Quotes...

There are some quotes that are just so true and so good that I decided that I would give a brief "Quote Post" :)
So here is the quote that "Inspired" This Post:

It is never too late to be who you might have been

by George Elliot

HOW AMAZING IS THAT?! So amazing. I read it and I was like "Yes!!! YES!! this is so true!!"
You can always change! You can ALWAY'S be better! There is the "True You" in there somewhere, if you only have the courage to bring them out! If you only have the Faith to prove to yourself that you are so much more today than you were yesterday. I seriously plan on living my life by this quote. I may not have always been who I want to be, but EVERYDAY is a New chance to Be that person! :) Loved it!

 Enthusiasm moves the world.

by Arthur Balfour

This one is something that I truly believe. Enthusiasm is what makes people actually get up and Do things! If you're enthusiastic about the things you want to do, then others will see and feel your enthusiasm and want to join (or they'll try to bring you down, DON'T LET THEM) I want to be able to change peoples lives with my enthusiasm for life!
 

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!

OKAY. I haven't read ANY books in such a long time. I got 7 books for Christmas, Some of them I'd already read but didn't have for my collection, and some I haven't. The Ones I hadn't .. I STILL HAVEN'T! 
Amazon does this thing were you can preview a certain amount of pages in a book... THIS, is how they get you.. I am able to read the first 3 chapters of a book.. Get hooked.. and then WHAM-O "This is the end of the preview" It's horrible.. SO... in the last 2 weeks I've ordered 7 books. I got two yesterday and I am finishing one up that my mom left for me.
The one I am reading right now is by one of my FAV authors- Philippa Gregory!- As usual its really goo! (for those of you who don't know she is who wrote The Other Boleyn Girl as well! :))
The next book I plan on reading is called "The Selection" This one seems interesting. It's about a girl in this "weird future" where people are assigned a number based on their trade/income- 1's are the richest and 5's the lowest. I guess all the Princes in this time have a "selection" and they choose a bride.. this persons family is immediately elevated. It sounds so interesting and I must know how it goes!! :)

And the next one is just going to be a Fun read. Its called "The Summer My Life Began" Its about a girl who is raised wealthy, does as she is told and all that stuff until she graduates and she gets a letter from the Aunt they never talk about inviting her to spend the summer with her... her parents let her go.. so I want to see where it takes her! :)

ANYWAYS Reading again makes me remember Why I LOVE it so much. I'm able to escape and go into a completely different world. I love it! Maybe I'm a Nerd... but I just love it!!!!! :)
 OH and I still have more books coming! So when I get those I'll go into detail about them too!

It's Funny...Fact.

Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F".

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom

If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A".

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food heavy users.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Thoughts.. oh the Randomness...

There are some people in this world that I think deserve a pass. A Get Out of Jail Free Card. Take my mom for instance... That woman has been thrown over the moon, and she is still going, just like the Energizer Bunny. However it seems like JUST when we're all settled and getting life back to a normal routine, WHAM-O! Something is thrown at us with brute force. Like.. Cancer... then Wham-O pneumonia= no legs.
So I sit here and life is calm and yeah we have tons of other things going on, but at least we all know how to handle those things, What in the world makes it okay for my mom to have any trials at all?
 I mean, ANY trials. Physical/Spiritual, I think she has paid her dues and she shouldn't have to deal with anything else. She should be exempt. But I guess that's not how the world works and someones faith will never stop being tried. I'm just glad to know that through any trials of my moms, the first thing she does is call on the Lord for help. When I was growing up I used to feel that it was kind of over the top. Don't get me wrong I fully believed in the power of prayer but I definitely didn't think that it could solve problems. It wasn't until my mom was in the Hospital with the pneumonia that I really could FEEL the power of prayer.
When my mom was sick, practically the entire Mormon World of Farmington (and non- Mormons too) we're praying for my mom and our family. I had never experienced so much love and and felt so many prayers in my entire life!
And to this day when I think about ALL the FOOD that was brought to us, I mean GOOD food, naturally there was your classic Mormon casseroles :P BUT sometimes someone would bring Stevie and I EXACTLY what we were craving and it would be a miracle. Our schedule that summer was pretty much this, Wake up, get dressed clean the house, go to the hospital.... sit... wait.... Dad would go home for about an hour tops to shower, and then we would go get him food, we'd stay for a while, then we would come home and sit.. and wait... when we had family in town they took us out and made us go and do things. It was nice to know they were there for us. Then it was my 21st birthday and I hadn't really even thought about it and my cousins all threw me a surprise party :) LOVE THEM 
Some days I would wake up to hear a lawn mower and the Bishop and all the Young Men would be out in our yard doing yard work, pulling weeds, and such. We'd come home from the Hospital and our house would be miraculously clean. For the first week I thought I was going to lose my mind from all the calls that I'd gotten. Not because I didn't appreciate them, but most of the time people were calling at 6-7 a.m. and being a 21 year old and a 16 year old... those early morning calls just did not help.
Any ways I totally got off track and started babbling, but basically what I was talking about in the beginning is that SOME PEOPLE deserve a pass, and I only wish that I could give that pass. But my mom is the strongest woman I know, She's a Fighter and a Spiritual Rock in my life. I will forever be grateful for her example to me in my life. She's Amazing. And I may be slightly obsessed with her, but think about if you almost lost your mom in a matter of 24 hours, how would you react? What feelings would you have?
 I personally have decided to NEVER EVER take advantage of her again. I make sure I tell her I love her every time I see or talk to her, and if we ever get in a fight or disagreement I try and make sure I am the first to apologize EVERY time.

