A Year In Review

I know this is slightly late, but hey at least it is not February yet.

I decided to take a look back over 2011 to see what I have learned and experienced.

I spent my first off track semester in NC where I got to spend time with old friends.

Start a work out habit.

Enjoyed a RIDICULOUSLY warm winter.

Ate some new food, invested in warm clothes.

Stocked up on important things like magnets and mugs.

Did TONS of puzzles with my dear mother.

Jumped in puddles and watched Aaron get his braces off.

Also on my off track I got a new phone.

Tried having bangs for a little while.

Spent quality time with some adorable boys.

Ate WAY too many doughnuts.

Learned a little about Japanese characters.

Ate more food and discovered cupcake piggy banks. 

(Please say that 10 times fast!)

I finished off my off track after working as a smoothie make/cashier at the YMCA

and headed to Utah for a week.

During that time I had many discoveries.

I learned of AMAZING Mexican food (Cafe Rio) and amazing Thai food!

I discovered Cheerwine Popsicles, Just Dance for Wii and that playing in colored powder was truly as awesome as I dreamed it would be. 

There is nothing like sneezing purple for 3 days and watching Koolaid colored water cover the tub from washing your hair.

I learned I hate living alone for a week

and enjoyed General Conference with my siblings.

Spring semester was an unknown blessing.

I met one of my best friends Nikki and played dress up with her. 

I learned to sew.

My mother enjoyed sending me Easter stuff.

I moved to the 3rd floor of my complex.

We enjoyed Sunday Night Desserts and I had some awesome roommates.

I got addicted to cheese 

and saw the tallest stack of mountain dew cans I have EVER seen.

I learned that peeps are meant to be burned to death.

That blankets and water balloons make for great adventures.

NEVER do the cinnamon challenge

or the whipped cream game in doors. 

Supported my semi-apartment volleyball team

and met some awesome people.

Finishing up my spring semester:

I met some fairies,

cut my hair off,

wore a giant diaper,

was a model for a day,

ripped my favorite jeans,

met a cute puppy named Moose,

climbed a building,

painted myself,

conducted a surprise party

and took lots of walks.

While at home I played and enjoyed a little TOO much the summer rain 

and learned to spray paint

In the summer I said goodbye for now to my best friends in NC,

said goodbye to my hometown

and ate MORE Krispy Kream.

Back to school I played Glow-In-The-Dark Hide-N-Go-Seek.

Learned you CAN freeze eggs, 

saw the best fireworks show of my entire life

and spent quality time with my best friend Rachel.

On a side note, through out the year I started doing photo shoots for friends and clients.

I got to work with some amazing young men and women and for various reasons.

I have to say my work is improving constantly.

And to wrap up my year,

I learned to be gansta (Thanks Jaide!)

I began enjoying the privilege of having my family 3 1/2 hours away.

I got to watch my sister grow her first baby boy,

went to my first BMX contest,

had the BEST roommates of all time,

ate some treats, partied with friends

and began my personal scripture counter.

Not to mention I began learning to cook (and I actually like to!)

And of course met my best friend and boyfriend Garett Bonds.

All in all this has been a wonderful year.

A year of firsts and experiences I hope never to forget.

I know there was probably much more learning spiritually and mentally but I shall save that for another post on another day.

If you actually read this whole thing my hat is off to you.

Speaking of which I am craving old movies and pickles.

Hope you had a wonderful year and maybe now you will reflect back on the adventures you had.

My love goes out to all of you.

Thanks to many of you for sharing these adventures with me.

TTFN Ta Ta For Now

-Meg

Random Thoughts and Adventures From Dear Old North Carolina

Like I promised, I am now updating you on my adventures from the past week. They will not be in order as I am too lazy to rearrange these pictures and I will try to keep this short and sweet. Mostly because I want to go spend some time with my roommate/best friend. =] I've missed her this past week. So here we go....

This is Rachel! If you didn't know this then you should be smacked. Unless you're new to my blog, then I shall forgive you this once.

Anyway she has a super weird tongue and we spent a good 20 minutes letting her try to teach me how to do this with my tongue.

But alas, I cannot do it. =[ (Note: She is probably my most favorite person in the whole world outside my family. She is pretty much my twin and other half. But seriously, she can read my mind, it's amazing and a TAD scary.....but MOSTLY amazing).

She can also lick her elbow in 3 different ways. (She's double jointed in her elbow) Cool huh?

And all around I pretty much love her to death. Carolina Girls rock! =]

And laugh till we pee our pants and then crash. I guess we had a little TOO much Cheerwine and candy....

Don't judge me. I can act like I'm 5 again if I want to. xP

Later on I got to hang out with my Trio of Hannah, Lizzy and myself. And we found out Hannah can stand on her toes!

She's a weirdo, that's why I love her! =D

And if Lizzy bounces up and down, her dog jumps too.
It was pretty funny to watch.

Flying dog ninja attack!

