Wednesday, January 28, 2009

For Good :)

So I have time and am not panicked by homework so here is another snapshot of people that have impacted my life for good.

My friend Cyri:
Can't you just tell she is already way happy positive? She has taught me so much about finding what you love to do. She sticks with everything she starts with too if it took commitment. She handles her time and loves it all. No one else would be walking out of the dorm at midnight with their backpack headed to the biology building! She does it so her research can fit into her day and while she may not love the time it takes up, she does it with a smile. She is one of those people that you see on the street and you just HAVE to smile! She just makes me happy! I knew her in High School due to track and then Utah State made her a real part of my life and I love it! I am so glad that my life has worked out the way that it has so far!

Katie Nielsen:
Oh! Katie! Look at her! How can you not love her and let her be a part of your life to influence it? I am sure glad I have the job that I have and she got to come back after her mission! I don't even know how to explain Katie. She is just happy and she just has the ability to make your day better (I spend a lot of time with these type of people BUT each is different). These pictures were taken AT work when it was sort of slow . . . we are a little weird but I LOVE it! Pretty much Katie has just made me better (actually trying to explain WHY people make you better is harder than realizing that they do). I love you Katie and Thanks.

(I keep bleeding, keep keep bleeding love . . . romeo take me somewhere we can be along . . . yeah good memories which I am so glad we get to have memories and that I have the ones I do!)

In fact ALL of my co-workers have impacted my life with their philosophies on life, steak dinner invitation, deep conversations, long work hours, talks about boys, smiles, life goals, life accomplishments, and each of them just sharing a bit of them with me! Thanks girls so much! I love you lots and miss those of you no longer here! (Chelsie, Emily, Kassidee, Jessica, Katie, Whitney, Alisa, Bethany, Natalie, and Haleigh)
Stephanie Quick:
Somehow I can't not mention my best friend of the past few years. Since meeting in sophomore year and throughout the summers I have been so blessed to have her in my life. She is just happy and cheerful AND outgoing. For years and years I have suffered with being shy . . . and am still not an extrovert, but I can approach people now, she helped me overcome that somewhat. She also allowed me to be me and is willing to be stupid and crazy right alongside me. She has left footprints on my heart and just lets me smile.

My roommates my freshman year of college at Utah State University: (They DEFINITELY contributed a large part of making me who I am today!)
Holy cow was I blessed here - I have heard horror stories of roommates and while I was never worried I never realized how blessed I was to have gotten the ones that I had until I heard those stories.
Sara: I remember the first night I was in the apartment - Sara asked me if I wanted to go to one of her friends with her and I did. It was so much fun! Then we connected. We went hiking, rock climbing, and watched What I like About You together. I love Sara so much. When she got engaged she never neglected me as a friend as I have seen others do. She was SO outgoing and just went with the flow. The Sound Of Silence and Ironic will always remind me of her and Brittany: yep good young Brittany. She replaced Tera in the middle of the year and was just always happy. She was someone I could talk to about anything. She taught me to play the Haunted House game that I love. She looked at life with positiveness and never thought a challenge couldn't be tackled.
Tera: I didn't get to know Tera a whole lot but she taught me a lot about boys and also about confidence. She had hard days, times, and decisions, but she dealt with them well and kept moving forward.
Courtney: Oh Courtney! I was so blessed to live with Courtney. She often threw me into the world of her friends and craziness and I learned a lot from her. She often felt the same way on a lot of issues and situations in life and I really learned a lot from the way she handled them. Plus she was a ride home which made life so much easier on me!
TIFFANY: is definitely my best friend up here at school. She is the person I get to share a room with and stay up late with and LAUGH at stupid corny things with. I never feel "stupid" when I say stupid things around her and she laughs because I laugh right along with her. She has taught me to just laugh. We often have the best late night discussions AND if you look at the picture heading my blog you will see her laughing at my attempt to do a headstand (That picture is a TRUE Kodak moment captured by the timer and it is truly priceless). I couldn't have asked for a better roommate or a better friend to get me through my college years and I don't know what I will do without her next year.

Ashley McCurdy:
Ashley is one of the sweetest people I know. She is shorter and has blond hair and so she was often the stunt of our jokes in high school but since 3rd grade she has been a part of my life and best friend! I love that girl. She just has the greatest smile and laugh and can brig then the day with a hello! She speaks her mind and although she worries a lot she is someone that I have truly enjoyed having influence my life.

Also last for this post Natalie Jolley: yes her last name suggests a lot about her. She is one of my favorite people to talk to also! We have walks at night and they are spent venting or being incredibly imaginative. I even had a run in with a mouse with her AND lost a flip flop all in one day (true story). I am so glad summer was the way it was and I had roommates that interacted with the other apartments because obtaining Natalie as a dear friend has impacted my life for the best! She helps me with my stresses and life overall!

Sorry this is SO long and everything . . . it's SO hard to write about people because you just can't get the words and thanks out or get everyone because one person leads to another and another and another memory and then MORE people and so if I don't get to mention you or talk about you as much as I would like just know that I LOVE you and am so grateful that you shared a bit of your life with me! Again thanks girls! I love you!

