Make The Best Lemonade You Can!

Oh my gosh. I am such a slacker! I haven't written for months! Oh well I guess that's ok cause it's not like I have a bunch of readers anyways
I started my last semester at BYU-Idaho. Assuming that I pass all of my classes of course. It's kind of unreal. I'm excited to no longer have to go to class and take tests and write papers, but that's also kinda weird to think "I'm done." So this semester consists of studying and finding an internship/job while also making the most of my last bit of college. Look out world, I'm coming!"
Let me fill you in on the last little bit of my life...let's see, spring semester was an exploratory semester when it came to food. Larissa and I had lots of fun finding and trying new recipes. For the fourth she and I went to Ensign Ranch in WA and camped with my family. It was cold but fun. Then we started a combo blog. http://lifeascollegestudents.blogspot.com/ It's a journal of the weird and sometimes stupid things we do.

After the semester was over, like literally the day after finals I drove home with my brother and we dropped all of my stuff at home, repacked and then left 45 mins later for ocean shores. It was really nice to go from school to the beach and know that I have nothing to do. I spent 2 of those 7 weeks at the beach, and basically the rest of the time reading. I read the entire Percy Jackson series. They were fantastic! But that's coming from someone who L-O-V-E-S Greek mythology. I also read Persuasion, and the Red Pyramid (by the author who wrote Percy Jackson). Then I re-read the Host, another one of my all time favorites, and re-read the Hunger Games series because the final book came out in August. It was...really good. It reminded me of the seventh Harry Potter. In that I didn’t know what to expect really, but when I was finished the book wasn't what I expected it to be. Over all it was a really good break. I got to relax spend time with my family, stay up late talking to friends from home and solving the problems of the world with my mom. It was exactly what I needed before coming to my last semester.

I got back into Rexburg Saturday the 4th. Larissa joined me Sunday, Monday we ran errands and hung out with Alex and his sister, Tuesday we went into Idaho Falls and then got to also figure out student loans (which the government is now controlling and so here I am 2 weeks into the semester, and they still have come through. Thank you SO much congress and President Obama, no one can get money for school now, so we will end up with a country filled with uneducated people!!!)...anyways. Then Wednesday Larissa, Ben, Alex, our new roommate Jennifer and her friend Jonathan and I went to the St. Anthony Sand Bar. It's basically a homemade beach off of the river. It’s the best we can get, so I’m not complaining. It has a water slide and a diving board. The water was cold, but we still had lots of fun. Thursday was D-day. Classes started. I think I’ll be ok. Lots of papers and the Y, U, H, N, and M key’s on my keyboard freak out sometimes and I don't care much for a couple of my classes but I think it will be ok in the end.
Well I think that gets you kinda caught up. Have a good one all!

P.S. I would like to make an amendment to my post on April 22, 2010. My plan is to graduate without a ring on my finger. And I'd be fine if there wasn't even a guy to put one there. I view that as the ultimate accomplishment.

Fry 'Em

So Larissa and I have been real homemakers lately. We made garlic chicken alfredo pizza. It was way yummy, and we liked it so much we made it AGAIN the next day! Then today we decided to make enchiladas. We love those beef and refried bean spicy enchiladas a lot! Then we got the brilliant idea to make deep fried ice cream.

Larissa and I were a little worried because a previous roommate said she made them and had a small grease fire, but we didn't want to let that keep us down, so we tried! and it is really, very yummy!!!

Use Them to Power a Time Machine and Check Out Your Future

Well I'm starting up Spring Semester at BYU-Idaho. Kinda weird being here. I'm usually here Sept-April, but I have 2 semesters of classes and and internship that I need to do before I can graduate. My plan is to graduate next April, and since I haven't received an internship for this summer, I decided to stay here and then try to get one for Fall or Winter semester. Not sure how I feel about it all. I mean yeah I excited to be done with college, but at the same time I don't really know what is going to happen to me after graduation. Where will I get a job? Have I learned enough to actually get a job in the real world? Will I be graduating as the ultimate failure as a Mormon girl and have no ring on my finger or guy to put one there? :) I ponder these questions and many others about my future. But really, who doesn't?

