Friday, October 31, 2008

Only 20 days!!

So I know it is Halloween and I should be doing some kind of fun Halloween post with all my cool pictures that I have taken today, but the night is still young! So I decided to leave that for tomorrow!!
Instead, I thought I'd post some stuff from, what else... TWILIGHT!! There are only TWENTY days left people!! And I still have that extra ticket if someone wants it!!
The other day, I saw a really cool preview for the movie on TV. It was the final Twilight preview, with a twist!! A really awesome twist!! There was some stuff from the Port Angeles scene, but my favorite.... Edward (***sigh***) playing Bella's lullaby!! AHHHHHH!! It was SO awesome!! So I have been searching the web trying to find it, and now luck. But I found a this really cool video that has pieces of clips, some old, some new. Check it out!

(Again you are just going to have to go to the YouTube website because I
ABSOLUTELY do not get how you embed videos!! People keep telling
me to just copy and paste the embed code thing, but it never works!
It only copies part of the stupid, long thing and I can NEVER get it
to work!! If ANY ONE has any tips of how to solve my stupid
problem, I would LOVE to hear them!!)
And for those of you that don't have the movie Penelope, here is the cute clip that is previewed before the movie!!
So, that is it for the day!! Haha, I can hear Angee right now "Jeez, you are obsessed with it girl!!" Haha!! Angee you are awesome!! It's almost here though, and then I swear I will stop blogging about it (with the exception of the one blog taking about how totally AWESOME it was), haha!!
P.S. Have a SPOOK-TACULAR Halloween!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Hope Your Not Sick of Twilight News!!

Okay, so I just got on the internet to check my email and what do I see on the MSN homepage??? A new clip from Twilight!! Wahoo!! It seriously made my day!!
It's really short but it's still awesome!! I have been trying to find a way to post a link or something, but it's just not working for me (yeah... I am totally technologically challenged... sad I know).
So if you got to MSN, go into the videos section and click on movies. You should be able to find it in there somewhere! If you have watched the newest trailer, there is part where Bella knocks an apple off the counter and Edward (****sigh****) catches it is his hands (totally awesome referance to the books amazing cover). It's an extension of that scene.
Like I said, short and sweet, but still so much fun to watch!!

All New!!

So a few days ago I got an email from my awesome friend Danielle about how the LA Times is doing a countdown everyday to Twilight with stories, pictures and videos!! So I just got on so I could read today's story and I couldn't find it. But while I was looking for it I saw the Twilight trailer on T.V.!! It was so awesome!! I know I have already watched it a million times and basically have it memorized, but it never gets old!
Anyway, while I was searching for the Twilight stuff, I saw a link for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Since I wasn't finding anything about Twilight I decided to click on it, and guess what I found..... A BRAND NEW TRAILER!! It is so cool and makes me so excited for the next 200+ days to go by fast!! Check it out!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZFitUCO_pk ***(I'm really lame and don't get how you just "embed" the video in your blog, so you will just have to go to YouTube to see it!!)***

And if you haven't seen the first trailer, you should watch that one too!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8m-XL1kxg

And now back to Twilight!! Did you know that there are only TWENTY THREE days until it hits theaters!! I am SO excited about it!! I actually bought tickets to opening night this weekend so I am all set!! I actually have an extra ticket if any one is interested in it!! Let me know!!
And guess what... while I was on the awesome La Times website, I found out that on November 7th, Catherine Hardwicke (the movies director), Robert Pattinson (ahhhh, Edward) and Kristen Stewart (Bella) will be doing a question and answer thing about the movie in LA. The best part... they will be showing new footage from the movie!! I am hoping that some awesome person out there will be posting it on YouTube!!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

4th of the 4th

Another tagging game, Wahoo!! This one is from my awesome friend Amanda!! Again, I dont know who even reads this thing, so if you see it, you like it, do it!
The rules: Go into your Pictures folder and go into the 4th file. Then post the 4th picture below and dont forget to leave an awesome description of it!!




I know that the rules say you are supposed to go into your 4th file and choose your 4th picture but that just didnt work for me!! Haha! My fourth file is from my California trip last October and I recently put all the pictures on CD's because they were taking up lots of space on my compter, so all that's left in the file is video. I tried to post the awesome 4th video from the file but I couldnt get it to work. I am totally blogging challenged!

