summer 2012

     so it's summer.  has been for 2 weeks.  school is done, stress is gone [mostly], and life is good!
     i was supposed to go to europe with my school for a humanities tour but due to medical reasons i had to withdraw.  it's okay, though, because my body comes first and i'm doing everything in my power to make it all better.  because i didn't go on the trip, i'm home a month earlier than i would have been.  what am i doing with my time?  working, of course!  i am fortunate enough to have my [perfect] job back at buena vista hospice care!  i am working in payroll and doing little bits and pieces of other work here and there.  i can't even begin to tell you how thrilled i am!  
     however, none of my friends are home.  and most of them aren't coming home, either.  my three best friends are staying up at school [1 in idaho, 1 in utah, and 1 in new york] and i'm all by my lonesome with a car, a job, and the beach 15 minutes away.  how will i survive!?
here's how [and why] i'm going to have a great summer:
[1] mom and i have decided to make a bucket list of movies that we're going to watch this summer.  the theme is "sports triumphs" and we're going to pick a few movies from every sport and watch happy movies about the underdogs overcoming hardship and persecution to ultimately win!  i'm super excited.
[2] camp. DUH.
[3] my missionaries start to come home!  first one comes home in 2 1/2 weeks!!! i am STOKED.
[4] i'm making my way through the '100 books you should read before you die' list.
[5] i have started going to fitness classes at j raw fitness.  i took a STEP class last thursday and it was the best decision i've ever made.
[6] mom and i are also going to relive some of our favorite childhood outings, like going to the natural history museum and science center.  i think we also might hit up the santa barbara zoo!
[7] vacations to new york, north carolina, and montana?  yes please!
[8] i'm going to take up sewing.  first accomplishment?  make a huge rag quilt so i can bundle myself up when i go back to the frozen tundra of rexico.
[9] family vacation.  destination TBD.
[10] read the entire book of mormon AND doctrine and covenants [cover to cover].
     sound like a spectacular summer?  i think so too.  ladies and gentlefolk, john wooden had it right when he said, "things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."  let's incorporate that beautiful motto into our everyday lives and realize that things may not work out the way that we had planned, but they will ultimately work out the way that they should.


happy summer 2012.  


xoxo ollie pop.

happy birthday to my little millie

today is my little sister's birthday.  although, she is hardly "little" anymore.  it's weird to think that mahterian daughter #3 is 17.  in honor of her birthday, i figured it would be perfect to list 17 reasons why i love my julia, aka millie.


[1] she is drop dead GORGEOUS.

[2] she is always super concerned about sanitation and cleanliness.

[3] she is incredibly stylish.  

[4] she is a soccer goddess. [she's the one with the bun on the far left]

[5] she's like eliza thornberry and can talk to animals.

[6] she wears my mom's old songleader uniform to school on game days.

[7] she can do whatever she sets her mind to.

[8] she always has the best halloween costumes.

[9] she has beautiful teeth.

[10] she's the only girl i know who still wears those old school roller skates.

[11] she can impersonate kristen wiig almost better than kristen wiig herself.

[12] she isn't afraid to let her true self show.

[13] did i mention her impeccable style?

[14] she is one of those people who can pull off the socks with sandals look

[15] she's a gleek and proud of it

[16] she can eat food more sexual than anyone i know.

[17] she has big hopes and dreams for her future career.

happy 17th, sister. i love you to the moon and back.

xoxo ollie