I Did Not Write This

But I think it's important that everyone reads it!!

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little..
The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that.
Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.



Livin' On A Prayer

Today was my first day back at work in five weeks, and this fact stressed me out.

Not to mention I am sick :/

I had cramps all day

and I am still wiped out sore from dance yesterday

and I may or may not have forgotten all the sandwich builds in my absence.

I told myself I'd go in to Wendy's today with a good attitude and make the best of it.

I prayed at LOT.

I studied the sandwich cheat sheet like mad.

Then I prayed some more.

And work was GOOD!

I didn't sneeze once, my runny nose disappeared, my cramps vanished, I didn't notice my soreness, and I was a darn good sandwich maker.

My prayers were answered and I was able to make it through the work day as tough as a horse.

But now that work is over, I feel like a T-Rex stomped on my head over and over and over again.

Also, work was really slow and someone mentioned taking food out to someone.

Sometimes when a customer orders fresh fries or something of that nature we have them pull out of the drive thru and wait until a new batch has been fried, and then we bring it out to them.

Well this is what I thought I would be doing when I volunteered.

Then Sheldon looked and Dell and said, "yeah it's time she meets Marry."

Wait. What. Who's Marry?

They asked me if I knew where she lived.

I was scared right outta my wits.

What had I just done?

Apparently Marry's an older lady who lives right next door to Wendy's.

 Sometimes she calls in orders and Wendy's makes sure it gets to her.

So I took her order over to her house, and she was so kind and sweet.

She talked to me for a bit, and I found out the food I brought over was for her son and he had gotten his foot amputated.

She also told me all about the quirky cartoons she had displayed on her front door; she drew them all!

While we were chatting her home teachers came by to visit her so I told her I best be on my way.

She gave me a check for the food and a dollar tip to keep for myself.

She really brightened my day.

I'm so glad I met her!

I hope I get to deliver to her again.

I love days like this, when I get the chance to serve others.

It just felt good.

Side note: I love small towns for this very reason.
Wendy's does not deliver, but in a small town like this, people take care of each other.
Everyone knows everyone and people are more willing to help one another out.
I love it.
I LOVE it.
I LOVE IT!!

The Candy That Sooths

So I'm not big on hospitals, or doctors, or medicine.

I think it's all kind of a big hoax.

No offense to any predestine medicine men.

Or politically correct; medicine people.

I believe in my body.

God made it.

It's perfect and I wouldn't want to hinder it by putting questionable substances into it.

Our bodies are made to heal themselves, so even if it takes longer I'd rather take that route.

At times I have even been teased, and I quote, that "I'm scared of Flintstone vitamins."

The second reason I think medicine is bad is because my older brother, Ryan has convinced me that the government is trying to poison everyone and make us all complacent.

You didn't think I listened to you, big bro, did ya?

I find your views fascinating and interesting.

I can't eat at McDonalds now either...

Also I don't believe in ADD.

I think those people just have a lot of energy and they don't learn through sitting still and reading a book.

They learn more by being active.

I think this world puts everyone is a box and if you don't fit in it then they put you on drugs to be normal.

and to that I say HECK NO!!

I don't have to fit ANYONE's "definition" to be productive in this world.

I say to every person; embrace who you are, LOVE who you are, and don't ever change for this world.

How's that for sticking it to the man.

But now we are WAY off topic, I didn't plan on going that direction.

What I wanted to say is I don't believe in junk like medicine BUT

I discovered cough drops today.

I know. I'm 18 and this is my first time using the magical lozenge. Weird.

But I have a sore throat and these things are SOOOO soothing.

I was skeptical when Kenz gave them to me at first, but now I'm a believer.

They taste like dog breath, but I'm not complaining.

Three enthusiastic thumbs up for cough drops!

{ps I'm probably going to get a comment from Ryan telling me that cough drops have a chemical in them that will melt my brain in 2.7 seconds flat.}

Disclaimer: no doctors were hurt in the writing of this blog.



Little Moments

I need a new job. I need a new job! I NEED a new job!!!

I think if I say it enough it might just happen.

People, please pray for me.

I need it.

I can't even express how frustrated I am with Wendy's :(

The following things are just funny moments that I would like to remember.

If you don't find them funny then it was probably a you-had-to-be-there moment.

Library Adventures:
Me: Hey Kenz my pants are really stretchy. *lift my leg up* just give them a good tug.
Kenz: *hesitant*
Me: Go on pull em!
Kenz: If I must.

5 min later...

Kenz: Does a snowman have a carrot nose?
Me: Yes, have you never made a snowman before?
Kenz: Not a real one with a nose, I just make them with balls... WOWA that's not what I meant!!