Anyway, this picture come from my 5th file (Europe) and the 5th file withing that folder (Misc.) and it's the 5th picutre (did that even make sense???). This is the only picture I have of Germany. On my way home from Europe, we flew from Rome to Frankfurt (which is a very short plane ride, by the way) and as we were getting ready to land, I took this picture. We had no extra time once we landed in the airport, and we literally had to run from terminal to terminal. I would have loved to have had some more time there though, even it was just a couple of hours!! It looked beautiful in the air and it is definetley on my list of places to visit!!

"There She Goes"

I was tagged by my friend Nicole to play this fun game. Here's what you do: put your iPod or MP3 Player on Shuffle (it took me longer than humanly necessary to figure out how to do this), and for each question, put the title of the song that comes up. I dont know who reads my blog at all, but if you see this and you think it looks fun, go for it!!

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Make

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? El Tango De Roxanne (HAHAH)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Dont Go Breakin' My Heart (I like it)

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? The Way You Look Tonight

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? It's 5 o'clock Somewhere ( I have recently come to hate this song just as an FYI)

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Dont Happen Twice

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Unanswered Prayers (Hmmmmm)

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? I Dont Wanna Be (Good lyrics!!)

9. WHAT IS 2 + 2? Dear Old Shiz (Haha)

10. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? I Say A Little Prayer (Good one)

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Two Worlds (I hope this one means that I'm gonna marry a hot British guy with a sweet accent)

12. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? No Good Deed (Interesting)

13. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Hey! Baby

14. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Good Morning Beautiful (Wow,this game is awesome)

15. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? First Time (I am the oldest you know)

16. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Run and Tell That

17. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? 4 Minutes (Sweet!!)

18. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? I Know Where I've Been

19. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? My Next Thirty Years (It's a secret even from me)

20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Somebody Like You

21. WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Ready, Set, Dont Go (Goodbyes are not fun)

22. HOW WILL YOU DIE? Wild Thing (I hope this doesn't mean I will get eaten by wild animals or something....)

23. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? I'm Not That Girl (so true!!)

24. WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Beauty and the Beast ("Your Team", Haha)

25. WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? What A Beautiful Day (Mmmm, I'm thinkin this one is off)

26. WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? Just To See You Smile

27. WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? I Just Wanna Live (Yeah, life is pretty scary sometimes)

28. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Rock Star (Wahoo!!)

29. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? The New Girl In Town

30. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? March of the Witch Hunters (very interesting)

31. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? There She Goes by the La's

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Something Kind of Interesting

One of my friends at work sent me an email and I though it was really interesting and I thought I would post it here:


"I'm against the $85 BILLION bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a 'We Deserve It' dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. citizens, aged 18+. Our population is about 301 million counting every man, woman and child. So, 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.
Now, divide 200 million, 18+ adults into $85 billion - that equals $425,000.00 each! Yes, my plan is to give that $425,000 to every adult as a 'We Deserve It' dividend. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So, let's assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every one would pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25.5 billion right back to Uncle Sam! It also means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife would have $595,000.00!
What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00?


* Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved
* Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
* Put away money for college - it'll really be there
* Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs
* Buy a new car - create jobs
* Invest in the market - capital drives growth
* Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves
* Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else


Remember this is for every adult U.S. citizen, 18 and older (including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehmann Brothers and every other company that is cutting back) and of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces. If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it!
Instead of trickling out a puny $1,000.00 economic incentive. If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U.S. citizen!!
As for AIG - liquidate it. * Sell off its parts. * Let American General go back to being American General. * Sell off the real estate. * Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up. We deserve the money and AIG doesn't.
And remember, This plan only really costs $59.5 billion because $25.5 billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam."



