New Decade, Old Memories

As we approach the end of yet another decade, I can't help but look back on the past two decades and think of the changes that have taken place.

Having been born in the 80's (barely) I lived a few quality years in the 90's and they seemed to be pretty rad if you know what I mean. I spent the past couple of days transferring all of my music onto my laptop and came to the realization that at least 90% of my music comes from the 90's. Mostly country.

But really-you've got to agree that the 90's was a great decade for all genres of music. Who can't help but sing along to Bust a Move or Ice Ice Baby? Or to Chatohoochie and the Grundy County Auction? Maybe it's just because those years were my most imaginative and life as a kid was pretty care free. Either way, I loved the 90's and I hope you did too.

I do realize that we're a decade off of the 90's, but we don't want to forget those years too quickly, so here's a tribute to a most memorable decade-in fashion, music and television.

You may have lived in the 90's if...

You know all the words to The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air theme song


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBe0VCso0qs

Goosebumps and Are You Afraid Of The Dark scared you

You collected (and maybe played) Pogs

You remember people fighting over Beanie Babies and Tickle Me Elmo toys

You had a short-lived slap bracelet phase

You know the Macarena. And you do it well.

You loved your pair of overalls

You hoped that someday you could climb Agrocrag like the kids on GUTS

Your shoes had flashing lights

Oregon Trail Day was your favorite day in class

Bill Nye taught you something

You’d have a cassette tape in the radio so you could record your favorite song when it came on

You predicted your future with one of these:

You knew every detail about each Saved By The Bell character

You thought gas was expensive when it was over $1

You (or someone you know) wore Jelly Shoes

And to my family, this is a reminder of the 90's

Remember the good times!

Done. Finished. Completed. Ceased. Terminated. Ended. Cuh-put.

Fall Semester 2009=Over!
As of 35 minutes ago, when I turned in my highly procrastinated take home final for Soils, (due at 5:00, it is now 5:34) the first half of my junior year is over. I don't think I've ever felt so much relief at the end of a finals week as I do today.

Christmas break is strategically placed on the calendar for more than just one reason you know.

December is a month to get together with people we love.
It's a time to remember why we celebrate Christmas.

AND

Every college student deserves a break. We've all been working hard. We've all had our stresses, struggles and our flat out "I"M DONE!" moments. Please, everyone, do me a favor and have some fun this Christmas break. It won't be long before people will laugh at us for wanting a month long break from life, so enjoy it while you can.

And to you old fogies who don't get to take a 30 day leave of absence, enjoy your holidays anyway...and be jealous. Be very jealous.

But really, Happy Holidays from me to you.

One Late Night and a Sleeping Foreigner

I lost my keys last night.

My spare key doesn't work in my ignition...only on the doors.

We checked the chair in the library that I was sitting in. It took a while as there was a sleeping man in it. It took much shaking and many "excuse me's" to wake him up out of his deep slumber. They still weren't there.

Because of my luck, the snow has come down hard in the last 48 hours, therefore most likely sending my keys into the abyss of snow drifts on the edges of the sidewalks.

No one has turned them in to any lost and found.

My car is stuck in the parking terrace.

Please pray that I find my keys. I'm going to need all the help I can get.

Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving break was much needed in the school department for me. School is going well, but it was definitely nice to have a few days off to get rejuvenated before finals week comes. I was able to get a lot done and even put up my Christmas tree! :) I left my camera at mom and dad's so I can't post a picture of it yet, but by tonight I will.

I thought I'd post a few pictures from Thanksgiving day. We didn't have a big elaborate celebration, just mom, dad, Landon and I, but it was still a lot of fun. Dad and Landon were burning a bunch of the brush that we needed to get rid of so we just hung outside for a while so that was fun.
This all needs to be cleared out so instead of hauling it they decided to have a bonfire! It will look so much better when just the trees are there instead of all of the shrubs and dead brush.

I also rode the motor bike around and I was so proud of myself for not crashing! I wish I would have gotten a picture of me on it but at least I got one of Landon.



