Takin Care of Business.. Every Day

Alright last week for FHE we had a game night. A few of us dressed up because we were bored. Inga went all bellydancer on us and JP felt left out so he turned his beanie into a yamaca. haha.































Dan came over and then they started getting jiggy with it, he was so funny, workin his hips haha. We love Dan.
















































Dan and Inga are closer than ever:

















Highlights of the past week include the time that Alexis was really hot and she asked Myra to open the window. Myra said no, and then Alexis proceeded to tell her that if she had to do it, she'd throw Myra through it. Well.. that's what ended up happening.






















It was pretty hilarious.. we have videos of her trying to get someone to open their windows. We [eventually] let her back in though.






Myra & I are taking 2 of our FHE brothers, JP & Alex, to Sadie Hawkins this saturday. Should be interesting.. we're going to dinner then the dance then we're going on a photography scavenger hunt, and then ending it at Cold Stone.

Or at least that was the plan until last night; It was a dramatic and high-strung night at the apartment, with much venting, anger, crying, alternate views/opinions/personalities, climaxing in a shouting - & me & alexis thought, almost violent - fight. After a few things, Myra went to her room, packed some stuff and left, slamming the door. Instead of walking to her sisters, however, she called her brother in law to come pick her up. So I go out to talk to her, and then Inga comes out and starts shouting and they start the real fight. It was ridiculously loud.. Alexis said that she heard people above us moving their stools and walking to the door & stuff. About this time its getting close to 1-1:20am & so Alexis made them come inside and then more things were said and it was pretty crazy. Then he showed up & Myra left and I don't know where everythings at now, & I don't know how Saturday will go. We'll see.


H'ok moving on..
Oh, one funny thing recently was Alexis & Inga seem to be allergic to their beds. They've slept in eachothers beds, on the floor of our rooms, in the living room.. AND now the bathroom:

When I woke up the next morning I looked over & I was all, "no WAY is alexis already up. No." so I go out to go get ready and there they are on the floor of the bathroom. I'm not gonna lie, I took great pleasure in turning on the light. Alexis was sleepy-angry like NOOO TURN IT OFF! & I was all nope sorry I gotta get ready for class. you shoulda slept in your bed like a normal person hahah. it was funny.





Boredom moments include bored pictures which include pictures of us in the open cavity beneath our beds. We had fun, it was pretty comfortable too:



























































Kala has finally gotten engaged to Mike.













The way it went down was he left her things all day, like at home/work/devotional.. everywhere she goes. Then that night he blindfolds her and takes her to the parking lot of the temple (not only is it b/c of the temple but that's where he had taught her how to drive stick-shift for part of their first date). Some of the roomies had made them dinner and while she was blindfolded they set up the food & everything and then went and watched them from their car. They went ahead and ate out there; Kala said Although it was cold it was worth it. So then Mike says he wants to go take a picture in front of the temple, so they go up there & he has someone waiting to take it. They take one and then she goes to leave, and he says he wants to take another one. She's all, "WHY do we have to take another picture? we already have pictures in front of the temple." But he convinced her and as they went to take it, he got on one knee and proposed, so the guy that took the picture caught the moment & they have that forever now. And so, they got engaged at the temple like everyone else.



Alright so this past weekend we also started a progressive Star Wars Marathon at the bro's house. I missed Ep.1 b/c I was with Inga/Dan watching Stranger Than Fiction, but when ours was over we got in a hardcore mood and decided that while they were watchin Ep.1, we'd go throw water balloons at their apartment & hopefully when they opened the door, inside too. hahah. We dressed up like thugs, so that they'd think we were guys n we wore bandanas around our mouths. I was wearing all Dan's clothes, as you can see haha. Even down to the shoes. Not gonna like I felt pretty gangster.



























It was great, when we did it we got their door and window well then they opened the door & dan threw one which kinda splashed a little inside, but what was really funny was Dan threw one that didn't pop ("That's not good..") and then after we hit it kind of inside their apt, we all jumped into the car like a gang fleeting a shooting scene; when Dan squooshed in the back, Alex - who had opened the door again - got the leftover balloon and as Dan shut the door, Alex got a prime shot at the door and got him kinda wet. Then Alexis floored it out of there. It was great..






Alexis had 2 friends visiting, one from Cali - Brittany - and one from Oklahoma - Callie. They're pretty cool, they came with us when we did this. Then about the time that we decided to make a Denny's run.

I had to sit on Inga's lap in the front b/c there was 6 of us. It wasn't bad though, I was pretty comfortable. It was great when we played some crunkk music though cuz we both tried to start dancing.. it was interesting. haha.

And here's Dan & Inga again. Yup, Dan's driving right now! woo!














































Mk the thing about Dennys.. its in IF. SO its about 12:30 when we decided to go, and we didn't get back until about 3am. Yup we broke curfew! Meh doesn't matter, our RA ain't gonna stay up to come around at 1am every friday to check. haha it was fun though. When we walked in everyone kinda looked at us & we were all 'you wish you could be gangster thug like us'. haha. We got some great looks. I didn't have to pay though, Dan did. We really do love Dan. Oh, btw Callie is the one with the curly hair, Brittany with the straight. Both seniors in high school, Callies a bit more reserved n quiet and then Brit's crazy like me & Alexis. At Denny's the service wasn't amazing but we made it fun and it was an exciting late night anyways.



































We had some other pretty good times with Brittany/Callie, but then they had to go. Sad day..

































Alright well updates will come sometime within the next week or so, so stay tuned!

