Saying Goodbye To Utah '06!

This is just once picture of my best friend, Brady, taking a pic before he drives me to the Salt Lake City International Airport to head back to the dirty South! :((

Brimgham Young Univ. v. Pei Wei

The Fancy PF Chang's Relative Restuarant!!!

Clay and I at the Baskin Robbins

Try another sign label, "Take Away???" Nate and Kristen and Me

BYU's Campus Pic That I Loved!!

This wall was breathtaking!

Well, on this day my friend, Clay took the liberty to finally show e the BYU-Provo Campus! I saw a lot of things that this school has that no other major university has, that's for sure! Later on, we met up with Nate and his wife, Kristen. We ate @ Pei Wei (Pay Way) and the menu was looking good! They told me that this was a restaurant similar to P.F. Chang's & that this place was for the low-working class folks!!! HaHa! I CAN RELATE TO THAT AND THIS WAS IN 2006 AND THE WAY THAT THE ECONOMY IS NOW, PEI WEI MUST B MAKING A LOT OF BUSINESS NOW! Hmmmm, I wonder??? What y'all thinking??

Temple Sq. n Salt Lake City-'06

Zach and me @ the Lindon Bowling Alley!

Lance & I showing off our bling bling!!

Andrew trying to grap my......HaHa! He is so crazy, but I love this guy! Love him!



Lance and I



Leaning over so Lance could get the SLC Temple and me in the same picture! But I look crazy...

I have never posted these pictures before because I have never had a blog and now I want to post these! These are photos that I took with my best friend, Lance whom lives in St. George, Utah. I have been visiting Utah every Summer for the past 4 or 5 years in a row because I know so many return missionaries who served missions in Louisiana and I kept in touch with them and that is THE main reason I go out there and because I hate the South and want a change in scenery! :)

He drove all the way down from St. George to Orem to spend the entire day with me. Eye will always be greteful to him for doing that just for me and now Lance is someone whom I can call a real and true friend! Till da end!

While I was with Lance-we met up with Andrew who lives in Salt Lake City and Andrew is one of the FIRST missionaries that ever encountered! Later on that day I went bowling with Zachary 'AKA' Zach & he showed me that he is s master bowler!! :)

And seeing snow and being in a place that has no humidity is WONDERFUL!

Severe Boredom Has Arrived For Cerain!!

My car has been giving me problems for a few weeks now and finally, yesterday a towing company came and hauled it away to the mechanic shop and the estimate to have it fixed and running back to normal costs a lot of money! :(

Hopefully, I can get it back sometime next week-but before when I was driving it, I was taking my time and driving it like an elderly person or something because that is what was advised. It was either that or no driving it at all. So the car remained parked and was not driven except from time to time, and it was not very often!!

Well, it has almost been a week and if it has not been, I cannot recall the last time I drove the car and I miss it. I will never ever complain that I do not have money to go n e place, or I am bored because I NOW KNOW WHAT boredom really is. I am so bored that I am TIRED of sleeping and watching DVD's! I am sick of sleeping....I go outside and wonder what is down the street, or around the corner-even though I know, I want to drive to see! Oh, I am going out of my mind-there is nothing for me to do. I have read books, I love movies, the Internet, etc. all this, but I cannot do it 24/7! I want my car back so bad! It sux that this is the 2nd Sunday that I have to miss Church and the first weekend that I cannot go to the movies and see "Miss March" or "The Last House On The Left!"

I will get to see every movie that I missed once I get mah car back!!

Talking With Jeremy Was Not What I Was Xpecting @ All!!!

Well tonight I talked with ex-Elder Rosenvall and it was not the conversation that I was finally looking 4ward, too! He was sick & that must have attributed to his attitude. I mean the guy who I was talking to on his mission and getting along with so well is changed and I hope that he does not stay this way. I was really disappointed in him tonight. This guy brought the Church back into my life and I respected him so much and when he got transferred from my area-it affected me so badly and I did not know what to do with myself. I pray and hope that Heavenly Father reveals to me that Jeremy will come around and be the friends that he swore to me that he would be because if he will not-I will be HIGHLY ____________!!! (and I don't want that!)

