Blogger Brawls

I know what you're thinking. It's been less than 24 hrs since my last post, but shh I can't help it. This is something I remembered that I wanted to post about. Blogger Brawls...

My mom introduced me to this brilliant contest. I am disappointed that I found out about it too late into the game. Basically Mormon Times is having this contest where people send in a blog posts about the dating woes and they compete with others. Once a week 2 people are chosen to compete with each other. Each week voters vote on which one they like the best and a winner is chosen from the two.This continues on for a few weeks until they have all the winners. Then voters vote once again and they narrow it down until they have one single winner. That winner gets the opportunity to have their own permanent column in the Mormon Times...AWESOME! Seriously,  I would have loved to have that chance. I think I could have won. People would have loved my honesty and humor and would look forward to reading it. haha (a little over confident in myself?). But alas, you'll have to read my dating woes on here and not on Mormon Times. Bummer...maybe one day. Anyways, go to the site because it's hilarious and but also very true. I relate to these people. I have experienced similar things, I have thought the same things. It's kinda neat being able to read your thoughts through someone else's words. They talk all about crushes, to wrong things to eat on the first date, to being 25 and single, to being touchy feely, to playing the dating game, to break ups, and marriages, so on and so forth. You'll get a kick out of it and who knows maybe even learn something. =)

http://www.mormontimes.com/people_news/newsmakers/?id=13596

xoxo

Rama-Lama

Finally my blog is working!! For the last week or so I haven't been able to access it, which is such a shame because I've had some good things to post. (And guess what? I naturally can't remember them now. haha oh...) 

     Why the problems with the blog? I got a virus dang it! There was this pop-up that kept showing up on like all my webpages. It looks legit but no worries I never clicked on it. It was a Microsoft pop-up saying something along the lines of "Microsoft needs your permission to install an online protection tool, because your computer is running in unsafe mode" hmm, hi I have Norton. It's like one of the best virus protection programs out there and I trust it enough to tell me if I need to install something. I ignored it, but it started taking me to random websites and things started failing...not cool! So I googled it. haha (Ever think about how wonderful google is and how google became a verb?) Anyways, the pop-up is a fake. So fyi if you get it....you're screwed. haha nah but it's a pain to try and get rid of. It also goes undetected by most virus protection programs...awesome. This chat discussion on google told me to delete malware or something (lovely computer talk, I don't understand). uh well, they also suggested I run a free scan from Microsoft that usually detects it. So I went to there site and hours later (like an entire night) the scan found a Trojan virus and got rid of it. I'm rescanning it just to double check. Hate viruses! 

    Conference is this weekend. You have no idea how excited I am. I'm actually going, my first time! I always hear the things I need, it's so incredible! Too bad I can't use my coloring packet this year, that would be odd to be doing during conference. Time to grow up I suppose....ha

     Short work week, we're closed Friday and Saturday and I don't work Thursday. So Wednesday after 2, I'm free for a long weekend. This is where I would take the golden opportunity to go somewhere exciting, but I won't. haha 

     Easter is Sunday...beautiful. Our Easter program last Sunday was so good. Lots of musical numbers and good talks. Easter is so special.

      I dyed Easter eggs tonight for FHE. I haven't done that since I was like 7. It was so fun! Except I'm pretty sure, mine were the ugliest. ha..typical

    I think this picture is beautiful. Doesn't it just lift your heart? I love black and white photos.

 * **And this is the part where I will go on about my dating/guys in my life rant. Because I feel like it needs to be addressed every few posts. Hey what can I say? It's my life, something I'm dealing with so sorry you have to hear so much about it. haha.***