Monday, January 26, 2009

Yup . . more! :)

So I realized the other day that if I continue and try to get EVERYONE that has ever made an imprint on my life I will probably never be able to get everyone so I will probably just do a few but know that I am grateful for everyone in my life! :)

P.S. Anatomy test today . . . went not 100% but still good - I think (I only have 1/3 of my score)

Friday, January 23, 2009

For Good Family . . .

So today has been one of those days that Phil Vassar would call "Just Another Day in Paradise." (Yup, milk sour on cheerios does NOT taste good, falling down on ice is no fun, and cold rain is also no fun but it has been a GOOD day! :) ) So also amid this great stuff is a little stress over a Monday anatomy test, a statistics assignment due Monday and a Nutrition paper due Monday . . .with just the weekend to make sure everything is all done and together. . . so amidst this stress I figured I would start my appreciation to my "For Good" people officially to relax for a few minutes and be grateful! :)
My family! (DUH! And they are not going anywhere ever!) And I think I can include them as "For Good" people even though they have been in my life all of theirs or all of mine . . .

My mom:
It is really hard for me to express how grateful I am for my mom and I am sure ALL of you feel this way, I mean she is my MOM! She has always taught me who I am and to love who I am and to strive for my best and be what I love! She has always been there for me - even when I may not have wanted her to be. She shares the knowledge she has with me freely and NEVER hesitates to say she loves me. She is happy and kind and has always done good. Ugh! I wish I could put it all in writing but know I can't! I love her! :) (p.s. she just called me when I was about to breakdown.)

My Dad:
My dad has always tried to his best to make me my best. I often get upset with critiques from him and I think it's because he's right. I remember as a kid getting to go on Daddy Daughter dates and loving every minute. He is tough but so fun! He is always willing to do anything for me and loves building things like his many projects. I am trying to learn from his make a goal - accomplish it! way of life. He is so good with his hands and like my mom is definitely a spiritual giant! They know so much and I love that they will teach me anything! :) I love him! :)

Cody:
Oh my big brother! Cody has always been there for me - from the time he cut my pony tail off to when we danced around with underwear on our heads to now. He shares his struggles with me and I share mine with him and together we work it out and feel better. He never hesitates to ask for help and I have learned that it's ok to do so now. He is an amazing individual and I love him lots! :)
Shayna:
:) That's all I feel is adequate . . . well maybe a bigger smile would be but still. She is so wonderful! She has so many talents and is willing to share them. She is always there to talk to and I LOVE our late night talks when I go home or even the few we have on the phone. She is strong, she is beautiful, she is smart, and she is not willing to let herself think anything else and I love it and I love her! :)
Adam:
Oh boy, Adam . . . he is hilarious! I love this kid! Who else tells his sister on the phone that he wanted to raise his hand in class and ask, "Who in here thinks I am hotter than hot chocolate?" He just teaches me to love and be patient and that arguing can be fun. Haha, life without him would be VERY incomplete! Adam I love you!

Amberly:
The beautiful baby of the family! She is so sweet. She is the one that I laugh with a lot . . . I have some very random videos of us playing with our food . . . it's a great pastime especially when the other person has a laugh like hers! She is beautiful and loves life. I love her!

(I feel bad I don't have individual pictures of everyone with me)

Man . . . aren't I blessed? And guess what . . . the best part is that we are FOREVER!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Those "For Good" People

I want to see the Broadway play Wicked so bad! Probably because I have heard and LOVE the music. One song in particular really stands out to me. It is called For Good and some of the lyrics and the song from youtube are posted below. As I look over my life, I see many, many, many of those people (a lot of them are still right by my side :) ) So I am going to pay tribute to them in my next few blog posts if possible! :) Thanks for being so great to you all! :)



For Good -Wicked
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

And because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...

Monday, January 5, 2009

Quick Update and THANKS

So sorry an update has been absent for so long, I just didn't know what to write. First off though I want to "thank you, thank you, thank you!" to my dear co-workers Bethany and Katie! For just being so amazing and then you know there is that other little thing like taking all my shifts the week after Christmas for me . . . and you see this was needed because the day after Christmas (yes the holiday and my 20th birthday) I met with a surgeon and lost some of my parts. Losing these parts was not much of a disappointment to me as my gallbladder (which really I would have liked to die with everything God gave me still in my body but) was causing me all sorts of awful pain for the past few years and so gladly . . . Asta La vista! (spelled right? Who knows?) And then I guess when they send you in for a laparocystectomy they explore a little and thankfully they found something else that needed to come out. Yup! Suprise! There was a ovarian cyst on my fallopian tube - there was nothing wrong other than that- and they removed it. Yup. Woke up in pain and just got better later! :D I was really grateful for everyone involved in the surgery because they were way cool, caring, and great.

Oh! Christmas was amazing as was New Years although I didn't see much of my extended family sadly, getting snowed in is such a wonderful thing . . . . just a little sarcasm there. But I love Christmas and I got to spend time with my family and it was just so much fun and so worth it all! I hope you all had a great Holiday Season and wish you all the best in 2009!

(At the moment I have no pictures to share of me and my family. . . . but this is disney and I love disney so here is one . . . ok a few)