phone pictures

I never realized how many pictures I take on my phone. I take A LOT.  tomorrow is going to be a fun day i get to, go to English, hang out with my friend Jarom and go to the devotional/forum and have lunch, study BoM for test, go to work, take the BoM test.

Also this past weekend I had ballet, I LOVED IT! Me and my friend Efren (spanish name) took the 190/290 and the 291/390 class. although the 291/390 kids haven't been showing up so we pretty much get privates with a member of the Theatre Ballet. We did challenging combination that reminded me of the day when I danced everyday. It felt SO good. I couldn't stop smiling. It was fantastic.

Friday night at work (at the barn) I cleaned a saddle. yeah. I'm slow but thorough , it took 3 hours, it's supposed to take 1. What can I say? It hasn't been cleaned in a year, if it was mine I would have cleaned it the same way. It's beautiful. I don't know if I mentioned I went horses back riding my first day back at work and the Horses were amazing. Polka and I are using a different saddle I think that helped along with the fact there was snow on the ground. She was a champ and was fast walking 80% of the way. oh man I love my job.

Something else I learned this semester is when you get to read like 40 pages of the Book Of Mormon at once this speak to you differently. I felt like I understand more.

RB is the place to be

so yesterday while I was in the RB I saw 12 people I knew who weren't in my class. That's a lot of people in one building considering BYU has so many students.

back to the barn

Well I don't know if you'd call it a barn but I do. It's the home to chickens, geese, horses, and a cat. It's the place I call work and I love it.

Also today I had lunch with Eric and Dawn Marie. It was so much fun. We went to Five Guys by University Mall. Talked for 90 minutes. So much fun. :-)

phone book ripping

So today at a stake youth council meeting one of the leaders taught me and two guys how to rip a phone book. So I did it twice. got home and tried to show my dad, it didn't work. That's the story of my life. anyway here are some pictures. and the phone book the leader ripped was like 3X bigger then the ones we ripped.  also my computer is lame and put the text like this and I'm too tired to retype it.

I'm glad some people know there medical stuff

So Sarah Burke is a professional canadian skier who was in park city last week when she fell coming out of the pipe after doing a trick. she had surgery to connect a vertebral artery, and it says she died of a ruptured artery which cause a cardiac arrest and the lack of oxygen to her brain did serious damage. good thing I asked a girl on facebook if they pulled her off life support (if that's how she died) and she said yes. I'm glad to know having a heart attack and being pulled off life support are the exact same thing.

liberty training

Liberty Training (as defined by Carolyn Resnick) is a method of training a horse in a free environment without tack from the ground in a wide open space large enough for a horse to avoid his training if he wants to.
I think this is pretty awesome. Have you ever wonder how horses in movies do cool stuff, or how people teach horses tricks? Well this is probably the way 80 % of them do it.  Most trainers use 2 whips. 1 is used as a guide to point where to go, the other is used for impulsion. Some people get so good that the slightest movement means something. I think that's crazy. So anyway one day when I get a horse I want to train them like this. 

Talent for losing stuff

So I'm really good at not knowing where my own stuff is especially after I clean my room. I know that might sound weird. My body naturally accommodates the second law of thermodynamics into my everyday life and surroundings. I don't usually lose other peoples stuff. I guess I just get bugged when I'm blamed for losing something I haven't even touched. e.g., my mom's nice material cutting scissors (I haven't cute material in like 1.5 years. I told her the other day I have no idea where they are and I haven't used them, Today my dad "lost" his tape, and stapler (they were on his desk where he left them) , then my mom goes back on her "where are my scissors?" I have no idea. Yet they don't believe me, even though right after my dad blamed me he pointed out "they're right where I (he) left them." Oh well. I guess I'm really good at unknowingly losing other peoples stuff.

Anyway I really like my English class this semester and I get to start working with the ponies again which I'm SUPER EXCITED about.

