the things in my head on this friday.

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sometimes you just need to wear a ponytail and not change it for 3ish days. 3rd day pony hair is where. it's. at.

i highly advise you to buy yourself some dried chickpeas, soak them overnight, then boil them for an hour and a half the next day. when the time is right, use this recipe for mindblowingly delicious hummus. forget vegetables, this stuff is good from spoon to mouth.

whenever i hear about SOPA i just want a steaming bowl of sopa.... like tomato sopa. and i wonder if the mexicans are really confused as to why the heck all the americas hate their sopa all of a sudden? (want in on the joke? sopa=soup in spanish. *lightbulb*)

wanderlust has hit me full force! MUST GO ON VACATION. this blog about packing doesn't help me one iota! nor coworkers telling me about their sixteen day florida vacations.

the homework just keeps coming, i tell you. so does the work! i am beginning to think i should just keep my sleeping back there for the days i work afterhours then the next morning too... saving on gas and an endless supply of hot chocolate in the breakroom? win win.

toasted cinnamon raisin bread topped with a slather of greek yogurt, drizzled honey, cinnamon, and banana slices. you're welcome.

snow in the mountains! i love it.... "in the mountains" being key words here, folks.

it is the weekend! the next two days are looking nice and empty. mmmmm freedom. oh, and did you notice the date? it's my 20 5/6 birthday today. i think that constitutes yogurtland or something. just 2 more months until 21. scary. you have a great one!

picture a day 1-7

buckle up, blogging buds, the time has come to start a photo journey through 2012! i saw this idea floating around twitter and thought it'd be fun to join in. i encourage you to do the same, even if you're a week late! 


1- yours truly... in case you forgot what i look like with anime eyes.

2- breakfast! my favorite meal of the day. bagel thin, banana chocolate spread and bananas. mmm
3- i adore the boise river. and the greenbelt. and the beautiful weather.
4- letterbox. i promise i don't live in a haunted house?
5- i wear this every day thanks to linds and christmas presents! love it
6- lunch at chipotle and this friend are both things that make me smile. PERFECT DAY.
7- my new favorite... these shoes. drool
so school has started and blogging has definitely been put on the backburner. my days are crazy. i eat all my meals in cars or on my way across campus. i am already forgetting homework assignments and losing my mind a little, but life is good, and it snowed today so i am less worried about serious droughts come summer. oh my life. happy weekend!

buh bye to you, 2011!

it's over! can you believe it? i remember last year's new years eve, watching the ball drop and wondering what exactly would go down in 2012. well past self, this is future self telling you that nope, not much changed! just another normal year filled with pretty normal stuff! granted, there were highlights and lowlights. there were moments for laughing and moments for wanting to punch somebody in the kidney. hard. a couple times i made really rad decisions.... and vise versa. you live! you learn! you smack yourself in the forehead and get over things.
i'm not making any resolutions this year. i'd going to do an experiment where my only resolution is to just keep living right- step out of myself and do something for somebody. eat vegetables. don't take myself to seriously. be patient.

oh, and remember my list? still going strong!

as for the year, here it is... in pictures.

i had great roommates and good pizza

i drove home in the middle of the night and surprised my family

i played with my friends in a foam pit

i burned stuff

i got glasses (and hardly even wore em)

i turned twenty and burned more stuff

i threw some chalk

we visited hailey in slc

we celebrated cinco de mayo and grew mustaches

i had sushi for the first time

we day tripped to park city

i ran the redrock relay in moab, ut

i worked a lot... and made wonderful work pals

i lived with more friends and had the most relaxing summer ever

i bummed at the pool 

i met a famous guy. (payton... who is this?)

i grilled. and cooked 

we went on vacation to california

a hefty chunk of my gal pals got married 

i laid on the grass and stared at the sky

we went to concerts

and more concerts! 

britni and i flew to colorado

i hung out with my cute colorado cousins (alliteration) 

i made a mental note of coming back here....

i had a mini quarterlife crisis and dropped out of school and ran more relays!

more weddings! 

general conference was attended on a whim (sweet parted bangs?)

a big chunk of cash was deposited on this new "investment" 

i started learning how to take pictures

my pretty sisters were in homecoming court

lots of fall hikes happened

i discovered rock canyon park!

halloween came... i carved a masterpiece.

i celebrated with friends

christmas parties happened.

i went home for christmas and hung out with my nearest and dearest!

i knit

it has been a good year. thanks for the memories. here's to 2012 and the good it will bring.

three truths

i have the beginnings of an online shopping addiction. for real. christmas shopping this year was done almost entirely via interweb. i just get too sidetracked at real stores. couches and sweatpants suit me better. the other day these mocks came for me in the mail and i am pretty sure they haven't left my feet since. i'm more or less infatuated. they're minnetonka and wonderful... and they make me feel like i should habitually be singing "colors of the wind"

nope, i am not driving with my foot. i've been wearing this pair of socks on my hands every day this week and last on my commute to work. i've got gloves somewhere.... but at this current time socks are getting the job done just fine. another truth is the fact that i really don't even know whose socks these are....

yesterday kelsey and i went on a birthday day to terra mia.... wonderful italian food that still has me hooked and dreaming. i ordered tomato soup.... and while it was lovely and i wanted to backstroke in it, i keep wondering why exactly i didn't go for the delicious looking pizza they had. ohhhh maaaan i've gotta go back... and with delectable gelato to boot, i'm pretty sure it will be sooner than later. pistachio and coconut. it is what dreams are made of.

you just need a picture of a christmas tree. that is all! only working half a day tomorrow... hallelujah my kitchen needs a clean.

there is some tension in the air.

can you feel it?
even though i am not participating in school, i can still feel the death grip that finals week has on my provo people. can i say i'm glad i'm not one of them?
can i say that my biggest worry today was that the biscotti that i was making would crumble and fall apart?
that i wouldn't make it to cycling on time?
that i'd lost the mail key? (found in a coat pocket in the trunk of my car... don't ask how that happened...)
how about that i might be developing an addiction for this jar of crack? street name: biscoff spread.

 i think this was actually my only feasible worry. it's delicious. it's peanut butter and gingersnap's love child.

and all i know is that if this is the worst of my problems, my life is pretty good. and i need to remember this when i have to go back to school in less than one month.  meh
ps i go home in two weeks. yaaaaaaaaaay