Is northern Cali at the top or bottom of California?

Today was...a mess, to say the least, and before I inform everyone on the escapades I experienced throughout the day I would first like to give you a background story.

Background: At the beginning of this semester I was staying the night at Lori's house. The rule there is to leave your car keys on the table by the front door so if you are ever parked behind anyone they can just move your car, sadly, I drive a manual and no one else in the house did so I would usually have to stop whatever I was doing and move my car for them. Well one day 6 AM rolled around and there was a knock on Lori's door; it was her roommate.
Roommate: "umm ...hmm.. *throat clear* Kayde, umm... I was trying to get into your car, because I learned how to drive a stick shift so I can move it now and well... your key broke in half.
Me: (groggily) O yeah thats fine it happens all the time. (more awake now) wait.. broke my key in half? no actually hmm... that never happens.

Luckily I had a spare key at my house and was able to get that and use it in my car and life has been grand since. Unluckily, I haven't had time to get make a spare or when I do... I forget I need to make a spare. Thus starts my day.

My day did not actually start with these keys my day started with me washing my car. I am moving home tomorrow and want my car to look in tip top shape so I decided to hand wash it to make it look even better. I spent a few long grueling hours slaving over my car. By the end it was beautiful and clean and maroon again how great, right?
Wrong, Logan has this awful weather problem...sort of like a disease that is ugly and you cant control. Called mud rain. Yes, it rains mud all over newly washed cars making them...muddy. Well it mud rained today an hour after I washed my car. Now my car sits in the driveway covered in mud and dirty.
Now the real story starts. My friend Josie is leaving for her mission soon and her farewell party was today but I had to go buy oil for my car before going to her party. After I got oil I ran home to grab her card and gift. I got in the house grabbed the gift and go to run back out and couldn't find my keys. I walked around the house and my room for 20 minutes trying to guess all the places I would have put the keys as I ran into the house. They were in none of these places.
I thought to myself, oh I probably just left them in the car as I ran in no big deal I will grab them and go. I run out to my car get to the door, and as you have probably already guessed the good old door was locked. There sat my keys on the passenger side just staring up at me. Glass is such a horrible invention I could stare at my keys almost touch them. All that held me back was a closed door.

As a poor starving college student paying someone to get my keys out of my car was not top on my list of things to do. So I decided on an alternative. Asking my friend Jeff, he is a professional when it comes to cars and is always so willing to help me; he had just gone to the store with me to fix my oil and teach me how to fix my oil correctly as well. I owe this man a lot! So I called Jeff.
Me: "Oh Hey Jeff, hypothetically speaking what is the best way to get keys out of a car that is locked and the keys are inside...oh and there is no spare, and you don't want to call AAA."
Jeff: Kayde*chuckles*, what did you do?
Me: "I locked my keys in my car haha...funny right?"
Jeff: "I am already on my way to Provo, want me to come back and try to help?"
Me: (see way to nice) "No, no, no you go to Provo but just tell me what to do from the phone."
Jeff: "Well you can try a coat hanger I did it with my car once broke it but it got it unlocked."
Thus begins my life as a criminal. I ran inside got a coat hanger unfolded it and begin doing grand theft auto on my own car. Now, this was not an easy task. First of all I am currently at my grandparents house until I move home tomorrow morning and they had told me to get a spare key or something like this would happen. I hate when they are always right. So I did not want them to know I had locked my key in the car so I had to hide behind my car just in-case they looked out the window; or I would never hear the end of it. Second of all I may be from Vegas but I have no idea how to break into a car with a hanger. So I just started shoving the hanger wherever it would fit...in the side of the door, in the window, at the bottom of the door, in the trunk(just in case I could climb through the back and unlock it), and in the key hole. None of these worked and the hanger just ended up breaking. I then decided to move onto the passenger side of my car with my hanger because cars kept slowing down as they drove by and giving me odd looks because I was crouched down trying to break into my own car.

Well as time progressed I decided this just was not going to work; and I should never quit my day job and go into grand theft auto. I decided to text a few friends and see if they new how to break into cars. This did not work either. Welcome to Logan, no one breaks into cars here, if only I had done this in Vegas I would have had better luck. After a few tries I texted my friend Walter. A few minutes later he calls.
Walter: Its called AAA maybe you should just use that.
Me: The point of this search is to not use AAA, it costs money that I don't want to use.
Walter: I have AAA and its free Ill head over in a little bit and we will just do that.
Long story short, Walter saved my life and I learned 2 very valuable life lessons today.
#1: I need a spare key and some lessons about breaking into my own car, because grand theft auto will never be my thing.
#2: When everything is going wrong being mad only makes it worse, all you can do is laugh out how retarded you probably look breaking into you own car. Laughing makes every day better. Do it often.