Anyways that was probably random and boring.. Just thoughts...

ANNOYANCE!

OKAY, SO

I work with TONS of different clients, different types of people come in and MOST of the time I am a super happy, helpful person. But I was just irked. Not to an extreme level because I still have the ability to type this without misspelling words. HOWEVER. A gentlemen comes in today. He mumbles something about doing something with a printer. So I say, "okay, do you have a company name, or a persons name I can contact for you?"

He says "No, I'm here."

I say " Yes sir, you are but this is executive suites and so I'm not sure which company you're looking for."

He Says *insert eye rolling* "let me look it up"..... "V--N" (Company name has been blocked)

I say " Okay let me call them and I'll let them know you're here, Whats YOUR company name again?"

Now instead of just telling me his company name he points to his shirt with an incredibly small logo on it (like I'm supposed to be able to read what its says while being distracted by his incredibly abnormal man boobs.)

So then, I asked him what he was here to do for them, and he says *insert eye rolling* "I said I'm here to program a pick up printer and...  Yaddy yadda yadda computer lingo"
I say "They'll be right with you, you can go ahead and have a seat."

But does he graciously take a seat? NO! He annoyingly stands there staring at me and my desk. CLEARLY I was done socializing with him. And then when my client comes to retrieve this gentleman he waves the man back and the gentleman looks at me and says "Is that the guy?"

and I say "Yup, he's signaling you" .. Considering he was the ONLY person in the reception area.... he definitely wasn't flapping his arms at me... (okay I didn't say the last part, but I wanted to.)

Anyways How annoying and rude can people be?!

BUT, then I try and remember he was probably just having a bad morning and my sauciness is not going to make either one of us any happier... so I decided to blog about it and get it out of my day. :)
Happy Tuesday!

NO TIME!

Oh My HEAVENS! It's crazy that when you actually get a life, you seem to have no time for blogging.. WEIRD :P Anyways I've been super busy at work the last week or so and its been nothing but wildness in my personal life. SO Lets see where to begin. WELL Rachel Surprised me with a cat, We named him Prince PrettyPaws Taylgate, And here we are a week an a half later, after fits of anger and destruction and rashes, we've given him away to a fellow cat lover on craigslist. It was for the best. Neither Rachel or I have time for a pet, and considering the fact that both Rachel and mines "Life getting" happened to coincide with "cat getting" it just didn't work out. But we know he will be loved. :) *** she showed up in a cat shirt- winning.

ANYWAYS, That's all I feel like sharing for the moment. We'll see if I have anything more to share in the future.
P.S. I am giving a talk in Church on Sunday, PRAY FOR ME! I'll need it! :)

ABC, Not quite as Easy as 123....

