the sky is not falling!

"When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit."
-Anonymous

That's all...
Things are hard to take right now, but all will be well =)
Never give up and always try to find joy in the journey!

"Positive things happen to positive people."
-Sarah Beeny

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i live for little moments like this =)

Today was a good day =) I feel so happy!
Today was one of those days when I could truly feel the Lord's presence in everyone/everything around me. And it was in the little things too - I love it!
Like when I walked into relief society and a few of those lovely ladies in there came up and gave me huge hugs and told me how happy they were to see me; when my previous Young Women's leader got tears in her eyes when she told me that seeing me there just made her day so much better; when my mother's off-key singing made it difficult for me to stay on pitch, but it was the most beautiful thing I've heard in a while because it meant she was sitting there with me at sacrament =) That's the good stuff.
Oh - and "ice skating" around the kitchen with my mom a little while ago was so much fun! We were giggling so much! I love doing random, crazy stuff like that with her =D

Another thing that made this day so amazing for me was the quote on the front of our sacrament program:

"It is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us - even with all our flaws!
His love is such that even should we give up on ourselves, He never will.
We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.
Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won't,
for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming."
--Joseph B. Wirthlin

This quote is so special to me because for a while there, I was starting to doubt myself...but my Father in Heaven sure didn't. He helped me to see myself in a more positive light again by, among other things, sending me a friend.
I know that may sound kind of silly, but it's true!
Now, I'm not going to go into detail here because I know no one wants to read about that, but I am oh so thankful for this friend for being such a positive influence in my life and for always making me smile =) I don't think he even knows how much he has helped me, but I can't even begin to accurately express how grateful I am to have him in my life.
It also makes me feel really good because a friend of mine commented on that change in me today. I hadn't seen him for a few weeks and he stopped by to say hello and see how things are going. We were in the middle of our conversation when he just stopped and out of nowhere told me that he couldn't pinpoint it, but there's this new happiness about me - that in just the few short weeks since he last saw me, I've completely flip-flopped and am the most content, smiley, and down right ecstatic he's ever seen me. That really tells ya something when you think you're hiding everything so well and someone comes right out and says something like that...I'm so thankful for the change =)

Hopefully that made some sense lol. Anywho, that's enough of my ramblings for one night =)
Now I know that the weatherman says it'll be rainy or snowy tomorrow, but as that amazing friend that's helped me so much says when it's cloudy/stormy outside, "Enjoy the weather - the sun is still shining even though you can't see it!" =)

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my ramblings about winter and other miscellaneous thoughts =)

'Tis the season to be...oh wait. No Christmas songs until after Thanksgiving, thank you very much =P
Just because it's winter now (sheesh, did anyone else have issues with finding their car under all that snow yesterday?!) that doesn't mean that it's time for Christmas. HELLLLO! Why on earth would you want to skip right over Thanksgiving? There is so much to be thankful for on that day (well, everyday there is so much to be thankful for, but this day is official about it lol) - especially the food! =)

Oh man, I've got the hiccups...Lol how amusing =P

So I was talking with mine Erica last night, and we both agree that winter is pretty much THE season for cuddling. 'Tis the season to take a long walk in the park, holding hands through mittens or gloves; to watch a good movie while snuggling by the fire, drinking butterfinger cocoa; to aimlessly trace designs on one's arms or back while being lazy and talking about nothing and everything; to read with each other; to give piggyback rides through temple square and look at all the beautiful lights...you get the idea =)
After talking about this, Erica got a small smile on her face and said how excited she is to do those things with her sweetie =) Aww, so cute!
Haha and then there's me...
While I am perfectly content with where I am at in my social life, it would certainly be nice to have a special someone in my life to share those cutesie moments with. I'm a sucker for tender moments =P
One thing I've decided though - I don't want to have to make the first move. I've had to do that more than once now and I find it to be unfair lol. I'm beginning to forget what it's like when the guy is bold and is the first to tell me he likes me or to take my hand while we're walking side by side.
*sigh* This could be a long winter season.

Haha, I still have the hiccups =P but they're starting to make me feel light headed =/
I need to figure out a way to get rid of them...

Ok, on to a different topic of discussion.
When I went to see my grandma the other day, I noticed a picture my aunt had up in the kitchen and I really liked it. It had several colors in the background and a little...saying? on it. I wouldn't really call it a poem, but regardless, it made me think:

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me show love;
Where there is injury,
comfort;
Where there is doubt,
faith;
Where there is despair,
hope;
Where there is darkness,
light;
Where there is sadness,
joy.

