2011: A Few Things

1. I can't decide which album I would call the best album of 2011 since there were so many that I enjoyed.

2011's album enjoyables:

Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Alexander - Alexander Ebert
A Creature I Don't Know - Laura Marling
Safari Disco Club - Yelle
Ceremonials - Florence & the Machine
Rolling Blackouts - The Go! Team
Metals - Feist
Last Night on Earth - Noah and the Whale
Lights - Ellie Goulding
Algorithms - Milkman
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Never Trust a Happy Song - Grouplove
Siberia - Lights
The Kind is Dead - The Decemberists
Mountaintops - Mates of State [3 stars: not their best album, but still good because it's MOS]

2011's song enjoyables:

Real goodness:

Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye

Garbage radio goodness:

Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez
Who Says - Selena Gomez
Best Love Song - T-Pain
Work Out - J Cole
What the Hell - Avril Lavigne
Whatever You Like - T.I. [timeless]






2. Last night I came to the realization that an ex-boyfriend may have in his possession one of my favorite sweaters. .. .

[sad]

3. 2011 was the 50 year anniversary of Breakfast at Tiffany's. [A top 3 favorite movie.]

<3

4. It has been a year full of much decision making and much [MUCH] learning. I finally figured out my responsibility is to choose righteously for myself the direction I want to go, not lose sleep trying to figure out the direction I'm supposed to go.

Yadadamean? Maybe not.

5. Matching 2011:

Twin onsies.

Triplet cardigans, white shirts, jeans, brown shoes.

Triplet wolf shirts.


Twin hair x 2.


Twin jackets.

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of the matching cardigans that Heidi and I have. Or the matching sunglasses. Or the time that Jake and I wore matching black jackets. Or the matching tie dye American flag shirts that TylerA. and I made together.

6. Awkward pose tradition 2011:

Abigail's farewell.

Megan's farwell.


My farewell.

Adios 2011. It was real.

Happy New Year

January has been a curious month. Unsettling, maybe. My habits need a good kick in the teeth and my priorities have got to be rearranged. I've been sitting at this kitchen table for 20 minutes thinking about what I'm going to start doing and when I'm going to start doing it- convenient enough, it reminded me that tomorrow is February 1st. My New Years. Perfect timing!! Right?

Lately, the topic of conquering life one day at a time has been flooding in from all over. This has been beneficial considering I frequently force myself into feeling overwhelmed. I worry about my future; money, education, employment, relationships, etc. So, for the year, I'm stealing the mantra of an older lady I once knew: "I have all the time I need."

I have all the time I need.
I have all the time I need.
I have all the time I need.
I have all the time I need.

Life's bearably chaotic, but I still feel like keeping this in mind will be crucial for survival. Because life comes in 24 hour increments, I have all the time I need to accomplish the things which need to be done.

And zebra footie pajamas!

I love welcoming the new year!

Especially with family! And friends! And Salt Lake City! And dancing! And zebra footie pajamas! And Cardamom bread! And games! And music! And driving! And everything else!

I took both my camera's down for New Years weekend in attempt to record it's events but.. to no prevail. The weekend was really great. How I managed to come out of it with only two pictures, these two pictures:

..I'll never know.

PS. I'm in the process of coming up with resolutions.
PPS. Had I ever backed over a parking lot island before today? Nope. Must I now admit that I have? Yes.

- So This Is The New Year And I Don't Feel Any Different -

I haven't blogged in a while but- I already posted my list of 2010 resolutions sometime in December, so I feel pretty okay about not RE-posting when the 1/1/2010 came around.

2009 was a pretty good year. I met a lot of great people and I can't remember meeting that many not so great people. I should probably mention a few highlights from last year, but instead I'm gonna make note about the last ten years. DECADE. I can't believe how fast time has passed. I feel like it was only yesterday when the new millennium arrived.

2000 - 2010
roller-blades
stitches in my foot
piano lessons
5th grade maturation class
Pokemon cards
5th grade graduation
Harry Potter
flair jeans
moved from Louisville, Co. to Sandy, Ut.
best friend Audrey
September 11 terrorist attacks
2001 winter Olympics
snowmobiling with the Swiss Olympic teams
D.A.R.E. graduation (so significant..)
Mario Party
favorite color green
6th grade graduation
'crushes'
crashed a razor scooter (in front of my crush)
got my ears pierced
1st vacation that wasn't to somewhere ridiculous like flaming gorge
(went to Florida)
moved to Farmington
loved swimming
gel bracelets
dance lessons
hated swimming
moved again within Farmington
Jake Pratt's death (R.I.P.)
2004 tsunami S. E. Asia
Myspace
voice lessons
2005 Hurricane Katrina
piano lessons (again)
High School Musical epidemic
was given my sweet digital SLR Pentax camera
first Sounds concert (1st small venue show)
the D.I. = 'in'
first time going to the Pie
turned Sweet 16
drivers license
the start of epic farm adventures
first time getting my car stuck
first sneaking out
first ditching class
braces
FINALLY got a dog
experienced my 1st kiss (GROSS experience!)
boyfriend cael
skinny jeans
2nd legit vacation ever/1st time to California
first car wreck
favorite color purple
got my first 'real' job (H&R Block)
Gordon B. Hinckley's passing
first invitation to a close friends wedding
first 4.0
graduated seminary
graduated high school
boyfriend Levi (:
became an adult
first time Elicia stepped outside of Utah
freshman year at USU
first tat
(^joke)
Facebook
presidential election candidates =
a black, a woman, and a Morman
barack won president
first time donating blood
first time donating plasma
first time being completely broke
was given my own guitar
my blog was born
summer sales in Tri-cities/Moses Lake, Wa.
week in Seattle, WA. (BEST TIME OF MY LIFE)
dyed my hair for the first time
cut my hair all off for the first time
decided my favorite movie was Footloose
sophomore year at USU
Twilight epidemic
forbidden beach bear lake camping trip
finally watched-
Gone with the Wind
Titanic
and The Sound of Music
Jake Burch being rude to me forever '06-'09

If anyone can think of anything else.. feel free to comment and I'll add it! Whether it's something that pertains to the world or something that pertains to me personally.

Interesting:

Poll: Fashion Trends We'll Be Remembered For
Trends of the Decade
11 Worst Fashion Trends of the Decade
10 Worst Fashion Trends of the Decade

- Goodbye Home -

The break is coming to an end but that's okay because...



..it has been a good one. (:

- 2010 -

I have NO IDEA what I want to do with my life but.. in the past little while, I've come up with plenty of things I'd like to change about it. And, I've decided to start all of the changes come New Years- you know, all as New Year's resolutions. My overall goal is- to be a healthy person, in all areas. How possible will that be? I don't know right now, but I guess I'll find out.

These are a few of the things I am going to do starting in 2010:

Go to church, every Sunday.
Go to bed by 11:00 pm on weekdays.
Get up by 8:00 am every morning, except Saturdays.
Talk a lot less.
Limit facebook to 10 minutes (or less) per day.
No T.V., except 90210 of course.
Journal writing.


Can't be too hard, right?