{new hair... again}

so... my cute highlighted hair was all types of grown out, so earlier this week nicole dyed it for me... a "deep golden brown" - its kinda reddish though. i like it, but its still taking some getting used to! :)

{hello from arizona!}

okay. so last week was crazy busy trying to get everything finished up to move home. i finished the last four professors' bulletin boards [i'll have to ask paula to send me pictures of those ones...], was taken to lunch with paula and patti at the pita pit... as a final goodbye thing. i finished packing... including the car [which by the way was ca-razy! i seriously have way too little of a car for all the junk ive got... lol!] oh and i even took some stuff over to paula's for safe keeping until my mom brings kels up there in august.

actually... i was over there and locked my keys in my car. and i seriously dont remember the last time that has happened.... it was rather embarrassing. i called my dad to see where he had taped the spare key on my car [almost 4 years ago] and this is what i found...

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lol... it was just the skeleton of the tape... and no key. haha... kevin drove me back to my apartment and we got the spare key and everything was fine.

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i passed cleaning checks... had a final farewell/jamie birthday party on saturday... said goodbye to the roomies and panini....

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i drove home on sunday... caravaned with the townsends- devin rode in my car with me... it was nice for me... gave me someone to talk to and to laugh at my "singing" ... i dont know if it was as fun for him... but i liked it! and it went surprisingly fast! i drove the first bit... then devin drove from flagstaff to tucson [i hate driving through phoenix, so he was my hero and drove that part for me! :) thanks!]

we got home just in time for sunday dinner [the townsends stayed].... and everyone was there! tino was out waiting in the yard... and nicole and kelsey and travis and dustin came out to help... and mom and dad and grandpa and adrian and hayley where inside waiting! it was quite the little welcoming committee! it really was the best...

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this week has been fun... trying to get everything unpacked and settled and what-not. we [as in me and mom] had too much dang stuff so we ended up getting a storage unit... and things are fitting nicely now. im all moved in... and the little gallery room feels more like my space now... and monday starts the job hunt.


{i got new curtains and put down my wicked sweet zebra rug... i love that thing!}


{i figured i should make myself a spot to get ready if im going to be here for a few months... so i wouldnt have to be in kelseys room all the time... so i moved my cedar chest... found that mirror in the closet and viola! its the perfect spot... and its close to a power outlet... so i put a little bin of my blow dryer and curling irons and straightener and stuff... anyway... im happy with it!}

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oh and edmond [and chester & edgar] made the drive back to arizona safely. i think edmond likes arizona better... his color looks better... and he is more lively, maybe its the elevation change lol. anyway... he doesnt look very healthy in this picture... he kinda just chills there on the bottom with his nose up- it makes me laugh...



things are going great... i love being back in arizona! and i love being with my family! tomorrow is the gaslight theater with the townsends and bakers... ill try to get pictures of that up saturday...

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oh and i figured out a new way to do my hair... i think i like it better spiked in the back a little... yep- im going to have fun with this hair cut!

{oops....}

i did it again....

lol... i went to get my hair highlighted and trimmed today [by brooke again] and somehow i managed to convince myself to go short.... again. i really did think that i was trying to grow it out... but the dye job was just to fun to have a normal cut, so she did an a-line... not like the one from november... this one is pretty dang dramatic.

its short, im not going to lie.

we straightened it... but i got home and it was feeling a little boyish... im sure it wasnt... but ive never ever had my hair cut this short... so i decided to curl it and try to figure out some ways to work with this.

brooke did a great job! exactly what i asked her to do... but seriously... next time someone has GOT to tell me not to go short.

i do like it quite a lot though... and im sure ill get used to it in no time. although... i had gotten into the habit of throwing my hair up into a little pony tail bun thing... which were pretty cute and easy... there is no way thats happening for another few months. oh well.

anyway. overall i really really like it! :)


{you can kinda see the back in this one... yeah wow. its short... i know... hahaha}

new things...