He put some photos of his mission experiences up on Facebook tonight and I looked at them and commented on them and seeing those pictures brought back some great memories and I want to create more with him, so I am hoping that he realizes that I still love him and want to be able to be the type of friend to him now that I was when he was Elder Rosenvall!

I Hate Missing Church!

My car is not acting right because the tires are acting up and my car is shaking as I drive it and that is not good, so until it gets fixed I will remain "carless!" This sux because there was a baptism tonight that I really wanted to go to and I had a meeting with the Bishop tomorrow and now all that has to get cancelled because now my car wants to take a break! :(

Daylight Saving Time: The Ultimate Switch of Time

I really do not hate Daylight Saving Time as much as many other people that I know. For me, I get adjusted to it rather quickly and just think of it as another day. 4 example, people make mistake of setting their clocks back instead of forward and vise versa and if u do set them correctly, they are late for work/school/etc.....missed an hour of sleep, gained an hour of sleep and so on and so on..... for me in the Spring-we go FORWARD AND in the Fall- we go BACKWARDS an hour. We GAIN an hours sleep in the Fall and we LOSE and hours sleep in the Spring. I do not even know y this time change thing exists or who invented it but to me it is so totally unnecessary!

Elder Horner N Travis: Cool Brothaz From da South!

Basically, Elder Horner is a missionary serving in Louisiana and we have gotten to know each other really well and I go on exchanges from time to time to fellowship with his investigators adn meet new recent converts, etc. and he asked me to set up a Facebook Account for him (he has Myspace) until he goes home from his mission and he knows that I love Facebook and I am great with some basic computer stuff! So last night I set up an account for him. Yet, another act of service that I did! I LOVE helping people! Elder Horner can dance like no person I have ever seen before! Had to tell u that! Isn't his outfit in this pic too cool? He's ready to step it up! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a misionary Church AND I am ALL about the service and helpiong out in any capacity if I can and Elder Horner has shown me a lot and I have learned a lot 4rm him. I am very BLESSED to know him and I'm grateful to him for showing me things that I need to see to change certain aspects in my life! Thanks Elder Horner!

Wonderful World Of Credit Card Traps: Good? or Bad?

I decided to blog on Credit Card because I feel that they have a lot of weight and meaning to them.

Positives (that I have noticed): they boost ur FICO Credit Score; they help ur overall credit; they are good to have in case of emergencies esp. now that the economy is so bad-but u CANNOT abuse them because the over limit fees will kill u alone along with the hefty finance charges they love to access on you. So this last one can be a positive or a negative-it was just a warning to ya as well :)

Negatives: if you do NOT make ur payments on time-your FICIO score will go downhill and it is hard to raise back up; fees and over limit charges do not look good on ur credit report or the company on which u have the credit card; no one will offer u nothing at a low rate r with no deposit if ur credit/payment history is always late and u never make ur payments on time!

Everything now a days is based solely on credit so maintaining a good and strong credit history can carry u a long way when u apply for a car, home, etc. I just had to vent on this because I think people need to know about it!

"Taken": Top Movie of 2009 Thus Far!

This movie I have seen like 5 or 6 times already! I can't get enuf of it! I mean, sure it is sad that his daughter gets kidnapped in Paris after lying to him telling him that she was going to see museums but in reality was following U2 around Europe! I guess she got what she deserved, but I love it because it is filled with suspense, action, and mystery because you never knew what was going to happen next! Those are KEY ingredients to a successful movie and that is y "Taken" has been #1, #3, and #4 ever since it opened in theatres in January! This movie is STILL in the TOP 5 and we are now in March! This is a MUST see movie! I recommend it to you-to EVERYONE!

Whew!! Babies Are Coming and I'm Losing Track!

I think that this is the best way for me to keep track of my friends and their kids!! I am marking due dates on my calendar and I am still losing track. I am grateful that they are telling me their GREAT news that they are either going to be first time parents/parents again-but now that it is all in one spot like my blog-I can update this blog when needed! Brilliant Idea I had!!



Couple #1: Brady and Rachel ( Baby Girl Madison)



Couple #2: Zach and Lisa ( Baby Boy Olivier)



Couple #3: Taylor and Crystal ( Baby Boy Spencer)



Couple #4: Maurice and Monica



Couple #5: Sean and Bonnie



Couple #6: AJ and Christine

Will there be a Couple #7??? :)

Service: It's A Great Blessing! AND Murders: Not A Great Topic 2 Fight About....

