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Hello all you blog stalkers. I'm guessing if you are looking at my blog.. you have not given up on me and still stalk me after a years absence. Where to begin? Life is so wonderful right now. I like to make people think I'm a Trekkie.. along with Dave. But I'm not of course. I haven't even seen the movies for crying out loud. I just enjoy the Live Long and Prosper sign.. You feel me? I am dating a boy named Dan Morris. He's super delicious.. and he makes me happy. I work for my parents now and only for my parents.. that's right.. no more walmart! Bless the sweet heavens above. I went and had a photo shoot for this guy's (Greg) portfolio this last weekend. I felt way out of my zone. I'm the type of girl who likes to let other people have the attention.. unless its trying to be funny.. then i usually butt in.. so it was kinda awkward for me to have it all about me. I don't even like my own birthday because of the attention. Maybe I should get over that. Anyways.. in the future I will be sure to post some pics when they are done being edited. I better look smokin hot in them. Well team Amy.. It's been fun. It's been real. It's been real fun. I'll keep you posted. To be continued...

Toto too?

The reasoning for my title is.. well, i asked the old man to give me the first movie quote that came to mind, and that's what he came up with. he followed with, "anyone who doesn't know that quote doesn't deserve to watch movies!" so, i hope anyone who reads knows what movie that is from. i'll give you a hint.. its hard to do a kevin bacon challenge with that movie.. although, it is possible. so, where do i begin?

I've been sick for the past week with Adno Virus. it was quite the nasty one. i could honestly say.. well, i think i would've rather been dead. i had the virus along with bronchitis, pink eye, which the pink eye then developed into ear infection, and now from reading on webmd.com that i might have a sinus infection. i dont know where the crap i got this so called virus from.. but, my gosh, not fun! i missed work for a week and a half. unfortunately all to show from it was a crap load of sleep. i did however attend a LBH meeting on thursday (my first day out) then i attended the Pops and the Cedar Sibs night on saturday. Oh yes, i forgot.. i did attend a wedding reception on friday night with the 'rents. i have yet to enjoy a day to the fullest. i currently cant hear out of my right ear and i have so much pressure pushing on the whole right side of my head and face area.. it gives me quite the headache and toothache and well.. just aches everywhere. so theres my life at the moment. work was interesting today. i worked 1030-7 today and i did fantastic until about 5. i suddenly had the desire to vomit and i ended up just saying i needed to go to the bathroom. so a little TMI for you.. i did go to the bathroom to the fullest. not my most favorite part of being ill. anyways, that didnt help any by the time i went back to work. by 6 i had called a CSM over and i told her i didnt know how much more i could handle. she kindly agreed to let me chill for about 15 minutes and just take a breather. it was either that or i go home. i would've had to get managements approval to go home though, had i not just gotten them to sign a paper agreeing to pay me the whole time i was gone, i would've. but i stuck it out and i felt fine after the breather. anyways, to expand on the whole getting them to sign a paper dealio.. i was scared to death about missing that much work, due to thinking they were going to fire me and also the lack of money. i asked one of the csm's if i could get the sick pay i had and put it towards the time i was gone.. she thought yes. so i take a stroll into the HR office and i find out how much sick pay i had exactly.. 36.65 hours on sick pay.. yes, i believe i used all of it, which it covered the whole week, everything i missed. i thank the sweet heavens above for not using sick pay before.. answer to the prayers, i got a job still AND i still got paid. Fantastic.

besides that part of life being good.. i dont know what else to do in life. i think i'm going to go to school for Early Child Development in the fall. I dont know where i'm gonna go, i dont know where i'm gonna be, but thats the plan i believe. i was debating whether to do that or graphic design.. i think i knew what would be better for me.. however, if there is the opportunity to do the whole graphic design business in there, i will.. but for right now, i feel more strongly for the kid department.

i know.. you're wondering about the love life. NO. No love life here.. yet. no prospects.. well actually possibly 1. i'm supposed to go on a date with this kid in my ward.. long story short, its a blind date but i know who he is and he knows who i am and dani knows his friends wife. SO its going to be a triple. i dont know how i feel about that. they are all good looking people and i usually tend to shy off when i feel like i dont fit in. we will see how this will go. plus i'll probably be more comfortable talking to dave, he'll be talking to chris (his friend) and dani will probably be talking to chaunie.. (if thats how you spell it. i know its a weird way but i'm now sure how weird) anyways, there you are on my love life. i think jim gaffigan says it best, "when you are single, all you see are couples, and when you are a couple, all you see are hookers." i dont know about the last part, but the first part sure says a lot.. and its legit. but, patience is what it takes. i've learned a lot of patience lately too.

so i'm off to SLC this weekend to go to shey's 5th birthday party. havent missed one yet. apparently she's been telling people that i'm getting her a pillow pet. how the crap does she know?! hope she doesnt mind its not the unicorn and not the real deal. laura found a knockoff brand and all they had were ladybugs or something. you guessed it! thats what she's getting. i'll try to find her a card or something with a unicorn on there to spice things up. anyways, the medicine that makes me sleep is calling my name.

It's my party and I'll cry if i want to!

I FORGOT!! I made this video of my mother yesterday. It was my brother Jim's birthday. It's amazing what kind of stuff I can convince my mother to do.

Nobody sees more butts than you Uncle Tony!

