Thanksgiving, Christmas, and everything in between

Hello all!

I've been pretty bad about posting lately, I know.  Honestly, besides these past 2 holidays, my life has been pretty boring.  Sad story huh?  But I figured I should probably play some catch up while I had the time, so here goes.

For Thanksgiving, my grandparents, 2 sisters, and I headed to Colorado to spend the holiday with my mom and everyone else that lives there.  We stopped at some pretty cool rest stops along the way.  One included a little museum and gift store:

Another had some other pretty cool, stuffed animal type things:

One of my goals is to stop at all the scenic overlook, museums, and other things like that between here and my moms.  There are TONS of stops like that in the short drive and they all look really cool.

So once we got to my mom's I got to see my 4 brothers: 2 of them humans, and 2 of them dogs :)  I love all 4 of them, but there is a special place in my heart for one "small" puppy in particular: Jake.

He's a cutie isn't he?  We brought that Jake sized bone with us as a Thanksgiving present :)  

One of my favorite things about Colorado is that they sell the worlds BEST ice cream: Blue Bell.  Utah doesn't sell this ice cream, except at the Provo Beach resort. And even there you can't buy it in cartons to take home.  My mom forgot to buy some vanilla Blue Bell ice cream, so my little sister and I made a grocery store run and entered blue bell paradise, or at least as close to Blue Bell paradise as we can get without being in Texas:

This is how every ice cream aisle in every grocery store SHOULD look.

Ashley and I bought the vanilla ice cream, and then picked up some Dutch Chocolate for ourselves. Seriously we can't get enough of this stuff.  Blue Bell's homemade vanilla ice cream is the ONLY vanilla ice cream I will eat with no toppings, so that's saying something right there.

The rest of Thanksgiving was pretty chill.  We just hung out at home and attempted to do some shopping on Black Friday, with very little success.

After getting back to Utah and hanging out and working for a few weeks, I woke up one morning to snow.  This is not that unusual, so I just cleaned off my windows and drove to work.  That day happened to be pay day, so after getting my check from work, I decided to go cash it.  I went back out to my car and did some more snow cleaning off.  While doing that, I noticed that the hood of my car looked to be popped. This struck me as a bit odd so I checked it out.  Much to my chagrin, the hood was NOT popped.  Someone had hit my car!!!!  It had happened the previous night while I was parked out on the street. So I had to call my insurance company and go through all that hassle of getting my car repaired, getting a rental car, and all that other good stuff.  Thankfully I had insurance because the damage to my car was about $1900 worth.  I only had to pay $100 though.  While I was pretty upset that some jerk face hit my car a few weeks before Christmas, I had to remind myself that there wasn't a whole heck of a lot that could be done other than repair the car and move on.

Yeah I was not a happy camper

Needless to say, this really put a damper on Christmas.  I've been a bit stressed with money since I haven't been getting a ton of hours at the studio these days.  To have to fork over any extra money, even if it's just $100 bucks for the repairs and $70 for the rental car, is not an easy thing for me to do right now.  But I'm getting by for now.

For Christmas, Zane and I spent the day at my Grandparents house.  But not before we bought a little Christmas tree and opened all of our presents for each other at midnight.

Zane also surprised me with a dozen roses, which was awesome :)  They were just 1 of the awesome presents Zane got for me.  One of the presents Zane got, which I don't have a picture of yet, is a BEAUTIFUL 3 stranded pearl bracelet.  And we are talking REAL pearls!  I've never had a piece of super nice jewelry before, so this is a great start to a collection :)

Christmas at the grandparents was nice, but quiet.  Normally for Christmas, my entire family is there and the festivities start at 6 in the morning.  With it only being Zane, my grandparents, my sister, and me, we opened presents at 11 and just hung out casually for the day.

My sister in law made all of us aprons.  My grandpa and I are just modeling ours.

Zane and Me on Christmas.  You can kind of see the bracelet he got me.