       My dad told me this weekend that I need to find myself a man and stop dating boys. haha. I thought that when guys come back from their missions they would have grown up some and become men... so not true. But that's okay, some people take longer to grow up I suppose. Question: What do I mean by grow up? Take responsibility, don't play these dumb games, find out for yourself who you are and what you want, care about others, progress, actually know what you're working towards, mature, and lots of other stuff. But this is where the issue lies. The "boys" in my life put on this fakeness of being men, but really it's all an act. Is that harsh of me to say? They are trying too hard to impress girls, which really just makes them less attractive. Be yourself. =) Once again this plays into the whole dating atmosphere out in Utah. An example, I go on a few dates with a guy and some people think that means automatically marriage and babies and a ring on my finger before the end of the year. Let's take this moment to once again tell people, I am not like that. People have this idea that I am some guy crazy girl just waiting to get married. PSH! please...marriage is great and all but I still have a while before I want to take that step. If someone proposed to me in the next few months, I would say heck no. Why? Because I know for a fact that I am not ready, I'm still also doing some "growing up." Besides, I believe in a thing called getting to know the person and actually dating awhile before you decide this is the one that I want forever. Forever is a long time, let me remind you.

    No, I love guys, they're fabulous sometimes, but really what I'm looking for is just someone that I can date to randomly call up and go have fun with me. Things are more fun when you have someone to share it with. (Aww... precious) Because really I just want the companionship. (Little secret, I'm hate being alone. But I think we all are) I'm not looking for something serious right now. I'm not looking at every guy and saying 'oh he's the one for me, I could marry that guy,' because in all honesty I'm definitely not that girl. Things progress in time, and I will not start off a relationship saying 'this is it,' you don't know that early. Things change, take time to get to know them. I believe in dating for a while like 6months+ (definitely more for the + part). So take the time now to remember that.

    Which brings me to the boys, oh silly boys. I listen to my guy friends complain about not having dates or girls, or blah blah blah. Let me make a suggestion. Ready?! Ask girls out,..that's it. If you like them, or even slightly interested...ask them out. Call them ,text them, fb them, email, go to their apartment, do whatever....make an effort to get to know them and see if there is potential there. There is this idea of being afraid of rejection. Okay clue; most girl's will always say yes to a date unless they are involved with someone else or really do have legitimate plans for that night. Don't let that first step scare you. Dates are fun, there shouldn't be this direr need to impress them. Once again, be yourself. And also another hint, most of the time you won't be able to tell anything from a first date. First impressions aren't everything and first dates usually don't turn out so well. haha. Girls like dates, and who cares what happens after, just take it one day at a time. I feel as though sometimes people are so focused on the future they forget to live in the present. You never know what could happen, or what memories you could make, or a friendship you could be creating, or a conversation you needed...until you give it a shot. Take a risk! Sure, things might not work out after the date, but you never know they just might. This is life full of disappointments and well happiness too.  There is someone better out there if things don't work out. However, things will work out eventually. Do you understand my frustrations yet? Guys drive me crazy, and I'm pretty positive I drive myself crazy sometimes. But life keeps going...

     This is what I've recently come to realize. I'm living my life right this moment, I don't get a second time around, this is it! So, even through the bad things this is still my life. It will keep continuing on and I have to go with it. Life doesn't stop and wait for me to 'get it together' because that will never happen. There will always be something else that will knock me down, but on the positive side there will always be something that will lift me up. Just take things one day at a time....makes things so much easier. 

That's all for now kiddies! Enjoy the rest of your week and conference this weekend.
xoxo

ps. sorry for the long post and lack of entertainment eg: jokes, pictures, witty things to make your day..maybe next time ;) 

Pure Talent

So one of my favorite things to do is watch youtube videos of people doing covers of songs and listening to their own original songs. Um...daggum! Seriously some people are so talented (some not so much. haha), and I am envious. I've written some songs on the piano way back when I was a young kid, but they were awful. So, I stopped and I keep telling myself one day I will get back into writing songs and one day they will become well-known. I want to write songs using the piano and guitar (two instruments I would love to play, but I'm no good at. ha) Oh the dream...

Talented people with original songs and covers that I love: (I apologize most of them are women. haha I relate what can I say?)

kk that's probably enough to keep you entertained for a while. haha. Have a good week!

xoxo

-So I said to myself, Kyle...

-Kyle? -That's what I call myself. (Oh boy meets world quotes )

So here's to random ramblings:

Twilight: New Moon comes out Saturday. Sweet! People are actually going to get it at midnight? Uh, it's a dvd not a movie premiere...lame, but still exciting.

