testicle festival

"home of the cowboy's sac lunch"
"if you've got the guts we've got the nuts"

the 2009 testicle festival in the middle of nowhere utah was a benefit for one of our kids on our unit. at the festival we had some rocky mountain oysters... (i am very glad they were battered and deep fried) and brenn hill sang (our kiddos dad). It was so amazing, and the very last song he sang was about his son, and i think we all almost lost it. There was about thirty people who work on our unit up there supporting briggs and to listen to brenn : ). we all had an amazing time and have a great story to tell lol

one of our secret spots

los angeles

rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens

this is one of my favorite things.

my dad bought me this type tray several years ago. this is what the old print presses used to keep all the letters in that they used. my dad and i (he has one too) have filled it up with things that are important to us, and things we've collected on our travels. i absolutely love it and it brings me so much joy to look through it. i took pictures of my favorite little squares.

These are sugar packets we got from a little hotel we were staying at in france

my chem concert ticket, bottle from the 1800s, little mystical dragon

midnight showing of twilight ticket, little camera - love of photography,

chief joseph stamp - i'm part nez perce indian

x96 big ass show ticket (where i saw all american rejects <3>

balloon man from mexico, money from the phillippines

alkaline trio concert ticket, an icon from the st. denise church in paris where they believe

christianity might have started there and where many famous kings and queens are buried

including marie antionette.

the little angel is from my friend alina from ukraine that she gave me as a going away present,

pinback concert in cali, my mama dixie's 'august' spoon - one of my favorite posessions

one of my mama dixie's horses, fossil from my dad, jack johnson concert ticket

courtney name plate from alaska, another one of my mama dixie's horses,

little salt and pepper shakers from mobile alabama

a nail from the union pacific railroad, seashell, vote for kennedy pin

little glass filled with watermelon erasers from my sister from japan, little colored nemo,

three stacked shells, coheed and cambria concert ticket (first concert i went to and i went with

my brother)

i have no idea where this little horse came from but i have memories of him

from when i was a very little girl. i love him.

little spring cleaning

ah! my life is so clean and organized - for the first time in i don't even know when. I decided to take the night off of homework and school and just get back to my normal. i cleaned up my stacks of paper which were scattered to at least four different parts of the house (i do not think my mom has appreciated this semester and the tornado that is has brought with it). my mom and i fixed the 3-whole punch that i broke LAST semester.. (nursing school=too many papers) and i punched my enormous stacks of paper and put them all away!! I gathered all my books - just as bad as the papers - and stacked them neatly in my room. I even washed all the linens on my bed (which hasn't happened in awhile i'll admit, i'm lucky to get clothes through the wash) cleaned my bathroom, and vaccummed. it felt so good, something i used to get accomplished once a week but hasn't for at least three months. I feel like i can get through the last 4 weeks of school (yay! almost over!). mmm i'm so excited to jump in my bed tonight - i love new sheets, and blankets and comforter!

sleepy

if i ever thought i was tired in my life i was wrong. i have never been so tired and stressed and just so done with school. today after work and before class - (which is where i am now, and not listening because my mind can't function) (this is embarrassing but true) i was in the bathroom and i just sat because i could. it was the only time today that i wasn't doing anything, or thinking of anything, or anything anything. i am so close to stop doing homework and work and just sit and do nothing. mmmmmmmm but i won't, a semester and a half left and i am all done :) and andrew and i are going to cali this weekend which is going to be badass - (might add to school/homework stress - but who is going to turn down cali???) mm so excited! but so tired!

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vday post dancing

this is a heart andrew gave me a while ago. i love it.

Valentine's day was amazing simply because i got to spend time with my bestest friend :) I loved every minute of this weekend and am so sad it ended and that andrew had to go back to logan. We went dancing with some close friends and had the time of our lives just letting go and having fun. We ended our vday weekend with cuddling on the couch. Best vday weekend ever. What more do you need?

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