this is my happy place.

5, 6, 7, 8.

So I have a pretty good reason for getting behind on my blogger challenge, (thanks to a road trip to CA to see my sister-in-law return from her 18-month mission to NY!) but here's a little catch up from all the days I missed.

PUBLIC PROFESSION of LOVE to.... this blogger and this blogger.

Ms. McKenzie and I go way back to my freshman year of college (her sophomore). She was the roommate of my BFF I met in the lunch line at school (Rachel). It took us a while to become good friends, but once we did become friends it was beautiful. The thing about she and I? We have lots in common: same major (and in turn, same classes), same love for literature and writing, same job now, same job in the Fall (different schools, same district), same newlywed boat, and some day we will write a tv show together (just you wait!). I love the way she writes and I love her, so I love her blog.

The lovely Grace and I have been friends even longer. We took a tumbling class together before we went to the same high school and played on the tennis team (she was much better than I). The best thing about us though? We lived in London together and traveled all around Europe eating meringue and matching and have been quite close ever since. I love her and her blog because let's get real, the lady has class. I really do adore her and her beautiful self.

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If someone asked me what I do, besides what I do, I would say I love deeply, think too much, and try to laugh as much as possible. I take myself way too seriously sometimes and not serious enough other times. I'm an avid tv watcher, book reader, food eater, and dream dreamer.

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I've always been most afraid of being alone. So afraid that it used to keep me up at night. Just the idea of having absolutely no one scared me, even though I knew it would never happen. I'm also afraid of putting myself out there and being rejected. I'm sure of other things too I just can't think of any.

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Don't back down. On anything. If I have had any regrets in life they are all in relation to not trying hard enough or quitting too easily.

words I love.

There are too many quotes that I love. So here are some of my favorites found via Pinterest.

I love them because they are me. And they make me happy.

*PS Sorry they're annoyingly big and don't look that good. I'm trying to figure out this whole formatting thing. 

things that make me uncomfortable.

My own awkwardness. 
Mean people. 
Thoughts of inadequacy. 
Not knowing what to do. 
Uncontrollable blushing. 
My (always) sweaty hands. 
Silence when sitting with people I don't know well. 
Overly ambitious salespeople. 
Fan-fiction. 
Michael Scott. 

on the art of procrastinating.

If there is one thing I am exceptionally good at, it's procrastinating.
The key to excelling at procrastination is just going with the flow.
Big paper to write? No problem, start a new TV series.
Time consuming project you need to finish? That's fine, spend a few hours on Pinterest or Tumblr.
Lesson that needs planning? It can wait, take a nap.

Basically, all you need to do is wait until the last possible minute and it's incredible what you can achieve. And this is my post for explaining why my post for day two is on day three.

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well." 

Nicely put, Mark Twain. I knew there was a reason I liked you. 

story of my life.

I'm a Provo, UT girl through and through--born and raised since 1990. Seriously, I will defend this city 'til I die. I'm from a family of five kids and I adore each one of my siblings. I am quite grateful to have three brothers; they make a girl strong. We grew up road tripping to Newport Beach and laughing a lot. I think I've probably hung out with my parents more than any of my other friends, and I'm not going to lie, I love it that way. They are my favorite people. When I was little I was always the spectator of my siblings sports, so much so that I didn't do much else. When I hit middle school I finally took a funk class as well as tumbling...can't say I was great at either, but I had fun because I did it with my best friend Hayley. In high school I was on the tennis team for two years and loved it. I was one of the choir girls all four years--my senior year in the chamber choir. I graduated thinking I would do something, anything in the medial field because it was what I had always planned on. Obviously that changed and I wound up exactly where Heavenly Father wanted me, fixing peoples minds instead of their bodies (as one professor put it so perfectly). I figured out how in love with learning I am at BYU. I took lots of classes and had the time of my life living in Europe for four months. Of course, the best part of my BYU experience was meeting the man I get to spend eternity with. How lucky is that? 

[me and my BFF/little brother alex. you'll notice that I consider my entire family, my husband, and my actual friends to all be my BFFs]

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I came across this challenge via my friend jen. I feel pretty much the same way she does about it and think that the prompts are just what I need to get me writing again...which is something I've been thinking about for a while. So feel free to join, or read, or whatever you want!