100 things you might not know about me...

1. I've ran the Top of Utah Marathon.
2. I played high school volleyball.
3. I had many pet snails when I was younger.
4. I love frozen grapes.
5. As well as peanut butter and ice cream.
6. I've gone streaking.
7. I work at The Lion House on Temple Square.
8. I go to Westminster College and...
9. I'm in the nursing program.
10. I love to read.
11. I married and kissed my neighbor Durrell when we were little.
12. My favorite color is pink.
13. I love water.
14. Summer and fall are my favorite seasons.
15. I'm an indoor cycling instructor (spin).
16. My best friend Michelle calls me Crotz.
17. I love food.
18. I had my first boyfriend and first kiss at age 14.
19. I dated one boy for three years in high school--he comes home from his mission in a month and a half.
20. My favorite chill place to relax is the Sugarhouse Coffee Shop where I am a regular hot chocolate drinker.
21. I love big snow and rain storms.
22. I LOVE taking pictures!
23. I have two scars on my forehead that form a ninety degree angle.
24. I've been skinny dipping with two of my sisters.
25. I've made a friend call the police because we were convinced someone was handling the door knob. It ended up being a pager vibrating...
26. If I could pick a color to represent me it would be red.
27. I have fat toes.
28. I created hospitals for bugs when I was younger.
29. I've been swimming in the Provo River at midnight.
30. Last time I bowled I scored somewhere in the 50's.
31. I make excellent chocolate chip cookies.
32. If katie were a man she would probably be my husband.
33. Talking comes quite naturally to me.
34. I love action movies.
35. The last movie I saw in the theater was The Illusionist.
36. I've played the piano for 13 years.
37. I looked like a lobster once after being scorched in Hawaii.
38. I've been to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
39. I want to go to Italy and Africa.
40. Squash is to die for!
41. I love listening to crackling fires.
42. Dancing is one of my favorite things to do--especially country and hip-hop.
43. I've snorkeled.
44. I've eaten a chocolate covered cricket.
45. I own a pink RAZR phone.
46. I drive an old, red Pathfinder.
47. The people who make me laugh the most are: Spencer, Jed and Katie.
48. I did an intense sprint workout yesterday.
49. The future scares me.
50. I'm always concerned about what I eat.
51. I've hiked the Y mountain at night.
52. My closest friend is Garrett.
53. I have been peed on!
54. Chocolate is one of my greatest weaknesses!
55. I love kisses.
56. Ms. Oscarson was my favorite teacher in elementary school.
57. I was co-captain of my varsity volleyball team.
58. I'm currently the communications officer for IWA (Institute Women's Association) at Westminster.
59. I was part of the Gamma sorority last semester.
60. I helped to build the foundation of the intramural program at Westminster.
61. I was a tomboy.
62. I wish my hair was thicker.
63. I eat dinner with my aunt and uncle every Sunday.
64. I love playing games.
65. I've been lost and dehydrated on a hike before.
66. Last time I went snowboarding I came away with a massive bruise.
67. I lived in dorms for 9 months.
68. I call cheerios "baggy nuts". (It's a long story)
69. I don't want to be rich in money but rich in life experiences.
70. I love country, rap, hip-hop, jazz, classical, rock, alternative music and everything in between. I love it all.
71. I'm an excellent ice blocker.
72. I got a parking ticket last week.
73. My favorite story when I was little was "Where the Wild Things Are".
74. I want to learn how to quilt.
75. I've walked around the mall in 80's clothing to see how others react.
76. My favorite flowers are Gerber Daisies.
77. I've been caught toilet papering and ended up having to pay $800 in fee's. It was finally taken off my legal record when I turned 18.
78. Yes, I love Shania Twain.
79. We went to the zoo for my prom activity.
80. I had pet parakeets when I was younger.
81. My birthday is August 1st.
82. I've ran in the rain up and down in my street just for fun one night by myself just to get soaking wet.
83. Stretch pants were my favorite until I hit 8th grade.
84. When I was 10 my biggest dream was to travel in space.
85. I've licked someones eye.
86. I've kissed someone atop a big statue.
87. I've walked the railing of a bridge.
88. I've been witness to a cheerleaders car being egged with 9 dozen eggs (I was in the car with the throwers observing--not doing).
89. I think sunglasses look ridiculous on me.
90. I haven't been a carbination drinker for 4 years.
91. I have yet to say that for sweets.
92. I have pulled an all nigher during the 4th of July.
93. I've had alcohol twice on accident--both times in Europe.
94. I've broken my collar bone. It resulted when I tripped right in the middle of an attempt to chase a boy I had a major crush on.
95. I want to go cow tipping so bad!
96. I was never good at going to school in high school.
97. I've jumped right into a patch of stinging neddle.
98. A horse fly once bit me three times--it was caught in my sports bra and just started biting. It really hurt! 99. I love to play pinochole.
100. I've done donuts in the Highland High School parking lot.

