Recent Adventures!

These last couple of weeks have been pretty fun for me!

I got good grades this last fall semester... a 3.70 with 16 credits

When I got to my parents, I had the opportunity to go on a date:

We went bowling... I lost... :(

Then we went over to George's and made "Gingerbread" houses

This is Josh and My Gingerbread house!

It's pretty "Clutch" as he would say...

There was a frosting fight, dear Jenna (George's date) accidentally slathered frosting into my eye!

It was great fun though! :D

The next day I met up with my good old friend Alyssa and she did my hair for me.

She did a great job! My hair is darker now and I love it!

Later that night I went to Zoo Lights with Parker Alexander!

I didn't take a camera, unfortunately...

I highly suggest going a few minutes after the lights start,

by the time we got there all the animals were asleep!

Christmas was great fun!

We went and stopped by both of my brother's houses,

I got to see my nieces and nephew... ALWAYS a bonus!

Last night I went with my parents and a good friend from junior high to temple square.

This is Steven, he leaves on his mission in three weeks!

Good luck Steven!

Got any good pranks?????

Hello everyone! This might be personal, but my brother Kent and sister-in-law Kim are evil humans... They hacked my blog. Kent IS the master at clearing a room with his gaseous buttocks, I'm just surprised he'd announce it to my "MANY" readers, though. ;) I do love you all sooooo much, but if you hack my blog? Don't forget that I don't get mad... just even.

Is it love or just a gas bubble????

Hello everyone! I just want to say that I love you all sooooo very very much! This might be too personal but I have to share that I just cleared the room with my parents in it. :) Good Times!!!

What To Do...?

Today I am sitting in the office...

Just sitting.

I have nothing to do,

except homework,

Which I left at my apartment.

Last time I had nothing to do

so was going to write my paper

but I left my computer at my

apartment.

This time I brought my computer

but left my planner with the

website for my homework.

I failed.

I keep trying to think of things

I could do...

Something to keep me occupied.

But I've run all my errands

called all the places I need to call.

What can I do?

Sit.

Lazy Day

Sunday is a day of rest, right?

Well today I had too much rest.

I should have gone to church today.

Sleeping in till 3 sounded like a

great idea at the time.

Wrong.

I have a splitting headache now.

I feel sooo unaccomplished.

I feel gross for not doing anything.

My new goal?

Go to bed at a decent hour and

wake up earlier.

I will NEVER sleep in that long

AGAIN!

Audrey Hepburn. Great philosopher.

Spring Schedule!

So I got to set up my schedule this morning!

I woke up late, go figure... My alarm didn't go off.

I got all the classes I wanted though including:

• Bowling
• Archery
• Eating Behaviors
• Chemistry and Lab (Required... I really don't want to take it...)
• Hip Hop
• Western Swing
• Mass Media (also required...)
• Developmental Psych

Umm okay, I think I have THE coolest schedule EVER!

I'm so super excited.

When I Actually WANT to Sleep This is What Happens

At midnight I was supposed to be able to register for spring semester.

For some reason, it won't let me.

I have an 8:30 history class tomorrow that I have to go to.

Dang.

I keep hoping it'll let me in... NOW... nope...

NOW... nope...

OK well maybe...

NOW... nope....

I just want to sleep and see the back of my eyelids.

Maybe even dream.

But I really want to get into some fun classes too.

Dear Sleep, I miss you.

Love, Tiff

Trying Something New

I love editing photos, although I'm not very good at it. I blame my general lack of talent. Oh and the fact that I have a crappy camera.

Today I was feeling adventurous... so I grabbed my camera and snapped a shot of the sunset. E-Town is so beautiful. I love the weather here, it's unbelievable that Autumn is only a trillion times better here than anywhere else in the world. I'm very grateful for this escape.

After that, I took a picture of my very favorite high heels. Isn't it funny the relationship we have with heels? We complain about wearing them all the time! They hurt us after long periods of time. They make us fall (if we're clumsy... like I am). And they are just plain hard to walk in! So why do we wear them? Because we look damn good in 'em. Simply put.

Procrastinate

We all procrastinate... It's not just me, right??

I need to finish my psych homework but my blog keeps grabbing my eye.

I haven't written in a while, so it's justified... I think...

Oh goodness, Tiff. Focus! You are supposed to be writing about Classical Conditioning...

Ok... Classical Conditioning is Pavlovian Conditioning, Pavlov was the man

who did that dog and bell thing, you know? With the Unconditioned Stimulus

Conditioned Response, etc. Pairing the US with a CS creates a CR.

TIFFANY, not on the Blog! On Your paper!

Oops...

sometimes...

Sometimes we do stupid things for the opposite gender when it comes to feelings.

- Sometimes we fall for one person of the opposite gender in particular.

- Sometimes we become vulnerable because we tell them how we feel (feelings are STUPID by the way...)

- Sometimes you tell this person everything and don't feel weird doing it.

- Sometimes it works out.

- Other times, we get hurt.

- Sometimes we find that no matter how hard we try, we just can't stay away.

- Sometimes we let our feelings overtake our common sense.

- Sometimes we imagine what it would be like if things were "right."

- Sometimes we have to deal with reality.

- Sometimes we pretend to have it altogether, so we can be around the person, drama-free.

- Sometimes we think the person will change their mind and realize what you guys have is great.

- Sometimes we feel stupid for trusting that person in the first place.

Yet, we still fall. I don't get it.

