Playing Catch Up

So...Henry is sleeping. It's not like he's never slept before, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of cramming in all the things I need to do during his nap time. This nap time, I'm playing catch up on my blog.

PICTURES.

This is the deathly hallows symbol. On the outside of the new Los Hermanos/old Ottavios restaraunt in Provo. YES YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. THE DEATHLY HALLOWS SYMBOL IS IN DOWNTOWN PROVO. I want someone to explain it to me please, because the only logical explanation is that the hallows are real, Harry Potter exists, and there is a wizard (or witch. I'm not picky) in Provo who is a believer. Thank you, world.

This is my new reindeer, Benjamin. He is named after the bills I hope to put in him during the year to save for Christmas. This is my new savings plan for Christmas presents/holiday cheer because I just love Christmas and saving in a "savings account" just isn't doing it. Every month needs a little Christmas.

This was my house when it was Christmas. The end.

Playing Catchup, days 2-6

I am full of unfulfilled promises. For that I am sorry. But here in quick succession are days 2-6 of my month-of-blogging-getting-to-know-me-stuff.
2. Favorite Movie - Movie I've watched the most times, Aladdin. But a non-cartoon favorite? Taken or Mean Girls
3. Favorite TV program - Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy
4. Favorite book - The English Patient/Harry Potters 5 & 7
5. Favorite quote - I'm going to pick 3 because they're all in different categories. And I haven't picked just one answer for any of these favorites, so why start now?

a) "Small gestures were enough for him. One bullet ended the war."

- The English Patient pg 242
So I pick this one because it comes from the most beautiful book I've ever read. The English Patient is written in prose so the whole book moves like a long poem. It's disjointed and artistic and I have to admit, I wouldn't have made it through the book if it weren't required reading in my senior English class. Bless Mrs. Sherman for teaching me to love it. There are so many quotes that I love, and so many more that the romantic senior girl in me loved, but this I think is the most artistic quote that sits artistically in the middle of a paragraph. This quote is therefore dubbed my "artistic" quote.

b) "Watching the news! Again?"
"Well it changes every day, you see."

-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix pg 6
Obviously I love Harry Potter, and obviously I'm going to pick a quote from my other favorite book in the world. I just love this exchange that takes place at the beginning of book 5. I think it just shows how good a writer JK Rowling is. This quote just makes me happy. Consider it my "Happy" quote.

c) "Real adults don't have summer. Start acting like an adult."

- My dad
Sassy 17 year old Kendall remembered and wrote down this quote because it was so ridiculous at the time. However, now that it's stayed on my Facebook page for the last 4 years it has become a part of me and my relationship with my dad. He's always pushed me to work hard, and I never realized what a blessing it is to know how to work hard until this year. (don't mind my bragging moment) Even though I don't exactly work hard at school, I feel my work life has been characterized by hard work, and by trying to exceed expectations. It's been relatively easy for me to get jobs and I thank my Dad for teaching me how to work. This is my "Life Lesson" quote.

6. Whatever tickles my fancy
This one's a little difficult. I haven't done the tickling fancy until recently. I've been considering writing blogs about switching from name brand to store brand products (snore bore, I know) for anyone who's interested. I'll just let you know about two of my successful switches.

A) I've been a faithful user of Vaseline Cocoa Butter Deep Conditioning lotion for around 4 years. I love it. However, the price is getting a little high for me, so I decided to switch to the Target "Up & Up" brand. I think it's great with just one exception -- it smells stronger. I don't necessarily like it, but I think the $2 price different makes up for a somewhat stronger/faker smell. Boring post #1

VS.

B) I love the blue Moisturizer Chapstick. It's sorta minty and not at all bleck like the regular Chapstick (sorry Dad and Mal). I switched to the Target Up & Up Moisturizing Chapstick and I love it. It's exactly the same and more than a dollar cheaper. I think a 3 pack is $2 or so at my SuperTarget. Good change.

VS

That's all for playing catch up! I've officially missed Pilates so I'll be on to my next post in a few minutes. Cheers.

