Pictures from Warren's phone

I went through his phone, because, well to be honest I wanted to see who he was texting and what they were talking about... I got bored real fast, so I started going through his pictures. Ah ha! New blog post! It's so hard having one of these things because I never know what to say. I sit and think about stuff all day, and I get nothing. Then when something completely random happens, I forget all about it until a week later when all the details are no longer in my memory and it's not very interesting. Sorry if this is dumb!

Over here, are my wisdom teeth. I got the monstrous things pulled on April 9, 2008. A day I will always remember! Mostly because after my mom went back to Boise after she figured I was stable enough to live on my own again with all the drugs and stuff, Warren proposed. Funny, eh?






This is our TV after we got it assembled and positioned in the corner. Warren was quite proud of himself for putting it together. Also, need not I forget the Wii on the bottom.









To the right, is me in the hospital getting my very first IV. That could have been the worst night of my life. I think I would rather get my teeth pulled again!


Next, is my sister cutting my hair. And my grandma in the background. I cut a good 7 inches off. A little fact about me- I grow my hair out for a few years, then do something drastic to it. Like this! My sister is in hair school, so she did a great job, of course!



Below is me over thanksgiving after my hair cut. My mom in the background fixing Thanksgiving dinner, and me pouring some Martinelli's!








Anyways, so those are the pictures I found. What a good husband... documenting some of the worst times of my life! Just kidding!

Things are going good for us. I hate living in Logan because there's nothing to do... and most of my friends are never here because they are single... and they have money to go do things. Warren is happy that school is out for Christmas, but bored because he doesn't have a job, and is home all day to do nothing. We will be going to Colorado for Christmas. Then it's back to school for Warren, and me, well back to work. Since that's all I do. Anyways, but things are going well. My health is kind of improving. I have to change some medications for birth control, and take this other one to help my stomach relax so I can sleep and eat like normal again. It's been really frustrating dealing with this. I'm really scared to start a new perscription for birth control because the last one didn't work out so well, and I'm scared things will go down hill again, and I don't know that I can handle it much more. It'll eventually become so bad that I wont be able to work... and then where would we be?! But, my doctor said she really liked this one, on the down side, if I do start to feel sick again, I will have to get an implantation form. Like NuvaRing or IUD. I will probably faint all over the place if I have to do that! I get a little light headed just thinking about it! Birth control sucks!

Anyways, that's all for now! Sorry if this is really dumb, haha!

Life Just Isn't

Life isn't about keeping score, it's not about how many people call you and it's not about who you've dated, are dating or haven't dated at all. It isn't about who you've kissed, what sport you play, or which guy or girl likes you. It's not about your shoes or you hair or the color of your skin or where you live or go to school. In fact, it's not about your grades, money, clothes or colleges that accept you or not. Life isn't about if you have lots of friends, or if you are alone, and it's not about how accepted or unexcepted you are. Life just isn't about that.

But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about how you feel about yourself. It's about trust, happiness, and compassion. It's about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence. It's about what you say and what you mean. It's about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. Most of all, it is about choosing to use your life to touch someone else's in a way that could never have been achieved otherwise. These choices are what life's about.-- Chicken Soup For The Soul

This is one of my all time favorite quotes.

I think of this when I'm super discouraged and feel as though my life isn't anything special or anything to be proud of.

And then I remember the time when my best friend read this in seminary one day, and had everyone in the room in tears.

That was one powerful and spiritual experience I will never forget...

Nothing really important to put here

So, I know that Thanksgiving is over, but I had an experience over the holiday that made me feel grateful... and it didn't really hit me until later.

We left Logan around 4pm, right after I got off work. Warren picked me up and had the car all packed so that we could leave right away and get there earlier. As we were about to get on to the highway to head north, my cousin calls. Oh shoot! I had totally forgotten that I asked her if she wanted to come with us! She lives in Provo and her parents live in Las Vegas, so she didn't really have a place to go. So instead of going north, we went south and waited for her to catch up to us in Brigham City. It takes a good 2 hours to get from Provo to Ogden, and she was driving in holiday 5 o clock traffic... surprisingly she got here pretty quick. We left BC around 7... it was dark already, and my cousin Adrian, was super hungry... so I drove while she ate.

