do you remember...

that time,
when my boss called me into his office,
and promoted me??

Costco.

This place is amazing. Thats all I can say. Every time I go there, I have a good time.
As you know(if you dont know im telling you right now, because you NEED to know), Coscto sells everything basically in bulk. They sell everything. Food, outdoor furniture, barbeques, playgrounds,clothing, ipods, tv's, computers, laptops, cell phones, DISNEYLAND PASSES, which by the way, when you buy a disneyland pass at Costco, it comes with a $50 giftcard inside. I had no idea! I wish I would have known that before I got my pass. Anyways, needless to say, they sell a LOT of things. But, not only is Costco great for everything they sell, oh, they have so much more.

For one, they have samples. A-mazing. I mean really, what is better than going to a store, and them giving away free food? Am I right?
Yes, some stuff may be kinda crappy, but I must admit, they have some gooood stuff.
Another thing, you can eat lunch, for like 3 bucks at Coscto. Even CHEAPER if you want. Hot dog and drink:$1.50. Or maybe you want a slice of pizza (which is ginormous by the way), you can get that. I believe one slice is one dollar and fifty cents? (someone correct if I'm wrong) and a drink is fifty nine cents. Come on..

The BEST though, is going to Costco just for samples, or even just to eat lunch. Or hey, maybe both? A combination of the two is great. Perfect example, one day after church my family and I went to the spectrum, just to walk around, do a little shopping. After the spectrum, we decided to get some Costco action. Whyy do you ask? For lunch and samples of course. I belive we walked around and had some samples first, you know, as a little appetizer. ;) Then after we got some lunch. For all 6 of us its like 10 bucks. I mean really. what. a. deal.

Not only that but it's fun to go with the whole family..

My step dad Steve is faaamous for going to Costco just for samples. Its so hilarious. Whenever just the two of us go its sort of a tradition to try every. single. sample. No matter how disgusting it looks. He came up with this little adventure, not me. Because if it was up to me, I wouldnt try everything. He always gets me though by saying, "Come on we have to try every. one." ahhhh. Just kills me.

All in all.....Coscto is marvelous.

2 years late.

Normal teenagers get their license at age 16, some not long after that. Me on the other hand, I just got mine, exactly 3 weeks before my 18th birthday.
Quite ridiculous, trust me I know.

I used my boyfriends Toyota Corolla (which I veryy much appreciated, because he had to wake up earlier than he normally had to), because I was much more comfortable using a smaller car to take a test in, than a big astro van or truck. My appointment was at 8:40am, we got threre at exactly 8:40. We planned on getting there early, but, things happen and we just got there on time. It took about 45 minutes to get up to the front of the line, then, another 20 minutes waiting in the car. I wasn't nervous at first, not even while I was in the car waiting for the instructor to come out. Finally a girl walks out and glances at the car, and comes over and introduces herself.I sadly dont remember her name, and I am actually very disappointed I don't. I just remember I was so happy I got a woman instructor, and that she was a very nice lady.

She asks me to turn on my blinkers, step on the brake, honk the horn...all that good stuff. She gets in the car and tells me to start it, that is where I started to get a tad bit nervous. Not too much though.

The thing that killed me was when you could hear her write everything down. Little notes here and there, circling things. That noise, in this silent car, was just unbearable. I just wanted to know so badly what she was writing, or how I was doing, and what she was thinking.
Its not even a big deal, driving that is. It's the whole, your taking a test, and getting graded on this, and if you make too many mistakes you wont get your license..horrible feeling.

15 minutes later I pull back into the DMV parking lot, I park the car and turn it off. She tells me I did a very nice job and that, I passed.

I PASSED

I was so, entirely, stoaked. I had the biggest smile on my face. I had finally gotten my license.

Now, my next step...working on getting my own car.

boyfriends birthday bash.

Yesterday, February 27, my boyfriend turned 20 years old. For the past two weeks, if not longer, he has been so excited about his brithday.