Just making an appearance

My three favorite things combined. Can you guess what the three are? It isn't too hard.
(ps. Click on the link below)
Harry Potter Kids Luuurve GG

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I saw Harry Potter and the Half blood Prince twice. I'm planning on another time or two. I kind of feel like I should pay at least as much attention to HP as I did to Twilight. Although, I think Joshua and I would go broke if I used that logic. Hmmm.....pictures instead.

Yep those are all my Harry Potter shirts. And Joshua got me those awesome HP specs. I love him.

Marriage in 17 days!!

Weasley is my King

Another short little blog to finish out my last 12 hours of life.

I never really realized what I was missing in the 5th Harry Potter movie until I reread Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I miss Ron's chance to shine. It is actually quite sad, because Rupert Grint didn't even get a very fair share of the limelight when the last film came out. I distinctly remember wondering why Harry (dan rad) and Hermione (emma "my girl crush" watson) had so many interviews, and why Ron had none. Poor guy. We never even got to hear 'Weasley is my King'.

Life just isn't complete.

I am much too excited.

Is it wrong for a simple sneak peek picture to make me this happy?



Actually, I think the only thing that could make me happier than this is a Jr. Whopper, sin tomatoes. Happy Monday ya'all.

Can you believe it?

First of all, I love Harry Potter.

Second of all, can I borrow four million dollars??

If you've read book 7, you know what the Tales of Beedle the Bard are. JK Rowling handwrote seven copies of the book, gave six to her friends, and sold one for charity. Want to guess how much it sold for?? 4 MILLION DOLLARS.

Seriously though, if I had that much money, I'd totally buy a hand written, jewel encrusted book of stories essential to the childhood of Ronald Weasley.

Paula Deen...not my favorite.

Yes, I realize it's been a little long since I last blogged. Or read blogs...but in my defense, it's been a craaazy week. A good week, but crazy nonetheless.

Mallory was here from Saturday to Tuesday afternoon, and we had such a fun time! I reeeeally liked having her here. That was definitely the highlight of my week, not including last night.
I sprained my ankle last week, which made it difficult to walk around, thankful for Mallory to be my crutch, and for yan, rach, josh, sami and beaki giving me rides to school every day of the week. I had to take four tests last week, none of which I had studied much for because I was having waaaay too much fun with Mallory and Josh. Somehow I made it through the week, now I've got the rapidly disappearing weekend to study for my anatomy midterm II.

Yesterday I was blessed enough to watch Giada on the Food Network, my favorite channel in existence. She made some really nice looking chicken stuffed with cheese and sage....I can feel the Italian (DISCLAIMER: I'm not really Italian) coming out in my blood already. The only bummer with everything Food Network is that nearly everything that looks good is made with alcohol. There are multiple problems with this, a) Alcohol might be against the word of wisdom?? At least, last time I checked it was, b) I am under 21, don't want to get a fake ID to buy alcohol for baking, don't want keith mars to bust me for owning some, and c) It might be against the honor code to have some in my house...I don't think BYU would be too happy.
I guess in the mean time I'll have to stick to a different show that doesn't use alcohol. Good thing I really hate Sandra Lee and her semi-homemade alcoholic ways. Yeah, I watched the Food Network all summer.

I am now watching the most horrible show with host Alton Brown. He really is the anti-christ. annoying in every single way. However, he said something I can respect, "Stuffing. Is. Evil." Apparently, it's brilliant at breeding Salmonella. It's also a good idea to simply stuff the turkey with some sage, apple, onions, and cinnamon for flavor. I like that idea.

I'm in love with the Food Network.

Last night was the night of British movies. I got to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at the Varsity Theatre with Joshua. I absolutely love that movie, but I think the audience was insane?? Everything was just a little bit too funny, and a little bit too dramatic. I also love Ron Weasley, and am extremely lucky to have my own personal one. After that movie we went to Josh's home and watched The Queen with Greg, Adam, and Emma. It was quite the interesting experience because I know absolutely nothing about Princess Diana and England (don't tell anyone).

Gah. Have a lovely weekend.

Dementors are back.

I am frightened for my soul.

Did you hear about that bridge that collapsed? Because I did, and it's freaking me out.

