02.26.04-Been thinking
a lot lately. Do you know what that can do to
a girls brain?
My friend Katie and I went
quiz crazy this morning! So I have added a BUNCH
of new ones to my quiz
page!
02.25.04-Remember yesterday
how I said I was feeling better? Well I lied
- today I feel so yucky! I barely got any sleep
last night. I kept shivering and felt so cold
- and I had an electric blanket and a heater
going. Plus our furnace is working again, so
it just didn't make any sense. I kept waking
up all night so cold! This morning I am exhausted!
Last night was spent with my
friends Ben & Phil and their family. Ben
was trying to make a cd to listen to when falling
asleep. Phil & I were helping - or should
I say distracting him! We also made Mt Dew slushies.
I ended up drinking 36 ozs of Dew last night
- maybe that is part of the problem with my
sleep last night! I have been on such a Mt.
Dew kick this past week.
02.24.04-Had lunch with
my best friend Emily, her mom, and my mom. Her
little girl Megan is getting huge! They get
so big so fast and do some of the cutest things.
Last night our stake fhe was Laughing Stock
- I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!
It was hilarious.
Today I had the opportunity
to travel all over the state from Salt Lake
to Ogden back to Salt Lake and out to Tooele
and back and then some. It was crazy! It was
nice to be out of the office though - especially
after being stuck in the copy room all day yesterday
for 6 hours!
P.S. I am feeling better -
thank you!
02.23.04-I had a fun
weekend, except for the fact that I have had
a huge headache and now I have a double ear
infection. The combination hasn't been fun.
And mom has had the flu for the past two days.
I feel so bad for her because she has been so
miserable.
This weekend was fun - I was
able to get my hair cut and colored and it looks
fab! I was at the point where I was starting
to really hate my hair.
Added a new picture from the
dance that Brother Mays at the institute took.
Go here
to see. I really like this one because Ben actually
has a normal smile on his face!
Did the Friday Five:
When was the last time you...
1. ...went to the doctor? in
October when I pulled the tendon in my foot
2. ...went to the dentist?
I am not sure - I have actually been thinking
that I need to do this
3. ...filled your gas tank?
filled it was my last payday about a week
ago, but I did put gas in it this morning.
4. ...got enough sleep? lol
- not going to even try to remember
5. ...backed up your computer?
I try to keep backups on zip disks, but it
has been a while since I have done the actual
computer
02.19.04-I told you
it wouldn't last long - it was totally bugging
me - so I have been working really hard to get
a new one together for you - here you go! Thanks
to Kate & Heidi for all their input!
A Bunch of new stuff on the
site! First go check out my quiz
results! There is a new page to the site
called What's
In A Name? which has the meaning of
my name and other interesting tidbits of info.
Also added a new thing called featured pic!
It is at the bottom of the page. Go check it
out!
Also added a new film to the
Fab Film Lines Section for Win
A Date With Tad Hamilton!
02.17.04-I have somewhat
updated the layout - same set up (kinda) but
new colors and pictures and lyrics. Not sure
how much I like - so we shall see how long it
lasts!
What a weekend it was! First
off Friday was one full of memories! Peter Breinholt's
talk & performance was amazing! He is awesome!
The dance was definitely held
on Friday the 13th! It was hilarious! The person
doing Lacey's hair couldn't get off work on
time, so we ended up running an hour late, dinner
ended up burning (the rolls were so black they
looked like lava rocks!) so we ended up ordering
pizza, and the coursages fell apart. The entire
thing was a riot! To see pictures go here.
Saturday night Sarah J and
I held a party at her house. We had a great
turn out and ended up playing Catch Phrase,
Trivia Pursuit, & Scattegories. Did you
know that the official length of the track for
maggot racing is one foot? The real question
should be - Did you want to know?
I am so tired now that I am
back at work - being an emotional past two days
.... why do I let my emotions get the best of
me? It makes me so mad at myself and makes me
feel for the people I call my friends!
Added pics from Christmas
Adam.
02.13.04-First off -
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! I know it is a day early,
but I doubt I will get on here tomorrow!
Next I have added a bunch of
new stuff to the funny section. Go check them
out! (they are the last five at the bottom!)
Today I have Friday Forum (speaker
is Peter Breinholt- yipee!) and tonight is the
Valentine's Dance at the Institute!
02.12.04-OH MY HECK!
I just got an email from the International Library
of Photography and they have informed me that
I am nominated for Photographer of the Year
for 2004.
They have also invited me to
the International Society of Photographers 2004
Convention and Symposium where they are going
to be awarding the award plus their are workshops
and much more going on. There is no way I can
afford to go - but wow! Just to be nominated
and invited is pretty cool. I am sooooooooooo
excited!