Someday I want to be at the end of my journey here on earth and be able to say that I had a positive impact in someone's life - that in my encounters with people in my everyday life, I was able to help at least one person feel better about their self and to see the beauty around them.
I really like this saying/poem because it's exactly the thoughts that are constantly in my mind - but they're on paper! I found it to be very exciting =)

Oh! Hiccups are gone! Good timing because I was seriously having some issues here with them lol =P

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grandma and grandpa =)

Can I just say how so very thankful I am for the random change of events that has happened today?
My daddy called me last night to tell me that my grandma and grandpa are in town and would be going home today...bummer deal - I haven't seen them since graduation at the end of May! They live down in Salina...not too far of a drive, but my car isn't up to that kind of trip so I don't get to see them much =(
So anyways, as soon as I found out that grandma and grandpa were in town I decided to skip my second class today so that I could go out and see them. (Lol grandma wasn't too happy to hear that when I told her my initial plan later)
Well, I get to school this morning thinking "oh good, the teacher's not here yet to see that I'm late" lol, and then I noticed a sign on the door saying that the second class of the day was canceled. Yay! How convenient! I thought. After a few more minutes passed, someone came to tell us that our teacher wasn't going to be there at all today so we could leave if we wanted. How coincidental is that?! I didn't have to skip class and I got to see two of my most favorite people in the world! =D I was oh so happy, you just don't even know!
(Though I hope everything is ok with my teacher!)
So I jumped in my car, called my grandma-ma, and started my journey out to her old house.

Pause for effect: I think it's so cool - my grandma and grandpa lived in the same house out in Kearns for 44 years before they decided to move somewhere that's a little quieter (Salina) as well as close to family (my aunt, uncle, and some cousins live down there). When they moved, my other aunt and uncle and their kids moved into the house, so it's still in the family. I love being able to go to that house and remember all the times I played there as a kid with my sisters and all the cousins...happy times =)

Ok, ummm...unpause lol.
So I get out there and I felt so happy when I saw my grandma - her face just lit right up when I walked in =D I love that! We sat down and started talking and giggling like we always do when we're together (we're like a couple of school girls or something =P).
It was so silly - grandma asked where I'm working now and when I told her Radio Shack she got all excited that I know about electronics and whipped out her phone and asked me how to change different settings and get to her pictures and what not. It was cute =)
When I showed her all that, we took cute pictures on both our phones =) Wanna see? Of course you do 'cause my grandma is a gorgeous lady and my grandpa is a stud! =D



This is my grandma Lu and me...we couldn't stop laughing long enough to take a picture! =D




Aww, my grandpa is so handsome =)
And he looks so much better than he did the last time I saw him. Yay!




Oh - it was also very awesome - I got to see my [other] aunt, Georgia. I haven't seen her in so long and I loved just standing around the kitchen joking with her and laughing. *sigh* I love being older now and talking with my family because we kid around and have actual conversations as opposed to when I was 5 and just told what to do. It rocks =)

So that was biggest adventure of the day. I love love love! spending time with my grandparents (as if you couldn't tell that already =P)
I can't wait until they come back for my birthday! =D

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some chicken soup for the soul =)

I can't decide how I feel about being sick.
I mean, of course I hate the feeling icky part of it, but on sick days I love to just cuddle up with my favorite blankie and rest...that is, until my mom decides I've rested enough and comes to start a tickle war! Lol silly mommy =P We've discovered that I get really giggly at the most random things when I'm not feeling well, so her and my brother were both saying/doing random things all day to get my mind off the achyness and ickyness.
For instance, my mom kept coming up with all these silly jokes to make me smile - and how could I not smile when the jokes my mom makes up make no sense but it's so cute to see her try? =) We love giggle fits! We have also decided that I could be a make shift mop...lol. My hair was all curly and frizzy and oh so lovely =P today and while it was hanging off the edge of the couch (as I was upside down) my mom started playing with it and joked that we should go clean up the kitchen floor haha. Psh, like the kitchen floor isn't already spotless mom! =P
My brother is such a goof and he kept singing in his goofy voice that always makes me laugh so hard as he was adding music to his ipod shuffle. Oh, and it was so-o funny! - he had his ear phones on and turned up pretty loud while he was listening to what he had already added to my computer. All of a sudden he says (almost yells), "Yeah, that sounds good mom." (speaking of getting dinner ready...which my mom had suggested about 5 minutes earlier)...I was giggling so much! It kinda made my throat keep hurting, but I didn't care. I love those guys =)
I guess it's true what they say - "Laughter is the best medicine."