1st ever vlog. It's about War Horse

Anyway little know fact. 14 horses play Joey the main horse is nameed Finder he is actually a horse of the horse masters Bobby Lovgren who bought him after he trained him for Seabiscuit. also in the movie I loved the horse guy for the germans.
here are some cool links about the movie.

http://www.emanuellevy.com/interview/war-horse-the-equine-cast/
http://www.cowboysindians.com/Cowboys-Indians/January-2012/War-Horse/
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2012/jan/01/leading-man-star-war-horse-no-one-trick-pony/
http://orangecountysqueezed.blogspot.com/2012/01/orange-countys-latest-break-out-star.html
http://thehorseyset.net/9362/brace-yourself-for-war-horse-with-some-behind-the-scenes-tidbits/
http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/294856
http://www.goerie.com/article/20111229/ENTERTAINMENT0702/312299981/Behind-the-scenes-with-Steven-Spielberg-on-%27War-Horse%27
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203893404577098632229593726.html
http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/spielberg%E2%80%99s-war-horse-horse-sense-abounds
http://offtrackthoroughbreds.com/2012/01/06/ottb-finders-key-lights-up-war-horse/
http://www.observer.com/2011/12/this-war-horse-is-not-just-a-war-horse/
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/12/19/ex-racehorse-stars-in-war-horse.aspx
http://acsdistanceeducation.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/finder-key-warhorse/
http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20556523,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20555266,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20559774,00.html

food

So I really enjoy food.

I learned that although the couches in the new wing of the Tanner building are very comfortable when you're trying to study The Book of Mormon and food smells keep wafting out of the elevator, it's kind of hard to focus especially when hungry. I remember someone telling me that there was a restaurant somewhere in this building, and the food smelled so good so I looked it up on the computer and went to find out. I asked for directions. I got a pulled pork sandwich, which I normally just have a bread and the pork. No at "blue line" it's like fancy sourdough bread, swiss cheese, cole slaw, pork and this weird orange ranch stuff. I don't like cole slaw but I got everything else. I'm currently sitting outside my classroom for my next class at 4. I was again reminded why I don't usually eat in front of people because food should be enjoyed and not prettily eaten, small proportioned bites, table manners. Which I always feel obligated to do when I'm around people. So I ate half of my sandwich in 2-3 minutes. Last half took about 7 minutes. But I was starving. So I ate it. Besides that and the protein (cliff) bar I had this morning I'm doing pretty well. Also had some hot chocolate and some wheat thins.

Thought I was sore before

Oh man, I am so sore. I guess that just means I'm using my muscles. Yesterday in ballet we did retires, attitudes, frappe, more plies, battement lent (lifting your leg forever) and a bunch of other stuff. My back muscles, upper leg, and gluteus hurt, along with some of my stomach muscles. I can barely walk and I probably look really weird when I do. Tomorrow we are going to be doing grand battements, and start working in center. We have to stand alphabetical this week at the barre and I'm in the middle of the role so I stand on the edge of one barre but it's near the corner and another girl dances on the barre, and in order for our legs not to touch I either have to go below her or above her.  I try to go above. I stretched after class and was surprised I still have my splits mostly down. Probably like 2-3 inches off the ground. Side straddles are a different story. When we did élevés yesterday the teacher made me turn in more because my left leg was shaking. my legs usually shake, she thought it was because I am over rotating my legs and I'm rolling on the ball of my foot. that's not it. I couldn't bent my foot for like 3-5 months so my muscles are weak and not used to moving. which is a disadvantage. It's a good class. I feel bad i keep getting annoyed when people in my class ask questions I know the answer to. I have to remind myself it's a beginning class and I was there once too. So yeah.

sleep is for the weak?

Well someone somewhere said "sleep is for the weak." If this is true then I am weak but my body doesn't seem to agree. I can't fall asleep at night. This morning I wasn't really even tired till 2:30 and even then I made myself go to bed to get at least 4 of sleep before my 6:45 wake up call. I could barely sleep. Anyway the semester has started and it's good. I'm dancing, and doing science, exploring career options, studying the BoM, learning more ASL, and writing. (so it turns out when half your ward is BYU professors it's easy to snag a class with them) Last semester I had a class from my amazing home teacher and a class from a guy who's son is on the stake youth committee with me, a math class from a guy who used to teach at Timpview (local high school) who is also friends with my brother-in-law, and the TA for that class was good friends/related to some of my good friends, my Chem TA is from Idaho and knows my cousins. I feel like it's a small world is really one of the best statements when you find out people you know, know other people you know.
This semester I have 2 classes from people in my ward. BoM and Writing. I have 3 female teachers and 2 males teachers. 1 of which is korean and deaf. But yeah. This is going to be an interesting semester.