SO! I was reading a recent message from the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints- By President Thomas S. Monson. You can read it HERE! Any ways I really like it. He is basically giving us guidance on how to make this New Year an "abundant" one. The three ABC's are basically as follows (I picked my favorite part from each section to write)

A-ATTITUDE-We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude- For me, This is SUCH a big one. I am a natural pessimist. I often find myself seeing the negative side of things. It's really hard for me to look a situation square in the face and I calmly say. "I'm going to handle you with a smile on my face" I just am not a faker. I used to be a really good faker. But these days I've opened up my emotions and all that horrible stuff so its really easy for me to just say "oh, that's too difficult" or "Welp, that sucks" and "I HATE THIS" But from here on out I am going to try and see the POSITIVE side of things. And I think that attitude isn't just about how you perceive things, but its also how you REACT to things. I'm usually a very reserved person. I think that how you react to someone or something is a HUGE reflection on you. I often find myself reacting to people I'm close to, VERY differently than how I react to people I hardly know. FOR EXAMPLE: My Mother. I LOVE my mom to death in fact I practically worship the ground she walks on. HOWEVER she has the ability to get my blood boiling faster than anyone on this earth. HOWEVER I do see how unfair that is to her. She can simply remind me of something and I will immediately get annoyed. So I need to work on my reactions towards the people that I love the most. Just because I am comfortable with them DOESN'T mean that I should be able to get angry with them and treat them badly.

B- BELIEVE (in your self)-Don’t limit yourself and don’t let others convince you that you are limited in what you can do. Believe in yourself and then live so as to reach your possibilities.- Ah, another thing that I struggle with. As I said above I am a pessimist, and that often consists of me telling myself that I can't do something because it is unrealistic, or too late. Welp as far as I'm concerned I've absolutely  WASTED the last 5 years of my life. Sure there were some awesome crowning moments, but I haven't really done anything that I am overly proud of. And why is that? It's because I tell myself I can't. So I'm stuck in a job that I don't like just because it pays well and I'm able to pay my bills. WELP no more. I'm officially "Believing" in myself and this year I'm going to try and do ALL the things I've wanted to do and never got the chance to. I'm not going to let other people affect me in my decisions although of course My decisions affect others, but My decisions can only affect people in a NEGATIVE way IF they are NEGATIVE decisions. :)

C- COURAGE-Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try again tomorrow.”-This meant A LOT to me. Courageous is NOT something that I would call myself. In fact I would probably make that "C" a Coward. HOWEVER , just like the Cowardly Lion, The courage that I do have will come when I least expect it. To have the courage to stand up for myself and my beliefs has been a recent thing for me. But every time I do I feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction in myself. Courage isn't fighting a dragon, and I don't think that courage is necessarily always being the one to confront people. I think True courage is having the ability to face the day and face your own personal trials with FAITH that the Lord has your best interest's at heart.

Although they are SIMPLE, they aren't necessarily the easiest things. Those 3 things are something that comes with years of practice and hard work, and considering I've spent the past 23 years doing almost the exact opposite, Its DEFINITELY going to take me some time to master these ABC's and maybe I never will. BUT from now On I'm Trying. :)

Annoying People

SO I was reading one of my Favorite blogs "Just Innapropriate" and she wrote THIS POST! I was laughing so hard. It's sooo true! All of it... One of my very close favorite family/Friends is the BIGGEST culprit of this. I thought for a long time that I might copy all the status he/she posts in one day and write them all down and try to see if  he/she understand how silly and slightly pathetic they look.

I have also thought about deleteing them.

HOWEVER that is all improbable.

So I just sit and laugh and make fun of it.

There are the random quotes of the day to make themsleves feel better Such as "Whatever doesn't kill me, can only make me stronger." (which is usually accompanied by all of the little friends saying "you know it!" or "keep your head high") 

or there are the quotes that are secretly a hint to someone such as "I'm better off without you anyway I thought it would be hard but I'm okay. I don't need you if youre gonna be that way 'Cause with me it's all or nothing - I can do better"- (this is usually followed with Comments of "Dude/Girl, don't waste your rime, you are so much better than that")

Of coarse there is my current loathing of status's "That awkward moment when..."  Now at first I thought they were kinda funny, you know, the ones that actually make sense..... and then people started to think they were clever.... and would use it for every little thing...... such as "that awkward moment when you get in your car and drop your phone :/" this goes along with "White girl problems"--- I just don't get it.

basically I've hidden anyone that is ever annoying on my news feed. You annoy me, I hide you.