I don't know where this came from or who thought of it, but it makes sense to me!! How awesome would it be if the federal government bailed it citizens out!! Of course you are going to get some people who will spend it on junk, but for the most part, I think people would be pretty smart about spending it.
Think of all the things you could do with almost $300,000!!! I know I would totally pay my school loans off, and then maybe going to school wouldn't be so bad!! It would be so awesome to have that kind of security!! So yeah, I am all about a 'We Deserve It' package for American citizens!!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

$$$

Life is so expensive…… especially the life of a college student. Sometimes I don’t know why I was ever so excited to be a grown up, because paying bills as an adult is no fun at all.
I’m trying work up the courage to ask my boss if I can work more hours on days I don’t have school because I really need the money! But, with the economy being as crazy as it is, I am scared to ask. I guess the worst she could say is no….. but that would be pretty bad and then I would probably have to go get a job as a door greeter at Wal-Mart or something.
So to try to get a little bit of extra income I have started “my own business.” I have become a Scentsy seller. I’m doing it is just for fun, and for the extra income. I don’t want to be really pushy or crazy about it, and I definitely don’t want to be one of the obnoxious consultants that never leaves you alone. I’m just hoping that I can get some extra money each month, even if it’s just enough to pay for my gas. So I’m really hoping that it will work out. I have done one party so far and not very many people came, and that was kind of a bummer. So I’m hoping to do another one soon at a time when more people are available!!
And hopefully very very soon I will be brave enough to talking my boss into letting me work more hours!

P.S. There are only 37 days until TWILIGHT!! AHHHH!! I am SO excited!!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Deja Vu

AHHHHHH!!! My blog layout is driving me crazy.... AGAIN!! I swear I just went through this, where I couldn't figure out how to get thecutestblogontheblock.com stuff to work for me (still cant by the way) and couldn't find any other cute backgrounds.
Then one day I got lucky and stumbled across someones blog that makes backgrounds. She has some cute ones (personally, I think the one I used to have was the best of them), but she hasn't done anything new in awhile.
My problem is that I like changing the design of my background every so often AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT!! I see so many cute blogs out there, with lots of cute homemade backgrounds and titles and I think "oh, it cant be that hard", but IT IS!!
So I seriously just spent the last 2 hours of my life trying to create a really cute, funky patterned mosaic to add to my title, AND I CANT GET IT TO WORK!!
So I am stuck with this pumpkin. Don't get my wrong, I LOVE pumpkins!! But after spending so much time on a new title picture, I REALLY wanted it to work!! ***sigh****
I am so confused by all this HTML stuff....... I don't get ANY of it.......... I need some major help!!

Friday, October 3, 2008

100 Things About Me!!

So I am blog stealing again, this time from my awesome friend Nicole. I should be working on some homework, but blogging is so much more fun! So here it is:

