There's Not An App For That

Any of my music lover friends ever heard of the App called "Shazaam?"  It's a little blessing to this world that allows you to know the title and artist of any song you can hear.  For example:  A while back Jordan came up to me and showed me a new song he had found.  I asked where he got it and he said, "Well, just now I was going to the bathroom, heard a catchy tune, Shazaamed it and now it's mine." Needless to say, this App is fantastic!  However today I type for the possibility, not for what has already become.  Wouldn't it be great if there was an App that could break down food and spit out the recipe to make it?  Really I'm imagining a little something like this:

1] a little compartment that you open up on the side of your phone;

2] ability to shove a peice of cake in above referenced compartment;

3] turn on phone digestion; (sound effects could be included if desired)

4] and then tada! Recipe! 

Think about it, everyone knows of a special sauce out there that you wish you could figure out how to make at home, because then you could fulfill your fatansy of bathing in it.  The only downside that I can forsee would be that all of the 'secret ingredients' would be revealed.  Chefs would be robbed of their secret recipes and their creativity would be accessable by anyone and everyone.  Solution?  Sharing is caring.  Caring is nice.   Nice is how it would be if I could figure out how to make the creme filling inside this peice of cake in front of me.  Thus, sharing = heavenly creme filling for the masses. Win-Win! 

So which one of you geniouses wants to invent this App?  I'll give you all the credit your heart desires and we'll probably become millionaires.  nbd.

Kid History

Since yesterday was so fantastic I'd like to start today off right as well! If you're having the morning blues and need a little pick me up, you've come to the right place. One of my besties Karlie told me to watch these, and I haven't been able to stop laughing since I did! So far I've only watched the first two, but I will be back to watch the rest! that's for sure.

Warning: Be careful where you watch these because laughter will undoubtably be exploding from your face.

Here's the second one!



Happy Wednesday :)

Fortune Cookie Anyone?

NBD.

The Counter

We all know that guy that sits on the far corner of the stand who's job is solely to count. When I was a child, I may have been a little frightened by this man staring at all of us, but now fear has turned to intrigue. Yesterday was Sunday, and that means CHURCH! I went to my home ward for my cousin Michael's farewell and was able to sit with my family again. Love that. This sunday, I observed the ward counter as he slowly walked down the aisle with his paper and pen in hand. How does this man do it?! He walks slowly, but a lot faster than I would if I was trying to count everyone in each row. Do you think he ever gets distracted and has to start over? Or maybe even if he loses count he keeps walking and pretends like everything is fine. I'd probably do that. Does he ever get to pay attention to the first 3 talks given? How is he not distracted by the little kid staring at him with his finger up his nose? What about when he passes the row with his wife on it? Does he chance a smile at her or does he have to be strickly business? Why is it that I have an urge to see if I can startle him, see if it will mess him up and to see what he will do? All these questions trouble me at night before I go to bed. Thankfully, all they want from me this semester is to serve more compassionately. Done and done.

Happy Monday, have a comic :)

She's Legal!

Guess who's birthday it was yesterday?!?!

Yup that's right, it was Kaylyn's! Sorry Kay, I had to put this picture up sometime... For those looking at the previous picture and concerned that we have an animal abuser on our hands, don't be. She was actually just petting the cat, until it decided to want a little more than the casual scratch behind the ear. :)

For Kay's b-day we reverted back to our early high school days (we seem to be doing a lot of that lately...) and surprised her for a morning birthday breakfast kidnapping! Animal abuse, kidnapping....sheesh we sound like a bunch of delinquents.

Waking her up pretty early, she had only enough time to put some clothes on and we were out the door! Karlie, Jake, Anisa, Tycee, Trevor and I all ate a smashing good meal at IHOP (nothing else was open at 6am) and enjoyed the company of our birthday girl! --Word to the wise, get the cinn-a-stack french toast, sugar coma never felt so good.--

Now we only have one left to turn to the ripe old age of 21 and then we'll all start knitting, swapping wrinkle stories and exchanging dentures. Who ever knew the KKAH would grow up and still be best friends.

I knew.

70th

Guess what! My grandparents are the bomb.com. (sorry, old slang I know...) On Sunday we helped them celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary!! Holy Canoli! These two have been livin' and lovin' each other for at least the past 70 years and are still going strong! What a standard to live up to right? They've lived through some hard times, but love kept them together. I hope to be just like them someday. It was really great seeing everyone come to support such a great milestone. This occasion just re-iterated my knowledge that despite all the craziness, one thing remains true - FAMILY. Happy days, and happy rainy Tuesday. :)

IKEA!!!!

What a weekend! Saturday Kaylyn and I went to one of my favorite places in the entire world....

If you've never been, go. Now. Or tomorrow.

We ate food at the little restaurant (more like cafeteria) while watching people filter in and out. I don't know why people watching is so captivating, but for some reason I can't get enough of it. Also while eating we noticed a kids play area down below. Our discussion started with, "Oh that's so nice to be able to have some place to put your kids while you shop throughout this huge store!" and ended with, "I would NEVER leave my kid in one of those places!" Quite the change I know, but once we watched the whole "check-in" procedure it made me think twice. It went a little something like this:

1] Bring child to check-in counter

2] Fill out a waiver (undoubtedly releasing IKEA from any liability if their child loses a finger, gets rabies or needs stitches)

3] Receive a bin for the child's shoes, socks and jackets

4] Receive a sticker with a number that corresponds with the aforementioned waiver

5] Place said sticker on child's back

6] Receive a blinky disk that vibrates when your child has encountered one of the previous conditions

7] Open the big check-in counter and release your child into the unknown

Sounds pretty great eh? I understand that this is probably a lot like daycare, but it still makes me nervous. You don't know these people, and for all we know some 14 year old could be practicing voodoo on my child. Maybe we were over-exaggerating, but Kaylyn and I came to the conclusion that we wouldn't bring our kids to IKEA if it meant we had to lock them in the child prison.