Walking to the gym:

Me: What does toboggan mean?

Kenz: It's a type of sled.

Me: I'm going to change the meaning to "hi" because toboggan is a really good word and it doesn't get used enough.

Me: How do you say mouth in Spanish?

Kenz: I don't know. All I know how to say is Aloha. No no I mean hola.

Arriving at the gym:

Me: Kenz I think we just walked into Hell. We should turn around and leave now.

At the bank:

Me: Do you think the tellers can hear our whole conversation?

Kenz: *quiet voice* Hey if you guys can hear me I want a lollipop.

*2 min later*

Teller: Have a good day *sends the canister back*

Kenz: WE GOT TWO LOLIPOPS!!!

and the thing that made us laugh the most yesterday:

Abort! Abort!

Sometime last week Kenz and I went rock climbing.

We walked into the building and I said "can we go to the little girl's room first?"

Now for those of you who know me, that's not really what I said.

But this is public, so let's act like I know how to be a lady.

She said sure, turned around, and started walking in the other direction.

I stood stunned and confused for a second because we were already headed towards the girls room.
Then in a moment of panic I realized she thought the mens was the womens.
I tried to stop her, I shouted...

"Kenz, no! Stop. Wait! That's the MENS bathroom!!"
She was saved at the last second.

We both burst out laughing.

In moments like that it's hard to find the right words to save the person.

You're racking your brain and your words come out stuttered and slow and ALL wrong!

You feel like a deer in head lights unable to move.

Next case.

Today we went to Wal-Mart.

Twice.

But that is not important.

Kenz was driving and the stop light was fast approaching.
I knew the light was red.
FYI when we reached it we'd be turning left.

The closer and closer we got I wondered if Kenz knew what color it was.

But my brain was frozen and I couldn't speak.

Finally when we were partially in the intersection I blurted out;

"IT'S RED! IT'S RED! IT'S RED!"

She promptly backed up to safety and we had another laughing fit.

Third time.

We made fortune cookies tonight, and wrote weird and halarious sayings on slips of paper.

We are going to give them to our friends tonight.

I'll let you know how it goes over.

Any how, as the first batch was baking Kenz and I saw this sign that read;

"Don't use sink".

Ok?

We wondered what could be wrong with it.

Kenz examined it and we came to the conclusion that 'they' forgot to take the plug out and that's why the sink was full of nasty water.

No biggy right?

Note: there was an abundance of soaked through towels under the sink.

We laughed at their foolishness.

When the second batch was in the oven Kenz started washing the mixing bowl in the side of the sink that wasn't full of water.

Then I heard flowing water, like A LOT of flowing water.

I looked over and started yelling;

"Don't use sink! Don't use sink! Don't use sink!"

Kenz looks at me like "why not?"

I pointed to the floor.

Water EVERYWHERE!

We started laughing hysterically and Kenz managed to say "They weren't kiddin!"

Which caused more laughs to bubble from the both of us.

What I learned about myself today:
In situations of panic and stress I yell the same words over and over.
Weird.

Glowing Custard Laser Golf Tag Frozen

Oh wait that is all jumbled.

Frozen custard,

Glow in the dark mini golf,

and laser tag.

Still confused; read on.

Yesterday I awoke in bed thinking "today is not meant to come and go without something grand happening."

Thus a road trip was in order.

Kenz and I decided to pack up camp and travel to St. George.

We called up Andrew and Mark and we were on our way.

First thing first we visited Skyler Burgess.

He's a great guy for those of you fortunate enough to know him.

We had many laughs but had to leave because he had to go bake some cakes.

No judging, he works in a bakery.

*snickers*

After, we went to a pawn shop and Andrew bought a sick TV.

My purchase consisted; Grease, Lord of the Rings, Celluar, and 21.

They were only $2 so why not?

Then on to Nelsons Frozen Custard it was.

We enjoyed the old timey atmosphere and our sweet frozen goodness.

{honestly this may have been the deciding factor behind coming to St. George.}

It took about an hour for us to get our food, they were crazy busy.

We entertained ourselves by launching things across the restaurant.

Correction, I launched things by myself...

It was entertainment none the less.

We then played a mean game of glow in the dark mini golf.

The paintings on the walls were really cool. {a few are pictured to the left}

We had a ball.

Andrew won and I came in second, and yes that is important to mention.

I'm just really competitive that's all.

I got a hole in 2 and I had a spaz attack.

Greatest moment ever.

Then we played an even meaner game of laser tag.

I had 25% shooting accuracy.

It was only the four of us in the room, which was different, usually you're lumped in with another group.