Alright, first week of the HCG diet is done. 2 more weeks to go. Oh, but its not over after the 3 weeks. Got another 3 weeks after that. But at least i get 1000 calories instead of just 500. Anyways, 7 lbs down and 13 to go to get to the goal. After that its another 10 but i'll settle for 5. I am dedicated this round. Some might say that i don't need to lose any but i have personal reasonings for doing so and i would just feel better if i do it. I'm doing it for myself. I decided i needed to feel good about myself. I tend to compare myself to others and i'm sick of being/feeling like i'm the fat one. i know i'm not but that's how i feel sometimes. On this diet you're not allowed to eat any sugar at all. So being that the case i have turned to splenda. that crap is nasty and i can definitely tell when things are made with it. But funny story, i made dinner for some of my friends the other night and the recipe called for sugar. well without their knowledge i substituted the sugar with splenda. i could taste it, but the rest of the group all loved it and had no idea of the switch. The meal was good though. PF Changs chicken lettuce wraps. good stuff. I need to start figuring out more new recipes. I'm getting pretty sick of just eating steak and oranges for every meal. This morning i put a pork roast in the crockpot. that should last me a few days. i wanted to do something that would be an easy heat up so i didnt have to cook anything. should be done in an hour!

FRAGILE.. this must be italian.

well.. its been a few days since i've last written. i havent had a computer for a few days and i dont enjoy writing long posts on my phone.. takes too long. So tonight i went and attended a game/movie night at one of my BFs apartment. we had treats and played catch phrase and then watched a christmas story. very fantastic evening. i dont believe we were there more than 10 minutes when this kid shows up. his name is caleb. no one invited him and no one knows who he is. he basically just invited himself in. WEIRDO! so he made himself at home and ate a lot of the food and sucked bad at the game.. skyler was kind of annoyed with him since he was on his team. but none the less still a fun and entertaining night. both tara and myself fell asleep during the movie. i dont think i've stayed awake during a movie for quite some time now. speaking of MOVIES.. eclipse came out last week. that would be the 3rd twilight movie for all you non fans. best movie ever. i've already watched it 5 times and i've only owned it for 7 days. i love it that much. SO funny story. church today right.. so i swear i end up sitting behind this couple every week. they basically make me sick. so today yes once again i end up sitting behind them.. it was the worst experience of my life. very disgusting. they were just making out the whole entire time and i couldn't even pay attention to the speakers. the very back 2 rows which consisted of me, val, one of the speakers parents and then a lot of people from my ward (being combined with other wards we all end up sitting by each other) and it was just very disturbing.. but being so disturbing we all ended up just laughing the whole time. basically this whole sunday has been very interesting from these experiences. one experience making me never wanting to do any sort of public display of affection.. and the other experience making me never want to end up being a weirdo who just shows up at peoples houses who i dont know and invite myself in and make myself at home. anyways.. i have convinced my father and the rest of the bishopric in my ward to try and hook me up with a certain young man in my ward. we shall see how that turns out. if it does i owe them all big time. probably bake them a cake or cookies or design some lovely cupcakes for them. we will pray this goes well. its time for me to get over the last relationship and move on with life. i vote yes. i've held my self back from any sort of relationship because the last one was such a sham and ruined any desire of men i wanted for quite a while. but in all honesty not all men are A-HOLES. (sorry for the suggestive wordage) which this might be why i'm attracted to a certain individual. he went home for christmas break so i have to wait til he gets back for the old men to do their duties but thats fine. whatever happens with whoever will be well worth the wait. now SCOOT!

papa dont preach

So i was watching modern family today listening to my dad yell well not yell but argue with a lady on the phone realizing that my dads got my back. due to a situation laura has with the hotel she stayed at on sunday night. shey puked on the bed and now they are charging laura 80+ dollars because of that. RIDONCULOUS. so now my dad is on a rage and he's probably going to call jim to talk to them and use the law. word. so anyways it always makes a daughter proud to watch her father in action. and also realizing that me papa has gots my back yo. john suggested to do a 5k everyday in december. great idea. i say bring it on. done and done.

they think i dont know a buttload about the gospel.. but i do!!

So today is sunday. well technically its now monday but besides the point. we had a good lesson today about gratitude.. prez monsons talk from conference.. it is an amazing talk and those kind of talks always makes you realize that you need to work on some stuff. we also had a good fireside. that one talked about trials and struggles and weaknesses in life and how we cant do it alone. how we need heavenly fathers help in all we do. we need to lose our pride and stay close to heavenly father and jesus christ. i've realized that i have been struggling with pride lately and i need to start praying more and reading my scriptures more often. i tend to think that i'm too busy with life and have no time for anything. i don't have time for institute with my schedule unfortunately and i seem to kind of be losing sight of things that i need to be doing. there was a study that said the times that you pray and read your scriptures most are those times that you are doing well. the times that you dont is when you are struggling and having hard times. well i concur with that. i tend to appreciate what i have when everything is fine and dandy but i need to appreciate what i have when i'm struggling because that is when i and everyone else in that matter need the gospel, heavenly father, friends, family.. etc.. without being able to attend institute right now i do need that extra spiritual enlightenment. i find myself getting depressed and feel like i have nothing when i am not going the extra mile in the gospel area. i need to refocus in life and realize the strengths and the blessings i have right in front of me. i need to be outgoing and put myself out there to get to know people. it also makes me more not wanting to get out with not feeling apart of the ward or feeling accepted because i dont know anyone. i just gotta be positive and keep looking for the good and staying close to heavenly father. i just kind of feel like i'm missing an opportunity somewhere.. like i need to go somewhere and do something if that makes sense. i dont know though. we will see what i decide to do and when. anyways. just gotta stay positive and be grateful for what i have and recognize the blessings in my life.