I also had a visit from one of the most amazing people I know and that totally just made my day =)
Earlier on in the day we were talking and he ever so sneakily asked if I was going to be home later in the evening and if I liked chicken...I'm not suspicious at all by this point, mind you ;P And oh! to my complete surprise, he brought by some home made chicken noodle soup a few hours later and a cute feel better note =) It was the sweetest thing someone's ever done for me when I'm not feeling well, and I'm not even deathly ill or anything! That soup was so-o yummy and has helped my throat feel loads better already, and the feel better note makes me smile so big my cheeks hurt! =D I love it!
He also sent me a text after he left to say again that he hopes I feel better soon. It was sweet =)
So ya, like I said, it totally made my day =)

Thankfully, I'm feeling so much better than I did earlier today thanks to my amazing family and friends! I am SO grateful to be surrounded by such caring and loving individuals!
It's times like this that make me stop and think about how happy it is to have people around who are willing to be there for you when you're feeling a little down and out, people who are willing to sacrifice time out of their busy schedule to come help you get back up again.
Haha, I was going to say that I can't wait until someone I know gets sick so I can do something to help them feel better, but why wait? Just because someone isn't physically sick, it doesn't mean that they can't use a little pick-me-up every now and then, right? Maybe all a person needs is a sincere compliment that their hair looks nice or a 'thank you' to help make their spiritual self feel a little better...does that make sense?
Hmm, in saying that, I want to start making a conscious effort every single day to give someone a genuine compliment and make them smile. No wait, let me rephrase that: I am going to start making a conscious effort every single to day give as many someones as I can genuine compliments and make them smile. =) yay
Ooh, now I can't wait for tomorrow!

Hehe, well, I think my NyQuil is beginning to take effect, so I'm going to get some sleep (like I haven't gotten enough of that today =P). Nighty night!

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a stiff upper lip

"No one has been blinded by looking on the bright side of things."

I agree. Why drag yourself out of bed each morning if you are pessimistic and claim to have no ambition to go on? Well, [I believe] if you do get out of bed and face another day (no matter how dreary the day ahead may seem), you do have ambition! Some itty bitty part of you has that desire...that drive...that hunger to explore what lies in store for you. Being optimistic doesn't mean you always have to have a smile on your face, but rather that you always keep the thoughts that brighten your day and that can make you burst into random smiles in the forefront of your mind. Having a positive outlook on the world and the things going on around you makes all the difference.
Things in this world are most definitely going to get a lot worse before they can get better, but that is no reason to just curl up in a ball and let all the bummer deals consume you! Always get up in the morning - there is always something to live for!

Speaking of difficult times, the presidential election is just a few short days away.
Up until this point, I have not been swayed to support either candidate in particular. Up until this point, my opinion has been that either way you look at it, the U.S.A. has a very long, very difficult journey ahead in order to try and preserve what our fore fathers fought so hard to obtain, and whoever becomes our president most certainly has his work cut out for him.
However, I received a rather interesting text this past weekend. Normally I dismiss random texts like this and don't give 'em much of a second thought, but this one got me thinking...
This is what the text said:

According to the Book of Revelation, the anti-Christ will be a man in his 40s, of Muslim descent, who will come out of nowhere, deceive nations with persuasive language, and have a massive Christ-like appeal...the prophesy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything.
Is it Obama?
I strongly urge you to think about it.
The Book of Revelation says (in chapter 13) that the beast will be allowed to have authority for approximately 42 months.
That's almost a 4 year presidency term!...

