Thursday, May 26, 2011

Addiction is hard to overcome...

I have an addiction.
No, it isn't drugs or alcohol... But I need serious help.
I am completely addicted to Cafe Rio sweet pork.  
There. I said it.
I have been struggling with this addiction for a few years now, and I would have to say that about half of the company's revenue has come from my wallet.  Yikes, right? But it's just SOOOO GOOD!!!
Tonight I went to Cafe Rio with my best friends from high school Elise and Jessica and enjoyed delightful company and the mouth watering pork...
This is us in high school at the same place, doing what we do best: EAT CAFE RIO
oh and in case you're wondering-- we won region right before this picture was taken. Hence the nasty slicked-back headband-hair and SUPER coolio trophy!

This picture was last week after another swim meet...
So of course I've thought a lot about what I'm going to do when I eventually stop swimming 20 hours a week and my diet drops from 4500 calories a day to 2000 (I can't imagine)... 

What do you think... me in 10 years?
I sure hope not.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Royal Wedding FAIL

OK, lets be honest. How many of you obsessed over watching the Royal Wedding? How many of you stayed up ALL night to watch it and then suffered from lack of sleep for 2 days after it?  I can tell you right now that I sure didn't.  But SOMEHOW, I managed to have a dream the other night that the Queen of England died.  
No big deal right?  
William and Kate to the rescue!...  NOT. 
They called and asked me if I would be the Queen of England!!! 
(In my dream: "WHAT?! I've never even BEEN to England!" and "I don't have a British accent though!")  
Long story short, I woke up in a panic but was quickly reassured by my messy room that I will never have to worry about being the Queen of England.  But I guess my mom was Miss Idaho, so I am of royal blood ;)... Maybe I'll consider it next time they call.

Monday, April 11, 2011

For Grandma Toolson

My wonderful Grandma Toolson asked me to update this. She doesn't check facebook, so these pictures are dedicated to you gma!  Can't wait to live with you in a few weeks! :)
I love you grandma!
This is us at grandpa's funeral. You are beautiful!
A few weeks ago, my roommates and I and a friend in our ward decided to take a road trip to California!
It was a BLAST!!
Kristen, me, Brittany, Kylie
Bonfire on the beach
Ky, Britt, CJ, Kristen, me
I have really attractive friends :)
BALBOA ISLAND!
Kylie and I on the beach!
My beautiful roommates/best friends and I at the Newport Beach Temple! I love them so much!
The clan


Festival of Colors--before
AFTER
My roomies! and cj haha

We slid down the mud hill...fun :)
a random weekend adventure
home for a weekend! 

I love these little boys SO MUCH!
We got to go to the Jon Schmidt concert last week, and it was INCREDIBLE!!!!!  Steven Sharp Nelson (the cellist) played with him and it seriously was the most amazing 2 hours of my life! If you haven't ever heard them, click HERE.  I found the sheet music for this song, so Elise (pictured left) is going to learn the piano, and we're going to play it.
SO EXCITED!! 
2011 MWC Champions, 200 freestyle relay!
I love this relay!
Aleesha, me, Kim, Sara Jayne
Conference champs!!
Life is good :) 
Hope you enjoyed, grandma! I love you!

Friday, February 11, 2011

Hi...?

WELL, to start off this little blog post, I'd like to give a shout out to Karalee Fuller for kindly and CONSISTENTLY pestering me to write something here. I'm so glad that there's at least one person who reads this ;)  So without any further delay, here are the latest thoughts and happenings from the life of T squared:

I got my 4th comment this week while slowly climbing the stairs to main campus. All I can say is that whoever decided to build BYU on a hill obviously did not think things through very well... The comments:
“That bad of a day huh?”
“Are you ok?!"
“Rough morning?”

and the best one...

“It's like climbing Mt. Everest, especially in this weather!”

Maybe I should start walking a little faster.
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I read through my volleyball class handbook (best class EVER, by the way) and was pleasantly surprised to find that the author has a sense of humor! These are some of the rules listed:

At no time may a player touch the net while the ball is in play, this includes shoes,
clothing or wigs. (What?! This is an outrage.)

...But if by chance a passed ball does break the plane of the net, attack the crud out of it. (I love BYU. Enough said.)

A good floater serve moves up and down and left and right at random just as your opponent is about to pass it to the setter. The erratic movement of the ball is due to some hard-to-understand physics principle about air pressures and stuff like that, but it really works. (Good to know...)

Good serves result in points. Here are a few strategies to make your serves more
effective:
1. Serve to an open space on the court
2. Serve to the worst player on the other team (good plan :)
3. Serve to the setter
4. Serve to a player who just came in the game

This occurs because the setter’s hands were spread too far apart at the
instant the ball arrived. If someone on your team does this, everyone should take turns
beating them about the head and neck. (ouch...)

Spiking: It can careen into your opponent’s court, send players heading for cover,
and leave spectators in awe or it can plow into the back wall like a drunken missile. (No comment needed.)

Attacking is not limited to tall players or genetic freaks who can jump five feet
straight up.

I love my volleyball class :)
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So, it's pretty cool that my legs will finally be CLEAN SHAVEN in less than 2 weeks!!!! Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh.  Spaghetti-strainer Sundays will be a thing of the past (until September anyway). WOOT!
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This is old, but I watched it again the other day and I still love it. Enjoy!
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Ok, I have nothing else to say. Happy Friday!!!!!!!