Day 30

DAY 30: WHO ARE YOU?
Well, boys and girls, it's the last day of the blog challenge.
I did it!
Not every single day. But I did get it done in 30 days.
So maybe I didn't do it all the way.
But I did it to the best of my abilities.
But that's not the story I'm supposed to be telling.
Let's do that.
I'm Destinee.
I'm strong.
Happy.
Determined.
A worrier.A germophobe.
Daughter.
Sister.
Friend.
Caring.
Honest.
In love.
Hopeful.
Optimistic.
Loving.
Smart.
Cautious.
I strive to be a good person.
Talented.
And. (most importantly)
Me.

Day 29

DAY 29: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN THE PAST MONTH?
I've learned quite a few things:
1. Getting licensed is impossible when you work six days a week your first week of school.
2. Getting licensed is also impossible if you were sick the week before that.
3. Doing a 30 day challenge is really hard.
4. School isn't so bad. I think I was in the sophomore slump. :/
5. I can do anything!
It's crazy that this challenge is almost over.
It went by pretty fast.
I just wish that it would have gone by a little slower for the sake of me getting a license.
Also, the copier machine in the library sounds like a seagull when the lid gets lifted.
AND I still don't know what my work schedule for the week is. Cool, no? :p

Day 28

DAY 28: A PICTURE OF YOU A YEAR AGO AND TODAY: HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED?


Well, it's pretty obvious where I've changed. My hair was shorter, which I miss a lot.
My nose was pierced, which I also miss.
.....other than that...... I'm pretty much the same on the outside.
The inside I'm pretty different, I'd like to think, but that's a different story. :p

I know this picture has already made an appearance, but I can't upload my most recent pictures because I can't find my camera cord. :/

Day 27

DAY 27: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS CHALLENGE?
I did this challenge cuz I started a blog and didn't know what I wanted to put in it.
I know what I didn't want it to turn into,
which is one of those married people blogs.
Like I've said before, nothing against you guys,
I just don't see me ever making one.
I think I just wanted something worth while writing about.
I'm not the most exciting person in the world,
so I figured if I was given a guideline of something to write, things would be better.. or something.
Yeah.
So there you go.

Also, I want a toothless (:
Cutest movie ever.

Day 26

DAY 26: WHAT I WOULD FIND IN YOUR BAG
This one accidentally got not written on the challenge list that I have. But this is what it's supposed to be.
This one's going to be easy, because I JUST switched bags.
Like half an hour ago.
You will find:
School binder
Planner
Camera
Gum
Pens
Wallet
Hand sanitizer.
Ha.
Had we had this conversation a week ago,
I promise the findings in my bag would have been a lot more interesting.

Day 25

DAY 25: WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS
Well, this one's a no brainer.
I love my friends!!
They're incredible!
Never judge.
Never let me down.
Stand by me through everything.
Help me organize my life.
Help me organize my room.
I'm a very lucky girl.
I don't know where I'd be without my friends, but I don't want to know.
They're some of the best.It seems like the best ones are the ones that tend to stick around.
I love you guys (:

Day 24

DAY 24: A LETTER TO YOUR PARENTS
Get your tissues out, folks.

Dear Mom,
I love you so much.
You're an incredible woman.
You've taught me how to be a strong, caring, loving person; just like you.
You've been there through everything with me.
I know you'll always be there for me through everything.
I can come to you with problems and I know you're going to stand by me through anything.
You're freaking awesome!!
Look at how incredible and successful your children are.
Raising kids looks like no easy task, but you did it with 3 kids.
1 of them all by yourself.
And she's glad you did.
You made her into the person you knew she had the capabilities to be.
With a name like Destinee, she's bound to be something good, right?
I only wish I could be more like you,
More caring
More loving
More thoughful
More awesome.
I guess I've got a while to get good at it, but I still don't think I'd ever sum up.
Thank you for everything.
I'm everything I am because of you.
And I'm proud of who I am.
And I know you are too.
I love you so much, mom.
Your baby girl,
Destinee.