College is hard enough without dating.

Seriously.

So why do we torture ourselves with day dreams and hopes? I think it's silly to do this at such a young age, where we think we know everything... but in all honesty? We have NO idea what we're doing.

One year and four months till my mission.... yes? YES!

Stephanie Hammer: Best Best Friend Ever? YES

Yesterday was my BEST friend Stephanie Carlisle Hammer's birthday! She turned the BIG ONE-NINE! :) I'd love to tell you about this BEAUTIFUL girl!

We met our Sophomore year of High School in Miss Johnson's health class. I was super jealous of her LONG blonde hair, super great style, and boyfriend (at the time it was Stephen Hill... every girl wanted him! haha). She was extremely nice too, which surprised me, since she was so gorgeous! We talked a lot about music because we both loved:

1. Paramore, my obsession at the time... we wanted to dye our hair bright red with blonde in the bangs sooo badly. Haha, what were we thinking??

2. Panic! At the Disco, ditto. We found out that we were both gonna go to the concert the prior year but it got cancelled and we were bummed out.

3. ... Okay so I think those were the only 2 we talked about, but we would watch the music video's all the time on my iPod.

We really didn't become friends until Junior year choir tour in California.

We were roommates due to our shared friend, Cheyenne. Because of limited beds, we had to switch beds and bed buddies every night. One night it was mine and Stephanie's turn to share the pull-out couch bed. We were not very excited, in fact, I think we were pretty pissed. While we were tossing and turning and NOT being able to sleep, we talked and bonded. We talked about her ex-beau, Stephen, dumb "friends", and how gross Cheyenne and Luke were together on the trip. {Love you, Chey and Luke! haha} We immediately became really close the rest of the trip.

When we got back from California, I started hanging out with Chey and Steph more but when summer came around I lost complete contact with them.

I owe practically my WHOLE senior year to Stephanie. I started hanging out with both Steph and Chey again and I loved having drama-free, chill girls to hang with. But that bliss ended quickly when Stephanie and Luke started dating. They kept it from Cheyenne to avoid drama, but when she found out, all Hell broke loose. The hardest part was when they would make me take sides. I eventually picked Stephanie's side, the thing that drew me to her was her sincerity, loyalty, and maturity. This girl was one of the most honest, caring, genuine people I'd ever met. After that, we were attached at the hips. She and Luke started dating, and Parker and I started dating. We would always hang out, the 4 of us.

(I stole this from FB... can you tell?)

Stephanie is unique in the fact that she will drop ANYTHING to help you out. In high school she supported me in all my psychotic antics, road tripping to Ephraim, skipping choir with me for tanning or doughnuts, and help me down a few things of cheese fries from J.C. Dubs. Even after we both went to separate colleges, she would "Skype" me, talk to my boyfriend about what promise ring I would like, and visit me at school.

This girl is LEGIT!

She even drove down to PG with her husband so I wouldn't have to go to Parker's brother's homecoming alone. What person does that?? Seriously!? STEPHANIE does.

There are very few times I cry... and when this girl got married, I cried, because she was happier than I had ever seen her. She deserves the best guy in the world, and you know what... I think she did a pretty good job!

She has truly changed my life forever.

I love this girl more than chicken and mayo on crackers, In-N-Out {Fries AND Burgers}, J.C.W.'s, Beaches Tanning Salon, Cafe Rio, Böhme, Stuart Falls, St. George, Snoasis, Victoria's Secret, Harts hot chocolate (I believe her favorite is 3 chocolate and 1 vanilla cream shot), shooting, four-wheeling, and other things that I've done more than her and she's still a trillion times better than me, 3 day sleepovers, Roxberry, and Rip Riders ALL COMBINED!

If I could put this girl in one word, it would be "TRUE." She is truly 100% Stephanie all the time.

Steph, I wanna find a man like you... just more manly. :) Love you baby girl! Hope your day was amazing!

xoxo-

Tiff

Schools Back From Summa!

Oh how I've missed Snow College. I can't even tell you... No seriously. I've MISSED this place! I love it here!

I am extremely freaked out about my work load... to be honest with you... I should probably not even be writing this post with how much I need to do!

The smell of desks, the new Library, and green grass just KILL me! I know I'm weird, I can accept that... but I love it!

I decided to get a private room this year, not because I don't love my old roommates but because I needed a change.

To be honest, I wish I did live closer to my old roommates! Everyone is over where I used to live... I feel like an outcast living in the boonies. LAME!

But really, school is going to be amazing this semester.

The Things I fear .

1st-

Spiders. I haven't always been so freaked out by them, in fact... I used to be able to kill them. But not anymore. They freaking scare me to death. And this picture doesn't help...

Courtesy of Allie Brosh. The funniest artist/blogger ever. If you wanna see her blog, click this.

2nd-

Bunnies. (and other Small furry animals i.e. Hamsters, Ferrets, Gerbils) Thanks, Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

3rd-

Being Kidnapped. So I was 10 years old when 14 year old Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped. I was sooo scared, I used to wake up in the middle of the night and fall sleep by my parents bedroom door.

4th-

Public speaking. I know... Most everyone is scared of this.

5th-

Becoming an old maid... :) Yes, I DO realize I'm only 19 years old. But come on, there is always a possibility. (Funny side note. I was going to say, "End up alone" but when I typed in "Alone" in google images... I couldn't help but laugh at all the EMO pictures...)