This is what I love about NC:

GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!!
Plus this is one of my favorite roads to drive down. It twists and turns through a canopy of trees. Not to mention passing gorgeous houses with a watermill attached to one of them. And it leads to Kris's house. =] (more about those adventures later).

Look what we found the evening I flew in!

Heaven sent! I have an obsession with restaurants/food/drinks that can only be found on the East Coast or just in North Carolina.

This is my baby brother. Since no one thinks Albert and I look alike, does anyone think Aaron (below) and I look alike?

My sweet little brother is slowly becoming a man. 16 and legs hairy enough to be a bear's legs.
Love you bud!

This is my other brother! Yes we ARE related. Seriously.
Anyway, we updated his wardrobe while I was in NC. Doesn't he look so studly?

My friend Gulledge taught Lizzy and I to spray paint. Needless to say we had a great time! Of course I myself became a work of art too. And spray paint does NOT come off with water....

But it does with acetone. =]

Ha this all happened in my 2nd and 3rd full days of being in NC.
What can I say? I like weird and crazy things.
I recommend trying all of this.
So go lick your elbow,
pass out from too much Cheerwine and candy,
stand on your toes,
dance/jump with your dog,
spray paint yourself and your canvas (whatever that may be)
dress up your brother,
take a drive,
eat amazing food found only in your local area
and have fun!

Have adventures
everyday!
Meg

Some adventues in no particular order

Hannah and Lizzy spent the night a little over a week ago. This is when Hannah and I went to Food Lion to get ice cream. =]

And I was SOOO tempted to get Cheerwine popcicles!

But I didn't give in.

Then a few days before all of this...

Robert and I had breakfast for dinner.

TINY BANANA PANCAKE!!!

And big banana pancakes with chunky peanut butter and syrup!

I promise it tastes MUCH better than it looks.

Some time ago, Yutsil and I went to Starbucks

And she found some sort of spearmint tea that opened up her sinuses.

She was thrilled.

It also smelled like gum.



This is how to solve a rubix cube.
Confused yet?

Then Friday was Lizzy's birthday so her, Klaus, Speros and I went to Olive Garden.

Too bad Lizzy and I weren't very hungry.

But we picked up Hannah and went to Klaus's to watch The Wild Thornberry's =]

Not sure where Speros went.....

he WAS where those pillows were because he kept beating everyone with them.

Oh Speros.

Hannah spent the night and she was OUT of it.

How cute!
(Don't hate me for this Hannah!)

And of course I have been trying to break in my shoes.
I like um!


There is no story for this picture.

Fans are just fun to take pictures of.

And finally my new phone.

It's shiny.

I like it!

Eat something fatty!
Then work off twice as much as you ate.
Then dance!
Meg

My Computer Has Stopped Spazzing

Therefore it obviously means I should be blogging. Though I am partially determined to be asleep before 11pm for the first time since I was 10.

Okay I feel like I sort of tell about my life but not really. Here's a little 411 on my life lately:

• I tend to work unexpected hours a bit.
• I also get called in for emergency babysitting when Grant manages to bust his chin open while riding his scooter on President's Day when ALL doctors are closed so the ER is packed.
• Occasionally I get nice little shopping trips with my friends Sam, Marissa, Kris or Yutsil. =]
• And sometimes I find great deals on belts, earrings and dresses with them =]
• I spent Tuesday shopping with Kris, then that unexpected working stuff and then sat down with Sam for 6 hours just catching up on life.
• There's always those few days I'm ACTUALLY scheduled to work and those are always entertaining with Brian causing havoc on my little stand, moving things around just to keep me entertained during the quiet moments. Always fun =] No really, we all have some good laughs there.
  
• Learning names my sort-of-coworkers a month after meeting them and talking to them every day. Thanks Brian for letting me know that other guys name is Brad (in my defense he NEVER wears his name tag)
• I've been writing letters lately (mostly to Rachel White) and I think I'm getting better at letter writing. It actually takes some skill, though little.
  
• Yutsil just gave me around 2GB of AWESOME music. Guess who is going to be listening to a different band every week for the next 6 months =]
  
• It rained today which smells AMAZING so Yutsil and I made Mexican hot cocoa (you melt this chocolate bar into milk on the stove) and it's SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! while eating doughnuts =] and listening to said awesome music.
• I sprayed some perfume stuff on me because it smelled nice in a small dose and now I'm going loopy from the stench. O.o
  
• Waking up to the sound of rain is happy =]
  
• I have no plans tomorrow so guess who is having a pajama day? ME! =D
• They make Cheerwine cake, awesome? Yes. Why is it I never liked/drank Cheerwine until I went to Idaho, now I crave it randomly.
• 4 weeks from tomorrow I am BACK OUT WEST!!!
• Even better, I get to spend a WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK WITH MY SISTER AND JESSE!!!!! Now tell me you are not totally completely and utterly jealous. Yeah you are, don't even try to deny it! xP
• Finally.................I just REALLLLLLLY LOVE MY SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is pretty much the greatest person ever and I think I should kidnap her and never let her go....but then I remember I should share her with Jesse because he's pretty awesome too. =]
  

Love you sis!