After an excellent meal and a relaxing day, Zane and I left the festivities to relax for the rest of our day off.  I just want to thank all of my family for making Zane feel included (via presents and welcoming him in with open arms) when he couldn't go back to Illinois to be with his family.  You all better get used to him being around! 

It's been a great holiday season so far.  Stressful, yes, but awesome all the same.  I'm so thankful I have a wonderful family and boyfriend that make up such an awesome support group for me.

Until next time!

~Tara

6 months

On Monday, Zane and I celebrated our 6 month anniversary.  Our first date was a few weeks before May 12, but we became "official" on that glorious day.  I decided to pay a little tribute to the man in my life here with some pics and mushy stuff that I love about him :)

This is one of my favorite pics with Zane.  We took it at the zoo shortly after becoming "official".

We went to the Air Show at Hill Air Force base.  I loved this little helicopter.  P.S. It was FREEZING that day.

Our sad faces.  This is after we got hailed and rained on.  I ruined a pair of shoes here actually.  We decided to leave shortly after this picture.  We will be going again next year, assuming the weather is better.

Zane and me after carving pumpkins.  You can't see his, but it was a way awesome carving of Cthulhu, that he did by hand.  Mine was a not so awesome carving that I got out of a pumpkin design book.  Yeah he is way more artistic than me.  And yes, we do like to match our shirts ;)

So yeah, these are some of my favorite pictures of Zane and me.  He doesn't like to take pics, so I have to hold back on my picture taking, which stinks.  But I guess if that's the only thing I have to complain about, we are doing good. 

Seriously I haven't been this happy in a long time. Zane lets me be my weird self, and doesn't make fun of me for it.  In fact, he's probably just as weird as I am.  Which I love.  He is my best friend.  I'm glad that we decided to go against the "dating your co-workers is bad news" stigma and give it a go.  

Here's to another 6 months!

Love you Zane!

Boys Like Girls Concert

So Here's the back story of this concert, at least from my prospective. I'm sure the bands (Boys Like Girls, All-American Rejects, and Parachute) have a SLIGHTLY different story behind coming to the concert :)

 I LOOOOVE Parachute.  They are my hands down my favorite band.  I discovered Parachute about a year and a half ago, all thanks to the You Tube.  I was searching for a song by a completely different artist and stumbled across this video:

I fell in love at that moment. I mean, who wouldn't love the lead singer Will's gorgeous eyes?  I then proceeded to watch every music video they had on line, purchase both of their albums on I-Tunes, and fall more and more in love with them.  I have been wanting to see them live ever since that day, but I never found  out about their concerts in Utah until the week they were coming. So having a month's notice was PERFECT.  Honestly, had Parachute not been the opening act, I don't know if I would have bought tickets to the concert. So Boys Like Girls should REALLY thank Parachute.

When I noticed that Parachute was the opening act for this concert, I knew I had to buy tickets.  I had been waiting a long time for them to come back to Utah.  I checked their website like once a week to see if they had posted tour dates, I was that obsessed. I called up my sister Ashley to see if she wanted to come with me.  After she agreed, I bought us some tickets and anxiously awaited October 23.  I had to prepare myself for this concert, so I bought some All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls songs on I-Tunes, made a play list, and listened to it like every day for 2 weeks while I was at work.

Finally October 23 came!  After work, I went home, changed into an appropriate concert going outfit, and headed up to UVU.  Ashley met me there and we got some dinner before going to the concert.  While at the Merch table (because I had to buy me a Parachute T Shirt) I struck up a convo wit the Merch guy. He told me that Parachute typically comes and talks to fans after their set.  I think I almost had a heart attack at that moment. I was going to get the chance to meet Parachute!!!  I told Ashley that we were going to meet them no matter what!

Ashley and me after finding our seats and discovering that we could meet Parachute.