After reading that, I dove for my scriptures and got right into the Book of Revelation...I admittedly didn't read that far into it and I should have searched a little harder before I said anything in the beginning, but I have been politely corrected and told that nowhere in the scriptures does it state these things about the anti-Christ. Dummy me, jumping the gun before I'm absolutely sure on something...I need to work on that.
However, it does say that a beast will rise up and be worshipped, will be given a mouth with which he will speak great blasphemies, and have power given to him for 42 months...
Now, I am not saying that I agree with this silly text message, but it is definitely something to ponder...the anti-Christ is coming, regardless of if it's in the near future or in twenty years.
I had another notion go through my head as I read that and thought about it for a while:
At first I was terrified to think that if the anti-Christ was to come sometime soon, I'm not ready! That means that we are that much closer to when Christ comes to the earth again. I'm trying so hard to do everything I should be doing and to make up for the things I've done that I know I've done wrong and I just need more time to get it all right.
But then I thought - if I'm really trying my hardest to make myself a better person and to keep a positive outlook and to help others as much as I can along the way, surely Heavenly Father will know that, right?
So now I'm not scared =) As long as I'm doing the right things and doing them with the right mind set, I will be all right.
I love love love! my Father in Heaven and I know that no matter when He comes again, I'll be ready and be able to face all the tribulations that come at me before I come before Him once more. Yay =)
Lol umm...ya. Wow, I haven't written like that in a long time. I feel accomplished.
I know my ramblings here don't sound half as intelligent or powerful as the words I hear so many other inspiring individuals say, but I tried =P This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately.
Ok, well I think that this is the part where I stop while I am ahead...
Thanks for reading
=)

the return of the mac, the giggles, and the randomness of it all

Sooo Erica came over last week while my mommy was on vacation and we played with the mac again! Happy day! =D We made a couple new movies and took some silly pictures (again). I even did my hair all cute for 'em =P haha check it out:

and the best part is - i wear my hair like this on a normal basis around the house =P i'm so awesome lol
We also took some vacations of our own! It was pretty tricky to get it all set up - the backgrounds kept blocking out parts of us so Erica researched it and we had to make a sort of green screen to make it work right. I must say, for it being around one in the morning at this time, we were pretty dang creative! We got my old comforter and turned it over so only the solid pink side of it was showing. We shut it in the front door to hold it up and I can just imagine my neighbor's thoughts as he got home (we heard him trumping up the stairs in the early morning hours) and saw half of a comforter sticking out of our front door...lol he already thinks I'm odd =P Since neither of us was wearing pink, it worked!...for the most part. You can still see parts of pink pop out of nowhere during our videos, but it's all good 'cause we problem solved and pretty much fixed the problem. Go us! =D Here are some ofour ooberly amazing pics:

This was before our "green screen" - we danced on the moon!

Then we went to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower. We were giants there!






And then we went swimming with fishies and discovered that our current "green screen" (a dark blue blanket) made us look bald!
HAHA good times good times


And thennnn we flew up into the sky! I saw something I really liked apparently =) It was exciting!


Ok ok, so those are our adventures to different places. Pretty cool, eh? We also rode an awesome roller coaster! And we totally got footage of it - it's silly =P it was also very late - just bear that in mind =)


So my mommy and I were sitting here a while ago watching CSI and I was feeling restless and hyper. I didn't even realize what I was doing, but then my mom looked over and started laughing really hard and I looked around me and started laughing with her. While we were watching our show together, I had pushed myself up on the back of the couch and my body was all twisted and backwards on the couch. Kinda hard to imagine, but it was really funny! I was actually really comfortable =P haha my mom says, "Oh I wish we had a camera!" Silly mommy =P

I could write a bunch more because I've got so much to say right now, but I'm really hyper and I feel like dancin. =D I'm gonna go see if my momma wants to dance with me! Hehe

Umm...kthxbye!

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courage, birthdays, and grandma

I discovered that I am such a scaredy cat (actually, I already knew this, but something just really hit me hard today that made me realize it even more).

So, I'm sitting here watching some of the talks that I missed from conference this past weekend, and I'm listening to Elder Russell M. Nelson talk about marriage and I realize..."Holy cow, I'm old enough to get married!"
Ok ok, so I've already known that for a while now, but honestly, that thought really scares me!
To be with one person for the rest of my life I can deal with no problem - I'm excited for that part! But to find that person...oh dear. What if I think I've found Mr. Right, but somewhere along the road he turns out to not be who I thought he was?
I know I'm probably being irrational, but isn't this something I seriously need to be thinking about now? The beginning of the rest of my life could be waiting just around the corner, and I'd rather have these things in the fore front of my mind instead of them leaping out in front of me after I've already tied the knot. I haven't had the best example of a happy marriage in my life growing up, but I think I know what it takes to make a marriage work...And with me thinking so much about all of this, does it mean that I'll be able to avoid all that scary stuff because I'm so aware of it, or does it mean that I'll follow in the broken footsteps of the role models who haven't been the best example to me in this area my whole life? Hmm, maybe I just need to take a breather and chill out haha.
P.S. One more rambling from me, and then I'll shush about this subject =)
How do I find (and hold onto) my Mr. Right when I can't even tell the guy I like that I like him?
Have you ever heard the song "Say" by John Mayer? There's a part in it that says "...you better know that in the end it's better to say too much than to never say what you need to say..."
Well, I always seem to say too much...about every subject but something like this lol. I'm too shy (if you can believe it =P) about this kind of thing, and I can't seem to be able to work up the courage to say anything. Grr, it's frustrating. Come on Marie...get it together =P

Haha ok, enough of that.

