lately, via instagram

i don't quite understand the point of blogging when you don't want to. and lately i just haven't wanted to do. thus, the lack of posts. i'm sure you all will forgive me. but i figured it was time to give a little update. not a lot has been happening. i am going to start working 2 jobs, though. serendipity monday through thursday in the mornings, and then texas roadhouse monday through saturday in the evenings. i need all the money i can get right now considering i won't have time to earn it when i get home from my mission. my goal is to have enough to pay for rent, tuition, and (hopefully) my own car to have at school since my brother will most likely be driving mine (unless my mom sells it, that is). that means i need to be sleeping, breathing, and living dollar signs for the next 11 weeks or so. i can do it. i'm the little engine that could. so besides work and lots of quality family time, this is a little bit of how i've been spending my days...

1. say "hi" to the daisies i spotted on a cold, rainy, windy 2 mile jog

2. finding winky faces in the scriptures makes my new testament homework fun

3. the flailing about she does typically means she needs her belly rubbed, NOW

4. still getting used to my bangs, trying to love them

5. my mother and i took a day trip to st. louis just the two of us and it was absolutely magical

6. hads and i, backseat livin' on a saturday afternoon with the family

7. to get to st. louis we had to cross a bridge over the ohio river and i thought it was the coolest thing

8. running temple errands at the st. louis temple!

9. the healthy omelet my mom and i had for dinner tonight... so delish and only 150 calories!

i'm still alive. i'm just too busy (or too busy making excuses) to blog and any spare time i do have i try to spend with my family since we don't have a whole lot of it left! every day gets me closer to my mission and every day gets me more excited for it. let's just say, i'm ready for september 12th.

today was pink & purple

that time my best friend got married... in pictures

my best friend got married last month. i already pretty much summarized the whole day over here, but i wanted to share with you a few of my favorite pictures from the day! 

basically, i love my best friend

and they lived happily ever after

(p.s. all photos courtesy of angela mccallister)

some days i do, some days i don't

i've worked in the service industry for the last six years. i have found it to be both the most rewarding and the most demanding work i've ever done. i'm a people person so most of the time i love getting to interact with different people on a daily basis. i've met a lot of really cool people through my serving jobs over the years. some days i love my job, some days i don't. 

today i did not.

we hosted a lunch for over 50 older women today (something we didn't have to do). and they were the rudest, neediest bunch of ladies i have ever met. i don't know where people get off being mean to people who are waiting on them, but it's absolutely ridiculous.

oh and p.s. "scones" and "sconces" are not synonymous. a scone is what we serve with your drink before your meal. a sconce is a light fixture that hangs on a wall. so don't ask for another "sconce" or i'll bring you a decorative light.

[end of rant]

a hairy situation

i haven't had bangs like this since i was about 4. but somehow, they mysteriously found their way back to my forehead

i've already decided i hope they're grown out by the time i leave for spain because they're too much work. but i'll let them stay for summer.

photo a day may

every month, fat mum slim puts up a photo challenge on her blog. i've been trying so hard since, i think, march to be sure to take a picture every day from her list, and every month, without fail, i don't. such a shame. i tried my hardest in may, but still came up short. here is the list from last month:

and here's what i managed to get:

and here is the list for this month:

it's a new month, and a new challenge. this is going to be the one i do every day, i just know it!

you should join :)