So Parachute came out and put on an awesome show. I LOVED it.  I had no doubts that I would enjoy that part of the concert.  But part of me was distracted by the fact that in just a few moments I was going to meet the band.  During their last song, Ash and I headed back to the Merch table to grab a spot in line to meet the men of my dreams :)

He has some mad sax skills. But sadly he is married

Ashley and me with Will, the voice behind the band.  Oh man I'm in love.  Seriously, so attractive :)

Me with my autographed ticket stub.  This has been in my wallet with me ever since.  Don't think about stealing it, I will kill you :)

After meeting the band and getting some autographs, Ash and I went back inside to listen to All-American Rejects.  I don't really follow them too closely, so I didn't know too many of the songs they performed.  But I will admit, I did enjoy listening to them talk between songs and watching people around me get more and more offended at what they were saying.  All I will say is Utah Valley and All-American Rejects might just be polar opposites.  But I don't know what people were expecting when they came to a concert like this. Oh well I guess. . . I loved it.

Then Boys Like Girls came out.  They were pretty enjoyable. I knew more of their songs then I did All-American Rejects. And they made it fun.  At the very end of the concert, when they sang Love Drunk, they insisted that everyone put up their phones and cameras, if we were sitting in the seats to get out on the floor, and we all just rocked out. I was a bit scared for Ashley, since she is so small. I didn't want her to experience death by mosh pit.  But we had fun.  

I have never gotten the opportunity to go to a concert like this. Most of the time I stick to my country music concerts.  This was a completely different atmosphere, and I loved it.  I did however, go to the concert with a cold and come out of it even more sick than before. But it was definitely worth it. I mean, I got to meet my favorite band. I will take having a cold any day if it means meeting and hugging Will Anderson :)

I can't wait for Parachute to come back to Utah. I hope the next time I see them live, it is just them performing.  I would love to hear more of their songs live.

Great concert, great company, great bands. The end :)

Trip to My Mom's

Every once in a while, a girl just needs to visit her mom.  I had that desire come in September  I was stressed with work and bills and all that good adult stuff.  I just wanted to get away.  Luckily, my mom only lives about 10 hours away from me, so I took a day and a half off of work,  got in my car and drove to visit her, my step dad, and my little brothers. We didn't do anything special, but that was ok with me. I enjoyed just hanging out at my Mommy's :).

I left work at noon on Friday and began the journey. I took some cool landscape pics on my phone, but haven't uploaded them to my computer yet.  Driving on Highway 6 through Spanish Fork canyon allows you to see some pretty cool rock formations and such.  I loved the scenery a LOT.  And that's saying something because I'm not a huge fan of the mountains. I got to my mom's around 930 or so on Friday night.  My little brothers got to stay awake to say hi to me and then my mom, step dad and I just kind of stayed up for a little bit longer to chat.

Saturday we went out for breakfast at this local Mexican food restaurant.  While there, my youngest brother David asked me if I really had to come back to Utah.  I told him that I did because I had to go back to work.  He then said that I didn't have to go back. Mom could just give me an allowance if I stayed with them.  I said "Well David, it's not that easy".  And then David, being the smart 8 year old that he is said, "Well of course not Tara, you have to do your chores. . . "  Oh how I love that boy.  I sometimes wish I could go back to those days of getting an allowance and living at home.  But alas, I have grown up.

After breakfast, Mike (my step dad), changed the oil in my car while Mom and I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some food for dinner and some snacks for my little brothers' soccer games.  Then we all piled in the car to go to the soccer fields.  My little brothers both play soccer and had games at the exact same time.  Luckily their fields were back to back, so we got to watch both games at once.  They both played goalie at the same time, and we were lucky that they were goal tending at back to back goal posts.  I had never gotten the opportunity to see them play soccer, so I loved it!  I don't know much about the sport, but it was fun!

My brothers before their games

David running back to the net after tossing the ball back into the game

Aryan goal tending like a champ

David and me after his game (which he won.  He claims its because he was wearing the Maroon jersey).