I was running up a ramp to shoot someone and I tripped and fell... then later on I ran smack into a wall...

It was really dark in there...

At the close of the day we headed back home to Cedar.

Our conversation on the drive home was about 4D.

Very mind blowing.

I can't wrap my head around the concept completely.

And that was my lavinous day of grand-ness.

{if you don't know what lavinous means look it up :) }

Oh and this is random;

There is a car in the parking lot with a mattress tied to it.

Odd.

Very odd.

You Know You Go to SUU when...

More people show up to a gymnastics meet than a basketball game.

Our gymnastics team is really good and a blast and a half to watch.

Being stunned by their crazy tricks is my new favorite pass time.

 Speaking of tricks,

A magician came to our school last night.

Mike Super was his name.

Mind blowing I tell you. MIND BLOWING!!

Not to mention he was a hoot and three quarters.

I loved every moment of his performance.

At the end he did a tribute to his mom which I thought was very touching.

This next tid bit is for you mom:

I was pictured in my schools newspaper.

The first and ONLY time I went running on the school track I became famous.

I'm not even wearing real running clothes.

I saved you a copy, seems like the type of thing only a mom would be proud of.

Love you all

Round Two

Last night I was incoherntly slap happy.

I got on Bing {it's the new Google} and typed in

"Funny Facebook status"

Oh boy, did I have a hay day with that or what??

My favorite was; "I think there is a cherry tree in my backyard"

Now I know to you people out there who get a reasonable amount of sleep every night, that may not be very funny.

But just humor me and think it over for a moment.

How does a person not KNOW there is a cherry tree in their backyard.

and why are they just NOW noticing it?

Did someone sneak on to their property and plant a tree while they were sleeping?

Funny, right? Right.

After that little episode I was starving to the bone.

Mack Doodles it was, hence the name 'Round Two'.

I'm considering making it a trilogy and going for a third time.

Again I went for the succulent white meat nuggets.

Is your mouth watering yet, mine is.

Last thing.

I need a friend who will eat the blue fruit snacks for me.

I don't like the darn things, and I feel bad throwing them away.

So just let me know if you wanna be the rain to my bow or the uni to my corn!

I'm even willing to ship them cross country, as long as they get digested by SOMEONE!

Real last thing.

This morning I woke up and my pillow case was nowhere to be found.

Dang ghost.

I really need to get that taken care of.

Happy weekend to all and to all a good day! :)

Giggling Gambling Girls in Galoshes

minus the goulashes of course.

Yesterday was a crazy productive day and by the time darkness had fallen on my wonderful little town of Cedar I was pooped out.

I just wanted wrap myself up like an oversized burrito in my fuzzy blankets, turn on a movie, and go brain dead.

Which is odd for me, I'm not really a movie type of gal.

The things college does to a person is astounding.

Right as I was ready to let my night of laziness commence I got a phone call from a friend.

I needed to buck up, stop being a bum, put on my cute night-on-the-town clothes and go out like a real college student.

So Kenz and I got dolled up, heels, red lip stick, the whole sha-bang, and went on our merry way to casino night.

Now before you get your panties in a wad it was hosted by SUU, and no money was lost in this affair.

When you walk into the great hall of gambling you are given a ticket that you exchange for $1000 in chips.

First order of business; play black jack and win BIG.

I took risks and got mega pay back.

Within a short amount of time my $1000 had grown to $5500.

I was about ready to test my luck in Vegas (joking!) when

I WENT ALL IN!!!

and lost it all.

I busted :(

So I found an extra ticket laying around, cashed it in and did it again.

This happen three times.

Every time Kenz or I would go all in people would crowd around and be like "dude this girl is nuts, she's risking it all!

But every time we cashed in new tickets we had to hide from all the peeps that knew we'd lost everything... you're only supposed to get one ticket total.

It was like playing fugitive, defiantly fun.

When casino night was wrapping up Kenz and I ran around to all the playing tables and cleaned up the roses for the committee.

We took them home and made up some potpourri!!

Side note: I have amazing friends that I love to pieces.

At lunch Andrew came up to me and told me he saw some art that South Hall was trying to get rid of, and there was a huge drawing of a COWBOY!!!!!!!

He took me to the building way late at night (after casino) in the freezing cold to get it, that's what I call a true friend.

It's currently hanging on my 'Cowboy Take Me Away' wall, and one day I'm going to frame it and put it in my house (when I get one), I love it.

I ended up getting three drawings!
Isn't the bottom left one just adorable??
I'm doing that on my wedding announcements no battle!

After my night of shenanigans I was as hungry as a hippo.

A late night Mickey D's run was in order, could this night get any better?