P.S. (did you know that stands for Post Script?) ballet is kicking my butt.

first day

Have you ever said to yourself "Today is the first day, it's an easy class,  we're going to go slow, this will be easy"? Well yesterday I kept saying that to myself about my ballet class.  Well that came back to me. oh man, we started with our feet parallel and did port de bras, yeah we have to hold in second fir like 5 minutes. I don't remember holding that position that long ever. maybe I'm a wuss because I haven't danced in like 18 months. But seriously. then she made us élevé (going up on the balls of your feet, like 3/4 point, or like wearing really high heels without the shoe) in parallel and hold that for like 2 minutes. I told her the first day I had trouble with my 3/4 pointe because I had foot surgery and she came up to me and made me like stick my chest so far out I felt like I was falling over, and I couldn't hold up on élevé  because I cant bend my foot. So I kept falling off it and I was clenching my fist cause it hurt so bad. I can't bend my foot that far yet, let alone with half my weight on it. But I felt better because I bought this smoking hot leotard (pictured here).

But the problem is, it isn't BYU approved right off the bat. We had some black mesh and this is a leotard that is cute, comfortable and made by my favorite leo company. So I got creative. (I'll try to get a better picture)

We had to add some to the back too. I know the front mesh slants. It was a little loose so my mom stitched one side by had (the right one) and when she did she sewed the material like 1/2 inch below where it was originally sewn. But she worked so hard and I didn't want to say anything. But my teacher said she liked my leotard which isn't plain and boring as you can see.

Oh I felt super smart too because I knew all the words the teacher was saying too. And She asked if anyone new what a sur le cou-de-pied battement serre which pretty much is just beating your foot from around your ankle to had the back of your heel touching your calf in a repetitive motion. I was the only one who knew what it was and I felt so smart.

anyway apparently I like tight petoralis major muscles which is why it felt like I was falling over. I asked my chiropractor.  So he showed me this nifty stretch. anyway I'm really sore.

On a different note now I have times in which I have to wake up by in order to keep my bedroom door. On mon/wed/fri I have to be to school by 7:45 so I have to get up at 6:45. On tues/thur(sat) I have a class at 9:30 but I have to be up by 8. Sundays I have to be up by 9 (church doesn't even start till 11, I argued for 9:30). So I got woken up this morning by my dad holding my foot, yeah standing at the end of my bed holding my foot I had surgery on. It scared me.

So needless to say "it is the first day it's going to be easy." Who was I kidding? myself apparently. So it was a good day. I got my car fixed too (my back up light was burned out), and I got to walk to get it. campus isn't that far from the automotive shop. it was sunny and fantastic.

while I was not sleeping

Well according to my dad I was supposed to be asleep at midnight. oops. So now I'm putting "stick it" on to my computer. that movie is great. The lead actress is in a Canadian show called "Rookie Blue" it's about cops. it's cool. I love crime shows so it's good. The first day of classes was great. I'm so drained so I don't know why I'm still awake.  One thing I heard last semester that I want to try to do this semester is do all the homework the weekend before the weeks it's due. hopefully that makes sense/since. My brain is dead. peace out.

Party Time!

Have I ever mentioned when all my family gets together it's a HUGE party? Well if not, I'm saying it now. Here are some of the things I did over break.

Went bowling with dad, Jamie & Andrew.

Andrew wrote funny messages while he was working such as e.g. Mike cried during Twilight!

Partied with these cute little ladies.

Cutie pants!

Cutie!

They're SO CUTE!!!

Also with this little man!

Partied with the Burbank Roans!

 Checked out Tay's new shirt "guns don't kill people, dads with pretty daughters kill people."

 Little Z

 Building stuff

 Dad telling stories about his surprising adolesence after Tay & Kana had lunch with Gma and asked "what storied can you tell us that we can use as black mail?" So he told the ones Gma never found out about.

 Playing Telephone

 With Andrew & Jamie "ok, bye again." Then laughing.

 Check out Richards new facial hairs!

 Jamie playing hand telephone.

 what Jamie wants her family to look like.

 Emily doing something to make Jamie laugh.

Emily chooses Andrew over Jamie. BAM

Me, Andrew & Jamie Having fun.

Had SO much fun this break!