Finals Week is Almost Over!

Welcome to the beautiful week of finals. I am lucky to have all of my done by Wednesday so I get to start my Christmas break early. The last two weeks of school have been hard with all of the studying but they have also been some of the best up here in Logan.

This last Saturday I went hiking with Meghan and Tammy. We just did a little three mile riverside hike but it was beautiful. There was snow everywhere and it was kind of chilly but I have a lot of fun and it was a great time to catch up with Meghan and Tammy.

This wasn't from our hike, but I love this picture.

After that I went back to their apartment and we watched Shop Around the Corner, it’s a really old movie from 1940 with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. It is actually the movie that You’ve Got Mail is based off of. It is a very cute movie and if you like Jimmy Stewart, I highly recommend it.

Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan from Shop Around the Corner.

Later that day I went to the Basketball game with Callie, Meghan, Tammy and Rick(Tammy’s boyfriend). It was a fun game and we won, which makes it all the better. There was also another Basketball game early that week and I went to that and we won in that game too but the highlight of that game was that the coach from the apposing team got kicked out after the first three minutes of the game. It was epic and I still have no idea what made him so mad.

Oh Bill....... I wish I could say that it is actually cool that I know him.

 I am so excited to go home and see my family. I love the Christmas season so much and I can’t imagine spending it any other way but with my family. I am going to miss my amazing roommates but I am sure we will get together sometime during the break. I have loved this semester up at school and I can’t wait to start a new one in a month.

Now.........go and pop yourself some popcorn and watch a good movie!!!!

Actor of the Day:

James Stewart (1908-1997)

                        He was an amazing actor who was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran and starred in many classics like, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Rope and The Man Who Knew Too Much. He was very versatile and so he was in many different genres of movies from suspense thrillers and westerns to family films and comedies.

Quote of the Day:

“I have my own rules and adhere to them. The rule is simple but inflexible. A James Stewart picture must have two vital ingredients: it will be clean and it will involve the triumph of the underdog over the bully.” –James Stewart

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Review....... A Month Later:)

I love the Harry Potter books and I also really like the movies as well so I naturally was very excited for the first part of the seventh movie to come out. I went to the midnight showing of it in Logan with my roommates this year and some other friends. Callie, Meghan and I waited in line for seven hours. We were all way excited!! There were a ton of people waiting and it was fun to see all of the people that dressed up. There were some girls dressed up as Hogwarts and some pretty cool looking Hagrids. We filed into the theater at about 11 and that had to have been the longest hour of my life.
The movie started out well but it quickly went down hill for me. In a nutshell, they rushed through the important parts and really dragged out the boring tent scenes. Plus having it cut off in the middle was also frustrating. I knew it was coming but it makes the movie feel incomplete. I hope that they can redeem themselves in the second part. All in all it was an okay movie but the seventh book was my favorite and I felt the movie was a letdown.
Now......... you go and pop yourself some popcorn and watch a good movie!!!!

Me, Cheylie, Hagrid!!!, Meghan, Callie and Becky waiting to see Harry Potter!!

Where's the Happy Ending?

Sometimes it seems like there is Little going for you and a lot going Against you. There are days when you feel Overwhelmed with Life but then you see all of the Small Blessings you recieve on a daily basis.
Some Blessings come in Floods while there are those days where it honestly looks like you haven't recieved any. But they are there and you just have to Look Hard enough.
So with bad times, there will always be Happy Endings and plenty of Happy Beginnings. And when you have those bad times, take time out of your Life to do something you enjoy. Read a Good Book, Talk to your Best Friend, Listen to Music or like me, Watch your Favorite Movie.
So that is what I am doing with my Blog, sharing my Love for Movies and my Life with all of You!!!!
NOW make some popcorn and go watch a MOVIE!!!

QUOTE of the DAY:
"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." -Audrey Hepburn

And this is how it begins.......

So I have decided to start a blog to share my wonderfully exciting life as a starving college student. I am already into the fourth week of my sophomore year up at Utah State University and I love it up here in Logan. College is as tough as always but I really enjoy being back in classes. I have some classes that I really like and then there are the classes, like math, that you just have to get through. I am really glad that I have friends in that class to help me with studying. I just had my first test in Horticulture class and I think I did really well, now I just have to wait to get the scores back.

I think that the best thing about my college experience is my roommates. I love them so much! This year I am living with Callie and Becky from last year and we have a new roommate named Audrey and she is really awesome! They are the best roommates that anyone could ever ask for. Audrey has a boyfriend named Brett and he is so cool and so we don’t mind when he comes over because he is just one of the roomies. J I miss not living with Meghan, Tammy and Sophia but I still see them around. Sophia and I have a class together and so I honestly think her and I talk more this year than we ever did last year. They are all so amazing and I am so blessed to have them in my life.

A major plus of college is, of course, the Great Athletics, like football. My roommates and I have already been to the first two football games of the season and they have been awesome except for the game on saturday where we lost 41 to 24. It was really hard to watch so we left with five minutes left in the game and went home to watch a movie and make cookies. We all love cookies, brownies or anything with chocolate, so we like to keep some on hand but that always isn’t possible when we are all cramped for money.

Another plus is the social life, my new ward is awesome. Everyone is so nice and they always want to get to know new people. I will admit that I am reluctant to go to FHE but I just need to go and I am sure that I will have a great time. I am also a member of IWA’s Rebekah chapter and I am loving it. It is like young womens where you meet every week and have activities. We had dinner over at our leader’s house last Tuesday and we are going to be having a pajama party and making journals tomorrow. All of the girls in our chapter are really amazing and I can’t wait to get to know all of them.

I am really excited to keep up on this blog and share my life with all of my friends and family. I hope this new year in school will bring fun experiences and great memories that I will be able to share with all of you. Hope you all are doing well! Love Ya!!!

Picture of Becky, Callie and I at the game on Saturday

Pic of Tammy, Danny, Callie, Shay, Me and Meghan before the first Football Game

Pic of the Rebekah Chapter of IWA

All of my roomies from last year, Tammy, Meghan, Callie, Me, Sophia and Becky