Aryan and me after his game.  (Which he lost.  David says it's because his team won and Aryan's team always loses when David wins)

After soccer, we all went home and relaxed. It was hot outside during the games, so we all just needed to cool off. Once dinner time came around, Mom made me my favorite meal: Ranch Chicken and mashed potatoes.  I LOVE that stuff!  It was delicious!  The rest of the evening was spent talking and relaxing.

On Sunday, we basically just hung out around the house.  Mom made me another one of my favorite meals for dinner.  At dinner, another awesome conversation took place between my brothers and me.  I had asked Aryan and David what they wanted to be when they grew up.  Neither one of them knew for sure.  A few minutes later, David said that he wanted to be a Ninja.  This is the conversation that followed:

D: I know what I want to be! A Ninja!

A: You know that Ninjas' have to live in like China or Russia, right?

D: Oh well then I'll just be a retired Ninja!

Oh if only it were that easy!  I wish I could just skip to retirement right now too!  At least I know he's my brother with that mentality!

This is how I awoke every morning.  With a big Alaskan Malamute jumping onto my bed pretending to be a lap dog.  And then a Chihuahua joining in because he wants to play.  I loved it.  Jake (the big one) is such a big cuddle bug!  This is the best way to wake up :)

Monday morning I left my mom's to return to the real world :(  I had an awesome weekend with my family.  I love every minute I get to spend with them.  I can't wait until Thanksgiving when I get to see my little brothers and mom again!

Quarter Life Crisis

Lately I've been feeling pretty emotional.  Kind of like this:

and like this:

All rolled into one person.

  I think it's just because I'm working 2 jobs (typically leaving my house around 10 and not getting home until 830), have bills to pay, and basically am having to adjust to being a 'real' adult.  It's just a whole new and different level of stress.  I mean, I felt stress in school, but not quite like this.

I jokingly tell Zane and other close friends that I feel like I'm going through a quarter life crisis.  I feel like I should go get some extreme hair cut, get a tattoo (except not really), buy something really expensive and unnecessary (unlike my car, which is expensive, but necessary) , or go on some exotic vacation.  I have yet to do any of those things.  Mostly because I don't have the money.  But I did decide that I wanted to get away from it all, so I went to visit my Momma :)  I'm past the phase where I think my mom knows nothing.  In fact, I call her pretty much every day to ask her something, whether it be about my insurance, how to cook something, you know, mom questions.

So I will be adding a post about that trip.  It was only for a weekend, but a weekend with my mom and little brothers always makes me feel better.  Plus I didn't have to worry about cooking or anything like that, so I was actually able to relax a little bit.

To hold you over until that blog about my trip (which should come soon), here's a song that pretty much helps sum up how I feel.  Unfortunately, I don't know when I will be "home" again, but Tomball, know that I miss you!

~ Tara

Reality TV

Lately I have realized just how obsessed I am with reality television.  I Freaking love it.  I can't really tell you why, but I find myself watching all sorts of shows with practically no plot, or story line, or characters that I can really relate to.  But every week, there are shows that I have to watch.  And now I am going to make you all suffer through an explanation of the reality shows I must watch :)

So first off we have Survivor.  I have watched EVERY season of that show. I watched the first few seasons while they were airing on tv.  Then I took like a 3 year hiatus from watching the show, then enter being super bored one night while staying at my grandparents house for the weekend.  I came across Survivor season like 452 on ondemand and starting watching it. And now I am hooked again.  I got so into it that one summer, I watched all 533 seasons on youtube once I got off work.  BTW watching tv shows on youtube is a GREAT way to get your homework accomplished. . . NOT!!!!

i'll give you mad props if you can name everyone in this pic :)

After Survivor, my next favorite reality show has to be the Bachelor/Bachelorette, or Bachelor Pad.  Yeah I know, how unrealistic can you get. None of the couples stay together, but every season, I find myself rooting for the couple to make it.  And as I'm watching the season unfold, I find myself wishing I was able to afford even one of the lavish dates they get to go on.  I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic at heart and would love to think that it can work out for someone.