Just some things

That I felt I need to talk about.
Like how school starts in 17 hours for me.
OHMIGOD. I can't believe summer's over.
That makes me want to wet my pans a little bit.
But my classes are set.
They should be fun.
I'm hopeful that I'll like ASL.

In other news,
my car passed safety and emissions!
Whoo!!

AND I ended up getting financial aid.
I got just enough to pay for everything this semester and have a little cash left over.
That's beautiful.

I get to stay at Linx for the off season. Joyous. (:
My last day at Famous was Sunday.
And I still love Primerica.
Gonna go out to an appointment with Kyle for a friend and see if I can get them set up with some life insurance. Cuz they don't have any, and that's just something we need to fix.

So yes, good things.
(:

Day 23

DAY 23: SOMETHING YOU CRAVE A LOT

Hmmmm....
Lately I've been craving these on an hourly basis.

DAY 22

DAY 22: WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE


This one' s kind of stupid if you ask me.I know I'm different from everyone else.
But I can't focus on specific things that make me more different.
I'll just put it this way: I'm the only Destinee Jaye Rowley in the world.
I know, I looked.
And I'm the only Destinee I know that's just like me.

Day 21

DAY 21: A PICTURE OF SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

(: Red Robin's French Fries with their amazing fry sauce.
Ohhhh yes.

Day 20

DAY 20: MAWIGE
Someone I can see myself marrying or being with in the future.
Well this one's pretty easy. :p
I'd love to marry Kyle one day.
NOT now. Don't panic.
Neither of us are ready for that.
But I most certainly wouldn't mind being with him.
But we've decided that it's not going to be for another 2 years at least.
That way we can both get on our feet financially
and that will put us being in a relationship for 3 years.
Good enough time to see if we can stand each other for a longer period of time. ;)
But it's safe to say I wouldn't mind marrying him (:
He's a good guy with a big heart.
He's a keeper.
Love him a lot.

Day 19

DAY 19: NICKNAMES
I've got a few of these.
Some of the most common would be:
Des
D
DJ
Dez
and Doosee
Des I have had since I was teeny little. My mom and dad allotted me that one. The most common one for me to respond to.
D is one I've picked up since going to college. Mostly Kandice and Ben and stuff call me that.
DJ is another one I get called by Kandice, but since working at Famous, it's become what everyone calls me there. If you couldn't figure out where this one stems from: Destinee Jaye.
Dez, yet another one of those nicknames I picked up in college. I had a few call me Dez in middle/high school, but I wasn't a huge fan of it. My name's not Deztinee, it's Destinee. No Z in my name.
Then I started going to college and it seemed like that's what everyone called me, so I just gave up and let it be my nickname. A whole flock of people call me this one.
I'd have to say Des and Dez are the most common.
So concludes my cool story.

I am

So cool.
I finally figured out how to change the picture to something I like.
ELEPHANT.
Cute.
Yes.

Day 18

DAY 18: PLANS/ DREAMS/ GOALS YOU HAVE
Ohhh geez.
I've been dreading this one.
So many things I want to do.
1. Graduate college with a major I love
2. Get licensed at Primerica!!
3. Get financially stable.
4. Get married (after I'm financially stable)
5. Stay financially stable my whole life
6. Be in as many plays/musicals as I can possibly be in!
7. Have no more than 3 kids.
8. Be a good wife.
9. Be a good friend.
10. Be a good mom.
11. Live to be 90.
12. Retire my mom.
13. Keep in mind how lucky I am, everyday.
I could keep going. I know I could.
But I don't want to.
Haha

