Learn something everday!

So I saw on http://www.yournextfirst.com/ there was a blog about this website...

it is soo stinkin cute! Check it out! It will make you smile!

Its http://www.learnsomethingeverday.co.uk/ it has an interesting fact each day!

Like today is...
And some others are...

99 things i have and have not done!

53 out of 99....not bad not bad!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band - Every Sunday at 10! :)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run(Does on Wii count?) hehe
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community - I have seen an amish family.... not their community though...
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied -right now! At least for the time being...
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted- Does a characature count?
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie - Disney's Halloween Town!
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible – ALMOST!
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox –TWICE!
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake-never again…
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

100 days of excellence.

Monday was mine and Georges 100th day of being married! I promise i'm not lame and counting...I just have a counter on my facebook... These past 100 days have been awesome. George is probably the most wonderful person I could ever imagine. I'm not going to lie though, we have had some rough times so far. Especially this weekend...I think there was a point he really did not like me...but it was because I was being a brat...Speaking of this weekend...our trip to L.A. was not at all what we were hoping for... it was great to see all my cousins though. I love them all so much...they are just...great! There lives make me feel really lame and boring though. Every night we were there, there were parties until wee hours of the morning...of course I could not stay up for any of them seeing i'm used to hitting the sack by 10. Being in LA just made me realize how simple my life is. But i'm not sure if I would want it any other way. : ) I think George and I make life fun and exciting just by being us...

Sigh... Life. Yesterday was also my first day of Senior Year. I cannot believe I'm almost graduated from college... NEVER in my life have I thought I would make it this f

ar. On the contrary...I am extremely proud of myself for sticking with it. Lets just hope it's worth it in this economy...

Anyways, here is another video of my baby cousin Lexi Jade. She is so cute...when you ask her what her name is, she says "Sexi" haha...

21 is the luckiest number

Man, So I am going to be 21 in 2 hours... holy cow time flies. I can't say I'm not excited though. Someone told me today that I am stepping into the best years of my life. I believe that's true. I am looking forward to being 21. I will be graduating college... hopefully buying first home. Plus, I have a perfect husband to share these coming times with. I am optimistic.

This past week has been really tough though...I'm not going to lie. One of my best friend mother just passed away from her long time battle from cancer.

Life is so precious. How can anyone spend a life full of regrets? How can we not forgive sometimes. Sigh, I don't live life enough. I am going to try to make this next year of my life really count. Maybe it's just me having this overwhelming feeling of optimism... but I really want to do something great.

Anyways, George and I are going to start video blogging on here now...

BRYCE CANYON!

So this weekend I had an epic adventure! I went to Bryce Canyon! It was amazing. I don't know how anyone can go somewhere like that and not believe in God. It was spectacular that only he could make. This trip was amazing for so many reasons! One, I got to spend it with the two coolest people I know!(Megan and George) but I also had a great story worthy experience. So Megan, George and I spent all of Friday going on a 6 mile hike. It started off to be a beautiful day...Until we were smack dab in the middle of the canyon...and these clouds of death roll in. We were like...Oooo shnikeys! We needed to find shelter in quick! As soon as it started raining, we turned the corner and there was a big tunnel! We couldn't believe it! God must have really been looking out for us. While we were in the tunnel a huge storm went by! It was thundering and lightning and raining like crazy! We were nice in dry in our tunnel! So after the rain calmed down a bit, we decided we should keep pressing forward on our adventure. We scoped out the next part of trail we could see and found a little nook we could aim for. We looked at eachother and said "Lets run to that next nook" so we run out of the tunnel.....without really thinking... rain + dirt = mud. We slid EVERYWHERE! So instead of booking it to the nook...we kind of cautiously slid there. Eventually we made it. Once we got there we kinda hung out for a bit...After a while this young couple joined us! They were Romans! Or as I like to call them "Trojans"! (it makes the story sound more epic) We talked to them for a while...and then we decided to press onward again. Eventually it stopped raining but their was still mud EVERYWHERE! To make matters worse, the trail we were on was actually a horse trail so...there was horse...poo....mud...everywhere...it was pretty nasty. But we made it back in one piece. I guess this story wasn't as epic as it seemed at the time but it was still amazing! I guess the moral of the story would be... check weather signs before going on a 6 mile horse trail...and trust it God! He will always be your shelter in tough storms. :)

Here are some pictures of some amazing people and a kind of lame but mildly entertaining video!