After eating we started to wander in and out of bathrooms, bedrooms and kitchens. We played house and tested out a few appliances. (surprisingly all of them weren't working.... weird) We tested the chairs for support and overall comfy-ness and marveled at the luxurious kitchen set ups. We both decided a big kitchen is a must in our future houses.

Isn't she the cutest??

We continued on our adventure, until we met this.

What is it? Who even knows. What was my first reaction? To grab a newspaper and pop a squat. Gross? Definitely. I have reason to instantly think this cabinet thing is made for such activities because we found it in the bathroom decor section. If you ask me, this seems quite odd.... but hey it's modern so it's okay right? Not okay.

Question: What is modern? I believe it to be the new, slightly odd but radiating cool-ness that only the artsy people can pull off. However, haven't we had this "modern" stuff around for at least 10 years now? Does the "modern" style ever change? If not, can it still be considered "modern?" Obviously I don't understand decorating, but this subject really baffles me. Hey, let's make a table that looks like a banana, surround it with chairs that are too small for anyone over the age of 4, paint it a metallicy color and call it modern. Huzzah!

Joking aside, I liked looking at all the modern stuff, I just don't quite understand it yet. Maybe when I get a few more wrinkles I'll start to figure it out. Until then.... Huzzah to those that love the modern marvels!

P-Diddy

Well I had planned to post this yesterday, but Blogger wasn't working..... So here it is!

Happy Birthday Parker!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This guy turned the big 16 yesterday and to celebrate we went to Pizza Factory for dinner!! Can I just say that I forgot how much I like that place? Don't worry, my memory has been refreshed and I would now like to eat there every meal for the rest of my days. Exaggeration? Maybe just a litte.

16 is a crazy age. You are all of a sudden allowed to "like" members of the opposite sex (because we all know we did not even think about this until we turned 16.... Never.), you are released onto jam packed, construction filled freeways by yourself and you start wondering about where you fit in this crazy world. Fortunately I think Parker's got it down and he's prepared for this monumentous age. His smashing good looks will carry him right along his dating adventures, he's scared spittless of semi trucks, and he somehow already seems to know where he fits. He's a jokester with a great smile and laugh who is loved by lots of family and friends. Okay, before I embarrass him to death I just have one last thing to say. I love you Parker, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Watch out ladies, this stud is armed with witty charm... can't beat that.

Advertising

Whenever I see an awesome commercial or advertisement I always have this urge to tell the company how great it was. I know that it must have taken a lot of time to produce that 30 second ad, and I think they should get the credit they deserve! You know, some first hand feed back, not just looking at sales percentages to see if the ad was effective. Well I still haven't figured out a way to do that, but it's constantly on my mind. Especially when I see ads like this one:

hahaha Watch it again. Go ahead, watch it again. It gets even more funny the 3rd and 4th time. Maybe I could invent a like button that would attach to your phone or car. You could simply push this button as soon as you witnessed one of these jems. It would track where you were at, what you just saw and send the "like" to the corresponding company. Even though this may be a stretch, I certainly hope those that work on these ads realize how truly great they are.

Currently there are awesome McDonalds ads that say, "Any size drink for a (insert picture of a buck/bone)." I LOVE these ones! So clever. I couldn't find a picture of any of them on the internet, but I did come across some more advertising treasures! McDonalds seems to have the best ads, especially the ads in different countries.

How about inspiring advertisements?

How about these?

I love seeing these Mormon Channel ads. They have done such a good job on them!! Also, the Mormon Channel app is absolutely FANTASTIC! I highly recommend everyone who can, to download it. Every time I see one of these ads the phrase, "To bring the world his truth!" always pops in my head. Slowly but surely, the church is spreading and bringing more members to the truth. All I can do is smile at the knowledge of what really is spreading... happiness.

Weekend Warriors

Sun. Friends. Volleyball. Soccer. Softball. Free time.

I'd like to make a shout out to a fantastic weekend. Jam packed with Domination as well as the fun things listed above, it was a great way to kick off the summer! Since my apt complex has a sand volleyball court we have played every night this weekend and I'm slowly getting better! Volleyball and Softball are the two sports (that I am currently aware of) that rip up my previously claimed title of the "Athletic Type" and smash it in the trash can. To say the least, I struggle. However, practice and a lot of pity cheers have definitely proved to be helping! Thankfully I have the best friends in the entire world who like to compliment each other even when we fail miserably. Some might find it embarrassing that you are being told "good job!" every time you touch the ball, even when you project it into the parking lot repeatedly, nearly missing the tight rope walkers; but not me. I love it.

Now to touch base on the last two words in my list above.

Free time.

Personally I didn't know this even existed in real life. Wanna know a secret? It does, and I was apart of it this Saturday! I woke up in the morning feeling like P-Diddy then grabbed my cleats, brushed my teeth with a bottle of water... and headed to my soccer game. (Yup, I just made a Kesha reference) Guess what, we killed it! I won't lie, we are a little rusty due to aging, and the lack of Virginia here to whip us into shape. Pulling out the "W" with 6-1 felt pretty great, and even better to be doing it with some of my best friends! After soccer, we went to the pool to soak up some rays. Utah weather finally pulled through for the weekend and I received a little more rays than I probably should have. Feeling pretty warm and toasty we headed back inside to just hang out. I even watched tv. I watched 20 minutes worth of an infomercial on the Genie Bra, just because I could. Life at my new apartment seems to be working out quite well, and I'm loving every second of it. Coming up this week: Bowling League, Soccer Practice, Softball Game, Soccer Game and some volleyball thrown in there somewhere. Bring it on!