Day 17

DAY 17: A PERSON YOU WOULD WANT TO SWITCH LIVES WITH FOR ONE DAY AND WHY
This one I had to think on all day yesterday.
Which is why I didn't post a challenge yesterday.
And the end result came out to be not what I expected.
I want to switch lives with the future me.
Just for one day.
I don't know if that counts as another person,
But I think it does.
I'm going to change, after all.
I want to switch lives with the Destinee 10 years from now.
See where she is.
What she's doing with her life.
Make sure she's on track, so I can kick some present Destinee butt into shape if she isn't.
Why?
Because I just want to get a minor glimpse into how awesome my future's going to be.
I know it's gonna be good.
I could have easily said someone in poverty,
someone in pain,
someone less fortunate in any way....
But I wanted this to be a more positive post.
I don't mean to sound ungrateful or anything,
I'm sure trading places with one of them would give me a little realization of how lucky I already am.
I'd like to think I'm pretty thankful for all I have.
Sure, I complain about little things every once in a while.
But so does everyone.
I don't know.
I just didn't really want to be in a down mood the rest of the day thinking about the starving people in the world.
Call me ignorant if you must.
But in my defense, I could very well be that one in poverty in 10 years.
Who knows?
Oh, that's right.
The future Destinee does.
So yeah.
There. (:

Hmmm.

Found my father's wife's facebook page just now.
Apparently they have two kids now.
Two sisters.
Hmmm.

Day 16

DAY 16: A PICTURE OF YOUR OWN SELF

Here's me being a model! (:
What a fun photo shoot.
It's out at the salt flats.
You know when you're on your way out to the Saltair?
And there's that old abandoned building covered in graffiti?
There's an old train car out there, too?
That's where we went.
Good place to take pictures.
We weren't the only ones there.
Among the people taking advantage of this spot:
2 brides
A girl getting her senior portraits done
A bellydancer (whaa?)
Two people in trench coats carrying machine guns
(Fear not, they weren't real guns, and they were with a photographer)
And 39,479,384,792,384 microscopic sized bugs that bit the shit outta me, my cousin, and the photographer.


Copyright StevieBre PhotographyThe greatest up and coming photographer ever.
If you need anyone to take pictures of anything,she'll do a fantastic job.
YAY STEVIEBRE!!!!

Day 15

DAY 15: iPIZZLE SHUFFLE
Since my iPod is dead in my purse right now,
I'm gonna use my iTunes.
Just about the same thing.

1. Nudist Colony- Blink 182
2.Elevator Love Letter- Stars
3. Set Me as a Seal- Clausen
4. Run- Vampire Weekend (whoo!!!)
5. March On- Good Charlotte

6. Closure- Chevelle
7. Valkyrie Missile- Angels and Airwaves
8. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Kiss Me- Fall Out Boy (FTW!)
9. Unintended- Muse
10. Romeo & Rebecca- Blink 182Ta-Dah!

Also, I'd like to add that I'm in a war zone.
Kyle and his brothers
vs.
The Missionaries
Yes, the real ones that knock on your door.
Nerf or Nothin'.

Day 14

DAY 14: A PICTURE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Esta es mi familia.
I love them all.
We have my Ma,
Jennifer and her son Luke
Jeremy and his little girl Kambry
And Jer's wife Nikki.
This is a small portion of the fam.
We're leaving out all the cousins and stuff that I'm close with.
I do have a picture of one of them.. >:)
Let's see if I can find it.Mwahahahah!

Day 13

DAY 13: A LETTER TO SOMEONE THAT HAS HURT YOU RECENTLY
This one's going to be tough. No one's really hurt me in a while.
I guess I'm going to have to pull a Pilmer and do something that's has physically hurt me.
So here we go.
Dear edge of the bowl that hit my funny bone.
That effing hurt!!
You didn't have to go for the elbow that had evasive surgery on it.
You know, the one that had the pin go through the pinky nerve?
Yeah, thanks for that.
Thanks for rendering my left arm almost unusable and almost bringing a tear to my eye.
Next time you think about hitting my funny bone, think about me throwing your ass on the ground.
Really hard.
>:P
Sincerely,
Destinee Jaye Rowley

Day 12

DAY 12: HOW YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT BLOGSPPOT AND WHY YOU CREATED ONE
Well, Riley Groves had one.
He was the first one I knew that had one.
So that's how I found out about it.
Why I got one?
I can't really figure out why I decided to get one.
I think I was just in one of those moods where I wanted to write my silly thoughts.
I didn't have anywhere to spill my word vomit.
I decided to get a blog even though I knew I'd get crap for it.
I think that's what happened.
Cool story, huh?