Well, let me just start off by saying, it is extremely hard to surprise this young man. EXTREMELY hard. Long story short, he thought i was coming over to his house at 10:00 am, when in fact, i had planned on surprising him and coming over at 8:00 and cooking him breakfast. But it was so hard to keep this from him because he was very suspicious. But the night before i threw him off by sadly saying, "I don't mean to burst your bubble but im not necessarily doing anything for you, i just got you presents and am coming over to spend the day with you." I know, it sounds so mean. But, it worked out, because he was indeed sprsprised when I woke him up the next morning.

For breakfast I made his favorite:

French toast (with hawaiin Bread) and with boysenberry syrup.

Hashbrowns.

Cinnamon rolls.

A bowl of cut up strawberries, bananas, and kiwi.

And some pineapple orange guava juice.

I must admit. It wasn't. too. bad.

After breakfast we made a pitstop to my house, because I got the pleasure of cleaning my bathroom.

Frankie and baby Aidan

My 15 year old brother, who is taller than me.

Later that night we went to Benihanas for dinner. Its a little tradish Frankie does every year. Now, not only was everyone excited to go to Benihanas for dinner, but I was a little extra excited, because I have never been there before.

The car ride there...

If you have ever been to Benihanas, you know that 8 people can fit around the table. Well we fit 10. It was a little crammed, but we did fine. It was really fun, it was really cool to watch our foodget cooked right in front of us. Not only that but to watch the cook (try) to do some tricks.



They're best friends

Frankie's grandma learning to use chopsticks.

Our cook! His name was Vee

Tryin to bust out some tricksss.

He carried all of that in one trip.

Too bad he dropped chopsticks..

The boys.

After dinner some of us went to disney so Frankie could get his Disney Fun Card, filled with $69 to spend on whatever he pleases at Disneyland.

Jordan, Elyse, Nick, and myself all crammed in the back seat on the way over there..

One of my favorite pictures of the night.

Frankie and his Disney Fun Card.

All in all the day was terrific. It was funfilled with a surprise breakfast, presents, dinner at Benihanas, a trip to Disneyland, and some good old birthday fun.

I love you baby.

an unfortunate mishap.

So today I was at school, and it was a wonderful lovely day.
let me walk you through it..

I have my sociology class at 8:00am which I actually love by the way. EXCEPT FOR the fact that my professor is alwayyys late. I can go on a whole other rant about that but, I will refrain. After sociology I wait for my boyfriend and zach to come, and we then continue the day with going to Denny's for some breakfast. It was delicious. Pancakes, hashbrowns (with ketchup), sausage, bacon, and toast with strawberry jelly. :] I get back to school and go to my math class at 12:30. I get out an hour early. My friend Bret and I were walking out of class when BAM!! something comes and smacks me in the face. I think its a leaf or something so I immediately try to shoo it away, until my face starts to feel like its on fire. I then start to get kind of scared, espeically when I try to get this thing off, and 1.it is SUCTIONED to my face and 2.it is hurting me really bad. My phone is in my right hand and with that same hand I am trying to get this thing off of my face. I go to remove my hand from my face so I can drop my phone when I see a BUMBLE BEE on my hand. That is when I really freak out.
If you dont know me, I DO. NOT. LIKE. INSECTS. I don't like any of those creepy crawly things, specifically ones that can sting you.
So I drop my phone, even faster than I planned, and along with dropping my phone I drop my books on the ground. My face is burning. That is when I realize: I just got stung by a bee on my face. I sort of want to cry but, I don't. I look to my friend and ask if the stinger is still in. It is. So he gets it out because not only do I not have a mirror to get it out myself, im scared to touch my face. So he gets it out and we walk to the health care place. The nice nurse lady gives me a bag of ice with a paper towel sort of thing wrapped around it. SO, I then walk to a table and sit down while holding a bag of ice to my face.

It was such a weird experience. Ive gotten stung by a bee before, but it was in 4th grade, and on the palm of my hand. My face was seriously on fire, and stinging so bad. Yes, I know thats probably what usually happens when you get stung by something, but hey, don't judge me.
Honeslty, who the heck gets stung by a bee on their face?!? Seriously.I
got a picture, but you cant really tell that much, unless you look veryyyyyy closely.So therefore, I will not post it.





I knew I hated bees.