Fish Out of Water...

I do this


but lately I've been doing this


and now I walk around like this.

The Bachelorette

The truth is out. I religiously have watched this show since the very first season, Bachelor and Bachelorette.
My favorite of all time is still Jillian, I am pretty sure no one can be as rad as her. I love her style. After almost every episode I would go out that week and try to buy an outfit like the one she wore. O and she designs restaurants. Hi, I want to open a restaurant can we be friends.She was also so genuine and sweet the whole show.

Okay so now tonights Premiere.
There are 3 guys that I like already.

Frank, I like this guy he is very funny. I do think he could stand to get some contacts and take the glasses off but for now he is great. Every girl needs a guy that will make her laugh.

You, I honestly don't remember you but I think your pretty good looking so I have decided I like you. Until further inspection your in the top 3.
Next, and so far my favorite.

He is pretty suave I must say and handsome. I can even survive with that butt chin. and he can salsa.
Now.. the good the bad and the ugly.

First of all, your not very nice and no one likes not nice people. Second, that hair has some serious issue maybe invest in scissors.

Shooter...umm yeah thats is all I have to say. Loved you prior to the story then I was totally thrown off.
Want to check out more or watch the last episode...go here Bachelorette
That is all for my obsession. Who did you like?

Summer Time

Summer is here. I go home in a week and start work and I am super excited!
Some plans this summer....
Swim Lessons:
Yep, this summer I am teaching swim lessons too and I love it. I miss my kids I teach and all the fun we have and seeing them progress into good swimmers is so rewarding. Working outside in hot hot weather in a pool all day is tiring but worth every minute!
Washington & Oregon:
Sometime in July I am taking a week and a half off. First I will go to Oregon to see three wonderful boys. Chris, Trent, and Chase is in there too, why would I go see these three... well I miss all three of them very much some more than others and for other reasons :) It will be a blasty blast and I cannot wait. Then I will fly to Seattle to meet my mommy and go see my Uncle Dick and Aunt Vera and play with them. Hopefully even get some Seattle Mariners time in.
Making a Dress and completing a reading list:
Also on the list of things to do this summer is to make a dress preferably white and mimicking.... although more modest, the one Emma Watson wore on the red carpet. The I will read books and books and books thank you Amazon for rocking!

Malibu!!!!
How could I pass up a trip to Malibu, California. Dustin one of my good friends lives there so all of us decided that on a weekend we would drive down and visit him while he works and goes to school on the Pepperdine Campus. It is gorgeous there and I cannot wait for some Ocean time. Sorry Oregon and Washington... you don't really count in my book as ocean time.

Get a tan and get in shape:
I will be out in the scorching sun for at least 6 hours a day so a tan is somewhat inevitable but I also hope to come back to school with some nice abs and muscles that will help me rock in gymnastics which I will be doing in the fall with Trent, Lori, Keni, and Ben. GYMNASTY!
All of this starts in 6 days! and I cannot wait to have my crazy summer start. What are your plans for summer??? I'd advice you to do at least one fun and spontaneous thing, it is summer.

That Just Happened

Today I decided to clean my car. Not just take out the random stuff that has been in there since finals and throw away any trash.
DEEP clean my car. We are talking vacuum, wash the inside and the outside, and take out all the random stuff that has been in there since finals.

The Scenario: I am sitting on the passenger side with the driver side door open vacuuming the floor of my car. The vacuum is loud and I am pretty sure my singing was louder. As I am minding my own business slaving away over my car, not hearing anything around me, I failed to notice the new friend that hopped into my car through the drivers side door. At this point I was still vacuuming when suddenly A BIG FURRY ANIMAL jumps right into my lap. I throw my arms up in shock...dropping the really loud vacuum, and stair at the random dog I have never seen before that is now sitting on my lap. Yep, some dog just hopped in my car when there was a really loud vacuum going and jumped into a strangers lap (my singing must have been that good...NOT). Luckily, I am a dog lover and this was not the type of dog that sheds so I didn't immediately set it on the grass, and then play with it. Instead I pet the puppy as he sat there and licked my face and watched me vacuum. umm... hello coolest dog I have every met, you are so brave. So Bear and I became the best of friends as he just sat on my passenger seat for awhile and watched me clean, and had me pet him.



No, I did not keep the dog because he had a tag and I decided it would be best to call his poor owners who where probably worried sick about their overly friendly family member. So I did and they came over to get him and everyone lived happily ever after.