Day 11

DAY 11: ANOTHERN PICTURE OF YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS
Yes, I said anothern. :p haha.
This is me and Kandice. Again. I couldn't find another picture that was as good as this one.
I'm not a SUPER huge social butterfly by nature.
Which means I rarely have pictures of me and a whole bunch of my friends.
I've got a close circle of friends that I love to death and hang with most of the time.
That being said, here's me and Kandice being gross (;

Day 10

DAY 10: MOOOOOOOD MUSIIIC
Songs I listen to when I'm happy, sad, mad, bored, and hyped.
Okay.
Sad: I usually will listen to something instrumental that lets me think.
Or.... Owen. I like Owen when I'm sad. Or relaxed.
Owen's good for all moods.
Happy: Now, this one's a little easier.
Once again. I can't pick one song.
I'd have to say any mix that Kandice and I have compiled.
We get some gooood tunes going.
OR Vampire Weekend. They know what's up.
Or Fall Out Boy. (:
Mad: Erm.... I can't honestly say I listen to mad music.
I think I filled my quota back in middle school with all the angsty tween music.
Simple Plan, represent. :p
Bored: Bored and concentrating music are the same. This cd tends to be.....
The soundtrack for Skins. It's good.
Hyped: This I do have a song for.
PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR DETROIT- FEDDE LE GRAND
Best hyped song. EVER.
Listen to it.
Figured I better do this blog today since I will have 0 times tomorrow (:

Day 9

DAY 9: SOMETHING YOU'RE PROUD OF IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
Can you believe I'm actually caught up?
This blog challenge may go through just yet!
Anyhoo.
Something I'm proud of in the last few days.
..........hmm.........
Well, I think that working 3 jobs n a week is pretty impressive,
but that's just me.
Oh I know!
Something simple. But I am quite proud.
I got ALL of my laundry done before I went in to work one day.
Then today, I washed all but my comforter on my bed.
Clean clothes, clean sheets. All in two days.
Wanna know what else is cool?
Clean jammies tonight and I took a shower.
That's right. The ultimate.
Clean everything in a clean bed.
Ah. (:

Day 8

DAY 8: SHORT TERM GOALS FOR THE MONTH AND WHY
*ahem*
1. Get licensed at Primerica
2. Accept the things I cannot change
3. Find some more positivity.
4. Take a "mental health day."
5. Get into the office as much as I can.
6. Set up some appointments and get trained on calling.
7. Get excited for school.

Explanation.
1. Because of my reasons stated in the blog entiled "Sorry."
2. I've been having problems with this one lately
3. I think this just goes hand in hand with being overworked.
4. Because I feel overworked.
5. So I can get licensed.
6. So I can get promoted once I AM licensed.
7. Cuz I'm not.
Tada.

Day 7

DAY 7: A PICTURE OF SOMETHING/SOMEONE THAT HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON YOU
Sheesh.... this one's tough.
This picture's kind of lame. But it's something that seriously impacts me everyday.
Me thinking about the future.
EVERYTHING I do is to better my future.
That's why I'm working so hard, going to school, and figuring out my career NOW.
I've always been the one that couldn't wait to grow up.
I'm still that way. I'm thankful for the time spent in the now, but at the same time,
I can't wait to see what the future holds for me.
Because I know it's going to be good. I know it.
I'm here to do something awesome.
With a name like Destinee, how could I not!?
So yes, the future. It's my biggest impact.
Look out, future. I've got BIG plans for you. (:

Day 6

DAY 6: FAVORITE SUPER HERO AND WHY
Well, this is an easy one.
Faster than a speeding bullet!
Faster! More powerful!

SUPERMAN
Why you say? Well, because he's super human. He does everything I want to be able to do!
Fly. Read minds. Melt metal with his eyes. Don't even tell me you don't wish you could do that.
He's just cool.
I figured I better just post this while I"m here. So here.

Sorry.

