oh the memories...

so i had a photo shoot on saturday... we went up mt. lemmon for some engagement shoots. it was cold... and at the end of the shoot it starting snowing. fun right? yeah... i can handle snow in small increments, but it just got me to thinking about my time in provo. it's hard to believe it was 3 years ago when i was blogging all of those silly somewhat dramatical posts about snow. i may have been over exaggerating how horribly unfun snow is, but i said what i said and i'll stand by it till the end. remember those? about my giant ice-scrapper and watering left eye and falling in front of the hogi yogi and learning that snow blowers don't actually blow and the snow is death monologue... yeah. hahaha... good times.

well anyway... back to my wonderful arizona. it's been cold lately. cold like it is 37* right now (and that is cold, kelsey! don't judge me!). i even had to cover up my plants last night because it was supposed to freeze. and it did. the grass was all types of frosty this morning... it's not quite snow, but it's close enough. 

time for hot chocolate. 

hasta.

snow...?

we have had some crazy weather the last week or so... wicked good storms that gave us a lot of rain. apparently its the 8th wettest january in recorded history for southern arizona. woot woot! i think they said we've gotten more rain because of these storms than during all of monsoons. yay for the el ninos! :) anyway... it ended up dropping quite a bit of snow up on mount lemon. sorry for the picture quality... it was on my phone... haha... this is the view from our front yard.

 

more snow...

okay. so i forgot to add my snow story to my post yesterday... so here it goes.

yesterday was the first day of class. and i already told you how i went to all the right classes at all the right times... life was pretty good. it was cold walking to school though, i checked my computer before i left and it said 19* and that is pretty cold. but it wasnt snowing. there was snow all around.. and it was really icy [i didnt fall... i slipped a few times, but i didnt fall...] so i was happy... although weatherchannel.com said that there were expected snow showers for the evening and into the morning. i wore my new scarf (from danielle) and like 5 or 6 layers and my awesomely warm boots and i was feeling pretty good [oh and i still have that little cold... but i was still feeling pretty good.] i got to work a little early and the sun was still shining. about an hour later one of our grad students came in and said it was snowing like ca-razy! and later kevin called paula to tell her she was going to have to brush six inches of snow off her car... and he was right. paula drove me home yesterday, and we walked outside and there was tons of snow everywhere! and it took us like a half hour plus to get home... everyone was driving like 8 miles an hour. i am really quite scared of snow... driving in it makes me so nervous! and i was talking to paula and telling her that i am probably not going to be driving until april when there is no more snow! it seriously makes me nervous.... if i ever lived anywhere with snow i would for serious have a 4 wheeled drive beast of a vehicle with studded and chained tires all winter long. im not even kidding.

so paula pulled up to my complex and i stepped out and into a snowbank... and tried to pull my foot out and my boot was stuck. like hard core stuck. my foot came out... my boot did not. paula rolled down her window and said "arent you glad your dad waterproofed your boots?" haha... it was funny... i walked upstairs with a snow covered sock and a boot in my hand. im not even kidding... hahah... oh the snow...

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okay. that was yesterday. here is today's.

so ive already told you that compared to all these crazy pants byu-ans im a slow walker... in the snow its even worse. im even slower. im totally for serious. it was a lot slushier today than it was yesterday... and its a bit easier to walk in, but i still slip and slide like nobody's business. i dont know if its just cause im an inexperienced snow walker... or if my boots arent frictiony enough... or if im just retarded. haha... but im seriously so slow!! its kinda embarrassing...

i wore my super big coat today too... it was awesome.
awesome and warm!! :)

and today at work one of the professors was telling me that his snow blower broke... he said it had sucked up a newspaper... and i asked him how a snow blower sucked up a newspaper.... doesnt it blow the snow? he looked at me like i was insane. apparently snow blowers suck up snow... and then blow it out... who woulda thought?! and he told me that he took it to the shop... and i asked him if there were special snow blower shops... and he looked at me like i was insane... again.... and he said umm no. lol... and i told him that i want to see a snow blower in action. he said, you can come over to my house and do it yourself... and i said, no thank you... i just want to see it- i dont want to actually do it. i thought it was funny... oh and clarified the situation and told him that i grew up in arizona... seriously. i just dont know these types of things.