This semester will also be an interesting one for me. Lots of changes. New apartment, new roommates (aside from Larissa, she just won't go away...), new ward, starting on my minor of Political Science, so a new way of thinking, most of my friends were also here Sept-April, so they are all gone and have left, so Larissa and I have no one to do anything with but each other. Not the worst situation, but I guess it just means that we now need to make more friends.

I threw a murder mystery party. It was called Lethal Luau. It was a lot of fun. We all dressed up and had virgin margaritas. Earlier that day I donated blood...well I tried to donate blood. Instead they decided to go through my vein, and give me a sore arm and a HUGE bruise. Yay for me...

So Larissa LOVES scary movies, but Ryan and I aren't too fond of them. So I had a moment of weakness and allowed for a scary movie night. We watched "The Fog," "Premonition," and "The Messengers." The first 2 weren't too bad, but "The Messengers" was pretty dang scary. Richard was there laughing at all of the scary parts and telling me when to close my eyes, except at the part when you see the legs on the bed...nice one, now that image will be forever embedded in my brain. Next thing I knew we were watching 6th sense, village, and duh duh dunnnn...The Grudge...that one is SO scary!!! Richard helped me cover my eyes for over half of that movie too...I wasn't able to sleep for 4 days without drugging myself, luckily I had a cold and so I had the right to drug myself. There are also this place in Rexburg called the haunted swing set. Not sure why it's haunted, we just think people say that so they can go make out there without people interrupting...haha I freaked out the first time Larissa and Richard dragged me there, but the second time I was fine, I even swung on the swing set!!! YAY for me!

For Easter, we did nothing really. My parents sent me a box with Easter candy and plastic eggs filled with quarters and candy for the boys to hide for me. Then we made a nice ham dinner with cheesy potatoes and other yummy stuff. But yeah that was it, not too exciting.

My FHE brother was called to serve in the Chile Santiago North mission, that was really exciting to be there for. So proud to know him. He leaves on May 5th.

We had a masquerade for a ward activity. My mask won first place! It was way awesome!!! Well that's all for now. Later all!

Make Dinner for Fifteen

Wow! Am I a slacker or what? It's almost midterms and I am just now posting a blog. Lets see this last weekend I went with Larissa, Ryan, and Richard to Idaho Falls. We went with Larissa's dad snowmobiling. It was so much fun. Richard tipped ours over and then it ran into a tree on the hill, and Ryan caught his on fire. Very productive day. No one got hurt or too cold, we were just sore afterwards.

Colts and Saints went this year to the Super Bowl. We (Larissa, Ryan, Richard and I) went to Larissa's place to watch it on the big screen. It was a good game until the Saints won...the commercials were good. my favorite was the little boy telling the guy to keep his hands off his mama and his Doritos. Way cute!

We had Russell M. Nelson, and M. Russell Ballard come this last week. It was really awesome to hear from them both. I love the spirit they bring with them, the love they give so freely, and message they share with us.

I got to repierce Larissa's ear. that was a scary experience. It decided to close up, so I sat there with a needle and an otter pop. The otter pop was to numb her earlobe. It bled a little, but in the end we got it.

I'm trying to figure out school plans right now. I have to have an internship in order to graduate. I applied for an church magazine internship in the fall. It is a lot easier getting an internship for the fall then it is getting on in the summer. I am trying to apply for fast grad, so I can go this summer and stay on target for graduating in April 2011. We'll see how all of this goes.

The first weekend we were here we decided to make a Star Trek parody. So we got with the boys of Delta Phi 5, Ben, Ryan, Richard, Warren, Mark, Robert, and FHE bro Nick. It's an amazing movie. Feel free to watch it! video.php Hopefully we will have the second installment soon. Larissa and I are always over at Delta Phi 5 now. Making friends is the best, and it is so much more fun to hang out with guys. Life is so much simpler. With our roommates, FHE bros, and other friends we have awesome dinner parties on Sunday. it's alot of fun. I love to have parties, and i think people bond through food. And everyone knows the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. :) Have a great weekend/Valentine's/Single's Awareness Day!!!