6th-

Failure. I plan on doing my graduate program at the University of Utah. Earlier, I found out the Psychology program at the U is extremely difficult to get into. *GULP* What if I don't make it?

But Kevin W. Pearson, a member of the Seventy said this in his April 2009 General Conference talk, "Faith and fear cannot coexist. One gives way to the other. The simple fact is we all need to constantly build faith and overcome sources of destructive disbelief."

This is my challenge as I prepare to go to school. With prayer, scripture study, along with devotion to school work, I know I can succeed. :) This is also my challenge to you. To put it simply, I'm gonna quote "A Cinderella Story," how cheesy, right?! "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." Always do what you need to do, trust in the Lord, and work hard.

Simply Live...

Everyone has a "Mission Statement" or a motto that they try to live by.

Like "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger," "When the going gets tough, the tough get going," "What goes around, comes around," or in the words of Simba, "Hakuna Matata- Slimy, yet satisfying."

Mine is "Simply Live." I came up with it in a pivotal time of my life. I am kind of a control freak if any of you hadn't noticed. Especially when it comes to feelings of "infatuation" or "crushes." My poor roommates had to deal with a lot of my mellow-dramatic rants of "Why hasn't he texted me??" and "UGH! I hate men! They are such jerks!" (... sounds familiar... still!)

Back in November I really started to like this guy, "Sam" as we'll call him. I felt like if he didn't pay his every waking attention to me, that he had all of the sudden decided he didn't like me anymore. I was pathetic. I finally realized how much energy I legitimately wasted on NOT being happy with him.

I felt like I had to be in control of everything. I even went to the extremes of having my sweet, dear roommate Ashley change his name in my phone so I wouldn't stress over who should text the other one first.

The day Sam and I officially ended things was tough on me. I thought long and hard about the amount of time I wasted trying to figure things out that didn't need to be figured out. I thought to myself, Why do stress over everything... even the things I can't control? I just need to let things flow naturally. I need to Simply Live!

That night, we drove to Denny's and we talked. I told Sam I was really struggling with the fact that he didn't care about me as much as I did him. He told me I was trying to force things, way too much. Sam just looked at me and said, "You just need to simply live." NO, I am not making this up. He basically read my mind. I told him, "Oh my gosh! I know EXACTLY what you mean."

On my mirror are oversized purple letters reading, "Simply Live." My phone has a banner across it, reminding me to "Simply Live..." Those words have been on there since November.

I'm not saying I'm perfect at it. Because, let's be honest, I still struggle a ridiculous amount with control. But it's something I am really constantly reminding myself to do.

"Simply Living" means to me, letting the Lord's hand in my life a little more prominently. Trusting in His plan for me. Not trying to push all my goals and sights into His Master plan.

I know it's cheesy. But a motto is something to help me grow.

The New Looks.

I accidentally cut my bangs too short a couple weeks ago. I guess it's an okay look for me when my hair is either up or curled. My straight hair has zero personality with straight-across bangs. The worst comment I heard about them was from my co-worker, Nancy.

I was feeling really self-conscious as it was and she was like, "Oh, sweetie, I wish I had my scissors so we could straighten them out." She was one check-stand away from me so she kinda had to talk loudly.

Thanks, Nancy. You're so sweet, looking out for me and pointing out what I was hoping no one would see. We should be best friends.

That's like someone announcing to everyone that your clothes slightly clash while at the party. You know the classy thing is to just ignore it and not say anything... or take the poor person aside and be like, "Hey bimbo, you do know that neon pink and orange look terrible together... right?"

I really do like this picture. I think my bangs have some style and spunk (I'm so cocky, I know :)).

I was watching my adorable niece Tay yesterday. While she was just playing with her water table, I decided to grab my laptop and change the look of my Blog. I know it's kinda different, but I'm really diggin' the animal print. It's just young and fun... Like me! :D

Tay came over to see what I was doing on my computer and I showed her "Photo Booth" She was loving it! So here are some cute and fun pictures of my niece!

In this next one, she had to grab her "Cubby" and "Banket" to debut to the world! She loves them very much...obviously ;)

I love babysitting her because she's crazy and hilarious! A lot like my whole family. :)

The only way to stay sane is to change things up every once in a while.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

DON'T judge my blog right now... it's under construction and not up to par. I'll get to it later. :D

Oops.

So this weekend would have been great except for the fact that I got in an accident and my passenger got hurt. I feel terrible.

We had just gone boating with my brother and sister-in-law up at Deer Creek and decided to go get shakes at "Granny's" and me and Brady (my friend) went first. I have a friend who lives in Heber and when we got lost, I decided to give her a call. Right as I hung up and had gotten both hand on the wheel, I realized the car in front of me was stopped. Sounds silly that I didn't know they were stopped but there was no stop sign, light, anything! There was a car show going on and people were crossing. I hit the car in front of me, going 30 mph. We were both wearing our seat belts which was good. I was fine, the only thing that happened to me was BABY burns on my arms from the airbag. Brady on the other hand, has burns on his face (kind of like when you skin your knee on a slide or some kind of plastic), a broken wrist, and swollen lips. To top it all off, he has to give his homecoming talk today. Go Tiffany. You rock.

Grumblebee, my sweet, loyal, and faithful car is maybe a loss. I don't know the extent of the internal damages but she's pretty beat up. Her front end is dented in and the hood is protruding. Her windshield is shattered, thanks to the airbags. Her dashboard is obviously lost as well. I am soooo bummed out. The weird thing is that earlier my brother was like "wow, take care of your car" when I shoved something into my messy trunk. I was like, "Kent, this car is my baby, I would never do anything to hurt her." Ouch.

