What I miss about Utah....

My roommates. And how classy we were.

Randomness.

The fabulous cooking (this particular item actually caught on fire).








The sporting events. Wait. That's a lie, I think I went to 3 games the entire 4 years I was at college (I'm anti-social, and love every minute of it).


The Sorority Days!


My girls during Rush.

Most beautiful statue...ever.

I can't figure out how to flip this picture...






Temple Square! Laurel and I loved going and learning about church history and seeing the sights on Temple Square. It is amazing, the spirit that is there.

This is what living in the Valley does to your teeth.

My mom's a dental hygienist, duh.

A family who decays together, stays together!

I usually drive out to the Valley on the weekends to hang out with the fam. My sister and bro-in-law, Laura and Jeremy, just gave my little brother their dog, Buddy. So, I took Cody to Wal-Mart on Saturday, and while we were looking for dog toys we found these little treasures.

Cody and I had them in our mouths as we were walking up the steps to our house. I told him that he had to keep his lips covering the teeth until someone said something to us, then we could smile. We were laughing so hard on the way up to the door we weren't even able to shock anyone. I don't think anyone truly appreciated how funny it was except for me and Cody. Alas, I made my mom take pictures with us and she told me that I couldn't put the one of her on my blog (this is our little secret).

What about ME screams desperate?

So, when I got to work this morning there was an email waiting in my inbox from one of my co-workers. The title of the e-mail was "Guys". In this e-mail my co-worker told me about how I could go onto this web site and sign up for a singles site, I could also specify what religion, age bracket, and even how much I wanted the guy to make. At this moment I looked to see who all she sent this email to. She only sent it to me.
She then proceeded to tell me that I could also go to the Snow Goose, in downtown Anchorage, where they have speed dating every week.

Wait.

What?

Then, later today, I was talking to my best friend and she began to tell me how she had the missionaries over for dinner last night and one of them began talking about me saying, "what's up with Holly, why isn't she married yet"? hmmm....ok.

I just have one question for these people....What is it about me that screams Desperate??

My Idol...

I have decided (after reading my friend Christy's blog numerous times) that I idolize Christy Lyons. I think that I am going to start doing everything she does, like run a million miles everyday, just for the fun of it, and after that, read a zillion books as well (and give reviews on this thing of each and every book I have read).

In all seriousness though, I'm serious. I DO want to start running everyday, and I DO want to start reading more! I have a bunch of other goals, but I dont particularly want to speak of them, because then when I dont do them, people will continually ask me if I have done it, and I will therefore have to say no.

So, to start my goals that I WILL speak of, like running, I have decided to order a Treadmill. Not one of those crappy one's you can get at Sam's Club, but an actual durable one, that you can run on and it feels like you are running, not pushing the Vinyl underneath you, just to make it move. My sister and her husband, Laura and Jeremy, always research everything before they buy it, and she found the #1 pick on consumer reports, or something like that. She has already bought it, and so I know that it is a nice run. So, I will be buying that. After I cancel my gym membership that should have been used this whole last year. I did go....a few times.

Now, my other goal, reading (Christy made an actual goal of reading 50 books in one year). Right now I am going to admit defeat on that particular goal. But, I do think...hmmmmm...15 books? Yes, I will read 15 books in 2008. Which, is actually a lot harder than it sounds, considering 2008 is half over. So, really, thats like 30 books in 1 year...I guess. My other goal that I am going to tack onto this whole reading thing is, I want to read the Book of Mormon at least once every year, for the rest of my life. Can you imagine how valuable that will be when I am 60 and can say that I have read the Book of Mormon at least once every year since I was 23?

I do need some sort of motivation for all of this...I am not sure what it is yet, I will keep thinking....

Once again....here I am...

I had started a blog last summer when I was engaged. I figured it was something a girl has to do in order to be able to brag about her wedding plans, engagement, honey-moon, etc. Since the wedding was called off a couple of weeks later, I only posted once. To bad too because I'm pretty sure it was a funny post. I hate it when humor is wasted...or when people don't appreciate it. If I go on a date with someone and they A). Don't laugh at my jokes (or even give me a pity laugh) OR B). Don't think Seinfeld, The Office, or hilarious people in general are funny, the date is immediately ended, or I at least start thinking about how my time could be better spent watching Law & Order, alone.

Life is going good in general. I live in Eagle River in a little 2 bedroom apartment. It wouldn't be so bad, except my bathtub, sink, and kitchen counters are all Robin's egg blue. I am not really sure who was ever delusional enough to think that that was a good color for a kitchen and a bath?? No idea. It must have been when all of the hippies were around and it was socially acceptable to smoke weed...and then decorate bathrooms.
I have a roommate who is rarely ever home, which I am coming to realize is the best kind of roommate. She just got married on June 25th and the even sweeter part is...THEY get to live with ME for 2 months. Wow....just when I was thinking my life couldn't get ANY sweeter, it does. Newlyweds. Living with me. With their room right next door. Just one paper-thin wall away from me. Sweet. I have not yet experienced suicidal ideations....that's probably the next step though.

I am doing Social Work for the State. I'm finding that Child Protection is not the greatest job, but it pays pretty well for my field, especially for someone with just a Bachelor's degree. Side-note (this is not me insinuating that I get paid well. I don't, just good for my field. There is a definite difference). I was working in the Permanency Planning unit, working with families on a "long-term" basis. Now I am doing "out of town inquiries". Basically, dealing with the kiddo's and parents who have open cases in different parts of Alaska, but now live in Anchorage. I just started doing OTI's this week, and transferred my permanency caseload last week. It was glorious. Hopefully it will make life a little more bearable.