1- My middle initial is M
2- So if I married someone with the last name O, my initials would spell the word AMMO
3- I spend way to much money in the scrapbook store
4- I like to alphabetize things
5- And I'm a big fan of organization
6- Coming up with a hundred things about yourself is tough
7- I LOVE going to Disneyland
8- My favorite rides there are Indiana Jones and Splash Mountain
9- And Disneyland fireworks are the only kind I like to watch
10- I like swimming in the Atlantic better than the Pacific
11- I've seen Big Ben, the Colosseum and the Eiffel Tower
12- I love British accents
13- I would love to live in the city of Bath
14- Because I felt like I was in the movie Pride & Prejudice
15- Which is my favorite movie of all time
16- The one with Keira Knightley
17- I have tried to watch the two longer versions and I just cant get into them
18- I'm not sure what people see in Colin Firth
19- I love Disney movies too
20- Especially the good old classics
21- Like Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Alice in Wonderland
22- But some of the new ones are pretty good
23- Like The Incredibles and Wall-E
24- I'm scared of heights if I am not enclosed in something
25- I'm not a big fan of flying
26- I've been brought home in a police car
27- I broke my arm and leg at the same time
28- So I had to be in a wheel chair for 6 weeks
29- And because my classes were in portables with stairs, my 6th grade teacher had to come to
my house
30- I currently work at a credit union
31- I work with construction and mortgage loan and back-up the Member Support Dept.
32- I'm not even half way through my list and I cant think of anything else to say about myself
33- I hate the taste of real vanilla. Only the imitation kind will do
34-My favorite kind of Jamba Juice is Strawberry Surf Rider
35- I hate the Shrek movies
36- The Cheesecake Factory is one of my favorite restaurants
37- I love their Chocolate Tuxedo Creame cheesecake and Chocolate Mousse cheesecake
38- Did I mention I love chocolate
39- Almost anything chocolate
40- I have seen the musical Wicked four times and cant wait to see it again
41- I normally don't like Mexican food, but Cafe Rio is amazing stuff
42- I love Italian food, especially the real stuff
43- But if I can have gnocchi from that awesome little place in Rome, I will settle for Spaghetti
Mama's noodles in Alfredo sauce
44- I also LOVE gelato
45- I ate it everyday in Italy, and would probably do that here if we had the real stuff
46- I worry that my hair looks orange
47- So I have to dye it dark brown, frequently
48- I have no idea what I want to be "when I grow up" any more
49- I used to think I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher
50- So I am finishing up my degree (that I wont be using) at the U
51- I HATE peeling potatoes
52- But I do like to eat them
52- Especially if they are the red ones
53- I love interior design
54- And I love to walk thru unfinished houses
55- One day I would love to drive an Audi or Subaru Outback
56- Or a shiny silver Volvo :0)
57- I'm not a fan of doing laundry
58- Especially hanging it up from the dryer
59- And putting it away after it's folded
60- I believe in the power of prayer
61- I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
62- My Dad is my Bishop
63- I love rollercoasters
64- One of my favorites is the Xcelerator at Knotts Berry Farm
65- I rode the Catapult at Lagoon and it was sweet
66- I hate haunted houses
67- I love carving pumpkins
68- But I always wish someone else would clean them out for me
69- Right now, my favorite lotion from Bath & Body Works is Sensual Amber
70- I collect Willow Tree angels and figurines
71- I currently have about ten of them
72- I always wanted to be a ballerina
73- I'm addicted to lip gloss
74- I buy a new one almost every time I go to the store
75- I have so many that I have a separate bag for them all in my purse
76- I love polka dots
77- I love listening to the funny stories little kids tell
78- I fell off a small cliff in St. George when I was 16
79- I love crayons and markers
80- And I love coloring
81- I really hate loud noises like popping balloons, sirens, thunder and fireworks
82- I've never been to the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone
83- I draw floor plans when I am bored
84- I hate the smell of coffee and hold my breath when I walk down that isle at the store
85-I love watching the monkeys at the zoo
86- I wish the Hogle Zoo had panda bears because I love them
87- I'm scared of snakes, spiders and mice
88- My first pet was a black cat
89- I named him Chocolate Drop
90- I now have a white cat named Snowball
91- I like pearls better than diamonds
92- My favorite flowers are gerbera daisies and calla lilies
93- I don't like writing with pencils
94- I love quotes
95- I really like cooking/baking and finding new recipes
96- I want to be on The Amazing Race one day
97- It has taken me almost two hours to come up with this list
98- I'm trying to be better about using a planner
99- I could spend all day in Barnes and Noble
100- One of my favorite things to do is read

Phew!!! I made it through!! Some of the things on my list are pretty random
and probably make me sound lame!! Haha!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Let the Countdown's Begin

So I have a lot of things that I am counting down to, and today just feels like a good halfway or almost there point!!

TWELEVE days til:
FALL BREAK!! Thank goodness!! I am such a terrible slacker and procrastinator this semester! I have no motivation to do anything, especially stay caught up on homework!! I think I am just so ready to be done, and when I don’t want to even use the degree I am working towards, its just like Uhhhh, what ever!!

TWELEVE days til:
COLUMBUS DAY!! As if getting a day off from school wasn’t good enough I also get the day off from work!! YIPEE!! Working at a credit union is sweet!! I don’t know what I am going to do that day exactly, but I don’t that it will probably involve sleeping in and saying in my pj’s until noon!!

THIRTY days til:
HALLOWEEN!! I am so excited for Halloween this year, it’s going to be so much fun! At work, we are all dressing up like villains from Batman!! Sweet huh!! I am going to be Poison Ivy!! I cant wait to get all dressed up.
The only problem is that I am still not sure exactly what I am going to wear. I have a few ideas, like green gloves and boots, but as for a dress, I don’t know what to do (there is no way I getting into a spandex leotard like the real poison ivy)!! So yeah, if you have suggestions, I would love to hear them!

FIFTY days til;
TWILIGHT!!! AHHHHHH!!!! This is the one I am most excited about!! The day is FINALLY coming!! I can’t wait to go and see it right at midnight!! It is going to be so awesome!! I’m still sad that Harry Potter got pushed back so far, but I am SO excited that is means I get to see the wonderful Edward Cullen 3 weeks sooner!!