An Aha Moment. Written: May 9th, 2007

Ok, So this is a blog I wrote a long time ago...and I understand it's incredibly long...but it made me smile rembering this...and it made me think all over again what moments i'm missing because I'm too busy for them. So if you read this, I hope you can take something out of this too...

2 years ago.......

I woke up this morning at 8 because I had to work at noon...I know weird of me.
My mother came into my room at around 7. She usually does this to say bye to me before she goes to work. Most of the time though, I'm so tired I just grunt a little and turn over as she says her good-bye.

But today was a little different she came in to tell me good-bye because she was leaving to go into surgery. Although I have known about this surgery for a while I never really thought about it much seeing I have a job and school...I just kinda blew it out of my mind. The worst part about this whole thing was, when she came in to tell me good-bye, I went through my usual routine I go through with her everday. A grunt that sounds faintly like a goodbye and a turn over.

It didn't occur to me what I had actually done until I was going to put my make-up on and realized it was in my car. I run into the garage, open my door...or at least try to. I locked my keys in my car.(for those who know me well, yes laugh it up chuckles. This is a typical Becky-ism.) Since I live home now, I didn't think this would be an issue. But then I realized, My spare key was on my moms key chain...which is with my mom...who...is...in.....surgery....RIGHT NOW!

It was like someone smacked me across the face with reality! I didn't even tell her I loved her or gave her any sort of recognition that I even cared...

I did what instinctly do when things like this happen(lock my keys in my car), and call my moms cell phone. Knowing this probably wouldn't work I tried anyway. No one answered. So I called my grandma in a panic. Luckily she was there at the hospital. I called her freaking out. Not because my mom was in surgery but because I needed my keys before 11 or I couldn't go to work. She said that she'd bring them by and everything will be fine. I hung up with her while relieving myself of some major stress build up. But then once again it hit me...I'm more worried about not making it to work than not being able to drive to the hospital to see my mom...

I stopped for a minute. I layed in bed just recapping my last couple hours. Then the past few days, few weeks, few months even. I thought about how much time i've actually spent with my family in these past months.

It's been minimal.

Then I did something I never do. I called work and asked if I could just have the day off because my mom went into surgery. Luckily Issac was really understanding and i'll thank him for that later.

I have the day off. I still didn't have my car but I called my grandma back and told her I had the day off, and so she doesn't have to worry about being in a rush. She was already on her way to bring me my keys anyways though. When she got here, I just gave her a hug. I can't remember the last time I had seen my grandma. It was at least a few weeks ago though(Which is weird for me because my family is so close). She told me my mom was fine, she was coughing a lot and saying how thirsty she was but she'll be alright she's just a little out of it.

My grandma told me that my step dad would call when she wakes up so I could go see her. So in the mean time, I thought i'd spend the rest of my morning doing something for my mom. I started making her cookies.

(TANGENT)

Cookies have been my gift lately, I don't know why. Maybe i've found boxed cake to be too easy. I started making cookies with the TollHouse chocolate chip cookie recipe on the bag. It didn't occur to me until I was almost done that I only had a few chocolate chips left in the bag. I could have done one of two things.

1. go to walmart and buy more chocolate chips
2. search my house for a substitute.

I chose 2. because honestly, does it really matter what KIND of chocolate chips you put in right?.... Apparently it does. My cookies turned into mush and WOULDN'T COOK! Maybe I did something wrong while making them but the chocolate chips didn't melt...they just...didn't work!
For your enjoyment to those still reading this I took a picture of them.

They actually don't look bad but these are cookies that had been cooked for 20 minutes and are still mushy. So...who even knows.

Anyways, I gave up on the cookies and since then i've been writing this blog.
There are three things i've learned today thus far.

1. My mom is my favorite person in the world, I hope she knows that, and if not, I'm going to spend the rest of my life letting her know.
2. My priorities are in a serious need of re-arranging. seriously, if I listed off the things I worry about in a day and the things I spend most of my time doing, my life would sound pathetic.
3. Chocolate chips are not just chocolate. TollHouse makes sure if you don't use TollHouse, you're screwed.

the end.

I'm a very studious.....student.

So tonight I have to write a 4 page paper about Rhetoric. You are probably asking yourself...what in the heck is rhetoric!? That's why I'm eating watermelon. :)