Moral of the story: Some dogs... such as Bear, are like two year olds they walk up to strangers and become all buddy buddy. So teach your dogs to avoid strangers because some people may not be as nice as I was when a dog comes hopping into their laps unexpectedly.

Moral of the story numero dos: Yes, there are two morals. Look at the weather before you spend two hours washing your car inside and out. Why? because it my start raining as you walk in the house and continue raining all day and night long. So much for a car wash.

Borders

I love bookstores.
Trent and I went to Borders today with my newish laptop :)to spend a few hours browsing the books and taking in the sights. By taking in the sights I mean these sights:

I have never seen someone read a book in such an intense manner. This kid was reading the 5 billion page Halo Encyclopedia.


This little animal was being stroked for 30 minutes by a 40 year old man while he was reading.
We also saw.....
One of the workers... A man.... bends over to put a book away and Trent just happened to turn around then, WHAM BAMM! a bright thong...sicknast!!

Then there are of course the millions of books that I want to read and own if I could live in a bookstore I would be so entertained, and just in heaven. This is the next book I want to devour and I am very excited for when I go buy it off of good ol' Amazon.

Where is your favorite place that you could just spend hours at?

Universal Leadership Academy

ULA
Utah Leadership Academy.... AKA
The best week of summer, so far.

First of all my computer is still sick :( 3 weeks is a long long time to sit at home at night and not touch facebook, email, or blogger. Oh, and it's also impossible to plan a Blood Battle against the U with no computer. Rent-a-computer anyone?

Second: Hello ULA you changed my life!
ULA is a leadership academy in Cedar City where all the leaders from Universities in Utah get to together goof off, become better people, and hear awesome speakers.
Top 5 Amazing Leadership Ideas I learned:- Life is Change not accepting this can lead to stress and depression.
-Struggle Bus: No matter who you are there are days when your brain just wont work. Some people have a permanent seat on this bus.
- Give Credit and Take Blame.
- Play to your strengths as well as peoples who you work under. The productivity will increase by 300 times.
- The fastest track to burn out is doing it all yourself.

I was also able to meet amazing friends that I never knew, who I work with and also awesome friends from other Universities!! There may have also been some sneaking out to go to Walmart and other random places during late hours of the night.














Not only can we beat BYU at the Spectrum we can also beat them in leadership Volleyball tournaments.





#1 thing to learn: There are 7 pooping postions that you use when in the wilderness we practiced all of them as well. Very useful you should learn them.
What are your summer plans?? Anything exciting? A post of my summer plans will be coming up sometime when I can mooch a computer.

Mom, Mom, Mommy, Mum, Mother.

Happy Mothers Day!!
Its so great to have a holiday to thank mom's for all of the hard work they do, I think Russel M. Nelson describes mothers perfectly;

“During my professional career as a doctor of medicine, I was occasionally asked why I chose to do that difficult work. I responded with my opinion that the highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother. Since that option was not available to me, I thought that caring for the sick might come close. I tried to care for my patients as compassionately and competently as Mother cared for me.

Many years ago the First Presidency issued a statement that has had a profound and lasting influence upon me. 'Motherhood,' they wrote, 'is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels.

Because mothers are essential to God’s great plan of happiness, their sacred work is opposed by Satan, who would destroy the family and demean the worth of women.' " Russell M. Nelson, “Our Sacred Duty to Honor Women,” Ensign, May 1999, 38

My mom is one of the best, she is my best friend and there are over 1,000 reasons why I think this but today I will share 10.


#1. She supports my brother, dad, and I in all of our crazy endeavours and even tries to become a part of them.
#2. She taught me how to make it through the hardest of trails with a smile on and a greater appreciation for other people.
#3. She will watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette with me every Monday when its on and rewind the tvo every time something crazy happens.
#4. She taught me that your never bored you just need something crafty or creative to do.
#5.She taught me that the best thing for a sunburn is conditioner.
#6.My mom has unconditional love for the whole family and she would easily sacrifice anything for anyone of us without even thinking about herself.
#7. When she laughs really hard she will occasionally snort, and this makes the rest of us laugh even harder.
#8. She taught me how to be a hostess and always be willing to invite people over and take care of them by making their stay better then their own home.
#9. She always thinks that no matter how old you are every holiday is important and should be treated such, meaning a lot of celebration. Everyone needs a break to celebrate something special.
#10. She taught me how to love with everything I have no matter what, and your mom will always be their when everyone else has left.
I love you Mommy! Happy Valentines Day

Doctor Lovin' for 3 weeks

3 weeks is a long time.... a lot can happen in 3 weeks.
For example:
you could learn a new talent like dancing or para-sailing or surfing or chess.
You could eat a lot of food and gain 30 pounds.
You could get married and begin making babies (this usually is only popular in the state of Utah)
You could get a new car.
You could travel to parts of Europe.
The options are endless....
Want to know what I cannot do in 3 weeks?