paula drove me home again today... and we got home pretty fast! :) haha... and we were talking about building snowmen and junk... so i decided to make one when i got home [oh the snow was wetter than it was yesterday... good "packing" snow apparently... yesterdays was super powdery.] and it would seem that men arent too fond of me... particularly men of the snow variety... lol, it kinda turned into a snow creature. haha... it makes me smile though! i still need to build a big snowman with a carrot nose and a radish smile [thats paula's idea... :)] and mark it off my to do list...

[but be proud of me tino...
it looks like something you would make :) ]


i decided that today would be a good day to take pictures of the snow... it was getting a little dark though... sorry!


my poor arizona car... he must be dying under all that snow!!
[and it would appear that i am breaking the law... it looks like i have a license plate cover... although i cant tell if it covers "arizona" but im so not doing anything about it till it warms up. it wont matter unless i am in arizona right? im hoping... lol!]

oh and when i got home our apartment heater wasnt working. its pooping cold. and i have about a thousand blankets on my bed... and its not enough. lol.

the end.

oh the snow....

so ive decided im not a real big fan of snow. i really enjoy looking at if from inside, sipping my hot chocolate where it is nice and warm, but actually being out in it is not so much fun! maybe its one of those things that i will learn to love... maybe...

let me tell you a little story... so i went to bed somewhat early last night... i was tired [and i had finals today], so i went to bed at like 10... and i fell asleep by 11:30 [im having this issue sleeping lately... its rather strange. maybe im just lonely... lol. just kidding.] i woke up at 3:30... am... and looked outside and there was snow everywhere! like everywhere, everywhere!! and i just thought to myself how creepy utah weather is... specifically their weird misty rain and the snow... and how you can never hear it! im used to the loud monsoon rains! and the loud winter el niños! [be impressed with my little squiggly tilde eñe thingy... it took me forever to figure out how to get it on there...and how to spell that word... not niño... but eñe lol] okay. so im laying there and i remember thinking to myself that snow is death. lol... how easy would it be to die in the snow? for serious. like if you were in a blizzard or something... and you just curl up and freeze to death. im sure its not that simple, or quiet... i watched this movie one time about these hikers... maybe they were skiers or something... that fall down this crevice in this huge mountain and one of them dies from hypothermia... and it shows how he [she... maybe... i seriously dont really remember] gets progressively worse... you stop shivering eventually.... and then you get all blue and puffy and then you get amnesia and junk like that. anyway. i was laying in bed thinking about dying in the snow... and i couldnt for the life of me fall back asleep... i got up and got a drink of water... i turned on some sleepy-sounding music.... i put socks on [sometimes that helps]... i took my socks off [sometimes that helps more]... i even tried that counting thing that mom and dad told me to do when i was little and couldnt get to sleep on christmas eve... you know where you start from a certain number and count backwards... but you have to take a deep breath between each number [remember that one?] they told me to start from 80... i started from 200 last night... i got down to 120 last night before i messed up and had to start over... then i could only make it to like 176... lol. i would go 199... breath... 198.... breath... 198... breath... 197... breath... 196... breath... 197... breath...and so on and so forth. i finally started falling back to sleep around the snow plows came out... around 5 ish i think... then i woke up at 7 to take my finals. i was walking to school in the snow... and i was crossing crosswalks and swore i was gonna fall... so i was walking in all this snow with it snowing all types of everywhere [and apparently waterproof mascara doesnt work if its snowing... so i look wicked cute today... mmm yeah no... lol]. and i got outside hogi yogi and apparently it was icy under the snow... cause all the sudden i was on my bum. and i started laughing... basically because it was funny. i got up... dusted the snow off my bum... and kept on walking... i had three finals to take today and i was slipping all over campus... but i caught myself- so i never fell again. but seriously everytime i slipped i would start laughing... it was pretty amusing. i havent laughed that much walking around campus... ever, i think! haha... oh and i inhaled a couple snowflakes up my nose a few times... that is an interesting sensation to say the least! :) welp. thats my exciting snow-filled adventure for the day [hopefully the walk home wont be as treacherous!]

oh and....

tomorrow!