I was in bed this morning when to my surprise I turned on my cell phone to see if I had any text messages or voicemails because I turn my cell off at night before I go to bed because I do not want n e interruptions! Well, I get a text message from the Zone Leaders texting me to find out if New Orleans has the highest murder rate in 2008!

I text them back, I dunno and they ask me to find and says a lot is riding on this. Hmmm...I am wondering why..I mean they are missionaries, what does death rates and murders have to do with the Church, missionary work, anything at all?!?!?

Well I stop texting and I call them up and I talk to Elder Myers who had me record an article I found online to read to him to prove that New Orleans was in fact the highest rated city for murderers since 1997 or something!

After I got off the phone with that nonsense, the Metairie Elders called and needed me to pick them up form the Chapel because they had no ride back to their apartment! I was in bed, in my pajamas still and it was not even 11am yet! I told them that I had to shower, get dressed and I would come to get them.

True! I did not want to go and pick them up, but I knew that I would get blessed 4 doing that. I love helping others! It is something that I am great at! Elder Bare offered to buy my Cane's because I came and picked them up, but I refused because they only have a limited about of money, and besides I had food back at my place!

In short, this morning was not my usual morning-waking up a a text message about murders. Even though that is happening here and all over the country-still don't like texting r seeing that when I get up because if I did, I'd wanna stay sleeping! :)

Mark Mabry's "Reflections of Christ Fireside/Exhibit"

I went to Church yesterday for the full 3 hours, as usual, and then I went home to grab some grub and then I picked up 2 sets of missionaries and a recent convert that they needed me to pick up and then we were off to the Westbank Chapel for the Fireside. It was cool. Mark was a very great speaker; he was making some jokes in his talk, but his talk had real meaning! He said that one day he was in a political science class and he wanted to be a lawyer until one day in class-he just walked up and left the class and College and never looked back and now he owns his own photography studio in Arizona...But after he left the ASU in Arizona, he went to a photography school in Santa Barbara, California...I saw some of his paintings at the exhibit and they looked so amazing and the one with the angels I would love to hang up in my home, office, anywhere...it is so heart-warming! I really do not have a love for art, but this kind of art, I would love to get to know. It was an amazing fireside!

Does All The Good U Do Matter @ All??

I titled this post the way that I did because that is how I felt last night and am still feeling this way right now. I wonder sometimes if God recognizes all the good that certain people if they cannot do other things that are "right." What I am saying is that I am a member of the LDS Church and I want to get Endowed, but I cannot right now because I feel like I am not prepared and I have certain circumstances that are prohibiting me from getting endowed at this moment in time and I feel like at least I am going to Church, partaking of the Sacrament, & doing Missionary Work and service when I can. Does that matter in the least? I mean, I hate it when Elders tell me and other people too I assume that "you will not go to the Celestial Kingdom if u are not endowed or sealed", etc...no one should feel pressured into getting married or to go on a mission in order to go to the Celestial Kingdom. I feel like certain people in the Church are too forceful and I just don't approve of the pressure! I mean I realize that there are other ordinances besides baptism in order to receive exhalation, but it is not a sin if you do not get married, get sealed, have kids, etc. I cannot believe that you will go to a far off bad place if those things does not happen! I had to get this off my chest so I just blogged what I felt.

Fat Tuesday "BKA" Mardi Gras 2009!!

Wow! Today was so cool! I mean, at first I got out there and it was crowds of people and the streets were filled just waiting for the truck floats to arrive and come down the street and we had to wait an hour before the parade went under way.



At first, when it started, I was BEHIND the barricade and I was not catching n e thing because there was a truck float in front of us and all the other floats were passing on side of it so when saw that people were getting in the street to catch things, that is when I deiced to get in the street and boy did I catch some things when I got in the street! I had a blast and I caught cups, Frisbees, footballs, large and long big heavy beads.



The beads that I caught I had trouble jumping up for more beds being afraid that they would break and my neck was killing me!



All in all, I had a great Fat Tuesday!!