See my computer. Yesterday he got very sick, so sick he was paralyzed on one side... Luckily he is still on warranty and I rushed him to Best Buy. They diagnosed him with some smart computer word that meant my hard drive will be wiped out and I will have computer withdrawals for 3 long weeks. So during this time where my Facebook, Blogger, and email time will be limited I have decided to do 3 things.

ONE: Go to home to Vegas...
-road trip with Lori Truman this Saturday to see my beautiful home town and soak up the sun! Without a computer.

Side Note: Dear Lori, Thank you for letting me Blog on your Mac...No, I am not loving your Mac yet I still like my broken PC but my goal for this summer is to work work work and buy a Mac...maybe, if I can get over my hate for Mac's. Love your bestie face Kayde

TWO: Go to Utah Leadership Academy for a week.
-A bunch of Leadership nerds get together and talk about programming events and other exciting stuff that usually, only we love. The one problem its in Ceader City..such an awful little town with nothing to do better than Pocatello, Idaho but still. Oh, and did I mention.. no computer.

THREE: Start a journal and start my reading list.
I haven't written in a journal for almost 2 years I decided I should begin documenting. The prophet says. O but don't worry it will be written in paper and pen. why? No computer here...sad day.

EXCELLENT NEWS OF THE DAY: I am officially a Junior at Utah State!! Today was my last day as a sophomore and it rocked.

If you had 3 weeks computer less what would you do?

That is all...

1st: I have two secret obsessions... no longer a secret because they are going up on my blog for the world to see right now:

MORMON BACHELOR PAD...yes I read it and laugh every time fake or not they are hilarious and the people who comment and get all freaked out...also hilarious, its just a blog chill out. No I do not stalk or want to date/marry these men like half the girls that read. I just think they are soo funny!

Busy Bee..love it that's is all I have to say. Oh and I hope my future someone.. I can call them something with Edward at the end..like Tedward.Not really but its still pretty bomb!

Any secret Obsession blogs you follow that I would love??

I would like to begin this blog with a story... of economics...yep it sounds boring but promise, with embellishment, that it wont be that bad.

So once upon a time there was this class called Econ 2010. This class was taught by Dexter, from Dexters laboratory..in human form. It was not a very cool class. The highest grade on almost every exam was a 46% yeah that's low..freakin low! so today was the final for this class. My goal: pass with a C so I don't have to retake the class. ( I am a spaz about my grades so this was killing me) welllppp took the exam this morning at dawn basically and was pretty sure I had failed and my whole schooling career had just gone down the drain.
Guess what??
Miracles do happen
You scored: 44 out of 60 for 73%
You ranked: 26 out of 76 who took this test
Average score: 41.1 +/- 6.4 (std.dev)

Disclaimer: Loved this professor as a person great guy very nice and funny..teacher..not so much.

in your face economics! oo and my grade for the semester a B!!!! yeah surprised..so was I. ( I may or may not have danced around my room a few times)

Second of all I went shopping with my bestie best Lori Boo and I decided I need to go do this more often. She is the best headband finder every.
Scenario:
I am meandering around the store looking at headbands. Lori puts one on my head as I am looking.

Lori: Go check this one out.
Kayde: yeah great it probably has peace signs or butterflies all
over it..cool Lori.

(I step over to the mirror and another miracle hap pend)
This was by far the best headband that had ever been put on my head it was perfect I couldn't believe it...Yes I bought it...Yes I loved it!!! Thank You Bestie Best.



Question time!!!
you watch all these movies where the people suddenly know they met their true love blah blah blah life is perfect, fireworks, other crazy honeymooner stuff...end scene. Then you have everyone tell you that is just a fairy tale. Sooo how do you know when the perfect person comes a long is there going to be fireworks suddenly or does it grow gradually with time?? any input married people, single people? whatever just curious since I watched He's Just Not That Into You it really made me curious.
Disclaimer: No this is not because I plan to get married or something like that anytime soon because I am pretty sure as my mom reads this, she is anticpating just that.. No I am honestly just curious.
Second Question:
Book Recommendations?? With part of my summer being spent in good ol' Logan I obviously need an amazing book list so give me some great ones I love reading so I will usually read just about anything...besides romance novels too gushy.
That is all.

Loves!
p.s. where did all my pretty text colors and bolds and everything else go?? I feel like I am trying to blog in the 90's...and its 2010.

Megan... I hope you like that I have finally blogged again all for you.