How many people heard me say I know the story?"

Plimouth Plantation

Surprisingly beautiful and thorougly enjoyable. :D
Went here with my dad's cousins: Diane and Lant Pritchett, Betsy and her two kids Lucy and Eli.
Very fun sweet FABULOUS people!
:D

This is my first official week as a full fledged nanny.
Today was my first day and it went well.
I'm excited to be here and I love the kids!
But also, I'm ready to start to have a life. I want to meet
people, I want to make FRIENDS. I want to leave behind all
my struggles with myself, old (not so good) friends, while remembering
and missing my great friends. And sadly (but a its a good thing)
I still have to fully move on from the one guy I've mostly let
go of. I still have never really dated anybody (except him and that doesn't
really count) and while I'm only 21, I do believe that I truly
Loved him with every ounce of my being and for anyone who has
loved and lost, you understand how hard it is to get over.
But not only have I loved him, I RELIED on him.
So my point is, I'm 21 and I'm ready to have a life.
As cliche and cheesy as it is, This is where my life really starts
and I can't wait for it to begin.



I don't really know what the point of this post is, but it doesn't really matter.
It was something I needed to say to I guess finally but a few more
(final) nails in the lock-box known as the part of my heart that belongs to Jake.
I'm almost done with that box. I think I'm down to one more nail...


Random note, I joined a gym and I'm EXCITED about it because I also signed up for
a personal trainer (hello motivation...) :D I'll keep you all posted (at least
you mom...) about how that goes...



Okay, I'm Really done...

"Do you happen to be in the market for a house? Cuz this baby's a honey."

really random post here but basically i went on a very relaxing very beautiful very wonderful walk around a very beautiful very randomly placed lake. (i like the word "very" today)

and on this wonderful walk (the baby was with me, the toddler was not), i saw some AMAZINGLY beautiful houses. The kind of house I DREAM of living in one day. well...I'll let my pictures do the talking for me. Even if you don't agree with my version of a "dream house" the pictures for pictures sake are wonderful(i like that word too...)! my ideal house is the middle one on the second row.

also, I thought I would post a few pictures of the beautiful lake i walked around! Enjoy!

pretty huh??









I KNOW!! :D

"I'm a failure. I am stupid. I'm uninformed and ignorant and I can't even think of a second synonym for uniformed!"

*do not actually believe title. its from Rory, the smartest TV character I know. :D*


The title to this post is referring to the fact that Harvard (which is in Mass for those of you who didn't know! haha) has over 90 libraries and 13 million volumes. The Reading (pronounced Redding) Public library is of course not that big but I am a library card holder of the Reading Public Library (RPL) and I'm super excited! I checked out 4 of the Robert B Parker books but I still can't find the first book in the Spenser series! grr! I have 2-6...Dad if you read this...I would love a copy of the first one from Ebay or Amazon...I can email you my new address...hint hint..

Also, this library has a fabulous kid area on the second floor which hosts story time and infant and toddler sing-alongs. Perfect for my kids! :D So far so great! I'm having a blast so far especially since today was my first official day as NANNY! Which brings me to my fortune cookie fortune (we had chinese/thai food today for dinner; i'm working on getting my own life! give me time! :D). The fortune says: Your success will astonish everyone. How cool is that! Score! below is a picture (or two) of the RPL as well as the picture of the promised yellow house!

Oh, and Drew wanted to smile and laugh for you all!!


Here are two cute PICTURES of Drew (as promised)!!










Okay. Thats it for me this post! Enjoy! :D

"I'm going to have color coming out of my yin-yang"

I'm officially in Massachusetts and it is fantastic!! Granted I've only been here for like 6 hours or something but Its great so far! the pictures are of Conner, my new 3 yr old charge--for lack of a better word. He and I have taken an instant liking to each other!! Drew, my 4 month old has pictures pending but i promise I will post some of him soon!

The collage of photos are of my little semi-private living area. It goes as follows: stairs from upstairs, bathroom 1, bathroom 2, Conner's major play area, my living area, my private entrance, my room 1, my room 2. :D its so nice and really comfortable. Brand new bed and all that goes with it! The rest of the house is great (the outside is a great shade of YELLOW!!!) and I'll work on getting a picture of it. The neighborhood is beautiful and I've heard its nice and lots of friendly ppl! I can't wait to explore and get my bearings better tomorrow and which point I will post again! So happy, so glad to be here! Its gonna be fantastic and I demand visitors! :D

"Oh wait I've thought of some. Jerk. Ass. Arrogant inconsiderate, mindless frat-boy low-life buttfaced miscreant!"

Well...its 3 days (technically 2 but still..) away before i'm on a plane and on my way to Massachusetts. Wow. Crazy but very exciting...

So here is what I've been up too since I quit my boring job and have been slummin' around the house until I leave:
Movies with Mama:
-21
-The Other Boelyn Girl
-Charlie Bartlett
-Step Up 2: The Streets
-Penelope (twice)
-Vantage Point
-Definitely, Maybe (twice)
-and maybe a few others I've forgotton...
Lunch/Dinner with Mama
Shopping with Mama
Movie with Brother and Sis-in-law:
-Horton Hears a Who
Massive Slumber Party with cousins:
-Dinner
-Movie: Horton Hears a Who
-Nintendo Wii
-sleeping bags and couches
Trip up to Good old Logan, UT
-Logan: In 10 hrs or less!!
-very fast trip, very FUN trip
Babysat my GORGEOUS nephew multiple glorious times
Hung out with great friend Ashley
-Watched both seasons of Laguna Beach on DVD
-Re-watched the movie we've both dubbed torturous: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
-Watched Pearl Harbor
-Watched Titanic
-Will watch Father of the Bride (a classic with so many memories for us) on Friday
-Lots of lunch and shopping experiences!
-went to a singles ward with her for like 5 wks or something...
Just trying to convince myself to stay calm and not over analyze this whole new development in my life. I'm doing very well with that! :D
Talked to my little brother when he was waiting in the airport to fly off to a whole new world (sorry for that)! He sounds great and seemed like he couldn't wait to be out there teaching and preaching.

Thats all for now. I have 2 days left to pack...and since I haven't started, it should be fun...

okay, i'm done now..

"Don't worry cause I prefer footballs basically Polly teased Chad."

*The title quote was just random and made me laugh*

This new post is about the randomly fantastic hilarity of my friday night!
Greatest. Night. Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My cousins Diane, Megan, Madison, Amy and I are having an over the top
SLUMBER PARTY!!!!
Including a dinner (Fazoli's), movie (Dr. Suess' Horton Hears A Who *HILARIOUS and SO worth seeing!!!*), Hannah Montana episode (Uncle Earl came to be a ROCK STAR!!), and now currently the Wii on Nintendo!! Hilarious that was because we are all being called now by our Wii Mii names:
Manager (me) Oo Ah Ice! (diane), Wii Wee (megan), Specky (amy) and Bleedy (madison).

This has been such a fun night and a great way to spend your friday night! I just wish I had thought of this sooner!!!

okay, thats all for now...just thought i'd fill ya in!

"That is a Harvard squirrel."

okay folks!
"The time has come, the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax—
Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
And whether pigs have wings."

or at least to talk about what has taken me so damn long to write another post!
I decided that I wasn't going to post again until I got a job as a Nanny.
So here I am, posting again. So yes. I got a job as a Nanny. In Boston.
I leave Utah on April 4th and officially start the job on April 7th.

I'm very excited about this opportunity and I think it will be great!
So much to do before that time comes but I think I can do it!

I just hope that my family puts all their hard earned money together to get
me a kick ass going away present for example a digital camera for all the
great places I'll go and the cute kids I get! hint hint...

More on this later...