Proof of the Need to Continually Try Again

So my New Year's Resolution was a thing. Remember how it's now May and I clearly haven't done my resolution at all? Yeah, so sorry. But it's summer, so I'll hopefully have more time and I'm back now!

I'm also not doing the book challenge thing because I'm actually doing a different thing. Don't worry, I'll save that idea for another time. It will be done! And also the new idea is still about books, so really there's no need to be sad at all.

The New Idea: My friend Becca and I have started a book club!

Want to join? Cool, I thought you would. Just read along and chat with your friends about it at a tea party.

This has been something I have wanted to do for years now. I have been indescribably jealous of old ladies' ability to organize and plan book clubs. But now it's finally happening!

We decided to start off slow, reading a book a month this summer and then when the school year starts again, we'll see what we can do.

The Plan:
May: Hamlet, William Shakespeare
June: The Book Thief, Markus Zusack
July: The Giver, Lois Lowry OR Jellicoe Road, Melina Marchetta OR something else entirely that I (hopefully) haven't read yet [still a work in progress]
August: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Are You Excited Yet?

So, December was a thing. Sorry. 

My New Year's Resolution (in part) is to be better at posting on here. In an attempt to do that, I will be doing this:

And then reviewing those books here. 

Get excited. I'm excited. 

To Whom it May Concern,

I'm not usually one for cold cereal (props on coming up with that, by the way), but I do love Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. I especially love that there are prizes in the box again. And they're spoons, so that's cool. Props again on bringing that back; it's been too long. (Although, I would suggest sticking it in the bottom of the box - sure, kids today expect things fast and easy, but waiting was part of the fun, plus the kids could learn a thing or two about patience.)

The point of this letter, though, is to say that I want to collect all of your spoons. Maybe it's just good marketing to put more Elsas in the boxes than Nemos or Mikes, so that kids (and nostalgic college students) convince their parents to keep buying your product until they've completed the set. But perhaps you've failed to consider that those college students are counting pennies to remain college students and, though they dearly wish it were possible, simply can't buy forty cereal boxes until they get a Nemo or a Mike. Just a thought.

I currently have two Elsas, which isn't a bad thing (I did love Frozen), but it is slightly problematic for my bank account. I mean, this way if one Elsa spoon is dirty, I still have a backup to eat Frosted Flakes with. But what would I do with three Elsas? Have a backup for my backup? But where would that end?

Honestly, I don't know what you could do to fix this dilemma. I guess I just wanted to bring it to your attention. And also suggest making more collectible character spoons.

If you were to read this letter and then decide to take action, I would ask you to keep in mind that I get very good grades and plan on becoming a productive member of society.

Thank you very much.

-Jessica, age 19

PS- Is there an email for this kind of thing? While there is a phone number on your website, you could consider putting an email up as well, for those customers that have homebody tendencies and don't like talking on the phone (ie me).

Two Cons Fusing

I love PoBev. It's magical.

Rory Gilmore

Wouldn't it be marvelous to be described like that?

You are Formally Invited to Attend

Crepe party! Friday, October 17th,  10 am, my place.

Be there or be square.

(Silly geese, you guys can't actually come to my place and not be stalkers. I was just bragging about crepes.)

Singing

Guys! It was a thing! (I got to sing with the choir for a stake conference.)

Also, I love music! And I love choir! And I love church!

And I'm a very happy individual right now!

*Sigh*

I just really really really really really want this to be a thing.

What Else is This Day Going to Give Me?

Having class at 10:30, so you can sleep in - excellent.
Finding out an assignment is actually due later than you thought - excellent.
Getting a cookie in class to prove a point - excellent.
Institute choir and low notes - excellent.

UPDATE: Apparently, it can give me hot chocolate. Excellent.

PS ~ This Song is Adorable

Also, since I began working at Lee's (hey, I work at Lee's now) I have had these recurring dreams where I'm checking out people's groceries and also there's some ASL thrown in there. So that's cool.

Also, everyone should go to Institute.

Also, did I tell you that I'm probably going to switch my emphasis in my major? So, I'm an FCHD (Family, Consumer, and Human Development) major and my emphasis is currently human development, but I'm probably going to switch that to family relations and also I'm probably going to add an ASL minor. Yay!

Did I mention that today is just a good day?!

Divinely Inspired

Today is a good day.

The Only Thing That Could Make This Better is if My Celebrity Crush Would Come Back

Do you ever just have one day that's magnificent in every way?

Being with some of the coolest people on the planet.
Logan Canyon in the fall.
Bear Lake.
Seeing a friend I haven't seen in far too long.
PoBev.

Across the Highs and Lows and the in Between

So I'm not a big fan of Pink's. I like "Just Give Me a Reason," but that's about it.

UNTIL TODAY.

So apparently Pink is going folky? And I love it.

A lot.

What Do You Get When You Cross a Joke With a Rhetorical Question?

Steven

This is Steven. CC drew him.  He got beat up because he has a creepily skinny neck.

Poor guy.

My Hippie Friend

Maddi, if you're reading this post prepared to be embarrassed.

Here's a story. Once upon a time there was a girl named Maddi who is one of the coolest people I know.

Maddi is just a cool person.

One time she, Alissa and I went to go run some errands and then she accidentally ended up driving up the canyon a bit and she showed us Second Dam. Second Dam is magical. There's a boardwalk, and there's a canopy of trees, and there's an island that you can get to, and there's just a feeling of calmness. It's one of those indescribable places that is very special, you know? It's one of my very favorite places in the world and I just discovered it Tuesday.

Also, tonight she showed CC and me this hippie game where someone plays a tune on a guitar or a ukulele or something and then you go around in a circle and make up a song. And it's great because we had a story about Mama telling you it's okay to be weird especially when the people around you are just as strange, and a story about a girl who was blind in one eye and she had an eye patch and pretended to be a pirate and she meets a boy who has a (modern) peg leg and so they're pirates together, and another story about Ark the Shark who swam in the dark and how he overcame all of his fears, including not eating people. It's a great game.

Also, we went to get smoothies at Jamba Juice, so that's great.

Basically, I just think she's a great person. And an even better friend.

So This Happened

YOU CAN BE THE PEANUT BUTTER TO MY JELL-AY!

Wish Me Luck

Guys. I have an interview today and it's good because I really need a job, but also I'm pretty nervous!

Meh.

Hello Old Farm!

I live in a new apartment now with my friends! And I love it!

Also, Adam. GAH.

The Surprise!

So remember when I was like "I have a secret!" and then I was like, but I can't tell you, but then I was like, I will soon! Well, quite a bit of time has passed and I have been SO busy and failed at filling you guys in on the big secret.

So here goes.

Drum roll please.

Remember when I said that my sister was coming back from her mission soon? And then there was a picture of me and her signifying her return? Well, the surprise was that our aunt, two cousins, and grandma came down to see her and she didn't know that would happen! It was awesome.

But then surprise! There was a second surprise! Back story: one of my brothers, Jeffacakes, and his wife live in Illinois and so nobody (especially my mom) didn't think they would be able to come to see her, but then they in cahoots with my dad found a way to make it happen and they came, too!

It was wonderful.