ToMoRROw!!

TOMORROW!

...and i'll be home! :)

blah blah blah....

so i dont really have antything to blog today.

i went to paulas for dinner last night, and it was a-mazing!! [we had really yummy steak and baked potatoes and a salad and all types of yummy-ness! they are so sweet to invite me!] i was going to my car, to drive over and there was snow on my car... and icicles. i kid you not. icicles. well remember that one time that paula got me that stinking huge ice scraper? [click here if youve forgotten] and she was telling me how i would have to brush off the snow and then scrape the ice? yeah. she was totally right!! it was crazy! haha... but i got my car all de-snowed, it was qutie the adventure. and my hand was freezing! lol! :) but i really am so thankful for that beast of an ice scraper. it saved my life.

oh and i walked to work with snow all around me today. it was crazy cold. and apparently my left eye waters when its cold. its kind of embarrassing.... i wonder if anyone notices. im for serious going to have to wear waterproof mascara for the whole entire winter. haha... oh well... whatev.

the end.

sad day...

so danielle left this morning.

its kind of a little sad for me. we [me dan and jared] went to kneaders for breakfast... and had their amazing french toast. it was delicious. and then jared took her to the airport. ill see her next week, but for some reason it just feels so much more final today. sheesh. shes only getting married... shes going to be living just down the road, shes not dying or anything. but this past week weve been doing a lot of "do you remember that one time..." and we would both start laughing... its funny how we rarely have to finish that phrase for us both to remember the same exact event.... like that one time my mom invited her to my 16th birthday and she shared french fries with natalie evans... or that one time that stephanie got scared of a frog and fell and dented the dishwasher with her elbow... or that other time... hahahah!! :) weve been through a lot together, me and dan. a lot. its an exciting time for her though, starting her life with jared (who i love... hes awesome for danielle)... i know its going to change our friendship a little, but i cant help be excited for them! they will be all types of married next friday. i cant believe its time already. i moved up here in june, feeling like i had forever to be with my best friend. now my time is up and its jareds turn. i do love you like crazy dan! :)

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on a happier note, since she left i switched sides of the room and moved my stuff over to danielles side... you know just to mix it up a little. lol. and i just finished up... she left her posters for me, so i still have a little piece of her. it feels a little more like home having so much stuff on my walls! i love it!



and! its snowing like crazy! we are supposed to get a few inches from this storm... we almost made it a full semester without it really snowing. oh well... its still fun! :)

its officially cold...

so it did snow wednesday morning.
i woke up to snow!! it was crazy cool!!
it was all melted my 1oam though. bummer.

so it is official. its cold.

so.... i put on my flannel sheets!!
(actually these ones are tino's... so thanks buddy
for letting me borrow them!)
:)
i put my down blanket on too...

and i slept as snug as a bug in a rug last night.

umm...

so i really dont have a title for this post. lol... so we will just begin.

its been really stormy these last few days... and pretty chilly too. it was really rainy all day long... and then started hailing tonight... but it was really soft hail... almost like a slush. it was pretty cool and its supposed to snow tomorrow... and i think its quite likely! and im kinda excited!! :) but it did snow on the mountains... and this is the first time the snow has gotten to the y (granted, its not a lot... but still!!) ... so im thinking we have a good shot at getting snow tomorrow! anyway. ive decided that i have a fairly good tolerance to the cold... as long as i cant see my breath. if i can see my breath, its much too cold. haha... maybe thats not a very good tolerance... lol but still. so... pics!

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alright. and at work today... i worked on another bulletin board. too fun. :)

snow!

just real quick... this is what the mountains looked like on monday when mom and dad and kelsey and austin left... wow!!


and i hear its supposed to snow again this weekend! yay!!

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and this is my new jacket!! with a super cute furry hood!!
thanks mom and dad... and grandma and grandpa farr!!