Favorite Stories with Favorite Friends

I met Katie at Westminster during our first semester. We had the same chemistry class and ended up being partners in our chemistry lab. Since then we have been pretty unseperable. There are so many stories I would love to share about her and I, but it seems I will just have to pick one... Katie and I both share the same fear of spiders. We were going out one night and she was on her way to my house to come get me when I noticed a little spider up in the corner wall of my bathroom. When Katie walked in, I told her about it and told her that we needed to kill it because it was just going to creep me out if it stayed. We both creeped up the stairs, around the corner and found our victim. I decided I would turn my hair dryer on full blow and try and overheat the sucker to death. After an attempt that resulted in the both of us screaming, Katie suggested chemicals. Out came the windex. Katie carefully climbed the counter to get a closer aim. She sprayed and the spider came falling onto the counter. Again, this resulted in many high pitched screams from the both of us. We kept drowning the creature in windex until it could barely move. SMASH! We got it with the kleenex box. Phew! This whole ordeal took about 7 minutes... It just cracks me up now how much we screamed and the time it took for us to conquer our quest. In the end, we finished what we started out to do, and I was able to go into my bathroom later that night with a calm state of mind!
Michelle has been one of my best friends since childhood. We grew up together playing everyday from the moment we were out of school until we were summoned inside at night to go to bed. I remember playing super heros, warewolves (if that is how you spell it), boyfriends, nursing bugs in our own bug hospital and so on... One out of the many stories I can remember with Michelle was when we were about 9 years old. We had decided to make cookies. We went over to my house and put all the ingredients together and successfully made our dough. After the dough was finished, we decided we didn't want to go through the whole baking process, so instead we used our dough as an object of play. We ran up the stairs at my house and began throwing the dough on the wall above us to see how long it would stick, and as soon as it came plumeting down we would attempt to catch it. We did this for quite a while before getting bored with the idea and throwing our dough away. That incident left a mark. For years, there were grease stains in the shape of big balls on the wall in our stairway. In fact, I got myself to clean them off just this last summer!
Andrea and I met when I was a sophmore in high school. She has been through thick and thin with me, but I still love the story of our introduction. We were both into volleyball in high school, and one particular night we were playing at open gym. I hadn't ever really talked to her before, but we ended up being on the same team together. I wasn't doing my best that night and had messed up on a few passes on such. My turn came to serve the ball, and it was a bad serve. Andrea, who was still a stranger to me at this point, ran up to me and smacked my behind. It kind of took me by surprise and when I looked at her she just said, "Yeah...and if you do it again I will just hit you harder!" After that, we were friends. This memory reflects Andrea's personality to the T. She is the most honest, blunt and straight forward person I know. That is what I love about her. I know if I ever need an honest, true opinion, I can count on her. On occasion she doesn't tell me what I want to hear, but her judgement has always led me down the right path. She is my strength and I don't know where I would be without her!
Jed and Spencer. That just about says it all. I met these two at Westminster as well. They are both in the nursing program with me, and we have been friends since day 1. I actually met Jed first last year, and he introduced me to Spencer this year, and we hit it off just as well. I love these boys! One of my favorite memories with them was actually on the night that this picture was taken. We didn't do much, but the laughter that we shared made it worth everything. We went to a coffee shop in Sugar House to get some hot chocolate. We sat and talked for quite some time and as we were leaving, it was starting to snow outside. We went to my house and talked for about two hours and laughed and laughed. They are seriously some of the funniest people I know, and I can always count on them to put a smile on my face. We left my house to go to the school so that the boys could get their cars, and as we were leaving, we started up a massive snow ball fight. Jed was hiding in the car :), but that didn't necessarily that he was free from the war. He was still hit... Oh man...what a fun night... They are like my brothers who will always be there for me when I need a friend. 

Update...

Ok, so it has been a while since I have posted. I will just give all ya'll an update of what has been going on with me. A LOT has been going on.

First of all, I have just been accepted into the Westminster School of Nursing, so that is my most recent exciting news. It has lifted a huge weight off of my chest. I'm already dreading next semester though. The first semester in the program is supposedly the worst. It is going to be packed. I'm a little worried. But the good news is that I'm in.

Second, my best friend comes home from the mission in 3 months. I'm starting to freak out. How can two years go by so fast? I'm really worried and nervous, but I'm super excited at the same time. It will be nice to have the one person that knows all of me around again. I don't know why I'm so scared. I think it is because I have created a life without him -- a new social network, a new home, a new school, a new life... I keep asking myself how it will all work out and how he will fit into everything I have created, but I'm sure it will work out the way it is supposed to. And really...when it comes right down to it, I can't wait to be with him. After two years of writing every week, it will be nice to have him here instead of hundreds of miles away. He comes home March 6th. Wow...

This semester is a week and a half away from being over for me. That is great news in and of itself! Maybe I will celebrate by doing leaps down the streets.

I have started a new exercise program for myself that I am really enjoying. I have started to lift again and I can already tell the difference. I am lifting three times a week and doing cardio the other three. It feels great! Sometimes I forget how much I love to work out.

I have taken up country dancing. I dance all the time in general, but you actually have to KNOW how to country dance. I started doing it a lot last spring, but I never really succeeded in learning. I can now country dance. I'm still not amazing and definitely do not know everything, but it sure is fun and I am determined to learn the most I can.

Hmm....I think that is all that I can say is really NEW. I will try and blog a bit more!