Emily- what a classy lady. . . with a way awesome fiance!

Now for Big Brother. I am not as obsessed with this show as I am with others. But I have decided that if I were ever to go on a reality game show, this would probably be the one for me. I would be able to sit in a house, eating real food, and sleeping in a real bed. That's my kind of game show. No starving and suffering through extreme weather for me!

Oh how I loved this season: Brenchel and all. . . 

Every Friday night, Zane plays Pathfinder with a bunch of friends from work. I come along with him, but not to play. While the game is going on in the front room, me and one of the other guy's wife watch. . . you guessed it: reality shows!  Over the summer, we have watched Take Me Out- a show where George Lopez hooks a bunch of desperate ladies up with desperate men.  I had to watch that after the first episode to find out if Cat Lady, Cougar, and Smiles ever got a date.  Cat Lady did, I don't think Cougar and Smiles were successful though.  If you don't know who I'm talking about, just watch the show and you'll figure it out.  We also watched the Glass House. Which is a LOT like Big Brother, except the fans control who goes home. Which is cool.  Oh and we also watched the Choice, which is just a dating version of the Voice. I mean they even have the chairs that spin around and celebrity 'judges'.  

YUP. . . that is Joe Jonas 

Other shows I watch when I find them include Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, What Not to Wear, and Say Yes to the Dress. I've actually learned some stuff from these shows, as opposed to the ones listed prior to this paragraph, in which I am pretty sure I lose brain cells by the second.  I actually was able to use something I learned from Ace of Cakes in my job interview with my current job. Thanks for making a squig cake for Gen Con Charm City cakes! 

I don't know why I love reality tv so much.  I think it's the fact that I can escape into a completely unrealistic situation for an hour or 2 by watching these shows.  In no way will my life every mimic one of these shows, so it's fun to watch and get caught up in the drama. 

So Much Can Change in a Year

Yesterday while I was at one of my cleaning jobs, I was contemplating on how much has changed in my life over the past year.  And I realized that a LOT has changed, and thankfully, most of it has been for the better.  So I'm gonna enlighten all of my lovely readers on those changes.  Starting. . . NOW.

A year ago, I was dating the guy that I knew without a shadow of a doubt was the one for me.  We had made it through a summer of dating long distance and, in my mind, we were over the hard part and ready to sail into married life.  Well, that guy is not Zane, so obviously that has changed. When Brendan broke up with me, I was heartbroken.  For 6 months, I wasn't sure how to be myself. I had prepared myself to be Brendan's wife so well that I feel like I had lost my identity. I'm not trying to say anything bad about Brendan. Even though Brendan and I don't talk anymore, I have nothing bad to say about him or our relationship. To be honest, Brendan taught me a lot about myself and who I am, some of that while I was dating him, but most of it while I was trying to recover from the heartbreak of our breakup.  Now I can say, a year later, that I am 100% myself. I live my life the way I want to. I have really been able to focus on the things that I want and have found myself much happier. After taking the time to really find myself again, I was able to find a great guy that loves me for me.  I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not, or hide different aspects of my personality with Zane. He loves all of me, all the nerdy, weird, quirky, not so positive things about me included. And for that, I am truly grateful. I love him and I'm glad that I went through the pain and heartbreak that I did because it helped me be ready to give myself to someone in a way that I've never done before: 100%.

Zane and me. I love this guy :)

A year ago, I was still in school at BYU.  Now I loved my time at BYU. I loved the atmosphere, the sports, the job I had, and the friends I made. But I'm definitely glad to be done with school.  I've contemplated maybe taking some classes here and there, but I don't think I can handle being a full-time student ever again. I love the freedom of coming home from work and being able to do whatever I want (even if that is just watching some hulu and then going to sleep).  Again, I feel like I am able to be more myself outside of BYU than I was at BYU.  I don't want to sound ungrateful or unappreciative in any way, but I feel like at BYU, there are lots and lots of the exact same person.  No variety to spice things up.  Even though I'm living not too far away from there now, I find that I can be more myself away from the campus that I called "home" for 6 years.