Facebook is not a diary. Lets keep it that way.
*** This is not to say that I haven't been a culprit of of the annoying Facebook Status' I just try and limit them.

Celebrity Obsession

SO I just wanted to share my Celebrity obsessions- Girl Crush Edition.

As I have said before Rachel and I have recently been obsessed with Gossip Girl. And I find that my obsession with Leighton Meester has grown significantly. I've always thought she was pretty and such but basically I LOVE her as Blaire. LOVE. I love ALL the clothes she wears in the show and her hair and the fact that her character is as obsessed with Audrey Hepburn  just as much as I am. sigh. Anyways she is what sparked my recent decision to share my Celebrity girl crushes. HA

So number 2 on my list is:

Zooey Deschanel! I absolutely love her. Her voice is sooo unique and lovely. and he style is sooo vintage and retro! I love it!!!!! and those bangs I'm fully jealous of her ability to pull off those bangs!!! :) I first liked her in Elf as I'm sure most people did, and its because I liked her voice so much in that horribly funny and awkward shower scene LOL Then she was the funny best friend in Failure to Launch? I think? haha and I was dying laughing, lets just say that she has grown on me soo much and New Girl is sooooo stinking HILARIOUS! I love her character Jess.... LOVE!

Up next we have the absolutely gorgeous Diana Agron. As most others I first saw her in Glee and became IMMEDIATELY jealous of her. She is soooooo naturally beautiful and she basically has the best face in the entire world... AND her style and clothing is impeccable. I mean it, I have NEVER seen her wear anything that I didn't love! Everything on the show, movies, and even "real life" is wonderful. absolutely wonderful.

And Now we have the wonderful Emma Stone, she was first seen in Superbad, a horribly hilarious movie. I liked her, but my true obsession started in Easy A. SO FUNNY. I literally Die laughing EVERY TIME. It's Hilarious!!!!! and then she was in The Help. This is one of my All-time FAVORITE books, and then it became one of my favorite movies, oh it was absolutely wonderful!!! I loved every minute of it. Emma Stone did the most amazing job as Skeeter! and then she got to make out and such with my all time Male crush in Crazy Stupid Love, Ryan Gosling. Thus she is just the Queen.

Up next is my long time love Rachel McAdams. I loved this girl with 4 simple words. "Say I'm a Bird" aaah yes, The Notebook. There is not a girl in the world that can say that isn't one of the best movies EVER!!!!!!!!!! she was gorgeous. and then there is Mean Girls. HILARIOUS! and soo many more. Basically I love her because I've never seen a single person that can pull off literally EVERY hair color! Red, brown, blonde, platinum and even pink. She looks amazing in every single color. It's soo unfair.

***SIDE NOTE: THIS -----------> NEEDS to happen AGAIN!!! I loved them together and I find it completely ridiculous that they are not together.... Just sad!

And now, I KNOW I'm about to get bamboozled by many people with my last choice. BUT I can't help it. I really do like her. Yes, she is not a very good influence on her fans and she may or may not be a pot head, and she may even not be a very good actress, and she probably isn't the BEST singer out there either. But I have loved this girl from the time her TV show was on the Disney channel. That's right. Miley Cyrus. Frankly I love her. haha I loved her first CD, and Hannah Montana has got to be one of the funniest shows that Disney has had since the 90's. Sure she is a wanna be rebel. BUT I love her spunk. and style and hair. and I think she is REALLY PRETTY. Ha ha. I just like her! and I'm sorry I do because I know she is a bit of a fool but come on. If I think about all the dumb stuff that other kids do, she just gets crap for it because she is a celebrity. HAHA anyways I just enjoy her. BUT I can admit that she is not up to par with the rest of my list. HA

new, New, NEW!

OKAY so here is some NEW NEWS for you, HA. WELP I'm doing it. had a breaking point yesterday and am officially looking for a NEW and BETTER Job. SHHHH. It's like a must that I get one soon because IDK if I can handle this place much longer. ANYWAYS, I ALSO have recently purchased a bike. Rachel came up with a brilliant idea for us to become Bikers, thus we went on a whim, PayPal'd the Shiz outta those bikes and hopefully by the end of next week we both will be biking fools! It's super cute, it has a basket and a cup holder :) lil expensive but cheaper than the one I WAS going to get, but reality and responsibility (aka Rachel) checked me back into the facts. We plan to ride to her moms, to her brothers, to EVERYWHERE! We plan to have amazing legs.