I went to work today and here's a story for you. Sherilee (my boss's/bishop's sister) tells me that we have a problem and that I will have to do most of the work today and help her out a ton. I'm curious as to why, then she holds up her right hand. Talk about disgusting! Her 4 fingers are swollen and she can't move them. Her fingernails are black, literally solid black. Her middle finger is bandaged and kinda off to the side, obviously broken. I gasp. She tells me the story of how it happened. You see yesterday she was getting something out of our big, heavy safe. We have lots of safes but this one is the biggest, and they had to get a forklift to bring it in. So the door can randomly shut if you don't pay attention. But Sherilee had her fingers in the door and it shut on them. OUCH! Apparently her middle finger started gushing blood and she had to wrap it up, and it was still bleeding today! She put it on ice, but she didn't go to the doctors. She is right handed, by the way so that means all her work with that hand is out. So we couldn't buy anything because she couldn't sign the checks, because it doesn't look legitimate. haha. So it was an interesting day. She did everything one handed and I was her other hand. So I wrote everything, and lifted things, and well tons of stuff. She kept icing her hdan and taking Tylenol. She's allergic to any medicine that's really strong or has a certain ingredient in it. (I forget what it was called). Plus she's diabetic which doesn't help things. We closed early so she could finally go to the doctor. She kinda started getting loopy and dizzy. But what a story yeah?!

I started watching Grey's Anatomy from the beginning....what a good show, and the music is amazing.

I built a shelf for my bedroom and it looks fabulous...only took me 3 hrs. haha. I also finally hung up my pictures, took me like 2 months. aha well better late than never.

BYUSA just came by the apartment. They were sweet but I was taken off guard. They wanted to know what they can do to serve me. Trash, dishes, sandwich, I laughed but they were serious. I understand they actually want to serve and help, but I was taken aback. People usually aren't that forward and genuine. It was very nice, but I couldn't think of anything and I feel bad letting them do stuff for me. I love serving but I don't like being served, unless it's subtle. haha. I mean I need to be served and would appreciate it, but I feel obligated to return the favor, always. Er um, enough about service. 

OH, I'm going to Stadium of Fire this year again. Carrie Underwood!! Holla! And I'm going with my favoritest person ever...Dayne! You have no idea how excited I am.  

What else?...I feel like I had lots of thoughts and now, I'm drawing a blank.

Happy Patty's Day. Favorite Leprechaun video....

KK. Have a good week! 

xoxo

P.S.  I'm just adding this note even though I posted this a few hrs ago...my ward has the most incredible people in it. Seriously I love them! Every single person has some amazing qualities about them. They are beautiful individuals. And I realized tonight how I need to go out and be more social and actually look around more. I'm overlooking some pretty awesome people that I think need to be in my life. haha. And if you're in my ward reading this, you are wonderful. Thanks for being my friend and associating with me. =) 

Bring it on

WEEKEND WEEKEND WEEKEND!!!! yay!!

Btw, the new trailer for Eclipse is incredible. I am so excited to go see it. oh baby baby! 

xoxo

Oh My Stars, Bless Her Heart

This title is not appropriate for this post, but...

 1. I want to look at the stars/I need to look at the stars. (How often do I mention the stars in my blog..a lot) When I was younger I would always in the paint program draw the Earth and the stars. Always with the stars. Sometimes it's an annoying desire/obsession that can be a hassle because I don't have the time or a place to just sit, think, and admire the beauty of the night sky. But I need it in my life, I thrive from it. I am my true self (lame right? shouldn't I always be my true self?), and it helps me realize who I am and what blessings are in my life, and well clears my head. I always find what I'm looking for. I feel closest to God while looking at the stars. I find peace, comfort, love...and recently I've been missing that in my life. That's because I've been trying to find a dang place to look at them, where it's clear, not sketchy, and where I won't get raped or something. Hard task I tell you. However, someone told me about a place so I should go check that out pronto. 