So I went to Nicole's (my "little sister" from Big Brother Big Sister) birthday party tonight. She's already 9! Makes me feel old...lol. We went to a corn maze with her mom, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and 7 of her friends from her class. They're such goofy girls =) I ventured in with the girls while Nicole's family waited for us to get a head start. The immediately started worrying about what we'd do if we all got separated. I suggested Marco, Polo and they took to that pretty quickly. Nicole and her best friend, Janecia, decided to test it out so they ran ahead and started yelling at the top of their lungs. For five minutes straight, that's all I heard: "Marco?!" "Polo!" "MARCO?!?!" *gasp* "I heard them! [after every voice they heard] POLO!!!" It was funny =)
As we continued along our corn maze journey, one of the girls said that she hated corn mazes because they scared her. Leave it to Nicole to pipe in..."Don't worry Hayley. Marie's pretty much scared of everything." LOL, from then on, I had 8 little 4 ft. monsters jumping out at me every few feet, trying to scare me! Crazy little kids =P That's otay though, I scared them back! Teehee =D

My cute little grandma is staying with us tonight =) I walked in and the first thing she says is "I don't like your long hair. It always attacks my face when I see you and try to give you a hug and a kiss." Sorry grandma! It has a mind of its own I guess =P Her and my mommy are going on vacation for about a week (hence, the reason grandma is staying the night. They have to get up early tomorrow) which means I get the place all to myself =) It's gonna be a good rest of the week lol.

Wellllll, this has been kind of a long blog...and I would say sorry, but this is my blog and I figure anyone who doesn't care about what I write has most likely already gone to a different website by now, so it's all good =D lol ummm....I'm kinda hyper too so if none of this made much sense to you, it certainly amused the heck out of me! I'm sitting here laughing and talking to myself (probably not a very good sign... =P) and making my family wonder...it's so stinkin funny! My family thinks/knows I'm a nerd haha.
hmmm....ok well, night night!

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ADVENTURE!!!

Ok, so bear with me here - it's really late/early and I can't sleep because I'm such a chicken and I'm here all alone...Lol I'm house sitting for my sister this weekend and taking care of her and her husband's kitties. I have no problem bein here alone when all the lights are on and stuff, but to turn the lights off and try to sleep in a strange place (while the wind starts to blow harder and the rain is coming) gives me the heeby-jeebies! Eep!Hehe anyways - funny story: Erica said she'd come over and keep me company for a bit tonight, so I called her when I got off work. She was just going to follow me out here to my sis's house, so she was just waiting down in her car while I was up getting my stuff together. When I came downstairs, there was this random kitty just chillin down there by my car...silly kitty. We were gettin ready to go when I realized that I forgot something upstairs. Uh oh! Haha, I'm way loopy right now...
I ran upstairs to grab my something and when I came back down, Erica was standing outside her car...odd. She looked up and said "Uh, we may have a bit of a problem here..."
Apparently, when I ran upstairs she rolled down her window to say hi to the kitty...and it jumped right into her car! Hahaha
We just stood there for a second and laughed our heads off, and then I whipped out my amazing laser pointer (the something I went upstairs for - I figured I could play with my sister's kitties with it too) as she asked, "What should we do now?" I turned it on and the cat shot straight out of the car after it! I pointed it way across the parking lot and Erica and I bolted into our cars. It was so silly!

After we got to the house, I took care of the kitties and explored the kitchen (of course =P). Then Erica and I made fudge and watched The Notebook. One of THE cutest chick flicks! It's one of those movies that is best when watched with your sweetheart while you're cuddling, but also makes for a good girl's night movie =)

So this house is pretty freakin' amazing - I want a house like this someday. It always smells so good (not overpoweringly good, just the soft, sweet scent of candles and incense - I love it!), there are some pretty awesome hiding places for hide n' seek =P, and I love how she has it decorated...It's hard to really explain it in text+it's late so if nothing I just wrote made sense, I sincerely apologize. Haha

Um, well, I'm going to try and overcome my fear here and get some sleep cuz I gotta work all day tomorrow...Ahhhh! The wind is blowing even harder now... =/ If you never hear from me again - haha jk. I'll be fine (I think) =P nighty night!