Once in a Blue Moon

H'ok so--

Not too much new is up.. we're all just as weird as ever... Me & Alexis lost place on our room, so now its taking over from the bottom up. Someday that'll get fixed. I've fallen into a routine which includes classes, gym, and home. And then anything extra. Last Saturday, our apartment, some of our FHE brothers, and a group of other people all went to the Romney building and we played 2 games of Capture the Flag, with glowsticks as the flags. We hid ours better the first time and won. The second time, no one won because the other team gave up trying to find ours and we accepted their forfeit. I must give them mad props though, because they put theirs in the perfect spot. They used gum and attached it to one of the 'EXIT' signs - they had a green glowstick. Freakin awesome. The games were pretty intense; I was tackling people and jumping over balconies.. I was fullout sprinting though - goin at my fastest speeds. It's more fun for me patrolling and keeping the jailbirds from getting freed. I caught a good deal of our prisoners. At the end they were all "Holy cow you are FAST! how does someone so small do that?!" and other stuff like that. I was like "Yup I know. I'm pretty much amazing, thats all it is." So that was pretty fun.









The week before you know that we had the Academy Awards - I really did enjoy calling and hanging up with Madeline haha. my roomies said I was mean but I said eh they're used to it, don't worry. haha. I totally dressed up for the Oscars. Later Myra came home and she dressed up too, but I don't have a picture. It was fun. I didn't like Jimmy Stewart or whatever his name is as a host. He was lame. I like Ellen Degeneres, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, etc much better.

Hmm.. what else.. Inga has a sleepover in our room all the time. Never in my bed though - no, she stays in Alexis' cuz I need mah space. haha. They're so funny. I find it hilarious. A couple nights ago they were ridiculous. They fell asleep on the bathroom floor. I wake up the next day & I'm like 'No way is Alexis awake already.' so I go out to start getting ready and there they. Just sleeping on the floor. Completely monopolizing the space. Oh goodness..

Hey while you guys go camping (it's soon, right?) here's something I want you guys to try. Take an orange, and hollow it completely out. Mix cake mix with sprite and pour it into the peel and put it in the fire for around 15 minutes and it will make some good orange cake. I just heard about this today, I really want to try it. Please do it for me. and send pictures of it. Tell the cousins n everyone I miss them when yall go too okay? Cuz I do. It feels so weird having not seen them in over half a year, cuz we missed them at Thankgiving. Sad day.. Anyways. DO IT. and then tell me about camping when yall get back.


& Here's an easy dinner Dan made for me, Inga & Alexis that we tried & was pretty good.

TATER TOT CASSEROLE

4 ingredients:

2 lb bag of tater-tots
1 lb of cooked, seasoned hamburger meat
1 can of 10 3/4 oz of 'great for casseroles' cream of chicken
am cheese

Preheat the oven to whatever it says on the tater tot bag. Get a pan (like the one you use for beggar's stew), put the meat at the bottom, then pour the entire can of cream of chicken in with it and mix it up. Then cover that with the contents of the package of tater-tots. Put it in for however long it says to cook the tater tots on the bag. When its done, take it out, cover it with some cheese and then serve it.

Doesn't look amazing from this picture, but thats cuz it got mashed a little bit when they were putting the leftovers away:

I figured since I just tried something I actually liked, mum should try makin it cuz you're always whining about lack of diversity in what yall eat.





Speaking of Dan, it was his birthday this last week.
Inga made him a big brownie and she was so retarded cuz she put in the candles before it had cooled. Alexis comes in and she's wondering why the candles look so small. Inga takes one out and it turns out they had started to melt within the brownie. Oh my gosh, Inga....





OK so also I was the MC for Broadway Revue. Me and my shiny pants rocked it. I wish I'd thought of using Alexis' camera to film some of the acts.. but I didn't :/

We had some REALLY good ones. Here's the list:

- The Wizard & I - Wicked
- Nothing - A Chorus Line
- A Change in Me - Beauty & the Beast
- The Stepsister's Lament - Cinderella
- Someone Like You - Jekyll & Hyde
- My Strongest Suit - Aida
- Dangerous Game - Jekyll & Hyde
- What is this Feeling? - Wicked
- I Cain't Say No - Oklahoma!
- I'm Here - The Color Purple
- Notice Me Horton - Seussical the Musical
- Where's the Girl - The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Joshua Noveck - Showing Off
- Run & Tell That - Hairspray

I was also in charge of making a slideshow to be displayed to the side of the performers with their names/song title/musical on it. A lot of people were impressed with it. I've included a few of the slides I made so yall could see em:

Keishianna for 'I'm Here' was extraordinary - that girl's got soul. She got a standing ovation and she wasn't even at the end. She's definitely making it to the 'Best of' show. For the other one thatll make it I'm not sure.. I think its a three way tossup between I Cain't Say No, Notice Me Horton, and Joshua Noveck. They were all great talents, acted along with singing, and each of em were a hoot. You'da loved em. So cute.


Ok what else... Oh! Last week we had a roller skate activity night for our ward. They had this thing where you're sposed to dress up as something from a diff time period. Our apt decided to go Toga. I wasn't able to cuz I had a meeting that went through the first half of the activity, but I stole some of Inga's hawaiian leis and I put it in my hair like the Little Caesar guy. I forgot what its called but it was funny. We won 3rd, behind 80s & 60s.



The bishop also skated, although minimally. Here we are with Bishop Meyers, and our Relief Society president (on far left)




Here's me & Inga getting into 'Kung Fu Fighting', and then you can see my superspeed skating:







































And then Alexis had us all go on a photoshoot.. and we took all kinds of different ones. This is one of my faves though.

ALRIGHT WELL THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. TTFN - TATA FOR NOW!! SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR! AFTER WHILE CROCODILE! CIAO! HASTA LUEGO! SEE YA, WOULDN'T WANT TO BE YA!