You Know Your Addicted When...

So, you pretty much know when your addicted to something when, you are trying to figure out a way to wake up every 54 minutes to do something when you should be sleeping....I think I am addicted!! I started playing the "Mafia Wars" on Myspace and I am in a dilemma right now....I need to bank my money every 54 minutes so that nobody steals it...How insane is that...I need to Sleep!!!

P.S....go down a few entries...I finally finished one from last month that I have been working on for a while!

So I am totally obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance! Thanks to Laura for introducing me into that wonderful world. There is one dance that is amazing, amazing! I cannot stop watching it. My most favorite part of the dance is 1:35 into the dance til about 1:42. I love it so much!. Hope you enjoy it. Love It!

Random Blog of Randomness I Wanted to Blog About...

I think the title says it all...it sure is long enough!!

To start this "Blog of Randomness" off, I would like to take a moment and explain it a little. It is basically what it says in the title. When I decided to change the direction of my blog, I had so many things I wanted to blog about. As time and life has continued, the list got longer and the time seemed to disappear. So this blog is about the random things on my list that I want to blog about...again here we go...




Oil Can Henry's: OK, so I am sure you are asking yourself..."Why is she blogging about an oil place?" Well I am going to tell you...I LOVE Oil Can Henry's. I have seen the place around for years, but have never been to one. Not until Laura took her car there just before we went to Utah in April. It was the coolest thing. The guys who work there wear these really cool hats. I think they are cool, you first pull up and they give you a newspaper...then while they are working on your car you can see what they are doing...and they yell across to the other workers what they are doing. I think I had my jaw dropped the whole time because I thought it was really awesome!!
Typically when I think of line dancing...I think of the usual boots, hats, and men with tight jeans....but I have come to find out that Line Dancing has come a long way since then...Line Dancing...if any of you know Laura...you probably have read her blog and saw the one about line dancing. Yes we still do make it out there...maybe not every week but we have been quite a few times. I think the most entertaining part about the evening is when we watch some of our "favorite dancers" out there kickin' up their heels. We have named most of our favorites ones. I think my personal favorite dancer is one we have nick-named Twinkle-Toes....He is amazing. I love watching him dance and I think Laura, Janice and Ash are sick of me saying it every 10 seconds! I just love to watch him dance. Also I love his shoes...Jazz Sneakers...thanks Ash for askin'!! We also have Barbie...who I think has too much bounce in her boots!! or

platforms...whatever she wears with her super-duper mini skirt and busty shirt!! Ummm then there is Sexy-Mexi, who doesn't look like he would be caught dead line-dancing is actually pretty amazing at it. He gets up there and looks really sexy doin' his thing! Next is Jolly Green Giant...this man is so tall!! It is insane. Then we have Floating Cowboy Hat...he's a dwarf and when he wears a regular sized cowboy hat...it kind of floats!! Also, we have Metro-Cowboy...pretty much says it all right there! Another one is Singing Belt Buckle Pony Man...sometimes he doesn't even have a belt buckle to hold onto, but he does and he also dances like a pony sometimes!!

There is still more that I want to blog about...I have a list going..I don't want this one to be too long so I will go for now and blog another day...Life is amazing and so much fun. I have a full life and I am blessed. Hope you all enjoy.

I Am, By Far, One of The "Lucky Ones"!

So I have to say that I truly am "One of The Lucky Ones". Many of you know that I have this totally awesome cousin...who also happens to be my BEST FRIEND. She is the amazing and awesome Laura...I am so lucky to have her in my life. I wake up each morning and am very thankful that I get to see her each day.

Laura does many things for me and has been a rock in my life. She keeps me grounded, but also lets me soar. I love how she compliments my personality and brings balance to my life. I know that I would not be alive today if it weren't for her in my life. My family is amazing and crazy at times, but that is family. We all go through it together. I am so lucky to have family members who I also consider to be my best and closest friends.

I want to tell Laura a GIANT "thank you" for being who she is, and for letting me be in her life. Did I mention how lucky I am? Because I totally am!

Laura---You are the greatest and I hope we never lose our bond. I love you!

Love Your Bestie B

A Walk Down Memory Lane

I know, it's crazy. You are thinking "She actually did a real blog!" It's true folks, I am doing a real blog. You can start breathing again...please, I insist...(it's vital to continuing to read my blog)!

So now that your breathing and heart-rate are back to normal, here is my blog. Recently one of my dreams has come true. I got a book. It's not just a normal, oh this looks like a fun read, I think I will get it, book. It, folks, is something that has always held a special place in my heart book, that I have been hunting down forever. Okay, not forever, but for a very long time. (I bet you are thinking to yourself..."self, tell me the title of the book already!") Well I will do one better...here is the cover, so you can see it in all it's glory and wonder a bit why I think it it is so awesome!
This is "Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank.
This book came into my life in high school, in my literature class. This is the cover I remember from school. I read this book in 11th grade, and has always been a favorite of mine. You can ask Laura, every now and again I would go crazy looking for it at Libraries, on the Internet, and book stores. For some reason it was always "checked out", or they had to order it, and we all know with my welfare status, I certainly could never afford it.
So finally after 13 years of yearning, I OWN a copy. I received it just a few days ago, and with the new cover, it was the perfect scene to bring all the memories of what the book holds. It is perfect.
You may be asking yourselves, "Why is this book so great?" Well let me tell you. There are many reasons why I love this book so much.

1) How the human spirit can survive and adapt.
"You can survive if you are ready and willing to adapt."- Wikipedia
2) Hope and inspiration from our fellow men and women in times of need.
3) The "...Real picture of human beings numbed by catastrophe but still driven by the unconquerable determination of living creatures to keep n being alive"-The New Yorker
4) "...a sense of privilege. Only the very fortunate get to struggle. Only the living may improve. Whatever events had us feeling especially low, we might look to dark imaginings...and tell ourselves--it could be a lot worse."-David Brin.

All of these people sum it up more eloquently than I could ever do. I also love how in detail the author gets in describing essential needs food, water, gas, medicines, and everyday necessities that we take for granted. Things that we don't think about or don't really appreciate until they are gone, or about to be taken from us.

It makes me think of our leaders in the church, who, for as long as I can remember, have always encouraged us to have an adequate food supply and necessities on hand...to stock up throughout the years and to update them in case of some type of catastrophe. Whether it be caused by nature or human. We should all be prepared and continue preparing.

So there you go folks...that is why I love the book "Alas, Babylon". I know that this isn't the most entertaining blog ever...but hopefully it will get people thinking and hoping that when and if something horrible happens, we can band together as families, friends, communities and humans and survive.