I've just gotta spill a little.
I'm in the most dangerous mood to write.
AND I may or may not be slightly stressing.
Can I vent, please?
1. School starts in 16 days. (If I counted right.)
2. Freaking out because school starts in 16 days. I still haven't gotten my financial aid to go through. Eff....
3. Linx. I LOVE this job.. are they gonna keep me through the off season? I'm DYING to know.
4. Famous. Working me a lot. Not that I'm complaining about the work, it's great. I'm just starting to feel the effects of working 3 jobs.
5. Which leads me to my 3rd job. Primerica.
I LOVE that job, too. I am, however, stressing bad.
I now have two fireballs (Heather and Allison) on my team. That's awesome! I have a team.
On the slightly selfish side of Primerica. If I've got two girls on my team, that means they're coming into the office more than me, they're getting trained faster than I am. Eventually if I can't kick it into high gear, they're going to pass me up and I'm going to end up right back where I started. At the bottom. Erg.
Not to bash on either of them, I love them both and I'm so glad they're there. I don't want them to hold back in any way due to me not being able to commit like they can.
6. This stress ties into all 3 jobs. HOW am I supposed to find time to do Primerica when I'm working two other jobs?
It's a vicious cycle we're encountering here.
Granted, when school stars I'll only have 1 part time job and I'll be able to do Primerica after I study. That's good.
I just hope I can stay above water in the mean time. I wanted to be licensed before school starts.
That's not looking like it's going to happen with me working all the time. :( boo.
7. CAR. OHMIGOSH. I need to get it licensed this month. I need to get a tune up before I can get it licensed.
I need to have a day off so I can get it tuned up.
I need a day off.
Oi.

On the plus side. I've never felt better about a job. Ever.
I love Primerica. I can't wait to get licensed so I can start ripping it up. Because I know I can.
It's given me a little push in the direction for a major, too.
I'm thinking Integrated Studies.
Either Spanish/Theatre
or ASL/Theare.
Best of both worlds, no?
I get something to further my career (Can you believe it? I have a career!)
AND I get to still delve into the theatre section.(: Bliss.
That way. With Primerica. Once I'm graduated with my degree, I can open my clientell with a second language and then since I can make my own schedule, I'll be able to do theatre in my spare time. AND have spare time.
See how perfect this is for me?
I do.
I feel a little better now.

Day 6

DAY 6: FAVORITE SUPER HERO AND WHY
Well, this is an easy one.
Faster than a speeding bullet!
Faster! More powerful!
SUPERMAN
Why you say? Well, because he's super human. He does everything I want to be able to do!
Fly. Read minds. Melt metal with his eyes. Don't even tell me you don't wish you could do that.
He's just cool.

Day 5

DAY 5: A PICTURE OF SOMEWHERE YOU'VE BEEN
Yes, I've been there. Bliss, you say? Close. The name of this gorgeous town is called Mijas. In case you were saying to yourself, "Now where is that?" I'll tell you where, Spain. 2008. What a fantastic summer. I ate. And walked. My way through a good portion of Spain.


Only to find myself in *drumroll please* Africa.
Morocco, to be specific.
I had to put two places. I couldn't pick which one was cooler. (:

Then just to get the point across. Here's me dressed up in traditional clothing. (:
K I'm done now.

Day 4

DAY 4: A HABIT YOU WISHED YOU DIDN'T HAVE

Hmmm..... Which one should I focus on. Oh! I know!
I'm a germ-o-phobe. A lot. I used to carry hand sanitizer with me everywhere.
I'm happy to report the last time I had it with me is probably somewhere around 4 weeks ago.
I'm improving. BIG step for me. You have no idea.
......This makes me sound like such a psycho path. I'm not, promise!!
Just terribly afraid of germs.
But I'm getting better.That is all.

Day 3

DAY 3: MIS AMIGOS

Whooooaa boys and girls. Working 14 hour days is not conducive to blogging. Just so you know.
So here we go!
BUT FIRST: I was hoping I could not put this disclaimer, but it would appear that I"m going to have to. This will be a little longer than a 30 day challenge. I can't do this in the allotted 30 days. So I guess I fail. But I'm gonna do it anyway.

The first picture is my awesome roomies. Granted, I think we can all agree that this isn't our most favorite picture of us. But it's all I had. Carissa and I look like drug addicts. But we're not promise. So anyway, Katie, Carissa, Sharalyn, and me! Man we're cool.