In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here is a short list of the things I'm most thankful for. (Not in any particular order) :)

1. My family
2. The Gospel
3. Good friends
4. Opportunity to go to school and work
5. Warm bed and warm showers
6. A car
7. Music
8. Agriculture
9. Technology
10. People who do the jobs that no one else wants to (if you don't know what I'm talking about, just watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe on The Discovery Channel)

Happy Holidays!

Life...or something like it :)

The weeks following convention have been so much fun for me. For the first time in a year and a half, I'm living the normal life of a college student which includes: late nights, Aggie Athletics, and plain ol' fun. So I thought I'd post a few pictures!

Halloween proved to be a fun and eventful night. The night was started off with a party and then a few of my friends and I headed over to the infamous Howl at Utah State. Don't worry folks, it's cleaned up a lot over the past 3 years or so, so it's not as scandalous as one might think :) Here I am, Betty Rubble, with Ginger, Scary and Posh Spice.

It was a bit crowded throughout the entire TSC...can you tell?

Really...it was wall to wall.


In the Ballroom, there was an illusionist and a performance by one of the teams from America's Best Dance Crew. They were pretty sweet to say the least


I can't forget to mention Aggie Sports...I haven't been able to make it to a basketball game yet and it's kind of been killing me. I have, however, made it to a couple of hockey games which are pretty entertaining as well. I guess it's the Canadian coming out in me that gets me so excited at the games. We have a really great team which makes it even more fun.

Here's Sasha, Audrey and myself cheering on our Aggies against San Jose State


This year we've been really good about celebrating everyone's birthday. This is our party planner, Shoat. He makes sure everyone's birthday is celebrated in style. Ironically, I don't have any pictures of the night mine was celebrated! (Don't worry about the beer sign in the back, we're just at Texas Roadhouse!)


At Texas Roadhouse, if it's your birthday, they make you sit on a saddle while the entire restaurant yells, "Saddle Up! Saddle Up!" Apparently Jeff and Sid just couldn't fathom saddling up alone, so they did it together..

Waiting..waiting...waiting...you wouldn't think that it would be too hard to get a group of 30 in, right?
I know this was a forever long post, but I had to put these pictures up sometime! :)

Contentment.

To me, one of the best feelings in the world is that of being content. Content with where you've been in life. Content with where you're at. Content with where you're going. I've felt very content in a lot of different situations. For example, I feel content on Christmas Eve when the family is together and we're just sitting around enjoying each others company. I felt content the moment I decided what my major was going to be. I feel content while sitting in church. I feel content when I'm reading a good book. So with this new little chapter in my life coming up, I am so happy to feel content and at peace with it. I have had such an incredible past year and a half and I wouldn't trade the things I've learned for anything. I'll be starting my first semester of the secondary ed teaching program in the spring and that will last for 3 semesters....and once they're done I'll be a teacher! How weird! The majority of the time, I do not feel old enough to be taking care of and teaching high school kiddos! But man, am I excited about it!

This group of kids are some of the other states National Officer Candidates. We went ice skating the night before elections and just had a fun time. These were some great people! The girl on the far left side is from Idaho and is actually going to BYU-I. Our first Sunday in Indy we took a cab to a ward a few minutes away so that was fun to have another LDS person (we were the only ones). Anyway, I loved, loved, LOVED that week and I met some really incredible individuals.
'Til next time!

It's Here!

You got it! Convention time is just around the corner...literally! I'm leavin' on a jet plane tomorrow for Indianapolis and then it's off to the races. I know it's going to be one of the most challenging yet rewarding weeks of my life and I'm so excited to get started. Dad and I talked for a long time last night about a lot of things. He gave me some really great insight into a lot of the different ag topics that I'll need to know inside and out. Thank goodness for him because I got some really great information. He also gave me a lot of really great personal advice-man am I grateful for him. And am I ever grateful for my mom who knows how to sew!!! :D (Oh, and she's kind of been a big support through this all) I wish all my sisters could be here tonight for our little going away party, but know that I'll be thinking of you! This will most likely be my last blog post until I get home from convention so know that I love you all and thank you so much for all of your support-through my year as a state officer and through the last 5 months of preparation! Off to Indy I go!