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smarty pants and personalities

Can I just start off by giving what I think is a sound piece of advice? =)
- Guys, contrary to belief that a nice Italian restaurant will woo your date on your first night out together, spaghetti is a BAD idea (unless you really like the girl and don't care how much of a fool she makes of herself)! I had spaghetti for lunch today and...well...Let's just say that as careful as I was, I still managed to get more on my shirt than in my mouth. Come on now, that's just embarrassing - I don't care who you are. Haha

So I've discovered that there are some very intelligent individuals in my life. It amazes me how knowledgeable they are and continue to get while I just stay my silly self. I could never in a million years achieve their level of enlightenment, and I truly love them for the kindness and friendship they have shown me (in years passed as well as recently). Along with their brilliance and other favorable attributes, they are always so endlessly patient with me as I ask bunches of questions that usually have pretty obvious answers. I look up to these people (most of them I literally have to "look up" to =P) and hold them in my highest regards. Thanks guys =D

I learned some interesting things about myself when I was in my PSY101 class (for the most part it was a pointless class that had nothing to do with anything, but it surprised me every once in a while). One of the coolest things we did was take a Meyers-Briggs personality test.
It was interesting to take this test and have the results tell me more about my personality (of course the results weren't EXACT or anything, but most of what it said sounded exactly like me and it was happy. Shibby!). My personality type is "ENFJ" and when I read/researched more about that personality type, it was totally right on! I thought it was pretty awesome.
If any of you want to check it out and see what your personality type is, go to http://sminds.com/cgi-bin/mbti.pl. When it comes up with your results, just put your type in the search bar in Google and it will bring up a bunch of stuff. It makes for interesting reading if nothing else.
And that's the pointless story of the day...Haha, sorry for that little rant and rave - I tend to do that a lot =P

LOL my mom and I are watching CSI: NY and this episode is about this crazy person who is killing by exposing people to different radioactive materials (something like that). The CSI guys are carrying around this radiation gun thing (or whatever it's called) to scan over suspects and see if they are radioactive.
Well, we're sitting here watching this, and as the CSI guys go up to talk to this suspect, they discover that he is Buddhist. Towards the end of their conversation, the lady holds up the radiation gun thing and says [sarcastically], "Mind if I scan your aura?" and runs the gun up and down him to check for radiation.
My mom sits there for a half a second and says, "Huh, that's cool they have the technology to scan auras like that...Must be something new."
I looked at her for a minute and tried to decide if she really was being serious or just joking around...When she didn't say anything else, I asked her. She was dead serious!
We were laughing so-o hard!
Haha, so if any of you were wondering where I get my blond moments from, now you know =D

So anyways....those are my stories for now =) Thanks so much (as always) for reading! =)

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ladders, giggles, and good movies

Oh hey how's it goin? =D So I've got a pretty funny story...
I was at work (Radio Shack) tonight and there were BUNCHES of tags to put out for the new sale that starts tomorrow, as well as some posters that had to hang from the ceiling. After Chris had hung the posters up, some customers came in and as he was assisting them I figured I'd take the ladder back into the back.
Well, I got to the door to the back room and as I was going through the door, I felt something brush up against my leg (the vacuum, that little devil) so I looked to see what it was...but I kept walking forward as I did this...and there was a wall there. Haha I totally plowed into the wall and ran into the ladder at the same time! It was so stinkin' funny!
I was laughing so hard at myself - it took me a good minute and a half or so just to stop laughing. I kept trying to go out in the front of the store, but there were still customers and I wasn't sure if anyone had heard me scream or bang into the wall and when I thought of their reactions if they had heard, it got me laughing again! *sigh* It was great =D

I got to see Get Smart (one of the greatest movies!) for the third time tonight with Chris (one of the greatest people!). That movie is so funny! And I finally got the part about Hymie, the robot guy that the awesome nerdy guys built. It was great!