No, I really don't think so.

I devoured my white meat nuggets while watching friends then fell happily to sleep.

:)

MmmMmmmMmmm I'm lovin' it!

Tomorrow's To Do List

Number one: Go to first class.
Number two: Go to second class.
Number three: Take a nap.
Number four: Build myself a sandwich to consume.
Number five: Go to third class.
Number six: Go to fourth class.
Number seven: Buy shampoo.

Isn't being a college student exhausting?
I think I need an edible bouquet to get by...
hint hint

Love Stories Are...

BOGUS!!!

Yes, I like chick flicks, but there is a reoccurring theme that doesn't sit so easy with me.

Who is writing the plot lines to these things?

I recently watched My Girlfriends Boyfriend with my mom; it's totally cute by the way.

You should see it.

But first I wanna have my say about love stories.

Boy meets girl, girl takes boy to a place her dad used to take her as a child, boy asks if she's close to her father, and {you've guessed it} girl tells boy her father died when she was young.

Ya-Da Ya-Da.

Right after I watched this chick flick I picked up a book my mom got from the library, Lost December.

Boy falls in love with girl; boy tells girl mother died when he was 7.

Two deaths in one night, I can't deal with this.

So what the media is telling me is someone has to tragically die and scar me for life in order for me to fall in love.

I think I've pin pointed societies biggest problem.

Women pass up great men every day because they feel like something has to be seriously wrong with their life before they can fall in love.

So guys, listen up, first run her dog over, and then ask her out.

BOOM.

You've got it made.

Please send me a wedding invite :)

Now of course I'm mostly joking, who doesn't want someone to come into their life and make it better than it has ever been.

I'm just sayin.... EVERY love story, really??

What about those of us who just want a simple love story.

About a dorky boy who makes us laugh and feel beautiful, and in return we make them sandwiches.

Make a movie about THAT!

Wait, scratch that.

No one would watch that!

Now that you've let me rant and rave...

I want to say My Girlfriends Boyfriend is so DANG cute and I just want everyone to know I rooted for the dorky guy from the beginning!

Secondly Last December was a really good book.

It was a modern day tale of the prodigal son.

Luke didn't take the 'right' path.

But by the end of the story I was so happy that he picked the 'wrong' path because so many people's lives were blessed and his path eventually led him home.

It was a joyful ending.

It makes me want to save a hobo off the street.

Read It.

It brought tears to my eyes!

You're life WILL be blessed by this story.

and a side note for Ang because I know my reading bugs you :)

I'm so proud that I can read a book in two days.

I feel like a super star.

If I keep it up I might be able to read a book in a day!

A Fear of Fish

I cleaned out the fish bowl last night.

Turns out I am terrified of the little buggers!!

I won't be doing that again any time soon, or ever for that matter.

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To All You Joe Shmo's Out There

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the big twenty-twelve.

Today the church program read; January 1, 2011.

That gave me a good chuckle.

At least I’m not the only one who does that.

It usually takes me a few months {like 3} to get it right.

New Year’s resolutions…

hummmm

I think I should buy toilet paper more often.

That is one thing that should never be procrastinated, yet always is in my household.

I also think I should buy a potato gun and a marshmallow bow and arrow.

A combination of those two items would make for some really fun times.

In addition I want to help little birdies that fall out of their nests find their way back to their homes AND save the penguins; I figure the whales have enough support.

Those are my fun resolutions; the ones I’ll PROBABLY ACTUALLY keep.
Accept saving the penguins, that is WAYYY too unrealistic, even fore ME.

My serious ones;

I wanna get at least 3 interviews and 10 more followers for my blog My Love Affair with Country.

I want to save $2000

Which means I’ll have to cut down on my concert going or get a sponsor.

Heyyyy what a good idea.

Can you get a sponsored for going to concerts on a daily basis?

If anyone has knowledge about how to get one keep me posted!!

Let’s get back on track.

I want to cross 5 things off my bucket list this year, and I want to do an internship in Hawaii or Texas this summer.

Some background info on my last one;

One time I heard this quote;

“There should be four new things that you should learn every day, something about yourself, something about the people you love, something about the world, and something about a stranger.”

I mostly want to focus on learning something new about a stranger every day.

Creepy? No.

I always remember those random people who have started up conversations with me in the super market line.

Sometimes those people change your life.

They always have something interesting to share.

I don’t’ wanna miss out on all the great things I can be learning.

So I'm throwing that rule "never talk to strangers”, out the window and I'm going to get my chat on.

Here’s to a new set of 365 days!! {unless it's leap year}

Dream big, have faith, and live with passion.

:)