Then we have these goons. (: I love these guys! This is on my birthday. Kyle, Kandice, Fuh- Fuh- Jeff, and me! These guys are the ones I tend to be with the most. They're my life line? I guess you could call them that. I'd be a totally lost/different person without these guys. Just to let you all know, this is the only picture I could get of these guys where Jeff wasn't trying to kiss Kyle's neck, or I wasn't pretending to feel Kandice up. Yes, we act like we're 17 still. But only when it's appropriate.....kinda. (:


Now for Kan, DanielWayneHagan, and Kyle. Yet again, my go-to's. When Dan is in his stage where he hasn't fallen off the face of the earth, he's so much fun to hang with! Road trip to Reno with him: Awesome. Kandice, she's just my bestie. I love her guts. And Kyle, well I think we all know how I feel about him. He's amazing. Need I say more?


And then this one, just to get the point across. I love you!

Day 2

DAY 2: WHAT'S IN A NAME?
What does my name mean?
Well, it's just my name. Destinee, with a miss before it.
I think Jessie's dad used to call me Miss Destinee and I kind of always liked the ring to it.
So I decided to stick with it. That way it would also keep me away from getting a
married couple blog when I get married in 298 years. I have friends that have them,
but they're just not for me. Can't do it.


In other news: My car's fixed!
AND it's my day off!
JOY!

Day 1

DAY 1: A RECENT PICTURE OF YOU AND 15 THINGS ABOUT YOU

This is the most recent picture I have of myself that I'm not pulling a stupid face. Me and the Kyle at Applebee's. Aren't we cute? :p

1. I'm finally getting over my fear of the dark. Go. Me.
2. I'm currently working 3 jobs. Linx, Famous Footwear, and Primerica Financial.
3. I start school in 22 days (OMG)
4. My car's in the shop. AGAIN.
5. My car's name is Elvis and his girlfriend (the hula dancer on the dash)'s name is Priscilla.
6. I'm starting to realize I don't have 15 things about me are that interesting to tell you.
7. I made the Dean's List last fall semester. Woo!
8.I have a sad obsession with Fall Out Boy. Me and 12938 girls that are all age 13.
9. My mom is awesome.
10. I have some of the best friends in the whole world.
11. I'm allergic to oak. (See? I'm running out of interesting things!)
12. I'm taking an American Sign Language class this coming semester, I'm pretty excited about it.
13. I need to go grocery shopping.
14. I don't like being alone.
15. 14 hour shifts are becoming a "no big deal" thing now. Lord save me.
*phew* that's tough!

Challenge!

Soooo,
I found this on Pilmer's profile.
It looks like a lot of fun.
I think I'ma do it.
BlOG CHALLENGE
30 days of blogs.
1. A recent picture of you and 15 things about yourself.
2. The meaning of your blogspot name.
3. A picture of you and your friends.
4. A habit you wish you didn't have.
5. A picture of somewhere you've been.
6. Favorite super hero and why.
7. A picture of someone/ something that has the biggest impact on you.
8. Short term goals for the month and why.
9. Something you're proud of in the past few days.
10. Songs you listen to when you're happy, sad, bored, hyped, and mad.
11. Another picture of you and your friends.
12. How you found out about Blogspot and why you made one.
13. A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
14. A picture of you and your family.
15. Put your iPod on shuffle, first 15 songs that play.
16. Another picture of yourself.
17. Someone you would want to switch lives with for 1 day and why
18. Plans/ dreams/ goals you have.
19. Nicknames you have, why you have them.
20. Someone you see yourself marrying/ being with in the future.
21. A picture of something that makes you happy.
22. What makes you different from everyone else.
23. Something you crave a lot.
24. A letter to your parents.
25. What you think about your friends.
26. What you think about your friends.
27. Why are you doing this challenge?
28. A picture of you a year ago and today. How you have changed.
29. In this past month, what have you learned?
30. Who are you?

It'll be a little tricky with me working 3 jobs, but we'll see how it goes. (: