HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Back by popular demand!

Here are the rest of the pictures I took that day, so that everyone can see them. (Specially requested by Allison)

Sweet Babies!

It was fun going for a walk with the family today and just spending time together! That was nice to just have a day to relax and spend together. Thanks everyone!! I love you all! (even those of you that couldn't be there!)

Fun in Cedar!!

Better late than never...

The pictures from Danae's Baby Shower are finally here!! :)

New Kitty

Mom knows the story better than me, but I guess that Sonja was up in Wyoming, and they were rafting on a river, when they see this little kitty on the other side. Sonja wanted to go get it, but Tim said that if the cat was desperate enough, it would come to them. Well, sure enough, this little kitty jumped into the river and swam to them. However, Sonja and Tyler are allergic to cats, so where is this little kitty living? That's right. The Hanna House!

Rain Rain Go Away

It has been really rainy lately. That is bad news for the ice cream business. I worked from 9 to 3 today. (I was supposed to leave at 4, but it was so slow I got to leave early.) In that 6 hour time frame, I put away the ice cream order, put away the paper order, finished all of the cakes and three back ups, did partials and tubs, did the paperwork and went to the bank. I know that a lot of that only Kjersti can relate to, but know that it is a lot of work. Oh, and I helped the few costumers that wanted ice cream, making a total of $71 before I left the store. Wow... slow boring day for me. My boss paid me more to be at the store today then he was making.

Cousins

Welcome Isaac Blake!!

Recurring Dream

Well, it isn't the exact same dream, but I have had a dream before where I was working at the Bountiful Baskin, and a guy comes in and takes the place hostage. The workers, the customers, everyone. He makes us pick one person to be released unharmed, and one person that dies for sure. Then the rest of us have to stay there to either be killed or released later. That was my dream from before. Last night I had the same kind of dream, except it had happened to me before. So, right before he starts making his demands about who dies and who is set free, I go in the cake corner and hide and call the police. He notices that I am missing while I am calling for help. All I get out is, "Bountiful Baskin, hurry, help." And then I woke up.

My Mistake

Even though I had said I was done with some of my friends, I was told by a couple of different people to give Wendy a little more time. I would text her on various different occasions to see how her and the baby were doing. I was always careful not to ask about Chad, so that she wouldn't think that I was only actually interested in him. Well today, I text her to see how she was doing. The last conversation we had, she had told me that Crystal would just cry and cry for no reason, so I was just interested to see if things had gotten better. She said she was fine. I asked how she was. "Fine" was all she wrote. So I asked her, "Am I bothering you when I ask how you are doing?" She responded with" Honestly it bugs me. I'm still trying to adjust to being a mom, not just a wife, and my little family keeps being interrupted..." So that's it. I am done now. I just wanted to smack her. How rude can you be? How do people think it is okay to talk to your friends like that? I sure as hell wouldn't and I am done dealing with it from her.

Back to Normal

I got a letter from Will today!! He even sent me a picture, but what I loved most about it, was that everything seems to be back to normal. Nothing preachy, nothing about church related things at all. The whole thing was just inside jokes between us, wondering how I was doing, telling me a little about his new area etc... I loved it! He even explained why Torrie got a letter last week and I didn't. And get this, he has a Baskin Robbins in his new district!! Maybe I should transfer! j/k :)

Top Websites!

I think that all of you know that I made missionary websites for my friends on dearelder.com. While dearelder.com was having some difficulties, it was looking like the websites that I made had been deleted. I searched on their actual websites for them then, instead of going directly to them. On dearelder, the webpages that I made for Will and Kennedy have been placed on their list of the top 96 webpages! That made me really happy. Both Will and Kennedy check those websites weekly, and a lot of my friends have gotten on them to comment too. So, I guess I must be doing something right!

(If anyone would like to check them, just ask me for the web addresses.)

Because she is so DARN cute!!

The Wavering Co-Star

"Harry Potter" might lose one of its stars. The fifth film in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," is currently filming at Leavesden Studios north of London. Negotiations to lock in Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) for the final two films are in the preliminary stages, and while the boys are likely to commit, Watson, 16, is unsure. "I don't know yet," she told NEWSWEEK near the set of 12 Grimmauld Place, secret headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. "Every film is such a huge production, and it's a long time." Saying yes would mean she'd be playing the studious Hermione until she's 20. Watson scored near-perfect grades on her national exams. College must be on her mind, not to mention a career, and she's not sure acting is in the cards. "Daniel and Rupert seem so sure," she says, and looks sincerely plagued that she isn't. "I love to perform, but there are so many things I love doing." Pause. "Maybe that sounds ungrateful. I've been given such an amazing opportunity, but I'll just have to go with the flow."

I GIVE UP!

For the last couple of weeks, or longer for some, I have been giving some of my friends the benefit of a doubt, and putting up with more than almost any normal friend would. That grace period is now over. I am done with it. I am sick of dealing with being walked on. If you want my friendship, earn it. I will be here if you ever decide that I was a good friend and miss me, but I am done trying to be there for you when you don't even appreciate the effort of what I do.

The many moods of Kameryn Lee

Which kitty is this?

If you answered "Zepher, the Lion kitty" you are wrong. This is the new and improved, strutting Dante kitty!! You may bow.

Brad Pitt = Mission Impossible?

I heard today on the radio, that since Paramount Pictures realeased Tom Cruise from his contract with them, but the Mission Impossible movies are too big to just drop, they have now signed on Brad Pitt to do the new Mission Impossibles, making him the highest paid actor. I love Brad Pitt, but when I think of Ethan Hawke, I see Tom Cruise. Kind of like 007, I see Peirce Brosnan, not Daniel Craig. Oh well. I guess they didn't ask me.

And, I think mainly Allie will be interested in this, but here is the latest Orlando Bloom movie. And guess what! It ISN'T a period piece!

Stalker

Okay, I think I have become a little bit of a stalker. That, or the internet has made connection with people A LOT easier. My first example is that Shakespearean actor that I liked down in Ceder City. I came home and, while looking for pictures, found his blog. Second example, I went bowling last night. There was a guy that I liked, but was too shy to say anything. I came home and looked him up on MySpace and found him!! He hasn't been on since December, so... oh well. Then, while checking the blog for the Shakespearean actor, he said something about MySpace, so I just found him too! I know, I know. Stalker, right?

Eragon Trailer

Now this is what I am talking about!!

Crystal Moon

Wendy had her baby today!

Venting

I blame the fact that I have been in customer service for so long, but I have learned how to put on a face to make everyone think that I am happy when really I am not. I am in one of those place right now, where I just feel like everything is going wrong. Instead of people trying to fix it, I would like people just to be able to acknowledge that I am not perfect and I have my down days.

I miss my friends. I miss my missionaries, and I miss my friends that are scattered everywhere now that we are no longer in high school. I even miss the friends that are still here, but never have time for me. I get frustrated because I feel like I care more about them then they do about me. I try so hard, and when I don't hear from people, I feel alone.

I am sick of feeling like people judge me for everything that I do. I hate that I feel like I need to watch what I say, what I wear, what I listen to, what I watch. It is enough to drive someone insane! I wish that people could just accept me for who I am. And if they don't like something, or if I don't do something that they would do, I wish that they could just be okay with me being me. Say, "we don't agree on everything, but we don't have to."

I am sick of being the person that has to take care of everything at work. I have learned how to multi-task that, in general, I can get everything that I need to done, but when I can't, I wish that there was someone there to say, "you did a great job and I will handle the rest" not leave it there for me to do the next day.

I wish that I knew how to accept change. I am afraid of the unknown, and once I fall into a certain pattern, it scares me when a change is forced on me, and there is nowhere else to go but forward.

I am scared of the noises that my car is making. I wish I knew how to fix it, or that I knew at least what was wrong with it, even though I don't have the money to fix it anyway. I try so hard to take care of my car, that I am really frustrated that things aren't working the way that they are supposed to.

I feel like I have so much to live up to with my family. I run into people that haven't seen us for a while, so they run down the list: "writing for a newspaper, the doctor, the paralegal, the MA". I feel the judgement and the disappointment when they get to me and I can't even afford to go back to college yet. They look down at the job I have now as a dead end job, and I have nowhere to go from there.

This mood will pass, but I just wanted to be honest with everyone, especially myself, about what it is I am feeling right now. So, here is a piece of me that I am sharing with you. Thank you for listening.

Where were you?

Where were you five years ago today? How did you hear about what happened? I was in Jr. High, and I heard about it from one of my friends at school. I think it was Heather Casper. She told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. When she first told me, I didn't really think anything of it. I had never heard of the WTC and I didn't understand that it was a terrorist attack. I thought that she had just meant that it was an accident. When I got to my first period, my teacher had gotten a T.V. so that we could watch the live reports coming in. That is when it hit me. Eventually my principal came on the intercom and said that the school day needed to go back to normal, but any student that needed to call home or needed to leave could come down to the office. After school, me and my friend Wendy watched the news for the rest of the day. We couldn't believe what had happened. I still can't.

More dumb "lawsuits" at BR

Last night, some lady got a double scoop and a small shake. As the lady was paying, a cop came in, and was waiting to order behind her. She had handed us her credit card, and then without even waiting for it to print out, went out the door. Janelle chased after her to make her come back in a sign it and give her back her card. As the lady is signing for it, the cop mouths to Janelle to check for I.D, so she asked for it. The lady says that she left her I.D. in the car and goes out to get it. As Janelle is getting the cops order, he realizes that the lady never came back in and sees her take off in her car. He gets into his car, turns on his lights and pulls her over a block away. The lady didn't have ANY I.D. on her what-so-ever.

About an hour later, the lady's brother comes in and shows Janelle I.D. that matched the card and says that his sister is going to sue the police department and us. The cop had to come back in and get everyone's statements that the lady was acting suspicious, etc... I was telling Janelle that it is a stupid idea to try and sue the police department. All that is going to happen, is that the cop will say that in order to drive, you HAVE TO have your license and that is a form of I.D. so she should have had it if she was driving. But, the lady is saying that the cop had no reason to pull her over, that he didn't turn his lights on and that he nearly caused an accident trying to pull her over. I don't think I will hear anything else about this "lawsuit", but it is further proof to me that ice cream = stupidity.

Driving Lessons

I took Geoffrey down to the driver's range at Bountiful High and let him drive my car tonight. I know that Gary tried earlier, but I thought it would help Geoff learn with my car since it is an automatic. I taught him some of the basics, such as which one was the brake, windshield wipers, and turn signals... and even though we turned left on a right turn signal, things generally went okay. He is nervous to learn, and feels bad when he almost gives me whiplash, but I explained to Geoffrey that even though we pay the Driver's Ed teachers to teach you how to drive, they already expect you to know how. He is driving with his teacher on Monday, so we will see how that goes for him. Hopefully tonight helped so that he knows some of the basics.

As a side note, we decided to leave when some dumb high school idiot decided to be speeding around the parking lot and doing donuts. I wanted to call the cops on him especially when the kid stopped the car, got out and peed in the nearby bushes. Dumb high school kids. I am so glad that I am out of high school!!

I Bleed Purple?

In my continuing struggle to go back to school, I have decided that a change of schools might be in order. I am currently trying to save up the money to go back, but Natalie said that she would help me apply to Weber State to see if I could get in up there and make my tuition payment a little easier and maybe even get a scholarship. I pulled a 3.7 out of my semester at the U of U, and that was while I was working two jobs and taking 17 credit hours. I would miss having my school just right up the street from where I work, and of course the great teachers like Mark Matheson, but I do feel like I need to get back into school. I miss constantly learning new things and the challenges that school provided. I also think that school would help me meet new people and keep me busy so I don't feel like I am just waiting for my friends to come back home.

Possessed by the devil: Hitler, Stalin... and Potter

Pope Benedict XVI's senior exorcist claims the Harry Potter books contain innumerable positive references to magic, "the satanic art."

"Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil," he told Vatican Radio. And according to the Daily Mail newspaper in London, he added that the books attempt to make a false distinction between black and white magic, when in fact, the distinction "does not exist, because magic is always a turn to the devil."

All I have to say is... he's an exorcist - what did you expect him to say?

THE PROOF IS IN!

Crazy Kitty

How is this comfortable?

The Cutest Niece A Girl Could Have!

World on Fire

I am sure that you all know that President Bush was here this week. Having to be out in the same area though, I felt like everything was crazy. Driving anywhere was insane, and I swear that every cop in Utah was downtown this week. I have never seen so many police escorted cars before. Bush also stayed at the Grand America Hotel, which I have to pass as I go to the bank each morning. They blocked off half of the street for the cop cars to have somewhere to park, and then there were cops about every five feet. And not just one, but two or three. It was insane. It took me an extra half hour just to get up the street Thursday morning. Traffic was already bad the days before with everyone trying to get to the Delta Center, etc... but it got worse.

The most interesting thing for me to witness, though, were all of the people. Since I had to work, I don't really know how any of these rallies went, but I got to see all of the people coming and going up and down the street. Everyone was carrying an American flag, but most had protest signs as well. They said things like" Bush you have Blood on your hands" and "Anyone for a new president." It was crazy. I am sure that you all know a lot more about what was going on then I do, but there is my two cents.

Update

I had a fairly interesting day today. The first thing that I wanted to point out, was that dumb carpool lane that I got pulled over in, isn't even there anymore! I guess everyone else figured that it was dumb too, but now both of those lanes are metered so they both have to stop.

Next thing, I was almost in a car accident on the freeway today. There was a truck three cars in front of me, and something fell of the back of it. I am not sure what they were, but they looked like a bunch of thin, metal bars. The two cars in front of me slammed on their brakes so hard that you could see the smoke coming from them. I managed to stop before I hit the car in front of me, and the car behind me didn't hit me either. I was shaking the whole rest of the way home though.

I also got to hang out with Natalie for the first time since her dad's funeral today. We had a lot of fun. She also bought me a really cute shirt as my late birthday present. I also got a letter from Will again today. He is trying to be better about writing me. He apologized for the religious talk in his last letter. He said he realized that it would have made me uncomfortable and he said that he wasn't trying to do that. I really appreciated him saying so, but what I find even more interesting is that he wouldn't have gotten my letter telling him my reaction yet. He just knows me well enough to know that I didn't like it.

And of course, we have to have the baby picture update! Here is more pictures of that cute, cute girl!

Ice Cream = Stupidity

I have decided that ice cream makes people dumb! Every morning, I go in about three hours before we open to do the paperwork, go to the bank, start cakes, etc... The last couple of days, I have noticed how many people try to come to the store before we open. With all the lights off, all the chairs up and the OPEN sign not on, people still try and come in. They get up to the door and are completely shocked that it won't open. Since we have two doors, they then proceed to check the other door to see if maybe that one is open. Never mind that there is a sign that has our hours on it on the first door, they walk passed all of the tables with the chairs still up to get to the other door to find it locked as well. At this point, most people get the idea that we are closed and get back into their cars. However, some people that still don't get the hint, bang on the door until I come and unlock it to talk to them. Then they ask me, "Hey, are you guys open?" If I have to unlock the door, does it look like I am open?

Then, throughout the day, I just get dumb customers. I had one lady come in and say, "I want a single in a cup." I said, "Okay, what kind of ice cream?" She then got irritated with me and said, "A SINGLE." Last time I checked, a single was a quantity not an ice cream, but I must be wrong. Or I get the occasional customer that is extrememly pissed off that I can't put a lid on their cone. I got a different customer today that asked if we had different kinds of ice cream. I had to keep from laughing. I wanted to say, "Nope. We just have 46 tubs of the same one." I also had a lady come in today wanting to taste the ice cream that had 31 flavors in it. She thought that we had found a way to combine them all into one! So, ice cream = stupidity. I just want to say, "Here's your sign."

Funeral

Nat's dad's funeral was today. I am really glad that I went. After being able to spend some time with Nat, I know that she is going to be okay. Obviously, she is still really hurt over the whole thing, but she is trying really hard to focus more on the fact that he is with her mom again than that she is without him. She also has a huge family, and they were all there to support her. They all love her. Even the family she was staying with in California came. They were disappointed that she has decided to move back up here again. They really wanted her to stay there with them. She is going to be living with Josh's parents and going to Weber, starting Monday. I feel like she is slowly putting her life back together. She was even laughing at the luncheon afterwards and making plans with me for when we could next watch Alias.

Letter from Will

I got a letter from Will today. This might sound dumb, but it made me cry. It was as preachy as the e-mails that he sends home. He said that he didn't mean it to be and he apologized if it made me feel that way, but it still was. In his e-mails home, he talked about the people he was teaching and kept saying things like, "they refuse to understand the simplicity of the gospel" or "they refused to open their eyes to see the Truth". I have been a little offended by things like that that he says, so I asked him if he saw me like that. He wrote back saying that he never had seen me like that, but since I asked, I was like that though. He told me not to be offended because he wasn't trying to make it seem like he thought he was better than me, or anything like that. He says that God loves everyone the same. Even though he wasn't trying to be offensive, I am offended. More than that though, it makes me really feel that I made up this whole thing between me and Will, and even if I didn't, it can never work. He says that we don't have to agree on everything to be friends, but what makes me sad, is that now I know that is all we can ever be.

Arachnophobia

I know, I know I am such a baby. There is a HUGE spider that has taken up residency outside the front door. Mom thinks that he is a cat spider, or something. He is the biggest spider that I have ever seen besides a trianchula. I decided to name him Charlotte. And, as I was driving out to go see a movie, I see a spider running across my windshield, but it was inside! I freaked out. I managed to get to the theater anyway, but as I was driving home, he dropped down from my rear-view mirror! It scared me so bad! I was screaming. I came home and woke Geoffrey up to come and get it out of my car, and he couldn't find it! A different morning, a spider had been outside of my front window. I didn't know he was there until I was turning onto the freeway. He managed to stay on there until I got up to 70 mph. Even though I HATE spiders, I couldn't help but think that it was a valiant effort.

Natalie

What do you say when you best friend calls you, crying her eyes out, because her dad just died? Natalie has been living in California for the summer, so she hasn't even seen her dad recently, but she was supposed to be coming home in three days. He died of a heart attack. He was driving when it happened, so he pulled over and the police are the ones that found him dead in his car. How terrible is that? And to make matters worse, Natalie's mom is already dead too. She died when she was 2 years old. Now Nat might stay in California to be with the rest of her family. I just wish that there was something I could do to help her through this.

Moose would be proud

MySpace

So everyone can get off of my back about giving in and making a MySpace, cause Allie did it too! As dangerous as MySpace can be, I think it can be used safely if you aren't dumb about it and it is a great way to keep in contact with your friends. It makes me feel better too knowing that Amanda was looking for me and couln't find me, so there!

My Kameryn Shrine

Step Up

MISSING!

Missing: One Kitty
Name: Mael
Answers to: Mael, Mael-a-kitty, cans being opened that he thinks are tuna
Rumored to be: Wesley-the-animagus
Known to: sleep under the covers, or to go on walks with various owners, sit down whenever a car passes, try and reach for the doorknob to get outside, and claw people's butts when he can't get them to open the door for him.
Suspects: Scout, Dante, Zepher and Dakota - the other kitties that invaded his domain and never got along with him since.

Birthday Success!

I just wanted to thank everyone who participated in making my birthday great! I really appreciate it! I even think that Kameryn had a good time! This is Gary making her laugh by holding up her arms and yelling, "Hooray!"

Day for Car Accidents

The morning started slow, with I-215 closed from a chemical spill near I-80. Then as I finally got to 4th South, there was a car upside down! That is only the second time that I have ever seen that happen in real life. Then, on my way home during rush hour, we came to a complete stop a couple of times, so I knew there was another accident up ahead. When we finally passed it, it turned out that a Honda had rear-ended a truck. Obviously, the truck won. The Honda was totaled, and the truck looked like it had barely been scratched. And Sassy got me safely through all of it. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SASSY!

Sassy has been my faithful car for three years now! We have never gotten into a car accident, even though we did get stuck in the driveway. Two tickets later and a liscence on probabtion, we still make a good team! Even if her lights do like to be completely dumb every once in a while, I still love my car! Thanks for keeping me safe, Sassy!

Birthday Wishlist

You all keep asking what I would like for my birthday, so here is some ideas, in no particular order:

1- Phantom by Terry Goodkind
2- She's the Man DVD
3- Annapolis DVD
4- Lois and Clark Season 3
5- Failure to Launch DVD
6- Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Soundtrack
7- Harry Potter 4 Soundtrack
8- Scarlet Pimpernel DVD
9- Newsies DVD
10- Either Alias Soundtracks
11- Picture Frames
12- Cute Clothes :)
13- Anne of Avonlea DVD
14- Something New DVD

Or I will take a raincheck on either:
1- V for Vendetta
2- Inside Man

I hope that helps. I am sure there are other things that I want too that I just am not thinking about right now. Thanks!

The family dinner will be Friday night at 7. Mom is making mashed potatoes and gravy with roast and cheesecake! I hope everyone can come!

Isn't that always the way

I washed my car today, vaccumed it out, got the oil changed , got my saftey and admissions done and of course it rains! What a load!

The Shakespearean Festival

Well, Mom and I just got back from the Shakespearean Festival today. We had so much fun! The first night we went and saw Antony and Cleopatra. It was excellent. The only complaint that we had was that Antony really needed to speak up so that we could hear him better. Mom had never read the play, so half the time she didn't know what was happening because she couldn't hear him. Cleopatra was so funny. One of my favorite parts of hers was when she almost killed the messenger for telling her that Antony got re-married. Mom and I were both really impressed with the actor that played Caesar as well. He was very convincing. Either he played Caesar exactly as I pictured him, or I think I have seen him somewhere before because I swear I know him...

The next day we saw the Merry Wives of Windsor. It was so funny and the acting again was amazing! Better yet, half of the people that were in it had been in the play we had seen the night before. We couldn't believe it! They were so good. Not only were they convincing in the roles they were playing, but they were completely different from the ones the night before. Caesar, from the night before, was in this play too. He had a completely different accent that he didn't loose throughout the entire play. I was very impressed. We laughed through the entire thing.

That night, we saw Hamlet. It was really good and everyone in it did an excellent job. Hamlet was amazing and Ophellia was very convincing being crazy. Allison's favorite scene is the one where the Player King is performing, and who else is playing the Player King, but Caesar! He was so good at it that Allison didn't even realize that it was the same person until I pointed it out to her. The entire play was so good. I would recommend it to anyone that is interested.

After the play, I saw Caesar again! I ran after him to tell him that I thought he was amazing. Allison was disappointed that I didn't get his number or give him mine. He was really nice though. He said that I had made his weekend.

All in all, we had a great time. I am only sorry that more of you hadn't come with us. You missed out!

Layla

I have been having a hard time at work this week. After I left Century, I got my friend Layla a job with me at Baskin so that she could leave Century too. She worked really hard at Century, so I didn't think there would be any problem having her work with me at Baskin. However, once she got the job at Baskin, she made friends with everyone, and basically now comes to work to talk.

Problems between me and her started the day that we went to the PCD and BEP concert. She had forgotten which day we were going, and took someone else's shift for that night. I noticed about a week before that she had done that, and told her so, but she didn't try to get it off until that day. Of course no one would work for her, and my boss was out of town so I was basically running my store. She asked me if she could just not go in and I told her that she had to get it covered. She eventually did, or so she made me think. She plotted with another girl to make it seem like she was going to come in and cover for her, and then neither one of them came in. She got into the store before me when we came back and told the people working not to tell me that the other girl hadn't come in. The other girl, her name is Shar, was supposed to have clocked in and everything so that I wouldn't know. They forgot that detail though, so I eventually figured out what she had done. When I tried to confront her about it, she just said that she didn't want to talk to me right now. Then, so that we could still work together, I let it drop. After I told my boss, of course.

So, we haven't been good friends since that week, but things got really bad this week. On the 4th of July, I had to work from 8-2 and then go back and work from 7-11. Layla was the person that came in at 2. Everything was done, all ice cream had been stocked, and everything else, except for dipped Waffle Cones. I asked them to make sure that they got some done for the upcoming holiday night. When I had to go back 5 hours later, they still weren't done, and Layla was sitting down talking to her friends. After about 15 minutes of that, I asked her to dip cones while she was talking. She blew up at me! She said that she got a job here because we used to be friends and that I have changed so much since then. She said that she hated it when I told her that she was doing nothing, and I told her that she had added that part in because I hadn't said that. I told her that I was just doing my job and the cones needed to get done. Later, I went up to her and told her that I didn't want to fight with her, and she said that she didn't want to talk to me right now. Even though I tried to fix things with her, she wouldn't even look at me when I would talk to her. She says that we aren't friends anymore and says other mean things to me that I am trying to not let get to me. Like saying "I am not even worth talking to."

My boss gave me the ability to fire her yesterday, but I didn't do it. Even though she doesn't work well, and she might be stealing money from the store, if I am the one that fires her, she will only think that it was because I was mad at her. But, work has sucked for me this week because of her.

Baby Pictures

Ha Ha! I finally figured out how to add pictures too! This is one I took of Kameryn when I was babysitting her. However, as soon as I took it she woke up because she knew that I had flashed her again!

Idiot

Last week, a man came into Baskin and asked for my boss. I told him that my boss was out of town, so the guy handed me a bunch of papers saying that Justin had to pay for the damage done to his car in our parking lot. I automatically assumed that he meant that another car had hit him, so I asked him why Justin was liable for the damage. He took me outside and showed me our cement barriers that make it so that you can't drive into the Wendy's drive through. Apparently the man hit them, denting his front bumper and he wants my boss to pay for it. The bill was around $600 dollars for fixing the bumper and the paint job over it. I was kind of looking at the guy like he was a moron and told him that I would let Justin know about it. The man got all pissy and said that he wouldn't come down here and make a fuss if Justin wasn't liable for it. He said that the cement barriers were installed wrong so that they come up to high, and enough other people had hit them that they were all jagged. I was still thinking that he was an idiot for running into them, but I told him again that I would let Justin know. He said that if Justin didn't pay for it, then he would come back and have his lawyer talk to both of us, because apparently, I was being snotty. Good luck suing me for that one buddy.

Travel Plans

Today we went and saw Kennedy at the airport. Kennedy had wanted us to come, but Amber didn't know for sure if she wanted to go, since seeing him would make her miss him that much more. I wrote him telling him that we might not come, but then I explained to Amber that he would be looking for us and probably feel bad if we didn't come. Amber, Billy, Ben, Molissa and I all went and he was really excited to see us. He had even been looking for us, like I knew he would be. We all had written him letters too to make sure that he had something to do on the plan ride. Although, unlike Will, he had said that he was going to call and then he never did. I am a little disappointed in that.

And speaking of disappointing Elders, Will didn't write me this week, when I know that he wrote at least three other people. People keep telling me that my letter probably got lost in the mail. I am a little jealous that he would write to them and not me, but more specifically I just want to know why he wouldn't want to write to me when he has been so good about it so far.

Mom and I now have travel reservations for going down to the Shakespearean Festival. I am really excited. It will also be really nice to get away from work for a weekend. I have been to the Shakespearean Festival before, but I have never seen one of the plays outside, so I am looking forward to that too.

Dawn of Roses

"Now Will, Tasha, and Chelsee sat soaking in the sun as the roses did. Chelsee was only eight and had instantly attached to the two friends when she arrived two weeks ago. She was the only thing that kept the two sane. She gave them something to look after and something that many had lost, love. With her shining brown hair and eyes Chelsee was, despite the anguish around her, always smiling. She always looked at things in the most optimistic way that quickly spread to those around her. Many would be gone now if she hadn’t arrived."

-- Dawn of Roses, short story written by Will McLachlan

Thanks Allie!

Last night, I had a dream that Allie came up to see me from Nevada. She said that she could tell that I was having a rough week and she knew that I liked it when people came in to see me at work, so she had driven all the way up here to make me feel better. She stayed for a couple of hours but then she had to go back home. So, thanks Allie for making my week a little better. :)

Family Thoughts?

I wanted to get the family's thoughts on this because I think I might just be over-thinking it. I got another e-mail from Will today, but it was a forward to everyone from his old account. It was one of those messages from hotmail saying that if you didn't forward it to at least 18 people you would have to start paying for your account next summer. I found this strange because in my last e-mail from Will he told me that he wouldn't be able to check his old account again and that he wasn't allowed to return any of my e-mails with another e-mail. I find it odd that he would be willing to break the rules in order to pass along a forward, so I think that he is homesick and trying to reach out to something familiar. So, what do you guys think? And, if you do agree with me that he is homesick, is there anything I can do to help him out?

Cakes, Cakes and more CAKES

Never fear! The world of cake decorating is back on track! All 85 back-up cakes are done. I only had to work nearly 27 hours in the last two days in order to get it done. In the middle of all of that, I really started to stress out. A lady had ordered a cake, and somehow the order must have gotten lost, because she came in for the cake and not only did I not have it, I didn't even know that I was supposed to be making it. She was really upset and really stressed me out. I already had a million cakes to make, but she just added one more! I text my boss and said, "Remind me why I like doing this again". But, today is my day off and I got plenty of sleep, so bring on the cakes!

Harry Potter

I think people like this are dumb. I sometimes go to mugglenet.com to check up on the updates for Harry Potter. Today I read an article telling about a woman that tried to have all six of the Harry Potter books removed from school libraries. She said they are full of "evil themes, witchcraft, demonic activity, murder, evil blood sacrifice, spells and are teaching children all of this." She hasn't actually ever read any of them because she said that they were too long, but she took this matter to court. Needless to say, she lost. Harry Potter has remained in school libraries, but she is appealing the case.

Outburst!

On Saturday night, I finally got up the courage to go and talk to Will's mom. I figured a nice ice breaker would be taking her copies of the pictures that Will had sent me from the MTC. So, I went over there and showed them to her. She was very greatful because the ones Will had sent to her got lost in the mail. She told me all about how he is doing now that he is in Portugal. I told her that he wasn't allowed to e-mail me so I hadn't really heard from him yet, so she offered to forward all of the e-mails he sends home to me! I had been thinking about that, but I didn't ask and then she offered! It was really nice. His family had just finished cooking dinner, and she invited me to come and eat with them. After dinner, they wanted me to stay and play games with them. We played Outburst! It was really fun. We played boys against girls, and Will's sister warned me that the girls never won. But then we won both rounds. It was really nice of them to let me hang out with them.

FINALLY!!!

I got a message from Will today! He hasn't been able to write me a letter yet, so he e-mailed me. He wrote saying that he was breaking this one rule this one time to send me his address since I haven't been able to write him either because I didn't have his address in Portugal. He told me that I should appreciate the e-mail because he was breaking the rules to do it. Like we haven't been breaking them before?

Dear Elder.com

So I have been trying out this new way of writing to my missionary friends. It is supposedly a lot faster and more reliable. It is also free to the MTC. They make it possible to send care packages to the missions. They even have a study about Dear John letters. :) I don't know how well it all works yet, but it seems like it could work. I still haven't heard from Will yet. That makes two weeks! I am going crazy! (Just ask mom or Geoffrey.) Even though this website makes the letters a little less personal, I am hoping that it will help me keep in better contact with them when they all go to different countries.

Grizzly Bear

Last night I had a really strange dream. Will and I were going to go to Prom, even though we were both out of high school. I had decided to wear the black dress that I wore to Prom the year before, and I needed to take a shower so that I could do my hair. When I walked into the bathroom, though, the window had been open and there was a huge branch on the floor. I went into my room and Geoffrey was asleep on my bed. My window was open too. It was as I walked in that a grizzly bear saw Geoffrey and me in my room. The window was open so he tried to come in. I started screaming to wake Geoffrey up. Then the bear threw another tree branch into the room. The crash finally made Geoffrey wake up and then we ran out of my room. That is when I woke up. So the moral of the story is: Don't leave the windows open because the bears will get in and Geoffrey- don't sleep in my bed!

X-Men: The Last Stand

Geoffrey and I went to the midnight showing of X-Men last night. We both thought that it was awesome, even if it doesn't really follow the comics... The rumors that this will be the last X-men movie are false. The ending of the movie leaves no doubt that there will be more. There were some things about the movie that I didn't quite like, but I think it just like watching Two Towers and knowing that there is more to the story that you aren't catching yet. So, for anyone going to see it, stay after the credits for an extra scene!

Father Dante

Yesterday I had the day off so I was at home with all of the kitties. At one point in the day, all five kitties were in the driveway. Mael had started a fight with Scout, so Dante walked up to Mael and pawed his face. Mael then walked off and sat a little ways away. I think that was Dante's way of breaking up the fight since he is declawed and can't do much damage. However, if Dante is the one protecting all of the kitties, I hope that whoever hurt Mael's tail got his ass kicked. I can hear Dante saying, "Kitties, be nice to each other..."

PCD and BEP

Last night was the Pussycat Dolls and Black Eyed Peas concert! It was awesome, but I have to say, I was much more impressed with PCD than the BEP. BEP was fun, but PCD was just really fun to watch. They played songs from their CD but they were extended to add more time for PCD to dance longer. Since they are mainly dancers anyway it was so cool! While I was there I also got the sweater that Nicole is wearing in the music video for Dont'cha. (The white hoodie with the words "Dont cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me" across the hood.) I was only really disappointed that Will.i.am didn't sing with PCD for Beep. I don't understand why he didn't since he was obviously there. They just had his part sung on the screens next to the stage.

BEP was cool, but they kept stopping and singing other people's stuff while some of the others left for costume changes. They ended with "Where's the Love" and made us cheer for about ten minutes before they came back out for the encore. (Which was long enough for another costume change.) During the encore they sung their more well known song like "My Humps" "Lets get it started" and "Don't Phunk with my Heart". The only songs that I recognized before that was "Hey Mama" and "Don't lie" but it was still fun.

The Da Vinci Code

Critics aren't really liking this movie, but I saw it and I love it! I haven't read the book yet, but I want to. The movie has a great cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Ian McKellan. It is directed by Ron Howard and the music is composed by Hans Zimmer! I think that it is all put together very well and the concept is really interesting to me. I wish that dad had seen it with me so that he could tell me which parts are actually based on historical fact, because I know that some of them are. Anyways, I really liked it.

45 minute phone call

Will called back later that night. We talked for 45 minutes. It was great to be able to just talk to him again. He told me stories about how one of the guys in his district sleep walks, and they had woken up to find him chewing on a book. His brother also snuck into the MTC to see Will while he was still there. He also kept saying things to me in Portugese so I couldn't understand him. He had fun with that. However, the only downside to this is that I really miss him again. I mean, I always miss him, but it kind of made things worse. It is like the first few weeks all over again. Oh well.

Corrupting Missionaries

Will left for Portugal from the MTC today. He had told me that he was going to call me and sent me a copy of his irtinerary. Since I knew that he was breaking the rules to call me, I figured it was okay if I broke the rules and went out to go and see him. It was really good to see him! He didn't know that I was coming, so as soon as he saw me and Tasha, he turned bright red and kept saying, "No way!" His mission companion was very nice and didn't seem to mind that we were breaking the rules. Will seemed really happy to see me and I was really happy that I was able to talk to Will a little before he had to go.

Even though I went to the airport, he still called me. He had called his mom before me, and they took too long, so he actually called me to tell me that he couldn't call me. He said that they were already boarding his plane, but he had another layover in Atlanta. So, he said that he was going to call me from there if he could.

Mother's Day Disaster

All week I have been stressing out about getting all of the Mother's Day orders ready on time. I have been going in at 7:00 for the last couple of days to have everything ready. At 2:00 this afternoon, some idiot ran into the power pole and turned off the power to the entire block. Now, with ice cream, that is a big problem. We were able to stay open for about another hour. One of our registers is hooked up to a back-up battery. But, the one that it is hooked into doesn't work without the other one, and that one didn't have the back-up. However, I was able to call the company and make them help me make a back-up file server so we had a register. We were able to help customers with anything, except the drinks that needed a machine to blend them. But then the back-up system failed and turned the register off. I have a key to the register, so for a while we were just figuring out the total by using a calculator and then figuring out the change ourselves. After doing this for about an hour and a half, my boss called me and told me that we needed to close the store because the ice cream was going to melt. We had to put all of the night covers on and keep all of the freezers closed to help keep them cold as long as possible. All of my cakes had to be evacuated into the bigger back freezer to keep them colder. I then tried to by dry ice to keep it cold, but Smith's was almost all out. Later, Justin had me drive out to the Bountiful Smith's to get the dry ice. By this time it had been over four hours, so everything was getting soft. I bought $85 dollars worth of dry ice and was two blocks away from the store when my boss called me again. "Good and bad news..." he said. "The power is back on."

Dumb Co-Worker

Since Mother's Day is coming up, Baskin Robbins has to have 50 back-up cakes by then. We start on the first and all of the back-up cakes have to be done by the tenth so the remaining days can be spent on the cake orders. However, like Valentine's Day, I have done most of this myself. All week I have been behind because my fellow cake-decorator has hardly helped me at all, that on my days, not only do I have to do my cakes, but catch up on hers as well. I FINALLY had everything caught up by the time I left on Monday. But when I went in today, she hadn't done ANYTHING! And I really do mean anything! So, today I started off behind again!! I was really pissed off and let me boss know how angry I was. He said that he had already talked to her about not getting anything done, but I don't know if that will solve the problem or not. Some co-workers are just worthless!

Season 3

Today the third season of Scrubs came out. I thought it would be nice to give to Kjersti, since her and Jay have been borrowing all of my movies to watch since they have been staying home with Kameryn. Plus, Kjersti likes to watch things while she is feeding the baby. I bought the season for her and then took it over. I told her that on a scale of 1 to 10 she was going like it a 12. She was SO excited, but Jay got mad at me because I had stolen his Mother's Day idea for Kjersti. However, when Kjersti brought Zepher home, he is now shaved and looks like a lion, she told Geoffrey that her and Jay had already watched half of it.

