless to say I am dead tired, but it was worth it! And this morning I woke up to lovely, wonderful, amazing messages from Kevin. I love him and he makes me so happy:)And to top it all off...it was warm outside!
The best part is....the week is only going to get better! Tonight I get to go to yoga. Tomorrow morning I get to sleep in and I only have 2 classes. Wednesday I don't have work and I only have 3 classes, one of which is stage makeup and I get to make myself look like a witch...with a prosthetic nose and all! Thursday will kinda suck...but my Thursdays always suck. Fridays are just good always and I'm not helping with a snow blast this weekend!! And on Saturday my family is coming down to me! It's family day at my ward and they are coming! I'm stoked! It is a great day!

UP!

I love the movie Up! It is so magical. I want a love like Ellie and Carl! I want to get married and have a cute little house where we're both so happy together. I want to have picnics and a "Paradise Falls" fund. I want to have babies (I realize this is different than in up...). I want to grow old with my Carl. And love my Carl so much that I'd fly my house with helium balloons to his dream destination. I also want to effect someone's life the way Carl effected Russ' life. I want to have a dog...and however cliche it may be, I want to name that dog Dug. I want to sit outside an ice cream parlor and count the red and blue cars. I can't wait to watch this movie with my Carl....it will be so magical. I want to mean to my Carl what Ellie means to her Carl. This movie has also given me a new motto...ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!!! So, for the next little while, that is my motto. With the spirit of adventure I will tell myself "Adventure is out there!"