Bloody guaze

Um yes, another sweet movie made by the Seniors!

Once again, this is pretty funny, but is so much funnier because I know all the people in this video. Enjoy!

Mall salesmen

Okay, I have some friends who are in sales, so I should probably be a little careful, but I hate sales-people! They are so pushy, and I'm so not good at telling them no. And the very worst ones are those guys who work at the carts in the middle of the mall. You know the ones. They are always selling purses, or belts, or other useless products that no one actually needs.

Yesterday I went to the mall, and as I'm walking to the next store, this guy just grabs me. His pitch started out by insulting me just a little bit - "you keep your nails natural?" Yes, buddy, I do. I grow them myself. Well he drags me over to his little stand, and I decide to humor him, all the while preparing myself to say no. After telling me I look like a nurse, and dropping his price by about 30 bucks, I'm still telling him 'no,' and I still can't get him to leave me alone! I finally had to just walk away. So irritating! Oh yes, he was trying to sell me what I can describe as a fancy emery board that was originally 60 bucks. Seriously! I don't want one! (Those people bug...)

Father's Day

Okay these are my fabulous parents. (And Blake, and by the way, don't you just love the look on his face? I mean, what the heck. Totally classic, by the way.) Also, this is my dad at the beach. Please note the hat, glasses, and long-sleeve shirt underneath his T-shirt. This is pretty much standard for him, even when he's actually in the water. Ha ha!!

So I just wanted to post something in tribute to my father, who is amazing. He is one of my very favorite people in the world, and I am amazed at how much he is always doing for those around him. If he's not at the dental office, he usually at the church, or at home with the brothers. I love being able to call home and talk to him about dentistry, and the more I learn, the more I am impressed with him! As his beach attire might suggest, he has a pretty great sense of humor, and it's very entertaining to watch him interact with people. I think that is where I got my odd sense of humor (and my weirdly-shaped pinky toe). It always makes me happy when people tell me I'm like my father. Thanks for your amazing example. Love you, dad!

Also, I would be remiss if I didn't talk about my mom, who is just as amazing. I was teasing her the other day, because she has been put in charge of girls camp, and I was wondering what fabulous decoration she had concocted this time around. (She used to go all-out when she was in charge of decorating for my girls camp.) I've never know someone who is more willing to jump in and volunteer. She is the root of my musical talents, and I am so glad that I had her example (and musical genes) growing up. Just love her, and her enthusiasm for everything.

I think I can confidently say that I have the best parents in the world!

Dog, please!

This is Shasta. Isn't she beautiful? I basically grew up with dogs, and my parents currently have two golden retrievers: Shasta and Molly. My mom loves them almost as much as she loves her children!

So my friends here have dogs (and a really big cat), and I have been coveting them (not the cat)! Unfortunately I can't have a pet at my place unless it is a "service animal." So if I interpret this loosely, I might qualify. Basically, I just need a doctor's note. I've almost convinced myself that I'm going to get me a dog. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a cute little house dog who can keep me company. I think it's a wonderful idea. I'm just sad because I have to wait until after the summer because I'm going to go back to Utah for like 2 weeks, and I don't want to leave my new puppy for that long. Don't I look like I need a dog?

Forever wedding

Okay, I don't know how many of you are Office fans, but one of my very favorite episodes is the one where Jim and Pam get married, and the whole office dances down the walkway to the song "Forever." Well I had heard it was based on a YouTube video of people who actually did that for there real wedding. I just stumbled across it, so enjoy!

PS. I think these guys are totally awesome for doing this!

Um yes, I love Jim and Pam. And I would totally get married at Niagara Falls.

Cooking

I realized today that never before have I cooked this much. And yet at the same time, I've never cooked so little! Ha ha. I've pretty much boycotted making lunches, and instead have opted to go to the hospital cafeteria most days. However, it seems that at least 2 days out of the week I'm making or contributing to some form of dinner night. It's really nice, and it's given me a chance to improve my cooking skills! However, on other nights it seems that I am extra lazy, and instead opt to make cereal for dinner. Mmm, yummy!

Anyways, I'm running out of new main dishes to make, so I'm going to have to start getting creative pretty quick! My personal favorite is still making sweet pork because you can keep it in the fridge and use it in about a million different types of meals, and more importantly, you make it by cooking it in a crock-pot with Coke! Yep. Well tonight I'm going to be somewhat boring, and go for pasta. Yummy!

Inclement weather

That may be an understatement. Let me tell you what happened yesterday.

I start the day off by getting a text from the mom that says the weather looks like there might be tornados happening in my area. I look out the window and, noticing nothing but an over-abundance of humidity for the day, go on with my day as per usual. After class I headed out to my gym which is at 108th and Q, which is a good 15 minute drive from where I live. Just as I'm headed home, it starts raining. Scratch that, pouring. Not only is there a ridiculous amount of water coming down, it's coming sideways because of the wind.

So here I am, trying to drive home on the freeway with my wiper blades going as fast as they can go. Visibility is like 10 feet ahead of me, and every once in a while the wind blows so much water on my windshield that I can't see at all! Luckily traffic was extremely light, especially since a bunch of people stopped underneath overpasses to protect their cars from possible hail. Me, being the determined Utah driver that I am, continue forward. Luckily I did make it home safely, but in going from the parking lot to my house, I got completely drenched. It really looked like I'd just got out of the shower, or crawled out of the river or something! Ha ha. Once I got inside I just looked out the window at all the water, and it was creepy because the sky had a greenish hue. (That happens when there is a tornado.) There was a tornado that touched down, but it was north of Omaha. There was also golf-ball-sized hail, but that also missed Omaha. There were flash-flood warnings being put out, and there were several downed tree-branches that did cause some damage around town. All-in-all I felt pretty lucky that I didn't die or have a tree fall on my car, and I was way too jazzed about all the rain and thunder! Seriously, I should move to Washington because I love the rain!

I tried to get some photos, but it wouldn't let me copy them. So here is a link to a video of the tornado!

Tornado video