We had a ton of fun hanging out with my family... of course there is always drama between me and my younger sister who no one likes.. just throwing that out there... haha!

Anyways, my older sister decided to start a new tradition, which is after everyone has eaten, and is still sitting at the table, we go around and each person says something they are grateful for this year. Most people said they were thankful for having a job, and having money, and having food... others said family and friends... but my cousin said "I'm thankful Kelsey said 'we'll wait for you' because otherwise I would have been at home all weekend with no family and no friends... and no one to spend the holiday with." I thought it was touching at the time, but on the ride back home I realized how important it was to her that she got to be with family she doesn't get to see very often. And how if I hadn't of waited, she probably wouldn't have come. What an impact that had on my day. I was so humbled by her kind words... and I guess what surprised me more was when I realized how much I had grown up... I wasn't proud that I had waited, I was glad I did, but it didn't consume my entire attitude... it hadn't even crossed my mind that I went out of my way to make sure someone else was happy.

I wish I could have this same attitude towards this coming Christmas. I'm scared to go to Warren's mom's house. I've never really spent any time with them, other than just a little bit here and there. Things there are a lot different than they are at my house, and not to mention, this will be my very first Christmas without being at my own home and not being able to see my family. Plus, we have to drive there. Last time I checked it was an 8 hour drive... and my car struggles with the drive to Boise, which is half as long. I'm really nervous about it. I guess it'll work out though right?

Other random things... I beat everyone at bowling! Even Heidi and Warren! Heidi usually always breaks 100... Warren is usually up there in the 130's... but me, I got 136. I've never even gotten a 90 on that dumb game! Wii bowling however, my score kicks trash. I have the all time record of 234. I was so happy for myself. After a stressful day like that had been, it as good to know that I could do something, and do it well.

anyways, I have no pictures because I'm at the library on campus while Warren writes some papers for school.

A Long Road to Recovery

For past, um, I don't know, like 6 weeks I've been really sick. It started (this is going to sound odd) with nightmares. Not just normal nightmares though, ones that had people throwing up in them. I'd wake up afterwards and feel really sick to my stomach. The next night, I'd be fine. Well then it started to pick up, and eventually I didn't have to have a dream to feel sick, all I had to do was eat basically. Then I got this incredible migraine. I've gotten one once before when I was in high school, and we didn't know what it was until I ended up in the ER from passing out. Well, I had a perscription for migraines, but they wouldn't help this one I had a few weeks ago. It got so bad that I lost sleep. I was up a straight 30 hours before I finally got so tired that I passed out. During the day however, I felt fine. I started to get chest pain, and my left arm went all numb... this is when we figured out this was something more serious that we thought. My mom got really scared for me. I ended up in the ER because I felt so sick... it was miserable. They hooked me up to an IV... never had one of those before. The next Monday I went to my Dr. here in town, and I told them I wanted to be put on a different birth control pill because this one was making super sick. I'm not the only one who was having similar side effects, and I couldn't think of any other reason as to why I'm sick all the time. They asked what my symptoms were, and I told them... they gladly accepted my request and set up an appointment for me to meet with the Dr and talk about it all. So between Monday and Thursday, I started freaking out a lot because I was so scared of what was going on. Not to mention I felt even sicker, but the problem now was that my appetite was completely gone, and I still felt like throwing up. My mom came down to go with me to my appointment because Warren was too scared, plus he had school. We talked with the Dr for at least an hour... she told me that she didn't think it was the birth control because I would have felt all this months ago when I first started. Makes sense. Long story short, they took me off the BC and are monitoring me... they also did some blood work to see if it's something else. Diabetes runs in my family, so they tested me for that. She also thought I could be Aniemic, they did a pregnancy test just incase, though my chances are pretty slim, and thyroid. Did I mention my throat felt like it was being choaked? Cuz it did... Tomorrow I go back in to the Dr to get my results and talk some more about what's been happening. I just want to feel better! This is ruining my life!

Politics?

So I voted a couple days ago. My first Presidential election to be voting in. A milestone in my life, for sure. I was really scared, because I'm totally one of those people who gets up the courage to be different, then when it's my turn, I crack under the pressure and just go along with everyone else. What am I talking about? I'll get there.

