Let's Celebrate!

My Birthday is coming up so I thought I would share a few of my favorites:

My favorite present: a new shiny mac
My second favorite present: a new shiny car
My third favorite: a new shiny tooth since the Dentist recently stole mine and charged me for it.

....just kidding.
My birthday is really a whole month away and I don't know what I want, so there.
Angel's birthday is coming up in a week though and she should probably tell me what she wants. I think the older you get, the nicer your presents should get too so you don't feel so bad for aging because you have all these great new toys. But it seems that as people get older they would rather forget it's their birthday and pretend they're still in their 20s or something. I was just talking to my Dad the other day and for a second he thought he was one year younger than he is. Then we did the math together...poor guy.

It's funny because (generally speaking) when you are younger you want to be older, when you are older you want to be younger, when you have beautiful curly hair you want straight, when you have beautiful straight hair you want curly, white people want to be tanner, and (Dani told me) some Africans actually want to be whiter...that's probably not the best example though.
Of course, this doesn't apply to everything but it's a pretty common thing. We'll call it, "wantwhatyoudonthavealiatitis."

Here is a crazy idea: be happy with things as they are.
"Happiness is not having what you want, it's wanting what you have"
So there! It's good to have dreams and goals and stuff so you are motivated to work hard but some things don't matter.
So all three of you who read this: want what you don't have.
(haha I mean want what you have of course! Or just like it or something.)

Thank you and Have a Nice Day

Countdowns (7 days...)

7 days...muahahaha. Seen "The Ring," anybody? Well I haven't but as the quote is quite famous I used it anyway.
Guess what? Dani came back from Africa early. She surprised me at work and then we hung out for the day just like old times! (Not that old...it was only 2-3 months that she had been gone). But it was fun! I missed that girl!
Today is July 30th. My brother will be home in one week. My sister will be here in two days.

My excitement for both is spilling over.

My room needs to be vacated and I'm nowhere close.

An Ode To My Blog

My dearest blog,

Please forgive me for neglecting you so.
Maybe I'm working or maybe I'm lazy,
That's no excuse for ignoring you though.
I have many thoughts and many stories,
I just don't know which ones to share...

And I'm afraid most of them are pretty boring.

There's the giant moth in the hall,
The cleaning lady who glares?
The lady that always uses the same bathroom stall
...she works downstairs.

Or there are those random times
When other working boys
Pay a visit to this office of mine.
They might be attractive, maybe not.
Maybe my copier really keeps breaking,
Maybe I just get lonely a lot.

I can only imagine how you might feel
When I don't feed you with my stories,
But some things you just don't want to hear.
But for our sanity's sake, I'll fill you in
With my adventures,
With what's been happenin.

Last weekend I went shopping with my Kaleigh-dear.
We sang, we danced, we bought things
And praised the sky that was oh-so clear!

Last night I saw the Harry Potter movie
I didn't plan on going so soon
But my friend had tickets so I said...groovy.
(I liked it...Snape makes me swoon)

Tomorrow I get my wisdom tooth taken out
Yes, I only have one (I'm an alien)
I look forward to drugs and not knowing what I'm talking about
(and a face more stout).

So, my dear blog, please forgive me,
I'll write more on my life.
Maybe I'll even write a melody.

Love Always,

Bonnie

Just a thought, if I maybe had more readers
I'd write more things for those readers to read.
So readers - comment so I know you exist...please.

How To Improve Your Summer

I'm a busy little camper. And a happy little bee.
And I sure have been busy.
Besides work, I play. And get bitten (bited, bot) by mosquitoes.

Based off my experiences, here are things I recommend the rest of the human population give a try:

1. New Student Orientation - Lead those new students around campus and give them a sneak peek of BYU's {insert whatever university here} greatness {use another adjective, preferrably with a negative connotation, if said university is not BYU} .
2. Softball Intramurals - Start off the Summer with a bang! ...and 2 losses in my case. It's very humbling. But it's co-ed :)
3. Go Outside - who cares if its been raining for the entire month, nothing is as therapeutic as the great outdoors. For ideas of what to do outside, read on. WARNING. Outdoors may also involve mosquitoes, who have decided to increase their population 10 fold this summer.
4. Play Volleyball - in the sand. Again, outside = character building, physically strengthening, and lots of smack talking/flirting.
5. Hike - Nothing like a little bit of sweat and a great view. All it takes is pushing through the muscle soreness and pieces of conversation (ex. excuse: I'm a little out of shape, okay?). Who cares if its been raining all month?
6. Camping - deer, bugs, hiking, feeling hardcore, dirt, great tan-lines, cold nights, starry nights, endless powerade, endless bathroom trips, birds, cookouts, s'mores, guitar/singing (kumbaya, this land is my land, etc.), ....need I say more?
7. Go Indoors - nothing like the great indoors. It's very therapeutic. Especially if it's been raining the entire month. For ideas, read on:
8. Phase 10 - or any game for that matter. It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters who you're with. So if you're with the right people, fun is in order. Other family favorites: Catch Phrase, Apples to Apples, Chronology (who can beat Dad??), Cranium, and anything but Trivial Pursuit. Good thing Dad likes Chronology so much.
9. Watch a movie - Go catch a new show, like UP (but not Transformers 2 I'm told). Or thanks to Netflix, have a movie sent to your very own household where you can enjoy the company of select loved ones (aka "family time"). Might I recommend favorites such as "Annie Go Get Your Gun," "Annie," "Pollyanna," "The Sound of Annie's Music," "Wizard of Annie," "O Annie, Where Art Thou?" "My Fair Annie," or "It's A Wonderful Life."
10. Other - go to the dentist, sample food storage, babysit, buy another bridal shower gift, organize (it's character building, therapeutic AND fun), listen to music, make music, make food, sleep, read (see list of books I recommend, or ADD to it, even), mope (spelling error, I mean mop...as in clean), and love your life.

I hope everyone has a fabulous what's-left-of summer, although it'll be pretty hard to top mine. Just make sure you choose location carefully (smaller populations preferrable) and always wash your hands. Swine flu, people.
And don't get too friendly with them mosquitoes - apparently West Nile Virus has been discovered in Happy Valley. And if we all got West Nile it might have to be renamed to Unhappy Valley, and I would not want that to happen.