The other car was fine. I'm sure I'll have to replace the bumper just because bumpers are kind of a one time use. But nothing for them... not a scratch. Which is really lucky.

Now, all I have to worry about is money. I have to get a new car, or replace all the damages to Grumblebee, pay for the other car's new bumper, pay for Brady's medical bills, and pay for the insurance deductible. All while trying to save up for college. I love money, but it must hate me. It's always trying to get away from me.

I'm very grateful I'm okay, Brady's "okay", and the other people were okay as well. I am lucky, but right now all I feel is guilty and nervous.

Hopefully with a lot of prayers I will figure things out.

I will post pictures soon, I think we're gonna go get the car tomorrow...

Growing Up...

So I feel like I'm still a kid. But I guess that's because I am, I have so much life ahead of me. I'm 19 years old but I know I'm growing up. I've been graduated for a little over a year now. Things have changed, but I love where I'm at now.

I look at my old blog, my super private one... and I see how pathetic I was when it came to how I lived my life. I just sat around, waiting for adventure to come... I watched so much television, spent so much time on Facebook that I didn't even know what living was.

I think college was the greatest experience of my life. I think the fact that I don't live at home now is a great experience too! No offense to my parents, but I think the fact that I wake up earlier (not early. Just Earlier!) and don't stay out as late on my own accord is... progress. SELF progress.

I enjoy who I am now. I mean I still have major flaws that I can't stand, but I'm who I wanted to be a year ago.

I embrace change! I think that's one of my greatest strengths/talents/or whatever you wanna call it. I am so excited for life and the crazy curveballs it throws at me! I mean I don't think I can handle them very gracefully, but I think my thirst for life helps me keep going.

I'm bragging about myself, I guess. But how often does that happen?? I am officially bragging about a trait I have!

I know there are going to be hard times and I know that I'm still going to cry at times. I just know that with the help of my Heavenly Father, Family, and Friends... I'll be just fine. I am excited to grow up, but right now I'm simply going to LIVE and if growing up happens during that time, so be it. I really love life.

ReKrap & Adumb.

So I know I swore off guys. You see the thing is, I maybe only half-heartedly meant it... I must have, or else I wouldn't be telling you guys about this:

I wrote Parker off. Finally, after much deliberation. I sent him "The Letter" and "Dear John'd" him. If you actually know who I am, you know my past with Parker. About a year and a half ago, we started dating. I was never quite sure about my feelings for him so we were very on and off. A few months before his mission we finally decided to stick together, he gave me a "Promise Ring," and we were happy as could be. Well obviously things weren't all honky-dory, and I really started praying about what I should do next... got my answer and here we are! "ReKrap" is Parker spelled backwards, which is how I feel sometimes... I kept going back even when I felt like how I treated him was "Krap"

Adumb. You don't even want to know. I just know tonight was the most annoying night of my life. This is why I'm not ready to date. AT ALL. He seemed great, he technically IS great, but nope. Nothing. And he was kind of a butthead tonight. Oh well, maybe once I actually get it through my head that all men REALLY do suck, I'll be able to move on!

Goodnight.

The Wants vs. Needs

Okay so I've been dying to do some shopping. Just ask my mom. I begged and begged her to let me go.

Here's the problem... I have no money. If you look at my bank statement, I'm actually in the hole. By $70. Pathetic, I know! I'm 19 years old and in debt.

I feel the need to go shopping. There have been so many changes just in the last couple of weeks that I feel the next step is changing... my clothes...?

I'm sick of my closet, I have a hard time getting dressed every single morning, I'm tired of playing the "What Shirt Do I Hate the Least?" game. I miss playing the game "Raid Your Roommates' Closets!" ;)

So since I feel like I'm fixated on this game thing, we're going to play another one called "Wants VS. Needs"

WANTS:

• I want an unlimited shopping spree... no price too much, all the clothes, bags, shoes I want!
• A personal shopper to do the walking for me, I'll just sit in the changing room while she grabs the cutest clothes from the shelves.
• A professional to do my 'do. My hair has some pretty nasty roots if you ask me.
• A gym pass. I miss the Activity Center at Snow! I thought I would never say that, but I really miss the elliptical, weights, and bikes! I'm definitely going to be utilizing the AC more next semester.
• I want Grumblebee (my awesome Chevy Lumina Transformer car) to use less gas... She's getting to be really expensive.
• I want more country music on my computer! I'm tired of Pandora playing the same "Today's Country" songs OVER AND OVER.

NEEDS:

• I need to save all the money I can for college. I hate mooching off my parents for every little thing.
• I need to start chipping in on the food here at Kent and Kim's, I am always hungry but I hate eating their food! They're much too nice to stop me from eating it all. I feel so bad!
• I need my bangs cut, JUST my bangs... if you know anyone that'll cut 'em for free PULEEZE let me know!
• I need to start eating healthier and stop drinking RedBull (even though it's the nectar of the gods.) I also need to start going to bed and waking up earlier. Oooo! Maybe even start running or doing some push-ups or sit-ups!
• I need to realize that I have to pay for certain things, like gas, because that's sadly a part of growing up.
• I need to stop worrying about what I don't have and start focusing on what I DO have! I'm very blessed.