A year ago, I had drifted apart from one of my nearest and dearest friends.  Ky and I were roommates for 2 years, but I decided to move in with my grandparents after those 2 years were finished in an attempt to save money.  That, along with my new relationship (with Brendan) caused us to drift apart.  It wasn't until Brendan and I had broken up that I realized how important that friendship is to me.  Ky is one of the rare people you find in life that you know you will be friends with forever.  While at BYU, she was one of the only people I found that I could be myself around.  I don't know why I let that friendship slip away, but I'm glad that we recovered it.  Ky is now getting ready to embark on a journey that I'm sure she will love: an internship in DC.  I will miss her SOOOO much.  Just don't forget about your friends in Utah while you're gone Ky!  I love you bunches!

Ky and I at her going away party :(

And last but not least, a year ago, I wasn't preparing for a trip to Houston!!!!  Seriously, any of my Houston friends that want to hang out while I'm back, let me know ASAP!  I'll be there probably Sept 7-10, so reserve your time now!!!  I can't wait to get back to Houston and see all of my peeps there! So yeah, hit me up if you want to hang out!

Blue Hair

Hello again everyone!

Work has been super busy the past few weeks.  The bright side, I get more hours which means more money.  The down side, I've been bringing work home with me along with lots of stress.  Lets just say it makes for a kind of unhappy Tara.  And a kind of unhappy Tara leads to a not so happy Zane. So yeah. But we are powering through my stress and grouchiness like the awesome team we are.  I love my awesome boyfriend :)

Now on to the title of my post today. . . I dyed my hair blue.  Now before everyone freaks out, it's not my entire head. Nor is it even a large portion of my head.  It is simply the tips of the under layer of my hair. So you can't even really tell unless my hair is in a pony tail or it moves just right.  I love it bunches!  I've been wanting to add some color to my hair for a while now, but was kind of scared to do it.  One of my coworkers has a bright blue mohawk and I loved the color of it. So his wife offered to help me color my hair.  It turned out really well :)  I will post a pic as soon as I take one and let you guys be the judge I guess. Zane likes it and I love it so I'm happy with it.

Also, for all of my Tomball peeps that might be reading this.  I am planning a trip to Houston in September.  I won't be there for super long, so reserve your time with me now!  I want to do a big get together with everyone at the drive in or something, so message me on facebook if you are interested. I'll probably make some sort of event though so keep an eye out.  I'll be there Sept 7-10 or so. Sorry its not longer but work keeps me from taking long vacays and I will be driving instead of flying so yeah.

Well I plan on posting soon about some of my ramblings and life philosophies so stay tuned.

Lots of love!

Tara

Shopping, Mini Golf, and the Super bowl Shuffle

Well hello again friends!

This weekend has been pretty eventful for me as far as weekends go.  I got to hang out with one of my best friends ever!  Ky and I haven't really hung out for a couple of months, so we needed some girl time.  We decided to go window shopping at the mall.  And when I say window shopping, I mean I was literally too broke to buy anything so I got to fantasize about all of these things I really wanted to buy but couldn't.  Anyways, hanging out with Ky is always a blast.  I love my boyfriend and all, but talking to him and talking to my best friends are just not the same.  I mean, does Zane really want to hear me talk about the wedding colors I want and listen to me justify buying an oh so cute pair of shoes?  Probably not.  And yes I did buy an oh so cute pair of shoes. . . Thankfully one of my pay checks came in the mail AND the shoes were on clearance, so I made 1 single solitary purchase at the mall.  And trust me, for spending a couple hours there, only making 1 purchase has to be a record for me.