If you want to see the photograph
that I submitted go here!
02.11.04-I have been
on the email bandwagon as of late - so if you
want to kill me for all the crazy emails I have
passed your way - sorry! But you should take
my
quiz - I think they are so fun!
I am starting to think I actually
like the color pink! I mean seriously I use
it on this layout, notice it everywhere I go,
use it as my font color on my chat program,
etc. I can't believe it - it is so girly! I
mean I am a girl and all - but never been a
girly girl! Don't worry about pink ever becoming
my favorite color though - it would take much
more to push out orange!
Added Heidi's page to the friends
section. Also added a few more fill in the blanks.
02.10.04-Redid the layout
for Valentine's Day. Thought these pics of Renee
Zellweger & Ewan McGregor were cute.
I have been talking with some
friends about dances and dance pictures and
decided to scan all of mine and add them to
the site. Some are hilarious. Go here
to see!
Also updated the Who
Is Ali section
of the site.
So yesterday I slipped on some
ice in my drive way and totally biffed it! I
am so sore all over my body! Other than that
my life is pretty good right now. I am totally
looking forward to Friday - Peter Breinholt
is the Friday Forum speaker and it is going
to be awesome!
I did last week's Friday
Five:
February 6, 2004
1. What's the most daring thing
you've ever done? honestly - nothing too
exciting - I did go bungee jumping once
2. What one thing would you
like to try that your mother/friend/significant
other would never approve of? skinny dipping!
shhh! don't tell!
3. On a scale of 1-10, what's
your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it's
a lifestyle) probably a 2
4. What's the best thing that's
ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
feeling of freedom
5. ... and what's the worst?
not sure - I am pretty risk free
02.05.04-Do you ever
feel like you are stuck? I mean that there is
a situation going on around you, but there really
isn't anything you can do about it, you want
to help, but you can't, so you just sit there
and pray?
Maybe this is just me - but
I have learned that I care too deeply sometimes
and it makes me wonder if I have any right to
do so. I am one of those people who wears their
heart on their sleeve and I care too much.
02.04.04-Today is a
day full of thought and feelings of gratitude.
I am greatful for life, for love, for friendship,
and for the knowledge I have of the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
I have added a new thought
to the site that has been running through my
mind ... The
Piano.
Last night I hung out with
my girlfriends Katie, Crystal, & Heidi.
We ended up getting James, Matt, & Jake
(Matt & Jake are new in our ward) to come
with us to Dee's and got some cheese fries!
Yummy! Love cheese fries!
02.03.04-Man am I sore!
I tell you that game shouldn't be called "Do
You Love Your Neighbor?" It should be called
how badly can you hurt your neighbor! I have
quite a few bruises - but oh how fun it was!
Added a few more pics. One
of me with
Derek and one of me with
Phil.
02.02.04-Happy
Groundhog's Day!
Added a bunch of new pictures
from the past few days:
I have also been working on
my friend section of the site. I redid the layout
and have been adding to the paragraphs and things.
I did the Friday
Five:
January 30, 2004
You have just won one million
dollars:
1. Who do you call first? my
mom
2. What is the first thing
you buy for yourself? I would pay off my
bills
3. What is the first thing
you buy for someone else? I would pay off
my mom's house
4. Do you give any away? If
yes, to whom? Not sure - probably donate
some to the church for the missionary program
5. Do you invest any? If so,
how? I don't know much about investments,
so I would have to research and then decide.
So if any one has an extra
million dollars lying around feel free to donate!
01.27.04-Had
a long talk with my friend Katie today and did
a lot of thinking ... actually I am still thinking.
Who is the real Allison? Does anyone know? Do
I even know? I need to figure it out.
01.26.04-Had
a good weekend. Spent Saturday evening with
some friends. We went down to Thanksgiving Point
and saw Ghosts of the Abyss which is
a 3D documentary type show about a dive that
James Cameron & Bill Paxton did to the ruins
of the Titanic. It was pretty cool - especially
since I have never seen a 3D show before. Afterwards
we went back to Derek's and had homemade ice
cream and then we watched The Italian Job.
That was a fab movie and am so glad I finally
had the chance to see it.
Did the Friday Five:
January 23, 2004
At this moment, what is your
favorite...
1. ...song? My Immortal
by Evanescence
2. ...food? Oriental Chicken
Salad
3. ...tv show? Alias
4. ...scent? Lavendar
5. ...quote? "They
say a person needs just three things to be truly
happy in this world. Someone to love, something
to do, and something to hope for."
01.20.04-I
almost forgot to do last week's Friday Five...here
goes:
January 16, 2004
1. What does it say in the
signature line of your emails? "There's
some good in this world ... and it's worth fighting
for."