{updated cookie pics}

so i am continuing in my quest to perfect my sugar cookies... and in honor of st. patty's day [and with the help of my new clover cookie cutters from my wonderful mama] i made all green clover shaped sugar cookies! :) lol... i even dyed the cookie dough green! they were terribly cute, and terribly delicious! and i took a little bag of them over to paula's and then to jason and laurel's [i went there for dinner last night, and it was dee-lish!] and they were a hit [the roomies loved them too] plus... i think im getting better! haha.... there were three sizes... huge, normal and bite size... the little bitty "baby" cookies [as isabel called them] were definitely my favorite too! :) oh! and i went to a fireside, ward prayer... and watched the prince of egypt with a little group of people... high five to me for being social! lol... and then today i went to the beauty school and brooke highlighted my hair... actually she did highlights and lowlights and then we did a dark brown on my bottom layer [all of it for just $7.50 - heck yes!] and it looks really cute! :) she did such a great great job and i am absolutely loving it! [thanks brooke!] oh and i also made a little frog vase thingy... like mine, only way cuter... for the office- i actually like this one way better! [it was for paula... hence all the pretty blue, and she likes it! so... yay!]



can you see the big big ones... the normal ones.... and the baby ones? too cute right? :)



little miss isabel...and jason! [this was on my phone too... curtesy of erik!]



my new awesome highlights! i really am very very happy with them! :)



lol... there a couple really bold ones... just what i wanted [i forgot to get a picture of the underneath side... ill work on that too!}



and the very cute [and newest] office plant [and froggie friends!]

:)

it really is thursday...

so i think im going insane.

all of my days are blurring together... and this week has been going by so very very slow!! i seriously thought yesterday [wednesday] was thursday... i got to work and got the bucket to water all the plants... its part of my job... lol. but i water on thursdays... anyway. i told paula that i was going to go get water... and she kinda gave me a funny look, and i then i remembered that it was in fact wednesday, not thursday and i started laughing and was like... hmm, maybe ill wait till tomorrow.
silly silly me.
today has been a little less confusing but it seriously feels like a friday... maybe even a monday.... :) and! today was our last day of classes [tomorrow is "reading day" which is just a finals prep day and then next week is finals!] and i can i just say how very strange it feels? it feels like it was just last month that i moved up here and was laughing about my blunders in learning my way around campus.... but that was june!!
ca ra zy.
im happy its over though... just a year and a half more... thats not too long, right? right. time will keep flying by, right? right... ill be home next wednesday [well, wednesday night]. it feels silly to have come back up here for two weeks. i think byu should change its semesters and start in august, but then have their finals the week before thanksgiving... then we could have a month and a little for christmas break before we come back in january. its a brilliant idea if you ask me!
:)
welp... 6 days till im home...
less than a week! its gonna be great!
im super excited!!

oh and i cut my hair... short! and i have bangs again! i know. who woulda ever thought? i like it a lot, its definitely different. oh i didnt blog it when it happened because i wanted to suprise my fam when i went home for thanksgiving... and it worked!! they loved it! [maybe someday ill post more pics! :)]


and i hate bananas. and i think there must be a peel in the garbage. cause ive randomly been smelling nasty banana-ness this whole time ive been at work.
yuck.

its time...

alright. so. i am ready for a new haircut. apparently, thanksgiving time is always the time that i get the urge to cut my hair short. but i really am needing something fun and cute. im so tired of my hair right now. and i am definitely wanting bangs again. but i want some opinions. so help me out here? pleasey please?

which one do you like best?

new hair cut...

so once upon a time i bleached my hair... and it absolutely killed it. welp. today its official... there is no more of that nastiness! yay!!

haha so danielle and i went to our friend stephanie and we both got our hair cut today... she did a really good job... and then i decided that it really really was time to dye my hair... (dont tell stephanie that i did it from a box... haha, she would kill me!) but i did, and i really like it. oh!! and i did it all by myself... i was kinda freaking out, cause its always been adrian or nicole who has done my hair. but i think it worked okay with just me doing it...its all even and everything. so thats good. oh but i think it was more potent doing it yourself... i dont know why but the fumes got to me way more... it was pretty funny. but hey it worked! okay so... what do y'all think? does it work? i am pretty happy to be back to my dark brown... i had been missing it... so here are a few pics... dont laugh at my stupid faces... i am having a very non-photogenic night, concentrate on the hair, people. :)