When I was over at Kjersti and Jay's apartment, I got to hold Kameryn! She is so cute! She stopped fussing while I was holding her, except she kept hiccuping and that was pissing her off. When I said hi to her she made a little noise, and when I told Kjersti I had to go, she started to get fussy again. This is just proof that Kameryn is already really smart and aware of what is going on around her. I think it was the Harry Potter her dad started reading to her while she was still in the womb. :)

The Customer isn't always right

Last week while my boss was training two new girls at Baskin, we got pretty busy, so my boss stopped what he was doing to help us with our rush. During that time, a kid in about Jr. High that always comes in came in with his mom. Justin recognized the kid so he said hello to the kid and got his ice cream without having to be told what the kid wanted, since he always gets the same thing. I helped the kid's mother to help the line go faster. The lady took her son home and then came back to yell at Justin. She wanted his name to report to the owner since Justin was being "too friendly with a minor." She said that he had an unacceptible tone with minors and that he should never greet younger children without greeting the adult that they are with. She also was mad that I had been the one that helped her because that furhter proved to her that Justin had only wanted to talk to her son instead of her. When Justin finally got a word in to tell her that he WAS the owner, she made him write down his name and phone number so that she got report him to the FBI. He shook his head and wrote it down for her. She said, "Don't laugh! This is very serious! You could go to jail for six years for something like this!" Before she left she yelled at Justin that if her son ever came in again, he wasn't to talk to him, or help him. He was to make sure that one of the girls helped him. Justin agreed and she stormed out of the store.

Hot Peanut Butter?

I think that my brother-in-laws will like to know that Baskin Robbins has added a new topping for their sundaes. Since they like Peanut Butter on everything, they now can get Hot Peanut Butter for their ice cream. Oh, and Baskin is having a buy one get one free sundae sale Sunday May 7th, incase anyone is interested. :)

Kameryn is Coming!!

Kameryn is coming! Kameryn is coming! Kjersti is at Lakeview Hospital right now. I am so excited for her to come. I hope that we are able to reach mom and tell her to turn around and come back from Wyoming so that she can go be with Kjersti. I am really sorry that I can be there too. I have to work today and no one will cover for me so that I can leave... Sorry Kjersti. I will babysit for you though. ;)

Silent Hill

I am ashamed of even admiting that I saw this movie, but I wanted to warn everyone else to NOT see it. I was hanging out with Natalie and Josh and Josh was dying to see this movie. He thought it looked so good and he spent half the night persuading Natalie and me to see it. I don't like horror movies, but I let him talk me in to this one because of the cast. (I love Sean Bean) But, I wasted not only my money, but two hours of my life as well. We almost walked out, but once I have seen most of a scary movie, I have to finish it in order to stop thinking about it. It wasn't just scary, it was also just disgustingly gory. I don't want to go too much into details but there was a lot of barbed-wire in it. During the climax of the movie a girl got up and left and actually threw up before she was able to get all of the way out of the theatre. Enough said?

The Little Shit

Well, we now know why Allie and Steve called Dante the little shit. The night that Allie and Steve left back to Nevada, Dante showed his disapproval by peeing all of Geoffrey's bed. However, since then he hasn't done it again and Geoffrey has forgiven him enough to let him back into his room now.

Cat #5

As many of you know, we recently have added Dante to the kitties that live at our house. He is so sweet and I am really hopeful that he and Mael will get along. They get really close and sometimes hiss, but in general they just sit close to each other. Mael has been getting along with him better than any of the other cats I have seen him with so far. However, Scout and Dante do not get along. Any time he even gets close to her she will try and claw his face. He just walks away from her, but she really doesn't like him. So, hopefully with Mael and Dante they will just decide that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Dante also LOVES to go outside. He is a very clean, soft kitty, but when I let him go outside, he rolled in every leaf that he could find and got completely dirty. He loved it. :) So, the new kitty is settling in just fine so far.

Dinner Date with Dad =)

Saturday night I took dad out on a date. We ate at Crown Burger and then went over to Century to see Take the Lead. We had a lot of fun. I really liked being able to hang out with dad. Part of the reason that we needed to at least get together was that the U of U was so annoyed that I hadn't paid my entire tuition that they sent me a letter telling me that I had less than three weeks to pay it before they sent it to a collecter and took away my taxes for the next seven years. I called dad to see if he could help and he offered to pay for the entire thing. So, I took him out. But, it was also really good to just be able to talk to him. I apologized for always needed him to get me out of trouble, such as my tickets and school tuition problems. He told me that since he lives with Joy's kids there isn't even a comparrison. That made me feel good. =)

Organized Chaos

Downtown Salt Lake has been a mess the last few days. On 4th South and State St. all of the Hispanic people in the nearby area have been protesting the immigration laws. I couldn't beleieve how many people were there. And before that, while I was working up the street, people kept coming in and telling us that we should go and join the protest. I thought that it was just a Sunday thing, but there was still people there today. And any Hispanic people you see walking in the downtown area is carrying an American flag...

On the Radio

Today when I was taking Geoffrey to school, my radio station was airing the preview for United 93 and describing what we couldn't see happening, like the planes hitting the towers. So, as soon as they were done, I called in and told them how angry I was about the whole thing. They put me on the air and let me vent to everyone listening to 97.1 even though they didn't really share my opinion. They think that the movie looks like it was being "tastefully" done and that these people deserve to have their story told. They did agree with me, however, on the fact that the movie with Nicholas Cage was a bad idea. Jessica told me that 9/11 is a part of history like everything else so there is bound to be movies to be made about it. I just told them that they should wait longer because it is still too raw. They also explained to me that United 93 might be pulled until a later time, but right now it is due to open in April.

As a side note... Sassy doesn't mind driving in the snow as long as she has tread on her tires and now that she has four new ones... :)

To make matters worse...

When Kjersti went to go and see Ice Age 2, she saw a poster for United 93 AND a poster for a movie called World Trade Center. I told her that there was no way, but I looked it up and it is true. Oliver Stone is directing the movie, starring Nicholas Cage about two men that get trapped under the rumble at Ground Zero after the WTC falls. I think that there is something morally wrong about people that want to make money from that. And I am really REALLY pissed that known actors would be willing to play parts like that too. Honestly, what is wrong with people?