Thanks for playing "Wants VS. Needs." The Inner Battle of a Poor College Student

I'm positive I'm a dork. But hey, who doesn't NEED a dork in their life? ;)

I've slept on it...

Okay so now that I've slept on it, I've decided men still suck. :) But, I've also decided maybe I just need to grow up a little... I've had my rebellious moment and now it's gone.

This summer I'm going to work. WORK WORK WORK! Maybe I'll grow up a bit during this time. I'm not going to focus on guys at all this summer or next semester! My goal is to get a 4.0 gpa since I only got a 3.2 this semester.

I don't need a guy to make me happy! I do need friends though, so if you'd like to submit an application, go ahead haha!

I enjoy this picture quite a lot!

But in all honesty, life happens, right? I've made mistakes and I've learned from them. I live too much in my past... Now it's time to start looking forward to my future! :) I've set some goals and now I've got to take action. I have a feeling this is going to be a great summer!

There are no words, other than... Men Suck.

Okay, since my readers are 99.9% family I'm hoping you guys won't judge me... deal? I mean we're family, you have to love me! For the .01% that aren't family, go ahead and judge me...

DISCLAIMER: The following content is a display of my WALK OF SHAME weeks... Give me a break, I'm young and in college! I guarantee you that I could have been doing a lot worse things haha!

(I haven't written in a while so I'm sorta filling you in... by the guys I've kissed in recent weeks...)

Alright

WEEK ONE (April 8, 2011)- {R}

I had been hanging out with my next door neighbors' friend, we'll call him... "Rick" (no, that's not really his name...). We were hanging out next door but it was boring so I decided to call it a night. Being a gentleman he walked my to my door... literally 2 feet away. Unfortunately this was one of those bi-polar Utah weather nights... ick. Snow falling like crazy! Rick decided it would be funny to play in the snow then put his hands down my back. I was kinda annoyed, but hey! He was snuggling up to me! Finally he pulled me in and kissed me. Yeah... it was a good one :)

BUT Rick and I did not last long, we started getting more and more distant and I when asked about a potential relationship. He said, "I'm gonna be working this summer so... it's kind of bad timing." 'Aight, I feel that's a legitimate reason... Long distance SUCKS! So today was his birthday and I decided to write happy birthday on his facebook page... Weird... He's now listed as "In a relationship" Imagine my surprise...

WEEK TWO (April 16, 2011)- {Br}

"Brian" went to Snow fall semester, but not spring. He was the DJ right after me at the KAGE and he and I would flirt in passing. A few weeks prior to 4/16/11 he asked me on a date! I was totally game and excited... he was like the 2nd official date I had been asked on!

He had never seen Twilight before so I forced him to watch every single one of them with me. We got through the first, we were cuddling by the time Bella figured out he was a vampire... Then we got to the second movie, he kissed me by the time Jacob ripped his shirt off.

Well Brian was cool, but we lost contact quickly. He doesn't have texting and he got rid of his Facebook... And I figure if he hasn't called, why should I?

WEEK THREE (April 18, 2011 & April 22, 2011)- {C} & {Be}

So the last chance True Badger night was the next Monday. My roommate set me up with "Chris". I had never met the kid. It was super awkward. How do you say goodbye? "Well, thanks for makin' me a True Badger (in my case, the second time) ... uh... goodnight! Nice meeting you!" *Hug* "...Uh yeah, bye..."

"Ben" is my friend's ex-boyfriend. He's also one of my good friends... I honestly think he could be gay. Well we were both losers on our last Friday night at Snow, we watched "Parks and Recreation" and as a joke, we started cuddling. Then somehow we started talking about how weird it would be if we kissed, then I kissed him just to see what he'd do. No progress on that, I still suspect him to be gay...

WEEK FOUR (April 28, 2011)-{M}

This one really REALLY ticks me off. The sting is still going on, as I type. Ugh! Boys! They are so stupid!

"Mitch" and I had met on a couple occasions through out the school year. He showed interest in me first, for sure! He told my roommate Ashley that he wanted to go out with me sometime. Mitch told Ash that he liked that I was a good girl. Well Thursday was my last night in Ephraim! YAY! There was a huge bonfire going on that night and we went together. Before we left, Mitch played guitar for me (dang it! one of my weaknesses!). On our way out I realized I hadn't put make-up on yet, so I started doing it and Mitch was like, "Tiffany you are so beautiful, you don't even need make-up!" We went to the bonfire...fast forward... went back to my apartment and watched "Tangled." He had his arm around me and said, "Don't we just fit perfectly?"

PAUSE!

Okay I really didn't even like this guy that much! I still had feelings for Rick at this time but at least he wasn't a douche, right? The thing is, I like a chase! Mitch was wayyyy too easy for me to actually be into him right away... he was trying too hard.

PLAY!

So he kissed my hand and I was like Wha? Weird but okay...? He did it again and this time I turned around to give him a weird look and he kissed me! COME ON! He had potential but totally lost it, right then and there. Grrr...

Okay so the next day I was all packed and ready to leave and he came to give me a goodbye kiss. Success for him. He texted me like everyday and I blew him off. Then I asked him to hang out a couple days ago but he was working. I called him yesterday to hang out, he didn't even answer my call. I looked him up on Facebook and he was listed... you guessed it... "In a Relationship."

SERIOUSLY??? Couldn't he have at least given me a heads up or something?