Anyone remember the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince? Anyone?! The Prime Minister is dealing with all the deaths and crazy events, one of which is a BRIDGE COLLAPSE! Turns out that YOU KNOW WHO is behind it all.
Also, it is very grey outside. A sign that Dementors are roaming freely.

Oh my gosh.

Mind vomit.

Blogging has been slow lately. I think I shouldn't post any more about Harry Potter, but I really don't know what else to blog about.
I'm really excited for this weekend. Alaina is bringing up the baby, Rachel is gonna see my new house, and then I get to go to family reunion and not work!!

Boss lady has decided to not like me again. I am a bit better at handling it this time, but it just gets really annoying when every word out of her mouth is dripping with "you are incompetent compared to meeeee" type emotion. Oh well, I will just be better than her when I grow up. And not weigh 300 pounds. Sorry. That was mean.

Ummm I want to buy Harry Potter and the: a) Order of the Phoenix and b) Deathly Hallows, on Itunes so I can listen to those lovely books on my way to work and stuff. Unfortunately, they're about a bazillion dollars each ($49.99)

I got a new digital camera. My college experience is going to be 2048 times better because of this. Sorry this is boring. More like a journal. And did you ever notice that blogs are never really boring until the blogger says, "Oh, sorry this is so boring and dull..."

I think I made up my mind again to become a dental hygienist. Nothing else really seems to fit...so I'm hoping that means this thing is for real. This thing as in working super hard in super hard classes. I'm scared for fall.

Oh yes, last thing, Attorney no. 1 (I think it's 1, not 2) brought me another gift from an art show. It's a lovely blown glass christmas tree ornament.

ohh p.s.
I'm beginning to think the reason they can't keep a receptionist here for more than 4 months isn't because they're all retarded, but because the office manager is hitler.
(receptionist is to office manager as Jew is to Hitler.)

Hairs cut

I got a hair cut this weekend, and my hairs are looking fairly healthy all shortish and blondish. I just read the whole trascript of the NBC interview with JK Rowling, as well as the Scholastic online chat with Jo. It was very long, and very satisfying because I got loads of my HP questions asked and answered! A little bit of closure.
That's all for now. I like my hairs, today I'm going shopping after work. So happy.

By far one of my favorite nights EVER.

Oh you harry potter fans are going to love this dream. It's fantastic.

Last night was a wonderful night.

I had this dream that I was Hermione, and I was fighting Lord Voldemort with Harry and Ron. It was the final battle in Hogwarts. It was so cool! This dream was just so vivid. I remember using the spells: Stupefy, Impedimenta, Protego, Expelliarmus, Secumspectra, and Avada Kedavra. Colored streaks were flying out of my wand. I actually WAS Hermione, as in, I never saw myself, and I could see my wand. It was quite frightening though because dear Voldy was near impossible to hit with a spell, and most of the time if I did hit him, nothing happened. I also remember freaking out in my head because I couldnt' remember any spells except stupefy....then the others came to mind.

Another freaky fact...
When voldemort was about to die (my dream was ending-ish) I saw Grandpa Williams. I knew I had to talk to him before the final battle. I don't remember much else except in my dream, I was crying when I was with Grandpa. It was such a great dream.

Man, I really hope there is magic when I die.

I'm wishing I had some chocolate.

It really is quite depressing when only 3 people have updated their blog. Those who did blog were good updates (thank you natalie, alaina, and becki.) but just not sufficient for my Friday.

Hey! It's Friday! This means tonight I get to party like a rockstar with Amanda, tomorrow I might get to go to Saturday Market (high chances of not) and I will definitely get to go to Target. I love Target. I could spend a thousand dollars there and still not buy everything that I want to.

Today I decided that I need a haircut. I have very long hair, quite possibly the longest it's ever been. I, however, have decided that having stringy hair, even though it's pretty and long, is worse than having medium hair that looks nice. I want nice hair. Is that too much to ask for?

Hmmm that's pretty much it. I am starting to get a little excited to return to Probo and live with LeeAnne, Rach, Becki, and Sami. We're gonna have fun watching The Holiday, Music & Lyrics, No Reservations, and the Bratz movie.

(I had a short, nonfat hot chocolate no whip this morning at Starbucks. Sooo good.)

