ABC

I saw Jordyn's blog yesterday and she had written the alphabet of things she was grateful for. At least I think that's what it was..... either way. That's what I'ma do. (:

A---> Antiques. Something elegant from the past. So cool.
B---> Best friends. You know who you are.
C---> Carissa Fillmore for being there to talk to about how "productive" my day has been.
D---> Desks. I wish I had one. Studying might be a little easier. You don't know what you had till it's gone. :p
E---> Everyone that's ever helped me through a hard time in life.Friends, family. You guys are amazing.
F---> French fries. (Red Robin!)
G---> God. For answering all the prayers I really needed and even the ones that were just requests. He's a good guy.
H---> Halloween for allowing me to be a little kid once a year and not ever feel like it's unnecessary.
I---> "I love you." Words that keep me going everyday. From mom, Kandice, Carissa, Kyle, and the rest of my fam.
J---> The Jorgensen's. Gary and Tammy. Thanks for being my surrogate family. I love you guys!!
K---> Kyle William Rhoades. I love him! He's a keeper. Also, Kandice Lavearne Barney. I love you, lady.
L---> Love. I don't know where Id be without it.
M---> Mom. She's my hero. She's wise, strong, and loving. I don't even want to think about where I'd be without her support. I love you, mom.
O---> Orange juice when I'm sick. Something about it makes me feel a whole lot better.
P---> Pictures. Sometimes I forget all the cool places I've been.
Q---> Quote book!! Mine and Kandice's! "IIIII"m coool."
R---> Road trips to Reno. So far they've been nothing but adventures.
S---> Sunday's. I loves me a Sunday.
T--->THEATRE!!!! Me and the stage, we are meant to be.
U---> UVU for letting me go to school. Hahah. Hooray for cheap tuition.
V---> Voices on the phone. Familiar voices of friends and family.
W---> Walking at midnight with Kyle. Those walks are so much fun.
X---> Xylophone? That's all I go. The Xylophone for making music.
Y---> Yelling. Sometimes you just gotta do it.
Z---> Zero percent chance I'm going to end up a failure. (:
Amen. :p

New Idea!

Okay, soooo I think I have something worth telling ya'll about. I recently (when I say recently I mean like 2 days ago) antiqued a dresser of mine. Boy what a ride.
It all started when my roommates all decided to go on a "room improvement" binge. One of them decided to go buy a new bookshelf, buy new bedding, paint her wall a different color, and then antique her TV stand. Then another one decided to follow in her footsteps by getting new bedding, making a super cute magnet board, painting her stuff purple to match her room scheme.
So by that time I was getting a little room envy. Since I can't really re-arrange my room (due to severe lack of space) and I cant' really decorate because my walls are full with stuff I can't bare to part with, painting something I can't bare to part with was clearly my only option.
In consulting with my interior decorator (A.K.A. Carissa), we decided that antiquing my rather aged and beat up dresser would be the best option. So I did. Sanded the stain off of it, painted it in the coolest color of red, sanded it again and stained it with black stain. Man, does it look good!
I wish I would have taken a picture of the before so you could see what it looked like, buuuuut here's the final piece. (:

Since this was so much fun, I decided (along with the help of Kyle's mom) that this might not be a bad idea to make a little dough on the side. I think I've got a knack for it. (I'd like to think I did a pretty good job on this one, especially since it was my first time and all.) So, the game plan is to keep on keeping on when I've got free time (yeah, right) and make a little money on the side by selling it!
Today we went to DI and looked at some old, beat up furniture and found to diamond-in-the-ruffs. The first one is another dresser that needs some mega help.The other, a little teeny TV stand.
THEN we found some shelves. Like little ones that you can put on the wall, yeah.
So yeah, we've got some good ideas brewing (me and Kyle's mom) and we're gonna try it out and see what happens. We might be the coolest thing to hit Lindon (again :p) or we might be stuck with a whole bunch of faux- antiqued furniture. We'll see.

*Sigh*

Well.... I guess here's my first blog! I figured it might be good to have one of these for the future. Just to keep some stories I might need later or something. So yeah. Cool! First blog. I hope I'll have something cool to write about one of these days. Right now it's the same thing all the time:
1.Car is a mess
2. Working 2.5 jobs (Yes, 2.5)
3. Schools starts in less than a month o.m.g.
4. Kyle is amazing. (:
At least one thing is constantly good.
So here goes the blogging thing. Riiiiight.... now.