Simply put: I think men or BOYS, in this case, are idiots. I've learned my lesson. Do NOT kiss boys! Even if they seem like decent ones, they really aren't. No really, they're not. Dating is pointless at Snow College. I'm sick of the RM's or "mature" PreMi's that think us 18 and 19 year old girls at Snow are the immature, dramatic ones! They are just as bad, if not worse! At least we (18 & 19 year old girls) can own up to being immature and dramatic!

I'm officially giving up.

BOYS: 1

TIFF: -5 (white flag)

Week Four

So this week was kinda crazy! SO many papers thanks to my procrastination.

I went to a friend's homecoming today and it was soooo awkward. I can't even describe the awkwardness, but it felt like every time we opened our mouths awkwardness just oozed down our fronts. The oozing just made everything even more awkward. I kinda picture it looking like this...

Graphic, right? But I can't describe it any other way.

Other than that, it was a great day...

I played with my adorable nephews :) I'd draw a picture of that, but this picture in itself took me at least an hour.

New week, here I come!

Week 3. Yes, I skipped 2

So maybe even one every week is going to be hard. But I will not give up. :)

So yesterday my beautiful best friend in the whole entire world got married. Congratulations Stephanie and Nick! You guys are perfect together! :) I love you both so much and I can't wait to see where your journey together takes you!

I really don't have much to say, other than I love life. I really do! I have so many blessings and I am grateful for them! God has blessed me and I can't ignore that!

This week is going to be a good one. I can feel it. Love you all so very much!

Sleep Schmeep

So I should be sleeping. Yeah, I know!

But! Since I'm not! :) I'm going to write a little poem.

Once there was a Tiffany (oh crap! the only word that rhymes with that is epiphany!)

She sat in her parents Kitchen-y (it kinda worked!!)

Facebooking and stalking.

Blogging and chat talking.

All the night away.

She read a blog or two

that inspired her to try something new!

So she got on her own blog and started typing away!

The post was really lame,

She's kinda new at it, okay?!

Her thoughts were fairly tame

but terribly displayed in array.

Her mind was kinda drowsy

Her rhymes, kinda lousy

But she laughed it all off

and hoped her followers would not be pissed off

that they wasted their living breaths

reading this before their long time coming, deaths.

Wow. I promise to never torture you with such terrible literature again. :)

Ch-ch-changes (Week 1)

So... I changed my blog! For good reason! It was seriously lacking in attention! It's now "My 52+" (52 weeks in a year :)) I made a new look andgave it a new feel, more glam! I figure I can keep up with one post a week! ... We'll see about that...

So this is my college freshman spring break! WOO HOO! Right?!

I'm road tripping to SoCal beaches with my roommates!

Shopping in Las Vegas with my new college buddies!

Snowboarding with cute guys I've met here at college!

I'm living it UP!

Okay not really. AT ALL! I've been sicker than a dog. Curse my cold!

Here's what I've really been doing...

Sleeping.

Blowing my nose.

Napping.

Coughing.

Drinking OJ.

Resting my eyes.

Facebooking my guts out.

Watching Gossip Girl. (well I'm all caught up and it's over until April 18... so....)

Job hunting in Alaska.

Watching movies.

Snoozing until noon.

Oh and I got a PRO trim of the hairs! {see bottom pic}

I'm not very exciting. :( But I want to be! Sooo badly! I want to go someplace far far away! And no offense to my siblings, but I mean some place nice and warm. :) Where there's cute boys and fun friends! I have zero moneys so I can't. One day when I'm rich I will. Haha!


Since I DO love my siblings lots though, my plan is to go see them! Now that I'm feeling a little... no... A LOT better, I'm gonna start my travels tomorrow! YAY!


Random Tangent!
SENSA... wow. How stupid can you freaking get?!?! "I didn't change my lifestyle at all and I lost 50 lbs! All you have to do is sprinkle, eat, and lose weight!" Oh my gosh! That's terrible! Have you heard of exercising?! I don't care if that bull crap actually works or not! You've GOT to exercise! Holy hannah! Calorie intake+Exercise= Weight! It's JUST THAT SIMPLE! You've gotta work to have a good body! UGH! Somebody on this infomercial literally just said, "Don't change what you eat, don't change your exercise, just use SENSA." Idiot. Idiot. Idiot.

I'm sorry, I think I need to go to bed, I'm grouchy about a weight loss "breakthrough."





The new Hairs! :) Just a trim but look how great my ends look! Yay! There's a weird piece of bangs but I promise it's jut misplaced.


Ahhh... The exciting life of me... I think KIDS make blogs exciting. Maybe I should wait till I get married and have kids to start a blog. Haha

Day 43

Big jump... Right? So yes, I've missed like a thousand days... I know... I'm terrible. More than terrible. I'm horrifying...

Okay I'm done with the dramatics...

So to quickly fill you in:

January was possibly the worst month ever! I can't even tell you how depressing it was! I was so beyond done with it.... TGIF (Thank Goodness it's February!) I can't even pinpoint why it sucked other than I realized what jerks guys are.

I turned the big ONE- NINE on the 11th of January. It was quite a blast! We watched Easy A and I got a few Justin Bieber things. It was a good birthday!

I got a speeding ticket a couple days after my birthday and had to pay $90 for following a person that was going, what the cops claims, 15 over... I'll take responsibility though, I should've been more cautious.

Sydney and Travis (the cute boy from my *Day 4* post) are now dating... Not what I was hoping for but who cares, they're cute together!

