Have you ever done one of those color personality tests?
I used to always say that I was light green.... I felt like I was an even mix of all the colors, with the exception of red!
Awhile ago at work they had us take the test and then had an inservice to go over what our colors meant. When I told our trainer what my colors were she told me "You are one of those crazy people!"
The reason she said that?
I have two conflicting color personalities! My test came back and showed that I am a BLUE/YELLOW {my white score was 3 points to low to really be considered part of my personality.....}
Blues are supposed to be complete opposites of yellows, just like reds are totally opposite of whites!!
And my trainer is right!! I am completely crazy!!
The blue part of me want things organized and in order all the time!! I like things to be alphabetized and grouped accordingly! I have an obsession with containers..... I like all of my stuff to be in different shaped containers, stacked and displayed nicely.
But......
The yellow part of me never makes my bed! And it lets my room get messy! And it makes me throw clothes over a chair instead of hanging them up!!
So.... my room ends up being a disaster! But all my DVDs are in alphabetical order! And my closest and drawers are all nicely neat and organized!!
The blue part of me likes to keep to myself!! A lot of times I think I am totally anti-social!! The blue part makes me want to plan everything out. And I am definitely a chart/list maker!!
But......
The yellow part of me want to be crazy and spontaneous!! It wants to be friends with everyone and wants everyone to like me!! The yellow part of my personality wants to be the center of attention in a group!
This is probably the area where having a crazy conflicting color personality is the hardest!! Part of my head is saying "Just sit back, enjoy the company, you don't really have to input anything into the conversation..." while the other part of me is screaming "Just be silly. Just go talk to those people. So what if you don't know them!"
It seriously can be so hard and frustrating at times because I feel like I am fighting with myself!!
I was reading a friends blog and she had a link to another personality test! I decided to try it out and see if it says I'm as crazy and the color ones says I am! I don't know what the typical results are for this kind of personality test.... but I had three areas that all had the exactly same score!! I knew it..... I'm crazy!! This is what the website told me:
Type Two
The Helper
The caring, interpersonal type. Twos are empathetic, sincere, and warm-hearted. They are friendly, generous, and self-sacrificing, but can also be sentimental, flattering, and people-pleasing. They are well-meaning and driven to be close to others, but can slip into doing things for others in order to be needed. They typically have problems with possessiveness and with acknowledging their own needs. At their Best: unselfish and altruistic, they have unconditional love for others.
{I am totally a people pleaser!! And I am super sentimental!}
Type Four
The Individualist
The introspective, romantic type. Fours are self-aware, sensitive, and reserved. They are emotionally honest, creative, and personal, but can also be moody and self-conscious. Withholding themselves from others due to feeling vulnerable and defective, they can also feel disdainful and exempt from ordinary ways of living. They typically have problems with melancholy, self-indulgence, and self-pity. At their Best: inspired and highly creative, they are able to renew themselves and transform their experiences.
{Moody... yes, that describes me well and self-conscious.... me to a T!!}
Type Six
The Loyalist
The committed, security-oriented type. Sixes are reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent "troubleshooters," they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious. They typically have problems with self-doubt and suspicion. At their Best: internally stable and self-reliant, courageously championing themselves and others.
{I think I totally thrive on stress and I definitely complain about it! And indecisive! I am SO indecisive that I frustrate myself sometimes!!}
I thought they were pretty interesting and surprisingly accurate!!
Yes, this is going to be a Harry Potter post! And yes, there will probably be some cheesy statements somewhere in the post! Oh, and there might be a couple of spoilers so if you haven't seen the movie yet and plan to, just skip over those parts!!
First I have to give a big THANK YOU to my awesome friend Danielle!! She and I have been going to see Harry Potter together forever so we had to go see this one together at midnight! There were times we skipped school to see HP! And there was a time we locked our keys in the car and had to hang out in Jordan Landing! We still remember the times before assigned seating when we'd have to show up to the theater hours early so that we could get good seats!! Man, that makes me feel kind of old! Danielle was AWESOME and knew exactly when tickets were going on sale and got us fantastic seats at Jordan Commons! She also had her camera {batteries fully charged, unlike my camera} that night and took so fantastic pictures!! Thanks for letting me steal them off your Facebook page Danielle!!
Jordon Commons had some really awesome stuff going on before the movie started! You could get your very own cup of butter beer or try on the Sorting Hat to see which house you belonged in! You could have your fortune told by the ladies with their tarot cards and you could even take pictures with some cute owls!
That cute little owl reminded us of Ron's owl Pig!!
Another cool thing they had was a group of people giving out marks!! Andrea, Danielle and Mallory all decided to get the Dark Mark!! I went with Mudblood!!
{Mallory's favorite character is Bellatrix! So we decided to recreate the scene where Bellatrix carves mudblood into Hermione's arm}
And there were of course TONS of people dressed up that you could take pictures with! Seriously, you name a Harry Potter character and there was probably someone there dressed that way! We saw the Hollyhead Harpies quidditch team! Professor Umbridge, girls from the Beauxbaton Academy, dementors, a snowy owl, a golden snitch and even a stag patronous!! Here are just a few of my favorites {more are posted on my Facebook page}
{I had a little bit of a crush on this Harry Potter!!}
They also had this fun wall where you could take pictures!! My first one didn't work out so well {my stupid flash didn't go off because the batteries were almost dead} but I made my friends Miranda and Stacy retake them with me when we saw it later that weekend!