I really really miss Harry Potter. I hope mom finishes soon so I can re-read and be re-obsessed.

Wacko? You could say that.

Yesterday morning I spent about 2 hours looking up interviews of Dan Rad and Emma Watson on Youtube. Let's see you try to stop clicking on the links provided at the end of a video about your favorite person ever!
I also discovered that Wentworth Miller (my sexy boyfriend from prison) is in Mariah Carey's We Belong Together music video, which is actually a Part II of their long romance. I dont' know the name of the first...Natalie could probably tell you.

But anyway, I'm head over heels in love with all of this Harry Potter Mania. I get Mugglenet updates on my homepage, I watch Youtube interviews, I have an address for Rupert Grint (I'm going to write him a letter someday), I listen to the MuggleCast podcast any time I'm in my car, and I can't stop thinking about the book. I also discovered (off my handy mugglenet headlines) that JK Rowling is eventually going to write a Harry Potter Encyclopedia to tell me about all the other characters in the Wizarding world that I never knew too much about. This morning I found this fantastic article, so if you're the least interested in HP, please read.
What happens to everone else?

If you haven't read book 7 or don't want it spoiled, don't read the above article.

Okay, I just stumbled across this today....but I couldn't stop smiling. So embarassing.

I think the time has come

Guys, I think I'm going to write a letter. A FAN LETTER.
How embarassing. But the thought consumes me. What if I could MEET Hermione or Ron, or even Harry Potter. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take the jump....but I'll let you know.

And if I do write a letter, it's got to be good. Good enough for the recipient to say, "Oh well I'd like to meet you here's a plane ticket to London."

Gosh, I'm so creepy.

k, Bye!

I won.

I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I will not discuss this book and my extreme love for it until at least Monday.

But I finished it.

And cried a lot.

I have done a bad, bad thing.

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I can't stand the wait for Harry Potter 7. Seriously. I did a BAD thing, and now I know at least one character who dies. Oh man. The only thing I can compare this addiction to (yeah, it's really crude) I am not going to compare it to. So bad. Oh man. I have been SPOILERED!

WHOA!

Sweet guys, I have 16 blogs so far for the month of July, and there have only been 13 days. Considering I don't even blog on weekends, this is pretty cool.

I am still obsessed with that Harry Potter movie. Every time I close my eyes I see something from that movie! I can barely contain myself, I want the 7th book to come out so badly. Today I read on my handy Google addition 'Mugglenet Headlines' that JK Rowling said that some people are going to "absolutely loathe" the 7th book. Since the last book I have been a strong believer that Harry will die in the 7th book, but hearing JK say that nearly brought me to tears. Sometimes I hate loving books so much.

I also can't stop laughing to myself about the crazy roomate blog. Thank you, Becki! We should go to Canadia.

I started Gchatting it up. Thanks Nat for letting me talk to you about Harry Potter as much as I want.

I'm leaving work in an hour to go camping. What an awesome day.

Sorry if you don't like Harry Potter

Emma Watson = New girl crush.

This might convince you a little bit

to love Rupert Grint. I desperately want to see Driving Lessons.
Dear Becki,
We netflix it immediately.

Oh Harry, you never fail to please me.

Harry. Potter. was. amazing.

There are no words to describe how much I love this movie! AH! The directing was amazing, I was completely scared in the first 10 minutes of the movie. I am soo happy the director for this one is staying for the next movie because honestly, this movie was by far the best of all 5. Yes, Order of the Phoenix had a lot of bad potential, considering I've read the book upwards of 15 times, but I was not disappointed.
It was never long, and it was never boring. The writing was fantastic, and I got some pretty good laughs in. Ron was by far my favorite character in the movie, followed by Hermione. Ginny started to be pretty! ARGH! I want to watch it again.

I guess my only suggestion would be not to read the book before you see the movie, as it does skip out on loads of fun details. Most of the time though, I was never disappointed with the loss of all that great stuff, because I can read the book for it. Sorry this is a boring blog, but seriously, go see the movie. I laughed, I cried (not kidding), and was scared out of my wits(more than once), and left the theatre feeling sufficiently satisfied.

(yep, I'm gonna see it again.)