Friday, September 21, 2007

The Post You've All Been Waiting For

Okay, so maybe you haven't all been sitting around the computer waiting for this, but for once I am actually BLOGGING. I figured that you should get to see the apartment that I will be talking about for the next three months. I hope that you enjoy my little "virtual tour" of what I am living in. So here it is:Kay, so let's start out with the kitchen. Now this is relatively clean still, cause we had a "cleaning check" of our apartment not too long ago. However, we aren't super clean either (unless we're being checked up on) so it's not as clean as it was for the RA yesterday. Oh, well. But anyways, this is our sink, and over to the left you can see the dishwasher, and barely to the left of that (you can't really see it in this picture) is the oven. At the edge of the picture on the right is the fridge which is presently crammed full of all our food. :)
I thought that I would add some more pics of my roomies, so here is Darci. I got her to smile! I'm so glad that I have such great roomies!
And here is Sydney (my personal roomie) and Mandi, Darci's roommate. I got really lucky with the girls that I'm living with!
This is my current bed situation. Sorry, I know the bed isn't made, but I wanted to get the picture out there so you could see it. The teeny tiny board on the side is supposed to be the optional "railing" to keep you from falling out of the bed, but if I were to fall out, I don't think that would do anything to prevent anything. Oh, and I hope that you like my choice of wall artwork! :) Ansley and Hailey's pictures are right where I can look at them every day and night, and then I have the pictures that Momma got me at the bookstore--the pictures of Christ that I really like, and also a picture of President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Here is our not-so-clean-anymore shower/bathtub. I LOVE our shower (now that I've figured out how to use it...) and our bathroom is sooo cute!
Here is me taking a picture of the mirrored cabinets (and I figured I might as well get a picture of me too, while I was at it, so you guys could see I'm not dead yet!), and you can also see more of the shower directly behind me. The alcove to the left is where the toilet's at.
Here is our gorgeously messy living room. Sydney and Mandi like to study out here when they get home from school, and Darci and I study in our rooms. These are our two lovely couches, and the carpet that is soooooo hard to vacuum--trust me, it takes HOURS!
Here is a different view of our living room/dining room/kitchen. I'm by the couches that you were looking at in the picture right before this, and now you can see the front door, and the kitchen table that we eat at. Behind the table is the air conditioning unit/heating unit that we have not turned on once (well, we tried to turn on the AC, but it will only go down to 87 in the apartment...) and the windows that look out into our inner courtyard.
Here is the front door again, and I'm standing by the kitchen table. Here's our fridge, microwave, oven, and dishwasher. You can't see it here, but the kitchen sink is blocked in this picture by the refrigerator.
Kay, now I'm standing by the front door, and looking down our long hallway with a mirror at the end. Off to the left is ourbathroom, and then my and Sydney's bedroom is the one just past that on the left. Then, across from my bedroom is Darci and Mandi's bedroom. The two doors on the right closest to the front of the hallways are the two closets--one for our coats, the other for our ironing board, vacuum, mop, etc.
Here is our coat closet. It fortunately hasn't gotten cold enough yet to need our heavy jackets, but I think our luck won't last that much longer. It's raining today, and I think a cold front is about to come through.
And here is our cleaning closet. Unfortunately, I intensely dislike our vacuum, because IT DOESN'T PICK UP ANYTHING!!!! Oh well, I guess it won't kill me to spend more time cleaning up our apartment.
Here's another shot of the bathroom. This is what it looks like from the entrance to the bathroom. You can sorta see our cabinets off to the left before the double sink. There's our towel rack straight ahead, and then where the shower mat is is where our shower's at.Behind the door is the alcove for the toilet, as you can see below. It's so cute, it's even got a seperate shower curtain all to itself!

Sorry, I probably shouldn't have ended on a picture of the toilet, so don't worry, more posts are coming. I have to update you on my life up to this point. Sorry this post took so long to do Momma and Kristie. If you're still checking this, now you finally have had something to read! I love all you guys, and I miss you! (And I miss that great Texas heat too!) :)

Monday, September 17, 2007

Here Are Some More Pictures!







Okay, here are some pictures of my roomates that I thought that you would like to see. School is going well, and it rained today for the first time. It is starting to feel kinda cold now, and I know that the snow will be here before I know it, so I'm taking advantage of the nice weather while I can. My roomates are name Mandi, Darci, and the one rooming with me is named Sydney. They are such awesome girls, and I think that we are going to have a great semester! Sorry that the pictures are kinda rotated weird. From top to bottom, my roomates are Mandi, Sydney, and Darci. The bottom picture is of all of them together. Hopefully I'll have more soon!

Friday, September 14, 2007

Yea! My Blog Works Now






Thank you, Steven! I'm so glad that I have brothers and a great daddy who know EVERYTHING (well, practically) about computers. I hope that you enjoy the pictures of my current residential life here at college! Here are some pictures of my dorm room, and some other pictures that I have from momma and my trip. hope you enjoy!

I'm Feeling Soooooo Frustrated!

Okay, so I am having extreme technical difficulties right now. My computer won't show the links to let me post pictures on here, so everyone will have to be patient just a little bit longer until I figure this thing out. I'm going to try tomorrow to go to the library and see if I can post there, so that I can put my pictures on my blog. Sorry! Hopefully this will all work out soon....

Monday, September 10, 2007

My trip to Idaho, my dorm room, and other intersting stuff...

Aaaagghhhh!! I'm finally here in Idaho, all settled into my dorm room, awaiting the beginning of college classes. It was exciting to finally be settled in. I have GREAT roomates, although I haven't met the girl I'm sharing my room with yet. However, my other two roomates are Mandie (from Alberta, Canada) and Darci (from Utah). They are absolutely AMAZING! I know that we are going to have such good times together this semester. I don't have any pictures on my camera yet of the three of us, but don't worry--more pics will come soon. The pics that I'll be putting on soon are of all my suitcases, and of my room so that you guys can see what I'm living in. I didn't know that I could live with three drawers, a small closet, a desk and a bed that I hit my head on when I try to sit up! But I'm having a FANTASTIC time, and am loving the college life so far. Stay tuned for more updates! :)

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Last Night With (Almost) Everyone

This picture shows one of the things that I will miss most when I leave for college--my family. Playing with my Ansley, Hailey and Pierce (I wish Weston, Brian and Aaron were there too!) is one of the happiest memories of my life. I have such a great family, and I will miss being called "Auntie M" and asked to paint little girl nails, or "sword-fight" with Pierce. I will miss all the little "I love you's" and hugs, and even the slobbery kisses. I love my family, and am going to miss them!
Now, everyone who knows me knows I have a soft spot for babies. I have done my fair share of hogging all the little ones in my family, and Emberly is no different. I love putting her to sleep, and cuddling with her. She looks so sweet! I'm so glad that my brothers and sister have had such great kids! They are so much fun to spoil! Although I must say I probably won't miss wiping spit up off my arm from holding Emberly (although I'll miss everything else). :)
I just had to post this close-up of Emberly, since she looked so adorable. I'm so glad to have such a great family that is always so loving, and helpful. I wish that Kristie, Barth and the boys (and soon to be little girl!) were here, but I guess you can't have the perfect life (mine's close, though). I wish that I could just pack them all in the suitcases and take them off to college with me!

My First Blog!

Hey guys! Just thought that I would get started on my blog before I leave for school! I only have ONE week left of work (thank goodness!) before Momma and I leave Texas. I hope that you enjoy my new blog!