ANYWAYS now here is for the most EXCITING THING(s)

THERE'S 2 OF THEM:

#1 I'm not sure if I mentioned on here before and if I haven't I have failed as a blogger. For Christmas Rachel made my dreams come true. She bought us tickets to (Drum roll please....... dadadadadaddadda..... PSH) WICKED!!! OH MY HEAVENS! I am sooo excited anyways it like almost a  month til we go and we have orchestra seating, yeah, be jealous!

#2- I have applied to be an EFY Counselor this SUMMER!!! :) I have literally ALWAYS ALWAYS(one more time) ALWAYS wanted to do it, ever since I went to EFY myself, but I kinda got distracted, BUT I applied on a whim and within 24 hours got asked to have an INTERVIEW!!! SO I have my interview in February and then we'll see if I am selected and if so which weeks and such! :) So excited! :) So Happy! Please pray for me! :)

ANYWAYS, that's basically all I've got. I'm super excited about the above!!!!!!!!!!!

-Aubs

Picture Updates!!!

CHRISTMAS!!!

 Christmas Pajama's!!! :)

 My Dad and I

NEW YEARS!

Rachel (My Very Best Friend) and I

FRIENDS!!!

We know how to have fun! :)

Elevator Etiquette

So as we all know Elevator rides can get kinda awkward. I mean you're in a metal box that goes up and down with complete and total strangers. Now there are those people that absolutely HAVE to talk during an elevator ride, or there are those people that will NOT make eye contact, for that matter will not even acknowledge the fact that there is even another person sharing the small metal box with you.
I work on the 7th floor of my building. Naturally I ride the elevator multiple times a day because lets face it 7 flights of stairs is just Ridiculous! SO I have come up with some Elevator Etiquette!

Rule # 1 When you are waiting for an elevator, DO NOT automatically assume that the elevator is going to be empty when the doors open. Rushing in when someone is trying to Rush out is not only Rude, but Awkward. Trying to dodge and see which side they are going to try and rush through is a very difficult task.

Rule # 2 When the elevator look even Mildly crowded. PLEASE for the love of God, DO NOT try and squeeze yourself in. Another elevator will come soon I promise. No need to test the weight limit.

Rule # 3 Gentlemen: When you are in an elevator with even just ONE Lady it is PROPER to let her off the elevator before you. I mean really lets show some Chivalry!

Rule # 4 When you see someone coming up or you hear someone say "Hold the elevator!" HOLD THE DAMN ELEVATOR?! True Story I was going down and I'm just chillin in the elevator and it stops some lady comes in and then we hear someone say "Hold the elevator Please!" Now I was in the back of the elevator and this other woman was up close by the doors. However instead of simply putting her arm out and stopping the elevator the lady pushes the "door close" button instead. Then she turns to me and smiles. I was like.. um. RUDE! I mean really it would have slowed us up a total of 2 seconds to hold the elevator. Common Courtesy people. Look it up!

Rule # 5 When you see someone holding a very large box, or Maybe a grip load of mail and they are small and easily struggling to carry the entire box.... It MIGHT, MAYBE be a nice gesture to ask them which floor they need INSTEAD of watching them struggle to push the correct floor. True Story. so in unintentional revenge I ended up hitting about 4 of the wrong floors with my elbow. See how he liked THAT! :P

Rule # 6 I know how awkward it can be to be in the elevator with a stranger but seriously. If Someone smiles at you.. SMILE BACK! if someone says Hello, you say it BACK!.... oh and If you're wearing a Blue tooth and you say hello to the person on your ear, and the other person in general view says Hello to you... It is unnecessary to Glare rudely at them. Join the real world and take the damn thing off you're ear.

Rule # 7 You're in an Elevator. You're going to lose service. There is no need to shout and curse if you lose a call. Kicking the side of the elevator will also not bring service back to your cell. In Fact, the only thing it will succeed in doing is making you look like an Idiot. (True Story)

So there you have it. My Lucky 7 Elevator Etiquette Rules. Read them and Learn them. They will help make not only your life easier but the lives of others all around you easier.
-Aubs

P.S. Person releasing gas right before you get off the elevator, so that the next person on is stuck in your stench. You disgust me.