After hanging out with Ky and going to work, I convinced Zane to go mini golfing with me.  Normally Zane and I are too exhausted to really do anything besides hang out with our co workers or watch tv.  I have been wanting to go mini golfing with him for a while so we did.  When we got to Traflaga, I used my Pass of all Passes (which I didn't know if I would use a lot when I bought it, but it's come in handy) and asked the lady if I could use anything on my starving student card (again a purchase I wasn't sure about) to pay for Zane.  It turns out I could, so Zane and I got to mini golf for FREE!  Whoot!  I love free things. I had never done the outdoor course at Traflaga, so even though it was like 930 at night, outside we went.  When we got to the first hole, none other than Steven Rogers of the BYU men's Basketball team was there.  Zane didn't understand my momentary freak out, but then again, Zane has never seen me watching BYU sports.  So yeah, I was loving watching Steven and his group play some golf.  But I had to focus on my game.  18 holes later, I had gotten 2 holes in one.  Anyone that has ever gone mini golfing with me knows that that is far from normal for me.  I guess my man is a good coach.  At the end of the game, Zane beat me though, with a score of 59 to my 60.  But I scored 2 holes in 1 and I don't think he scored any. . . so I take pride in that :)

After explaining to Zane who the guy in front of us  while golfing was, Zane and I started talking sports.  Zane then started to sing some song I had never in my life heard. . . The Superbowl Shuffle.  It seemed like it could be entertaining, so today, Zane pulled up the video.  In case you don't know what this is, here's the low down.  The 1985 Chicago Bears won the Superbowl. At some point, either before or after winning, they performed this song known as The Superbowl Shuffle.  Yeah it's surprisingly catchy so I've been singing it all day.  If you need some entertainment, find the video and watch a bunch of football stars from the 80's rap.  It's pretty good. And by good I mean awful, and by awful I mean entertaining.

So yeah, as far as weekends go, this was by far more eventful than most.  Pretty pathetic huh? Oh well.  I've had a blast :)

Until next time!

~Tara

Here's to giving it a go

Why hello everyone.

So I've attempted to start a blog before, but with school and work and life, I promptly gave it up just a few short posts in.  Now that I'm no longer in school and with work leaving me completely exhausted every day, I've decided to give this a go again.  I have no energy once I'm done with work to really do anything except read, watch hulu, facebook, or now blog.  So why not!  I started another blog with my sister about the books we read (check it out. It should prove to be somewhat entertaining).

As for my life, I don't have a ton really going on right now.  I work 2 jobs.  I am a front office assistant for a miniatures painting studio. So yes I basically am in contact with some nerdy people 35 hours a week.  My other job is a cleaning job.  I clean a sleep clinic and a bank.  I think I will end up dropping one of the buildings I clean though so that I can maybe have a little bit more time to relax.

I am dating a pretty swell guy right now too.  He actually is a painter at my job.  So yeah, after trying to date at BYU, and then attempting the whole online thing (and yes I did that. And no you don't always just run into a bunch of  creepers.  Some, yes, but not a bunch), I finally found a great guy through work.  I love him to pieces, even if he can be a bit nerdy at times.  Thankfully I can be just as nerdy, just not necessarily in the same way. Man I feel sorry for our future kids. . .

In other news, I just got over an infected bug bite.  Yeah that was fun. I got to take 5 pills a day for 10 days.  And then I got the bite lanced open.  WHOOT.  Actually it was more like OUCH!!!!!  Yeah I don't recommend it.

I'm also trying to plan a trip to Houston, more specifically Tomball. YAY for Texas!!!  I haven't been home in over 2 years. I'm missing all my friends like crazy, especially since 2 of my great friends have gone and gotten themselves engaged in the past few months!  I need a dose of Texas.  I miss all of my high school buds so much and just need to get away from the stress of work and being broke.  haha. 

Yeah so pretty much that is what I have going on in my life right now.  One of these days I'll catch everyone up on the trials and tales of my last year at BYU.  That will make for some great story telling.  I might not live a super exciting life, but it tends to be entertaining and full of great stories none the less.

Until next time!

~Tara