For many American's, they are stubborn. Very set in their ways. Close minded, and think they always have the right answer. I hate those people who complain so much about the job the president is doing, and come to find they didn't even vote. It bugs me so much! Maybe my opinion has become slightly bias because I took AP Government in high school, and my teacher was a democrat, or maybe it's because I was raised in a highly conservative/republican home and I feel the need to fulfill my rebellion by going in a different direction politically... or maybe it's because I took Economics from a former CIA Agent, who taught me everything about the economy and how it works... I don't really know.

But I do know that the economy is suffering. For those of you who may not know why the economy rises and falls the way it does... it's really complicated. Not gonna lie. But it's necessary for the good, and even more necessary for the bad. The economy follows a cyclical cycle... meaning, it rises and falls (good and bad) but as it does this, it gradually continues upwards.





Anyways, in order to make the economy continue to grow, we need certain things implemented. i.e. the next president, depending on what party he is affiliated with, will implement certain things... such as taxes, and how much should be spent on the war, or the national budget and debt. This is what makes the cycle grow. Ironically, to make this all successful, we need a new party affiliate in the Oval Office. So, basically, because Bush was a republican, we now need a democrat to to help the economy recover. It's kind of confusing, and of course I'm not as good of a teacher as my teacher was, but you kinda get the idea?

Anyways, so I voted for Obama. Not because I wanted to be different from everyone else in Utah... but because I really think he will do a good job. Plus, my opinions on big issues like abortion and gay marriage have changed so significantly, and I feel that they just fall more along the same ideals as Obama, thus my vote for him as president. Anyways, I'm getting a headache... and need to lay down... peace.

SCENTSY!

Is awesome. I think I want to sell it. I just got my new order in today, and I can't decide which one I want to use first! AH! I'm just so happy!

La intro

Oh look! Pink! I've been thinking a lot about this whole 'blog' thing... and I finally decided to jump on the blogging bandwagon. So, ta-da! I don't really know what to say. I drive in my car across town to work, which is only like 10 minutes tops... but for some reason it seems like I have about 28 different conversations with myself in my head. Something that would take normal functioning peoples' brains about 3 days... and I always think, "why don't I create a blog so people can read my thoughts. Everyone else does it, and I can even upload pictures!" So, please, read my thoughts... that I have so carefully scripted out for your entertainment.

I had a roommate last year, well we were roommates the year before, too- but this last year she started reading the Twilight series. I thought it was kind of lame because I'm not a big reader, especially when I asked what was so great about these books that would entrap her mind so deeply as to lock me out of the apartment multiple times in one night, and her response was vampires. She actually continued the whole plot line but once the word 'vampire' came out of her mouth I was pretty much dead set on never reading those books. I lost interest immediately and just smiled and nodded and went on my way to the kitchen, or some place where I knew I would be distracted from the thought of vampires. Long story short, this summer my other friend Katie, was reading them at work one day. I decided to take a gander at this here book, just to see what everyone was raving about so much. Lo and behold I liked the 1 and a half page of the book, and decided to read it myself. So I went and bought the first one. Read it entirely in 3 days this last summer. So I bought the 2nd. I was told this one would take me much longer to finish because it wasn't that great. It took me 2 days. Let it be noted that I haven't read a book that I was genuinely interested in since the 4th grade when I read the Amber Brown books. So I got the 3rd. This one took me about 4 days to finish. Then I got the 4th book, and I have yet to finish it- but that's not what I'm getting at here. I am now addicted to those books.

I recently got married. Woot! Let me tell you it was a difficult path. All this planning and stressing out and saving money. Not to mention my hubby was in Canada for the summer, which was the majority of our engagement. Lovely. Before then, however, I was dating a missionary whom I had dated once in high school. I know, kind of sad but for some reason he kind of won my heart back, through letters of course. Unfortunately it didn't work out, for him... ha!

I went to Utah State University for approximately 1.5 years. Kind of sad, but it was harder than I thought it was going to be. Jumping into college right after high school was a dumb mistake for me. Granted, I enjoyed my time living in the dorms and living the college life, the classes, the part that actually matters- killed me, however. Thus ending my college career abruptly in the middle of the school year. Now I just work mostly full time. I say mostly because I'm not technically a 'full time employee', but I usually get 40 hours a week.

I'm tired, and nothing else seems to come to mind. Time to upload some pitchas'!
peace