I cant remember exactly who's idea this was, but I thought it was genius!!
Theater nine and three quarters!!
I had a lot of fun hanging out with these girls that night!! {Here is where it might get a little cheesy....} It really was kind of a bittersweet moment sitting in the theater waiting for the show to start! I was SO excited to finally, after 14 year of reading and watching, be seeing the final Harry Potter movie!! But it was also a little sad! It really was going to be all over after that night!! It was sad when the last book came out to think that there would be no more HP books and no more midnight bookstore runs, but at that point, there were still the movies to look forward too!! So knowing that after the movie ended the whole thing was completely over was kind of depressing!!
***Spoiler Alerts***
I decided that this movie is mostly fantastic!! First I have to say that I LOVED the movie!! I thought it was really well done and I'm glad they found a few places to add some humor in! I loved all the parts with Neville Longbottom, especially when he is on the bridge egging the death eaters on! I love that Ron finally kisses Hermione, even if that part was totally cheesy! I loved the part when Hermione is impersonating Bellatrix and seeing Helena Bonham Carter act so differently!! And I loved the flashback memories on Professor Snape!!
I cried..... I cried a lot! I cried when Fred, Lupid and Tonks died. I cried when Harry saw Professor Snapes memories and when Snape was rocking Lily back and forth. I cried when Harry brought his parents, Lupin and Sirius back when he goes into the forest. I cried when Harry, Ron and Hermione stood on the bridge together in front of a ruined Hogwarts. And I cried in the epilogue when they send their kids off to school!! I cried during the credits knowing that it was all officially over!
Man, that is a lot of crying!!
Okay... now on to the reasons I though it was mostly fantastic.
I wish it would have showed more of Percy realizing what an idiot he was for siding with the Ministry of Magic and how happy his family was to have him back. I wish it would have showed how upset Percy was when Fred died. I wish it would have showed more people dueling like Lupid and the death eaters and the people of Dumbledore's army fighting together. I wish it would have showed the house elves coming out to fight in the battle with Kreacher in the lead!! I wish the epilogue would have been longer and that Ron could have joked around with all of the kids!! I wish it would have showed Teddie Lupin!
I guess there is always the DVD and the extended and deleted scenes!! Crossing my fingers that some of that will be in there!!
So glad I got to see it at midnight one last time! And even though some of our pictures may be silly, I'm glad we got to take them and to be crazy Harry Potter fans one last time!!
And finally, you should really watch this video! It shows a few of the actors last days on set and it a little bit of a look back on Harry Potter. There is a little part when it shows the three kids together doing a screen test!! They all look so little!!
I have been working on this craft projects forever!! I finally got around to finishing them last Thursday and then I finally took the pictures off my camera last night so I can finally show the the end result!!
First, I found these really cute frames at a couple different stores and got them for really cheap!!
{The pink frame came from Big Lots, the green frame came from Hobby Lobby}
{This frame came from the DI}
I thought all three frames were so pretty but the colors didn't really go with my room! I had been reading a few different blogs and saw this really cool glazing technique that I thought would be perfect for these frames! Especially the brown one with all the detail it had!
I had to put tin foil on the green and pink frames because the glass wouldn't come it! That part of the project kind of turned out to be a pain! I also decided to use the tin foil on the brown frame so that the back, cardboard part of the frame wouldn't get messed up!
I then got out my lovely yellow spray paint and went crazy on the green and yellow frames!! The pink frame looked pretty good but the green frame did not like my yellow spray paint!
So I had to make a trip to the store to buy some spray paint primer!! That stuff is fantastic! I have no idea why I didn't just prime in the first place!!
The yellow paint went on great once the primer was on!! No more green showing through!! I also primed the brown frame {having learned from experience....} and then painted it white.
The last part of the project was to try out the black glaze!! I probably should have taken more pictures while I was actually glazing so you could see what I did! But my hands were cover in black paint and I didn't want it to get all over my camera, so all you get in the finished products!
I am pretty sure I love them.... I think I might go back and add a little more glaze to the white frame so that the flowers stand out more!! And I think they will look a little better too when I finally add some pictures!!
{Sorry there is no picture of the formerly pink frame! It needs a little TLC in the form of acrylic glue before I can actually glaze it}
This story picks up where The City of Ember left off!! I don't want to give you to much detail, but in case you are planning on reading that one first. I was kind of conflicted about this book and I don't think I liked it quite as much as the first one! There were just a few things that happened with some of the characters that really bothered me and made me think "how can they even have the nerve to think something like that!" But the plot line is still good and really makes you think about how you act with difficult people!! I will for sure be reading the next book in the series sometime soon!!
Yesterday was a holiday for the state of Utah, Pioneer Day. It's a day when we honor the sacrifice of the pioneers who made the long trek across the country to settle here. I know that I am SO thankful for them! I KNOW that I wouldn't have made it as a pioneer! I would have given up and turned back, or told everyone to go on without me and sat on the side of the road waiting to die. I am thankful for their unwavering faith and trust! And I am thankful they gave up everything they knew and loved to come here. I am thankful they pressed on even when things were exceptionally tough and they were being killed for what they believed.
