Scum

This is my nephew Heber. He is 6 years old but acts like he's 17, since he plays with Jared and all of his friends so much. Last night, all of Jared's friends were over and we were playing scum. I am terrible at this game. I cannot find a good strategy to get me to win. However, 6 year old Heber can! Even when I was helping him, he wouldn't do what I would say, he would hold on to his cards that I told him to use and then eventually go out first! It's INSANE! Seriously, this kid is so good at playing scum. He ends up being President most of the time. This isn't the first time this has happened either. When we were down in St. George visiting our grandparents we were playing scum, and the exact same thing happened. He is just too good! It's pretty funny to have a bunch of adults playing and the 6 year old always wins. Ridiculous.

Do you want Hi-C or Hi-C?

Yesterday, I went to Wendy's during my lunch break. I got a happy meal with chicken nuggets and asked for some Hi-C for the drink. The girl taking my order at the drive through asked me if I wanted Hi-C or Hi-C... Umm... Hi-C will be fine. When I get to the pick up window, I see that my drink is brown. Great. Rootbeer. Just what I wanted. Not. Oh well. I went to a nearby park to eat my grub. It was super hot so I grabbed my drink to get a big gulp. I was slightly nervous because what if my drink wasn't rootbeer? It could have been Pepsi or Coke or something like that, and I don't drink caffiene so I wouldn't have a drink if it wasn't rootbeer. As soon as the liquid went up the straw and hit my tongue I was repulsed! This was the sickest thing I had ever tried to drink! It wasn't Pepsi, Coke or even rootbeer. It wasn't sweet. It was super bitter and watered down. I dumped all of it out in the parking lot. I could not figure out what in the heck it was!! I thought maybe the soda machine was broken and the drink wasn't mixed correctly? What other drink even sounded like Hi-C? Why had they asked me twice? I was SO confused. I rummaged through the bag to check for a receipt to see what they put down for my drink. No luck, there was no receipt. I went back to work and thought about it for the next hour and a half and could not wrap my head around it. Then on my drive home, I thought even harder. It was super bitter, not sweet, and watered down. Rhymes with Hi-C....

ICED TEA!!! I started laughing so hard to myself when I realized what it was. So funny. I can't believe people actually drink it. It was DISGUSTING. Maybe it's better if you aren't expecting super sugary rootbeer. Who knows. But my lesson has been learned, I will never drink iced tea again, and I will be a lot clearer when I order at Wendy's.

Record Time

Want to know a random fact about me?

I can take a shower in seven minutes.

That's right. Seven minutes.

Shampoo. Condition. Scrubby-Dub-Dub. Shave. Wash face. Boom. Seven minutes.

I pride myself in this.

P.S. Isn't this shower head awesome? I want one.

Spiders

In the past 3 days I have killed over 15 spiders. That is DISGUSTING. Needless to say, I will be taking a trip to Costco today to get some Ortho Home Defense Spray. Woohoo. I have to acknowledge that my fear has died a little bit, after killing so many. At first when I saw one I would scream and get as far away from it as possible. One time I was brushing my teeth and Jared was in my room so I came in and I saw a spider by my bed. So I tried to scream and tell Jared to get it. Which sounded a lot like "MMMMHEHMMMG MMAGMGHME!" With a mouth full of spit and a toothbrush. Jared was laughing pretty hard. Oh- and I still killed that spider. Then I changed to thinking "OK OK OK, I'm OK!" and then I would get some spray to hopefully kill it or at least slow it down. Now when I see one, in my head I say "Oh HECK no!" and then I get the trusty flip flop and smash it. So, I've made some good progress I must say. But I'm sick of having to vacuum them up or clean them up 5 times a day. It's sick. So Ortho Home Defense here I come!

P.S. I was gonna put up a picture of a spider. But then google imaging that was way too sick. It freaked me out.

Traveling the World

I LOVE to travel. Now, if only I actually did it more. Don't get me wrong, I have been to some pretty cool places. Like such as: HAWAII, New York, San Fran. But, as of lately I've been dying to travel more. There is so much in this world to experience and here are a few of the places that I hope to someday visit.

In no particular order:



Paris, France. Walking around. Eating pastries. Visiting the Louvre.



The Vatican, Rome, Italy. ART ART ART! I would love to walk around all the cathedrals and see the sculptures, the paintings and the architecture.

Let's be honest. Anywhere in Europe. But mostly Paris and Rome.


Moving to another continent...


New Zealand. I don't want to be in a modern part of the country. I want to go somewhere that still has villages and tribes and awesome culture. And the haka. What?
The New Zealand village at the Polynesian Cultural Center spoke to me haha. The music, the dances, the culture. I loved it.


And now for America...


North Carolina. Great beaches. Green green green trees surrounding the roads.



Washington D.C. The Smithsonian. The Capital. Everything American History. So interesting.



Maine. East Coast. Beach house. Lighthouses. Trying to like seafood because it's fresh. Shopping in little towns. Relaxing.



Seattle, Washington. Pike Place Market. Walking around all the shops.



Harry Potter Land. Universal Studios, Florida. My dream come true. Need I say more?



Disneyland. Anaheim, California. I know that everyone says it's not all it's cracked up to be. But I'm 21 years old, and I just want to experience it one day. Being surrounded by everything Disney. Ah.


And last, but not least...


The Bahamas. Clear, blue waters. White sand beaches. Swimming with dolphins. Laying out. Gorgeous.


Well, that's all I can think of for right now. Who knows if I'll ever go to any of these places, but hey, a girl can dream.

Happy Birthday

Have you ever wondered what the simplest thing was that would make my 21st birthday the absolute best?

This, my friends is it:



I love me some Jelly Bellys.

Also, I know I have been kind of MIA the past month in the blogger world, but I promise that I have a list of ideas for posts and I will return shortly. Apparently living at home and not having a job is really making me busy haha.

Move over HGTV

I have been living in the same house for 2 years now. And, for the last 8 months, I technically should have been using the downstairs bathroom. But, I hated it so much I would just stick with the upstairs one. Now that we have new roommates I thought it was best if I moved down to the bathroom I was supposed to use. But not before making it awesome!

Here is the Before pic:


Let's start from the beginning as to why I hate this.
-Ugliest shower curtain known to man.
-Sick purple color
-You can't really see it in the pic, but the walls were super uneven from everyone trying to plaster holes.
-The "white" is really dingy looking
-The wood cabinets have hopefully seen better days, they look really beat up when you are up close
-The random white wall
-No toilet paper roll holder
-No towel ring for a hand towel
-That sick weird pipe thing by the ceiling
-Really ugly, dirty rug

Ok, now here's what I did:
First, I sanded down all the walls to get rid of all the residue of other people trying to fix the problems
Then I sprayed and orange peel texture all over the walls
Then I removed a lot of the caulking
I painted the fake wood cabinets black
I painted that weird pipe by the ceiling with KILZ anti-mold paint
I painted the walls that purply red. 3 coats
I painted the baseboards
I re-caulked everything
I installed a towel ring and a toilet paper holder thing
I hung up a new cute shower curtain with a clean liner
Laid out the rug
Hung up the hand towel
and VOILA! A new cute bathroom! I really like it now.