And now I sit here with my momma watching A Bug's Life - another great movie. I felt really bad because I came in so quietly when I got home from the movie, only to wake her up not even 2 minutes later because there was a crazy jumping spider rampaging through the living room!
After she caught the sneaky little guy she said she was too awake from laughing at me and going on a spider hunt to sleep, so we put in a Disney movie! Yay =)

Doode! My mom totally just made up a new joke (as we're watching A Bug's Life at 12:30 in the morning =D):
What insect seeks spiritual guidance?
A praying mantis!!!
LOL I love my mommy soooo much!
I'm pretty sure that joke may have already been made up, but it's late - or early, depending on how you look at it - so it is hilarious to us! Gotta love giggle fits =D

"No, Fred! Don't look at the light!"
"I can't help it...it's so beautiful..."
ZAP
"AAGGGHHHHAHAGHAGHAH!!!"

Haha um...I'm pretty loopy at the moment so I think this is where I say goodnight to those reading this and go laugh some more with my mommy =)
Night night! Sleep tight! Don't let the bed bugs bite!...but let 'em nibble cuz it tickles =P

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me and mine erica and the mac

So...erica and I got new laptops for school!
I got an HP and she got a Mac. I love mine and am oh so excited to have a laptop, but hers is pretty freakin' sweet too.
It's got a built in web cam (this little itty bitty square right above the screen...it's tiny!) and we were having some fun today while we were on break in our computer class =D
She pretty much just turned on the web cam and said "ok, go. do something funny." haha
So I did what I do best...random stuff!

EXHIBIT A:


hehe =P we're silly
I totally didn't realize it would pick up sound until after we recorded our movie...if I had known, I would have said more! That's ok, we're gonna make another one here in a few minutes =)
So we took a bunch of pictures too that are so incredibly silly!
We were gonna take more than we did, but we were gonna be late for our movie so we didn't have time to =( but no worries! We'll take more soon I'm sure
Here are some that we did take:

we made a comic! (kind of)

=O she yoinked my hair!

so i popped her one right in the jaw! take that!
p.s. don't worry, it's just a comic. no ericas were harmed in the making =)

three toed sloths...we're a dying breed =)

So there's a glimpse into the amazingly twisted minds of erica and marie =) we have fun
haha we took A BUNCH more pictures, but they're pretty crazy+my page would get cluttered speedy fast if I put em all on here...so I spared you, dear reader =)

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~yellows~

So, this is my first blog EVER...exciting, I know =)

Now, before I start my story here, you must know one thing about me (you can know more things, but in order for you to understand the point of this story (and I promise there is one =P) then you need to know this): I love to talk! I love to tell my stories about everything and anything and make people laugh...or cry...or both. But in a good way =) Although usually I tend to forget the point to my story and I start rambling, for which I feel bad, but my friends love me anyways right? It's just me =)

So here's my story:

I go to Stevens-Henager college and am working towards my Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. One of my bestest buds, Erica, goes there with me. Yay! We keep each other sane...or I guess insane would be a more appropriate term (if you were to ask the people around us) haha.

So we're sitting in our PSY101 class the other day, and the teacher starts talking about color personality tests. It's kind of like the Myers-Briggs personality tests (if you've ever taken one), but with colors...obviously.

Now, when he started talking, I got all excited because I remembered taking a color personality test in high school last year. I leaned over to Erica and told her that I didn't remember much from it, but I remember I was mostly a "yellow"...

He talked about how "reds" are usually more aggressive (or assertive/outspoken, etc.), "whites" are usually more passive (they just kinda go with the flow and keep the peace), and "blues" are more melancholy or touchy-feely.

And then he got to "yellows"...

Erica and I were sitting there, doodling, totally minding our own business when he goes off about yellows, saying that they are the life of the party, always smiling...and "telling pointless stories that go on and on" =D THAT'S ME!

Erica and I were laughing so-o hard because the way the teacher was describing "yellows" was right on about how I am - especially about the story part (those of you who know me well know only too well of this special...gift of story telling that I have lol)

I guess this was one of those things where you had to be there to really get the full affect of the story and appreciate it's funniness, but I thought I'd tell that story anyways so that you could kind of get why I'm calling my blogging site "marie's stories" (see, there is method to my madness =P)
Most of my stories are just the ramblings of a crazy marie, but that's how it goes and I love me =D and so do my friends and family...i hope! haha

So that's my first blog (I hope it's ok!)
Erica and I took (and are taking more) awesome pictures and videos today, so I'll probably have those on here soon as well. They're so stinkin' amazing!
Thanks for reading!