I've been struggling with school lately, just because of sheer boredom and absolute lack of motivation... Bad ME!

I've been really homesick lately. It's been rough for me being completely out of the loop with most of my siblings and my parents. I even forgot Brooklyn, Craig, and Ella's birthdays. Oops! Doesn't mean I don't love you guys though!

I met a very attractive guy named Koty (Dakota) in my Human Bio Lab. He was the first guy to ask me for my number in who knows how long... But I've already scared him off... haha I'm not very good with the men... Hopefully I'll learn though!

I've had 2 Snow Blasts... Woo hoo... The one in January was hard. I got a 9/10 for host. Ouch. I shouldn't take it personally but how can I not?? I think I'm better than a 9!!!! (conceited too, I know ;)) Last weeks was much better, I had normal girls... they were super energized though! Sugar+ Snow Blast= Tuckered out Tiffany

Due to the extreme lack of love, I have bought myself the following:

- Mascara, to make myself attractive...

- Flowers, to let me pretend that boys like me...

- Milkyway extra caramel, to eat my feelings...

- Peanut Butter M&M's (same reason)

- Zumba, to get rid of my Milkyway and Peanut Butter M&M's...

- 7 Up and Vanilla Coke, I've become a hard drinker... ;)

I am so pathetic. I know.

On Monday, I get to go to the Paul Cardall concert. YAY! If you don't know who he is look him up. Click here he's amazing!!! Courtesy of Parker's mom, Karen. Thanks :D

Yesterday there was an Institute dance, I went with Royal. It was lame but fun with Royal. I was dead tired.

Today I woke up at 11:00am and watched Gossip Girl till 2pm. I took a shower and got ready. Then I went for a drive. I like drives. They're the best. I need to get out of Ephraim. Kinda. A lot.

Day 8

Oh how I suck at this already! Worries... :/

So the 8th was Saturday! I got me this:

... Great english skills, I know...

Well that's about it for that day. :P

Day 7

So Friday... we had a lot of training... a lot. BUT it was very fun at the end of the night... we went classic skating and went to Weber State and snuck into their dance!

At the dance we went to the upper levels and started dancing (just the Snow Ambassadors...) and a whole bunch of Weber kids followed! We had our own dance party in the upper level... We felt cool.

This picture was at classic. Tara, Jill, and I decided to join the race and Greg (our big boss man) pegged me to be the winner and all three of us to be top 3. Yes, there were little kids racing with us but I didn't care, I was still gonna kick their little scrawny butts! I was in the lead the whole first lap and most of the second but then cheater Tara cut me off last second and won. I was quite upset! She won MY light saber. Not cool T, not cool. I won 2nd and Jill won 3rd. I asked Greg why he thought we would all place. He said it was because we are the most competitive girls he'd ever met. Then he told us to rank our competitiveness from the most to the least, here's what we came up with:

1. Jill

1. Tara

1. Tiffany

...okay that's a lie this is really was it was:

1. Jill, because she get's really mean! She yells and pushes people down. (even little girls at classic)

2. Tara, she gets tunnel vision when a prize is in the equation.

3. Me, I get jealous and I ALWAYS have to be right. :)

Day 6

So I missed Thursday- Saturday for a LEGITIMATE reason... I was gone to an Ambassador retreat for those days... I know I failed.... again. Sunday and yesterday have no apparent reason other than I was too lazy to turn my computer on... sorry...

THURSDAY!

I had 2 classes... Stats. Which is kicking my butt already... it's like learning a whole new language... kinda sucks. And I also had Bio Lab. Not sure what to think yet.

Around 6:30ish we left for Ogden. We were assigned rooms and I was assigned to Tara, Ash, and Chelsea. It was a blast! We stayed in a very nice hotel and played karaoke! Yay! I beat Sky and Tara...kinda sad because I am a terrible singer.

We didn't go to bed till 3 am, but it was worth it... super super SUPER fun! :D

Day 5

Today was a great day! Yes, VERY good! :D I got to

hear the voice of the man I love SO much!! Parker was headed to the Ukraine today so while waiting in his layovers he got to call me! It was a very short call but he was so excited, he talked to a woman on the plane for 3 hours and he gave her a Book of Mormon! He was also very excited about his Wendy's Crispy Chicken Sandwi

ch, he misses fast food so much! I am so happy he's finally there, he seemed to be getting antsy in that MTC.

Other than that, my phone broke. Yes, broke. :( They're gonna send a new one by Friday which is pretty good! I also dyed my hair more blonde again! The color just fits me so well! As Kristen was putting it all in, we noticed that I look a lot like D

raco Malfoy. yay... Well okay I actually thought it was pretty funny so I took a picture:

But to prevent any reader from thinking I'm a complete psychotic looking freak I thought I should show you another picture when it was all done:

Oh yeah... this was a great plan... Show off a really cheesy picture without any makeup... smart Tiff!

Day 4

SO... Today was my first day of my second semester! And I only had one class today! Crazy huh!? It was a simple class called Statistics 1040 :) ...I was so lost! Then the rest of the day I lazed around eating mac and cheese, apple juice, v8 fusion, and Dino-Bites. Good food day! When we all got home yesterday, we had presents sitting on our beds and guess what was in them? These adorable owl hats! They are HUGE! We love them so much and a big thanks to Sydney's (my roomie in the white top) mom for supplying them!We also enjoyed a couple chick flicks today! "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "The Wedding Planner." While watching Rex, Sara's (the roommate in the plaid on the end) brother, announced he just met his new roommate today. My first response, obviously was, "Is he hot??"