2. Bless her heart just makes me laugh every time I hear it or read it. Because down South you can say basically whatever you want about somebody, but if you end it in bless her heart, it makes up for everything you just said that was bad about that person. It's like an explanation/excuse. I love it. I especially love it when someone calls me out on saying it. I don't say it very often but every once in a while it comes naturally.  haha. Also, I feel the need to mention this because it makes me laugh. And that's the mood I am in...a laughing mood. So in honor of my laughing mood, here are my favorite kind of jokes...

~Here's Your Sign~

•                "Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say "I'm Stupid." That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me...oops... never mind, didn't see your sign."
•  Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I swear he said, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign."
• A stranger approaches and asks, “Excuse me, are these the elevators that go up?” I reply, “No, these are the ones that go side to side. The ones that go up are down the hall. Here's your sign” 
• (On the phone at an airport talking to his wife explaining that the plane hit a deer) Engvall’s wife says, “Oh my God! Were you on the ground?” Engvall’s reply: “Nope, Santa was making one last run. Here’s your sign”.
• I pull up at the Christmas tree shop and I walk up and the guy says "hey you here to buy a tree?" ..."Nope, My son had to go to the bathroom and these trees looked mighty inviting." Heres your sign!

·         I come in the house soaking wet and am greeted by "Is it Raining?".."nope, decided to take the fish for a walk". heres your sign!

·         I learned to drive an 18 wheeler in my days of adventure. Wouldn't ya know I misjudged the height of a bridge. The truck got stuck and I couldn't get it out no matter how I tried. I radioed in for help and eventually a local cop shows up to take the report. He went through his basic questioning. No problem. I thought for sure he was clear of needing a sign... until he says "So..is your truck stuck?" I couldn't help myself! I looked at him, looked back at the rig, then back to him and said, "No I'm delivering a bridge...Here's your sign!".

·         It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our driveway. My friend comes over and says "Hey, you moving?" "Nope. We just pack our stuff up once or twice a week to see how many boxes it takes. Here's your sign."

After writing this, it led me to watching Bill Engvall and Jeff Foxworthy on Youtube. And then I found myself looking at Southern jokes and language. It's hilarious, mainly because I understand it all and especially the whole subject on how to talk Southern. I say these things and don't even realize it. haha. Oh how I love the South. http://www.gagirl.com/southern/southern.html 

I've realized, I am doing horribly at my new years resolutions. The whole confidence and not so hard on my self issue. Also, the being more honest with myself and others. More consistent in scripture study, finding a good lds guy to date. And I could do better at brightening the life of someone each day. (I don't focus on it, I need like a reminder so I can have a conscious effort in doing it)  I'm usually so good at keeping and accomplishing them, but boo I'm a slacking. I'm doing good on the others but still I need to work on these.

Do you ever listen to a song over and over? Do you ever have a song you have to listen to when you're in a certain mood or when you're doing something specific. I do. Random thought, I know. 

So the whole reason I wanted to write this blog was because of friends. Aww. Particularly my friends.. =)

K Sunday night I got a phone call from a very good friend who invited me to dinner at a mutual friend's parents house. And I got to see all my loves! (minus a few because they couldn't make it) Oh, how I've missed everyone and those amazing dinners. My friend's mom is an incredible cook. Oh so good. I always leave full and satisfied. And she made this amazing chocolate flan  cake. oh baby, baby! Anyways, it was so nice to be with all my old friends again. That doesn't happen hardly, because everyone is in their own little world and super busy. Understandable. But I love the fact that no matter how long it's been or where everyone is at in their lives we can come together and be comfortable and happy. I don't know another group of friends that I have where I can always be myself and be completely comfortable. There isn't awkwardness there.   You know you have some friends, y'all are close but time changes things then you meet up again and it's just weird. I don't have that with these people. True friends right there. (Ps.everyone's growing up so beautifully.) Anyways, I loved seeing everyone and laughing and reminiscing about old times. Oh how I didn't even realize how much those people mean to me and how incredibly happy they make me. I love them.


"No lapse of time or distance of place can lessen the friendship of those who are truly persuaded of each other's worth"

Another long post to add to the pile, I don't think I know how to keep things short and sweet. oh well...peace and blessings. haha
xoxo