2. Did you have a senior quote
in your high school yearbook? What was it? If
you haven't graduated yet, what would you like
your quote to be? I did but I can't remember
off the top of my head right now. They called
them Senior Summaries. Will have to go look.
3. If you had vanity plates
on your car, what would they read? If you already
have them, what do they say? I think they
would probably say either Tank or Sherm ...
ooh or Murphy after my car ... not really sure
4. Have you received any gifts
with messages engraved upon them? What did the
inscription say? nope unless you consider
my id bracelet and it just had my name Allison
on it
5. What would you like your
epitaph to be? She laughed, cried, smiled,
loved, and lived.
I like the one my friend
Katie sent from Harry S. Truman's: "He
did his damnedest."
Unfortunately things went down
hill a bit yesterday and today. But I am determined
to get back on track. I started to really get
hard on myself....gotta be a bit more patient
with myself. I decided today ...I deserve to
be happy dang it! And happy I will be!
This weekend I moved all of
my bedroom and stuff upstairs. So now I have
a bedroom and a tv watching room. I call the
tv room the retro patchwork room. The walls
are yellow, the couch is orange, the chair is
burgandy, the sheleves and cabinet are purple.
Very interesting indeed! I have a Star Wars
episode 2 & a Smallville poster on the wall.
Gotta get an Alias one. Great stuff.
01.15.04-I think I have
finally found the happy medium that I have been
searching for in my life. I just had to discover
where it was inside of myself.
I have been the happiest I
have been in a long time this past week. Monday
night I taught FHE and it went so well! I went
in so nervous, but we had such a great turn
out and everyone participated and it was great!
I spent Tuesday night with
my friends the Barkers and spent all day yesterday
home sick. I am feeling mostly better.
01.12.04-Can
my life get any more messed up???? I mean seriously!
I would like a day to go by with out any confusing,
anger, crying, etc... and it just doesn't seem
possible. I know that sometimes it is my fault,
but not always.
One thing I have realized that
when things happen, like right now they are
happening I go in to a serious rut and totally
put myself down, I have to learn to do better
about that. I need to learn to better control
my emotions and not let them errupt like a volcano.
I have so much to work on.
The thing that is the hardest
is that people don't seem to mind pointing out
my faults to me and asking me to change, but
noone is ever willing to stick around so I can
change. So I have recently been fixing the things
that I have wanted to change, but no one, including
myself ends up content.
01.09.04-Finally
got to see LOTR- Return of the King last night.
Normally those kinds of films (war) aren't my
kind but I love all the other stuff that goes
on in the film. The relationship between Frodo
& Sam, and the battle of good vs. evil.
It was awesome and is definitely my favorite
of the three. Afterwards we went over to Travis
& Shiloh's to watch a movie and hang out
with out friends. We watched the Bourne Identity.
01.08.04-Made
some slight changes to the layout to more fit
in with things I needed featured on the site.
I also added 5 things to be grateful for under
my basic info section.
Last night we had a girls night
at Kierstyn's apartment with Kierstyn, Lacey,
Ana, & I. I had fun, until I let my emotions
get the best of me. I feel like I have been
letting that happen more and more lately and
this time I just let them go. I cried and let
out all of my anger and feelings. I hated to
do it, but like Kierstyn says sometimes you
have to let the things close to the surface
out. Kierstyn said some other things that I
really needed to hear, and I think it is finally
time when I am ready to listen and so hopefully
I can make the necessary changes that I need
to in order to be happy permenantly.
01.07.04-I
totally redid the layout ... please let me know
what you think!
Well I have finally aired out
from FHE (thanks Matt!) as many of you will
be glad to know!
01.05.04-Happy
New Year! I added pics from Family
Home Evening on December 29th and from New
Years Eve!
It has been an interesting
weekend to say the least. Saturday I spent the
day sorting out and cleaning out my things to
get ready to move at the end of the month. I
hope everything works out there. Sunday was
church and my friend Katie came over for dinner.
Then on to ward prayer.
Thursday we are going to go
see Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
I am actually excited about seeing it this time.
Today has been a doozy of a
day already and it is only 10 am. There is an
employee at my work that has been caught in
the past copying time sheets and looking at
people's pay stubs. Including mine. Nothing
has been done, but she admitted to me last Friday
that she had looked at someone's time sheet
and so I reported it. Things are a little messy
now. At first I was wondering if I did the right
thing, but this kind of thing shouldn't be happening.
So I can feel good about my decision.
Also updated the Friday Five!
January 2 , 2004
What one thing are you most
looking forward to . . .
1. ...today? Being off of
work!
2. ...over the next week? Going
to see Lord of the Rings!
3. ...this year? moving
out
4. ...over the next five years?
finishing school
5. ...for the rest of your
life? Starting a family.