Spoons on my ears
Cameras around my neck
Songs in my head
Food in my Belly
Now of to Bed
Meg

Run down of the never ending run

Past few weeks in a short blog post: starting.....................now!
So for my birthday Chase took me to Cafe Gelato which is the mostly heavenly place ever! It's so cute!
I had a super pretty banana cream cake made by Whole Foods =]
Pretty!
Chase decided we should have a water fight........he won.

After he left, Sarah decided we would have a cake fight and she won.

Then we did crazy makeovers! (left to right: me, kris, sarah & hannah)

Yeah we're strange but it was a blast!

Hannah and I bought matching shoes!

& I bought crazy awesome nail polish at Ross =]

Sarah gave me these for my birthday, I wasn't sure at first, but now I love them.

My favorite movie of all time, going to college with me!

And my most favorite play! Plus a few more by Oscar Wilde.

Yay for my new iHome
itunes cards from Hannah & Lizzy! Still waiting for Kris to finish my present....I'm excited!

Lizzy and I happy to be done!

& not caught in the rain storm.

Chase! <3>

And my good ol' friend Hannah Carpenter! Friends since 7th grade =]

Okay after that I had Youth Conference which was amazing due to President Marsh giving an amazing talk! And a kid named Conner sharing his conversion story. It ended up being a great time for all.

After that I have spent my weeks hanging with friends. Went swimming with Lizzy and Hannah twice, and once with Chase. Hannah's birthday party was lots of fun. Oh and Chase brought me lots of candy back from the beach! And then Kris, Lizzy and I took Hannah to get her ears pierced! (more pictures will be up later). We watched Kung Fu Panda.....such a great movie. "There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." "Quit.....don't quit. Noodles.....don't noodles."

We've had little adventures going to Sonic, Wal-mart and Cookout. Spent the night at Lizzy's and Kris's lately which is always fun, watching lots of movies.

I started dog sitting for the neighbors on the 26th. I spend the nights there which can be nice and creepy at the same time, so friends have kept me company. Kris spent the night Tuesday night, and Lizzy hung with us for a bit. We watched Leap Year which was cute in a silly way, & Avatar.....I fell asleep for an hour of it. It was kind of ruined for me since everyone I talked to said it was "So amazing!" but it was alright, not the best.

Wednesday Lizzy and I went and saw Toy Story 3 which was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I recommend everyone should go and see it! Maybe it's because I've grown up with Andy and in this one he is leaving for college and so am I. (By the way I am taking my bear with me to college!) Lizzy ended up spending the night and we watched Passport to Paris (an OLD Mary-Kate & Ashley movie) Ah good memories! Then Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (cute movie) and Finding Nemo (only the Dory parts though and sea turtles.....ah sea turtles ;D) But not before eating Jolly Rancher popsicles and get this.....CHEERWINE popsicles! They are delicious by the way and Krispy Kream came out with a Cheerwine doughnut! I can;t wait to try it! But yeah so we were hyped up on sugar and it was a lovely time =]

Thursday I hung out with mom watching old movies. We watched a really cool mystery one about this guy who couldn't remember his past but finds two letters that help him unlock his crazy past. It was awesome! The other was about a couple having problems with their marriage and someone ends up dead and it all goes crazy. Though not as good as the first, still a good one. Plus I love spending time with my mom. =]

Friday I had a fun time with Kris before she left for New York. I took her to Cafe Gelato! (I also took Lizzy too back before Youth Conference). And she loved the shop as much as I do! Then we went to the mall to find her a brown belt but Forever 21 decided to stop carrying brown belts apparently....so instead we bought shoes at Charlotte Russe. =] (more pictures later) so we went to Target, got some stuff for her before she left. Then we got hungry and I introduced her to Jersey Mikes! And it was heavenly as usual. Finally we went back to her house, hung out for a bit, got Chinese takeout, visited Sarah and sat on her dock over the pond/lake whatever you may call it. And then I had to go back home. The end....sorta

Yesterday was awesome too though! Aaron came home from EFY!!!!!! Ah I love that kid and I missed him like crazy alllllllll week! But he came back and we watched a few episodes of Avatar before going to see the movie. We went and saw The Last Airbender which wasn't TOOO bad. Aaron didn't care for it though. The only problems with it were pronouncing names (they struggles with it though it's based on a tv show that shows you how to say the names....) and the skin colors were weird. In the show, the sister and brother traveling with the avatar are the ONLY people that are slightly colored. In the movie, they were the ONLY white people! The fire nation was Indian and the Earth Kingdom was Chinese! But I guess they wanted it to be multiracial but it was weird. Oh well, back to the present. Now I am relaxing before heading off to church with the family and taking a nice loooong nap!

Gelato Addict,
Meg