He responded, "I'm a guy I don't know these things!"

Well the smart thing to do would be to go over and meet him, right? Right! So I made Rex go over to his apartment with me with the fake excuse of "We need some gluten-free flour" so Rex and Sara can eat (they are Celiacs). Brilliant. So we toughed it out and trooped a couple apartment buildings down to Rex's. When I got in, I saw a handsome young man sitting on the couch (SCORE!) and said "Hi, I'm Tiffany! Who are you?"

Even more brilliant! The perfect opening line... I think... "I'm Travis, nice to meet you."

So we got talking and asked him what he was doing. He said, "I was planning on reading a book or something."

Shot down! But I never give up, "Come on over to our apartment, it's full of girls and we're watching chick flicks!" (THE worst selling point ever to a guy!)

To my surprise he said sure! So we walked back over to our apartment and right as I open the door I hear "IS HE HOT? IS HE HOT? IS HE HOT? IS HEEEE HOOOOTTT???!!!!" coming proudly out of the mouth of Sydney.

I glared at her as he walked in... she bursts into a fit of giggles. My face turns bright red... What do I do now? Thankfully I don't think he heard. :)

The night was going great until I open my mouth again, "Syd, you can't date Eli! He's in the army!"

Travis looks over at me, "What's wrong with the army?"

"Nothing, Sydney just has a problem with the army," I say warily.

"No I don't! Okay maybe I do..." She defiantly said.

"See!" I say.

"I'm in the army," Travis defensively pronounces.

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"Okay, show me your military ID!"

"I honestly don't have my wallet on me.." He says, searching his pockets for his wallet...

"How convenient."

"Fine, let's go back to my apartment and I'll show you a gun and my ID."

My head interprets this last sentence as such, "Fine, let's go back to my apartment and I'll show you my GUNS and KISSING SKILLS."

My head pops up from the couch. "But, it's cold outside!"

"Come on, let's go," he says ignoring my protest.

"Just bring 'em back," I whine.

He leaves (obviously my interpretation wasn't correct or else he would have persisted a little more...) and 10 minutes later shows up with an ID in hand.

Travis- 1

Tiffany-0

He's winning. Hopefully I didn't scare him away too much...

Day 3

Home Sweet Home! I'm back! YES! I'm back in E-town. I love it here! It may be a small college town of 8,000 (half being students) but it's a lot of fun! I must say I was a little disappointed when I came back to an empty apartment. :( But Kristen (my lovely roommate) came back soon enough!

We filled the fridge and freezer with delicious food like Dino-Bite chicken nuggets, uncooked tortillas, yogurt, toquitos, juice (my personal favorite), etc. Unfortunately we had to take everything out again because a lot of food was left in there over the break and went nasty bad! Kristen roughed it and threw a lot of disgusting leftovers away. It smelled so bad! *gag!*

After that we basically chilled in the apartment. Have I mentioned that I missed this place? Well, I missed this place A LOT!

Scary thing: I went into our bathroom and looked at the ceiling over the shower and I think we have MOLD, gross! And it's BULGING! Gosh, don't tell me we're going to have problems this early on in the semester... I don't know if I can handle it...

Anyways, I am so stoked to start tomorrow and I'm going to head to bed!

Day 2

I'm getting ready to go back to E-town tomorrow! I'm sooo excited! I was planning on going home tonight, but my parents are keeping me here till tomorrow morning. Oh well, I wasn't feeling the drive anyways...My siblings gave me a ton of food for Christmas. Because of limited storage down there, I have to sort through which foods I want to leave here at home or take to college. Yay. Thanks to "Gossip Girl", this tedious task becomes a little less boring and turns it into a drama fest! Woo! Back to work!

Day 1

So My New Years resolution is to post a picture and story every day for a year.... oh cool... right? Well in fact it ACTUALLY IS cool, because I'm a freshman in college with a lot of crazy, fun stories! :)

Unfortunately, I have already failed. Yes, I did not post on January 1, 2011. I did not even make it the first day! Bummer. But! I'm not one to give up so easily, I will just post two today! YAY!

Last night a lot of my friends from high school and I got together at the "local hang" (JCDub's) and had a nice and fun time, but everyone left early due to something that came up ("I feel sick", "I have a French club reunion", "I'm too cold to hang out.")

So Deb and I decided to go Wal-Mart to exchange a gift. As I was getting into the car, an old friend, Luke texted me saying he was getting off work really soon. Fortunately, he works really close to Wal-Mart and we decided to go see him at work. We made plans to hang out after he got done and bid our farewell. Thinking he'd be off in 10 minutes, Deborah and I make our choice on the exchange. I did not get a call. It was nearing 15 minutes... "Well, we can look around!"

"Sure!"

BAD IDEA! Deb started to really shop and then I would remember a few things I needed... It had now been 45 minutes, then an hour, then an hour and 10 minutes. Finally, I get a call! "I'm off," he says.

"Good, meet us in checkout line 8," I say.

Deb and I look at our stuffed arms. "These things are Luke's fault," I say, "I didn't come to spend my hard earned money, he should reimburse me!"

After standing in line for another 20 minutes, the grumpy checker says, "Sorry, we can't make exchanges here. You'll have to go to Customer Service."

I think to myself, Oh, the joys of Wal-Mart…